Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1941 — Page 1

XXXIX. N*. »2-

NAZIS THROW FULL POWER AT GREEKS

luge New Taxes Proposed To Pay Armament Costs

■nlan Os Treasury Program I'«r Iwa'i"!: Three Billion | Bn Xew Taxes. I I x VHOX S HIGH u-til 17 lITt i >i a to I'll !>•idiiu' . 't »t 11l ii \m mb d |^K t , i |K iioi.ii fi.i.ii |K All tha I 'bl' al ||t» .. un > iim.>u*h fav . A 1-IG-I.l!l<>tl Which , v . , :i . m|"U-ly i ' • ■ ■ • i n to in- ' on A r* "i 11 - ' .*• i' 'I . A I no* . HH- i .ii.- tin- i-.iiui' no* |Bh. Eu i ■H- -ii '.it- from four lo six HF • l ini * penurns. *■■■ . .i- flu week ' ■ mu m jin o' ’ 'r io :m percent. ' lliuliuf.li Hl el - .-V 'ii hi iii.my ’>■>■' it MB '!i.i< f.ii |M ‘ • ai nx i'll-' fl-, .i •■-■.'inn.it th.» July would Bv>*" Hi ||'i iuhi.oihi.ihiii |Ml' I 'liat two 'hi id|M by taxation m->» 'hint by burr .wing ‘ i ' I on iiin- fi .mi pi e f " "•>” coming fiscal »'■ "'I ii'.iuur a l.al |B lo 1... 1| .IM El. i.V PAGE lllllKE) IBVar Bulletins | Cl.ro, April 17 — (UP) — ■ source* nere predictI ■*<•' tonight that Greek troop* |M»'b evacuate alt territory f M*’’o.h they now hold in Alban |f j 3 Rome, April 17 —(UP)—A j| communique of the ital- || B”' 1 h, 9 h command claimed ter |j ■ right that Greek resistance on I ■ Alb,ni * ,ront •• collapsingII J Th * re P° rt by the if ■ •taban command claimed that | Batter bloody fighting the Ital- || Bun nth aemy had broken in j Bih* Albanian front and that a B“*he whole enemy front i« colI I Athens, April 17 — (UP) — I I ® ritl »h source* said tc«<;»M I ■ that the British defense line* I | Greece held at all point* I ■ Against furious German attack* I ■ but Greek newspapers said that J ■ the battle of Greece still was * I undecided and “one cannot exI ■ elude ail hope for amelioration | 1 o’ the situation”. I London. April 17 — (UP) — I Londoners came up fighting I | "W today after the heaviest | I "Mi air attack «f the war and | I chalked on the walls of their I | ‘battered building* furiou* de j I mands to “bomb Berlin to I I tt'ght. Show we can mur- > I . W * ,hl "» t8n ' *Pfl 17—(UP) I » eret,ry 01 n **y Knox I IT’ 1 11' 1 * committee today *”*: .. lht nivy d-lty .. I '• giving Great Britain war I ’"•terial from supplies now or I Mn * H « «*•«* not reveal the naI ’Me of the equipment.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Editor Slain » ~ I r John Arena I’ollim In I'lllcaxi) ar. puahhia the iliveatlpatlon into th<- xaiixlaiul style xlnylfiK of John Arena. 35. editor of a weekly Italian newspaper in that illy Arena wan shut to death an In- ialk.il with a yoioiu woman in an automobile parked at a North Hide street Interseef lon. MARYrOUSEIS WRECK VICTIM Hoagland High School Senior Is Killed In Auto Accident Funeral aqrvlcee for Miss Mary Louise Yoitse. IS. of Decatur, route one. who was fatally hurt in an auto collision about 7 o'clock last night, will In- held Saturday. Tentative plans Include a private service at the Ake Hr Son* funeral home in I’oe early Saturday afternoon. with a public service later at the Antioch church In Hoagland. The hour of the funeral had not b< ini decided late today. Miss Youse. who resides just north of the Adams-Allen county line on federal road 27, was en route to a reception at the Hoagland high school where she was a senior student- when the accident occurred immediately north of the Hessen Cassel church, seven miles south of Fort Wayne. Two other persims were Injured. Florence Brown. 25. of It. 11. No. 7. Fort Wayne. English and laitin instructor at the Hoagland school with whom Miss Youse was riding north, and John W Pitts. <3. of 24<ts Woodward avenue, the driver of the south-bound sedan which collided almost head-on with the teacher * car. Though thrown from his automobile as it hurtled down a 2tt-foot embankment. Pitts' only apparent Injury was a laceration about the •yea. Circumstance* of the aiddent ltd state and Imai authorities to order a sample of his blood for analysis. A witness of the accident reported to Sheriff Walter A. Felger that Pitts’ car swerved twice into the wrong latte of traffic before the a<(Cs)NTIWUBD OM PACIB SIX) —O — Major Bryce Thomas Moved To New York Major Bryce Thomas of this city has been transferred from Camp Knox. Ky.. to Pine Camp. N Y.. wfiieh Is located near Witertown. in the northeastern part of the state. Major and Mrs. Thomas were planning to move to Camp Knox and part of their household good* had already been (hipped there. They had a bouse rented near the camp. They -will now move to the eastern camp, which Is one of the large army posts in the country. Major Thoms* I* to report for duty next Monday. He is an officer in rhe artillery department and was called lo the service last December.

MAKE CHANGES IN DRAFT LIST Two Changes Are Announced In Men To la*ave Here Saturday Two changes In the list of tis men who will leave Adams i minty Saturday morning to enter selective service training were announced today by Miss Doris Nelson, draft board clerk. Chester John Hurke. number 4*ll and Norlu-rt William Diebolt. KI7. who wen- originally listed to leave with the Adams county contingent, will leave from other point*. Burke will leave for training from Jacksonville. Florida, where he now resides. while Dieboit, a former assistant live and ten-cent store manager here, will leave from Owosso. Michigan, to when he was transferred. Their places will be taken by Hay Elmer Bailey. 93ti. of Berne and Sherman Elwood Neuenschwander. 447. also of that town. Bailey is a volunteer and Neuettschwander sii tireil a re classification from 4E to I. A 11. The balance of the list Is tin changed and ail men in the number will report at k:3o o'clia k Saturday morning at the draft board oflk-c In the library building. They wilt leave at !» 15 o'clock by bus for Fort Wayne. Mor* Questionnaire* An additional 5d questionnaires were sent out by the board today to men. whose order numbers range from 1.151 to l.2mt. Following is th. list of men to whom questionnaires were sent, with order numbers preceding the names; 1151 Elmer 11. Belneke. 1152 Philip (lee tlreen. 117.3 Xystus Charles Meyer. 1154- Weldon Bit hard Stucky. 1155 Arlo Norris Poling. 115® Clifton Howard Amstutx. 1157 Eli M Si hwartz. 115 M John Thomas Parr. 1I5!» Keith Byers Banta. 1180 Wilbert Gustav Steele, lift! Rufus las> Bailey. 1182 Forest Arden Kenworthy. 1183 Charles Junior Brown. 1181 Herbert William Hawkins. 1185 Charles Anthony ttmlor. 1188 Howard Ernest Burris. I |M Eli OX i'A'.i: SEVEN) BETTY BURKE ELKS WINNER Wins $25 First Prize In National Defense Essay Contest The three winners In the comity contest sponsored by the Elk* lodge of Decatur, as part of the national contest conducted by the grand lodge, were announced today by Walter J- Bockman. chairman of the committee. The witrtiers are: Miss Betty Burke. 338 Line street. Iterator, first prize of $25. Miss Kathleen Foreman, 1210 W. Monro.- street, second prize of sls. Miss Ether Abnet, Jefferson high school. Berne, third prize of SH). Essays were written on "What l'n< le Sam Means to Me,” based on a composite picture of Uncle Sumshowing 14 point* of the resources and function* of the United State*. Many splendid entries were received from the high school students in the county. Students from Berne. Geneva. Ki-kland, Monroe. Jefferson. Monmouth and other parts of the county submitted excellent manuscripts, Mr. Bockman stated. The entry of Mis* Burke's will be sent to state headquarters, where It will he entered in the Indiana contest, each lodge submitting one winner from their respective county. The judges of the local CMlteat were Mrs. Leo Saylors. Mrs. Arthur R. Hollhoitse and Mr*. Carroll CONTINUED ON PAGE THHtCMI Promote Schurger To Rank Os Corporal Word lias been received here, telling of the promotion of Severin H. Schurger. one of Adams county's selective service trainees, to the rank of corporal. "Sev" I* a member of the Adam* county bar assoclathm and had opened hl* practice here shortly before leaving for service about a month ago.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Deratur, Indiana. Thursday, April 17, 1911.

Marjorie Miller Is Awarded Scholarship Miss Marjorie Miller, daughter of Mr*. David Adam* of this city sod a graduate of Decatur junior«enior higli si hiHil has Iwen nmn.il winner of a wholarship lo Indiana universlty. It was announced today by W. Guy Brown, Ik.-atur principal. Thi* Is the last of a dozen **9tolarshi|M awuidnl by the various i universities and college* of the state Mis* Kathryn Knapp was I previously announced a< a scholar-' *ti*t> winner. Miss Miller, who at present Is j attending the university, ha* been pledged to the Alpha Lambda Dalta. a fredMiian honor sorority COALSHORTAGE THREATENED BY STRIKE TIEOP Major Defense Industries Threatened By Acute Shortage (By United PraM) Little hope was held today for a quick resumption of soft coal mining, clouding an otherwise optimistic defense laluir picture. An acute coal shortage threatened ■ .-I anil th. "iher m <!"r defense industries as the work stoppage entered its 17th day. Some industries had only enough coal for a week more. Though the United Mine Workers of America It’IO) and northern operator* whose mine* pt mime 55 percent of the soft coal, had reached a tentative agreement, it appeared unlikely that any < oal would lie dug until a means was found of bringing southern operators into the proposed contract. The southern operators had withdrawn from the joint conference b< cause the union insisted <>n eliminating a 40-cent a day wage differential b.-tw.-.-ti northern and souihern mines. They want the entire dispute certified to the defense mediation board and charged that the agreement the northern operators and the union were signing. was "a deliberate framvup to keep our case from going before the mediation board.” The decrea*e in strike in defense Industries was noted by William S. Knudsen, director of the oilice of production management, in a speech in New York last night. He spoke of th. "epidemic of strikes In the past few months." and said strikes called to take advantage of the emergency were "criminal.'' At Washington the government moved to guard against increases In steel and iron price* following 10-cent hourly wage increases granted steel workers. Price control chief Leon Henderson ordered prices frozen at levels prevailing during the fltst quarter of 1341. Governmcuit economist* feared that if steel price* went up to cover higher wage*, other prices would follow, leading to "disastrous ill(CONTINUED ON PAGE KIGHT) BARGER JURORS ARE DISMISSED Jay Circuit Court Jury Fails To Agree In Will Contest Suit The jury in the Barger will trial, conducted In the Jay circuit court at Portland was discharged thi* morning when the members failed to agree on a decision. A report from Portland stated that Judge Byron Jenkins discharged the jurymen about I** o'clock this morning after they had been locked in their room since 4:30 p. m. Wednesday. The jurymen, who, in accordance with custom In the Jay court are provided with bed* while in their room, retired about 10 o’clock last night and then resumed deliberations at an early hour this morning. In the suit, Edward Arnold and John Barger, a* plaintiffs, sought to have the will of the late Samuel Barger voided and set aside, contending that it was a fraud and that , the purported signature* on the will of the decedent and two (CONTINUKD ON PAGE SIX)

UNION SELECTS NEW OFFICERS Weimer Harmon Is Elected President Os Local Union II Weimer Harmon McMillen E'>>d Mill employe, was elected preshleot I i.f Local 44. United Grain and ProI cessing Worker* of America, *( lt)> I in the first annual election of the I union members, held last night in i lb-n Hur hall. Mr. Harmon Ilves at Wren. Ohio and ha* lieen employed in the mill several years Other officers elecl.il ar.- Carl Mi B) ide. vice preiideiit; Uiwretire E Morrison, finaiicl.il secr»''.i>y. Jess Edgell. assistant; Lloyd DeBolt, recording secret;, ry Paul Sharp, t'liarh-* lto*-bti« k and lt.ilph II Nash, trustees; William Artz. *eri grant al arm*. The exe Clllive shop committee, of which Mr Harmon, by virtue of hl* | riffhe is ehali man is compoM-d of the following Gerald Schlickman, steward In the feed mill. K>l J. I Vian, steward in the solvent plant; Harold Kelly, steward. eX|>ell*r plait; Paul Myer*, elevator stewlard; Hurry Krick, maintenance , steward. Emanuel Kistler, steward . j of truckers. ■ j The officer* will l»- install.il at : the Hext meeting ill two Weeks. . Mr. Morrison stated. ■ laical 44 is the collective liargaln- ■ I Ing agency for the employes of the . M< Millen Feed Mill* and Central ■| Soya company and until last night. I temporary officers filled the |*»*ts. Presbyterian Men Tf> Hear Dr. Hutchinson I Th., men'* fellonvshlp of the local Pre*l>yterian Huireh will meet tomorrow night for the regular iiHinthly dinner and program Dr. I> It Hutchin*on. pastor of the ll.int iiigton church and moderator ‘ i of tin Fori Wayne |rre*l»ytery. ha* been invited to address the men. ‘ i Dr. Hutctiinson will speak to the i men mi the «übjei i. Some Thinffi ’■Presbyterian" Tile dinner will be propured by the ladle* of the ' ohun h and wil lie- served promptly 1 at 6.30 o'clock. FILES PROTEST : AGAINST WILL I » Protest Filed Aaginst Probating Will Os Willard Steele Attorney Nathan C Nelson late thi* afternoon filed In Adams cir- ' cult court an objection io the pro--1 bating of a will of the late Willard Steele. The objection cites that J Ell Willard Steelo died April 15 and ' left surviving his brother. John Ii ' Steeb*; his sister, Emma Koos; grandnephews. Clarence ami Paul i Spuller: grandniece. Dorothy ElchI enaur. and the two petitioner* ’ whom Mr. Nelson represent*. Jesse A. Schwartz and Nina .M Light. The objection "aver* that a pretended w ill is about to lie presented for probate . . . and assumes to dispose <if all decedent's eSlate I > Jacob Kipfer. Emma Kimis. John D. i|.Sli-i-|e ami iliff.-ient churches." The objection sets out that “the petitioners say the instrument is not the last will and testament of ’ the deceased" and llsfs three objections. namely that the decedent was "of unsound mind at the time of execution.'' that the purported will was "unduly executed." and "executed under duress." Money To Churches 1 The will, which was presented to the clerk later by Attorney Earl It Adams, was held In abeyance. The I will provided first for the jHiyment of debts and expenses; secondly, gave to sister. Emma Kikii. and employe, Jacoh Kipfer, sl.mio each ■ and to brother. Dayton. S2.UIM); $2.1)00 each lo the 12 churches in Hie city; s2.**oo to the Decatur (CONTINUBD <>N PAGE HIX) Divorce Suit In Filed In Court Marcia Stetler ,of Fornax street ha* filed suit for divorce in Adams circuit court from Moran Stefler. charging cruel and Inhuman treatment She ask* custody of a threemonlhs-okl child. Judy Kay. I Vincent Kelley |« plaintiffs atlor ney.

Germans Seeking Foothold In Greek Railroads; London Is Victim Os Terrific Attacks

FILM MAGNATE IS CONVICTED Joseph Schenck Found Guilty Os Evading Income Taxes New York. Aptll 17 <U.R- -lo*” rph M Ncbenck. the movie <-x.'. u live who coni, tid.il that the costs <>f operating his $1 •»«>••'») yacht.] maintaining a« trc»*<-« in l.ivi«h apartments and buying his friend*' lunches were "necessary bn*im-»s . xfH-n*e«" was found guilty early today of federal Income lax viola I i ions. He i* liable to a maximum sent.nee of 10 year* Inrpi honm. ni and I a *2" 'mhi fine. The |MH»r ItuiiNlun fmkrant ixiy ($f K y».irM sro w.im found Kiiih> of havifiK ••vasi»*d more than |2-*»n ♦hmi in i.ixt'M for the year* 1935 and Ifi.U A Jury, reporting at 2 3° a. in after 2'J hours <h*lilM*rati«sn. found I him irulhy of two of the four eountu i charged. Ho wa* acquitted of i t vaMioiiM hi 1937. and of a charge 14»f < oii*|>ir:i«*y to ••rad** tage*. A IsiHh'fendant. Joseph II Mo*kowltg. I I dewrribwl $• a “SI.tMMI aw» s*k l>ook keeper’' for the Tw» n!h , ’li t’etPUryi I F’4»x Film corporation. of which Si li'ii' k Im 4 hainiian of the board. I was found guilty of complicity In | the I91t» evasion and *•» acquitted | <iti th«* other <*oiihim. i They will be gentenred April 21 .by Judge (Iroter <’ tno relation to jibe ds*f«'iidat»O .Mosoowhi. ! Another Indictment, still out- | st. Hiding < <mialn in . .iiin) of per- | jury and churg. Schmick with I having mad.' f it*. - statement* lo a l.'d' al agent who questioned him I about all alleged payment of $IIM). t.iMi to Willie Bioff, western representative of th. Interimtloiml Alli I .nice of Theatrical Stage Employ.-* and Moving Picture ilpi-i itors |iAFI.i Bluff, who recently com-pil-ted ill old M lltelll.' for pander tug in I'hii.igo was charged with having failed to pay taxi* on Alon,mm allegedly given hint by I I Si h< tick Schenck. Moskowitz and about lol) speet.llors were pl'e-ellt when tin- verdict w.c* annmiiii.d Neithei defendant would make a statement. Neither allowed 111.- least .-motion. The government contended that Schem k. former husband of Norma Talmadge. reported an Inioiiie of sl.oo7.Bi'fi and paid taxes of s3l» 147 for the years I'l't.'. and l‘C!i> anil I that In- should have repot ted an Income of $1,317,621 and paid $563>3» taxes Evidence at the trial showed that ] Schenck had listed such items as. s|t),noo maintenance of Ids yacht; a liil'iellt lunch he bought Dotis Duke, toliai co In-in - hotel, apart merit and automobile bills for j Grace I’oggi, night dub dancer I anil flowers he <nt Shirley Temple. Simone Simon and his director. Darryl Zainii k. as "business < x pelisi-s." TO INITIATE CLASS FRIDAY Moose Lodge To Hold Special Initiation For Candidates A das* of 3D candidate* will lie Initiated Friday night at a special meeting of Adazn* lodge 1111, Loyal Order of Moose. All memlwr* are urged lo attend and to liring their respective candidates for the Initiatory work, which will lie conferred by the local degree team The meeting will start promptly at 8 o'cliM-k and meiiitiers are asked to note the i-hange In time. Meetings were begun at 8:30 o'clock during the Lenten season. All future meeting* will begin at 8 p. mFollowing the lodge meeting and initiatory work Friday night, a free fish fry will lie held in the lodge dining room*, Heber Feasel, lodge governor, announced.

Lend-Lease Chief K-‘ ii\ nI v» i RX X-_ H \’ xK [f ”Jr WK i Harry L Hopkins I ('line friend and confidant of ■ Presid. nt lt.Hi*i-ve|t for many I years. Harry 1. Hopkins, above.' ■ former I*. S secretary of com merer, has lieen officially lei og | IliZell as "Stlpl'l VisOl ' of the vast , lend lease program He will n J ,11 l ive no salary. WILL IMPROVE HIGHWAY 224 Strip From State Line East To Be Improved This t ear 11 . Twenty y. ai* ago. men from i I every town and city on what I* i now route 224. held iiumei.ius| 1 1 meeting* advocating the pav.-ment i ‘ i id the highway, known a* B. njatnii. , I Franklin road and extending fr.-m i I Atlantic City to San Francisco I Plans were made to have the route | mad. a put of the state syst.-m ini I rm h slate ami Were sm ccssful Ini' ! I improvement was 'polled tnd slow I In Indiana, the entire strip w,. completed but year whim the io,.d’ from .Markle to Kingsland wa*i built. Now th.- Idg dream *o f.ii a Oh ■' and Indiana Is to lie. .mi<- a reality ' with the paving of tiie ii 2 mil. * j , | just i-ast from tli‘ Indiana Ohio J Hili'. It is estlmat. il tin proj.'i will < cost ihe slate us (lino s2*ui ihiu .mil ‘ bld* will Ih- ne. ived shortly, it I has iici'tr antioiin. ed. a- simiu a* the | plans tan lie blur prililid about i July I II is i xp. . t.il to In- com J I plelcd till* year Th.- lx mile* from thi* i i'y to! I tin- state,iin. wa* improved with] I concrete lung ago and thi- will! I colt fleet witli tn< new road, pro ] vidilig pavi’ineiii liolll Van W.'l't through till* city to Huiitiiicioii j Min h credit (or the improvement I goes In Jidm II Williamson of: Findlay, who has woik.d consist imtly and often against odd- to a. <'olll|dl*h this p.-tfi'clioP of th. ' Benjamin Franklin highway Mrs. John Wiison In Critical Condition Mr* John Wlb*on of Avilla, formerly <»f thi- city and Payne. Ohio, is critically ill in the Garrett hospital. Little lliqi.' i* extended for her rmiri-ry. Mrs Wilson Is a sister of Mrs. Charlr* ("Itristeti of thi* city and llv.il here until the family mov.il to Payne, where Mr. Wilson conducted a Imkery. o— —— DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER •:00 e. m- 50 10:00 e. m. . 54 Noon .. 62 2:00 p. m. 74 3:00 p. m. 76 WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; shower* in northwest and extreme west portion* Friday afternoon and night; *omewliat warmer tonight and in extreme north portion Friday.

Price Two Cents.

Londoners Report 1.a4 Niuhfs Attack Most Severe Os War From Nazi Airmen. DESTROY CONVOY By I tilted Pie** British and Greek troop* haminert'd today at a German panzer I thiu«t in midGreeie while the great city of lamdon dug Itself out I after an eight hour Nazi air attack, I tlie win st of the war. Allinl and German tr.mps ap- ' m ariil to lie 111 action along most Inf the Greek front hut the main | battle waged just north of KataI liaka in the region of Grevetia I where tlie Geiinan* v.'ie attemptI ing to get a foot hold on the main [Greek railroads .mil highways leading to Albi n* Both British ami Greek report* indicated that the Germans, having | redili ed Jugoslav operalums to the mop-up stage, now are throwing I ihelr full power against the Grec*e ! British defense Kalaliaka Is I*s miles northwest I us Athens out it is the head of an I extensive network of railroad* I which cover* central and southern tit*-.'*-.'. Tlie German* were making two 1 other important thrust* in addition I io that ill central Greece. One Wa* i all attack southward not far from 1 a. Gulf of Salonika Thi* column, i Berlin claimed, has captured SerI vi.; 17 mile* northwest of Mount . uiympu*. . This eastern column is heading I tor Larisa, eastern hinge of th** present Anglo-Greek line. Thern j ha* li. en no ■ onfii mat lon of reJ ports tha' Geiman ti'iMrp* liave broken throiigh si.uth of Mount I Olympus. However, ■ oinmunhaI Gon* la tweeti Athens and tlie front in Tin **aly w.ie believed to have ' >s- ii i li. .ivy mid. 1 Gei. i man div. biiinl.i-i attack* which | ii<- *.< king to *p..-ad confusion Iraik of the fighting litre* To th.- west the Germans ami | Italian* were pounding down I llltou. il Albania ami a. the I Grei-k I'OllG. :• loWard K i - 'ol la. 30 i mill's southeast id Corizza. The ItaloG. nnaii prugrex* through Albanl.i wa- speeded by II- 1.. t thaf G eek ' m.p Il l.| to j Ii- pulled back from thi* front heI call'.- of tlie hi. at Gin they w.rtlld ' ii*- flanked l.y th*' Nazi ilrrust iliroii.'lr Bitolj gap Phlmina and Farther south on th- eastern secI 'or of th. fioi, it wa* expected that German op. nt tons -tiurlly ! would lie moving owa d l-iailllihll, ! Un- • asi. in hi; of lh< mldGlcek I defense system . Th. pie-. nt Gm it appeared. ,* | the V just m.. "h ol Kalal.aka when* ♦ the G.'i'inan- li.n- |i a.t rtid t> 1 'll- : ' at. .' depth ill G '.ee.. -- H'..\ I IM f t. «»X I'AiH? SHVI.NI DISTRIBUTION IS ANNOUNCED Auditor Announces Distribution Os Intangible Tax Fund —— The distribution of th.- nt luglbl.v tax received from Hie -tale earlier ill the week to the various laxlni; unit* of the county was aniiuiim .*1 today by auditor Victor II Eli 11 r. A total of $4.329 34 was tll*lrloui* cd. based on a valuation of slti.< 028,731. Following Is the list of taxing unit* and the amount wiricji each received: I'nion ■ .$ 163 31 Root _. 342.6* Pr ide 177 ufl Kirkland 172 43 Washington 265.41 Nt Mary's 146 .0 Blue t'leek 111. >4 Monroe . . ... 376.83 French . .. 182 16 Hartford ... 176.3 S Wabash . 25i 75 Jefferson .... . . 16008 Bell.. . 315.4 S Decatur 68.169 County revonue