Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1937 — Page 1

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W ffiCE BATTLE Ming fought l'"’°P s Are ReTo Hate Made t * ■kune (Jains I ' fg ’ ' ’ ■I usat'es tn s '" i i. 1111" i j "" ■«|MEfoui< '-s ' ;l '' l l '" llV - a««Hfelng " s . ' "0 .-' i .-i’. ■ I <W-tf''^fc l " ; ' ' t | tiMMwwri<‘|"ll lull11i« ,il i..:.s s;ii'i tha g n \ ■ « ■ SI 8 3mL if ~,pe|Bj.iim <1<•• >I y ’.. 1 1. ' X.ipi’l’-mi |3BBr’ '''"hll. ~'t i 111 ■St ■ rolunuiiiiti .Hili'. lin OP«r«ii>: s against llm Japan I DiptoUia quarters here paid |additional attention to th’’ reports lof hsavyEfighting in tin- northwi t g v was received from I peipjsgßheporting that the mtnI ntandelßDf ’lie Japanese military I mission Jat Taiyuan, capital of I Shansi ■noinee. had sent what I t,mounted to an ultimatum to Gen I Yen, ##ek : to persuade him to | withdraw' his men. I AjSHSßi.tly somewhat anxious .:■ I the close cooperation of the con- ‘ servativfl Yen witli the communist ■’l Ch# Teh the Japanese' sent a friendly to it ipisHss' ted. "inviting" him to surrender before December 30. The hitter, as reported here. <::t---i lined the successes of the Japam se ’■l and tMKormation of a Jaiiam sesponncrad provisional government It then suggested that Yen a.,k for peace with the understanding that he retire from the war and men io stop fighting. In return 'he Japanese would with 'fravSoja line 65 miles south of prepare for a direct I fight ■jglnst the eighth route army and he troops of the Chinese ! Team- requested to semi a “ ’telesatSto negotiate with the j ir ** e (ii<l not ’ the Jap--2 said, it would be i (Wm** ll ,llal h” "inched sincer,'le Japanese would reserve the right to take immediate and appropriate action llj'jaHKhi missionaires at Titian. in I ®antun.!j province where the .lap Ke driving for Tsingtao. telegrams to head here that the Japan in a Christmas day airplamJM) on jthe city damaged the ’t IMtt ai, d German missions and StewfeC&oe . s of casualties A'oo.it one. htmtlred bombs were dropped, tte mbsspomiries said. RRllfees reported that Chinese troops under Gen Yu Hsiteb-Chung • Wre ySjeating from the Tsingtao ' Hsuchow and I’timpil. tl'a interior. * ,3MH||tesi- anger mounted with g at army headquarters|that Chinese troops be I ■ej^BP yl!Er ’ ON PAt'.E TWO) MT ACCIDENT VICTIM FRIDAY Funeral Services For Miss Leina Dailey Friday Afternoon '? A ahull fracture caused the death Se Miss Leina Dailey, who dlt d yesWrday in the Adams county tm morwithout regaining conSP i')ttsneßs, after she was injured in »n auto accident Sunday evening. This was the report of County JfrO&giiiobert Zwick today. CorZwick stated that he was not ready to return a verdict in the he had not thoroughly investigated the crash, which took Place two and one-half miles south ™ Pieasan’t Mil’s. The Accident occurred on the inWsectioO of two ci inty roads. WilHani Bell, state police commissioner >lfu investigated, r a ‘ d tha* a clear yiew could lie olbttmed on any ot (he four approaches Io the- inter•ection. .Paul Stove, of Chicago, driver of thq other car, was not held but was DShmitted to return home yesteruneral services for the crash Ylctiiii. Adams county’s ninth of the r' r, will be held Friday afternoon 1:30 o’clock at the home of a Ulster. Mrs. Ben Coulter, near Bobo OM at 2 o’clock at the Bo m M. E. church. Burial will be in the church ®emeterv.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Musical Program At Church This Evening A large crowd is expected this ; evening at the special mush al pro-I gram to be give n in the M. E. .church at 7:3u o’clock by Clarence U. Betts, Corning, New York, In- , I Htrurnentalist and gospel singer. He will portray the life of Christ in muak* and literature. Members of the Mary and Martha Sunday School class, who are sponsoring ! jthe program, are distributing free j tickets. No admission will be charg* ed, but an offering ylll be taken. BIG BUSINESS CHARGED WITH HURTING TRADE Administration Leaders Continue Fight To Curb Monopoly Washington, Dec. 29 —(UP) —The administration today brought into the drive against monopoly these J three points: 1. Assistant attorney general Robert H. Jackson charged at Philadelphia that big business is conducting a general strike of capital versus | political action. He asserted “big business” is seizing "upon the re- j cession to liquidate the new deal." 2. Attorney general Homer S. Cummings announced that reports he is opposed to the O’Mahoney-Bor- , ah bill for federal licensing of corporations are “incorrect". Although warning not to interpret his statement that he favors the measure, Cummings eaid licensing is "one ■ < f the most potent of adrninistra- I tive weapons”. 3. Secretary of commerce Daniel ; S. Roper gave "good business" the | i eassurance it has nothing to fear from the new dea’, but described the practices of evil monopolies as I obnoxious. A renewed anti-trust drive bottl- j rd reports from a source close to I the administration that President I Roosevelt has expressed approval of federal licensing of inter-state corporations but met with opposition from some members of his cabinet. The attorney-general said he is I “very hopeful" congress will enact (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o County Offices Close On Friday Afternoon i All county offices will be closed Friday afternoon to give the officials an opportunity to prepare their regular quarterly reports. Officers will also begin work on tinal , reports for the year. SET DATES FOR LICENSE EXAMS State Patrolman To Be Here Three Days During January Patrolman Burl Johnson, of the state police force, who has been I conducting the examinations for ' beginning drivers here before they ! can secure their 1938 Operator’s license will return on January 5. 8 ’ and 14. Dee Fryback, manager ot the local bureau, stated today. Mr. Fryback urged that all persons who are required to take the examination, ca’l at the bureau and make application as soon as posi Appointment for the test wtl then be made. Mr. Fryback. stated that much delay will be done away with in securing the licenses, if this is done. . .. All persons who have never held a driver’s license of any type before. or any persons 18 years o. age or under, are required by the new state law to undergo the examUpon successful completion of the test the driver will Ibe given a beginner’s permit, good for 90 days. At the end of this time he will be given a beginner’s license, good for one year, with monthly reports to make to the state. If successful n thiß . he will then be given a full fledged operator’s or chauffeurs license. — o—- * Buys Health Bond j * The Knights of Columbus lodge ot thlß city has voted a . e -1.1 bond from the Christmas Adams Coun- ■ ty tuberculosis association, W. Guy Brown, president, announced today. Proceeds of the sales BuJ ar.d Thsm aid victims of > the disease and to give milk to unI dernourished children of Decatur.

Architect’s Drawing And Description Os Modern New High School Building Which Will Be Built In Decatur a * 11l * v i Rl WWSjw * k "'1 O: -1 : -US —. p Vw (jLif 4 I* < ; —— JI V «’ f A **" U ■••• ’"Wr*- 1 r--*. wk. —« — x— — — ■ — — View of building facing north on Jefferson street

Detailed plans of the new Deca- I litr junior-senior high school build- I I ing to be erected on the site of the ’ old Centrol building, now nearly . razed, were revealed today by the i I architect, employed by the school ' I board, A. M. Strauss, of Fort i Wayne. . i Bids will be received Thursday morning at 10 o'clock by the school board on the project, ami it is the hope of officials, that construction ; |on the new building can begin within four or five days in order to comply with the government’s j requirements in making the 45 peri cent offer for a PWA grant. The federal grant also requires that i the building be completed nine months after it is begun. The building is to be in a "T” shape and eliminates certain of the : civic facilities provided in the orig- : inal plans. The gym is slightly smaller. The reduction was made necessary by the inability of the city to donate more than $50,000 to the school city because of a I state law. This made necessary the reduction in cost of the building from $335,000 to $245,000. However, the building as now designed will be ample to take care of the full school requirements of the city of Decatur and will provide for a very commodious gym. equal in size to those built for cities of this population. The gym has a stage and other features which will permit its use for civic functions. May Be Enlarged The building will be arranged so 'as to be readily adaptable to ! future expansion, it the school ’ population should increase as is i now expected. The building as I now designed is actually somei what larger than the cubical conjtents of the one covered in the

BULLETIN A bid of 2% percent interest and an SBO premium, submitted by the Central Securities Corp., of Fort Wayne, was the best bid received by the school city this afternoon for the $90,000 bonds, to be issued by that board for the construction of the new junior-senior high school here. The next best bid was received from the City Securities Corp., of Indianapolis, in conjunction with the First State Bank of Decatur, at 3 percent interest and a premium of $1,638. Eight bids were received. Late this afternoon the school board had not taken the formal action of officially selling the bonds to the Fort Wayne concern. The $50,000 bond issue of the civil city was to be sold later this afternoon. FOUND GUILTY OF TRESPASS Ben Voord Fined $lO On Charge Os Malicious Trespass Ben Voord, Belgian beet worfker, who was tried last week before Special Judge Nathan C. Nelson in city court, was found guilty of malicious ’ j trespass in a decision handed down by Judge Nelson. | Voord was fined $lO and costs, a- ; mounting to S2O. Voord was able to I pay the fine and was released. j He was arrested some time ago by Sheriff Dallas Brown when ho ' was charged with cutting fences on J two farms and rigging ingenious j rabbit snares in the holes. He posted $25 bond upon arrest ' and was released until trial. Wil- | liam Werling and Louis Retnking, Hon whose farms, the fences were • allegedly cut, were the complaining I witnesses in the trial.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday. December 29, 1937.

P.W.A. application that formed the basis for the government grant. The board of school trustees and Architect Strauss feel that the somewhat better building conditions of today will make it possible to include several more rooms than originally contemplated. Simple Style The exterior of the building is to be done in a simple but dignified and artistic modern style, and is to be built of face brick trimmed with stone and featured with an unusual amount of glass in line with the modern trend in school buildings. The various class rooms will have practically a third more glass area than that provided in the ordinary school building and the east and west ends of the school building will be featured with panels of glass brick. The school portion of the building will be basement and two stories but the basement will only extend into the ground approximately 4 feet so as to virtually provide a three story building. The entire buiiiiing will be of fireproof construction and embodies the latest methods of structural design and convenience. The basement will contain machine shop and bench room for manual training, vocational agriculture room, physics laboratory, chemistry laboratory, cooking room and sewing room for science department. The first floor will contain typewriting and bookkeeping rooms arranged with special sound features, English room, mathematics room, language room, history room, recitation rooms and offices for the superintendent and princi- I pal with a private reception room I for each. The second floor will contain a i

FIRST AUCTION SALES FRIDAY First Sale By Reppert School Students To Be Held Friday . The first auction sale by the students of the Reppert school of auctioneering will be held here Friday evening, New Year’s Eve, at 7:30 o’clock, Col. Fred Reppert announced today. The auction will be held in the Yager Bros, furniture building, opposite the courthouse on Second street. Auctions will also be held each evening thereafter, 'except Sunday, until the close of the term, in three (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE'

Personal Property And Real Estate Taxes Show Decrease

Real estate and personal prop-| erty taxes levied in the taxing units in Adams county for 1937, payable in 1938, amount to $424,102.88. This is a reduction of $39,704.09 under the present year's tax bill. The 1936 bill, payable in 1937, amounted to $463,806.97. County 1937 Bill Adams $ 463,806.97 Allen 4,412,900.51 Dekalb 635,816.91 LaGrange 390,146.76 Noble 678,890.86 Steuben 341,713.40 Wells 463,399.74 Whitley 421,405.98 Big Tax Bill The total tax bill on real estate ' and personal property in Indiana for 1937, payable in 1938, is SIOO,- 1

study hall seating approximately 125 students with library stack room adjoining and arranged so that the supervisor in charge of the study hall will also be in charge of the library. The remainder of the second floor will be occupied by two music rooms arranged so that these can be turned into one large room when desired, an art room and three recitation rooms. All recitation rooms and first floor rooms will be arranged as “home” rooms, this being the modern method with junior-senior high schools thereby making it unnecessary to provide the very large assembly halls previously required. Gymnasium The entrance to the gymnasium will be from Third street directly tn the rear of the school building portion and two commodious stairways will also connect the school building with the interior of the gymnasium. A separate spacious lobby with double entrances, ticket office and concession stand will be provided at the entrance to the gymnasium. The gymnasium floor will be 56 ft. by 86 ft. in size and seating on three sides of same will be of permanent concrete and steel construction. Arrangements will also l>e made for additional seating on the stage during basketball games and athletic functions so that a total of approximately 1,400 people can be seated for this purpose. Seating capacity for lectures, stage entertainments, etc., will he approximately 2,000. Tlie stage will be provided with double tier of dressing room on | one side and modern lighting faciliI ties with full size proscenium opj ening. Modern dressing rooms, shower and lockers with separate

Jury Commissioners Will Meet Thursday Adams County Clerk G. Remy I Birely was instructed to call the | jury commissioner’s together Thurs- [ day to draw a name to fill the November panel of the petit jury Reu- . ben Genber, drawn, December 1, by the commissioners, has been excused by Judge Huber M. DeVoss. o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 29 10:00 a. tn 31 Noon 38 2:00 p. m 42 3:00 p. m 42 WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday, possibly rain extreme south portion; slightly warmer Thursday.

I The tax decrease in Adams counI ty, comprising all taxing units, was one of the largest in any county in the fourth congressional district. The figures for the fourth district counties, showing the amount paid in 1937 and the amount to be paid in 1938, together with the reductions follow: 1938 Bill Decrease $ 424.102.88 $ 39,704.09 4,297,923,08 114,977.43 572,671.12 63,145.79 327,733.48 62,413 28 630,370.56 48,520.30 339,460.31 2,253.09 449,102.71 14,297.03 397,005.06 24,400.92 ' 107,607.20. The tax bill payable . I this year totaled, $97,799,861.59, an I increase of $2,307,745.61.

toilet facilities for the public will ' be provided beneath the seating of] the gymnasium with separate lock-1 er and shower rooms for the visiting teams. Individual offices will be provided for the physical edu-1 cation directors of both the boys and girls and the entire gymnasium will be of the most modern; construction. The interior of the building will be ot simple, unostentatious but substantial construction and finish. Double vitrified brick wainscoting' will be provided in the corridors, toilet-rooms and gymnasium. The floors generally will be of asphalt tile with terrazzo floors in the corridors, stairways and toilet-rooms. Alternate bids are being taken by the board of school trustees on some details of the finish to provide a certain flexibility in bidding so as to take advantage of the maximum value that might be obtained from the funds available. Heating Heating will be a two pipe vacuum system of modern type with all rooms separately vented I by a unit ventilating system, the I gymnasium portion will be on a 1 separating ventilating and heating . system that may be operated inde- , ■ pendently from the school build- | ing. The offices will likewise be arranged for separate operation when desired. Two boilers will' be provided, one of which can be used for operation when necessary. Electrical work will include a modern program clock system and an unusually complete radio broadcasting system whereby concerts, addresses, news and programs of national interest may be broadcast • to all parts of the building or di- , rected to such rooms us may be 11 desired. CONTRACTS ARE : LET BY BOARD Commissioners Award Contracts For Highway Maintenance The county commissioners adjourned their special session this afternoon after awarding the contracts for the materials an l mainteance of the county highway department for next year. The commissioners again follow ed the practice of seeking bids on 'per unit cost or on discounts less state and federal taxes on the mar ket price of most of the articles. The contracts were announced jtoo late this afternoon for classification for publication. The Mossman-Yarne’le company, of Fort Wayne, the only bidder, was given the contract for furnishing steel. The Roy Runyon & Son garage will furnish the county with Firestone tires. The W. Q. O'Neal ■ company, of Crawifordsville, was given the contract for iron culvert - pipe. ( The Krick-Tyndall Tile mill will r furnish tile. The stone contracts were divided among the John Karsh . stone company of near Geneva, the L Meshberger Stone company, of Linn >Grove, and Dick Tonnelier, of Deca- . jtur. Gravel and sand will be furnishled by Yost Brothers, of Decatut ■ land the Lylbarger stone company, t of Geneva. j Lubricating oil blds were receiv1 ed but no contracts awarded. The 5 native white oak is to be furnishj ed by W. P. Robinson. The Kop- ; pers company, of Fort Wayne will j supply the tar and the Meshberger 2 stone company, road oil. Gasoline . i was divided among seven or eight , bidders. Some lumber, shiplap and 1 1 cement will be supplied by the Cash i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Auctioneer Talks To Decatur Lions Guy L. Pettit, Instructor in the Reppert School of Auctioneering, 1 was the chief speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lions club,. held last night at the Rice hbtel. Mr. Pettit talked regarding con-' tlltlons throughout the country, as i he itud observed them and made a 'comparison with conditions of to-1 day and those of former years. He placed special emphasis on the agricultural situation of today. THREE PERSONS DROWNED WHEN PLANE CRASHES Two Men And Woman Are Drowned As Plane Falls In Lake Erie Port Clinton. O„ Doc. 29—(UP) — ! ' A mail plane crashed from dense I fog into Lake Erie today, killing Itnree of its passengers. The victims were: Nancy Howard 45. of Lexington, Ky., Albert An- ' derson, 45, Sandusky. O„ and Adalbert Watkins. 30, New Plymouth, O„ all employes of the small line 1 which serves lake Is’anders. The Pilot, William Somogey, forI merly of Lorain, ’O., was saved as ■ he clung to the plane's wreckage, i but fell unconscious when picked up. The plane crashed a half mile oft i I shore as it returned to the main- ' land after a regular delivery of mail I to North Eass and Middle Sister is-1 ’ lands. A’though the western end ot Lake | Erie was dotted with ice cakes, the : ship fell in open water. None of the I bodies was recovered Immediately I Only the tail of the plane remained above water after the crash. Sontogey had left here alone this morning and had jjiceiked up his paseenger-employes enroute back. Attaches at the small airport believed he crashed as he hunted an opening in the fog bank. Islanders heard the plane flying low a few minutes before the crash. The plane has been carrying mail between here and the inlands fbr ’ years during the winter season. It was the first serious accident since > the line was started. The ship was owned and operated by Milton Hershberger, of Put-In-Bay. Somogey was an employe of Hershberger. ■- o CCC Enrollment Here January 4 ■ Probable enrollment of boys in 1 the CCC camp will be made on January 5, according to word received ; I this morning :by John M. Doan. Washington township trustee. All boys wishing to enroll in the ' CCC are asked to ca’l at the offices ' | of Mr. Doan on South Second street on January 4. between the hours of 1 9 a. m. and 12 noon. All interested boys are urged to be at the office on that date. The boys who enroll from here will all be sent to western states. I “ —- Three Planes Crash, I Seven Passengers Die Cali, Colombia. Dec. 29—(UP)— Three of four Cuban and Dominican ‘good will flight planes crashed in flames 12 tniJes north of here today, carrying seven passengers :o their ' deaths. ■ I The planes Nina, Binta and San--Ita Maria left Havana several months ago and stopped at Ciudad .Trujillo, Dominican Republic. o MASONSINSTALL NEW OFFICERS : Homer D. Lower Is Installed As Worshipful Master t New.'y elected officers in the Ma--1 sonic lodge for 1938 were installed ' lust night in appropriate ritualistic ceremonies at the local lodgo home, Homer D. Lower was installed ’ ae worshipful master. Arthur D. Sut--1 ties was installed as senior warden * and Chester Mclntosh as junior 1 warden. ■Other officers installed were: Floyd Acker, treasurer; Ear! B. Adams, secretary; John L. De Voss, ’ senior deacon; Richard Myers, junior deacon: George H. Squters, senior steward; Glen Dickerson, ' junior steward. Charles A. Burdg was Installed as tyler and Daniel Sprang as trustee for a three year period. AU offices r with exception of the trustee cover ’ a one year term. Following the installation ceremonies, a luncheon was served. 1 Floyd Aker was the Installing officer and Robert Krick, marshall.

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GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE SEEKING TO END STRIKE Nearly 150,000 Paris Workers Reported On Strike Paris, Dec. 29—(U.B—The popu- , lar front cabinet of Premier ' Camille Chautemps, endangered by rapidly spreading strikes which [ tied up public service In Paris, ; held an emergency meeting today and debated calling out troops If necessary to facilitate activity. Before the cabinet met, Marx ( Dormoy, interior minister, conferred with military authorities, ini eluding Gen. Georges Bourret, commanding the Paris garrison, on ! measures which may have to be i taken. It was estimated this afternoon ' that nearly 150,000 workers were on strike. Transport and munici-' pal workers were out and hundreds lof thousands of Parisians were forced to walk. Strong reinforcements of mobile guards, the national military police, already had been brought into Paris to guard against disorder. The cabinet convened at Matfg- ' non Palace at 3:30 p. m. and dis- : cussed means of reaching a settlement with the strikers, or failing that, to enforce resumption of services, including bus and subway I transportation. Many of the striking bus workers occupied the garages but police ; evacuated most of them without using force. Only three garages still were occupied at 3 p. tn. A government spokesman, hinting that it was suspected that ■ there were political motives behind the strike, announced that the government, with socialist ministers agreeing, had decided to break the i strike. At the same time the government issued a national appeal for calm, and gave assurance that work would be resumed in essen- ■ tial services. Several factors were Intertwined in tha motives behind the strikes which have plagued France for a year. In general, the workers demand better wages to meet inereased living costs, strict application of collective contracts, and unqualified recognition of the right to unionize. A broader, more generalized motive was the desire •of the workers to improve their I social lot. An emergency cabinet meeting was called after a morning-long series of conferences among mfn(CONTINUED ON PAGe’sIX) DENY REQUEST OF JAY COUNTY •! ' Commissioners Refuse SSO Appropriation In Dredge Case In allowing the claims Tuesday ! at a special meeting, the county i commissioners refused to appropriate SSO requested by the Jay i county recorder for recording the i assessments and apportionments of Jay county property ownets, who • would be affected by the proposed i draining of the Wabash river. . I T'.o records were ordered sent to I Jay county by Special Judge HenI ry F. Klster. The payment of the recording fees was refused by the commissioners on the ground that j the case has not been settled. The action has been in courts under ■ different case titles for more than 27 years and two suits are still 1 pending. If remonstrators win the | suit, the recording will not be neces- ' sary. I The commissioners have been In- . formed by County Attorney Henry B. Heller, that should the drainage be finally ordered, a new state law I will probab'y make the act’on cost the county more than first antlci- - pated. It was known from the start 1 that the county would have to con--3 struct new bridges and roads should . the project be completed. I A new law requires that the cotn- ■ missioners of Adams county act as t "cashier” for the entire work. It r will bo necessary to set up a drainage fund and pay the expenses of : the project as they are incurred. .- The county will be re-lmbursed by i, the collection of assessments from i, property owners which apply to the i, bond fund. In the past, the bonds i, and interest were required as assments were collected. Howevet, now s it will be necessary to lay tha e bonds and Interest whether or not s assessments are co'lected This r means that any lose will be charged against the taxpayers of Adams >■ county. 1. The county has already carried :• the case to the supreme court and fought it through lower courts.