Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1935 — Page 1

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Says Special Session Os Assembly Unlikely .Indianapolis. April 17—(UP) —A special session of the state legis- [ kture this summer is "unlikely". I representative Edward H. Stein. •peaker of the house of repreecnta- j tlves. said today. The session has been contemplat | ed to enact a state social security program to confirm with congressional action. S-ein Mid that 65 per cent of the public sentiment seemed to be agaliwt a epecll stwsion. He said I that it a special session is called luwever, a consumer's sales tax l k would be i flout the only new re- , ‘ j veuue m asurv that could pass. DENY STORY OF : COUNTY MERGER , Sen. Gottschalk Denies Any Merger of Counties Is Considered Bluffton, April 17 — Reports of | 1 proposed Igeislalion to merge | J townships and counties, which r 1 have become rife since the ap--1 , pointment of a special legislative • I tax study commission were brand--11 ed as largely bugaboos ■manufac- ‘ 1 hired by irresponsible persons, bv I State Senator Thurman Gottschalk . | Berne, in an address Monday ever | ning at a dinner meeting at th“ U Bliss hotel, sponsored by townships ■ trustees, school principals and 1 other school authorities. The dinner was attended by > about 75 persons. Rep. Frank G. • Thompson also spoke to the gath- ‘ ering. > Senator GotMchalk reviewed the , ‘ appointment of the tax study com- ‘ mittee and its subdivision to study 1 1 various phases of the report to be • made, and he emphasized the lack ’! of foundation in reports of con--11 HfiUdimoiis ui 4U‘- , aeU. UJWUihip ( ■ and county units with the etate--1 ment that the committee had not j ' thus far made < r prepared any recommendations. • i “An unfounded story published . | some time ago in which the writer j ’ indicated that consolidations might • be expected cutting the number of. counties from 92 to 20 or 30 was , ' unfortunate. "It was absolutely without foun- ! dation. and was regrettable, in that ' it prejudiced people right at the J I time when the committee needed | the cooperation of citizens to aid i ■ them in the study and preparation 1 of needed legislation. "The unwarranted story suggested that Adams and Whitley counties would lose their identities and would be merged with Allen to create one large county. Despite the fact that no such plan ' has even been suggested by the tax study committee, a call lias ! been issued for a meeting at Decatur, Wednesday night, to pro- j test against a merger of the i three counties." While there was no probability I he indicated, of a merger of counI ! ties, he cited figures to. show the [ probable advisability eventually to I bring about some mergers of town- ’ ships in some sections of the . southern part, of the state, where I township valuations were so low I that taxi’s could not be raised to meet township expenses. For instance, there is one township with ■ . j a valuation of less than $50,000. ! with quite a nttmber below SIOO.I 000. Senator Gottschalk said he ' i could see no reason for any mergers of civil units in the northern ' part of the state, and at the most ' mergers could not he anticipated ' ,i in any hut a very few of the I 1 smaller counties in the southern [ part of the state. There was not ,: much use, however, to maintain a . township with a valuation less ■' than a half million dollars. "The U. IS. form of government < is experimental and It has been i the most successful in the history of the world," stated Sen. Gotts-1 chalk, as he went into the sub- < (OONTINURD ON PAGE TWO) ( —z — > Ben Hur Lodge To ( Mark Anniversary The Decatur Ben Hur lodge will i observe the thirty-fifth anniversary, of the organization of the local bodge, Friday night at 8 o'clock in the Ben Hur Hall. A class Initiation will be held and visiting members front Fort Wayne. . Kendallville, Peru and Muncie will i ■ be present, also sevei.il of the na t i tional officers from Crawfordsville. ; A good attendance of local mem bers is requested.

NEW DEALERS TAKE DRASTIC MOVE ON LONG Relief Head Seizes Control Os Louisiana Unemployment Aid , (Copyright 1935, by United Press) j Washington. April 17 — <U.R> The new deal today answered Sen. 1 Huey P. Long's attacks with dras- I I tic action intended to squelch him j t and perhaps upset his political [ dictatorship over Louisiana. 1. Relief Administrator Harry | ■L. Hopkins seized control of | Ixiuisiana unemployment aid. 2. Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes ridiculed the senator's “share-the-wealth” campaign , and threatened to rescind Louisiana construction allotments. The fiery Ixmg, entrenched in 1 the state capitol at Baton Rouge. , answered with characteristic at-1 ' tacks on the "brain trust cabinet and advised Ickes "to go slambang to hell." He asserted he would return to the senate Monday to “blast back his ears" and resume his tirade against President Rooeevelt him- | self. Postmaster • General James i A. Farley, and the entire administration. The action of Hopkins and Ickes came as the first out-in-the-onen moves by the new deal to retaliate against Ixing. His attacks thtM far had gone unanswered. Honkins made Frank Peterman. anti-Loi.g factionist. his Ismisiana relief director. Federal funds will go direct to him for expenditure and not to Gov. O. K. Allen, the customary procedure. Legislature Meets Baton Rouge, La., April 17.— . (IJ.R>- The Louisiana house met to--day to give final approval to Sen. ' Huey P. Ixmg’s newest set of die- ' tatorship laws, one of which, the kingf'eh admitted, was to save a ' friend from prosecution for for(OINTINUE'I) ON PAGE TWO) ASKS CITY TO KEEP IIP SEWER Commissioners Offer To Make Repairs to Court House Sewer An offer has been submitted to the city council by the county commissioners to turn over the court| house sewer to the city. This sewer was build over 50; years ago by the county to drain the court house. It extends from | the court house to the St. Mary's I river at the foot of Madison street. | Since its construction, property | owners in Decatur have tapped on : to the sewer. The termination of the sewer will | have to be repaired before the city j can establish the new parking lot | in the vacant lots on First street. The cost of material for the repair will amount to $l2O, according to an estimate prepared by Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner. The county commissioners offer- ( ed to have these repairs made, pro-1 1 viding the city would then take’ the sewer over and maintain it as | a part of the city sewerage sys-| tern. A contract to that effect was presented with the offer. ( The contract was referred to the street and sewer committee in con- , junction with the city attorney, with power to act. ( Proofs of publication of the new’ dog license and the anti-peddler's , ordinances were filed. ( File Petition A petition signed by E. W. Lank- ; enau, superintendent of the Deca-. . tur works of the General Electric! company, several of the plant fore-1 men. and about 50 others, asking! that North Ninth street, i ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) < M iley Post Enroute Home From Lafayette ] St. Louis, April 17-(UP)-Wlley [ Post, strat:sphere flyer, landed at j Lambert Field at 10:40 A. M. today, ( in his monoplane, Winnie Mae. He j took off from the Purdue University J airport, laifayette, Ind., at 8:30 A. M., headed for his home in Barties- . ville, Okla.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 17, 1935.

Principals in Kidnap Trial I ,yi^^*****^^ l ’ t ' i i Two of the principals in the legal drama being enacted at St. Paul. Minn., where 12 members of the Karpis-Barker gang are on trial for the kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer, tanker, are Judge M. M. Joyce. i left, and District Attorney George Sullivan.

PLAN ACTION ON WORKS PROGRAM City Officials Will Confer Later With State Public Works Head City officials will confer with F. M. Logan, state engineer of the public works program in Indiana, just as soon as the state completes its organization and knows the procedure to be followed in disbursing federal funds for local projects. i Mayor Holthouse and city offi- < ials have kept in close touch with state and federal authorities, relative to launching a public works program in this city. The following letter was received by Mayor Holthouse from Mr. Logan: "With reference to your letter [ of April Bth, asking advice as to ; how to proceed in getting the I public works program started in ! your city, until this office has [ been instructed as to procedure [ under the new works bill. I can- [ not give you definite advice on I tills subject. “Just as soon as the organiza- : tion in this office is set up, you [ will be notified and an appointment made to discuse these prob--1 lems." The city listed projects in its inventory of public needs and improvements totaling more than $600,000. The largest of the pro- [ jects, included an interceptor sewer, sewage disposal plant, adI ditional storm sewers, a new turbine and additional equipment at [ the city light and power plant, ornamental street lighting sys- [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) MONROE PLANS GOOD FRIDAY — Good Friday Services Will Be Held At Monroe M. E. Church A Good Friday dllWTce will be observed in the Methodist Episcopal church of Monroe Friday, in which the churches of Monroe and surrounding community will participate. The school at Monroe will be dismissed by periods to attend the services, which will continue from 12 o’clock noon to 3 o’clock. The Three Hours have been divided | into five periods. Rev. Elbert Morford, pastor of, the Monroe M. E. church, today announced the complete program for . the service. There w’ill be speak- [ ers for each period, special music, prayer and scripture. The complete program follows: I 12 to 12:45 o'clock—Rev. M. O. Herman, pastor of the Evangelical church at Berne, and Rev. H. E. Tropf, pastor of the Missionary church, Berne, speakers. Music by the Monroe high school quartet. Prayer and Scripture by Rev. C. 11. Suckau and Rev. M. O. Herman. 12:47 to 1:15 p. m— Rev. C. H. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I

REV. WINGER TO DELIVER SERMON Rev- Otho Winger, Manchester College Head, to Deliver Baccalaureate Talk Rev. Otho Winger, president of Manchester college at North Mani < heater, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the 18 graduates of [ the Kirkland high sell 01. The baccalaureate services will [ be held at the Kirkland gymnasium, [ Sunday evening. April 21. The following program will he presented: Music. : Song—Girls' chorus. 'lnvocation —Rev. David Grether [ Si ng-Girls’ chorus- .: S ennon—Rev. Winger. i I Song—Girls' chorus I Benediction—Rev. Lest r Brun-' . ner. I c RADIO EXPERT TALKS TO CLUB 11 Gerald Cole Gives Interesting Talk On Radio To Lions Club •I Gerald Cole, Decatur radio ex- ■ pert, gave an interesting talk to the members of the Decatur Lions club iat the regular meeting Tuesday [ night at the Rice hotel. His talk on radio was as follows: "Before the time of Marconi’s dis- | covery of wireless, a group icf young I fellows were carrying on electrical ! experiments. They built electric [ motors with batteries to run them , and constructed * back yard tele- [ graph line. "With Marconi's announcement of ( his transmission of messages with- : out wires these fellows were quick I to realize that this was n lot m re , I interesting and began their experiments in this field. "So early in the history of radio I we see the (beginning of amateur ra- ' dio. These amateurs were interest- , . ed in radio only as a hobby—to build their own eqquipment and communicate with their friends in other parts of the city. "By 1911 the group numbered nearly 600 or about three times the number of navy and commercial stations then in operation. The desire of these amateurs to improve i t.heir equipment and to increase the range of their receivers and transmitters. brought about the rapid development ot radio as we have it today. “Amateurs have numerous times 1 proven their worth to the nation by (setting up the only possible means | of outside communication in times 'of disaster, floods, tornadoes etc. i "In about two weeks time my new I tel .phone transmitter cf 500 watts j power will ibe ready to go on the air (<X)NTINIIED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Mid-Week Service At Baptist Church Th? mid-wvek services of the Baptist church will be held at 7:30 o’clock this evening in the church. [ The Philo class will have charge of the services. Choir practice will {be held at 8:30 o'clock.

COMPROMISE BONUSBILL INTRODUCED Harrison’s Bill To Pay Bonus In 1938 Introduced Today Washington. April 17—- <U.R) The compromise bonus plan work'ed out by Sen. Pat Harrison. D.. Miss., an administration leader, was introduced in congress today. President Roosevelt withheld comment on the bill, but it was believed he would accept it if passed. Some representatives of veterans at once opposed it, but it was believed they may later accept It in view of the President’s determination to veto more expensive plans. The compromise bonus bill "absolutely is not acceptable to the American Legion," Milo Warner, national vice-commander of the Legion said at Toledo. Ohio. Harrison would make bonne certificates mature in 1938 instead of 1945. They could be converted immediately into three per cent bonds. Veterans who wanted cash right, away could sell the bonds, losing only the interest they otherwise could obtain until 1938. Harrison said this would cost $500,000,000 more than the present bonus law. but far less than the Patman bill, passed hv the house, to pay the bonus with $2,500,000,000 in new money. In the house, the battle of the ! Townsendites to substitute their ! plan for the comparatively small I old-age pensions of the administration social security bill ap- ' proached a decision. Speaker [ Joseph W. Byrns predicted they I would muster "not more than 54 ,or 55 votes." Debate should end I tomorrow, with voting then begin- \ ning on amendments. A conference of Republican ’ members was called for tonight to determine their stand on the measure. The senate, lacking major legislation to debate, took up the Bankhead bill to establish a farm home corporation to help tenant farmers buy land. The senate finance committee heard IzOtiis Titus of the petroleum code authority denounce the pending NRA extension bill on the grounds that it would lodge too much power with the government and take code authority away from industry. Joseph H. Choate. Jr., federal alcohol control administrator. defended the liquor code against complaints of coopers that it hindered sales of barrels. He said sales were smaller only because liquor consumption was not as great as before prohibition. Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas, in a letter to a senate mining sub(CONTTNtTED ON PAGE SIX) p John Garber Funeral Services Thursday Funeral services I' >r John Garber 82 year old Wabash' township resident for many years, who died at the Adiuns county infirmary at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning, will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the White Oak church, four miles southwest of G-eneva. Rev. Davison will officiate and burial will be made in the church cemetery. The body will remain nt Wells Brothers undertakers in Geneva until time for the funeral. Deliver Papers At Regular Time The Daily Democrat will be delivered at the regular time Friday afternoon. Carrier boys need not call for their papers until 4 o’clock. An effort is being made to have the paper ready for press at noon and if this plan carries, the edition will be run off after 3:00 o’clock, following the Three-Hour Good Friday services. The cooperation of the advertiser and tho person who has items for publication is asked in this effort, the editors, reporters, linotype operators and printers, all uniting in the plant to conform to the three-hour closing schedule from 12 to 3 o’clock. If our work is not completed by 12 o'clock it will be carried on after 3 o'cock.

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Annual Clean-Up Week Opens May 6 Ralph Roop, civil works comml.sicioner, announced today t)»t May 6 will be the 'first day of the an- | nual clean up weak. Plans are being 11 worked out to ipick uii> all the rubi bteh and traah discarded by the householders. The cooperation of ■ every citizezn is requested in the i attempt to clean up the city. OPEN BIDS ON ! ALLEY REPAIR I Two Bids Presented For Improvement ot McConnell Alley ■ _____ 1 Two bids were opened at the regular meeting of the city council ! Tuesday evening for the McConnell alley improvement. ' The bid offered by Yost Brothers was for concrete construction. The bid waa $2,690 for the job complete. Yost Brothers offered to ’ deduct S3BO if the city should obi tain FERA labor. Excavation over ‘ and above the amount specified by [ the engineer would be done at 85 1 ! cents a cubic yard and extra con-1 ’! crete work at sl2 a cubic yard. Meshberger Brothers Stone compiny submitted bid of $2,816 for the concrete type of surface. They . agreed to deduct $l9B if FERA lab- 1 I or would be used. They also submitted an alternate bid of $2.20 a : [ square yard of surface with the, , provision that $l9B should be de- . ducted from the total if FERA lab- j , or should be used. Meshberger Brothers were the , only bidders on the bituminus coat- i •[ ed resurface with a total bid of j I $2,048. From this they agreed to deduct $l7B should FERA labor be used. The company also filed a ■ number of alternate unit bids for ( - this type ot'surface. I A bid filed by Phil Sauer after l I the other bids had been opened. . was given to the city attorney to ascertain whether it could be legally l considered. > i The bids were given to Ralph . I Roop, civil works commissioner, for tabulation. .[— o — FIRST LICENSE ISSUED TODAYj City Peddler’s And Dog License Ordinances Effective Today > A Delphos, Ohio, dry cleaning : concern is the first to take out ai' ■ peddler's license under the new ■ city ordinance, which became effectlve today. The company paid $lO which will i entitle it to operate its truck col-1 ■ lecting dry cleaning for two days. l " The license is $5 a day. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse stated today that the ordinance will, be enforced. Cooperation of the police has been assured. The new’ ordinance is similar to those in other cities in the state. It prohibits the selling of merchan- ' dise by solicitors going from house to house in competition with mer- , ’ chants in Decatur who are paying taxes and have store licenses. It permits the sale of farm or ’ industrial goods produced in Ad- ' arcs county. It also permits wholesalers to deliver goods to local stores from orders taken in advance. A nutflber of local people who| represent concerns as agents have! been reported as taking out store, licenses. The new ordinance requiring the 1 j licensing of dogs also is effective j [today. Over 25 dog owners have! . purchased licenses from the city . clerk treasurer. 1 The time for the purchase of, I these license tags has been extended until May 1. , After May 1 all dogs found with- , out license tags fastened to collars will be picked up and taken ) to the dog pound. The owners will . be given 10 days after their dogs are impounded to redeem them, purchase a license and pay the pen- ' al ’ y ' Church Brotherhood Will Meet Tonight ; The Zion Reformed brotherhood will hold the regular meeting at the 1 church tonight at 7:30 o'clock. All 1 members are urged to attend this meeting. 1

GARRIES FIRST LOAD OF MAIL ACROSS OCEAN Air Liner Sets New Record For Flight To Honolulu Today Honolulu, T. IL, Apr. 17. —fU.R) 1 — The Pan American Clipper ship, blazing a commercial air trail across the Pacific ocean, landed in Pearl Harbor at 10:21 a. in. (PST) today after a triumphal flight over the city of Honolulu. The Clipper slirp, a four-motored Sikorsky monoplane, completed the 2,400-mile over-water hop from Alameda, Calif., in 18 hours and 31 minutes, shattering all speed records for air travel between the United States and Honolulu. Faster time could have been registered by the Clipper ship, but the crew of six veteran Americans voluntarily "wasted" more than a halt hour flying over Honolulu to allow crowds to view the ship in flight. Despite this fact, the Clipper beat the previous record time by six hours and 17 minutes. Six navy planes formerly held the record of 24 hours, 48 minutes. The luxury airliner, bearing the first load of mail ever flown across the Pacific ocean, left its terminal at Alameda, Calif., at 3:50 p. m., (Pst) yesterday. The Clipper ship will be flown back to California without transversing the remainder of the PanAmerican Pacific Airways, which embraces a route from* Alameda to Canton, China. The trip to Honolulu involved 2,400 miles of overwater flying. Future flights are planned to China. Honolulu has seen other Transpacific flyera arrive but few were [awaited with the enthusiasm with ' which residents of the mid-Pacific island are watching for Capt. Edward C. Musick and his crew of five to bring their 17-ton plane into harbor in the first commercial • flight of a service which eventual/ will link California and the Orient in regular mail, passengers, and freight flight. As the plane winged over its great circle course, its half-hourly radio reports advised officials here of a progress that was steady but (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Erwin Body Brought To Decatur Today The body of Mrs. Mantie Erwin, well known local woman w’ho was fatally injured when struck by an automobile in West Palm Beach. Florida, Sunday, arrived in this city at 1:10 o'clock this afternoon, over the Pennsylvania railroad. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 (o’clock at Zwiek'e Funeral home on North Second street. Rev. F. F. Thornberg pastor ot the Simpson Methodist Barnes Martin, of the Wayne M. E. church of Fort Wayne, and Rev. E. Barnes Martin of' the Vayne M. E. church, Fort Wayne, will probably 'officiate at the funeral services. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. Th> f)ody was taken to the Zwick's funeral home and may be viewed after 7 o’clock tonight until time for the funeral. _o — PARENT-TEACHERS MEET THURSDAY Central School Parent-Teachers Association to Hold Final Meeting of Year The Central school parent-teach-ers association will hold its last meeting of the year at the Central school auditorium Thursday at 7:30 p. m. The speaker will be Bryce Thomas, Central principal, who will talk on “Safeguarding the child from physical harm.” The business meeting will include a ceremony for installation of new officers- A social hour will be held after the meeting and refreshments will be served. The following musical program will be given: Trumpet duet —Arthur Brown and Lawrence Rash. Hawaiian guitar duet —Ruby Miller and Richard Schafer. Saxaphone solo —Roberta Coffelt Hawaiian guitar solo — Donald Lee. Accordian and saxaphone duet— Marjorie Miller and Kathleen Fryback.