Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1939 — Page 1

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| PETITIfIN 111 OIEDSING |[W DITCHES Would \tlr<t Km Square 'lde*, t Af res Os Land di .,h au-l -ven «lit< h■L<. or m •«!«••* ~f W.., t.-sti of H'""' ■ flr ' B f-m- 'i M " H ■v,fr-k r """ S ' K -k'.r .1 ' HI |||L ' ‘ l, “ w ' : " > liun 'yHr, ■ ■•• 1 111( Ju.t. .1 111 tta- V 'lUL •>!.■ Si>r:.liit« ’ into whiih ■ of 11. in. drain*: l">lh B. Sh.wtnaker M Mlll. r. the HL.. i;n i c i. ditches. »a* airbed t’X ,hK of tho 'own of Berne. ;■ lb.- C-r llollH-l Win Hg.3o Paul Felber. and 92 Enm Mid to represent K r .. „( land <>! more than „f the entire amount Kp territory sffecled »..- 'i'.ed under the ■bet'i' S Stenzel. et al. Ex■b> Jjrf according to law will ■ Within the next 10 Kfb- petition is filed and the ■gu : . :. -I- the proKg<( it: act passe.! in 1933. It 1“ pw- mi l t Png th■Lia* ■!•«• r 'l- ■•( all farms Io- dodging Kgiiz «>m<- of tile benefit* to thee.fi. tn I' was filed fts-Vr <i- '■ who r. pre Mite prtltioaern K* leuefits are summed in Ktnr.ac paragraph: ■Srx-r.-- » aid further repKt u-: show in their opinion Health will be improved ■bpopped draaiag. and that Jwi irpo.-d u. rk will be of K WL’ty that many of the . ■t Rwaty highway*, state Bwn Hid r S highway* and ■(T itl tile , Or pOHlt ed Bern.. Ind will be bene- ■ h the proposed drainage; ■hMi which are now wet and H llrw,r seasons of the year ■btely innundated and not ■t'ed for cnitivation will be ■ brtil* and capable of being farmed by reason* of intin That the town of ■ be benefited byway of ■ bslth and that rainy »ea--1111 "of cause cellars to be ■ with water In Berne and Iwwera in said town will be B ahi. to carry off said water streets of Herne If said •H drainage is constructed.” , "•> Mak, CCC Project kurt the petition does not' ““ “• AM *n>ey < us<er stated • all ptrtMhllity mu?n of tho y ‘ n< * dredging work could ■* hr Civilian Conservation h TVr, i. , ccc tllßp m [yf ln<l »nnjr engineers made . MrTtjr of , h „ F iM nrawn a profile of it. I stated. If CCC labor *' WOul<l r * ><,u< * th* ■wm. < ” n ’ ,r ' “ n< * ,h '* e who ’’’wits, the attorney stat- »*» raid T I**' ,h * .J*"* r ' , ” Ur m“n---la/T by ,h * ’"•n* h Jir mil ‘"’ ‘""1 •» I" the petition and ox p An „ rtva) Nested for INTOXICATION PhS ?, 7 Arre «te<i For "Nir Intoxication Tuesday fn f .J!? 10 **»rto."b r < '° Ur ‘ ,o ' , *y Minn .. Plu,r «* Os public. In■Ot hi rtX M »T-T*»ted TuettLi? ," r c *»»vof “*« \ forr * *hl the Wbo * M *"**l*4 *t kn? *" Hherty I-, '' r being charged IntoMkatlon. hbyum • rr *’T*d Raturday * diy pnu,;; B,! Phus Melchl of ** r ih’ InflT'' - * hU * * 1 .Xpert J * n, ° Wn •• t Pt ■ pp * ,r b * for * cSz. Ba,urd,y to Jam*,,’’ nl,h ' by po ’ “ •rrsw ü ß ? rdPr " d'Tb’lot'M ,cl * Hie* bMn mad " *»r LL <My H ST' J «"- us X7 h,d b * a

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

GIVE FIGURES ON ROAD BONDS i All Townships To Be Free Os Road Bond Debts By 1912 The 12 townahipa In Adams county will, on January 1. 1940. owe only $40.341 40 in road Improvement bonds, a tai table prepared in the office of Victor Eicher, connty auditor, reveals. In 1942 ail the townahipa will be free of macadam or other mad improvement bond debt. Kirkland and French townahipa will pay off their road bond debts In 1940. the tax table shows. ‘Severn! other townships will liquidate in 1941. . Washington, Union. Root and . Blue Creek townships will be among the last to pay nff their ' bonded indehteness. the Issues extending to 1942 After that no townahip In the county will owe a penny for road bonds From a high of nearly a million dollars, the township road bond debt has gradually decreased since 1932. when the two percent bond law was repealed. A law was passed at that time prohibiting the Issuing of bonds for road building purposes. [taring 1940 the townships will pay off more than half of their Indebtneas. The payments will toi tai $22.954 40. leaving the combined debt In those townships wi'h bonds out standing of leas than $13,000. Bonds are outstanding on 39 toad improvements In the 12 township*. The number of separate road bond issue* and the total outstanding on January 1. 1940 follows: Unions $3,995 oo Root 3 2 Ml 43 Preble 3 3.234 57 Kirkland __L 1 329 00 ’Washington . 4 13.14X00 84. Mary's __ 2 HSOW Blue Creek S 3.414 00 I Monroe . 4 4.M2.94 French 2 32300 Hartford 2 2.304.40 Wabash & 2.94405 Jefferson 3 2.411.00 With the paying off of the bond'ed debt, the levies la the township* will begin to drop next year and will be entirely wiped -tat In 1942. CHANGE DATE FOR HEARING Hearing On Protest Os Utilities Valuation Is Postponed Word of the postponement of the hearing to have been held I August 23 by the state tax board ' on the protests of county officials against the reduction in the valuation of public utilities was received here today by county auditor Victor H. Eicher The letter, sent by Marshall Williams, of the board, asks a date be set some time after the first week in September. Th« officials recently made a trip to Indianapolis to protest a $192,000 reduction in utility valuations in the county. Al the time they appeared before the hoard they were granted a public hearing here August 23. The letter fallows: • Mr. V. H Eicher. Auditor Adam* County. Decatur. Indian*. “Dear Mr. Richer: “Following the visit at thia office by yourself and other Interested taxpayer* In Adam* county relative to corporate assessments a* made by thia board, it has occurred to ua that more time should be . taken to prepare for any discussion of the matter. "(tar engineer. Mr. Robertson, will not return until the 21*t and with th* many matter* he will have to dispose of there would be no time with which to get the information to preaent on the 23rd. I would, therefore, like to suggest tWat you net a date some time after the first week In September for this hearing. W’e shall be glad to send notices of such meeting to the list that we made up when your delegation called here. “I feel that any discussion such as this which ha* been properly tCONTINUKn ON PAGE BIX) •— - o - No Change Reported In Schmitt Condition The condition of Al D. Schmitt, who has been In a serious condition at the Winchester hospital since last Friday, when he wn* hurt in an auto accident, was reported unchanged today. X-rays were to have been taken today. I but no report had been received by relatives ala Jala hour. I

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SALARIES ARE FIXED 81 CITY Council Fixes Salaries Os City Engineer, Commissioner The city council Tuesday night adopted an ordinance fixing the aaltrlee of the Ctrl! engineer and the city street commissioner The new ordanance provides for' | a yearly salary of sdoo to.- the eni gneer. In addition the engineer also receives SCoO from tho utilities, making hla total salary 11.200. The same ordinance fixed the I salary of the street com’n.ssioner | at M 700. t'nder the ordinance approved by the council at the first meeting ' this year, the salary of the engineer was set at >I.OOO and the street commissioner at $1,400. making a I *otal of $2,400 of which SW» was to be received from the utilities and ! 11.soo from the general fund. The I ordinance was unanimously passed 1 I hy the present councilrn >n. Coun- 1 i oilman Andrew Appelman was ab- • I rent. h nick Tonneller holds the position of civil engineer and Satn Butler , the position of city street com mis- ' I aloner. Files Petition Attorney Hubert R. MeClenahnn appeared before the counc.l in be- 1 1 half of a petition signed by Samuel 1 1 Acker. Floyd Acker. Russ-I! Acker ■ and the Wayne Novelty Company, 1 — i <CONTINtKt>ON PAOR FIVE) I JOHN FEASELIS GIVEN CONTRACT I ■ . I1 City Council Awards Garbage Contract To I John Feasel The city council In session last ' night at the city hall voted to award the contract for the dispos- 1 1 al of city garbage to John Feasel. 1 of thia city, on hla low bld of svoo. ' I Six blds were opened and read ' ' to the council by clerk-treasurer H. Vernon Aurand. Fred Braun, who was awarded 'the contract last year, stated pre- ' vlously to the council that he could 1 ' not efficiently operate under the ' ' old contract price and submitted 1 a bid of $1,600 last night. Other bidders and the prices: 1 1 Carl Hurst. $1.0X0; George Brown. $1.0X0; Will Ohler. $1,160; Ed New- ' port. SI,OOO. 1 I The contract calls for the collec- 1 tlon and disposal of garbage from September 1, 1939 to September 1, i 1940. ‘ . A petition was filed with the council last night by H. W McMillen of the Central Soya Company l asking that the city dieannex i Bowers street In the Bowers add!- ' - tlon beyond the dead end. citing 1 the fact that It is now being need 1 .: for farming, has no curb nor side- i I walk. Tbe petition wag referred I 4 to ihu aUjwl and auwsr commillee.

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, August 16, 1939.

Attack-Murderer To Face Trial Sept. 25 West Palm Beach. Fla . Aug IS ■U.K) Thomas Cochran today was ordered tc stand trial Sept. 25 for the murder of Frances Ruth Dunn, pretty schoolgirl whom he attacked and killed after luring her from her Miami home with promises of a movie teat. The trial date was set after Cochran entered no pleas when arraigned on indictments charg lag murder, rape and kidnaping JUDGE fRUCHTE HEADS COUNCIL J. Fred Fruchte Elected Director Os County Safety Council Judge J. Fred Fruchte of the Adams circuit court was unanimously elected direc tor of the Adams County Traffic Safety council at the organisation meeting held last night In the court rooms of the county court house. Judge Fruchte's name was placed In nomination by L E Archbold. county agricultural agent, and he was given a unanimous vote. First of the appointments to be made by the new director were announced laat night at the conclusion of the meeting. Assistant directors named by Judge Fruchte are: sheriff Ed Miller, commissioners Phil Strahm. Frank Liniger and Moses Augaburger. county agent Archbold, county school Superintendent C. E Striker, prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede. surveyor Walter H. Gllliom. representative Robert H. Heller, police chief James Borders and Robert W. Shraluka. of the Dully Democrat. Additional assistants in the various townships are likely to be named soon by the director. Prosecutor Voglewede acted as chairman of the group In ha first meeting laat night, with Sergeant George Doherty of the Indiana state police conducting the session Sergeant Doherty outlined the duties of the organisation and explained its connection with the federal and elate safety councils. A report Is to be sent tn at the end of the year 1939 by the conndi. covering all phases of safety education which have been sponsored by the council outside of the cities and towns of over 1,000 population In the county. This report will be judged along with records and reports from other counties in determining the winners of the safety plaques award(CONTINUED ON”PA<IKStX) ... — o Emma Burk Funeral Friday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs Emma C. Burk will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the residence on North Ninth street instead of 2 o’clock as wan prevljusly announced. Burial will be In the Decatur cemeteffi. i ' ‘ 7 I

MONROE DARN IS DESTROYED $7,500 lamm This Morning As Carl Palmer Barn Is Burned Fire of undetermined origin swept through the stock barn of (art Patm<-r at Monroe at at! early hour this morning, destroying the barn, a truck and a calf. Mr. Palmer, alter a checkup thia morning, estimated that hla losses would amount to approximately $7,600. Part of the loss was covered by Insurance, he said The flames were first noticed about 4 o’clock this morning by neighbors who had arisen early. The Monroe fire whistle was blown and the volunteer fire department responded. Neighbors and friends also joined firemen in the attempt to extinguish the blase but to no avail One section of the large building was already enveloped In flames when the department arrived. The flames swept through the north and east side of the structure. built of tile brick, and quickly spread among the frame portions of the building. ' The calf which was destroyed was tied In the west aMc of the building. A truck load of cattle which had been unloaded nt the barns only four hours before, had been turned loose Into pasture and escaped the blase. While the origin of the fire was (CONTINUED ON PAUW FIVE) CLUBS TO HOLD JOINT MEETING Telephone Expert To Speak To Service Clubs September 12 ' On Tuesday. September 12. the Uecatur Lions elub wit! have aa their speaker. E C Belser of the Indiana Bell Telephone Co.. John M. Doan, publicity director of the club announc’d today. He will demonstrate and dtocum the telephone and television during the experimental and present stages The Rotary clutf has been invited for a joint meeting, which will also be open to the public Dr. Ben H. Duke, who recently returned from a trip to Mexico was the speaker at the meeting Tuesday night In the Rice hotel. He gave an Interesting word picture of conditions and Interesting facts and features regarding the country. He allso exhibited a number of pictures, handwork and souvenirs purchased while there. A descrip--1 tlon of a bull fight proved especially Interesting. Dr. Harold Zwlck was In charge I of the program and D Burdette ■Custer. club vice-president, pre- - skied In the absence of the president, Roy Price. * i

TENSION OVER FREE CITY OF DANZIG CROWS Polish Soldier Is Slain By Danzig Border Guard Today By United Press A new border Incident Increased . tension between Poland and Dan- ' xig today over the latter's demand for return to Germany. A Polish soldier was shot and killed by a Danxig border guard at ' Koh ling, on the frontier. Danxig sources said the soldier crossed the frontier, and after having I teen warned three times, aimed a rifle I at the guards, who then fired. No progress appeared to have been made In efforts to settle the dispute over the status of Danxig. Ixmdon still was hopeful that some ’ sort of conference could be ar- ' ranged and a compromise reached, but the powerful Utndon Times, which often reflect* the government's views, warned that any atwould probably send Great Britain tempt to settle the affair by force and her allies to war. The Times denounced what It called a monstrous betrayal of . Germany's wind a* given at the Munich conference It was reported in Berlin that Adolf Hitler would like to see a settlement of the Danzig problem before the annual Nazi |>arty conference at Nuremberf on Sept. 2. Nasi quarters seemed convinced ' that Great Britain would facilitate a solution of the problem, perhaps as part of some general European settlement. Germany 's posit lon remained unaltered — that she will not be satisfied with anything less than | the return of Danxig to the Reich ' It became apparent that the visit to Hitler at Bercbte*gaden of Prof Karl J. Hurckhardt. high commissioner of the league of nations. was without friut. In fact, a diplomatic source said Hitler “lectured" him sharply about Incidents In Itunzig and a*k-d why. a* high commiMiouer, be allowed them to happen Paris heard that Poland has (CONTINUED ON PA<l* FtVM) GERMAN BUND LEADER HEARD Fritz Kuhn Tells Dies Committee He Destroye d Mem her Lists Washington. Ang 14 - <U.R> — Fritz Kuhn, bespectacled leader of the German American Bund, told | the Dies committee today that he destroyed Bund membership lists a year ago because of rumors of an impending Investigation Kuhn was the first witness call ed by the committee at resumption 'of Its hearings into activities of Nazi and Fascist groups tn the United States. Replying to questions by Rhea Whitley, committee counsel. Kuhn declared he personally ordered all membership list* destroyed because "there were rumors in l taps per* that there was going to be I an investigation." He estimated Bund membership jat 20.000 but said there was a "sympathizer" group "three, four or five time* bigger ' than the 1 I Bund. Sympathizers. Kuhn de- : dared, pay the same due* as mem- ’ Iters $1 Initiation fee and 75 cents a month. Rep J. Parnell Thomas. R.. N. J. estimated Bund revenues at $900,000 a year, but Kuhn said all receipts did not go to national headquarters. Chairman Martin Dies. D. Tex., -ailed Kuhn Immediately after a brief sxerutive session preceding the open hearing. The session adopted two resolu tlona. one authorizing Dies to api point subcommittees and another that all hearing* be public except on specific authority of a majority of the committee. Committee counsel Rhea Whit- . ley questioned Kuhn about hl* birth and education. Kuhn, in response to questions, (CONTINUED <»N PAGE Six7~ 0 Conducts Lecture At Decatur Store Leo Degen, sales representative of the Simenons Bedding Company, conducted an Interesting lecture this morning at the Sprague Furniture store on the features of the Hlmmons mattress for the benefit of the store employes. Mr. Degen | also showed a motion picture on j Simons article*.

Increase Os Five I Cents Proposed In City's Tax Rate

REVISED WAGE SCHEDULE FOR WPA WORKERS Some Workers To Get Raise As High An 30 Percent Washington. Aug. 14 The works projects administration pub- . Ilshed a revised wage schedule for 2.2(10.(m» relief workers today that provided substantial increase* In southern and western state* and decreases in eastern states. The new wages will become effective September 1. The wage adjustment was ordered by congress in appropriating $1,477,000,000 for relief in 1940. It specifled that relief pay could not . vary In different sections in an amount greater than could be justified by differences in the cost of living The change increased the average nation-wide monthly WPA wage from $53 to $55 50 It was unofficially estimated this Increase would raise federal relief costs sso.ota>.ooo in the 10 months after the adjustment goes into effect, or force the tiring of from 80,000 to i 100.000 workers. It had been estimated the appropriation for the , current year would provide for an average employment of 2.000.000 . throughout the year. >1 WPA officials feared demonstrai lions in areas where wages were . lowered, similar to last month'* protest strike* against the 130- . hour month for skilled workers. . President David lamer of the Workers Alliance had warned that I protest* against the ne wpay scale will make the 130-hour month dem- ( onstration* “look like a tea party." Workers In the south benefftted most with increases ranging as high as 30 per cent. The lowest wage for unskilled workers in rural area* was increased from $24 to $31.20, and in some cases, to $35 | per month. In large southern | cities, the unskilled rate was raised from S4O to $44.80 and in some case, to $50.70. Workers in the . west, particularly in communities of less than 25.000 population, also benelitted substantially. The heaviest cut* were given workers In large eastern cities, especially those of over 100.000 popu- > latlon In some, the rate for certal ntypea of unskilled labor was lowered from $41.10 to $52. Most of the reduction* were for unskilled labor—constituting about 48 per cent of the total relief load. Skilled workers took some cut*, but for the most part they received increaaes. Decreases in Newark. N. J., were i typical. There the unskilled rate was reduced from $41.10 per month to $57 50 for ela»» A workers and to $52 for class "B". The revision classified unskilled worker* employed on inside jobs as “B.” Many worker* who formerly received das* "A" pay will now fall In the “B" classification. Skilled laborers in Newark will i (CONTINUED ON PAGE >lX> — -0 WILKINSON IS TAKEN TO PEN Warren Wilkinson Starts Serving Term At Michigan City Warren "Red" Wilkinson, local police character, started serving a two year sentence In the Indiana state prison today. Wilkinson was taken to the Michigan City prison this morning by loputy sheriff Leo Gillig. He was given the two year sentence last Saturday by Judge J. Fred Fruchte, after entering a plea of gdllty to a “harge of embezzlement. Sheriff Ed Miller assumed the of flee duties In the court house as well a* the jail today, during the absence of Deputy Gillig. Sheriff Miller expect* to take ' John Heistamd and Delbert De- • vison to the state reformatory at ■ Pendleton Thursday The iwo were ■ lentenved to serve one year each > by Judge FYuchte after they pleaded l guilty to a charge of grand larceny, i They were charged with vtripplnr i a car belonging to John Bok-a ofi I a battery, three wheels and tirsv.

Price Two Cents.

Budget For 1910 Higher And I*evy Estimated At 45c On $100; l-tilities Donate SIO,OOO. LIST WORK FUND The Decatnr civil city tag rsta for 1940 will be boosted to 45 cents on the sloo valuation, an Increase of Ove cents over the levy maintained for four years and agoln fixed for 1939. The proposed budget for 1940 was submitted to the city council in session last night and approved. The budget totals $48,350.24, according to a prollmlnary draft made by Vernon Aurand. clerktreasurer. This year's budget to taled $45,498. The 45-cent rate on the clty'g assessed valuation of $4,974,745. will produce approximately $22.39534. compared to $19,733. with the 40-cent levy this yedr. An appropriation of $5,000 for materiaels to support a WPA work program In Decatur next year is included In the budget. The appropriation for materials In the street department is reduced from $4,500 to $2,000. the WPA item being set up to provide materials for street and sewer work. No WPA projects are underway in the city at present and It is the Intention of the city administration to get approval of a work's project program in 1940. The appropriation for the Decatur school ald bonds I* included In the regular budget. Bond retirement is listed at $2,500 and Interest. $473.24. An additional appropriation of s4oo for one-half the salary of the city engineer is listed. Take SIO,OOO From Utility The budget I* compiled on th® , assumption that SIO,OOO will be donated by the municipal utility to the general fnnd. A similar amount I* being donated this year, the appropriation being made when tha budget was compiled a year ago. Other income included In the compilation of the income account is $3,200 from the liquor tax and $4,912 from the state gasoline tax. The donations from the utility will be $1,500 from the water department and $8,500 from the electric department. The same division ha* been made heretofore. Appropriation* Li*t*d The total* In the varion* appropriation fund* follow: mayor'* office. $940; clerk-treaaurer's office. 31.450; city attorney. $923; depart* ment of public safety. $7.9?0; Are department. $7,390; street department. $10,552: sewer department, $700; city hall. $1,850; health dep*rtment. $425; park department. $1,725; swimming pool. $885; city council. $550; miscellaneous Items, $4,190; WPA materials fund. $5.000: school aid bonds and Intereat. $3,173.24; engineering department. $425. In the mayor's office, clerk-treas-urer's and city attorney's office, the water and light utilities pay each public official an additional S4BO a year aa salary The salary ordinance was passed last year and the salaries flxed for four years. The budget will be published snd tlnsl determination will be taken by the council on or before Rep. ternber C. the Anal date set by law for approval The city budget la then referred to the county tax adjustment board for Anal action. Indiana To Follow Thanksgiving Change Indianapolis. Aug. 16 — (U.R) — Gov. M. Clifford Townsend announced today that he will follow ' the lead of President Roosevelt and Issue a proclamation fixing ttadate of the obaervance of Thanksgiving day one week earlier The governor Issued a short statement today, which said: “When national holidays are Involved. who ever the preaident may be, | Aml that the governors of the states should cooperate It shall be my policy to eatabliah Thanksgiving day Iti Indiana on the name day the president ' selects." - ■ TKMPERATURI RF.ADINGA I' DEMOCRAT THKRMOMtTffR 1 8:00 am... 79 2:00 p.m...97 10:00 am ..81 8:00 p.m..100 N00n92 • ——~ WEATHtR Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; slightly warmer In ‘I astrsm* north portion Thur*I d * y ' AJffilH