Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1938 — Page 5

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car pleats in the fold ' -k porch That «■ . launc'r- apt ak Ku ' "as Bat she couldn't have wt of the yeiiow brocade chted h - s.xth cigaW •Well-T 1 ,ar; Torrti.y, We're ail ■ people who know our own KlV’"'! tn have missed the y" he said angrily. an |Kd:«' J.ite was, and is, and will be a little fool; but right with me. You said E.t I'm h Iding you reK-./ hap. s-ai .-wcg b.ird "You km* what you're talking Tommy,” she said when she fits her voice. |Ky ? told you. The case D«k has been in love with the years that I've known B '■ -re,-. ;;rr',,; f. m far B. M " a man like Dick means I know! Dick is not an |K rr ™ls youth \' or a Kreat Other people's comaM 1 ' otker people's happiness ™>.way s b»e-. his fi r «t concern. dart well that Julie engi••at engagement and that r ' hurt her, believing B??"’’ He still B^ n ' ; " cra l’ h on the desk in Brtjhy not? We're etill his hair. "Friends? K? friends! Dick’s been these last two weeks—--1 "“wnber him. has he found areaask for your adr,„ s >' ou< f invite him to Rht nifkt ln the last ? ' fe ah(>! ' rl of you - 2 >,nm,ttPe ' !iM '-ngs! S Oil J 0 1 ’ ,f you ■fin! r/' think of him! ■ Mill; ent, ■i b t „ m t? king &bout B- cru ' ving m vsdf Other wn d " d 18 not to ° - women have gambled B»-ToX ness -" Wil;icent for B' hf re forth. a ’ th u er< ‘- H “ d BjM with her ’ last three hours B^p alk ” J;,>e firsti ” B ( ''h-“shr h 7 ‘° h " feft ' With h.s B’Lm : 7; 0 ? d 0 that! Ju,i « B* 9 ' l balanced w a ’ e ' Shc s not B«h4ssne ? U l in h,,r aPtalk ii/V 5 ’ ’ ke 18 ’trong. B : - \ min' you ’ n f ° rgp t B“ i "we von d y< 7' At this B’>P.nes“ of fit, too' r. I l ’ 1 sm B” ’ cha n°e" k y ° u t 0 ?ive h " ■ ' °J l ’*k," he said. B* ’ “ the n rocm ftly a C ° !y tip ’ B nf the we« ™ a , nd drei * the

| to help build communities, create employment und make it possible i for families to own home*, provide for their children, their livelihood, and education, and to instill in every individual, the love of home town and civic pride, la to have f government aid In bringing about these advantageous conditions. I You gentlemen have cooperated with me In every respect In at-! I tempting to bring about this Ideal 'community situation. As our in-i dustrles expanded, employment ■ was increased, more people were ! made happy and on every tongue I was the phrase, “1 wouldn't change 1 Decatur for any town In the country." Aiding The Community We have done with our utility what other towns would like to do I and want to do It is not a stretch I of the imagination to picture in! | one's mind what other cities less fortunate than ours would do if, they could transfer or move from lour town to theirs, the dozen pro-1 gressive Industries that we have here. 1 read with great interest a letter published by an energetic i and progressive mayor of a near ! by city about the size of Decatur. | Hin town does not enjoy the benefits of progressive industries, and according to the mayor's letter, is desirous of locating factories in 1 its limits. He offers as one of the Inducements the suggestion that his town should establish a power rate that would attract industry and make it possible for industry to locate there. 1 quote this one paragraph from his letter: “Thus it is obvious that if we could get another industry to start operation here, we could serve that industry with little extra cost of

down on the pale, bruised sleeping face and her wrinkled hand went out with a gesture that was incredibly soft to smooth back the curls from that poor bruised forehead. Julie’s hand caught the wrinkled one. Smiling, with her eyes still closed, she said, “I'm not asleep, Cosy. I'm lying here in a beautiful dream realizing I’m home.” Cosy’s free hand patted her shoulder. “I brought you a present.” “I don't want any presents. I Just want my girl to be home,” Cosy answered, and her voice was harsh because there were sentimental tears in it. “Nevertheless you’ll take it and like it! What did Priscilla think of her doll!” “She’s sittin’ downstairs in that party dress answering the telephone that’s bin ringin’ all day for you." At that moment Priscilla’s lusty, young voice yelled, “I told you I can’t! She’s asleep and we have to keep the house quiet!" “Oh dear, I know she woke you up 1 She’d wake the dead.’’ "I'm a long way from dead. Cosy, and Priscilla’s voice sounds like music to me ... do I smell something cooking?" “Now, there, Julie, I was talkin’ to your father about gettin’ a ventilator put in so’s the smells won't come upstairs... .** “Don't you dare! I don’t want a single thing changed in this house. But I do want food! If there's any hot water. I’ll have a bath. I’ve got to get up, Cosy. Tommy is coming for me around five o'clock.” The old Cosy said, “You’re not goin’ to start traipsin’ around today. Good Land o’ Goshen! I’ve been turnin’ more people away from the door, and now you’re goin' out and what’ll people say?” "That sounds natural,’’ Julie said happily. “For a while I was afraid you’d changed, too.” Julie’s sense of comfort and peace came because she was home, rested and refreshed but, sitting beside Tommy, on her way to Millicent’a, it deserted her. “Oh, Tommy, what will I say to her! I’m so ashamed. ... I can’t ask her to loan mo more money. She knows and I know that . ..” “Don't ask her for it Just tell her what you’ve told me.” That was all that Tommy would say. He wouldn’t even go in with her. Millicent was sewing in her sit-ting-room. She dropped her sewing things when Julie came in. Her voice trembled a little and her knees felt weak. "Well, darling,” she said, and kissed Julie, taking both her hands. "Come over here beside me and tell me all about it! I want to hear about your wonderful trip and all the things that have been happening to you!” Julie sat beside her on the sofa, twisting her handkerchief. Millicent was waiting for her to speak. “It was wonderful and it was dreadful!” That was the way that i she began. And as she had told her story to Tommy, so she told it to Millicent. Except that she did not ■ ask Millicent for her help. When the had finished, Millicent . cleared her throat. It felt dry. She ; said, "Julie . . I’ll give you the i money.” Julie said, "Oh, Millicent! . . . I’ll i repay it, every cent. I'll get a job i in one of the shops. I'll give you my pay. . . ." ' “It’s ... it’s not a loan,” Millicent : said. “Not a loan! But I can’t take a ' gift as big as . . .” “It’s not a gift.” “B-but I don’t understand.” Millicent put her hands in her pocket where Julie couldn’t see them ' moving uncertainly. “It’s a purchase price, Julie. It’s for Dick.” Julie’s eyes widened incredulously. “I’U write you a sheet,” Millicent

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manufacture of electricity. Our util-1 Ity Is now being put in condition to handle much larger loads. In other words our utility with one or two more now factories to serve, | could do so as cheaply as what it i costa now to keep turbines running. and the increase In returns from additional commercial power sold, could be passed on to all in-1 dustry in the city through proper-1 , tionatc reduction hi rates." Treat Industry Fair It is my honest belief, and 1 think . that we have carried out the com- . munity s same thought in this respect. that it is far better to coI operate and treat fairly those InI dustrles and institutions which are already located in one's city, than to be waving a flag hoping to at-1 tract someone from the outside. To me the highest grade of citizenJ ship, the finest type of service rendered by anyone, is the good mother's devotion to her own children. Our electric utility has also been 1 of great service to the community in many other ways. For several years, it has waived altogether any i charge for electric current for ornamental street lighting, and In addition has maintained and operated the street lighting system at no cost whatever to taxpayer! When we came into office In 1935 we established the first bond fund for the electric and water utilities. Today, the two departments have in their safety deposit boxes $50,000 of U- S. Government Bonds. This, you will grant, is a fine backlog for any emergency or reserve for future improvements at the plant. The departments have ample reserves for the conduct of business. On January 1, 1938, the elec-

hurried on, “Then we’ll all start clear. You'll break your engagement to Dick.” “But Dick loves me,” Julie said. “So he does. But not the way he loves me, has always loved me. He loves me as a woman. He loves you as a child. He believed that you loved him and he did the gallant thing. I’ll write you that check.” She got up, unable to meet Julie’s eyes. Only the scratch of Millicent’s pen disturbed an immense silence. Julie praised her handkerchief to her mouth. She felt little, lost. She had been selfish, ruthless, without thought or consideration of others and no one loved her. Every other person in the world except Cosy and Dad and Priscilla saw her as she was. She wasn’t the lovely, desirable girl at all. When Millicent turned from the desk, she saw the desolation in Julie’s tear-stained face and gathered the girl in her arms. “Oh, Millicent! I’m so sorry . . . and so lonesome. Nobody loves me!” She clung to the older girl. Millicent slipped the check into Julie's purse, and wiped Julie’s tears on her handkerchief. She said, “Tommy's waiting for you, dear.” • • • She got in beside Tommy. He pressed his foot on the starter and the old car gave a racking cough and bolted forward. “Where to?” “Anywhere,” she answered. After they’d gone about a mile he turned around and looked at her. “Your lipstick’s smudged and you’ve got ink on your nose,” he said critically. She wet her lips with her tongue and made a pass at the spot on her nose with her wet handkerchief. “If you'd tidy yourself up, you'd be a good-looking girl,” he said judiciously. “Really?” Something was the matter with her voice. She’d tried to say it sarcastically but instead the word sounded as though she really wanted to know. ‘‘l’ve seen better," he replied. Then he added generously, "But you’ll do.” Julie stole a respectful glance at him. Tommy had a nice, firm dependable mouth. He had a nice nose, too, even if it did turn up. Her own, she saw in the mirror, was shiny. Surreptitiously she slid her vanity out of her purse and repaired the damage. “How do I look now?" she inquired anxiously. He looked at her and frowned. Frowned because he was afraid to do anything else; she was so pathetic, this new Julie. And so kissable. "Better,” he announced. She wanted to talk but she couldn’t think the words for what she wanted to say. More than that, she wanted Tommy to talk to her. After a little while he said, “I've got a job in Utica. Judge Maltby is taking me into his office It, February.” “Oh, Tommy, that’s wonderful! Will you . . will it be better than where you are now?” His rate assumed a look that was both modest and important. “A little. In fact, in about five years I expect I’ll be moving into my own offices in New York. Meanwhile, I'll be getting a good salary. Enough for two to live on in case I should decide to get married. That is, of course, if I marry a girl with anv sense. A nice, quiet homebody.” Julie plucked at his sleeve. “Tommy,” she said humbly. “I could be a nice quiet . I mean I don't know as much as you do but... but I’m awfully good at making one dollar do the work of two. And I like it! ” u k The old car groaned—or chuckled —as he applied the brakes. He had man’s work to do. The End. CopjrlCit ST u >''« Blllard DUUIbuM by Ku* sjiaiaU, to*

trie department had an operating ' balance of $48,338.09. and a reserve of $9,493.48 In the depreciation fund, it is interesting to note that in our three years of management and supervision of the electric utility, the total assets of the department increased from $838,095.,27 to $1,023,311.95, the largest Item , being the Installation of the new ' 2,000 KW turbine and accessories in 1936, to which the PWA contri-1 buted $49,800.00. The power plant today is in good working order j and has capacity for its present load, but as the town grows, the demand for electric current will Increase, and no doubt further improvements and generating equipment will be necessary. In 1938, the program planned, calls for a I rebuilding of all of the unimproved ' distribution lines, and I wish to J report to you that construction work on the new feeder lines and ■ distribution circuits is already unI derway. Work will not stop on this project until it has been said ' that Decatur has a distribution I system as modern and as efficient as Its generating plant. As a further program, a study of our electric rates should be given. Water Department Gains In the Water Department, more than 154,000.000 gallons of water were pumped. With wisdom and a thought to the future, another deep well was drilled in the Homesteads . Site, relieving inadequate wells on . what we call the South Ward. Water, pure and wholesome, is a pub- . lie commodity which every com- , munity must furnish, regardless of . cost. The department has been ~ carrying on this program and the . showing made last year is remarkable in view of the demands made upon ft. The net profit of the department for 1937. is $10,890.67, an increase of $2,869.43 over the previous year, and nearly twice the net profit in 1935. The department has improved its water mains, in-. stalled new hydrants and brought its lines to the many new homes erected In our city within the past few years, and in nearly every case, the outlay is an operating expense charged to the department. Total assets have increased from $291,453.15 In 1935. to $302,058.65 in 1937. As with the electric department the water department : has also for several years, waived any charge whatever for fire hydrant rentals, which according to past charges, would amount to from six to eight thousand dollars j a year. Budget In Balance I Decaturs Civil City budget has I never been out of balance. Although expenses and costs of govI eminent have increased from year to year, the expenditures have ! been less than receipts. In 1935. the city received $34,410.91, and spent $31,646.44. In 1936. the t ity Treasurer received $37,403.03, and the expenditures were $35,659.02. In 1937, the receipts totaled $39,352.77, and the expenditures $36,079.79- The Clerk-Treasurer's annual report showed a cash balance , for the coming six months. The Civil City's tax levy is the lowest in the City s history, unless you would go back to the time of its original formation as a governmenj tai unit. We have for the past three years, and again this year, will operate on a 40c tax levy, which levy raises less than half of the total required in the operation of the City Government. One reason for being able to operate on ' a 40c tax levy is the fact that the 'electric and water departments have waived all charges for street ! lighting and fire hydrant rental. 1 and have each year contributed to . the General Fund. In 1938. these two departments will contribute $7,000 to the General Fund, bringi ing the total cash donations to | $19,530.00, for the past four years. Public Safety Program Public Safety is the foremost subject of the day, and in this rei gard, the city has led the way in bringing about safety measures ■ and causing safety devices to be erected at railroad crossings and other hazardous points. It was through this desire to make travel in Decatur as safe as possible, that ordinances were passed to regulate traffic in the downtown district. I think it is the finest compliment to the community spirit, that vexing traffic problems were solved not by law. by arrests, or by police threat, but through the hearty cooperation of police and auto drivers who. together have cleared a problem which for some time seemed impossible to unravel. With the establishment of the State Highways through our City, it is not divulging any confidence as to plans of the Highway Commission, to state that the streets over which state routes pass, will be put in good repair this year. Donation To School In the spirit of community building and in appreciation of the value of schools, the Civil City just recently issued $59,000 worth of bonds and contributed that amount to the school city to make possible the construction of a modern fireproof school building for DecaturNext fall, when the budget Is prepared for the following year, it is without doubt that the annual levy , for bond retirement and interest, I can. through a knowledge of bud- | get-making aud acquaintance with 1 the financial set-up. be included 1 without working any hardship on

the taxpayers. Valuation Increases In addition to holding a good financial rating for the Civil City and the municipal utilities, Decatur has also enjoyed a growth and increased valuation In actual tax | able property. In the past three years, the assessed valuation has increased nearly $500,000, this being made up largely of improve- ; ments on real estate, such as new homes and factory expansion. The numerous street, sewer and park programs carried on by the departments. In cooperation with the WPA, not only increased general utility of these facilities, but provided employment to a score or more men throughout the year. It has been most enjoyable to work with you, our department heads and employees, under such pleasant and gratifying conditions. I want you to know that I sincerely and deeply appreciate your spirit of cooperation In dispatching the duties of your office, and for your assistance in arriving at our objectives. Building A City As I view the coming year, bringing with it the opportunity to render worthy public service, and try to picture the future of Decatur. I am reminded of the apt observation of the person who visited the great metropolis of NewYork City, and on noting the many activities, the hustle and bustie and public work programs, remarked: “New York will be a great city when they get through building it," COURT DENIES LENIENCY PIE A Supreme Court Rejects Clemency Plea Os Convicted Killer Indianapolis, Feb. 2. —<U.R> —Heber L- Hicks will die in the state prison electric chair at Michigan I City Friday for the "head and hands" slaying of Harry R. Miller, retired Cincinnati fire captain, it appeared today after the supreme I court rejected his plea for a rehearing. Only executive clemency from Gov. M. Clifford Townsend can i save Hicks since his attorneys i have exhausted virtually every ■ legal possibility. Action by the governor was believed remote ■ since three of Hicks' alleged companions in the murder, ail of whom confessed and implicated Hicks, already have been electrocuted for their part in the crime. Barring the possibility of last minute intervention. Hicks will walk the “last mile" shortly after midnight Friday. His death will close one of the I weirdest cases in recent Indiana criminal history. Miller, who had , accumulated a fortune of approximately SIOO,OOO. was beaten at his New Trenton, Ind., home and later shot. His head and hands were severed from his body and tossed into a creek in Kentucky. Skillful detective work by the Indiana state police brought recovery of both the body and its missing parts and a long, successful search for the murderers.Hicks, who had been chauffeur and close friend of Miss Flora Miller, eccentric sister of the dead tire captain, was arrested first. I John J. I’oholsky, former PenI nsylvania coal miner, was captured at Warren. O„ and confessed his part in the crime, naming Hicks, Frank Gore Williams and William Kuhlman as the other principals. Poholsky also admitted dismembering Miller's body. Williams was captured in San Francisco and Kuhlman in Portland, Ore. Both confessed and before going to the electric chair named Hicks as the “brains of the plot to murder Miller and later i obtain bis fortune by stealing it ! from his sister who would have ; been his heir. All four men were convicted in • Franklin circuit court at Brookville over a year ago. , oGREAT BRITAIN owrt'.TFJi Fttn-yr rAOg ONTO) ' that any further outrages against 1 British ships will be met by confiscation of one or more of his ' ships?" David Kirkwood, laboritc, shouti ed: "Take the lot." i Eden replied: "I have told the house that the government has certain proposals Io make in this connection to two ■ foreign powers (France and Italy) this afternoon and I think this house would prefer that 1 do not ' make a further statement now." — 0 — — Two Suicides Are Reported At Brazil — Brazil, Ind., Feb. 2 —(UP) —Poor ' I health was blamed today for the ■ suicide yesterday of William Cun- ■' nisgha.ni. 51. farmer, who put a sawijed off shotgun in his mouth and I blew his head off at his home near II Clay City. The widow survives.

MORE SNOW AND RAIN FORECAST Considerably Higher Temperatures Forecast In Midwest (By United Press) Heavy winds which lashed the Pacific coast, endangering life and shipping, whipped a new storm to--1 ward the central states today and , brought predictions of additional snow and rain for the territory , from the Rockies to the Alleghenies. Floous. rr-su— of inoniHwMOUß ice J formations, harassed residents of northern Illinois, northern Michi- ; gan and California. Dust storms : threatened winter wheat crops in ■ central and western Kansas. Temperatures were expected to be considerably higher except in the extreme east. The bitter cold the middlewest experienced early ' this week, moved to the Atlantic . seaboard Tuesday, but in a milder degree. U. S. forecaster J. R. Lloyd predicted increasing cloudiness in ’ most states east of the Mississippi including Pennsylvania, where, acG cording to the old American legend, ■ the groundhop is due to awaken ’ today and prowl from his wintry : den. If he sees his shadow, he will return to his den to sleep I soundly for six weeks and spring will be late and cold. If he sees no shadow, the legend says, he will return to his den and sleep slightly, a sign tha spring will arrive 1 early and warm. Lloyd's prediction seemed to indicate there would be no shadow. Storm warnings were posted for I shippers along the Pacific coast. A 70-mile an hour gale struck San Francisco, and made the going hazardous for pedestrians nad motor- ; ists. Rescuers reached 33 senior stu- • dents of the college of the Pacific i marooned in the mountains near I Sonora, Cal., when a bus broke , down Monday night. They suffer- : ed little from their experience. Coast guardsmen rescued eight • men as their fishing trawler went down off Point Reyes in a heavy DANGEROUS It is dangerous to sell a SUBSTITUTE for 666 just to make three or four cents more. Customers are your best assets; lose them and you lose your business. 666 is worth three or four times as much as a SUBSTITUTE.

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I sea. Fifty families fled their homes ' when a cloudburst in Boulder creek sent the San Lorenzo river i over its banks. The Hawaii clipper of Pau Am- : erican airways took off from Ala- , meda with five passengers late yesterday for Honolulu after being grounded for several days by the storm. Residents of the upper peninsula in Michigan, lighting to repair communications and open highways after one of the worst blizzards in 40 years, were harassed today by floods. Government engineers planned to dynamite an • ice gorge at the mouth of the Au Train river near Munising. The stream's waters were nearly seven feet above normal stage because . of the ice formations. Several homes in Au Train, a fishing village, were flooded. A rotary plow and two trucks advanced but there miles in 24 !' hours in an attempt to reach 60 ' lumberjacks marooned in a camp ‘ 13 miles east of Big Bay. Another group was isolated in a camp 11 miles north of Midway. The men reported by telephone that their food supplies were running low. Several families were isolated by huge drifts in the area. Au Ice gorge extended for 80 miles along the Rock river in west central Illinois. The river overflowed in the Prophetstown ‘ area and threatened Lincoln highway bridge at Dixon, 111. The span was closed to traffic. ' Six hundred pounds of dynamite were fired in the river near Sterling to break up the jam but it helped little, engineers reported. o "Meanest Man" Bobs Up Again” Pajaro, Cal. —(UP) —This city’s candidate for the "meanest man” entered the aviary of Mrs. W. H. West and wrung the necks of five | canaries.

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EXTENSION DF WPAWORK SEEN Indiana Director Expresses Belief WPA To Continue Indianapolis, Feb. 2.--<U.R) —Due to the abnormal increase in unemployment rolls, W. K. Jennings, director of the Indiana works progress administration, today said he believed congress will extend the federal work relief agency another year. The program is to terminate June 30. Since Dec. 22, Indiana WPA roils have shown an average weekly increase of approximately 2,144 persons. Jenning said. The date of the last official state count on Jan. 26, a total of 56,488 project and adI ministration employes were on relief rolls, compared with 45,441 on Dec. 22, he added. In discussing the huge increase, Jennings said the problem now confronting the administration is obtaining sponsors’ contributions ; for operation of projects. WPA workers will have to be ' returned to raking leaves and oth--1 er similar projects or the WPA I will have to stop taking persons 1 ' from relief rolls and force them on township trustees. When municipal budgets were compiled only 40,000 persons were on state WPA rolls but now that number is approaching 60,000, Jennings said. Thursday Jennings will attend the meeting at Chicago of mayors, relief and WPA officials, representing virtually all larger cities of the middle west. The conference, called by Howard O. Hunter, assistant WPA administrator, is described as the most important held i in this section of the country dur ing the last six month.