Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1940 — Page 10
FORD WINS IN
CHAIN TAX SUIT
Dealers Are Independent, Denver Judge Rules; State to Appeal.
Times Special
"DENVER, Feb. 16.—The Ford Motor Co. has just won the first engagement of a battle that means several million dollars a year to automobile makers and dealers. District Judge Henry A. Hicks ruled against the State of Colorado on its contention -that an auto company and its dealers constitute a retail chain, taxable as such. Possibly to their astonishment, Ford dealers heard themselves characterized as independent merchants, wearing no man’s collar, subject to no coercion, free to quit’ when they choose, to charge what they desire for the company’s cars, and to ‘sell the products of others if they
Fought Chain Taxation
The decisioh was on a plea by the Ford company against an order that it pay $199,363 in State taxes, representing the amount of the - Colorado chain-store tax as applied to Ford's dealers, subdealers and associate dealers. General Motors has been billed for twice as much, and altogether the automobile companies stood to lose between $750,000 and $1,000,000 in Colorado, besides a future yearly tax that could have been taken between $150,000 and $200,000. But it didn’t end there. There are 23 states with chain-store taxes, and if Ford had lost .in Colorado most of those states would have gone right after the auto companies . Jor chain taxes. James W, Creamer, Assistant Attorney General of Colorado, who worked up the suit, estimates that it ultimately means between $2,- . 000,000 and $3,000,000 a year to the auto companies. He has already taken steps to appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court. .
Maps Other Suits He also will proceed against the big oil companies for a million dollars or more, against the grocery buying groups, tire stores, etc., regardless of the outcome of the case against the auto companies. Judge Hicks said the auto company relationship is that of manufacturer and dealer, not that of a chain and its links. Chain stores and auto companies are so unlike that to tax them together as members of a class would be unconstitutional, he asserted.
STANDARD’ STYLE? ke.= NO, SAYS BRITAIN
‘ LONDON, Feb. 16 (U. P.).— British clothing manufacturers were reassured yesterday that they may continue producing men’s suits in the traditional “London-tailored” style without fear of Government interference. R. S. Hudson, secretary for Overseas Trade, speaking before the Men’s Wear Council here, ridiculed press predictions of a Government decree which would force tailors to make their garments according to a standard design. “It would be the worst possible policy,” he said, “since it would in- " jure our reputation abroad for style in men’s wear, which is assisting our export trade.”
COMMUNIST LEADER: AWAITS SENTENCE
. ‘NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (U. P.).— Wellwel Warszower, who under the name of Robert William Wiener is treasurer of the Communist Party in the United States, remained free under $10,000 bond today awaiting sentence next Tuesday for making a false statement in a passport application. He faces a possible maximum sentence of five years imprisonment and a $2000 fine. A Federal Court jury yesterday found him guilty in 30 minutes, 15 minutes less than i took a jury to Zeonvict Earl Browder, secretary of the Communist Party in the United States, on similar charges Jan. 22,
REPAIR CONTRACT LET
Contract for repair and mainte- - nance of 10 city trucks assigned to a WPA project at Municipal Airport today was awarded to Harry Parsons, 759 Fletcher Ave, by the Works Board. Mr. Parsons will be paid 70 cents an hour for his labor with an additional 60 cents an hour pay for one helper, parts and tools to be furnished by the City.
LOCAL DEATHS
Elbert P. Langley
Funeral services for Elbert P. Langley, former Indianapolis resident, who died yesterday in West Palm Beach, Fla, will be held at 10 a. fi. tomorrow at the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. Burial will be in Alexandria. Mr. Langley, a native of Elwood, was associated with the Indiana Refrigerator Co. here for several years. He moved to Florida because of ill health. He was 60. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Langley; a daughter, Mrs. ‘Gerald Whitehead, Miami, Fla.; a son, Clemont Langley, Cleveland; a brother, Will Langley, Los Angeles, Cal.; a half brother, Tom Ritchie, Anderson, and one grandchild.
Carl Edward Clapper
Carl Edward Clapper, employee of the Excelsior Laundry Co., died yesterday at his home, 4964 Schofield Ave. He had been in ill health for nearly a year. Mr. Clapper, who was 39, was born in Hancock County and had been a resident of Indianapolis for 13 years. He was a member of. the North Baptist Church. : He is survived by’ his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Marie Clapper; & son, Paul Edward Clapper; a daughter, Miss Marjorie Ann Clapper, all of Indianapolis; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clapper, New Palestine; a brother, Raymond Clapper, Greenfield, ' and a sister, Mrs. Agnes Draper, Finley. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. fomorrow at the Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel, with burial in Memorial Park.
Frank A. Madden
Funeral services for Frank A. Madden, banking and ifvestment adviser, who died Wednesday, will be held at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow at the Blackwell Funeral Home and at 9 a. m. at the SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Burial will be in Holy Cross’ Cemetery. Mr. Madden, who was 950, lived at 2855 N. New Jersey St. He had been a lifelong resident of Indianapolis.
WPA MAKES 190,000 PIECES OF CLOTHING
About 190,000 articles of clothing made on state-sponsored WPA projects were distributed this winter to about 50,000 individuals in 86 counties in the state, Dudley A. Smith, Unemployment Relief Commission director, reported today. Distribution of the garments was started last August and most of the clothing was issued during October and November for school children. Last week the URC ceased filling orders. A final group of about 32,000 articles of clothing in broken lots was distributed with the assistance of Marion County charity organizations. The County organizations included the Catholic Charities Home, the Jewish Family Welfare Service, Flanner House, Suemma Coleman Home, the Children’s Guardian Home, the Marion County Infirmary and Wheeler Mission.
Seek Top Ten Of Butler Men
Butler University’s “campus big shots” are working extra hard these days to qualify in the Butler» student body poll for the “Ten Most Outstanding Men at But-
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