The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

a SEYMOUR DAILY TRIBUNE scattered thundershowers toNEWSPAPER FOR Weather: Partly cloudy with THE WHOLE FAMILY night: Wednesday fair. VOLUME LIX. NO. 186. SEYMOUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1941.

PRICE THREE CENTS. SENATE CONSIDERING NG HUGE DEFENSE TAX BILL COMMISSIONERS APPROVE BUDGET General Fund Levy Expected to Be About Five Cents Higher Than This Year, FAIR BOARD ASKS FOR $4,000 Commissioners Approve Amount For New Buildings- -Abandoned State Highways Up. for Jackson county was apThe 1942 general fund budget proved by members of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, meeting in regular monthly session in the commissioners room in the county courthouse at Brownstown Monday. The general fund levy, which is twenty- eight cents this year, is expected to be between thirty-two and thirtyfive cents for 1942, as a result of the proposed budget. The increase is due largely to the sum of $10,000 added to the budget provide for election expense in 1942 and to an item of $4,000 asked by the Jackson County Fair.

Board for the erection of new buildings on the county fairgrounds southeast of Brownstown. The proposed $4,000 for, the county fair buildings was approved by county commissioners but must be approved by the county council to which it will be submitted on September 2 and if approved there, must then get the approval of the state board. It in. understood the fair board plans to erect three buildings, including stock building and an industrial building. The $10,000 election expense item will add approximately five cents to the levy for next year.

The general fund levy includes county expense, courthouse, jail, poor farm, hospital and county highway. It will be considered with other divisions of the pro(Continued on page 6, column 6) COUNCIL TO CONSIDER STREET PAY INCREASE Petition Previously Presented to Works Board Expected to Be Considered. A wage increase for the city street force is expected to I be considered at the regular semimonthly meeting of the Seymour city council which will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight. in the council chamber at the city building. A petition asking for the increase, signed by eight members of the force and two city street sweepers, was presented at a recent meeting of the city board of publie works and safety and was referred to the couneil meeting The petition stated do not want to infer that we are dissatisfied with our work in any manner" but that due to increased living costs, the workmen feel they are entitled to an increase above the present hourly rate of thirty-seven and onehalf cents which they are receiving.

The 1942 budget may be discussed to some extent by council members but the budget is not expected to be presented before the next regular meeting on August 19. NORTH VERNON MAN Admitted to Schneck Memorial Hospital July 17. Daniel Scheffe, age seventyfive, Madison Avenue, North Vernon, died "at Schneck Memorial Hospital Monday night at 6:35 o' elock. Death was due to a complication of diseases. He had heen admitted to the local hospital July 17 for treatment.

Arrangements for the funeral service have not been learned here. Friends may contact the Dowd Funeral Home in North Vernon for the time of the service. NEW ASSISTANT MANAGER D. L. Erb, of Peru, Takes Over Duties at Penney Store.

Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Erb, of Peru, Indiana, have moved 1 to Seymour, and will make, their residence in a new bungalow at the corner of Blish and 1 Seventh streets, Mr.

Erb is connected with the C. Penney Company here as assistant store manager, position formerly held in the company's store at Peru. An experienced merchandising man, Mr. Erb will be a valuable addition to the staff of the local store, BAUMGART FINED IN J. P.

COURT Proprietor of Hi-Hat Pays Slot Machine Fine- Charges In Circuit Court. NAVE OUT ON BOND Charged in Jackson Circuit Court with possession and sale of intoxicating liquor without a permit, William Baumgart, pro-1 prietor of The Hi- Hat, roadside establishment on old Alternate U. S. Road 31 north of the city, which was -one of two places raided and closed Saturday night by state excise officers, state police and sheriff's officers, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of possession of a slot machine Monday night. Baungart was arraigned on the slot machine, charge before John Russell, Brownstown justice of peace, and was fined $25 and amounting to $35.50, which he paid.

He is at liberty under a cash bond of $500 which he posted following his arrest Saturday night pending disposition of the possession and sale charged against him in circuit. court. Roland Nave, age twenty -nine, who with his wife, Mrs. Ethel Everhart Nave, operates the Shady Bend establishment, located a short distance south of The Hi- Hat, was released this morning when he provided a cash bond of $500. He is charged in Jackson Circuit Court with session of intoxicating liquor without a permit.

His wife, who was taken into custody during the (Continued on page 4, column 8) SINGER IS DEAD Indianapolis Man Formerly Gave Lessons Here. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday morning at Indianapolis for Frederick A. Sabins, president of the Sabina Engraving Company and kpown widely in Indianapolis as church choir director. He died Monday. following ill: ness.

Mr. Sabins, who was -six years of age, formerly gave vocal lessons in Seymour and is known to many local residents. Several local people will go to Indianapolis to attend the funeral. He had directed. the choir at the St.

Paul Methodist Church in the capital city for several and also had directed other choirs. He was a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, F. M. JACKSON RENAMED HEAD OF BOARD School Trustees Reorganize At Beginning of Fiscal YearDouglas New Member. SUCCEEDS MRS.

SWAILS Retiring Member Had Served For Nine Years -Budget -Tentatively Approved. L. Jackson, local businessman, was reelected president of the board of school, trustees at the annual reorganization meeting held Monday night at Shields High School. The board, in addition to electing officers for the ensuing fiscal year, also tentatively adopted the 1942 budget for the sehool city with the same levy as last year, $1.13. Edward Douglas, who recently was elected by the city council to become a member of the board for a term of three years, assumed his duties at Monday night's reorganization meeting.

He succeeds- Mrs. 0. 0. Swails, former instructor in 'the city school system, who has completed three consecutive terms, totalling nine years, as a member ol the board. Edward Massman, the third member of the board, was elected treasurer to succeed Mrs.

Swails and he was given authorpity by the board to provide his bond. Mr. Douglas was' elected secretary to succeed Mr. Massman, who served in that capacity last year. Mr.

Jackson was president of the board last year. The board tentatively approved the budget at the same total levy as last year and authorized (Continued on page 4, column 7) NAVY CRUISER TO GIVE SECOND PROGRAM HERE Films to be Shown at. Park Tonight at 8:15 O'clock. The fleet's in! Anyway a cruiser is here. The U.

S. Navy's recruiting cruiser, now tied up at the corner of Second and Chestnut. streets, will give the second of a series of "Know Your Navy" programs tonight at 8:15 o'clock, Daylight Saving Time, at the Shields' Park shelterhouse. Lient. F.

M. Hall, skipper of the five-man crew, will speak briefly on "Salt in Our Sound films, different from those of Monday night's program, will be shown. An audience, estimated at 500 people saw and heard Monday's program. The cruiser plans to weigh anchor about 8 or 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, said Lieut. Hall, for a short voyage over to Shethyville, where it will be stationed August 6 and 7.

There is a possibility, he. stated, that highranking officials of the navy will make an inspection visit to the cruiser sometime during this week. The five-man crew includes: A. M. Morris, fire controlman, recruiter in charge of the cruiser; L.

L. Longer, water tender, pilot of the cruiser; C. J. Feauz, chief yeoman; C. E.

Ryle, pharmacist's mate, assistant medical examiner on the cruiser, and Garvin Keith, mate. SWIMMERS RISE EARLY FOR MORNING PLUNGE Over forty persons braved the breezes this morning for an early morning swim in the mour Municipal Swimming Pool. This was the first scheduled special event in the city- wide "swim for health" week, sponsored by the Lions Club. Twenty -eight girls, thirteen boys and several adults made up the group of early morning swimmers who splashed from until 7.0 o'clock. Ordinarily the pool does not open until 10 clock.

Next Friday is to be stunt night, and tub races, canoe-tip- FOUR ATTEND SCHOOL State Police Officers Get Drunkometer Training. Four officers of Seymour State Police Post No. 7 are in Indianapolis this week where they are taking a week's instruction the use of the drunkometer, an instrument to determine the amount of alcohol in- a person's system, which is being held there this week. Officers taking the training are Harold Jolliff, new laboratory technician of the local post; Harold E. Chambers, Marvin E.

Walts and Warren A. Taflinger. BAPTIST MEETING AT CLEARSPRING 106th Annual Gathering of Brownstown Association to Be Held Thursday. REV. QUICK TO PRESIDE Delegates and members of Baptist churches throughout this area will go to Clearspring Thursday to attend the one hundred and sixth annual session of the Brownstown Baptist Association meeting at the Clearspring Baptist Church.

The Rev. J. R. Quick, pastor of the Brownstown Baptist Church, will preside at the sesisons. He is moderator of the association.

Theme for the meeting is "The Assurance of Chris. tian Vietory" and the text i chosen from Revelations "The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and re joice." The program will open at 9:30 (Continued on page 6, column 6) GET MORE THAN TON OF BEDFORD ALUMINUM Three Loads From Lawrence County Received at Seymour State Police Post. Three loads of aluminum, collected in Bedford and Lawrence county in the recent aluminumfor drive, were delivered at Seymour State Police Post No. 7, concentration point for the aluminum from fifteen southern Indiana counties, Monday.

The aluminum contained in the three loads amounted to 2,490 pounds, divided by loads as fol(lows: 620 pounds, 1,070 pounds and 800 pounds. The addition to the ed heap located at the northwest corner of the police post made a much larger pile than was appa parent to passers- -by Monday night. It brought to a total of more than five pounds- -the amount of aluminum now concentrated at the local post, one of nine centers in Indiana. Counties who have not vet sent their aluminum to the local post are Dearborn, Ohio, Jeffer. son, Riley, Jennings, Crawford, Clark, Floyd and Orange.

CHURCH DECORATED Extensive Improvements At First Baptist Completed. Some extensive improvements have been made at the First Baptist Church during the summer, including exterior painting and decorating. Doors, windows and Sother parts of the building were repaired and the ceiling of the gymnasium was insulated. The exterior of the building and the janitor's home have re. painted.

The repairs and decorations been made and carried out under the supervision of the board of trustees. consisting of H. W. Greemann, Edward Mass: H. A.

Doerr, T. E. Ross, V. E. Scott and Howard Kaufman.

The women of the church have placed quite a lot of new equipment in the kitchen as well as having installed a new sink and made extensive repairs to the stove. FRED HOKE TALKS TO ROTARY CLUBS Prominent Indianapolis Manufacturer, Community Figure, Asks "Can We Take It?" IN "NEIGHBORHOOD" SERIES Twenty-Six Members of Indianapolis Club Guests at Local Group's Dinner. liberty was gained through tremendous sacrifice and suffering. What are we sacrifieing today?" That was the question asked members of the Seymour and Indianapolis Rotary Clubs at a "neighborhood" meeting held Monday night at the Elks' Home, West Second by Fred Hoke, Indianapolis manufacturer outstanding in community and civie life in the capital city. Twenty- members of the Indianapolis club, journeying here in one of the "neighborhood" Visits which the members enjoy each month, attended the meeting, at which H.

R. Ringler, president of the Seymour club, presided. Mr. Hoke, who was introduced by Frank H. Henley, who with Albert S.

Pierson of the Indianapolis club, were co-chairmen for the meeting here, spoke on the subject: "Can We Take His address was clever, full of thought provoking quotations and was soundly based on a religious background which the speaker believes will play an portant part in the present world crisis. Following an excellent dinner, songs were led by Walter Voss, accompanied at the piano by Frank Bolinger, club pianist, and each Roterian present introduced himself, identifying himself with the business he represents and gave his Rotary classification. Mr. Ringler then turned the meeting over to Mr. Henley to introduce the speaker, who in 1937 was chosen the honorary member of the Indianapolis Community (Continued on page 6.

column 5) PREDICTS DRASTIC STEPS Secretary Ickes Checks Gas Consumption Closely. Washington, August 5-(AP) -With filling station hours ent in half, Secretary of the Interior dekes watched sales reports closely today to see if eastern motorists were reducing their gasoling consumption as much as oneIf the nightly blackouts of gasoline sales do not bring about the desired conservation of motor fuel, he warned, more steps will be taken. Whether the next step would involve rationing was not announced. Complete reports of yesterday's gasoline sales were lack. ing, but Ickes termed the gen.

eral results of the first filling station curfew Sunday night "very satisfying." Nevertheless, he said there were seme cases of non -compliance with the blackout request which would be followed up. The gasoline conservation program effects all or part of 17 states and the Distriet of Columbia. QUEEN MARKS BIRTHDAY Spends Anniversary in Country With King, Children. By Associated Press. London, Aug.

Elizabeth marked her forty first birthday anniversary quietly Monday in the country with King George VI and their two children, Princess Elizabeth, heiress presumptive. to. the British crown, and Princess Margaret Rose. No official observances were planned. Instead, the family arranged for an afternoon pienie, followed by a private dinner party at night.

Among messages from the United States one from President and Mrs. Roosevelt. MEANING OF EXPLAINED TAX BRIEFLY Briefly, the meaning of the new tax bill as passed Monday by the House of Representatives explained by the Associated Press. Changes to. some extent may be made by the Senate.

Generally speaking, if you filed no income tax return last year, you need pay no tax this year unless you've had a raise or your tax status has otherwise changed. If you pay any income tax at all, a surtax of, at least five per cent will be imposed on Food Soars Prices, Except Butter, Climbing Throughout Nation. Washington, August 5 (AP) -Food prices are still climbing. A statistical check by the Bureau of, Labor on retail prices in 18 cities for the last half of July showed today that meats, canned vegetables 'and navy beans increased considerably. Pork chops went up about 5 percent between July 14 and July 29; chuck roast about 3 percent and round steak 3 percent.

In cash, it represented a rise of 2 or 3 cents a pound. Oranges showed a larger than seasonal rise and canned pink salmon was up about 2 percent. Butter, however, went down about 3 percent in all cities surveyed, although the usual seasonal trend at this time of year is upward. Cleveland topped the 18 eities with a 4.6 percent inerease and Boston was' next with a boost of 3.1 percent. FORMER COUNTY MAN DIES AT JONESVILLE Rites for Richard Manuel to Be Announced Later -Very Well- Known Here.

Richard Manuel, age eightyone, former resident of Jackson county, died this morning at 2:30 o'clock at his home in Jasonville, Ind. He had been in ill health for the past five years. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Burial is to be in Riverview Cemetery. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Born in Freetown, January 25, 1860, he was the son of the late Dr and Mrs. Grafton Manuel, In 1882, he was married at Freetown to Florence Sawyer, who died on February 17, 1930. A second marriage was' contracted at Jasonville on January 2, 1931, to Mollie Canada, who survives. For many years he had been in business in Jackson county, moving from this vicinity about thirty -one years ago. He had been, ih the timber business and (Continued on page 4, column 2) RAY GILBERT RESIGNS Local Man to Assume New Position Monday.

Ray C. Gilbert, of this city, who recently was elected Indiana legislative representative for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, has resigned as railroad inspector for the Indiana public service commission, an Associated Press dispatch from from Indianapolis this afternoon stated. Mr. Gilbert had held the position of railroad inspector since March, 1933, your whole taxable income (with- out any for earned income) The surtax ranges from live per cent to seventy-five per cent on income over $5,000,000. This is in addition to the regalari income tax, which remains four per cent, and a "super-tax" amounting to ten per cent of your whole tax bill, Your person: al credit and allowance for dependents is unchanged.

If your wife has a separate income, she may continue to file a separate return. In you own an automobile, airplane or yacht you must pay flat $5 tax on it -slightly more it the yacht is over twenty- eight feet! If vou buy new car, the tax will be seven per cent- twice what it is now. Excise taxes also will be increased on many other commodities, such as liquor, and ten per cent sales tax will be levied on furs, jewelry and toilet preparations. If you inherit more than (Continued on page 4, column 3) U. S.

WILL GIVE CASH ASSISTANCE Russia Pledged Military Supplies and Implements of Defense by Government. BATTLE TO BLOCK WEDGES BULLETIN! Ang. -(API DNB, official news agency, reported today that "the greatest part" of the Russian air force had been eliminated. By Associated Press. The United States cast the weight of economic assistance practicable" in the balance for Soviet.

Russia today as the Red army battled block new Nazidriven wedges between Leningrad and Smolensk and Kiev and Odessa, on flanks 500 miles a- part. The assistant pledged by the United States would be in military -supplies and implements of defense on a cash rather than a lend- lease basis. Russia has the money to pay. Russian Ambassador Constantine Oumansky was informed last night at. Washington that the United States also as exploring the possibility of using American ships to transport.

some of the supplies. Such supplies would go by way of the Siberian port of Vladivos. Japan, however, has hinted broadly she might not look with favor on any war supply shipping to that port. The Russians acknowledged that fighting on the northern flank has developed fiercely vesterday in the vicinity of Kholm, (Continued on page 4, column 3) Senate Rejects Proposal. Washington, Aug.

5-(AP)The Senate rejected today, 50 to 27, proposal to limit the service period of army selectees to a fixed maximum of six months bevond the originally set oneyear term. SEYMOUR WOMEN JOIN STOCKING-BUYING SPREE Seymour women have joined the women of the nation in a silk stocking buying spree, local merchants report. Since Saturday, hosiery sales in the city have equalled or ped the Christmas rush. Women buy from two to twelve pairs at a time, and one women bought twenty. pairs in one day, The rush to stampede to the silk stocking counters of the nation follows the OPM order from Washington stopping the processing of all raw silk, effective at midnight Saturday.

Shops in the city, report that GOVERNMENT TO GET BIGGEST CIT. Measure Bearing Thumping House Approval May Yet Undergo Major Revisions. NO JOINT RETURN CLAUSE Further Increase in Individual Income Taxes Necessary to Make Up Lost Revenue. By Associated Press. Washington, August 6 The huge $3,206,200,000 defense tax bill, which would give the government its biggest cut of the national income.

went to the Senate today bearing a thumping House approval, but almost immediately there was talk that it might yet undergo major revisions. It passed the House by the lop-sided vote of 369 to thirty WILSON AGAINST BILL On roll call on the tax bill in the House Monday, Congressman Earl Wilson, of the Ninth congressional district, voted for the provision quiring married persons to file joint income tax returns and voted against the passage of the bill. A CBS broadcast tonight at 8:30 will outline what the new tax bill means to the aVe erage citizen. A schedule of proposed increases in income tax is published in today's Tribune. Testerday niter it had first provision for requiring all married persons file joint income tax returns.

This provision had been counted on to raise about $323,000,000 in additional revenue, by compelling many married persons to pay higher surtaxes. The defeat of the joint return clause by 242 to 160 vote was attributed to a great extent to the criticism voiced by President Roosevelt who wanted it modified to exempt the income actually earned by either husbands or wives. Members of the ways and means committee, who balked at recommending the President's (Continued on page 4, column 5) MORRIS EDGAR DIES AT STAUNTON, TODAY Former Owner of Business College Here Was Prominent in Church Activities. Word has been received here of the death! lof Morris M. Edgar, of Staunton, who passed away there this morning.

Mr. Edgar formerly owned and operated business college in Seymour for many years. While a resident here, he was prominent in affairs of St. Paul's Church and was superintendent of the Sunday School. He left Seymour twenty years ago August 1.

Mr. Edgar had been an invalid for the past six months. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Floyd McClung, of Lexington, and two granddaughters, Caroline and Mary Edgar MeClung. Funeral services will be condueted Thursday from the home in Staunton.

ping and other special features have been tentatively scheduled. The complete program is to be announced later. The "swim for health" week sponsored by the Lions Club, with the cooperation of the eity swimming pool commission, will last through Friday of this week, During the week a special famSly swim rate is in effect. Any family, including the parents and all their children are admitted to the pool for the flat fee rate of forty cents. Glenn M.

Keach, former superintendent of the (Continued on page 4, column 7) their stocks of hose have ebbed considerably as a result of the heavy sales. The future is still Some companies plan to allot a certain amount of silk hose to each retait buyer as long 88 their stocks last. Many of these companies have on hand supply of partially processed silk, which will be made into hose and other silkwear. Another hitch in the silk stocking business is the fact that machines in factories will have to be converted for the manufacture of whatever. substitute is proposed.

(Continued on page 4, column 3) Weather Records Here are official and unofficial Anting weather. Seymour records for BETTER'N ALWAYS the day. The THE FINDIN'S ature maximum reading is ANY WHERE from downtown thermometer, and The minimum, for the past twenty -four hours, is from the records of Miss Louise Ahlert government weather observer here, and is official. The river level is obtained from the Seymour Water Co. pumping station at Rockford Temperatures: Minimum today Reading at 2 p.

m. 93 Stage of River in. below low water mark..