April 27, 1945. $90,000 Boost in City Budget Asked Fire Truck, Beach Equipment Included Budget anticipations for 1945-46 amounting to approximately $90,000 more than the budget figure adopted last year were presented to the city council yesterday by council members. The tentative budget includes provisions for a $20,000 aerial pumper for the fire department as the main individual item of increase. Also listed in the summary of requests by the commissioners mend equipment for the city beach bath house, new trucks for the water department and additional funds for the city engineering department for personnel and engineering required for postwar streets. In none of the tentative budgets submitted yesterday was there a provision for salary increase of employes.
Figures Over Estimate In the first of a series of meetings in Mayor James A. Hedricks' office, reading of the budget requests of the commissioners was started yesterday afternoon in order to inform the entire council of the anticipations of all the departments. The budget figures submitted yesterday are $79,194 higher than the amount of revenue Finance Commissioner George Albert and Comptroller John A. Barr estimate will be received by the city during the new fiscal year beginning next Tuesday. The budget request submitted by Dr.
P. A. Steele, commissioner of public health and safety, amounted to approximately $25,000 more than in 1944-45. His figures included tie new aerial pumper for the fire department. Fire Truck Needed "The present aerial truck was purchased by the city in 1916." Commissioner Steele said yesterday.
"It no longer is safe and must be replaced in the next year c- two. The fire department also needs other new equipment to bring it up to modern fire fighting standards." Among the other items included in the budget submitted by Commissioner Steele are four aluminum ladders, to replace heavy wooden ladders, fog nozzle, aerial ladder nozzle, gas masks, carbon dioxide fire extinguishers and foam extinguishers, a $350 lighting unit, including spot and flood lights for night fire fighting and new hose. The health department budget needs were listed as approximately the same as last year, a slight increase accounted for in an item provide funds for renting a city dump for the convenience of produce haulers and merchants. New Ashphalt Process Fund increases requested by Street Commissioner Lyle Kirby include $6.000 for a new asphalt street covering process, increased labor for the street department and $5.000 for the engineering department. Bushrod Sattley, commissioner of public property, included in his budget figures an anticipated increase of coal prices, material for repair of the roof of the waterworks engine room, maintenance of old equipment and funds for the purchase of new water department trucks, providing the opportunity to buy them presents itself.
Mayor Hedrick, as head of the public affairs department, presented a budget $5,500 higher than last year's. His increase is accounted for entirely in repair accounts and for gas and oil. Non departmental tentative budget is several thousand dollars higher. One item includes $3,000 for new pumping equipment for the beach anc bath house: $3.000 as added costs of 1941 waterworks program needed to complete the project: $5.000 increase in water revenue bond payments and an additional $5,000 in the water depreciation account for the maintenance of the water department. There is a decrease.
shown of approximately $2,500 in interest on retirement of bonds. Decatur Engineers Make Picnic Plans Arrangements for holding an annual picnic were made at the regular meeting of the Decatur chapter of the Illinois Society of Engineers held in the Decatur Club last night. K. C. Kileen was named chairman of a committee for the arrangements of the picnic this year which will be held during August.
Serving on the committee with Mr. Kileen will be H. R. Baker and S. H.
Nelson. Dr. W. D. Hatfield presided at last night's meeting.
A. M. Neureuther. program chairman, outlined the programs for the next two months. A.
A. Brensley gave an illustrated talk on "The Operation of Public Utilities at Camp Ellis." Ruth Bane Heads Macon County I. S. N. U.
Group Miss Ruth Bane has been elected president of the Macon county alumni group of Illinois State Normal university. She succeeds Miss Luella Schultze. Mrs. Florence White is vice president: C. E.
Pearson, treasurer; Mrs. Ruth Ann Shepard, secretary. DECATUR HERALD LOCAL 3 North North Monroe Street Is Widened Although halted from day to ening a section of Monroe looking toward Eldorado, workday because of rain, city street street. In the picture above, men are leveling the freshly department workers are nearing taken from Cerro Gordo street poured concrete. Paper Drive Ends Saturday Saturday is the final day of paper collection on in the current paper salvage drive.
Boy Scouts will make rounds of the city again, in state, city and county trucks, and householders are urged to have the paper in bundles or boxes on front porches or steps where it can be seen easily and called for. Scout Executive W. B. Soules last night joined with WPB officials in requesting cooperation to make the collection April 28 a large one. "The government has told us that 150.000 tons of paper are needed at once." Mr.
Soules said. "Boy Scouts and cubs have been called on to help round up every possible scrap of paper, for paper is listed as the No. 1 war shortage. "There is less and less paper available for salvage as a result of previous drives, and it is necessary to dig up every bit to fill the need. Waste basket paper should be wrapped and tied securely so it won't blow away, and newspapers likewise should be tied." he said.
WPB officials pointed out that paper and cardboard containers used to ship war materials cannot be returned to this country for salvage, and that consequently more individuals must save small quantities. Each Scout collecting 1,000 pounds will receive an individual Eisenhower medal, since General Eisenhimself is backing the current campaign. Scout units which gather paper totaling as much as 1,000 pounds for each individual member will receive an inscribed World War II shell container as a souvenir. Wabash to Pay $18,000 Claim County Judge Martin E. Morthland yesterday approved compromise settlement in which the Wabash Railroad Co.
will pay 000 to settle a claim for the death of Clarence J. Bivins, Wabash conductor, who was killed near Taylorville Jan. 2. After Mr. Bivins was found fatally injured, it was learned that after completing some switching he had been caught and rolled between the car on which he was riding and one on an adjacent track.
Petition for the settlement was filed in county court by the widow. Bessie Bivins, who with a daughter, Lucille, of Chicago, are the only heirs to the estate. Rozier Faces Charge By Kansas City Police Detective I. A. Miller, of the Kansas City, police department, was in Decatur yesterday to return Joseph Rozier, 30, of Macon, to Kansas City on a warrant charging him with ravishing a child.
Rozier had been arrested in Decatur April 18 on a charge of disorderly conduct and was free on bond when word came that he was wanted in Kansas City in connection with the case involving a nineold girl. He was rearrested and year held pending the arrival of the Missoui officials. He waived extradition proceedings. Care Urged in Wrapping Packages for Overseas A limited supply of bulletins on proper wrapping of overseas packages is now available at the postoffice, Postmaster James M. Allen said yesterday.
Senders of overseas packages must be careful to use extremely boxes to wrap and tie them strong securely and to address them most carefully, he said. Unless packages prepared with utmost care. the are postoffice is unable to accept them, deu to the fact that they will become damaged and lost in shipment. and will result in a disappointment to the addressee. Walrus Labor Case Before WLB Hearing Mack Ray, business agent of the Teamsters Chauffeurs union, ret1 red from Chicago last night after attending a tri-partite hearing ducted by the War Labor board in which the Walrus Mfg.
Co. had been notified to appear and explain why. the company had not complied with a War Labor board directive. The company failed to send a representative to the hearing, Mr. Ray said, and he called.
upon to present his side Aftwas, er a report of the hearing has been made to the board by the panel a ruling is expected, Mr. Ray explained. The case grew out of an order of the War Labor board for the Walrus company to renew a contract with the union in which warehousem*n were to be given an advance in pay from a former rate 55 cents an hour to the new rate of 65 cents a hour, while drivers were supposed to get a 10 cent raise in pay to 75 cents an. hour, Mr. Ray explained.
The original directive order was issued in January, 1943 but on appeal of the company was extended to August, 1943 but has never been complied with, Ray said. A company representative explained that a union no longer exists at the plant, while the union says that the company sold a truck and hired other than union employes in an attempt to break up the union. Kiwanians Aid Clothing Drive Members of the Kiwanis club gathered at the Y. M. A.
annex last night and assisted in packing three tons of the old clothing in the Macon County United National Clothing collection. J. W. Patterson, of the Kiwanis group, said that about 20 Kiwanians assisted in the packing work. They were assisted by four members from the International Garment Workers union (A.
F. of and Mrs. John Nelson, whose husband is an official of the C. I. O.
union. While packing Mr. Patterson said that a pair of expensive spectacles was found in the old clothing, as if they had been dropped by someone while preparing a bundie of clothing. He said the spectacles would be left at the Herald and Review office today for a claimant. Although clothing is sought brought in steadily.
it was said that Decatur was far short of its quota and it was urged that renewed efforts. be made by householders to claim more used clothing from their attics and closets for this worthy purpose. Serviceman Overseas Is Granted Divorce John W. Hardy, Decatur serviceman now in action in Germany. was granted a divorce from his wife, Lottie, yesterday by Circuit Judge C.
Y. Miller. Evidence furnished by Hardy's mother, who lives at 1505 East Walnut street, and by the records of County Clerk Laurence Tangney, show the following marital path followed by the defendant wife: On Jan. 28. 1937, she married Elva Elgin.
On Dec. 21, 1940, she married John W. Hardy, under her maiden name of Lottie Shartzer, while still Mrs. Elgin. In May, according to the complaint, she and Mr.
Hardy separated when he went into the armed forces. After he left the United States, Lottie filed a complaint in the Macon county circuit court and secured a divorce from her first husband. Mr. Elgin, on grounds of cruelty. Although there were no children, she secured an award of $5 a week alimony on proof that she was not strong enough, physically, to work for a living, and her testimony that Mr.
Elgin was an able-bodied man. Death records show that he died five months later. The complaint heard today alleged that the defendant now is married to Russell Lowrason. Records of County Clerk Tangney show that on Sept. 22, 1943, a marriage license was issued to Rusell Lowrason, 25, and Lottie Shartzer, 24, and the return shows that they were married in a Decatur parsonage.
Two Prisoners Fail To Gain Freedom Petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed in Macon county circuit court by Raymond Daniel Geddes, Decatur, and F. Leroy Elliott, former Mt. Zion farmer and pet animal showman, were denied yesterday by Judge C. Y. Miller.
Geddes, serving a sentence of five to 10 years in the state penitentiary at Menard for robbery, claimed in his petition that his indictment was void. Elliott was admitted to the Illinois Security hospital at Menard in June. 1942, after a circuit court jury found that he was not mentally capable of defending himself against an indictment involving a young girl. In his petition he alleged that his committal was the result of prejudiced testimony. PILOT KILLED LT.
WAYNE WILSON Wayne Wilson Dies in Action Second Lt. Wayne Wilson, pilot in the troop carrier command, was killed in action over Germany March 24. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Wilson, 619 West Forest avenue, were notified yesterday. He was previously listed as missing in action. Lieutenant had been overseas since December. He entered service Feb.
23, 1943. His squadron had received the Presidential Unit citation. He received basic flight training Cal Aero Academy, Ontario, and was graduated from Pecos Field, Pecos, Texas, April 15, 1944. His training in the air transport command was taken at Alliance Field, and at George Field, In 1942, Lieutenant Wilson was graduated from Decatur high school. He attended Millikin university before entering service.
Besides his parents, he leaves a brother, William R. Wilson, Jr. He was born in Decatur, Nov. 24, 1924. Sgt.
Stephen Martin Dies on Okinawa Tech. Sgt. Stephen Martin, a veteran of Attu, Kwajalein and Leyte, died of wounds received April 5 on Okinawa, according to word received by his family yesterday. In service almost four years, Sergeant Martin had been overseas 18 months. Before entering the army SGT.
STEPHEN MARTIN he was employed at the Oakes Products plant in Decatur, and at the Ryan Cartage in Chicago. He was born in Chicago, Sept. 1, 1912 and came to Decatur about seven years ago. His father, bert, and two brothers, Charles and Al. preceded him in death.
He leaves his wife. Judith, and two sisters. Mrs. R. Harrison, and Mrs.
S. E. Repnicke, all of Decatur; his mother, Mary, in Chicago, and one brother, Sgt. John Martin, in England. Discuss Net Fishing in Lake Bushrod Sattley, commissioner of city public property, announced yesterday that the city council will call a public meeting soon in an effort to determine the viewpoint of Decatur fishermen on a proposed opening of Lake Decatur to commercial fishing with nets and seines.
Macon County Sportsman's club last week requested the council to ask the conservation department to declare the lake open to such fishing in order to clear the lake of rough fish, to improve hook and line fishing, and to aid in clearing the water. Commissioner Sattley reported yesterday that since the request was made to the council, several persons have protested the plan. Mayor James A. Hedrick stated yesterday council is only seeking to satisfy the majority on the matter and that he believes a public meeting is necessary to give everyone interested an opportunity to voice an opinion and put the question to a vote. Commissioner Sattley said the time and place of the meeting will be announced in the near future.
Johnson Funeral Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Mae Johnson, 44, 1012 West Forest avenue, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday in the Church of God in Christ. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.
Friends may call at the Moran Sons funeral home after 10 a. m. today. Board Promotes John Berg to Fire Captain Drew Slayer Will Die in Chair June 15 Worley James, 32-year-old Negro charged with the murder of Mrs. Esther Thomalla Drew in Montgomery, Ala.
-last June 16, must die in the electric chair June 15 for another capital offense, it was ruled by the Alabama Supreme court yesterday. Indicted in Montgomery for the murder of Mrs. Drew, James had never been tried on the murder charge pending decision on the other conviction. The court upheld the death sentence for James, imposed on a charge having carnal knowledge a 10-year-old girl of his own race. Following James' arrest on the carnal 1 knowledge charge and another charge of raping a Negro woman, he also was accused of killing Mrs.
Drew. The body of Mrs. Drew, bride of a nearby Maxwell Field cadet soldier, was found in a ditch in a Montgomery suburb. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Thomalla, of 1279 East Vanderhoof street, and had gone to Montgomery the week previous to the time (I the murder to visit her husband. 14 Lots Listed For Gardeners Fourteen lots have been listed with City Building Inspector Roy W. Whitten as available for rent to persons willing to plant victory gardens. The lots have been reported to Mr. Whitten by owners since it was recommended last week by the city cleanup committee that lots be made available for victory gardens, not only to provide food, but also aid in beautifying the city by keeping weeds under control.
Two of the lots are located in the Dodson addition near Locust and Twenty-second streets, two in the 1900 block East Cantrell, two in the 1000 block East one on East Elmhurst, three at the corner of Green and Dunham streets, two at Leafland and Fairview avenue, one in the 1400 block East Lawrence street and one at William and Seventeenth streets. Persons interested in obtaining lots for gardens are requested to call Mr. Whitten at the city building inspector's office. Shoe Shop Operator, William Oggerro, Dies William Oggerro, 60, operator of a shoe shop and cafe on West Grand avenue, died suddenly at 11 p. m.
Wednesday in his home at 638 West Grand avenue. He had been ill only a short time. He was born on July 7. 1885, in Robelante, Italy. In 1908 he marDominico Berairrdi in Venasca, Italy, and the couple came to the United States in January, 1914.
Six months ago the Oggerro family came to Decatur from East St. Louis. Mr. Oggerro was a member of the St. Felip Catholic church in East St.
Louis. He leaves his wife and two sons. Mariel in the navy, and Joe in East St. Louis. Another son, John, preceded him in death.
He also leaves a brother, Jesse, in East St. Louis and six grandchildren. The body has been taken to the Monson funeral home. Arrangements are incomplete. QUEEN Juanita Howland of Lovingwho is to be graduated ton, the Decatur and Macon from hospital school of County in August, was nursing of the school crowned, queen at the traditional carnival at the nurses' home.
carnival, a benefit to raise The funds for entertaining the class, was congraduating of the most sidered one in the history of the successful school. A 200 persons (Herald-Review Photo) attended. Fireman John Berg has been promoted to the rank of captain on the Decatur fire department, it was announced last night by Dr. C. Leonard Cassell, chairman of the board of fire and police commissioners.
Berlie Hart, secretary of the board, said that the appointment was effective as of May 1. The new captain will be transferred to No. 5 station to take the place of Capt. Jesse Ping, who recently was appointed fire prevention officer of the city. For the last eight years Captain Berg has been serving at No.
3 station, the last six of which have been spent as a driver. He was appointed to the department April 26, 1931 and served at No. 4 station as plugman for six years before being transferred to No. 3 station. He lives at 1517 North Morgan street.
No More Eligibles Mary V. Love Honored for 25 Years Service in Red Cross ican Red Cross yesterday awarded Miss Mary V. Love, executive secretary of the Macon county Red Cross chapter, a service bar with a gold star. The Red Cross awards service bars for each five-year period on duty. Miss Love's bar is red, white and blue, bearing a red.
cross as well as the gold star, which designates the 25-year period. Miss Love served: as a board member for the Red Cross here in World War I. In 1932, following the death of Mrs. Inez J. Bender, who had been secretary of the chapter since 1917, Miss Love became chapter secretary.
At the time of World War I. the Red Cross headquarters were at the Citizens building. Miss Love said yesterday that activities of the office then compared with the present time were "decidedly There was so little past history for guidance of the Red Cross then. she explained. Now, she added, there are many civic agencies Farm Front Pleased by April Rain For 25 years of service, the Amer-1 Macon county's farm front is content.
Farmers reported yesterday that the present seasonal crop--oats and legumes-are looking fine, and that the present April showers are being welcomed for subsoil moisture to carry the crops through the summer. There is no rush about planting corn due to the fact that most farmers want to hold off until corn borers will be less likely to damage the planting. In the southern part of the state, it is a different story. A. J.
Surratt, of Springfield, Federal agricultural statistician, said yesterday conditions that from Chester on south, have been too wet since March 1. Conseqently, he added. wheat is too rank-tender and growing too fast. The wheat needs drying weather, he declared. Oats acreage has been reduced to a large extent in the southern part of the state as a result of wet conditions, he added.
It is likely that much of the acreage originally intended for oats will go to soybeans, Mr. Surratt said. Areas suffering from wet condition tions are those receiving water as a result of the high Mississippi and those in the lower Illinois river territory, Mr. Surratt reported. As one travels northward, he said, conditions improve.
The north half of the state is well advanced with farming, and the Central portion of the state is in good condition. This spring has been one of the earliest that farmers can recall. The earliness has meant a lush crop of clover and alfalfa, and as a result the tight hay situation has been relieved. Traffic Arrest Everett M. Wiley, 425 East Wag- MARY V.
LOVE ing with the Red Cross which were not in existence then. Raney Named to County Board George Raney, 2264 East North street, an electrician at the A. E. Staley Mfg. yesterday was appointed Decatur township supervisor to fill the unexpired term of C.
W. Kelly, who resigned last week. Mr. Raney was named to the post, his first political office, by the township board of appointments consisting of Town Clerk Henry M. Novak, Supervisor B.
F. Johnson and five justices of the peace. Mr. Kelly, now an assistant in the office of the town assessor, was elected assessor this month, and resigned as assistant supervisor to give his full time to his duties. He will take office as assessor on Jan.
1, 1946. Mr. Raney, a Republican, is 36 years old. He has been a resident of Decatur for 12 years and came here from Clinton. 21 Firms in Contract Termination School Twenty-one Decatur firms were represented in the contract terminaschool held yesterday in the Y.M.C.A.
under sponsorship of the Association of Commerce. The school was conducted by a contract termination coordination committee of three army officers, Major R. R. Morse, Capt. C.
F. Franz and Lt. W. T. Baker.
The school was part of an army-navy course being given all over the nation. "If the interest displayed in the school in Decatur was shown everywhere we go we would be greatly pleased," Major Morse said after yesterday. Representatives of firms attending the school stated that the work of contract termination would be made easier by the use of informaItion passed on to them yesterday. High School Orchestra, Band Please With Annual Concert A program of delightful music representative of Egypt, the Orient, Spain and Vienna was presented by the Decatut High school orchestra and band last night in the twenty-first annual concert given in the -high school auditorium. Women members of the orchestra, dressed in lovely pastel gowns presented a beautiful picture on a stage decorated with flowers and palms.
The Ballet Egyptian was perhaps the outstanding number performed by the orchestra, which 'had selected some compositions far out of the amateur class. The large audience Dr. Cassell explained last night that the board could not appoint a new member to the fire department to take the place of Captain Berg because the eligibility list had been exhausted. Entry into the armed services of men from both the police and fire departments has caused an acute shortage of personnel on both departments and new men have not been secured because of the manpower shortage and because men are occupied in essential industry. Take Applications However, applications are now being taken for the taking of civil service examinations in an attempt to build up an eligibility list for both departments.
Men must be from 25 to 35 years old to serve on the police force, while the age limits for members of the fire department are from 22 to 35. Applications may! be secured from Mr. Hart, the board secretary. As soon as enough men have made applications to take the examinations a time will be set for taking the examinations under the direction of Mr. Hart.
Mrs. Laura Blackburn Dies in Home Here Mrs. Laura Davis Blackburn died in her home at 265 North Fairview avenue Wednesday night at 9:15. She lived with her daughter, Bonnie Blackburn, who is a language profesor at James Millikin university. She was born in Montgomery county, a daughter of Friedas and Christine Davis.
She married J. Frank Blackburn in Hillsboro. Mr. Blackburn formerly managed the National Biscuit Co. is Decatur and was associated with the J.
P. Echols hardware firm here. Later he was in the wholesale baking business in Bloomington and St. Louis. In 1932, he retired and he and Mrs.
Blackburn came to Decatur to live. He died in December, 1936. She leaves her daughter, Bonnie; a son, Walter of Webster Grove. and two grandchildren. Mrs.
Blackburn was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services will be held in the Dawson and Wikoff funeral chapel at 1:30 Saturday afternoon. Burial will be in Fairlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p. m.
today. New Trial Allowed in Illinois Terminal Case Motion for a new trial made by the Illinois Terminal Railroad defendant in a damage suit for personal injuries brought by three plaintiffs has been allowed, according to an order entered in circuit court yesterday by Judge C. Y. Miller. The order was entered on direction of Circuit Judge F.
B. Leonard, Champaign. Also entered by Judge Miller yesterday was an order from Judge Leonard setting aside a Macon county circuit court jury verdict awarding $13,500 to the three plaintiffs against the Terminal railroad. Under the verdict returned in November, 1944, Evelyn R. Pope was awarded $12,500 and awards of $500 each were made to Eva J.
McClure Bell and Turus N. Davis. They were passengers in an automobile which crashed against the rear of a Terminal railroad train in the 2500 block North Broadway on Nov. 26, 1939. Salvage Funds Will Buy School Mirrors Decatur high school students and teachers are going to participate in the city cleanup campaign Monday at 8:30 a.
m. by cleaning out their lockers and desks. Asa Sprunger, assistant principal, said yesterday. Containers for materials will be set up in school building. The material will be sold to salvage dealers, and funds will be used to purchase mirrors for the school wash rooms.
received Joanna who played a piano solo. D'artifice by Debussy, with great brilliance. As an encore she played a Cuban dance. A highlight in the band concert presented by the Redcoats, was a cornet duet, The Friendly Rivals. played by Robert Roberts and Sterling Boyer.
Beginning with a stirring overture, the band concluded the program with colorful, mystic oriental compositions. The entire program will again be presented in the high school auditorium today at 8:15 p. m. The and band are under the direction of R. L.
Rees. M. W. S. Camp Robert Faries Prepared for Season Camp Robert Faries, Decatur Boy Scout camp.
is being repaired for the coming season, Scout Executive William Soules announced yesterday. Plans are being made for planting of memorial trees on the new camp road, he said, in memory of each former Scout who has lost his life in the armed services. Each troop is working at the camp..
