Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1931 — Page 6
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PIRATES PROVE DODGER MENAGE Now York, July 25—(U.R) Tile! Pittsburg Pirates, who all but i blew their championship hopes ■ during the first halt of the season,; are proving a serious menace to' Brooklyn's ltd for the 1931 Nation-1 al league pennant. The Pirates, until a few weeks I ago handicapped by injuries, appear I to have hit the stride expected of > them and have taken thiee out of four contests from the Robins. I The defeats have placed Brooklyn i eight games behind the pacesetting St. Louis Cardinals and has I left the Robins' margin over the I third place Chicago Cubs only I half a game. It took superb relief hurling by | Larry French to turn the Robins hack yesterday. 8 to 7. Brooklyn, after pounding three Pirate pitch-; ers for 21 hits, faced French in the ninth with the bases loaded,' no one out and only one run I needed to tie the score. French I retired the first man to face him I on a pop fly and forced the next | batter to line into a double play. ■ Lefty . O'Doul, who made life so miserable for the Chicago and St. 1 Lottis pitchers a few days ago. | continued bis brilliant hitting with five hits in as many times at bat. St. Louis increased its leader-j ship to eight full games by taking both ends of a double header from Philadelphia, 1(1 to 0 and 7 to 2. Flint RHem allowed the Phillies only four hits in the opener while Burleigh Grimes was the master in the nightcap. Chicago advanced to within a half game of second place with a 3 to 1 victory over the Boston | Braves. Root yielded only four hits while the Cubs, after being shut out for seven innings, scored three runs off Cantwell in the eighth on three hits, a sacrifice and a base on balls. Benny Frey pitched the Cincin-I nati Reds to a 5 to 3 victory over' New York, the defeat dropping the) Giants to fourth place, a half a ' game behind the Cubs. . Leroy Mahaffey allowed only I three hits in pitching Philadelphia ! to a 2 to 1 verdict over Cleveland : in a game that was cut short to!
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0 ; 0 START SCHEHDULE The regular Adams county junior baseball league schedule will be resumed next week, ( Albert Miller. Adams post athletic officer, said today. The | games lost during the county and district tourney will be cancelled. o -—6
six innings because of rain. The victory, coupled with Washington's open date, increased the A’s leadership in the American League to ten and one half games. New York came'from behind to nose out Detroit, scoring three runs in the last of the ninth to win, 6 to 5. Hogsett held the Yankees to five hits during the first eight innings. Vic Frasier bested Hod Lisensee in a pitcher's duel as the Chicago White Sox defeated Boston, 3 to 1. Frasier allowed only five hits while the White Sox bunched their eight blows off the Red Sox hurler. St. Louis, in addition to Washington, had an open date. Yesterday's Hero —Larry French whose exelient relief pitching gave Pittsburgh an 8 to 7 victory over Brooklyn. The Robins had the Ivises loaded in the ninth with nobody out and only one run needed to tie the score when French came in. He forced the first batter he faced to pop up and the next one to line into a double Play. Major League Leaders Following averages compiled by the United Press include games played Friday, July 24th. Leading Hitters G AB R H Pct. Ruth, Yankees 81 298 83 112 .376 S mmeijs, Ath... 94 382 79 143 .374 Morgan, Indians 78 270 49 100 .370 Web't, Red cSox 87 336 66 122 .363 Goslin. Browns 86 341 67 121 .355 Home Runs Gehrig, Yankees 30 Ruth. Yankees 26 Klein, Phillies s 23 Averill, Indians ... . 20 Foxx. Athletics 19 —— ——o Hamt—Trane at Hnm»
MARKLE PLAYS ! DECATUR HERE -— I Markle’s Wabash Valley baseball | team will come to Decatur tomorrow for the first local a] ( ■aiance ■ of that team since the seasz* start- j 1 ed last May The visiting team won the first Jialf of the season's play ! and got away to a good start in the ! second half by winning last SunI day. Buck Baxter, manager of the local team, stated that -if the entire j local strength was on the field Sun- | day the game would be close. Schi neider will start on the mound for Decatur and Pat Coffee will be behind the bat. • Christman and Cleary have rejoined the local team after a motor trip through the south. Both are valuable players and add considerable offensive strength to the local team. The game will be played at the j West Adams street diamond, starting at 3 o’clock, daylight saving i I time. Peterso_n will umpire behind the bat. Admission will be 25 cents. —— o— BULLETIN Oklahoma City, Okla., July 25.—(U.K —Gov. W. H. Murray, defied the authority of the , United States district court today, refusing to heed the mandate of an injunction directing Adjutant General Charles Barrett of the Oklahoma National, Guard to cease obstructing tarffic over a toll bridge between Durant, Okla., and Denison, Texas. The governor refused to issue an order for withdrawal of the troops and announced he would go to Durant to take personal charge cf them. Mule Catches Catfish While Taking Drink | Hickory Flat, Miss., July 25.—(U.R) —James Mannon was watering one ■of his mules in Hell Creek. ' The mule suddenly raised his head, sneezed a couple of times, and out from his mouth came a 10pound catfish. Mannon grabbed the fish, before I it got back into the water and took it home for supperj
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1931.
LONDON FEELS I DEPRESSION FOR { ITS “SEASON" 'Signs Evident On Every Hand In Famous Rendezvous London. July 25 —(U.R) — The , London "season," a word that has for many years served as a mag- ' net in drawing high society leaders I from all over the world to this great metropolis, is the latest victim of the economic depression. Hotel managers, shop keepers, I owners of luxury flats and expensive cases in the West End are wearing long faces. The usual society haunts are only partly fillet, the purse is thinner and the tips are smaller. Signs of the "season’s" failure are evident on every hand. Jermyn street, popularly and accurately referred to as the most expensive thoroughfare in the world, has discarded its silk topper for a cap. Lonely taxicas cruise the narrow street, eyeing likely fares. The manager of one apartment house tpld the United Press that it was the worst "season" he had known in years. One of the most exclusive cases on Jerymn street, where an ordinary dinner, with moderately priced wine, is served, at sl7 to S2O for two. Is rarely more than half filled, whereas a year ago table space was at a premium. Up until the formal opening of the "season." the butcher, the baker and the candlestick malfer nil hummed a song made popular during the war, adding only one word: “Oh, the RICH Yanks are coming, the RICH Yanks are coning-" But the rich Yanks didn't come, at least, most of them didn’t, and the paucity of American dollars has been keenly felt. It was the American “newly ich," who rented elaborate country Ijomes at unheard-of prices, went shooting in Scotland, and, despite lavish and costly entertaining, always remained only on the fringe of society, whom they ‘plucked". JAZZ MENACES GYPSY TUNES Paris, — (UP)) — MoMdern jazz j has threatened the famous songs of the Russian gypsies, and Mme. Olga Vadina, one o fthe best known contemporary singers of genuine tzigane folksongs, is making a nationwide appeal to save these melodies from oblivion and destruction. Mme. Vadina wil appear in New York this winter to give Americans an opportunity of judging the difference between the real old gypsytunes and the vulgarized sypsy case music of today. “The fascinating music of the Russian gysies and their inimalable art in rendering its wild pathos were menaced by modernizing forces, like so many cultural assets of the Old World." she said. "Happily a great musician has come to the front in Russia to save gypsy music and restore it to its original beauty and depth This savior is Krutchinine, the celebrated gypsy composer singer and conductor, who is devoting his life to the preservation •of the old tzigane music and to teaching the modern gypsies of today to cherish their artistic herit age.” o— Paris Tries Cheap Buying PARIS —(U.R) —A cooperative pur chasing plan has just been launched in Paris in an effort to combat the high cost of living. The group originating this plan is called the Privileged Buyers’ Association tor Co-operative Purchasing," and lisa obtained discounts tor all of its members who present a card. The movement is considered a manifestation on the part of the stores in question that they have recognized the superiority of the American plan of retail selling, that is, small profits on larger turnovers. - HOME FOR AGED DESTROYED; 26 ARE KNOWN DEAD ICt'NTTNUED FORM PAGE ONE) minutes. Volunteer rescuers scaled the high wall. ladders were run to the third and fourth floor windows where many of the men and women stood, screaming and praying. The rescue workers dashed Into the building. Some men entered the flames as many as 10 times. One tiy one the infirm were brought out. The lawn fireclear side of the institution was turned into a temporary hospital. Resuscitation apparatus from the bureau of mines was used. This saved some lives.
I Several of the braver inmates | jumped into fire nets without inj Jury. I The blaze continued to mount i I frori| a spark in the cobbler’s I I shop in the Basement, the fire had I spread to the roof and the entire ' building was doomed. Rescue work continued method'ically. Mother Agatha and the 16; nuns refused all offers of aid until ! ; their charges were reached. WORK FOILS JAIL BREAKS Harrisburg. Pa., July 25.—(U.R)— Pennsylvania prisoners are too tiled to riot, 'according to State Welfare Secretary John L. Hanna, who attributes hard work for the prisoners as the most effective deterrent on prison outbreaks. Hanna said that 878 men in four state institutions are regularly employed at trades for which they are fitted. Others are given temporary work or are used on construction projects at the prisons. While contending that overcrowd ing has been a leading cause of I riots in other states and that I Pennsylvania temporarily faces! similar conditions pending con struction of the new Eastern Pen-, itentiary, Hanna held the prison work program is balancing the overcrowded condition to keep disturbances among prisoners to a, minimum. "Eight houis a day of h althful. hard labor keeps a man close to normal life and leaves him com-' fortably tired at night with little inclination to conspire for rioting,' Hanna said. “Nothing, however, can be said to be a sure preventive." o Umbrella His Leg LONDON —(U.R)— A constable testifying in tlie case of a man charged with drunkenness said "he was sitting on the curb rubbing his umbrella and when I asked what was the matter he said: "I have got a cramp in the legs’." , _—__ o— — Tramps Loll in Luxury LONDI :N —(U.R) —Tramps are expected to call for scented * baths soon in Hertfordshire casual wards, where arrangements have been made to provide them witli pajamas and safety razors and permission to smoke cigarets and use snuff.
* j SPEND ... ’ AND SAVE MONEY g NOT so long-ago a famous personage advised the American public “to spend.” Another equally noted g man retorted with the advice “save.” Perhaps bot b were right, but the better policy would seem to be £ “spend wisely in order to save.” Spending wisely simply means to use your money | for those things that you need, as the condition of « your purse may warrant-and at the same time, to wa buy only those articles that have actua ly proved tfj their quality and worth. By purchasing merchan- < dise that gives the greatest value for the money, you secure the longest service and so save the price’ of a j: repurchase. . « g Thrift is a virtue, but so is wise investment. The * advertising in this paper is a reliable guide as to qg * ' where and when to get the utmost value for your’ ® money. jfi Advertising is a safe and trustworthy gu-’de to jg sound investment. It has proved its reliability. You 13 buy advertised wares every day—consciously or un11 consciously. Aou buy by name, because you know 1- * that the advertised article has served you well in the past, and wi’.l continue to do so in the future. Bead the advertisements, that you may spend wisely—and. save. The pages of this newspaper carry the advertisements of reliable merchants and reliable,manufacturers. Read them—take advantage of the opportunity they offer. Decatur Daily Democrat I
THREE-FOURTHS OFAUTOSINU.S. Washington, July 25. — (U.R) - Nearly three-fourths of the motor i vehicles in the world are registered in the United States, according to Department of Commerce figures based on a census of Jan. 1, 1931. j World registration totaled 35,805.632, of which 26,697,398 were in the United States. If motor dirs of all sorts were evenly distributed, every 54th person in the world would have one. j according to the census. In the United States there is one for every 4.59 persons. Per capita registra-: tion tor the world outside the Unit-| ed States was 200. Trance was second in registra-' tion. with 1,459,650; England third,! with 1,308,272. Then followed Can ! ada, with 1,224,098; Germany, 679.300; Australia 563,657; Argentina,) j 366,324; Italy, 291,587; Brazil, 199,-) [ 570; and Spain and the Canary I ; Islands, 189,650. First place among foreign countries in proportion to automobiles to population went to Canada and’ (•New Zealand, with 1 registration j I for every 8 persons. Australia was j | next with 1 for every 11. I Trailing the list were Yemen and Oman, in Arabia; China. Ethiopia. I me soiomon Islands and Spitzberg-) en. Spitsbergen hud cne—a truck. ' Despite the depression during' I 1930, world registrations increased by 678.234 over 1929, according to I Charles F. Baldwin, assistant chief lof the automotive division. He ! | pointed out that there were 4,109,1231 motor vehicles produced in the 'world in 1930, leaving 3.430,238 to be accounted for largely by scraping or other withdrawal trem operation. Wives Meet at Hubby's Bed VERSAILLES —(U.R)— The dual) marital existence of Gaston Leris, chef in a large Paris restaurant,: came to an abrupt end following an automobile accident when, in a wounded condition he was taken ) to a hospital, and where later his I two wives met. For many months Leris had been working all day | and going home each night to his Paris wife, whom he married in • 1900. but the week ends ht spent at Versailles with the wife whom he married in 1930. The two enraged women showed each other their marriage certificates and left him to get well as best he could.
Rome Bans Paint For School Teachers i ROME —(U.R)— Teachers in Roman schools have been warned) i against "false beauty" and the use) of cosmetics before their pupils. In a letter to all teachers in Rome. Signor D'Agostino, inspec- 1 tor of schools, ordered the teach- : ers to cease their "maquillage” I citer in or out of cshool. He ex- < plained that painted laces led the ! pupils to believe in "false beauty." ! NEGRO’S GHOSTS DESERT PRISON Monroe, La.. —(UP) —lke Tellls" |' ! ghosts" have left the Quachita ; Parish jail morbidly smitten since; the Negro’s execution a few days I ; ago. For several nights before he wen* )to the gallows foi murdering his j wiie Ika held “conversations with ‘ ghosts b fother men who had been ! hanged, and who assured him the ! death was not as bad as it seemed." Moans and weird rustlings from the Negro's death row cel (attracted many siritual converts from a- ! mong other risoners, both white and black Several prisoners report-1 | ed to "Shine," Negro janitor at the j building, that hey had seen a huge! white cat flit through ;he iron walls ) Into Ike's cell. The "ghosts” further testified to I their influence when the prison; ' clock stopped suddenly and myster- ■ I iously at :40 P. M. 20 minutes be-] fore the hour appointed for Ike's execution. Olficials were unable to make the time piece continue its' duties or to explain how it stopped. ; Superstitious Negroes and several I whites shook their heads in awe as I Ike mounted the gallows and went' :to his death a few minutes later- j — 0 _ Venice Host to Navigators VENICE —<U.R)— The fifteenth' world congress of the international Association of Navigation will be held here for eleven days starting on September 12. Forty-seven states will be represented. You’ve Noticed It Today when the irresistible force meets the immovable body, they fuss nnd argue an hour < ver the right of wav ynd hold up trafli- I for "O 1
SEERS THRU! I IN PITISIBII Pittsburgh, July (up , ■ hundred persons i n ; jn/'.W making a good living . ■ Hints, according t<. en who have just .W vestigation of the i. ki-t 25 of these are men fl Most of the 300 . tl ■ | "mediums" in prefer.. , (| | tellers. They use , . !als ,/■ | leaves in helping t<, . , !l( . )fl (although some of H ,fl j cards and a new ~..s ay t( W (palms. Unlike tin ;used to be satisfied with 25fl (cents, the "mediums" . |, a '.‘fl | of $1 to $3 for a reading sofl them have built up a ~j,fl (Steady custom t- s ,|„, lr fl or no depression, m.ik.. J i a ■ One of the best rackets exfl was that of an old n.-gro er" who had a "din,. lr j n fl avenue, Pittsburgh Harlem ■ ran a school for nn tiunis afl church, charging .| l(t J —ss down and $3 a • sson. ■ sideline he sold l.n ; tionsß bft foot charms, stills tj>r ( |fl l devils, and other e.; i; nn-nt ufl |by a graduate medium ready fl up in practice. I — I Flag Spoils Year Book Plafl PARIS—(U.K—PIat, for a I lxx>k for the 1931 graduating J of nurses at the Animicau jOf Paris went awry because! Russian girls could not fl ! about the design of the flag fl was j to appear over their nJ I None as the girls is sympat] with the Soviet regime in rJ all of them being \\ u.. R IIS J But Russia had so many flgfl . tween the tune of the cJ regime and the rise- to powj Lenin and Trotzky that the 1 sian nunses didn't know w| was proper. Since the Swel girls, the American girls and Canadian girls had their flaa i the book it was dm d d not print the book unless the Rus girls could have a flag —, —— / Roosevelt Set Precedent Theodore Roosevelt was the I ITesident of the United States leave’ the jurisdiction of his < | country and visit n foreign « ■ try during Ids administration.