Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1938 — Page 5

MENS Eppeal RATES 1, \lic-e I K, kain't Higher ■ Tax Levies Mi .<i uf>i ■ ■ "i ■‘ iljiisi ;!U 1 " aX ,:U '!>■'’ '!•■ ten M .v- ■ ibl ■ S.d • !'M7 *l«m M «■ law I • I'llllty ■L t... -i« Mconsiil"'.''I’"' 1 ’"' ' ! l "' aI bu,b ■bv O' l M " '’" S “‘ d , boards H, ( usidH ••? ' h '* bl,d ' ' W roa -v o'lrry . - ‘in. ils did K, ».-rk ::, K and Kunina'i."! • Ke coun’y " ! hoards KrUa- ah"'.' '" ' ' "> ,| "' Kee are gems ' higher Kflis year Las’ ' )r i’ was reverse 1: 1937. 36 L raised v - payable this Cj 56 O 'll.'l ’ II.I" 1 " I '-dib [ Budget U.S listing proj aapeudittir-> for tn xt year > higher in m“*' • "iii'ies The ie face sha: p increases tinthey make a last-minute, | In behalf of economy he final oppot "■in.'y ,n proit through, appeals to the board if 'ax , ’mmissioners tt the rate >’ within the fig-' tet by the limitation law — I it not more than $1.25 for territory and not above $2 aties and to«n<. . x< luslve of I ire and debt services, and people think additional reducI might he made in the budthey may appeal. ity in property taxpayers file an appeal with the audios their county, but they must ' this by Oct. 15. ill rates that are in excess of ux limitation law automat8y go to the state board of tax jßtssiouers for review. These rings will be held in the varl counties affected and notice I the local taxpayers will be [ ta iuuugli their home news BB." 1 lliejje pointed out that the trial board last year cut sl.-i MOO from local budgets and , M that all persons protesting per taxes appear at the hearts «ud voice their sentiments. ADAMS COUNTY WrriX'JED FROM PAGE ONE) K at the closer distances, while others made better scores B he at the distance shots, ftelhy county swept through the i let. winning both the high indiha! acorns and the high team ftei Northan in the individual koi shoot for Shelby county scor- I points out of 210 points. ’ it total Shelby county score was • points out of a total 630 points, lams county's total score was $ out of a possible 630 score, as b»e Yager, 198; Bosserman, fa - 183: Baxter. Decatur, 159.

Families of the Free Corps Men I 'ls 5 « > J|jsM|®M 'W\z i lUUBT M»3sfo4£*&>. W> v " ylSt v_y ,W * b t| — : im J°? W and Mildren are shown in a refuge at Sachsenberg-Geor-Hight rr„2, e n uany ’ after thf y had crossed the Geman-Ciech border in tudwZ r the s “deten area. Their menfolk formed themselves into the a *ree Corps and went back with guns to harass ccecn, - border guards.

Shelby county and Norlham also won the rifle competition; Northam scoring 196 points out of a puss I ible 200, and the team making 582 points out of a possible 600. The Adams county tesm met i with difficulties In sighting, and finishing shooting tn the dusk and , dust, due to a late registration. The total team score was 486 out of a possible 600 as follows: Wid plows, Geneva, 167 points; Whitei hurst, Berne, 161 points; Dubai h, ; 158 points. Before the county participants left the match, a bronze medal was awarded Yager. Q, OPEN CAMPAIGN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) mented the administration of gov- . ernment by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Senators Sherman Minton and Frederick Van Nuys. GovM. Clifford Townsend, Congressman James I. Farley and closed by paying tribute to Judge Huber M. DeVoss. Democratic candidate I for judge of the appellate court, second division. ; Judge DeVoss spoke on state is- | sues, declaring the social security ' laws ami others adopted by the I state the most humane in history. He quoted figures showing the re- ' suit in the savings to taxpayers of ’the state by the Democratic admin- . istration. He closed by deriding Republican's “thirst for power.’’ j saying they had nothing to offer • but criticism. Robert Heller, Democratic candidate for joint representative from ' Adams and Wells counties .spokj ' briefly seconding previous recomi inendationes for early registration. Mayor A. R. Holtohuse spoke on ' city government, telling of the efforts at service to the -people being made by the present administration and cited the $4 < '>,000 annual sav- | ings to patrons by the reduction of light and power rates In addition to | the encouragement of new industriee. because of the rates. County Chairman Nelson then Introduced the county ami town- , ship candidates, several of whom made brief talks. After the program, cigars were distributed. ■ -o FRAUD SC HEME iCONTINUED FROM FAOE ONE) ' corporation of having sold notes of the Ehrart Lease Tobacco Co.. | to various banks, with $150,000 worth of allegedly fictitious tobacoo warehouse receipts of the 1 Indiana Warehouse Corp., as collateral I Another practice of the defendants, the indictments said, was to sell notes, payment of which was presumably secured by warehouse property, and then sell the pledged property before the notes matured. Warehouse receipts offered as security for notes of defendants were overruled as much as 50 per cent and banks now holding notes of the Mineral Felt Co., find their I collateral worth only 10 percent i of its valuation, it was said. o Colt Cluh Committee At Berne Tonight Members of the Gold Medal Colt ciub committee —Henry Dehner, William Mitchel, Ed Neuhausen Frank Habegger. Leon Neuenschwander. Dan D. Kauffman. William Ncadstiue. Winfred Gerke, Everett

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FUNDPAYMENT 1 AT HIGH MARK Unemployment Benefits 1 In State Last Week Highest On Record Fort Wayne. Sept. 26 Payment d unemployment compensation benefits to totally and partially I unemployed insured workers in i the Fort Wayne district has been I lifted above th- Jluy 23 peak by’ claims resulting from repeal of the "sio clause," the Indiana unemployment compensation division announced today. "The highest number of payments made in thia district was 4,042 for $48,217.40 in the week | ending July 23 until last week's! 4,4(18 cheeks valued at $52,643.42 were mailed to claimants in Allen. Wells, Whitley and northern Adinis counties," said E F Kixmiller, deputy in charge of unemployment compensation in the district Included in last week's total. however, were 1.531 paymentstotaling $18,503 to persons who nade claims due to repeal Aug | 15 of the $lO clause. Payments I to regular claimants numbered 2,877 for $34,140 42. "Benefit payments are expected ; *o increase further as more of the ■ 4,774 persons whose claims have: ' been accepted due to the repeal, become eligible. I'p to Sept. 23 'here had been 3.356 such claims I -Altered in Fort Wayne, 104 in i Bluffton. 69 in Columbia City and j 245 in Decatur. The total for the i Mate since August 15 has reached 37,333. "Filing of new claims resulting from layoffs from covered employnent dropped to near low-record i evels in the district and the state | last week There were only 2,372 l regular claims in the state 1 igalnst a peak of 10,237 the third j week in May and an all-time low | of 2.300 the first week in April. In the district there have only been two weeks under the 171 figure of last week. They were 151 two weeks ago and 158 the first week in April. Last week's claims numbered 166 in Fort Wayne. 6 in Bluffton, none in Columbia City and 5 in Decatur. “Payment of benefits reached a , total of $623,415.72 on Sept 17, the end of the 21st week since the program started paying off in | Indiana. Partial benefit payments! to persons whose earnings have j been below their weekly benefit . amount have averaged around 20! per cent in this district. “The amount of benefits paid in the state passed the $9,000,000 .nark the first of this week At j the end of the 21st week there had been 785,024 checks mailed to j Indiana claimants valued at SB,-; 997,311.85. 'Regular' payments! were only 39.68 "valued at $147.-1 530.01, which was almost a quarter of a million dollars under (he; peak established the first week in August. The total last week was boosted to $653.279 01, however, as 17,987 'slo clause' claimants received $205,749 tn benefits." o WILLIAM KINTZ CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) grandchildren. Funeral services are to be held 1 Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock! in the St. Mary's Catholic church and burial will be made in the St. Joseph's cemetery. A grandson, i the Re. Walter Junk. C.P.P.S. of i Ottawa. Ohio, will officiate at the services. The body will ho returned this evening from the Glllig and Doan Funeral home to the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Kohne. Decatur route four, and may be viewed there until the time of the funeral. Q ASKS AID FOR (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ! London. Connecticut, a fire which razed several blocks of business and residential buildings. "For several days previous to! this hurricane, all of the rivers of New England were approaching! flood stage, and reports which we ■ have to<l>y indicate serious flood conditions along the rivers of New i Englaud. "Our chapters and the disaster I relief 'workers from our uatioual, staff are uow engaged iu giving re-1 lief to those iu distress and in estimating the amount of the damage. At this moment it is impossible to estimate the amount of money necessary for relief to the stricken families, but the fact that approxi- | .Singleton. J. Frank Merriman, Leonard F. Sprunger. Archie Smitley, Wilbert E. Lehman, Henry Aschleman, Adolph Bultenicler, and Paul Krueckeberg — will be guests of, the Berne Chamber of Commerce 1 this evening, following a formal program of this committee together with certain members of the Berne Chamber of Commerce. They will tmish making plans for the suckling colt show to be held SaturdayOctober 8. Adams County has agaiu led the state iu Gold Medal colt ciub enrollmeut with appticximatcly 140 colts weighed

’ U. S. Stage Gets Her i A . **** Jl Muriel Angelua Well-known star of the English ttage. Muriel Angelus arrives in ' the United States and is seen In New York. She will appear In a Broadway production, mately tO.OOO families are out of their homes indicates that a substantial amount will be needed. "Decisions as to whether or not your chapter will be assigned a quota will be reached when our survey of the need is completed, i In the meantime, recognizing the , fact that the people in your com muuity will wish to participate in this relief, your chapter may anl nounce that it will receive coutri- ! buttons." d* SHOUTS DEFIANCE 'CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) : tor." Hitler went on. "I have I created an army with the most modern arms known to mankind i I have told my friend Goering to : create an air force that will pro- • tect Germany against any onei mies. j "Our anti-air defense is the best ! in the world Unacceptable By Reynolds Packard Unit-'d Press Staff Correspondent) Prague. Sept. 26 <U.R) —Czechoslovakia today informed Great Britain that Adolf Hitler's demands for surrender of the Sudetenland by October 1 were unacceptable and should be subject to further discussions. The government's decision, i made after a night of study as ' the nation prepared for war, was i understood to have been comi inunicated to British Minister Basil Cohcrane-Newton. (The Czech refusal to accede to ' .he German demands had been made known earlier tn Loudon.) The government listed its objections to the Hitler demands, emphasizing economic, etbuographis and national defense reasons (or refusing to accept. The objections were rushed to completion so that they could be in • . ■ hands of Hitler before his address to the German nation this . evening. ! Meanwhile, the nation calmly prepared for the fateful decision i of war or peace, confident that she would have allies if war I comes. She had arrested Ernst Kundt, j a Sudeten German deputy to parliament and a leader of the Ger- ' man minority which Adolf Hitler nas pledged himself to protect, j and charged him with operating ! a secret radio station here through which he informed Berlin i of all developments. —o Stillborn Infant’s Rites This Evening A stillborn ba-hy, born to Mr. and ! Mrs. Herbert Oakley of Pleasant I Mills, will be buried in the Bobo cemetery this evening. An inquest is to be performed al < o’clock this afternoon by Adams Couuty Coroner Robert Zwick. i 0 “ * Winchester Youth Drowns In Pond Winchester. Ind.. Sept. 26 —(UP) i -Clyde Mullen. 11 was drowned iu a gravel pit here yesterday when the makeshift raft he aad four other boys, including his twin brother. were riding capsized. The oth--1 ers wcer rescued. The victim vias I au orphau.

RUMOR WINSHIP TO PHILIPPINES Reports Persist Puerto Rico Governor To Succeed McNutt (Copyright 1938 by United Press) Washington, Sept. 26 — (UP) — Persistent reports that Gov. Blanton Winship of Puerto Rico will resign to become high commissioner of the Philippines circulated today respite official denials. Winship, who eervefl in the far eastern archipelago as a member of Gen. Txjonard Wood's famous "calvary cabinet,” has clashed frequently with ilia admfnlstatrion officials. including secretary of the interior Harold L. Ickos, Uls immediate superior. Reports are that Winship has been chosen for the Philippines post because it is of the "ambassadorial type" and thus affords no direct ' administatrion such as prevails in , Puerto Rico. The present high commissioner; to the Phillippines is Paul V. McNutt of Indiana who has said he will resign some time next year. ?>fcNutt is the Hoosier state's favorite son candidate for the 1940 Democratic Presidential nomination. He had intended leaving Manila on Oct. 1 on an around the world cruise but European developments are said to have altered his plans. He will remain in Manila for the time being, it is understood, although he fully intends to return to advance his presidential ambitions. o Pond Is Drained, No Trace Is Found Os “150-Lb.” Fish ♦ —— ♦ Spencer. Ind.. Sept. 28.—(U.R> — More than 1,500 persons who watched four fishermen pump dry a pond, in search of a monster "150-pound” catfish today agreed it must have been the pig that caught and ate the fish—and not the opposite, which had been reported. The crowd waited with bulging eyes—sonic even had frying pans ; —while the waters of Charles McHenry's pond slowly settled. Bot- i tom finally was reached. In the muck at the middle wallowed five fat carp of 15 pounds each, some bass, crappies and small catfish. The “grand daddy catfish," weighing 40 pounds when placed in the pond 55 years ago, has disappeared. Sponsors of the big fish expedition saved face by announcing a fish fry next Friday night at Me- , Cormick's Creek state park —for all who like fish. o Indiana Ex-Convict Is Slain In Kansas —————- Goshen, Ind., Sept. 26—(UP) Leroy Stewart. 31. Goshen exconvict was shot and killed while attempting to rob a bank at Parsons, i Kan., last Friday, it was reported here today. He was not identified until yesterday. He had served a three-year term in the Indiana pri-, t>on for second degree burglary. o— Honev moon Plans Halted By Wreck Crawfordsville, Ind.. Sept. 26. <U.R).—lnstead of starting his honeymoon today. James Spear, 19-year-old Indianapolis resident, woke up in a hospital here. SHOUTS DEFIANCE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) more direct role in European affairs. But the president reiterated in his message that the United States has not foreign entanglements. The British and French replies have been received and sent to the White House. Undersecretary of State Welles announced that. But the British reply had not been made public at 10:22 a. m. CST. Germany, through its propa ganda office, already has snapi>ed that the cable to Hitler was misaddressed "Prague is the proper address ' was the brusque, first reaction of Berlin to the Roosevelt message. There was little to do but wait Mr. Roosevelt s plea—first word from him in the current crisissped eastward as the British cabinet met and Hiller prepared to again address his Nazi legions It was timed to reach leaders on both sides before they could make public any incontrovertible commitments which might drench the wor-tT Tn blood To Benes of Czechoslovakia and llillet of Germany, the president addressed himself personally. The prime ministers of Great Britain and France received copies of the appeal through Secretary of State Hull. Now possible is a reply from any of the four governments approached -one which might invite the United States to join directly iu the fight for peace. But in hit, message, Mr. Roosevelt warned:

"The United States has no pollt leal entanglements." The president said no nation j could escape some measure of | the consequences of general war. He urged that negotiations for | peace be continued “On behalf of the ISfi.OOU.OOO i people of the United States of I America," he said, "and for the sake of humanity everywhere. 1 j most earnestly appeal to you (Hitler and Benes) not to break I

Hartford Hard Hit as River Continues to Rise - —g - -tt —: - w - .. i iIIiKOUKMIW » -Jl’ as ' s TRtW viwWßte- W? ajMF v. V >■ , ..if.. , I? . . **• * : a':-;-?-- V? •< ". .■ > • . ' View of flood waters at Hartford

One of the most severely stricken cities in the eastern flood area was Hartford, Conn., where the Connecticut river rose to a height of 40 feet, swollen

Czech Army Deserters Cheered in Budapest on''ll, / -MS/ ■ ' I ’'a A ML Jbjjii ; .y ■ Q Hungarians cheer Czech deserters

An ovation of thunderous proportions was given uniformed deserters from the Czechoslovakian army .AS they were ridden through the streets of Budapest, capital of Hungary, where huge crowds

Plane in Which Army Air Corps Chief Was Killed i S'J l - f A * lx §ik ’-Mp* .wSSjw - Wreckage of Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover's plane

In tins blazing wreckage. Mat Gen Oscar West ever, head of the U. S. army arr corps, and his i

off negotiations looking to ui peaceful, fair and constructive! settlement of tin questions at I Issue. "I earnestly repeat that so long as negotiations continue, differ-: euces may he reconciled Once they are broken off reason ls| banished ami force asserts itself., "And force produces no soht-' lion for the future good of human , lly.' ' in support of Ills peace (den. I

by torrential rains. Thousands were left homeless in the city as emergency crews battled to reinforce dams and dikes to prevent further disaster.

were gathered to agitate for annexation of the border territory where a 700,000 Hungarian minority resides. This picture was flown to London and relayed via radiophoto.

I rrew chief Sergt Sam Hynes, went to their Reaths i at the Burbank, Cal., axr field.

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Mr Roosevelt recalled to Hitler and Benes: 1. Thi t every civilized nation is a signatory to the 1928 KelloggBrian pact to outlaw war 2. That most tuitions are ismnd t>y other treaties obligating preservation of pence. 3. That all nations have available ti'.-iitles of arbitration and conciliation for peaceful solution 1 of disputes.