Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1948 — Page 8

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To Honor Hoosier

Col. Elmer-F. Straub

‘To: Receive Award " Col. Elmer F, Straub, Indiana adjutant general, will be

made a commander in the Order!

of Orange-Nassau with Sword),

at 12:15 °p. m, Claypool Hotel, Col. Straub, who lives in 5708] Winthrop Ave. was awarded the decoration for his services ‘in| the cause of The Netherlands| and his great collaboration with “THE NetherTands rinitary: autior:y “fies suring 2 and after the liberation.” Neal Grider, national treasurer] of the American Legion, will act] as represéntative of Dr, J. B _.Nan de Martel, council general of

tomorrow in the

The Netherlands, Chicago, The luncheon will be held by the Service Ciub of Indianapo-

lis, composed of World War veterans.

Kendallville Youth

Wins State Contest = |

Arthur Flickenger, Kendall-| ville High School senior, has heen named winner of the statewide “I Speak for Democracy” -eon-

test.

former |

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of The Netheriands government |

The Fs Decoration

Col. Elmer F. Strouly to be decorated by The Nether, fands government.

Prowler Killed; Teener Baits Trap

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, 11 [(UP)—A prowler spotted

Dec,

|teen- -aged baby sitter was shot to) estate.

death by police here last night.

Officers credited Beverly Lysaught, 15, with nerve cool enough for her to sit calmly!

under the man's gaze while police were on the way. The gir] said

. theen.

“Reassessment

At Tax Cheaters, Fixers

Plan Aiming ,

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City's Loss Figured at $1.8 Million | And States’ $17 Million Because of ‘Leaks’

| . By HAROLD HARTLEY, Times Business Editor . { { Hoosiers who are shuddering over the thought of the reassess | ment of property for taxes may be wasting their fears, Chances are

{that thelr taxes, on an average,

"the tax dodger.

While no one khows the exact foundation.

{figure, it has been estimated that {there is a half-billion-dollar un-[der-valuation of real property in! {the State, | This time there is hoped there will be no “fix.” tee bao 88085088, Will have manuals, now in the hands of the printer, which will enablé them to measure houses and land, count

the number of doors, rooms, (windows, check: for heating, |porches, and other items which

fadd- value to-reat-estate, Dark and Gloamy The last reassessment year was dark and gloomy 1932. - People were so ‘broke Indianapolis. did mot bother with the

Property values were cut from 15 to 25 per gent, was based on previous assess ments which may have been off a mile, What kind of cheaters will the tax assessors look for? Here are a few ways in which

will be no higher than they have

the owner pays taxes on 1s the That is all |AsSesROT SAW,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Profesional Nod

The reassessment is to smoke out the .Cheater, the fixer and

the.

THREE: The man who ‘has his prospective building assessed from

the blueprints, { proves the blueprints and assesses on what .they show. The builder

The assessor ap-

"tren puts Supa structure worth:

two or three times as much with‘out paying additional taxes. FOUR:. The church or charitable organization . which seils taxexempt property for cash and the

. thuyer fails to. list. the. transaction on the tax duplicate converting it

to taxable property. FIVE: The man who goes to the tax assessor and says he has torn down a house or building and has

a formality of going over its real it removed from the tax dupli- | cate, And that]

leaving the building stand. SIX: Some have been known to

Name Purdue Dean

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get.into the Courthouse records]

with ink eradicator or eraser and remove themselves from the tax duplicate, Sometimes there is an honest clerical error. Assessments are on two lines, one for

‘Sponsored by the Indiana| |she saw a man peering in the win-'yy.o tax dodger has defrauded thetthe land and one for the building.

Junior Chamber National Association of Broad‘casters and Radio Manufacturers Association, the public speaking |

telephoned police as if she were calling a friend. Beverly returned to her chair

of "Commerce, dow and after a few moments giata-

ONE. The man who built his owh horfie*without-a building permit and failed to report it. Ilis

competition was held on local lev- and began to read aloud to her building is not on the tax dupliels to select entrants for the state four-year-old brother while a po-! cate at all.

_ contest. Flickenger will now compete inj the national contest in

. {lice car rushed to the scene,

Three ‘policemen “surprised «the! i which man still behind the house and assessor. comes around in March.

TWO: The man who takes out a building permit-in February.

Clerks have been known to copy

apt one of the two lines, result-|

ing han unfair reduction taxes.

There's a, strict law about such

things when. they are found fo §

have been done willfully. The

as of the date “when it was

chosen to represent the “Voice of | Democracy” school youth.

and fell in a hail of bullets. He

Wood, 19, a Negro.

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. | home taxpay ers are hopeful.

= ment, & Council

either by, to amount to more than the propin America, among | was identified as Theris Rudolph design or carelessness, fails to re- erty is worth on the operr market. | turn to appraise the building, all

It has been estimated by tax that in Marion Coynty alone some $40 million in taxable property has either been, omitted from the tax duplicate’or has been assessed fractionally. $1.8 Million Loss

This would do much to change the financial picture of the city

in!

The property must go on the duplicate] at

administration cde Indiana pslisg

Quick_figuring shows that under: [the present rate this |added to the tax duplicate would {bring ih something like $1.8 million a vear. What a difference that would make in the balance sheet at. City Hall. It is estimated that the State

amount!

is losing $17 million a year in’

taxes from under-assessed or omitted property, and counting the number of years in which this property. has been in default it is expected that the back taxes could easily bring the first year’s jextra return to $88 million. The Indiana Assessment Coun-| cil estimates that 65 per cent of the residential taxes will remain as they are. Over the state it is anticipated that the level

jof tax returns will. rise about 5 per cent, The real benefit will come from the léveling off process,

raising appraisals which are too low, and lowering those which are too high.

{ Hope for the Best

It is still a matter for the new

{the manual will be adopted, but

“The rule of thumb on réassess: the Indiana Reassessmerit points out, is that all

property should be assessed at 56 per cent of its 1941 reproduction

4 | cost, less depreciation. «The. tables have. been. worked. jout with five or six cross-checks to stop as much tampering as

possible. But the human species being “what “it “is; “that the reassessment |geasonably accurate.

will be

{admit there still be a few ways to skim a few dollars off a tax bill

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Dr. A. A. Potter . Engi“neer of the Year in Indiana.

Engineer of Year

Indiana Unit Fetes Dr. A. A. Potter

Dr. A. A. Potter, Purdue University's schools, was named “Engineer of the Year in Indiana” last night at the closing dinner of the Indiana Society of Professional En-

dean of |

engineering |

gineers’ annual | convention. Nearly 200 members of the

Ma. Gen. neéring societies ! Mehaffev Maj. Gen. Jo-| : seph Cowles Me-| haffey, former governof the PanYama Canal Zone, addressed the

group on behalf of the United States Army Engineers. Gen, Mehaffey succeeded Maj. | Gen. Douglas I.. Weart as Ohio] River division enginedt at CincinBLLLAHOWING, hia FUE i, 0 Panama, which ended Other wnt oy a a conference were Rohert Beckmann,! Allison Division of General Mo-| tors Corp.; Harry R. Gruelle, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.; Col. Chester Lichtenberg, president of | the society; M. W. Cameron, national director of the society,.and.”, Paul H. Robbins, execufive 'director of the national society. Mayor Feeney delivered the’ welcome address,

Materials Engineering ‘Added to Service

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{Scout Troop Contect Winners Announced Troops 2, 32,48 and 82 took

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{Central Indiana Loy Lcout Coun- nalers in Troop 32 put it in fir:t

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{tabulation of results. | Scout Troop 2 scored first in was ranked highest in firebuilde

announced yesterday afteriplace. Troop 48 was awarded {knot tying honors, as Troop 53 oY

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