Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 June 1931 — Page 6

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'EVERYTHING IN FRANCE TAXED,' M'KINNEY SAYS it's Just a Nuisance, Asserts City’s Delegate on Tour. TUt it on of sorlet of iatetrlewt vita Kirk McKinney. represent* tire of Maron Rcinld Sullivan, on tour of France by American mi--or*. BY LOWELL NUSSBAUM Americans who think they are taxed heavily should visit France, and on their return they would feel they were well off, comparatively speaking. This view was expressed by E. Kirk McKJlnney, works board president, on his return from a five weeks' trip to France, representing Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, as one of a group of mayors and their representatives entertained by the French government. “France has a myriad of nuisance taxes that Americans never would dream of,” he said. “The Frenchman must pay a tax for each window and door in his home. The tax is small, but the more sunlight he receives in his home, the more it costs him.

Even for Music “Among other peculiar taxes levied, I was told on the trip, is one of 12 per cent on gross income of restaurants without music, and twice that for restaurants entertaining their guests with music. “Most Frenchmen drive twowheeled carts. This, I was told, is because there is a tax on wagon wheels, four wheels costing twice as much as two. “There even is a tax of about 40 per cent levied on rent paid for offices and homes. “Taxes cn real estate are lower, proportionately, than in America, but income tax is heavy, i was told income tax ranges from 20 to 30 per cent. Taxes for Everything “The president of France is paid approximately $60,000, and of this, I am informed, he must pay back to the government $25,000 as income tax. “Theaters must pay a tax of about 30 per cent on gross receipts. Billboards are taxed according to size. Other taxes include perfumes, 12 per cent, and contracts, 8 per cent. “The French even have to pay a tax of 12 per cent on good will, when good will is included in sale price of a business. “American corporations operating in France must form separate French incorporations, or they would be taxed not only on made in France but also on profits made in America and other countries by the company. Cigarets Sky-High “A heavy tax is levied on tobac.v. end matches, the French government having a monopoly on these articles. “Tobacco, in all forms, and matches are sold by licensed dealers at a specified price, and hotels, restaurants and other establishments wishing to sell these items for convenience of their guests must buy them from a licensed dealer at the regular price, and then add on their profit. “A package of American cigarets, such as retails two packages for a quarter here, costs about 28 cents in France. “One interesting law enforced in France is that requiring the original purchaser of shares of stock to hold the stock two years before disposing of it. This evidently is intended to reduce speculation.”

CAVE ROUTE OUTLINED Trip to Wyandotte in Crawford County Suggested by Club. Week-end trip to Wyandotte cave, the second largest in the country, in Crawford county, is suggested by the Hoosier Motor Club. The cave has eleven floors and a passage thirteen miles long. Route to the cave: South on State Road 31 via Columbus and Scottsburg to intersection of United States Road 31W, south of Sellersburg; on Road 31W to New Albany, and west on State Road 62 through Corydon to the cave. Rail-Ship Merger Planned By United Press OTTAWA, Ontario, June 26.—A plan to merge vessels of the Canadian Steamship Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway to increase profits in the Pacific trade was revealed today by Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways.

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CITY SCHOOLS BUILT WRONG, EXPERTRULES Damage by 'White Ants’ Caused by Construction, * Authority Says. By Times Special WASHINGTON, June 26.—Extensive damage to Indianapolis school buildings from termites, or “white ants” undoubtedly is due to improper construction of the buildings, according to the government’s leading authority on these pests. “It may be found that the city’s building code should be revised to prevent such damage in the future,” said Dr. Thomas E. Snyder, senior entomologist of the division of forest insects, bureau of entomology. He said a recent estimate has placed the annual-damage in this county from termites at $40,000,000. Dr. Snyder somewhat indignantly denied that these tiny destroyers are tropical in origin. “They’re among our first families,” he said. “They were here millions of years before Columbus

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I. U. HOSPITALS' CASESJNCREASE Served 1908 Patients in May, Report Shows. The three Indiana university hospitals at Indianapolis served 1,908 patients during the last month, 1,227 of whom were out-patients while 681 were bed patients confined to the hospitals. The James Whitcomb Riley hospital for children served the largest number, with 926 patients, 262 bed patients and 664 out-patients. The William H. Coleman hospital for women was second, serving 516 —242 bed patients and 274 out-pa-tients. Ninety-seven, babies were born at this hospital during May of this year as compared with 81 born there during May, 1930. The Robert W. Long hospital served 466—177 bed patients and 289 outpatients. The combined daily average for the three hospitals for the last month was 404.47 as compared with 575.27 for May of 1930. The figu-es were announced by Dr. E. T. Thompson, administrator of the three I. U. hospitals and school of medicine at Indianapolis.

Child Knocked Down by Truck Knocked down by a truck Thursday as she played near her home, Virginia Niles. 13, of 1137 North

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