Indiana Evening Gazette (Newspaper) - July 18, 1935, Indiana, Pennsylvania fair continued warm today and tomorrow except probable cat and slightly 1ft this after noon Hilt here may sim get to the stores and ft bargains by warm 276 COAL CONTROL ASIDE AS TAX ADVANCES Congressional Approval of Guffey Snyder Meas ure Increasingly Doubt Members De clare Framed Un constitutional TWELVE PAGES INDIANA PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY JULY 18 1935 TWO SECTIONS TWO CENTS WASHINGTON July Congressional approval of the Guffey Snyder coal control became in doubtful today as the measure was temporarily shelved by the House ways and means commit for the tax program While House leaders denied thai any definite action to drop the has been taken admittedly there was strong opposition developing to the both in the committee in the House Chairman Doughton of North Carolina of the committee said there is a possibility the Guffey may be reported by the committee before the tax but that this is doubt ful Some Democratic members ar known to have sent word to the White House that they believe the is unconstitutional and that an effective constitutional cannot be drafted Sponsors of the measure believed that the danger of a bituminous coa Continued on Page Two The Twain Meet In Ohio 5 10 Sentiment Veering Toward Moderate Tax Program FEM HEAVY LEVY ADVERSE Predictions Less Than Would Be Raised By Now in See Boost Big Individual In on comes CAPITOL NOTES BY WILLIAM S NEAL INS Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON July Sentiment in the House Ways and Means committee today veered toward a moderate tax program as fears arose that a farreaching measure may have an adverse effect on business After lengthy discussion of a policy of carrying out the Presidents tax message the committee admittedly had framed no program Members individually including Democrats who are in the majority emphasized that the program is likely lo be in scope and in amount Some members predicted that less than would be raised by the now in preparation The committee apparently had defi though without any formal ac tion discarded proposals of broaden ing the measure to include a boost in income taxes on all classes of tax payers Members indicated that the is likely to start with a boost on income tax on individual incomes of from to a year inheri tances of to and up vith an excess profits tax to replace the graduated corporation tax sug gested by President to the Presidents policy as outlined in hi message of curtailing the size of cor In my said Rep San ders of Texas a committee mem the committee will bring in a not to soak the rich nor to do an injustice to those not in that class Taxation should be based on the Continued on Page Two East may be cast and west may be west but they can did in a dime store of all Honesty o Brown 90 shown above at work in store in returning hii lost won the admiration of K M James Lin son of the president of the Chinese stilting tbt romance which an Ashland Justice culminated in liage recently Lin however de nied that they will marry until he of hit father for which he lays he has written RISHEL HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE n At a hearing before Squire Walte H Jackson John W Rishel of Canoi township was held for court in bail on charges of assault and batter and surety of the peace preferred b Ruth Rishel Mrs Rishel chargei Rishel had threatened to shoot he and later as she and her daughte were returning from church he struc her knocked her down and took bible belonging to her sister Mar Bell Rishel which she was carrying Rishel claimed that Mrs Rishel had tripped and he had picked up the bible where it fell fice VANDERGRIFT P M RESIGNS TO GO BACK TO HIS STORE WORK W Edward Houston yesterday announced his resignation as post master of the Vandergrift office Mr Huston Vandergrifts first Democratic postmaster in nearly 15 years said his resignation was due solely to his desire to return to the clothing business there Appointment of his successor expected for several days but it was rumored that a with Democratic affiliations an will get the position EDUCATION PROGRAM FINE Emergency Summer Acti Declared Success Enrolled in the Various County Classes FUNDS SEEKING GOING NICELY Solicitors Hope to Secure Pledges for Necessary b y Saturday Enabling Federal Loan to Reopen Glassworks Prospects for the and reopening of the plant of the Diamond Glassware Company here within the next year assumed a brighter aspect today with the partial report of the solicitors who have been securing pledges from Indiana busi ness men and women this week The solicitors who represent the Chamber of Commerce and the three service Kiwanis arid that they had met with interesting success and that it was hoped that the necessary for a federal loan for the remaining funds would be secured by Saturday It is to be understood that no cash is being solicited only pledges which are contingent upon the granting of a loan by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation The Corporation has vir tually agreed to advance the neces sary other funds if Indiana and vicin ity would raise the approximate 000 to permit of the of the building destroyed by fire some years ago The present plan of action be the most feasible one yet present ed Several times within recent months an attempt was made to re vivify the glass plant but all failed WESTMORELAND SNAKE DANCE County Will Present Hopi Indian Feature at Camp Weco Next Week Live Snakes to Be Used The summer program of Emergency Education activities which started on June 17th has been a pronounced suc cess Evidences of success are found in a marked increase in enrollment excellent attendance keen interest and a wider distribution of activities to provide opportunities for communi ties which have not had Emergency Education classes Emergency Education activities are now in operation in Blairsville Black lick Chambersville Clymer Creek side Ernest Fulton Run Homer City Indiana Lucerne Steffy M E Church near Rossiter and Saltsburg These activities varied in character include classes in sewing handicrafts music art dramatics literacy citizenship elementary and secondary sub playground activities and a federal funds available for al every purpose under the sun With most correspondence was begun with the R F C and it expressed a willingness to go along with Indiana The solicitors will complete their work today and tomorrow and the re sult of their will be awaited with interest Harr Says Closed Banks In County Bolter Average Boy Scouts of Westmoreland Coun ty camping at Camp Weco will pre sent a Hopi snake dance next week Rehearsals for the dance in which live snakes are carried between the teeth of the dancers began day The Hopi Indian snake dance a re production of the dance as performed by the Hopi Indians in Arizona is said to be the only one given in this section and draws spectators from many districts Some 40 snakes will be used in the dance which is to be staged in picturesque Indian village at Camp Wesco The snake priests who carry the writhing reptiles in their teeth will wear costumes all authentic of or ange aprons turtle sheels leather necklaces and wrist bands Each snake carrier will be accom by a whose duty it is to prevent the snake from biting its carrier The antelope priests in ela borate costumes and paint will chant the snake dance song throughout the performance which requires 45 min utes Tom Pratt of Greensburg in charge of the Indian village is directing re John Shallenberger head of the Indian lore department is as sisting Dr Gordon Renton formerly of Vandergrift who preceded Shall enberger as a leader in the Indian de will also aid in directing the dance as will Charles Kuhn an authority on Indian dancing RIGID ENFORCEMENT OF NEW CIGARETTE TAX WILL BE BEGUN SOON 1 Rigid enforcement of the new cigarette tax act will be begun by the Department of Revenue this week A corps of investigators is now a few days instruction and will be sent into as soon as the enforcement ery is set up Deputy Sheaffer says Checks will be made of ers reported selling cigarettes without the stamp and those who have failed to obtain registration licenses GOVERNMENT OUT ON LIMB ENTER YOUR NAME NOW LIST PRINTED FRIDAY During the last month approximate ly thirteen hundred and fifty people were enrolled in the various activi ties the largest enrollment in Indiana County since the Emergency Educa tion program was started eighteen months ago Of these classes the sewing groups with an enrollment last month of 454 the music groups with a present enrollment of 363 and the art and handicraft groups with 256 persons are the most popular Al though the other activities affect a smaller number of people equally im portant is the work being done with Continued on Page Three BIG RUN MAN HURT IN CRASH SHANGHAI SAYS LIN ALREADY WED SHANGHAI July 18 In tense interest was aroused today by news James Lin adopted son of Lin Sen president of the Chinese lic had married Miss Viola Brown in Columbus O According to Lins Chen the bridegroom already has two undivorced wives and four children in China Baseball equipment greatly re at Johnstons News Stand 276x Lawn Party St Church tonight Also Bingo All invited L O Weber 45 Big Run Jef ferson county was injured seriously last night when his automobile ran off the road near Marchand and overturned He was taken to the Adrian Hospital in Punxsutawney where examination revealed he had suffered severe la of the head probable con cussion of the brain and a possible fracture of the skull State highway patrolmen of the Indiana detachment said the car ran off the road an a curve You may start gathering votes in your community now Your spare lime boys and girls can mean extra spending money a fine new bicycle or one of the wonderful Cannon Ball Baker Junior Racers Votes toward winning one of the nine prizes may be secured by saving the Free Vote Coupons from your Daily Gazette and by having your friends and neighbors pay their subscriptions to you in stead the Gazette and girls in Indiana and communities have entered their names as contestants Yet there are many neighborhoods that are not represented in the con test Do not wait for your name to be sent in by someone else Send your own name in and be one of the hap py boys and girls who will receive a fine award in just a few weeks A complete set of prizes must be awarded to your district yet you may gather votes anywhere Do not let this opportunity slip by without tak ing full advantage of it No doubt you have many friends who would be glad to save the Free Vote Coupons and pay their subscription through you That is all to it and you are something if you just The names of those entered will be tomorrow This list will names received up to to night July 18th Get yours in at once AAA Obligating It to Over Half Billion in Face of Courts Action in Decid ing the Processing Tax Invalid EARLE MILLER SEEKS JUDGESHIP FLOYD LIGHTNER FOR CO AUDITOR Floyd A Lightner of Dixonville and a former Indiana business man has announced his candidacy for County Auditor subject to the deci sion of the Republican voters at the September Primaries Mr Lightner was a school teacher for a number of years and later entered the auto mobile business in Indiana In his announcement he states he will con and efficiently carry on the work that is devolved in this of Earle Miller today formally an his candidacy for the office of judge of the several courts of Indi ana County He was admitted to prac tice before the Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and of the Courts of Indiana County October 8 1919 He has been engaged in the general practice of the law and serv ed as District Attorney for the years 19241931 If you feel he merits your confidence and elect him to this high office he assures you he will make every honorable effort for a prompt and impartial administration and dis charge of the duties of that office HOSPITALS GIVEN STATE CASH HOPE By L W MEREDITH T N S Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON July 18 INS The AAA is pulling the government right out on the limb to the extent of obligations totaling between and in the face of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Boston and the U S Dis Court in Philadelphia holding processing taxes unconstitutional Contracts are being promulgated and signed with producers for rental and benefit payments on winter wheat corn and hogs that added to other obligations pending will bring the governments obligations past the half a billion dollar mark Chester C Davis AAA administra tor today declared AAA pro gram would go ahead pending a final decision by the Supreme Court though admitting End of the processing taxes will mean the end of AAA so far as be ing effective is concerned I dont want to imply for a min ute he added that the Supreme Court is going to hold in that direction If the court holds that Continued on Page Two COLLECTIONS BANKS Total Appraised Value at Time of Closing 425 Net Deposit ity Total Collected to Date Is CITIZENS GIVEN NEW CHANCE TO REDEEM HOME Governor Signs Opportunity to Property by Paying N Charges Even Legal Redemption iod Expired 158 BILLS YET Reports on conditions of the fifteen closed banks in Blair Cambria Indi ana Somerset and Westmoreland counties were issued today by Luther A Harr secretary of banking Depositors in Blair county the re ports show have received an average return of 65 per cent of their deposits in Cambria 24 per cent in Indiana 53 per cent in Somerset 90 per cent and in Westmoreland 75 per cent All the counties with the exception of Cambria have a better record than the average return for the state which is per cent and for the Second Liquidation District of which the counties are a where the aver age is 46 per cent Further liquidation in these coun ties as said Dr Harr is to a great extent dependent upon our success in conversion of real estate owned by the closed banks and mort gages held by them We are sanguine that the system of cooperation we have worked out with Federal Housing Administration officials in Philadelphia and Pitts burgh will result in stimulus of liqui dation of these socalled slow as Dr Harrs statement today was the ninth in a series of reports issued since March 15 in accordance with his policy of up of HARRISBURG July Home owners who lost their ties at tax sales today opportunity to regain them by the necessary charges even if the gal redemption period expired under the of Senator L Reed Dauphin which was by Gov George H Earle The effective in cases where the erties are still held by the K The of Sen Charles R Blair to create a state on highway accident prevention i cast into the discard by the who declared its proposed are now carried out by state departments Two other bills also were and 15 approved by the governor ducing the mountain of dumped on his desk to 158 He hasl until Monday to dispose of the mainder which will become neither signed nor vetoed Political subdivisions would havlS Continued on Page Two Designer Praises Russian Styles HARRISBURG July hospitals today had an assurance from Gov George H Earle that if it were found possible some increases might be made in their appropriations A delegation from the hospital as sociation of Pennsylvania which rep resents 205 hospitals including 140 institutions called upon the governor who told them he fully understood the needs of the tions and was in complete sympathy with their efforts to obtain the neces sary funds to carry on their activi ties EYE FOR SAY CHORINES OUSTED FROM ENGLAND AMUSEMENTS WILL BE TAXABLE ON AND AFTER SUNDAY MIDNIGHT Smokers Already Have Their Levy on But Other of Have Coming Amusements are expected to be amusing and for the most part they are but theres always a fly in the cream somewhere and now it ap pears The amusement tax goes into effect in Pennsylvania Sunday at mid night and is it farreaching Smokers have already had their taste of paying a tax on cigarettes but that is nothing compared to what youll pay for your fun for many months to come Here are a few of the oddities of new tax Clip em stick em in your sport skirt mU always bj g pss ition to check against the check or will you After Sunday if a church should hold a strawberry festival it wont have to pay the tax providing all the profits go to the church but a permit will be required at a permit Suppose for instance that a tired business man decides to enjoy some golf He pays a greens fee and im mediately is charged State tax for each 25 cents or fraction there of ot the established greens fee After golf if the sportsman choos es to eat in a restaurant where the sole diversion is a piano player a fiddler and a few other instrumental ists he will escape the State tax for the time being But suppose somebody sings a song or does a carioca or the customers dance to the music The State will collect the tax on part of his dinner check For entertainment No Tax on Church Festivals If All Go to Church But Dollar mit of the Night LONDON July 18 An eye for an eye and walking papers for every English chorus girl in New York and Hollywood This bitter sentiment rose today from the gloom that pervaded the dressing rooms of 30 American show girls who were ordered by the British Minister of Labor to pack their makeup boxes and leave England to be worked by the poor English work ing girl The affecting headlin aimed solely at two troupes of American chorus girls imported a few months ago to dance away the Jate and early hours in two leading London hotels Admittedly different than British chorines the girls soon won a wide following Last night the girls received scores of expressions of sympathy on the Labor ban and ers hope the ministry might recon sider The girls themselves held mass meetings in their dressing rooms and declared they would ask American to retaliate against hund reds of English girls they say are working in the United Staeg BAND CONCERT FOR THIS EVENING The Municipal Boys Band will play the following program on lot Philadelphia street tonight at Jewell L Deppen L King Threads Among the Morrie B Bopp P English E Miles L King a Mother Machree b When Irish Eyes Are loist Morrie B Bopp Selection Water Lilies F J St Clair Star Spangled Banner DEATH JOINS REGULAR ARMY whether he goes to a theatre opera sideshow amusement park carnival wrestling match hockey game swim ming pool or dance the tax it the cent lor each 85 cents of admission price As for night clubs the State tax is still in effect although somewhat reduced Suppose the customer con tax applies to restaurants in which dancing is permitted or a floor show held Club dues are taxable under toe amusement tax act the State Reve nue Department holds The tax is at oa Page PREACHING SERVICE AT TAYLORSVILLE O The Sacrament of the Lords Sup per will be observed at the East Union Presbyterian Church Sunday July 21 at 11 a m A service will be held Friday evening at 8 o clock The Rev J A pastor of the Plumville Presbyterian church will be the speaker A cordial invita tion is extended to all in the com munity to attend these services FRAZIER TAKES NEW SCHOOL JOB o Willard H Frazier of Ridge who was formerly principal of the Iselin schools has been elected super vising principal of the Frazer Town ship Schools of Allegheny County He is a graduate of Indiana State Teachers College and the University of Pittsburgh and has done graduate work at State College Childrens golf sets cost Johus EIGHTEENTH WILL REUNE AT WHEELING SCRANTON July Death has joined the army Its not as macabre as it sound for ba was Ernest Morgan Death After he was enrolled by a sur prised recruiting officer Death today had been assigned to the field artil lery in Hawaii Lawn Party Ct Bernards Church tonight Also Bingo All invited the Division of Closed Banks lie scrutiny Thirteen of the 15 banks in the five on Page Two VINTONDALE MAN CRITICALLY HURT Samuel Barry Morris 30 Vinton dale High School in a critical condition in the Mercy Hos pital in Johnstown suffering from fractures of the spine and pelvis sus Tuesday afternoon in a 30foot fall from a telephone pole in Clag horn abandoned mining village in Brush valley township The Vinton dale instructor and his father were re moving wire from the telephone poles in the abandoned village where the Vinton Collieries Company formerly operated a mine when the accident occurred The younger man was working on a pole which snapped off near the jound throwing him 30 feet to the ground He was thrown on his back and was unconscious when picked up and rushed to the Johns town hospital where xray examina tion revealed the fractures The in jured man and his father had closed negotiations with the coal company for the removal of the wire and its sale to junk dealers MORRIS 89 PITT ALUMNUS DEAD PITTSBURGH July 18 INS V Henry T Morris 89 the last of the University of class of 1889 was dead today victim of t heart attack Morris a notary public and a char ter member of Pitts original chapter of Delta Tau Delta was one of 14 stu dents who were graduated from the old Western University of vania in downtown Pittsburgh in 1869 in are turn row two Soviet tie foreign in 18 years The industry however rather than general ugni the More than men veterans of the 80th division of the World War will attend the 16th an reunion in Wheeling W August 14 Numerous speakers of national im portance will be included on the pro gram among them being Louis B Johnson Clarksburg W past na tional commander of the American Legion Major General Adelbert Cronkhite Pittsburgh wartime com mander of the 80th and Colonel E G Peyton Fort San Houston national commander of the 80th Di vision Veterani Association TURNER STREAMS WOULD IE SHERIFF 0 I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Indiana County subject to the decision of the voters of the Republican party Your vote and influence will be greatly appreciated Turner B ABYSSINIAN KING CALLS ON LO Y SUBJECTS TO FIGHT SLAVERY Live Bravely for An Hour Rather Than Exist for Selassie Italian ial Ambition ADDIS ABABA June 18 INS Accusing Italy of criminal tation in her aggressive designs against Ethiopia Emperior Haile Sel essie sounded a clarion call to hU subjects today to fight to the last and die free rather than live In an impassioned speech to the Senate which rang in terms remin of Premier Mussolinis battle cry to the Italian people It is bet ter to live bravely for an hour than merely to exist for the dyna mic African Emperor levelled charg ese of murder blood lust and terri ambition against Appearing before the nations nobles and dignitaries after reviewing his troops in their neat modern uniforms the Emperor called upon the women of Ethiopia larly to sacrifice their all if need be in defense of the kingdom Soldiers young men old men and women must be united to defend Eth he said As in olden times our women must take heroic action in this time of stress They must constantly en courage and attend our united with God our ram part and shield we will lace tomor aggressor and mere modern arms will not turn us from our sa cred defense of our inde Your sovereign will be amidst you He will not hesitate to shed bis blood for Ethiopia should no peaceful solu tion be found up U the moment Ethiopia extending her band to God will to the list lor Egypts Permission for It ian Planet to Croit der Unfriendly League of Nations PI Met ting For Italy fags ishing an ambition pia This has beep ferent forms two decades Last August Italy ing her colonial Ethiopia story her colonies aad f measures sion To justify a Ir
