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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1933
Page
3
A letter from readers debates Pennsylvania school taxes on real property, income tax scope, and constitutional changes. It contrasts General Martin’s remarks with legislative procedure, notes property bears 85 percent of school costs, and cites Senate pension cuts and veteran reactions amid upcoming elections.
The New York Herald Tribune notes New York City needs twenty million more in revenue, to be raised by auto and truck taxes, bridge fees for out of city vehicles, and higher taxi fares. It criticizes taxation as payroll-driven and harmful, urging restraint before prosperity arrives. It also notes real estate groups oppose the plan, echoing widespread tax strain on homeowners.
A retrospective column recounts weddings and social notes from June 1993, listing couples from Indiana Center and nearby towns, with station name changes at Richmond Sayan, and plans for a new coal town near Elder’s Ridge plus housing expansion. Includes historic deaths, old wedding notices, and local survey news.
Ten years ago on June 7 1923 a broken back from a twenty five foot fall at Dutch Run killed Clark Boyer 23 in Indiana hospital. Other deaths listed include George Richey Seward Daniel D Miller Barnesboro and Mrs J Taylor Boucher Indiana. Weddings noted Frank Lowry Rochester Mills and Miss La Rose Peffer Marchand with Dr John M St Clair Philadelphia street and his son Fred St Clair Evie traveling to Lafayette College commencement. Dr St Clair a 60 year graduate.
This editorial urges a city to plan ahead for progress and prosperity. It emphasizes that increased population and development depend on local citizens and thoughtful, long term planning to build a bigger, busier metropolis tomorrow.
Bruce Catton reviews Sir James Jeans New Background of Science. Jeans argues science now doubts its grip on the objective universe and may never fully know it. The old mechanical view falters as clouds of dust rise from our observations. the determinist is adrift as crevices appear in the closed circle of physical science. The reviewer, though math-challenged, finds the volume worth reading. Macmillan priced at $2.50.
The piece notes Postmaster General Farley criticizing patronage while most aspiring postmasters live in cities. It also mentions Smithsonian findings about Red Sun heat, economic effects of frozen assets, and a winter task of assembling jigsaw puzzles to fit window screens, with a casual aside about a wife losing her thimble.
The British War Office still guards the tale of Major Patrick MacKellar who slipped into Quebec’s fortress, mapped every battery and gun, and then escaped. The incident, recounted in a This Curious World feature, highlights a daring espionage episode from history.
Ahern restaurant is linked to a 5 cent beer offer while critics doubt the New Deal has arrived until the post office adopts a non clog ink for pens. The comic strip piece from 1938 NEA Service Inc. satirizes bureaucratic reform.
A collection of assorted quotes on effort, progress, courage, travel, hunting, and philosophy. Notable remarks from Helen Wills Ida Novelli Viscount Philip Snowdon Hugh Walpole and Dr William Kerr. Also notes on government tolls banana varieties and a science fact about water and steam conversion.
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