Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1940 — Page 9

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, At City Hall—

CITY TAX

[5 HALL ‘MYSTER

1940

REVENUE

Ralston Puts Valuation at $3,

Previously Had Figured On; Bookkeeping

Shows $25,

000 ‘Gain.

By RICHARD LEW!S One of the mysteries of municipal finance this year is

the amount of money the present $1.28 Civil City tax rate and the charges were:

is going to raise.

To figure this out, City officials must know the City’s Bandy. mail theft; Henry "They don’t, and that’ S the key to the

property valuation. mystery. When they made up the budget last fall, officials estimated the valuation at $510,000,000. Then County wud] tor Glenn B. Ralston an-| nounced that the valuation was $507,000,000—three million less than what the City

had figured on. Yesterday the officers were figuring the City’s share in the June tax distribution. They found it was only $25000 less than the amount received the first half of the year Theoretically, the City should have received $50.000 less. But it didn’t The City's valuation, officials figure, must be higher than Auditor's figures. Theyre wondering how much higher

Hope for Annexations

The Works Board's policy of fusing Pviniosl services to comnunities just outside City limits may lure some of these communities inte the City’s embrace. That's hope of some officials who see millions of dollars in property valuation just outside the City's grasp developers of residential petition the Board for sewcollections service members as Leo Welch Board vice president. did yesterday Why don't you come into the City? vou may have not cnly sewers and arbage service police and fire Ro ion and schools.” which the

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ers or garbage

answer

but City To developers might

And City Airport Traffic Studied

When Municipal Airport was dediated nine years ago, City officials ndered if they'd ever see the day when there would be a traffic problem over that vast expanse of earth and sky. Well, they have seen the da: The in the

taxes.”

traffic has become so dense Airport's air, in fact, that 1e Works Board vesterday granted perintendent Non Dienhart speal powers to deal with it The superintendent may at his discretion ground pilots who do not obey traffic rules, who fail to install

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| ization; | Fuller,

SOLIDARITY OF THOUGHT URGED

U. S. Ganuting J Patriotism, Politics, Legion Post Here Told.

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‘The country today is sadly con- |

fusing politics and patriotism,” Perry Faulkner told the Broad Ripple American Legion Post 312 last night. “We must give our political enemies the tribute of realizing that

only their approach is different and not doubt their patriotism. We must

believe that the American and his

way of .thinking will help us solve |

our problems,’

dent of Ohio, said. He pointed out that can wrest the strength from

the former Indiana department commander, now a resi- |

“no dictator | de- |

mocracy if the people of the coun-|

try do not wish it.” He urged a solidarity of thought and action for the benefit of the whole. Mr. Faulkner was introduced at the annual past commanders dinner by Juvenile Court Judge Wiifred Bradshaw. Honor guests at the dinner in the post headquarters, 64th St. and College Ave. were the four past commanders L. P. McGhehey, Walter Claude E. Gass and Paul E. Miller Past from other were honored commander

commanders Legion posts also George Pennington, was in charge.

GIVEN ANOTHER JOB

Attorney General Samuel Jackson has been named general chairman of the Roosevelt-Wallace Clubs in every county in the state, it was announced today at Democratic State Headquarters. F. B. Ransom, dianapolis, was named to assist Mr Jackson as head of the Negro Roose-velt-W allace Clubs

of the North Side organ-|

In-|

13 INDICTED BY FEDERAL JURY

y ni to Face ace Judas Baltzell

Here Tuesday; More May

Be Charged. |

Federal Grand Jury will be arTassie before Federal Judge Rob- | ert C. Baltzell Tuesday at 10 a. m. Only a partial report was re-! turned by the jurors and more indictments are expected jn several {days. Among those indicted yesterday Clifton A.| | Collins, mail theft; Raymond Russell Hannon, motor theft; Arthur | Edward | | Walker, forging government check; (Pauline May Walker, forging gov-| {ernment check, and Robert Lee Mc- | Dowell, violating National Banking Act, all

those indicted and the were: John Hodgins, liquor violation, and Raymond Joseph Wilson, | motor theft.

Everybody in the neighborhood = that Charlie, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Ellis’ Dalmatian, is a model dog who minds his own business, which, (early of a morning, is a package of | braunschweiger. Each morning, the Ellis maid [takes Charlie to Bryant's grocery,

000.000 Less Than Officials Thirteen persons indicted by the | 4907 N. Pennsylvania.St., and buys

him a dime’s worth of the meat. [It’s his favorite breakfast food. Then Charlie carries the meat home wrapped, and there, 4461 N. Delaware St., eats it. In one block on the way there is a Chow hazard which Charlie has learned to avoid adroitly, and in another, there is a Scotty menace. Once in a while—

[rarely these days—he is forced to

{drop his’ package and be stern. | Nothing drastic, you understand, | just stern. Home and fed, Charlie’s next matter of routine is vacuum cleaning. He loves it.

discontented when’ she stops.

to sleep. That's a ritual, too. He

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Charlie'sModel Dog Carries Meat Home, Feeds Himself

Charlie . . .

he can be stern

BANDIT HUNTED ON STREETCARS

E. Side Holdup; Search Futile.

7:13 this morning, all Michigan streetcars were stopped ~ land searched without success for a bareheaded blond youth who up and robbed Dairy Bar, 4025 E. $193.72. The bandit entered the place Just |

10th St,

sleeps for several hours and is indignant if he is disturbed. tamily his daily take a zipper bag which he has| He [learned to know will contain some | from the Evansville District. | would stay for hours in one place | little gift for him when they reFrom the New Albany district if the maid would keep on combing | turn. He opens the zipper himself, la gun. charges (him with the vacuum, and he is unwraps and plays with the gift. If, | slipup, Soon after breakfast Charlie goes nothing, Charlie sulks

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