New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1926, Page 3

7b GENTS OF TAX DOLLAR FOR WAR Preparations and Payments Are Gostly Items BY GEORGE H. MANNING Washington Bureau of N. B. Herald.) Washington, Aug. 2—When you spend a dollar, you like to know what you get for it. When you pay ‘your dollar to the United States gov- srament in taxes .what are you buy- ng? The answer is seen in an analysis of the appropriations made by the first session of the 69th congress. In the first place you pay some 76 cents of your dollar for wars.and the preparations for wars. This in- NEW BRIT/ AIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 2 . 1926, LEAGUE CANNOT ACCEPT TERMS Kmerican Reservations Impos- sible, Greek Declares Williamstown, Ma —The American joining the world that no case Aug. reservation to court providing involving the United States shall be submitted to the court without the consent of the senate, is impossible of to, the league of natior las Politis, Gre France, said today This fact does mnot preclude possibility of American entrance to the codrt, however, for M. Politis Isald he believed a QUESTIONS ANSWERED ® You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald, Washingtor ' Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents {n stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research | , M. N minister P to the 2P SAY SESQUICENTENNIAL EXPOSITION GOMPLETED | New Britain Travelers Home From | B: Pregs. owned horses ori Philadelphia Marvel ‘at Ex- t wee municipal the care of all oats and Many private claring the rest works yIvania | peast as for man covered | ; past two | farm. Th positibn Wonders. 3 4 are under R. Dechant | 2rd & | can eat an automobile < the hay th owners, d as well fo adopting th and Mrs. I turned of New New Jerse 1,000 miles in the They drove to New Britain New Philadelphia Saturday and | pone upanied by Mrs. De- |5, othe M Mary C. | ¢y, Quaker City. Mrs. | o nd the month of rnest have r from York. having ‘\ Mz 1 ! tou Penn! are and almost Mass., the Woods Hol think they have solve of the periodic plag nd dicsovered a preve still wonder why emulates t} wec Bec enti ory myste ord, from o ry locusts th that Iphia_the at port hing it would con are devoting ch mid 1 m ht oil to that, e ation on | ¥ | erinarians r — Govern- nt- the me- | is greeted | Towea t | are FLASHES OF LIFE: BERLIN GIVING CITY OWNED HORSES REAL VACATION ; tachment infantry. and was assigned to the Paris — new cut cap to matcl Exposed.*possibly, by the sray plus-fours Prince. of W srs by holiday- ho crossed with him on channel boat his travel of Ear| of Chester. cn route to Le end of 1 his and with ¢ seekers wh despite nom He for a ¥ bathing. de as ouquet, London age phl the campai; n more than T tonsare riled ove to standardize o nunciation t Two typ fio broadcastin which h fol un around the world—capit especia Both are | and her brother | Kincaid erk- | laboratory— started a search, In the midst of an [er, The ceremony then hours late | ew Haven — Mra. Sabina Brem- 75, takes own life ip leap from pler at Savin Rock. 3 finding him ternoon nap. procee three Hartford — State to pay $7,155.- Washington — Hand jt to the|9S t0 56 Connecticut towns in first navy! They have cven found a prac. [ ©imbursement because of losses in T ut. B 11, |taxes may not bs assessed on state reports he |O¥ned land within their borders. |attending from rock or static of Kitter to play sition of his ship South Atlantic storm by rio compass b was able accurately — Rose Karapavecey, 17, plenic in Hockanum, slips and is drowned in river, during the taking rings on the static. A bank equipme ults, | Hartfora — Rt. Rev. John J |Nilan, bishop of Hartford, celebrates |71st birthday anniversary Baltimore requisite with 1 the except chille steel va is being ere o No Changes Planned In Fire Dept. Rules n the rules fire depart- ed by Commis- King, who made appointment of & consider Maryland No 1 regul specific change ions of t ment are sioner M motion committee contempl: ael 1 the for . compromise arrived at, and friction oided embly orm a London — Bobby but the 1 works etin =aid today. study aves the organization nd fraternal uld be t stated inte , in orde which may be in need improvement may be attended to. It is exy 1. however, that thes some parts of the rules re- en th committee meets to Commissioner King as he knows, though, the conter revision is not iimed at any particular section. The littee will make their report to the commissioners in September, cludes all the appropriations for the army and the navy; for the interest on the public debt and the retire- ment of the public debt, incurred for the financing of wars; for the care of veterans of the World War and for pensions for the. veterans and dependents of other wars. You are still paying pensions to the widows of veterans of the War of 1512 and the Mexican War. Care of World War veterans and their dependents costs you 10.52 cents out of every tax dollar. You pay comparatively very little to keep up the other departments of the government. Only one-hun- dredth of a cent out of your dollar goes_to pay the salary of the presi- dent of the United States, and main- tain ghe entire executive oftice. Only | 4.6 mills goes to pay your senators and congressmen, the extensive and staff. Only 7 mills goes to maintain the judiclal branch of the government, including the department of justice, the United States supreme court, and all the federal judges. Less than .02 cents goes to the en- forcement of prohibition, count the parts of the appropriations for the | treasury department and the depart- ment of justice which are used for be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered All letters are confidential—Editor. Jones is back in | aven of, his ex- on Two Amerlcan the boys npion-| o Hill, Surrey, the| a recent n for is t ek, while to go | entife exposition thor- ould devote almost a expense of taking in | X! nter is almost negligible, | Coombe fossea Tamclicals on record that oversca while i the ts have filed. They are 0 cent Robert eeney, o say it Conn oduca- onounced with a } touch on t His of the regu- muni- stud- that of avy Oxfordian |, 12 1 syllable. ¥ moulders measure might be the possibility of | through arbitration. It was a mistake for the secre- tary general of the league to invite the American government to par- ticipate in the discussion of the United States reservations by the league council, M. Politis asserted “There is no lessening of the d sire of Europeans to have Tnited States in the court,” M. Politis. “The only question ! how America will cooperate in | | election of judges and shar € R | ! penses of the court. It is not READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | difference on the part of Eur peans that has prevented ratific tion of the United Stales entry into the court, but simply difficulties that e tion.” state eason a ok ic frules f ss. Radio’s - 1a Paver: for cha . b lati. o fevery York * struck i \eres next ns luence sh Q. Who in mythology were the sengers of the Gods? A. In classical mythology Mer- cury was the swift messenger of the Olymplan gods. He is represented with wings on his cap and heels. Ganymede also was cupbearer and messenger and Hebe, among the fe- male dieties, performed a similar duty. Q. When should new planted? A. In the late fall, or early spring before the sap begins to risc. Q. Can you give the lines be- ginning with, “Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne,” and name the author? A. ‘The quotation is from Lowell's “The Present Crisis" and is as fol- lows: ossible worth { Friday in “Don $11 or just | night last se when g sections ; cost Sw b nee § Milford is | twic first an | ; | lling, Minn, — Buck Pri- s the ‘h‘i‘m’““»' Warren Pershing starts on the New York <;" to be com-| 5n0 Jong trail th leads—possibly | ing Beauty” to m ge corps braska con August 4 0 the stars of Ljor aley. Rosalia Guarruy neto Ferr: o reported at Tth ning camp with a } foeon b the area com de- | to appear governmen pr and to maintain legislative equipment Europe Still Hopes as American entrance into | the Jeague itself is concerned, M | Politis believes that Europe con- tinues to hope. for that. but thinks that public opinion in this country ! is not yet ready for political operation with Europe. “It is a matter of that opinion,” he =aid Questioned to the So far “Truth forever on the scaf- fold, wrong forever on the throne, But that scaffold holds the | future, and from out the great unknown Standeth God within the sha- dows, keeping watch above his own.” co- evolution of ALL RECORDS BROKEN stability of this purpose. The other executive office, the war, navy justice departments, cost you World War veterans, and enforcement, justice. department which is used forcement. The war department, the department. and the treasury partment are the most expensi branches of the government, order named. for prohibition The labor department is the cheapest of the departments. of cach dollar you pay the government. costing you only 2.5 mills out The commerce department, with all its extensive operations the world over, costs you only £.6 mills out of each dollar. Here is the table showing where your tax dollar goes: Interest on the public Public debt retirement Veterans' bureau War Department Panima Canal Navy department o Treasury department (includ- ing prohibition enforcement) Tnterior department . Investment of strust Agriculture g Other independent ments .... District of Columbia . Commerce department Deficlency in postal revemies Justice department (including judicial) State department Gy Legislative establishment Labor department Executive office debt including funds “establish- Total Of course, vour ':usfl do not v:\y the entire cost of the goyernment. Of each dollar the government. re- | ceives, 14.43 cents comes from cus- toms revenue, 4.95 cents from inter- est, premium, and discount: some- thing comes in from collections on | foreign debts; and the rest from per- sonal and corporation income taxek. estate taxes, taxes on’cigars, cigar- attes, and tobacco, and various ex- cise and Internal revenue taxes. Six thousand immigrants came to Winnipeg, Manitoba, during March, 1926, shattering' all records since 1912 Watch Your Breakfast Eat food thatsupplies “balanced” ration after night's fast OW you feel all morning de- pends largely on what you eat for breakfast. Thousands have un energetic forenoons because of wrong breakfast eating. . To feel right, yon must have a well-balanced, complete breakfasi Wation. At most other meals—lunch and dinner—you get it. But break fast is hurried, often badly chosen. Thus Quaker Oats, containing 16% protein, food’s great tissue builder; 58% carbohydrate, its great emergy element, plus all-important laxatives seldom needed, is the die- detic urge of the world today. It is food that “stands by” through the morning. * Don’t deny yourself the natural stimulation this rich food offers you. Get Quaker Oats today. Grocers have two kinds: Quick Quaker, which cooks in 3 to § minutes, and Quaker Oats. Quaker Oats you executive departments of the government, exclusive of the and 24.67 This overlaps with the war as the interior department in- cludes the pension bureau, which ad- ministers the pensions fo rall but the likewise includes all you pay for prohibition except that part of the appropriations | en- navy de- in the 8 |the worst known. vita- | mines and the “bulk” that makes | | present European gove | Rolitis expressed the | the dictatorships now the result of the { heaval, and t been adjusted { ward democracy. The democracles of future will follow the system, rather than the tary system,” he said “ixnnd to place more hands of the exccuti ing him more di to the people.” ‘he Balkans, h ed 1o be turbulent trend of power from the to the pe has been by a movement entente bound ssion pact and a compulsory arbitration The C diplomat, w taken important part of ions is lect institute roments, M. opinion that in foree economic when this trend will b Q. Is Alaska a state? A. No, it is a territory of the United States. Q. What is the average numb of ears of corn that grow on on | st: | A, The average is two or t | Occasionally there are as mamy 7 or § ears on one stalk. Q. What is the meaning and de- rivation of the name “Zane?” A. The origin is the G word zahn, meaning “tooth. Q. Who is Jeffery Farnol? What is his nationality? A. An English author who lives {at Sunnyside, Withdean, Br | England. Q. What nationality is Adoree, the movie actress? A born in Lille, France. of Spanish and French parentag Q. Are there any girl students a Ithe Untied States Military Academy at West Point? | A. No. It is exclusively a schoo! for training army officers. | Q.* Are there federal {1ating vivisection? A. No, but -everal of have laws on the subje Q. Are burns cz y electric- lity harder to heal than burns from {fire? A. Some forms of electrical !burns are’very serious and among No generalization can be made as the seriousness of a burn and time required to heal it depend upon its nature and the gen- real condition of the person burned | @ what is a “Blowing Viper?” | A. Technically it is the Hog Nose lsnake or the Heterodom Controtrix, |that is found all over the eastern part of the United States. | Q. What does the name Valen- tina mean? | A. It is the feminine form of | alentine, derlved frm a Latin name |meaning “worthy.” Saint Valentine | was a martyr of the early Christian {church. | Q What gives the color |bricks? A. Color in ordinary bricks is due primarily to th: nature of the clays from which they are made. Bricks made from pure clay should [be white and if the clay contains |iron or other coloring oxides they |will be more or less colored de- | pending on the amount of oxides in the clay and the conditions of burn- ling. Q. has to- Europe of American liamen They will power in the , while mak- responsi rma nts accom- toward a by a system non- of nat ffalrs, the one of urers of here, TAX COLLECTIONS LARGER IN"JULY {Over Filty Thousand Dollars More This Year Than Last politi laws re the states Announcenr {of Tax Collector led the se in the d this July 38 64. The ected this month while the amount lago was $1,8 Almost all of the the month were last day, Saturda the city's manufacturing concerns made their payments. Many of the last minut tax p, formed in line Saturday and the tax collector's offic kept busy throughout office closed at § o'clock after one of the *h its histor Followin madc Bernadotte that there is an amount of taxes col- over July, 192 total amount was $1,91 collected a 2,652.12, at the office Loomis fact of col- 808.7 year to red entire brought when taxes of in on the Saturday are the highest tax pay n Hardware corpora- Stanley Works, 746.90; Landers, Frary & Clark, 9.10; North & Judd Co., § : Fafnir Bearing Co., $31, New Britain hine Union Mtg. Co., American Hosiery Co., Horace Booth v Britain Nat L. Semor kowitz & Mag, ¢ W. Hadlely, $6,651 .w Lumber Co., $6 {Real Estate {Commercial Trust |John A. Andrews Where 18 Piccadilly and how did it get the name?® A. Tt is an important street ex- tending for a mile between Hay- !market and Hyde Park corner in | iLondon. The name refers to a kind of face .fashionable in Queen Eliza- beth's time, and to the collars of that name worn during the reign of James 1. Q. What is “The Black and how was it named? A. Formerly it was the name of a Seottish semi-military organiza- tion of Edinburgh in the early part lof the eighteenth century. From |that a regiment of the British Army was formed and the name was ultl- mately applied to the 42nd and 73rd regiments, which are now the 2nd Battalions of the Watch,” or Royal High- Watch,” Jennic caton & Cadwell Co, 5 Works, [ Hardware City Building C ; Andrews & Swift C Adkins Printing Co., son & Torrell, $1, ;1:1 and “Black {1anders. | Q What is the |thc Amazon river? | A, Nearly 30 fathome (150 feet) $1,480.81; {and there are reports of 500 to 600 | JaJmes R i feet but their accuracy is questioned. | Handy Garage, | Q. Are eels similar to ordinary [Central Realty Co., $1,140.98; estate !fish? {Hugh Reynolds, $1,139.01; H. A. An eel has gills like a fish, in | Camp, $1,128.66; Meyer Zinman, §1,- fact it is like a fish except for its |128.66; and Max Zuker, $1,011.32 shape and some points of internal | —_— structiire. | A giant lizard of Zululand, a lizard Q. How should linen be washed |gaiq to have a snake's. head and.to |and how much will it shrink? 1ok bix Teet du’ Belght - has’ been des | A Linen shrinks when washed q.ripoq by King Lewanika in an of- about one-half inch to the vard. |ga) jetter to the British resident. Generally it does not shrink after | the first washing. Immerse it in | warm water and wash with pure soap suds; rinse well in several waters. average depth of Rotili, n, For the Family A whole grove of tiny trees, small | enough to be held in the hand, has| been found in the mountains of Brit- ish Columbia. o A Overnight service. Repaid in casy instalments. BENEFICIAL LOAN SOCIETY 99 West Main St., Raphael Bldg. Room 101 Special Notice Weekly Whist and “45" given by Ladies’ Auxiliary. A. 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