Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1933 — Page 1

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JINCIE MAYOR RIVEN pardon ■fey ROOSEVELT Was Convicted In Of Violating Pro- ■ hibition Law Mi k e chief is %jB|EITSED A PARDON Dec. 11.— HJ.R George Dale of Mun convicted of coii- . ■n-v to violate the prohiD'AS has been granted by President Roos.-, the justice department today. Chief Massey of retary who was convicted Dale, was denied a par this ■( of Mlllo oißjtLn.-.; ■ -,|.iy by Pi.-sid.-nl o.nvicted ill federal .May 20. 1032. on conspiracy to violate law. . '--i with him were I'niHk chief of police, who was an executive pardon; Fr.-d of the Muncie b..i i; Captain William A Park li. ■ lives Kenneth Hoi ry Nelson, and I’a Pan Davis, all of the Muncie c y.e inent. and two Ernest Flatters li. Kubeck. / KSUo| Dale and Chief Massey sent--need to serve IS months the federal penitentiary at th and pay tines sl. A -w ■I : ■ Ult at Chicago and were revers- / in the eases of Massey \ the case Ma'. that he was the victim of ><r by Muncie underworld whom he refused to pro- . n BK and federal agents. -■ Frederick VanNuyrequest tor executive ON "’AGE FOUR) nUH CLAIMS ■ MRS. INNIGER Hr- Chris Inniger Os ■fear Berne Dies at HosII pital This Morning Bl l *- Esther Habegger In: us Chris Inniger of route died at 9:35 o'clock t at the Adams County MeHospital in this city. Death caused by paralysis of the bowel. She was taken to hospital Wednesday cv. nr . an emergency operation ».n She had been ill for was born in Monroe townMay 4. 1911, a daughter of and Elizabeth Mazelin Hal" aHer marriage to Chris Iniiiger place September 4, 1932. I’oto her marriage she had b- -oi B®l wed at the Nussbaum Novell.'. in Berne. are the husband, mothD following brothers and sisl» ■ Noah Hahegger and Mrs. Menof Berne; David. BarReuben, and Agnes Hahegger K h| me. and Mra j D r. Schwartz K Monroe township. The father ami sister, Verena. preceded her in B**' • She was a member of the IBhurch of north will be held at Saturday afterid burial will lie cemetery. TH BOND* The Ladies Sliakesp'? a i’ e Club purchased a five dollar health bond today from the Adams County Tuberculo s i s Association. t

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New AAA Chief i La Chester (’. Davis, former chief of tlie Production Division of the Department of Agriculture, who suc- < eeds George N. Peek as Agrieul Hire Adjustment Administrator. Peek will assume charge of a new State Department division that is to seek outlets for American farm products in exchange for increase in foreign liquor quotas. HARVESTEVENS INJURED TODAY Suffers Broken Leg In Fall From Scaffold At Court House Harve Stevens. 1109 Elm street, well known electrician of this city

fell from a scaffolding in the auditor's office in the court house at about noon today and fractured both bones of the right leg below the knee. Mr. Stevens was engaged as a Civil work employe on the court house job, which includes the rewiring of the auditor's office. He was working in the east room of the auditor’s office, known as the commissioner's court. It is believed he climbed to the top of the scaffolds, about 10 feet high and stepped on the plank which was laid acrose-ways atop the framework. The scaffolds were not in position and it is believed that when Mr. Stevens put his weight on the nlsnv be tripped it over and fell to the floor. Willia m Schumacher, custodian, heard his cries and rushed to him. County auditor Glen Cowan called a physician and Mr. Stevens was moved to the Adams County Memorial hospital. An examination showed a fractured leg, but ae far as known he did not suffer any other injuries. Mr. Stevens is the first of the 400 I civil work workers to receive a minor injury since the relief program started In this city. HOGSTO N HELD IN $2,000 BOND Pleads Guilty To Charge Os Passing Counterfeit Money Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 14—(I P) ■-Floyd (Firpo) Overmeyer. Hartford City and Muncie, today was held in the Huntington county jail Huntington, on a charge of conspiiing to pass couterfeit money. . overmeyer, arrested at Marion : yesterday, was bound to Unied States court here last night, when he waived D | fore U. S. Conimiseiotner William • “was taken to the Huntington jail when he failed to furnish $3,-1 5 is an alleged accomnliceof Perl Hogston. Gas Cit}, who was arrested at Peru Saturday O n a charge of passing two spurious fivedollar bills there ‘ Hogston pleaded guilty at a bearmissloner Remmel and is bei g held in the Huntington jail in d i fault of $2,000 bond set in his case.

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FARMERS ASK SPEEDINCUP OF RECOVERY Farm Bureau Adopts Resolutions Urging Increased Incomes RECOVERY POLICY GIVEN ENDORSEMENT Chicago, Det. 14 (UP)—President Roosevelt was petitioned today in resolutions adopted at the losing session of the American farm bureau federation convention : to hasten increased incomes for' farmers. Endorsement of tile President’s recovery measures and a plea that every power of the farm adjustment act be immediately invoked fully to obtain parity of prices for farm commodities were included in resolutions adopted. Tlie delay in putting the act into full effect, the resolutions charged, is resulting in ‘ The bankruptcy of many more farmers and cannot be further condoned.” The federation urged that the farm act be broadened to include additional farm commodities and that its trade agreement section be amended to provide agreements by the government with producers and processors. Retention of only those persons "known to be thoroughly sympathetic to and capable of successful administration of the act” was urged. Opposition to the act consists largely of those who have "enjoyed unjust and unfair advantages- under ON PAGE SEVEN o

HALF BILLION DISTRIBUTED t ' RFC Distributed Over , Half Billion Dollars During October Washington. Dec. 14.—(U.R)—The Reconstruction Finance Corpor- i, ' ation distributed $598,118,403 in all ' 1 '*s activities during October, Chair- 1 ’ man Jesse Jones reported today to j *he clerk of the House of Representatives. ’ The corporation authorized loans 1 to banks and trust companies, . building and loan associations, fed- ’ eral land banks, and other agencies ' totalling $232,843,368. To the Commodity Credit Corporation went an ~ ' advance of $250,000,000. I, Banks and trust companies received $104,569,536; building and lean associations, $2,095,538; in- ' surance companies, $300,000: mort- ( ' stage loan companies, $90,713,870; , 1 federal land banks, $30,000,000; 1 joint stock land banks, $475,000; agricultural credit corporations, $166,418; regional agricultural corporations, $1,896,465. The corporation authorized subscriptions for preferred stock In 27 banks and trust companies in the amount of $6,325,000, and auth- | orized purchase of capital notes or I debentures in two banks to the amount of $25,040,000. The remainder of expenditures during October was made up of payments ! to various government agencies, including $12,000,000 to the Farm Credit Administration, $42,948,713 , to the Emergency Relief Administration and $5,975,700 to the secretary of the treasury for payments upon stocks of Federal Home Loan , Banks. oMasonic Officers Take Office .Jan. 1 The new officers ot the Masonic lodge will assume office January 1, 1934. The officers, elected at a meeting of Decatur edge 571 of the F. and A. M.. Tuesday evening are: Floyd Acker, worshipful master; Charles Langston, senior warden; Robert Freitag, junior warden; A. D. Suttles, Sr., treasurer; Earl B. Adams, secretary; A. Leigh Bow- 1 en, trustee. Mr. Acker succeeds Robert Helm as worshipful master of the lodge. Mr. Adams has served a score of j years as secretary of the local chapter.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 14, 1933.

Good Fellows Club Previous Total . $63.20 Mrs. C. J. Voglewede .... 2.00 A friend 25 A friend .25 Total .... ..165.70 The Good Fellows club fund took a boost yesterday when substantial donations were made by the Psi lota Xi sorority and the Woman’s tlub. The Psi lota Xi donated $25 matching the contribution made by Hie Delta Theta Tau. sponsors of the Good Fellows. The Woman’s club donated $lO. increasing the fund to $63.20. Contributions received today follow; 1934 TAX BILL WILL BEHIGHER Total Tax Bill In Adams County For Next Year Is $507,397.82 Based on the valuations in each township and figured on tlie tax rates applying in each unit, it is estimate that the total tax bill payable in (Adams county next year will be $507,397.82. The total is $119,090.99 higher than the 1933 tax bill. Practically every township has an increased ’ rate this year and with increases in the county’s general rate, the town- ! ship road bond and interest levies in several instances in the poor re- , lief and school funds, the amount to be collected for local purposes will be higher. Compared with nearby counties the total tax bill is about average. ! The following amounts will be fol . lected in the other counties, based lon estimates prepared by the Ind-1 iana Taxpayers' Association. ... .. • -on oof A”. 1>1,.,.1-

County: Wells $502,806.07; Blackford. $416,946.49; Huntington. $860,034.17; Jay, $482,744.78; La Grange $418,597.86; Noble. $690,150.24; Randolph. $811,072.53; Whitley, $447,173.49. The amounts payable in each township has not yet been compiled by County Auditor Glen Cowan. The figures given above are made on total valuations submitted to the Taxpayers’ Association figured on the rates applying in these townships and taxing units. The exact figures may vary one way or the other, it was explained o August Peck Home Damaged By Fire Fire which broke out at the August Peck farm residence, three miles northwest of Preble at 9 o'clock this morning, caused damages estimated at SSOO. The fire started near the chimney and the roof and second etory of the house were considerably burned. The household goods were little damage, it was stated. The Decatur fire department was called to the scene of the fire and assisted in extinguishing the blaze. EMPLOYERS TO FILE REPORTS Employers Must Report Wages Paid Employes To Tax Department Indianapolis Dev. 14—(UP) —Employers must report to the state gross income tax department wages paid employes under provisions of the gross income tax law. Leroy Sanders, legal advisor to the department, pointed out today. Information lists to be filled out by employers will be used by the department. Employers must itemize all persons who received more than $666.67 from May 1 to Dec. 31. proportionate share of the SI,OOO exemption for the time since the tax law went into effect. "Most employers will co-operate.' Sanders predicted. “If any do not, they may find themeelves tied up in the courts with their books for several weeks. We must have the information and we have tried to devise forms which will make it easy for employers to report." The information lists will be available at automobile license braohes Jan. 1. They must be returned by Feb. 15. the same day for similar reports to the federal government.

WHEAT CHECKS TOBE MAILED Wheat Production Contracts Fro in Adams County Are Accepted Farmers of Adams county who signed wheat production agreements are expected to receive their cheeks from the federal government within th next few days. Ralph S. Myers, secretary of the ' Adams county wheat production control association, has received word from Washington that Hie vontracts for farmers in this county were approved December 4. Adams county was the 465th county to have contracts approved. Distribution of the i hecks will be made by John W. Blakey, treasurer of the local association. Tlie next task facing Hie farmers of Adams county is tlie sign-up in i the corn-hog reduction plan. Indica- | tions are Hiat everyone who van set a base will ta'ke part in this plan, and as the work will be so much greater than in the recent wheat campaign the <ounty agent is planning to ask three or four farmers from each township to serve on the temporary committee with the townships’ respective trustees. Preliminary meetings will be held with these committees in which they will he given Hie opportunity to study the details of the plan so that they may assist their fellow farmers in making out tlie applications and thus eliminate the large number of errors that so hampered

the wheat work. As soon as the [ committee set-ups have been made they will be announced through tlie local press. STORES REMAIN OPEN EVENINGS

Majority of Decatur Stores Open Evenings For Xmas Shoppers IA majority ot local merchants announced today that their stores would remain open evenings from now until Saturday, December 23. : to accomodate the Christmas shoppers. Several of the stores started the Christmas evening opemings Mon- , day and other lines announced that the stores would be open, beginning tonight. Among the stores which will stay . open until 8:30 or 9 o’clock this evening are the clothing, dry goods, five and ten cent stores, hardware, jewelry and possibly the furniture and shoe stores. Dealers in these last two lines said they would keep their stores open if the others were open in the evening. On Saturday evenings the stores i will remain open until 10 o clock or after. During the week the closing hours will range from 8:30 to 9 o'flock. Christmas shopping got under full sway in Decatur yesterday and merchants report a brisk business. The stores are filled with loads of ; seasonable merchandise and buying is expected to reach a climax by Saturday. Mother, Brother Os Convict Held ’ Terre Haute, ilnd., Dec. 14 (UP) —Mrs. Lena Pierpont, 50, and her son, Fred, 27. mother and brother of Harry Pierpont, escaped Indiana prison convict, were held by the . Terre Haute police today. Mrs. Pierpont is charged with possession of an automobile without proper identification while her J son is charged with vagrancy. > They were arrested by Tene Haute detectives last night. Iwo ■ automobiles. $435 cash and some papers were taken from Mrs. 1 ieri pont while SIOO and a shotgun were • found in Fred’s possession. 8 ■ ’till i tfltrishnosMUi H »,

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DELINQUENT TAX IN THIS COUNTY LOW THIS YEAR Less Than Five Per ('ent Os Total Taxes Renorted Delinquent SUBMIT FIGURES FOR APPROVAL Less than per cent of the 1 total taxes payable in tills county in 1933 went delinquent, the .November distribution sheet, compiled by County Auditor Glen Cowan shows. The total current tax bill in Adems county was May payment only $6,777 3.3 went delinquent, while the amount unpaid in the November installment was $10,590.4”. The total of delinquent taxes when Auditor Cow- I an compiled his tigures was sl7,- ! 367.50. It is believed that Adams county will be among the first half dozen counties in the state in having tlie smallest amount of delinquent taxes this year. The current tax bill was also one. of the lowest in tlie state and tlie smallest collected in this county since before tlie war period. The November distribution sheet shows total receipts of $201,056.58, since last May. Os this amount, ! $7,347.70 was former year’s delinquent. the balance being current tax and May delinquent payments. The total of all delinquent tax carried on the county's tax duplicate is $41,803.48, of which $24.- | , 129.44 comes under tlie head of former year’s delinquents. The (o- --' tai amount is considered excep-

tionally small in view of tax collections in other counties. The amount includes personal property and real estate taxes and is only I a few hundred higher than the to tai delinquents at the beginning of 1933. At the beginning of the year . the total of delinquent tax carried on the books was $40,009.56. Copies of the distribution of taxes w'ere sent to the state tax i board for approval this week. Audi- . tor Cowan stated that he had not yet started to figure the amount due I ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR! o Bandits Get Little k Loot Wednesday Night I Brazil, Ind., Dec. 14 —(UP) —Ban- ■ tilts dynamited the vault In the First National Bank at Centerpoint ■ last night but failed to break open i two small safes in which money , and securities were kept. , They obtained about SIOO in > . small change. ’; The gang is believed the same 1 : one which broke into a Poland hard- ‘ j ware store and stole shotguns, rifles, pistols and ammunition. I o APPROVE FUND FOR AIRPORTS More Than $200,000 Allotted Indiana For Airport Indianapolis, Dec. 14. — (U.R) —! More than $200,000 has been allot t- | ed to Indiana by the federal gov- ! ' eminent for establishment of at j ; least 19 new municipal airports and improvement of five existing 1 fields, it was announced here today , ! by Maj. Charles E. Cox, state civil , works administrator for airports. | 1 Workmen to condition the air- ’ ports would be added to the state's , quota of 92,250 men for civil works projects. , * Major Cox and Herbert O. Fish- ’ er, director of aeronautics of the ’ 1 Indianapolis Chamber of Com- •; rnerce, left here today on a four- , * day inspection trip of possible: sites. The federal plan is to establish ( I or Improve airports in cities on the : lines of travel of private flyers, I but which are not traveled by mail | or transport planes. Four such lines and proposed airport work on them include: Indianapolis to Cleveland—Anderson. new airport; Portland, en *7continued ON PAGE TWO)

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Lynch Mob Foiled B I r i y r 4 r 11 I y KJ Threatened witli lynching by an angry mob at Littleton. Col., Don aid K. Smith was rushed to jail at ■Denver for protection. He is charg ed witli heating his three-year-old son, Donald. Jr., to death because, according to the story of his wife, .Mabel, the child could not pronounce the word "breakfast’’ correctly. CWA PAYROLL

NEAR $6,500 Men Employed On State Roads Will Receive About $3,000 It was estimated today by Will Linn, local administrator of the Civil Works Administration, that the payroll for workers under the CWA would total about $6,500 this week. In addition to this amount the men employed on U. S. road 27 north of Decatur and the state roads jiear Berne, will receive approximately $3,000, bringing the total up to about $9,500 The road workers are classified under the PWA. The payrolls for both the CWA and PWA workers will be the largest this week since the federal relief plan was inaugurated. Additional men were employed this week on the projects and the full 30 hours were worked. Checks for the civil work workers were being made out today under the supervision of Harry W. Thompson, assistant CWA administrator and chief certifying officer for the department. The checks will be ready Saturday morning and distributed to workers by the foremen on each county project. With the approval of the Si. Mary’s river cleaning project and the seven additional ditch projects in the south part of the county, funds totaling nearly $27,000 were *7cont*inued on PAGE FOUR) . Benefits Os Auto Code Are Explained E. A. Thompson of the Thompson Chevrolet sales and vice-pesident of the Adams County Automobile Dealers Association, today commented on the benefits to dealers and the auto buying public from the standard codes adopted by the county association. The code, regulating the trade in values of used cars has been in force since the first ot the month and all local dealers are operating under it. Mr. Thompson pointed out that tile margin of profit on new cars was small and that unfair competition prevented many dealers from making a fair profit in the past. When trade-in values above the actual value of the car were allowed, the dealer either had to suffer the loss or try to paas it onto Hie new car dealer, it was explained. Under the codes all dealers operate on a standard scale.

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TRAIN STRIKES SCHOOL BUS IN FLORIDA TODAY Bus Driver Failed To See Freight Train Because Os Heavy Fog SEVEN OTHERS ARE SERIOUSLY HURT — Crescent City, Fla., Dec. 14. i — (U.R- — Eight children were killed and about 35 others were injured, seven seriously, when an Atlantic Coast line northbound freight train struck a bus loaded with hoys anti girls. A heavy fog obscured the view of the approaching freight. H. D. Niles, driver of tin Ims. drove onto the tracks without seeing the onrushing train. Eight students were killed almost instantly. Tlie accident occurred at crossing about five miles south of here, where the railroad and state highway No. 3 parallel each other 100 yards apart. Tim driver of the bus apparently did not see the approaching train, for the rear end of his vehicle was caught by the freight. The 40 children screamed at the impact, but some were cut .short, killed I instantly. Bodies of several children were so badly disfigured that identification had to be made by parents through clothes the children wore. Among the victims were Elsie Gordon. 15; Troy Tipton, 14. and two children of .Mrs. Jennie Smith. Niles, the driver, was cut and bruised but not seriously injured, i He suffered most from shock and was not able immediately to give mnclrof a story of the tragedy. He was near the end of his run witli the bus nearly filled to capacity. Ambulance and doctors were sent from Palatka and Deland. "Some of the injured children were taken to the hospital at Deland as the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Fisher Funeral Services Friday Funeral services for Samuel Fisher, 70, who died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning, will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Adams County Infirmary. Rev. C. M. Prugh will officiate at the services and burial will be in the Salem cemetery. —o Wren High School To Give Concert The Wren, Ohio, school band and chorus will present a sacred concert at the school auditorium Sunday evening, December 17, at 8:30 o'clock. Practically every high school student will participate. Tlie concert will be free but a collection will be taken to pay expenses for music. oBANK DEPOSIT BOXES LOOTED Daring Robbery Staged at Chicago Bank Late Wednesday Chicago, Dec. 14.—(U.R) —A check was being made today to determine the amount of loot obtained by seven robbers who rifled 96 safety deposit boxes of the Unity Trust and Savings Bank while holding i five men prisoners. While a midday crowd of Christmas shoppers passed outside the bank, closed a year ago, the men armed with cold chisels and sledge . hammers as well as shotguns and I pistols, took possession. Operators of tlie vaults said it probably would take several days to determine the amount of cash and negotiable securities obtained, but said it might be as high as SIOO,OOO. A part of tlie group bound and gagged the attendant and then stood guard at the entrance to the vault and similarly treated four ! other men who entered during the ' three hours the robbers required to open the boxes. The robbers then walked calmly from the bank and disappeared in 1 r-tTItTTT»»»««f (.CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)