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23.000 ATTEND BOXING TOURNEY « Chicago, Mar. 12. U.K A in v World’s record for attendance > I ::n imdoorvboxlllg show was claimed toiftv by Chicago stadium after 23. 000 fans packed themselves into the building to see eighf amateurs win the right to represent Chic :go In intercity bouts with a New York temn on March 30. The eight Chicago g ilden gloves champions this year will win additional distinction when on May 1! they meet a team of an ateur chainpions from France. -Receipts from last night's final cf the Chicagoland tournament, in which 2.000 boys originally were entered, were 145.000. Proceeds from this and the preliminary shows produced a total of $50,000 fgr charity. ■The eight champions who will fight New York s champions in Madison Square Garden March 3u are: Leo Rodak. Chicago, 112 pound class; Nick Scialaba, Chicago. HSpound class; Den Gonzales, Cleveland, 126-pound class; Scotty Sylvano. Chicago, 135-pound class; George Keenan. Chicago, 147pound class; Fred Caserio, Chicago lOii-pouiid class; .lark Kranz. Gary, Ind., 175 pound class; and John Dong, Gary, heavyweight class. daskMwl 7 I [wfc L siJ L— --TTT — (By Pete Revnoldsl ON TO THE STATE! —oOo —■ Well. well, they still refuse to give our Yellow Jackets a chance in the regional tourney Saturday. Next in the parade comes Om <•- over, of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel ai d fearlessly picks Nor h Side as the team to journey to tne state tourney next week. —oOo— Just a few days ago, the JournalGazette picked the Bluffton Tigers a-. winners an I naturally the Huntington scribes are picking the Vikings so it looks like yours truly is the only one giving the Yellow Jackets a chance. II 111 Ilin ■! Mill 111 II IB I ■HU FRESH FISH ' re<h Ring Perch, Cat Fish, ’’o t °ickerel, Salmon, Httlihi’t, 0* sters. Smoked ''■ hi 4 ? Fish and Herring. I’iert' Fresh Country Eggs. MUTSCHLERS’ Phones 106 and 107 We deliver.

I STOP! I LOOK! I Order “Decatur Quality Chicks” I AT OUR NEW LOW PRICES FOR MARCH ANO I APRIL. Place your order now. Everything points I towards high poultry and egg markets next fall I and winter. Per 100 Per 500 Per 1000 English White Leghorns-SB.OO $37.50 $70.00 Heavy Breeds 9.00 42.50 80.00 Heavy Mixed 8.00 37.50 70.00 On hand started chicks, one to two weeks old ’ at a bargain. Early chicks for extra profits. The Decatur Hatchery Decatur, Ind. Phone 497

Maybe Onceover figures that since his record of pickin' winner' was smashed in the sectional las' . wok, lie may us well pick another loser just to see how it feels. (Ip to this year, Onceover had nicked soviet! straight sec.'ionul winners Inr th l year lie slipped up when he i use South Side. That's quite a . e ord. at that. - oOo — Can th'c be a "bear" story? News ’ d.: patch from Huntington says C aude Todd, regular forward for > the Vikings, has refused to come out tor practice this week. Rather peculiar, says we. . —-000 — Sorry to learn that Mark Hills, > North Side couch. Is confined to his ome, suffeting irom an attack of of the flu. It is thought Mark will be able tn git hack to his team Friday or Saturday, ij time to direct North Side in their tourney games. oOo—- ’ The Bluffton squad apparently is in good condition, at least we hav ' I heard nothing to the contrary, fleshier. regular center, was under the I weather for a while but returned in i time for the sectional tourney an’. I'seemed V> be none the worse tor wear. -I —oOo— The only thing friend Buck is (moaning about is the Tigers' failI ure to connect consistently from l the free throw line during the sec , Itional last week. We might do a little moaning along that line our [jaelves. —oOo — The Yellow Jackets should be ir, the best condition of the season Saturday. The ten members of the squad have all recovered from re cent bouts with the mumps flu, etc. and we expect them to be going red hot at the regional. —oOo — I Tickets for the regional tourney ' iare on sale at the Decatur high ' school office here. Three hundred I tickets have been sent to Decatur and a large number of these hate i already been sold. Get yours now. —oOo— Principal Brown announced this morning that the high school office l will be open from 7 to 8:30 tonight i for t e accommodation of fans wishing tickets to the regional. A ticket for both sessions of the tourney is sl. Single session tickets, which will have to be purchased at the door of the gym. are priced at tic i cents. —oOo — Decatur high school will share | in proceeds of the tourney only o» I the basis of tickets sold here priori to the tourney. If you are going to, the tourney, be sure and buy your I tickets here in order to help the : athletic association. —oOo — Quite a battle they had in Fort Wayne last night. The Hoosiers' evened up the series for the championship of the American Basketball league by defeating the Brook- ’ Ilyn Visitations in a double overtime game, 30 to 26. Not only that, but ' when the game ended, a regular free for all was staged. What a time. -—oOo — ON TO THE STATE _o r--Monument’s Service "A monument." said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “too often re i minds us ot some one whose ac Inal work in life has been forgot ten by tlie throng" Wnshingtoi > j Star

PUPILS PERFORM IN PRELIMINARY An it ieresting feature in the Civic Section program to be given Friday night at the high school gymnasium. Is a preliminary to the Teachers and Merchants basketball game, a Tug O' War between the Riley Building. North War I and South Ward. Coach H. L. Curtis has arranged the contest and the boys have had frequent practices. Seven boys compose each team and the boys who get two pulls out of three trials will be declared the winners iu each contest, _ , The following are members of the tennis: North Ward: Edwar‘l Beavers, Guy Koos. Billy Melchi, Junior Zerkel, Dick Schaffer, Charles Andrews. Cecil Gause; South Ward: James Baxter. Arlo McCain, Ernest Wilson. Harry Massonne. James Christen, Bob Eichorn. Bob Egley. Carl Yager, assistant; Riley Building: Marion Freidt. Glen Bauman. Wayne Bodie, Billy Sehnepp. Dale Fuhrman. Dennis Mast, and Richard Walters. Girls Will Drill Miss Jeanette Clark, girls' physical training teacher, has worked lout an interesting program as a I-e ond preliminary to the game, j Several dances and drills by the iris of Central and high school will lie given, and includes the following: Donee "Blossoming Boughs"— M J. Kunkle. P. Marshall, G. Elston. M. Campbell, M. Cowan. K. Engler. R Foughty. P. Hakey, V. Hart, E. Johnson, M. Meyers, L. Palmer, H. Rayl, J. Riker. H. i Suttles. B Krick. Dame "Balloon Dance" — E. Burk, E. Franklin, S. J. Kauffman. Tap l ance— K. Engler. M. Camp-1 I tjell, M. Engle, V. Miller, E. Burk, I K. Hower. B. Krick. H. Rayl. S. J. I Kauffman, E. Franklin. Solo Tan Dance —L. Ogg. Tumbling -Clowns from Central. Pyramids—High school girls. MANIAC KILLED IN NEW JERSEY I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEI I vent the firemen from working. He knocked over a ladder ail'd rar. 'away with one of the pumps. State (troopers anpeared. he. then turned ■suddenly and ran toward them with ■ |liis hands on his hip pocket ' screaming: “I'm not afraid of you.” I Trooper Lambertson fired once to frighten him. but when he continued to advance the trooper fired again and and the bullet struck ti e man in the heart. Damage to tne I farm buildings«was estimated at b ween $40,000 and $50,000. MRS. H. N. SHROLL NAMED OFFICER — i't 'iNIINUED FROM PACF ONE) cf this city, and Mrs. John Everett, the only living charter member of i the church, attended the day’s pro-; ! gram. — o “Fickle Multitude” The word "moli” is a contraction I of the Latin "mobile vulgus.' mean I Ing In kle multitude" Il came ! into use iii Englund as it slang term : some time betw«*eii the reigii o! Charles 11 mill Hie overthrow ot lames I' — - - - - — — Stagnation “When you giis yohse'f on yob own mind.' said Uncle Eben. “vou I cun i go forward no mo dun a mnt> who let one foot go to sleep while j I It was slut din' on de otlier."- | Washington star ! —im —■- --mi i ■ ■«——« ■ 1» •’• - - | Goitre Not A Disease. __—■ Milwaukee Doctor Makes Remarkable Discovery Milwaukee. Wis. — It has been brought to light by scientific Research that goitre is not a disease and is not to be treated as such. Dr. A. A. Rock. Dept. A-6, Box 737, Milwaukee, Wis., , a prominent: goitre specialist for over 24 years, has perfected a different method of treatment for hi-- patients that has proved remarkably successful. This same method is now being used for a home treatment of goitre cases all over the country with astonishing results. The Doctor states that goitre is a condition which grows worse with neglect and recommends immediate attention no matter how small the growth may He strongly opposes needless operations. Dr. Rock is the author of a book that tells in a simple way about treating goitre at home. He has publi hed this book at his own expense and will send a copy free to anyone interested. Write him today.—Adv.

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY. MARCH 12, 1931.

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Unch Szm will have plenty of track and field material for the 1932 Olympics, at Los Angeies, judging from the performances of seme of the newer stars competing in the indoor meets this Winter. There is Percy Beard, of Alabama «Polytechnic, who broke the world’s indoor record for the 70-yard hurdles by doinv ths distance in 8:05 seconds

ALLOT FUNDS FOR DEVEI OPMENTS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. i Mill Creek and South Slough.' 111.. $37,500. Illinois and Mississippi canal, i ! $33,635.75. St. Joseph Harbor, Mich., $127,000.. Grand Haven Harbor and Grand River. Mich., $95,000. Waukegan Harbor. 111., $244,000. | Chicago Harbor, 111.. $31,000. Calumet Harbor and River, 111.,' and Ind.. $39,000. Indiana Harbor. Ind., $286,000. Michigan City Harbor, Ind., $113,-. 000. Examinations, second Chicago | district. $24,630. o STORMS CAUSE SUFFERING AND DEATH IN FRANCE iCf NTINT’En PROM PACE ONE' i has risen rapidly as the snow melted in the last 24 hours. All train and road traffic was inter-runted in thq lower Alps, and . landslides near Borderes-Louron i devastated more than ten acres, destroying several farm houses , ■ before the earth movement halted 1 at the walls of the old church of , Bo~deres. Forty persons evacuat- i ' e<l their homes in the region of Peauges. near hacause io f threatened landslides, while a rock slide at Tarentaise crushed two persons to death and injured - i three others gra/ely. I Tin storm battered and delayed ships at sea. even the largest of 5 trt> ns Atlantic liners. The S. S. I Furom arrived 18 hours late, re- 1 ■ porting tempestuous snowstorms'* ' end en'es over the North Atlantic. |’ I tTi«> shirping along the coast was ' .battered and small vessels sought ’ ; shelter in port. LaFOLI ETTE IS i< SPEAKER TODAY ■ rONTIVC'-n FROM PAGE ONE) I 3 Unemployment insurance, set , >»p |>v th" industries themselves. '; | Economists, said Wolman, are s i n'reed "that these recurring per- , I inda of prosperity or depression I will Inevitably succeed themselvem the future ns they have in the ! ( I- st ns long ns the present tin- , j >• nutated cour“e“of business con- , i linves.” | Asserting that “we literally have ] Ino national economic policy and ; Ino agency canable of framing I one." Sotile said he could see no ; legislative panacea for this djlTi■iiltv. Congress, however, he said •an do its share in creating order, | if industrv will do its share. As possible activities for congress he suggested use of the tax- ’’’«* and borrowing power to releave suffering: ‘Removal of special privileges like our one-sided tariff;" encourugt ment of compulsory ' unemnloyme.it insurance, enforced ' . the states: national employment exchanges; advance planning of public works; removal of the ab"se of the iniunction in labor disputes, and the use of i public ownership as a check on ‘extartionate private utilities.’’ Out of the discussions today and i vosterday, especially that concer t-' ■ mg utVltles. one of the important I 'sstms in the next presidential ■ campaign may take shape. , Senator William E. Borah, Repr. : Idaho, has emerged in the confer- ■ f 'ice as one of the strik'ng figures i in their new moveirtent. Already the progressives have > tnalletjged lite existing order in i respect to the tariff. Agricultural relief, popular government, free-

at the National A. A. (J meet. Carl Coan, U. of P.’s great miler, has created a sensation on each appearance. Another new record holder is young George Spits, of New York University, who set the mark at 6 feet, 7'z inches in the high jump event at the Millrose games in New York. Ira Singer, also of N Y U., is a worthy team mate. Judging from his indoor performances

dom of speech and the right to experiment ft r congress in ev. ry f>ld of public affairs. Freedom of the press entered iito the discussion when Prof E. A. Ross, of the University of Wisconsin, f ecla' t d an advertising club is held over prominent news papers, and that the press under pressure of chambers cf commerce I.as contributed toward keeping the pul He “doped and duped.” Scrippe rose to challenge tliks ’.ssrrtion. He said: ‘Neither I nor any of th« aoi I tors of the papers with which 1 have t-e-rn associated have ever ( h - n invited into any of the confidential conferences with chan.-, bers of commerce of which Professor Ross speaks.” Apologizing for intruding himself into the dis- j ••iissmn. Seri: ps added that he did "■i’’k there was any danger in thy influence of chambers of ■ommerce. “Maybe,'’ he said smiling, “the danger is in the influence of newspapers upon the chambers of I commerce.” Third party talk was rigidly tv- ! ided from tne program. Neither vs there any reference to pissible presidential opportunities for any of th° independents. For •he present the movement is concerned with issues, not parties nr ' andidates. o Blind W oman Writer Sells Her First Story .Denver, Colo.. March . — (UP) —I Sightless since she was seven years ! old. Mrs. Elsie M. Cowan, 35. has become a writer and sold her {irst story. Wife of a blind man, one time pro-! pi-ietress of a candy store whicn tailed, the woman and her husband lived in poverty, unable to obtain work, until two years ago when she went to work in the state workshop for the blind. In 1930 she enrolled in the short story class at the University of Colorado. Previously she had graduated I from the school for blind at Kansas Citv, and from McPherson College. I The blind writer continues her, work at the state workshop, but in the evening she writes of things she can not remember ever having seen. "My husband and I are happy I now" sjie said. “Rut I want to make ' enough money writing stories to [make it possible for us to hire someI one to read to us. That is our chief iieereation and Braile books are expensive. and generally three or four years behind the times.” Sacred to Mahomet Al Kadr is the night upon which the Koran was sent down to Ma hornet. It is supposed to be the seventh of; the last ten nights of Rnlhndnn CHICAGO AND RETURN \©> s 3 ’ so Next Sunday Lv. Decatur 2:24 a.m. Ar. Chicago 7:20 a.m. Returning leave Chicago on all Regular trains to and including No. 8, 10:20 p. m. same Sunday. H. N. BLAIR, Ticket Agent ERIE RAILROAD SYSTEM

f he will be one of the sprint sensations during the outdoor season Singer has several times done the hundred in 9 4 5 seconds. Ray Chapman. Bates’ great half-miler, is another who has been setting a swift pace fur the indoor boys. With this array of youthful talent, the passing of some of the >ld standbys should not worry Uncle Sam very minh.

UNIVERSITY HAS NEWCOURSEFOR NEWSPAPERMEN Madison. Wis., March .i — (VP) — Special courses on Latin-Ameri can affairs, intended to fit a limited number of journalism students to he newspaper correspondents in South and Central America, are now I offered by the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism. Ihe school has issued a bulletin pointing out that the increased im portance of Latin-America in world affairs, and especially in this country’s international relations, opens up an Interesting and relatively unknown field to American newspaper men "who possess the requisite intellectual equipment and practical newspaper training. “In'order to quail.y tor such work the bulletin says, “the applicant must have a first-hand knowledge of Ame.icai newspaper practices and news values, a reading and speakin: knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese? and a rather thorough knowledge of the economic and p ysical georgraphy. the government and politics, the history an I lliterature of the Hispanic nations.” o Medieval Art Exhibition To Be Opened Mar. 16 Philadelphia March .. — (UP) - A display of medieval art' which is said to excell anything previously attempted, will be opened in tne Art Muse urn on the Pathway, March 16. The exhibition will include RoI manesque and Gothic sections, together with the recently opened early American and Georgian displays. T e major exhibition will include a Romanesque cloister and the facjade of an abbey irom Burgondy; an almoner's chapel of the Commandery of the Knights of St. Anthony from Aumoniere, near Langres; a jVenitian Gotiiis bedroom from the Palazzo Soranzo and several other Gothic rooms. o Penn’s Inheritance Willlnm Penn inherited from ' Admiral Penn, his father, a claim against 'he crown of IG.iMie potinds K(ng Charles II gave him the hind practically Hie present state nt Pennsylvania. In sell lenient of the claim. FISH FRESH FISH! Gerber Meat Market Phone 97 Free Delivery JUST RECEIVED ONE-HALF TON FRESH GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS in bulk and packages. i and can save you one-half on | your seeds. ■| Let us prove it! II Plant bulk Sweet Peas i March 17th. BAUGHMAN’S 5 & 10c store East side 2nd st. ■ I ■

DEMOCRATHEAD GIVES SUMMARY R. Earl Peters Issues Statement Concerning Assembly In I’anunolix, Mar. !♦. (U.WDeniodiits of Irtll.imi may Justly noint with pride" to I'te reconla ,f the ilenioiratie nmjorlty In the lb, Uh . of R.'pi. s 'iitativoH, and the noiratir minority in the Sen■t<». Earl I’vers, Democrutii' stale chairman contends in a i ita'cnii'itt issiK d licit' last night. platform pledges were redt'emed lin the House, without exc“p'ion, j ' tel's said. He threw blame ifor I »;1 e itistrt'i ' ive measures which ’iii)< <l. to the Republivau-itmtrcil- ■ | ’mte. and the Republican -overnor. , Arnone accomplishments of 'he louse to which Peters poltited were prfisage of personal ami rnnrate income tax bills, tfe liters' registration bill, an old age nensfon bill, a bill tor uniform salj tiles lor coun’v officials, an !>■• h.ritance tax bill, and a bill to "iiminate the fee system in Lake

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