Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1931 — Page 6

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TEAMS SCRAP FOR RUNNER-UP New York, July 28 <U.R) With Philadelphia and St. Louis enjoying comforting margins of leadership, interest in the 1931 major league pennant races centered today upon the battles being waged i tor second place. Chicago, New York and Brook- ■ lyn are staging a spirited contest for the runnel up position in «the | National League while in the American the New York Yankees are closing in on the Washington ! Senators, current holders of sec-: ond place. The Cubs, eight and one-half contests behind (he pace-setting I Cardinals, hold a half game ad- i vantage over the Giants and are a full game ahead of Brooklyn, i Washington. 11 games behind Phil-1 adelphia's world champion Ath- j letics. have a three game margin I over the Yankees. The Cardinals, although idle, i added half a contest to their lea l ! ership yesterday when Chicago' lost to Philadelphia. 7 to 6. An | early lead off Guy Bush coupled j with excellent relief pitching by' Jim Elliott enabled the. Phillies to j win. The Cubs retained second place, I however, for the Giants lost to Pittsburgh, 8 to 6. The Pirates' made the best of their ten hits and took advantage of two New l York errors. St. Louis' scheduled contest with Boston was played as part of a doubleheader Sunday as was the Brooklyn-Cincinnati game. Rube Wtlbprg registered his 16th triumph of the season and his third victory in six days by pitching the Athletics to a 5 to 4 joining victory over the St. Louis | Browns. Erie McNair's home run in the extra frame enabled the A's to win after they had come from behind to tie the count in the ninth. Washington continued its apparently hopeless put suit of the Athletics with a 11 to 7 decision over the Cleweland Indians. The Senators pounded three Cleveland •hurlers hard as Carl Fischer. I rookie southpaw, registered his, tenth victory. New York and Chicago divided a double header, the White Sox taking the first game 8 to 7 in 10 innings and the Yankees cap ! tilling the nightcap. 12 to 3. teri’s error enabled the White Sox to win jn the opener which saw Balje Ruth pound out his 27th. home run of the season. The 1 Yankees bombarded McKain and Caraway for 17 hits while Wells held the Sox to seven. Boston defeated Detroit 13 to 1 in the other Amerian League eon-' test. An eight run assault on Bridges in the fourth inning en-1 aided MacFayden to coast to victory. Mark Koenig, shortstop, I pitched the last two innings for. Detroit and held Boston scoreless. | Yesterday's Hero—Eric McNair. 1 whose home run gave Philadelphia a 5 to 4 W inning victory over St. Louis and enabled Rube Walberg to register his 16th triumph of the season. — o Major League Leaders Following statistics compiled By j the United Press include games of July 27: G AB R H Pct. I Ruth, Yankees 86 314 88 122 .389 Simmons, Ath. 98 398 82 150 .377 Morgan, Indians 82 286 52 105 .367 Webb, Red Sox 91 353 68 128 .363 Goslin, Browns 89 351 69 125 .3*6 Home Runs Gehrig. Yankees 30 Ruth, Yankees 27 Klein. Phillies 23 Averill, Indians .20 Foxx. Athletics .19 OIL EXPLOSION ROCKS TEXAS 2'2^T ,NURp K ' ROM PAGH ONE) ’he fire would ignite the Butts No. 1 Well, an "occasional" gusher, the controls of which were said to be open and which is so near the flaming tank that should it = pout unexpectedly, firemen said eothing could prevent it catching fire and spraying the blaze over the town and crowd. Early reports that at least six men were trapped by the fire were found by firefighters apparently to l>e wrong and they said ’hey believed only one man, Clyde Erskine. a driller, had been killed.

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I Charles Tomlinson, another drill- . er, and William Hood were severe|ly butned. Earlier, persons in the , j crowd reported they had seen II men writhing on the ground near | the tanks. < I The storage tank exploded last !I night with a crash that shook the i town and sprayed ■ flaming oil i about the neighborhood. , j Undaunted by the danger that i lurked in the vicinity, residents I tushed by the scores to the flam- ' Ing tank. Among them was | I "Blackie ' Belong, a famous oil file fighter, who happened to be i in town. • Donning his asbestos garments, Delong marched into the flames and came back dragging the body lof Clyde Erskine, 35. In two more j trips he brought out Charles Tomlinson and William Hood who were i in great pain from their burns. Fearing that the occasional well might spout unexpectedly, eaten ' fire and extend the danger area to many times its original size, firemen and policemen fought to j keep back the crowds, but with ! little success. Residents crowded as near the flaming tank as they I could get without being b|urned and it was feared that if the derj rick, was fired many more would l be hurt. o PERRY FACES• MURDER COUNT (CDKTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) induce women to fall in love with him. Leaving his legal wife and children without means of support, he set out. the state charges, upon a B'.uebeardian career which has few i parallels in modern history. I He met Mrs. Hackett, the state charges, through a want ad in a newspaper. She was the widow of , a United States secret service agent, owned an automobile, some furniture, and had some money. The state says she fell under the charm of his personality, was mar- ■ ried to him and they came to the .northland Indian country on their honeymoon. Four times, the state charges, Perry borrowed a rifle from a resort owner and he and his bride i went into the forests to hunt for ■game. The fourth time she didn't return and months later her body I was found by an Indian guide. Startling revelations followed and even while police chased Perry from state to state half way across i the nation, he continued, it is chargj ed, to marry women almost when- ' .ever and wherever he wished and I to desert them just as easily. In the absence of Judge Alexandor H. Reid, who was ill, Judge i Charles M. Davison came here | from Juneau county to preside at . the trial. o COURT CASES ARE CONTINUED I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | .'✓\ZWZ%Z'ZV"V ■z. , .... The cases of possessing gaming ' devices against Mace dine and Elmer Miller were continued in i Mayor’s court until some time next week, the definite date to be set later. Two slot machines were taken from Miller's Bend filling station and two were taken from an automol Jle owned by Mace Cline. Walter M trbach, arrested Satur--1 day night on a charge of violation !of the prohibition laws when Sheriff Bui 1 Johnson and deputies | raided his home southeast of Decatur, was released Monday on a | S2OO bond, returnable August 14. Sheriff Johnson also reported that the Ford automobile belonging to F. J. Schmitt of this city, which was stolen Saturday night had Deen recovered at Mishawaka. Schmitt left today to return his automobile. [.eon Maurer, serving a- three month sentence after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a young girl east of Decatur, will be taken to the state penal farm Wednesday by Sheriff Johnson. Maurer, who claimed he was a Chicago rum-uunner, was unable to pay the fine of $lO ami costs assessed against him by Judge D. B. Erwin when he pleaded guilty in juvenile court last week. GOVERNMENT WARNS AGAINST WAGE REDUCING (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) fend. "Let's make sure that the slack is taken up everywhere else before we take the last great thrust, at the nation’s buying power. It is the most serious thing we could do. That is our last trench and if we are driven out of that there will be hell to pay.” Some high administration officials denied that Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont has changed the administration policy toward wage reductions by his letter to Rep. Francis B. Condon, Dem., R.I. Lamont said the government could not Intervene in a wage controversy in Rhode Island

| and that in some cases where industries were in difficulty there was no alternative except to re--1 duce wages temporarily. Lamont also said employers had not given President Hoover ■ n pledge not to cut wages at the famous business conference after the market crash in November. 1929,but had merely us individuals promised to do all they could to maintain wages and had succeeded to a "marveluos" degree. Secretary of Labor William H. Doak denied there had been any change in the administration policy. Klein said industry could do many things before resorting to | wage cuts. * "For one thing we could have much better sales management." lie continued. “We are woefully lacking in the technique of selling. There are astounding gaps and short comings in management. "Retail grocers in Louisville lily analyzing their \ store planning,

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY. JULY 28, 1931.

■ credit methods and delivery serv- ? ice cut their bankruptcies 75 per ■ cent in one year. In such a situation we couldn't say everything s had been done. In countless cases r grocers by rearranging their stores, s providing better displays ami r studying buyer psychology jumper . profits 20 to 30 per cent. Florida ’ grocers in 77 per cent of the cities > reporting indicated marked ini- - provements in profits by taking similar measures. "if such things existed in these ' businesses they must exist in - others. One reason textiles are in such conspicuously good shape is > I tine to improvement in sales meth- >! ods. They have analyzed markets more carefully, studying their out- ' lets. "Industry should make sure it has explored all possibilities of improved management before lookI Ing to wage reluctions. There may be osme extreme instances where cuts are inevitable but that should je the last resort."

I The wage question has become ri acute partly because the United -I States Steel Corporation is to hold : ’ Its stockholders meeting after the t j market closes todav. Financial .' reports hint that the dividend I i will be reduced. This possibility ' Immediately raised the fear it i would be followed by wage cuts, i though no official has made any • announcement to support this. ; o-, BOY MURDERER GETS SENTENCE i • (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE> ; Patrolman Edward Smith, the off!- • ecr tvhoni young Corry killed with a stolen revolver last Memorial day sat behind the lioy's parents, dressed in black. Although it was by her insistence that Varner "was a murderer tend should be tried as one" that the youth's case was not heard in juvenile court, she was silent

e ’ today. .1 "I have consulted with Warde t I , Hill," said Judge Sabath, short, e ' portly, ordinarily kindly of face, 1 j but grave at the moment. *'l have 1 1 obtained assurance that this defendant will obtain disciplinary t 1 treatment, but will not come into . i contact with older prisoners." , | Judge Sabath turned his eyes to Corry's parents, the lather, a j machinery mover, the mother a i school teacher, when he launched ! into criticism of the mahner in ' which Varner bad been reared. j "The parents exercised an in- , fluence in what led up to this crime,” Judge Sabath said. "They • are in part responsible for it and t I wish I could punish them as 1 well, but I cannot.” . Varner, the model scholar. pr!z° ; winning Boy scout and Sunday - school pupil, tensed his muscles when Judge Sabath reached the I j sentence. He stared straight i ! ahead at the American flag beside II the bench. His features remained

! unwrinkled. / ' i Judge Sabath pointed out that , I the 18-year sentence would be | . | reduced by good behavior. ?i "You can get out in ten years • I and three months If you are a good :' loy —two. years less than a pris- , ► oner sentenced to life, but if you i don't behave, you will have to stay | >! ip prison for the full 18 years. I ( hope you'll take my advice and' i 1 be good." •! Judge Sabafh said he hoped the I 1 sentence would have three re I suits—that it would impress Var ; i ner with the enormity of his: ’ | . rime, act as a deterrent to other ■ I youths, and awaken parents to the j J dangers of the situation among I their children. Woman Gets Freedom < ‘ >i Cbhavo July 28 (UP)— Mrs. I t Elizabeth HSibaugh 22-year old >! small town girl, whose husband, i I Dell F Harbaugh 44 year old inven-1

tor was killed with her if free tdoay to try to find „ ' “road to happiness' which | Harbaugh *>ught t., B et her „ i eessfully. A coronet 's jury heard her | of the struggle receding nf of her tomeo husband, wh , promised to be true, and hei, ■ baugh shooting wa H m .-idnu > '.state's attorney's office ani , oo , lit would not prosecut, Border Patrol Bukv TUCSON, Ariz. ((J-Pa— Th five members of th,. Tucs ’ ! division of the border pat " they hold some sort ~f raving interviewed fi.Jf isons, traveled 110,957 ln ile 3 | appt bended 1,366 i year. 1 Car V S. No 1 pack EH la Peaches, Wednesd mornmy. Can now ‘ n $1 89 bu.—Fisher & || ar J