Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1933 — Page 1

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LIGHT RATE REDUCTIONS PROPOSED

sliver Cleaning Is Approved By CWA '

■roject for cleaning It. MARYS RIVER GIVEN ■APPROVAL BY CWA HEAD

■autilication Will (live I o r 52 ■ten; Amount Spe n t K'or labor Will Total ■fore Than SIO,OOO. Dec. 13. -UP) civil works board approved 39 propels Io employ 1.217, and wages lotalim' ■iML projects included: \«l---counit grubbing rivt r bank of St. Man's river Kllecalnr. 52 men, $10,012. petition requesting Hie Bailing of tlm river and the banks filed jointly by the City <u and the cotl.ity cninmis- ■ ■ T petition specified that the would be cleaned from the bridge, near the Mutschle'' Co., north through 1 tn the Pennsylvania bi'idae. the Central sugar factory ttion also requested of $2,000 for th.* oi a large drag to be us.-il out the timbers from bed. The annottm ■ from Indianapolis to,hi. granted, or if the equipcould be purchased out of made. Hittite in the movement to get river project started was the Cowens acted as i-hairiiitin ■ oimnittee. The Chamber ■froninierce. Rotary Club. The i Brotherhood and oth.-r -ms also sponsored th.* Commissioner Fred Linn ■ Count}' Engineer Ralph Roop be charged with the superof the river cleaning and of the banks of debris unsightly rubbish. I — o . ■otherhood Joins I Clubs In Petition Men's Brotherhood of the Evangelical church join.si t!i>* lubs and other organizitin filing a petition wit i the asking that the St. Mary's be cleaned and the river beautified. A comnnitii' it Earl C. Fuhrman, .sei ret.iry of ■| Brootherhood was filed witii last evening. city and council has air.-i. ly the civil works admit is>r for an allotment of funds to out the river imptoveineni Im BUREAU I BICKS POLICY I ■ ■lerican Farm Bureau ■Federation Defends | Administration |Kuago Pee. 13—(UP) The Ain■hl'! farm bureau federation tonvame to the vigorous defense of linistration agricultural policies urged speedy extension and efive enforcement of the present wvelt plan. esolutions approved by the pow--11 agricultural organization ask- > Nat the agricultural adjustment linistration proceed quickly to i all powers of the act to aid far- »• . ( IVe believe enough time and es-; have been given to reconcile Wition to this legislation," said resolution. "Opposition largely ™.- ,| l.sts of those who have enjoyed j H?"’t and unfair advantages under gg°ld system of processing and federation urged that all of the act be invoked to resparity prices for farm commoM|es and that "only those known thoroughly sympathetic to EW capable of successful adminiabe retained to administer ■ *ct." j

DECATUR DAIEF DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXXI. No. 293.

TO REDISTRICT (HR TUESDAY L . — (ouncil Will Complete Redistricting At Meeting Next Week I The redistricting of Decatur into ■ four wards in place of three, will 1 be done by the city council next i Tuesday it wa« announced at the I meeting last evening. The matter i was referred to the judiciary com--1 mittee of w.iich (leorge Appelman I Ils chaitman, who with members of. I bis committee and City Attorney J. I Fred Frm-hte will prepare an ordinj ance. I A tentative outline has been ■ made, beginning at the north cor-I porate limits of Decatur, on U. S. road 27. extending south on Fifth street to Studebaker street, east to . Winchester and to the corporate line. The north and south division line would be Madison street, from First street, west to the corporate, limits. The establishing of precincts will .be done by the board of county commissioners early next month so that city voters can register under the new law. The registration iof voters begins January 15. and all ward and precinct boundary lines must be established by that time. City Attorney Fruchte stated. DANIELUERBER DIES SUDDENLY Former Decatur Resident Dies Late Tuesday of Heart Attack Blluftton, Ind., Dec. 13— (Spe 'nil —Daniel Gerber. 66. farmer and cheese salesman living four miles east of Bluffton, died at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon at Dunkirk from a heart attack. Mr. Gerber had just called on a customer and he suffered the fatal attack while walking from t ie store to his automobile, which was parked at the curb. He died before medical attention could he given bitn. He was born on February 9. Isb7, ' and was the son of Elrich and Mathias Gerber. He was married twice first to Elizabeth Nelson, His second marriage was to Mtss Frances Reinscasel, who s“ rv, ’* R '! I children surviving by the fit. marriage are Mrs. Herman Man z, , Paulding county. Ohio; Mrs Robert Lady, Craigville, Ezra Geibm I Fort Wayne; Harry Gerber. Rm k ford. Michigan, and Eli Gerber, ne.u Bluffton. . . i Four children surviving b} th ! the second marriage are Mrs-O. '• Mills, Columbia City; Georg * .. j . l’h ridiki'bpr. honi’* ber. Rockford; Ed GeHtei. < land Miss Adeline Gerber. ' " Brothers and sisters surviving Hiotnti- c.pi-ber. Emanuel ville; , ReU ri b Mrs John Steffen, AdIllinois, and Mrs. amu ams b? held at Funera servic aflernoon at 12:30 ° nnd at 30 o'clock at the I the home and a- eh Buria i Chrism AlioS»h » cemete ry. - 11 "? S. X Friends ate asKeu _ Mr- Gerber . f ; rn Stur. e Ci''« ladder factory i ago '.here approximately Ft Wavne Veteran F Dies Os Injuries Fort Wavne. Ind.. Dec. _ lnjll ries t( , William Jy r r 7Tad "xpS fear of lynchj fng. He was a mental patient.

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COMPANY PLANS BUILDING HERE International Harvester Co., To Install Retail Store Here Plans and outlines for erection of a one story building, 60 by 132 feet lon South First street by Julius i llaugk, to be leased hy the International Harvester Company of Amorita. were filed with the city counl cil last evening. Representatives of the Harvester Company appeared before the council and sought approval of the building plans tinder die city’s lire code regulations. The plans submitted call for a one story brick faced building, the sides and the rear to be covered with sheet steel and the building made fireproof. Appended to the outline was the following explanation: "Building to be erected by Julius Haugk and and leased by the international Harvester Company of America in .which to operate a retail motor truck and farm implement business known as tlte McCormick-Deering . Company”. The site of the proposed building ; is a few feet soutli of the corner of First and Madison street, on the ground formerly occupied by the old Riverside livery stables. The council does not approve the : covering of the building with sheet metal and it is likely that changes I in the proposed specifications will be made, the sides and rear of the building being constructed of concrete or tile block. i ■ o —— Sprunger Reported Slowly Improving The condition of D. L. Sprunger of Berne who has been a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital since December 6. when he received injuries In an automobile accident near Berne, was reported to be improving slowly today. o— Give Stereopticon Lecture Thursday \ stereopticon lecture "Why Girls Smoke" will be given at the First Baptist Church in this city Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. This scientific and constructive study of cigarette smoking and race degeneracy will be given by Virgil C. Finnell, national school lecturer for the No-Tobacco League of America. CWA Worked Killed During Landslide Valparaiso, Ind., Dec. 13—(UP) — Trapped in a landslide on the Campbell road north of here, one [ CWA worker was killed and another was injured seriously yesterday. Five other workers narroly escaped being buried under the slide. The man killed was Chris Dahl, 63, the one injured was Gray McDonald. 45.

Schedule Os Proposed Light And Power Rates

Residence and Office Lighting Rate Per Mo. First 50 KWH • "*> Next 100 KWH .... 05 All over 150 KWH "4 If not paid by 20th of month following service 10% will be added to bill. Minimum charge of .50 per mo. Power Rate Per Mo. First 200 KWH 05 Next 100,000 KWH 02 All over 100,200 KWH .01% Minimum charge of .50 per H.P. for connected load. No maximum demand or energy charge. Business Rate—Lighting, Power, Heating and Display Lighting Per Mo. First 50 KWH 06 Next 250 KWH 05 All over 300 KWH 04% Minimum charge of $2 per mo. If not paid by 20th of month 10% will be added to bill. Combination Rate—For Residence Lighting, Power, Heating and all Appliances Per Mo. | Firs t 50 KWH 06

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 13, 1933.

’ Seven Projects Are Approved For County Seven additional civil works projects have been approved by the state civil works admiulslratlon for Adams county. These projects will give work to 105 men at a labor cost of $16,125. Thjs will not mean tile hiring of additional men but will give more employment to men already at work. This includes cleaning of ditches as previously announced. FORMAL ORDER OF SALE MADE Formal Court Order Os Sugar Factory Sale Announced Tuesday Grand Rapids, Mich.. Dec. 13 - A decree of sale was signed in Federal court yesterday on petition of the receiver for the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company. The receiver in I. G. Gallagher of Detroit, Michigan Three trust ' companies joined in the petition for Hie forced sale. No date was set for disposal of the property. The company, which lias a plant in Decatur, Indiana haa debts total- ‘ Ing $62,640. It lias been in receiveri ship since February, 1930. The above item refers to the sale of the local sugar factory to the Central Sugar Company of this ' city of which Dale W. McMillen is president. Mr. McMillen and his associates obtained possession: of the local mill laat spring and the formal order of sale was not made until yes1 terday. The deal was made by the Cent- • ral Sugar company purchasing the bonds and assuming other indebtedness on the plant, including the re- . ceiversJiip costs. SAMUEL FISHER DEATH'S VICTIM “Peg Leg” Fisher Dies Early This Morning At County Hospital Samuel Fisher. 70. a resident of ' Decatur for many years, and better known as “Peg Leg" Fisher, died at the lAdams County Memorial Hospital at 3:50 o’clock this morning. : Death was due to shock. Mr. Fisher had undergone an operation for ■ the amputation of his leg above the > knee at tlhe hospital Tuesday I morning. An ulceration of the lower ■ leg was the cause of the operation. Mr. Fisher had been a patient at the County Onfirmary for the last • three weeks. He had served as fireman at the saw mill and various , | factories in the city. ■ J Surviving is a son, Glen Fisher of I Fort Wayne.

All over 50 KWH 04 If not paid by 20th of month 10% will be added to bill. Minimum charge of $1.50 per mo. Rural Rate Lighting .07 per KWH per month. Minimum charge of $1 per mo. If bill is not paid by 20th of month in which bill is due 10% will be added. Power Per Mo. First 200 KWH 05 All over 200 KWH 02% Minimum charge of .50 per H.P. per month for connected load. Commercial Cooking and Heating Only Per Mo. First 25 KWH .05 All over 25 KWH 03 Minimum charge of $lO per mo. Separate meter required Other Utilities—Monroe and Pleasant Mills Per Mo. First 1.000 KWH 05 All over 1,000 KWH 02% Minimum charge of $45 per mo. Street Lighting .02 per KWH flat, per month and

HUGE BOOTLEG WHISKY TRUST : IS DESCRIBED 11 Massachusetts Man Tells Os Huge Trust Owning Distilleries < ASK ELIMINATION OF TAX ON WINE — Washingion. Dee. 13.— (U.R) Operations of "a huge bootleg whisky trust which owns distilleries in all parts of the United States and . uses airplanes to transport its legI al product" were described today I to the joint house and senate comj mittee on liquor tax legislation by J. W. Murray. Holyoke, Mass. Murray told the committee lie could not describe "inside operations” of the "trust" because lie i “feared bodily harm" might result . from such disclosure. Earlier at the hearing, which is . hearing testimony to determine liqquor taxes for presentation to con- . gress, Paul Garrett, New York wine ! maker, advocated tlie elimination of all taxes from wine used in the home. "Wine should lie free as cider." Garrett said. Garrett followed Prof. Yandell Henderson of Yale University who proposed a tax of $4 a gallon on whisky with a low levy on diluted spirits so they could be sold for ' 10 cents a glass. Murray said he knew of a single i "trust" which operates 26 distilJ leries throughout the country. The use of airplanes to transport liquor ; by workmen for the “trust" was i common. Murray said. He estimated a liquor tax of sl.lO per gallon or less would be ' sufficient to enable the government to realize substantial revenue and at the same time "put tills illegitimate brother of ours - the bootlegof business." Murray declared he had been in- | formed that some members of the "whisky trust" were retiring from business and purchasing airplanes from the company winch they in- | tended to use to bring aliens into I this country illegally. Rep Knutson, F. F., Minn., suggested a bounty of $2,500 a head ’ on bootleggers to “drive the wolves out." Murrav said he would be glad to reveal more about the “‘whisky t trust" in an executive session, and withdrew, requesting that “if anyr thing happens to me» as a result 1 of my testimony, please notify my I family.” “I o . Petitions Filed r For Street Lights s Y Petitions for street and alley r i lights were filed with the city coun- • til last evening. L. E. Archbold and II others filed a petition for a light t at the corner of Eleventh and Madi- • son streets. G. T. Burk and others s, asked that a light be placed in the I alley back of the Christian chu*ch. f The petitions were referred to the ' electric light committee.

maintainance charged at cost. One installation for stoves free, , all other installations charged at cost. If a power customer using more i than 10,000 KWH per month will I be allowed to use lighting at the ; same rate. Department will use their own; judgment in asking customers to make a meter deposit. A comparison with present rates: The rates applying now: Light Rates 8c per KWH for first 100. 5c per KWH thereafter per month. Discount of 1c per KWH on first. 100 KWH if paid on or before the 20th of each month. No minimum charge in the city. $1 per month outside. Power Rates Minimum charge of 50c per H.P. per month. Bc'per KWH for first 200. 2%c per KWH next 100,000 per month. l%c per KWH all over 100,200 per month.

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INFLATIONISTS DEMAND ACTION I Drive For Currency Inflation Gathers Momentum In Washington Washington. Dec. 13 —(U.R) The drive for currency inflation gath-1 ered momentum today on capitol | hill. It appeared to lie leading easy money groups toward an op-1 ph break with President Roosevelt. None has been able so far to extract from Hie President in private or public any definite state-1 nient of what he intends to do | about money. I Coupled witii the currency dis-J pute was a proposal of Senator Thomas, Dem., Okla., that the treasury seize from the federal reserve banks the large prospective profits filjm devaluation of the dollar. He has submitted to Mr. Roosevelt a bill to accomplish that objective. Thomas said the profit might approximate $4,000,000,000 (B). The currency inflation dispute, | apparently, can be avoided only by some movement by Mr. Roosevel- beyond anything lie lias done so far. Some well-i 'formed senators are convinced that the president lias gone as far as lie i is going. Congress convenes in three I. weeks Unless Hie administration meantime sponsors some definite! form of currency expansion, there | will be introduced early next month in both houses bills for mandatory infla’ion. None pro- , fesses to know Mr. Roosevelt's in- i tentions. Thomas, who offered the dis- ' cre’ionary inflation bill passed by congress last session, told the United Press that failing presidential action, the various money rmK r rTKT T F*n nw pace SIX) ——o CITY EMPLOYES ASK PAY RAISE Thought Likely City Council Will Grant General Raise In Pay City employes, including employes of the light and water plant, police- | men and tiremen want a raise and apparently are going to get it. Last evening at the meeting of the council, William Parent, head lineman for the electric plant and Arthur Baker, an employe of the department, appeared before the body and brought up the question. First a motion was made referring the matter to the electric light committee. Councilman Joe Hunter, chairman of the water works committee, stated that lie thought the employes of the water depart- ' ment should be included. The motion was changed and changed again, when policemen and tire-: men's wages were also mentioned. A motion was then made referr- ; ing the salary increases to the committee of the council. . : A meeting of the committee was j ; held today and it is likely that an : ’ increase will be given most em- ] ployes, both at the light and water i * "(CONTTNUKD ON PAGE SIX) O- — *buyshealth bond* The local General Electric plant today purchased a twenty-five dollar Health

Bond from the : Adams County ' Tuber cu losis Association, it : was announced by W. Guy j Brown, president of the associa ti on. j The Christ-1

Buy ChrMmat Seals 5 iChrisfniii?* | > ||T Grcefinflsj ’ Fight Tuberculosis

mas seal campaign will continue ' in Decatur and Adams county un- j til the first of January.

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PATRONS OF CITY LIGHT PLANT TO SAVE $12,000 TO $15,000 ANNUALLY City Council Adopts Tentative Light And Power Rates in Meeting Tuesday; Every User of Light And Power Will Benefit From Proposed Reductions; Approval of Schedule Will Be Made At Council Meeting Next Week; Ordinance Will Be Passed At That Time. Estimated savings of $12,000 to $15,000 a year to patrons of the City Ldght and Power Plant are proposed in the reduced light and power rates tentatively approved by the city council last evening. Approval of the proposed rate schedule will not be given until tne meeting of the council next Tuesday, at which time an ordinance will be passed and petition made to the Indiana Public Service commission to reduce the rates. Every user of light and power will benefit from the cuts proposed. The residence and office light rate will lie cut from

DETROIT POST OFFICE LOOTED : ( Branch Post Office Loot- 1 cd of Cash, Stamps And Registered Mail Detroit, Dec. 13—(UP)— Regie-'; tered mail, stamps and cash totall- I ing between $3,000 and $4,000 were stolen last night before the Alfred ( Street branch postoffice, it was-re- , vealed today upon opening. John D. Stackpoole. superintend- i ent of mails, said the burglars ob-| tallied approximately S2OO in small change in addition to a portion of the stamp supply and one pouch of registered mall. inspector William Collins of the Detroit Police department, supervising the investigation, said the value of the loot probably would not exceed $15,000. lie burgarte wrenched the lock 1 from the rear door of the office to gain entry. They broke their way through the wall around the- vault, apparently using chisels and sledges. • Inside the vault, they scattered mail bags and papers about, but found only the one pouch of registered mail. Collins said. — — o —■ # —— ♦ Good Fellows Club Previous total $28.20 Psi lota Xi 25.00 Woman’s Club ICO" Total ' __o_ Youth Killed When Attacked By Hog Auburn, Ind., Dec. 13 — (UP) ’ Raymond S. Van Wye, 21, was killed yesterday by a boar which he was driving to the home of his brother. Van Wye was attaked when he tried to stop a fight between the boar and another hog. BEETS NEARLY ALL DELIVERED Scale House And Beet Dumps At Sugar Fac- j tory Will Be Closed The last of the 1933 crop of sugar . beets were being delivered to the I Central Sugar company in this city today. It is planned to close the scale house and beet dumps tomorI row. Loads of beets were still coming | in today, but officials of the company stated that they believed all would be delivered by tonight. There are several tons of beete stored in the yards and a ten day or two week s run is still in prospect ( at the mill. Officials of the tom-, pany did not know exactly when | the last ton of beets would find its I way to the mill and go through the | sugar making process. Although figures on the total tonnage were not available today it Is believed the number of tons of beet*) will run between 70 aud 75 tons. The late beets were in good shape and since the opening of the mill last October, a steady line of wagons and trucks has been delivering beets daily to Indiana’s only beet sugar factory.

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sevent cents net per KWH to six cents net per KWH, with a 10 per cent penalty prevailing if the bill is not paid by the 20th of the month following service. A further saving is given the light user in the first drop on the number of KWH used per month. The 7-cent rate now applies for the first 100 KWH. The new schedule proposes a rate of 6 cents for tile first 50 KWH and 5 cents for the next 100 KWH. with a further cut to 4 cents per KWH for all over 150 KWH per month. A minimum charge of 50 cents per month Is proposed. Heretofore the city plant has not made a minimum charge and in many cases the total amount of the bill is less than the cost of bookkeeping. The schedule of power rates starts at 5 cents per KWH for the first 200 KWH per month, the same as applies now and then drop to 2 cents per KWH for the next 100,000 KWH per month. The present rate is 2ki cents per KWH for the 100.000 KWH over 200. All over 100,200 KWH per month will be charged at .01% cents, the same as the rate applying now The saving to the power user will come in the first 100,000 KWH used per month. The 50 cents per H. P., for connected load still applies under the new schedule. The tentative schedule also provides for a combination light and power rate and many homes will be eligible to receive this reduction. For the first 50 KWH per month, the rate is 6 cents per KW H. All over 50 KWH the rate will be 4 cents per KWH A minimum charge of $1.50 per month applies on this schedule, with the 10 per cent being added if the bill is not paid by the 20th of the month following service. Compared with the present rate of 7 cents net, a customer pays $7 for the first 100 KWH. Under the new schedule the rate will be only $5. No separate meter is required under this schedule. A special business rate for light, pow-er, heating and display purposes, is also proposed in the tentative schedule. For the flrat 50 KWH the net rate is 6 cents per KWH. For the next 250 KWH, the , rate is 5 cents per KWH. All over 300 KWH the rate proposed Is 4% i cents per KWH per month. The minimum charge under the schedule is $2 a month. Under the head of commercial cooking and heating only, a rate of 5 cents for the first 25 KWH . and 3 cents for all over 25 KWH per month is proposed. A minimum charge of $lO a month applies under this schedule and a ! separate meter is required. The ! schedule applies to hotels and resI taurants. 1 The council passed a resolution ---- trONTTNt’KD ON PWF. SIX) WIN CASH PRIZE |l I I | A page of "Scramble" ads ap- | pears in today's issue of the | 1 Daily Democrat. j | Unscramble them and you can I I | win a prize. Five dollars will | be awarded each week for the | I | next four weeks. In several of | II the ads a letter is missing. I These missing letters when put | 11 together spell the name of one | of the advertisers on the page. | Start working now and get I i | your answers in early. Read | I the rules governing the contest. | printed at the top of the page, j The prizes will be awarded each j week in cash and the jlfdges | | will be the Rev. Father Joseph | Hennes, athletic director of De- j catur Catholic high school and j I | Mr. Dean Dorwin, teacher at | I the Decatur high school.