Rushville Republican from Rushville, Indiana • Page 3

Saturday. May 3, 1947. THE RUSHVILLE (INDIANA) REPUBLICAN Page Three News Items Of Local Interest CLOSED TUESDAY All banks in Rushville City will be closed all day on Tuesday, due to the Primary Election. AT HOSPITAL Vicky Anne Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Marion Morris of here, was taken to the Riley Hospital in Indianapolis for observation Thursday. Police Hunt 2 Desperadoes In Southern Indiana Pair Who Shot Jeffersonville Policemen Believed To Be Bank Robbers. Jeffersonville, May 3 OP) State police maintained road blockades throughout southern Indiana last night after two men believed to be the pair who shot two Jeffersonville policemen Thursday were reported seen by a Lawrence County filling station attendant. Police said the attendant told them an automobile answering the description of the one used INJURED IN FALL Militine Schaeffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Merrill Schaeffer, fell on the playgrounds at the Belle Gregg School Friday afternoon and injured her leg. She I jn shooting and bearing the was removed to the City Hos- same license number stopped for pital where X-ray revealed no gasoline at the filling station, a broken bones or dislocation, a1- mne of Mitchell though the leg was put in a The attendant cast as a precautionary reported Ucense number aft. er seeing two shotguns and a machine gun in the car, officers Personals Nelle R. Brown has been visiting in New Castle as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.

Herman Jones. Walter Snider and daughter, Martha, of Cambridge City visited here with relatives Saturday. Mila Smith of Glenwood was in Indianapolis Saturday where she witnessed the Shrine parade. BIRTHS Tractor Tune-Up Important Item Lafayette, costs amount to approximately one- third or more of the total cost of operating a tractor, L. W.

Hurlbut, Purdue University agricultural engineer, declares. The importance of keeping this cost at a minimum is apparent. Several factors, all controlled by the operator, which affect fuel economy are mechan- Mr. and Mrs. James S.

Scott, ical condition of the engine, I are the parents of a one of the two Jeffer- condition of the ignition system, son born by Caesarian birth at sonville Policeman shot by the engine operating temperature, the City Saturday gaye an account pf the care of the air cleaner, weight affair from his bed in Norton of crankcase oil and carburetor Memorial Infirmary at Louis- adjustment. Poor fuel economy and poor Coleman said he and Capt. performance should not be Emerson Payne stopped a charged to only the carburetor picious looking and and the fuel used. Compression, CITY HOSPITAL I the driver, who he described as ignition, and carburetion bear Mrs. Charles Paw and daugh- shabbily dressed, admitted he ecjual responsibility in producing Ii A AA I 4- Vt ZN zw zJ A I.

I ter were released to their home in North Maple Street Friday afternoon. I er occupant, a well-dressed man. checking manifold gaskets, adjusting valve clearance, servicing the air cleaner, checking radiator temperature-regulating unit, and checking the compression pressure. A variation between cylinders of more than five pounds per square- inch will adversely affect The ignition system must be tuned in accordance with manufacturers specifications. This should include adjustment of the spark plug gap, cleaning ignition cables and wire, tightening electric connections, clean-1 ing breaker points, adjusting point clearance, cleaning the distributor cap, and adjustment of the ignition timing.

Carburetor tune-up includes cleaning the fuel system, screen, and carburetor of foreign material. Following the cleaning job, the fuel level within the bowl should be checked by connecting a section of rubber tubing and a piece of glass tubing so as to form a U-tube attached to the fuel bowl and extending upward alongside the carburetor. Fuel will rise in the tube even with the fuel level within the bowl. If the fuel level does not conform to the specifications set forth by the manufac- I turer, the carburetor deserves the attention of a competent I service man. When the fuel level is correct, the manufacturers in- Istructions for setting the external adjustments serve as an excellent guide for good economy settings.

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HOSPITAL NEWS had no license. I the good performance for which The officer said the oth- I tractors are designed. Good tune-up practice de- Tax Group Ends Hearing itll Cut Likely; Date Effective Undecided drew a gun with the words let have Coleman said one of the men fired at Payne and the other struck Coleman on the head with a gun butt and then shot him. Both Coleman and Payne suffered head wounds and both were reported in serious condi- I mands that the carburetor unit remain untouched until checks and adjustments have been made on the afore mentioned factors. Mechanical adjustments include tightening head bolts, reduction would help business.

Hearings ended with commit- Fried Chicken And Steak Dinners at the Washington. May 2 (ZP) The Senate Finance Committee jtion last niSht. wound up its tax hearings to- 1 car used in the shootinS I had been reported seen by a day with adv.ee from Bernard Spring Mm park east M. Baruch not to cut taxes of Mitchell, Thursday, a few and testimony from E. M.

I hours after the early-morning Voorhees of U. S. Steel that tax shooting in Jeffersonville. The two men are believed to be the pair who held up a I Marysville, Bank last Tues- tee members pretty well agreed cjay that a cut will be approved but uncertain over the effective date. Chairman Millican Colo.) said that most important to be decided at closed sessions of the committee next week is when to make the income tax reduction effective.

The bill passed by the House would make the tax cuts retroactive to last Jan. but some senators favor starting them July I and others would defer them until next Jan. I. Baruch wrote Senator Lucas Ill of the committee that we know more of what our obligations are to and would not reduce taxes at Lucas, who opposes an immediate tax cut, had written Baruch for his views. Voorhees, chairman of the United States Steel Corpora- finance committee, advocated a tax reduction as an incentive to production.

He said that the present tax structure is wet blanket smothering the incentive of the very group which has competitively proved its capacity to initiate new enterprise or expand small enterprise that will provide new jobs for workers and goods and services for AIRPORT INN EVERY SUNDAY 24-Hour Service Chas. Darnell, Mgr. CAN YOU STOP? Expert Brake Service Buick Olds OMC Morgan Second Ph. 2216 Geo. C.

Alexander Co. Built to lost a lifetime Smartly styled end finished in sparkling Simple fingertip control provides perfect home comfort. TWI CE THE HEAT WITH LESS OIL Exclusive Dealer in Rush and Decatur Counties Christman Furniture Store 222 Jackson St. GREENSBURG, IND. Helped War Effort? Philadelphia (ZP 32-year- old Negro known as was charged today with stealing $4,500 in war savings stamps and then stealing books in which to paste them.

When Chief Magistrate John J. asked the man why he took the stamps and books and then turned them into war bonds at a local department store, replied: did it to help the war MRS. LOOK FOR THEM ON NORCROSS GREETING CARDS Shop At --THE cAt nnex and hundreds of HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY ITEMS may be purchased on the Firestone BUDGET A FIRESTONE DEALER STORE 230 North Main DICK WAGGONER, Mgr. Phone 2133 Vote For Manley Abercrombie Republican Candidate for MAYOR Having been unable to see all voters, I am taking this means of asking for your help and vote for my nomination as Mayor. You know7 that I and my family have for years been residents of this city.

I have been Mayor through a very trying period, a time when it was almost impossible to get needed materials and other things for city needs. My administration, however, carried on and kept things going. I have no (5) year but w7hen elected I do propose to continue to give to the city of Rushville an economical, considerate and efficient administration, always bearing in mind the wishes and rights of the taxpayer. (1) TIME TO I have been Mayor I have devoted a large portion of my time to the administration of and looking after city affairs, and I propose to continue doing that. I am definitely interested in seeing that Rushville has the best and most economical city government, and in seeing that work already begun is completed.

(2) are two municipal corporations in the city of Rushville the CIVIL CITY, of which I am the head, and the SCHOOL CITY" operated by the School Board, with which as Mayor, have nothing whatever to do, and over which neither I nor the City Council have any control. Each levies its own taxes. In comparison with other cities, the taxes for the civil city of Rushville are extremely low7. The total increase for the civil city for this year, over the year before, is only thirteen (13) cents per hundred. The total tax rate for the Civil City is only $1.03.

It has been my policy and that of the present administration to keep taxes as low as possible. That will be done in the future. (3) CITY WATER LIGHT PLANT The City Water and Light Plant has been rebuilt, in a large part under my direction, without putting any debt whatever on the city, and without increasing taxes, the entire cost being paid from receipts of the plant. Having started the work, I naturally would like to complete it. Your plant has been kept in operation at times under very adverse circumstances.

The entire administration has been pledged to PROTECTING THE PLANT AGAINST OUTSIDE INTERESTS, and I pledge a continuation of this policy, that I will continue community minded as against private public utility minded. Serious efforts have been made to break in on the plant. These have been and will be resisted. For the years 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946, a total of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($166,000.00) Dollars has been used from revenues of the City Water Light Plant to keep down taxes in the city of Rushville. In the present year there will be better than Fifty thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars used for that purpose.

Without this the taxes for civil city would be at least One Dollar ($1.00) higher. The work of rebuilding the plant should be completed during the present year, and paid for from current plant revenues. It will permit increased service. It will permit possible reduction in rate as well as increased income to be applied to tax reduction. This I pledge.

BY REBUILDING PLANT AND INCREASING SALES OF ELECTRICITY THE ENTIRE CIVIL TAX BURDEN CAN BE MET FROM PLANT REVENUE. THIS HAS BEEN THE AIM OF MYSELF AND THIS ADMINISTRATION. (4) SEWAGE complete survey of the sewage system of Rushville, including the system for the southwestern portion of the City, as well as other portions, HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. When material and labor are available work will be commenced. Plans have been drawn for the sewage disposal plant, and the plant will be constructed when it is possible to do so.

No contractor would undertake this job, or any of this work, except at prohibitive cost up to the present time. And much of the material has not been available. (5) law governing cities like Rushville limits the responsibility and authority which may be vested in Boards, appointees and employees. There is no Safety Board but only a of Public Works and consisting of the Mayor, as chairman, and a member of the City Council, and a third appointed member. This Board is subject to City Council, and as head of this Board, I have insisted it be conducted for the citizens and taxpayers as a whole and not for a few.

THERE ARE NO PRIVATE CONTRACTORS NOR FURNISHERS OF MATERIAL FOR THE CITYr, NOR THOSE WHO HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION NOR ACCESS. There may be some who would like to be. THEY" WOULD NOT BE FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION, NOR MY NOMINATION. The present administration has attempted to get employees who could efficiently do the work within the limits of available funds, and with a view of keeping taxes at a minimum. There has been no effort to employ high priced, high powered persons with grandiose ideas to regiment the city and citizens.

The citizens of Rushville are able to operate their own government and institutions. (6) POLICE AND the years 1943, 1944 and again in 1946, the CITYr OF RUSHVILLE RECEIVED not only the Indiana Traffic Safety Council award, but also the National Traffic Safety Council Award. I pledge to continue the program instituted since I have been Mayor which has been responsible for the receipt of these awards, and for keeping crime at a low ebb. I make no promises except to taxpayers and citizens of Rushville, and that is for an efficient, economical city government, done in the democratic way. I do not intend to force upon the people something they do not want.

I ask your support that I may finish the things which I have been instrumental in starting. MANLEY ABERCROMBIE Republican Candidate for Ma Primary Paid Pol. Adv..