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Cigaret and Liquor ‘Smuggling’ Usually Goes On Despite ‘Tough’ Steps to Combat Traffic
By 5. BURTON HEATH, NEA Staff Writer NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—The couple met in the smoker of the 5:31, He was homeward-bound after a day im the” office. She was bearing the fruits of a shopping expedition. He at the lone package, hefted it, put’ it on the baggage rack under his hat. ~ “Better keep that out of of sight : unless you want to pay a fine or go TT TE jail” he told her.
He wasn't kiddinf. The State of erms $$ MY comic says you can't bring so much as a carton of cigarets into the state without paying the new 13 per cent use tax. The use tax is uman [ a support for the Nutmeg State's new sales tax, adopted to finance Legion Commander
Jee G. 1. bonus. Blasts Soviets
Collectors Tough And for the record, #t least, tax PITTSBURGH, Aug. 7 (U.-P).— authorities take their new job very Paul H. Griffith, national comman- | seriously. You'll pay the “tariff” der of the American Legion, charged they insist, or you'll pay a $500 fine, today that Russia has “indicted|plus maybe a year in jail. herself” as a “new enemy of human | They say they expect spies and freedom.” tipsters to tell them about the new ' Mr, Griffith told 3000 delegates 10 blouse Mrs. Jones bought in New. the state Legion convention that|york. And about the five cartdns| Russia has sabotaged world recon-|of sales-tax-free cigarets Mr. Brown | struction. |got in New Jersey by mail. And the “Her ‘record in international co-|pottle of Scotch Mr. White brought | operation speaks for itself,” he said. pack” from Washington. | “It is a record of 11 vetoes in the| wax experts, studying Connecti- | United Nations which has shackled |cyt's determination, just grin. It's| the growth and development’'of the not the first state to try a use tax infant world security.” |—which is «designed, generally, to Champions UMT [placate state merchants who are] He said as a consequence the afraid the sales tax will drive busiUnited Nations “is depending on ness away. America for survival and future] gince Washington State set the! usefulness.” example in 1935, a total of 20 states | Mr. Griffith also pledged support have adopted the use tax. Oregon of universal military training. He|gwj) hold a popular referendum on a called the Legion the nation’s fore-! 3 per cent tax in October, and most champion of the proposed yjjinois has been flirting with the program, idea for some time without taking “I believe,” he told the delegates, ;.tion. “that it is the only means by which | Such taxes range from 1°per cent the vital know-how of mechanized |i, Louisiana to 3 per cent in Michi-| and scientific warfare can be in-loan, North Carolina, Ohio, South | sured in advance of any national payota and Washington. - The list | emergency.’ of items covered differs slightly.| Gen. Jacob L. Devers, commander gut in general the use tax is much |
of the army ground forces, appealed {ya same everywhere. threat of another world war. 'the storage or use of tangible per- | sonal property, as much as the sales Indonesia a Seeks | tax would have been if fie had to see that you don't cheat your | |state, or its merchants, by buying in | UN Arbitration (another state that has no sales tax. Most Antedate War x] | fofe the war, Connecticut is one donesia asked the United States t0-|,¢ o few which have added it to day to persuade the United Nations help pay for GI bonuses. Oregon's
for an informed public to meet the, yy yequires the buyer to pay for) {bought in the state. Its purpose Is | BATAVIA, Aug. 7 (U. B).—In- Most use taxes were adopted beto appoint a special commission to|3 per cent tax, if adopted; Rhode
arbitrate the Duteh-Indonesian dis-| Island's 1 per cent tax; Maryland's{of staff urged that the {and Tennessee's 2 per cent taxes | turned over to Russia in the inter-|crisis-born policy of cutting much
pute, the Indonesian radio at Jog- | Jakarta reported. at The United States had offered| its good offices to help end the dispute. The Jogjakarta radio said Indonesia was. accepting the offer of the good offices, which should be used to get the United Nations security council to appoint an arbi-
| are the other newcomers. : Tax experts expect these new- |
{old-timers have discovered—that it’ 8 ‘much easier to write such a law than to enforce it. There was a time, for example, ! when New York City police estab-, |lished a blockade of tunpels and
made by the full cabinet, the broadcast said. It came after U. S. Consul General Walter A. Foote went on the air twice to broadcast his offer of good .offices directly to Jogjakarta. Batavia, however, had thought the good offices could be used for mediation or arbitration. py the United States. Jogjakarta made it clear that it still wanted its case to go before a commission of many nations, not be taxed,
ri ames D. A. V. Outlines : . | But the net result of the efforts Fund Cam fl has convinced many tax authorites that a use tax can not be col-'
lected on most articles.
blockade the Connecticut border to | catch scofflaw citizens bringing in| liquor, Illinois, with a 3 per cent cigaret tax, once patrolled the Indiana border seeking “smugglers.” It is easy to collect the use tax on an automobile bought elsewhere, by checking. registration records. Ohio and Michigan have got two big mail order houses to “offer” to “accept” the use tax on mail ship-| ments, if the buyer wants. Kansas! has tried to get permission to search! {the mails for contraband so it can
Plans for a $100,000 service fund} mre —— drive were outlined today at the BOLD PICKPOCKET Claypool hotel by district chairmen, TOKYO, Aug. 7 (U. P. ).—~Pickand advisory committee members of pockets operating on a tramear to- | the Disabled American Veterans, day stole an envelope containing Speakers included: Edgar H. Ki- 4000 yen from Jun Tsukamoto, as- | bourne, Ft. Wayne, state chairman sistant police chief of Nagasaki, — for the fund; C. F. Hogan, Cincin- is Visiting friends here. © nati, assistant national D. A. V, ad-| “pn I jutant; Robert Titus, New York city. | natonal fund field representative; Ethan Fulton, Portland, Ore. Oregon D. A. V. commander; H W. Watts, Indianapolis, state D. A. V. adjutamt, and Warren McLaughlin, Marion, state fund drive director,
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Plane Drown Turkeys; | Farmer Asks $350
NORMAN, Okla., Aug. 7 (U. PY Farmer Eddie Hill filed suit against| | Southwest Aviation Service for $350] © damages today. , He charged that a low-flying airplane scared his turkeys to the point that they jumped into a farm pond and drowned.
508 P-30'S OBSOLETE 4 i . WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (U. P),~|
rapid development in jet fighter planes has made 508 of its mart | : Shooting Stars obsolete. The AAF is sending them back to the Lockheed aircraft factory for modernization.
State
| Marshall has
BOMB MONSTER — Fic of men at right and the pound aerial bomb at left point up the tremendous size of the 42 000-pound bomb which the army air force plans fo use in a fest bombing. Ap- . proximately twice as foi a
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GOING HOME TO DIE—Mrs. Nina Willgrass Delcoure, 23-year-old British war bride, is unaware she is going home to die of Here she is shown at Westover Field, Mass. with her husband; Charles, and their 4-month-old daughter, Carol.
incurable cancer.
Mrs. Delcoure is en route from tive home, Norwich, England.
2 Heat Wave Broken, Expect 66 Tonight
Forecast Rain Today,
Cooler Tomorrow (Continued From Page One) around in shallow water with two young sisters and a brother. Missing the child, the mother started a frantic search. The boy was found about 15 feet from shore. While lifeguards worked unsuc{cessfully to revive the child his | mother collapsed and was put under {care of a physician, | The other drowning occurred at | Broad Ripple park pool. Victim was Paul Martin, 23, ex~G. I. student at John Herron art school. Accompanied by Friend | Mr. Martin, who also was employed at Railway Express Agency, had gone to the pdol with a friend. His body was recovered in eight feet of water by another swimmer who called a life guard. Mr, Martin, whose home is in 'Bethesda, O., apparently had dived
| the bottom.
ham, 47. Mr. Hart was overcome at Colonial hotel, 220 S. Illinois st, where hé lives, Mr, Cunningham, ia Visitor from Danville, Ill, colTexas with her family to her na- [lapsed on Monument circle.
A severe electrical, wind and hail
Urges Soviet Kegp Can't Be Done— Money Plates
Marshall Warns U. S.
Against Seizure
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (U.P). —Secretary of State George C. | advised the senate appropriations committee that any. effort to force Russia to return U.| | 8, occupation currency plates might peril diplomatic relations between the two countries, it was learned today. Mr. Marshall's stand was revealed in a letter to committee chairman Styles Bridges (R. N. H.). The plates were uséd in turning out money for occupied Germany. The appropriations committee made public last night secret files of the state, war and treasury de-/ partments that showed the Soviet | Union got the plates in a feree)
diplomatic tug-of-war in 1944.
Yielding of Plates
At that time, closed Mr. Marshall
ests of allied unity. The diplomatic defeat may cost]
comers to find what most of the U. S. Taxpayers up to $400,000,000,
some committee members fear. From the plates,
have struck an unknown quantity
of occupation "marks. found their way back to U. S. occupatiorr soldiers
¥ tat Ibridges to New - Jersey, trying to/ cashed them in for American dollars. ‘delay an inevitable defeat. The Indonesian decision WAS .,y.0¢ the city tax on cigarets. The Some committee members now claim | return didn’t pay the cops’ salaries. that the U. S. treasury is left hold- ‘his countrymen a broad promise ; ct A Another time, New York tried to Ing the bag.
Ultimatums Issued The once-secret diplomatic notes and memoranda disclosed that, prior to the allied invasion of Europe, Russia issued at least two ulti-
matums te her western ally to sur-.
render the plates.
Her threat was to print occupa-|
tion money of her own pattern unless the U. 8 plates were hapded
United States officials «finally yielded to the demand in fear that iif. Russia carried out her threat, this would irreparably disrupt alll plans to treat Germany as an eco{nomic unit.
Power and Lit °: Operating Cost Up
Indianapolis Power and Light Co. today reported operating revenues of $19.760.677 for the year ending | June 30; an increase of $1624 84
| over the previous 12-months period. |
Operating expenses and taxes,
| too, showed a boost for the year
from $13850582 to $15,157,748. Gross income for the period was up $655,113 over the previous year to $4.991932, the report showed. With most of the revenue increase falling within the first six months of this yeary the report warned that the utility is experienc ing 4ncreased operating and maintenance costs which “undoubtedly will affect the results of operations in the subsequent months of 19477
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storm hit Portland last night, cuts ting out telephone circuits, felling large trees and blowing down high tension wires, Many small fires
n Boone County were started by short-circuited
linto the pool, striking his head on i
| Overcome by the heat were Cur-| ' tiss Hart, 44, and Charles Cunning-
HAPPY LANDING—Eleven-month-old Eileen Buckley, Lancashire, England, seems pretty well pleased to be in the U. S. A. She's pictured as she arrived in New York aboard the. liner Queen. Mary when it t completed its first postwar passenger trip.
Gas Utility Shows mo" Revenue Increase
ETROIT, Aug. 7 (U, P.).—A 18 {ahi Dayton, O, Quarterly report of the Citizens’ | whom police are holding for investi Gas & Coke untility today showed gation of kidnaping an increase of $857,144 in gross; Police charge that Dolly Cox, 24 revenue -over the second quarter of year-old mother of a
Times State Servi
LEBANON, Ind. AUR. 7 —Boone wires and city streets were blocked
with trees and debris. Levels Tents at Fair Wind also blew down s#veéral tents at the Jay county fair, in when the storm struck. Jay county corn was damaged by hail. The mercury rocketed to 106 in | Kokomo yesterday, the highest mark reported in the state. It was one of the highest August maximums on racord in that city. It was 101 at Terre Haute yes- | ,county is $35,373,650. ‘This figures |terday for the third consecutive day. $2132198 for each man,' Other temperature readings woman and ch chile in the county, Wednesday included Indianapolis, DE 100 at 2:45 p. m.; Lafayette, 100; South Bend, 100; Goshen, 101; Ft. Wayne, 99, and New Albany, 97. The hottest spot in the nation yesterday was El Centro, Cal, where
of the national debt. Figures released by the state auditor's office show a total net value of all taxable property in the county is sufficient to pay only 75 {per cent of the county's proportiontate share of the national debt, given ‘as $46,956,120. The net assessed
Britain Warned On Gold Reserve
‘Don’t Cut Deeper,’ Commons Is Told
| ft h consecutive day.
STRAUSS the records dis-| LONDON, Aug. 7 (U, P.).—Hugh SAYS: as army chief Dalton, chancellor of the exchequer, plates be|warned Britons today against any ! deeper into the nation’s fast vanishing dollar reserves or gold reserves. Mr. Dalton, defending the govern-~ iment's crisis program before a resthe Russians tive house of commons, said that the reserves should be thrown in only Large sums at a critical moment when there was some prospect that the move who - promptly would bring »ietory ané not simply } At the same time Mr, Dalton gave Ly »
| that no new taxes would be imposed jon them in the foreseeable future. He said the first four months of the fiscal year had produced a surplus of $84 million, and “there is no ground, taking the budget in the narrow sense, to play about with taxes at all.” Something Must Be Done Mr. Dalton said, however, that something must be done about inflation. He recommended increased productivity, education along the lines of national savings,” and “the | quality of sacrifice for all.” | He observed that gilt-edged stocks had fallen in the last few weeks, | said: “We have seen ups and downs on is stock market before, and 1 be{lieve if is largely due to sentiment | rather than to technical reasons that this setback has occurred.” Winston Churchill, recently recovered from a hernia operation, listened intently throughout Dal ton's speech, and then left the chamber,
Man Drowns in Trough ENOSBURG, Vt, Aug: 7 (U. P.) — Losing’ his balance while trying to hitch a team 6f horses to a hay rake today, Armand J. Couture, 27-year~ old farmhand, tumbled into a wa. tering trough and drowned before help could arrive,
FILIPINO SCOUTS SLAIN
MANILA, Aug, 7 (U, P).~Two NEW and Pilipino scouts were shot and killed } by unknown assailants while on Fresh and guard duty at the ordnance general COOL!
supply depot, it was announced to-
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Shirts by Donegal— in collar sizes and sleeve lengths—
6.00 + Borough; Hobart, Ruth Moore; Waiter, Lightweight ! Miidred’ chart Forrest, Ruby Shirley, 9 9 ' Al Coleman—Aléxander, Betty Stoyano- Underwear, Briefs, bi doha, ta Kitladman. aul, Mid s 3 Lon ¢ Given; John, Ma ones : VR et Neidigh; Edward, Leons Lin- hy nays ane ; 9 Elion. . Ma Martha Jacobs; ol Wits with no ay Juste a Patil; Robert, sleeves—and , Viola Poe; Clit-
athletic undershirts— all of it comfortable, and good!
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1046. daughter, lured Louis
Gross revenues for the period {from April 1 to June 30 of this year
“couldn't live without him.”
| 82761, 193 for the corresponding police. { period of 19486, directors of the city | The couple was arrested department of utilities reported. Gas sales for the quarter amounted to $1,458,684, an Increase
‘of $221,150 over the same quarter Plan Fish Fry lot 1946, the report showed, | | On June 1, $198,000 worth of gas plant revenue bonds were retired, reducing the outstanding indebted{ness on the original $2 million is'sue to $6,406,000, At the same time another $142,000 | worth of utility revenue bonds was retired, leaving $3,930,000 outstand- salads for the fish supper.
were prevented by their families,
The Center Bluff rd. and Epler ave, will spon-
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Note to Printer: — Don’t throw this cut AWAV--We expect to use it when it's 99° Cooler
. There are days of self restraint—there , are several snappy comebacks to use‘ in reply to the person—who makes the lethal provoking query "Hot isn't it" —or "is it hot enough for you" — but-—maybe the term "NO COMMENT" (which such wide circulation) might be fitting. We should like to comment on certain things that can be helpful. Cool clothes for instance— (we WOULD say that)}—a DOBBS Byrd cloth hat to shade and ventilate the dome —some leisure oxfords— between you and the burning pavements—for instance. And in the air conditioned comfort of the store—you enjoy cool breathing— good clean bracing air!
And the deep price cuts here and there to effect
clearances—give a pleasant personal reaction—that extends all the way tp the wallet! Come on in—and look through. We're open from
9:30 ill 5:00 daily— on Saturdays, 9:30 Hill 1:00, .
| today that he was the “willing; of a red-haired divorcee established late yesterday,
young Kotronis from hi§ Dayton home because she
{ “I will marry him if I have were $3,618798 as compared With | ygit the rest of my life,” she told
last | night in Detroit. They said they {had wanted to get married but
ay church,
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situation. {tle chance of bringing the western
were ready with proposals for fole
The colonial countries were sed to oppose any such move, arguing [that the United States has offered
youth said its good offices in the matter,
The Balkans subcommittee was over - | Soviet Delegate Andrei Gromyko's | sombey observation that it probably . was worthless. day night in an attempt to salvage | something acceptable from the vae tious Balkans plans which have been rejected. The council presumal would table the Greek question the outcome, But angry speeches were brewing as a result of the attempt 'by the United States and Greece to keep
case, on the basis of Greece's fore
situation now has become a threat {to peace meriting prompt punitive {action against the three Balkan
sor a fish fry -Saturday beginning countries bordering Greece. at 5/30 p. m. on the grounds. Fresh!
vegetables will be sold and house |
{48 GREEK REBELS TO DIE ATHENS, Aug. 7 (U, P.).—~Creek
wives will bring ples, cakes and authorities reported today that cours Mrs. martial had sentenced 48 guerrillas
the temperature hit 117 for the ing on the original issue of | Henry Pennington is general chair- | to death for attacks on Grevens and _ Nigrita last week.
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The subcommittee was given tie
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It is supposed to work until Mone
the council debating the Balkans mal complaint that the Balkans