Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1937 — Page 5

Emer county Resident dies feSr" J Rapids, Michigan Luus C. Mills. 86. for many , resident of Adams county. at Grand Rapid*. Michigan at Jo< k Monday morning, it was led here today. ralysis was given as the cause lath The deceased, who was father of several local people, born in Wells county on June [BSO. the son of Samuel and lalene Bender Mills. , moved to Kirkland township Oh county, after his marriage lizabeth Stoneburner in 1875. couple resided on a farm in township until the death of rife in 1890. In the year 1910 |ove d to Grand Rapids, where ad resided since. 1892 he was married to Nancy ! also of Kirkland township, etill survives. Three children! born to the first union. They ). P. Mills, of Decatur; Mrs. Beal, of Decatur route one

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Decatur Savings and Loan Association of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, at the close of business on December 31, 1936. RESOURCES on hand and due from the banks $ 2,259.51 ral Home Loan Bank Stock 1,600.00 gage Loans - — 24448.66 t or Pass Book Loans — 300.00 r Real Estate—Book Value 9,844.06 Estate Sold on Contract 8.287.73 TOTAL -—- >46,539.99 LIABILITIES Value of Installment Shares *36,604.34 ncements (Federal Home Loan Bank) 5.600.00 ingent Fund 4,775.32 Tided Profits 3,510.69 ingent Profit on Real Estate Contracts 49.64 TOTAL *46,539.99 e of Indiana, Bty of Adams, ss: le. the undersigned officers and directors of the Decatur Savings Loan Assn., of Decatur, Indiana, do solemnly swear that the re statement is true. Edgar Mutschier, President Domi R. Farr, Secretary Bernice Nelson. Director Paul E. Lichtensteiger, Director Edgar Mutechler, Director. (bscribed to and sworn before me this 11th day of January. 1937. 1 SL) Urclle Chase. Notary Public, y Commission expires April 30, 1937. Public Auction have sold my farm and will sell at Public Auction on Winchester 4 414 miles Southeast of Poe, miles Northwest of Decatur, 114 i South of St. John’s Church, just South of Scheimann Bridge, on THURSDAY, January 14,1937 Commencing at 12:00 noon ORSE6— Blue Roan Mare 9 yr. old. wt. 1700; Grey Mare, smooth Ith, wt. 1450. lb. wt. 1450; 1 Bay Mare, 11 year old, weight 1100 lbs., sound; I Hoivie. 11 year old. weight 1400 lbs; Bay Horse, 13 year old, wt. 1 pounds. HEAD OF CATTLE—Holstein Cow 7 yr. old, fresh March 3; rnsey Cow 3 yr. old, fresh April 22; Guernsey Cow 4 yr. old, fresh 6, Guernsey Cow, 9 yr. old, fresh. April 27; Guernsey Cow, 4 yr. bred Nov. 10th; Jersey Cow, 2 yr. old, fresh June loth. Feeder Fall Pigs; 2 Spotted Sows farrow April Bth. OULTRY— 100 Laying White Wyandotte Pullets. EEO-150 bu. Yellow Corn; 250 bu. Oats; 1 bu. Little Red Clover 1, 4 ton Timothy Hay; Mow of Shredded Fodder. | IMPLEMENTS m ' !ower: Clover Buncher; Riding Cultivator; Hay Loadblavk Hawk Corn Planter; Oliver Riding Breaking Plow; Drum U Koller; Spike Tooth Harrow; 14-16 Double Disc; Walking Plow; agow; Hay Rack; Wagon Box; 10 Hole Grain Drill; Fan Mill; bie bet Harness; Collars; Iron Kettle; Sausage Stuffer & Lard is - gal; Brooder Stove; Small tools and many articles too numeric mention. ERMS— CASH. WM. RIEHLE, Owner tison & Bartlett, Auctioneers A. Lower, Clerk. Notice Rural Light Patrons AU rural light and power bills are due and payable on or before, January 20,1937 Save discount by paying now. City Light and Power Dept. I M. J. Mylott, Supt.

aud Ross Mills, of Detroit. Three children also survive by the second marriage: Mils. Frank Andrews, Detroit; Hubert, and Mrs Orpiia Chamberlain, liolh of I Grand Rapids. The deceased for a number of years taught school in Adams jtr.d i Wells counties, and was engag' d in farming before leaving the state. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lobenstein funeral home in Monroe and burial will be made In the Pleasant Dale cemetery in Kirkland townshi4>. GOVERNMENT OFFER FRpM PAOB OND) tained effort in dealing with the criminal menace.” No Quarter Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 12 —(U.R) — The federal bureau of tion eent out orders to its agents today to track down the slayer and abductor of Charles Mattson, 10, and give him no quarter if he resists. If the mail, whom authorities said they knew, is captured alive he faces the death penalty under three separate laws. In the Isolated spot 60 miles north of here when the kidnaper tossed the boy's battered body in-

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I to the snow, were numerous clues y and these, with tell tale marks in k the indefinite negotiations with I the father, Dr. W. W. Mattson, for f (payment of $28,000 ransom, will [Head him to the gallows, author!- ’ ties predicted. ’ Paul Skeva, friend of the family 1 who identified the body yesterday, '* eajd diaries apparently was slain bocause he wag “too smart for the 1 kidnaper.” t "it is now the belief that CharI . les saw too much and was too II smart for the kidnaper to be re--1 turned to his anxious parents ; alive." Bceva said. "The boy was keen on G-man > study and lead much of G-man procedure. We are confident that the boy was not too much alarmed ’ when he was kidnaped, but after 1 spending a time with the kidnaper or kidnapers, they discovered that he was too smart and his young - memory was too keen.” Federal agents vowed they 1 would avenge the boy who looked ■ upon them as heroes. They were believed seeking a former convict . named ‘Tim” and another former inmate of a California peniteni tiary who stayed at a hotel here , until Dec. 27, the day of the kid- ■ naping. An informer told police I that these men were planning a 1 "big jab." Five other persons also are on . ■ the police wanted list. They are 1 a 37 year old Tacoma musician described as a drag addict and [ auto thief and two drug addicts and two counterfeiters. Crowds of persons, many of them from Tacoma, gathered ut the snow-mantled field six miles ' south of Everett when agents arrived to obtain the boy’s body. I They seemed both stunned and (angry. The naked little body, the wrists still showing the marks of the rope that had tied them together, was taken to Tacoma last night. In the beautiful home overlooking Puget Sound where Charles was stolen. Dr. William W. Mattoon, prominent surgean, and his wife, a club and society woman, were in a state bordering on collapse. It was believed that Charles had been dead at least three days —that, probably, he was killed Friday afternoon while his father was negotiating frantically with the kidnaper, trying for an opportunity to pay the demanded 828,000 ransom His head had 1 been crushed, apparenty by a blow 1 so severe that it knocked out Bev-| -eral of his lower teeth. Death | was believed to have been install- i tan eons. An autopsy was performed on the body last night. G-men forbade local officials to make any statement of its findings. But a spokesman for Dr. Mattson revealed the family’s suspicion based upon its "more than sever- ! al” communications from the kidnaper, that they had been dealing I with a mad man. The nude body seemed to con- | firm this suspicion and recalled that a few days after Charles was 1 stolen, Tacoma police were reported hunting for a former ipatient of Dr. Mattson, a. man mentally deranged. In remarkable detail, the Mattson case paralleled the first of America's long series of kidna.piugs—the abduction and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. In both 'caseti. the kidnaper negotiated with the parents after his victim was dead. Both were evasing in their negotiations and both resorted to newspaper advertisements. It was believed likely that Dr. Mattson would have paid the random had not the body been found. I BANK REPORT I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONH» down as follows: real estate mortgage loans, 85.552.14; other loans and discounts, $12,614.42: bank | house, furniture a.nd fixtures, $lB.370.64; bonds and securities. $306.47: other real estate. $19,370.64. overdrafts, sl.Ol, and total, $56,144.68. To this is added the following: interest and other earnings, sl,168.97; miscellaneous receipts, $623; cash on hand and available bank accounts, $14,989.37, aud total, $72,926.02. Cash disbursements amounting HORSE & MULE SALE 11:30 sharp at LaFontaine, Ind. Friday, Jan. 15, 1937 100—HEAD—100 We will have a horse sale every Friday until May. If you have horses to sell bring them in. we’ll have the buyers. . If you want to buy we'll have t the horse. LaFontaine is located on road 15, ten miles south of Wabash and nine miles north of Marion. Don’t Forget the Date! , Dresbach & Kirk, Auctioneers. We are starting our regular Saturday sales at 11:30 sharp selling the milch cows first so - consign your stock early. C. W. Speicher, Manager <

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By ARTHUR MANWELL Inirrnatiunal lllantrated News Writer GENEVA, Switzerland —Despite the bold front which Chancellor Adolf Hitler has put up in regards ! to the Spanish situation, recent developments have created some- : thing of an international dilemma for the Nazi Fuehrer. His determined stand against i the reported seizure of a German 1 freighter by Spanish Loyalists at 1 Bilbao—a stand which he backed i up by ordering Nazi warships to 1 the Spanish northern coast—was i taken at a time when Germany 1 was apparently backed up by the 1 sympathy and unofficial co-oper- i ation of several powers. i But considerable doubt was cast on Italy's reliability in the Spanish 1 situation when Mussolini formed a 1 treaty with England which buried 1 the Italo-British differences. This i left D Duce in a position where it is improbable that he would sacri- ] fice the advantages he gained in 1 the Mediterranean through that ] treaty by antagonizing Britain by < aiding Germany in Spain. ( Hitler’s enthusiasm for the ac- i

to $(’>8,856.10 for real estate, preferred claims paid, common claims paid and expenses and taxes, leave a cash balance of $4,069.92. Losses were claimed by the bank from compromises a,s of $51,879.81. Interest was collected from properties in the city and two farms, i Included in the preferred claims

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADAMS COUNTY io't7 Notlc ? is hereby given that the TAX DUPLICATE for State. County, Townships, Schools and Corporations of ADAMS COUNTY for the year 1936 Taxes navahte in of Taxabte RFAl h l h pL'p«nJ?7 CoU “ ty Treaßurer who is ready to receive the Taxes charged thereon. The following table shows the rate of Taxation on each SIOO 00 worth ot iaxable REAL k PERSONAL property, and each POLL in the several units. fxw.vv wunu Due Jan. 1, 1937—First installment delinquent after first .Monday in May. Second installment delinquent after First Monday in November. JEFF LIECHTY, Treasurer Adams County. TOWNSHIPS CO "rVoR - * tTo’NS ” ADAMS COUNTY i£ 2 tC i • • TAX RATES FOR £ I 2 O ° 2 ° Il ? * o YEAR 1 936 g X o « 2 g w £ I g 5 5 < J> <A o PAYABLE IN 1 937 z t W -I 2 d u. 5 Z a ? Ul h > O Oz H mU ? UJ c 2? : 2l- 2 >>bl ul WUjOOUJ > . 11 — 1 ” ? ~>ixlS Q. I (g (/) J >l> (fl Q D 0 5 H rTi“Statr««neral Fund ' | .0505| [ i | II 1 Illi ’ | -06051 'll | | yj—--2 | Common School Fund | .07 | | j j | j | j | || _ ~07 j j j ■ Ta i~ RATES 3 |~State FoFestry Tax IM 2 I I ’ ~ 111 Fl! OKI I 11 ~3 F 4 | Board of Agriculture| -00351 I I I I | I | | J .0035] ! j~ —j I'4 i ~ 5 j State Teachers Fund| .024 | ' 1 I I I I | | ||' .024 | | 1 ' rS~T“ | Total State Rate .15 .15 .15 .15 ~ .15 j .15 | .15 | .15 .15 | .15 .15 j .15 || .15 I .15 Tig " | .15"~f',15 | ,15 ~] f~ 3 | Other Co. Bonds & IntereslJTOi | | |' | | ■ i | 111 11-04 I I j j l*3~l~ C patfV 4 Hospital Maintenance 70189 I j j j | | i ' | j |ToTB9i I ' 1 1~4 ■“ RATES TJ County Welfare Fund | .14 | I j I j | [ | j [ J 1| .U | j ] r-g-r-6j SchooFFimd Interest | .OOB7| I I I I I 1_ I I I ||.ooß7’ | 11 g p Total County Rate .47 -47 j ,47 .47 ,47 j .47 f .47 | .47 ] ,47 [ ,47~~| ,47 ~['.47 J23Z E3Z •47~[747 ]T47~| 1 | Township’Fund | .15 [7lO | .13 | TOWNSHIP 2 Ton n.-liit -i>oor & Comm. * .07 i .05 02 68 .08 1.05 [ .01 | .07 J .20 |706 .05 “(767 M J6~| .05 | .26 — 72 RATES 4 3-Mlie Road Bonds i .32 .16 | .27 | .25 i .09 j .20 | .20 J .12 | .05 | .25 T* | 724 || .20 | 712 H T8~|726”7724 — 1~4 !~ I Total Township Rate .54 .31 .42 j .48~~]727~j736 | .28~j7~26~| .37" | .44'~75~| .55 30~|726~; .55 .51 1 .30 .55“ T ————————. t | Tu ltion - f— —“ ''Kjj 2o ' ~H~T738 I .33 | .24 j .03 | .11 | .33 I .21 7~732 | .20 h •46 ~~~733 f. 24 j .20 |1 |~ SCHOOL A ,2 | Special School Tax .45 i .25 [ .39 | | .40 | .60 | | .25 I .52 | ,24 ,64~|721 || .50~[762~i762 T764Pi 60 I 21~1~2T L RATES Y T 3 | | ! -33 | | | | I I | T24~j II | .04 | .04 Tii 1 pF,I 8 | Library | | | I j | | I I | I -o'2 H .10 ’ | .05 [.05 |763~T8T Total School A Liorary .77 .45 1.13 .91 .73 .84 .i 0 ~36 .85 | .45 11.20 | .43 11.28 |1.17 4.17 i.?O .84” .43 ~ TotaFfwp7Bch7A Lib7 ] 1.31 | ■76”7i.55~~[f.39~if706 [1.14 i .38 | .<2 ~ 1.22 ~ | .89 11.71 I .98 p. 58 11.43~71.72 |L7U7I J4~l79B“''’ CORPORATION, CITY A,, 4 1 General Tax I I I I I I ~i i I |* j j | .76 [ ,4* | |LB6 | ,*S |,.3j Ti l ' TOWN RATES Total Corporation Rate 1 I I I I I | I! .75 I .40' I .40 |1.85~j735 _ |735~| ]~ TOT A L R ATE “TOTAL RATE 1.93 1.38 2.17' ,2.01 1.62 1.76 1.00 1.24 1.84“ 1.51 - j2733 _ '|1780 __ p 795 | 2.45 12.74” 3.98 2.11 1.95 |__ EACH INSTALLMENT .965 .69 1.085 ‘1.005 .81 .88 .50 | .62 .9'2 | .755 |1.185 |jd ||i'.47s 1.225 1.37 1.99’ 1.055 \"97s"'| [~ " 1 I state jLOO [1766 [I.OO iI.OO 1.00 |I.OO |I.OO (1.00 1.00 |I.OO 11.00 [I.OO || l.bo |l-60 "roopi.oo H766~ri~r 2 I State School |7’5(F~J750 | .50 | .50 750 | .50 | .50 I .50 .50 .50 | .50 | .50 JTSo [750 | .50 756~750'~|750~r2“'“ POLL TA X ~ ¥| Tuition I l~ I I I i I -50 i -50 |~25~ | ,56~j | J-T|-5 j Special School I I I I I I I I .50 | .50 || 1.00 | | .50 | ' p 5" ~6_l_Corpora®E [—[ ] ) i |~ [ | | “jf jI.QO |I.OO j j peT - I Total Poll Tax 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 i. 50 1.50 1.50 1.50 2.50 1.50 ,2.50 1.50 2.75 2.50 ’ 2.50 ‘ 2.50” 1.50 1.50 j STATE OF INDIANA ADAMS COUNTY S. S. 1, John W. Tyudall, Auditor of ADAMS COUNTY, hereby certily, that the above is a correct copy of all tux levies tor the Taxes Collectible iu tue year 1937 JAN 5—12—19 JOHN W. TYNDALL. Auditor.

cord between Germany and Japan | was no doubt dampened also when | the Japanese reacted coolly to the pact, an alliance on which the Nazi leader may have counted to make Russia nesitate before causing a showdown in Spain. In the Balkans and in Central Europe there has also been a recent shifting of sympathies engineered by France. Poland's pledge to aid Czechoslovakia in case of German attack was the result of a French loan to Poland. And recent indications are that Bulgaria and Rumania are drifting toward the bloc which French diplomacy has aimed to build up as a bulwark against possible Nazi aggression. There has been no retreat on Hitter's part, however, in pursuing the determined policy he has maintained against the Spanish Loyalists. Two reasons account for this: In the first place, it is impossible for a dictator in Hitler’s present position to compromise—the only course is forward; and secondly, Germany is in such dire need of a market for its industries and a

(Was *3,069.24 for the bank of Tocsin tor- which the Old Adams County bank was receiver. Stockholders’ Report With the current report for the general liquidation wa<s a. fourth I current supplemental report showing the stockholder's liability | accounting. I This revealed that on June 30, 1936. thorp wpro £4B 664 19 diip

I source of supply of raw materials | that the prize at stake —Spanish trade—is a life-and-death matter to Nazi progress. Germany Seeks Colonies Germany’s only “out” is the possibility that France and Britaia might be "bluffed” into returning some of Germany’s former colonial possessions in return for a Nazi pledge to withdraw from the Spanish situation. This might prove something of a Pyrrhic victory, however, since German possessions before the war were far from a profitable investment. This colonial ambition on the part of Hitter may be attributed as much to envy of the successful imperialistic campaigns of Japan and Italy, and the desire for international prestige as to any conviction that return of the former German colonies would mean any considerable economic advantage. Meanwhile, affairs in Germany suggest that the Nazi foreign policy may reflect a certain domestic discontent caused by the “tightening of the belt” which has been necessary in recent months.

from uncollected stockholders’ liability and $638.14 due from banks, [ a total of $49,202.57.' Credit was claimed for $3,050 ais losses determined. Uncollected stockholders’ liability as of December 31. 1936, were : $42,191.40. Rdai estate amounting ito $2,950 was taken over from stockholders. The amount due fruni hunks was $1 011 17

JOINT PUBLIC INSTALLATION Newly Elected Officers Are Installed Monday Night Newly elected officers of the 1.0.0. F., Rebekah and Writer Encampment lodges ware installed at a joint public installation at the 1.0.0. F. home last night. I Previous Ito the installation services the members of the lodges and their families were treated to a chicken dinner served in the lodge rooms. Sixty persons were present. The ceremonies were in charge of L. C. Helm, past grand patriarch assisted by Mrs. G. H. Lopshire, of Zanesville, special district deputy president. Harve M. Baker was installed as noble grand and M. G. Lenhart was installed as vice grand of the 1.0.0. F. order. The officers of the Rebekah lodge, who were installed at the meeting, were Mrs. Minnie Teeple, noble grand and Mns. Walter Lis-

666 LIQUID - TABLETS - SALVE - NOSE DROPS USE AS A PREVENTION I lace 666 Salve or 666 Nose Drops in nostrils night and morning and take 666 Liquid or 666 Tablets every morning. Public Sale I will sell at Public Auction at my larm 5 milea North and 2 miles East of Bluffton or 1 mile West and 1 mile South of Tocsin, on TUESDAY, January 26, 1937 Commencing at 10:00 A. M. ■vell’hrnt? °r£ H ° R ® ES^-Steel Gre y Gelding 3 yr. old. wt. 1700 sound, 2vr b |a k ■ ' * )a|lple Grey Horse, 11 yr. old, wt. 1600; Bay Horse Colt be MaL^! l i< n o May ’ a ,?°. Od ® ne; Black Mare ’ 7 yr - 01d ’ wt - 155 °. sound, has Mare Colt J mo. old by t>ide, mare is rebred. , HE *° 0F CATTLE -Guernsey Cow 3 yr. old. fresh 3 mo., relined; - , / a ‘ Se Gu ® rnaey ( ow 8 yr. aid. calf by side; Guernsey Heifer coming - yr. old, bred. Extra good Shorthorn Bull, 18 mo. old. HOGS—2 Good Hampshire Sows, farrow in March. , FEE D 500 bu. Good Yellow Corn; 100 bu. good early Seed Oats' 10 ton Good Alfalfa Hay; 10 bu. good Potatoes. IMPLEMENTS McCormick-Deering Manure Spreader; Extra Good Low Wood ''heel Wagon, 16 ft. Rack and Grain Bed good: Superior 12 Diec Grain Drill; Good Lain Hay Loader; J-Deore Corn Planter good- Rotary Hoe good; McCormick-Deering Mower new; Oliver Riding Cultivator- Sulky Plow 14 inch; 13 inch Walking Plow; Double Disc Tandem is newTedder; Drum Land Roller; Deering Binder; Stalk Cutter; Spike Tooth Harrow; Good Double Set Breeching Harness; New Set Leather Fly Nets; 3 Leather Collars; Good Corn Shelter; Boh S4ed- Dump Boards; 44 Tooth Dump Rake good; Clover Buncher; Sheep Rack; heeding Trough; Potato Digger; and many articles too numerous to mention. | TERMS—CASH. CHAS. A. MUNSON, Owner Roy Johnaou —Auctioneer Amos Gerber —Clerk. Pugney Ladies Aid will Serve Lunch.

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ter. vice grand. The Encampment officers are M. S. Vents, chief patriarch, and Noah W. Fry, senior warden. A series of musical numbers were presented during the program by the pupils of the Honolulu coneervatory of music, of this city. Moose To Entertain Ladies Thursday Night Members of Adams lodge 1311, Loyal Order of Moose, will entertain their wives and sweethearts in a party at the Moose home ou North Second street Thursday night. The evening will be opened with a buned and card party in the lodge rooms of the home, starting at 8 o’clock. Refreshments will be served during the card games. Other entertainment is being arranged by the officers of the lodge, who are in charge. All members are urged to attend. o Rackst Fines Profit City East Liverpool, O. — <U.R> —This city is deriving much of its revenue from the "numbers” racket. But it’s all perfectly legitimate. In two months, 27 arrests of “numbers game” racketters have netted $1,500 in tines.