Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1934 — Page 1

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Vol. XXXII. No. 52.

ASSESSORS TO MEET THURSDAY Township Assessors And Deputies Will Be Given Final Instructions The township assessors and their deputies will meet with County Assessor John Felty at the court i hotisc Tursday for final instructions, prepara.ory to beginning the annual job of as-essiin- personal property. Drain, hay and livestock will be assessed at market price, less an allowance for delivery costs, Mi Felty statisl. Automobiles will be assessed at prices fixed ill sillediiles prepared by the state board of tux commissioners. Tile assessors will bo required Io make reports with County Assessor Felty every week. Com parison reports will Ite made and an effort made to equalize all lo cal assessments. The assessors will formulaic a set of rules and regulations per taining to the assessing of similar property in the county eighteen men will be engaged in the work, including the 12 elected assessors. The township assessors are: Vnion, Anton Thieme Hoot. Christie Bidinke Preble. Adolph 1 Stoopenhagen. Kirkland. August Schlickman; Washington. George Dellinger; St Marys. Men .McCollough; Hine Creek, Dan Koop. Monroe. Peter llabegger; French. John Tonner, Hartford. .1 K Vo der; Wabash. J C Mann. Jeffer son. Frank Davis. The deputies in the townships and towns in the county are Wa bash. Alva Fenstemaker; Mon toe. Johh laibsiger; Washington. Charles Marschaml. Herne, f’eter llabegger, Jr: Decatur, Lee Stillts and Lew Dolch Mr Dolch succeeds Leigh Bowen, who resigned. The assessors will also < olleet the jlog tax. The dog tax was re dined by the county commission ers this year to $1.50 for males ami S.T.t»O for females Tiie listing and a- -e.-«ing of improvements on property since last year will also he done by the as.es sore. FIX PRECINCTS FOR ELECTION County Commissioners Will Fix Precinct Boundaries Thursday The Adams County commissioners will meet at the court house Thursday for the purpose of fixing • boundaries for the voting precincts in the city of Decatur and making whatever changes may be deemed advisable in other voting precincts. In regards to the city precincts, the law provides, “The commission ers of the several counties of this state in which any such city is located. shall on or before March 1. meet and rearrange the several vot Ing precincts of ench county in such a manner that boundaries of the several voting precincts of such rounty in such city shall be . o-ex-tensive with the boundaries of such city, and so that the boundaries of ithe several voting precincts in such I city shall be co-exteiisive with the boundaries of the several wards in such city.’’ Under the law. four wards have ibeen established in Decatur and it iis believes! that one or two additional precincts may have to be establshed in Decatur. The law states "Such rearrangement of such voting precincts shall he done in such a manner, that every voter in such city may vote in the precinct in which he resides for councilman, when ward councilmen are elected, and so that the boundaries of the voting precincts in such city will be wholly within the limits of such city". The law covering city elections provides that each parly shall nominate four candidates for council (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Initiation Services At Elks Thursday Night Seventeen additional candidates will be initiated into the Decatur < chapter of the Elks lodge Thurs- : day night at S o’clock. Past exalted ruleii will occupy the chairs during 'the initiatory services. Lunch will be served following 1 the initiation. '

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ASPIRANTS FOR OFFICE NOW 11 Harry Frauhiger. Preble, II th Candidate For County Sheriff The eleventh candidate in the tace for the democratic nomination for • minty .sheriff announced tinlay. Harry Franhlger id' Preble, a brother of the sheriff of Wills county, threw his hat in the ring this morning and ask< d the Daily Democrat to announce his candidacy. Until seven years ago Mr Frauhiger resided on a farm on the Weils Adams count.' line. For sevrai years he lias been engaged in concrete construction work. He lived three years in Decatur and re Gently has been residing in I’rebl,-. Tiie new amt latest candidate in what appears to be one of the most interesting i olitii al races ever made in democratic polities in this county, is 39 year- old. married anil the father of three children. Those who talk politics declare that the list of entrants in the sheriffs contest will not close with, 12 candidates. Several oilier names have been mentioned and the fellow who has a large family or a few lodge or club friends is begin-1 ning to figure that a hand full of | votes will be sufficient to nomi-' nate. provided all the other can- J didates carry normal strength. The clerk and county assessor races are also becoming interest- , ing contests, the list including I from four to six candidates. ADAMS COUNTY RESIDENT DEAD — Funeral Rites For Charles VVif’grnann Will Be Held Thursday The funeral of (Diaries Weigmann, SO. who died at 4 o’clock Tuesday morning at his home in Preble township, will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock (C. S. T.) at Sclipuman-n's funeral home, Fort Wayne, an i at 2 o'clock at the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim. Rev. U. B. Preuss will officiate and burial will be in the church -cemetery. Death was due to senility. The deceased wax born in Germany, anil had lived in (Adams county 63 years. He was a member of the Friedheim Lutheran church. Surviving are two sons, Carl of Hoagland and lAiugust of Fort Wayne; five daughters. Mrs. Char- i lee Bultemeyer at home. Miss Min- I nie of p or. Huron, Mich: Miss i Mary of Chicago, Miss Louise Wiegmann and Mrs. Martin Heckman i of Fort Wayne; eight grandchildren ' and two sisters. Mrs. Louise Schroeder and Mrs. William Westc-if. 1 both of Fort Wayne. Friends may view the body at the i funeral home until time of the < rites. f

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 2N, 1931.

Worthman Brothers Entertain Lions Chib The Decatur Lions club was - entertained with a musical pro imam, interspeised with humor, al : the regular meeting Tuesday evening. Those taking part were the Worthman brothers. Martin. Ernst. ; Matthew and Lewis. • Following the iniisii al program. Rev. Matthew Worthman gave a i fine address on the power of music imi song. Dr. Ben Duke and Louis Worthman. father of the Woithman brothers, were guests if the i-lui). Harry Knapp ami Glen Cowan ver< program - hair men. DEATH CLAIMS MARY FUGATE Mrs. Mary Fugate Suffers Fatal Heart Attack Last Night Mrs. Mary Fugate, 45. died at her home. 136 South Eleventh i street, at 9:45 o'clock Tuesday evening of a heart attack. Mrs. Fugate had been in poor health for years, and three weeks ago underwent an operation for gall j stones. She was removed from the Adams County Memorial Hos-1 pita! Saturday and apparently was i recovering when she suffered i heart attack, Tuesday. | (She was born in Van Wer' - County, Ohio. March 3. 1888, a ‘ daughter of (1. W. and Caroline Miller. Surviving is the mother, and throe children. Paul, Ralph j and Ruth Jane, all at home; four brothers. J. W. Miller, Howard , Miller, of Fort Wayne. William Miller of Adrian, Mich., Ralph Miller of Knoxville, Tenn., and i two sisters. Mrs. William Hach-1 ’ meyer of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. J. W. Manlier of Wren, Ohio J Mrs. Fugate was a member of j the United Brethren church of; | this city. The body will be removed to j 'he home from the S. E. Black Funeral Home this evening and may be view >d until time of the funeral. Funeral services will lie held Friday afternoon at one ' o'clock at the home and 1:30 ’ o’clock at the United Brethren church. Burial will ho in th *I 1 , Decatur cemetery. o — Annniincom<»nt Os Air Mail Policy Foreseen Washington, Feb, 28—(UP) —Indications pointing to an early determinaton of air mail polity were seen today after a White house conference attended by high government officials. "We discussed the air mail situation in general, "postmaster general James A. Farley said. "There -will be another discussion with President Roosevelt within the next 48 hours.” Farley declined, however, to talk on any particular phase of the pro-1 [blew. j

EXPECT EARLY ANSWER ON AID Answer To Petition For CWA Labor May Be Given Today James Elbersmi, president of Decatur Homesteads. Im-., loci! operating company for the Sub- ■ istenee Homestead division to be built south < f the city expects an answer today from W. II Book. -t:i'e UWA director, relative to tiie employing of ( \\A labor on the construction of the streets ■nd water mains to and on the site. Mr Elberson visited with Mr Book yesterday and was informed that an answer "would be givi n in the next 24 hours." A petition for 250 men was filed with Mr. Book atom 10 days -ago. Tiie men would bo employed in building the streets on the home dead site and extending the city water mains from High and Rus se'l streets to the division. Men are now engaged under the old PWA appropriation in staking oft the streets and build ing lots on the site. Miles Roop, engineer of this city, is foreman on the iob. The property lines are being staked as shown on the tentative blue prints prepared by Architects McNally and Quinn of Chicago. If an appropriation for labor is made by the CWA work on the streets and water mains will start til once. Mr. •-'iberson stated. 600 CONTRACTS SIGNED TO DATE Signing of Corn-Hog Contracts Will Close Monday, March 5 As stated in previous announcements, the corn-hog sign-up closes Monday. March 5. All signup stations will be open in Adams county that day except the Decatur station and the Union-St. Marys station. Committeemen for those stations, however, will bo | in the county agent's office in; order to accomodate those who wish to take part in the corn-hog work. Over 600 contracts have been ' signed to date in Adams county. : and indications are that there will be a last minute rush by those who are not yet in, for most people are beginning to realize that the tax is going on every hog sold [ regardless of whether the pro-j dttcer has signed a contract or' not, and in order to secure a share of the money he finds that it will be necessary to sign up. The return to the producer will be on an average of $3.00 per acre on the entire farm; that is, if a man was farming 80 acres, it , *"(CONTINUBD ON* PAGE *TWO) *

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WOMAN CLAIMS BUSINESS MEN “RACKETEERS" Says Business Men Adopt Methods To Thwart NRA ('odes SAYS INDUSTRIES ARE ALSO GUILTY Washington, Feb. 2.H — (UP) Businessmen have adopted racketeering methods to thwart NRA cod<efforts to increase workers’ income. Mrs. Mary W. Dawson, chairman of tee women’s division of the Democialic National committee, charged to.ay in the protest forum assembled here preliminary to revision of the code structure. Piotest meetings i-onlinued today in five st tor- .'mt with diminishing attendance al several. Tile large ball loom of the Raleigh hotel contained fewer than 50 -complaints when the small business men’s meetng opened today. Mrs. Dawson, appearing at another session, charged that sweat shop manufacturers were evading codes to such an extent as to threaten seriously Ilie whole success of NKA. Testifying as a representative of the Natonal consumers lea-sue, she listed a series of racketeering meth- < oJs whereby business men thwart the purposes of the codes under which they operated. ' Restaurants are conspicuously guilty, even charging their waitresses sometimes for the use of the company pencil.” she said. Mis. Dawson sail codes had reduced wages of some Pennsylvania silk mill workers from $25 to sls .a week.-Similar conditions prevail in hosiery, casket, an.l other factor- , les. She said. She charged that many industries had used the "sketch out” or "speed up'' system to evade the' code labor provisions, while others had classified even their $lB per week workers as "executivc-s.’ Many iiMtustries, she said, hire “leirn (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) C.M. ANDREWS DIED TUESDAY Aged Adams County Resident Dies At Hospital After Long Illness Cassius M. Andrews. 73. DClong resident of Adams County died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. Tuesday evening at ; 8:30 o'clock of carcinoma. Mr. ‘ Andrews had been in failing health for the past year, and was bedfast for the past six weeks. The deceased was a well known retired tanner. For the past several months he had resided with : a son. Fred, at Hoagland. He was I ;a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Monroe. Mr. Andrews was born in Ad anis county, August 22. 1860, a son of Jeremiah and Sarah Jane I Andrews, both deceased. On January 10, ISSS he was united in marriage with Mary Pease, who preceded him in death. July 1. 1923. Surviving are twelve children, including Mrs. Nora Mangold and Hugh Andrews of this city; thirteen grandchildren, one sister, and three brothers. One sister and two brothers preceded him in death. The body will be removed from the Lobenstine Funeral Home to, the home of a son. True at Monroe this evening where it will remain until time of the feuneral. Funeral servises will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the Monroe M. E. church and burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Rev. Donald Jennings, pastor of the Hoagland M. E. church will offi ciate, assisted by Rev. Albert Mor- , ford of Monroe. — _o Warren Hill Rites Friday Afternoon Funeral services for Warren Hill, who died at Fort Wayne. Tuesday morning, will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Wallen M. E. church with Rev. Wayne Paplin officiating. Burial will be in * Hatfield cemetery. Henry. Charles, and George Hill of Decatur are brothers of Uie deceased.

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Indiana Farmers May Receive 23 Million laifavetle, Ind. I’.-lc 28 -<U.P) Indiana Lirnu-r: will reci-ivo $2:1,- < tto.iMii) if tiit-y niltio- corn-iioe I ni j< ii 20 pci -- nt ■ >•<l by tin- AAA, ligules from Purdue Uiilvi-rsi’y showed today. Indiana ranks sixtli among tinI corn producing states, and ut , present Ims 1.81,000 farni.f aveiaring slightly more titan 108 ucr<s '• .< h. If all were eligible to re 'itive corn-hog reduction payments .m ;-v Indiana farm owm-r Would receive $l5O, Purdue figures -:lmw. PREDICT VETO BY PRESIDENT OF VET MEASURE .Administration Leaders Sav Roosevelt Will Veto Increases EXPECT HOUSE TO FAVOR 1N( REASES Washington, Feb. 28 (U.FD Predictions that President Roosevelt would veto the great!) increased veterans’ benefits voted by the senate were math- today by administration leaders. The house, nettled by (he fact that it had been given no opportunity to vote for the veterans, was understood to be prepared to accept the senate amendments. This would send the independent offices appropriation bill to the White House in a form unsatisfactory to the President. House Democrats called a caucus on the subject for tonight. House Republicans gleefully awaited an opportunity to vote both for the restoration of the 15 per cent government pay cut ami all of the veterans' amendments adopted in the senate. Tiie a<lmin|strition. anticipatit g- trouble on both tile pay cut and the veterans' isstn s, has offered compromises addine some; s22ffWO IKK) to the bill. Tile sen- , ate rude roughly over these peuee overtures and added about $:154,OUO.OOO ill the two categories. When lhe independem offices bill was considered originally in the house there was an effort to open ii lo veterans' amendments.. Administration pressure defeat'd i this and man' Democrates strung along will) their leaders despite' I their own desires to get on recI ord for veterans. The entire house is up for re- ■ election this fall and the support ;of veterans is counted upon to ■ swing several tight contests. Only j one-third of the senate comes up ! for re-election. Members of the house, by submitting to the gag rule, gave up a chance to win tavor of veterans. Now that the senate has bolted to go on record for restoring veterans' compensa-: , tion. many congressmen are itching for a chance to do the same. The situation has brought some resentment against Democratic : leaders who let the bars down in the senate anti, in some instances, ■against the White House itself The hill now carries almost the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO> GOTTSCHALK IS NOKANDIDATE State Senator Has Not Yet Made Formal Announcement For Office Senator T. A Gottschalk of Berne called the Daily Democrat last evening to say that he has not announced as a candidate for renomination. He feels that the Democrats of this -county and district have treated him kindly and that unless it is the desire of the i district generally that he continue, he is willing to retire. He was endorsed by the Berne' Chamber of Commerce and has received many offers of support but has never intimated that he will be a candidate and at this time, does not wish that impression to go out. - Mr. Gottschalk has served the, district many years and has an excellent record. If he concludes to enter the race, he will make formal announcement in due The district is composed of Blackford. Wells ami Adams counties. George Newbauer of Hartford City announ ced bis candidacy a fe-w weeks ago.

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ROOSEVELT TO LAUNCH PLANS IN SHORT TIME New Program Will Replace CWA; To Be In Effect For Full Year BASE PROGRAM ON PAST EXPERIENCES Wiisliiiißtoii, Feb. 2X ’!U.rl) \ iii-« mid c(ini|)i(liensiv<‘ l<> meet the unemployment situation and to replace the (,\\A will be 'aunched this spring! to continue for a year. President Hot.sevelt announced today. I he program will be base<l targielx on the experience of the p:;st nine months which has shown , 1:..t unemployment proh'eni;. r:ii t be i'a< d on more than one front, it was pointed out. With tliis in mind the new program has been divided to meet tile following situations: 1. Distressed families in rural ' areas. 2. Stranded populations living in single industry communities in whieh there is no hope of future i t employment, such as miners in worked out fields. ;!. The unemployed in the urban areas. President Roosevelt plans lo divert for this relief the $950,000,000 recently appiopriated by congress. He believes that sum will be sufficient to carry the prograri through In announcing the new program, tiie White House made it clear that additional responsibilities would be placed on communities to make cert tin those partieipat, i ing in work relief are a< tuallv i persons in need. On the qti-stion of the care of need) in tiie oiriil areas a While I House statement said: |, ’Their securit) must be identified with agriculture. They must be placed in positions of self support. In many plain's of the eonnON PAGE TWO) THIRD SERMON GIVEN TUESDAY Rev. Charles Girardot Delivers Sermon At C atholic Church Speaking on the "Dangers to morals", the Rev, Father Charles Girardot, pastor of St. Joseph’s church, Fort Wayne, delivered the third of a series of Lenten sermons at St Mary’s Catholic church last evening. Father Girardot -chose for his text. "Be sober and watch: because your adversary the 'devil, as a roaring- lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour". St. Peter, 5-8. Father Girardot. in listing causes and places whieh tend to injure good morals, included immoral pie lure shows; immoral publications; bad company, dance halls and night ; lulw when they operate as immoral places. The litany of the Holy name of Jesus was recited by Father Joseph Hennes, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given by Father Joseph Seimetz. pastor, following the sermon. —_— Hoosier Reporter Heads Association Greem astle, Ind., F< . 28 -<U.R) Francis M. Stephenson, graduate of DePauw University, class of 1919, was elected president of the White House Correspondents' Association, according to word received by his friends here. One fun loving correspondent voted tor Mae West, but the majority of the 269 newspapermen who waded a seven inch snow to cast their ballot at the White House named Stephenson, a native of Indiana. Stephenson is the son of the Rev. D. T. Stephenson, who formerly held pastorates ut Decatur, Goshen and Muncie and who now lives in Newt in. N. J Stephai eon graduated from Shortridge h’gh school in Indianapolis, worked on the DePauw campus newspaper and Indianapolis newspanets and later joined the staff of a wire association in Washington. President and Mrs. Roosevelt phoned their congratulations to Stephenson following the election.