Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1931 — Page 6

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CELLAR TEAMS CAUSE TROUBLE New York, July 29—(U.R) If th' Brooklyn Robins fail to win tin 1931 National League pennant - mid it looks very much as if the: won’t they can attribute the! downfall to their inability to de teat second division teams. Against first division clubs tin Robins have played like champions winning 25 of their 41 game: against St. Louis, Chicago am New York. But this margin pile' up at the expense of the leaden has suffered through Brooklyn’s poor play against the weafcei clubs. In ,57 contests against Boston Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Cin cinnati, the Robins have lost 3( games whil? winning 27. Had they been able to win a majority of these encounters, they probably would he challenging St. Louis for the leadership instead of resting in fourth place, ten and one-half games from the top. The Rolfins continued tjjeir losing ways yesterday, dropping a 5 to 4 decision to Cincinnati. The Reds won out in the ninth on (Tillop’s double and Cuccinello’s single. Jess Haines bested Tom Zachary in a pitching duel as St. Louis defeated Boston 1 to 0 to retain its eight and one-halt game lead over the second place Chicago Cubs. FlowefS* long fly scored Adams, who had Singled, with the only run of the game in the eighth inning. An eighth inning rally of three runs enabled the Cubs to keep pace tyith the leaders with a 6 to 3 decision over Philadelphia. Charlie Root mastered the Phillies. allowing sevXn scattered hits. Carl Hubbell pitched and batted the Now York Giants to a 6 to 2 victory over Pittsburgh. Hubbell allowed the Pirates 11 hits but was effective in the pinches. He drove out three hits in four times at bat. knocking in two runs and scoring another himself. Philadelphia retained its eleven ami one-half game advantage over Washington for the American League leadership with a 6 to 3 victory over the St. Louis Browns. Lefty Grove, who relieved Earnshaw, received credit for his 21st triumph of the year. “Sad Sam" Jones held Cleveland io six hits as Washington defeated the Indians. 8 to 1. The Senators shelled Brown off the mound in the fifth inning during a five-run assault. Rallying to score 11 runs in the eighth inning the Chicago White Sox defeated New York, 14 to 12. Going into the eighth trailing by nine runs, the Sox fell on four New York pitchers for 12 hits to stage the largest inning from a scoring standpoint this season. Boston defeated Detroit 8 to 1 in the other American League game. Yesterday’s hero: Tony Cuccinello, whose batting gave the Cincinnati Reds a 5 to 4 victory over Brooklyn. Cuccinello’s fourth hit of the game drove in the winning run in the ninth inning after he had accounted for two of the runs the Reds scored perviously. — o MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS The following averages compiled by I’nited Press include games of July 28: Player. Club G AB R H Pct. Ruth, Yankees 87 319 90 123 .386 Simmons. Ath. 99 402 83 152 .378 Webb, Red Sox 92 357 69 182 .370 Morgan. Indians 83 290 52 106 .366 Goslin, Browns 90 355 70 127 .358 — O HOME RUNS Gehrig. Yankes 30 Ruth, Yankees 27 Klein, Phillies 23 Averill. Indians 20 Foxx, Athletics 1!) ■— O Elberta Peaches at the lowest price in years, Fancv large No. I’s and only $1.89 bushel. Can now.—Fisher & Harris.

Roofing, Tin Work, Furnace Repairing Decatur Sheet Metal Works E. A. Girod Phones 331 Res. 1224 ■ Eat CHICKEN Dinner SUNDAY, AUG. 2 at Decatur Country Club 75c Hours 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. —I

Moose Wins Close One Decatur Moose junior baseball 1 team defeated Rotary juniors at De--1 catur high school athletic field last • night. The Rotary team had a lead ' going into the final frame, but cost- , ly errors prevented the Campbell- , men from chalking up a win. The final score was 12-10 and the Moose . victory was scored, in big league ~i style after two outs were, made in .; the last inning. On Monday night the local Legion /juniors lost to Winner Brand al Heme by a count of 11-12. . regular catcher pitched and Miller I was behind the bat. I o Stephenson Is Hurt ! i •I Chicago, July 29—(UP)— Riggs Stephenson, Chicago Cubs’ outt’ield- ■ er probaljiy will be out of the lineup i the rest of the season with a t’racII tured bone in his right ankle. Steph- ! enson injured his ankle when he ' stepped on first base in Monday’s I game with the Phillies, but it was thought to be only a sprain. An X-ray examination yesterday reveal- ' ed a fractureo GANG BULLETS HIT CHILDREN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I prohibition raids which recently closed two huge Manhattan breweries, thus shutting off the supply of beer for Manhattan's thousands of beer saloons and speakeasies. ’’Outsiders,’’ attracted by the lucrative demand for beer which local dealers could not immediately supply, ittempted to "muscle in," and so the war began, one police theory was. Most of the folks on East 107th street had moved out into the street, made it their living room and playroom as their custom during the extreme heat, when a roadster stopped at No. 208, quartI ers of the Helmar Social club, and a man believed to be Joseph Rao st- pped out. Rao is an habitue of the club. He ! has been a swofti enemy of Arthur (Dutch) Schultz, reputed beer bar- | on. After the federal raids shut j off the beer supply, Rao is report!ed to have joined forces with j Schultz to repeal an invasion by Joe (One-Eye Rock, upstate beer I merchant. Rock’s local agent is I Vincent Coll. Police are rounding up membars of all three gangs for questionihg. Rao, or the man believed to have been Rao, stepped into a doorway. A white wicker baby carriage was wheeled by youngsters playing in the streets. Their older brothers and sisters sat on door steps or loaf c d in doorways. Frank Scalesi, 14, was crying his soft drinks from a little stand on the sidewalk next to the Helmar club. He turned to read a "funny papef." A touring car speeded westward, slowed up, and Frank heard the bullets and their ricocheting screams. ”1 ducked. Then I heard screams. 1 didn’t see a car. I didn’t see any men. But 1 did hear plenty of shots. I don’t know where they came from. And that's all police could get from Frank, who had learned all of gang customs and penalties. Nobody else among the hundreds of loungers "saw” anything, they told police. None of the screaming bullets hit the Helmar club which was crowded at the time, but deserted ! ’ia few moments later when police visited it. Two police, on' nearby beats, i heard the gunfire and ran to the [street, h lying children, claming : parents, and trying to get a little , order out of the confusion. Then I Itiiey visited the club. Among records giving names of i officers were the names of Vincent Rao, believed to be a cousin of Joseph, and Vincent R. Auleta, assemblyman for 18th Manhattan district, and former assistant district attorney. Auleta, who arrived 20 minutes after the shooting, has been a democratic boss in little Italy. During the campaign against Congressman Fiorella H. La Guardia last year he was to speak at one mass meeting when pistol fire wounded two attendants. Two of Rao’s companions were | killed recently in front of an 116th street restaurant. Rao vanished, ' but reappeared some weeks later with an attorney and a denial that he knew anything of the shooting. Child victims other that the ones named included: Florence D. A. Melbo, li; slightly hurt; Samuel Devlno, 5, slightly hurt; Salvatore Vengalli, 7. o Pose As Officers To Get Slot Machines Logansport July 29—(UP)—Four men posing as federal agents were arrested by state police near Rochester charged with theft of two slot machines from rural stores. • Those held were: Carl Norman, 4U, Bedford; C. E. Bowman, 36, ' Knoxville, Aenn, Carfett Byone, I 27, and Ed Waters, 24. South Bend.

Junior band . ! CLOSES SUMMER ) I CONCERT SERIES - i (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) jchildren filing by rendering that I music which only humans and in--11 struments can produce. To those only have stood in line and watchI ed Our Band’ file by has this wonII derful feeling of pride and enthusiasm come. It will come to all of 1 us if we just make ‘Our Band’ a e reality.” e A noted musician-director wrote e thus several years ago. His state--1 ment revealed nothing theretofore I unknown, but its effects were uni--1 versal. School and municipal bands were ’ organized. The wave carried to! every city, every community, large I |and small alike; it struck even the! remotest sections. Decatur’s contribution to the popular wave assumed the form of s a Junior Band, about four years - ago. Results at first, naturally, > provoked little enthusiasm. That I ■ was tour years ago. But last night as the local band, | ’ under the direction of David M.: ! Rice, terminated its third annual i, ’ summer concert season, Decaturites |. 1 viewed "one of the youngest, most I. tolorful, and most harmonious ] juvenile organizations in the coun-l. try." Such has been the unani-i, mous opinion of several musical , critics of repute, and numerous lov- , ers of music during the past year. . Unsolicited expressions of this ( kind are, indeed, a beautiful and I, worthy tribute to members of the , . band, its enterprising director, ( the City of Decatur, and all others ( responsible, directly or indirectly, for its maintenance. ( Attaining the degree of perfection of which the local organiza- . tion now boasts was not the eas- t iest and most pleasant of tasks. ( as Director Rice will attest. In- j deed, it was one of most laborious and diligent dimensions, to say the least. i When Mr. Rice accepted the <

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directorship here in 1929 after more than ten years of active school and band experience in I lowa and Pennsylvania, the local band numbered but fifteen girls and boys, most of whom lacked even a basic knowledge of the pure fundamentals of music. However, through a simple formula, the director gradually molded his proteges. He secured the confidence of his pupils; they responded heartily. He instructed them daily, individually. Improvement came rapidly. Group rehearsals followed, and continued until complete unison j and poise were obtained. The city school board assisted' in every detail. The public greeted the band with enthusiasm. The [stage was set for “Our Band”, as iwe hail it now. Progress has been swift since those days three years ago. For today the Decatur Junior Band comprises approximately seventy; boys and girls, whose average age |is less than eleven years, the i lowest in the state. Os this numl her forty-five compose the first 'band, which presents all public, performances. The remainder are [ i included in the second, or begin-' ' net's section, from which they 'are graduated to tlje higher group as improvement is shown. 1 The seventy members at present. ■are divided into the following ! groups: sixteen play clarinets; ten, cornets; five, trombones; three, baritones; three, altos; six, alto saxophones; two, baritones; lone, baritone saxophone; two, tenor saxophones; four, C melody' saxophones; one, soprano saxophone; two basses, and three; drummers. Tliis summer’s concert season is' ended now. But when Decatur’s! Junior Band is heard at the fair, at this fall’s football contests, at [ this winter’s basketball clashes, | or at any time iq the future, regard it, dear readers, as —"Our Band." | Mrs. Charles Stewart of Wabash vis ed with friends in this city today.

TRAGEDY ENDS LAD'S VACATION Home-made Cave Buries Two Beneath It; One Is Rescued Benton Hafbor. Mich.. July 29 — — (UP) —Two 15-year old Chicago boys climaxed a day of ptenickiug and swimming on Lake Michigan's shore by digging a cave in a cliff two miles south of Benton Harbor. They failed to rejoin the other members of the party. George F. Jillson, south Haven track coach, led a searching arty. He found the boys, Michael Schleimer, Jr., and Heinz Kramer, buried under sand. The cave had collapsed on them With hands and sticks. Jillson Margaret Scheimer, 18, and two little girls, dug the bodies. Young Schleimer was found dead. Kramer was rescued alive. Mrs. Michael Scheimer Sr., the; victim’s mother, threw herself into! the lake in an attempt at suicide, but was saved by her daughter, Margaret

GRAF HEADS TOWARD POLE (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE! will take second place in importance as compared with the almost unprecedented opportunities for scientific observation. Already there have been important geographic discoveries concerning the little-known areas within the Polar sea, according to reports, and it is believed probable that simultaneously with these map-making observations there have been no less important checkings on compass deviations, climatic conditions, and other matters. One of these has to do with

weather forecasting. Data gathered on the flight are expected to be of importance in improving pres-; ent forecasting procedure. i The infrequency of radio reports; i from the dirigible was explained. by officials of the Zeppelin works. I who have been without direct I wireless contact since Tuesday I morning, as probably due to <he fact that the dirigible avas travel-! ing in a "dead zone.” Such dead zones are Xrequently encountered in the Arctic. They cause a complete fadeout of radio connection and explain the fre- 1 quent impossibility of contact between the zeppelin and even the ! nearby icebreaker Malygin. Latest reports from Leningrad I indicated that the zeppelin had been encountering winds ami, with fog impending, might be retreating toward the southeast of Franz Josef land. The craft was said to be moving toward Kameness island, which is off Northeast Cape. Siberia. O FELTY RETURNS FROM MEETING | (CONTINUED FROM nvv the true value of property. Ray Shank, special representative! of the state lliard, contended that Adams county waj one of the lies! counties in the state and that val-| ues. had decreased as much as shown in the assessments. Mr. Felty contended that they w re in I. eeping with other counties and exi plained that one of the largest losses in valuations was due to the | assessment on the Holland-St. Louis Sugar plant in this city. This plant was assess d this year as a closed concern. The assessments in Alien county were approved by the state board, a A loss of more than $3,0(10,000 was reported by AUen county. —— o Fancy U. S. No. 1 Elberta Peaches. full standard bushels. only $1.89. Better can now. Fisher & Harris.

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