The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 48

Decatur, Illinois, Thursday, May 1933. FOKTY-SIX PAGES TODAY THE DECATUR REVIEW Long Arm City Passes Reaches for Taxes I PliSllt5 Dentists See 'Mr. Disaster' Capt. James Keenan pf Great G. T.

McDowall, D.D.S., Lakes Naval Training Center, this morning at the day-long Chicago, explains "Mr. Disast- course teaching the role of the er," the manikin that bleeds," to dentist in times of disaster. The Swimming Pool Need Cited Jaycee Committee Reports on Survey of the Law i non-taxpayer congratulating himself for outsmarting the tax collec tor. In unpaid real estate taxes, the ax falls by bept. 19.

Bv that date next fall, he will see his name published under a De linquent Real Estate' 1 ax On Oct. 6 if he Tias'n'ot paid, his taxes will be Liens Purchased a This means that professional in vestors will purchase a lien -on his property. Its good business for. the investor because to lift the lien the chastened, taxpayer must- pay his tax plus the one per cent per month penalty plus interest to the lienholder. On personal property taxesr the routine is somewhat different.

Collection is more roundabout but still nearly inevitable. When' the list of delinquent personal property taxes gets too big, Alsup makes it available to the state's attorney. The state's attorney can then petition County Court for a judgment against any property held by the delinquent taxpayer. Then the taxpayer faces court costs and sheriff's fees beside the usual one per cent per month penalty. One more hitch: There is no sta tute of limitations on starting legal action so the final bill could run into big figures.

Actually, that fellow who never pays his taxes- is something ot a rarity. Some of Alsup's figures show that last year interest charges and penalties alone hit $16,337. In 1956 the total wa $20,328 and in 1955, $12,384. That monev came from the man who no doubt bragged in vears past that he never pavs. In any one vear onlv about two per cent ot the countv 10 million dollar-plus tax bill goes unpaid.

And all but a small fraction of tha: is collected in later years. Alsup, who has become well- educated in taxpayer psychology since he entered office, has the answer to the taxpayer who "knows someone who has never paid: 'They'll tell everybody when they don pav, but 1 ve never heard of die same man telling his neighbor when we collect his taxes and penalties- Park Pavilion Work Starts Construction work on build a pavilion for Kiwanis Park began vesterdav. Work on Oak Grove's pavilion is expected to start tomor row. Both pavilions are expected to be completed in time for the summer recreation program which begins June 16. Although the Park District is paying for the pavilions from its last bond issue, the two senice clubs buying playground equipment for the parks have decided to pay the cost for facades for the pavilions to blend in with surrounding property.

The Lions Club, which is sponsoring Oak Grove Plavground, earlier said it will pay $1,100 for the cost of a brick facade on its pavilion to match the nearby new-brick Oak Grove School. Maurice Tolly, chairman of the Kiwanis committee for Kiwanis Park, said today that the Kiwanis Pavilion will also have a dressed up appearance that the club will pay He said no decision has been made yet whether it will be brick or stone. Playground equipment bought by the club' for Kiwanis Park will be installed as soon as the ground dries out, Toll said. fjjfefetn I Elected Mrs. Paul S.

Strong, 1414 E. Lawrence was elected president of the Macon County Tuberculosis Assn. following annual meeting vesterdav. She succeeds Mrs. Robert E.

Lewis. Wayne Hatfield and Mrs. Austin Stiles were named vice presidents. Mrs. John J.

Donovan was elected secretary and O. F. Kunv was re-elected treasurer. 1 Teacher Need For Next Year Increased 30 Decatur public schools will need about 30 additional teachers next September to handle growing enrollments. Norman Gore and Miss Charlotte Meyer, assistant superintendents in charge of secondary and' elementary schools, are filling the vacancies now.

With replacements for teachers who are resigning or retiring at the end of this school vear, about 60 teachers will be hired. Miss- Mever said she has hired 30 elementary teachers for the next school year, 13 being for new jobs resulting from increased enroll ment. Gore's task of hiring high school teachers is more complicated be cause demands for certain courses must be taken into account. He estimates he will hire about '30 teachers before he completes faculties for three high schools and four junior high schools. Centennial and Roosevelt Junior High Schools will need no additional teachers next vear, he saidj' although he is hiring one replacement for Centennial.

Johns Hill Junior High School will need one additional teacher and replacements for two. Wood- row Wilson Junior High School, which has rapidly increasing en rollment, will need three addition al teachers and four replacements. Several additional senior high school teachers will be required because the total senior high enroll ment is expected to be at least 200 higher than this year's total of 3,600. Little change is expected in the total enrollment figure at Stephen Decatur High School because its-area is primarily in built-up neighborhoods of the citv. Gore expects -to hire one replacement and per haps three additional teachers tor the downtown building.

Eisenhower High School expects its enrollment to jump bv about 130 students to a total of 1,340. This will mean addition of four teachers and the school also needs two replacements. MacArthur High School also expects an increased enrollment of 100 and perhaps school began last September with enrollment of 1,335 and there has been a lot of home building in the north and west neighborhoods it senes. Gore said three replacements and several additional teachers will be needed there. There is no plan now to rear range the districts i tor the three high schools but Gore said some revision may become necessary for die 1959-60 school year if new housing trends continue.

This year all high school students who live north of Pershing are taken bv school bus to MacArthur High School. Gore said the same arrangement will be in force during the 1958-59 school year, at least, and maybe longer. "The Decatur school district will have no trouble locating enough teachers to fill the vacancies. Applications pour in with every mail dclivenr. Gore is screening through them to locate teachers best qualified for the local need.

BL00DM0BILE VISIT i Assn. of Life Underwriters In Charge of Donations Next Thursday's visit of the CWc RlnnrlmnhiV fhp fW sponsored by the Decatur Assn. of Life Undenvriters. Chairman of donor recruitment for the Life Undenvriters is Rov Rademacher, agent for Equitable Lite Assurance Society of the United States. This is the' first time the bloods mobile has been open to public donations at the YMCA in two months.

In March the bloodmobile visited the Decatur plant of the plant Caterpillar Tractor and in April it visited the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. The bloodmobile will be at the YMCA from noon until 5:45 p.m.

Donors should make appointments with their life insurance agent or through the Macon County Chapter, American Red Cross office, 8-7758 or 9-7941 after 5 p.m. BONDS ACCEPTED The Citv Council today accepted filed by the following firms which are sidewalk and driveway contractors: David W. Beggs Dunn Coal Co. G. S.

Chastain Construction A. F. Krall Construction Co. Kenneth D. Trimby and Elmer Thomas, doing business as Trimby Thomas.

I Senior Citizens A party for the newly-organized Senior Citizens will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday in. the YWCA. Films on Hawaii will be shown. Destruction Of Machines Is Ordered Three vending machines seized flora the American Legion Post 105 Saturday are due for destruction this afternoon after a Circuit Court ruling that they are gambling devices.

Yesterday Judge Rodney A. Scott ruled that the machines were gambling dtvices. He signed the court order this morning that will enable Sheriff VV. Peebles to destroy them. Mavor Clarence A.

Sablotny said the ruling may bring revoca tion of the liquor license of Castle Williams Post 105, American Legion. Sablotny said he will discuss the situation with Corporation Counsel Bvron M. Merris. The court ruling was obtained on petition of State's Arty. Hilmer C.

Landholt who accompanied two detectives on the Saturday afternoon visit to the Legion club- rooms. The machines are of a gum ball tvpe. By dropping a coin into them, a small pellet with a slip of paper in it comes out of a chute. The markings on the paper determined whether the customer had a winner. Two machines took 10 cents, and paid up to $10, according to instructions on the back.

The third took quarters. Its jackpot was $25. No one from the Legion appeared during the short hearing. State's Attorney Hilmer C. Land-holt had asked for the destruction of the devices on the basis that they were for gambling only, and served no other purpose.

Last Friday, the day before the machines were found, Sablotny said holders of liquor licenses faced revocation of their privilege if gambling was found in their establishments. Sablotny, as mayor, is chairman of the city liquor commission. The city code allows revocations plus fines from $25 to $200, if provisions of the regulation are violated. The keeping of gambling devices is one of the provisions for revocation. The prosecutor showed Judge Scott how the machines work and brief testimony from Police Capt.

Otto A. Salefski and Patrolman Albert H. Scbwalbe was taken. Group Hits Borcher Dump "We found everything there but broken arches and dead animals," is the way A. Webber Borchers' dump was described today after an inspection by the County Board's sanitation committee.

The statement comes from John B. Pickettj Long Creek Township supervisor and chairman of the who made the inspection with his group. Pickett's committee is backing an ordinance before the Board which would restrict materials that can be placed in dumps. Borchers, a Decatur Township assistant supervisor, runs a landfill He opposes the ordinance as proposed because it classes broken glass and boxes as garbage, which would be restricted. The two members, who have clashed on the floor of the Board over the matter, apparently did so again yesterday with the dump as a background.

Borchers said that he asked Pickett to point out garbage among the fill material. He said that Pickett was unable to do so. Pickett's committee is preparing a report on their inspections of dumps in the county. The ordinance is due to come to a vote at the Board's June meeting. EXCHANGE PUPILS TOLD COUNTRIES THEY'LL VISIT Three Decatur high school girls who will go to Europe with the America Field Sen-ice student exchange this summer have been notified of the countries where they will be guests of private families.

Carole Ann Jewell of 637 W. Macon a Stephen Decatur High School student, will spend several weeks in Denmark. Sara Huff of 420 S. Glencoe a MacArthur High School Student, and Mary Kay Durbin of 637 W. Cushing a St.

Teresa High School student, will both go to Germany. The girls will sail from Montreal, Canada, about the middle of June with a shipload of American teen-agers and their chaperones. Trespissinf Charge Pavey Fred Aldrich, 64, of Mount Vernon, was held in county jail today on a charge of trespassing on Illinois Central Railroad property. Discussion of Pinball Ban A city ordinance banning pin- ball machines suggested yesterday bv State's Attv. Hilmer Land- holt received no discussion at to day's City Council meeting.

Landholt's letter -was delivered yesterday to Mayor Clarence A. Sablotny. The mavor did not intro duce the subject or letter today be fore the commissioners. In suggesting a pinball ban, Landholt said such an ordinance would be the most effective way of stopping use' of the machines for gambling. The.

machines are licensed by the city as amusement devices. With 95 of the licenses issued by the cits', the income each year is probably a welcome addition to the citv coffers. The licenses renewed Feb. 28 total $9,718 in fees. In the letter to Sablotny, Land holt said reports in newspapers and on radio and television indicate "payoffs on pinball games are suf-ficiendy rampant as to be common knowledge.

No Reports He said his office has received no reports of such violations, eith er directly from citizens or" from the police department or sheriff's office. But it would appear that such violations are taking place, he said, and added that they should be prosecuted. Further, he said, his office has no police powers to investigate pin ball gambling, and city police are so tragically under manned that they cannot be expected to have available the endless hours the painstaking watching and investi gation would require. An anti -pinball ordinance would, Landholt have no legal entanglements that he knows of and would relieve the over-worked police department by its ease of enforcement. Landholt said he prefers such a direct approach to the indirect approach of refusing liquor licenses to taverns holding federal coin-operated gambling stamps.

The latter approach, is baing used in Cook County on recom mendation of its state's attorney, Beniamin a. Adamowski. Landholt said that while the city can enact an anti pinball ordinance under powers granted it by the state, the county cannot. He told Sablotny. he was offering his views on the subject in the interest of cooperation between city officials and his office.

Victor Borge Here Tonight Comedian-pianist Victor Borge and his one-man Broadway hit, "Comedy in Music' will arrive at 3:27 p.m. today on the Wabash Banner Blue. His two-hour show, sponsored it. y-ii i f- oy the Lions uud, Dcgms at- p. m.

today jn Kintner oym. Doors will open at 7 p.m. tin to noon today about 4.000 tickets had been sold. Tickets for the show in all categories will be avanaoie at tne door. This will be the first appear ance in Decatur for the man who gained fame through his combina tion of classical music and quick wit.

His one man show broke a Broadway record with its than 800 more Borge is coming here from an appearance yesterday in' Madison, and will play in Chicago to morrow. Proceeds of tonight's show will be used bv the Lions Club for its youth program in Decatur. EQUIPMENT DONATED BY HEART ASSOCIATION The Macon County Heart Assn. chapter has donated equipment, to Decatur and Macon County Hos pital that will allow physicians to see and hear action of a heart during an operation. The equipment, valued at 750, will work with a defibrillator which can electrically control the heart beat.

A heart which stops beating can be started again with it. The donated equipmenf includes a cardioscope which registers pulse beats on a television like screen and a cardiophone which ampli fies the sound and rhythm of the beat. Coin Bex Broken Cruising police discovered a coin box partly broken off a soft drink vending machine this morning at VVilham Lakeside Service atai-tlon, 312 E. Lakeshore Dr. Police said the coin box was only partly broken off because' there was ap parently no money in it, By Lee J.

Fremstad Of The Review Staff The most' frequent accompaniment to tax bill payments now being made in the office of County Treasurer John Alsup is the comment that "I know a fellow who never pays his personal property tax." The popular impression seems to be that "No one ever pays his taxes but me." Alsup, his records, the courts and state's attorney are all in a po sition to deny it. The law has a long arm and an equally long memory when it comes to delinquent taxes. lo illustrate what happens to "the fellow who never pays his taxes, here the routine: After June 1 when his personal property and first installment of real estate taxes are due, a one per cent penalty is added every month. After- that will come a lull for several months that may leave the More Phones To Be Listed The Decatur Harristown tele phone-directory will have more subscribers listed this vear than last although there has been a slight increase in the number of subscribers canceling Charles Marshall, Decatur man ager of the, Illinois Bell Telephone said about 46,000 telephones are expected to-be installed in the area by June 12, the last day subscribers who change telephone numbers will have to get the new numbers in the book. Last vear 42,380 telephones were listed in the directory.

Today there are 45,629 telephones in the area. new telephones in the area show a net gain for the past four months, subscribers discontinuing senice is higher than a year ago. for the first tour months ot the year last year, the number of subscribers canceling senice was 818. This year 'for the same period the number was 915. Net gain of new subscribers for the first four month of last vear was 384.

This year it was '386: Marshall said that work on the classified haljj of the directory ends this week as work begins on the alphabetical listing of subscribers. Representatives of the Reuben H. Donnelley publishers of the 1958 directon', Friday will end taking orders for the directory's yellow pages. CARL MORRISON HURT NEAR GIBSON CITY Gibson City, May 8 (Special) Carl Morrison of 1360 E. Moore Decatur, an employe of Archer-Daniels-Midland was in fair condition today in Gibson City's Community Hospital after being thrown from his car yesterday.

is suffering shock and internal injuries. Officials today theorized Morri son was thrown from his car when it left the highway. Morrison was found on one side of a creek, his car on the other. Ihe accident happened on a gravel road four miles southwest of Foosland at an approach to a bridge. Myers Speaks At Demo Day Dr.

Carlton Mvers, Gifford, Democratic candidate for Congress from the 22nd District, will pre sent his platform at a ham and bean supper in Decatur May 20. Mrs. Lorene Wills, chairman of the supper, said Joseph Lohman, candidate for state treasurer, and George' Wilkins, candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, also have been invited to the supper. All local Democratic candidates will be present. The supper will be the local ob servance of National Democratic It will be held in the large pavilion in Nelson Park.

MAN HELD IN JAIL ON ASSAULT CHARGES Edmond Ridley, 51, of 844 E. Condit was held in countv jail today on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and disor derly conduct. The assault charge was filed by Leon Greaton, 1137 N. 22nd who said Ridley cut him with a knife in the Jones Grill, 1260 E. Sangamon St.

Greaton was treat- ea tor- a snouiaer wouna at at. Mary's Hospital. Decatur Dental Society is the first group on a local level to see the manikin demonstrated. (Herald and Revievy Photo) mental senice would be the result of making city and township boundaries the same. Among the projects the sun'ey said are needed fop the area are swimming pools, "community centers and auditoriums.

The sun-ey pointed out: The economy of the community was well diversified, has expanded, Dut is not at present secure. -i The tax rate, zoning and ap pearance of the community should attract new industry. Employment in towns near De catur affects this community since some of the labor force is drawn from here. Decatur is the merchandising center ot the area. Community education, health recreation facilities are adequate but swimming pools are needed.

GUARD OFFICE OPEN Six-Month Duty Signups to Be Taken Tonight Officers of Company of the 130th Infantry of the National Guard will keep the office open in the Decatur Armory until mid night today to accept enlistments in the six-month active duty train ing program. Warrant Officer Charles Mu- nie said enlistments in the training program by non-prior senice recruits will be cut ott alter the midnight Those with prior service will not be affected by die order to close recruiting. Men 17 through 28 who are interested in signing up before the deadline can call W. O. Munie at the Armory or come in person to Room 106.

Honor Society Has Induction The newly chartered National Honor- aocietv" chapter' at. MacAr thur High School held induction ceremonies' for i 41 'new': members today. The chapter includes the follow ing members who were formerly Decatur High School honor society members: Carolyn Hungness, president Marshall Colburn, vice president Barbara Boyer. secretary Robert Felts, treasurer Norma Roegnex Janet Johnson Helen Waller Joh Kapernkk Tane Bishop Suzi Lewis 'v- Richard Brewer Pat Maior V-. Linda Clancy Pat Richards Polly Crawford Alice Rosenberg i Arien Deardorff Carroll Tavlor Dale Fencken William Winn Kay Gray Members are, selected on- the basis of scholarship, leadership and character 'and the "number is limited to 15: per.

cent of the "seniors and seven per cent of juniors. -The-41 new members are: Albrecht bert Hickman Carolyn Brown Lotha Hinton Charmaine Coffer Roberta Miller Daniel Comp Jean Spaar In. Frr)l Clin John Gill Mignon Strickland Judy nendnan iNorma vietn "Juniors Alan Borcherdinff 1 Merry Larson Ruth Burtner -Glenda Carroll 'i Benny Cole Connie Kenneth -Evans-' Elizabeth Gebhardt Rita Harder Margaret Hebenstreit Janice Hohslaw Kathy Lawrence' Patricia Meadows Kenneth Mohns Michelr Morris Phyllis- Ritchard fanet Ross Laura Scrimpsher sue sites- Carol Struck Ann Smullen -Sharon Stone Myma 'Taylor Susan Turitz Mary Day Kilbom Margaret Kirby Judy Larson Sara Mutt Peoria Man Named Postal Field Officer A Peoria man was appointed to day as field sen-ices officer assign ed to the Decatur Post Office. He is Palmer Bovle, a former employe of the Peoria Post Office and now assistant district manager of the Peoria district. His appoint ment is effective Saturday Acting Postmaster Ralph G.

Turner said today the district office in Peoria will be closed Satur-dav and replaced with the field sen-ices officers throughout the state. Boyle will use the Decatur Post Office as his headquarters but is expected to be visiting post offices in his territory four out of five days each week, Turner said. His office will be located in that of Wilfred W. Miller, super intendent or windows. Chicago Representative The assignment of field sen-ices officers in part of the re-districting of the three Illinois post office districts.

The officer serves as a personal representative of the regional operations director or Chicago. Turner said the immediate ob jective of the field services officer is to promote next dav delivery of preferential mail within the geo graphical limits ot the othce. The exact limits of the territory are not explained in a letter to Turner today naming Boyle as Decatur's The east limit will be the Indiana-Illinois, state line. Turner said. Boyle will have jurisdiction over such things as requisitions for new equipment, extension of city or tillage mail sen-ice, changes in the number of post office personnel, any changes in rural routes, and requisitions for new trucks.

The post offices in the Decatur field- service area, will now have personal contact with a district su pervisor and thus speed up "changes operations. MUNICIPAL, BAND SUBMITS BUDGET OF $19,374 The Decatur Municipal Band to day submitted a $19,374 budget to the Citv Council. 1 he Council then introduced an ordinance au thorizing a contract with the band tor the commg vear. The contract provides that the band give 41 two-hour concerts and 12 one-hour concerts, plus par-4 ticipating in civic parades. For this the citv will pay $290 for a full concert; $190 for Ian hour concert; $230 for a parade; and $500 toward expense of the band quarters.

In addition the citv will pay up to $400 for music and extra equip ment for the 40-piece band; $100 to maintain the bandstand; $750 for 50 pairs of summer slacks; $120 for chair back covers; $129 lor two additional uniforms; 495 for a new Central Park band stand, and $100 for hall rent for the fall concerts. With the Sick Mrs. Charles Bobbett has returned to her home at 822 S. Webster St. from St.

Mary's Hospital where she had been a patient seven weeks and bad undergone surgery. A survev of Decatur released bv the Junior Chamber of Commerce last night calls for making city and township boundaries the same for more efficient government, and for building auditonums, community centers and swimming pool. David W. Beggs III, a member of the Junior Chamber of Com merce committee drafting the sur vey said the survey was made mainly for the benefit of Decatur's service clubs. He said the purpose was to point out areas of community pro jects that need to be done bv the service clubs and to provide a ieadv source of.

basic information for the clubs The survey said there is no di rect conflict of duplication or services bv different government agencies that would" harm their value, but said that more efficient govern Wage Talk Is Friday A committee from the Decatur Building Trades Council will meet with Mayor Clarence A. Sablotny, Byron Merris corporation counsel and possibly other members of the city council at 2 p.m. tomorrow to discuss the payment of prevailing wages to city employes. The committee will include Guy Clapper, Building Trades Council president and William Cav-anagh, attorney, of Springfield. Cavanagh has been active for several weeks in an effort to insure the pyment of prevailing wages by Decatur and Macon County public bodies as provided in an Illinois law passed last summer.

wages are those made to most persons doing a particular kind of work. copy of wages the Building Trades Council considers as prevailing in the county probably will be presented to the city tomor row Cavanagh said. A similar schedule was given to the park board by Clapper last weeK- The, prevailing wage law re quires public' bodies to determine prevailing wages in their areas and these wages to union, and non-union workmen; doing new construction for the bodies. THEFTS FROM HOME Pistorius of Blue Mound reported to' the sheriff's office yesterday that a rifle, two radios and a number of other items were-taken from home He. estimated, the total value of the stolen items at $230..

$1,200 Fire Damage Fire caused an estimated 1,200 damage to a closet and wall on the second floor 'of the Glen Gillmar house, 1821 E. Grove about 10:17 a.m.' today. according, to James Lee, chief of the South Wheadand Fire Protection District Cause, of the fire was not immediately known. Both South Wheatland trucks and about 10 men answered the call..