Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1937 — Page 3

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PER CAPITA TAX

IN STATE RISES 343 SINCE 1900

Levies Rise at Rate Faster Than Population, Says Citizens’ Group.

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| for the tubercular and the insane, pensions for the blind, old-age assistance and social security. This increased service has demanded increased personnel, officials pointed out, and in the State many new . bureaus, divisions and agencies have been set up.

A review of past legislative ses- _ sions shows many of the most heated fights centered around increases in property tax rates. The Indiana Taxpayers Association has prepared the following table to show the in-

crease in property taxes levied since 1900:

Total Valuation f All Real Prope rty in the State. Total Property Taxes Levied by 2 State and Local

E] E - .$1,326,055,215 § 21,825,127 1,794,156,399 41,147,882 1,891,602,037 44,135,021 1,898,207,235 46,288,955 1,939,876,166 50,169,382 1,967,434,189 51,980,948 2,051,279,310 53,422,478 2,060,420,218 59,782,292 2,124,951,446 63,406,772 2,233,761,065 68,367,209 5,719,258,800 57,887,588 5,838,717,040 114,856,460 5,101,888,589 117,657,253 5,225,700,230 118,380,108 5,281,804,728 128,540,254 5,362,821,% 130,896,941 5,271,576,485 133,897,525 5,310,556,045 132,148,430 5,188,356,739 140,496,619 5,117,890,125 143,848,535 5,166,896,475 150,470,853 cecesscessss 5,161,073,093 145,647,092 . 5,073,241,146 140,069,591 3,994,597,946 98,165,109 3,660,832,234 99,199,421 . 3,673,917,556 91,515,098 . 3,693,785,008 96,432,933 3,732,088,835 97,544,263

During this period the population increases were as follows: 1900, 2,616,462; 1910, 2,700,876; 1920, 2,930,390, and 1930, 3,238,500.

One of the largest tax jumps was reported for 1920, when the increase was approximately 47 per cent in one year. In 1926, for the first time in the history of the state, taxes were less than those levied the precsding year.

In 1900 all the revenue governments received was raised by property tax levies and the few fees collected by such officials as county clerks, sheriffs and the Secretary of State. To meet the rising tide of governmental costs officials began to add new taxes. Intangibles and gross incomes were levied and various excises and revenues also had to be met by such interests as distillers and brewers. ’ Thus, in 1934, the State and local units were spending much ' more than the $91,515,098 revenue from property, since this was the first year the gross Income tax receipts were applied to pay Governmental costs. The effect of statutes limiting property tax levies also has been felt in recent years, officials said. Recent rulings by Atty. Gen. Omer Stokes Jackson and declarations of policy by the State Tax Board have attempted to force local . officials to tighten up the procedure of budget drafting and thus indirectly reduce to some extent property tax rates. The Indiana Taxpeyers’ Association charts the following average total per capita tax payments made by residents of Marion County to the State government and all local units in recent years.’

Per Capita to . Per Capita to the State Local Units 193382 seeereren:...85.10 $41.94 1934-85 ciara ines S17 42.26 1935-36 8.87 43.13 1936-37 (Not Compiled) 46.52

While the per capita payment to the State may decrease some next year if present fund surpluses are used, Marion County residents are : faced with. a higher local tax bill,

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“Little children,” says Janet Mae Burkhead, 2211 E. 10th St., “should never cross the street in the middle of the block, and should always

wait until all cars pass.”

“They should go to the corner,

and wait until the light is green,”

she tells Ray Mitchell, 1054 Virginia Ave, whe, as a typical motorist,

agrees With her.

CANGILLA'S DAMAGE SUIT IS DISMISSED

$25,000 Action Against Spencer, Times Set Aside.

Superior Judge Herbert E. Wilson today. on his own motion, dismissed a $25,000 damage suit filed last March by Peter A. Cancilla, local attorney, against Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer, Al Lynch and Ray Seidle, Prosecutor’s investigators, and The Indianapolis Times Publishing Co. Judge Wilson said he dismissed the suit because Cancilla’s attorney

had “failed to file required pleadings within reasonable time.” Cancilla, in the suit, charged that he was damaged as result of raids by the Prosecutor on his office during investigation of the assault upon Wayne Coy, former State Welfare Director. Cancilla was convicted and fined $1000 in the assault case a month ago.

recently passed by various governmental units are reduced by the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board. ES

The State average in the above chart includes the theoretical payment made by each county resident in property, intangible, gross income and other taxes.

The figure for local governments is the average amount paid by each person to the County, Civil City, School City, Township or Civil Town. Any budget breakdown would show living in Marion County but outside Indianapolis pay a much smaller rate than do the city dwellers.

School Facilities Cited

To compensate for this, public officials pointed out that Indianapolis residents have more adequate police and fire protection and a larger school system as well as the service of various Civil City departments. The total cost of Yoca! governments in Marion County in 1934 was $17,864,065, and the 1935 cost was $18,229,875. By 1936 the figure had jumped to $19,750,234, and officials said much of the increase last year was due to the fact that townships were handling poor relief on a “pay as you go’ plan instead of issuing bonds.

it was said, unless the 1938 budgets

IN INDIANAPOLIS

MEETINGS TODAY

ate Fair, all day. Club, luncheon, Hotel Wash-

Indiana Exchan ington, noon. Optimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. Reserve Officers’ Association, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon. Phi Delta Theta, luncheon, Trade, noon. Delta Tau Delta, luncheon, Club, noon Beta - Theta Pi, Trade, noon Printeraft Shee: ington, 6:30 Kappa Sigma, "luncheon, ington, noon.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Alliance Francaise, luncheon, Hotel

Local A. F. G. w. ¥., meeting, Hotel Washington, 7:30 p. m,

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records at the County Court House. The Times

is. not responsible for~ any errors in names or addresses.)

Board of Columbia luncheon, | Board of dinner, Hotel Wash-

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St.; Aline Lucau, 34, kner St. Charles Frederick Deckard, 21, Indianapolis; Betty Susan Welch, 18, Indianapo-

lwood Traverse, 22, of 43¢ E. New York a Nrginia Peters, 22, of 434 E. New Yor

rk St. . Charles Patric, 21, Ingizpapolis; Katihleen Mulder, 18. Indianapolis George Washington Brown, $a, Paris, 1ll.; ith Brown, 40, Indianapolis.

BIRTHS

Beyille 361

Boys

Roscoe, Helen Deem, at 1208 Gimber. HL Helen Halcomb, at 1703 Wood-

a liver, "Elizabeth Napier, at Community. Leonard, Mary Kellemeyer, at St. Fran-

cls. 1, Mae Brewer, at St. Francis. Pau, 2 Harriett White, at St. Francis. Lowell, Beatrice Bailey, at St. Prancis, : Girls

Marellus, Slenristia Arvin, at St. Francis. Charles, Mary Moore, at St. Francis. John, Christine Stanley, at St. Francis. Arthur, Goldie Kidwell, at St. Francis. Geor, & Lois. Taylor, at St. Francis. Ploy Naomi Lawyer, at St. Francis. Angela Flanagan, at St. ancis. Frieda Dearing. at St. ‘Francis, Dorothy Barker, at- St. Francis. elma Braun at S Bo ancis, “Molly Collins ncis, Dilas Katherine Critchlow. a St. Fran-

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' DEATHS

Phoebe Pevler, 76, at 1129 E. Market, actie cardiac dilitation. at 2222 N. Dela-

celia M. Brehm, 68, Ware chronic myocarditis Emily Alice McClain, 7, at 2021 Olive, chronic myocarditis. Thomas Hubbard, 65, at City, bronchial pneumonia. Willard -Hopper, 38, at Belt Railroad and S. Meridian, 3d de egree burn k skull

Roscoe Louc Ss, 37, at I rans, fracture. Ch Ww. Mason, 47, at Veterans, ureamie K. Jones, 78, at 2328 Central, encephalitis.

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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Thundershowers probable tonight, followed by fair and 1 somewhat cooler tomorrow.

Sunrise eee: 521 | Sunset feineines 6:02

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BAROMETER iam a. m. .29.91 . Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 17 Josal precipitation 2 a, J

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Thundershowers this afterno or tonight; somewhat cooler west portion tonight; tomorrow generally fair, somewhat cooler.

Illinois—Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair, somewhat cooler extreme east. Lower Michigan — Thundershowers this afternoon and tonight, somewhat cooler tonight; tomorrow becoming fair, somewhat cooler.

Ohio—Showers probable tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight.

Kentucky—Showers probable tonight and tomorrow: warmer in east Doriion tonight, cooler in west portion tomorrow

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Leone Opens Sub Parley; Cholera Menaces Japanese

Epidemic Breaks Out While Chinese Rout Foe on Three Fronts.

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Council to Consider Spain’s Charge That Italy Is ‘Pirate.’

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one of the heaviest artillery combats of the six-day campaign along the Whangpoo River. Every Japanese warship in the harbor opened fire with big guns and machine guns on Chinese positions at Pootung.

Hundreds of shells screamed through the air. Chinese shells were falling within 100 feet of the Japanese transports. Others fell in Hongkew, Japanese section of the International Settlement.

A heavy burst of shrapnel fell in the financial district and on Szechuen Road near Hankow. Almost simultaneously another burst fell inside the Municipal Police Headquarters on Foochow Road, next door to the American Club. The shrapnel struck the roof of the second story veranda of the club and broke a window.

sloop Grimsby was was nearly caught, escape undamaged. withheld their fire until it had passed out of range. The Chinese gained confidence

‘with their successes. © A Chinese spokesman jubilantly.

announced that the Japanese had been forced to withdraw from an area near the Jukong wharf and had reboarded their warships.

A Japanese spokesman who admited that the Chinese had halted the Japanese drive on Shanghai from the north, said that a heavy Japanese bombardment of Pootung, near the Socony vacuum plant, had been made necessary because Chinese artillery units were operating in that area. One bomb exploded near an oil tank and started a fire that finally was extinguished. More than 500 foreign refugees, mostly women and children, arrived in Shanghai from Tsingtao aboard the vessel Rosalie Moller.

REPORT PRISON JOB FILLED BY BY TAYLOR

Ed Taylor of Knox, Starke County Democratic chairman, is to succeed Howard C. Crosby, chief clerk at the Indiana State Prison, according to State Welfare Department officials.

Mr. Crosby’s resignation was announced yesterday. However, the chief clerk declared last night he did not resign, but was ousted. The dismissal of Mr. Crosby, it was reported, is expected to be the first of a series of changes at the prison, leading to the replacement of Warden E. Kunkel by an out-of-state expert.

THIEF ROBS AS SHE COOKS

Louise Stidman, 23, of 1402 N. Alabama St., reported to police that thieves entered her apartment and stole $22 last night while she cooked dinner in the next room.

I am sure the conference will wish to keep them informed of our work.

“I therefore propose that the conference resolve itself into a steering committee.”

The delegates immediately adopted his proposal and reporters were asked to leave while the committee went into private session.

In his speech, Delbos said:

“It is a question of putting an end to a situation which has become intolerable; to adopt the necessary measures for this purpose and to reinforce the rules of international law regarding navigation in the Mediterranean. oy

China Asks U. S. Aid

In Appeal to League

GENEVA, Sept. 10 (U. P)— Loyalist Spain and China moved today to force two undeclared wars the Mediterranean submarine campaign and the Japanese invasion of China—before the nations af the world.

As chief delegates of key European powers met at Nyon to map a campaign against the “pirate” submarines attacking merchantmen in gid of the Spanish Nationalists, the League Council agreed to consider a Loyalist appeal against alleged Italian aggression. This Loyalist appeal denounces Italy for “flagrant aggression” in attacking Loyalist ships.

Coincidentally China prepared to appeal to the League Assembly which opens Monday agains Japan’s invasion.

The appeal will be phrased so as to seek .the co-operation of the United States in consideration of China's plea. To solicit United States aid, China will not make a new appeal to the League, but will ask rejuvenation of an appeal of 1931, when Japan invaded Manchuria. Juan Negrin, Loyalist Spain premier, was in the presiding chair when the Council meeting opened. He took his place automatically as Council members assumed the chairmanship in alphabetical order. His chairmanship. emphasized to Italy, to Germany and to the Nationalists that to the League the Loyalist Government is the properly constituted, legal government of the Republic. The League Council, after agreeing to consider the Spanish appeal against Italian warship attacks, adjourned until Tuesday China’s plan to appeal to the League was an added complication

for the harried statesmen.

The ‘Chinese delegates—Wellington Koo, ambassador to France, and Quo Tai-chi, ambassador to Great Britain—hoped that by reviving their old appeal, the Advisory Committee would be reconvened and that the United States would send an observing member automatically.

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BRIDE, 15, HELD INGOUNTY HOME

Husband, 18, in Jail Facing Charges Brought by Mother-in-Law.

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to take things that would help him in business.”

At the jail, Bob, the husband, admitted they had given a wrong age for Faye when they obtained a liSense to wed last Monday in Greene

His Job Pays $19 a Week

He said he was delivering ice and making $19 a week.’ He said he and his girl-bride had considered the runaway marriage for more than four weeks, had bought furniture for ‘their rooming house home, and had some money saved.

“So far as I know,” he said, “none of Faye’s family objected to us having dates, but Mrs. Holder was violently opposed to our marriage. So we decided to run away and get married.” Robert said he and Faye met=and fell in love when they attended Shortridge High School.

“If I lose my job, I'll get another, I haven't been without work a day since graduation,” he said. He smiled a little ruefully when he said that in 1936 he was a welterweight Golden Gloves champion and in 1936 runnerup in the lightweight tivision and yet admitted that last night during the raid Mrs. Holder “hung one on me.” Police reported they had protected the yoong man from the flying fists of his mother-in-law.

PLAN TOMATO TOURNEY LAFAYETTE, Ind. Sept. 10 (U. P.).—Indiana’s. annual tomato-pick-ing contest will be held Monday on the Jess Derrick farm, one-half mile north of Frankfort, Roscoe Fraser, Purdue horticulturist in charge of

the event, announced today.

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“Then, after all the cars stop, you can walk across the street safely. There wouldn’t be so many kids hurt if

as she walks across safely. 2

ington St. Then he opened up. “It was right here yesterday,”

coming the other way with a man in the cab. We were doing about 22

‘If I'd Been Going F aster— But Driver Wasn't and Child Lives

By JOE COLLIER This cab driver was past middle age. the cab nosed into a particularly narrow part of well-traveled E. Wash-

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He hadn't said much until

he said. “Right here and I was

miles an hour,

“Cars were parked on both sides. |

You know how they do along here. And we were comin’ on a light. So I was going slow, all right. Under the speed limit, a little.

‘Two Kids Popped Out’

“Well, before I hardly knew what happened, two kids popped out from between two parked cars. Going 22 miles an hour, I had a chance. I slammed the brakes to the boards, and I guess the tires didn’ v slide six inches.

“The man in the back seat gave a

scream like a woman, and covered

his eyes with his hands. When the cab stopped, he was in the front seat. Stopped so quick it threw him clean ‘over the seat, down by the meter, “But I thought it wasn’t quick enough. The girl, about 6 I guess, and pretty as a picture, was knocked over by the bumper. She fell to the street. The boy—he was older—saw me just in time. He tried to stop, and when the cob stopped, he was leaning both hands against the fender. “Well, I jumped out and ran around in front and the little girl got up. ‘It’s all right, she said, kind of scared like. ‘It’s all right, I'm not hurt.’ “Brother, ‘those were the gladdest words I ever heard. She had just been pushed over. The man in the front seat said, ‘Lord I'm glad you didn’t kill that little girl. Lord, but I'm glad. I wouldn’t have had that happen for a million dollars.’ “And after we were on our way again, he said that over and over. When we got where we were goin’, he said, ‘But if you had hurt her, I'd have had to testify for you, that it was unavoidable. Kids ought to be more careful.’ “And then I said, ‘And if I'd been

going 10 miles an hour faster, with her runnin’ out like that, so quick, it would hardly have been avoidabla’ ch “He said that it wouldn't, and said he’d have had to testify for me even if I had been going 10 miles an hour faster. “But you see if I had been going 10 miles an hour faster, and had hur: her, it would have been avoidable. Because at 22 miles an hour I didn’t hurt her at all: : “Lord, what a close call. You cant sell me off of this antispeed campaign. No sir. Not after that.”

POSSIBLE ARSON PROBED Barnarcl Lynch, Fire Prevention Chief, said today he was investigating an arson theory in the fire at the Phoenix Lumber & Hardware

FOR. 3D TERM, THREE AGAINST

Country Needs Him, Says Murphy; No, View of Clark, Quinn.

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it is not a question of party. Gove ernment in this eountry must not go backward.”

“We Love Him,” Says Allred

Govzarnor Leche declared: “As far as I am concerned, a good President in the hand is better than a whole flock of candidates in the bushes. If President Roosevelt could be prevailed upon to serve a third term, I think he doubtedly would have the support of the American people. “The people can no longer be misled by archaic phrases and ane cient customs. They are intere ested in a government which prese ently assures them of life, liberty, happiness and the opportunity of advancement. They have that kind of government today. So why change?” “I am for him and the people of my state are for him,” said Gove ernor Allred. “They love him.”

Governor Johnston said that he had been on record publicly for a Roosevelt third term for more than a year. He said his support was based on a desire for continuation of the New Deal for another term and “forever.” Governor Chandler was not so outspoken in the issue, simply sayw ing that he would support Mr, Roosevelt if the President was nome inated again.

Quinn Mentions McNutt

On the other side, Governor Clark declared: “American fradition against a third term for President is so much a part of our thinking that even to talk about it seriously is likely to prove a handicap to the Admin istration. ; “Mr. Roosevelt would not cone sider a third term and while such talk is probably intended to be complimentary, it is more apt to be embarrassing when such a course is urged by his friends and supe porters.” Governor Quinn said that although he was a “great Roosevelt supporter” he would not back the President for another term. He suggested that the Democratic Party had Presidential timber in Governor Earle: and former Governor McNutt of Indiana. : Governor Peery emphasized that “we of the South do not like third terms.” “I should like to think,” he said, ‘that we will adhere to the tradie tion that has prevailed throughout the years.” -

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