Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 September 1939 — Page 6
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COUNCIL VOTES $1.20 TAX RATE FOR CIVIL CITY
$10,399 Cut Off Requests of Administration for $8,030,292 Total.
The 1940 Civil City budget of $3,020,20248, bearing a $1.20 tax, rate, was being prepared today for | submission to the County Adjustment Board following its formal ap-! proval by City Council last night. The $1.29 rate is 1 cent less than, the 81.30 rate proposed by the Ad- | ministration, which was the same] as the current rate. | In addition to the $10,309.03 pared .. from Administration requests, Council made a last minute slash of $1650 for a junior track elevation | gum. engineer. Since this amount was
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bond proceeds account, which was 4 * “ # not figured in the original tax rate . ~ . F vivors Reach nor the total budget figure. Lrst NY7, Cl C01 S cac County Meeting Opens read 1940 County budget ordinances | today at the opening of a two-day Council is to meet again at 10 the Southern Cross. a.m. tomorrow to approve officially of Heroism Amidst When all lifeboats had been upon. Proposed slashes are ex- i | fired shots into the wreckage of the pected to amount to a 13-cent re- Terrorism. | Athenia so that it would sink rapid- | rE uve (Continued from Page One) The Knute Nelson put into Gal-| , the! 400 who arrived at Greenock and Way With her survivors.
taken from the track elevation The Athenia .... estimate, it affects neither the rate The County Council, meantime, Irish and Scottish Coasts annual budget session. Eyewitnesses Tell Stories tn to help the Knute Nelson and budget reductions previously agreed cleared from the ocean, a destroyer | duction from the 64-cent total SRE ly and not be a hazard to shipping. | The 13-cent cut would set the,
rate at 51 cents or 3 cents above about 150 at Glasgow. This inelud- | Drifts in Lifebelt the current levy. ed about 300 of the 311 Americans The rate cuts expected to be made aboard. include 8 cents in the Welfare De-| Their accounts of what happened partment and cents in the varied on some details, but this is County general fund levy. te, Dread outline of their story: he Athenia, carrying a No Dissent on Vote passenger list of persons fleeing children. The City budget was passed on a from the European war, was steam-, Able Seaman H. Dillon, first to] roll call with no dissent. ing along off the Hebrides Islands tell the story of the disaster at The minority group decided to Sunday evening. It was still day. Greenock, said that he drifted concur when Harmon A. Campbell, | light, but the dinner gong hadiabout in the water, after his lifeRepublican, asserted he would vote sounded and many were having boat capsized, for three hours in his| for budget, but would not “waive their evening meal lifebelt before the Southern Cross my right to criticize expenditures! At 7:30 p.m. ship's time there was picked him up. later.” ja loud roar under the decks. } Storekeeper McEwen said that “I db approve the appropriations! Apparently the torpedo made A ‘one lifeboat went back to the ship | asked by most of the departments,” direct hit on the Athenia's boilers or ty take off a woman upon whom an he said. “Most of them made an! struck close enough to burst them. operation had been performed and honest effort to prune their costs Some were killed by the force of who had been forgotten. | where they could. But it is appar- the explosion. ; ‘ Ghhors Seaman Dillon said only about ent others did not. I don't want to| The mighty Jar Yo ‘h gH seven or eight on one lifeboat sur, ote against those departments SPrawling over the rail Hw 18 SER vived after it was caught in the which tried to be economical, so 111 Where they — cr lifeboats Knute Nelson's propellor. | vote for the budget.” | There was a hh, Survivor Donald MeMillan said $10.628 and during that dash Thomas Me- there were 100 in his lifeboat. “ s V ® y y 5 " \ St tLight a | Donald, a Hartford, Conn. nsw one Boat Falis ¢
Neanwhile. President ance agent, looked out across es | Joseph G. Wood said he would ask rail and said he saw "a gray Subs! Mrs. Turner of Toronto said she Mavor Reginald H. Sullivan to send |Marine surrounded by smoke. saw several dead men on the deck! a letter to the Adjustment Board| ‘There was no other vessel I 4,4 that the boat she was on had been unable to pick up two men be-|
i sight,” he added. rointing out that $0628 would be . x Sai : ie next vear through the opera- Other passengers also reported cause it was so crowded. Some of |
tion of a new public Hgntme eon | 0 Eoniy hc ait the Sirvivene were in lifeboats by Amount Is to be made by the board | ATCA! DLE Sd I Was 8 GUAT: Third Class Steward. John Sorbie pa Lame aa ut TAY AI Rd done ols ar 3 cess Tl Tim he da ly Me inogically Dg A shell crashed into the boat deck | oce oe ie octupants. 8
of the Athenia where men, women y Me nell ber. | bring the total budget reduction to mb to lifes | James McConnell, a crew member, g ® and children were climbing into life- | iq many Americans must have
$31 02—approXimately equal to 2 heats. A latge hole was blown been killed because several of them Tutus fate Seduction, through one lifeboat were in third cless quarters directly
The 216350 from track elevation : 1d ‘eeds W . Moon Aids Rescue lover where the torpedo hit. bond proceeds was made at the sug 3itl Reported Killed
gestion of James E. Deery, City, Some passengers said the subma- | . ih . Controller, and City Engineer M. G. vine ‘hen fired another shell at the a suey the ship. sand Johnson. The elevation engineer isting ship and one man described joo pe he gitl. about 12. dead in| will be transferred to the flood Con- [jt as “a gas shell.” Y's eek per eerie dy trol Board and his expenses are to, Capt. James Cook. the Athenias * Fathiar Join Meecha said the be paid by the County. master, said one of the shells was| "Cl" Si to hand ever life- | aimed at destroving the ship's wire« | = 4 Elevation Report Awaited | oss 3 belts to women. | Although the transfer appeared Night had fallen by this He, BUt, | ren sxnausted. Some women were to indicate that the Works Boards fortunately for the passengers, the! o.oo." ee on stockings, some | ack yuan plans hy moon came up strong and bright.| ee only dressing gowns. The men
That illumination enabled the pas-| ie tnchaven and red-eved. officials indicated the vacancy prob- sengers and crew members to work ably wouid be filled by another
effectively in getting away from the member of the engineering depart- listing ship ment in the event the City goes But the terror ahead with elevation.
distraught,
| | Germany Denies | [them from beneath Sinking Athenia
At present, Mr. Johnson is await. | lurked near its prey. | BERLIN, Sept. 5 (U. P).—Baron ing the result of an engineering sur-| John McEwan, storekeeper on the gprnst von Weigsaecker, Foreign Of- | vey by State Highway engineers Athenia. told about that. : fice Secretary of State, “assured” on elevation plans “Several times auting the night pjexander C. Kirk, American Em-| The budget cuts approved by | When we were in the lifeboats,” he passy charge d'affairs, today that] Council which affect the tax rate! said, “we heard the submarine pass- the German Navy had no part in included: {ing below us. She remained on the any attack on the liner Athenia. | Works Board Administration — [Spot several hours after sinking us.”| Baron voh Weizsaecker said that]
$1820 for a full time mechanic to| Ship Sinks Slowly | the German Navy had received, service 30 new trucks the strictest orders to observe ine] Cinta] Sh % A large, ragged hole gaped on the | (CAL ; Municipal Garage — 8535 from |... (ide of the Athenia. The liner \ described th nd gasoline expenses | Official quarters eseri e| gH 3 ower | Sted badly when she was first!gaioment that the Athenia had | Street Commission—$100 for power | SHALLY |
and light for the Shelby St. barns. | struck, but then came back to a pee) sunk by a German submarine Health Department—$138403 for sinking slowly.
level postion. Then, she began ,¢ “ap infamous, shameless lie, a | a rat elimination expert and $1000) qyo” wireless operator of
u criminal attempt to influence 1® United States opinion and make a from Child Hygiene funds, For|ainenia crackied out an SOS. and pew Lusitania case equipment, printing and advertising. pearhy ships raced for the scene City Hospital—$5000 for mainte-| , gicpatch was sent to the United
The War Ministry said: | “It it t of the question that nance and equipment of SMAlPOX | press It is ou a barracks
o from ¢ he vateh, So a German warship torpedoed the ross, one of the rescue ships des ceamer. All German warships wnd Safety Board $830 from the Dog ceribing the scene : p Pound's request for a new truck. | The sea was
\ a tt U-Boats have the strictest Gide rough and the moon ot 4 sink, me nt Collection Dept. — $510 for repair yas brilliant. Lifeboats were dotted 30 ue not to sink, mercha | parts to trucks and general supplies. giver the waves and the Norwegian «if the ship sank, it could have — i (merchants vessel, Knute Nelson ipeen only as the result of other 3 | Stood by taking aboard all she could. causes such as a boiler explosion.” | Flares were burning from the life- | previously the Army high com- | boats and cries for held were com-| mand had said: | fing from all sides. Most of the life- “There were no German subeboats and cries for help were cOm- marines in the area at the time of in the water. One lifeboat cap- ihe Athenia disaster. It is Sized near the bow of the Southern jixely that a British submarine fired Crozs, but seamen from the yacht the torpedo as a propaganda saved the occupants. A man stood peasure to influence United States jon the keel of the overturned life- .iiralitys | |boat, hauling people out of the sea.| Guper quarters had suggested that | One of those he rescued was a (he liner might have struck a mine. | young woman. She sat quietly in| The Government announced also the rescue boat for a moment and that it had informed the Danish | then screamed: | Government that it could not have “My baby.” been a German plane which] Then she leaped into the sea. dropped four hombs on a home at! British destroyers arrived and be- | psjberg, Denmark, yesterday, killing E———— 2 a0 and a woman and wounding 10 persons, including three children. | The Fuehrer, it was explained, | had ordered airplanes not to bomb neutrals and further no German plane had been in the vicinity. It was suggested that the bomb attack must have been a “British provocation attempt.”
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Britain blames Germany; Berlin blames London.
NAZI SHIPS FIND HAVEN
MEXICO CITY, Sept. § (U. P). —Bleven German ships were anchored today at Vera Cruz and Tampico, taking refuge from enemy warships. The German liner
Columbus was among them. She had put her passengers off at Havana Friday night and made a record run to Vera Cruz hours.
REPORT ZEP CITY FLAMES
ZURICH, Switzerland, Sept. 5 (U.
P) Swiss frontier posts reported
| Ambulances and surgeons waited today that they had seen a column Townsend, Lieut. Gov. Henry F.| boat at Greenock and Galway to of flame shoot into the air in the Schricker and Mr, McMurray are | take care of the wounded among the direction of the German city of!to attend. scantily dressed, oil- Friedrichshafen, Zeppelin base. The] heavy Stained, penniless, men, women and flame, seen at 1:55 a. m, was ac-|will be band concerts, radio broads
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FAIR LEGALIZES HOOKEY FOR DAY
Pupils Allowed to Skip School for Educational Program.
Japan, Spain -Decide To Remain Neutral
TOKYO, Sept. 5 (U, P.,) ~The Japanese Foreign Office today formally notified the American, British, French, Polish, German and Italian envoys that Japan will remain neu-
tral in the European war. Formal notification of Japan's position was communicated by Renzo Sawada, Vice Foreign Affairs Minpenalty were needed, Fair officlals|jier to American charge d'affaires will admit free all children under Eugene Dooman, British Ambassa-
12, and all Boy and Girl Scouts and dor Sir Robert Craigie, French Am-
surged through the streets and set fire to two German motor trucks and a German automobile. Windows in the office of a German shipping line were smashed.
BURGOS, Spain, Sept. 5 (U. P.). —General Francisco Franco decreed
{Continued from Page One) Spanish neutrality today.
CAPETOWN, Sept. 5 (U. P.).—The South African Parliament today voted 80 to 67 to sever diplomatic relations with Germany.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 5 (U.P.).— Netherlands anti-aircraft batteries opened fire at a “few” airplanes of unknown nationality which flew near Amsterdam, it was announced officially today. It was not known whether any were shot down.
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® And the total figures are TOO HIGH for You to Pay!
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® Do you realize that a $2.60 tax rate for 1940 will raise OVER FIFTEEN MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? That amount should cover every legitimate expense for operating every department of our government! But look at the rate proe posed by these budgets.
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® Our own taxes, for state and local expense, not including gova ernment taxes, social security, etc., have GONE UP 259, from a $2.58 rate in 1935 to $3.21 for this year. And now the tax spenders present this NEW and HIGHER BILL for 1940,
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® Quit spending so much for relief and welfare! Quit building new public buildings until we can pay the interest and indebtedness tax spenders have piled up by millions in years past. CUT OUT EVERY, WASTE AND EXTRAVAGANCE! Make every name on the public pay rolls return one hundred cents of work for every dollar paid.
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® Taxes never can be lower as long as we spend the amounts proposed in these budgets. Taxes will be higher unless we CUT these proposed expenditures. And, worse yet, is the national and state and local deficit spending. By deficit spending, we mean simp} that we are spending that much more than ‘we take in, through issuing bonds or passing on this spending to our children,
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® We have made costly mistakes in tax budgets of the past. We can no longer postpone the Day of Reckoning. It is Here—NOWI1
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® IF YOU, as a citizen of Marion County, let these proposed budgets Xe 1940 go unchallenged, YOU face ruin for jobs, business es and homes—next year!
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|® The time for YOUR action: is | Today! The field of battle comes lin the sessions of the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board! YOUR weapons are signatures on the WARNINGS from TAXPAY. ERS at your drugstore or here
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