Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1939 — Page 5
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7 THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1939
STATE LOSES IN| Yes, S GROSS TAX SUIT OF BRICK FIRM
$12,154 Ordered Refunded In Most Important Reversal Since 1933.
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For the first time since 1933, the’ Indiana Gross Income Tax Division’ has lost an important court test. Superior Judge Herbert E. Wil-| son ruled against the State today and ordered $12.15465 returned to! the Harbison-Walker Refractory | Co. East Chicago brick firm. While some officials said the de- | cision might open the way for other suits, Clarence Jackson State In-| come Tax collector, said the de-|3 cision would be appealed to the § Supreme Court.
Early Reversals Recalled He pointed out that two deci-| sions had been returned against the | ; law in. 1933, shortly after its pas-i: sage, but that both verdicts were! reversed. In his ruling today, Judge Wilson | decided that fire brick used in fur-| haces for the manufacture of other] goods is taxable at only !4 of 1 per! cent. The money to be returned to the company represents the taxes! paid at a rate of 1 per cent. |
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The company in its complaint de-| clared that the Division taxed fire]
brick as retail goods; that the brick was not sold to retailers but to manufacturers who used it to line furnaces which in turn were used in the manufacture of steel, and that is was “consumed in direct production.”
The Divisions’ Contention
The Division contended that the brick was not consumed in production. Judge Wilson declared in his opinfon that the definition of “imme-
Ciately consumed” as stated in thej 1937 amendments to the law, “can ring circus complete with clowns, “animals” and 40 acts will be held at not mean consumption without lapse the Manufacturers Building at the Fair Grounds—all of it free!
of time.” Testimony at the hearing brought out that the average life of the fire brick was between 14 and 90 days.
BAYS GIVES PART FOR PRESS GROUP
Fred Bays, Democratic State chairman, was host to Indianapolis newspaper and public relations men at a dinner party at the Claypool Hotel last night. There were: no speakers. The program was furnished by dancers, singers and skaters who Mr. Bays has taken with him throughout the state to feature Democratic meetings. |
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FIRES FIVE SHOTS AT:
PROWLER NEAR HOME
| Willard Murray took no chances! when he and Mrs. Murray returned to their home at 1017 W. 30th St, shortly after 1 a. m. today and saw | a man standing outside their bedroom window, he reporicd to POLS. | He jerked his 22-caiibre target pistol from a dresser drawer and fired five shots ‘through the window screen. He was unable to tell officers whether any of the bullets struck the prowler. The man ran south and disappeared into an alley.
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“The Greatest Boys’ Show on Earth” will hold a preview at 9 a. m. tomorrow when its 12 circus wagons, four bands and decorated antomobiles parade through the downtown district. The parade will precede the Indiana Boys’ Town three-ring circus to be held, without charge, tomorrow night at the Manufacturers
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Dr. Patty Cites Defensive Tactics in Address At I. U. Forum.
true tomorrow night when a three-
The circus is being given by Indiana’s Boys’ Town under sponsorship of the Marion County Recreation Division, the Northeast Community Center and the Indianapolis | Pimes Special Park Board. Seven professional cir-{ BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. June 29.—
‘BOOTLEGEING’ OF FIREWORKS IN STATE SEEN
Wholesalers Point to Fact That Ohio’s Bill Banning Use Was Defeated.
By JAMES THRASHER Fireworks wholesalers today gloomily predicted an era of boot-
leg pyrotechnics when the new fireworks ban takes effect next year. Assuming that Indiana youngsters will celebrate the Fourth with noise, law or no law, dealers foresee increased casualties from the use of black powder in home-made cannons and inferior manufactured products. State Fire Marshal Clem A. Smith | agrees with the jobbers that sale of bootleg fireworks is a possibility for next year. Ohio Sales Probable
“There will be none coming in from Michigan,” he said today, “because Michigan has a similar ban. But I understand that a bill was defeated in Ohio, and it is probable that there will be fireworks purchased there by Indiana residents and brought into this state.” Enforcement of the provision against shooting of fireworks by others than professional pyrotechnicians will be up to local police and fire departments, Mr. Smith said. The State Fire Marshal's office! has banned some 25 or 30 pieces of fireworks in the last four years. Manufacturers and dealers have cooperated fully with the office, Mr. Smith said, frequently calling attention to products made in other states which they considered dangerous. Calls All Hazardous
“Manufacturers have tried to eliminate as much danger as possible,” the Fire Marshal said, “but I still consider any type of fireworks as potentially hazardous, especially | in the hands of children.” Jack Morris, operator of a fire-| works store at 107 N. Pennsylvania | St, said that there are about half as many retail outlets this summer | as compared to former years. Many | dealers, he said, are afraid to stock
pius stock.
cus entertainers have donated their the trend of emphasis on health services for the 8 p. m. event. service and health education in Tomorow at 9 a. m. four bands, 12 circus wagons, and scores of decorated automobiles, bicycles and] floats will parade the downtown! fare training department at Indidistrict. |ana University. Included in the parade will be aj Junior Veterans of Foreign Wars Summer Conference for flag detail; two units of the rire; Administrators at the university. Department; an American Legion He said that some services are steam calliope; The Indianapolis offered only when an epidemic News Boys Band, the Indianapolis theratens. Co-operation between Knot Hole Gang Band, the Indiana | schools and social agencies to pre-
the Boys’ Town Band. The parade will form at Michigan and Pennsylvania Sts, move south on Pennsylvania St. to Washington St, west on Washington St. to Ilinois St, north on Ilinois St. to Market St, east to the Circle, around to N. Meridian St. and thence to Michigan St.
by Dr. Patty. The conference was to be closed |today with a session stressing de{velopment of citizenship through organized leisure-time activities. Speakers today were to include {Ralph Irons, superintendent of) Evansville schools; Dr. Lewis C. Robbins, State Health Bose) R. hilt aN Shee, superintendent of Franklin WINS ESSAY AWARD schools; William Sharp, director of |
Mrs. Kathryn Carey, 51 Grace St, ‘the Columbus Foundation
in the recent nation-wide essay con- : test sponsored by the Procter & H. Sutherland, head of the uni-
Gamble Co, Cincinnati. She won | versity sociology department.
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NEW YORK, June 29 (U. P).— William P. Buckner Jr. handsome young broker accused by the government of heading a $1,000,000
Dr. Patty spoke today during the School |
for | was awarded one of the major prizes | Youth; Quinten K. Hartke, State WPA recreation director, and Dr. E.|
soft pedaled.
up for fear of being left with sur
Several individuals have told him | that they are going to “stock up,” |
schools has been from a defensive ny Morris said, and he did a landstandpoint. according to Dr. W. W.|,fice business with Michigan delePatty, director of the physical Wel- gates to the Townsend convention. '
“Personally, I am not too sorry the law has gone into effect,” Mr. Morris admitted. “Though there always was chance for a nice profit, it is a treacherous business, at the, mercy of many factors, including | emergency legislation. Explains Ordering
“In the first place, we have to]
Music Co.'s Accordion Band, and| vent duplication of effort was urged order fireworks in August for the
following July. We take orders] from January until May, and open, our stores about the middle of! May.”
ucts are made in the United States, he said, but imported Chinese crackers are still in demand. Mr. Morris said these fireworks leave the interior of China in mid-| November, are shipped from a Chinese port to San Francisco and thence to New Orleans, where they are put on barges and shipped to Cairo, 1ll. The wholesaler is responsible for the shipment all the way, and he is} prey to a good many fears until the, fireworks arrive. For instance, the Pacific Coast maritime strike of two years ago held up shipment of the Chinese crackers so that Mr. Morris did not receive them until June 27. Displays in Favor An examination of the current stock in Indianapolis stores shows an accent on colored fire and display pieces, with the noisemakers
The Fire Marshal's office bans all
|B The majority of pyrotechnic prod-
Has Narrow Escape as
Board Falls
Rubin Jones, 23, of 1242 W. Washington St, narrowly escaped a severe eye injury today when he was struck by a flying piece of lumber. Mr. Jones, an employee of the Cleveland Wrecking Co., 1320 Kentucky Ave., was helping demolish a warehouse at 28 W. Georgia St. A large board, dropped from the second floor, bounced and struck Mr. Jones on the right arm and forehead. A deep gash was cut above his eve by a nail in the board.
He was treated at Methodist Hospital.
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bond fraud, and two of his four | crackers of more than three inches, co-defendants rested their cases but there is an increase in novelwhen their trial resumed today in |ties. There are such things as humFederal court. The others were | mers, gyro-flyers, parachutes and
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called to the stand to testify in his |} : E k Buckner testified yesterday con- ® cerning a letter bearing his signa-
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was sentenced to one to 15 years in Ohio Penitentiary today by | Judge Franklin G. Krehbiel as a
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