Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1942 — Page 3
COLLECTION vp
fr May Mean 1 Cent Slash in Rates: for Coming Year.
# A bright not for property owners came today from the state tax board. Henry Murray, board chairman, announced that intangible tax collections during the fiscal year just ended amounted to $1,899,331, an increase of 364.208 over the previous' year.
This $364,000 increase is just
‘about what would be raised by a 1cent tax on each $100 worth of real property in the state.
Can Lower Rate
And as approximately 90 per cent of the intangibles tax money is returned to local governmental units, the increase in the collection of this tax means that tax rates for the coming year can be fixed at a rate 1 cent lower than what would have had to be fixed without it, Mr. Murray said. The intangibles tax amounts to one-fourth of 1 per cent on each $1 of stocks, bonds, notes, conditional sales contracts, etc., owned.
Audits Responsible
Mr. Murray said that the increase came chiefly from delinquencies. e board now employes four field men who for the past few months have been making audits of in-
_ tangibles. ’
-The board is exempting the delinquent owners of intangibles from paying the heavy penalty—four times as large as the amount owed —when they come in and pay voluntarily. Mr. Murray said that with the] trend toward investing in tax exempt governmental securities and with the decline in the sale of automobiles and the curb on installment buying, the intangibles tax collections in the future may show a ‘decline.
U.S. RAILWAYS MOVE 4,500,000 TROOPS
CHICAGO, July 9 (U.P.).—American railroads moved 4,500,000 troops in the first five months of 1942 and set new high records in both passenger and freight service, Ralph E. Clark, an official of the Association of American Railroads, said today. Clark, speaking before the midwest shippers’ advisory board, said troop movements in the first five months of this year compared with similar rail transport of soldiers in the first 13 months of the last war. The record, he. indicated, was only a beginning. Y Troop movements, the ‘rubber shortage and gasoline rationing resulted in a 44 per cent increase over the coresponding period in 1941,
SAN QUENTIN MAY < LOSE BOY ‘LIFER’
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 9|
(U. P.) —Fourteen-year-old Barney Lee, sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, may be removed from San Quentin prison and recommitted to a juvenile institution. Governor Culbert Olson said the young prisoner could be held legally at San Quentin only if he were separated from older prisoners. The youth was convicted of shooting his uncle April 29 in an argument over ranch chores.
SERVICES SATURDAY FOR MRS. THOMAS
Mrs. Margaret P. Thomas, 4109]
Central ave., died today at St. Vincent’s hospital after a brief illness. Born in Indianapolis, she is survived by her husband, Louis D. Thomas; a daughter, Mrs. George C. Bulmahn; a son, Louis R., and a brother, Raymond Aldridge. Services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Burial will be at Crown Hill,
4 CALLS FOR UNION PROBE ALBANY, N. Y., July 9 (U. P.)— Gov. Herbert H. Lehman today called an extraordinary session of the supreme court to sit at Newburgh Aug. 3 and investigate charges of ‘“fraud, corruption, embezzlement and extortion” brought against officials of the International Hodcarriers, Building and Common
be held to a minimum.
war production.
|Family of Harl
It won't be difficult to locate | members of the Frank Espy family Saturday night. A safe bet would be that you will find them huddled around: the radio with their son, Frank Jr., and daughter, Mrs. Betty Miskell, in their home, 2048 N. New Jersey st. Their interest in the radio is that they expect to hear the voice of their 21-year-old son and brother,
R. A. F,, now serving in England. Pilot Espy's name is among 20 members of the American forces now in the. British Isles who will send messages home to their families in 14 states when the weekly short wave series, “The American Eagles Club,” is broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System. WIBC will transcribe the program and broadcast it at 10:30 p. m. Saturday. Overseas 10 months, the R. A. F. pilot has seen duty at the controls of a British Spitfire, his parents said today. Recently, he has been piloting what he termed a “twomotored plane,” they said. Pilot Espy enlisted here April 1,
Goodfellow Field, Tex., Bakersfield,
Espy, RAF
Pilot, Await Radio Message
Harl J. Espy, a pilot officer with the.
Frank Espy
~ INELSON SHIFTS
mission in Realignment; Conversions Pushed. WASHINGTON, July 9 (U. P.)~
Donald M. Nelson promised today that the civilian economy would be kept healthy despite the increasing demands of the armed services. Nelson disclosed a “realignment” of WPB which kept civilians in key policy positions and reserved to the chairman the powers to act as “umpire” in disputes involving a choice between military and civilian requirements. He emphasized that he—not the armed services—would be the final arbiter in such disputes and reasserted the authority given him by
Cal, and El Centro, Cal. He later |F resident Roosevelt—supreme au-
asked for duty with the R. A. P.
A former employee of the Allison 1941, and received his training at|Engineering Co. here, he attended
Indiana university.
thority over production. Chlorine Needed
He stressed that certain vital, non-military requirements were al-
vegetable crops, which otherwise might rot in the fields. He said that ‘the ‘general public ‘will have to bear the increased costs, but promised that they would
It was the second time within a week that OPA has lifted a section of ‘its general price ceilings. Packers of canned and dried fruits already can add to their prices additional costs of processing the 1942 crop.
“Lacking government aid in absorbing such increased costs, OPA has no alternative but to shift the increased burden onto the consumers’ shoulders,” Henderson said.
He also announced that price adjustments would be made in: Sep- | tember for the 1942, crop of peanuts [and the peanut butter by-product to allow for increased costs to the producers.
Warns on Freight Tax
Price . Administrator Henderson has warned the house ways and eans committee that its proposed
press shipments will disrupt efforts to hold the cost of living in line. Henderson urged the committee to reconsider its tentative approval of the levy. Meantime, ways and means committee sales tax advocates made a final attempt to write a 5 per cent retail sales levy into the $5,000,000,000 war tax bill. Rep. A. Willis Robertson (D. Va.), sent each member of the house a questionnaire asking for a yes or no reply on the 5 per cent sales tax.
What Tin Cans Will Do
A year’s salvage of tin cans from the average American kitchen will supply enough tin for 37 gas masks or four 60 mm. trench mortars— and that’s only one of the items that housewives can contribute to
The WPB will begin a tin-salvag-ing campaign in several cities to determine if it is available to extend it throughout the country, but there will be no territdrial limitations on other kitchen salvage such as rubber and grease.
‘Be Prudent’—Jones
The American people must follow a “prudent and patriotic” economic policy of retiring debts, buying war bonds and paying higher taxes if the country is to avoid “disastrous inflation,” Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones said in a nationwide broadcast last night. Warning that “we can no more afford to lose this battle (of inflation) than we can afford to lose the war,” Jones said, “it is impossible for any individual or for any group of persons to benefit from inflation without suffering its penalties.”
AUSTRALIAN FRONT QUIET
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, July 9 (U. P.).—A united nations communique said today that activity in all Aus-
Laborers’ Union of America.
tralian sectors yesterday had been
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~ WASHINGTON, July 9 (U. P.).—The OPA today took the first step toward breaking general price ceilings over frozen fruits and vegetables by setting a higher. price formula for packers. Administrator Leon Henderson, warning that the. ceiling will eventually be lifted “at all levels of distribution,” said the action.was necessary to meet increased costs of gathering and packing fruit and
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Our Boarding House
(ALL THE BOARDERS ) ARE KEEPING THEIR RENT PAID UP 60 T CAN BUY BONDS! «FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE AND
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WORKER DIES HERE
James C. Vance, a former employee of the U. S. treasury ‘department - here,” died last night at Sunnyside after an illness of two years. He was 30. . Mr. Vance lived at 2446 Carrollton ave. and was a graduate of Ben Davis high school. He was born in Bridgeport, Ill. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Charity Gaines Vance; his mother, Mrs. Lela Vance; his father, Felix C. Vance; a brother, Richard, all of Indianapolis, and a sister, Mrs. Cornelius Kraachman, Los Angeles. Services, in charge of Mrs. Murrell Powell Douglas, will be held at 3:30. p. m. Saturday in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Burial will be at Crown Hill.
HIBERNIAN PERMIT SUSPENDED BY ABC
The state alcoholic 108 E. Washington st.,
pensing after hours.
other tavern operators,
anapolis.
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AND HERE'S OURS, TOO
congratulations today on the birth of his great-great grandchild. Danziger, 90, has a son, Meyer, 70, who has a son, David, 45, who has a daughter, Leona, 21. A son was born yesterday to Leona and her
HELP OUR BOYS MOP |
beverages commission today fined the Ancient |Mination. Order of Hibernians, division one, ) $100 and mittee and Nelson’s deputy on the suspended the organization's club|Joint Anglo-American production liquor permit for 30 days for dis-
the permits of four and suspended the permits of three for liquor law violations. All these permit holders operate taverns outside Indi-
NEW YORK, July 9 (U. P). cs
most as' important as the basic needs of the armed services. He cited the need for chlorine to prevent a possible epidemic through impure water as well as for military purposes. Nelson’s statement at a press conference late yesterday came after reports of differences of opinion between WPB and the armed forces over who should: have final control of raw and semi-processed materials as shortages increase.
WASHINGTON, July 9- (U. P.). —William L. Batt, newly-desig-nated vice chairman of the war production board, underwent an emergency appendectomy ‘last night and is now “resting comfortably,” it was announced today. Mr. Batt, who is 54, suffered the appendicitis attack a few minutes before WPB Chairman Don--ald M. Nelson announced yesterday that he had selected him as his “chief of staff.”
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After becoming WPB chairman last January, Nelson granted wide delegations of authority to the armed forces, including the power to issue priority ratings along with WPB. Recently, it was learned, some military men wanted to assume greater powers in allocating scarce materials. WPB resisted. Nelson took his reorganization plan to the White House for approval. His press conference remarks indicated that he intends to stand by the original presidential executive order which made him the “czar” of military and civilian production.
Conversion Important
Nelson made it clear that he was not going to tell the army, navy and maritime commission what .to do with the materials .which were allocated to’ them But that he was going to maintain the civilian economy at maximum efficiency to supplement the war effort. Nelson said the American productive effort was reaching the stage where conversion of smaller plants and the direction of the flow of scarce materials were increasingly important. He said he expected to have considerably more time for “essential policy decisions” as a result of appointment - of two vice chairmen. These new officials are William T. Batt, who resigns as chairman of the WPB requirements committee and earlier was head of the agency’s materials division, and James S. Knowlson, director of industry operations.
Batt Gets Roving Job
Batt will have a roving commission and be directly under Nelson. Knowlson will have the title of vice chairman on program deterKnowlson will become chairman of the requirements com-
and resources board. Amory Houghton, deputy chief of
The commission also fined 14 the bureau of industry operations, revoked | becomes director general for opera-
tions, a new assignment which will include directing the industry and material branches: and the WPB field organization.
HARTLE AVOIDS “KIDNAPERS”
WITH AMERICANS IN NORTH IRELAND, July 9 (U. P.).—Allied
War Production Board Chairman’
confined to aerial reconnaissance.
husband, Ben Nadotf.
and Great Britain have just completed three days of realistic war maneuvers in which Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle escaped kidnaping by a Canadian parachute troop when he slipped through a rear window of his headquarters.
IN INDIANAPOLIS—VITAL STATISTICS
Here Is the Traffic Record),
County City Total AML seccessvoranse 35 37 2 1948 i.covevveseess 2% 43 65
July 8—
WEDNESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines| & : Tried tions Paid Speeding ....... 11 Reckless driving 3 Failure to stop at through street 4
cress 38
aii BB $195
MEETINGS TODAY
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Fourth annual public novena to Our Ladr'> ot Mt, Carmel, 2400 Cold Spring
i topes block leaders of Division 2, District 41 Reeting, Fairview Presbyterian church, 7:30 p. Committee on child ae legislation fpesung, dinner. Hotel Washington, 4 an
union, meeting, Hotel |¢
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Indianapolis préssmen’s uaion 17, meeting, Hotel Severin, 7:30 p.
a TH ican federation of ee, sounty muniei pal employees, meeting, Hotel Severin,
Indiana motor rate and tarif bureau, Tteiing. Joel Severin, 9 a
Indiana press assistants unién 39, meet« ing, Hotel Severin, 8 p
saathange. club, or Claypool hotel, * optimist club, luncheon, Columbia club,
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MARRIAGE LICENSES These lists are from official records in therefore, is mot responsible for errors in names and addresses.
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Rosari Voi, 25, of 433 S. Alabama: Leona Bruggner, 24, of 2215 S. Illinois. George Edward Taylor, 21, of 33 Col- = tty Jane Louden, 21, R. R. 3, Box 415, Indianapolis
BIRTHS Girls Harold, Juanita Harrison, at 8t. Vinat, Genevieve May, at St. Vincent’s. Ben, Ruth Paller, at Coleman. John, Louise Pearce, at City. Albert, Gladys Cunningham, at City. George, Frances Lambert, at Methodist. Charles, Mary Bresher, at 8t. | Francis.
Roy, Conni e Sellers, at St. Elsee. Laur y.
Walter" Mildred Boles: at St. rincls a , at C! Robert, Frieda Daglish, at 1567 Broad-
» > Giaries, Helen Hershman, at 1423 8.
1% Morton, Lillian Bowen, at 734 E. 22d. e, Anna Jones, at Emhardt. 4 Oddie, Mary Young, at 2041 Mas-
chu as Erna By. By r} Gil Jean Gruzinsky, at 80 Ww Mary d. ; : Boys Ronert, Virginia Ruley, at Coleman Wallace, Mable Emley, at St. Vincent's. co Dam, Mary Mullenholz, at St. Vin“Walter Sertruge Flack, at St. ,' Blanche Wilson, at St. Vincent's.
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STORE HOURS SATURDAY 9 iil STORE HOURS MONDAY TUESDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS
since the government order on {women’s garments became effective. Sy Thssionnde ut fall victory styles '| were exhibited by the National
dE the first time in history, fashion caters to the white-collar girl’ from 18 to 35, whose salary range corresponds ‘to the age commented Miss Elizabeth Adams, editor of Charm magazine
wartime.
without clashing with priorities.
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And because Order L-85 prohibits skirts, patch pockets, wide fy EE ‘extensive .use mings of embroidery, rickrack, 1 of wool and dyes needed: for army and navy uniforms, they have developed the victory silhouette, promising slender lines and glamour | doesn’t require gloomy garments
12:15 +ill.
| Security Set’ Dictates Women's Fashions
Designers have. styled. their new) instead of the social set because
they believe the working girl symAmerican’. womanhood * in
of manufacturers busy ‘with contracts, featured: Velveteen sg corduroy, both non-restricted cot fabrics; rayon mixtures and mil protien fabrics, imitating the weaw and texture of woolens, and tri
plique and lace. Next fall colors will be brighi and gayer than ever. Order L-88
wartime.
5:30 8:45
10 till 5:30
Pedigreed SUMMER SUITS Grouped at 33.75.
Quite a few from Fashion Park. A great many India Wates of a very costly British Tropical . . « (were $35 to $45) . . . (Around 400 suits in this group.)
INDIA WATE SUMMER SUITS at 23.75
{Thess were 27.50) . . . Plain colors and overplaids . . . a choice selection. e men who get these wil have cause to congratulate themselves.
22.50 and $25 SUMMER SUITS at 19.75
Just around 75 Suits . . . Celanese sharkskin patterns . .. and Spun Rayons in stripes. ’
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SPORTS JACKETS (Finest) 39.75 and 33.75
The sale groups at-39.75 and 33.75 give you- a choice of about all the remaining Pedigreed Jackets from Hickey-Freeman, Fashion Park and Hollywood . . . These are not merely a buy . . . they are an investment for your life in fhe open!
SPORTS JACKETS (FASHION PARK) $25
Fashion Park Jackets mainly . . . . although there are other pedigreed ones among them . . . Plain shades . . . or rather aggressive in a nice way... » specially Sesigned to fit all builds of men.
« « « A very large selection.
WEARINGTON JACKETS, Gn
Here is your BIG opportuni to-get into a good jacks reduction! Plain colors, iy se fi fitting . . . well
for Suvari Fev. «In Jo
10 group are wool