Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1933 — Page 1

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IATION RALLIES TO RECOVERY DRIVE

JAIL STORES, ,JTO INDUSTRY i.||GREE ON CODE ject Reemployment of iffiflOO In Nation's Retail Stores x’IMUM V v - ' I RATES ARE SET ■ /ashington, July 28.—<U.R) n agreement expected to II' We re-employ ment for 000 workers in the retail es of the United States reached here today and iared for submission to U'Fnationai rec-v.-ry adminafflrtual completion of the rts of thefcation’s retail o agree on a uniform code of competition kovering all its ■d activities Blas coupled with nistrator Hugh S. Johnsons '*• Hgtioim with the automotive <try to give the recovery ment added impetus. Reach Agree mer.t troit, Mich.. July 28 —(U.R) - mobile mini.i urers today ? d upon provisions of a code resentation to the government ring the industry under the >nal recovery let. liter P. Chrysler and Alfred P i, Jr . respectively the leaders tirysler and General Motors, the United Press that the code d provide for an average 35week with permission to ex V'thiH in rush periods to a 48tk' week. The average of 35 « must be maintained exclus if such periodic increases ;c„ minimum hourly rate of 43 < per hour will be paid male ry workers In cities over 500,**<nd 41 cents an hour in cities ' 250,00* to WOO" 1 ' Workers MHitiM iMMtor would re . S 40 cenfcran h«>ui Spreads In Ch cago JLago, July P- Mi.• tn .■ I Igo of the fedei government'.-,-ery attack spread over Chi today. ‘icials of the i;> g and retail 'firms were the to rally behind President g*muni workinc k proal. TheßeW-Mim ik and C"I1! ■ on LaSalle Street, a i.ob-cil. »rs. was the first firm to hois' W'IRA blue eagle .- t 1 |ge sacks of Kfiil hearing < elites for signature of employ Luo are willing to sign the ■ office last night. DistriMEn to every employer in the Mwas to begin today. ■ M’all Special Repeal Session r |3peta, Kansas July 28—i UP l - .‘j| Alph Landon annoiin •• d today would call the Kansas legisla|9int<o special session in Septeni j||o MWrider beer, provisions for | on repeal Revision of the '&■> banking laws and changes in : I laws to (harmonize with the jvery act. The date was not set. Finds Purse ■P Os School Teacher ''iflrt Wayne, Ind., July 28 —(UP) I 1 purse containing $159.83 and f by Miss Grace M. Brennan, a Joi teacher, was returned to her it was found by a dog. Me school teacher < all. il at the bR- of Mrs William llohnli.ois Big a house to house < anvas in ■ h of the money ami <ii ■ Shep, a collie owned by the wSihaus’ had found th parse ami Med It Into the hack yard upday ’s Scores Rational league <Bon 342 120 000 o—l 2 19 1 Uankhouse and Hogan; Rhem ■ Davis. games scheduled. MERICAN LEAGUE eit ......... 600 000 0 eland 300 020 2 rrell and Hayworth; Hilded and Pytlak. >w York at Washington, rain. games scheduled. m ourtesy City Confectionery.

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Auto Load Os Gypsies Upsets ■ An automobile Toad of gvpsie® up net on state road No. IS, one mile went of Decatur, near the Schurger farm, at about 12:30 o'clock thia afternoon when a rear tire of the car blew out. The auto turned upside down and was badly damaged. Eight people 1 were in the car. Some suffered , slight cuts and bruises and were > j brought to Decatur for medical attention by Milton C. Werling. YOUTH DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR is 1 Glenn Shustrom Is Executed For Attack And Murder of Girl , i Michigan City. Ind . July 28.—(U.R) . -Glenn Donald Shustrom died in , the electric chair here today for the attack and murder of Alberta Knight, 12-year-old Whiting girl. , last year. , Shustrom calmly walked to the ; chair a moment after midnight and , was pronounced dead at 12:08 a. t m. Last minute appeals to Gover- . nor Paul V. McNutt and the clem- , ency board were in vain. Shustrom. whose home was in j, Galesburg. 111., was visited by his mother, Mrs. Andrew Shustrom. of , Galesburg, and a brother-in-law and sister yesterday. He went to the chair unassist- ] ed. He was strapped in at 12:03 i and removed at 12:06. Drs. P. H. . Weeks and A. C. Arnett, of Lafayette, examined the body. ' ( The electrocution was the first ( since Warden L. E. Kunkle assum‘ed office. Jess E. Andrew, of West . Point, a member of the board of ( pardons and parole, witnessed the ;. electrocution, but permission was denied other state officials to be , in the chamber, conforming with, a , state law. Forimrlast meal Shustrom ask jed and received fried chicken and I sweet potatoes. 1 ; Alberta was attacked as she slept at her parents home April 10, 1932. Shustrom admitted he was intoxicated when, the attack occurred. Shustrom’s electrocution left five men in the death cell. They include Richard Perkins, negro acI cused of killing an Indianapo.is de *(CONT*NUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Four Youths Killed On Freight Train Lima. Ohio.. July 28 —(UP)—The •open road” and a fruitless quest for work culminated today in death for four unidentified you’hs whose mangled bodies lay in a morgue here. The boys were swept from a freight train late yesterday as it , crossed a narrow railroad bridge. They had been sitting on a box car, their legs hanging over the sides. The bridge railing caught . their legs, pulling them to their deaths. WINCHESTER MAN IS NAMED Rev. A. I’. Teeter Is Named Dean In Methodist Institute District The Methodist Epworth Forest institute elected Rev. A. P. Teeter of Winchester dean of the institute of Fort Wayne, Richmond and Wabash districts Thursday to succeed Dr. John F. Edwards of Huntington, who had been dean of the institute for several years. The annual convention of t'lie three districts of the Northern Ind- ; iana Methodist Episcopal Churches is being held at (Epworth Forest, I Lake Webster this week. A number of young people from ITecatur are ! attending the sessions of the institute. Other officers elected were Rev. J W. Fox of Upland, life work sec- j retary; Rev. Dewey Souder of Roanoke. re-elected registrar; and' Rev. A. C. Wischmeier of Ligonier,' re-elected manager. The associate deans are Rev. A. W. Pugh of Noblesville and Rev. A. R. Sanks of New Havem. Tonight will be stunt night and fireside service® will be held Satur- j day evening. According to the report from the administration building 1,099 Epworth League young people have registered.

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FEDERAL PLANS OF PRODUCTION ARE EXPANDED Allotments For Indiana Wheat Production Also Announced ADAMS COUNTY QUOTA 119,068 Indianapolis. July 28. —(U.R) —Federal plans for restriction of wheat acreage in Indiana were explained here today by James R Moore, edltoro of the Hoosier Farmer, publication of the Indiana Farm Bureau. At the same time allotments for the state were made public. Farmers entering the project will receive 28 cents a bushel for their wheat from the federal government, in addition to the sale price, Moore said. An educational program to acquaint farmers with provisions of the acreage reduction plan is now being conducted in the state. Yesterday the act was explained to 125 farmers and county agents representing 15 counties, attending a meeting at New Castle. Speakers were Dean J. H. Skinner, and L. E. Huffman, of the Purdue School of Agriculture, and Dr. F. E. Allen, economist of the Department of Agriculture. A similar meeting was held at North Vernon last night and two meetings were scheduled today, at Jasper and at Greencastle. As soon as a sufficient number of farmers in one county have signed applications for government contracts. they are authorized to form a county organization for administration of the crop limitation provision. Moore explained. The committee administering the county allotment will fix the quota of each farmer entering the plan on, the iMsis of an average yield. "The state allotment was sdF'fff 14.290.877 bushels, approximately 54 per cent of the average normal yield for the last five years. County allotments for Indiana *JcoyTINCFi7* ON PAGE FIVE) AGREEMENT IS RECEIVED HERE Copies of President’s ReEmployment Agreement Received In City Copies of the President's Reemployment Agreement were delivered to employers and manufacturers in this city today by the city mail carriers. Postmaster L. A. Graham stitefi that about 500 envelopes containing the blanks were received here and that 400 were delivered to local people. President Roosevelt requests that the agreements be signed on or after August 1 and that the certificate of compliance be signed ond delivered to the Postmaster, where the insigna of membership in the the insignia of membership in the Employers are asked by the President to sign ths reemployment agreement preparatory to the adoption of the national codes tor the different industries, trudes and establishments. which according to plans of the administration are to be forthcoming by September 1. The re-employment agreements become effective September 1. The emergency reemployment drive is the period from August to December 31, 1933. The message at the top of the blank, signed by President Roosevelt reads: “To every employer: “This 'agreement is part of a na(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Child’s Condition Remains Critical The condition of Richard King, three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred King, 505 Mercer avenue, who Is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital suffering from a punctured stomach, remained critical today. The lad was hurt Wednesday afternoon when he fell through a small show case in the Christian Church tasement, while visiting at the church with his mother. A piece of glass punctured his stomach. An operation was performed Wednesday night, but the'child's condition remained critical throughout Thursday and today.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 28, 1933.

President's Reemployment Agreement < Authorized by Section 4a National Industrial Recovery Act I During the period of th* President's emergency reemployment drive, that is to say, from August 1 to December 31, 1933, or to any earlier date of approval of a Code of Fair Competition to which he is subject I the undersigned hereby agrees with the President as follows: (1) After August 31, 1933, not to employ any person under 16 years of age, except that persons between 14 and 16 may be employed (but not In manufacturing or mechanical industries) for not to exceed 3 hours per day and those hours between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m. in such work as will not Interfere with hours of day school. (2) Not to work any accounting, clerical, banking, office, service, or sales employees (except oulside salesmen) in any store, office, department. establishment, or public utility, or on any automotive or horse-drawn passenger, express, delivery, or freight service, or in any ! other place or manner, for more than 40 hours In any 1 week and not 1 to reduce the hours of any store or service operation to below 52 hours ' in any l«wcek, unless such hours were less than 52 hours per week before July 1. 1933, and In the .case not to reduce such hours at all (3) Not to employ any factory or mechanical worker or artisan more than a maximum week of 35 hours until December 31, 1933, but with the right to work a maximum week of 40 hours for any 6 weeks within this period; and not to employ any worker more than 8 hours in any 1 day. (4) The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to employees in establishments employing not more than two persons in towns of less than 2,500 population which towns are not part of a larger trade area; nor to registered pharmacists or other professional persons employed in their profession, nor to employees In a managerial or executive capacity, who now receive more than $35 per week; nor to employees on emergency maintenance and repair work; nor to very special cases where restrictions of hours-of highly ski.led workers on continuous processes would unavoidably reduce production but. in any such special case, at least time and one third shall be paid for hours worked in excess of the maximum. Population for the purposes of this agreement shall be determined by reference to the 193(1 Federal census. (5) Not to pay any of the classes of employees mentioned in paragraph (21 less than sls per week in any city of over 500,000 population, or in the immediate trade area of such city; nor less than $14.50 per week in any city of between 250,000 and 500,000 population, or in the immediate trade area of such city; nor less than sl4 per week in any city of between 2,500 and 250.000 population, or in the immediate trade area of such city; and in towns of less than 2.500 population to increase all wages by not less than 20 per cent, provided that this shall not require wages in excess of sl2 per week. (6> Not to pay any employee of the class mentioned in paragraph (3) less than 40 cents per hour unless the hourly rate for the same class of work on July 15. 1929. was less than 40 cents per hour, in which latter case not to pay less than the hourly rate on July 15. 1929, and in no event less than 30 cents per hour. It is agreed that this paragraph , establishes a guaranteed minimum rate of pay regardless of whether the employee is compensated on the basis of a time rate or on a piecework performance. (7) Not to reduce the compensation for employment now in excess .I of the minimum wages hereby agreed to (notwithstanding that the . hours worked in such employment may be hereby reduced) and to ini crease the pay for such employment by an equitable readjustment of all pay schedules. ’*■ XB> Not to use any subterfuge to frustrate the spirit and intent nf this agreement which is. among other things, to Increase employment I by a universal covenant, to remove obstructions to commerce, and to shorten hours and to raise wages for the shorter week to a living basis. (9) Not to increase the price of any merchandise sold after the date hereof'over the price on July 1. 1933, by more than is made necessary by actual increases in production, replacement, or invoice costs of merchandise, or by taxes or other costs resulting from action taken pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment Act, since July 1, 1933, and, in setting such price increases, to give full weight to probable increases t in sales volume and to refrain from taking profiteering advantage ot the consuming public. (10) To support and patronize establishments which also have signed this agreement and are listed as members of N.R.A. (National Recovery Administration). (11) To cooperate to the fullest extent in having a Code of Fair Competition submitted by his industry at the earliest possible date, and in any event before September 1, 1933. (12) Where, before June 16. 1933, the undersigned had contracted to purchase goods at a fixed price for delivery during the period of this agreement, the undersigned will make an appropriate adjustment of said fixed price to meet any increase in cost caused by the seller having , signed this President’s Reemployment Agreement or having become bound by any Code of Fair Competition approved by the President. J (13) This agreement shall cease upon approval by the President of a code to which the undersigned is subject; or. it the N.R.A. so elects, upon submission of a code to which the undersigned is subject , and substitution of any of its provisions for any of the terms of this agreement. (14) It is agreed that any person who wishes to do his part in the ' President's reemployment drive by signing this agreement, but who asserts that some particular provision hereof, because ot peculiar ' circumstances, will create great and unavoidable hardship, may obtain 1 the benefits hereof by signing this agreement and putting it into effect and then, in a petition approved by a representative trade association ' of his industry, or other representative organization designated by N.R.A., may apply for a stay of such provision pending a summary investigation by N.R.A.. if he agrees in such application to abide by the decision of such investigation. This agreement is entered into pursuant to section 4 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act and 1 subject to all the terms and conditions required by sections 7 (a i and 10 (b) of that act. >

CASHIER STOPS HOLDUP EFFORT — Bank Cashier Wounds One Bandit, Averts Loss To Bank Metamora. Ind., July 28.— —(U.R>— From Franklin county woods the [| search swung into Cincinnati, 0., today for three of four men whose attempt to roh the Metamora bank ' late yesterday was thwarted by the gunfire of Cashier George Leonard. The cashier's bullets wounded one of the bandits who gave his name as Homer Carter, 25, Corbin, Ky., and said he had been working recently in Davton, Ohio. He refused to name his companions, saying he had met them only , recently and did not know their real identities. State police learned that the three men were from Cincinnati so the aid of Ohio authorities was enlisted. *<CONT*NUED ON* PAGE THREE)

I Jerry Gallivan Dies Thursday ' Jeremiah Gallivan, 70 retired farmer of near Craigville, died at 3:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at his home three miles north and three , miles east of Bhiffton. following a ' six months illness of heart trouble. Surviving ar° two half brothers J. (Carli Gallivan, Lancaster township, Wells County, and James E. ' Gallivan, Toledo, Ohio, and one 1 step sister, Mrs. Blanche Myers of • Poneto. Funeral services will be held at ‘ the Carl Gallivan home. Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev. Engle of Craigville officiating. Burial will be made in the Fairview 1 cemetery. i o Knights Os Pythias W ill Meet Tonight Members of the Decatur Knights of Pythias will hold a called meeting at the lodge rooms at 8:30 1 o’-clock tonight. Delegate to the grand lodge meeting in October will be selected tonight. All members are urged to attend.

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MRS. BRISTOL BADLY BEATEN THIS MORNING I Woman Living North of Decatur Attacked By Unidentified Man SEARCH FAILS TO LOCATE STRANGER Mrs. Merle Bristol, 39, living east i of the Aber school house, north of Decatur, was brutally beaten by an 1 unidentified man about 10:30 o'1 clock this morning. Mrs. Bristol, a widow, was taking her cows to pasture. She noticed ' the man standing at the school 1 house. Fearing him, she started ’ back west, intending to go to the Decatur Cheese Factory, where her ’ son is employed. As she was approaching the factory, the man, stealing up on her from the rear, grabbed h“r about ' the waist and dragged h’r to the side of the road. He began choak- ■< ing her and she screamed until the choaking shut off her breath. The man loosened his held and ' Mrs. Bristol again screamed, which this time attracted the attention of her younger children, who were , playing some distance away. The , children ran to the cheese plant for aid. but when men from the factory arrived at the scene, the attacker had fled, evidently frightened away when he saw the children. Mrs. Bristol is hard of hearing and stated that she failed to hear i the man approaching from the rear. Sheriff Burl Johnson was immediately called. Assisted by workers at the plant, the sheriff conducted 1 an intensive search for several hours but failed to find any trace of the man. Evidence was found r of his presence in the school house, and it is thought likely he had '' spent the night there. j Mrs. Bristol, who suffered greatly from pain caused by the ehoak- , ing and from fright, was able to . give only a meager description of ’ (GONTINI EII ON PAGE FOUP) I o FLOYD ELSTON IS ARRESTED 14-Year-Old Youth Confesses Committing Two Robberies Floyd Elston. 14. son of W. E. ' Elston. North Third street, was arrested by Sheriff Burl Johnson ■ today. The lad is charged with tak--1 ing money and other articles from two Decatur homes. 1 The youth confessed his complicity in the two crimes to the sheriff and a part of the loot was re1 covered. He obtained seven dollars in old 1 coins at the Lewis Weiland home on North Second street Wednesday 1 night. A part of this loot was recovered. laist night he entered the Ira Fuhrman home on Fiftli and MarI shall street, taking $lB in cash two knives, three pocketbooks and a few' other small articles. One of the pocketbooks was rei covered by the sheriff in front of the K. of C. building, where the , lad said he had thrbwn them. The other two could not be found. i Thieves Strip Wilson Reed Car i Wilson Reed's Essex coach, stol- . en from a parking place on Liberty j Way Wednesday evening was found . Thursday four miles east ot Wren, Ohio. Five nearly new tires had . been removed from the car. license f plates were missing and the headlights had been broken and the bulbs taken. ’ j o Family Gospel Band Will Give Programs The St. Clair family gospel band will give religious programs at the Union Chapel United Brethren ; church at 10 a. in., Sunday, al the II Willshire Methodist church at 2:30 p. m. and at the Decatur Bapi tist church at 7:30 p. m. T' ! s family is composed of fathi er, mother and eight children, all • playing instruments and singing. I The youngest member is three i years old. Their program is strictly religious.

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Rotarians Hear Auction Student Gara Brown of Marshaltown, lowa, a student at Reppert's Auction school gave two readings at | the Rotary program held at Rice I hotel lest evening. Mr. Brown Is a former theatrical man. Col. Roy I Johnson, of this city, one of t'he In- , structom in the school, was in charge of the program. Col. Johnson stated that more than 1,600 men had been graduated from the ! local auetioa eehool and stated, I “These men are advertising the , good name of Decatur wherever they go." WILL REBUILD BERNE SYSTEM SIO,OOO Will Be Spent By Citizens Telephone Company In accordance with an announcement made late Thursday afternoon i by Herman F. Ehing-r. manager of the Citizens Telephone Company, further plans for the improvement of the company’s system at Berne have been revealed. The work will be started this fall and likely will be completed by next spring. A complete new telephone system will be installed in the west part of Berne, west of the railroad, at an estimated expenditure of SIO,OOO. Practically all the present telephone poles and wires west of the railroad will be replaced. Underground trenches and conduits will be dug and iron pipes, encased in several inches of concrete will be laid in the trenches. There will be 24 cable terminals and 19 and 22-gaug? wire will be used. The pipes inside of the tunn- ' : els. will be big enough to string additional cables in years to come. 'I or if the number of telephones and lines should increase. The size of the conduits will be thr.e times ; that necessary now for the present telephones. At the present time 1 there are alxuit 335 telephones in that section of B me, west of the railroad. About 5 or 6 miles of trenches will be necessary. Mr. Ehinger stated that improve--1 ments will also be made in the rural community northwest and northeast of Berne in the near fuI ! ture. o— Give Report On Income Payments Indianapolis, July 28 — (UP) — Gioss income tax collection will reach $1,250,060 for the first period ending July 15, it was estimated today on the basis of incomplete returns. Tabulation of 98,886 returns has placed receipts at $1,016,766.98, for an average of $10.28. About 25.000 returns still have to be counted and at least 40,000 returns were filed in addition by persons who will wait until January j to pay. o EXPAND DRIVE ON CRIMINALS Federal, State And Local Authorities Join In War On Crime By The United Press (American authorities challenged kidnapers and racketeers on a • broad front today, seeking out border line cases of petty extortion . against legitimate business. • | In New York assistants of attor- [ ney General Homer S. Cummings prepared evidence for a Federal grand jury investigation of racket- , eering on the waterfront. Business organizations accused leaders of . practicing intimidation to force their services upon business houses j that wished to use their own era- | ployes in loading their trucks at the piers. ' In Chicago, state attorney fjourtney said he would bring 24 persons I indicates! for alleged racketeering ' j to trial within 60 days. A crime con--1 ference met today at the Illinois : Capital to co-ordinate Federal, state and municipal authorities in the war on criminals. I 'ln Kansas City, authorities were I. prepared to ask the death penalty for two alleged accomplices of VVak ter H. McGee, who was sentenced ’j to hang for kidnaping Miss Mary (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)*

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THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSMEN SIGN PLEDGES American Business Rallies To The Sign of The Blue Eagle TELEGRAMS POUR INTO CAPITAL ißy United Press) American business rallied to the sign of the blue eagle today. From the four corners ot the country came reports of business men by the thousands signing pledges to Preside n t Roosevelt, promising higher wages and shorter hours for their employes. The pledges were being distributed by mail to about 5,000,000 employers. Telegrams announcing acceptance of the program kept White House wires working over time. President Roosevelt and General Hugh S. Johnson, national recovery administrator, were enthusiastic. Nearly 100,000,000 posters, placards and stickers bearing the NRA blue eagle insignia were ordered for distribution to signers of the pledge. The first 20,000,000 etn- , blems were put in the mails. The agricultural adjustment administration pushed its plans to reduce wheat acreage, without regard to the London wheat conference. which adjourned until August 21. without taking action. High of- . ficia’s looked with favor upon the i “dumping” of much of the American wheat surplus in the Orient. Adjournment of the London economic conference brought well founded reports that a “little world I economic conference” would meet in Washington early this fall. Wires to the White House and to the national recovery headquart- , ers were jammed with reports on progress of the campaign. Truck • ♦♦♦ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) —o LAKE MEETING HELDTHURSDAY French Quinn Attends Meeting Concerning Proposed Lake William Corwin, civil engineer of Portland. O. C. Fraser, editor of the Portland Sun and French Quinn of Decatur, met with about 6'l citizens of Geneva and surrounding towns and cities at Geneva. Thursday night, for the purpose of discussing steps to be taken in the proposed Li-mberlost Lake. Charles M. Brown of Geneva was named chairman of the meeting. Mr. Corwin, who recently completed the survey of the land for the proposed lake, explained the geological formation of the land, when the Wabash river flowed through this county, before turned to it present course. Mr. Quinn stated that he was not familiar with the geological formation but was greatly interested in the formation of th > lake. .1 mes Briggs, Geneva banker stressed the need of funds to (Oinplete the project. A plan was suggested whereby j the lake may be built through fed- : eral aid. <lt was decided to hold a similar meeting in two or three weeks and to invite to the meeting the congressmen and senators of the district, representatives of all clubs of the county and persons in I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Rochester Man To Head Board 1 ! Michigan City, Ind.. July 28 — (UP) — Arthur L. Denniston, Rochester, headed the state prison board of trustees today, strcceeding John L. Moorman, resigned. ’ Denniston was named (hairman ' at the opening of the regular monthly meeting late yesterday. ' Jess Andrew, West Point, was elected vice chairman: J. P. Arbuckle, Rushville, secretary, and Robert Grafton, Michigan City treasurer. Members of the bond voted to reduce the number of prison guards ' from 150 to 140. Leniency pleas of prisoners who have served their . minimum sentences were considerI ed by the board today.