Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1934 — Page 1

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WES 1 jIKERAINFALL FRIDAY NIGHTLrlv TWO I ,lthcS Einfall In Decatur , ■ Last Night I < ItVIFST FALL F IS 11 MONTHS]' L-,tur was refreshed.!] E"“., rr i. <1 a l"R sl '" le | iLalbe l deeply kM ay. < trim' ll' ! ‘ r, ‘' t l1 > . .I. J ' Bjlur'ia! the h'MI'I. ••'i , , F| here since lasi Sep-,, Einnint! at about mid-’, the kind of , Kwdlxsl as a soaher. , ■ n -fill W measured at 1. i ( . ■TwMeb with the- exception | ( Etll »»» more ’ ,ia " ,hP tOUI I : Etnii-s for any one month in I t.o the heaviest rain receivK wl . one time since Septem- ( lit IJJJ. The rainfall on that K, 3?u 're,l 2.86 inches. was scattered. At, K precipitation was measured Kofan inch and approximate-1 Kpe mi!“s north of that town E7wo inches of rain fell. ; t pt Marys river started 1 Ec this morning ami Walter Etter of the river and wealh- I Igation. announced that the! Lg had risen approximately , Ewth, of an inch by seven | Ed; Water was still draining ■ Ethe river at 10 o’clock. The '■ Ek of the river was measured ' ■yi feet, an increase of four-1 L, of a foot over Thursday. E«Me« aiding growing crops.! E |jt, corn, sugar beets and , ■p truck, one of the great Kof the rain will lie to the] L, fields In recent weeks Erswere feeding new cut bav. End wh.at to cattle, sheep Kkoees. irtstttres being burned ■ crisp The rain, it is believ-j Kgjli start the grass growing I ■l »rd pasture fields will again j ■mmXT’BD ON PAGE SIX) k Bollenhacher I Dies This Morhing k John M Bollenhacher, 56. j ■of the former trustee of Jes-1 ■n township, and a resident ■Mams county for more than ■Hrs. died at the Adams Couu■Memoria! hospital early this ■sing. Death was caused by ■er of the stomach. An enter■troperation was performed at I local hospital Friday. Mrs. I ■etbarher had been ill for the j It week. ‘ krviving besides the husband . I the following children. Victor) ■ Ralph. Mrs. Roscoe Kuhn and | pie Se.eral brothers and • ■rs ilso survive. > Be body was removed from th" ■1 hospital to the home. Ft:- . p arrangements have not been Meted. Bill SLAIN IMNAPOLIS frehant Policeman Is Critically Wounded During (Jun Battle hiianapoita. Aug. II—(OP)—A ?lar was killed, and a merchant Kernan was wounded critically •SM battle In a southside drug ft here today. was tentatively iden-| Owen Hawking. He died afler being admitted to the fOS H© had been shot five «■ i merchant policeman, Albert "att, 33, was taken to the hos- ) "rf| ring a wound in l<is he noticed a (broken ' »» m the drugstore while mak- i i rounde and he steppJ ,ide to investigate. "■found the burglar standing be“"‘ecigar counter. j the burglar stepped from bemater at Pratt . s , com . ■ “o dred one shot from a 45 “ rp Pistol. P firing, /’J 0 * 8 ” lHn,w^ins «aW slip > Ss , ,jrnie d her husband had ke a °s 1 a Corner near the dru Bir , n Has to view the body ’ttemrpt identification.

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LARGE CROWD ATTENDSSHOW Estimate 5,000 People Attend Club Show And Exhibit At Berne The horse pulling contest at Berne today scheduled to begin at 9 o’clock was delayed because of the wet ground on which the horses were unable to find tract ion. Ten teams were entered in the I heavy weight class and eight in ! the light weight class. A large .crowd attended the . day. It was estimated that over j colt club and 4 H clubs show Fri I 5.000 were present during the i night’s program. The women’* fashion review of I dresses made by the county home I economic clubs was held Friday j evening in the Berne auditorium. ■ Winners in the dress making con tests were also announced Friday I afternoon. The winners were selected from the survivors of elin,-) ination contests held over the, county. Judges were Miss Elsie Glasgow, Portland, Miss Cecile Armstrong of Huntington and Miss Grace Smith of Ossian. The flower club show winners were announced Friday afternon also. These were on exhibit in , the A. J Moser & Company gar-1 age. Gene Rock, well known Fort Wayne para -hute Jumper will entertain the crowd with jumps this afternoon at five o’clock Two planes will also stunt for the i unusetnent of the crowd. At noon today the 4 H club basket dinner will be held in la-hman I Park. This will be followed by a hall game between the Berne | , American Legion team and the Fort Wayne Archers. At 3.30 | o'clock Hh* aftevwcwm a 4-H-eluU, ; parade will march through the I business district of the city. The winners in the dress mak(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) SCHMITT COLT GOLD MEDALIST — Decatur Man’s Entry Wins Purebred Colt Honors At Berne |A stud colt owned 'by Hubert Schmitt of Decatur won the gold medal in the ipurdbred mare and horse colt klacs at the gold medal colt clttb show at Berne Friday afternoon. A mare owned 'by John Eicher won the gold medal in the . : grade mare class and a colt owned jby Graham an ! Parrish the gold, 1 medal in the grade horse colt class. The judging was done under the j supervision of Professor S. P. Hud ' son of Michigan State College. Grade colts were judged by Eli | Sprunger of Saginaw. Michigan, folnierly of .Decautr and B. P. Brown of Purdue University. ,Mr. Schmitt, said today that he will enter ihis .prize winning stud colt in the state fair this fall. The names of the winners in each group are: Purebred Mares and Horse Colts Mttbert Schmitt, Harrison Miller. Hulbert Schmitt, D. D. llaibegger. Frank Halbegger, Harry Lehman, I**llll Grade Mares John Eicher, Ed Bollenhacher, C 11. Windmiller, Ben Tickle, Hubert Schmitt, Wilbur Eehman, P. HSchwartz. Fred Scherer. Homer Neuenschwandcr, Leon Neuense iwander. Grade Horse Colts Graiham and Parrish, William RifIfe Ed Neuhauaer, Ernest Busche. ! Frank Merriman, Bryce Berger, M. ’ M. Llechty. Corn-Hog Committee Is Completing M ork i The corn-hog control committee , for Adams county has completed about half the townships in Adams county and are sending the contracts out for final signing. The contracts will all be complet- | ed by the last of next week. Theyj ■ will then be sorted and mailed to 1 Washington where the checks ! will be mailed out. I It may be several months befoie the money is ready for distrilmfc tion in the county. Officials at Washington mail them back to th, county secretary who distributes, them and gets a receipt for each | check.

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Mississippi Dam at Rock Island Finished II y- - ii*** ywißF. - * «•**£- *t - * ? 4 « j“i . ■ ■ | -v. —l - —■*— “ ■ A naval reserve boat and the steamer J. S. passing through the main lock of the new locks and dam constructed by United States engineers at a cost of over seven million dollars at Rock , ® l ' 4n i <l ’ of the project to make the Mississippi navigable. The series of dams are expected to revive navigation on the upper parts of the river and aid in flood controh —

FIELD AGENTS COLLECT TAXES More Than $62,000 In Delinquent Gross Income Taxes Collected ■lnJianapollslAug. 11 'Field agent "of the state gross income tsx division colwted more than $62,900 in delinquent gross income taxes penalties and interest during July, it was announced today by Clarence A. Jackson, director of the division. Approximately $37,600 had been collected in April, and $25,000 during each of the months of May and June. Ju kson said. Approximately $17,000 of the July I total was -ollected by field agents covering regular territories, it was i said, while the remainder was colI lected 'by special agents engaged in i seeking out persons and firms that failed to file returns. Jackson asserted that for the protection of citizens who have filed ■ returns properly and paid the correct amount of tax. every eCfort is being made to ascertain that the tax is paid 'by all who owe. Tax collections during the pre--1 sent quarterly period already are within a few thousand dollars of I the total for the last period, he said, and several weeks remain before books are to be closed for the quarter. Penalties on delinquent taxes range from 10 per cent to 50 per i cent of the amount of the tax with interest at 1 per ’ ent a month from the date tlhe taxes are due. In cases where fraud is proved, courts may ; also ad 1 fines up to SSOO anil jail ' sentences up to six months.

Table Os Tax Valuations In County

Taxable property in Adams county decreased $84,844 dollars this year according to figures compiled in county auditor J. W. Tyndall's office. The taxable value in 1933 was $21,973,133 while the value this year is $21,888,298. State assessed railroads and utilities in the county were decreased in value from $3,562,812 in 1933 to $3,261,714 in 1934, a decrease of $301,088. Banks are not included in the state assessment this year. The value of real estate was changed very little this year, only

Taxing Unit Real and State Mortgage Valuations Valuations Imp. Personal Assessments Exemptions 1934 1933 Blue Creek » 781.335 $ 102,110 $ 58,421 $ 81,195 $ 860.671 $ 867.102 “ n h 868,063 125,760 61,975 59,310 996,488 1,001,691 Hartford 932,320 130,300 27,051 61.970 1,027,701 1,021,609 Jefferson 862.050 117,871 8,110 84,820 903,211 892,170 Kj klan(l 901,025 119,170 180,930 63,710 1,137,415 1,138,490 p reble 931.390 201,330 441,552 62.850 1,511,422 1,560,309 t 1,285,815 170,530 287,568 88,760 1,655,153 1,779,839 qt Marys 785,231 80,120 536,615 68,660 1,333,306 1,383,888 U' lon ’ 876,780 108,410 9,453 78,890 915,753 906,958 Wabash 1,068,996 156,010 156,179 86,700 1,294,485 1,292,313 Washington 1,362,813 180,470 688,977 98.370 2,133,890 2,181,137 Berne Corp —- 1,028,430 433,450 93,177 103,670 1,451.387 1.418,710 b Decatur Root 141,300 167,250 6,226 1,250 313,526 197,370 I Decatur 'Washington .... .. - 3,218.140 687.150 378,187 233,780 4.049.697 4,098,073 ! Geneva Corp 281,490 126,590 55,059 33,520 429,619 443.510 Monroe Corp., Monroe 109,410 39,130 15,725 7,700 156,565 158,243 T0ta1516,839,548 3,149,491 3,261,714 1,362,455 21,888,298 21,973,133

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 11, 1934.

Prize Winning (’oil Is Sold Hubert Schmitt, whose best stud pure bred Belgian colt won the gold medal at the show at Berne Friday afternoon, sold a stud colt which won third prize to a Sheridan county breeder. This same horse was purchased from Sheridan county by Mr. Schmitt. Mr. Schmitt received several offers.to sell his first prize winning colt but refused them in order to be able to show the animal at the state fair. POLICEMAN ON BRINKOF GRAVE Chicago Constable Narrowly Escapes From Being Buried Alive Chicago, Aug. 11 (U.R) —John Griffin. 22 year old constable, lav last night literally on the brink of the grave. Through a haze of agony, with bullets in his head, abdomen, side, one arm ami a leg, he heard members of a hoodlum gang plan his burial as a dead man. Today Griffin was in a hospital with a chance to recover, while one of his assailants was in jail and at least one other was identified as a fugitive. “I can take it." grinned Griffin through pain contorted lips. “When 1 get up I'm going to find out if that gang that got me can take as much." Griffin was attacked when he attempted to arrest Michael Ros"Tcont’nued’on’page SIX)*

minor changes and correction being made. Personal property in the county was reassessed and in almost every instance the value was raised. The personal property assessment in 1934 is $3,149,491 as compared to $3,013,710. This is an increase of $135,781. Mortgage and soldiers’ exemptions decreased from $1,418,215 in 1933 to $1,362,455 in 1931, a decrease of $55,760. A new item does not appear in

TAX VALUATION GAINS IN CITY Decatur Taxable V aluation Shows Increase Os $67,780 iD-vatur’s taxable valuation gained SO",780 this year, according to the abatra>ct of figures compiled in the county auditor's office. The net valuation of taxables in Decatur thin year, on which taxes will be paid next year, is $4,363-223. The gain lame from property assessed in that part of Root township. which is included in the Decatur city limits. I,:ist year property in Decatur-Root was assessed at $197,370.00. This year it is appraised at $313,526.00. The increase came largely from the increased assessment of the Central 'Sugar company. The taxable valuation of the 1 Sugar Company was increased $100XM)0 this year, n Washington township, where Decatur is largely situated, .there was a loss of about $50,000 in the valuation totals. Although the total gain is small, the increase will refle. t in the tax levies*and may make possible a reduction in the levies figured iby the township, school board and civil ; "ityAt one time Decatur's assessed valuation was more than $7,500,OOOXW. The figures for last year and this year follow: Taxing unit 1933 1934 Decatur-Root .. $197,370 $313,526 Decatur-Wash. 4,038,073 4,049.697 Totals $4,295,443 $4,363,223 The valuation figures will Ibe certified to the different taxing units by the county auditor next week.

the table arranged by the auditor. Municipal utilities were taxed for state and county purposes for the first time this year. The tour plants in the county valued at a total of $305,370. The following table gives the real estate and improvement valuations personal property valuations. the state’s assessment of utilities, the mortgage and soldiers’ exemptions and the net taxable value for 1933. The last column in the table gives the valuations for 1933.

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BITTER STRIKE ' DEVELOPING IN PENNSYLVANIA — Aluminum Company Workers Go On Strike At New Kensington * LABOR FEDERATION I IS BACK OF STRIKE New Kensington, Pa., Aug. 11. — | (U.R>—The American Federation of Labor and the Mellon dominated aluminum company of America, locked horns in a bitter strike to j day that held the potentialities of developing into the worst labor dispute of the new deal. Five of the i company's eight plants were forced I I to close and the other three were; expected to follow quickly. The strike, backed by the feder- , I ation and officially sponsored by' j William Green, federation presi- ; . dent, went into effect t midnight. I, ■ Promptly at that hour, the 15,000 ;, members of the National j'ouncil <if Aluminum Workers, federation! affiliate, organized for militant ( ; picketing, took up stations around i 1 the three chief plants here, another l I in East St. Louis, ill., and a fifth lin Arcola, Tenn. They prevented ' non union men from going to work |on the midnight shifts and the j I company decided to make no im- ! mediate effort to continue oper ation. Plants at Baden, N. C.. Massina. N. Y., and Fairfield, Conn., were I not at once affected, seemingly bej cause union officials there had not, ■ been notified of the strike call. The company mustered special I guards and police almost to equal l i the number of strikers at all affected plants. The shift going to i work at midnight is small and pick- ! ets had no difficulty in stopping > ‘Tco’ntinued’on PAGE SIX) DEMOCRATS LAY CAMPAIGN PLAN I I R. Earl Peters Only Party Leader Missing At Meeting French Lick. Ind., Aug. 11. —(U.R) I —Only the absence of R. Earl Pet- , i ers, former state chairman, marrled a harmony meeting of Indiana i Democrats today. ’ Os all the leaders of warring fac-' i lions within the party, he was the | i only one not to appear for the an-1 ! nual outing of the Democratic Edi-1 | lorial Association. Politics were to have been rele- j i gated to the background but be-! j tween rounds of golf, mineral baths and bridge games the editors and j party leaders seriously were con-' ' cerned with the problems of the i ' fall campaign. Peters' absence resulted from his failure to win the Democratic nomination from Sherman Minton, the I i administration choice, at the, party's state convention in June. Noticeable among the recalcitrants brought back to the fold was Richard Wernecke, Terre Haute. He has been a staunch Democrat for years but has disagreed with the administration's program. The Democratic state committee ’"(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o— Stoneburner Car Recovered Today A car belonging to A. .Stonelburner ■ route two. Decatur was found in I Wells county today by Orve Landis, Wells county sheriff. The car was stripped. It was reported to Sheriff Burl Johnson of Adams county 'who notified Mr. Stonelburner today. The car had not Ibeen reported to local officials. o — Three Churches Join In Picnic The three churches of North St. Mary's township will entertain with an old fashioned picnic in Hilpert's I Grove, one half mile south and a mile west of Bobo on Thursday, August 23. The general public is invited to attend the picnic. Dollie Chronister is secretary for the organizations and anyone desiring to present any kind of entertainment at the picnic is asked to write to Miss Chronister.

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The first two installments of i 1 a new serial story, “Caroline,’’ are published in today’s issue of the Daily Democrat, on page I two. Written by Ruth Dewey ' Groves, the story is one of the ' feature novels of the season and readers ot popular fiction i . ; are invited to start the story I today. PRICE FIXINC J GIVEN PRAISE Prominent Mine Union Leader Praises Price Fixing Under NRA Terre Haute, Ind.. Aug. lI(U.R) — Price fixing under the NRA, most, frequent target of critics of th©| New Deal, was lauded here today as one of the principal reasons for ' improved conditions in bituminous coal fields. Speaking at the annual picnic of; District 11, United Mine Workers, lof America, Phillip Murray, Pitts-j burgh, international vice-president ot the union, said the mine worker would demand retention of price fixing clause of the bituminous j coal code. "The National. Industrial Reco- ; very Acts, thrdtigh the processes !of the bituminous coal code, has. ' through a system of recognized I ; price fixing, eliminated to a sub- ! stantial degree the evils of cut- i throat competition," Murray said. I “The eliminatioif - of this provl-1 sion from our code would natural- 1 ily result in the return of condit-1 ions which existed prior to the I passing of the act. “The degradation of prices bring a consequent degradation ot wage , and living standards, long hours of ' labor, strikes, lockouts, bloodshed, land all the miserable things that: ! follow in the wake of a depressed ' and depraved industry. “Hence the importance of our j organization’s continuing to manifest an interest in the retention of the price fixing features of the bi-i luminous coal code.” , Enthused over improvements un- i der the NRA, the mine workers ; union will propose new social legisi lation to the next congress, Mur- ; ray said. “We will ask the bituminous coal operators to join with us in preparation of a bill designed to permanently stabilize the coal industry.’’ he explained. “■ffie bill will be sufficiently far i reaching in its scope to enable the industry to recognize better social, and living standards and improve) certain other abuses which contiI nue to exist. “In conjunction with the inter- | est we are manifesting in coal stai bilization regulation we also are ) prompting, with others in the la- , bor movement, the passage by congress of permanent unemployment insurance, extension of old age I pensions and other important soI cial legislation." Murray traced the benefits miners have gained from enactment of the NTRA and warned that permanency of these new wage agreements and federal legislation of the mining industry depends lar(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Tri-Countv Meet Next Wednesday The tri county meeting of the Pythian Sister lodge will be held at Montpelier, Wednesday. August 15. The counties to be represented will Ibe Adams, Blaxtkford and Wells, bounties. |A pot-luck dinner will Ibe served. o “Tarzan” Hicks Is Recovering Charles (Tarzan) Hidks. former, pugilist and well known in this city ) is recovering in the Adams county ; hospital from an aocident which necessitated the amputation of one toe. Mr. Hicks was squirYel hunting | ■ Thursday when he accidentally shot I himself. The full charge from a 12gauge shot gun struck his foot just back of the toes. He managed to limp to the road where he was picked up Iby a Fort Wayne lady: who took him to Geneva where I his wound was dressed. 'Mr. Hicks now resides at Bryant. While living in Jefferson town ship this spring he ran for sheriff on the democratic ticket.

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EIGHT STATES ARE BENEFITED FROM SHOWERS New Deal’s Farm Program Hangs In Balance In Face of Drought CROP DISASTER IS WORST IN HISTORY Chicago, Aug. 11 <U R) Rain over eight midwestem states, with sharply lowered temperatures in its wake, brought surcease today from a heat wave and drought which have killed hundreds of persons and have cost more than $ 100.000,000 in damaged crops in the last week. Substantial rains fell in Ohio, Indiana, Southern Michigan, Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, Southern lowa, Northern Missouri. Eastern Kansas and Central Nebraska. In Kansas City, center of a caldron of heat yesterday, the temperature dropped from a 110-de-I gree maximum to 83 degrees at 2 a. tn. In Chicago, where the rains fell early, the mercury fell to 72. Through all the favored terrii tory a cooling breeze accompanied the storm. The weather bureau ; predicted unsettled conditions ' throughout the day, with possibly I more rain tonight. To residents of a hundred ; steaming cities, where sleep has I been possible only with the aid ' *7cONT*NUW*OiN PAGE SIX) Maynard Brewster Held For Robbery Sheriff Burl Johnson and depdty sheriff Dallas Hower went to Auburn this morning to return Maynard Brewster to this county to face i a charge of petit larceny. He is accused of stealing five bushels of i wheat and three gallons of gaso-. line from William Gunder on July 25. 1934. He was apprehended by I officials in Auburn this morning. Three other cases are on record in the circuit court against BrewI ster. On May 19. 1926. he was , found guilty on a fraudulent check I charge and ordered to serve out a I fine of $l5O in the state penal farm. o Republicans Will Meet August 20 Ralph Yager, republican county I chairman, announced today that a ! »onvention of precinct and vicecommitteemeft would be held in I this city, Monday, August 20, for ' the purpose of nominating a candidate to fill the republican ticket. A candidate for county auditor ami one for county commissioner from the first district will be i named. The meeting will be held in the ' Michaud building, on South Secj ond street, formerly occupied by the S. E. Black undertaking parlors. The room will be used as headquarters during the campaign ■ Mr. Yager stated. 03JECTI0NS ARE HEARD TO PLAN Decatur Citizens Object To Plan To Paint Numbers On Curbs Objections were registered at She Daily Democrat ofifice this morning by several citizens against the painting ot the house numbers on the curbs. One citizen, active in community affairs, said the painting was unsightly and that if he was home when the painters came to his house lhe would not permit them to ’ paint the numbers on his curb. The plan was sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. August Salles, address 1 not given, as a means of giving employment to several men. No fixed charge is made for the work, but ) donations are solicited, the workmen receiving two-thirds and the sponsors one-third of the amount. ■ The sponsors furnish the materials. Property owners or residents need not donate for the painting, iMrs. Sailes stated. She claimed that similar work was done in other ' cities and that about nine men would be employed here.