Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1931 — Page 6

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G.E. TEAM HAS SAME TUESDAY Markle Boosters and G. K. Team Meet at Decatur llitfh School The G. E. basketball five will I meet the Markle Boosters tit the I Deeutur 11l 'll school gymnasium i Tuesday night, according to an announcement made by the man-; ngemenl this morning. The (1 !•:. Motors team will play the Markle, Ai es fiTthe preliminary. Markle always has one of the best Independen* teams in this par' ' of the state, and with the <l. E five i; stronger than ever this vear. a real, ( battle is expected tomorrow night. I.

These two tennis have met yeari; fur the last tour seasons and th, Decatur team has yet to taste vic tore over the Huntington count! five.

daskWwlThis is the initial bow of yours truly as columnist in the Democrat. We are in a slightly embarrassed position this week, with this Bluff ton-Dec>‘ur scrap looming up Friday night. —oOo—- — coverino sports in Bluffton end Wells county for -'ver-il seasons, then to leap rinht into th' home of the Yellow Jackets and Commodores, is some jump. —oOo — Regard'ess of personal feeling, expect a real bail game Friday rb’ht. no matter who is the victor. T "off*on w’ll bring as many fans can crowd in the gymnasium and •he partisans of the Y-l'ow Jackets will finish packing the house. —oOo— Those Dm atur-Bluffton battles n'wavs reach the heichth of ba«->-o»h-»p In th • two cities interested r»d all don must eo by the board when the Yellow Jackets an 1 Tigers c'ash. —oOo — Decatur has an unblem’shed recora so f.or this season, and has defected some plentv tough ager - "••tlons, including South Side, Huntington. North Side, Auburn and Winamac. —oOo — Th’ Bluffton Tigers have dropped only one game to date, a tight defensive battle with LaPorto at I,'Porte, early in the season, by a margin of two points. The Tigers include South Side, Auburn Portland and Winchester in their list of victims.

PUBLIC AUCTION 6 ROOM HOUSE 6 i xa’ ! 'l cell ft Puhl’r Auction. without »•**•••'••. on the premises, 1222 WEST MADISON St. Decatur. Ind., at 2:30 p.m., on SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 6 Hmre. lot 5Cx190. A good location, heinn right near new | high bui’dtna. At v*rv little cost can be made into as ne home. | TERMS—SSOO cash; balance terms. J. C. RICE, Owner Poy Johnson, auct. Char**r No. 731 BA NK <TATFM ENT PCPART or THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST STATE BANK at Decatur, in the State of Indiana. at the close of its bus ; ness on December 31, 1930 r *. DURAN. President T F. GRALIKER. Cashier W. V'ZARD, Vice-President R. E. GLENDENING, Asst. Cash. | Resources Liabilities '•wins and Discounts $619,210.84 ' coital Stock—Paid in 1100,000.001 Overdrafts 141 82 'Surplus 12.500.00 U.S. Govt Securities 3,850.00 I Vn( ” v,ded Profits—Net. 6,139.10 Demand I)eO’her Binds, Securities, posits $296,835.12 etc. 156,100.00 TIIIIP CRr ‘ Furniture and Fixtures 6,000.00 , ,if '<ates 448,217.27 Savings DeOther Real Estate Own- posits 128,239.93 ed 25,000.00 Certified Checks 152.05 Due to Banks Due from Trust Cotnpan- & Tr. Co’s 23,632.35 ies. Banins and Bank- Cashier's—ers and Ca hon Hand 205.497.66 Treas. Ch’ks 84.50 To<al $1,015,800,32 Total $ 1715^800.32 State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: I, T F. Graliker, of the city of Decatur, Indiana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. T F’ GRALIKER. Cashier ‘ ,c " a!,a "Worn to before me this sth day of January 1931 „ al) , , I'RCILE CHASE. Notary Public My commission expiree April 30, 1933.

I tin comparative scores, Decatur | has n decided advantage. The YelI low Jackets downed the B rno Bears by a decisive margin while : Bluffton bar' ly eked out an overtime win over the same five. Deicat.ur also deflated Auburn and [south Side by larger margins than | did the Tigers. —oOoRegardless of how it affects our Bluffton friends, right now we predict a Yellow Jacket vie- | fory over the Tigers Friday night. Decatur did it in football last fall and twice last year in basketball, and there is no need for Bluffton to stop the Decautr winning streak. 000Adams county teams broke oven I with W< Ils county in two games I played Saturday night. Berne scored a decisive victory over Ossian, at Bern . 30 lo IS. while J fferson

j suffered a 11 to 35 defeat at Rockicreek aft-r holding a five point lead at the half. —oOo — This Athens, Texas, high school [five, closed its Indiana invasion j (with a 32 111 victory over Horae? 'Mann, Gary, Saturday night. The .invaders, winners of the 1930 natI ional Stagg tourney at Chicago,! won only two games in this state, I their other victory lr ing recorded lover Brazil Friday. —oOo—t On the third attempt, the Mun•l ie I! arcats defeated Frankfort | i Saturday night by two points. 30 j to 28. Frankfort bad previously down d the Bearcats at Frankfort I and the Hot Dogs also won the i blind tourney at Munci? New Year's Day, defeating Muncie in .the final game. —oOo — If our schedule r ads correctly, ■the Commodores will a'so be in i act'on on the home floor this week. I m eting Concordia high school, of | Fort Wayne, Saturday night. The, ; Commodores won their last game liy a decisive margin over Elder ■ high, of Cincinnati, and are im-.! j proving rapidly. o — Jail Prisoners Kill Deputy Sheriff — Rensselaer, Ind.. Jan. 5. —<U.R>— , Indictments charging Jack Bradley}, and Lee Risner with first d gree , murder, were expected to be pr°l pared today, as a result of the I death of Ernest Prouty, deputy, | sheriff. Prouty was shot wh n at at-j tempted to arrest Bradley and Risner near Newland several weeks. ! ago. With the aid of several, , friends. Bradley and Risner escap'd after the shooting. They were , later captured, tried, and sentenced to long prison terms’. Several of their accomplices lik wise have gone to prison for aiding in the ! escape. Prouty was shot when he at- , aticn to remove a portion of intes- , tines punctured by the bullet. | P J. Won't Stand Storage Bulbs that become dried out or overheated In storage produce plants that go "blind." that Is. ihe' , npvor tlnwpr

BERNE BEARS BEAT OSSIAN Decisive Victory Won By Bears Saturday: Score 30 to IS , Coach Johnson's Berne H ats won a decisive victory over Ossian Saturday night at Berne. The Ad-1 ams county five won, 30 to is, nf-| It leading at the half, IS lo 9. j Ho man and Lantz scored heavily, for the Bears with 13 and 11 points! respectively. Ossian connected on'y seven times from the field against the strong defense s' t up by Berne. The Ossian seconds won the preliminary, defeating tne Berne reserves, 15 to 6. i Lim up and summary: Berne FG FT TP Smith, f. 0 (i 0 Lantz, f. 5 1 11 Hoffman, c. •’> 1 131 Stauffer, g. 2 0-1 Baumgartner, g. 1 a 2 Blacker, f. 0 0 0 Totals 14 2 30 O-.sian FG FT TP 1 Shafer, f. 3 2 8, Moser, f. 1 0 21 Erhait, c. 0 0 ol Van Buskirk, g. 2 1 Lydy, g. 0 0 0| Lipshire, c. 11 3| Springer, g. 0 0 0 Johnloz, g. 000 i Totals 7 4 IS KIRKLAND WINS OVER MONMOUTH Second Team Holds Lead; Desn’f'* Rally in Second Ha's of Game — Tim Monmouth Eagles dropped la hard fought game to the KirkI land second t >am at Monmouth Saturday n ght. 21 to 19. The ‘ I'lagb s staged a rally in the second , half which threatened to pu’l th? | [game out of the fire. Kirkland , held a 13-7 lead at the half. In a | preliminary game, the Kirkland , [third team defeated the Monmouth ; [seconds, io tn 19. Monmouth will I meet Woodburn Saturday night at | Monmouth. I Lineup and summary: Monmouth FG FT TP} Lytle, f 11 81! j Fleming, f. .3 2 8 ' I Neurge, c. 0 0 01 I Brokaw, g. 1 0 2 j i Bittner, g. 3 0 G| Stults, g. 0 0 O ' Tota’s 8 3 19 Kirkland 2nd FG FT TP Hoffman, f. 2 2 61 Adler, f 0 3 3| Beineke, c. 3 1 71 Thompson, g 1 0 2 Andrews, g. ... ... 0 2 2 j Schladen, g 0 11 - - -| Totals. 6 9 21 FIRST ACT OF I HOUSE IS TO PROVIDE HELP rnNTTNUFD FROM PAGE ONE) Upkeep of the military establishment for the next fiscal year is to i cost 5334.956.980. For non-military activities, which include rivers and [rarbors, national cemeteries and [the Panama canal, a total of slll,i 067.270 is provided. A standing army of 118.750 men, 11.972 officers and 6,500 Ph'lippine scouts, the same as the present | army, is provided. An increase f'om 190,000 to 195,000 in the national guard a’so is provided. Tlie committee recognized the' i new weapons of the national de-[ I tense developed from the World | war by appropriating approximate-, }lv $38,000,000 for the air corps.[ about $3,000,000 mor? than last} year; $1,304,000 for tire chemical, warfare service to experiment in poison gases, and $227,000 for th' tank service. Os appropriations for the army, $21,000,000 is for good for soldiers, $5,400,000 for supplies, $9,800,000 for clothing and equipment. $14,- , 772,000 for transportation. For seacoast defense in the United States [ and its possessions, $2,739,000 is allotted. Tlie signal corps gts $3,087,000. For construct'on at army posts, the committee provided $19,138,000, of which $5,000,000 is for Hie air corps. o - COURT UPHOLDS DRY AMENDMENT i ' tCONTINT’FD FROM PAGE ONE) ‘ Two other judges concurred. Selden Bacon and Daniel Cohalan 'council in the case that was presented to Judge Clark and subsequently appealed to the supreme court by the government also were attorneys for Shibault. In both action their contention was that the 18th amend- , meat was invalid.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1931

Junior Football Champs Meet President ’ nr 1 .— - ■ rrC- Ts I - ft i i I .—J 1 1

Member- ol the Charlottesville ♦ School for Boys’ football team, oictured with President Herbert

JEFFS DEFEATED DY ROCKCREEK Wells County Team Wins in High Scoring Game Saturday; 11 to 35 The Jefferson five lost a high scoring battle to the Rockcreek, Wells county, five at Rockcreek | Saturday night bv a score of 41 to 35. Je.ferson held a 24 to 19 lead at the half but failed to connect I I with any success in tlie second per | I lod. Jefferson forwurd hit i ive times from tlie field in the first ’■a'f bu: failed to score a point in I the last half. Creek and Miller did i ost of the Wells county team's [scoring with 11 points each. Rocki re k also won the preliminary [game, defeating the Jefferson seclids 38 to 26. Lineup and summary: Jefrerron FG. FT. TP. Wendel f 6 0 12 McKaissiek f 3 2 8 Baker, c 10 2 Snyder g 3 17, Egley g 3 0 6 Charleston f 0 0 0 Miller c 0 0 0 Totals . 16 3 35 Rockcreek Creek f 5 1 11 Miller f 5 111 [ Harnish c 4 2 10 ■ Brickley g .408 ; Mc Afee g Oil Totals 18 5 41 | Re eree: Fields Fort Wayne. [ — o !♦- — —-—♦ Auction School Notes > r- ♦ The entire class spent most of I'he morning at the Decatur Cnm- ! munity auction sale which is con- | ducted by Colonels Johnson and I Bartlett. This sale proved to be a i genuine clinic for the student body. | During tlie morning -Colonels Guy Pettit, Earl Gartin, and Sy Sprnnger, dropped into the Comi munity sale and were introduced | to the audience and asked to par-

| tlcipate in the sale. They demon-: ' [strated to tlie boys how they real- 1 ly perform when conducting a! j regular auction. i , Among the visitors at the school' ( Saturday, were the following: Den-} , n s Hoffstettler. of Kidron, Ohio, I and the Misses Lillian and Arline I Lehman, of Mas-ilion, Ohio. 1 Rev. R. E. Vance, of the United I ' Brethren church, in a short talk, [ 1 welcomed the student body to the } churches of Decatur, in behalf of the Ministerial Association. Col. Sprunger streesed the im- . 1 rortance of co-operation and the • great help received from the in- [ I struction of the Reppert School, j JHe also touched, upon ethics in! I the profession. I , I ' Don t knoch. say something I good or nothing at all." "Be open ■ [minded.”— Col. Sprunger. *i The students received their [ 1 , first actual experience in bona-fide [ ’; ■’c’ling at the auction conducted [Saturday, at 2:30 p.m. Class Pres-i .lident. Thurman Drew, gave the ,[opening talk in which lie thanked ) i the people of tlie community for - their presence and informed them - that the class appreciated their' s co-operation in the conducting of j , their sales. s At the conclusion of the sale Col. Reppert called the class, together and congratulated them , upon the efficient manner in r which they conducted the sale. Col. Prescott, of Denver, Colorado, arrived late Saturday afternoon, and talked to the boys a few! minutes and expressed his plea-j P sure in being here. We boys are I glad to have the Colonel with us I I and look forward with anticipation, - to the good things the Colonel I has for us. it' t Tlie auction sale Saturday v , night conducted by the students y was a decided success, except j S trem a financial stand point. The} r boys know how to give the Col-' 1, onel's merchandise away. 1 Prizee were given both at the

Hoover upon whom they called * New Year’s Eve The boys won the grid championship for 100-

Tennis Ace Retires [ To Appear in Movies 1 1 i • — * fi William T. Tilden, 2d, one of the world’s outstanding tennis stars, j has announced his retirement from ' w the amateur tennis ranks in order jt to takc» up motion picture work. . The famous lanky Davis Cup 1 star -b a contract with the Metro Goblwyn ■ Mayer Comoany and will probably begin work at once in a production. i afternoon and evening sale. i Eddie Krueger, from Nebraska, I b iter kn wn to his classmates I a the ‘Lone Wolf,’’ entertained ' the audience before and after the 1 evening sale, with his guitar and 1 he a so sang . It was very apparent } that Eddie won the hearts of his , audience. Eddie's nickname is | “Lone Wolf and when you meet i I liiin on the street just say "Greet- i I ings" no matter where he is, as. ', that will make him laugh and - yodel. The “Lone Wolf will again ( • entertain at the Monday night sale I i ahd every night thereafter. I The class invites tlie public to I ' theii party every night in the week I ' at their sales. i H Col. Gartin returned to the city! I ■ this morning after a trip in the! I '■ ntercst of the National Realty ’ I Auction Company. i Ggr-'kn Pronunciation I In Germany there is no standard [ -I of pronunciation that is aeknowl !

edgpit and nbsolutely followed by | the mass of intelligent people. Tlie siMiilled standard of some people ' Is tlie pronunciation of the stage. ' which again is divided into tlie pronunciation of trukedy ami com- [ edy. In tlie latter, of course, is I heard the more natural pronuncia- I tlon of everyday life. Tlie section i al dillerences are very marked, but I in general there is a North German , I and a South German pronunciation. . o I < Summing It Up Always there is a black spot ii ■ >ur sum-hlne. ii is tlie shadow <>' ( ourselves . | —o Magellan’s Feat Magellan’s Journey around tl world started in 1519 and took t.!’ davs ■" -* - ■ - 11 II I

Army Aide Shows Visual Proof of Earth's Form $W* »' .mEKL '"ww* x/ Man’s first visual evidence of the earth's curvature, a photo that “saw” 320 miles, was exhibited to | the American Association for the I Advancement of Science. The i picture was taken from an air-1 plane in South America by Cap-; tain A. M. Stevens, U. S. A. ■ (above), showing level pampas I stretching ahead for 300 miles, | ending in the Andes, and behind I them 320 miles to the peak of the volcano Aconcagua. (

pounders. Left to right in cen- I n ter are: Roe Jarman, President Hoover and John Battle, Jr.

POULTRY VAIUE EXCEEDSWHEIT Value of Poultry in State Is Higher Than Wheat; State Ranks Sixth I.afayett°, Ind., Jan. 5. — (U.R)' — Poultry and poultry products exceed wheat in vahte in Indiana, and } rank fourth in all agricultural products, with an estimated annual value of $50,000,000, according to a bulleting issued by the Purdue university agricultural department. The bulletin sets forth that Indiana ranks fifth in egg production among the states, and sixtli in poul- [ t y production. Eighty-six million dozen eggs a year at e produced, it } says. A revised marketing system.. which shall set a premium on quality production, is advocated in the bulletin. [ o Seaional Light in Sky The zodiacal light is a soft, hazy wedge of light reaching from tlie horizon along the ecliptic Just as twilight is ending or ns dawn is beginning Its lure is 20 or 30 degrees wide and it generally can be folio''rd OO degrees from the sun Sumetilrtes it is seen us a narrow very faint band entirety around l.'ie sky The spring months tire must favorable for observing the zoilia, al light in tlie evening and Hie .'lUtuoiri months fur ohserv ing it in the morning EMMs - — at last is a tire chain service station JUST like driving up for a change [ of oil! lire chain service from a Hod, 11 service station is merely a matt -r of minutes. Need new j cross chains I Chains too long or I too short! Here your chains will be made like new—repairs made quickly — while you wait. A new pair of chains, made-to-bt, madewhile - you - wait—in E minutes! And they’re Hodell Tire Chains—which means more mileage. Drive up today for quick repairs —if son your way to where you’re going. r -TZSI IB P. KIRSCH & SON

WIDE RANDE OF } CARS AT SHOW Auto Show Has Giants And Pigmies and New Hi Cylinder Models New York. 7u7“f> (U.R) -There vas a touch of Barnum and Bailey } tll „ b |g top nt the National vutomobil" Show today, the brob- ! l!ni , naßllUl H IH.'I the lUliputlanH- } > 1( . giants and the pigmies- -being ! catured in celebration of Interim- [ There’are two giant automobiles .level before shown-both with U--1 yllnd r ami developing up 1° 1.-' [ t„ s p..r hour ami a like number I ,f pigmies, with one-quarter the [ number of cylinders ami about ' m<-half the speed. i The show, while primarily a I display of newest models and in-, i novations, has a still greater significance to tlie automotive industry. Roliert Graham, vice president of tlie Graham Paige Motor company, predicted that the suc•e s of tlie show will act as a I urometer of the business trend

John T. Says I SALE | ■ Still Going On I ■ Share in the values by buying now! Big on everv iie.n in the store—all of which means Savings to you. Rubber Footwear I Men's l-Buck’e Arctics, Ball Band so!d for $3.95, Special (bo on Men s 0-Buckle, Ball Men’s 5-Buckle Arctics Krctics, sold reg* nP ulnrly for $5.00. Ba " Band ’ beßt of qua '- Special in 1 Q ity, formerly this sale $4.50; Now tpO. I J Men's 4-Buckle Arctics. Ball Band fT»Q 'aK regular $3.00 value, now fbZ.vdH TROUSERS Men ’ and Boys E' Hundreds to choose RAINCOATS H from, all shades, any , u. ~ ER _ . nn , 7 fleeced lined, all sizes. s.ze. $4.00 value. D Regular ■■ Special Table tn nn i , 0 SB.OO value .... $548 gy $1.98 $7.00 value . $4.18 Similar reductions on $5 00 value $3.93 |B a " pants ' $4.00 value $2.98 20—MEN'S WORK COATS B Values to $7.00— ords, Heavy Duck, Some Rubber I Lined; all sizes. Ideal hunting coat,(l* 1 AO I banket lined. While they last J)JL.t/OE (ORD PANTS LOOK! Mens. Bovs. Blue, Tan H HALF PRICE 275 pairs S' k Socks, }gj It'?? S2OO selling at Qi 1. s l 'so only, pair abl (. SHOES I All so id, all kinds, work, dress, all sizes and widths I I)RESS WORK $7.50 Bostonians: $5.00 |ilsl Drastic Reductions on all O’COATS & SUITS John T. Myers Co., Inc j

|of the forthcoming year. | of tlio approximately ;too fl | ull display, nearly all of tl|,. ln J 'toward airplane alreunillnimfl ] body design, to cut down w|gfl s stance and to present a (,f speed and power. All q 3 lure using an abundance ntTJ I him plating thia year and th»l ( >rs. although leaning towarjl pa tel hues, run all the way fl the tomato red and ivory 0 ;■ speedster to the sedate bigfl the town ear. I Both the Marmon and the fl '.la, are displaying for the fl time a ear with 16 cylinders! row. The former in of foreW sign, with a 200-horse power ty pud a 145-lnch wheel-base, j latter is more on the ntodersj ' design and has a wheelbase ‘ incite* greater than that i,f, Marmon. These are the ]m ' and most powerful curs j n " show. — . - -o —j t Somebody's Always Right 1 The best lawyer Is the rni.n e ,-an also see tlie real force ~f( opposing case U'nnutn's nJ t'otiipnnioti - o r - Nugget of Wisdom i There are no lessons for the > I who per«'«’« *n self deeet'ilon j