Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1933 — Page 1

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pity Keatstricted ko Four Wards fnder New Law L Council Establishes Four Councilmanic Wards finder Law Passed by 1933 Legislature; County Commissioners Will Establish Actual Voting Precincts; Each Ward Likely To Be Divided Into ' Two Precincts; Is Change From Three Wards. I Four councilmanic districts or wards in the city of Lur were established by the council last evening in 1 ipliance with the state law regulating the redistricting of J ii'm precincts in all cities and towns. I the establishing of the precincts will be done by the t Lot county commissioners. It is likely that each* ward < ■ have two precincts, final determination in the matter Lup Io the commissioners. Die law specifies that the Linets shall contain an equal number of voters in each [

he north and south boun- I r lines of the wards will North Second street exied south on Fifth street itudabaker street, east to tester street and south on Chester street to the corporate j. The only change made in tentative draft of the ward idaries was going out north j nd street extended, which it runs west past the Central ir company's plant to the cordon line, instead of north on I road 27. , ! First Ward , rritory north of Madison street, i of Fifth street and east of i h Second street from, intersec- , of Fifth and' North Second | K extended to the north corle line. ' i Second Ward rritory north of Madison street i east of Fifth street to Studa- I r street and east of Winchester tto south corporation line. j' Third Ward rritory south of Madison street i west of Fifth street to Studa- < r street and west of the interim of Studabaker and Winchestracts to the south corporation : Fourth Ward rritory north of Madison street west of Fifth street and North nd street where North second it intersects with Fifth street be north corporation line on h Second street. le east and west dividing line be Madison street, beginning ’irst street and extending west ie corporate limits. First ward be the northeast part of Der: second ward will include southeast portion; third ward southwest territory and fourth I the northwest territory. bee registration of • voters Is Januarv 15. 1934. the comioners will in all probability the precincts previous to that so that voters who register not be required to re-regist ?r I the precincts are changed •catur now has three wards two precincts each and unfits boundary lines of the new inefs are fixed before the fration period, many voters be required to re-register 8 the changes are made. ' — o *t Epidemic Among Road Workers 1 epidemic resembling trench th has caused considerable distort to the men employed on *ork on road 27 north of Decaresulting in an order that inian must have and use an in*na! drinking cup. These were based and distributed yeetera,!«l it is thought there will be further spread of the disease, th has been prevalent around I to some extent the past sev*eeks. The ailment seems to hild and no serious results are tipated. — 0 arges Reduced For Connections he city council voted last night reduce the charge for making hence water connections to the h'ty mains, the flat charge be reduced from S2O to $5 for a eights service meter. 16 ordinance also provided that >r connection charges should be r ?ed at actual cost of labor and erial. The petition to reduce the ’'re charge will be filed with udiana Public Service Comm is II *hen the petition to reduce ight and power rates of the is ni e< ] with the commis-)

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WILL AID SMALL 1 INDUSTRIALIST Administration Reported Favoring NR A Board 1 Organization Washington, Dec. 20.—(U.R) Or- ] ganization of an NRA board to examine the problems of the small in- . dependent industrialist and bus- | j iness man in the present code set , up has obtained administration ap-l ( proval. the United Press was re- ; liably informed today. A progressive republican bomb-1 shell is about to burst against the NRA in protest against alleged monoplistic code organizations and their effect on the small concerns Progressives complain of the “slaiwiter of the independents.'' I Whetbe- the board actually is ‘ } created depends largely, it is understood. on congressional acceptance of the project as adequate 1 protection for the small industrial and business units. President i Roosevelt is understood to have approved the plan without making it mandatory upon General Hugh Johnson. The allegedly monopolistic direction of administration code policies ,rn\”rrNTTRT> nN page two> Priest. Students Injured In Wreck Anderson, Ind., Dec. 20 —(UP) — A Catholic priest and four high School pupils were confined to St. Joseph's hospital today with injuries received in an automobile collision at a street intersection here. The Rev. Francis Niesen, assistant pastor of St. Mary's church, was driving one of the automobiles which contained William King. Charles Laughlin, Marion Kelly and James Southard. King was the most seriously injured. POLICE PROBE DISAPPEARANCE Jesse L. Livermore, Noted Stock Market Plunger. Missing — New York, Dec. 20.—(U.R)— New " I York police and federal agents of the department of justice today centered their searching investigation into the ' li^PPe yV lC fi e | o l °k jesse L. Livermore, noted stock market plunger, upon two theories., They were: t ... 1 ’ That he might have been kid naped, as his wife believes, by a gang that had knowledge of tec’nt successful stock mantpulal'°nS That his disappearance was occasioned by business activities readily explainable w ” elt I turns to his accustomed haunt . | Although the best brain > ofl d e Manhattan detective working on the k ‘ dnapl “« Inspector John Francis Keir «no .has charge of the M ■fused to list the case definitely a- « "snatch" and expressed the ■•hope that he will show up and explain his absence/’ Qf t]je Francis Fay. in p h. g federal investigation, said that t government's inquiry tms ent j. nniv Livermore s receui 3S A* -. '“'"’S ' ON FAG® SIXJ

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STATE POLICE OFFICER SHOT DURING BATTLE Edward Shouse, Escaped Convict, Is Captured At Paris, 111. TWO WOMEN ARE ALSO CAPTURED Paris. 111., Dec. 20 —(UP)—Eugene Teague. Indiana state police man died in a hospital here this afternoon from bullet wounds suffered in a gun battle which resulted in the capture of Edward Shouse, escaped Indiana prison convict. Paris. 111., Dec. 20.—(U.K) — Eugene Teague. 24, Indiana state policeman. was critically wounded here today during a gun battle ‘ which resulted in the capture of Edward Shouse, 27, escaped Indiana prison convict. Two women were captured with ! Shouse. They gave their names as Ruth Spencer, 24. San Diego, Cal., [ I and Francis Brenian. 28, Fort i Wayne. Ind. Teague was wounded by one of i his fellow officers who trapped ! Shouse in front of the France Ho- I tel here after being tipped that | members of his gang were plan- I ning to rob a Paris bank. I A score of officers, including Teague. Capt. Matt Leach and i Lieut. Chester Butler of the Indi- | ana state police, participated in the capture. Teague was shot through the back of the head, the bullet going through his mouth. Hospital at- J tendants said there was slight 1 chance that he would recover. 1 It was not learned immediately ' who fired the shot. 1 The policemen closed in on j 1 Shouse's car when he drove ftp to I | the entrance of the hotel. He|t (CONTINUED ON PAGE fTIX) YOUNG LADY IS DEATH'S VICTIM Helen Tumbleson, 17, Dies Today At .Jefferson Township Home Miss Helen Tumbleson, 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har-! ley Tumbleson residing southeast, of Berne, in Jefferson township, died at her home at 3 o’clock this ' morning. She had been ailing for some time although her condition ■ had not been regarded serious until recently. She had spent her entire life in Adams County and was a student at the Decatur high school until a year ago when ill health caused her to discontinue her studies. She was born in St. Marys town- ■ ship April 28, 1916. She was a prom- [ inent member of the Mt. Carmel j Evangelical Church in Jefferson j township where she served as pian-1 ’ ist and teacher in the Sunday I school. i Surviving are the parents and | the following brothers and sisters: I Mildred, Bernice, Ruth, Paul, Junior. Dale and Lyle. The grandmothers. Mrs. Ellen Tumbleson of Decatur and Mrs. Jane Gray of Wren, Ohio, also survive. One brother, Robert, is deceased. 1 Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. F C Kunz, pastor of the Mt. Carmel Church will officiate. Burial will take place in the Decatur cemeI tery. - ■ i "O Knights Os Pythias To Elect Oft icers New officers will be elected at the regular meeting of Kekionga. lodge of the Knights of p y |hlas the K. of P- home. Other important 7-30 o'clock Thunrsday evening at business will be transacted and all members are urged to attend. — —o Extend Reemployment Agreement 4 Months Washington, Dec. 20 — (UP) ~ president Roosevelt, it was announced today at the White House, has signed an executive order exiling the President's reemployment for industry for four months ''Hie President's reemployment agreements originally expire Dec. 31.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 2(1, 1933.

Takes HOLC Post IE IHwH Henry G. Zander Jr. of Kenil-1 worth. 111., who has been named successor to William G. Donne as manager of the Illinois Home Owners' Loan Corporation. Mr. | Zander, who until December 6, I was president of the Chicago Real Estate Board. CHECKS MAILED | TO THIS COUNTY — Checks Totaling $7,332 Mailed to Wheat Growers Os County Adams County wheat growers will receive this week checks totaling J 7.332 from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in payment of the wheat adjustment contracts. ’ Checks were mailed to 263 farmers. according to a notice published by the Agriculture department. I 1 The checks represent payment I of 20 cents a bushel on the acre- i age reductions for this year. Wlie a t adjustment payments i made by the Agricultural Adjust-1 ment Administration during the past week amounted to more than 'all the previous wheat payments I i made by the administration. From Saturday. December 9, up to Friday. December 15, they totalled $4.827,830, in checks to 48,703 wheat farmers. These payments brought j the grand total of payments to J [ date, up to $9,216,264. and the toI tai number of checks to 125.724. The checks have been sent to farmers in 495 counties in 22 Istates. Fewer than 500 of the 1,450 counties participating in the wheat iprogram remain to be approved for payment, the wheat section ani nounced today. The county acceptance unit has approved 955 counties for payment. The counties approved, but not paid, will be paid as soon as the contracts are examined in detail. During the last few days payments to farmers in Texas, Oklahoma, and Oregon were begun. Most of the contracts yet to be ap- [ proved will come from North Da(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o SALARY RAISES ARE DEFERRED Council Committees Will Determine Adjustments In Wages Committees in charge of the various departments of the municipal city and the City Light and Power Plant, will determine what adjustments are to be made in the salaries of policemen, firemen, street workers and employes of the city plant. Last night at the council meeting the finance committee reported that each committee should outline its schedule of wages for men employed in the different department and by the municipal government. At a recent meeting the salary adjusting question was referred to the finance committee, but as one member expressed it "It's a ticklish question and we believe the different committees acting as a committee of the whole should report on the matter”. The trend is upward and city employes have asked the city dads to restore at least half of toe Cuts made last year. Councilmen indicated that the wage adjustment would become effective after the first of the year.

JURY INDICTS SEVEN INDIANA UTILITY HEADS Charges of Criminal Mismanagement Against N. I. P. S. C. OFFICERS’ NAMES ARE SUPPRESSED Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 20 — Samuel linsull Jr., and clx associate directors of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., were disclosed today as named in an indictment charging irregularity in management of the utility. Those named were: Insult, former chairman of the concern; John H. Gulick, Chicago former director; Edward H. Lloyd. Chicago, former director Morse Dell Plain, Hammond, Ind., director and president; Charles W. Chase, Indianapolis former vice-president; Bernard P. Shearon. Hammond, vice-pre-sident and director; and Tho- [ mas G. Hamilton, Gary, former director. i Grown Point, Ind., Dec. 20. —(U.R) I—Charges of criminal mismanage 'ment of the $100,000,000 Northern Indiana Public Service Company j were contained today in a grand i jury report, to Judge William J. | Murray. Judge Murray suppressed the names of seven officials against whom the grand jury returned indictments. Samuel Instill. Jr., is vice chairman of the corporation and Morse Dell-Plain is president. The grand jury suggested a federal and state investigation into (Operations of the company "to see that the rights of the consumers I 'are cared for." The company, the , *Tct>nVinued on PAGE FOUR) ISSUES RULES i ONCWAWORK Civil Works Projects Can Not Be Staggered Under Ruling Indianapolis. Dec. 20. — (U.RI Civil works projects can not be staggered beyond the 30-hour week j because the program is primarily one of development rather than ; relief, William H. Book, state j CWA administrator, explained today. In a bulletin to county adminisI trators he answered frequent re- ■ quests to spread out the work so ■ that more men than used under the | 30-hour week could be hired. The chief purpose of civil works lis to restore buying power and ' economic independence to as large i a number of unemployed as poss- ] ible. he pointed out. Work on airports already is tinI der way, Charles E. Cox, state air.port project administrator, said toi day. Men began work yesterday improving the Terre Haute port, j Work on a new field at Portland ' and for improvement of those at > South Bend, Richmond and Connersville is almost ready to start. —o—; I Quarterly Meeting Scheduled Tonight The Quarterly conference of the Evangelical Church will be held ■ tonight at 7 o’clock at the church. 1 Rev. D. A. Kaley, district euperin- ' I tendent, will preside at the busi- • | ness meeting. ; Standard Delinquent Payments Are Ordered t Indianapolis, Dec. 20 —(UP)Pen- , alities for delinquent payments of - all utility bills in Indiana have been 1 ordered standardized by the Pubi lie service commission. , Wiping out frequently use gross - rates charged when bills were not - paid in a specified time, usually It) i days, the commission late - day ordered that only net rates, - in cases of prompt payt ment, be used. Penalties were standardized to be - no more than 10 per cent on bills j of $3 or less and no more than 3 3 percent of the excess of $3. The order also mandates that t 15 days 'be given for payment of » bills before the penalty can be charged.

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REDUCTIONS IN DECATUR RATES GIVEN APPROVAL City Council Approves Rates Proposed At Last Week’s Meeting SOME CHANGES ARE MADE IN TWO RATES | ' A further reduction in the cook- | ing and heating rate and in the ! rural lighting rate was made by i the city council last niglit in the I l final approval of the ordinance [ I calling for reductions in all the' light and power rates of the City Light and Power plant. All other schedules, as tentative- I ,ly approved a week ago by the I council were approved and formal[ petition to the Indiana Public Ser- ' vice Commission asking that the rates be reduced, effective in January will be filed immediately. The cooking and heating rate was reduced as follows: First 50 KWH per month, 4 cents per KW [ H; next 25 KWH. 3 cents per KW I H, all over 75 KWH. 2Mt cents per KWH. The tentative rate was. I I first 25 KWH, 4 cents per KWH; all over 25 KWH, 3 cents per KW i H. The present schedule is. first 1 1100 KWH 4 cents per KWH; all I 'over 100 KWH per month. 2% i cents. It was pointed out that the I tentative rate figured higher titan 'Hie present rate and the council made the adjustment. A delegation of patrons served by the Farmers Light and Power Company in Root and Union townships appeared before the council and informed the body that their contract called for the same rate as given users in Decatur. The rate proposed for' the rural line was 6% cents, a reduction of one-j I half cent per KWH, and one-half cent per KWH higher than the De- ' catur rate. The council, comply- • ing with the terms of the contract, | [reduced this schedule to six cents per KWH. there being no stepdown in the amount of current used per month. The residence lighting rate was I left stand at 6 cents for the first i 50 KWH per month; the next 100 KWH at 5 cents and all over 150 KWH at 4 cents per KWH per month. This is a big reduction compared with the present rate of 7 cents net for the first 100 KWH per month and 5 cents per KWH for all over KWH. A 10 per cent collection'■charge is added to bills not paid by the 20th of month following service. It is estimated that the reduced * (CONTINUED ’on *PAGE FOUR* * 0 • 4 Good Fellows Club « ♦ Previous total $128.80 i Evangelical Young Peoples Class 1-50 Holthouse-Schulte Co. 3.50 A Good Fellow 2.0 u A Friend 2.38 ' Niblick and Co. 2.50 Mr. and Mrs. James Cowan 5.00 Total . $145.68 COMMISSION GIVES REPORT Public Service Commission Reports Disposal i Os 1,013 Cases Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 20 —(UP) Disposal of 1,013 cases in the nine ’ . months the present three-mbmber | public service commission has been | in effect was reported by that body [today to Gov. Paul V. McNutt. I Still pending are 401 cases in- | volving electric, water gas rates - and 481 cases affecting truck f routes. 1 j Entire number of cases before the - commission, either on hand when it took office or filed since, was sl,3 895, according to Chairman Henry t' McCart. ) j Comparing the record with those -of previous commissions for the same months, the present commis- - sion acted on 299 more cases than did the commission in 1932 and on 3. 657 more than were disposed of in 8 1931, McCart said. 3 Rate reductions realized a sav lings of $1,164,937 to Indiana con t sumers by orders of the comtniss f ion in the nine months, according a; to Sherman Minton, commission public counselor.

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Decatur Selected Building Site For Modern Houses Subsistence Homestead Development Will Be Sponsored Bv Department of the Interior; Decatur Is Second City Chosen For Project; Options Have Been Obtained On Several Tracts of Land Near City; Approximately $150,000 Will Be Spent The eyes of the nation were focused on Decatur today as announcement was made from Washington that this city had been selected as the site for building from 10 to 48 modern houses in a subsistence homestead development sponsored by the Department of Interior of the Federal government. . , Options have been obtained on several tracts ot tana adjoining and near to Decatur as proposed sites lor the homestead division. Hie most favorable location and the [ — ♦ one agreed on bv local citi-

WHY DECATUR? That's the question many asked ; ] today. Why was Decatur selected ( as site for building 40 to 48 mod- ■ | ern houses by subsistence homeI stead division of Department of Interior? E. L. Middleton, representative , of the department, gave the fol- ■ i lowi. g reasons: Because — I Diversity of local industry and ’ 1 thriving condition of manufacturing plants. Number of people employed in proportion to population of city. (Very little unemployment here. More than 1500 people working. I j Excellent rural and farming I background. Splendid community spirit; shown by citizens and officials. ; And we have a sneaking idea ■ that even Washington, with all its problems, relief and unemploy-; I nient. wanted to join the fine it, | community on earth. Who's afraid ■ of the big bad wolf? CONVICT HELD AS ATTACKER I ■■■ Young Gary Convict Is Identified As Prison Guard’s Assailant Michigan City. Ind., Dec. 20. — ' (U.R)—Robert Brown, 23-year-old 1 Gary convict, was n soltary con- i finement at the state prison today 1 after having been identified as the i I attacker of A. H. Baunieister, vet- | ■ eran guard. Baunieister was stabbed seevral ' times and critically wounded when * he was attacked from behind early I I • yesterday. From his bed in the ; * hospital he viewed 25 suspects and ' finally selected Brown as the assailant. The guard signed an affidavit ' formally charging the youthful J prisoner with the attack. $' Although he was sentenced in I Marion county Nov. 15, 1930, on II charges of auto banditry and rob- * bery, Brown claims his home is in ! Gary. Shortly after he was sen- 1 tenced in Marion county he was ! j taken to Clinton county where he I i was given a 25-year sentence on ] ■ robbery charges. Brown was a member of the din- ; ing room detail which goes to j work at 5 a. m. The attack on Baumeister occurred at 5:30 and . the convict returned to work be- ; fore his absence was discovered, officials said. A rope ladder with a hook attached was found near the spot of ) the attack, indicating that the prise oner had intended to escape. Baur meister, after grappling with his j n assailant, staggered into the guard y house and sounded an alarm. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1- ; -o S . « k Scramble Ad Winners e Are Announced Today n > —• * ' The winners of last week’s y ■ Scramble ad contest appearing in a page feature in the Dally Demoe|crat were Mrs. Elmer Lautenschlee ger, Decatur R. R. 3, first prize; s- Miss Coroline Townsend, city, setn ond prize and Pat Miller, city, third n prize. n More than 400 answers were reI celved. The judges were the Rev. v- Father Joseph Hennes, athletic diri-| eetor of Decatur Catholic high s- 1 school and Dean Dorwin, teacher in g the Decatur high school. The secn j oud page appears in today's issue I of the Daily Democrat.

zens cooperating w i t h the Federal government in the building of the community development is the Mrs. Aivira Cade farm of SO acres, located at the south corporation line to Decatur, facing what is known as Mud Pike or the extension of High street. The farm adjoins that of Willis Magner oa the west and abuts the corporation line south of the Nickel Plate railroad tracks. The Adams County Memorial hospital is located a few hundred feet north of the farm. There are no buildings on It and an optio.i to purchase it at SIOO per acre has been given by Mrs. Cade. A topographic survey of the Cade farm has been ordered by the government, a test being made as to fertility of soil. Other sites proposed and still under consideration. Ferd L. Litterer. attorney, who has been acting as legal advisor to the local committee, slated, include the Ben Eiting farm, southwest of Decatur, running west of what is known as South Thirteenth street extended, the Fred Reppert farm on the Piqua road, east of Decatur, and part of the Magner farm at the south edge of Decatur on U. S. road 27. CONGRESSMAN HAPPY The following wire was received by J. H. Heller, editor of the Daily Democrat, from Congressman Farley. expressing his pleasure over the selection of Decatur as the site for the subsistence homestead project. The message reads: “Hope the citizens of Decatur will be delighted on having received the second of subsistence homej steading projects for Adams county. An option on eighty acres of j land together with the location and general surroundings made i the department feel this was j ideal for such a > enterprise. ' There will be from 40 to 48 families installed in the homes to be built.” JAMES I, FARLEY. Decatur Second City Decatur is the second city in the United States to be selected for the government's model home and garden colony. The project will | mea t the expenditure of approxi- ! mately $150,000, all money to be furnished by the subsistence homei stead division of the department of Interior of which Mr. Ickes of , Chicago is secretary. The homes, modern in all re- ' spects, including basement, furnace and bath, will be sold on a i long time payment plan to factory employes, many now living outside of Decatur, and others desiring to cultivate an acre or an acre and half of ground in connection with their homes. Payments will be stretched out afe far as possible, i with the provision that payment in full can be made at any time. Home and Garden Corp, According to the tentative outline a $2500 house, which is the maximum amount allowed by the government agency, can be paid out in 23 years and 5 months, the monthly payments- amounting to , $15.00. The interest rate will be only three per cent, a S3O I yearly charge for contingencies . being made until the entire pro- . I ject is liquidated. A local corporI ation. to be organized under the ,! name of the "Home and Garden I Corporation.” will administer the fi 'ancial details of the develop- . [ tnent, under the supervision of the Department of Interior. Plans call for 3, 4 and 5 room houses, in ad- ,! ditto? to bath room. At the termination of the government's part in tbe development and after all homes are paid for i •“•(CONTINUE'D ON PAGE SIX)