Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1938 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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Lrfur City Tax Li/ Unchanged At I Rate Os 40 Cents

■ additional l evy To I Made Despite The [ded Costs Os Lol Building. Ibmh bi” <;ET ■ I I,.vv for ’ll" l'">' ■*; sH laid ■ V er.-l. or r— m fct’vs -ax 1-vy for 1938. wT. win ai " P budget submitted * A i; Holthotts" t" ’l'" E s q last evening. FL,. the income from fc than that raised by E including the gasoline L taxes, a fl". ’ " sh toby th" e1... trie ami water a. jnu utilizing part ot the Lins in the general fund. -Jjble to keep the tax 1-vy £j ls per .‘1"" valuation, the informed the council. dtr has hern operating on ■at tax levy for the past lout . iTkelety for next y-ar will ■ approximately $19., 33. figdin property valuation of Uli. This valuation is apUtely $200.""" higher than d a go. which will produce additional in i ity taxes, ibitdre is approximately $7.jghsr ihan the 1938 appropriI Half <’f this inc rease is b; . for the payment of the (lid bonds and int-rest. isjr the civil city to help! ,'the new junierr nigh school building, [appropriation for payment j gdc is sl.OOll. These bonds K due in July. 1939 Thein- 1 Is the entire $5" for the parind a half is $2 "'l3. mak iMI of $3,063. equivalent to liatren-cent levy. ter iwases in the budget for taat-rials forth.- street padfcpartni. ms. Tl. ■ street «■>> orn-s th- largest toH® for the year. Os this ■ K. $4,500 is for materials. additional appropriation of ns included in the budget wring for temporary labor ity parks, bringing the regus*! tfuip.rary labor accounts p park department to S9OO a I The increase was made to (de labor for the care of the I. primarily the Homesteads jotith of the city. The park Wit carries a total of $2.froduces Small Amount St budget, including the aptons for school bonds and in--ttotals $45,498. Exclusive of Kiwis bonds, the general opi| budget is $42,435. I Wcent tax levy will raise 1U.733. providing all taxes W. or only 43.37 per cent of bill required. t cash donations from the to and water departments to (neral budget will be increasWH next year. The electric tent will donate $8,500 and ter department, $1,500. This Itlie electric department is do--115,590 and the water depart-1 1 11,500. F revenue, not obtained W Property tax, is estimated ■IM the largest stems being gasoline tax and $3,600 I to tax. Cog] unloading, I '.“ d licenses and miscellantetme make up the balance te income, Jelled budget will be pubis Thursday s paper. Form»as set for Tuesday, * Poli tax levy was fixed at year, the same as heretoAppointed Os C. Lecturer '»tZi n aS c been appoin ’ Pd leelocal Knights of Columlapjoi "„ Was announ ced today. I »Th * aS n ' ade f0110Wl» Ute week ° n ° f Offlcers 6arl - readings OCRat THERMOMETER '■lsa.ni, co Wa.iii. 7ft 2:00 p.m 76 ton 3:00 p. m 81 weather Iter J° ni9ht anc * ThursdayI1!t Por fions th t o and h extreme *« warmer t "' 9h ‘ : »°"ete. Thursday after-

ASK INCREASE IN PARK FUND Homesteads Residents Ask Council For Additional Funds A number of the residents of the Homesteads development ap- I peared before the city council at its regular meeting Tuesday night )1 to request an increased appropri- i at ion for the improvement and maintenance ot the 17 acres of park area in the project. ', Vernon Aurand. acting as spokesman for the group, presented a j petition, signed by himself and , other residents, in which it was stated that the Chamber of Com- , merce, in cooperation with the government, had purchased and ' | set out about 2.200 shrubs and a . large number of trees in the Home- I | steads parks. The petition said that because of a lack of watering facilities the shrubs and trees were dying. The petition requested the installation of water pipe and the employment of a man to mow the parks. Forest Elzey, chairman of the park committee, stated that ap- * proximately 1.400 feet of pipe at a ’ ■ cost of 44 cents a foot anil 150 feet I of hose would be required at a to- J ral cost for materials alone of ■ ) $670.75. He also said that since ': 1 the planting of the shrubs, it is . ' impossible to mow the grass with I a mower and that a full time man p ' would be required, to work with a powered hand mower to maintain i the parks. This would make a total cost of $1,200 to $1,300 for next ; year, he said. The matter was referred to the park and water committees. Sam Acker appeared to ask what had Been done concerning his petition for the opening of a crossing | j over the Pennsylvania tracks or a street west to enable him to leave his property. Herman Gillig, chairman of the street and sewer committee, reported that the railroad company had not yet made , a decision, but that a street would j be opened as soon as WPA labor is available. A letter from the state fire marshal was read, stating that many, communities in the state had permitted the installation ot curb' gasoline pumps, which is a violation of the law requiring them to be at least 10 feet away from pub- ’ lie property. Pumps erected in violation of this law since 1!T35 should be removed, the letter said. Bond Given A certified copy of the minutes of the board of directors meeting of the First State bank, stating that the bank had determined to' give a SSOO surety bond to the city if the lien for assessments for im- [ provements on the Gerber property on North Third street would be released. The record provided the bond should be released when the assessments were paid. The resolution was placed on record. The inadequacy of present cool(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL PERSONS AT CAMP MEET — Leadership Training School Opens Tuesday At Rockford, O. Rev. Luke J. Martin, pastor of the Eighth Street U. B. church of , Decatur and 10 juniors fiom the local church are attending the Auglaize camp meeting leadership training school, which opened at the United lErethren camp grounds at Rockford, Ohio, Tuesday. Decatur juniors who are attend-j ing the boys and girls camp are: i Eileen and Donna Johnston, Vilas and Jean Elzey. Paris Hakes, Betty Brewster. Phyllis McClure. Evalyn and Ruth Klemz and Mona Lee Martin. The camp, which opened Tuesday morning, will close next Tuesday, August 23. Rev. Clyde Meadows, of Chambersburg, Pa., is the camp evangelist and Rev. Stanley Birdsel! is the song director. The annual conference ot the United Brethren church will open August 24. immediately following the camp meeting.

NAZI PRESSURE FOR EXPANSION IS INCREASED Nazis Abandon Negotiations On Czech Minority Rights By Alex Morris (United Press Staff Correspondent) ! Nazis today shoved Europe's jittery statesmen closer to a showdown on the fate of Czechoslovakia. Sudeten German party leaders in Czechoslovakia, spearhead of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's campaign to bring the little republic as well as the rest of Central Europe into the Nazi orbit, decided abruptly to abandon negotiations on the government program for Increased minority rights. Action of the Nazis intensified concern in Prague; endangered es- 1 forts of Britain's referee, viscount | Runciman. to postpone a new crisis; . turned the eyes of Czech leaders toward London for an indication of i bow far Germany—now engaged in gigantic army maneuvers — might I be permitted to go unopposed. Minority rights are no more than an immediate pretext in the Nazi campaign to remove Czechslovakia as an obstacle to expansion eastward. Thus historic issues turn on a controversy of secondary importance, aftifically inflated in an atmosphere charged with war threats. The sooner Germany can force a showdown the greater hope Hitler will have of achieving his objectives without war. Therefore Nazi pressure for action apparently is being increased; may be expected to lead to a series of protests, demands and threats. Britain’s problem remains primarily one of Cushioning the shock of successive efforts to break the deadlock by drastic action; of holding off an explosion that would mean actual war. That task received indirect aid from the United States which again sought to exert moral strength in the struggle so rpeaceful restora(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O WINTER LOANS ARE AVAILABLE Applications Being Received For Emergency Grain Loans — Applications for emergency winI ter grain loans for 1938 are now being received at Decatur by Alan L. Balyean field supervisor of the erai ergency Crop and Feed Loan seci tion of the farm credit administration. Applications may be filed with Miss Rose M. Schurger at Federal i Farm Loan Office, Decatur. These loans will be made only 1 to farmers who cannot obtain credit ■ from any other source, as provided ! by regulations issued by the gover-. ' nor of the farm credit administrai tion. The money loaned will be lim- ' ited to the farmer's immediate and i actual cash needs tor growing hie 1938 grain crops and in no instance, may exceed S4OO. Farmers are not eligible for these | loans if they can borrow from an individual, production credit association. bank, or other concern. Emergency crop loans will not be made by the farm credit administraI tion to standard rehabilitation cli■ents of the resettlement administrai tion whose current needs are provided so rby resettlement. As in the past, the security for these loans will consist ot a first lien on the crops financed. Landlords. or others having an interest in the crops will be required to j waive their claims in favor of the ' Governor ot the farm credit admin- | istration until the loan is repaid. Checks in payment of the approved loans will ‘be issued by the regional emergency crop and feed l loan office at St. Louis. Mo. One Man Dies In Oil Plant Fire Harvey, 111.. Aug. 17 —(UP)— Carl Pflug. 34, Chicago died in a hospital today as the result of burns received in a fire at the Phillips petroleum plant in Riverdale. An inquest to determine the cause of the fire, which workmen said resulted from an explosion, was held at the hospital. Richard Schaus, 21, Pflug's helper was reported in “only fair ’ condition by hospital attendants. He suffered severe burns.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 17, 1938.

Killed In Auto Crash B T wi ** r y \ <1 t k ' A'Herman F. Ehinger Hugh Hite Herman F. Ehinger. general manager of the Citizens Telephone company of this city, and Hugh Hite, of Detroit, former local resident, were fatally injured in an auto crash five miles south of Anderson late Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Ehinger and son James were not seriously I Injured. '

CONFERENCE ON STRIKE ISSUE Federal Labor Conciliator Seeks To End Chicago Strike Chicago, Aug. 17.—(U.R) —Harry E. Scheck, federal labor conciliator. summoned representatives of the Chicago. North Shore and Milwaukee railroad and its 1,300 striking employes to a conference today to attempt to settle their differences over a 15 per cent wage cut. The strike called early Tuesday after the company had refused to rescind its order for the city, stopped all service on the line between Chicago and Milwaukee and forced more than 12.000 commuters of north shore communities to seek other means for reaching Chicago. Scheck said he believed the strike could be settled within a few days. "I anticipate no trouble,” he said. “The differences are not in-: surmountable.” He was scheduled to meet today with B. J Fallon, operating head of the North Shore line, and O. David Zimring, attorney for the Amalgamated Association ot Street. Electric and Railway* and Motor Coach Employes of America, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. The union, which claims 500 of the employes as members, has had a contract with the company for 19 years. The contract expired May 31 but had been continued on a 30-day cancellation basis. Four other unions, the Brotherhood of Railroad Enginemen and Firemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, and the International Association of Machinists, which claim the remainder of ein-, ployes as members, have been involved in a dispute with the amalgamated for several months over representation rights. The unions, however, agreed to permit the amalgamated to represent them in negotiations with the company | pending settlement of the strike. o TWO ACCIDENT VICTIMS HOME James Wemhoff And Vincent Tanvas Released From Hospital With the dismissal of two of the victims, but one of the four persons : hurt last Friday morning in an auto crash that took the lives of four j others remained late today in the Adams county memorial hospital.) Vincent Tanvas, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Tanvas, who sustained a fractured arm in the accident was to be released late today, hospital attaches etated. James Wemhoff. son of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff, who suffered loosened teeth and a severe cheek laceration, was dismissed to return to his home last night. Joan Colchin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Colchin, is still confined in the hospital, but is reported to be improving rapidly. She suffered a severe hip and ankle injury, in addition to shock, cute and bruises She is not expected to be released for several days. ' Joseph Gaskill, who is confined in the Kendallville hospital, is also reported greatly improved. Coroner Robert Zwick is expected to open the inquest into the fatal accident within a few days.

Stanton Funeral Rites Thursday Funeral services for Leslie Stanton. eight-year-old Blue Creek township lad. who died in the local hospital Tuesday of injuries received Monday when he was struck by an auto while riding his bicycle, will he held Thursday afternoon at 1 ’ o'clock (CST) at the Willshire, Ohio ; M. E. church and burial will be made in the Willshire cemetery. Although no verdict has been returned as yet by Coroner Robert 1 1 Zwick. Ivan Byer driver of the car, is expected to be absolved of all blame. , 0 DEWEY ACCUSES HINES OF GRAFT Tammany Hall Leader Directly Accused Os Aiding Rackets I New York. Aug. 17. -KU.R> —District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey ( , directly accused James J. Hines., one of Tammany .Hall's most powerful district chieftains, today of , receiving from SSOO to SI,OOO a week for five years, for “taking care of protection" for the Dutch , Schultz policy racket monopoly. , Pointing at Hines, the defendant in one of New York's greatest , trials involving political corrup- . tion in high places, the young prosecutor declared: “The racket could not have op- . erated at all without the aid of , this man.” Dewey said that after Hines took over the protection of , the policy gang arrests “dropped . by half.’ i After Dewey had spoken rapidly , and earnestly to the jury for an ( hour and 15 minutes, Lloyd Paul , Stryker submitted Hines’ defense ) , plea. He said he would show that ( “each and every one” of the charges against Hines “is false and un-: true,” and that Hines “did not con- ( spire at any time with anyone to , commit any crime.” Dewey gave the jury a detailed word picture of the lottery oper- j ations of the Schultz mob of rack- 1 , eteers and murderers. He told , how “the poorer people” of New j York Invested millions of dollars) a year, in pennies, nickels and dimes, in the 1,000-to-l numbers lottery. They were able to do so, and be thus exploited, he said, because Hines saw to it that the law would not interfere. The politico-racketeer alliance budded in a conference between . Hines and Schultz, beer baron killed in Newark. N. J., in March, 1932, Dewey said. “By late summer or early fall," Dewey said, “the number of arrests among this group of racketeers had dropped in half.” Made brazen by the tammany leaders support, Dewey charged, Schultz and his associates decided I ' “to advertise the fact that Hines ) was behind the racket." “Then they opened a place at 1 351 Lenox Avenue.” (in Harlem) 1 he continued, “where the mob congregated openly with the knowledge of every cop in Harlem.” Hines received for "taking care (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1 o Sentenced Man Is Taken To Prison i i Walter Reidenbaugh, of Convoy. Ohio was admitted to the state penal farm at Putnamville this morn- , ing, to start serving a 60-day eentene for public intoxication. He was , taken to the institution by Sheriff . Dallas Brown, after being (sentenced in city court.

Herman F. Ehinger, Hugh Hite Are Fatally Injured In Auto Crash Near Anderson Tuesday

ROOSEVELT TO DEDICATE NEW CANADA BRIDGE President To Dedicate New International Bridge Washington, Aug. 17. — KU.R> — President Roosevelt leaves the capital again today after a five-day stay during which he projected the threat of a party purge to primaries in every state where congressional candidates for renominaotion have “betrayed" the new deal. He will board his special train this afternoon for Kingston. Ont., where he will receive an honorary degree from Queens college tomorrow. Before returning to his home at Hyde Park, he and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King will dedicate a new international bridge in the Thousand Islands. He probably will not return to 'Washington until early next month. Mr. Roosevelt leaves with his policy on primary contests well defined. At his press conference yesterday afternoon he broadened his purge of conservative Democratic congressmen by denouncing Sen. Millard E. Tydings. I).. Md., and Rep. John O’Connor, D., N. Y., and by leaving the implication that more names woul dbe added to the ( list of those who have “betrated , the new deal in the past and will again.” The attack on these anti-new ( dealers, anticipated for several ( days, was the most bitter he has made —even more outspoken than his plea to Georgia voters last j week for the defeat of Sen. Walter F. George. D.. Ga. But like George, O’Connor, described by the president as "one of the most effective obstructionists in the lower house.” struck I back. Accepting the challenge in ' a brief formal statement, he said; that the voters of the 16th congressional New York district “alone will decide” whom to elect. He added, pointedly: “the president lives in the 26th district. . ‘Ham’ (Hamilton) Fish. R.. N. Y„ ( is his congresnsman.” , Mr. Roosevelt used an editorial , from the New York Evening Post as the vehicle for stating his posi- , tion on primary campaigns and after reading it to reporters told ) them that they could attribute it to him. To this O’Connor, who may answer the attacks by radio ( toight, said: “The president saw fit to quote ’ from an editorial from a newspap- 1 er long since recognized as communistic and said, ‘you can interpret that as coming from me.' ’’ ' Tydings, termed a “betrayer” ot his party, had nothing to say im- 1 mediately. He will speak at Sails- ' ' I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ( 1 ANNA HISNER DIES TUESDAY Adams County Native Dies At Home In Allen County Mrs. Anna Hisner, 75. native of Adams county, died Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock at her home in ; Madison township. Allen county. Death was attributed to complications following an illness of more than one and one-half years. The deceased was born in Adams j couty March 16, 1863, the daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Frederick. She had spent most of her life in Fort Wayne and Allen county. She was a member of the Flatrock Lutheran church near Hoagland. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Fred Bearman. with whom she had been makig her home. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock (CST) at the Bearman home and 1 o'clock at the church. Burial will be made in the Concordia Lutheran cemetery. The Rev. M. Aker will offi- ' ciate. The body will be returned to the home from the Zwick & Son funeral home this evening and may be viewed there until time tor the funeral.

CLEAN EXTERIOR i OF NEW SCHOOL Workmen Cleaning Exterior Os New High School Building Workmen late Tuesday started cleaning the exterior of the new dollar Decatur jun-ior-senior high school. The brick and white Bedford stone trimmings are being scraped. scrubbed with sulphuric acid, and then flushed with water. In addition to the cleaner appearance. the work also evens the color of the bricks and mortar. The entire exterior of the structure is to undergo this cleaning process. Meanwhile in the gymnasiumauditorium, much progress was disclosed this morning when workmen started installing the instalation layer of the roofing. The tin sheeting has already been placed. Insulation. felt and porous material, covered with pitch and gravelling, will complete the roof. In the interior ot the gymnasium. steps are being laid to form stairways up through the maze of seats. Nearly all labor except the woodwork has been completed there. Workmen are also laying the white stone coping around the top of the gym. In front of the school proper, bricklayers are closing up the holes, which have ben left open to facilitate wheeling of materials to the interior from the lift. Plasterers are also making rapid progress, it was revealed, with several rooms receiving the final white coat. o LOCAL YOUTH HELD IN JAIL Albert Spencer In Custody Here After Theft Os Purse Albert Spencer, 18. of Kekionga street, is being held in the Adams ounty jail here, awaiting arrival of reformatory officials to return him) to the institution. Spencer was arrested Tuesday by Officer Ed P. Miller after he had allegedly stolen a puree from the vegetable wagon driven by Dayton Steele. Spencer, Officer Miller stated, took the purse, extracted part of the money and then returned on his bicycle telling Steele that he had found the pocketbook. Believing his story. Steele reportedly gave him a 25-cent reward. After the lad left, he checked through the purse and discovered the shortage. He gave a description to Officer Miller, who apprehended Spencer. Spencer confessed and returned $6, plus the 25-cent tip. Spencer was paroled from the institution on July 1. where he had been sentenced for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. o Kintz Burial To Be Held Thursday The body of Mrs. Elsie PowersKintz. piDneer Decatur resident, who died Tuesday afternoon al her Toledo. Ohio home, will arrive in this city Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock for burial in the St. Joeeph cemetery. The casket will be opened at the cemetery and the remains may be viewd there. Services will be held in Toledo before the body is brought, here. Q May Obtain Murder Jury Late Today Michigan City Ind.. Aug. 17 — (UP) —Attempts to select a jury to try Orelle Easton, 25 year old North Dakota farm hand charged with the murder of state policeman Ray Dixon last June entered the third day • today with a new venire of 50 pres- i ent after the first venire of 100 was exhausted. Eleven jurors had been agreed upon tentatively by the prosecution and defense at recess today and it appeared that the jury might be ' chosen by this afternoon.

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Mrs. Ehinger, Son James Are Injured In Crash Os Automobile, Truck; On. Way Home. DRIVER INJURED Funeral services for Mr. Ehinger will be held Saturday at 9 o'clock from St. Mary’s church. Death again rode the highways Tuesday evening, adding two more victims to the cycle of tragic accidents which has blighted this community in the last several days. Herman F. Ehinger. 44. secretary and general manager of the Citizens Telephone company, and Hugh Hite. 56. of Detroit, former Decatur business man and Adams county treasurer, were killed and Mrs. Ehinger. and son, James, were injured in an automobile accident five miles south of Anderson on state road 67. at 4:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoou. The car, driven by James, skidded on a si retch of wet pavement, the back enu striking a truck owned by tlie Western Union Telegraph company, and drivel, oy P. G. Britts, 37. of Indianapolis, who received knee injuries and cuts on the lips. Mr. Ehinger and Mr. Hite were riding in the back seat. Mr. Ehinger died instantly as the result of a fractured skull. Mr. Hite was rushed to a hospital at Anderson, where he died at 6 o’clock of a fractured skull aud internal injuries. He did not regain consciousness. Mrs. Ehinger was less seriously injured than first believed She sustained injuries to her head, shoulder, chest and leg. X-rays taken today revealed there were na fractures. James Ehinger who was reported to be Buffering severely from shock, received injuries to his kg amt neck. It was not known here this afternoon how serious the injury was to his neck, but physicians did not believe there was cause for alarm. The party was returning from Indianapolis, where Mr. Ehinger and Mr. Hite had transacted business. Funeral arrangements had not been made at a late hour today. Mrs. Ehinger and son James will be brought to Decatur Thursday morning. They will he taken directly to the Adams County Memorial hospital. Coroner Dr. Robert Armington, of Anderson, is completing an inquest today on the fatal accident. Civic Leader Herman F. Ehinger, 44 was born in Decatur. May 13. 1894. the son of Charles Philip and Mary Caroline Eiting-Ehinger. His father, a prominent Decatur merchant, preceded him in death in 1902. Mr. Ehinger was educated in the St. Joseph Catholic School of this city and was graduated from the Fort Wayne Business College. In 1912 he entered the employment of the Citizens Telephone company as a bookkeeper and collector. Because of his unusual business and financial ability his rise was rapid, and 20 years ago he was made general manager of the company. Under his leadership, the concern soon came to lie recognized as one of the outstanding independent (CONTINUHT) ON PAGE THREE) O LIONS ENDORSE NEW ADDITION Decatur Lions Club Endorses New Hospital Addition The members of the Decatui* Lions club in their regular meeting at the Rice hotel last night unanimously voted the endorsement o£ the building of the new addition t<i the Adams county memorial hoeph tai. Each of the members signed a petition, endorsing the building of tha project and approving the present! plans for financing the construction of the addition. Dr. Ben Duke, a club member, delivered a short address, describing to the members his vacation trip through Michigan. Northern Canada and back through Main and thq eastern states. He also gave an interesting description of the welcome for Douglas Corrigan, “the wrong way” flyer, 04 his return to New York City,