Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1938 — Page 8

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'~ 4. The balance in the tec . unearmarked general fund

Gross Income, Excise and License and Unemploy- - ment Levies Account for Third of Revenues, Inter-Organization Council Reports.

Indiana is threatened with additional taxes or increased rates for

isting sources of revenue, Inter-Organization Council of “The prediction may become an functions between now and 1

according to the Research Division of the Indiana.

actuality if the State assumes new

41, increases grants-in-aid to local govern-

ment units, or if that part of the State budget affecting the general fund Is not balanced, a report compiled by the council said. a : A detailed study of Indiana finances was made in the council’s re-

port, “Eleven-Year Trend in Indiana State Government Payments and Receipts.” | The study shows: 1. State governmental pa

in 1938 were more than twi

_ great as in 1928.

2. Revenue receipts in 1938, in-

a half times those in 1928. : State Fund’s Balances Higher 3. Balances in all State fu

1938 were more than six er than in 1928.

a peak of more than $24,5 June 30, 1938. ~ 5. With the unearmarked fund balance declining sh

sequently to June 30, 1938, because

of increased obligations, forecasts portend possible exhaustion of the fund within three years. 6. Aid to local units of |govern-

ment throughout the state increased ~~ five-fold in the 11-year period.

~~ 7. Grants-in-aid from the Federal

Government in the same period in-

creased four times. 8. Three functions of government: (a) construction and maintenance - of highways; (b) educatipn, and (¢) charities, hospitals and corrections (welfare) account for 85 per cent of the State tax dollar. / 9, Sales and receipts takes now constitute the chief source of State government revenue, with the revenue from this source increasing more than four-fold in the 11-year . period. | 10. Three new taxes levied since 1928—the gross income tax, liquor excise and license taxes,

° employment compensation

provide more than one-th State revenue receipts.

government payments for the fiscal

. year ending June 30, 1938, totaled 97

about two million dollars.

million dollars, million in 1928.

Predicts New Taxi .

compar to 46

. sources indicate that estimated ex-

penditures and anticipated receipts for the three-year period, July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1941, for the unobligated general fund, will result in almost complete exhaustion of the June 30, 1938, balance of nearly 25 million dollars.” On this basis, the organization pointed out, new taxes wi to be levied or rates increased in

acterizes. the trend in today.” “| Among major factors cited as causes of the declining condition of the State general fund balance were an anticipated decrease in State receipts in the 1938-1939 fiscal year, increased obligations for school aid . and the welfare program and the action of the 1938 special session of the Legislature in appropriating $5,329,750 for a building program, and earmaking approximately $2,000,000 for additional reimbursements to county welfare departments in the 1939 calendar year. | More Aid for Teachers “The full effect of the increase in distribution of tuition support from $500 to $700 a teaching unit,” the report said “will be felt for the first time in the 1938-1939 fiscal year. That additional drain gn the geheral fund, as compared with the 1937-1938 fiscal year, amounts to Similarly,

the full effect of the drop in the age limit from 70 to 65 years for recipients of old-age assistance under the welfare program has not yet been felt.” : : The report emphasiz that the

trend study was confined strictly to

the level of State governmental re- * ceipts and disbursements. The only . attention to the effect

of the tax base shifting trend on| local taxapropery tax collections for local surposes have declined approxi- : in the 11year period. This decline was from approximately 121 million to 94 million dollars. Meanwhile, it was pointed out, the grants-in-aid of |State funds and of Federal money passing asuray to losed approxiIS. .

~ ANDERSON, Dec. 1/(U. P.).—The cal General Motors unit of Guide Lamp was working a| force of 2500 ay, which is the peak employnent mark since resumption of production, F. L. Burke, general manager, reported. “Mr. Burke said the December out-

ook is for steady production andj

to its present workers have in the last

force will be held

request of the “expendi f 12908, hich 3 ure Ol ,798, whic des a proposed hospital and ent improvements, it

budget, presented by Dr. WalVan Nuys, superintendent of Village, is being considered by ttee. The

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“GAS EXECUTIONS

UPSET WARDEN

Hanging Bad Enough, He Says; Must Officiate First In California.

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Dec. 1

Df vu. P.) —Warden Court Smith ad-

mitted today that he had the “jitters” as the hour neared for him to officiate at California's first gas chamber executions. His horror of the gas chamber developed from seeing a man die in Nevada six years ago. “In hanging—bad enough at best,” he said, “you take the prisoner up the steps, adjust a rope, the trap springs and it’s all over.” But when the murderers Albert Kessel and Robert Lee Cannon go to their deaths under Warden Smith’s direction tomorrow there are numerous other duties to attend to, the warden said. “It is going to require much more time than a hanging,” he said. “Even if the condemned men have steeled themselves for their entrance into the chamber they can be unnerved by the time it takes to get them ready for it.

Many Details Involved “The two men will die in a minute or two,” he said, “but they alone will know the mental agonies they will undergo from the time we enter their cells to get them until the killing vapor enters their lungs.”

The warden said “each man must|

be stripped to the waist and a stethoscope taped to his chest. Then we must put a strap around his waist and bind his hands. Then 10 straps on the chairs in the chamber must be adjusted. “We must then go out and seal the doors,” he said. “That takes more time. “Even after the chamber is sealed we must take every precaution with valves and levers to see that something terrible doesn’t happen fo the spectators outside.

Adopted Last May

“Then the cyanide pellets must be tripped into the acid underneath the chairs. : “I don’t like it.” The new method of execution was adopted by the California Legislature last May. It replaces hanging. Kessel and Cannon, among the first to be condemned to death after enactment of the legislation, will die for their part in the slaying of Warden Clarence Larkin of Folsom prison during an attempted prison break. Their final appeal for reprieve was turned down yesterday by Governor Merriam. .

COUNTY TEACHERS TO HEAR STOLBERG

Organized labor will be discussed Saturday at Southport High School by Banjamin Stolberg, widely known labor writer, before a meeting of Marion County teachers. : .. His formal talk, “The Struggles in Organized Labor,” will be preceded by a discussion on the history and functions of organized labdr. Mr. Stolberg is a former editor of the Journal of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and of the literary monthly, “The Bookman.” He is a leading contributor to magazines and newspapers. y - His latest books are “The Economic Consequences of the New Deal,” and the story of the Cc. 1.0 :

PROBE VALPO FIRE VALPARAISO, Dec. 1 (U. P).— Authorities today were investigating a fire which originated among baled paper in the boiler room of the Federal building, causing. several thousand dollars damage. All the employees were routed when smoke filled the structure. .

al Taxes or Increased Rates yovernment Increas

Chart |—State Governmental Payments by Mejor Purposes

Millions of Dollar 100

1928 1931

929 1930

New Hoosier ‘T

LEAVENWORTH, Ind. Dec. 1 disastrous 1937 Ohio River flood,

than a year. The residents of Leavenworth, living on the very banks of the swirling Ohio, lost almost every possession when the angry waters rose to all-time flood levels. Virtually every building was battered into uselessness or swept away completely. | After the flood-waters subsided and the townspeople surveyed the scene of desolation, they decided to

proof spot 400 feet above the old site. In the ensuing year, 100 new homes were financed and built by tle» oa Red Cross and the Works Progress Administration. | For the last year, a majority of the residents have made their homes in tents.

SPANS CONTINENT IN SCOOTER PLANE

Pilot Says Nonstop Trip Cost Only $30.91.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (U. P)— John M. Jones estimated today that it had cost him $30.91 to fly nonstop from Los Angeles to New York in his “scooter” plane. The former vaudeville dancer, 25, landed at Roosevelt Field. late yesterday, 30 hours and 37 minutes after leaving Los Angeles. He had flow 2785 miles and set a new distance record for light planes. . He cruised at 91 miles an hour at an altitude of 500 feet. The plane has a four-cylinder motor of 50 horsepower and burns 32 gallons of

weighs only 650 pounds. Its regular gas’ tank has only a 12-gallon capacity. Mr. Jones also had a special tank holding 134 gallons. The

oil on the trip, and there were 23 gallons of gasoline left.

‘ABUSES’ SCORED AT ROAD BUILDING RALLY

Times Special 2 FRENCH LICK, Dec. 1.—The con-

cluding session of the Indiana High-

addressed yesterday by W. M. Holland of Indianapolis, executive secretary of the organization. Mr. Holland spoke of the need for elimination of “inequities and abuses” by insurance companies. He referred to “numerous cases in the

construction employers had paid compensation premiums in full and the insu?ing companies had become insolvent. : All officers were re-elected. They are Edward F. Smith, Indianapolis, president; G. R. Barr, Rochester, vice president; R. H. King, Danville, secrefary-treasurer. Directors named are R. P. Olinger, Huntingburg, and Albert A. Reith, Goshen, threeyear terms; and R. L. Schutt, Indianapolis, two-year term. Retiring

Wayne, and Roy A. Ryan, Evansville,

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move the entire town to a flood-| 92

gasoline an hour. Without fuel, it |

motor used less than one quart of |

way Constructors meeting here was|§

last six years” in which he said|§

ALL

1932 1933 1934

, The course of State expenditures, in millions of dollars, during the past 10 years, is charted above.

own Rises From

Ruin Left by Ohio River Flood

(U. P)—A whole new city of 100

bright, newly-built homes, which rose from the muck and ruin of the

will be dedicated here Dec. 15 by

thankful townspeople, many of whom have lived in tents for more

In honor of the occasion, a WPA holiday will be declared in Crawford County to allow all workers to attend the ceremonies. : The list of speakers includes U. S. Senators VanNuys and Minton and John K. Jennings, Indiana Wha supervisor, and Red Cross ofcials.

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