Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1937 — Page 13

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ALCOHOLIC BODY SEEKS TO AVERT STATEBEERWAR

Prepares to Give Appearance Of Legality to Pact With Michigan. By TOM OCHILTREE

To appease Michigan authorities,

the Indiana Alcoholic Beverages

Commission today prepared to give an appearance of legality to & gen- | tlemen’s agreement which ‘would | allow beer from that state to compete with domestic products. Commission members said they would ask the Attorney General's | office whether the Commission has | the power to pass a regulation for- | bidding Indiana importers from | taking their usual 2 to 8 cents profit | on each case of beer brought here | from Michigan. The Michigan mission, acting under a recent statute. threatened to prohibt the importation of Indiana beer on the grounds that Indiana liquor laws discriminate against Michigan brews State Excise Director Hugh Barnhart and Harold FPeightner, Indiana Brewers Association secretary, went | to Lansing last week in an attempt to mediate the threatened “beer war.”

Beverages Com- |

Asks Official Ruling

Tt was reported that some northern Indiana importers were willing to bring in Michigan beer without making a profit, but the Michigan | Commission asked that the Indiana | body make an official ruling on the question, One source connected with the in- | dustry here said that such a ruling | might not be strictly legal, since the | State has no price-fixing authority. | “Indiana sells so much beer in | Michigan, however, that we are willing to make that concession, which also will serve as a ‘face-saver’ for the Michigan Commission,” he said. “If the ruling goes through, technically Michigan beer might be able | to compete in prices with our prodnet. but actually wholesalers would keep the price up, even if importers did not.” Brewery Now Gets §1

Tt was explained that in a typical case an out-state brewery now gets 1 a case for its beer. After the Indiana importer pays the T7': cents Indiana tax. charged on both do- | mestic and imported products, the freight charges and adds his 2 to 8 cents profit, he sells the case to | the wholesaler at $1.25 and the wholesaler, ih turn sells the case at $1.50 The proposed resolution simply would knock off the importer's profit, it was said. The baer still would have to be handled in his name, State beer industry representatives, said they did not feel such #a resolution would establish a bad precedent since no other neighboring state has retaliatory laws, such as Michigan, and the competitive | situations are different. “Tt is a known fact,” said, “that we are able

one of them to ship beer

| and Elwood

Richard Lahey (above), director of the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, is to speak on “The Artist's Point of View” on the Town Hall Series in the Columbia Club at 11 a. m, Saturday. He will give a demonstration from a living model, discussing artist's methods while he paints the portrait. The speaker is represented in many important American art collections and he has been awarded several outstanding prizes. Ralph F. Thomp«on is to introduce Mr. Lahey,

MAKES CHANGES IN

FIRE, POLICE FORGES

Safety Board Announces Several Promotions.

Several © changes in the Police and Fire Department personnel had been made today by the Safety Board. Those in the police department were: Charles R. Peats, from patrolman to acting detective sergeant; John CGiish. from detective to police sergsant In the Fire Department Hallie M Shearer was advanced from chauf-

| four to lieutenant; James Pope and

Benjamin Howard from first-grade private to lieutenant; Elmer Bontrager and Donovan R. Skyles, from first-grade private to chauffeur, Johnson, a lieutenant, was demoted to a first-grade private. Seven probationary firemen were promoted to regular service, They were Russell Tverson, Frank O'Malev, Harold Adkinson, William MeGivnn, John H. Vogel, Clarence Mathena., and Patrick E. Fitzpatrick. Lient. Edward Kirk was retired because of ill health,

a | from northern Indiana into south-

ern and central Michigan cheaper

[than beer can be freighted to those | same districts from [want to protect that market,

Detroit, We

“While we feel we could beat the

| Michigan statute in the courts, such

litigation would take a long time,

and would be expensive.”

HOLDS ELECTION

OF MAYOR LEGAL.

Supreme Court Sustains Ruling for Vincennes Official.

A Jower court ruling that the present Vincennes Mayor, Joseph WwW. Kimmell, Democrat, was legally elected to that office in 1934 was sustained today by the Indiana Supreme Court, Brought by his unsuccessful Republican rival, F. Albert Reiman,

the appeal from the Gibson County |

Circuit Court alleged that the recount which allowed Mayor Kimmell to retain the office was ihaccurate, : Court records showed that when the ballots first were counted Mr, Reiman was ahead 15 votes, A recount hy a special commission gave Mavor Kimmell the victory by seven votes, Mr. Reiman sought to enjoin the recount commission from acting, and a restraining order was granted

in Knox County, but was not served |

on the commission until after it had

completed the tally and certified the |

results, Mavor Kimmell missioned for another four years and on Jan. 1, 1935, declined to turn the office over to Mr. Reiman, who demanded that he be allowed to move into the City Hall.

OFFERS MEMORIAL TO GEN. ST. CLAIR

The School Board today had under consideration a tentative offer

to erect a memorial to Gen, Arthur | the | Northwest Territory on Public Li- |

St. Clair, first Governor of

brary grounds.

The request to erect the memorial |

was made by Mrs, Frederic Krull, spokesman for

tion of the chapter bearing the

Revolutionary ‘War hero's name, No | action is to be taken until the offer |

is made formally.

The former site of School 26 Is to | be converted into a playground with | a wading pool for children, under a |

lease approved by the Board last night, proved

approximately $80,000

viously authorized.

HELD UP BY NEGRO;

IS ROBBED OF $9

A Negro bandit last hight held |

up Charles McParland, 50, of 231

E. St. Joe St, and robbed him of |

$05. he reported to police, Three men early today

Mrs. Nellie Reechy, 35, of 225 Park Ave. according to police, Mrs. Reechy told officers they came to the door and broke the glass with a revolver, She quoted them as saving: “Let us in; we want to hold you up.” She said they walked away, and she followed them a short distance, but they escaped before she could call police.

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