Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1929 — Page 6

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U.S.TRACK STARS HAVE AN INNING Chicago, June l.—(U.R>—Those high school track and field men, who are accustomed to laboring without much recognition outside their immediate neighorhoods, had their Inning nationally today as the University of Chicago's 25th American prep meet j reached the finals. Approximately 900 athletes have come from 30 states in an attempt to win national honors. In the preliminary heats yesterday, they displayed enough ability to warrant the belief that some records will be broken today. Three dash men turned the hundred yards in 9.9 second in qualifying heats, and W. Foulkes, Muncie, Ind., star did it despite a none too good start. Then he ran the 220 yard dash in 22.4 seconds, near record time. The other 9.99 men were P. Swift, Spokane, Wash., and R Metcalfe, Tilden high, Chicago. Fort Collins, Colo., and Froebel high of Gary, Ind., were favored to win team honors. The Colorado school won last year and has three victories in the past five years. Froebel qualified 13 men in the dashes, hurdles, and field events yesterday. East high. Wichita. Kan., and Tilden of Chicago also were looked upon as possible winners. Tilden's team has been doing well in competition here and East won the Missouri valley interscholastic meet. Watching The Scoreboard —<u.R>— Yesterday's hero: Chuck Klein, young Phillies' outfielder, whose 12th home run of the season helped his team beat the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hl to 7. The defeat cost the Pirates the National leagißp lead. Hammering Jakie May for eight runs in three innings, the St. Louis Cardinals beat Cicinnati, 8 to 1. and regained the National league lead. With Jimmy Fox leading the attack, the Philadelphia Athletics heat Detroit, 9 to 6, and increased their lead in the American league to five games. Foxx hit a single, triple and homer, the latter his ninth of the season. No other major league games were scheduled. o U. S. Davis Cup Team Wins Zone Finals Detroit, June 1. — :U.Rl—The United I States Davis cup players began mak-. ing preparations today to sail for; Europe next week for a campaign on foreign courts prior to meeting the European zone winner at Auteuil July 19, 20 and 21. By defeating Cuba in the doubles yesterday, the United States clinched victory in the American zone final. Passage already has been booked for the four American youngsters — John Hennessey, George Lott, John Van Ryan and Wilmer Allison—to sail Wednesday. Ohio State Defeats Michigan State, 5-2 East Lansing, Mich., June I.—(U.R) | —Superior fielding won a 5-2 baseball j victory for Ohio state over Michigan state college here yesterday.

SPEAKING OF SP@RT * BY FRANK GETTY

Four Own One A grocer, a dental student, a mechanic and an unknown automobile race driver own one of the cars entered in the International 500-mile race to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday. The car witli the four-cornered own ership is one of the many former mounts of Tommy Milton, only twotime winner of the Indianapolis race, now retired, and will be driven by Bill Lindau, of Pittsburgh, who for seven years has been training on dirt tracks awaiting his big chance in an International classis. Other members of the quartet are F.ed Hufnagle, a grocer, Roy Painter a post graduate mechanic and Jack Codori, a dental student, all of Pittsburgh. Since he was nineteen, Lindau has been building and driving racing cars with varying success. When his last car —his pride and joy— burned in a tace at Pittsburgh, his backers banded together and purchased the car he will drive hete, Lindau, himself? is a Pittsburgh mechanic. When the ar arrived in Pittsburgh it was in acking box, dismantled Bui Lindau and Painter put it together and worked on it for months, preparing it for the 500-mile race. They worked in a barricaded garage in the rear of Painter's home. The boys figure their racing machine, which weighs 1,600 pounds, is worth sls a pound.

STANDINGS Central League W L Pct I Erie . 18 12 .W 0 1 1 Akron 17 12 .586 Dayton 15 16 .484 • Springfield 14 15 .483 1 Fort Wayne 14 17 .452 1 Canton 14 21 ,4<»o i ■ National League W L Pct. St. Louis 26 15 .6:14 i Pittsburgh . 23 14 .622 I Chicago .22 14 .611 ’ Philadelphia 19 17 .528 New York 17 17 .500 Boston 15 23 .395 Brooklyn 14 23 .378 Cincinnati 12 26 .316 American League W L Pct. Philadelphia - 30 9 .769 St. Louis .... ■ 25 15 .625 New York 20 16 .556 Detroit 24 21 .53.1 Cleveland .19 20 .487 Chisago 16 26 .381 Washington . 13 23 .301 Boston 11 27 .289 American Association W L Pct. Minneapolis 28 12 .700 Kansas City 23 1.3 .639 St. Paul-...'. 2.3 18 .561 Indianapolis 19 21 .476 1 Louisville 17 22 .436 Milwaukee . 16 22 .421 Toledo ■ 15 23 .395 Columbus 16 25 .390 Yesterday's Results Central League Fort Wavne 12. Akron 6 Dayton 13, Canton 1 Springfield 2. Erie 0. National League Philadelphia 10. Pittsburgh 7 St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 1 Only games scheduled. American League Philadelphia 9. Detroit 6 Only games scheduled. American Association Louisville 5, Indianapolis 4 St. Paul 6. Minneapolis 4 Milwaukee 4. Kansas City 1 Columbus at Toledo, played Thurs. o— Harve Haggard To Coach Monmouth Teams Again I Harve Haggard stated today that he i has signed contract to teach in the Monmouth schools and coach the Mon1 mouth high school athletic teams a- ' gain next year. He teaches the fifth j sixih, seventh and eighth grades at i Monmouth. Mr. Haggard will leave Monday for North Manchester, where he will attend Manchester Cllege this summer working for his B. S. degree. Portland High School Graduates Record Class Portland. June I—The largest class to graduate ftom the Portland high school in its entile history, completed its work Wednesday evening when se-venty-two seniors received their diplomas at the commencement exercises Only, two members of the class were I unable to be present. The address was given by Arthur W. I McDavitt, pastor of the Universalist I church, of Muncie, who used as his I subject. "The Acid Test.”

The I. C. A-A A total of 667 entries, representing 32 institutions, have entered the 53rd annual I C. A. A. A. A. track and tici-d championships, to be staged at Franklin Field. Philadelphia, this week-end. Cornell, with 81 individuals listed, leads all others in the number of athletes to compete. Harvard has entered 73, Yale 48. Princeton 46, Lartmouth 45, Pennsylvania 43, Southern California 32 and New York University 31. Georgetown one of the eastern leaders in track, has entered its smallest number in years, nine. Four champions in five events are a mong the competitors. Eric Krenz will defend his titular honors in both the discus and shot, Kieselhorst of Yale, in the 220 yard hurdles, Ross Nichols of Stanford, in the 120 high hurdles and Phil Edwards in the half mile run. . Thirteen American and two foreign Alymplc performers aife among the entries. Phil Edwards of New York University and Victor Pickard, of Pittsburgh, were on the Canadian team while Erik Kjellstrom of Georgetown, was a member of Sweden’s team. The Americans include Ross Nichols Krenz and Rothe't of Stanford, Berlinger and Montgomery of Pennsylvania, F. Weicker, and F. Connor, Yale, John Collier, Brown; John Anderson, Cornell; Ed Black. Maine; Bob Hedges, Princeton, and Charles Borah, of Southern California.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1929.

PAINLEVE TELLS VIVID STORY OF WRIGHT'S TESTS French War Minister Recalls Airman’s Visit Os 21 Years Ago By Ralph Helnzen (United press Staff Correspondent) June 1 (UP) —Tv;enthrone years ago today Wilbur Wright landed in Fiance bringing his flying machine with which he continued his expert meats on the Leon Bollee farm near Le Mans during the following year. M. Paul Painleve, present Minister of War but in 1908 one of the out standing mathematicians and professor at the Facutly of Sciences in Paris. predicted on that day that the young American was bringing with him in his crates a new form of locomotion which within a half century would revolutionize tiansport. M. Painleve has seen his prediction borne out before even a quarter of a century has elapsed. But in those days his statements were picked up by the Paris press and subjected to ridicule. Panileve became Wright's first passenger ami was in the plane when it set the world's first official record for speed, altitude, distance and duration. "Those were the kindergarten days of flying, and although Farman. Voisin and Bleriot were tinkering around with flying machines, we did not put much stock in the reports. *ve heard from America of the teal flights of two brothers from Dayton on the sand I of Kitty Hawk," M. Painleve told the United Press today. France “Aair-Minded” "The Wrights were encouraged tc come to France to carry on their experiments because France in those days was more air-minded than the rest of the wofld. I had personally giown very interested in the Mathematics of flying, although I had never undertaken to apply that -science to flight. "It took several months for Wright to assemble his plane and build his catapulat. for in those days he had not predicted the takeoff. I was one of three persons present when he made his first two flights in Fiance in December. 1908. So little attention wapaid, however, that not a newspaper mentioned the fact and no press photographer ever found his way to the Bollee farm foi many weeks. "On Dec. 1, 1908. Wright flew during one hour and 31 minutes and covered 36 miles. It was on Dec. 21 that he made his best flight two and a half hours. 75 mile.! and an altitude of 350 feet. "Enthusiastic by that time. I asked to be his first passenger and on a cold I day early in 1909 I flew with him fori 7o minutes. 1 will never forget that 1 experience, although I flew with him often enough after that day. “His plane was a biplane with two propellers, and he was the first pioneer to dare to suppress the automatic stabilizer. He flew his plane by touch using both hands, his feet, knees and even cut off ignition by leaning forward to exert pressure on a cord which was suspended in front of us. "Amazed by Skill” “During the 7o minutes of that first flight I was amazed by Wiight’s skill. With his left hand he manoeuvered a lever which controlled the front rudder. He could never rest a minute, and constantly inclined one way or another the little planes of the front rudder.

"With liis right hand, he held a lever which conti oiled both the rear ladder and the wings. This hand was immobile when the plane flew in a straight line, but when he curved 6t flew through gusty wind both hands were in motion and in contrary sense. You have no idea how difficult that is until youn try to right with one hand while beating time with the other.. "But Wright was a marvelous flier and never appeared sttained or worried. Only once during that flight did he get into trouble and that was when the wind blew us off our course over another field. He made a quick turn and brought it back Just like a rider turns back a horse which gets off its course. "I judged from the applause which came up from the people below that he had done something masterful, but was unable to judge for myself because it was done so easily. Had my eyes been closed I would have seen nothing because the stability of the plane remained perfect. Worried About Landing “I must admit that 1 was frankly worried about the landing. I had heard it repeated for years that landing would inevitably be fatal to any aeroplanev It was argued that either a plane would keep Its speed in landing and smash up or it would lose speed and fall vertically into another smash. Either way it was a fall, vertically or horizontal. "But Wright brought his plane down easily and smoothly. First he pointed down at a long sloping angle and then when just above the ground lifted up the front of the plane to let the air brake it. The plane stopped within ten feet after the runners touched the grass. It was exactly the same movement as a bird stopping flight. "For getting off, it was not so easy. Wright studied out a catapult and used it for my flight, but he preferred to work out away of starting the plane by hitching it to an automobile or putting it directly on a light automobile which would rise into the air

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Ray Keech. Philadelphia dirt track driver, who drove a Simplex Special to victory in the 500-mile sweepstakes at Indianapolis Memorial Day. Keech averaged 97.585 miles per hour.

with him. On this feature, his Fretrch rivals developed the idea of landing wheels befoie he did. but Wright was a great pioneer." SWIMMING POOL TO OPEN MONDAY Max Kidd And Miss Jeanette Clark To Supervise Municipal Pool The Decatur municipal swimming pool will i>e publicly opened for the season. Monday afternoon. June 3, it was announced today by those in charge. Max Kidd, football coach in Decatur high school, and Miss Jeanette Clark, girls' athletic director, will have charge of the pool this summer. At 9 o’clock Monday morning physi cal examinations will be held for all child!en 12 years of age and under. These examinations will be conducted by Mr. Kidd and Miss Clark, andl will be free. AU children over 12 years of age and all adults who wish to use the swimming pool must secure a health certificate from a physician or any graduate ntnse before they will be permitted to use the pool. The horns for the opening day of the pool will be; Monday afternoon, 1:30 to 2:30 o'clock, girls only; 2.30 to 4:30 o’clock, boys only; 7:30 to 9:30 all persons with health certificates. Pet manent hours and schedule s will be announced the first of next week. Tilden, Hunter Defeated; Helen Wills Victorious

Roland Carros Stadium. Auteuil, France June I—(FP)Rene La Coste of Fiance defeated William T. Tilden Today in the semi-final round of the men's singles of the French hard court tennis "championships 6-1, 6-0 5-7, 6The defeat was the most overwhelming the American No. 1 ranking players has sustained in many years of In ternational tennis. Tilden's defeat follow’ed closely the defeat administered his fellow American Francis T. Hunter, who although, he played the best tennis he ever has displayed in France, fell before Jean Borotra when their adjourned quarter final match concluded this morning. The basque rose to great heights to overcome Hunter’s brilliant play, 6-8 10-8, 4-6, 8-6, 61. America’s representatives scored however in the victory of Helen Wills over Eileen Bennett of England, 6-2, 7-

M. C. Newsome Heads Rotary International Dallas, Texas, June I—(UP1 —(UP) —M. C. Newsome, of Durham, North Carolina, was elected president of Rotary International, Friday, at the annual convention of the organization in session here. Mr. Newsome succeeds I. B. Sutton of Tampico, Mexico. ——o Torrential Rains Hit Southwestern States Kansas City, June I—(UP)1 —(UP) —Torrential rains continued throughout the southwest today swelling flood waters which have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars damage during during the past five days. There has been no loss of life in the flood area residents of the affected districts receiving warning of the advancing waters in time to evacuate their homes. The monotonous downpour swelled creeks thrughout Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas into raging rivers. Buffalo Bayou, ordinarily a sluggish little stream at Houston, Tex., has become a threshing torrent, rising to a height of 43 feet above normal stage.

The Winner

STANFORD LOOKS GOOD TO REPEAT Philadelphia, June 1. —(U.R) —Stanford University seemed headed for its third straight championship as the final events in the 53rd annual meeting of the Inter-collegiate A.A.A.A. began at Franklin field today." Stanford, defending the title it won in 1927 and 1928, led the list of men qualified tor today's semi-final and final events with a total of 14 places’. Pennsylvania was nexT witli ten and Southern California third with nine. Yale and New York University qualified eight places each. In addition these teams will be represented in a majority of the other four events—the pole vault, the high jump and the mile and two mile runs. Harlow Rothert and Eric Kranz, Stanford weight stars were expected to prove the deciding factors in favor of the westerners. Rothert twice broke the intercollegiate record for the shot put yesterday. In the discus. Krenz. who made the Lest mark yesterday, looked safe in first place with Rothert expected to finish close behind. Can’t Remove Odor Nothing will take the odor out of banana oil. This Is a definite chemical compound. Its odor Is as much ■I part of It ns other properties

no are the people who have made this ear such an overwhelming success? The New Pontiac Big Six is scoring a tremendous success. Ali previous Pontiac production records have been surpassed. But the most interesting phase of Pontiac s latest and greatest success lies, not in the number of people who are buying it, but in the kind of people. I hey give the real clue to the value this car provides. Prices $745 to $895, f. o. b. Pontiac, Michigan, plus delivery charges. Bumpers, spring covert an*, Lovejoy shock absorbers regular equipment at slight extra cost. General Motors Time lay men t Plan available at minimum rate. Consider the delivered price as well as the list price when comparing autoniobil® values . • . Oakland-Pontiac delivered prices include only reasonable charges tor delivery and financing. Adams County Auto Co. Madison Street Phone 80 DECATUR INDIANA «■ NEW POVIiM PRODUCT OF W~W W W fl.) GENERAL MOTORS I>l V V , p

FALLS 42 FEET , TO RIVER BED SCONTIMVBD FH.IM PA«B SINK) the bridge over the Salamonia river. It was impossible for the interurban crew to remove tlie horses, and a telephone call was sent to the Kavanaugh Al Flynn auto service in Portland. asking them to send a wrecking cur to the Detamore crossing’. Mr. Kavanaugh responded immediately and the large crane was used in removing one of the horse: n the bridge without any special difficulty. The other horse seemed greatly frightened and caused much trouble before it could be lifted from the bridge. In assisting in this work, Mr. Kavanaugh stepped backward into space and fell several feet into the river, striking a partly submerged gas line when he fell. The horse was left swinging in the air, and Mr. Kavanaugh had be. n removed from the river only a few seconds when the rope broke mid the horse fell into the stream, but fortunately did not injure any of the men who were caring for Mr. aughMr. Kavanaugh was unconscious yesterday most of the day and his condition is reported critical. — .. -o BIBLE SCHOOL TO OPEN MONDAY ICOMTINI’ED moil PAUJJ ONE! Mrs Myers. 3. Second and third grade children ion the tennis court, with Miss Hocker. : 4. Fourth and fifth grade children |on east side of building, with Mrs. I Downs. 5. All others meet at rear of the school building, with Mr. Thomas. In case it rains, all pupils are asked to come to the fron' door and they w ill be directed to their proper places. The faculty for the school is as follows: principal. Mrs. O. E. Miller; kindergarten. Mrs. Herman Myers, Josephine Jaberg and Bernadine Kolter; first year primary, Miss Harriet Myers, Esther Sunderman and Betty Frisinger; second and third year primary, Miss Justine Hocker, Helen Shroll and Gretchen Winans; juniors,' 1 Mrs. Frank Downs, Florence Anderson and Ann Elizabeth Winnes; intermediate, Bryce Thomas and Margaret Frisinger; music, Mrs. E. D. Engeler, Isabel Cloud, Edwina Shroll and Mina Collier. o LOCAL M AN’S FATHER DIES (CONTINVEO FBOM PAGE OXE» home of the son, Jesse, 407 West Superior street, Fort Wayne, at 1:30 o'clock ami at the Eel River church at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, with the Rev. L. R. Beery officiating. Burial will be made in the Eel River cemetery. Memorial Coins The last two memorial coins Issued I by the United States government were the Sesquicentenninl half-dollar and >l> o 11 m tvoHon F»1 f ibtl I- I r

LAW AFFECTSI MAIL HOM All Mail B oxeg « I Persons residing on I »•'«’ threatened wi th * Bion of tlto free delivery * June 15. 1929. if )hHr m £J "" ", P rlgl " 'he rod ’ direction of the carrier's tri "* cording to a bulletin * Postmaster 1,. A Graham r * * Post Office Department 0B * After calling attention to lh . visions of Indiana', new ' * hide law. which oltutsifie, drin. * driving and a violation of the po.st oft ice bulletin states’ “In view of this law. and „ carriers have no special nriviiJ" the use of roads, it i, nece ssar v direct that you (the rs>stni M t w) * form patron, on th., rural routes your office who maintain boxm the left hand side of the road in Z direction of travel of the ( . arri * that they must relocate their tZ on the light hand side of the the direction of the carrier's tn< by or before June 15, 1929, and Zj in event of their failure so with this requirement, service » their boxes will be withdrawn, a, their mail held at the post officet 0 lie called for or otherwise disM of, as provided by the Postal Lan and Regulations. “If the withdrawal of service k comes necessary under these instne. j tions, it may be restored as soon u boxes are properly relocated." Another recent bulletin sent ost k the post office department states tin new and larger mail boxes will taw their appearance en rural routes afteJune 1. It is understood that the tan Ixixes are being placed in use of heavier parcel post service. Pat) ages which are too large for the boxes and left on top, are frequently blown away, or become damaged bj storms. 4 The bulletin information is it follows: “All approved rural mail ton now in use on rural and star routes will be continued in use so long a they remain weatherproof and setticeable. "Patrons on new routes, new introns on existing routes or extensions thereof, or patrons desiring to |» vide boxes of sufficient capacity !« conta'n parcel-post mall will be re quired to furnish the No. 2 large sine box after July 1. 1929. "A list of the names and addresses of the authorized manufacturers «t the new type No. 2 box, which has recent lv been approved by the Postrnw ter General will be published in the June Supplement and the Julr. Hit Postal Guide.” j O —-r Get the HeWt—Trade at Home. It Pnr