Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 82, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1934 — Page 10

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HIGH TAX RATE NOT JUSTIFIED, MIESSE CLAIMS City, County Not Receiving Full Benefit of State Acts, He Says. Indianapolis and other Marion county taxing units are not receiving full benefit of the broadening of the tax base by the 1933 legislature, and there is no justification for continuing the present high property tax rates, Harry Miesse, Indiana Taxpayers' Association secretary, declared today. Mr. M ies.se bash'd his conclusions on a study of every phase of the tax situation, including delinquencies, estimated assessed property valuation this year and the income being received from the state by reason of the new taxes. “In view of improved conditions, there is no reason for continuation of the present high property tax rates in Indianapolis and Marion county," Mr. Miesse said. Delinquencies Decrease •Radical taxation changes made by the last assembly in broadening the tax base have not been reflected in redueed property taxes in the county taxing units, especially in the civil‘and school cities of India nap,>lis,” he continued. When property tax levies were made last year, the various units made allowance for extra large delinquencies. it was pointed out Improved conditions have resulted in reducing delinquencies and in increased payment of old delinquencies. These larger payments have resulted in all taxing units receiving more money from property taxes this year lhan they anticipated when the 1934 budgets and tax levies were made Sinking Fund f'ut Urged Tlte county sinking fund tax levy can be cut in half, Mr. Miesse asserted. Last year the sinking fund rate was raised because it was feared there would be a deficit. Instead, the county sinking fund now has a surplus of $185,000 The sinking fund rate should lx* reduced from 24 to 12 cents. Mr. Miesse said. Facts about the Indianapolis and Marion county tax situation arc being assembled by taxpayers* association research staff, and will be presented when the hearings are held on the various budgets now being compiled Track Elevation Topic A review of the civil city and county budgets with the purpose of having included in them a 2 or 3-cent levy for track elevation will be thp subject of a meeting of the central committee of the south side civic clubs tonight at 1214 Prospect street. Other subjects for discussion will be the reopening of a campaign to obtain federal funds for track elevation and maintenance of the police and firemen's pension fund. U. S. URGES PARLEY IN ALUMINUM STRIKE Federal Officers Ask A. F. of I„ to .loin Conference. /:>/ 1 nit- <i I’n .<* WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.—Concerned over ?i strike that has closed the world's most productive aluminum plants, the government today sought ro-operation ot the American Federation of Labor in a spectacular move to restore ten thousand workers to their jobs. A round-table conference in Washington was proposed to be attended by labor department conciliators. officials of the Aluminum Company of America, and A. F. of L. representatives. A. F. of L. officers appeared receptive. In the Air Weather conditions at 9a. m.: ( Northeast wind, twenty-four miles an hour; barometric pressure. 30.12 at sea level; temperature. 74; general conditions, overcast, hazy; ceiling. estimated 4 000 ieet; visibility, four miles variable.

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Big Boss of Sport Can’t Even See a Mat Match If He Does He Ruins the Fans’ Delight and So, Just for Them, He Stays Away.

BY JIM DOSS Time, Staff Writer THINGS hav* come to a pretty pass, indeed, when the state athletic commissioner has difficulty in seeing a wrestling match. That is the ad case of Mr. A1 Feeney, state safety director, who also is the one-man state athletic commission. , Mr Feeney is just a victim of

suppressed desires. It isn t that Mr. Lloyd Carter, the local grunt and groan entrepeneur, isn't delighted to welcome Mr Feeney at his mat emporium on North Pennsylvania street. That would be lese majeste of the nth degree. The reason for Mr Feeney’s suppressed desire is that he is too kind-hearted to spoil the fans’ delight. Every once in a while, Mr. Feeney "breaks down” and decides he'll drop into the Sports Arena, always unannounced. He rarely gets past the turnstiles before some sort of underground grapevine starts ticking off the news and before Mr. Feeney gets well into the stadium, the wrestlers, the inspector, the referee, and, in fact, everybody but the entire audience knows it. nan MAYBE the two lumbering athletes at the moment in the ring are trying to commit various kinds of mayhem on each other One may have a good “chawin’” grip on the other’s leg while his partner is doing an earnest bit of eve-gouging. The boys immediately have a rush of sanity to the head and they even cast languishing glances at each other to show sportsmanship or something. The reason is that Mr. Feeney GANGSTERS BEWARE! 4 ‘PERFECT' SHOTS FOUND AMONG COPS The Indianapolis police department has four perfect pistol shots. Sergeant Harry Canterbury, instructor in pistol practice. Patrolman Ernest Heller, and Sergeants Harry Smith and Barrett Ball, are the four men who scored 100 per cent during the instruction classes given in the use of firearms. Two men scored 99.66 in pistol marksmanship. They are Detective Sergeant Roy Pope and Patrolman Tom Aulls. Three men. Patrolmen Aren Maligns and Francis Martin and Detective Sergeant Stewart Coleman shot 99.33 during the class work under the direction of Sergeant Canterbury. One hundred and sixty-five men of the department are rated as experts with a pistol with averages of 85 or above during the class work, while forty-two are rated as sharpshooters with scores between 78 and 85 while ninety-six are markesmen with averages between 60 and 78. Columbus Firm Low Bidder ftii I nili 11 Pri WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.—Dunlap & Cos.. Inc.. Columbus. Ind., was apparent low bidder today for the construction of anew postoffice at Hartford City, Ind. Its bid was $37,949 jPERSONAU.OANS ASK ft % PER YEAR ABOUT ~.i y t ,. lPk in snial) Ol R weekly amounts. Grown Finance Cos. Chicago Jewelry Cos. 203 E. Washington. LI-8603 Opposite Courthouse Est 40 Yea r

is violently opposed to some aspects of the art and may slap a suspension on an offending grapp!er as quick as Jim McMillen can throw Sol Slagel into your lap, if you're sitting on the front row. Some time ago, a “bad” Indian rejoicing in the title of Chief Chewski came into the ring equipped with a circlet of roofing nails inclosing his leg and concealed by his trunks. The Chief had to be a very good Indian to get back his Indiana permit after Mr. Feeney found out about this touching little strategem. a a a SO if you see “Whispering” Sam Murbarger, the commission inspector, walk up to the ring, it’s 5 to 4 he’s saying: “The boss is here, take it easy boys.” Result; The “boys” take it too easy and the fans’ pleasure is ruined. So Mr. Feeney stays away. The ingenius “Whispering Sam” has developed on this idea a trifle. If the “boys” are getting too difficult for Referee Heze Clark to handle, “Whispering” will pass the word along whether Mr. Feeney is there or not. Os course, this is a pleasant fiction on "Whispering Sam’s” part, to put it mildly, but it is * very effective in curbing the wrestlers’ too grotesque antics. THIEF WITH ‘YEN’ FOR TRAVEL TAKES TICKETS 5260 in Excursion Pasteboards Are Stolen. Search was being made today by police for one excursionist into crime who stole $260 worth of excursion tickets last night from Robert Lawson. 2525 East Washington street, while he was at work as conductor for the Indiana Railroad company. The theft occurred w r hile Lawson was inbound from Newcastle. Two punches for fares also were taken while Lawson busied himself in the front of the ear. TRAPEZE STAR INJURED Young Circus Performer Falls hirly Feet Into Net. Bit United I‘rfnn KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 15Miss Eileen Laray. 23. circus performer, fell thirty, feet to a net last night when her partner in a trapeze act failed to reach her in time after she swung from a bar. Her left elbow was dislocated and she was bruised severely. DENTAL n POI specials wFmMi All Work % Guaranteed 100<~ EXTRACTION No - PaU|, wßeSar j Mfhod Gas K|l r r as Low a* ti wU yir 'W X-RAY, $1.50 f M C omplete of All Cecil i|. r ' >4l Plates Repaired ; , Made like** rn - ; *2 new for as J 1 ,0U 'j*. , <3® low as I Mar V* PLATES Rainless Dentistry G o o df,, rn Fillinss l.ow as $1 Qual I t v;OfJ.DU .'leaning Low as SI Orig.. S2O Bridges Low as sfi OR. FRIEOLAND ’ WINE AND BEER BONDS

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HUEY'S FORCES SET TO SPANK NEWORLEANS Swift Punitive Action Goal of Special Session of Legislature. B\j United Prr .* BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 15. Under the lash of Senator Huey P. Long, Louisiana’s legislature today squared away for swift punitive action against the city of New Orleans, which has defied his domination of state affairs. Today's special session bade fair to be the turning point in the three weeks’ war between state forces and those of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley of New Orleans, encamped belligerently on opposite sides of a New Orleans street, striving for control of the registrar of voters’ office. There was no question about what the legislature intended to do. The only uncertain matter was how long it would take to do it, for the “Kingfish,” political “oig brother” of Senator Arthur R. <Li’l Arthur) Robinson of Indiana, stood in absolute control of the body. His wishes will be enacted promptly into law, observers admitted. The legislature was called into special session by Governor O. K. Allen, Long henchman, for twelve days, but none expected it to remain here that long. Long has sworn to bring the ‘‘old regular party” of New Orleans to its knees, begging for mercy and a share in control of its own revenues and duties. Though Allen, the “Kingfish” has outlined a twenty-eight point program which, when adopted, will place New Orleans squarely in his hands. It will be his major stroke in a protracted fight against the New Orleans opposition. Striking back at Long's “partial martial law” which has kept youthful militiamen on duty at the New Orleans parish registrar’s office for two weeks, the city late yesterday was granted an injunction against presence of the Long troops by Civil Judge Nate W. Bond. Subsequent events show’ed, however, that this meant little or nothing, for guardsmen continued to WHITE CAP WASHER AND DOUBLE TUBS With Table Top. fPjj s 1 irl>i 1 y an Made and % p Guaranteed I ltv Barton b

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Even work is enjoyable at the Bridgeport nutrition camp of the Marion County Tuberculosis Association. Jane Thomason < left > waits for Rasemary Jones to iron her shorts so they can play in the ball-game outside.

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JEWS. CATHOLICS ARE ASKED TO JOIN KLAN All Americans Invited to Enlist in War on Communism. Bit United Press \TLANTA. Ga„ Aug. 15.—A1l Americans, “Jews and Catholics included.’ were invited today to cooperate with the reborn Ku-Klux Klan in a fight against Communism. “No religious or racial prejudice will be connected with our new program,” said M. O. Dunning, appointed chief of staff a few weeks ago to lead the klan “revival.”

SCOUT COMMITTEES TO MAP PROGRAMS Group to Arrange Campfire Sessions. Three committees to arrange campfire programs during the fourth camping period at the Boy Scout reservation were named yesterday by S. L. Norton, assistant executive. The Scouts chosen will be responsible for entertainments and scouting events to be presented at alternate campfires throughout the camping period. William A. Sanford is head of the group preparing the Saturday night campfire program in the fieldhouse. He will bo assisted by H. T. Vitz, R. D. Hammer and Robert Leman. John Moore, chairman, and Raymond Oster. Leslie Barlet, Alex Clark and Frederick Cretors have charge of the Sunday night feature. Robert Lemon, chairman, and Joel W. Hadley and Ross Rissler are planning the programs to be given at alternate campfires.

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