Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 233, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1935 — Page 24

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6 GROUPS BACK SALES TAX BILL IN LEGISLATURE

2 Per Cent Consumer Levy Proposed in Measure Before House. A 2 per cent consumer's excise tax cm retail sales: abolishment of the 15 cents direct state property tax and taxpayer control over tax rates and bond issues are proposed In a senes of bills introduced yesterday In the House of Representatives with six state-wide organizations backing them. Intangibles tax rate, would be raised from 25 rents to 50 cents, and the minimum salaries of school teachers would be fixed at SBOO in grade and SIOOO in high schools. Sponsoring the program are the Associated Retailers of Indiana. Indiana Farm Bureau. Indiana Wholesale Grocers' Association. Indiana Manufacturers' Association. Indiana Real Estate Association and Indiana League of Civic Associations. All tangible personal property. Including public and private utility services and transportation; food and drink where sold at retail; rentals of every kind, dry goods, ware* and other merchandise would be subject to the sales tax. Exemptions proposed are limited to gasoline, now taxed by the state; purchases by the state and other governmental divisions and sales by charitable and religious organizations if the income is used for philanthropic purposes. Admission fees, already taxed, and incidental sales by professional persons, also are made non-taxable. Would Take Effect April 1 Under the salestax proposal, all retailers would be licensed by the state treasury, and required to collect the tax. For this retailers would receive a 3 per cent commission on remittances, and would be held responsible for uncollected levies. If adopted the sales tax would go into effect April 1. and net revenues would be paid into the state general fund for the benefit of schools. Tax dodgers would be subject to fines of not less than $25 nor more than SIOO. and for second offenses be subject to imprisonment for not more than 60 days in a county jail. Dodging corporations would be fined not less than SIOO nor more than SSOO. Settlements of taxes collected would be made quarterly. Retailers wculd be required to keep and preserve sales records in accordance with state treasury requirements. and permit inspection by agents of the department. Tangible Property Defined Taxable tangible property is defined in the proposed bill as: The services of all public or private telephone, telegraph, electric, gas. water, heat and transportation utilities. Food and drink sold at retail for consumption by hotels, restaurants, cases, drug stores, saloons, dining cars and other food and drink ven- ( dors. Rentals of rooms, halls, fields, farms, apartments, houses, offices, warehouses, and all other rentals charged by all lessors to- all lessees as consumers. Goods, wares, merchandise and tangible things within the usual meaning of the term, sold at retail by sellers and purchased at retail by buyers for consumption or use.

Court Bill Passes A bill sponsored by the Indiana Bar Association requiring courts to determine criminal appeals within 30 days, passed the House yesterday afternoon 87-1. Kill Chiropractor Bill A testimonial on the effectiveness of chiropractic treatments which, lsua/fibtotose& UNDERTAIU Moose ■wb IJ V ||^ aQSOEMKhi^d CH. 6020 Everv Dav This Week 2.000 LBS. FRESH BABY Whitefish Delicious, fresh caught Lake Supenor biuefins. boneless and ready for frying—broiled or baked. Don't miss this real fish treat. ■ ■ ■ c I' rr• i- ■ gg Bl| M ■ ■ ■llh ID. Willis Fish Cos. •3* Mm*. Are. Rl-IJ9I-9.* —— I I At Low ■ OHIO SHOE REPAIR J 45-47 ff. OmO ST.

News From Points in Indiana

Bp Tim ft Special KOKOMO. Feb 7—An act which would enable Howard County to buy the Citizens National Bank building here for a courthouse will be introduced at the present session of the state Legislatin'?, city officials state. While the county commissioners are said to favor the erection of a new structure on the public square, they have already taken preliminarv steps to ha% r e Howard County representatives in the Legislature make possible the bank building purchase in the event the new courthouse movement is unsuccessful.

Truck Kills Horse Bp T me* Special GREENCASTLE. Feb. 7—Russ Albnght, 60, living near Reelsviile, was injured and one of a team of horses he was driving was killed when they were struck by a truck west of Pleasant Gardens. Sheriff John Sutherlin arrested three Negroes, who were riding in the truck. They were brought to the Putnam County jail here. a m u Break Aid Alleged Bp J\mc Special PERU. Feb. 7—An affidavit ha. been filed in the Miami Circuit Court here charging Kenneth Spirgeon. Kokomo youth, with aiding Ralph Cummings in a sensational escape from the local jail several weeks ago. Cummings, who was recaptured and taken to Indiana State Prison for safekeeping, had frightened jail attaches when he flourished a vial containing what was thought to be nitroglycerin. It is charged that Spurgeon suppi ed Cummings with the keys to the jail doors. BUB Love Trouble By Ttmet Special BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 7.—Two young men, both in love but unloved, fell into the hands of police when they persisted in forcing their attentions on the unwilling objects of their affections. Lester Pless, 30, Bedford, was arrested when he allegedly tried to force his w*ay into the home of a young woman here to ask her to marry him. He was later released. Richard McPike, 16, of this city, is still in jail following his arrest. He awaits a sanity hearing after telling police he was guarding a cured him of “musclar twitchings” after physicians had failed, was given in the House of Representatives today by Rep. John E. Roszkoski <D„ Gary). Rep. Roszkowski's testimonial, however, failed to prevent the lower house from killing the pending bill creating a board of chiropractic examiners. Rep. Horace R. Willian )D., Martinsville), physician member of the House, led the attack on the # bill, which was supported by *Rep, Balthazar Hoffman <D., Valparaiso). Fee Measure Quashed A House bill which would have permitted county treasurers to personally retain fees collected on delinquent taxes was decisively defeated in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon. The bill would have permitted fees of 2 per cent on the first $30,000 and 1 per cent on sums in excess of that amount. Insurance Company Bill Companies collecting more than SI 11.000.000 annually from Indiana citizens for insurance protection are placed under the control of the State Insurance Department under the administration bill introduced in the House today by Rep. Roberta West Nicholson (D., Indianapolis). The measure codifies insurance laws enacted since 1852 and makes provision for the handling of insolvent companies bv the insurance department to avoid excessive receivership charges. Existing companies are placed in three general classes and formation of new companies would be subject to department approval. Provision is made for closer supervision of the investments and financial requirements of all companies and standard provisions in all health and accident policies are required.

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teacher in the local schools from criminals who had threatened her. n n u Salary Refused By Ttmet Special M UN C lE. Feb. 7.—Delaware County officials received their first salary checks of the year this week, but Claude Ball, new Superior Couit judge, true to his campaign promise, did not file a claim against the county and received no check. He is entitled to Sl5O a month but will accept only fees from the state.

Now Relieve Your Cold “Quick as You Caught It” ★ For Fast Results, Remember Directions in These Simple Pictures

ITake 2 BAYER Aspirin Tablets. • Make sure you get the BAYER Tablets you ask for. 2 Drink a full glass of water. Repeat • treatment in 2 hours. 3 If throat is sore, crush and stir 3 • BAYER Aspirin Tablets in a third of a glass of water. Gargle twice. This eases throat soreness almost instantly.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Train Wrecked By Timet Special LEBANON. Feb. 7.—Three cars of a southbound fast freight train on the Big Four Railroad were derailed and three other cars on a siding were also damaged in a wreck at Thorntown, near here. None of the train crew was injured. A broken arch bar is held responsible for the wreck which V>ccurred at a crossing in the business district. BUB Funds Released By Times Special ELWOOD, Feb. 7.—Checks covering the entire amounts in unrestricted checking accounts of the defunct El wood State Bank will be mailed to depositors within the next few days, it has been announced. The bank was taken over by the state department of financial institutions Jan. 16.

THE simple method pictured here fs the way many doctors now treat colds to relieve the aches and pains colds bring with them! You can relieve nearly any cold you get by taking BAYER Aspirin, drinking plenty of water; and, if throat is sore, gargling with BAYER Aspirin Tablets stirred in water. This is recognized as a remarkably safe, sure, QUICK way. For it will relieve an ordinary cold almost as fast as you caught it. Ask your doctor about this. And when you buy, be sure that you get the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets. They dissolve or disintegrate almost instantly. And thus work almost instantly when you take them. And in a gargle. Genuine Bayer Aspirin Tablets disintegrate with speed and completeness, leaving no irritating particles or giittiness. BAYER Aspirin prices have been decisively reduced on all sizes, so there’s no point now in accepting other than the real Bayer article you want. |Pjf Prices on Qenuine Bayer Aspirin Radically Reduced on All Sizes

jfgs, These Prices for Indianapolis Stores Only! fmSlh Friday and Saturday Specials II H 75c Bayer’s COr Yeast Foam 0 4 k (L Aspirin, 100’s 50c Tablets Hill II w---$1.50 Anusol Suppositories, 12’s .. 51.09 Carter's, \sc size.,. 51C ELECTRIC „. w . Hook's Cod Liver Oil. pt 49c Cascarets 0.1 riO* Water 60c Eno Effervescent Salts 39c Chocolate, 50c size.. OtC for Treating colds Bott,e Hinkle’s Pills, Nurse Brand 12c Nujol C l r Week-End Special Hook's Milk Magnesia, pt 29c Sl.oo Mineral Oil. U| V AQ Five new rubber 42c SI.OO Ironized Yeast 71c Zonite 71 F I "** 25c Anacin Tablets, 12’s 17c n Antiseptic. 14-oz. Ilk ■■ Ft. Syringe 65c Bisodol. 3-oz 44c Epsom Salts 07 f tm.-Duro-pad P . “Portage” Quality 35c Vick’s Vapo-Rub 24c 5-Lb. Bag • V duces a steady heatComplete with attach- 60c California Syrup Figs 40c Olive Oil Adjust* to s degrees. ments. Week- jq SI.OO McCoy’s C. LO. Tablets 79c Pompeian.pt I s attractive coverEnd Special *K/C g ‘ y Here's the Gift for Your Valentine^ LJ Heart Shaped Box of Delicious p V jiSQ □ CHOCOLATESHQ PHI Butter Creams — Nougats—Caramels LJ Bittersweet ana Vanilla Coatings u i pjfPl A full pound of the most wonderful assortment. A worthy - g Valentme gift for your sv,th,arl or family. Fa,l p: A dainty cellophane wrapped Whitman's famous Fairhill as- fj ji heart box filled with tempting. sortment In a „<,*idsome cello- x JRhHcGfff ... V J& assorted chocolates. Cream phene wrapped box tied with C'' T fPTfI centers, caramels, etc. silk cord. Y-\ MRS. STEVENS’ 3-1.8. BOX, sl.oo—Decorated heart box N|fc, I M packed full of delicious, home-made chocolates and bonbons. / Jo# L M DOROTHY PAI.Ii.ER, 1-LB. BOX, 60c—Valentine decorated I x - x box of fresh, delicious assorted chocolates. f x i; * jgßflr M|M “HONEY DRIP” CHERRIES. LB., 29c— Luscious chocolate SjßMf BftHS cherries in a gay Valentine decorated box. ■■■. Heart L A ™|' Shaped Ik A Est WEEK-END SPECIAL, 2 LBS., 29c Mrs< Stevens’ I-Lb. Box £§l 1 Lb. Peanut Clusters, regularly 19c. _ 1 i j 1 Lb. Assorted Fruit Balls (each wrapped) regularly 19c. 29c L J Total Value 38c, both pounds for 29c j n a Valentine decorated box J/C Lb. Friday and Saturday Specials FJp| aSSl&ff 50c Jergen’s 0£- Golden Glint 1Q |i ~ J Hand Lotion wvv 25c Shampoo IvC $1.33 Three Flower Powder and s 1 fir sfcOTY Perfume 73c ReveStfon 07 Woodbury FACE SIOO H °Pi )er,S Restorative 50c Tooth Powder . il C FACE SOAP POWDER 75c Fhch’s Dandruff Remover 74c V !^c“cream 5 ... 35c New Low me. M Sham poo 44c Lady Esther 07 r C Hook’s Russian Mineral Oil, pt. 37c *°s Face Powder ~* L in your favorite 50c Phillips’ Dental Magnesia.. 36c v°? v 0 t shade and scent. $1 Dandei’ine Hair Tonic, 10-OZ. 79c A no-pi,Wj 2 Bars 16c rowd." wth ft T„a. Modess Napkins, 12’s 16c 74c mavis in _ Perfume i/OC 25c Talcum... I A Valentine for The Boy Friend B Combination Cigarette Case Cigarettes bv the Carton Ig fe|] 98c GIVE HIM AN Raleighs | mM uiumia mm nine Chesterfields s'WJf ■' HH i INITIALED PIPE Luck y ■W #),vn “Match King” lighter „ ml mini _■[. .J.U^jFjjil If-'-l and cigarette case. You may have any pipe costing $1 or p. j JpV J PAA\| W-7 | Red, green, or black mOTe initialed in silver-toned letter llßdrCl lllg3rSiW r Ss^ EM'l enamel with chrome without extra cost. Many styles of * Jr 1 finish. pipes from which to choose. BOX C 1 w\sryfpe’ WWA Dr. Grabow Pipes Now SI.OO 25 - | Golden W'heel Lighter SI.OO Linkman’s Magic Pipe SI.OO Also Havana Ribbons, Garcia Grands, Rex Midget Lighter 25c Yello Bole Pipes SI.OO Roi Tan P. E., La Fendrich P. 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Both CQ -S'* / , liTto Generous bottle of Campana’s Italian Balm with one of ■Jg G pound roll I these handy dispensers suitable for bathroom or kitchen w I Slysig wall. Ejects one drop at push of button. j| - Hobson's Cornhusker Lotion ..25c 60c Thine Hand Cream 490 ''l ; 50c Lotion 42c * >ame Nature Liquifying Rubber J sse FrostUU Lotion 2 for 3*o sOo Hand Lotion'..!!s4c Jfek .I UIOVeS 25c Hess Witch Hazel Cream...l9c 50c Woodbury's Hand Lotion, ,42c •Household” live rub- Rouges, Lipsticks Eye Beautifiers ber, long wrist 60c Angelas Rouge 49c SI.OO Delira Brow 77c lengths. Isl Wlymm TV 75c Dorln Rouge 65c Ey-Teb 94c All sizes ]W\NV 50C Princess Pat Rouge 45c *I.OO Kurluh 9c TOaSteT AU SIZeS \ H* G Lip Pomade 23c Hascarillo } Flectric Makes •> sard .-tj-tfr, r. An. Tattoo Lipstick *I.OO 75c Wlnx. for lashes <c L" - * oITRiA ,-L. V *I.OO Tangee Lipstick 94c Max Factor’s Pencil 50c wiehes at Cl ]Q Bulb typo CJC ance jyWij f Crazy Water qq Crystals, lb. 00 C ftgP m Former $1.50 Size

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