Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1937 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. ■stared at the Decatur, Ind , Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H. Heller President A. It Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 -°3 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail ——— .35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office— 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere |3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. ,5 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chiaago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Al Smith thinks the American system of government Is better than any he found in Europe even though it does not meet his approval 100%. Seems like the sun gets hotter this year as summer goes along. Well autumn is due in a couple of weeks and will probably bring Its own brand of heat and cold. The Cubs and the Giants will have a good time fighting it out for the pennant and right at their heels are the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, ready to assume the lead if given just a little chance. The fans ought to enjoy the next five weeks. Chicago officials are taking no chances in the fight against infantile paralysis. Opening of schools has been postponed and orders issued preventing children under sixteen years of age attending picture shows. The precautions indicate they propose tp play safe. According to figures from the state highway departments offices, 2,800 cars pass a point four miles south of here on 27, daily. That gives some idea of the importance of this road and the basis for the petition of those who believe the metal base should be thirty feet for the new improvement. The Railway Age takes the position that the only way to give the true picture of the position of railway ownership seems to be by a first class strike of the employes as now threatened. The records show the men are now drawing more money than in 1929 though earnings of the roads do not begin to compare. It's a rather queer co-incidence that the Democrats who are now being lauded by the Republican press voted for those measures which were supported by every j. O. P. representative in congress. They evidently think that the only Democrats worth while are those who think as they do. The state highway commission has ordered flashers installed at railroad crossings at eighty-six points where it has been deemed necessary to protect the traveling public. This is another important step in the direction of greater safety. The cost, $215,000, will be met by the federal government, it has been announced. Whatever the result of the probe of the Goshen accident in which CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are request ed to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2. instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two.

several were killed and many tn- ( jured, it seems certain that the driver of the sedan had no legal right or personal excuse for running a red light at a sixty or I seventy mile gait and dash in front of a Greyhound bus that had the right-of-way. It was a terrible acci-. dent and the driver of the sedan paid the penalty by meeting death himself. Itinerants, hoboes, tramps, bums and no-account travelers will be harbored in Decatur just long long enough to be given the "go" sign, it has been announced by Chief Melchi and that's right. Keep these rovers roving. They are no good to the community, come here to "mooch" and we are better off without them. Under present laws, they can be cared for in their home county where ever | that is and that's where they belong. Mayor John W. Kern of Indian apolis has been appointed a member of the United States board of tax appeal, a job which pays $lO.000 per year and continues over a term of twelve years. He has resigned as mayor and the city controller, Mr. Boetcher, sworn in as temporary mayor. The appointment is a very important one and 1 is further recognition of Indiana. As mayor Mr. Kern has made an excellent record and his friends are very happy over his deserved promotion. One hour parking on the streets. in the down town business section, between eight a. m. and seven p. m. and until ten o'clock on Saturday nights, seems to be the best means of regulating parking and making these streets safer for the public. Traffic increases and must, be handled and the officials and various committees interested are of the opinion that this will aid. If it doesn't prove the right solution after a proper test, no doubt some other means of meeting the situation, will be adopted. President Roosevelt has signed the sugar quota bill bill with a gentleman's agreement with lead-j ers of the house and senate that the restriction agreement on refined sugar and the monopoly between the cane and beet growers and the Seaboard Refining Company will be shortened from March ■ 1, 1940 date. The President is earnest in his convictions that the housewife as well as the beet and cane farmer should be protected. It has been a long and bitter fight and perhaps is not ended but the new bill clears the atmosphere considerably for the next two and a half years. Farmers owning land at high- j way intersections can aid the state I highway commission in its campaign for greater motoring safety by clearing fence corners and giving greater visibility. Several accidents have occurred at "blind" intersections during recent weeks, some of them resulting in fatal injuries. Fields where corn has been planted or others where weeds ‘ have been allowed to grow up in fence corners at highway intersections are unnecessary hazards to 1 the safety of motorists using the ’ highways and these conditions can be corrected by clearing the fence corners. When side roads are hidden by tall vegetation motorists are unable to see vehicles approaching the highways and the driver on the side road must pull out i onto the highway before he can see w-hether the road is clear of, traffic. The highway commission is spending several thousand dollars again this year to keep weeds ; cut on its right-of-way so that direction and warning signs will not I be hidden and to increase the ap-i pearance of the highways. —Huntington Herald-Press. o New Professions Appear Sacamento, Cal. — (UP) — Not only jobs but professions are increasing in Ca'ifornia. Recently the state held examinatiwis for milking machine operators, hide and brand inspectors, key punch operates and platen pressmen.

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* TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY : From the Daily Democrat File September 3. 1917. — William' Lowe Bryan of Indiana University speaks at the K. of P. home, subject. “The Trap. ' Prof. Barr of Drake University. Prof. Smyser of Wesleyan and Mrs. j Carrie B. Adams of Terra Haute, lecture at the teacher's institute. | Co. A fund is over the top with ; ■ $1,095.98. Tag day brought in $129.01. Billy Frazier, county assessor.' given a Ford by Decatur mer--1 chants. Russians abandon Riga region to the Germans. Knights of Pythias lodge votes to exempt all members who are in army service from annual dues, j Trade in a Good Town — Decatur Commissioner Schricker Pictures “New” State Fail

LieutenantGovernor Henry F. Schricker, Commissioner of Agriculture, and head of the Indiana State Fair, today invited all HooI sierdom to ati tend “The New I Indiana State Fair,” to be held at the lo-

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cal exposition grounds, Sept. 4th to 10th, inclusive. Commissioner Schricker says he refers to the 85th annual, 1937 State Fair as, “The New State Fair,” because from the minute one approaches the 216 acre tract, new things begin to come into view. A new steel wire fence has been erected, around the entire grounds. A new light harness and saddle horse barn, estimated in value at $200,000 has been com structed just south of the Coliseum. The main roadways have been widened, new curbs placed and the roadways lowered and oiled. Last year when a new record attend- | ance was established, a few automobiles had to be turned away from the gates late on Monday ■ when the largest single day crowd in history, 110,431 paid admissions, jammed the grounds. “We feel certain this will not happen again," Commissioner Schricker said, “because during the past year . thousands of loads of dirt have been removed from the infield of i the race track, and space graded to accommodate 4,000 parked cars” The Grand Circuit races will offer near $40,000 in purses this year, and the premium list has ' been increased SIO,OOO, making a total of $134,261.75 to be offered—a new high. These are a few reasons why Commissioner Schricker urges everyone to come out and see the “new fair."

I * — Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed II on Page Two 1. Long Island. 2. The force which impels certain bodies or their particles to recede from each other. I 3. Ostriches. 4. French composer of music. I 5. About 150. 6. The path of a body moving under given forces; like that of a | comet or bullet. 7. No. | 8. Surinam. 9. Coke. 10. Palestine.

■ ' - CITY SCHOOL Notice To Taxpayers Os Tax Levies In the matter of determining the Tax Rates ■ for School purposes of the School Corporation Before the Board I of Decatur, Adams County Indiana. of School Trustees Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said school corporation at their I regular meeting place on the Bth day of September, 1937, will consider I the following budget: bi d<;et classification for school corporation SPEC IAL SCHOOL FI ND Co-ordinate and Auxiliary Genl. Adminiatmtion | Activities! $1,3 44.25 Bd School Tr. and Sec. | Capital Outlay ’ Office $1,525.00 New Acquisitions . 14,012.0(1 Supplies Dept 383.55 Total Expense Sp. School Supt. Office 1,250.00 Fund >32,352.64 School Attendance and Tl ITION FI ND Census 150.00 Tr. Salaries 1 Inst. Teaching $5,116.40 High School $20,915.00 liiMr. Superviaion $2,220.70 Tr. SalarieM Op. School Plant ®em. Schools $29,515.00 High School $ 1,775.42 Trana. Tuition $ 467.27 El*m. Schools 6,781.57 Total Expen. Tuition Fund $50,897.27 Maintenance School Plant BOND OR SINKING FIN’D High School $2,139.16 4>yment Prim $2,a00.00 Elem. Schools 1,678.52 | Payment Int 200.00 Fixed ( haram 975.57 i Total Expen. Bond or Sinking Fund $2,700.00 ESTIMATE OF Fl NDS TO BE RAISED Funds Required For ExpenpeN To Special Tuition Rond December 3!M of Incoming A ear: Fund Fund Fund I. Total Budget Estimate for ensuing I year, Jan. 1. tto De- 31, 1933 inclusive 332,352.64 $50,897.2< |2.<00.00 | 2. Necessary Expenditures. Aug. i to Pec. 3. present year 9,731.67 20,031.63 1,580.00 I 3. Outstanding Temporary Loans to be paid before Dec. 31st of present year —not included in line 2 - 4. Total Estimated Expenditures <add * lines 1, 2 and 3) 42,084.31 71,428.90 4,280.00 Fiindx On Hand* And To Be Received From Spurcea Other Than Pmpoaed Tax Levy: 5. Actual Balance, July 31st of present year 10,096.64 23,522.25 1,872.89 6. Taxes to be collected, present year (December settlement) 13,887.25 • 10,303.44 939.40 7. Miscellaneous Revenue to be received. Aug. Ist of present year to December 31st of next school year (Schedule on file in office of School Board): a. Special Taxes (see Schedule) 26,861.00 b. Transfer Tuition and All Other Revenue (see Schedule! 4,501.08 8. Total Funds (Add lines 5. 6, 7a and 7b) 23,983.89 65,187.77 2,812.29 9. NET AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BE RAISED FOR EXPENSES TO DEC. 31st OF ENSUING YEAR (Deduct line 8 from Hue 4) 18,100.42 6,241.13 1,467.71 JO. Operating Balance (Not in excess of expense from Jan. 1 to June 30, less Misc Revenue for same period) 8,584.63 13,886.82 200.00 11. AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAX t LEVY (Add lines 9 and 10) 26,685.05 20,127.95 1,667.71 PROPOSED LEVIES Net Taxable Property $4,740,913.00 Number of Taxable Polls M Levy on Amount to Funds Property Be Special * Tuition « Total 1.02 48,480.71 Com I>Mrutive Statement Os Tnxen Collected And To Be < ollected To Be Naiite of Fund Collected Collected Collected CoHecfd inar. toar i” 3 * _ Special 316.335.21 326.393.24 327,774.49 Tuition 20,463.20 21,402.09 !? Bond or Sinking 3.060.49 2.J74.36 ,«n 71 Total 39,364.90 50.770.79 o0,2«0.11 45.4M.7l Taxpayers appearing shall have a right to be heard thereon. After the tax levies have been determined, and presented to the County Auditor not later than two days prior to the se- ond Monday Jn September, and the levy fixed by the County Tax Adjustment or on their failure so to do. by the County Auditor, ten °r. m ° Te ,Lara o’ themselves aggrieved by such levies may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners for further and final i]c* rln S th!! st at J petition with the County Auditor not later than Ro'arii will fix a date for hearing in this County. Dated this 33 day of August. I.J? j K a fuhkman R E. MUMMA. JOS. A HUNTER. School Board Members. AUG. 37—SEPT- 3. . , .

Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE 1 < , Q. What does it indicate when a man tilts back a straight chair, ' in which he is sitting? A. It indicates two things; that ! he does not know how to sit in a ' straight chair, and that the chair may fall to pieces at any moment if the man is a heavyweight. Q. Should the bridegroom pay the expense of the wedding trip? A. Yes; and from the beginning of the wedding trip all other bills : become his obligation. Q. What does crecy mean on the menu card? A. "With carrots." o Mrs. Bertha Shraluka of Fort 1 Wayne, spent the day in this city.

NAMING KERN SIGNIFICANT John W. Kern’s Appointment Seen As Townsend Triumph Indianapolis. Sept. 3 — (U.R) Tht Roosevelt administration, by appointing Mayor John W. Kern of Indianapolis to the U. S board of tax appeals, repaid Gov. M. Clifford Townsend for his ardent support of the new deal, particuI larly on the supreme court reform I fight. Democratic observers informed the United Press today Kern's appointment, announced ! yesterday, gives him a 12-year fed- : eral post at 310.000 and gives | Indiana its third important recog , nition in the last six months I Fortner Gov. Paul V. McNutt was named U. S. commissioner to the ■ | Philippines and Pleas Greenlee, former secretary to McNutt and ■ unsuccessful candidate for gover nor last year, was named to the national bituminous coal commission. Politically, Kern's appointment ’ is of vast significance. Townsend was consulted ou Kern by Postmaster-General , James A. Farley during one or all iof his visits to Indiana He is be i lieved to have endorsed Kern ! This allowed him to repay the : favor Kern did for him in the 1935 i state convention when forces I allied with Kern split the Marion , county delegation in favor of Townsend when it had appeared that the delegation was going foi E. Kirk McKinney. Indianapolis banker backed for governor by U- S. Senator Frederick Van Nuys. Kern several months ago was discussed as a possible candidate to oppose the renomination of 5 Van Nuys when the Townsend ad- , ministration openly declared war on the state's senior senator for his indifference toward the party's state and national leadership. Kern didn't want to run for the senate —he wanted to be named a federal district judge, but evident- | ly this was out of the question. However. Kern now is definitely out of the senate picture, allow--1 ing further consolidation of ad-

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nistraiion force, behind Sam !or lhe senate seat now held by ''Vhe "statehouse organization al - so is In a position now to maneuv , ~,. one of l'« trusted ,upp S P ’™l Into the Marion county •!« Jitfc chairmanship, an Important | battle between Townsend ami Van, Nuys at the 1938 state I immediately Louis Upl “ d ' ’ J dianapolls ward committeeman 2nd attorney for the state excise, department, was mentioned as I the most probable selection frads In » G° od ro '*"' ~ °* catu ' _

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C arnival Employe Loses Right H an( | Herbert Main. 19, a regt4|M Michigan, and a member of a val troop iMßted at MonrowJ! suffered the loss of hi« right Thursday night about 9 when the member caught k ' the cogs of the machinery O neJ ing the merry-go-round. The h u was practically torn oft, ana i was rushed to the Adams memorial hospital, where it / j necessary to amputate the hk! above the whrist. He wil Iremain I the local hospital for several j the attending physician stated I day. t I