Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1931 — Page 3

Inter-County Amateur Boxing Meet On Tonight

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8 bouts | Amateur Boxing Show 1 8 bouts Wells County Winners - vs - Adams County Winners TONIGHT - Decatur Catholic High School Gym n'rlnrk iD Ti I RINGSIDE SEATSSOc Tickets for Ringside Seals sold at FIRST BOUI ° C,OCK * General Admission — Children 25c, Adults 35c Peoples Restaurant and the Green Kettle. |

I heavyweight class. All scrappers have been training hard and the entire card promises to be the best ever staged in this city. Officials will be Nick Ellenwood. well-known Fort Wayne scrapper Hope Mullen, Pennville, Mudge Miller, Huntington and Hornberger, bort Wayne will serve as judges. Col. Roy Johnson will be the official announcer and Jesse Rice, official timekeeper. — * IMAJOft LEAGUE LEADERS * By United Preus ♦ Following averages compiled by United Press include games played Sunday, May 10th. Leading hitters: Player—Club G AB R H Pct. Ruth. Yankees 13 47 17 20 .426 Simmons, Ath. 17 64 13 27 .422 Alexander, Tigers 23 87 12 36 .41 1 Fonseca, Indians 22 92 20 37 .402 Roettger, Reds 15 63 3 25 .397 HOME RUNS Hornsby, Cubs 6 Arlett, Phillies 5 Klein, Phillies 5 Stone, Tigers 5 Wright, Robins .... 4 Webb, Red Sox 4 Herman, Robins 4 Ruth, Yankees .... 4 Gehrig, Yankees 4 Lary. Yankees 4 Simmons, Athletics 4 0 Tocsin Ball Club Looking For Game The Tocsin Ball Club, recently organized in that town wishes to announce that they are desirious of iMMikiiig games with teams in this vicinity. Baseball managers are 1 asked to communicate with Chester I Kleinknight, Tocsin. o Mate And Twenty Grand Are Favorites St. Louis, May 11.—(U.R> —Tom Kearney, St. Louis bookmaker, today quoted A. C. Bostwick’s Mate and the Greentree stable's Twenty Grand, joint favorites, at odds of 12% to 1 for the Kentucky derby Saturday at Churchill Downs. Mate's victory in the Preakness caused Kearney to lower the odds on him frem 7-1 to his present price. Atlanta Hides Oil Field ATLANTA —(U.R)— Beneath Atlanta is a natural gas and oil field. Recording to Col. R. E. Dalton, formerly “Bob” Dalton of the notorious Daltou gang, who in recent years has become a substantial developer of natural resources. __

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MAY 11, 1931.

EASTERNTFAMS HAVE THE LEAD 1 Western Teams Trail In Both Leagues As Result of Games Last Week New York, May 11.—(U.R)- East- * ern major league teams today held a margin of nine victories against , two defeats in their Intersectional , competition with western clubs. Representatives of the Atlantic seaboard in the American league have won six of the seven games against their western rivals while ) in the National circuit the east has ’ been victorious in three of four ’ contests. , I The east-west imbroglio yester- ; day saw Washington and Boston in Hie American and New York in tlie National upholding tho honor of tlie east while Pittsburgh was the lone western aggregation to come through. Outstanding among the teams that have turned the tide in favor of the east are the Boston Red Sox. Boston, considered the weak sister in’ the American league, made it three in a row over Cleveland yesterday, 9 to 4. Until they met the Red Sox the Indians held first place but today they were running third, one game behind the leading NewYork Yankees and a half game from the second place Philadelphia , Athletics. Durham allowed Cleveland four runs in the first inning but pitched , perfect ball after that while his teammates got to Harder and Thomas for four runs in the third, and added five runs in th© fifth, . eighth and ninth. , A double by Kuhel, rookie first baseman, with the sacks loaded, gave Gasliington a 9 to 4 victory over Detroit in the 12th inning. ' I The other contests scheduled in tlie American league, between New 1 and Chicago and Philadelphia and St. Louis were postponed because of rain. New York's 5 to 0 victory over 1 tlie Chicago Cubs, the Giants second in a row, featured the day's play in the National league. Fred - Fitzsimmons turned in an excelj lent pitching exhibition, holding the t Culis to four hits. Fitzsimmons also took a big part in the Giants' offense, hitting a home run with the bases loaded. The triumph was i Fitzsimmons second consecutive -'shutout and his third consecutive . low hit contest. He held Brooklyn , i to three hits in bis last start and ? the time before that allowed the 1 I Boston Braves but two safe blows. The other National league game - played saw Pittsburgh defeating Brooklyn, 3 to 1. Larry French, ’ the 23rd southpaw to work against Brooklyn this season, held the Robins to eight hits. The Pirates got only seven blows off Phelps but Traynor's double and an error by O'Doul gave Pittsburgh the winning runs in the eighth inning. The only other National league contest scheduled, between Cincinnati and Boston, was rained out. Yesterday’s hero: Fred Fitzsimmons, New York Giants pitcher, who shoutout the Chicago Cubs, 5 to I). Fitzsimmons allowed the Cubs only four hits and won his own game when he hit a home run with the bases filled in the second inning. Boxing Match In Chicago Tuesday Chicago May 11 —(UP)—The Amateur boxers of tlie United States and France today tapered off their training for third Internationa tournament at Soldier field tomorrow night. With 21.000 reserved seats sold and general admission tickets going rapidly at 50 cents each, a crowd of 100,000 is expected to see the bouts unless rain interferes and causes the tournament to Ire transferred indoors to tlie Chicago Stadium. The American team is composed of six Chicago .and two New York boys, Survivors out of an original field of 5,600 amateur boxers. The members of the French team were picked from an elimination tournament that extended throughout the ‘ country.

STANDINGS I NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. P(jt. • St. Louis 14 3 .824 ' New York 14 6 .700 1 Boston 12 8 .600 ! I Chicago 11 8 .579 ' Pittsburgh 10 12 .455 Philadelphia 8 12 .400 Brooklyn 8 14 .364 1 Cincinnati 2 15 .118 1 i i AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 12 8 .600 , Philadelphia ... 10 7 .588 Cleveland 12 10 .545 Detroit 12 11 .522 Washington 11 11 .500 Chicago 9 11 .450 Boston 9 11 .450 St. Louis 6 12 .333 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. St. Paul 12 5 .706 Columbus 12 7 .632 Louisvillell 7 .611 Milwaukee 10 11 .475 Kansas City ... 8 11 .421 Indianapolis 8 11 .421 Minneapolis 7 12 .368 Toledo 8 11 .421 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh, 3; Brooklyn, 1. New York, 5: Chicago, 0. Cincinnati at Boston, two games, postponed: rain. Others not scheduled. American League Boston, 9; Cleveland 4. Washington, 7: Detroit, 4 (12 innings). New York at Chicago, rain. Philadelphia at St. Louis, two games, postponed; rain. American Association Toledo, 3-4: Minneapolis, 2-0. ' Columbus, 4; St. Paul, 3. I Milwaukee, 15-11; Indianapolis, I , 10-13. Louisville at Kansas City, rain • and wet grounds. . I 1 TODAY'S SCHEDULE 1 National League ■ Cincinnati at Boston, s Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Chicago at New York, i St. Louis at Philadelphia. s American League a New York at Chicago. a Boston at Cleveland, i Washington at Detroit. I Philadelphia at St. Pouis. e American Association Indianapolis at Kansas City, e Louisville at Milwaukee, g Columbus at Minneapolis, i, Toledo at St. Paul. t o-Decatur-Butler Game J Called Account of Rain V H Rain yesterday afternoon necessitated tlie postponing of the openp ing baseball game in the Wabash t Valley league which was scheduled between Decatur and Butler in this city. i The game was underway and •_ was in the second inning when 5 rain fell, making the grounds too c wet to continue. All other games s in the circuit were also reported n rained out. d o To Test Validity of Indiana Coal Law j Indianapolis, May 11. — <U.R)i — Validity of the 1931 legislative act requiring use of Indiana coal in all s state institutions, has been brought r under question, due to failure of ■- the title to mention penalties for v failure to comply. Attorney General James M. Og- • den and members of the state board ” of accounts said that absence of 1 the penalty provision from the 3 title might make tlie law unen- • forceable. Steps for enforcement already have been taken by the state coal I bureau, as a means of relieving iint employment by increasing Indiana ! coal production. a Just what steps may be taken 9 to test validity of the act, lias not .- been indicated. a o U Get the Hamt —Traae at Home.

SOUTH WARD TO GIVE OPERETTA (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) come eight pixies. With magic incantations, they awaken the sleeping children and lead them to the hind of dreams come true. In this land, the children meet Mother Goose and the Old Woman that Lived In a Shoe. These in turn introduce them to a number of their own children, Bo Peep, Jack Horner, and many others, Mother Goose entertains the little mortals by telling them facts regarding her family, Mary shows her garden Bowers. The story continues in a fairy like manner throughout the entire three acts, and children as well as grown ups will enjoy this clever play given by the little folks. Following is the cast of characters who will take part in the production: Betty—Margaret Hoffman. Bob —James Christen. Petty—Maxine Bailer. Paul —Robert Porter. Mother Goose -Katherine Knapp. Old Woman that Lived in a Shoe — La Vera Meyer. 80-Peep—Mary Ann Ferntheil. Jack Horner —Richard Colter. Queen of Hearts —Marjorie Massonee. Boy Blue—Jack Porter. Miss Muffet —Patsy Garard. Son John—Richard Linn. Jill—Dixie Miller. Jack —John Krick. Contrary Mary—Betty Cook. Nimble Jack—Janies Egly. The Giant—Ernest Wilson. The Pixies—Billy Brown, Paul Baumgartner, Robert Eichhorn, Robert Lord. James Baxter, Robert Egly, Robert Collier and Harry Massonne. Play Mate Chorus — Richard Green, Bonnie Flyback, Betty Burke, Mary Jo Hoffman. Jimmy Colter, Donna Kraft, Kenneth Beery I Ralph Hawkins, Billy Lynch, Betty Louise Myers, Ruby Miller, Donald Lee, Richard Eichhorn, Maxine Smith, Samantha Drake Hazel | Ford, Ruth Egan, Jesse Schafer, Junior Melchi. Robert Gage, George Evans, Maxine Werst, Donald Addy and Kenneth Chilcote. Blue Bells—Etola Jane Eady, Lois Straub, Betty Hower, Ella Fay Ogg. Roberta Coffelt, Betty Brown, Norma Peterson and Wanda Brunner. Roses —Annabell Doan, Marjorie Drum, Rose Mary Brown, Phyllis Kolter, Kathryn Affolder, Martha Myers, Mary Kathleen Flyback, and Dolly Wilson. Daisies —Mary Pickford. Esther Baumgartner. Martha Ellen Hower, Mary Ann Johnson, Thelma Smith Waneta McKean, Louise Cook, and Marie Straub. Clocks — Billy Christen, Doyle j Lee, Richard Shaffer, Dore Gallogy, George Werst, Richard Spencer, Harry Hakes, Harold Nares, Max. Smith and Rolland Affolder. Negroes —Judd Evans, Arlo Me. Kean, Carl Yager, Robert Mann, Mack Spencer, Donald Foreman, Freman, Frederick Bailer, Lester Mitchel, Robert Owens, Paul Lord, , Raymond Venis, Kenneth Chilcote, Dick Foreman, and Thad Hoffman. ; o STATE SEEKS TO i GET JURY TODAY 1 ) (CONTINUED EROM PAGE ONE) [ trial. Judge Crumpacker granted the second trial after the defense objected that the verdict—that Kirkland killed the girl by striking her ' —was at variance with the evidence which the state had offered. As - before, Kirkland is charged in this t trial witli causing Miss Draves’ 1 death by attacking her. t o f CHURCHES AND CONVENTS ARE BURNED BY MOB i f (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) was dispersed. /V civil guard was wounded by a shot fired from the Jesuit church when the mob was attacking it. 1 ! He was the only casua'lty report•|ed. The shot infuriated the mob 1 and shouts of “the Jesuits are trying to kill us” were raised. i The council of ministers held an : extraordinary session and decided to enforce military rule to end disorders. Stock exchanges were i. ordered closed.

The disturbances were attributed by the republican authorities to monarchists ami the sHmax camo today after a riotous Sunday In which one man was killed and nine or more wounded. Today's rioting centered at the Jesuit church and convent in the CfiClle Flor, in the center of the city. The church was set afire with gasoline and the flames spread to the convent and nearby houses. The mob wrecked the convent, refusing to disperse despite the shots fired by military and civil guards. At 1:15 p. m. a squadron of mounted civil guards galloped to the burning church. They were given an ovation by the crowd us they dashed up the Street. The fire, fed by gasoline, soon enveloped the buildings and the church was a total loss. Firemen were helpless and were forced to withdraw. A crowd of 5,000 gathered in the principal street in midMadrid and cheered the rising flames. Civil guards, stationed opposite the church, facing the Rialto theater, were powerless and merely watched without interfering. What became of 30 Jesuits in the convent was not known for certain. None was seen to leave the front of the hfuflding, although they may have escaped by side doors. The convent of St. Theresa, in the Plaza De Espana, was set afire this afternoon. A big crowd gathered and cheered the roaring flames, which forced the firemen; to withdraw. The Carmelites escaped by a ’ rear entrance. ■ The convent was a magnificent j new edifice recently erected with funds obtained in Chile and else- ' w r here. o ENROLL IN FIVE ACRE CONTESTS ■ (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I plot and is a member of the Indi- > ana Corn Growers association. t The association furnishes official judges to inspect and check up the s yields at husking time, which is done by weighing the corn from . 300 hills to represent an average of the plot. B Each contestant is furnished s with a report blank in which a a record of plowing, seed bed preI paration, fertilization and cultivation are kept during the growing season. These are tabulated at I the end of the year and a summary ’ published in tlie Indiana Corn ’ Grower's report which is sent to all members. NEWS PUBLISHER DIES SUDDENLY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) i, of the finest newspaper plants in , the world. r Strong continued the policies I, i which Lawson had followed, in- !, eluding the elaborate foreign seri. vice which liad made the News distinctive among tlie large papers in the country. In mourning his r dentil today, tlie paper stated edi- ■ torially that the same policies would be continued. ’ The edition published today by a sorrowing staff did not name e Strong's successor. His associates tn control of the paper were James . L. Houghteling. vice president and r treasurer; Charles H. Dennis, editor; James N. Shryook, business manager; Sewell Avery, John s Stuart, Benjamin Becker. Laird Bell and George Scott. They will i choose the new publisher ! Shortly after the present Daily i News company was formed, these j men. as the News company, insured Strong’s life for >2,000,000 witli > t the paper as beneficiary. j Although primarily a newspap- . j erman and giving almost all his . ability and strength to his busi I ness. Strong carried on numerous II other interests. He was especially ~ ~ — I AUTOS b ■ b I Re financed on smaller payII meats. Quick service. 1 Franklin Security Co. I ■ Phone 237 1 I Decatur, Indiana l! I ■

active as an alumnus of Beloit College nnd took a keen interest in the affairs of his town, Winnetka. He belonged to numerous clubs. The Daily News radio station. WMAQ, one of the most powerful tn the midwest, owed much of its success to him. His newspaper work extended also outside his own paper and he was a director of the audit bureau of circulation as well as a member of the American Association of Newspaper Publishers. Strong’s influence, even during the years before he assumed control, was felt throughout the Dally News organization. He insisted nt all times that the paper campaign vigorously for its policies, often directing the expenditure of thousands of dollars for investigations to uphold these beliefs. He helped, too, in gathering the News staff, aiding the advance of such men as Ben Hecht. Carl Sandberg, Henry Justin Smith and numerous others who have gained fame in the newspaper world. Strong was a native of Chicago, born here Aug. 13, 1883. He was graduated from Lewis Institute before entering Beloit, where in 1995 he received the degree of bachelor of science. He was married in 1913 to Josephine Haviland Webster. Besides Mrs. Strong, he leaves five children, John and Anne; Walter, Jr., 16; Robert Kitchell, 11; and David Seymour, 5. Funeral services will be held j Wednesday at the home. LOCALS Mr. nnd Mrs. Miles Baker of l Fort Wayne spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. James Gattshall of this city. F. Lehrman and family on near Monroeville visited at the ft. Lehrman home in Union Township Sunday. SHOES FORWOMEN s 5H'6 * IberMh AAAAAtoEEE Sizes from 1 to 12 • FAY Now you mav have Comfort, Beauty, and Perfect lit - all at moderate cost in Jetticks Listen to ENNA JETTICK MELODIES SONGBIRD d ! every every ( Sunday Evening Friday Evening ( WJZ WEAF \ and Associated Station* Charlie Voglewede ‘ Fits Your Feet i "' ~in H ; iiT rm~Bi ■■ ' i »

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William Bell who became quite ill at his home on Mercer avenue. Saturday, was reported to bd a- liti tie Improved today. Mr. Bell-ii* suffering with the flu. A group of men, members of the Evangelical Brotherhood, drove to the farm of J. O. Tricker, east of the city, recently and iiesieted wi’h I the many farm duties. Mr. Tricker > has been confined to his bed with ! arthritis and mumps, and was great . iul for the kind ussistance. i Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Krick and daughter Patsy of Van Wert, Ohio , visited over the week-end tjere with Mrs. Agnes Andrews and Mrs. , Jennie Rainier. Mr .and Mrs. Fred Engle, daughi ter Mary and son Dick motored to i South Bend Friday and were ac- . compunied home Saturday by Miss . Ruth Sundernian who spent the . weekend with Rev. M. W. Sunderi man and daughter Esther and son , Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Peterson i arrived home last evening from a [ visit in Indianapolis and Anderson. A committee from the local Chamber of Commerce met this ' morning to discuss plans for assisting in the efforts to have ! local labor employed on the new postoffice building. Clarence Spuller, who is teaching at Purdue University, Uafay- ’ ette. spent the week-end with his ’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Spuller. • Mrs. W. P. Ixise and daughters 1 Mary Ann and Margaret and Miss Catherine Schumacher visited in 1 Fort Wayne Sunday, where they visited with Frank Morel who is a. patient at the St. Joseph Hospital, and attended the show. n j■M bp ■ ‘ CHECKING ACCOUNT Saves MONEY A CANCELLED check is your receipt! You will never pay a bill twice as long as you have a checking account. Money saved! Much of your bookkeeping is done for you by the bank when you have a checking account. This often eliminates the need for a bookkeeper. At least, it’s an economy of your own time. Money saved! Start this week. OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK "