Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1937 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by VHt DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Wintered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office an Second Clans Matter I. H. HellerPretident *. B. Holthouse, Sec'y. & Bus. Mgr. (Nek D, HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies —1 .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail —.35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six mouths, by mai11.75 One year, by mail3.oo 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, Chieago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Steers are selling in Chicago for twenty cents a pound on foot, which should explain the advanced cost of meats over the country. Preble township will have an eighty-six cent total tax rate next year, establishing their right to be proud of their thrift and wise management. An optimist is a man who sees a great light where there is none. A pessimist is a man who comes along and blows out the light.—The So-Called Human Race. Make a date with yourself for the free cooking school filjm, "The Bride Wakes Up." You will enjoy it and will discover new and easy ways to prepare palatable dishes. There is talk of booming Mayor LaGuardia of New York for the Republican nomination of president in 1940. Wouldn't that put the Liberty League and the Old Guard on the spot? The New York Giants seem to be finishing strong and the fans are getting ready to listen to the reports of the world series between them and the Yankees with the odds decidedly on the latter. Defendants in some fifteen or sixteen criminal cases now set for trial in the Adams circuit court probably feel that with the coming of the autumn, the vacation days are over and serious days are here again. Now that the primaries in New York City are over, we may turn to the election in November, which will probably be ’ust as hot. So far no announcements have been made that Justice Black will speak for either side. The franchise for natural gas granted to the Northern Indiana Public Service Corporation by Fort Wayne, Bluffton and Decatur, assures this section of this valuable fuel in the next few weeks and at less cost than the artificial gas. That's certainly something to make us all smile. High schools and junior colleges in Chicago have reopened but the grades will not do so for the present because of the infantile paralysis epidemic. Reports show that most of the cases are among children of elementary school age and efforts will be concentrated there to prevent further spread. In several of the larger cities a fine of one dollar per mile in excess of the speed limit for automobiles. is being assessed as the , Hue. For instance if the limit is twenty miles an hour and you are , caught going forty, it costs you twenty and costs. Seems to be a i case of “haste makes waste." Fred Rays of Sullivan, former ; mayor and for eight years a mem- t ber of the board of trustees of the Evansville state hospital, has been ] appointed a member of the public service commission of Indiana to succeed Samuel L. Trabue. Mr.

i Hays is splendidly qualified and is 4 held in high esteem by the citizens of the state. He should make a good record. In the first seven months of this < ' year, 731 people were killed tnl automobile accidents in Indiana, a t gain of fifteen per cent over last year and a new high record. Dam- j age to the cars amounted to the snug fortune of $316,730. That's not a very good record and certaind ly proves that something must be doue to check the ever increasing . danger to motorists and pedestrians. * Decatur will have a $2.47 tax rate which is a 27-cent reduction over < last year and while the base is sixteen cents over the $2 limit pre- 5 scribed by law, the reduction shows t a trend in the right direction. In a year or two, the rates here Will £ be under the two dollars and will I be continued that way. barring un-: < expected emergencies. The various tax making bodies have done an i excellent job and deserve eommen-1 dations and congratulations. ( The Wells County Centennial addition of the Bluffton News Han- < ner. 144 pages, is the largest edi- I tion of its kind ever issued in this I section of the middle west and is a beautiful newspaper, that will be read with pleasure, particularly by | ‘ the citizens of that county and by ( hundreds of others in every part t of the world. It is not only its size J that makes it a great issue of the News Banner, but its excellent editing. make-up and general appear-J ance. The paper is in eighteen ( sections of eight pages each and < contains a complete story of the founding of the various townships, ( towns and cities of Wells county, i tells the story of the pioneers and 1 the developments as the years rolled along. That it is a great county, I made up of real folks is proven by , the enthusiasm with which they are observing one hundred years of progress and prosperity. We congratulate Wells county on her Cent-MRaiaf anniversary and the News Banner for publishing one of the finest newspapers we have ever had the privilege of reading. The : celebration will occur next Wednesday and will be participated in by distinguished guests including Governor Townsend and Lieuten-ant-Governor Schricker. A local minister who spent part of his vacation in the South this summer was surprised to walk mto a city church one beastly hot Sunday in August and find the auditorium filled to capacity with churchgoers. He had heard of such things in southern states, but was always skeptical. As a people, we in the North do not take our church membership very seriously. Too many of us regard it as a haven in time of sorrow or other trouble, or when other agencies fail us. All of us want the churches in a community and few of us would live here it' the churches were to close their doors. Yet we are not willing to pay for them by our attendance. Nothing would so depreciate the value of property as to have all the churches shut up, but thousands of property owners do not contribute a dollar for this great asset, which all admit ayd none deny. Most men who become leaders in business and other walks of life are active in their support of the church, a fact that ambitious young men and women might note to their advantage —Newcastle Courier-Times. o > ■» Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ • ♦ Q. How should a friend fir a relative respond to a birth announcement? A. By calling to see the mother, j sending flowers to her. or a gift to the baby. Q. When giving a theater party, with supper following, should the host or hostess furnish transportation to the theater for the guests.' ■ A. This is not at all obligatory. Q. Where should the individual butter knife be placed? A. The only proper place is on the butter plate. — -—-o Trada In * Good Two— Daoatut

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* — Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. No. t. H. A. Harvey, an American metallurgist. • 3. An eruptive thermal spring. 4. Duke of Windsor. 5. Spring tides, 6. Nebula. 7. Andrew Jackson. 8. No; he votes on decisions the I same as the Associate Justices. 9. Chile. 10. Morpheus. o * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Dally Democrat File ♦ —♦ September 17, 1917. —Judge Roch-. ford of Marion county holds the woman's suffrage act in Indiana is unconstitutional. Appeal is taken. Rev. D. H. Richie of Dayton, 0., is appointed minister for Decatur and Union Chapel. Rev. Harmon Is sent to Albion. Lawrence Biggs resigns as mail carrier for route six, Decatur. Condition of Governor Goodrich reported some improved. C. C. Ernst, M. J. Mylott, Fredj Fullenkamp. Will Johns, Bert Col-, chin and Albert Scheiman visit Fort Harrison. * —<l Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee J! Brooms It does not necessarily mean that a broom is worn out because the bristles are worn unevenly. Cut the bristles with a pair of shears and it will give more service, even though the broom is a shorter : length. Silver A good cleaner for silver and one that will remove tarnish is to place the silver in potato water for about one hour and then wash it thoroughly. Meringue Meringue will fall if the oven is too hot. To be successful when making meringue, have a very moderate oven. o Cafeteria Supper. Reformed church. Saturday 5 to 7 p. m--219*31

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LEACH OUSTER IS APPROVED State Police Board Upholds Dismissal Os Capt. Matt Leach I Indianapolis. Sept 17. —(U.R) —Dis-1 I missal of Matt Leach, lanky, darkhaired former state police captain, 1 was final today after a day long i police board hearing of charges he I j criticized and refused to co-oper-j ate with J. Edgar Hoover’s G-man After a gruelling, six-hour hear-j ing of testimony by the deposed captain and representatives of the federal bureau of investigation, the | board found that Leach's conduct toward the FBI was a "wilful violation of his official duties and of the rules of the state police department. and constituted conduct unbecoming to a police officer.' The board pointed out that its i action in upholding the dismissal of Leach was based on his "public criticism and slander of the federal bureau of investigation, its mem- . bers and officers." Leach was dismissed last Sept. 4 ' when the federal bureau of investigation announced severance of its relations with the state police department. In a vigorous defense of his police methods in Indiana, Leach turned federal agents’ charges of "non co-operation" back in their

faces, declaring they had -pushed around" his state policemen on case after case and had refused Cfc ! operation even when offered them “It's a matter of fact and record ' i in our office and the loca FBI of- | flee,” Leach said, “that I turned I entire files of cases over to them. ': In every instance all the informa- | tion I have had in connection with I . federal offenses was furnished to I the department of justice and I have never withheld such informa- ■ ' tion from them.” Four G-men testified against Leach, including Harold Reinecke, head of the FBI in Indianapolis; ' and special agents Kenneth Logan. J. S. Johnson, and Myron Gumla All denied Leach charges that state 1 policemen were "pushed around” | by federal agents. Later agent Curnia created a senI sation when he admitted that all federal evidence in the investigation of Al Brady and his hench- \ men has been available to the statel police department only since Sept, j 4. “Do you mean to tell me that I since I've been retired this infor-j mation has been made available to ! the state police?" Leach demanded. Gurnia revealed that a state po-' lice officer has been assigned to aid the FBI in their hunt for the Brady gang. Leach related that tactics employed by the FBI during the Johu • Dillinger manhunt were so dangeri ous that lives of state policemen, [ citizens, and even the G-men themr‘selves were endangered. Only a

careful Investigation of reports that "carloads of bandits" —later found to be G-men—were at large, saved bloodshed, according to Leach. "Why should I have to use these insane policies to protect these federal agents, our own men and the citizens of Indiana?" Leach

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asked The name of J. Edgar Hoover., head of the FBI. was mentioned' during the investigation when I Leach related he had protested to former Governor I’aul V. McNutt j in 1934 about the “tactics, methods' and policies” of the department Ofi justice under Hoover which he I

. termed “insane." W Aller the testimony ~f i,.. S and the other G-me.. ‘'**(B I board he would not I Hee officers before thein . stautiate his Mat. llls I am not going to aak ion the force to j, .. |l ; tr I self, Leach said ■