Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1930 — Page 8

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G. E. CLUB WILL RLlf TONIGHT The l)<" i. in G i n J Electr'" cl :li I.;: kt tluill team will meet th l fa - Albion Independetx. if t ter* at Decatur high ecb <)i gymnasium at | H o’clock t miglr. Th" gam.- will *•1 rt late In order no to conflict with the simultaneoiw Revivals being held <>t xev cal Decatur churches. The Albion team has b- n travel! ing fast this sea <on. and has marked tip many victories over stiff op poalUon. The 100 I net ns will be handicapped by the teas of Hockey Mylott. guatd. who will le> out of the lineup for several weeks because of a hg Injury. It is likely that Chet Kleinknight will fart iu Mylott's place tonight In the pr liminary game which will; start at 7:4:'> o'clock, the (I. E. Motors team will meet j team oil W't End is. headed by Felix [ .Maier. Tickets can be ob ain <1 iiny time! today at lie West End restaurant I or at the doo. s tonight. During the j intermission. a flocr lamp will b-| p.es ut. l to one of the spectators. —— o ■ ° h ' Ths Hartford-Geneva game which was scheduled to be played next Friday n : ght in the new Hartford gymnasium will be played at Berne next Thursday night instead, it was announced today. — oOo—The Hartford township gymnasium will be formally opened a , week from next Friday, when Hart- , i ford tn« eis Polington in a basket ball gam«. —oOo—- * The gymnasium is said to be one of the best consolidated school ( gymnasiums in the state. — oOo — The self styled Al Capone Jr., who writes sport functions for the Herald-Press located at Huntmgton. which is a break In the monotony of state road 16, was rather cooled down today after several days of wild whooping. —oOo— And Ruck over at the West Su-, btirb 'n nursing a sore head af'er 1 22 20 defeat handed the Tigers by Waite High of Toledo—- — 000— ThereSs one person, some p'ace in Wells county who tries to be fair with his conscience— A writer using the name of the Prophet places Decatur second in northern Indiana's big ten. -e-oOo — Os course in tlie same big ten were such mediocre teams as Bluff- , ton and Huntington. —oOo — Coach Hc-b Curtis is drilling the Jackets for two hard games this week-end. On Fri- I day night the Curtismen will invad- the Columbia City camp and then they will return home Saturday night to greet Mishawaka high school on the home court. —oOo— ■ Dave Baker is drilling the Com-! modores for a double-header this coming week-end. Coach George Laurent, who left the straight anil narrow path to sail the sea ofH Matrimony will meet the team at ' Anderspn where the Commodotes play Friday night. —oOo— Saturday night the Commodores meet Cathedral of Indianapolis at Indianapolis. —oOo— John Bollenbacher, Jefferson township trustee and one of the county's greatest disciples of basketbail told us all about Coach Olen Marsh's Jefferson townsh’p netters yesterday — and even by discounting the optimistic viewpoint taken by Trustee Bollenbacher, fans still have to figure Jefferson as a strong contender for county honors. —oOo— Right now it would be some job to pick the teams in Adams couniy in order of their ability. —oOo— Berne, Jefferson. Kirkland, Hartford, Monroe, Geneva and Monmouth all are evenly matched, and Pleasant Mills with all kinds of handicaps 'it playing some good basketball. —oOo.— Every week brings tournament

I time Just a little closer and every ■wick Adams county teams are getting harder to boat. »—oOo—- | Commodores, bent Anderson and Cathedral. oOo — Yellow Jackets, heat Cohiinlilii C.ty and .Mishawaka. — oOo — Zero weather is predicted for tonight — which Incidentally j * means there will be some cold wind blowing— Basketbawls is serving notice on that venerable sports writer, Mr. Buckner of the West Suburb that he has nothing to do with the wind which is going to blow cold shivvers before long. oOo — Basketbawls wishes Decatur had another game scheduled with Huntington Vikings—we'd like to see how bad we could beat them with three men. —oOo - This old rainy weather lias aoit ' i.f dampened our "wings" Mr. Crowds on the side-lines so we're I going to hgn off very truly yours. Basket bawls. GREAT ARTHUR BACK IN HING Chicago, Jan. 7.- (U.R)— C. Arthur i Shires, surnamed The Great one. I [today planned to continue ids boxling career in as many of the 16 states in which he is not under suspension as possible. Shires will tight Tony Faeth, baseball pitcher, at St. Paul, tonight, which has suspended Sliites, the commissioners held that the contract was signed before lie was suspended. After tonight's fight. Shires will drop in at Lansing to hear the Michigan boxing commission discuss charges of Dan Daly. Cleveland, Ohio, that he took a "dive" as requested during his fight with Shires. The .qreat one made it clear his visit was only a social call. He was confident his record would be cleared. The Shires will go to Boston for a battle Friday with Al Spohrer. Boston Braves’ catcher. Massa- ■ chusetts is not in the N. B. A., so [Shires apparently is not under suspension Hi that state yet. Meanwhile the Illinois commissioners will meet today to discuss he Daly charges with both the I Cleveland boxer and Shires missing. Laly contends he doesn't have the fate to come here and Shires galavanted up to Minnesota before he received the commissioners formal invitation. I - o Miami May Have Heavyweight Fight New York, Jan. 7 —(UP)— Phil Scotit of England will meel Jack Sharkey, American Heavyweight champion, at Miami February 27 if Madison Square Garden official n co.ne to terms with Jimmy Jolirson manager of Scott. Johns mi has asked for 75,<100 and a priviljg- of 25 per cent of the gate receipts. The Garden has offered 25 per cent with no guarantee. A conference last night faded to tiring the two factions together but another conference was scheduled l-.oday a which time both s.d's are ■.■.peut"d to make concessions. Another heavyweight will arrive tu.uo.row wh ti the liner Voltaire docks, brings Vittorio Campolo, Hie giant argeutin , back to this country. Canipolo probably wdl make his appearance in the aemi-final of h - [Miami show. Otto Von Pinal, Norw gian heavywelg! : was quoted at 7 to 5 favorite today to defeat Paolino Übcudun of Spain iu their 10-round bout In the Garden Friday night. o Prepare For Los Angeles Golf Meet Los Angeles, Jan. 7. — (U.R) — A brilliant field of more than 300 golfers will tramp over seven rainsoaked courses here tomorrow in an attempt to w n places among the 128 and ties who will start in the first round of the fifth Los Angeles SIO,OOO open tournament Friday. Among them will be many ot the game’s most famous players, including Johnny Farrell, Olin Dutra, Joe Turnesa and Charlie Guest. Forty-three nationally known professionals and a few amateurs hold places on the exemption roster. Walter Hagen, Tommy Armour, MacDonald Smith, Leo Diegel, Craig Wood, Georgo von Elm, Henry Cuici, Horton Smith and many other golf celebrities are included In tomorrow's easy chair list. Farrell and Turnesa must compete tomoriow because neither played in the Los Angeles open last year.

Central Norma! Wins 11 Danv lie. Ind.. Jan. 7 (U.R) CenI ■ tral Normal remained Indiana a only major undi seated college bus kelbull team today, after trouncing Manchester 11 to 17 last night. The Normal quintet, which by virtue of its victory over Butin.', has taken a place in the national ' spotlight, won without difficulty,, uft r a spirited urce In :h<4lrst per-1 lod, which ended w.th Normal hold-, 1 , Ing the long end of a 15 to 7 count., The reserves gave way to Smith land Schultz In the scoring column I Cor Central, with 11 and ti points I ’ respectively. Illinois B. Team Defeats Indiana B. — Champaign. 111., Jan. 7.- (U.R)— University of Illinois reserves won from Indiana university reserves in a closely fought contest throughout last night. Hie final score being 25 to 23. Two overt me periods were inquired to decide the victory. Huat Loses Bout New York. Jan. 7. (U.R)— Eugene Huat's first bout in this country as a bantamweight proved disastrous when the little Frenchman was soundly beaten last night by Archie Bell of Brooklyn in 10 rounds at the St. Nicholas arena. Hunt weighed 116%, 8e11_119%. Vidal Gregorio, Spanish bantamI weight, knocked out Sammy Tlsch I of New York in the third round o lhe semi-final. 1 o Ancestry of Canaries Found Hard to Trace DmnesOc eunarins have been ill 'ered to such un extent hy linn Ireds of years of *• le five breed Ing that their wl'd f> -ogi-nlrors mu not positively b ■ Identified states I writer in the I’ ithtilider ’I 'll due Their early history ns cage birds Is obscure. It Is generally ruppo-ed however, that they sprang from a soecies of tin h still fnnnil in tlie wild state in the Canary is lands, as well ns Madeira. off the north western const of Africa. The wild hints in the Canary Islands ire grayish brown, some'lines varied with brighter lines. hut they nexer have the beautiful plinnage so comuon In tile domes'll- vifiety Ac•ordlng to tlie usual story specimens of these wild Idrdc were captured in tlie Sixteenth century and Jomestlcflted in Italy, wlienee they were taken to other parts of tlie Vol-Id t'nmirles h-eetl freely with I lie I'urof.o ti '.obhlm-b and certain nliet spec , :i so- watch lends some aivl,,, -it!»•» to 1 "t'lwe that lie doirtestti-nted '-nmirv Is the predict of interbreeding and not the leseentlan' of any one species In lie I'nlted States t'e eo-nmon Mm-riean gttld'im-li o',- thistle bird is sometimes <• lied a 'wild canary.” fills s| l( ., t,.- of course. Is not a I •in.irv nt -' ! l Trace Origin of Gyps'es tc Northwes.ern India The nice ot gypsies Is now x , >r> mu' n mixed one willi ele ; nii'lits of the ld"o<l id all of Hie cotinLies in which the) hate resid ed; am) gypsies from one part of rhe world mny present ehnriicter islles and appearanees quite different fiom those ot another part. The English word g.'.psj reileits Hie old lieiiet ot liui't.v countries ■ ilisi the gypsies were Egyptians. ] In other cumitries ibex were called I larlars The ol<| agreement of Hie traditions eoneerning them wits thin they had come to Europe out of the East Modem inquiry has revealed a good ileal of their true history, Imwevei mid Ims tslalillshed lliat rhe race is originally from north western India Bands of Hie In habitants ot mis region were driven away Irotn tlieit Imines and sei wandering hy liordes nt northern lesaders wliicli swept down upon | tlis'tn in the N'intli century These forbears ol tlie modern j gyps} moved into Kabullstnii and I’ersl.fi mid iiltlnmtely filtered | through Syria into Egypt and [ northern Africa mid through fur ke.-, into Europe T here are tmw foiit-teeti oi more distinct dialects ot Hieii language in European loiiniries itidhiillng their widespread distribution Archimedes II The family was out tot u Sttnda} afternmui ride Each menilier of the group entered gayly into the lively conversation iiimtit neiglibor.iintl the weather-ouch, thin is. ex eept .hie. age six Joe hud said nothing mid seemed engrossed In deep thought Suddenly a look ot surprise and wonderment lighteil the young man's face mid he broke his silence In the voice of one who had lust mnde a slrnnge discovery “Poppn." he cried. “I can look strnight aliend with one eye and look tirotind with the other"’ Venerable Newspapers Germany lends Hie world In the number of dally newspiqters pub llshed eoiitlnuously since tlie Sev enteenth century There are nim of tltese still in existence The oiliest Is tlie Miigdehttrglsche Zel lung, founded In IGid. nntl hence more than three hand, d years old The oldest daily In the I'nlted States Is the Hartford ('oiirnnt which observed Its one hundred slxty-fnurth birthday Gerninnv also lends In the number of dull} newspapers It tins :t.'_>s7 tn the 2.272 In the United Sta'es. The population of Germany Is Just hull that nf the United States.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, lANUARY 7.10'i0

PENSION FOR WORKERS SEEN BY PROF. RIETZ lowa U. Man Believes Employers and Employees Will Agree Det Moines, la.. Jun. ?—-(UP)— ' Prof. 11. I . Rietz of the University I >f lowa, predic ed Io the American Association for the Advancement of Sc ence today that employees and employers, in various Industries would work out their own retirement schemes for supper annuated employes before many more years. A general predict on Is ventured and defended that there will gradn illy be a more and more pronounced drif toward retirement plans of he reserve, contractual type operat'd by organizations substantially as ■erm m nt and trustworthy as legal reserve I’fe insurance comp .lies " Prof. Rietz said. “These organizations will be subjected to sta e supervision similar o that exere.s- d over life insurance companies.” Prof Rietz raid the scheme of geii-'-ral old age pensions presented too many controversies for universal idoption in the United Slates ami urged that employers and empolyes confer and. solve their retirement problems in a business-like manner. o INTEREST HIGH IN REVIVALS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) veiling al 7:30 o’clock. Evangelical Church The Evangelistic services at the Evangelical church last night under the leadership of the church brotherhood were w II attended nd of great interest. Mr. T. E. ’et Iter, vice-president of the Brotli- . rhood, presided. A large men’s chorus of 30 voices sang two special numbers. Short addresses given by Ed Macy and C. E. H >ck?r upon: “Why I Became a Christian. ’’ Tlie pastor’s message was. “A Man’s Task." Tonight at 7:15 o'clock the services will be in charge of the ladies of the church. The ladies chorus of about fifty voices will sing. The ladles will conduct the devotional program. M'ss Edith Hellwarth will sing a special number. The pastor. Rev. M. W. Sandrman. will p each upon: "Women's Interest In Christianity.” There were twenty-nine children P'csent at the children’s meeting Monday afternoon. Children's •nee'ing each afternoon immediately at the close of school. n 17 PETITIONS FOR ROADS ARE ON FILE TODAY irONTINCH) FROM rnGE ONE) [ . automob .e and those who appeared before the board stated that they came to Decatur in a buggy. It) those townships where the roads can lie built this year the I petitions will be ordered published [and h - rings will be held at the IF.-binary meeting ot the board. —o Identify Biblical City Destroyed by Joshua It was s u:ie two hundred and fifty "ears before tlie wooden horse wits pnllert into ancient Troy that Josliuu liriiuglit tlie sun to a hall upon Gitieatn mid the nl»on in tlie v.-ille} of Ajaliui Jusliiia's military successes against tlie five kings ot the Anmrites mid Hie kings of .lent snlem lleliroti l.m-tiisli el ill were so astounding Him .Inhin. the king , ol llazot was moved to send word [ to Hie vtiriiuis kings nearby, and to the < aiiaanlies Hittites. Jetiusites ami llivites. to mobilize kgtiinst the j upstart newcoiaet mid tils Israel lies Bui. at the walers of Merom, .losbu.-t amt Ids forces "smote them tinil clmsetl tlietti Into great Zidoll until they left them none remaining " Tla ti Josliuu returned ami look Hnzm, “the lieml beforelimes ot nil ilmse klngilmus" and hurneil it alone "I all Hie cities lie etipHiretl: ilie rest lie destroyed, but not by tire More tlitin three thousand years lias llazot paid Hie (lenalty of oblivion. but now like the fabled phoenix it Ims risen frutn Its ashes. It Ims been discovered ami identl tied by tbirsiang. Hie great British aulliorlty on tlie Hittites, who for many vents Ims been the director of the British school of archeology In Palestine. Day I jhi having l ime Stimmet lime, says a correspond ent In the Edinburgh Dispatch, is not nn Insliimlon of yestenluy not of man For veilticulion of nils re tel to the Bible—lsniiili. chapter 38 verse 8. The verse is ns follows : I Behold I will bring again the Shadow of the degrees, which is gone down In lhe sun dial ot Ahiz.. ten degrees huckwurd. So Hie sub returned ten degrees I, which degrees It was gone down q 666 is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. 1 It’s the most speedy remedy known

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