Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 309, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1936 — Page 5

fcWAYS IN "sUTE BETTER fl Than 500 Miles Os Kiana Highways 1m- ■ proved In 1936 fl.. ...Hr, Dec. 31 — (UP) — ■J*,/ Construction work on state highway system durnwuited in the improve■‘of more than 500 miles and In- i ■ motoring safety, it was j Kdout today by James D. Ad-1 ■ dwirman of the state highway ' ■sissioii- More than 250 miles of! ■ pavement was completed us the major factors in the ■ program of the sta’e highway ■, lk isioii was again the at ten■given to increasing the safety using the state high- ■ Ostein. Wider and improved ■ding surfaces with greater

A LEGAL HOLIDAY Ifriday lan. 1-1937 I New Years Day ? This Bank Will Not Be ■ Open For Business. 1 We Extend to the General Public Our Best Wishes for a Prosperous New Year. I 15.000 A f -J ■' ******* ■ M -3 I I < •***■***« ■ o I I FirstlState Bank

Read What ROGER BABSON America’s Business Prophet HAS TO SAY! ■ Will 1937 Be a Year of Real Prosperity ■ With startling accuracy, Roger W. Babson, once a year tells what’s ahead in the business woild foi the n twelvemonths. For the past foui yeais his f°iec have averaged more than 90% coi 1 ect. In the cast Mr. Babson answers with positive assurance ovei 50 puzzling questions about business, stocks, wages, living costs, and the like. This popular feature will appear m the Decatur Daily Democrat New Year’s Edition on Friday, January 1, 19’-

slgrt distance ou curves and grades wider culverts and bridges, wider rhoulders and right-of-way, adoption of refleetorized caution ajid direction nigt», separation of grade crossings and the installation of Dasher signals at highway-railroad Intersections were atuong the safety achievements. Creation of "uo-pa.-alng” zones by paralleling the centerline marking on sharp curves and steep grades with yellow lines, >« proving an important safety factor and will become more effective as the marking is respected by more motorists. By designating such hazardous points, the highway Commission hopes to reduce headon and sideswipe collisions caused by vehicle* attempting to pass when there is insufficient sight distance ahead. During the flnst 11 months of the year the highway commission took bids and awarded contracts for improvement and construction work costing more than <13,000,000 an I average of more than <1,000,000 a' month- Additional hundreds of miles of traveling surface were improved

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under the supervision of the main I The operations of the Highway I eommhtsion during i»» ft httv X tinned the modsrnizaztlon of ind-unaso.ooo-mile state highway X I lottp seeking to nda! t it tr. li ftfio n . U 1 4 U 10 P re ««nt 'ut ? 8 Whlle ant lclpating Ute future demands. While considerable progress has been made in this modcrnlzzation program, there are still hundreds of miles of highways to be widened, hundreds of bridges and culverts to be widened, hazardous curves and grades to be eliminated and worn out surfaces to be replaced. —■ ■

WILL ABANDON I JCOMTINUEDJPHOM PAGE ONE) I in operation. Failure of wage negotiations be- | tween the receiver and the Amal- , i gamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Bus Employes was responsiible for the order. Company spokesmen said the ' union had rejected an offer of wage increases which would give <86,420 additional annually to all 1,256 employes of the interurban lines. Union demands were for a 20 I per cent increase to its 446 memi bers, at a cost of <65,000 annually, ' according to the company anI nouncement. "The men were entitled to a 'wage Increase, but I think the sum available for wage increases should be shared evenly among all employes, whether members of the ( amalgamated, members of other unions, or members of no union," Elder said. “1 regret that abandonment of : operations must come." Elder said the lines were showI ing an annual loss of <400,000 be- ‘ fore the receivership action was ' taken and has improved steadily since that time until the company showed an operating profit of nearly <50,000 for this year. “1 was willing to give more than <86,000 of the operating profit to employes in wage increases,” EldI er continued. i "To have extended the amalgamated's demands to all employes woulu have cost <130.000 a year which is about 25 per cent more than the total operating profit.” Judge Wilson said the order closing the receivership was issued as a “last resort" and was necessary to protect creditors and investors. In connection with the abandonment order, he instructed that repair and maintenance crews cease operating January 4 and all repair equipment be taken to central lo-

Governor’s Son on Honeymoon ■ ** iLxu ‘ $ I ' AMI I \ i > . /-i \ u| / ■ ■. y i \l - / '«! If ' • ■* M n Mr. and Mrs. Paul Curley « • Here is Paul Curley, son of Gov. James M. Curley of Massachusetts, as he appeared while honeymooning with his bride of a few days, the former Marie Phillips of Waynesboro. Ga.. known to New Yorkers as Lillian Duval, night club entertainer

WELFARE BOARD; I TAKES CONTROL State Institutions To Be Controlled By Welfare Board — Indianapolis, Dec. 31.— (U.R> — At! midnight tonight approximately i 20,000 inmates and patients and 3,-I 000 employes in Indiana's penal, I correctional and benevolent insti-i tutions will come under the auth-i ority of the new state welfare de-1 partment and its youthful direct-! or, Wayne Coy. To the already difficult task of I accomplishing the reorganization! contemplated by the creation ofj the welfare department in relation 1 to its charges, is added that of placing the employed personnel under the merit system. Coy said today that both would take a great deal of time and care. 1 It will be months before the merit system is functioning thoroughly, and the readjustments in the institutions will take almost as long,' he added. “The welfare department,” Coy i said, “will endeavor to correlate, all the institutional problems from, the standpoint of the stale as a whole —the state penal problem, the state feeble-minded problem and the state benevolence problem. “Hheretofore there was a tendency to view them in the light only of separate institutions in various parts of the state, many of which performed the same functions." Coy explained that one of his first aims will be to employ expert, competent persons to work with institutional superintendents toward the most satisfactory solution of the social problems. The department will reclassify | criminals, mentally ill persons and others. He hopes to segregate first criminal offenders from hardened; convicts and attempt to teach them | a vocation as well as some educa-1 tion. The mental capacity of con- j victs will be surveyed to learn their proper status in the institu- i tional system. Coy pointed out that the welfare act gave his department authority to transfer persons from one, institution to another, indicating

New Navy Chief Takes Office If, f tkifl ' IIf| v* JB /• ** /Z< * H \di-ii'i > * ih f — .. a rimirni William D Leahy, right, new chief of naval operaX folk over h posidon, the first to wish him well was his ret X chief Adm rJ William H. Standley. left. Thts photo was sen in Washington az the navy. new commander was inducted.

■ that it would be possible to take i over one institution wholly for one i type of case, another for a second type, and so on. (At present there are all types of patients and criminals in an institution and classii tication of them has been attempted only partially. His first move to establish the ' merit system, Coy said, will be a j job analysis, classifying the types !of work with training, knowledge ■ and inteligence required for the types of cases employes will be re- ■ quired to handle. When this survey is completed, ' examinations will be prepared for i every type of job and applicants I considered. Coy intimated that 'this procedure would not be atI tempted on a blanket basis, but by one department at a time, thus in- | stalling the merit system gradually. Coy emphasized that the functions of the boards of trustees at , the institutions would be preserved .intact. The boards, he said, will ■ continue as the business managers, acquiring new property when necessary and carrying out their present duties. The welfare department, Coy said, will concern , itself with the social problems. ' their treatment and prevention. GIVE SPECIAL ■ 1 (CONTINUED FROM rAGE ONE) receive their New Year greetings. Cardinal I’acelli, Vatican secretary of state, visited the pope this morning to discuss urgent matters land said afterward that the pope’s condition was satisfactory. Vatican city officials again to- ! day expressed their indignation at i what they called false reports | imblinhed abroad about the popes illness. They insisted that his I condition continued to improve. One report they denied was that ! two teeth had been extracted. ; They said that the pope lost one loose, decaying incisor several months ago. Another report denied wa,s that thhe pope’s physician was most concerned at the i possibility of complications in his , illness. Yet, though the officials were annoyed at the reports, they i declined to give newspaper correspondents positive information ,on his condition, perhaps in I obedience to the pope’s own wish ; that there be ae little mention as 1 possible of his illness.

STATE POLICE I RECORD GOOD Indiana State Police Claim Commendable Record For Year Indianapolis, Dec, 31. — <U.R> — The Indiana state police, cloaiug their books on 11)36 today, claimed a commendable record with the prospect of even better progress toward criine elimination in 1937 if funds for additional facilities and personnel are granted. In the first full year of operation under a bi-partisan board, the department has organized a four year college training course for prospective police officers and has coordinated the police crime detection laboratory with the Indiana medical school. Scientific methods, according to the department, were directly responsible for the capture and confession on the same day of Clarence Thomas, a murderer who was executed only 11!) days from the date of the crime. Two other murders were solved, three other suspects await trial and bank robberies have been so reduced that oniy two are open cases on the department's books, the records reveal. Recovered for their owners were 423 stolen automobiles valued at $160,000, the department said, and in many cases the thieves were caught and convicted. Os rural thefts, $2,000 worth of grain was recovered, and 20 head of cattle and 1,875 chickens were returned to their owners. The state police also have conm COLDS Hrndnchr, I.IQI ID. TABLETS 30 minuten. SAIA B, NOSE DROPS Try M Rub-My-TlNtn”—World** Brat Liniment

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Hributed to the statewide campaign for automobile traffic safety, sponsoring safety contests, inspecting 1 ears and school busses and providing safety progrum speakers. The department plans to continue its highway safety program on a larger scale in 1937. REPORTS SAY .tf.QNTINOBP FROM PAGE ONE) i added to his own available cash and made up the s2B,ths) demand- ’ ed by the kidnaper in $5, $lO, SSO a,nd <IOO bank notes. The newspaper advertisement asking Malte) ■ to give her address to ’’Ann” was I understood to be the method i chosen by the kidnaper who sgned hitnself "Tim,” for notification that the family was ready to pay. Dr. Maltuou returned from his mysterious swtomobile trips yesterday more cheerful than he had ‘ been since his son was stolen, j No explanation was offered for 1 the trips. Ismt night relatives and friends of the family hurried in and out ■ of the home on mysterious calls. The United Press informant dis- ■ closed tha,t friction had arisen beI tween the various official groups engaged in the manhunt. It was

WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR DINE and "T" • j DANCE I at Chick’s Colonial — Piece Orchestra — PC Special Orchestra Saturday Night.

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said the f<xl»ral agents, I<m*l police, and state police were hecoming critical at the methods employed In the search. Bosidea apprehension tor the pbysi<Ml safety of the boy in the hands of the aMtnter, the Mattson family and friends were fearful thut the youth might be sick from exposure. — o-.. , . Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

CARNIVAL DANCE AT Riverview Gardens New’ Years Eve Watch the Old Year Out and Welcome the Mew Year! Floor Show f» Piece Orchestra. A Good Time Assured. Make Reservations early as possible. Herman Hi Meyers, Prop.

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