Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1932, Page 7

THE EVENING ~ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1932 e o % A7 SALES TAX TREND 5 SEEN N STATES New Levies and Economies Are Mapped to Lift Burden From Personal Property. (Copyright. 1932. by the Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July ~Citizens of America from coast to coast are paying special taxes on things they eat, drink, a survey, revealed yester- nd in perhaps half the Na- | tates being toward modifie 21.- wear or bu day —the t tion's 43 taxes. tive leaders everywhere were reported mapping “painless” taxation s while State administrations xpenses to the minimum. both being designed to remove e staggering tax burden on x telephone bill ment tickets, marriage licenses and le- gal documents—those were only a few special levies reported. In a of States. taxes are collected ne to finance road building and nts toward State income laws | also were general. 1 Had Levy Since 1921. States. Mississippi and West reported sales taxes as pro- h of the revenue which ordi- Id_come from property own- Virginia has had a gross since 1921, State officials re- sne of the principal Two b ancing the | | and Tllinois. both of which special legislative sessions | few month among a dozen | 1 which sales taxes are being In Mlinois Chairman Mar- | on of tne State Tax Commis- sion said he would recommend passage ar to Mississippi’'s by the taxation authorities and . how- d themselves opposed to new taxation or increase es. Their attitude is ex- statement_ from Gov. to the Legislature- curtail all expenses. reporting numerous isance” taxes but no were the following: i Louisiana. Taxes tobacco, butter, | products, insurance policies, ctric power and capital | Louisiana egislature rejected a gen- X in 1931, but placed lux- horse racing, dog racing, | 1 wagering. commissions is- State. stamps on legal doc- | il stores. inheritances and | gasoline, electricity, telephones e last Legisla- | tax bill but passing bills for | special taxes instead s tax Was re- a ile in Texas, where ¢ Legislature refused to pass such | a committee is going over the en- x situation. California’s State di- | ice has advocated ten- | y tax on beverages. ttes and amusement F\‘/\m practically all of the States | covered in the Associated Press survey came word that tax collections are fall- ing lower than expected—in some cases 30 per cent—because of business condi- | tions Expenditures Slashed. ieu of new or increased taxation le in many cases because of no | session_since 1931, State of- als have issued orders to “slash ex- penditures to the bone.” Salary cuts of from 10 to 20 per cent and reduc- tions in the budgets of every State de- partment were general. Several legislatures, including Indi- ana’s, are meeting or have been called into special session to enact measures for “economy and tax relief.” Clamor for reductions of real property taxes, from a dozen States, including| an, where a movement has to exempt from taxation every d home valued at $3,000 or less. 1l trim, our expenses until they trimmed no_further.” was the of many State officials, “and ifWwe still need money a general sales | tax—or at least additional luxury and taxes — will be the only sol & RECEIVER IS NAMED FOR WALFORD SHOP Business Called Insolvent as Stores Nearby Are Torn Down. Godfrey L. Munter. local attorney s appointed by Justice Oscar R. of District Supreme Court as receiver for the sporting goods business of D. N. Walford, a partnership, at 909 Pennsylvania avenue | A petition had been filed earlier in | the cay by Attorney Munter on behalf of Marie H. Walford and Edith La two of the ors, against Al- Tred ‘Waltord, the thira partner. They | informed the court the business is in- and under present conditions be conducted at a profit answer filed by the defendant, n Attorney E. Hilton Jackson. d this and joined in a request be conserved by the ap- a receiver. business has been conducted by members of the Walford fam- re than 50 vears. Because of tearing down of the building south avenue by the Govern- arged. the character of d has changed and the n inn,‘zcr suitable for that r te is valued in the pe- at ‘lAn 000 and the merchandise £40.000. The unsecured debts of the rtnership are placed 2t $35,000 and the secured claims at $98.000 leaving from Baltimore Take the night bost to Philadel- phiz—a delightful and inexpensive way to travel. Modern steamer— comfortable accommodations. ONLY $1.50 ( Round Trip $2.25 ) STATEROOMS 75¢ and up Boats lesve lulumon Monday .. Wednesday Friday ArrivePhi Iadelphm about LEAVING FROM JERICSSON PIER LIGHT & PRATT 5TS - BALTIMORE Last Lamplighter In Baltimore Goes Into Retirement By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, _July city’s last lamplighter will pass into history within a few days Jim Bateman and his dcg, Teddy, will retire when the re- maining gas lamps are lit by clocks. RIGHTS GIVEN ANIMALS BY NEW TRAFFIC LAW ; Motorists Must Wnrn CA", Dogs, Horses and Other Domestic Creatures at Evanston. v the Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill, July 21.—Cats. &s well as dogs, horses and other domest animals, will have at least an_equal chance with pedestrians under Evans. ton’s new traffic code. ‘The regulations prescribe that motor- ists must warn animals in the strect 21.—The GHIGAGD GRUMBLES DESPITE VIGTORY |Gulf and Ocean Walerways‘ Won, but Diversion Curb | ever since. Fought. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, July 21-—Two century- old dreams of Middle Western business men and farmers, until now unfulfilied, appear finally on the road to realiza- | tion, in spite of opposition clamor that may be expected to develop from the Chicago district. | One is the dream of a deep waterway linking the Great Lakes with the At- lantic Ocean. Details of the treaty with Canada, signed Monday, opening the way for this $1,000,000,000 project. will be fought by Chicago because of her greater interest in another dream This second dream is of a waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the | made for inauguration of traffic on the | final link hooking Chicago to the re- and halt if they appear bewildered apd unlikely to leap to safety animal the driver is under instructions to stop and give his name and address, Gulf of Mexico by way of the Illinois River and the Mississippi. 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The Panama Canal, which took from the Middle West its West Coast market, owing to cheaper transportation rates from the East through the canal, then will find its effect neutralized Rumblings of dissension were heard here today over details of the new treaty with Canada and a fight against ratification on the present basis w probably be made in the S cago for years has been proximately 9.000 cubic fee per second from Lake Mick order to reverse the flow of t River and provide for sew Great Lakes States other th the courts and obtained a Supreme Court decision limiting the flow to 1.500 Now the treaty with C; limit the perpetuity. prepared to acc out a fight. How that the permitte cient to provide for a channel to the Guif on the issue probably will be decided on the basis of navigation rights. (Copyrl nm 1092,) BOY FALLS TWO FLOORS Physicians Descrlbe Condition of Youth “Undetermined.” James R. 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