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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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I Truck Operators To Meet Jan. 16 Port Wayne. Jan. 12 (Special) | I —A mass meeting for truck owners and operators will be held by the 1 Fort Wayne Chapter of the Indium. I motor triffic usair iati.vn. Wednesday evening January IG?> at 8:00 A. M. at the Moose Hall, at the j I corner of Webster and Wayne Streets, Fort Wayne, »it which legislative treat’s gainst the motoi truck industry in the present ecu slcn of the Indiana legislature will be discussed in detail by >D. F. I Mltzner, secretary, and George W. Peraon, vice-presklent of the association. All truck owners of Allen t'ounty and the surrounding territory are cordially invited. Th!e is the fourth cb I. ter rally held in the state In the laet two weeks by aaao ' tlation officers who have just aid'd I In forming new chapters in Rktt-J I mond and Evansville, and Koi mo; making six In all. PEOPLES BANK REPORT FILED C. J. Lutz Files Report For Peoples State Bank Os Berne The Peoples State Bank of Berne ! now has inventory assets totaling $173,576.28. according to the report filed in the Adams circuit i court by Clark J. Lutz, special representative for the Indiana De-1 partment of Financial Institutions for the period of June 30, 1931 to January 2. 1935. On June 30. 1934 the inventory assets of the closed bank were as follows; .rot zage Io cs. 153.06; personal and collateral ) loans, $93,201.75; U. S. bonds. $2.- , 575; other bonds and securities. $2,610; linking house. 81,.; 21.35 furniture and fixtures. $6,800; other_yeal eauite. $10,243, due. from banks. $10,464.42; cash on hand. $312.74; other assets, $457.62, and total. $1 L 139.53. Additional iharges during tliat period were as follows: profits chargeable, $156.35; interest received. $2,954; rents received. $655.01; miscellaneous receipts. 410G.91. I Credits were claimed for the following items: losses determined. $772.14; preferred claims paid, outstanding checks paid as preferred. $101.05; common claims, paid distribution number two of 15 per cent. $17,547.64; taxes paid. $393.37: expense of administration, sl,408.38; special representative allowance. s6t'O: attorney fee allowed. $613, and total credits claimed. 1 $21,435.58. The inventory assets remaining on January 2. 1935, are: mortgage loans. $362)34.8,; ner-onal and col lateral loans, $90,293.06; U. S. bonds, $11,350; banking house, $17,321.35; furniture and fixtures. $6,800; other real estate. $8,400; due from banks, $2,357.68; cash on hand. $266.70: other assets. $452.62, and total, $173,576.28. The total of credits and present 1 i inventory amount to $1 5,011. J. The current report was tiled in the Adams circuit court. Judge Huber M. DeVoss has ordered it returnable on February 18. Traffic Light Struck By Auto An suto driven by Harold Jttsrgen 2204 St. Joe Blvd., F.rt Wayne. I struck the signal lig’ t at the Madi-son-Second street intersection at 11:30 o’clock last night. The pout and light were not d maged. The 1 Jiiergen car was taken to >i 1 >cal garage, where minor repairs were made. The police also reported that alley lights 'back of the Fisher and tlar- ; rls grocery .-nd Frlvkle's place, were 1 cut, the bulbw being broken presumably by boys who u.-.ed th? lights f r 1 targets-

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RECEIVE FIFTH ROOKffl SERIES Books Are Attemnt To Combine Visual And Formal Education The fifth of an unusual series cf school books ha* been received in this office and the office of Clifton E. Striker, superintendent of the county schools. It is named "Art Stories, Book Two.” The other four books of the series have already been received and one of them, "Science Stories” is now being used in the county schools as an auxiliary text book. The books are an attempt at combining visual education with the formal and customary manner of Instruction. Flach of the books is replete with beautiful four color press work. Tbo books are written in the form of primers and are for use in the first, second and third grades. The language kt simple end the thoughts illustrated. The theory of the books is that while the pupils are learning to read they may also learn some of the elementariis of the subjects they will study in more detail in their later school life. The oilier throe books of the series are "Art Stories." “Number Stories” end “Health S’orb-s " Mr. Striker is? using the "Science Stories" now In the county schools (CONTIXTED ON PAGE FIVE) . .. ... . ——-Q — To Announce Centers For Tourneys Soon Indianapolis. Jan. 12 —(UP)—Sectional and regional eolgnmerts for the annual basketball ttumarent :t the ndlana high school athletic association will be made early next week, commissioner Arthur L. Trester. said tod y. o Mrs. Neuenschwander Dies This Morning Mrs. Kathryn Lehtnan-Neuensch-wand r, 77, well known Berre resident. and widow of the late David C. Neuen.tr hwunder. died at her home this morning. Death was due to grief over her late husband's death, and heart dise’se. Mr Neutnschwander died last Saturday morning at his home in Berns. Surviving are the following; sons and a daughter: Dr. W. EJ Neuenschwander f Port Wayne; Dr. 11. W. Neuenschwander of. Berne; Pref Milo Neuenschwander j of New Concord, Ohio, end Mrs. I Ernest Stengel of Berne. I

ONLY DAILY NEWSP AP E R IN ADAMS C 011 NT Y

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 12, 1935.

Stockholders To Meet At Muncie Th' first annual stockholders I meeting of the Muncie productive 1. an association will he held in the Y. M. A. building at 1 :30 a. m. I January 16, in Muncie. Fred T. Schurger of Do atilr is one of the present directors. The a.eo iatlon was org nitred laet spring ‘.nd received Its first loan application on March 20. 1034. Since that date 575 loans have i'ie it made for an aggregate of $182,820 of w ich 115 loans have been repaid in full. Os these 575 borrowers •all but four have retained their ownsrsh) of the class B cr voting stock, although legally entitled to dispose of it. Each sharehoder has one vote regardless of the . mount of stick he owns. URGE CAUTION AGAINST COLDS Medical Association W arns Against Fresh Air Over-emphasis Ind'cnapolls, Ind.. J n. 12 —(UP) —Caution against over emphasis of the free i air fad and resultant common colds was urged today by the Indiana State Medical Associ. ti a. ‘ The fresh air ted may be overdone,” the aoeoJation's bulletin said. “Most modern dwellings have enough cubic feet within their wa.ls to supply the average number of occil ants with good, breath-.hie air without too mu' h opening of windows and creating drafts. “Fresh air is air of the pr per; humidity which is In motion, and it may be eltuer warm or cold, despite the fact that the general public has | gained the impression that to be fresh the air must be cold”, the bulletin eaid. "Also colds would be less frequent if more attention were paid to ; proper ventilation. Hot, dry rooms are ideal incubating chamber* for cold Infections, as disease germs thrive in high ten Denature," it 'was ; said. o— Presbyterian You ng People Plan Service The young peoplt’u society of the Presbyterian church will continue fireside meeting* cf "Interesting iTr Ils" Sunday night at ;&:00 o’clock. Rev. George O. Walton will bring a message upon the subject of "SiwlJon.” Ti is message Is ■bleed upon the literary effort of j Guy de Maupasant’s story entitled I“A Piece cf (String, and also the [story of the elder brother.

JOANNA AUTEN DIES FRIDAY Former Decatur Woman Dies Friday Afternoon At Fort Wayne Mrs. Joanna Auten, 90. widow of the late Thomas Auten. for many 1 years prominent here, died at her home at 1225 Holton avenue. Fort Wayne, Friday noon at 12:30. after a two weeks Illness with a severe cold which developed into 1 influenza. Funeral services will be held from t'te home at twi o'clock Monday afternoon with Dr. D. Perns Martin of the Wayne street Methodiet church in charge. BurJ ial will be at the Decatur cemetery. Mrs. Auten was born and reared I here, a sister of the late Dr. J. S. Coverdale and resided here until after the death of her husband i about thirty-five years ago, when she moved to Fort Wayne where her daughter, Miss Mary M. Auten has been a school teacher. Mrs Auten had many friends in ; this citv and county. Her husband, Thoma* Auten, was for many years engaged in the furniture business here, the old firm of Woodward & Auten and later Auten & Gay, will be well remembered by the older citizens. Mrs. Auten was a devout member of the Methodist church and a’wavs took great interest in the work. Announcement of her death came (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE' o Report Measles Case In County One case of measles was reported in Adams county for tee week ending Saturdav. January 5. according to the morbidity report of the Ind '-n.i division of public health. o Grover H. Oliver Purchases Agency Grover 11. Oliver today purchased Dee Fryback'e interest In the State Auto Agency, , The insurance agency, which was I organised 1 st April, w>'s operated under the name of Oliver and Fryibai k. It will be known a* the Grover H. Oliver Agency. iMr. Fryback, who was named manager of the county auto licence bureau, will continue as a sub-agent I for the Insui'tnce gency. Mr. Oliver also has tee agen- y for several fire insurance companies. His office is i located in the Peoples Loan and j Trust company building.

CITI COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION ( FRIDAY NIGHT ■—— - ( Several Business Matters Disposed Os In Con- i tinued Meeting SUBMIT CONTRACT FOR HOMESTEADS The city council met in continu- ; ed session last evening at the city hall and disposed of several matters. Contracts for the furnishing of City light and power to the 48 houses at the homestead division were submitted and read. The council authorized the mayor and clerk to sign the contract, after the paragraph pertaining to rates was revised. Until the homestead division is brought Into the city limits, customers will pay the regular rural light and power rates. A. A.. Watrous, project manager and Ferd D. Litterer, attorney for Decatur Homsteads, Inc., at-, tended the meeting and assured the council of their cooperation in seeing that the necessary revision ! of the contract was made. The council also authorized the board of public works and safety to negotiate a contract witli the Citizens Telephone Company for the use of the city light poles owned by the city, on the homestead site to string the telephone wires. The matter will be taken up with the company by the committee, composed of Mayor Holthouse, City Attorney Herman H. Myers and Councilman Andrew Appelman. Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner. made a report to the council of activities in his department. An inventory of all supplies of the street department has been i made. Satisfactory arrangements 1 for tile repair of the outlet of tile court house sewer on Madison street were made by Mr Roop with the county commissioners. Mr. Roop reported that tlie gold fish In the pond at Legion Memorial park were left in the pool and that efforts to revive the fish by I cutting holes in the ice were futile. The bottom of the pool cracked when the water froze. The doors on the ladies toilet in Hanna park were broken by someone and the department repaired the damage, leaving the place open. A catch basin at the corner of (CONTINUED GN PAGE SIX) FIVE HUNDRED MILLION PAID Farmers Have Received Over This Amount Under AAA Programs Washington, Jan. 12 — Farmers participating in the programs f the i giicultural adjustment administration have received a total of $580,i 2,564 in ren •;! and benefit payments, and payments la connection with exercises of cotton options and the cotton producers' pool, up to January 8, 1935, according to the latest tabulation :f cvecks disbursed. it was announced today. Total payments, as eho-wn by checks issued, were as follows by ommodities: cotton, 1383 .progtum, $.112,739 159; cotton. 1934 program, $93,803,307: exercise of cotton options. $12,176,445 cotton option pool $39,318,288; tobacco, 1933 program] $2,051,898; tcbacco 1934 iprogram, $16,776,5317; wheat, 1933 program, $89,189,046; wheat, 1934 program. $54,705,861; corn-hogs 1934 program $159,937,478; and sugar. 1934 program, $55,541- Nearly 9,000,000 checks love been issued in connettlon with these payments. The regular monthly report f expenditures issued i’jy the comptroller of the agricultural adjustment administration, also announced today, classifies payments not only as to commodity, but also hy state and I county. o Mrs. Zehr Named Berne Postmaster Mrs. Rena Zehr has been nominated by President Roosevelt for the IBerne rostmastership. Tee nomination must be approved by the Senate. Mrs- Zehr has been serving as i acting poetmaster since August,] 1933. when she succeeded Fred Roh-! rer. I

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G. E. Firemen Name Albert Beery Head The G. E- Volunteer Firemen met in the recreation room at the General Electric plant last evening for a social session and election of officers. Albert Beery was elected president of the department. Other officers elected were Kenneth Eady, vice-president and Raymond Shackley, secretary-treasurer. The depart ment has 13 members. A supper was served and following the meal cards and ipool were enjoyed. The committee in charge of the meeting w.s E. W. Ltnkeuau, i. lant superintendent, Bert Gage and Frank Braun. LLDYD COWENS OPENS AGENCY Decatur Loan And Discount Comnanv Opens For Business A new’ corporation dealing with 1 automobile financing and chattel! loans opened today for business, in Decatur under the name of the Decatur Loan and Discount company. Lloyd A. Cowers, former man-' ager of the Franklin Security' company hero, will be the manager. with offices located in the Peonies Loan and Truat company ■ building. The loan company, which will 1 be managed and owned by local people, will operate a small loan business such as chattel loans on livestock, implements, and house-' hold goods, together with the financing of automobiles. Offices' will bo located in rooms 10 and 11 of the bank building. Mr. Cowens has been a resident of Decatur tor the past four years j during which time lie managed the local office of the Franklin Secur- , ity company. Previous to that time lie resided in Bluffton where he was associated with the Wells ] County Bank for ten years. o Lawyer’s Fate To Jury Monday Chicago, Jan. 12. — (U.R) — The fate of Louis Piquett, the lawyer who knew more about John Dllliuger and his crimes than any other man outside the outlaws gang, will pass Monday to a jury. Six witness have accused Piquett of being tlie “brains" of the Dillinger 1 gang. Piquett, on trial on charges of harboring a fugitive, denied the accusations yesterday in three hours of testimony during which he bared many of the hidden facts of Dillinger’s desperate last days. o ReinhniH KoMewey To Take Short Course Lafavette, Ind., Jan. 12 — Reinhold Koldewey. of Deca'ur R. R. 5 has been accepted as a prospective student in the Purdue University; winter c. ur.-'e in agri ulture. which star’s here Jan. 21 nd c ntinues to March 15. according to V. C. Freeman, aeeistent dean of the I school of grieulture. Mr. Freeman I has received Mr. Koldewey'.s application for enrollment in the animal husbandry course.

Bird’s-Eye View Os The Legislature As Seen By Democrat Correspondent

(Editor’s Note: —This is the i first of a series of articles dealing i < with outstanding happenings of < the Indiana state legislature, writ-1 i ten exclusively for the Decatur 1 1 Daily Democrat by a staff corres- < pondent. Other articles will ap-1 'pear from time to time during the i session.) t i (By Staff Correspondent) Indianapolis. Jan. 12—The Sev- ■ enty-ninth Indiana General Assent- i bly convened Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Both Houses had a i I Democrat majority; the score in i the House being Democrats 65, < t Republican-* 35; Senate. Demo : ■ crats 38, Renubllcans 12. i Edward Stein. Bloomfield, was . ’ elected speaker of the House and Edward Beggs. Indianapolis, was i named chief clerk. In the Senate, sen. Jacob Weiss ' was named president pro-tern and Norman Gordon was elected secretary. After organizing and hearing I the Governor's address, the AssentI bly showed it was willing, if at all

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WOMAN FLIER ATTEMPTS TO FLY PACIFIC First Woman To Fly Atlantic Attempts 2,400* Mile Flight FIRST TO ATTEMPT LONG FLIGHT ALONE San Francisco, Jan. 12—<U,R) —Rapidly closing the 2,400mile gap between Honolulu and the California coast, Amelia Earhart reported at 9:30 a., m. CST today that all was well aboard the trans-Pacitic ! plane, “flying at 4,000 feet (through overcast skies,” the flier reported. “Everything jOK.” Although Miss Earhart, first to 'attempt the trans-Pacific flight I alone, did not indicate her posiItion, it was estimated she was about 500 miles from her destination, believed to be the Oakland, ; Calif., airport. She piloted a single-motored monoplane of land type. Her radio ' sputtered out a succession of “all okays." as she left the Hawaiian Islands far behind with the safety of the coast far ahead. Following the great circle route, and without mishaps, she should reach the mainland at 1 p. m. PST, (4 p. m. EST.) Weather conditions were ideal through the early hours of the flight. But meteorologists reljorted a storm sweeping down from the northwest, that would lash the 1 mainland with rain and lay a heavy iilatiket of fog above the Golden i Gate. Other difficulties were faced. Although Miss Earhart has a twoway radio broadcasting set which permits her to talk to shore stations and to hear their directions, the plane has no radio beam equipment to guide her through the final I stages of the flight. The landing gear is not retractable and should she be forced to land on the ocean, experts believe her plans will turn turtle and toss the tousle-haired flier into the sea. Miss Earhart's destination was the Oakland airport, where on Dec. 6 Commander Sir Charles Kings-ford-Smith landed almost the same type of plane on a flight from Honolulu. Other airports along the northern California coast were manned, however, on the possibility that she may be forced by tlie fog to turn southward to seed a lauding once she crosses the Farallones, tiny islands 30 miles out from San Francisco and the first land she will sight. Undaunted by these hazards, America’s premier woman flier was jaunty and gay when she climbed into her plame at Wheeler field in Honolulu yesterday afternoon. Her husband, George Putnam, publisher, hovered near, more nervous than she. They kissed—a long affectionate farewell. Army mechanics pulled out the wheel chocks and Miss Earhart . taxied down the field with a gasoline loud of 520 gallons. The plane teetered a bit hut she lifted it into the air at 10:13 p. m. EST for a getaway that expert fliers cheer(CONTINUEID ON PAGE FIVE)

possible, to cut down the length of the 61-day session and instead of adjourning until Monday afternoon, a session for introduction of bills was called for the following day. The Senate in a fast Friday morning session passed, under suspension of rules three important measures of its own and then passed House Bill 1, which provides the money for legislators’ sa'aries. Two measure** tending to clarify the registration law so the Second Congressional district can hold its special election the last of this month were passed and the present law deferring delinouent tax sales for another year. These three measures went to the House for concurrence. Chief among discussion the first two days were three topics: The tax problem: the beer control problem and the primary law. It is the concensus of opinion that legislators want a stricter (CONTINUED ON PAGE THEBE)