Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1927 — Page 6

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NEW E. E. BOWLING ALLEY FINISHED New Recreational Building At Fort Wayne To Be Opened Next Tuesday The new bowling alleys and the pool billiard equipment, which lias Just, been Installed In the new ret ,-eationat building at the Fort Wayne plant of the General Electric company, will lie opened for service with a program of special features on Tuesday evening, August 2il. it was announced today. Employees of the Fort Wayne and Iterator plants of the G E. Company will have th« use rs the building. W. S. Coll, manager of the Fort Wayne Works, is scheduled to throw ■he first hall on the howling alleys at 7:30 I*. M. Immediately thereafter, twelve veteran employees with the longest service records at the local plant, will bowl for a prize- the first man to throw a strike hall to he ad judged the winner. At the end of this contest alleys No. 1 and No. 2 will lie, the scene of a match game between two teams of G. E. girls, while alleys No. 11 and No. 12 will he used for a similar game between two teams of G. E. men. The other eight alleys will be thrown open for the use of any others who may wish to howl. 1 As no special exhibition games ar-j scheduled in rhe billiard rooms all of the seven tables—three carcm and four pocket billards —will he available for anyone who cares to play. In the gymnasium, following the special ceremonies at the opening of the howling alleys, volley hall games and ether special entertainment will he provided. The evening is to he in the nature of an "open house", with all G. E. Employees, members of their families and friends invited to attend.

nn THE SUN NEVER SETS ON CHESTERFIELD’S POPULARITY 'T | | * P P°P l{ l ar in nil 4- corners if I I I 11 of the'Earth... ... J. a 'where good taste is bom CROM the brilliant lobby of the Crillon to the obscure little bureaux de tabac in the Quarticr Latin, you’ll see the familiar Chesterfield package in every comer of Paris. The marked favoritism shown Chesterfield by this most cosmopolitan city of the Continent is added proof that the And that alone explains Chesterfield’s wodd-wide poplkrity! Chesterfield ~ SU I ■%

'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • easeball STANDINGS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ , Nat.onal League W L Tct. I Chicago sis 4 '_> -Jj?® Pittsburgh 45 St. Lents ,; l 4 “ • r,,: ’ New York . f,l) - r,r ’ 4 ! Cincinnati 49 Vl - 4: ' 4 llrooklyn 4,5 n *' • 4 "“ Boston 44 41 - - 44 " Philadelphia 44 ~s | ' American League 1 W T, Pet. New York 79 S 3 ,70a 1 Washington 45 AM f Detroit 60 48 • - ,;, 0 • Phtladff.phia -7!) 62 .5 32 ■ Chicago W 81 .477 Cleveland 47 <l4 .42'! • St. Louis 41 fiS .378 • Boston .36 74 .32, ,| American Association ‘l VV L Pet. Toledo 74 4f> .622 1 Kansas Citv 70 f>2 .574 • Milwaukee . 69 53 f , St. Pan' 66 r.S ,r. 32 Minneapolis . . 64 59 .r>2o • Indianapolis . 46 72 .390 ‘ Louisville t 9 76 .392 1 Columbus . 46 77 .374 I YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Boston 12: Philadelphia 11 ! Onlv games scheduled. ,1 I American League 1 No games scheduled. American League Kansas City 6: Toledo 1 Milwaukee 4: CoSumbus 3 | Minneapolis 5-3; Louisville 4-7 Only games scheduled. Pole’s Wife Won’t Come To U. S. After He Soent lfi Years Getting A Home Gary, Ind., Aug. 16— (UP) Sixteen years ago. Jacob Klinicazk left Poland : to make a home in America for his wife. New Mrs. Klinicazk. the necessary • home ready, refuses to leave Poland.; . Ktr husband has sued for a divorce.

Geneva Grays Defeat Celina Moose Team ! Genova, Aug. 16. — Tho Geneva Greys defeated the Celina, Olid. Moose baseball team In a game here 1 Sunday afternoon, by a score of 8-3. Snyder, Geneva pitcher, hurled :i steady game and held the Moose slug- , gers at hay. He also lilt a home run :n the sixth inning, with two men on be ; dll. Tin Greys will meet the Cliattfanoogn, Ohio, Braves, next Sunday. Geneva lost to the Braves recently, by a score of 5-2. ; O Women’s Western Amateur Golf Tournament Opens Lake Geneva. Wls.. Aug. 16 —(I*. P.)- Medalist honors were divided by , Miss Virginia Van Wie. Chicago, and Miss Frances Hadfield. Milwaukee. ' in the opening round of the women’s western amateur golf championship. Both scored SO. Mrs. Melvin Jones of Chicago and Mrs. Mir.am Burns Horn. Kansas City, were only two strokes behind the two leaders. | Each of the medalists had had spots in the opening day. Miss Van Wie had numerous difficulties with putting. I * Helen Y\ ills Likely To Meet Molla In Minals Forest Hills. N. Y„ Aug. 16. — (U. P.) Helen Wil's and Molla Mallory probably will meet in the final round of the women's .nationa singles championship as result of the pairings. Eight American players are seeded M'ss Wills, Mrs. Mallory, Helen Jacobs, Eleanor Go.ss, Mrs. A. H. Chapin, Mrs. A. H. Corbiere, Mrs. F. Jloeser anil Penelope Anderson. The seeded foreign stars are Kitty, McKane Godfree, Joan Fry, Betty Nuthall. Rea Bonman, Eileen BenI nett, Mrs. John Hill, Esther Harvey and Gwendolyn Sterry.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, AUC.UST 16,

UMPIRE SUES PLAY ERS^O^BMW Mai Cason f«m„r I'aoiCit Coast League umpire, h Martv Kmc (riullti, nanaeer of the Isis Angeles Hut. .'in.i Fianii Drazill (left), infieltier on lie same team, for »bO,UW, beennse of an altercation -.•.ii the pair which, he alleges, resulted in serious injuries, loss of liis job, attd liumiuatio . Krug and Bra'zill deny bis charges. fTwt»rwttonal Nrw«rrclL _

BASEBALL’S BIG FIVE (By United Press) Monday was a general major league holiday and none of the his five stars saw action. Averages AB H PCT HR Gehrig 427 164 .384 3S Speaker 387 142 .367 1 Ruth 388 139 .358 36 j Hornsby 414 142 .343 10 Cobh 364 124 .340 5 *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ +♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* Tile Boston Braves anil the Phillies fought an intense bottom rung battle which the Braves won in the tenth. 1 It was the only Major league game of the day. The Phillies got 15 hits and the Braves 17.

TO TEST OUT GUN ; CLUB EQUIPMENT Preliminary Shoot To Be Held At New Traps Wednesday Evening j The first preliminary shoot on the traps of the new Decatur gun club, on the Country Club grounds just south of the city. wKI lie held Wednesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, it was announced today. Expert shooters from Ohio City and Blnffton will be here to help test out the new equipment. Bert Johnson, of Ohio City, who 'is one of the best shooters in Ohio, will be here. The public is invited to attend the shoot. The new shelter houses and equip-

ment have been built jurt back .1 n.e ham. on the east side of the road. |h( , country Ctab. A meeting of a „ persons interested In the gun (tab Will be held in the office of The Schafer Company, on Knt street, at ( S o'clock Thursday night, for the purpose of organizing the club. MILLER ACCEPTS | CITY SCHOOL JOB l‘ — t Stale Superintendent Ofi Public Instruction Takes ,* Job In Indianapolis Indianapolis. Aug. 10.-(UP>-Char- 1 les F. Miller, slate Superintendent of , Public Instruction, today was sworn in as city superintendent of Indianapolis . public schools. j As yet, Miller has not resigned his state position, hut according to Theodore F. Vonnegutt. president of the j 1 local school board. Miller can legally 1 1,01,1 both jobs at the same tim, proviiled he accepts pay from only one^ position. I Governor Jackson, to whom Miller will probably resign, is out of the city on vacation, and it is thought the state superintendent, will probably await the governor’s return before banding in his resignation. I Miller's new position pays $9,000 per year salary, while the state Superintendency pays only $5,000. o Increase On Assessments Ordered In Four Counties , I Indianapolis,lnd.. Aug. 16 (1 P) Increases in tax assessments on household goods, personal property or automobiles have been ordered in each of the four counties of the state in the final order by the state board of tax ’ commissioners. Counties where increases were or- ■ dered were: ; Blackford, 10 per rent on all house- , hold goods; Posey, five per cent on all , personal property: Scott. 16 2-3 per . cent on household goods and ten per cent on automobiles and Knox, five i per cent on all personal property, i The board approved the assessments fixed by the county hoards of review • other counties of the state.

SPECULATE ON GARY SUCCESS!* Wall Street Believes That Steel King’s Successor Is Already Selected New York. Aug. 16. — t t’.P ) —Wall street tmlay believed that the snoessor to Judge Elbert H. Gary as head of the United States Steel corporalion, bad already been selected. It believed the new ehalrmun of the country's first "billion dollar corpora Mon" was one of these men. Senator David A. Reed of vaniaFormer Governor Nathan Miller of New York, counsel for the corporation. Dwight W. Morrow, of J. P. Morgan and company. Pierre S. Dupont, large storkhnlder in the steel corporation and chairman of General Motors. | James A. Farrell, president of ih» steel corporation. Myron C. Taylor, member of the corporations flnanre committee. | Orlando F. Weber, president of tlu> Allied Chemical and Dye corporation. The name of President Cool id Re was given promnlent place in the speculation. but a report coming from Rap'd City, Indicated Mr. ConOLdge did not care for snob a position; that he bad other things In mind; and that he would not accept the I lace were it offered him. iBORERSFOUND IN MORE TOWNSHIPS . j Monroe Township. Adams County Officially Report cd To Be Infested Indianapolis. Aug. 16—(UPl Three counties, each reporting one infested - township, have been added to the I coca-borer infested area of Indiana, • according to reports received in the r office of Frank N. Wallace, state ent- • nmologist. The areas reported as infested are s; Harrison township in Wells county; I I Monroe township In Adams county and Aboite township in Allen county.