Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1938 — Page 1

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F. D. R. HOPEFUL BUSINESS WILL AID IN FIGHT Roosevelt Hopeful Os Aid In Battling Business Recession WftShmglon, Jail. 4 (U.R) —Close j friend- of President Roosevelt said today the chief executive was hopeful of a cooperative response from business to his state-of-the-nation message as an aid in fighting business recession. The presidential source declared that the reaction to the congressional message may go a long way toward determining what the president will say in his speech at the Jackson Day celebration here Saturday night. Mr. Roosevelt was represented as feeling that the door was open to business cooperation with the administration in meeting the problems arising from economic situation The description of White House views was presented as congress pondered Mr. Roosevelt’s message ' and contemplated possibility of a major inquiry into business conditions, particularly those affecting anti-trust problems. White House aides reported that hundreds of messages and telephone calls had been received 1 on the congressional message and described these as almost entirely favorable in tone. Preparatory to Mr. Roosevelt's | budget message on Wednesday, reporting a decreased deficit but another failure to balance income and outgo, congressional reaction to | his anti monopoly and business-aid program varied along conservative , and liberal lines. The projected monopoly investigation plans appeared certain to arouse wide opposition in congress The latent to which they would be carried was uncertain. But de- ; velopments left no doubt as to the emphasis the administration Is placing on that phase of the business problem and of the desire- of some of the closest White House : advisers for the inquiry. Even before the president's appeal for cooperation of business and government was delivered, It was reported that Vice-President John Nance Gamer informed Sen. William E. Borah, R., Ida., that the administration was friendly toward (he bill for federal licenses for corporations, sponsored by Borah and Sen. Joseph O'Ma-, honey, I)., Wyo. Garner was understood to have | asked Borah's support in the antitrust drive. The Idaho senator' made clear that he would support i any legislation toward the antimonopoly objective, but that he I vigorously opposes a prolonged investigation. Budget Message Washington, Jan. 4 —(U.R) —President Roosevelt retreated today to the last year of his second term as the earliest moment ?,n which the unprecedented series of deficits can be checked and the federal budget finally balanced. He will submit his 1939 budget to congress tomorrow There is no assurance of budget balance even in 1940. But it does appear reasonably certain now th't the purely fiscal record of the I two Roosevelt administrations will lie an unprecedented sequence of I treasury deficits. Former President Hoover’s administration started the treasury into the red in the fiscal year 1931. There have been deficits every year since then and Mr. Roosevelt informed congress yesterday that he had abandoned hope of balancing the 1939 fiscal year budget. Prospect of approximate balance of the current or 1938 fiscal year budget vanished months ago, although on Jan. 5, almost exactly a year ago. Mr. Roosevelt was confident of the fiscal and business outlook. On that day he submitted his 1938 budget message to congress and said: “Business conditions have shown each year since 1933 a marked improvement over the preceding year. Employment in private in(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Buys Health Bond j ♦ The Royal Arch Masons and Lions club each has made purchase of a $5 health I

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Decatur Rotary Club To Hear Dusty Miller Dusty Miller, world-famous humlorlut from Wilmington, Ohio, will be j the guest speaker at the weekly ■ meeting of the Decatur Rotary club j Thursday evening at 6:30 at the ' Rice hotel. I Mr. Miller will speak in Now York I (Tty Tuesday and at Angola Wednesday. Clarence E. Bell will be I chairman of the program. SELECT JURORS TO HEAR CASE Introduction Os Testimony Started In Hirschev Rape Case I | Introduction of testimony in the I John Hirschey rape case began in the Adams circuit court late this afternoon after one of the most difficult efforts made in recent years to select a Jury. Attorneys required a day and a half to examine the jury before finally approving it Only four' members of the regular panel were ; accepted. Twelve talisraen were I called for service and four of these j were excused. AH of the four women on the ■ original panel were excused. Hirschey is alleged to have raped a nine-year-old Decatur girl, for which Prosecuting Attorney Arthur j E. Voglewede is seeking the maximum penalty for rape, life impris-1 mment. The 42 year-old married Monroe township farmer, who is I the father of one girl, is repre-! ; sented by defense attorneys. HuI bert McClenahan and Edmond A. ! Bosse. The jury was approved at 11 j I o'clock this morning after which! | 'he court recessed for noon. A huge crowd of spectators returned j this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock to. ' hear the attorneys make the open-: ing arguments, previous to the ; introduction of testimony. First witness called to the stand ‘ this afternoon by the state was the I victim of the alleged attack, the, nine year old girl who said that Hlrsrhov wa« b°r nn.de. that bA i attacked her twice and told her i not to inform her parents. An effort was made on the cross examination to get tlw girl to tify that her story was prepared by her parents She admitted’ testifying as her parents told her but malptained under grilling that “I knowed it.” The girl’s father was next called by the state to testify He stated that Hirschey admitted the attack and offered $250 and payment of the doctor bills after the father I threatened to use a lie detector on | him. He said that Hirschey asked : that the case not be prosecuted, j Members of the jury finally apI proved by the attorneys are: Carl j Adler, Washington township; Fred I Mills. Decatur; Grover Cottrell. ! Decatur; Frank Peterson, Decatur; Herman Ehlerdlng, Preble; I Antone Thieme. Union township; I Albert Huser. Monroe; August Conrad. Decatur; Lawrence Heckman, Root township; Herman J. Franz. Root township; John A. Miller. Washington township; Ben Biting. Washington township. Original members of the regular November term panel, who were first called are: Fanny Callow. Decatur; Eliza-! beth Seesenguth, French township; Lydia Bultemeyer. Kirkland I township: Jennie Edwards. DecaI tur; Herman Ehlerdlng. Preble 'township; William Johnson, Peterson; Albert Huser. Monroe; ■ Claud Riggins, Hartford township; Lawrence Heckman, Root town-I ship; Herman J. Franz, Root town-; ship; Gustav Koeneinan, Preble 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BRAGKER RITES ON WEDNESDAY Mrs. Mariann Bracker, Berne, Dies Monday j From Stroke — Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Mariann Bracker, 86, who died yesterday morning at her home in Berne following a stroke of apoplexy. The deceased was born in Swit- J zerland September 29, 1851, coming to this country at an early age. She I had lived in Adams county for 80 years. The husband, Jacob J. Bracker, died in 1891. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Oswin Sprunger, of Berne j and a sister. Mrs. Dina Arn, of Fort Wayne. Three children, six brothers and sisters preceded her in death. j (Services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:45 o’clock at the i daughter’s home and at 2 o'clock ;at the Berne Mennonite church. , Burial will be made in the M. R. E. | cemetery. The Rev. C. H. Suckau will officiate.

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BIG INCREASE ] PREDICTED IN j RELIEF ROLLS Senate Committee Considers Report Os Unemployment Boost Washington, Jan. 4.— <U.R) —The ! seiyite unemployment committee i today spread on its record details ; of the sharpest whiter decline in 1 employment in recent years and u ■ prediction by assistant WPA Adj minlstrator Corrington Gill that WPA relief rolls would jump to 1 1,900,000 in February. The committee, headed by Sen. es F. Byrnes. D.. S. g aC.mu.thfo i James F. Byrnes, D.. S. C., dug deeply into the economic ramifications of America's unemployment which the recent federal census estimated at nearly 11,000,000. Gill provided an estimate of what i is yet to come by telling the committee that there were 1,677,000 persons on WPA rolls January 1, that the figure was expected to In- ! crease to 1,800,000 this month and i then hit a peak of 1.900,000 in February after which reductions i would be “necessary in order to keep within the present appropriation." In November, there were only 1,520,000 on WPA rolls. Isador Lubin, commissioner of labor statistics, ftstified that October to December showed the swiftest decline of employment in rei cent years, with a loss of prob- ■ ably 1,500,000 jobs as compared to ! 1.400,000 in the same period of | 1929- He made an indirect estimate of morg than 7,000,000 now unemployed. Frank Persons, of the United ; States employment service, how- ; ever, said his active rolls showed only 4,168,000 seeking jobs in the nation. Gill, reviewing the history of , WPA since the start of the Roose- : velt administration, said that reI lief rolls had been down to 1,450,ovO in 193 i as compared to tne i 1936 peak of 3,065,000 but that they then started up again. — o NELSON SPEARS AT CLUB MEET State Conservation Worker Speaks At Meeting Monday Night i dra Nelson, member of the state ' department of conservation, spoke at the regular meeting of the Country conservation club, held at the St. John’s school Monday night. Mr. Nelson discussed the work of The state department and of the aid which local conservation clubs can ; give to the conservation work in Indiana. He spoke of the need of reforestation, particularly in regard to control of flood waters. He also urged the reconditioning of streams. Part of the pollution of streams, he said, has been caused by eagerness j of cities to add to their industrial 1 sections in order to obtain increased payrolls, and this, he asserted, i has added to the stream pollution problems throughout the country. Mr. Nelson also urged members ■ of the club to assist in re-stocking bird life, stating that the shortage ! of birds is a great handicap to farmers in combatting the ravages of ini sects. Members of the club, in a brief business session, decided to change their method of raising pheasants. Because of the heavy percentage of i bird losses, the club will receve I day-old clicks from the state department and house them in an electric ; zrooder, built faccording to specifications of the state department. The pheasant eggs will be hatched i at the state preserves. A musical program wa« provided by two instructors and four pupils of the Honolulu conservatory of music at Fort Wayne. These pupils, all I residents of the St. John’s commun- ! ity, are Alice and Margaret Scheimann, and Hilda and Irene BulteI meier. Q State Girls’ School Is Damaged By Fire Clermont, Ind., Jan. 4—(UP) — Miss Maude Abel, chief nurse at the I Indiana girls’ school hospital, today I rescued 28 girls from a fire which did approximately $25,000 damage to the institiWion. (Awakened this morning by smoke Miss Abel went, through the foggy corridors, awoke the eleeping girls 1 and led them to safety. She then turned in the alarm and called school authorities. — Miss Bertha Heller, formerly of this city, is assistant to the school’s superintendent.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 4, 1938.

Victor H. Eicher Is Candidate For Office Victor H. Eicher, of Geneva, comI mercial teacher in the Hartford township high school, was here ; last evening and announced his candidacy forth e Democratic I nomination for auditor of Adams county, subject to the decision of the primary, May 3. Mr. Eicher is 35 years old, mari ried and has two children. He is j a son of Chris Eicher, well known I citizen and former county commis ! sioner. Both he and Mrs. Eicher have always been staunch Democrats and have worked for their party in season and out. He has never been a candidate for any : office but has long had ambition to serve as auditor and has decided this year to ask the support of the voters. W. H. GILLIOM IS APPOINTED County Surveyor Re-Ap-pointed As Highway Superintendent Walter H. Gilliom, countv surveyor. was re-appenited county highway superintendent by the county commissioners at the close of the regular monthly meeting today. His term is for one year. The board of commissioners also ; reappointed the district superintendsnts. who are: Hugo Gerke, first district; Herman Ulman, second district; Elmer Beer, third district and John Augusburger, fourth district. The four road districts were left unchanged for the year by the commissioners. A remonstrance, filed by HoadIley Dellinger against the proposed John F. Teeiple ditch in north Blue Creek township, was withdrawn before it was to have been heard this morning before the commissioners acting as a drainage court. Some changes were made in the original specifications lessening the cost before Mr. oadle withdrew his objection. The commissioners referred the ditch to the countv surveyor for completion. The report on the inventory of i the county infirmary made Monday is now being prepared by county I attorney Henry FT. HeMer and will I be released later in the week Food Stores Will Close Wednesdays The practice of closing uptown ' food stores on Wednesday after-, noons to give employes a vacation ; I will be started again tomorrow. The ] stores remained open ou Wednesday afternoons through the holidays to accomodate shoppers. 0 Escaped Prisoner Sought By Police j Newcastle, Ind.. Jan. 4 —(UP) — Authorties today started an extern i sive search for James Rose, 18, one of three men arrested last weeik In connection with the robbery of Joseph Burris, coal yard operator, who ! escaped from jail here. Orville Meggs, 16, who was await-, ing transfer to the state boys’ | school for auto theft, accompanied 1 Rose in the break but later was rejtured by his father. Meggs immediately went home and to bed o LAD IS DROWNED WHILE SKATING __ Neil Griffith Os Fort Wayne Is Drowned At Hamilton Lake ■ Hamilton, Ind.. Dec. 4. —(U.R) — Indiana state police, Angola firemen and residents of this lake resort town continued their search for the body of 14-year-old Neil Griffiths, Fort Wayne, who drowned in the upper part of Hamilton lake last night. Members of the family and residents here have established belief that his body is in the frigid water of the lake since his cap was found along the shore and skate marks were found bordering a large broken place in the Ice. For quite a while it was not definitely known whether he had drowned but the skate marks Indicated a struggle to keep from sliding into the water. He had been skating with his' brother, Donald, 13, and about J sundown they split up. Later, Donald returned to his uncle’s home where the three children of the Griffith family were visiting, and npon not finding his brother, set | out on a search. The father, Lauren Griffith, is manager of the Fort Wayne division of the Furnas Ice Cream comI pany.

EARL COLTER ON j HOSPITAL BOARD » I I Decatur Lumberman Is Appointed Trustee Os County Hospital J Earl Coltej, Decatur lumberman, > today was appointed a member of J the board of trustees for the Adjams county memorial hospital for . a four-year term to succeed A. J. t Smith, whose term expired December 31, 1937. In making the hew appointment, the commissioners paid tribute to J Mr. Smith, who served as a mem- ' her and president of the board I since before the hospital was built, i until the expiration of his latest term. A resolution was adopted by the I commissioners, which is; Resolution "Whereas, on the fourth day of January, 1921, Adam J, Smith, of I Decatur, Indiana, was duly ap--1 pointed by this board as a member I of the board of trustees of the Adams county memorial hospital of i said county, and ever since said i date he has continuously, honestly. I faithfully and most efficiently serv!ed as such member; that during safd period, the hospital was established. built and constructed, . duly dedicated and opened to the public; that since the opening of the hospital, it has been so operated and managed that it has become and is recognized as one of the best county hospitals in the state; that during all of said time Mr. Smith served as president of I said board of trustees and freely gave of his time, his knowledge, j his experience and his ability for benefit of the hosptal. “Therefore, be it resolved by the board of county commissioners of Adams county. Indiana, for and on behalf of the citizens of Adams : county, as well as many patients I and friends of said hospital, this resolution be adopted and entered 1 of record in the record of the pro- ! ceedings of this board of commissioners as a token of appreciation for the years of service so rendered by Mr. Smitn as a member of the hoard of trustees of the Adams (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SENIOR GLASS PLAYJAN.iI Decatur High School Seniors To Present Play Next Week “'The Curse of the Incas,” a three act mystery comedy, wi'l be presented by the members of the senior class of the Decatur high school Tuesday night. January 11. at the ' school auditorium. The play will ; start at 8 p. m. Tickets are selling for 15 and 25 cents. A shot of mystery, weird and exciting, is promised those who attend, with comedy sprinkled throughout the play. Off-scene sound effects, including the terifled screams of a ghost beI ridden character, will be handled by Phyllis Tooke of the senior class. 'Ralph Steel is the stage and business manager. The Cast of Characters Robert Grayson, c'aimant to his pncle's estate —>Max Odle. Henry Clay, his colored chauffeur —Louis Bleeke. Professor Armstrong, his scientific friend—James Kridk. Carol Adams, who seeks refuge Z at the home— (Imogene Bright. Miss Ann, Carol's aunt—Dorcus Hoagland. / Petnla, Carol’s colored maid — Helen Friedly. Jerry, Carol’s brother—Jay Alton. Zelda, the Inca girl —Donnabelle Fenimore. Ted Hudson, another claimant — Meredith CUne. Mary McCarthy, who isn’t what she seems—Naomi Ward. Ghost of the Inca priest—Arthur Poling. The White Wraith—Don Death. .—— Fire Loss In Berne For 1937 But $233 Berne's fire loss during 1937 amounted to $233. a report of the Berne volunteer fire department revealed. But six fires were leportjed during the year. — 6-Months-Old Girl Dies In Hospital Marlene Ann Zelt, six-months-old daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Edmund Zelt of Allen county, died at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne Monday after a short illness of pneumonia. The child was a great granddaughter of Mrs. Minnie Fuhrman of Decatur. Funeral services will i be held at Martini Lutheran church I Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

MICHIGAN GIRL I THOUGHT KIDNAP VICTIM, WEDDED Daughter Os Ford Executive Elopes, Married At Auburn Auburn, Ind., Jan. 4 —(UP) —Jus-' ■ tice of the peace Miles Baxter said today he married Gertrude Bennett, { ' 17, daughter of Harry H. Bennett, | ' Ford Motor company executive and I Russell Hughes, missing Michigan ' state normal college students, in his office last night. ■| “They seemed excited like any ' young cowpie but not overly excited like they were breaking the law”, Baxter said. Witnesses to the marriage were a Mr. and Mrs. Harger, who live across the hall from Baxter's small ' office on Auburn's main street. The young couple had obtained the license about an hour earlier at the office of Carl Waiter, DeKalb county clerk. Kenneth Walter, brother of the county clerk said Hughes became ' reluctant to marry while the couple ' ■ was obtaining the license. “My brother said he overheard ! the boy say something about ’wait- 1 ing' but the girl replied 'No, I want to get married', ” Walter said. Baxter said the couple called him at his home and asked him to come to the office and marry them. Walter said the couple asked the distance to Fort Wayne just before i they left the office. Fort Wayne police were asked to search for the ! ■ couple there. The marriage was confirmed by , Capt. Don Leonard of the Michigan state police shortly after Bennett's home was informed by the United Psess that the couple had obtained a license. l Leonard informed Bennett, one of the highest paid executives of the ! Fort organization, and i eported that Bennett was "broken up" by the news. Bennett had (believed that Gertrude, missing nearly 20 hotfs when , word of the marriage arrived, wold not elope or would call him it I she intended marriage. Bennett, Leonard said, was so i iiiy ken by the news that Us had no comment to make. He asked newspapermen to “let him alone for a few hours.” Ministers Exchange Pulpits Here Sunday The Decatur ministerial associai tion today announced that the annual exchange of pulpits will be held at the regular morning services of the nine member churches Sunday morning. The exchange, inaugurated three years ago, is for the ptinpose of pro- I moling fellowship and cooperation ! among the churches. This year s itheme will be “The Church Marches ; On.’’ The mintefers will meet at 9 ! a. m. Sunday for prayer service. E. Burt Lenhart Reported Critical The condition of E. ißurt Lenhart, prominent attorney and alts'ractor of this city was reported as critical I this afternoon. Mr. Lenhart is a patient at the Adams county me ' mortal hospital. WILL HOLD FRY SERVICES HERE Funeral Services For Mrs. Caroline Fry Here Wednesday Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon in this city for Mrs. Caroline Doak Fry. former Decatur resident, who died Monday I morning at 12:30 o’clock at the I home of her brother, Warren K. ' Smith, Dayton, Ohio. Surviving, are two brothers. Warren K., of Dayton and James C., of ; Warsaw and one sister, Emma J. i Smith of Lockington, Ohio. Short funeral services will be held in Dayton on Wednesday morning at 9 o’clodk. Services will be , held at the First Methodist church lin this city Wednesday afternoon I at 1 o’clock. Burial will be made in the local cemetery. Berne Boy Returns To School Despite Injury Elroy Nusebaum, eight-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Nussbaum of near Berne returned to school yesterday, despite a severe injury to his right arm. The arm was broken when he fell from a farm implement, allowing the maI chine to run over it.

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WOMAN’S CLUB | HEARS McNABB Former Judge McNabb Speaks To Woman’s Club Monday “Expenditures for crime are ' greater than for the combined amounts of government, schools and church.” former judge Clarence R. McNabb, of Fort Wayne, told the members of the Decatur woman’s club last night at the ! local library. Speaking on “Crime Control," : Judge McNabb stated that “this is the age of challenge—we are challenged to the best that is in us.” “No industry attracts such num- , tiers as does crime,” he stated, “figures compiled liy J. Edgar I Hoover, of the FBI show that ! there are now 4,300,000 persons engaged in criminal activities.” I In citing figures to show the ■ enormous amount of crime which must be combatted by the Amerij can people, he stated that a felony i is committed every 24 seconds and I that 36 lives per day. amounting to about one every 40 minutes, are | claimed by crime. In listing methods with which to ■ combat crime, he named education las one of the chief ways. A new conception of parental responsibility. permitting the churches to do their part, a return to respect for authority, the cooperation of all states in uniting against crime, the crystallization of public opinion and deleting of romance from crime, were others. The speaker was presented by the literature department of the Woman’s club. Mrs. Henry Heller, chairman of the program commit(CONTINUED ON FACE FIVE) LABOR TROUBLE AT SHELBYVILLE Strike Factions Agree To Factory’s Use Os Armed Guards Shelbyville, Ind., Jan. 4 — KU.R) — Armed guards occupied the strikeI bound Kennedy Carliner and Bag 1 company today following a meet- ■ ing between union, company, city , and county officials. All factions agreed to permit use of the guards and to allow office workers to move freely in and out of the plant. About 150 workers are on strike. The conference was called after reports were circulated that union pickets were angered by presence of the guards. It was announced that 131 employes of the factory have filed notice of resignation from the Pulp and Sulphite Paper Mills Workers’ ' union which called the strike. The union is seeking a closed j shop, seniority rights, and wages i of 45 cents an hour for men and 35 cents for women. The company I was said to be opposed to the closed shop and increased wages for women. Two other Shelbyville industries were confronted with labor trouble today- Pickets paraded past five barber shops, claiming the shops were cutting prices, and 25 workers at the Home Laundry were on strike. No One Is Hurt In Minor Accident No one was hurt last evening at 7; 45 o’clock in an auto accident six and one half miles north of federal road 27. Cars driven (by Paul Melcher 35, of Hoagland route one and Lester Wright, 30, of Willshire, Ohio, collided. The cars were badly damag- j ed but both men escaped, as did Martha Hegerfeldt, who was riding with Melcher. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 21 10:00 a. m 26 Noon 30 2:00 p- m 36 3:00 p. m 38 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, except light snow north portion tonight; somewhat colder Wednesday except - extreme southwest.

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' First Material Delivered To Site Os New School House; Contractor To Use Local Labor. WAGE SCALE Material was delivered to the site and work was officially started on the construction of the new junior-senior high school building on Jefferson street in this city this morning. Carl Schinnerer of the firm of Schinnerer and Truemper. Fort Wayne, general contractors, was in the city today and supervised the beginning of operations. Lee C. Annen, of this city, superintendent of construction, representing the school board, began his duties today. The representative for the PWA, known as the resident engineer inspector, had not arrived in the city at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Work on the construction of the building will proceed rapidly after clearing of the site, Mr. Schinnerer stated. Yost Bros., who have the contract to raze the old Central building and remove the material are making splendid headway and hope to complete their job this week. Wants Local Labor Mr. Schinnerer stated he wanted to cooperate with Decatur in the construction of the building. “We wish to employ all the local help we can. We figured on it when we bid. We want to give everybody a chance. We want to employ the trades. Os course, we can’t operate as union contractors in one city and as non-union contractors in another place. It is up to the workmen to look after these matters and protect their Interests.” Local workmen will probably organize their own unions, it was stated. All Must Register To be employed on the school I house job. workmen must register with the Indiana state employment 1 service. Two representatives from | the Fort Wayne office will be in 1 Decatur Saturday morning at the I city hall for the purpose of regis- | tering those who wish to work on the jolt. The men were requested to bring their social security numbers with them. If they have not obtained a number, one can be obtained from the Fort Wayne office. The importance of the social security numbers was pointed out by the manager of the Fort Wayne office. Mr. Schinnerer stated that very little of the work would be sublet to other contractors, due to the red tape connected with PWA regulations in filing bonds for subcontractors. The Wage Scale The wage scale, adopted by the Decatur school board and approved by PWA aad under which the contractor bid follows: Type of Work Hour rates Asbestos worker .75 Brick layer 1.10 Carpenters .80 Cement finishers .80 Common labor .45 Electricians .90 Hod carrier .50 Iron workers .90 Lather .75 Hoisting engineer .75 Truck drivers .50 Painters .75 Plumbers 1.00 Roofers .75 Sheet metal workers .90 Steam and pipe fitters 1.00 Terrazzo and tile layers.. 1.30 Plasterers 1.00 Mortar mixers .50 MONBOE MAN IS HELD IN JAIL Herschel F. Johnson Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge Herschel F. Johnson, of Monroe, is boing held in the Adams county jail here to await sentence after pleading guilty to two charges of assault and battery. The charges were filed Monday after Johnson allegedly "beat up” on his sister and brot'aer-in-law. Juanita Killian and John Killian in Monroe yesterday. Johnson was a -aigned this morning before Judge Huber M. DeVoss in Adams circuit court and remanded to jail after he plead guilty. It was reported that he had been (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)