Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1941 — Page 2
ETUP DEVISED
Walsman Members From Panel Of Property Owners. - By RICHARD LEWIS In years past, the Marion County
Tax Adjustment Board which re$iews loos! budgets ! b sforoiébpy sie
al scrutiny has ations 1
Be nts in Jocal gov- :
‘withheld from the. public by Mr. credited with |
i
“The governmental improvement
4 report is a thorough make-up of | The report pe lo _ the present method of selecting the peven-member Adjustment Board. It : iso would do sway yith the practice of seating representatives of governmental Eg) on the Board. ~ | At present, the Adjustment Board is ‘eomposed of three Sfficials named the School Board, the Mayor and . County Council and four tax-
. members of the Marion County Grand Jury. Tax Adjustment Board members would be chosen from a panel of Juspayers names drawn from a bo
“Dnder thts ethod, no official would become a member "of the Adjustment Board less his name Was drawn and the B d would be : gompoted almost exclus ively of tax-
“mo assist the Adj time ah Board, & full-time, pad Sonata ry would be hired. The yo
presumably would maintain ot eo mtnuity and records of the Board w -person= . nel automatically “wo #1 change each year, .
Instead of assembling once a year in September, the Adjustment Board would meet first in the spring to - review the School Board budget, acsording to the report. ‘This budget is made up shead of all other budgets in the County be~ : Suns Bo schoo] al. year ends
: The Adjustment. would ; 'peconvene “in 8 tier to review the City, County and township budgets. budget “review
. :. After finishing its in the fall, the Adjustment Board bers would from the , but. would call by ‘the perma-
: _. Expert Neeled er i Be would be a budget roe able of ad the: taxpayer memes of the on th intricacies — sod evening : City ‘Aaminisrtion's 1 i bud- © get: expert. served for several nh Vos as| Adjustment Board chairman. This year, he directed the procedure t Board followed 1m addition 1p vriting the re-
scene as Inty do. now be be subject. to nent secretary.
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op TRANSYLVANIA
REUNION. MONDAY | gasing cub
ormer Atudents of Trans ylvania, Lexin, vill “hold & . Mm. Mob
Would Select
ssued a oa oo :
{approved by the County Tax Ad-
Odenwald by a U.S. cruiser in the
NO DISPUTE ON
+3 Hearing Becomes a ‘Love Fest’; Fight Likely on City Taxes.
day on the $6,900,000 budget of the
became a virtusl “love fest.” .C.. R. Benjamin, former Board member, who represented the Indiana Farm Buresu| rative, told the Board that he thought school officials should be given full credit for reducing their own rate 3 cents. Carl Dortch of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce said his or-
on the budget.
Won't Appeal Reduction School officials themselves pointed
from the one-third of a cent reduction in the rate made by the County Tax Adjustment Board which made their rate 9563 on each $100 property valuation. = The "only criticism came from Walter Horne, of the Indiana Taxpayers Association, who said he believed that a reduction should be
ers. employed by. the school system. He pointed out that there are four governmental agencies in the County which employ social workers and that he believed there was such a duplication of work that.a reduction could be made in school staffs.
No Increase, ‘Morgan Says
DeWitt Morgan, school supe rintendant, answered Mr, Horne with cap~ the statement that there had been ino increase if’ the staff of ‘social
.
only a small part of their work concerns relief cases. He predicted that if the number of school workers were reduced there would be 's great increase in juvenile delinquency. The school employs 24 social workers. While this morning’s hearing was quiet, plenty of fireworks was expected this afternoon when the Civil City 1042 budget comes up for
Want City Rate Cut
Representatives of taxpayers associations were expected to request a reduction of the city rate from $1.43 on each $100 assesesd valuation to $1.35. City officials were expected to fight to keep the.budget as it was
justment Board, The State Board yesferday, after studying the various township budgets, agreed to cut the Center Township school rate from 74 to 71.56 cents, the Lawrence school rate 1 cent, the Wayne Township tuition rate from 44 to 43 cents and the ,| Wayne Township bond fund from 26 to 25 cents a $100. Fabian W. Biemer, deputy County auditor, withdrew an appeal for restoration of a 2-cent reduction
relief rate by the Tax Adjustment Board. The rate is now 114 cents on each $100,
‘Released by the Navy Department’ today, this is he first pleture «
SCHOOL BUDGET|
The State Tax Board hearing to-| Indianapolis school system for 1942
out that they were not appealing|**
made in the number of social work-| .
workers for several years and that}
South Atlantic on Nov. 6. Di
the Odenwald was flying the American flag. Here a orew of U. 8. sailo iy and ici board 4 ack the Odenhold which isgboyu. th he 4 istance,
ganization had no criticism to offer | it
take to lifeboats as the boarding
The ship was towed to San Juan, ¥
bers are held as prisoners,
Members of the Odenwald crew,
g the capture of n freighter in 1 as the Wilimoto out of Philadelphia,” [missed
s leaves-the cruiser ‘Omaha to: iden-,
which attempted to scuitle her, party of U. 8S, sailors approaches. p Rico, where the crew mem-
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By UNITED PRESS
Removal of Gen. Maxime Wey-|{f!
gand gs chief of French defenses in
Africa was regarded in Washington |;
today as: a blow against efforts of |g
the United States to keep French Africa and especially the vital west
vate advices received from Europe, No announcement has been made st
Vichy. Authoritati ve quarters in Washington feared the ouster marked the possible beginning of complete coliaboration between the Vichy government of France and Nazi Germany. American supplies have been going to North Africa under an agree-
Gen. Weygand
ment which is understood to de-|k
pend on Weygand’s guarantees - to defend Prench Africa against. hie
incursions. Weygand has been the Keystone of American efforts to maintain stability in North Africa. While he refused to be wooed away from pe Vichy regime, he was equally firm
in the demand that none of|M
France's African possessions fall under German domination. His removal was expected in Washington to bring prompt re-
r | examination of the agreement under
which the United States is now sending limited shipments of petro-
leum, sugar, tea, kerosene and other
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
oy to Talk on Bible=Members the Young Men's Bible Investiwill hear William H.
M, C. A. auditorium. 3 y ‘will talk on “The Bible and Science.”
-- Legion Post. to Hold Party=~The Indianapolis Power and Light American Legion Post gad Ausilisy
C.| at. Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio St.
© Lodge Plans ‘Supper—
amelia || Camelia. Lodge of the 121 Ladies
Society, Locemotive Firemen and Enginemen, will hold a supper for members and their families tonight
Flora McVey will be in charge.
Lawyers to Hold Party—The annual dinner dance of the Lawyers Association of Indiana] will be ‘held at the Hotel Antlers Saturday, ‘The dance and floor show
.
kiy|[Will be held following a dinner at .| 6:30 p. m.
. Sponsors School Danoe—The sec-|
ond ond dance of EN year igs the Soho Recreational ponsored by at the Christian Park Community Senter Jexk Monday night ae
— {Janice Woodruff, Ruin Robey and Russel] Stone,
Stamp Club to Meet—The Indian ‘apolis Stamp Club will: meet at 7:45
| How To Relieve| =
Bronce
p. m. tomorrow at the Hojel Antlers, ia
the future of the dapper little T1-ear-old French military leader is nknown.” Weygand remains in Vichy, where was called for a conference with the Vichy cabinet this week. Rene Platon, Vichy minister of colonies, |g left today for Prench West Africa to repeat the inspection trip made by. the late Gen, Charles Huntziger, led in an airplane crash last week|" las he returned to France fo report,
COL. HITCHCOCK'S MOTHER IS DEAD |=
’ : Times Special WINCHESTER, Ind., Nov, 19~ s, Ella 'T. Hitchcock, mother of Col. Robinson Hitchcock, State Se= lective Service director, died ab her home ‘here last night, - She was 77.
Reviving. besides the son are the husband, John H. Hitchcock; three Ughiers, Mrs, Vern Stouf, Mrs. ; Lenkenstofer, Mrs, Hershel onerock; and sons, Perry, EverL., Front L, Fred G. and Cartcheoc
morrow afternoon at the residence here. 5
McNelis Blames State for, Faire of Witnesses To Appeaf. Tr
Nelis stated, “They are
| that: ‘Patrolman Haught had: ap-{. peared to testify in the Aspy case, ‘but went to the wrorig court. officer, he said, was sitting in MuCourt Room 4 a¢ the time the cases were safes Before Judge cNelis in’ Court m Mole affidavit showed that the, case had been assigned to Court Room 4, which is handling traffic]. cases this month, but had been transferred to Room 3 after Mr. Aspy’s attorney had appeared before Judge McNelis Nov. 12 and asked for a postponement.
- Capt. Troutman: said the Trafic Department had not been, notified |
standing that he
[Suter ‘aste after the sfidavic was ound,
“Informed that the csse had been dismissed by the judge, Mr. Aspy
said: “I ‘didn’t know a thing about that, I wasn’t thére when my name Y am perfectly willing
fi SURVEY OF STATE.
CARS 1S ORBERED
A survey of the uses of all stateautomobiles with a view toward possibly cutting down on the number of them in operation, was ordered today by Governor Henry P. Schricker. Acting on the Governor’s order, C., Anderson Ketchum, State Budget director, sent letters to all department heads, requesting them to furnish him not later than Dec. 1 a complete list of cars in their departments and’ the names of employees to whom they aie assigned. ‘The budget’ committee will go over these lists and will refuse to approve applications for 1942 license plates for such automobiles as the Sonumistes decides are not neces-
™ his letter, Mr. Ketclaum pointed out to department heads that “youre doubtless aware of changing economic conditions ind the attendant need for strict economy in each and every object of expendture under the fixed budget for the
. {current year.”
The State at the present time owns about 700 automobiles, including those used by the Highway Commission and the State Police.
COMPANY GIVES DINNER The 40 employees of the J. W. Jackson & Son Co., 546 £. Meridian St. were to be the guests of the company at a turkey dinner at. 11:30 a. m. today in the, Hotel Lin-
coln. ¢
PERSONAL LOANS of 360-10 $1000, or - more. Gost $6 per $100, not quite 1% monthly. Repay in 12 equal : monthly p payments,
w Anyone witha record for. meeting obligations promptly and - ability to repay from income can obtain a personal loan here for any worthy purpose. It isn’t nee- - essary to be a depositor. We invite you to establish. your. hank
credit here.
ie Fs of talioont mE Collat # Main Office or dry | Brunch
. “Tye taken ll the neat for these : dismissals, bu cases * {dismissed By the Court,” Judge Mc-}
cout fo testy ort Leo Toutghen sald =
ow “YORK, Nov, 1 W. P)—
The | Tommy Manville, the asbestos heir,
planned a Florida honeyinoon today with his fifth bride; ‘honey-haired {showgirl Bonita Francine: Edwards, ‘whom he met last Sunday ni 1b, as a blind date. -The new Mrs. Manville; member of the cast of George Jes-| sel’s “High Kickers,” met Manyville,] who gave his age on we Warfiage
Tommy Manville and his Ath bride.
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license at 47, at the Hurricane Night Club. had been escorted there by Jack Eigen, radio commentator, | who had been asked by Manville to bring “an extra girl.”
drove to Ridgefield, Conn., and were. married by Justice of ‘the Peace 2 John Sa O’Brien, Probate Judge | Joseph H. Donnelly waived Con‘necticut’s ‘three-day waiting period and blood test laws.
FOOD SABOTAGE
| BRINGS DEATHS|
Germany Orders Drastic Action to Conserve Balkan Supplies.
BERLIN, Nov. 19 (U. P.).~Dispatches from the troubled Balkans today reported the killing of fresh batches of “Communists” and saboteurs and drastic measures to avert winter food shortages. In Germany, sweeping new regulations were placed in effect to conserve supplies of potatoes. { The Balkan reports told of out{breaks in Serbia where Belgrade dispatches said the troops of proNazi Gen. Milan Nedic fought another battle near Kragujevatz in which 50 guerilla “Communists” were killed. In Bulgaria, it was ennounced, three persons were sentenced to
prison terms, Two of thoge sen-
attempting to sabotage the VarnaRustchuk railroad, The third was
dier.
four more - Czechs on treason charges.
a committee on public supplies had
supplies of bread, cornmeal, firewood and petroleum. ‘Dispatches from Athens said that
officials of the Greek Food Ministry diverted.
abou: average annual pre-war supply but said it is necessary to avoid all waste and spoiling.
not needed for human or industrial consumption ntay not be used as food for dogs, chickens or rabbits but must be fed to hogs in order to increase the meat supply.
EARTHQUAKE RECORDED BERLIN, Nov. 19 (U. P.). — An earthquake of strong intensity, probably in Japan or in waters near Japan, was recorded last night on the seismographs of the Jena Earthquake Research Institute, institute officials said today.
death and three were given long| charged with killing a German sol-| *
Praha reporfed the’ execution of|
From, Bucharest came word that]
Premier Tasolakoglu had discovered accepting bribes to allow food to bef
The agency warned that potatoes
® ® Holiday Dinners Up 20 Per Cent By UNITED PRESS ; Defense boom prices have added about 20 per cent this year to the cost of Thanksgiving dinner, traditional symbol of the annual autumn holiday: . A survey indicated that foods most demanded for holiday feasts ‘tomorrow and -Nov. 27 have folJowed the general trend in food prices, which the U. 8. Bureau of : “Labor Statistics reported were 23.8 per cent higher than in November, 1840. Turkey growers have raised the largest crop in the nation’s history, but prices of the birds have climbed as much as 45 per cent. Twenty-nine , states including Indiana, observe the early holiday tomorrow; and 19 will celebrate Nov. 27." Montana observes both
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there | British forces in [the
Yesterday, Manville and his bride -
ae Secaeral : ant are a matter of involve any ‘kihd
Pp! The Peiirement of Gen. “sir John. e pena) general
military “history ited with a number; of - decisions; all: of be right. He stepped into in May, 1840, alter both Sir | Emund Irionside
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Later he was for fhe daring idea of reinforcing ear East in
ernor of Bombay will remove ‘him | from military activity, but it will give him new opportunities of an administrative Sharacier, ‘Mohandas
ppointed. served as ehtet-of- . the most critical
‘Which |
areely responsible, i
K. | Gandhi is now |
there and one of Sir John’s ied
for which, ‘many ought. Gen. Nye |
ie. was transf of the general | was not revealed. Lieut. Gen. B..C. T. Paget,
hero of the Bri re aget. 3 Norway, from
forees, succeeding | Brooke.
mand in the Southeastern area.
tenced to -death were convicted of] =
found that Rumania lacks sufficient|{ =
The official Hews agency said] = Germany had 23,000,000 tons of po-|{ . tatoes available for the winter,|: 10,000,000 tons above the] |
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| "Hooray, We're Poor,” is the title of yonight's "DR. CHRISTIAN "dram starring ‘Jean Hersholt in his lovable poriteyal over Wem at 7: 30 P. M.
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pong sir ‘Henry ‘Pownall, | from vice-chief | .to a. “special | appointment,” the n nature of which
1and of the vital i southeast ‘British defense zone, was | named commander-in-chief of home
is ie bebp goon by Prime Minister |
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