Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1931 — Page 1

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AL BANKS fcl CHARGE I SERVICE FEE I Depositors To Be led 25 Cents Each ■nth For Account Imi’m on I ( HECKS SET large of 25 cents per; ■ plus five cents for each ■ver five written in any ■r month on deposits ■ng less than $25 on Balances, will be made ■ First State Bank and H Adams County Bank ■ city, effective August ■i notice of the service ■ s published in tonight’s ■nunrat. signed by C. A. ■resident of the First State Bl J " Tyndall, president Bld Adams County Bank. K cents per month charge Bplicable to accounts which k is than a $25 daily balance. ■ over that amount will not Bed by the charge. The 25Kinnini charge permits the ■* to write five checks per ■ithout an additional chargj;. ■e checks on daily average ■ of $25 and less, the charge ■ five cents on each check. I example, if a depositor ■ven checks on his account Kge will be 35 cents, ligation by the banks show. ■ state that it costs the inis an average of more than • ■s for every check handled ■mints under $25 do not |eir proportionate share. |ces were mentioned by lilials that as many as 10 ■re checks were written! la $25 account and that the! ■ling and sorting of these Intailed the services of one[ lersnns at ail times. ■ banks in the country have ■ted a minimum service |some ranging as high as ■nonth. Ittitude of the local banks. |ssed by the bank officers, ■ they did not wish to make Iff the small depositor, but Bey felt they should carry ■he extra expense in caring ■ accounts. ■s accounts, no matter how ■re not affected by the ■bank officers stated. ■urns Prove Fatal ■apolis. August 5.— (U.K) — Iffored by Miss Loris Walk■hen she was trapped in a ■ stubble field on the farm ■liter, m ar Greenfield, causI death in a hospital here. ■ was believed to have been ■by nr n who were blasting Imps. B Hadley, a neighbor, plungIgh the blaze to rescue Miss I 11- suffered minor bdrns. rinienter Suffers Imputation of Hand I'ille. Aug. 5—(UP)—Dr. I Hastings, long an experlIwith the X-ray suffered am ■ of his left hand as the reI a burn suffered several K'o The injury necessitated II drawal from active pracN LEADER'S Wife will aid phe Joined In Plot pend Former HusI band To Jail poma City, Okla., Aug. 5.— F rs - Nettie Brehm, former |D. C. Stephenson, one time r Ku-Klux-Klan dragon, |'° help free him from a r'm term today. | a silence of more than six [during which her former <1 lias been in the Indiana [Penitentiary, Mrs. Brehm r” was prepared to divulge kthm regarding a plot by plcials to “railroad him to said she had mailed affiaud testimony to Indlanapopthich she admitted a part T'INUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Vol. XXIX. No. 184.

Ben Hur Picnic Will Be Held Next Sunday The Northern Indiana Ben Hur Picnic will be held Sunday, August 9, at Oliver Beach, 6 miles north of WolcottviHe and a half mile west of State road 9. All members of the local Ben Hur lodge and their families are Invited to attend. A basket dinner at 1 o'clock (D. S. T.) will be a feature of the day, and an afternoon address will be delivered by a representative from the home office at Crawfordsville. Races anil games will be enjoyed as well as swimming at the bathing beach. 0 MOODY MOVIES TO BE SHOWN Life At Bible School To Be Shown In Pictures In This City “Life at the Moody'Bible Insti-1 tute of Chicago," a four real motion picture depicting actual student life at the “West Point of Christian' Service” as the Moody Bible Insti I tute is known, will be shown at 8 ; o'clock Friday evening. August 7, in the First Baptist Church. The Moody Bible Institute, is the largest non-denomination school of its kind in the world. The film will show Moody stu-1 dents in class rooms and practical work assignments, and views are shown of the students as they conduct street meetings, visit hospitals missions, ami penal institutions to the inhabitants and many other interesting scenes. The hundreds of people who have seen this picture have been unanimous in their approval of it. Everybody is invited to attend this showing, which will be free. KRICK DRAIN IS AWARDED Charles Arnold’s Owner’s Rights Bid Is Awarded Contract Ralph Roop, county engineer, today awarded the contract for building the Henry Krick drain in the southwest part of Decatur io Charles Arnold on a property right’s hid. James A. Donaho and Co., Frankfort. Ind., submitted a Bld of $7,500 for the job. Mr. Arnold proposed to take the job on a property right’s bid. or in other words at the low bid submitted by a con ! tractor other than a property owner. Mr. Roop received bids last Thursday and the question of awarding the job on property rights was referred to attorneys for decision. Mr Roop was advised that the law provided that the contract could be awarded to Arnold. The drain was petitioned for several years ago. Plans were changed this year to make it a tile drain and bids were received a few weeks ago. The lowest bid received was above the estimate, $8192. The railroad companies will do their own work and will not be assessed in the drain. The drain extends from the Schnepp corner, southwest of Decatur, 6500 feet west and north to the north side of Adams street, near the Decatur cemetery grounds where it empties into an open ditch. The contract specifies that work shall begin on September 8 and shall be completed Novemlier 28. r- • O — Fliers Delay Start Istanbul, Turkey, August S—(UP)5 —(UP) —Russell Boardman and John Polando. Trans-Atlantic fliers, delayed their departure for Calcutta today, pending receipt of weather reports from India. ■ —o Seek Negro Killer Birmingham, Ala., August 5 — (UP) —Posses of police and/itizens searched the wooded areas of Mountain Brief:, exclusive residential suburb today for a negro who shot and killed a prominent society girl and wounded two others last night af’er compelling them, at pistol point to drive their car to a lonely spot east of the town. The dead girl was Miss Augusta Williams, 22, daughter of Clark Williams, prominent attorney.

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DR,NEPTUNE GIVES ADDRESS Local Dentist Speaker At R e p p e r t Auction School Today Dr. J. G. Neptune, local dentist gave an address on “Care Os The Teeth" at the afternoon session of Reppert's Auction School at Bellmont park today. Dr. Neptune explained the necessity of caring for the teeth to insure good health. "Many diseases and much suffering are caused from uncareil for teeth". Dr. Neptune said, in urging the students to make regula, visits to their home town dentists. The Indiana Dental association's rules of caring for the mouth with regular brushing and semi-annual trips to the dentist were explained by the speaker. He also told of the new method of juvenile dental hygiene which is being launched in Indiana under the tutelage of the state association. Following Dr. Neptune’s talk, regular classes were resumed. Col. Fred Reppert explained to the class that business and professional men of Decatur would make regular visits to the school and deliver addresses on various subjects. o BANK MERGER AT BLUFFTON Two National Banks To Consolidate Sept. 8; To Be Old-First The Old National Bank and the First National Bank of Bluffton will be merged under the name of the Old First National Bank, effective September 8, it was announced, following a meeting of the directors of the First National Bank, Tuesday afternoon. The action came as a result of a meeting of the directors of the Old National Bank several days ago, and the voting of the First National board in favor of tlie proposal to merge, yesterday. A joint meeting of the stockholders of the two banks will be held to ratify the action of the two boards of directors, and action will be taken immediately to put the merger into effect on September 8. The consolidated institution will occupy the Old National Bank building on Market street, formerly occupied by the Studebaker Bank. The room of the First National Bank will be abandoned for (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Bank Directors Meet The newly elected directors of the Old Adams County bank met last evening and organized by re-elect-ing John W. Tyndail president, G. T. Burk vice-president, Robert E. Meibers cashier and Albert Scheiman assistant cashier. Robert Freitag and Brice Bauserman will serve as tellers in the bank with Miss Genevieve Kitson assisting on busy days Mr. Scheiman will act as soiled tor and general representative of tlie bank.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 5, 1931.

Two Men Are Wounded Syracuse, Ind., Aug. S—(UP)) — Competition over rental of motorboats was held responsible for a shooting here today in which Harry Cleveland anil Frank Rosenberry were wounded by William Rarig 70. Rarig, allegedly incensed because the two men started to rent boats in competition with him. first called Cleveland from his h<)ne and shot him. He then went to Rosenberry's home, called him out, and opened fire with a shotgun. Cleveland was taken to an Elkhart hospital in a critical condition and Rarig , submitted to arrest. Rosenberry's condition was thought not to be critical, lie was taken to | a Goshen hospital. , — o SLOT MACHINE | CASES HEARD Elmer Miller And Harold Cljne Fined $25 For Machine Possession ‘ Elmer Miller and Harold Cline j were found guilty of the charge of I ' possessing slot machines and were ; fined $25 and costs' by Mayor I George Krick in mayor's court late [ Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Krick also ordered that the! slot machines be destroyed by' Sheriff Burl Johnson and that their! destruction take place before two witnesses. Attorneys tor the men stated they ! would file an appeal to the Adams ; | circuit court. The sheriff however can destroy the machines on the order of Mayor Krick. ( The case lasted for nearly two hours. Mayor Krick overruled the motion to quash the affidavit on the I assertion that the search warrant j was not legal. The attorneys con-1 > tended that a search warrant needI ed the signature of one other wit- , ness besides the arresting officer (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STEELWORKERS GET WAGE CUT — U. S. Steel Corporation i Will Make Cuts Effec- > tive August 15 i • ’ Cleveland, 0., Aug. S—(U.R5 —(U.R) — ■ Reductions ranging from 10 to 15 1 per cent among all salaried emt ployes of the United States Steel ■ Corporation will lie effected Aug. r 15. the magazine Steel, will say in • Its weekly edition tomorrow. t ' The reported reduction was authorized last week Ijy directors as they voted a reduction of the dividend rate from $7 to $4. Employes earning salaries from SI,BOO to $5,000 a year will receive s a 10 per cent reduction, the $5,000 t to SIO,OOO groups will take a 12% - per cent reduction and a 15 per ■ cent reduction has been ordered 3 the group earning more than - SIO,OOO annually, the magazine will say. e Wage earners are not affecte 1 s by the reductions. r The last lowered salary scale of 4 United States Steel was introduced f In 1921 when two 10 per cent reductions were effected.

RADIO NOISE < IS REPORTED Local Interference Is Heard In Most Parts Os Decatur Bad local interference of radio; reception in Decatur has been reported from all parts of the city ’he last few days, and in some parts of town tlie interference has been so loud that reception lias been imI possible. The worst interference of the last few days lias been reported in tlie business section and south of Ad-( i aius street. At times it lasts for sevI oral hours and at other times it is of short duration. The noise is re- ■ '.'ted to lie of a different type than that usually heard over the radio 1 when there is local interference. Complaints have been received [at the Daily Democrat office and ; local radio repair shops also have received several complaints. Severlal interested persons have started ' to trace down the trouble and rei fHrt it, if possible, to city officials For several hours Tuesday after- , noon and night,, radio reception ! was impossible in almost all sec-_ [tions of the city. Even strong staitions could not be tuned in above [the rattle and din. | realso sho pset GEORGE BROWN GETS CONTRACT Garbage Disposal Contract Let By Council 1 At Tuesday Meeting — George Browii, tarmer living east of Decatur, near the Dent school house, was awarded the contract by the city council last evening for i gathering and disposal of garbage I in Decatur. Mr. Brown proposed to do tlie I job in compliance with the city [ordinance for $270 a year. F. J. Schmitt, present garbage contractl or offered to do tlie work for S9OO a year. On motion of Councilman Fred Linn the contract was awarded to Brown. The new contract is effective September 1. , The ordinance provides that tlie contractor shall gather the garbage twice a week in the residence district and every day if necessaiy in the business district. He must furbish covered containers for the garbage and otherwise comply with the city (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — Council Gives Support The city fotincil will meet tonight td stab the draft of the i 1932 budget Ail of the members o.f tlie council will attend. Tenta- • tive estimates have been furnished I by the different officers and departi nients and the council will compile I these and prepare figures for the Budget. The civil city's rate is I 75 Cents on the hundred dollars this year, the levy raising about f $48,0(8). An effort will be made to I reduce the budget and cut the rate -for next year, despite (he $300,000 drop in valuations this year.

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LINDBERGHS FINISH 1,115 MILE FLIGHT Make Dangerous Lap Os Air Trip In 10 Hours And 30 Minutes GET ROYAL RECEPTION Aklavik, N.W.T., (via Radio to Edmonton, Alta.) —Aug. 5 —(U.R)y-[ Charles A. Lindbfergh, flying! across the wilderness of northern Canada with his heiress wife, landed in the Mackenzie river at Aklavik today. 10 hours and 30 minutes after he had taken off from Baker Lake, 1,115 miles to the east. Averaging better than 100 miles an hour on this most dangerous hop so far of his aerial vacation, Lindbergh, with Mrs. Lindbergh manning the radio, circled this Arctic outpost twice and set his pontoon-equipped Lockheed plane on the river in a perfect Lindbergh landing to- the chorus of howling Eskimo dogs and cheers of the entire population of this section. Royal Canadian mounted police, in their red jackets and sombreros, rowed out to the Lindbergh plane and helped the fliers bring the big low-winger monoplane to the bank where it was moored safely. The Lindberghs, both smiling at tlie array of Indian trappers, and a handful of white persons who live in this far northern outpost, went to the Presbyterian manse to rest up after their all night flight, only two hours of which were dark on account of the long Arctic days this time of year. Lindbergh and his wife started (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o MAPLE SCALE i IS DISCUSSED Park Trees May Get Spray Treatment For Tree Ailment The Bowers Brothers, Newcastle, Indiana, and County Agricultural Agent L. E. Archbold, appeared before the city council last evening and discussed the cottony maple scale which is infecting the maple trees in Decatur. The council informed the Bowers Brothers that it would not undertake to spray all the shade trees in Decatur. No funds are provided for such purposes and it would be prohibitive to do the work. It was estimated that the cost tfould be about $1.50 per tree. Decatur has several thousand shaTle trees and the expense would be too great for the city to pay. The condition of the shade trees in the txvo city parks was brought up and it is probable that the park committee might have the trees at these two places sprayed. The spray men informed the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BRANDS DRY LAW FAILURE Says Porto Ricans Are Not Satisfied With Present System Washington, Aug. s—<U.R>—Resident Commissioner Felix Cordova Davila of Porto Rico told President Hoover at the White House today that prohibition had failed in that possession of the United States. Da villa suggested to Mr. Hoover that congress authorize Porto Rico to pass again on prohibition. He predicted the island authorities would repeal the law. “The prohibition movement took PottiA Rico by surprise,” Davila said. “It has proved to lie impossible to enforce and I lielieve congress should give us the right to pass again upon the question.” Davila urged retention of Theodore Roosevelt as governor' general of Porto Rico. He said Roosevelt's work has just begun and that his administration is proving eminently successful.

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Seeks To Remove Tax On Road Repair Work Indianapolis, Aug. 5. —Declaring he doubted “if there is a county in Indiana that cannot eliminate its tax on property for road repair work,” John Moorman, of Knox, chairman of the board of trustees of the Indiana State prison, today told Governor Harry (?. Leslie “property owners in every county should appeal to their commissioners to wipe this tax from their budgets.” Moorman, who has a resolution on file to reduce salaries of tlie employes of the prison in an effort to reduce taxes, alleged records show road repair bills are excessive 1 . He said he was going blefore the commissioners of his county, Starke, with a request the item be eliminated from their budget, and, that if they refused, he would go to tlie state board of tax commissioners. SAUERS GETS ROAD CONTRACT Combination Bid Accepted By Commissioners On Road Contract for building the Myers road and channel in St. Mary’s township, along the Ohio-Indiana state line was awarded to Phil Sauers on his combir ation bid of SI7BO. The County commissioners met this morning with County Attorney Henry B. Heller and started to work on the county lAidget. Estimates of expenses, funds for which will lie raised through taxation in 1932 were being prepared. A request for $1,500 from the state board of agriculture for completing the bovine tuberculian • test, has lieen filed with the commissioners. Two years ago the county appropriated $3,000 for the work and the $1,500 request is to icomple’e the work next year. The commissioners will make a trip of inspection with County Enginees Ralph Roop this afternoon to see if any small bridges need rebuilding or repairs next year. It is believed that bridge repairs will be. small next year and that those which need repairing can be taken care of by the highway superintendent out of highway funds. The commissioners intend to keep their estimates down to the minimum. The county council meets the first week in September to pass on the budgets and fix the tax rates. BALTES GETS FINE, SENTENCE Mayor Finds Sub-Con-tractor Guilty; Two Cases Continued

C. A. Baltes, member of the firm of Baltes and Sons, who were discharged some time ago as sub-con-tractors on the new' federal building being built in Decatur, was found guilty on a charge of issuing a fraudulent check in Mayor's court today and was fined $lO and costs and sentenced to 15 days in jail. The trial lasted two hours. Hubert McClannahan, attorney for the defendant, filed a plea in abatement questioning the jurisdiction of the Mayor's court but the plea was overruled and the trial continued’. The evidence showed that Baltes had issued a number of labor checks which were not honored at a local bank Icecause the money had been withdrawn. Two other similar charges against Baltes were continued until August 24 and Baltes was returned to jail. McClannahan stated the case would be appealed to circuit court. Prosecutor Nathan Nelson represented the state in the case. Reunion Is Planned The annual reunion of the 160th Regiment of the I. V. 1., will be held at Ossian, Indiana, Sunday, August 9. Members of Company "B" the local unit of the Spanish-American war veterans organization are plann ing to attend. R. D. Myers, lieutenant of the company stated today. Invitations have been received by a number of Decatur men.

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CALM FEATURES BANK OPENINGS THROUGH LAND Chancellor’s Radio Address Believed To Have Aided Greatly DEPOSITS ARE ‘ MAKING GAIN Berlin, Aug. 5.— <U.R opening today of all German private banks for all normal business, with 2,600 municipal and other public savings banks expected to resume full payments Monday, revealed more public confidence in the banks than banking authorities themselves had felt. The opening was almost sensationally tranquil, in contrast to the renewal of panic which had been feared by some bankers. Several hundred policemen stationed in the vicinity of the Berlin banks were idle, witli no crowds or disorders to control. A tour of the banks by a United Press correspondent showed not only an absence of the anticipated run, but almost universally a substantial excess of deposits over withdraw'als.

Even the Darmstaedter Und National Bank (Danat Bank), closed on the fateful July 13 which saw Germany's moment of greatest recent crisis, experienced afinost no withdrawals. Instead, a fair number of new deposits was reported. The liresdner Bank also announced a satisfactory influx of deposits. Frankfurt, Cologne and other states reported similar conditions. Government authorities and big bankers were both astonished and overjoyed. It was felt that Chancellor Heinrich Bruening’s radio speech last evening, voicing confidence and calling for self-help on the part of the German people while declaring against danger of currency inflation or other menaces, doubtless (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIA» Council Plans Budget Indianapolis, August S—(UP) — The support of the Building Trades council of Indianapolis was given Governor Harry G. Leslie in a letter upholding the manner by which the contract was obtained for cleaning of the statehouse. The letter, signed by C. E. Hammond, president, said the council investigated the project because of criticism which arose over it. The contract for the cleaning, allegedly let without bids, is the basis on an injunction suit pending in court here. o Check Forger Caught Indianapolis August S—(UP5 —(UP) —A long trail of forged checks was believed by police to be uncovered today with the arrest of John Dombei Plainfield. One victim, L. R. Carmichael. Columbus, Identified Dombei as the man who had given him a worthless cheek. Dombei was to be taken to Columbus to answer forgery charges. Police said they believed Dom,bei had < ashed similar checks in Greenfield, Newcastle, Lebanon, Tipton, Martinsville and Kokomo. o ' POLICE, BANDIT DIE IN BATTLE Lafayette Officer Is Killed Giving Chase After Hold-up Lafayette, Ind., August S—(UP)5 —(UP) —Policeman Harry Farrell, 35, and an unidentified bandit killed each other last night in a gunfight as the bandit tried to escape after holding up an oil station attendant. Driving a car which had been stolen from Guy Harriss at Urbana. 111., the bandit held up Kenneth Lockard took sls and in speeding away was seen by Farrell and Capt Albert Nichols, who gave chase. The bandit's car broke down a tew blocks from the police station and he fled on foot into an alley. Farrell and Nichols entered the aley from opposite ends, seeking to ICONTINUEO ON PAGE BIX)