Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1936, Page 6

A—6 * SALES TAX LOSES IN STATES' VOTES Michigan Keeps Levy, How- ever, and lllinois Will Follow Suit. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 10.—The gen- eral sales tax, a campaign issue in at Jeast half a dozen States this Fall, met with both victory and defeat in the November 3 elections. o An Associated Press survey showed today that State voters had expressed widely divergent opiniens regarding one of government's newest and most controversial sources of revenue. A proposed constitutional amend- ment to repeal Michigan's 3 per cent sales tax on foodstuffs was defeated by approximately 150,000 votes. Ohio voters, on the other hand, issued a mandate for repeal of that State's levy of 3 per cent on food consumed in the home. The tax, estimated to bring in $12,000,000 annually, will be lifted to- morrow. Referendum in Idaho. Incomplete returns from a referen- dum in Idaho, where.a 2 per cent tax is in effect, showed repeal favored. The Republican candidate for Gov- ernor, opposed to the tax as one “on poverty,” was defeated by a Dem- ocrat who declined to take sides pend- ing the outcome of the referendum. Mississippi voters rejected a consti- tutional amendment proposal which would have written the sales tax into the organic law as a consumer’s levy. A tax of 2 per cent already is in effect. Adoption of a constitutional amend- ment in Colorado for a $45-a-month old-age pension was approved by the voters in the face of charges by some groups that it would mean prypetua- tion of the 2 per cent sales t:{. there. | Changes in Arizona. Changes were in sight for the 2 per | Likes to Sing “MOST ANY TIME OR PLACE WILL DO, SHE SAYS. JANICE PORTER, Auburn-haired soprano from Dallas, Tez., soon to have her debut in the Chicago Civic Opera troupe, says she’s apt to practice .“most any time or place.” Carrying out her word, THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER BIRMINGHAM DRY BUTONLY INNAME : Machinery for Enforoement of State Law Absent, City Drinks. B the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, November 10~—This city of 275,000 had pro- hibition today, but no enforcement machinery to hinder those satisfying the wants of the thirsty. Alabama’s dry laws are among the most stringent in the Nation, but Bir- mingham volers recently repealed their municipal prohibition ordi- nances, taking city police out of the enforcement picture, Then the Birmingham Restaurant Association and two distributing firms . |obtained a temporary injunction in the Court of Appeals at Montgomery forbidding Sheriff Fred H. McDuft from “interfering with the business” of the plaintiffs. ‘The injunction was obtained pri- marily to facilitate beer sales, but Sheriff McDuff, a personal and politi« cal prohibitionist, sald it effectively prevented his department from seise ing either beer or liquor, although the State law forbids any drink of more than one-half of 1 per cent alcoholic content, His attorney, however, filed a mo- tion to dissolve the injunction, which THE TEMPLE | SCHOOL Register Now for Beginners’ and Advenced Closses in Secretarial Subjects, Including Stenotypy. Enroliment Open in Dey School was made returnable in Clreult Gourt here, Mmmmwun i various forts has continued st its usual pace and prices, well-informed sources indicated, snd thoss who WILL ELECT OFFICERS Annual election of officers of the Columbis Heights Business Men's As- sociation will be heid at § o'clook to- night in the Arcade Building, Pour- teenth atreet and Park road. George A, Ford and H. C. Phillips are the only nominees for the respective of- fices of president and secretary- treasurer. Other nominees are: Leslie C. Ruck- er and Erwip Steinman for first vice president; W. V. Connors and Joseph Ofano, second vice president; Lillias Cropper, Bertha Ann Murray and Sonia Nelson, third vice president. MAN JAILED FOR YEAR FOR MANSLAUGHTER Allegany l_oddnt Claimed Self- Detense in Slaying of Wite's Companion. BY the Associated Pross. OUMBERLAND, Md., November 10. —Raymond “Buck” Forita, 28, of Barrelville, near here, whose trial for the murder of Albert Hogselrode, last July §, resulted in a hung jury, yes- terday was aentenced to one year in the House of Correction by Associate Judge David A. Robb. After the jury falled to reach & verdict, Piorita pleaded guilty to mansisughter. Judge Robb said he had received a petition from the jurors who heard the case, asking clemency for Florita. Florita pleaded self-defense st his trial, saying Hosselrode was armed. 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Men’s Clothing—Sccond Ploor she is shown caroling on a busy Chicago sidewalk. —A. P. Photo. BETHOLINE SALES HAVE TRIPLED since A galion of hemsol biended the premium was reduced to enly 3¢ a gallon meve. Bethotine weighs spproximate- 1y half a pound more than a gellen of Yay kind of gasoline. LINE IS THE ONLY MOTOR FUBL a ot this low PREMIUM WHICH GIVES YOU ONE HALY POUND EXTRA MILEAGE AND POWER in each and every galion. Try a tankful of Betholine—TODAY ! Beginnens’ Cltm Stenotypy, Nov. 16 S P.M. end 7 P.M. Positions Sequred for Graduates Starmont Aid Group to Meet. ‘The Starmont Aid for Consump- In Ilinois voters re-elected Dem- ocratic Gov. Henry Horner, whose Re- publican opponent, C, Wayland Brooks, promised repeal of the 3 per cent oc- cupational, or sales, tax a8 it affected necessities. Horner defended the measure. In his campaign addresses he asked his audiences to suggest an adequate substitute. FARNSWORTH TRIAL WILL BE POSTPONED Permission Granted Attorneys to Examine Witnesses Now in Japan. Postponement ot the espionage trial of John S. Farnsworth, former Navy lieutenant comander, was assured to- day after Justice James M. Proctor of District Court had granted permission to Farnsworth's attorneys to examine two witnesses now in Japan. Judge Proctor authorized the issu- ance of “letters rogatory” by the State Department to the highest court of Japan to take the testimony of Yosi- yuki Itimiya and Akira Yamaki, both formerly naval attaches at the Jap- anese Embassy here. The two Japanese were named in the indictment as the persons with whom Farnswerth conspired to trans- mit to the Japanese government in- formation concerning the national de- fense of the United States. Neither Itimiya nor Yamaki was charged, however. Attorneys Willlam E. Leahy and ‘William J. Hughes, jr., who represent Farnsworth, told the court that the testimony of the two Japanese was neceasary to'their case. They originally asked permission to take depositions of the two former diplomats. Justice Proctor denied this request, holding that it was not the proper approach to the problem. Farnsworth’s trial had been set for November 18 but the new develop~ ment will cause its indefinite post- ponement. Mrs. Oliver Hardy Says He’s Grouchy, Asks Maintenance Film Comedian Boasted About ‘Other Woman,’ Wife Says in Suit. B the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 10.— Oliver Hardy, round-faced portrayer of flabbergasted comedy, took his place today among the screen funnymen who put their wives in a rough humor. Mrs. Hardy disclosed her sentiments 1n a suit for separate maintenance. On that score, however, Hardy is still behind his “dead pan” film part- ner, Stan Laurel. Laurel faces two separate maintenance suits, one from his wife and another from a woman who claims she is his common-law wife. Hardy's wife described him as “grouchy and ugly” toward her. She accused him of drinking, gambling and associating with other women, and of once causing her to be confined in & sanitarium against her will. While she was in the sanitarium, she charged, Hardy caused rumors to be eirculated that he had bought “a cer- tain young woman” a home in West- wood and had created a $12,000 trust fund for her. el Good crops have given Manchuris farmers better buying power. Sundasy, November 15 $3.00 Philadelphia $275 Wiimingten Sunday, November 33 $3.50 New York Baltimore $1.23 Every Saturdey - Sundey $1.50 Daily— Good for 3 days PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD tives will meet at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs, Appleton P. Olark, jr, 1778 Lanier place, it was an- nounced today. - P Catalog on Request {ECHT CO. 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