Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1941 — Page 1

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NDIANA ASSEMBLY OVERRIDES VETO

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GROSS INCOME TAX REPEALER IS SUBMITTED Repeal Measure Proposes Three Percent Sales Tax For Indiana , Indianapolis. Ind.. Feb 7— (I’Pi ! A bill proposing a three percent j sales tai and repeal of the gross 1 Income tag law waa Introduced In i the house of representatives today •by Rep James It Crawley. R., Greensburg The sales tag would be applied to all - tangible" goods except groceries. motor fuel and article* already subject to state excise ta*. ' Crawley's hill also would repeal the IM7 act providing "for llcensIng. registration and fees by owner* of motor vehicles" in order that readjustment might tie mad*. Crawley said the bill automatically would provide for t elease of ’ retail merchants from the present i "Inequalities of the gross income tat and would result In a reducI Hon of the stale real estate levy Two Republican leaders. Rep. Roy J Harrison. Attica, and Rep Hobart Creighton. Warsaw. Immediately labeled Crawley'* bill a* a solutwa Cui Use stole I mud prob ' lem 1 Democrats indicated they would oppose passage of a sale* ta*. Court Test Looms Indianapolis. Feb. 7 — tl'Pi — Democratic leader* said today the 1 first supreme court test of the ma--1 jorlty decentralisation program procmNTtNHCti OR PAGE MIX) SIXTOLEAVE FORTRAINING I ! Six Adams County Young Men Iseave For Army Service Feb. 26 Hit men Adams county's third , quota toward the selective serving . training program of the stale will leave February 24 for Fort Benjamin Harrison. They ar*: Paul Gllpen Neldlgh. Charles Russell Wagner. Marlon Bryan Burke. James Theodore Schell. Leonard K. Roth and Robert Mat Strickler. Theae men will leave on the 9 25 a. m bus on that date. Hi accordance with Instructions from Foil Benjamin Harrison Notice lo order th* men to report was received by the draft board this morning Mias Doris Nelson, draft board clerk stated 1 811 men are Hated a* "replacement*'' In event any <»f the quota are rejected. On this replacement list are: John Anderson Jotte*. I Severin Herbert Bchurger. Wendell Smith Sheehan. James An thoay Mcßride. Paul George Krick and Jerome Anthony flrotbause. At present, there are Cl men In class l-A. Miss Nelson stated No additional questionnaires ar* espected to be mailed out very soon, she stated, since the draft board believes that It has an ample list of l-A men. those available for ICONTfNUBD ON PAOB «IX» Rotarians Hold Weekly Meeting Oscar Unkenau presented an Interesting and Instructive paper on "Fellowship and Servk* In Rotary," at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club, held Thursday *vt=lng at the K. of P. homo The club will attend the annual Boy Scout banquet neit Thursday •v*nlng. at o’clock, al the Decatur junlor-aenlor high schoo) Th* club also voted to suspend the regu- ■ tar meeting Thursday. February 70. to attend the annual Decatur Cbambar of Commerce banquet, which will he held at the Masonic hall Tuesday. February IS.

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Just released by British source*, this picture I* . the first original to reach the United State* of the I fall of Bardla. Italian stronghold In Libya, Afrte-a I

SUGAR CONTENT BREAKS RECORD Final Figures Show All Record* Broken At Central Sugar Co. The average sugar content extracted from beet* delivered to th* Central Sugar Company last year exceeded all prrvtwa* reeweda wad wa* one of the highest In the eastern territory, final figures from the 194« campaign show Th, sugar content waa 17 M per-1 ceat H. W M< Millen, president of the < ompany. announced In the an-1 nual report to beet growers In 1939 the sugar content wa* 14 * percent The highest content j in the last flve years prior to I*4o. was in 1*39 when it figured 1*99 percent. For IM7 It was 14 3 and In I*3* It figured 15.4 percent. Although the harvest last year was not a* targe a* In fagm«-r year*, the beet* matured with a larger content and due to etß) lent extraction method* In the plant, the amount of sugar made from Do.oeo ton* waa approximately a* mu< h as the ye-r before when the crop totaled 103,000 ton*. The company and beet grower* expressed great satisfaction over the 1940 result* Futures In the report to the grower* show that 99.44? ton*, clean weight, of beet* were sliced. Sugar packed totaled 301.441 one hundred pound bags Pulp packed totaled 5.29” tons. (CONTINUED ON FA’tE FIVE?" HOOSIER PRESS MEETING OPENS — Eighth Annual Convention Opens At Indianapolis Today Indianapolis. Feb. 7— <UJO — Indiana's publishers and newspapermen convene in IndlanapalU today for the eighth annual convention of the Hoosier State Pres* association, while Republican editor* of the slate follow salt tomorrow for the .<3rd annual meet Ing of the Republican Editorial association. The Houslwr press convention. * two-day reunion, will headquarter git the Lincoln hotel and open today with th* annual message of the preaident. at pr<**«nt J. Frank Me Dertnond. Jr.. Attica. Following an afternon newspaper seminar, members will gather for the convention banquet at which the keynote spedler will be Mark Ethridge, vice-president and business manager of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Time*. The banquet program also includes awarding of cup*, plaques ■nd certificate* In competitive events sponsored by the association Tomorrow morning the Indian* Weekly Press association will lake over while publishers ot dally ICONtTnUMp" ON PAU* FIVk))

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Decatur, Indiana. Friday, February 7, 1911.

George Chronister Will Is Prohated The will of the late George ! Chronister was probated and placed ' on record In the Adams circuit court Thursday. The will provided, that after the payment of all debt. . . and expense*, the real estate goe* '■ i to the widow. Rhoda, as well as all ; Interest from bond*. *25 per month and *loo per year from the principal ot the bond*. Tbe balance ot ■ i the aetata wa* willed to the three : children, (hare and char* alike. GOOD FELLOWS CLUD REPORTS Complete Report On Christmas Cheer Club In Announced Today Th.- complete report of the Good Fellow* club, local organisation spon»ored by Delta Theta Tau sorority for distribution of Christ ma* bashets dailng the holiday seaxon. waa announced today by * the sorority. The total amount donated wa* . *449 72. with the total expended for j food, clothing and toy* was *447 97 j Seventy-two families and 239 children were on the Hat aided by the Good Fellow* club at the last holiday season Tbe club also distributed 39 baskets of groterlea. mostly to old people who have no one to remember them at Christ-1 ma* time The complete list of articles distributed I* ** follow*: 47 pairs ot shoe*. *7* 13; 31! pair* of Mock hig* and so*. *44.11; 76 dresses. I*4o 31; 29 sweater*. *21.37; I*2 i pair* of underwear, *62.94; 65 i pair* ot panta and overall*. *55 24; | j 7#H yards of materials. *14.23; 14 . pairs of glove*. *5 50; 16 pair* cf ! j pajamas. *4; 34 shirts. *2O 9*; 40 Item* of baby clothing. ,14.11; 5 cap*. *1.47. 20 books and game*. ,13.52; 94 mlacellaneotis toys. ,13 *7; 240 candy treat*. '|2002; groceries (meat, etc., for baskets) ,37 46; total. *447 07. All canned goods for-the baskets were donated by the Tri Kappa sorority a* received at the benefit ■how at the Adams theater. Amount* donated aiaee the last report and not previously listed are as follows: Centra! Sugar com pany employes. ,16: Good Fellow. ,1; Lulu Gerber. ,1; Good Fellow. *1; John Halterman. *k; Charlene Maier. *1: friend. 10 cents; Good Fellow. ,150; ton of coal from Burk Elevator; total donated. *44,71 The Delta Theta Tau sorority expressed Ita appreciation to all who donated and all those who helped make the Good Fellow* club a success. AsseNNors Meeting At Fort W«yne Today Ernest Worthman. county assessor. and Victor H Eicher, county auditor, headed a delegation of trttetee* and assessor*, with their deputies, who were in a:tendance ■t the state tax board meeting In the Allen county court bouse at Fort Wayne today.

British troop*, rifle* ready for action, rush Into a street of the town. Itardla was under siege for weeks.

COLD AND SNOW ‘ VISIT DECATUR Colder Weather In I-ateat Forecast For This Vicinity The weatherman did hl* best today to live up lo a promise of ' colder, more wlntry-llke weafhei a* ' he threw a cold and snowy wind : against th* city and community At * a. m. the Dally Democrat I thermometer registered 22 above and by noon had failed to hold It* own. slipping to 21 above Meanwhile. Intermittent snow flurries and sunshine w*re exper i lenced with Old Hol evidently giving up the struggle shortly .liter j noon The light snow flurries added to the biting sting of a raw wind and made walking uncomfortable most of the day The prophesy of a c-dd wave made early this morning by weathermen seemed about to be fulfilled late thl* afternoon. -■—— -oRev. Lozier Speaks At Chapel Program — Rev George H. Ixitler. pastor of i the First Evangelical church of this city, presented an intere.tlng address. "Why are we here?" at the regular chapel program this mornI Ing at the Decatur Jun.or-senlor I high M-hool W. Guy Brown, prtn- ; cipal. war. In charge of the proCram. SUIT IS FILED AHER ACCIDENT Lawrence Morgan. Jr. Files SSOO Suit Against Anthony Teeple Lawrence Morgan. Jr.. Monrow filling station manager and attendant has filed suit in Adam* circuit court for ,sho damage*, naming Anthony Teeple a* defendant The suit was filed as reeult of an auto accident, which occurred one mile west of Middlebury. Ohio on federal road 7.24 December 26. 1940 The suit avers that eight month* prior to the wreck, the plaintiff had undergone an operation for tbe removal of a tumor from bl* spins and that prior to the collision, the Incision had closed and ceased to drain. It charges that the force of the Impact caused the incision to reopen and bleed profusely; that a* a result it will require two months to heal, that he will be unable to earn hl* *llO per month during the time: that he will have to pay out about ,300 for labor, and that be was forced to undergo added expense for medical treatment. The suit charge* negligence, carelessness and ret klessness on tbe part of the defendant and ask* ,600 a* payment for damage* Hubert R. Mcf'lenaban Is plaintiff's attorney.

Governor, In Veto Message Warns Legislators Repealer Will Bring Chaos To State

BOMBERCRASH KILLING EIGHT TO BE PROBED Hints Os Sabotage Heard In Crash Os Army Flying Fortress UlVeliek NeV Feb 7 'U.FI ~ An army board <>t Inquiry »eek» I to determine today why » Hying ' fortreas. loaded with secret equip- | meat, crashed and riploded on Ragged Top mountain, killing Ita I eight occupant* There waa an unoffla lai augges- ’ tkm of «abota*e The accident sis the ninth fatal i one Involving an army or navy I plane since the first of the year. The toll; 21 army fliers killed. 12 aavy flier* killed |t occurred yesterday. on the same day a Canadian air liner crashed nesr Armstrong. Ont killing 12. An army flier was killed near New York City, bringing the day * airplane accident toll to 21 Ilves A civilian employe at McClellan Field. Sacramento. Cal., from which the tour motored bomber took off yeeterday morning for Lowry Field. Denver, reported that the wing* and allenm* of plane* in repair *hop« had l»ern slaahrd Army offlctals wouldn't cowflrm or deny Nevertbelesa. eitraordlnary precautions were taken Officer* ringed the eared wreckage and would not let spec tator* approach nearer than IM) yard* I'ndertaker* went tor the bodies and were not allowed to toui h any of the wrecktCONTINCKIi OH FAGK FOUR, BIOS RECEIVED ONPLANTWOBK City Council May Award Contracts For Work Monday Night Awarding of contracts for the motor controller and ststloi: wiring with miscellaneous equipment the last in the approximate half million dollar Improvement at the Decatur municipal plant will likely be done Monday night in a special session of the city. Bld* on the two contracts, received Thursday afternoon, are now being tabulated and sludied by the board and consulting engineer* Froc-llsh and Emery of Toledo. Ohio. Seven bld* were received on contract No. Id. for the motor controller with Schlatter Hardware Co. Inc., the low bidder on their base bld of 12.4M.81. plus an addl tton of 225 per day for a supervisor. Other bids: P H Arnold Co hie.. 22.754. Fred Morri*. 12523. Westinghouse Electric 4k Mfg. Co. 12.R 22. Romanoff Electric Co . 12.*3* V. M Nussbaum & Co.. 23.84<i. General Electric Co- 13.MM.1* The bld of the V. M Nussbaum Co., bf 124.0 M on the station wiring and miscellaneous equipment, wa* low. Others; P. It Arnold Co.. 124. SIS. Romanoff Electric Co., 124.740; Fred Morri*. *24 47110. Preeter Electric Co.. *2d.MO; Went* Electric Co.. *32497. A combination bid for both contract* number 14 and 17. of *27 • BS4 was also submitted by the V. M Nussbaum Co. This wa* the only combination bld submitted. Two Aged Women Are Accident Victims Fort Wayne. Ind . Feb. 7- (I’PI — Mrs. Emma A. Langur. 7», wa* fatally injured last night when she was struck by an automobile She wa* the slitb traffic victim in Fort Wayne since Jan. 1. Huntington. Ind.. Fob. 7—(UP)— Mr*. Frank Corbin, 70. wa* killed Instantly when the automobile In which >he waa riding rolled down an embankment near here

HOUSE DEFEATS AMENDMENT TO ALL OUT BILL Amendment To Exclude Soviet Russia From Aid Beaten In House 1 . Washington. Feb 7 ’UP' i The house today defeated an i amendment lo evltld* Soviet RusI sla from receiving American aid i under the British aid program jailer administration leader* had I warned that the proponed a<'tlon ' would drive Russia Into the alls I orbit. The amendment waa defeated by ’a vote of l*B to 94 Earlier, the bouse approved by unanimous voice vole a foreign affair* committee amendment to the bill stating that none of It* provisions shall alter the neutrality act ban on sending American merchant ships Into war lone* deßlgnated by the preaident Speaker Sam Rayburn. D. Teias. ■aid t<slay that house Democratic leader* would fight against any farther change* In the British aid bill, for amendment* approved by the foreign affair* committee This Indicated that the leadership would op|«>s,- the proposal of ■ Rep A me* W Wadsworth. It New York, to place a *7 lUHI.Mm IMHI celling on the British aid program The Republican minority headed by Rep Hamilton Fish. K . N. Y . seeks a *2.000 iMOMh) limit, although It was rejected Mice yesterday. 2nd to 145 when offered in the farm of a substitute bill by Rep Karl E Mundt. R S D After the spending limit fight, leaders espected a down-hill coast to passage- Chairman Hol Hhsim. D. N Y.. of the house foreign affair* committee thought passage might come this afternoon: Fish thought It would Im- as late a* 9 | or 10 P m . others believed It would be delay<*d until tomorrow Opponent* of the bill in th,- senate. where debate may begin next week, have decided to make one of their major fight* on the provision authorising repair of belligerent warships In American port*. Hen Bennett (' Clark D. Mo. an opposition leader, said he would seek to strike out that section. The senate foreign relations committee begat) it* last two days | of opposition testimony with Alf M. Landon. 1*34 Republican presidential candidate, scheduled to rmwTDnrwn nw pagf MX) STRIKERS SEEK HIGHER WAGES Four Strikes In Progress At Planta On Defense Production (By United Press) Four strikes were fn progress today at plant* holding national defense contract*. Workers at three other plants had authorised walkouts. Increased wage* were demanded by workers in most of the disputes and tn some there also was a demand for union recognition. One threatened walkout resulted from an accusation of "unfair discharge” of union members. However, ai Washington Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said strikes in defense industries had hampered production very little compared with the delay they caused ’luring the world war. He said the delays at present were less than had been el pec ted under the law of averages Stimson paid tribute to the efforts of Sidney Hillman, associate director of the office of production management. This wa* the labor situation In brief: Barberton. O.: The United RubON PAGE FOUR)

Price Two Cento.

1 Republicans. In Strict Party Vote, Override Veto In Both Ixtwer House And Senate. EFFEC TIVE MAY I Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7 tl'P) Indiana's legislature today passed over Governor Ht hrk-ker's veto the hill repealing the McNutt reorganisation act of 1931 a short time after the governin' appeared before the house and pleaded that “to tear down the entire framework of state government without first substituting a constitutional and workable plan to replace It can only result In chaos and confusion.” The governor barely finished his veto message when the house, by a strict party line vote of *1 to 39. passed the measure over his veto. Within the hour, the senate followed suit. 29 to 17. along strictly, party lines. The repealer I* effective May 1. I*4l, and a Republican majority expects to have a new form of state government set up by that time. Shortly after the legislature rejected Hhrlcker's veto, a special source in the governor's office quoted him a* saying the GUP action in immediately repassing the hill .1 virtually eliminated all Im>p« for a compromise lietwern the major* ity and the Democratic minority. The measure he vetoed would re. f peal the McNutt governmental reorganisation art of 1933 which I established the present structure of stat* government and gave the gov- , ernor broad patronage power. Gov. Hchrlcker announced be would appear before the senate this afternoon to veto the second "ripper" bill, one to abolish the present state ia,ard of tax commissioner* and create the Indiana tax board of three members appointed by the governor, treasurer and auditor. The governor said there ws« no' constitutional objection to the McNutt repealer and "were It the sole function and purpose of this bill to remove the objectionable teaI turea of the act which it repealed. I would welcome the opportunity to improve It “In so far a* the reorganisation act gave to the governor In practical effect authority t? appoint deputies, assistant* and employe* of other elected officials of the state government not directly under the chief exei-utive. it should be amended or a new act removing : this authority substituted in It* place " S’-hrlcker pointed out that at* though the existing law gave him the right until .May 1. 1941. to uppoint such slate employer, “he ha* ICONTIWI’KI) ON PAGB SIX) <> 111 '■ To Inspect Local Eastern Star Chapter Mr*. Nelle Johnson of Pe: rysville, worthy grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star In Indiana, will 1m» a special guest of the local order Thursday evening when she arrive* | in this city to Inspect the chapter. A number of other granu officer* and especial guests will Im present At 4 p. m. the annual banquet will be served followed with the meeting and initiation ot candidate* at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Bernice Nelson, present worthy matron and Russell Owens, present worthy par. ron. will hav* charge of the meet. Ing. Appointment* at the banquet will employ the Valentine motif and the following women comprl te the dec. oratlnc committee. Mis. W. Guy Brown. Mr*. Rus«<'l Owens aud Mr*. John T Myers. - -o— — - TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER • :00 a. m 22 10:00 a. m. 22 Noon 21 2:00 p. m. 22 2:00 p. m 23 WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday! little change in temperature. .