Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1937 — Page 1

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ROOSEVELT IS INAUGURATED

Kiana worst Offerer from ■ 000 WATERS Know•’ a(^: ■ :l |. W ont Stricken ||| State jnnuti. ' JR; ir ust-r.MI its flnod rescue ■ to f olid shelter ||H refugees. rescue .. .. m.iroom d by '-‘ll".'' ! "“ l .( possible petition ot disaster. w . ... h j and prop IW. |.„-HieSS losses Ilian f-’iln.OOV. of the flood yet to come, flood put lire by states: Wots -tri. ken estiin.ii'd inioflitialy at I'nm pal danser point north Xitie counties giv relief. to ''"'ig Ohio n- d along . home others warned by end of week. .. 1. to homes. homeless in vicinity ot Pleasant. Ohio river one foot from levee at Cin said it se< " 'hat I >hio was flooded. The Ohio was times :. rtnal width in pla- A the present threat. M' R< |H'.. x ox I'.vii: ii\ ■OSSINCOME IPAYMENTS UP ■mge Payments 15 Per ■Cent Higher Than ■ Last Year Jar: pi-Wall 'he stat- eros > in . nil . t;.v pay. beyond the half-wav «■' J.erage payment ,n tax retabulated to date show an inof ii-arly 4.’ ;or rent ore- - ami cinced today A hi •». director of |MGro« Income Tax Division. ' itiz.'i'.s corporal ions receipts; during 1936 amoun'|M' mure than > have until ' t<> fi'p returns, interest |H- ' a ‘ ’-he rate of 1 per cent a and penalties ranging from P- r ‘ ent. are provided for payments. the division is by no ■Mr>> able tr> tabulate returns as Md'd’ as they arrive at the diviSH I'-adquarters during the rush ■■taxpaying p.-iod, Mr. Jackson that a summary of 16,341 Utas showed an average tax payas compared with an as ‘' of $16.52 on a similar num|H 01 f-’itrns last year. The aver- ■ Payment probably will decline U* ore returns are tabulated, ho |^£ uas anticipated that between and 40i>.'.00 annual returns |H' be received, compared with returns filed a year ago. ■ "'a l income tax returns, under by the last session of ■J rass ’ now are available to the w the purpose of checking - reported by the payers on returns. Mr. Jackson said. In’“’t Stained in this manner ■■ 0 >e made public, however. I — o ■ WEATHER raln ton '9ht and Kmtn g y t T o hUrSday mor " i "0■t.,, J t 0 snow flurries Kion I .’ y: C ° lder West P°f T . ,lte fon'Bht; much cold'"uriday,

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WELFARE BOARD CHANGES URCEO — One Bill Would Abolish County Board; Another Strengthen Indianapolis, Jan. 20 —(UP) —Ai I'olition of county welfare boards, set up by the social r urity acts of the 1936 special session, and wid 11 er power for such boards were urgj ed in the Indiana legislature today. Both bills were introduced in the house while the senate was receiving 14 new bills and advancing ini- ; portant resolutions proposing con- , stitutional amendment. Abolition of county welfare boards proposed by, Rep. Tandy Ferguson. D., Portland, along with provision that the counties be excused from sharing public welfare costs, today to which they now contribute 20 per cent. Under Ferguson's bill the state would take over jurisdiction of welI fare adminstration, assume 50 per cent of the cost instead of the 30 per cent now born, and all old age pensions would be standardized at . S3O a month. Wider ipower for the board was proposed by Rep. J. V. Kent, D„ Hil'isburg. who suggested they be given jurisdiction over county poor farms, now- held by county commis- , sioners; succeed township trustees as overseers of the poor; and that probation officers become agents . of welfare boards. A court suit in which South . Bend city officials were accused of voting themselves $97,000 a few ’ years ago was the subject of a bill offered by Rep. J S. Gonas, D„ t Mishawaka, proposing that all public officials give receipts for fees ' and salaries. The state supreme (CONTINUED ON PAG£ FOUR) l o HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL L I Native Os Mexico Drops Dead At Work At Pleasant Mills ‘ Altimio Savala, 34, native of Mex--1 ico, died suddenly at Pleasant Mills * I Tuesday noon of heart trouble, I while he was engaged in cutting 1 wood near hie home. ' i Coroner Robert Zwick returned a 1 | verdict of death by coronary occluon He dropped over while at work . in the company of several other Mexicans, and died immediately. ? The deceased came to this coun- ’; try three yelrs ago to work in the 1 beet fields of the local sugar com- ' I pany. He was never married. The r ! only survivors are in Mexico and their names are unknown to any of hits friends. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 8 o'clock a* the St. Mary’s Catholic church with burial in the St. Joseph's cemetery. The body wae taken to the Giilig and Doan funeral home, where it may be viewed until time for the funeral.

Plan Short Course In Parent-Teacher Work Bloomington. Ind.. Jan. 20.-Mem-I bers of the Decatur Parent-Teach-. er association are invited to attend the short course in Parent-Teach-er work to be held in Indianapolis * Jan. 27. 28 and 29, it was announcI ed here today by the Indiana unij versity extension division. The state university is cooperating with the Indiana congress of ■ parents and teachers in conducti ing the short course which will consist of class work in charge of ■ Dr. Edna Hatfield Edmondson of . Indiana university, and discussions > under the direction of Mrs. L. G. f - Hughes, Indianapolis, president of . Indiana congress of parents and . teachers. FRED H. WITTE ! DIES TUESDAY Native Os Adams County Dies At Home In Fort | Wayne | Fred H. Witte, 77, For* Wayne j man well known here, and brother of John Witte, of this county, died , at his home on Ontario street in • that city last night at 8:15 o’clock. Death was due to a heart disease i following an eight-month illness. The deceased had been employed 1 in the maintenance department of the Fort Wayne General Electric plant until eight months ago, when ' he was retired. He was a native of this county, being born in Friedheim. He was a member of the St- Paul’s Lutheran . church. Survivors are the widow, Emllie; , 'wo brothers, Henry, of Nebraska and John, of this county; a sister, Mrs. Louise Berninfi of Fort Wayne. The body will be returned to the home at 2110 Ontario street Friday ! evening and funeral services will I be held Saturday afternoon at 1:45 j o’clock at the residence and at 2:30 '! o’clock at the St. Paul’s Lutheran I church, the Rev. Paul Miller offi- <■ dating. Burial will be made in the ' Lindenwood cemetery. ! Poor Relief Claims In County Increase Poor relief claims for the 12 townships in Adams county for De- ’ cember, payable in January were ’ $716.66 more than they were a year ' ago, according to figures compiled . Jby County Auditor John W. Tyn- \ dall. I December, 1936, claims were $3,- [ 250.49 for Adams county and amounted to $2,533.83 for a year ’ ago. Washington township claims in December, 1936, were $2,195.09 2 as compared to $1,878.93 a year * ago. f The December, 1936 claims were Union, $401.69; Root, $288.24; 1 Preble. $75 (in 1935 Preble had no * poor relief claifus lor. December); 1 Kirkland, $46.88; Washington, $2,- i • 195.09; St. Mary's, $61.54; Blue 5 Creek. $25.50; Monroe, $55.80; t French, none; Hartford, $1.50; Wa3 bash, $77.25; Jefferson, $22, and . total, $3,250.49. 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .January 20, 1937.

ANNEXATION TO CUT IS ASKED 11 Decatur Homesteads. Inc. Asks Annexation To City . - - Annexation to the city was : sought in a petition filed with the 1 city council Tuesday night by the Decatur Homesteads Aesocialion, l»r.. and presented by Ferd Litterer, project manager of the government development south of the -corporation limits. j Mr. Litterer stated that annexation to the city was planned when the project wa.s first mentioned. Its previous annexation was prevented by the government title to | the tract and the 48 houses, he 1 said. | Mr. Litterer told the council that the entire project was now owned by a corporation chartered under the laws of India.’ia. and is taxable. He said the local board does not take any action without first consulting the government, . however. i The petition was signed by the •Decatur Homesteads Association. ■ Inc. and by Ernest S. Scott, president. Mrs. Helen Keller, eecre-1 tary, attested the signatures. The proposal was referred to the judiciary committee in conjunction with the city attorney and directed to report at the next meeting of the council. The preliminary report on the cost and assessments of the First street ornamental light improvement was approved. The city clerk was ordered to prepare notices to the property owners of the assessments, giving them the last date on which objections could be filed. The matter cf investiga.'ing the break in the G. E. cable was referred to the electric light com(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) TAXES PAID TO ' GET LICENSES - ■ I — I' Total Os 268 Pay Poll Taxes To Obtain Drivers’ Licenses A total of 268 poll taxes wore paid in special assessments since the time for renewing auto drivers’ licenses, according to figures compiled by -County Treasurer Jeff Liechty. The poll taxes were paid because of a law requiring the exhibition of a poll tax receipt before a drivers’ license can be obtained. All of these persons had not been previously assessed and were ad-, ded to the tax duplicate. These same persons declared , personal property at a total value of $7.15 and paid taxes on it because of the law. Taxes wete figured by the county treasurer, as the special assessments were made by County Assessor Ernest Worthman. County officials staged that without the drivers’ license law, few of these special assessments ■ /would have been made.

Nappanee Suffers Heavy Fire Damage Nappanee, Ind.. Jan. 20.—(U.R) — Fire resulting from an explosion in the rear of a grocery store threatened an entire business block here last night, causing damage estimated at $50,000. Nine buildings were damaged in the blaze before fire departments from Elkhart. Wakarusa and Warsaw could bring it under control. Origin of the explosion, which occurred in the Jet Wlnte grocery, was not determined. The White and Millett groceries were destroyed by the blaze, while heavy smoke and water damage was reported by a Kroger store, the Hoffman bakery, the Nappanee bargain house, the Richmond shoe store and the Duluxe motor sales rooms, all located in the same block. o BROWN SPEAKS AT PTA MEET High School Principal Speaks To Parents, Teachers “Children coming into the school are mirrors that reflect the home from which they come,’’ Principal W. Guy Brown of the Decatur high school, told the parents and teachers at the Central PTA meeting Tuesday evening in the school. “The home is just as vital to the child as is soil to a plant," he sta‘ed. The speaker illustrated types of home conditions that have come to his attention during his time as teacher and principal. He also pointed out th|t the problems of home and school are Interlocking in character and that the 'ullest understanding of the child can be had, only when these two institutions work in complete harmony. The meeting was opened with two members by the Central Glee club, directed by Miss Helen Haubold. The numbers on the program: Joan Cowens —piano solo, "Scarecrows in the Wind ” Vocal solo, Brohn’s Lullaby.” Dialogue — Louis Baughman and Elva Mae Jackson, “Drama Os The Night.” Jane Eady—Accordion solo. Libby Macy—reading, “The Brok(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) / ; \ 'A Business Man Goes to Bed Happy and wakes up happy ip his business ft is advertised/ I ) Ik— ■■ -J

Franklin D. Roosevelt Takes Oath For Second Term; Gives Pledge Os Further Needed Aid

SHTE TROOPER KIDNAPED AND KILLED TODAY Michigan State Policeman Is Slain By Paroled Convict Monroe, Mich., Jan. 20 —(U.R) — An army of police and county authorities searched heavily wooded areas near here and blockaded highways today in an effort to capture a paroled convict who kidnaped and shot to death state trooper Richard Hammond. 25. ' Searchers believe the thickets in this vicinity are hiding Alcida Benoit. 22-year-old gunman, who slugged or shot Hammond after he ‘ had been arrested as a robbery ■ suspect, then fled with the wound-1 ‘ ed officer in a state pafrol car and later handcuffed the officer’s body 1 to a rural mailbox. 1 An airplane joined the ground ' searchers at daylight. ' Benoit abandoned the car at ■ 5:30 a.m. after giving a four-hour i • chase to hundreds of state police and county authorities. He was 1 aided in eluding pursuers by the ‘ fact that the patrol car, Yadio ‘ equipped, enabled him to follow • the progress of the search. ' Benoit, an lonia, Mich., criminal, 1 j made his escape after he had 1 ! been arrested at 2 a.m. by Ham- ’ mond and state trooper Sam Senini. Benoit and John H. Smith. 30. who also has a Michigan criminal record, were driving an automobile stolen from a sajesman in Detroit at midnight. 1 Spotting the stolen car which had been described in a radio broadcast as they drove along a highway near here, the troopers I followed it to a gasoline station. They placed Benoit and Smith under arrest. The story of the escape of Benoit as related by state police headquarters at East Lansing, revealed that Trooper Hammond started for the Rockwood stati 1 police post near here in the patrol car with Benoit. Trooper Senini followed in the stolen car with the other prisoner. First indication of the plot came when the pa,trol car, instead of > heading toward the police post, ■ turned in another direction, i Senini immediately commanded > his prisoner to drive the stolen car in pursuit. The two cars drew close several times and shots were ■ exchanged. Heavy traffic, how- . ever, enabled the radio cruiser to . out-distance the pursuing machine. A blockade of all highways in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) POPE RECEIVES CERMAN BISHOP i Forced To Remain In Bed As Pain Grows More Severe Vatican City, Jan. 20. —(UP)— Poipe Pius, despite severe pain in his right leg, received Cardinal Bertram, Archbishop of Breslau, today and talked to him for 45 minutes. It was reported that the Pope intended to give Cardinal Bertram and two fellow German Cardinals who are here —Cardinal Faulhaber of Munich and Cardinal Schulte of Cologne — detailed instructions on means of easing tension in relations between the Vatican and the german Nazi government. Diplomatic quarters believed that the Cardinals on their return would inform members of the episcopate j of plans to achieve a rapprochement j with the government. It was believi ed that premier Benito Mussolini discussed this matter with Col- Gen. i Goering in their talks here. | After spending a portion of each (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

TWO ARE NAMED AS DECORATORS Decorating Committee For Birthday Ball Is Announced Clarence Beavers and Mrs. Dick 1 Steele have been named chairmen of the decorating committee, by Edwin Kauffman and Dorothy Young, general co-chairmen of the Birthday Ball for the President, to be held in . the Decatur Catholic auditorium, . Saturday evening, January 30. Other members of the committee are: Mildred Acker, Walter Brunnegraff, Mary Voglewede, Harold Dan- ! iels. Francis Howell, Bernadine | Myers, Kathryn Kauffman, Kathryn Hower, Marcellus Miller, Tom Haulbold. Haro’d Essex, Patsy FulI lenkamp, Mrs. E. P. Fields, Don Gage, Dick Macklin and Margaret ( Laube. The orchestra committee will report late this week on the name of | the band to play for the dance, I which will begin at 9:30 o’clock. Tickets, which will be good for either the dance or the card game, I or both, are selling rapidly. A large , crowd is expected. A’l proceeds will be used in the , care of infantile paralysis victims I and research work in an effort to find a cure or preventative for the disease. Seventy per cent will be retained in this county. DECATDR LIONS TO MONROEVILLE Local Club Assists In Presenting Charter To New Club Approximately 300 Lions and their wives from clubs in this vicinity attended the official charter i presentation of the Monroeville Lions club, held in the high school there last night. Frank Avery, of Auburn, deputy governor of the Lions, called the meeting to order and the Decatur Lions Boy Scout troop posted the colors. Songs were led by Art Schack, state song leader and accompanied by Art Wittwer, state pianist. The Decatur high school orchestra,. under the direction of Lion Albert Sellemeyer, presented a series of musical numbers. During the banquet W. F. Beery, president of the Decatur Lions, acted as toastmaster. Walter Shirley, of Indianapolis, announc- ■ ed the state convention, which will be held in Indianapolis some time in May. Melvin Hively, president of the Monroeville town board, delivered the address qf welcome and Lloyd . Hartzell, of Fort Wayne, presentI ed the lapel buttons. The charter was presented by Ed Payne, Michigan district governor, and was accepted by the 1 Rev. Father Theo. Fettig, president of the new club. Among the other Lion notables ■ and dignitaries who attended were Ford Larrabee, Muncie Lion president and Jap Jones, Fort Wayne, 1 past governor. J A tribute to the Decatur was paid by the officers and mevr' bers of the Monroeville Lions, W 1 ’ their part in its organization /fter 1 1 founding. About 62 Decatur xo* ' and wives attended the eveiaF xX'T " night. A’ -jvt ' 1 Reckless Driving jF' A Charge F/ 1 — /psi t Charges of vV' p . . filed late Tuesday , Peace John T. Kell>*t C ?' c v.. . . Fred Brown, local o’ c ‘° o f '^ ,4 ' He is to appea£ r e s "' tVfP ' Saturday astern/" - vn to »■ x . v\ pp The charges aP (peP ffee Brown hydrant Sundrv>P VP 1 ing into an / ’ I curb. /

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Pledges Administration To Further Reform To Aid Needy; Rainfall No Bar To Crowds. GIVES OBJECTIVES Inaugural Stand, Washington, Jan. 20. — (U.R) — Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the oath for his second term as president of the United States today and pledged his new deal administration to further reform to aid the underprivileged. "They have been challenged and beaten,” Mr. Roosevelt said of “autocratic powers.’’ “The legend that they were invincible . . . has been shattered." He indirectly challenged suggestions for constitutional change to expand the powers of government. But he invoked the constitution to achieve his ends. A slanting rain swept the capital as Mr. Roosevelt and Vicei President John Nance Garner were sworn in an open stand on the east front of the capitol. Inaugural ’ crowds hunched shoulders against a winter downpour. Soaked flags barely brightened a dismal scene. Capital traffic, snarled In midmorning. began to block as thous- ! ands swarmed down town in a typical parade-day jam. . Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes administered the oath to Mr. Roosevelt. Garner was sworn a few minutes earlier by Senate majority leader Joseph T. Robinson. From coast to coast and around the world the president's words flew by radio as a thousand presses began to spin with the second inaugural message. Mr. Roosevelt said our forefathers had created a strong government with powers of united action . “sufficient then and now to solve I problems utterly beyond individual of local solution.” “Nearly all of us recognize,” the President asserted, “that as the i intricacies of human relationships increase, so power to govern them also must increase—power to stop evil; power to do good." The President said progress out of the depression was obvious. But he found itis program unfulfilled —saw’ and pointed for his listeners to see millions of under privileged Americans. He proposed to use the materials of social justice to “erect on the old foundations a more enduring structure for the better use of future generations.” “We are beginning,” he said, “to abandon our tolerance of the abuse of power by those who betray for profit the elementary decencies of life. “We are fashioning ment of unimagined establishment of (CONTINUED iw farm/ he/