Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1938 — Page 1

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■iIRFSS HEAD .■frfiSCHANGES Jutuphns ■ cl ,n-in Manufacturer Spears Before ~mHC BT Committee hlngton. Ja " 2 " <U R/ E " >d und chairman "f tlx 1 7IK 0 ■ ■ -h. -■'■a.nbct W;”, of the I nitod States, ■f . h ..„ ?e ways .h d means ee l,l t ‘ Sln n 8 ■ ' Nl .n pr.atram - pvl-ahb ’HUe !•'* liut failß in t T u, met “practical nep ,. position.” said V^K n ~i s as follows: ...ration income tax: We bemam. which relate corporation income tax. . . .. maintenance . .. .lo not think that these hfWt-vrr. g«> far enough unit Ute practual situ .-mleavor gains and losses: We , that on 'he whole these , - .o" !l!a " lh, ‘ • u,<l • . \v,. do not think 'hey meet ~ 'he and ,; ‘ X, 'S: We have > objections 7<> some of the taxes." .. . said: Kfre total volume of all taxes ' state and local for the I/'..' was about 10.4 billions, 'he year 1938 ev-od i t’., billions, an within the two years of cent. 13k> billions of taxes will , fully 2" per cent of the j income for the a daiiV'ioosly high Murage ■A ■s'::nal.‘ that of the expect- ( burden th" corporations ( . ; :pon to provide from . framings and from taxes upon . ■ixt vry:. ox page EIGHT) j’CONNOR QUITS i fe COMPTROLLER■ Hvsident Roosevelt AcResitfnaton Os K O’Connor J (U.R) — ’ ,i ft Mr ( a litter to the president, "t- said h- desired to relin- ! the office "to return to my California to take care of * matters there." I^B 1 ' "•■■•■: revi-u,.d the work his “ J| i d:- d dm ills' Ins 1 reply, the president accepted resignation but asked that it Irjle-voti.e lotm y ..ff. otive until ’• |H c "'" "oi? understood that ' will seek tlie Democratic *• |H." as g'.vermn of (’alitor- ' |^V n the next primary election. i r M" rumptroUer informed the i 1 |B ! " 'hat the banking struc-1 Sw ' • he nation ‘was never on a a wild basis than it is today.” BKl r banks have ample funds ! "T!X|-p;p ) 0 N p AGE THREE) ■■ — o— IB. 17 ' Walland Speaks ■B 10 Portland Rotarians Ward Calland. vice-president ’ B! ’ ea ' ter :,t the regular |K “ T of the Rotary club in PortMcJb eVeni ’ lg at the counr Calland described the soy. i t I® 1 processing plant here and told j ■^ ! Tr i,rought ;jiigh ‘ • ■ been ,he Boy kean. which 1 and'nm> OWU for cen ' uries in a "d outlying islands. f and James Fiber- F a 'so guests at the meet- i ( READINGS t rat thermometer' t a - mKoon ’I it K'P-m.' 1 ■ - 40 I v ■ weather r B«rth n p S 0 ° r t- h n a a nd 8n ° W ° r rain 8 ■*y; not so " l ‘; n ' Bht and IB ■ ort,ons toni fl ht east and south | {

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Davey Foe in Ohio Ts /F Former close friend, now bitter enemy of Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohio, Charles Sawyer has announced he will be a candidate for I Democratic nomination for Rover-1 nor. Sawyer, former lieutenant governor, and Democratic national committeeman from Cincinnati, was author of a bitter open letter to the governor, charging disloyal- j ty. Sawyer says he will run on a . New Deal platform. REV. THOMPSON TALKS TO CLUB Rev. Harry Thompson Speaks To Business Women's Club “How We Get a Living" was the: topic of the Rev. Harry W. Thompson. of this city, in his address to the business and professional wo-j men’s club in the meeting at the' Rice hotel Wednesday evening. Th« speaker listed the industries. officeß and other leading employers of the city, favorably comparing Decatur with other cities of its size. Eleven out of 12 adults in the city have been for the most part j permanently employed in the city, he stated, and ffpon these 11 rests i the responsibility of a livelihood for the 12th person. Os the number who do not work, 87 per cent are unable to work, he stated. The speaker also discussed the part that women played in the employment situation of today. The Rev. Thompson was present-' ed to the club by Marie Weidler, I chairman of the program committee. He is the pastor of the Central Christian church in Fort Wayne and for a number cf years has been actively engaged in welfare and relief work. Mathilda Sellemeyer, club president. presided at the business session. Sixteen members were present. Mrs. Thompson, wife of the speaker, was a guest of the club. o Robert Osterman Auto Is Damaged iA. car owned by Robert Osterman was damaged yesterday when it was struck by a trailer, which broke loose from a car driven by ’ Walter Bleeke. The accident occurred on Monroe street. The front of the car was damaged. o TRANSIENTHELD i IN WIRE THEFT r Hiram McCollum Is Arrested For Alleged Theft Os Wire Hiram McCollum, itinerant, is being held in the Adams county jail here, suspected of stealing a | large quantity of wire from the i Krick-Tyndall tile companyThe wire was allegedly cut down , from poles at the excavation site. , Policemen Roy Chllcote and Adrian , Coffee chased a man. whom they ( said resembled McCollum, for some distance when he was surprised ( burning the insulation off the wire. McCollum was arrested early ' this morning In a local restaurant. ( Officers stated that burrs and | weeds on his trousers confirmed the opinion that he was the man , they had chased. A total of 1,575 feet of the wire t was allegedly cut down and stolen. ( Police say McCollum Is the samei< man who was convicted several ; months ago in city court on a I similar charge, and sentenced to 1 serve a penal farm sentence for ; the theft of a quantity of wire I from the city. 11

PLAN CHEATION OF COUNCIL TO AID BUSINESS President Seeks National Planning Council As Business Aid Washington. Jan. 20 — (UP) — Creation of a national planning council to guide the country out of the business recession developed today ue the Immediate objective of President Roosevelt’s business conferences in which representative groups have expressed not only a willingness to cooperate but alarm over economic conditions and the uncertainity of New Dial policies. Mr. Rooseve't revealed the planning council project after meeting I last night with 50 members of his ; business advisory council and hearI ing from them frank criticism of administration tactics. After leaving the White House the conferees met privately with ! Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of 1 the federal reserve system, and discussed the possibilities of the plan until early this morning. Their general reation was that the plann- • ing council project would be a i “Helpful and decisive step." Out of the conference with Mr. Roosevelt came modification of his pan. 14 statement that all holding companies in all lines of business should be abolished —A modification which observers her? were confident had to be made if the administration's plan for eooperaItion with business vzere to survive. The conferees accepted the res--1 ponsibflity imposed by Mr. Roosejvelt’a annual message request that ’ business attempt to remedy exist- . ing economic policies so far as possible without legislation and to co- ' operate with government in sucn legislation as may be necessary to ; end abuses and steady the func- ! tioning of American economic life. In the businessmen's statement :to the President were references ito th late NRA indicating they would like to see a revival of some of its jwovisions ( for cooperation within industries toward certain objectives. These cooperative es(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O CONTRACTORSON BUILDING HERE General Contractors Meet With School Board, Architect — Carl Schinnerer and John Truemper of the firm of Schinnerer and Truemper, Fort Wayne, general contractors for the new |25U,000 junior-senior high school building in this city, were here today meeting with the school board and architect. Selection of the outside and inside brick was made today. Messrs. Schinnerer and Truemper stated they wanted to cooperate in every way with local labor i and building trade mechanics and that Decatur men would be employed on the job. It was stated that the erpenters and brick ma- , sons were forming their own trade organizations and steps have been taken by individuals to assist those not classified with the trades. Work on the new building will i commence about February 1. The ! first job of the general contractors ’ after the site is cleared of the old ! building will be the constructing of the main sewers. Foundation construction will j then commence and it is estimated that the work will be far enough along by the middle of March or first of April for the official corner stone laying. It is not known if a ceremony will mark the placing of the corner stone. o Railroader Speaks To School Pupils Frank E. Strouse, Chicago, special representative of the general manager of the Pennsylvan'a railroad. speaking to high school students here this afternoon, said: "The safest place to avoid accidents is in bed and the next safest ! place is in a railroad train. The railroads have clearly demonstrated that practically all accidents can - be prevented. There were ’wo reasons why Methuselah never got I killed in a train accident. “There were no railroads in Methuselah’s day and Methuselah lived only 969 years, which Isn’t long enough to get killed if you are an average passenger on a train in the United States. If you get killed in less time, you are simply not an average passenger." Mr. Strouse will speak ti the Ro-: tary club this evening. '

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 20, 1938.

Dr. George Myers Making Long Tour — i ■ w—ia-MW Dr. George S. Myers. Stanford university, a brother-in-law of M. A. Frlslnger, local mall carrier, is I making a 10,000-tnlle cruise Ir. Mex I lean and South American waters to take sound pictures under ocjßan waters, according to word received I here. 1 Dr. Myers, husband of the former Miss Ruth Frislnger, former j Decatur resident, will be the first lever to attempt to record the sounds on the ocean bottom. His expedition is aboard the exploration cruiser, Valero HI, and It will visit several score of Mexican and South 'American ports. — 0 AUDITOR GIVES ANNUAL REPORT Adams County Has Financial Balance Os $156,101.95 Adams county ha« a balance of $156,101.95. according to the annua! financial report compiled by County Auditor John W. Tyndall. The report shows the condition of the ’ county as of January 1, 1938, and , covers the calendar year 1937. County receipts during 1937 amounted to $921,316.25 and dis- | bursements totaled $774,748.98. Overdrafts amounted to $9,534.68. The report of the receipts is divided to show which levies and which sources were responsible for each of the items. The disburse n.ente are similarly itemized. ' County revenue, derived from taxation, was responsible for receipts of $288,080.59, disbursements of $183,086.41 and a balance of $104,994.18. This was the largest ’ item. The second largest item is the gravel road repair fund, raised from re-imbursements from ;he gasoline tax. Receipts for this fund 1 were $112,808.41 disbursements, $112,801.42 and balance, $6.99. The third largest item was the special school tax fund. The receipts in this were $102,618.52; disbursements, $102,616.52 and no bal--1 ance. All funds collected by the county treasurer for the state are also shown in the report for 1937. Due to the fact that all of this money : is sent to the state, no balances are ■shown. The complete report is to be published as a legal notice by ?,uditor 1 Tyndall. Roy Girod Heads Berne C. Os C. I ■; Roy O. Girod, manager of the I Berne Witness company, is the newhead of the Herne Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds C. H. Museliman, who was named vice presid- ' ent. •j G. O. Stauffer has been named secretary and Brice Baueerman, treasurer. Directors are Victor . Stucky, Claence Sprunger and Simon Schwartz. —o —- Samuel Alberson Dies In Illinois ■ — Samuel Alberson, 79, died at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening at the i home of a daughter Mrs. Blanche Kaehner at Oblong, 111., Included among the surviving relatives are a daughter, Mrs. Lulu Koons, and a brother, Jacob Alberson, both of, Geneva. Funeral services will be held at the Phoenix church in Wells counIty Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock.

Governor Issues Proclamation On President’s Birthday Ball

(Special to the Democrat) Indianapolis, Jan. 20 —Governor 1 M. Clifford Townsend today issued a proclamation calling for statewide observance of the fifth annaul I President’s Birthday Ball to raise i funds for infantile paralysis: treat- ■ inent. The proclamation is as follows: “The fifth annual President’s ■ Birthday Ball will be held in almost every community throughout the state and nation on Saturday ' evening. January 29. This occasion i affords an opportunity‘to pay pro-; ' per tribute to the President, Frank- 1 lin Delano Roosevelt, and at the I same time to supply funds with; which to carry on the war against | ■ disease, particularly those ail- i ments suffered by children. “i ndiana has an interest in this 1 work which is exceeded by no other state. The Riley Hospital for children has become nationally known for Its outstanding work in combating infantile paralysis and other diseases of children. Both in the work of saving the lives of children and in the scientific development of methods for such treat--1 ment, the Riley Hospital and Its ■staff of specialists have become re-, inowned throughout the medical (

SELECT BRICK FOR BUILDING School Board Selects Type Os Brick For Building Exterior Brick for the exterior of the new Decatur school building was select.ed today by the Decatur school board. Under the terms of the contract awarded Schinnerer and Treumper, ; the school board reserved the right to select the brick although it comes under the contract. A brick of reddish brown, mingled shade type with a stippied tex- ; ture was ordered 'by the school board. According to the sample, shown by the successful bidder, the Western Brick company, of Danville, Illinois, the several shadee of brick will be laid together to form a composite shade, when viewed from a slight distance. The colors were matched with the assistance of the architect employed by the school board, A. M. Strauss, of Fort Wayne. The exterior brick chosen is of , a modern shade and Is bf a type which will retain its beauty through the years in this climate, it was stated today. Later this afternoon the school board began the inspection of samples of vitrified and salt glazed brick to 'be used in the corridors and toilets of the building. These contracts are to be awarded this afternoon by the school board. These also are included in the contract, but with the provision that the school board may make the final se'ection. The school board expects to meet with Mr. Strauss late this afternoon or evening to consider minor contracts which may be awarded as the result of the low bid on the general contract. o Reports Articles Stolen From Auto Sam Bentz, of east of the city, reported to police that an overcoat scarf and Indian blanket were stolen from his cat in the parking lot last night. DEATH CLAIMS FR AUHIGER LAD I t Young Son Os Levi Frauhiger Dies Wednesday Night Freeman Franklin Frauhiger, seven-year-old son of Levi Frauhiger, died at 10 o’clock Wednesday night at the home of his father. 10 milee southwest of Decatur, afjter a two week’s illness of pneuj monia, which developed after an attack of measles. I The deeased was born ir. Adams county March 9. 1930, the son of Levi and Mary Heyerly-Frauhiger. His mother died January 18, 1935. i Surviving are the father and the following brothers and sisters: Earl, Cvan, Harry, Irene. Doris, Earnest and Melvin, all at home. One brother is deceased. Funeral services will be held at II p. m. Friday at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Christian Apoetolic church. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. < *

t world. The therapeutic pool at the • Riley hospital affords the same treatment for infantile paralysis that is provided at Warm Springs, Georgia. "Seventy per cent of the proceeds . from the President's Ball in Indiana will go to the Riley Hospital and to other local agencies. Thirty per cent will go to the Warm ' Springs Foundation, which carries ,on research work throughout the ; United States. 1 “Indiana supported this moveI ment in a splendid way the past ; four years. Many of our citizens ■ have worked untiringly in making arrangements for those events. I This year the President's Ball is be- ; ing held in more Indiana communi- ' I ties than ever before, “NOW, THEREFORE, I M. Clif- : ford Townsend, governor of the Estate of Indiana, by virtue of the j power and authority vested in me by’the constittion, do hereby pro- | claim Saturday, January 29, as the i time set aside for observing and honoring our President, and designate the President’s Birthday Ball as an event worthy of the support of every public-spirited citizen who Is financially able to take part in . this important program. i (Signed) M. Cliffoid Townsend” |

VARIED TALES I ARE REPORTED < IN ROSS CASE Hotel Clerk Says G-Men Enroute To St. Paul '• With Prisoners i St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 20—(UP) — It was rumored persistently but 1 without confirmation today that a • new arrest had Deen mace by fedt eral agents in the kidnap murder t of Charles S. Ross and that Ross’ body had been recovered in northern Wisconsin. j Superior. Wis, Jan. 20 - <U.R) — 1 A hotel clerk today told newspaper ’ , men that seven men. who identified themselves as federal agents, p left Superior at 6:50 a. in. today t enroute to St. Paul with two manj acted prisoners. t The clerk. Donald Macree. of , the Androy Hotel, said one of the , agents was J. Edgar Hoover, chief t of the federal bureau of investiga-, ■ tlon. • The report could not lie confirms ed at the federal bureau of Investii gation field office at St. Paul and j conflicted with usually reliable sources which reported Hoover in 1 the Minnesota capital city at shorts ly after 6 a. m. Macrae told reporters Hoover i said “It was no secret” that he ) was taking two prisoners to St. s Paul. Macrae told the United Press - i the party of nine men, two of them i heavily manacled, arrived at the ■ hotel at 1 a. m. He said one of I the men entered the hotel, showed ' i his federal badge and asked for ‘ quarters for nine men. " l The party, he said, entered ' i through a freight elevator and left ! ' by the same route early this I morning. Hint of Developments St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 20 —(U.R) — ' Federal agents broke theii silence I regarding the Charles S. Ross kid- ■ nap-murder case briefly today to ~ hint of further developments late i today. • E. P. Guinane, chief of the St. Patil t bureau of the federal bureau of investigation, told newsmen: "You inay as well go home and catch up on your sleep. There will | be no movement or activity until. this afternoon. "That is on authority of J. EdIgar Hoover (chief of the FBI).” i He refused to say what was ex-1 , pected this afternoon. Despite Guinane’s assurance it was understood on good authority ; that federal agents still were out ' ■on a trail apparently supplied by 'Peter Anders, swarthy lumberjacki who has confessed he killed Ross and his kidnap-accomplice. J. At- ’ wood Gray, after collecting $50,000 • ransom from Ross' family. The agents sped out of St. Paul . yesterday in seven automobiles, ■ dressed in warm work clothes and i rubber boots and carrying bundles 1 : large enough to contain digging j I tools. : Hoover was reported to have | . returned to his hotel late yester-' day but was believed to have left i again this morning. Activities at St. Paul airport ■ added to the mystery. The chart- . — (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ; o— FATHER KNAPKE GOES TO ROME i Brother Os Decatur Man Is Appointed Delegate To Rome 1 The Very Reverend Othmar Knapke, C.PP.S., Ph.D., of Cartha-i gena, Ohio, brother of Ben Knapke j of this city, has been appointed delegate of the American province i of the society of the Most Precious Blood to the society’s general curia in Rome. Father Knapke's position will' ■ embrace the three-fold office of pro-moderator general, first definit-' or general and procurator general of the society. He will sail from New York February 1 for Italy and will re-, ! side at the motherhouse of the Sanguinist Fathers in Rome. Father Knapke, who is very well' i known in Decatur, was born in Cranberry Praire, Ohio, January 15, 1886, completed his classical stud-1 ies at St. Joseph’s college at Col-. legeville, Ind., and theological stud- , ies at St. Charles seminary, Cartha- , gena, Ohio. i Ordained at Carthagena Decern- 1 her 21, 1911, he did three and onehalf years of post-graduate work j at the Catholic university of Am-1 erica at Washington. | < j Father Knapke was named rect- i or of St. Charles seminary at i | Carthagena in 1925. 11

Monmout/i School | Addition Sought Through Petition

Hero in School Fire " - k ' Ja I When fire swept the College of the Sacred Heart at Hyacinthe, Quebec, claiming 17 lives, the Rev. Brother Abelard performed heroic rescue work, saving his two nephews. Norman and Roger Poulin, of Boston. Mass. The college was virtually destroyed by the flames. DEPUTY CLERKS ARE APPOINTED Deputy Registration Clerks Are Announced By Clerk A partial list of the Democratic deputy registration officers for the I May primary was announced today . by County Clerk G. Remy Bieriy. The balance of the Democratic registrars and the list of RepubliJ cans are expected to be announced i shortly. The appointments are recommended by the respective county chairmen and appointed by the ' clerk. The registrars listed below have their supplies and are equipped to register anyone in their respective precincts. Anyone desiring information on registration is asked to call in peri son or phone the county clerk’s office, number 73. The registrars that have been appointed, the precinct and preI clnct numbers, are as follows: East Union, Precinct I—William1 —William I Kruckeberg. West Union, 2 —Victor Bleeke. West Root, 4 —Joseph Geels. , North Preble, s—Theodore5 —Theodore Ostermeyer. South Kirkland, B—James Brown, Jr. South Washington, 10—Lawrence i A. Braun. North St. Mary’s, 11—Milton Edj gell. South St. Mary's, 12 —E. E. Winans. North Blue Creek, 13—James F. | Parrish. South Blue Creek, 14—John F. Merriman. North Monroe, 15—Earl Sander. Middle Monroe. 16 — C. W. R. Schwartz. Berne A, 17 —Clifton Kohler. Berne B, 18 —Clifford C. Steiner. Berne C. 19 — Baumgartner. French township, 20 — August Schlickman. North Hartford, 21 —Eli Dubach. South Hartford, 22 — Reuben R. 1 Romey. Decatur, 1-B, 30 —Dee Fryback. Decatur, 2-B, 32—David Adams. Decatur, 3-B, 34 —Harold Daniels. D- D. Stauffer, town clerk of, Berne and Forest Deitsch, town j clerk of Geneva, are ex-ofilcio registrars, and can register anyone in their respective towns, by virtue of their offices. o Rev. Graham Named Delegate To Council Rev. Ralph Waldo Graham, pastor of the Decatur M. E. church, has been appointed one of the delegates from the Fort Wayne distrl*- to the J United Methodist council, which will be held at the Stevens hotel in Chicago February 3,4, and 5 Outstanding speakers from all over the country, Methodists and members of other denominations as well, are on the three-day speak- [ ing .program.

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Circulate Petitions In Root Township Seeking $45,000 Addition To Monmouth School. TO ISSUE BONDS Petitions are being circulated in Root township for the building of a $45,000 addition, including a community room, to the Monmouth high school. The petitions, circulated by Dale Moses. Vesey Brokaw, Hugo Boerger, William Aumann. Philip Scheiferstein, Chauncey Sheets, Frank Singleton and Otto Speigel, are directed to the trustee, Ralph W. Rice, asking that a building be constructed and bonds be issued by the civil and school township in the amount of $22,500 each. It is proposed to build the addi- , tidn with township and school funds entirely. A petition filed several months ago with the PWA | was not granted and the present plan is to proceed on the construei tion program without waiting for i federal government aid. Tentative plans have been prepared for the building. Two proposals will be submitted to the advisory board for selection. One plan shows an extension extending north of the present building. The other drawing shows the auditorium room more to the side of the present two-story structure. The community room in both plans is approximately 71 by 83 feet, with stage, seats and a playing floor. Three class rooms, a general assembly room, dressing and toilet rooms for boys and girls, boiler and fuel room are al- ’ so included, the latter being in the i basement. Under the law 25 per cent of the legal voters of the township must sign the petition before it can be presented to the trustee and acted on by the advisory board. Formal employing of an 1 architect for the addition will not . be done until the petition is presented and action is taken by the township authorities. It was pointed out by the school and township authorities that there are 76 students in the Monmouth high school, 18 of whom are transferred from other townships. The township receives S6O per student or SIOBO for the transfers. The township also receives S2IOO from the state for teacher’s pay. Those interested in the proposed building, also point out that the cost of operating the high school is $3,560, of which $3,180 is contributed other than through a property tax. Figures were also compiled by persons in the township showing that if the high school is abandoned it would cost the township approximately $4,460 to transfer the 58 students, plus about $2,000 a year for bus hire. Paying off of the bonds and interest on the school addition, the same persons figured, would be around $2,800 a year, making a saving to the township in the long run. it was estimated. The Monmouth high school has (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) HOUSING HEAD VISITS HERE Project Advisor Visits Decatur Housing Authority R. J. Nedved, project advisor of the United States housing authority, visited in Decatur today to explain the latest developments in the government’s new housing program. for which a $50,000 project has been tentatively approved for Decatur. Mr. Nedved stated tHat he expected definite informtlon on the plan of procedure within a very short time and that it would be forwarded to the Decatur authority. Mr. Nedved met the members of the Decatur authority, city officials and other residents of the city. According to Mr. Nedved, funds have been earmarked for only two [ communities, Decatur and Jeffersonville. The government representativa was taken on a tour of the city’s residential district. He Is making a report on employment and hous- ! ing conditions In Decatur which I will be submitted to Washington officials as preliminary details to making the final grant.