Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1933 — Page 1

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Surprised William Wallace McDowell, former governor of Montana, registered considerable surprise when Informed in Chicago, where he is visiting the World's Fair, that he had been appointed United S:ates ' minister to the Irish Free State. He has been a friend of President Pe Valera for many years. CITY COUNCIL ~~ ADOPTS BUDGET No Change Made In Proposed Tax Levy of 45 Cents For Decatur No change was made in city budget or proposed tax levy for next , year at the special meeting of the city held last evening. The budget was adopted and the levy fixed at . 45 cents on the SIOO. Th tmdg t totals $29,030.00 The 45 cent levy figured on the city's valuation of $4,295,443.00. will produce about $19,130.00. The balance 1 needed will come from non-taxable | revenu , estimated at $9,900. No appropriation was included for the city’s share of the election , cost next year. An opinion has been given that the city will have I to pay half of the cost of the eleci tion expense, in the city alone. since the regular municipal elecj tion will be held in connection with j the state • lection. No levy was made for the speI dal tax levied on municipal plants I by the legislature this year. This tax will be paid on the assess d valuation of the local plant, thp assess- | ment to he plated on it by (he PubI lie Service commission. The budget and proposed rate 1 was certified today to County Auditor (lien Cowan, to be turned over to the County Tax Adjustment Hoard next week. Hugo Still Seized By Hammond Police Hammond. Ind.. Sept. 16 — (U.P) — j A still capable of producing 100 | gallons of alcohol an hour was seized yesterday by Gus Simons, prohibition director, and Hammond police. Two men were arrested. They gave their names as Charles Murphy, 31, and John B. MarginInk, 30. The raiders destroyed three 2,500 gallon vats of mash, 17 five | gallon cans of alcohol, a 16 horse- | power boiler and oilier equipment I and materials. oDismiss Charges Against Johnson Valparaiso, Ind.. Sept. 16 —(U.P) — Misconduct In office charges against Mayor Roswell O. Johnson of Gary, pending a year in Porter superior court, were dismissed late ' yesterday. The dismissal motion came from Robert G. Estil, Lake county prosecutor. Johnson was charged with using city labor, equipment and credit in building a rock garden at his home and In remodeling his summer home at Miller.

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CUBAN REVOLT IS SUPPRESSED President Martin’s Prestige Is Gaining Strength Rapidly Havana, Sept. 16 (U.P)— I’resi-[ dent Ramon Gran San Martin, his j prestige mounting rapidly, today began new negotiations for the support of principal political 1 leaders. It was reported reliably that t representatives of the student ■ directory which engine red the re | volt that put Gran San Martin In office were contacting American Ambassador Welles. The Gran San Martin negotiations and the reported contacting with Welles, followed immediately upon the prompt suppression of' a revolt in Pltnr Del Rio Province. Tlie first meeting of the politi cal negotiators was held In the early hours of this morning On one side were Gran San I Martin, former professor of medi ; j l ine at the National university, ■ and three members of the student directory. On the other side were four ’ veterans schooled In the intra-; caries of Cuba's turhulant policies. They were former president of Cuba and Mario Menocal. leader of the conservative party: Carlos Mendieta. chief of the nationalist party; Joaquon Martinez Saenz, leader of the powerful ABC revolutionary society and treasury ' secretary in the Cespedes cabinet. I and Miguel Mariano Gomez, lead I er of the Marianista party. Menocal, Mendie'a. and Saenz j ! are definitely hostile to Gran San Martin. Mariano Gomez is a neu i tral. These four demanded that Gran San Martin resign in favor of a I group of representatives of all I political parties, who would decide ■ whether to rename him or choose j some one else to serve as president pending a constitutional i assembly and formal elections. Grau San Martin, his position many times stronger than it was ] 24 hours ago. refused. There was no doubt that the situation was delicate and that ♦•••♦•♦•••••♦•••••••♦••a (CONTINUED ON PACE THREB) “RED TAPE" TO DELAY PROJECT Will Prevent Immediate Start of Street Improvement Program Indianapolis. Sept. 16 (U.R) — j Gov. Paul V. McNutt today authorized the transfer of $600,000 j from the highway construction I fund to a special maintenance fund so that work can start im-l mediately or. the “pick and shovel " j unemployment relief road widen , ing program. It is estimated that 10,000 men; will he given work widening shoulders and filling; in ditches along highways. Indianapolis, Sept. 16 — (UP) — 1 "Red Tape" will prevent immediate ; start of the $4,800,000 s'reet improvement program in Indiana. ' chairman James D. (Adams of the state highway commission advised i city officials today. 1 : He warned them not to expect start of construction at once. He promised that the projects will be rushed as fast as possible, explaining that they must be surveyed and that detailed plans and specifications must he sent to the Federal bureau of roads for appro(C( 4NTINUED (IN PAGE THREE) Three Arrested At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind . Sept. 16. —(U.R) —Three more arrests growing out of a strike at the Fort Wayne Tail- , oring Company were made Friday. Peter Oramlich, 50, and Anton : Lombardy, 21, were charged with i carrying concealed weapons. Roy Gramlich, 22. was charged with tn- ■ | citing a riot when he allegedly , | tried to prevent arrest of the two other men. , Tlie elder Gramlich, father of . j Roy, said he armed himself with a blackjack as protection against : pickets at the plant. Lombardy I also was charged with carrying a i blackjack. Peter Gramlich is one • of the original organizers of the tailoring Hint three years ago.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 16, 1933.

Accountants End City Record Audit J. 11. O'Neal and (!. H. See, m tubers of the state hoard of accounts j division of the Public Service commission. have completed a two year audit of the records of thCity Light, Power and Water plant Tlie examination of the records I covered a two year period for tlie I years 1931 and 1932. They completed their work yesterday and took the tabulations to Indianapolis to 1 compile and make their formal report. Tlie report will be filed with the I city council. The audit included all j financial transactions for the two years, pertaining to the operation of the municipal plant. COMMITTEE TO MEET TUESDAY County Wheat Control Committees Will Meet Here Tuesday Members of the permanent committee of the Adams County wheat control association, chosen in five 1 ! community elections Thursday night, will hold their first meeting in the office of county agent L. K Archbold. Tuesday. September 19. at 7:30 p. m. Three men were elected as a committee from each of the five ( communtities. n of thes a committees will he directors of the : county wheat control board and three of these directors will be ehos n as the allotment committee. I Frank H. Demaree. emergency : agricultural assistant, will attend the local meeting Tuesday and give i definite instructions to the committeemen. | Committees chosen Thursday night are: Hartford. Jefferson and Wabash (community: Ralph S. Myers, Ge-' neva route 1, chairman; Arthur Kenney, Geneva route 2 and Rett lien Romev. Geneva route 3. French, Monroe and Bln ■ Creek ] community: Edwin N uhauser. i l Monroe route 1, chairman; J. L. I Graber. Berne route 1, and Jacob Kauffman Berne route 2. Union, S*. Mary's community; John W. Blakey, Decatur, chairman Walter Whit ten barger and Howard W. Manlier. | Root and Washington community E W. Busche, chairman; Winfred Gerke and Frank Braun. Preble and Kirkland community; ; James Brown. Jr., chairman; Fred Adler and Carl Nuerge. These committee members will s rve until Saturday, July 7. 1934 Glider Flights Sunday Afternoon Glider flights will be made on the Ben Eiting farm, southwest of Decatur by Charles Ehingpr. Itavid Kunkel and Clark William Smith Sunday afternoon, beginning at 1 o’clock if the weather p-rmits. The Decatur Model Glider Club will exhibit mettle Is of gliders on the field. HUGE RECOVERY PARADE TODAY South Bend Holds Great Recovery Day Celebration Today (South Bend. Ind.. Sept. 16 —(U.R) —South Bend citizens expressed 1 their confidence in President I Roosevelt and the national reeov-: ery program today with one of the largest celebrations in the city's history. At least 10,000 persons planned to participate in a parade scheduled this afternoon. In the line of march will be 600 persons who have been given jobs under the NRA, hundreds of working men who have had salary j increases and employes whose hours have been reduced. Six thousand NRA emblems were distributed to floats, automobiles and marchers. Heading the parade will tie Francis Wells, Indiana NRA director. and Judge Thomas W. j Slick of Northern Indiana Federal district court. Prizes will he awarded for the most unusual descriptive ami attractive float in each ward of the parade.

JAMES KINNEY BOARD MEMBER Mathias Kirsch Resigns As Member of Tax Adjustment Board Mathias Kirsch of this city has resigned as a member of tlie Ad ums County Tax Adjustment Board and County Auditor Glen Cowan named James Kinney of Geneva to HU the vacancy. Mr. Kirsch was the member chosen from the County Council Mr. Kinney is also u niemlwr of the county council, the law providing that one of the councilnten he named to the lax board. On (lie advice of his physician, Mr. Kirsch tendered his resignation. He has not been in the best of health and his physician staled that tlie strain of tlie three or four ■day session would impair ills health. The county tax board will convene Monday morning for the purpose of reviewing all the budgets and determining what the tax levies will be in the several taxing units in the county. County Audi t i tor Cowan held a preliminary sess-' ion of tlie lmard members Wednesday evening and lias a program mapped out so that each taxing unit official w ill be heard and ex- , planations given to the lax board members before action is taken. Rates and budgets to be reviewed by the tax adjustment board include the county, township, school cities and towns and cities in the county. o Former Decatur Resident Dead Mrs. Frank Fisher of this city i has received word of the death of her uncle, William 11. Boraff. so, of latty, Ohio, a former resident of Decatur, who died at his home i Thursday afternoon. Funeral services will he held I Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Latty. Surviving is the widow and 'seven children. Freeman Miller, also of Decatur, is a nephew of the 1 deceased. Mr and Mrs. Fisher will leave i this afternoon for Latty, Ohio, to attend tlie funeral services. TAXPAYERS MAY START STRIKE Kosciusko County Taxpayers Threaten To Call Tax Strike j Warsaw, ind.. Sept. 16 —(CP) — Indications of a tax strike in KosS ciusko county were seen wh ?n taxl payers informed the county tax adjustment board that they would not pay rates higher than those author- ; ized by the $1 50 tax limitation law. The resolution was adopted by the Kosciusko county taxpayers association at a mass meeting. In delivering its ultimatum to the adjustment hoard the taxpayers association urged that the present rate ] he retained unless it can he reduced. Losses in assessed valuation have high r levies in every unit this year. Claude Cline, Huntington, repre- ; senting tlie Indiana taxpayers asso- ; elation, told the lax adjusters here that he believed reductions through ! j Kosciusko county were possible. He assailed the $ 15.000 appropriation j in the county budget for old age : pensions. He said that Huntington ; I county, with about the same population as that of Kosciusko had t found $4,000 sufficient to cover the pensions. o Seven Persons Hurt When Tire Blows Out Indianapolis, Sept. 16 — (U.R) — j Seven persons were Injured, two j I seriously, when a Greyhound bus ; struck a safety zone guard and broke off a utility pole here today, j Wayne L. Williams, 26. Indianapolis, driver, said he lost control ( of the bus when a tire blew out. Among lliose injured were David S. Resnick, New York City, internal injuries and bruises; Mrs. Sarah IM. Moore. Columbus, 0., face injuries and bruises; John Benke, St. Louis, Mo.; E. C. Kennedy and' Mrs. George Killersky, Pittsburgh, Pa.; R. F. Adams, San Antonio, Texas, and Joseph Palin, Passaic, N. J.

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STRIKER GIVES COUNTY SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT County Superintendent Completes Annual Financial Report BIG DECREASE IN OPERATING COSTS Coun*y School Superintendent C. E. Striker lias completed the annual financial report of the i schools under his jurisdiction, including the high schools and grades in the 12 townships. The report show’s a big decrease in tlie instructional and operating costs for the year end ing August 1, 1933, compared w ith i the previous fiscal year. Revenue ■ received from taxation was also greatly reduced last year. For ’lie fiscal year ending August 1. this year, $82,811.46 was spent for teachers' salaries, com--1 ured with $106,227.71 n year ago. | For the same period this year the receipts for all school purposes, icludlng revenue not obtained through taxation, were $239,975,115 and expenses were $169,303.05. i For the fiscal year ending August il, 1932, tlie receipts were $254.825.10 and expenses. $214,837.54. Tlie report also shows the lx>nd ed indebtedness of tlie 12 townships for schools and temporary ; loans. This amounted to $29,- 1 | 689.52 on August 1. compared with $38,897.52 in 1932, a reduction of; ! more than $9,000. Hartford township has the largest building in- j debtedness, $19,500. French. Union Preble and Washington townships do not have any school bond indebtedness. The Financial Report i The report of receipts for the' fiscal year follows: Gash Aug.' 1 1932 $75,010 17 Common school fund 9.632.06 Local taxation 135.308.58 Congressional fund 708.24 Depositoty interest 674.53 County dog fund 634.09 Miscellaneous revenue 4.448.9,5 Non-revenue receipts: Sale of property 868.02 1 Insurance adjustment 50.41 I Temporary loans 3.600.0 n Transfer tuition 8,540.0(1 Grand total of balance and receipts $239,975.05 Expenditures Instruction: Principals' salaries slo.BSo.no Teachers' salaries 82.811. J 6 Teachers' institute 45.00 . Instructional supplies 3,973.70 j Other instructional exp. 301.05 Total $98,01171 Operation: Wages of janitors-ong. $ 4.631.78 Fuel 6,641.79 Janitorial supplies 1,007.32 , Water, light and power 770.23 , Transportation, pupils 15.089 81 Telephone 84.30 Other operating expenses 246.81 Total, operating expense $28,472.04 Maintenance: Repair and upkeep $ 2,767.22 Repair and upkeep. equipment 986.17! Repair and upkeep, buses 2,064.90 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) WILL INSTALL NEW OFFICERS District Deputy Will Install K. of C. Officers Here Monday The installation of officers of the j Knights of Columbus will take | ; place Monday evening at the K. of I C. hall in this city. Henry Hasley of Fort Wayne, district deputy, will install the offi- j I cers. Following the installation j j ceremonies a luncheon will be servI ed in the club rooms and C. J. Car- | roll, grand knight urged the membei s to he present. The officers to be installed are: j Mr. Carroll, grand knight; Elmo j Smith, deputy grand knight; August Heiman, treasurer; Pat Miller j financial secretary; Leonard MeyI ers, recording s'cretary: Frank j Barthel, chancellor; Arthur Len-i j gerich, warden; Edward B rling, | advocate; Charles Miller, inner ! guard; Edward Voglewede, outer I guard, Trustees. H. J. Yager, Theodore Graliker, C. J. Carroll, Joe Lose. The officers were elected about two months ago.

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Back On Job | William H. Woodin, who returned to his desk as secretary of the treasury Thursday. Woodin lias been unable to fulfill his duties for two months because of a throat infection. Rumors of Woodin's impending resignation have been prevalent in Washington for many weeks hut have always met emphatic, denials from tlie secretary and the president. GRAIN PRICES * AGAIN HIGHER Best Figures In Month Are Established For Wheat And Oats Chicago S pt. 16 —(CP! — The. j continued advance in the jiric.e ufj free gold and more inflation talk and a sharp uptown in silver fn- ' tures combined to bring about general buying in all grains today. Prices were again started on the upgrade. The best figures in around a month were established for wheat ■ and oats. There was no mat rial ' pressure in evidence on the way up and pit brokers reported a market j increase in public participation, i Dollar wheat b.-came almost a reality as the result of today s bulge which carried May within a toad's hop of that figure, show i an advance of around 3 cents from Friday's finish, while corn was up around 2 euts at the extreme and • oats around 1 cent. Liverpool closed 3-s to 5-s cents lower. Close wh at today was up 3L. ' cents; corn was up 2 5-8 to 3 1-8 cents and oats were up 1 i s to 1 3-8 cents. Provisions were rather quiet but tlie umL none was firm. Stocks Rally New York, Sept. 16 (CP) —Cn-d-r leadership of mining shares, which leaped 1 to 15 points, the stock market staged a spirited rul- : ly in late trading today. Tlie government announcement of $39.49 per ounce for gold-—A peak since government started establishing a gold price - s >rved as the incentive to rally a market j which had been dull and slightly 1 stronger. Trading picked up and issue after issue shot into new ! highs. There were a number of favorable factors which had served to j bring strength in early dealings. 1 Tlies l included agreement on tlie : I coal code, an unchanged estimate j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SlX)** o Workers Conference At Ft. Wayne Monday — A Workers Conference sponsored by the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Church will be : held in the First Evangelical Church at Fort Wayne Monday i and Tuesday. Tlie conference will begin Monday at 2 o'clock and a supper will be served at 6 o'clock. Sessions will he held Tuesday morning, afternoon and night. Many of the officers of the j First Evange’.hal and Calvary Evangelical Churches will attend.' Tin* principal speakers will lie' Bishop L. H. Seagar of LaMars, j Iowa; Dr. E. W. Praetorius of! i Cleveland, Ohio; Rev. R U. Mueller of Indianapolis; Rev. I). A. Kaley of Indianapolis, District superintendent; Rev. E. Garfield Johnson, superintendent of the Elkhart district; and Mrs. Nellie Frank Smith of Elkhatt, president of the conference branch of the Women's Missionary society.

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WATER FLOODS CITY STREETS IN NORFOLK, VA. Water Almost A Foot Deep Floods Streets Os Eastern City 32 ARE REPORTED DEAD IN MEXICO By the United Press A hurricane lashed the North Carolina coast today, moving northwestward. Freshening winds along the New Jersey and Long Island coast presaged its arrival there tomorrow if it does not veer to sea. Shipping in the storm area was impeded, air travel completely disrupted. Off Asbury Park. N J.. three barges were adrift with eight men believed aboard. Another hurricane swept into the interior of Mexico after causing 32 deaths and inflicting heavy properly damage in the Tampico, Taulipas. and Nuevo Leon area-s. Norfolk Flooded Norfolk. Va.. Sept. 16. (U.R) — Water almost .1 foot deep flooded Norfolk streets today as the city was deluged with rain accompanied by winds of approximately a mile a minute velocity. A gale of even greater intensity was reported at Virginia Beach, nearby. Government weather observers estimated that tlie r-ntei of the i tropical storm sweeping in across the Carolinas and Virginia was near Hattoas, X. ('., but reported : communications disrupted within tlie stritken area. All efforts to iaise army and navy radio stations [ failed. Winds of between kti and 90 ' miles an hour were report o! in this general vicinity. The barometer at Hatteras was 28.28 at 8 A. M„ the lowest of any point along the coast, ' indicating definitely the arrival of a tropical disturbance. 32 Killed Mexico City, Sept. 16 —(CP)—A hunirane who h swept the Mexican . coast, caused 82 deaths and tre- , mendous property damage, veered southwestward toward the interior 1 and away from Texas today. Tlie dead w re in the Tampico district at tlie outlet of the Panuco river which worms the border of Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas states. Swerving inward the storm did great damage in Tamaulipas and Nu vo Leon states and then after . reaching to within less than 145 miles of the Texas border swerved southwestward toward the Huasteea region of Northern San Lui3 Potosi state. Communications in tlie entire storm region were interrupted. There had been no report of loss • * •••••*»••* • (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Jefferson Orchestra Will Give Concert The J fferaon township high school ortli sira, under the direction of Miss Mina Collier, will present a concert at Geneva at 7:30 o'clock this evening. A platform ! has been ‘reefed on tlie street and a large crowd is expected to attend the musical event. ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DEAO Mrs. Mary Gchle Dies At Fort Wayne; Funeral Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Gehlc, 65, of Fort Wayne, a native | of Adams County, who died at 7:45 o'clock Thursday evening at her home at 2511 Weisser Park avenue, will lie held Sunday afternoon. A : service will he held at 1:30 o'clock at the residence and at 2 o'clock at ' the Zion Lutheran Church. Rev. Paul L. Dannenfeldt will of- | ficiate and burial will be made In ! the Concordia Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Gehle had been ill for several months. She was born in Adams County and had lived in Fort Wayne for the last 40 years. Her i husband, Ferdinand Gehle preceded her in death. Surviving are three sons, five daughters, six grandchildren, two brothers and four sisters.