Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1939 — Page 7
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- cent rate was the result of a
~ in requested 1940 expenditures in the
* sale of street lighting equipment.
* Member Harvey Hartsock on reports:
b * stores.
' . received a bonus of 50 cents a ton
* relief rolls of the undeserving, but
# was the result of “professional wel- © fare workers who have been build-
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; the welfare department cuts.
the Board voted to entirely strike| from the budget a $175,237 fund re-
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total of $2,383,949 in 1938.
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RATE RISES 10 CENTS T0$3.31
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levy would reduce the Indianapolis
(Center Township) levy next year],
to $3.25, or 3 cents above the current rate. Despite the drastic cut in the Center poor relief budget, the township trustee will have available for relief purposes next year $1,099,643. This is exclusive of the sum raised by the bond levy. However, it was brought out that “there is virtually no way to prevent the trustee from issuing more bonds -t0 make up the funds slashed from
Board. . The Board made its-first heavy slash yesterday when it cut $308,207 from the County Welfare budget, reducing the proposed 51-cent Coun-
ty levy to 46 cents, which is 2 cents
under the current levy.
Welfare Levy Cut The Board's action effected a reduction of 5 cents in the 18-cent welfare fund rate. The proposed 18-
previous ¢-cent cut by the County Council. Although the Board made no cuts Indianapolis CiviliCity budget, it reduced the City tax levy by 2 cents, to $1.28, and, like the County levy, brought the 1940 levy under this year’s rate. The 1939 Civil City rate is $1.30. 3 The rate cut was made on the basis of an adjustment of additional anticipated revenue to the City next year from the new.light rate contract, which is expected to bring $42,000 to City coffers, and the anticipated receipt of $73,000 from the
The School city budget calling for a 96-cent rate, the same as the current levy, was passed Monday by the Board without change.
Attorney Questioned
. Near the close of yesterday's session, Leo X. Smith, attorney for ‘Center ‘Township Trustee Thomas “Quinn, was questioned by Board
“disturbing to the Board.” Amang the reports Mr. Smith was asked to explain were the allegations that during August, 5622 per cent of the bread purchased for Center relief purposes came from one retailer; 38% per cent of the milk came from one dealer, and that two-fifths of the grocers on an approved list of 54 grocers received 80 per cent of the staple food business. ._ Mr. Smith-said he did not know if the reports were correct, but that if they were, it was the result of geographical location and refusal of some stores to handle relief orders. Figures purporting to show that two stores received about $8000 each in poor relief orders last month also were presented by Mr. Hartsock. Mr. Smith said he had no knowledge of the truth or falsity of another report that a relative of Mr. Quinn was connected with * one of the He branded as false a report that the present trustee and his predecessor, Miss Hanna Noone,
on all relief coal. General Fund Slashed
Mr. Smith said the trustee's office was doing all it could to rid the
added that the increased relief load
ing it up. Yesterday, in addition to making the drastic cuts in the welfare fund, the Board agreed to slash $9100 from the County general fund. A total of $7300 for extra clerical help was taken from the Treasurer's budget during a discussion on the fee system, and $1800 from the Sheriff's budget, scheduled as salary for an additional deputy. However, the general fund rate of 18 cents was not changed. The General fund and the welfare fund are only two of the six separate funds requiring separate levies
county tax rate. Neal Request Sliced The Board spared little in making
The largest slash was made when
quest to pay past-due bills to the Riley Hospital contracted in the operation of a children’s program. A total of $100,000 was whacked from the request of $1,796,850 for old-age assistance: program next year. Welfare Director Thomas Neal had originaly requested $1,970,910 but the County Council cut it before it was submitted: fo the Adjustment
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Marion County taxes. The remainder of the money is received from “the State and Federal Governments
"fund for assistance to crippled children in custody of relatives. Only $8800 of that amount was fo be raised from county taxes. Other-cuts were $20,000 from funds for assistance to dependent children
from the Colored Orphans Home fund and $47,910 from the requested $196,220 for administrative employees’ salaries, Staff May Be Cut It was believed the Board's action would necessitate a reduction of 37 in staff of 139 employees In the Department.
The Board, in all but one case,| .
acted unanimously on the welfare reductions. Harvey Hartsock, Board resentative from the School Board, led the attack on welfare requests. ; - As the Board opened the study of the welfare budget, Mr. Hartsock
“«1 would like to get’ this budget back to: 1938 expenses. ought not be worse now than they were in 1938 considering some industrial expansion . . . let's get back on a sane basis in welfare services.” The Welfare Department spent a It requested . expendityre of $3,624,547 for 1940. ; All the tax rates set by the board
Conditions|
The William Harper. family pitched an army tent on the ashes of its home at 802 S. Addison St. today, and prepared to stay until cold weather. Then they don’t know what theyll do. The home burned yesterday afternoon after a kerosene stove exploded in the kitchen. All three
Mrs. Harper and 9-year-old Wilisis, the son—escaped without inury. Mrs. Harper broke a kitchen window and rescued Dickie and Suzie, canaries, and a neighbor, Harvey Slaughter, turned over a coop near the blazing house and rescued Henrietta, a bantam hen Nothing else was saved.
members of the family—Mr. and
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Tent Offers Roof Until Cold Sets In—Then What?
Even the boy’s new shoes burned and he was given permission to stay away from class at School 49 until he gets new shoes Monday. The family spent the night at the farm home of relatives, Probing in the ruins today, Mrs. Harper discovered some of the 45 cans of foods she had put up for winter were undamaged. Most of ‘it was beyond use. Mrs. Harper received a slight scratch on her arm when she broke the windows to rescue the birds and Mr. Slaughter was slightly burned when he rescued the chicken. Also discovered intact in the ashes was a bottle of strawberry soda. Young William washed it off, opened it, and went happily about the place drinking it this morning.
Table of Tax Rates
1939 Rate
Center ... ...$3.21 Perry ..... eee 3.31 Warren ......co00... 3.06 Washington .......... 293 Wayne ..
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Center ..ceevecene....$2.01 POITY ..ceeececonees.. 2.01 Warren .....c.ce000... 1.67 Washington ......... 1.17 Wayne ... edesees 1.94 Decatur ....c.o000000 1.22 Franklin ............. 1.81 Lawrence ............ 1.52 Pike ... vere s- 1.65
Castleton ...........$1.76 Clermont ............ 3.01 Crows Nest .......... 1.17 Highwoods 1.17 Town of Lawrence... 2.26 Lynhurst North Crows Nest.... Ravenswood Rocky Ripple Shooters Hill ........ Southport ........... 2. Speedway City ....... 3.36 Spring Hill .......... 1.17 Warren Park ........ 1.82 Williams Creek ...... 1.57 Woodruff Place ...... 3.05 Woodstock ......e.... 1.17 Beech Grove .....s... 3.36 (Center) Beech Grove (Franklin) Beech Grove ........ 3.46 (Perry)
veeseess 3.195
ship advisory beards.
The following is a comparative
State vonsssservesssavesS 15 County ceecsccocveceses .48 Poor Relief 32 School City. 0000s 96 Civil City e000 RsRRRNNNLS 1.30
1939 Rate
Relief ........ Bonds ..cecoceeccee
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Perry—
Relief essere ees ois 3 204 Bonds ...cecco00000 066
Total ees ebovenee .$ 27
Wayne— Relief nse eres vise® 202 Bonds Cents eset RRte 158
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vessnsininnsd 32
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Center -...$42538
Other Corporations
CHART 1
The following table shows the current and requested tax rates compared to those rates formally fixed by the Adjustment Board today for 1940, to be paid on each $100 taxable property by property owners in all cities, towns and townships in Marion County. All are subject to possible further review by the State Tax Board.
Townships Inside Indianapolis
1940 Requested
$3.51 3.492 3.045 2.935 3.555
1940 Approved
$3.31 3.329 2.975 2.862 3.485
Townships Outside Indianapolis
$2.725 2.406 1.54 1.156 2.345 1.22 1.895 190 1.555
$2.51 2.18 144 1.03 221 1.16 1.81 1.84 149
$2.09 3.285 1.037 1.037 2.14 2.615 1.037 2.337 2.537 1.037 “2.737 2.605 1.037 1.59 1.437 2.88 1.037 3.503
$2.25 3415 1.15 1.15 2.30 2.145 1.15 2.65 $2.65 1.16 3.00 2.655 1.15 1.69 1.55 3.06 1.15 3.68
3.23 . 3.175
3.662 3.519
Requested 1940 rates are those submitted to the Adjustment Board after action by the City Council, County Council and Town and TownIn some cases the councils and boards made cuts in amounts requested by governmental department heads.
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table of rates in tax districts which
combine to make the total property tax rate paid by property owners living in Center Township, inside Indianapolis.
1939 Rate
* 1940 Requested $ .15 3 | 59 96 1.30
$3.51
1940 Approved $.15 46 46 96 1.28
$331
The 5-cent cut in the county rate was made In the proposed 18cent county welfare department rate. rate had been previously trimmed by the County Council from 64 cents.
CHART 3
The following is a comparative table of township poor relief and poor relief bond rates in the three townships with largest load.
The 51-cent: requested county
1940 Requested $ 362 238
1940 Approved
$ 235 228
$ .59
$ 363 Am
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$ 54
$ 265 335 335
$ 60 $ 60
‘Each 1 cent in the rate raises the following amounts. Perry .......$1201
wayne .......$3593
HITLER VISITS U-BOATS
BERLIN, Sept. 28 (U. P.).— Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, it was announced, paid a surprise visit today to Wilhelmshaven where he inspected officers and men of submarines who “returned .to the
ustment to the State Tax Board, final budget review body.
(naval) base after a successful cruise against the enemy.” op
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BREMEN REPORTED SAFE
MALMOE, Sweden, Sept. 28 (U. P.)~The crew of the Esthonian steamer Kuressar, which arrived at Lindhamm, Sweden, from Murmansk, Russia, said today that they had seen the German superliner Bremen ‘in Murmansk Harbor on
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Reported Out After Long Debate as to Effect on U. S. Shipping.
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he said the present statute permits Germany’s allies, Russia and Italy, to import whatever they wish from the United States. Mr. Pittman is expected to open the Senate debate Monday, followed by Senator Borah for the opposition. Mr. Pittman predicted that American shipping would not suffer greatly because of the cash-and-carry restrictions on all cargoes to belligerents, but it was known that steamship interests were fearful that American traffic would be reduced.
Defense Study Asked Meanwhile, some Senators started a drive to examine the national defense program to determine if the Army or Navy lacked adequate equipment. When the controversial
neutrality issue is disposed of,
remain in Washingto ; nN} holes that might be found in the defense structure. Senator Tom Connally (D. Tex.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee who helped draft the neutrality bill said that if the occasion arose, he would renew his suggestion that the 250,000 members of the Civilian Conservation Corps be given military training. This would provide an adequate, well-trained reserve army, he said. Senator ' Robert F. Wagner (D. N. Y.), said Congress ought to undertake “a more thorough study of the adequacy of our defense, because our country must be ready to defend itself against any enemy.”
Definition of Powers Sought
jection by Administration leaders, the Senate today approved a resolution by Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.) calling on Attorney General Frank Murphy to sub-
‘mit “at the earliest practicable date”
a report on what executive powers rest with the President in time of national emergency. The resolution asked Mr. Murphy what powers were made available to the President under his recent proclamation of a “limited” national emergency and also what “extraorary’ powers are available under ng statutes or under a state I
Sengtor Bennett: Champ Clark . Mo.) introduced a resolution calling for a Senate investigation to determine whether foreign Governments are behind any propaganda efforts in connection with the neutrality revision debate. The resolution calls for the appointment of a committee of seven Senators to study the activities of any person or firm acting in behalf of a foreign government “to bring about a change in the neutral position of the United States toward the conflict now going on abroad. It would grant the investigating committee $25,000. :
BAALS MAY ENTER RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Times Special " FT. WAYNE, Ind. Sept. 28.— Mayor Harry W. Baals today was reported to be preparing a statement announcing his candidacy for the Republican Guhernatorial nomination in 1940, in competition with former Congressman David Hogg, also of Ft. Wayne, who announced yesterday. Mayor Baals is Ft. Wayne’s only Mayor to succeed himself in many years. : Mr. Hogg, who served four terms in Congress from the Fourth District, formally announced his candidacy for Governor at a luncheon of the Allen County Republican Club yesterday. He said his platform includes decentralization of government, encouragement of industry and building, tax reduction, elimination of nonessential offices, and labor’s representation in state
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BURGLARS LEAVE SCENE IN DISORDER
Burglars, beating a hasty retreat from the Ochiltree Cleaners establishment, 2238 Shelby St., early today, left a large part of their loot strewn across the shop’s rear yard. Police recovered a fur coat, a woman's coat and two dresses, a Tuxedo suit, two suede jackets, a pair of trousers and two bundles of laundry. ;
Several men’s suits, how ver, were
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SWEDISH STEAMER IS REPORTED SUNK
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 28 (U. P.).— A report from Stavanger today said the 3325-ton Swedish steamer Nyland had been torpedoed off Kvitsoey but that its 29-man crew had been saved. The crew was taken to Tananger, near Stavanger, the report said. The Nyland belonged to the Tifing Ship-
GIVEN SENATE
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Adolf Hitler (third from left) watches the shelling of Warsaw, a caption on this telephoto. With him is Gen.
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Wilhelm Keitel, German High Command chief (fourth
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| without debate reports of its Amer-
icanism and legislative committees which pledged the Legion to cone tinued opposition to Communism, Naziism and Fascism and demanded legislation to eliminate all profits from war. :
Communists Target
was instructed to seek passage of legislation to outlaw “the Communist Party and any other party or
that may be organized to participate in political affairs.” ; : Further debate was expected on the .issue of whether the Legion should voice a stand on the arms embargo. The convention adopted late yesterday a resolution of its
SOVIET FLEET OFF ESTHONIA
And Stalin’s Ambitions ‘Will Clash.
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withdrawn behind the “Vistula demarcation line dividing Nazi and Soviet spheres. Fighting in southern Poland yesterday was reported by the Nazis and the Polish Embassy in Paris said that there was still fierce battling around Warsaw but that Polish civilians were urging the
troops to surrender. It was said the soldiers wished to continue resistance. With Germans asserting that there had been practically no gains by either side in fighting on the Rhineland front since the war began, His Holiness Pope Plus XII was understood to have sent another message to neutral and belligerent nations urging a general peace conference. : e Pope's message was described as saying that the Holy See would advise belligerents to co-operate if Germany would make honorable proposals for peace, including creation of a free and independent Poland. -
Russia 1s Mystery
There was not the slightest indication from either Germany or the Allied powers that such terms could be considered seriously. But overshadowing all of the military developments was the enigmatic role being played by Soviet Russia, which had succeeded in ending the pilgrimages of worried statesmen to Berlin and in getting even the Nazis to visit Moscow to discuss the future of Eastern Europe. ' gignificantly, there began to emanate from Berlin indirect signs that Nazis were mystified if not concerned about the ultimate Russian aims. There was talk of a possible Pan-Slavic movement such as Imperial Russia took up before the World, War and the traditional antipathy between the Tteutonic and Slavic races might again be of vast importance if Moscow follows up present indications of a desire for influence not only in the Baltic states but in the Balkan belt. . In that connection, the Allied capitals were quick to try to find signs of disagreement between Dictators Hitler and Stalin or of Russian plans eventually to oppose the Nazis, They had little to go on except speculation.
Scandinavians Concerned
So far, the Soviet moves have worked to Germany's advantage in the immediate military situation, although the Russians have now cut the Nazis off from Rumania (except through Hungary) and are moving in on the Nazi north flank by way of the Baltics. Whether there is a basis for future co-opera-tion or hostilities may be indicated by the results of the present conferences of Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop with comrade Stalin and Soviet Foreign Minister Viacheslav Molotov. The neutral countries—particularly in Scandinavia—were more than ever concerned by the British blockade and the German retailiatory attacks on neutral vessels carrying supplies to England. Their envoys are éxpected in London soon to discuss the situation generally and to attempt to reach agreements that will permit continuation of trade.
170,000 Tons Reported Seized
The British announced they. had seized 70,000 tons of contraband bound for Germany in the last week and the French said had seized more than 100,000 tons since the start of the war. ‘London also reported that Soviet offers to open new trade negotiations with Britain had been received and unofficially the Government was urged to send a high ranking envoy to Moscow to attempt to offset the German-Soviet deals. ; Sey
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declared their list of commodities that would be considered contraband, and therefore subject to seizure. This list has included almost every item necessary to modern life. “Many people also are under the false impression, that the present embargo provisions of the act safe-
guard us against incidents likely to|-
lead to war. While it is now true that neither our ships nor the ships of belligerents can carry Americanmade munitions—airplanes, guns, ammuntion—bought in this country, yet our ships can and are carrying all other materials essential to the manufacture of munitions unrestricted under the present act. Since contraband lists have been declared and are so all-inclusive, our ships carrying these products are in danger. Incidents are possible and probable under present conditions. :
Two Alternatives Given
“We are faced with the following alternatives: A complete embargo on every American product to belligerents, an arrangement whereby our trade would cease entirely with Canada, England, France, Germany, Poland, the belligerent countries affected by recent invoking of our present act, or an arrangement whereby we could sell anything to pelligerents which they came here to get, paid for, and took away in their own ships. Since it is quite probable that public opinion never could or would endure the effect of embargoes on all trade with belligerents, the cash and carry plan seems to be the compromise which would be most effective now in avoiding incidents. “1t is a common assumption that opening eur trade in a way which obviously discriminates in favor of one set of belligerents will result in an overwhelming urge to go into war on their side. To this we reply that possibly the contrary is true —fcr, since a vast majority of our people are known to favor the Eng-
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just what it was sought to avoid. Embargoes Scored “Almost from the first
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of international co-operation to this
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The statement said that = the glways sought revisions hich provided that embargoes be applied alike to agThe League urged the changes to discriminate against aggressor nations and discourage them from making
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ign Relations Committee which referred to Congress the problem of determining America’s course to maintain neutrality in the European
war. The resolution demanded that Congress remain in session during tHe present war crisis and that the armed forces be expanded to full ‘peace time strength to protect our neutrality. - | Before it was put to a vote, Leonlard Olsen, Illinois, challenged it and said the Resolutions Committee would present a second resolution on neutrality to the convention today. i | Delegates expected that the new | recommendations would force ree opening of the arms embargo quese tion for further debate.
Forty and Eight Names Local Man Historian
Times Special CHICAGO, Sept. Hoosiers and Indiana organizations today held national honors awarded them by the national convention of the American Legion. Mrs. Bertha Welter, Elkhart, was elected president of the National As-
Lake County auxiliary drum and bugle corps won the national auxiliary championship. Phil E. Clements, Indianapolis, and Eight; C. W. Ardery, Indianap~ olis, was appointed national correspondent of the organization, and the Indiana unit won third place for parade representation.
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