Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 220, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1930 — Page 7

TAN. 23, 1930.

HEARINO OPENS FRIDAY ON TAX REFUND CASES I SB,OCO,OCO Legal Battle to Be Waged in Court at Greenfield. Trial of the $3 000,000 Marion county tax refund cases will epen Friday at Greenfield before Circuit Jud'-e Clinton Van Duynn. The United States circuit court of appeals recently sustained Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell’s dismissal of the sui f , which sought to prevent the refunds. This placed the refunds squarelv on a question of validity of the claims of Individuals, according to attorneys. The cases, which have been In Marion county courts and before the Estate supreme court for several years, were venued from Marion county recently, after Superior Judf’p James M. Leathers ruled that the county is obligated to repay the mili'ons to taxpayers. Jm-bd'ction Is Yielded Leathers surrendered Jurisdiction fn the case after defendants, the board of Marlon county commissioners. f.led a petition for the venue change. His ruling was on a claim of Raul Munter, taxpaver, for the refund, and applied automatically to six similar cases which will be heard by Judge Van Duvnn. A three-year horizontal tax increase. hiking personal property taxes 50 per cent, was ordered in 1919 by the state tax board. Property improvement levies were raised 30 per cent and real estate taxes were increased 20 per cent. This was heid unconstitutional by the sunreine court and, as result, about 15000 taxpayers filed refund claims before commissioners. Leathers held that about 100,000 other Marion county taxpayers, who did not join in filing the claims, could do so and collect their refunds. Started in Other Counties Similar horizontal tax litigation has been started In other counties in the state by taxpayers who seek refunds under Leathers’ ruling. Leathers’ decision held that the Hrcref.se was assessed wrongfully and that taxpayers had not been given notice of the rate raise as required by lawy and that claimants are entitied to 6 per cent interest on their money from the date of payment. The battery of attorneys representing commissioners will include Louis Ewbank, former supreme court Judge. COLLINS CLUB SPEAKER Nature Study Group Will He&r Ad-’ dress on Bird Life. William F. Collins, local manager of the farm loan deoartment of Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, will speak before the Nature Study Club Saturday at 7:45 at Croesey hall. Central Library. He will discuss bird life along the Mississippi river. Collins was employed as reclamation engineer along the Mississippi for ten years. J. Lloyd Wayne 111, club president, announced the public was invited to the lecture.

Miss Aiden Announces Special Ballroom Rates PATTRIDGE DANCE STUDIOS 229 X. I‘KSS, U. 6520 Opposite Postoffice

AMUSEMENTS . _ >c Week Days, H to 6 I *"* - ZAME GREY'S* 3 Days H'rst AH Tkikwq T&tiurt g^*ah^<^OlU and SUE CAROL I HARRY NAIM AN and CLOWNETTES f s with BIG STAGE SHOW I Starting Saturday I The Dream Girl of the I screen will steal jour Sj heart away. i JANET GAYNOR I In a new and exquisite talking romance— FOUR DUNCAN'S COLLIES and All Comedy Stage Show DANCE F ",xr Everv Night—B:3o to 11:50 NEW LYRIC BALLROOM Carnival Night Tonight Student Hop Tomorrow Lots of Fun—Plenty of PepNovelties and Favors

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FOUR PLEAD GUILTY Officer Finds ‘Love Birds’ Missing in Raid. “Love birds” were advertised for sale at 532 East Miami street by a sign on the house. Patrolman Charles Hociago, armed with a warrant, entered the house. He found no members of the feathered tribe, but arrested four persons. In Judge James E. Garvin's municipal court Wednesday afternoon Bessie Allen, who was found hiding in a cupboard, was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to sixty days in woman’s prison on immorality charges; Leonard Powers was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to ninety days at the penal farm on charges of maintaining an immoral house; Susie Powers drew a fine of $100 and costs and a ninety-day woman’s prison sentence for immorality, and James Allen was fined $10 and costs for visiting the house.

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BANDBOX NOW SHOWING Tbe All-Talidng Feature “BLACKMAIL” Week Starting Sunday **PHANTOM IN THE HOUSE”

I 4th January Festival Show! j 20H STARTING SATURDAY NORMA SHEARER in “THEIR OWN DESIRE”

RIALTO —KANE BROS.— “MODELS OF 1930 ” with BUDDY KANE and BAKU ARCHUR 25—PEOPLE—25 COM. SAT., JAN. 25TH Mldn te Show Sat. 11:00 F. M.

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TALK HOSPITAL HEAD Governors Board Considers Many for Sunnyside Position. Naming of a successor to Dr. Stephen A. Douglass as superintendent of the Marion County Tuberculosis hospital at Sunnyside, is under consideration by the board of governors of the institution, Dr. Alfred Henry, president, said. Dr. Douglass’ resignation was submitted formally three months ago, and Dr. William McQueen was appointed acting head. Numerous applications for the post are before the governors, according to Henry, and it is expected the selection will be made soon.

Not only this week . . Next week . . But EVERY WEEK The greatest shows in town at our theaters ALWAYS! ; KPI LSSB—-t^GWPFITfI *k 1 A pretty parasite RALPH FORPES II of lif and love! and Jean Bary la fUveßarad^Hl 1 WAI^y C H EVALIE R B BANCS!fosgUff This is PARTY NIGHT IN CHINA! Enjoy a trip I. to tbe FAR EAST with the music of— If CONNIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA II If It’s fun yon want, hurry on up! JmM

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COOK PAROLE FAVORED Beard Recommends Arctic Explorer Be Granted Liberty. By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 23.— The Kansas City Journal-Post said in a copyrighted article Wednesday that the federal parole board has “acted favorably” upon a parole for Dr. Frederick A. Cook, one time Arctic explorer serving a fourteen-year sentence at Leavenworth penitentiary on charges of misuse of the mails. The newspaper said the board “had recommended to AttorneyGeneral Mitchell that Cook be paroled."

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