Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1934 — Page 1

| WEATHER Mkloudy and decided |)J colder tonight: | Tuesday generally I f*i and continued I re d.

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(WCOLDWI HITS MIDW IFOR NEW I ■ere Cold Follow: H>eriod Os Abnor ly Hitfh Mark ■FFERING CAI ■Y SUDDEN CH S By United Preas ■'he new year roar K middlewest like a ■y, sending tempt ■nging to sub-zero le h< second time wi Kek. Rain turned in ■d snow. ■The new cold wave In the heels of thr ibnormally high Bs. In Chicago tl reached a high o! above zero. Dodge ded 62 above, and Ke tered 54. ishing the warm , a bitter-cold wind wi in from the north' ■places the temperat 10 and 40 degrees wit I i. Highways were ice. The sudden cl erature caused intent At Qu-Appe!e. Cat ury plunged from 3( » to 30 below zero y nding snowstorm swi Canadian border as faded out. rils Lake, N. D., re] icial temperature ol i below zero. It wi l below at Moorhea< ■ 10 below at Blsma likewise, was in >f a numbing blizzard. ■ 40-mile-an-hour wind s »w cold wave across the Ki.s. Government wet Ku offices forecast a ten ■ 5 to 10 degrees below® ir south as Chicago to*| Hbe colder north of t i< fflfhe government forecW ■ storm would blow ovetl Mm by mid-week and wl ■ect the eastern seaboard I period of low tenul p-gbably from Wednesdays YMuy. The storm will I ■■ntTnueh on page 1 «to Damaged In | Wreck This Md A® automobile owned by Jonas was damaged ea t morning when struck by a I en b' Wilbur Stoppenhag Jonds car was parked oi street when the accident < of the car was < Hn.<- ■ iken to age lor repairs.

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! JANUARY L attend flint'l •rice at St. Mary’s chnl ■lie Rev. Father J. A. i ■Light department caml■ooo indebtedness of cia Including new engine I g.>ennis Striker chosenL iman of Adams count ■ r I 3—| leet growers receive -1 Inount due for 1930 < > r ecatur receives s2.l<>| ns County $36,511 in astribution. mdfellows club repoi I celpts of near S3OO fol J. Voglewede name! e of Adams Metnoriwtai to succeed Frank I i. I d lota XI organize girll oop. 'omen of Red Cross coa itting of garments for I w-ww'alter Deitscli groceryl |™*bed of sll. Inventory of County Inf'l shows $2,951.75. Work starts on remodel! Smith Drug Store. Local relief organizations! bine to form Decatur I ™gency Relief Association pupils will enter! ■ school from Central M'J (S-Decatur Sugar Beet plaid ■to group headed by Dal ■ McMillen of Chicago. I ■Decatur and Monmoutl ■play In Fort Wayne seed ■ bai ketball tournament I jßotuer county teams at I Hr on ' Rev. Father J. J. Sei

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Named Pastor i fIHPRRBHi 1 w KWy j Rev. Harry \\. Thompson of this city has been selected pastor of the Central Christian church, located at Harmar and Lewis streets, Fort Wayne. He will as surne the pastorate Jan. 7. Rev. Thompson will succeed Rev. A. A. McKlm, who recently resigned. REV. THOMPSON NAMED PASTOR — Rev. Harry Thompson Is Appointed Pastor Os Fort Wayne Church Rev. Harry W. Thompson of this city has been appointed pastor of the Central Christian Church, corner of Harmar and Lewis streets, in Fort Wayne, it has been announced. The appointment will be effective January 7, it was stated. Rev. Thompson will succeed Rev. A. A. McKim, Who resigned as pastor of ■ the church two months ago. Mr. Thompson has resided in this ■city for the past 11 years. He serv■ed as pastor of the First Christian ■Church here for six years, resigning the position five years ago. He ■•ame to this city from Ligonier ■where tie had a pastorate. I Rev. Thompson has a daughter. Btfiss Gladys Thompson, who is a ■itirse in Fort Wayne. The plans ■or the future have not been learn- • ♦♦ ♦-♦ • ♦ • • • ♦-•••• ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * • fl 'CONTTNTTnn ON page rtx> g —o — tL’7 Sheriff Sales Held During 1933 >'■ .1 ■■ — - I Deputy Sheriff D. M. Hower anliounced 'his morning that 27 shergjff sales were held during 1033. ’■'he sales consisted mostly of ‘■arms on which foreclosure proceedings were instituted. A sherIfi sale will be held on January 6, |934, Mr. Hower stated.

of Chesterton will take place of late Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz. - Special Judge Henry Kister of Princeton orders dredging of Wabash river. —Stock holders of the old Peoples Loan and Trust company agree to pay assessment to full amount of their stock. — Miss Ila Scott resigns as home economics teacher. i—J. M. Doan elected chairman i of republican city committee. Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz assumes pastorate of St. Mary's Catholic Church. L-Rev. Charles M. Prugh installI ed as pastor of the Zion ReI formed Church. I Harl “Spot” Hollingsworth, I state motorcycle patrolman, I former Adams County Sheriff. I dies following operation. I More than 100 men attend anI nual chamber of commerce I banquet. February ■-Assurance is given by Dale W. ■ McMillen that the local sugar Ifactory will operate. ■James Elberson, local filling ■station proprietor, elected pre|s:We»it of chamber ol com■merce. ■Employes of the city school Isystsm donate $149 to aid neeIr: Ward Calland employed as J'.eld superintendent of the Total sugar factory. *)r. Frank Lose, prominent Ihysician, dies after short 111i 4)TINUED ON FAGB THRBB)

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GROCERY TRADE PLACED UNDER NEW NRA CODE Retail Grocers Are Placed Under Code Os Fair Competition CODE IN EFFECT NEXT SATURDAY Washington, Jan. 1. <U.R> The nation's retail grocery business, employing more than a million workers, was placed trader an NRA code of fair competition, j Saturday. The code as approved by Presii dent Roosevelt will become effective next Saturday, January 6. It was the 182nd code put through by the NRA and the first of the codes formerly handled by the AAA to be acted upon by the NRA. Labor provisions relating to the retail food and grocery business I already are in effect, having been approved by the President several weeks ago. The new document is the fair practice section of the code and provides for a commiti tee of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to act as a planning I and co-ordinating commi'tee for the entire food and grocery trade. Selling of confections in confectionery stores, bakery products in bakery stores, milk from house to house and food in resi'aura.its is exempted from provisions of the code. “Loss Leaders” Banned The code contains a loss limitation provision forbidding a retailer from selling at less than a certain percentage above cost. Cost is defined as the invoice price or replacement cost. The allowance above this is for actual GYINTINIIWD ON PAGE St.XI HERMAN RUNYON IS FOUND DEAD I.inn drove Man Found Dead Along Rond South Os Linn Grove Herman Runyon. 57. an employe of Meshberger Brothers stone company. was found dead along a road south of Linn Grove at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. Coroner Robert Zwiek, called to investigate, found that death was caused by acute alcoholism. Runyon was last seen alive about 9 o’clock Saturday night and it was said that he had been drinking heavily. He was found by Albert Steiner, who was driving along the road when he saw Runyon's lifeless I body. The deceased was born in Hartford township November 1. 1876 and had never married. He had been employed many years by the Meshberger company. Surviving are Hie mother. Mrs. Caroline Runyon, with whom he made his home at Linn Grove, two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the home, with Rev. Stemen officiating. Burial will be made in Greenwood cemetery at Linn Grove. Report Os Large Reward Spurs Hunt Spurred by a reported SSO reward a number of children and grownups chased a large brown dog over the west end of town yesterday. According to the story, the dog was insured for SSOO and escaped from a Pennsylvania baggage car. The agent at the Pennsylvania station said that he received a note from the conductor of train today which stated that the dog is just a mongrel. It is not worth 50c and no reward is offered for its return. The owner was on his way to Louis- ! ville and checked it. The dog chewed Its rope and leaped off the train as it stopped in Decatur. Christmas Collection For Orphans $742.23 The Christmas collection at St. A’arv's Ca'hoUc church for the St. Vincent's Orphan’s home at Fort Wayne, amounted to $742.23. it was announced today. This is an | increase of $29 over the 1933, collection. '

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 1, 1934.

City Officials To Present Petition City Councilmen O. L. Vance, H. M, Gillig. City Attorney J. Fred Fruchte and M. J. Mylott, superintendent. of tlie City Light and Power Plant will go to Indianapolis Wednesday to present the petition to the Indiana Public Service commission asking for the reduce 1 ligh' and power rates as approved by tlie council. The city officials have an appointment with the service commission for Wednesday morning. It is believed the petition for reduced rates will be granted at once a id the council plans to put the lower rates in effect this month. YEAR OF 1934 GREETED HERE Decatur Residents Confide n t Os Returning Prosperity In 1934 Getting steam up in the last quarter of the old year, Decatur and community greeted 1934 with open arms, confident tha' the new year will bring great things and that as far as this community is concerned the "big bad wolf" was chased to placed unknown. For several months the feeling has prevailed that old man depression was buried about six moths ago and manufacturer, merchant and individual went about his work with the feeling 'hat this community would enjoy prosperity during the next 12 months. Everybody seemed rearin’ to go. Confidence it? President Roosevelt’s leadership and the great strides made in the last nine months in combating the problems of the day filled everyone with hope and pptimism. Decatur enjoyed unusual good times during the las - half of 1933. The opening of the Central Suear Company meant the employing of several hundred men ami the distributing of several hundred thousand dollars to employes and beet growers. Factories reached peak production during the summer and fall and at one time more than 1,590 people were gainfully and profitably employed. Ten days before the close of the year came the announcement from Washington that Decat >r had been selected as the site so " buildi"g 48 modern sma’l homes by the subsis ence homestead division. These houses, built as a government experiment in providing desirable homes for factory and industrial workers, will be located on the Alvira Cade farm at the sou'h edge of Decatur. The General Electric factory, the LaFontain Handle Co., the Cloverleaf Creameries, Mutschler's Pa’cking Co., and the Decatur EM > ON PAGE SIX) o Paul Scott Named County Chairman Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 1 — (UP) — County Auditor Paul Scott has been selected Wells county Democratic chairman to replace Frank Ulmer, newly appointed acting postmaster here, it was announced today. NEW SALARIES “ AREEFFEGTIVE Salaries of County Officials Fxed By 1933 General Assembly New salaries of county officials go into effect today, the 1933 session of the legislature fixing the amounts to be paid all officials in every county in the state. In Adams county the yearly salary schedule follows: Auditor, $2,160; treasurer, sl,840; clerk of circuit court. $1,810; sheriff, $1,840; recorder, $1,200; surveyor, $950; assessor, $1,080; school superintendent, $1,720: county commissioners, $320 each. The maximum amount allowed deputies is S9OO a year. The legislature fixed the deputy hire in this county from S9OO to $1,500 a year and the county council allowed the minimum amount. The county treasurer will now be entitled to a deputy. Heretofore the treasurer paid his own (CONTINUED ON* PAGE THREE)

TAX NOTICE IS I LISTED TODAY Legal Notice of Tax Levies For 1933 Are Published Today The legal notice to taxpayers of' the tax levies for 1933, payable in j 1934, is published In today's issue of the Daily Democrat. The table shows the levies made: by the state, amounting to 15 cents i on tlio SIOO of assessed valuations, j the county tax, amounting to 60 cents; the county bond tax )>f five | cents; the township road I end and interest tax; the school t Jjßs and tlie corpora’ion tax in Blittroe. Berne and Decatur. The table also gives the total, rates in each taxing unit. Tlie tax bill payable in this county -in 1934 ' for all purposes is a little, more than $508,000. or an increase of 30.6 per cent compared with the 1933 bill. This year the tax bill amounted to $388,306.83 and less than $17,370 1 went delinquent. In the November payment about SIO,OOO remained unpaid. The total rates in the several townships and taxing units in the county on each SIOO of property follows: Townships: Union, $1.39;: Root, $1.85; Preble, $1.26; Kirk-1 land. $1.77; Washington. $2.24; St. Marys, $1.78; Blue Creek, $2.62; Monroe, $2 22; French. $1.55; Hartford. $2.53; Wabash. $2.61; Jefferson, $1.61; Monroe town. Washington township, $2.60; Monroe town in Monroe township, $2.58; Berne. $2.71; Geneva. $3.56; Decatur in Washington township. $3.15; Decatur. Root township. $2.88. The rate in Decatur this year was $1.95 on the hundred dollars, one of the lowest levies made in the past 30 years. The spring installment of taxes is due not later than Monday, May 7 and the fall installment not later than Monday, November a, 1934. JOHNWECHTER NAMESDEPUTY County Treasurer Names Son Del more As Deputy Treasurer County Treasurer John Wechter today named his son. Dehnore Wpcliler, deputy county treasurer. By act of the 1933 state legislature the county treasurer is nowgiven a deputy and Mr. Wechter's son will serve in the official capacity for the next two years. County Treasurer Wechter today began his second term. Miss Alice Lenhart, capable young woman who has acted as deputy in tlie treasurer's office under two former county treasurers and Mr. Wechter’s first term, will also be employed as deputy! in the office. Deputy Treasurer Wechter is a graduate of the Deca'ur high school, being a member of the 1924 class. He taught school for a few years and was engaged ia farming until he entered the treasurer's office last year. He is an accommodating and efficient young man and will lend valuable service i: the treasurer’s office. Other County Officials Frank O. Martin, county eom-j missioner, today began his second ’ three year term. Mr. Martin lives in Washington township and represe ts the second councilmanic district. He served as president of the board previous to 1933. The other members of the board are Commissioners Dennis Striker, president, and Phil Sauer. No other county officials started terms today. All the pther officers are hold overs or are beginning the last year of their! official terms. o— Secaur Infant Is Buried Today Burial services for Jackie Allen . Secaur. stillborn baby of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Secaur of 729 Pa - terson street, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Clarks Chapel. Rev. A. B. Brown, pastor of the Baptist church, will offer prayer at the home. The body was removed to the S. E. Black Funeral parlors. The baby was born at 7 o’clock I this morning, and was the first child of Kenneth and Lucille De-bol"-Secaur. Mrs. Secaur was re proted to be getting along all right

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ELECTIONS ARE SCHEDULE!) FDR THE YEAR 1334 Many Officers Will Be Elected During The Coming Year CITY ELECTION ALSO THIS YEAR! I Politically speaking 1934 will be j ont» of the biggest years in history. ■ The new year will bring elections . for county, township, city, legisla-1 tlve, state and congressional offices. In every case except for state of- I fives nominating primaries must lie' held in May. In Adame County trustees for the 12 townships must be nominated. In Decatur candidates for mayor, coiini’ilnien and clerk-treasurer must he named. At the end of this] year the offices of city clerk and city treasurer will he combined and one person will be elected for i the office. Four county officers will hold over, elections being held for all other county officials. Judge of the circuit court, auditor, recorder and one commissioner will remain in office while other officers will be voted on this year. In legislative circles candidates ! for the senate and house must be nominated and elected. The con- ■ gressional candidates must also be | named at the May primaries. This ie the first time in the state’s history that city elections will ibe held in connection with the township, legislative and state elections. The last legislature passed a law postponing the city elections in 1933 and ordering them held in 1934. Many candidates are expected to announce between now and next May. Names have been mentioned for the various township, city and legislative offices and it is expected that the more aggressivd candidates will throw their hats into the ring early this month. With the state offices, beginning with secretary of state, both parties will nominate their tickets in conventions to be held in May or June. A governor is not elected in Indiana this year. The chief executive is elected for four years and Governor Paul McNutt will serve until January 1, 1937. Commisoisners T o Organize Tuesday The organization meeting of th county commissioners will be hel 1 tomorrow. Following the elec w of a president of the board, th i

commissioners will go to the J ams county infirmary to assist the taking of the annual invent - of personal property at the iiv tut ion . It is possible that appointnieii will be made tommorrow. 1': board will more than likely h a meeting later in the week complete the old age pension lis and make appointments, providin they are not made Tuesday. Hen iris Striker is president ol' thi board now - . AUTO OWNERS GRANTED TIME No Arrests Will Be Made Until Wednesday For License Violations Indiana automobile owners ha' o been gran'ed an additional t"° days in which to purchase il*« auto license plates and drivers licenses. No official extension has l M ‘ en ordered by Frank Finney, head ot the state license department, but Al Feeney, eta’e director of public safety, has issued orders that no arrests are to be made for violations until midnight Tuesday. Inability of license branches all over the si'ate to handle the great rush of business the last few days of 1933 caused Mr. Finney's order. At Indianapolis, the license bureau ran out of plates. Other bureaus reported a heavy rush of business Saturday. Local officials are expected to comply with the orders issued by the state director and will refrain from making any arrests until Worl nnnd a it

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' — Outlaw Captured || Wilbur Underhill.| notorious desperado known a the ‘Hri- ■ state terror." win vas wounded , by officers at ShaJmee. Okla.. Saturday. I ndirldU’s capture terminated a natii>i|wlde search conducted since liisj escape from the Kansas state ) rison at Lan , sing last Memorial Day. NEW TELEPHOnI i DIRECTURY OUT Three Thousand Directories Printed For Local Telephone Company Copies of the new 1934 edition of the Citizen* Telephone directory were delivered to the company's office in this city today. Three thousand copies were printed in th(i Job printing depart-1 men of the Daily Democrat. The directory is bound in a buff colored cover, y-*. The directory contains 72 pages and names :and addresses of all telephone patrons In 1 Decatur, Berne and Monroe are listed. The din etory was printed under the sup- ision of H. F. Ehinger, general anager of the company. I will be isssued to patrons this month, 'ir. Ehinger stated. The L an Grove exchange which formerly was listed in the directory is now consolidated witli the Berne • xchange. More than 2,500 patrons, names are Us ed in the book. The street and house numbers d rir'al route numbers are given in connection w - ith the telephone ■ nin r« of the patrons.

-I- ——— . Decatur Will Join In Observance Os President’s Birthday Jan. 30

N rbert R. Holthouse, who has seried as chairman for several , successful American Legion dem- . oi rations in this city, today was of: dially appointed local chairman |b so the Birthday Ball tor Hie I’reshn> Dances will be held in about 5,iivG cities on January 30. 1934, President Roosevelt's 52ud birthiiay anniversary and one dollar for - very ticket sold will go towards iie Warm Springs Foundation, ■ ounded by President Roosevelt ■ for those afflicted with infantile a paralysis. It will be the nations gift to its president, on his birthday. >i The appointment of Mr. Holthouse, an enthusiast of Mr Roose- | velt's, was made by Henry L. Dohi erty, national chairman for the Birthday Ball tor tlie President. i Tlie letter received by him reads: > “Dear Mr. Holthouse: 1 “It. gives me great pleasure, as i chairman ot' tlie National Committee, to appoint you general chairi mar. of the Birthday Ball for the , f President in your community, t "Since this birthday party for - the President is of nation-wide t scope, you will want your local - party to be outstandly successful. , “We are sure that you will have 1 the support of citizens in all walks t of life because the work of the 3 Warm Springs Foundation, found- •. ed by President Roosevelt, is truly e national as the problem of infantile r paralysis affects every family and f the welfare of every child in your community. o! “Your committee can play a y great part in this humanitarian n work and nelp relieve the Presill dent of his concern in relation to this problem.”

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H. MORGENTHAU TAKES OATH OF OFFICETUDAY / Will H. Woodin Asked To Be Relieved Because Os Illness RESIGNATION IN EFFECT TODAY Washington, Jan. 1— (U.R) Henry Morgenthau, Junior, acting secretary of the treasury was sworn in today as secretary of the treasury succeeding William H. W oodin. whose resignation effective January 1. has been in the [President’s hands for several [ days. Woodin asked to be reliev- : ed by January 1 because of illness. Secretary Morgenthau took the oath of office in the oval room of the White House in the presence of President Roosevelt and members of the Roosevelt family, Mrs. .Morgenthau, Henry Morgenthau, Sr., and members of his family. The following corespondence was ! made public at the White House: I “Tucson, Arizona, Dev. 13, 1933. “Dear Governor: "It is with great regret that I 'am compelled to tender you my resignation as secretary of the ; treasury, to take effect at your convenience any time before January 1 1- ' "The state of my health will not i f -rmit me to remain in this posiI tion. I “I cannot express what a wrench I it is to me to leave your official family and you must know how proud and happy I have been to have served you. "With great admiration and affection, ‘Faithfully yours, “W. H. Woodin.” o Christian Church Forms Brotherhood At a meeting held at the home of Dorphus Drum, 410 Fornax street. Sunday - evening, a dozen members of the Christian churca organized the Men's Brotherhood, electing Fred King president, Mr. Drum secretary-:reasurer, and GT. Burk as teacher of the Sunday school class. They will meet the third Wednesday of each month and will assist the pastor, Rev. Dawson, to build up the church. During the winter months they will meet at the members' homes and during tlie summer at the church club rooms. They expect, to have a permanent membership of twenty or more.

o ; . « K &. Mr. Holthouse stated that he sought the support and enthusiasm of every person in the community to make the e\ent not only successful, but an enjoyable one. The local general chairman will name ' his committees and plans will be made to make the ball one of the largest and leading social events of the year. , Mr. Holthouse stressed emphasis on the fact that an excellent entertainment would be given and that those who purchased tickets would more than receive their money’s worth, in addition to helping In a most worthy cause. Details pertaining to holding the dance, the location and other matters will be announced as soon as , the committees are selected and arrangements made.