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—— Pension OVS 64S WER Dine Tomorrow at 2 Miles of Tables; e Are Going to Have a Nationa ge Pension ine Tomorrow a iles of Tables; Thi 7 legates| SETMAY RESO Byoooe Makes Seats in Alley Popular For This Country,” Nye Assures Townsend Delegates reeze Makes Seats in Alley Popular Ces 8 4 # ® & =» ‘ Indianapolis homes and indus- Ad know, or would rather not be re-/tries used more gas last month OMORROW . night about 5000 | to put on a drive to get the 1940 REPRESENTATIVE from the Jackson Booed and Then minded. Concealed taxes, although [than in any May in the history of Townsend delegates will eat | convention for St. Petersburg. Post Office Department ap- ; they may be neatly 50 per cent of the Citizens Gas & Coke Utilitv,| lettuce from the mother state, | Other cities wanting next year's | peared on the platform and Cheered After Warning the retail price, like on cigarets, do| company officials announced to-| California. meeting include San Antonio, | asked the delegates to have their not seem to cause much commotion. | day. Two hundred fifty gallons of | Denver, New York City and At- | 1051 and newspapers weighed Of Heavy Expense. “Wide open taxes like Indiana’s| A daily average of 11,318,000 cubic | fruit cocktail also will be from | lantic City. A Tov spapets Juighl,. anecceucans Gross Income Tax, give many people | feet was consumed, representing an| California; 2500 two-pound broil- * = = fl oode 3 with mall which is ing the jitters, hysterics, and the urge increase of 8.14 per cent over May,| ers will be from Indiana, the order | “ OD BLESS AMERICA,’ is carrying enough postage. The (Continued from Page One) o scream to high heavens about the 1938. Industrial gas consumption| having been placed a month in becoming the theme song | crowd roared when John Weir high cost of government. increased 24,300,000 cubic feet over | advance; 30 gallons of queen | for the Townsend National Con- | convention chairman id, of how the proposed Townsend plan] Tax ‘Advantage’ | MaV, 1938, while commercial gas| olives will be from Spain. vention. It has been sung two or | “Thank vou Mr. Farley.” 2: : transaction tax would work. | Cites Sales Tax ‘Advyiiage consumption increased 2,400,000) Two hundred and fifty gallons | three times hy Madame Mamie | terday Mr " +4 ar at ie Ee Rep. A. Patrick Cannon 1. Fla); | “I have seen and heard many of feet; house heating consumption by | of new peas wlil be from Wis- | Stark, official convention song- | the Townsendites control the who substituted for Rep. Joe Hen- | this kind—smoking a cigaret (lax|4 900.000 feet. and domestic gas con- | consin; corn oil going into 60 gal- | stress. Each time she has brought Government w g3 ; iv 0 = dricks (D. Fla), who is ill, praised Ff almost one-half cent) and drinking sumption by 10,000,000 feet. lons of French dressing will be | the delegates to their feet cheer- | pet our beef from Asventina amd the Townsend movement for “revo-| * a 35-cent highball (tax probably 15 So ————— from Iowa; the vinegar will be | ing ont Biol eef from Argentina and lutionizing American thought on cents), shout like mad that they YOUTH S AYS M AN'S from Pennsylvania; the 150 ; ® x = Our bologna from Mr. Farley, old-age pensions He predicted would not pay the 1-cent Gross In- pounds of coffee from Brazil; the Today the platf 8.0 the passage of the Townsend bill, come Tax added to their bill—the DE ATH ACCIDENT AL 2500 pounds of new potatoes from ol 0 ay MeL Akio was tn The 2000 chairs in the alley adsaving: : 3 very idea—and why pay the tax for Georgia, and the rest from In- azone photographs and | joining the tabernacle were filled “It won't take long. It might even ° politicians, school teachers, college diana. caricatures of Dr. Townsend. | i,q,v while yesterday they were pass this time if we can round up a professors, policemen and firemen,| AKRON, Colo, June 23 (U. P).—| “There will be 175 waiters, 10 cap- | FULLY three feet square, they were | ,;;,5¢ empty because of the heat few more votes.” judges and jurors and other tax Ellsworth E. Medberry returned to| tains 33 cooks, 30,000 pieces of sil- | tacked to the platform or set on | ,,4 jack of loud speakers. Today Cannen Flays Press eaters to spend on riotous living.” |the witness stand today for further| ver. 35000 pieces of china and 15,- | the stage. the speakers had been set up and : : | In suggesting the advantage of | cross-examination in his trial on a| goo pieces of glassware; 750 salt -. the seats were at a premium bee The Florida representative near-| sales tax, Mr. Jackson said: murder charge in connection with| and pepper shakers; two miles of Colored movies were being taken | cause of a cool breeze. ly stopped the conventich proceed- | “Under a plan to mandate the the death of John T. Gray, Colorado banquet table and 55.000 yards of | by Dr. W. W. Sherman, 72, of or ings when he opened a fiery attack’ tax being collected as a separate) springs salesman, last March. linen. : Willoughby, O. He said they were An automobile from Club 20 of on the press. The delegates waved item, the collector of this taX—| ‘The Fond Du Lac, Wis, youth late ra for private use, but that he would | Toledo, O. carried a red painted flags, cheered and shook their fists wholesaler, retailer or manufacturer| yesterday denied he killed Gray. He| A ovoup of 16 to 15 members of | show them free of charge to clubs | slogan: “Pa and Ma saved it. You at the press table when he said: | —who did not remit would be in /c,jq Gray shot himself accidentally.| the Florida Legislature are here | in his state. know who has it.” “You have written a campaign the position of holding from the Si hie aE of vilification.” | government funds he had collected After accusing the press of for the government. “bigotry” he asked, “What are you “Under your present plan and the going to say when we cram this| aba a LL Indiana law, the delinquent or y 8 plan down your throats?” | chiseler is more or less of the usual ij A k 5 § 7 77) Delegates on the platform pointed Times Photos. |delinquent taxpayer with the usual down to the press table and sev- It was crowded in Cadle Tabernacle yesterday and dozens of Town- | ior and often correct, that com- J eral made remarks. The hubbub| Send Convention delegates used windows for “knot-holes” while |.etition, sickness, fire or something continued for fully three minutes| others grabbed the opportunity to catch up on their sleep. In- |, kes jt imposisble for him to pay while Rep. Cannon waited. When side the convention hall, meanwhile, Deputy Sheriff Roscoe Bredell |},is tax and all his other obliga- 7, . \ it had stopped the speaker turned Was serving Dr. Francis Townsend, the Plan leader, with a court sum- |i; ne» ’ ) . mons in connection with a damage suit filed by the Covington, Ky, ‘ to the press table and said: i ; : Voltaire Quoted “You boys can't help it. You club against the national organization leaders. have to keep your jobs.” : | As Mr. Jackson neared the end of 0 : he This precipitated another out-|$191.402 was from circulation. Ex-|grants, grants on such propositions his talk, someone in the audience “U0 break and Rep. Cannon was unable | penditures were $205579. There as perhaps add seriously to an al- shouted, “Throw him out.” Scat- H / S TW. 1OVELIEST i to continue for several minutes. Was a net income after payment of ready difficult burden. We should tered delegates voiced approval. 1 4 NN tJ Many delegates stood up and jeered | taxes totaling $32.103.36. \ be ready to realize that after vears| John Weir, convention chairman, \ | at the newspapermen. Receipts of the Townsend Foun-|0f doctoring we are precisely where waved the audience to silence until 1 /l i. Surpluses in all three of the|dation were listed as $20336. Ex-|We were when we first called for Mr. Jackson concluded his talk. Mr. 4 EN Townsend corporations were report- penditures were only $1020.83. doctoring. : . Weir then declared that no one \ a ed to the convention by Robert C.| Senator Nve struck at New Deal| “The United States will build back “honestly differing with our views ; FAN 4 Townsend, son of Dr. Francis E. spending in his address. its great strength only as it will need fear being hissed When he HH & HRN he Townsend, plan author, who is sec-| “It has been a terrible blow to Cause honest reward for honest la- comes upon our platform.” \ HH saan : retary and treasurer. [witness all over this great land of |bor, provide adequately for those| After quoting Voltaire—"I wholly - NYOU HP <I 7 8 ha The Townsend National Recovery ours a suffering and a want that is{Who have earned the right to live disagree with what you say, but de- V 5 AND WHE / NZ RY 1 Plan, Inc, for the vear ending Dec. unbelievable.” he said. “The blow Without begging and borrowing and fend to the death your right to say HEAR THE PRICE VLA > 31, 1838, had total receipts of $204.- hurts the more when we realize that pleading pauperism on bended and it"—Mr. Weir asked the audience to - YOU'LL BE (5) \! a 685.79, expenditures of $170.061.55, after years of effort and spending | prayerful knees.” give Mr. Jackson “the biggest hand NSE N iy leaving a net income or surplus of we find ourselves no better off fun- Praises Persistency he ever had.” S v RP RI SE D ! a) 3! $34625.24. The major portion of damentally, with the same funda- The delegates responded vigor- 2 , p the receipts were members’ dues— mental faults to deal with that Ye Denied Tow ously. ~ ge \ ) ; 8153,143—while donations and con- found when the battle for economic * sistency an : tributions produced $46.590. Hr first was undertaken, {declared “the principle on which the BEBains Towhsend Tax i The Townsend National Weekly! “We ought by this time to know Townsend Plan for recovery is based| Mr. Silva, in his address, sald i Inc. for the vear ending Jan. 31. |that our problem does not react to|lS Without question the key that “the transaction tax which we ad- 5 1930, received $248333, of which palliatives in the form of relief| Will directly challenge and meet! .o is exactly the same as the [numerous of what we call our prob- -asoline.” ; lems today.” : tax upon the sales of gasol 5 DIAMOND He warned, however, that “any That, ack Is B Rn _— S 5 DIAMONDS program that overlooks the meeting | the only difference be DE a8 ; The four smaller diamonds ; 'a tax upon one specific kind of at the sides emphasize the Elegant new design that en- J of the problem confronting the ? ; ‘ her we beauty and quality of the hances the heauty of the dia=- : ‘American farmer is a program far | Pusiness trancaction, whereas large “diamond. 14-karat gold. monds. 14-karat gold. ; less than national in its scope” | Propose to tax all Kinds of business $1.00 "5c \ | “Give the American farmer, con- | transactions, Mr. Silva declared. ¥ A $ 50 A S 50 stituting nearly one-third of the! One of the suits against the WEEK WEEK population of the land. a fair price Townsend leaders was filed by a : for his production and the farmer Covington, Ky. group, which seeks AO Gis (will be afforded a buying power | (0, ¢ i nut from Can pERATRY SRT EN Wi y vefiecting s ickly celling the Cov s ter, " 3 Tomogr grou Ml refusing {o seat the club's delegates Pn in xn TIME 33 “ tremendous buying power for other 8N@ asks damages totaling 50. ) T } me EE pi 2 pong people who could then, without the|The defendants, Dr. Townsend, his, ALY \ ‘aid of relief rolls. possess themselves [SON Robert, Paul S. Chase, an or- iW. ANNES S\ ‘of this abundance (surpluses) which |8anization manager, and L. W. = . } ‘appears at times to be our un- Jeffery, national vice president, are 2h \ doing.” (required to appear in Circuit Court AW | | Senator Nye said there can be “no| Sept. 5. ‘ | S : a \ : serious questioning” of the sound-| 1ne other suit was filed in Su-| | EIR 0 TP G | ness of the Townsend principles, [Perior Court 4 by James E. Makin B16 genvine brilliant dies’ i . a caterer, who asked damages toial- P, monds lend fiery beauty \ i ‘Principle Will Win’ |ing $2500. It alleges that Mr. Makin ¥5¢ Down and 75¢ a Week RL. te the tiny, yellow plate : “Sooner or later principle will/entered into a contract with the No Interest—No Carrying Charge ri cave of the “Felice.” A 3 ‘win and as long as there are many | LoWwnsend organization to provide e. Aationally advertised, lof you sincerely ready to carry on,|5000 meals at $1.20 a plate for a Natural Yellow Gold # Croton, jewsied moves ‘we can know that not far off is banquet Saturday night. 3 DIAMONDS an Suarsnisee Yani /that day when another principle| Mr. Makin charges that he later A wateh of thrilling beauty . . . o gift that AE 7 DIAMONDS ‘shall have been accorded a tre-|Was notified that the Townsend or- New Modern streamlined de. will give years of pleasure and satisfaction. Other © y As new as tomorrow! 14 | mendous victory and become a ganization did not intend to perform SET Yuh oneiarge diamond L Yet, it's priced amatingly low and aveile wv roton Dismond karat yellow gold mounting. ‘most essential part of our system, its part of fhe contract and had en- l4-karat gold. able on easy weekly terms to meke giving atches to 3425, Cirle, diamond ‘ahd a land help to maintain a balance [gaged another caterer. oe : : land a reasonableness of oppor-| The Townsend organization issued She $ 75 > Trade in your ald watch, | $1.25 $ 50 | tunity for men and women, young | the following statement in connec- WEEK ! A land old, in our great land.” tion with the Covington suit: I WEEK Rep. Smith declared that the| “Harvey H. Smith of Covington, NEW | “tax formula of the Townsend Ky, who today served a summons ® | | Plan is in the nature of a pyra-;on Dr. Francis E. Townsend; Robert : | mided turnover or sales hn Yy Townsend; L. W. Jeffery and See These prc 3 is superior to the ordinary sales | Paul Chase, took action against the - 95 2, |tax levied only against the re-|organization without the full con- TP Two New oT A |tailer.” sent of the Covington Club of which 5 R 1 3 a \ 3 Mr. Jeffery, urging the delegates he was president. mm Ae . : to defeat Congressmen who voted| “The charter of the club was re- & sh |against the Townsend Bill. warned !moved after members of that club BUL Y (3 [canine Leptin Slibis from protested the activities of Mr. | 2X | Representatives who voted “no.” |Smith, and was done on the re- 4 ! A highlight of yesterday alter-| quest of members of that club. The WATCHES {noon’s activities Pog he serving of nomination of John Weir of Pasa- . | : {Summonses on Dr. Townsend &nd| dena, Cal, was seconded by =a > ; | other Plan leaders in connection| prominent member of the go for Milady bs ; 2 iwith two damage suits which have | of which Smith previously was an at Only— 3 been filed in Marion County courts. | officer. : i Visions Hidden Tax “Smith had aspired to the office In enlarging on his proposed tax of convention chairman. 6-DIAMOND $ 75 14-DIAMOND on plan Mr. Jackson said: “The complaint of Smith's Club BRIDAL PAIR : BRIDAL PAIR oa “Such a tax would, in most in- {members was that the delegates to Per fectl ; Intricate: in Both a stances, filter dows to the final con-|the national convention were not a huched En Sen wm ol {sumer as a hidden tax, absorbed in selected according to the rules and pair of ngs Pasay ngs ht | the final sales price, and the buying | regulations of the organization IY arab STURDY ELGIN { Po” (1 ry | public would not be quite so angry | which were set forth in the manual gold. $ 50 karat gold. $ iS ‘each time they went to the store adopted by delegates at the last na- Jae 8 $23.75 $1.50 a ” or beauty parlor. tional convention. Week He: hevond . Week ; “The tax on salaries and wages, if| “This was the principal reason, Elgin na ue beyon Som 'desirable to retain, could be levied coupled with Smith's complete fail- pare. Handsome, accurate 3 ‘as the Federal tax is now levied and jure to co-operate with the national Elgin for men. - {Sollesiey on ages, Spied by hav- organization, that caused Dr. Chase 50c A WEEK CET \S A ing the employer uct and remit|to withdraw the charter. J A 7 ‘directly to the Government.” “The case was dismissed in the Dainty, Elgin Classic 5 He declared the Gross Income Tax Cook County, Ill, Circuit Court, : 4 3 50-PIECE SERVICE FOR 8 is a tax that keeps its payers “plenty | because the court held that no . ¢ | BAS | T a tax conscious.” jurisdiction was possible on the case ns Distinctive, graceful lines PX ¢ BO 3 “It is a real test,” he said, “as to/in Illinois, because Mr. Smith had " § make this new Elgin “Clas- a | § whether we as a people want to' no cause.” A sic” a watch to be desired. ALY OX & i 3 ——— i 50c A WEEK XL VERI-THIN PHANTOM \ Wi IT's A FOR EARLY AMERICAN $29.75 2 Open Stock Price $58.69 ’ oLD SPICE TOILETRIES 15-Jewel Crush uvement . Old Spice Talcum and Fan, 50c-$1 in yellow gold filled curve The silverware you've dreamed of own- Sm Department PY Suey CLASSICAL case to fit the wrist. 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