Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1931 — Page 5

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Ison held the Robins to five hits in the first game and Owen Carroll turned in a six-hit performance in the aftermath. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia shar-| i d honors in a double header. Larry French pitched six hit ball to give Pittsburgh the first game. 4 to 2, while Phil Collins shut-out the Pirates in the night cap, 3 to 0. Only two games were played in the American league, Detroit defeating New York, 8 to 2, and Boston beating Chicago, 3 to 2. Vic Sorrell held New York.to 7 hits and coasted to victory behind the three run lead secured by his mates in the first intiigg. Boston made three runs off Caraway In two Innings and these proved sufficient to win. Yesterday’s hero: Pat Malone, Chicago Cubs pitcher who whitewashed Boston, 6 to 0. Only four Braves batsmen reached base, three hitting singles and one walking. - MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS | Following statistics compiled by ’the United Press include games of August 17: Player, Club G AB R H Pct. I Simmons, Ath. 112 452 98 174 .385 | Ruth. Yankees 105 292 108 150 .382 | Gehrig, Yanks 113 447 120 158 .354 Morgan, Indians 99 356 69 126 .351 1 West, Senators 99 401 67 141 .352 HOME RUNS

Ruth, Yankees 33 I Gehrig. Yankees 32 Klein, Phillis 27 Averill, Indians 24 Ott, Giants 22 | o Plan Golf Tournament The local Lions Club will sponsor lan inter-club golf tournament, to be held at the Decatur Country Club • Tuesday night. The members of the clubs are asked to report at the I clubhouse between 5 and 6 o’clock I tonight. I ~ o To Determine Champion Chicago, Aug. 18.—(U.R>— The National Boxing Association tournament to select a new middlewt ight champion to take Mickey Walker's place at the head of the 160-pound division will get under way at Milwaukee, Tuesday. August 25. Six of the 20 leading middleweights picke dto participate in the tournament have been matched for three 10-round bouts in the opening program as follows: I Tait Littman, Milwaukee, vs. Ham I Jenkins, Denver. Gorilla Jones, Akron, O„ vs. Tiger Thomas. Birmingham, Ala. Clyde Chastain. Dallas, Tex., vs. Rudy Marshall, Hartford, Conn. The tournament will be staged by promoter Billy Mitchell and the first program will be staged in the Milwaukee American Association's ball park. o Plan Foot Race Chicago, Aug. 18.— (U.R) — Ben Chapman, New York Yankees’ outfielder and leading base-stealer of the American league, will stage aj foot race with Carl Reynolds, Chi-! cago White Sox outfielder, duringj the series between those clubs at’ Comiskey park next week to determine the fastest player in the league. The players will race 100 yards in baseball togs on a course laid off in the outfield, probably on Monday, August 24. The White Sox players are planning to make a wager witli Babe Ruth that Reynolds wins. Ruth won S6OO when Chapman outran Dusty Cooke, a teammate, in a race at Yankee stadium. Reynolds Is said to have done the 100 in 10 seconds when he was a track star at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. I Get the Habli —Trace at ' - -

THE CORT — Last Time Tonight “YOUNG DON A VAN’S KID” Richard Dix and Jackie Cooper in the immortal story of big and little brother Added—Clever Comedy — Cartoon and News—lsc-40c Wed, & Thurs.—Warner Baxter and Dorothy Mackaill in “Their Mad Moment” Sun. Mon. Tues.—Doug Fairbanks, Jr. in “CHANCES”

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JOE SAVOLDI AT FT. WAYNE Joe Savoldi, famous Notre Dame football player will appear on the I wrestling program at the Clinton street arena at Fort Wayne Wednesday night. Jumping Joe has gained a big reputation as a professional wrestler and has not been ’ defeated in many bouts. The popular Savoldi will tackle George Mack. Detroit veteran wrestler in the best two out of three falls as the headliner of the Wednesday night program. A number of Decatur Notre Dame alumni are planning on attending the scrap tomorrow night. The first bout will start at. 8 o’clock Wednesday night. Promoter Harry Stoeff said. Tickets can be secured at the gate before the bout. GUARDS PATROL TEXAS FIELDS; NO OIL pumped! (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE! than yesterday when they travelled afoot and in buses. The cavalrymen cantered through the mud today with pistolas at their belts and rides Thrust into saddle scabbards.. Armament also included ther gas bombs, automatic rifles and machine guns. The cavalrymen prepared their camps for a long stay. Drainage ditches were dug. Electric light and telephone wires were strung and some plumbing was installed. o KNIGHTS OPEN MEETING WITH OUTDOOR MASS | (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) with a banquet and feature entertainment In the evening. French Lick, Aug. 18 —(UP) — Delegates to the 49th annual Supreme convention of the Knights of Columbus heard the annual report of Martin H. Carmody. Grand Ra pfds, Mich.. Supreme Knight of the order, at the first business session this afternoon, which followed the largest field mass in the United States since the eucharlstic con gress at Chicago in 1926. The mass was held outdoors near French Lick, with the Priests’ choir of Indianapolis leading the processional. Following were the convention delegates. Under cloudy skies the Rt. Rev. John Froesch. D. D. Bishop of Louville, celebrated the pontifical mass. The sermon was pronounced by the Rt. Rev. Joseph Chartrand, Bishop of the Indianapolis diocese. The business session was held behind closed dnors, attended by 345 accredited delegates and thousands of others from all of the states and provinces. , Supreme Knight Carmody reported that, during the past year, the order had administered drought relief in Kentucky, Missouri and Montana, with all cases needing aid being promptly caret! for. Also the report related $5,000 was sent to Archbishop Nowell for relief of distressed members in Santa Domingo. - _o Stage Hand Injured Indianapolis, Aug. 18 —(UP) — Efforts of Milo Denny, 44. English theater stage manager, to save a fellow workman cost him critical injuries when he plunged 80 feet to the stage today. Denny and George Powell were working high above the stage when Powell stepped on a loose board. I Denny grabbed for him, lost his ballance and fell, suffering a leg fracture and hip, skull and internal injuries. Powell saved himself by hanging to a cross beam. — o Million* of Mail Bags Manufacture of mall bags at the rate of more than 1.000.000 each year and repair of more than 4.000.000 hags annually is nones snry to provide facilities for trans portation and distribution of United States mnll. Earliest Broadcasting The first perninnent radiocasting station In tiie world was placed in operation on November 2. 1020. nt East Pittsburgh. Pa., the returns for the election of Warren G. Harding to the Presidency being the main feature of the program. ■ ■ — o "Gunny Sacking” Gunny is derived from the Hindi and Sanskrit word "genl." mean Inga sack. The terjn originally designated the strong, coarse sack cloth manufactured chiefly In Ben gal. India, from Jute. It Is used for clothing for the poor, but prin clpally for bagging and wrapping .. . —O ■■ More People, Speedier Money The more densely populated n locality the more rapid will be the velocity of circulation, because there wilt be readier access to people from whom iponey Is received or to whom It is paid. A lady who has a city house and a country house states that in the country -«li“ keeps her money in her purse i for weeks whereas in tne city sb* Xeeps It but a few day*.

Smith Claims Rosenwald Off ered Him Stock to Quit Senate Race r A F ■' ■■ 1 , o -B f a U 1- £ L. B fl S| 1' /W f o ' Bit i I ■ I t X I I, I w BRF b 1 B V'W I ' .wS 3 - aaiMMmiMMiv- ;»• atnmu Frank L. Smith of Dwight, 111., who in an open letter stated that Julius Rosenwald 'right), millionaire Chicago business man and philanthropist, offered nim Sears-Roebuck stock worth $555,000 to withdraw from the 1926 race for the United States Senate. Mr. Smith was| e ected but was denied the seat by the Senate.

COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers, JoShua W. Burkheail et ux in lots 17, 18, Monroe and 40 acres in Mon roe township to Adam Ward Johnson et ux for SI.OO. Dorothy Leigh et al, in lot 843, Decatur to Decatur Savings and Loan tor $1,000.00. 1 O — SITUATION IS MOST SERIOUS DISPATCH SAYS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) der the command of Col. Aurelio Revia and Col. Rob' rto Mendez Penate. Ortiz said tne rebels had destroyed many bridges in the vicinity of Jixptea in Santa Clara province, and at Escerabza, near Santa Clara city. He also claimed the insurrectionists have torn up a branch of the , Central Railroad of Cuba. Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18. - (U.P.) — Bodies of 180 soldiers were brought back to Camp Columbia today from the battlefields of Santa Clara province, scene of the last fighting of the rebellion in Cuba, according to unconfirmed reports. Further testimony as to the seriousness of the Santa Clara eppo-1 sition came in reports that two airplanes left this morning with ammunition for the interior. Three planes were reported to have taken part in the Santa Clara fighting yesterday. Six hundred soldiers were said toj have left Camp Columbia yester-! day for Santa Clara. Jails at Pinar Del Rio, at the western end of the island, were reported crowded witli rebel prisoners. Governor Barcelo of Orlente province, eastern Cuba, flew to Santa Clara for a conference with President Gerardo Machado today. A telegraph office has been installed in the palace at Santa Clara to 1 facilitate the president s communications. o — Unknown Man Killed New York, Aug. 18.—(U.P.>— Th ■ body of an unidentified man rapped in oil cloth and newspapers was; found today a short distance from a speakeasy in which three men were mutiliated and murdered recently. Dr. George W. Ruger, assistant medical examiner, reported the man. about 30 years old. had been shot through the mouth by a small caliber gun. He had been dead not more than , two hours, the dotcor | said. BANKER FACES FRAUD CHARGES .CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) cently issued a statement that depositors would lose nothing. Gilmth indicated a relief that they I probably would. The veteran banker did not per-| sonally answer Gilruth’s charges. I but his attorney, former United States Senator Charles S. Deneen, said he believed Gilruth had made the situation appear more serious than It was. Deneen said he doubted that, as Gilruth charged. Bain and his associates had made huge withdrawals in the form of loans from the banks within SO days before the institutions were closed. Bain long has been one of Chicago’s most colorful financiers. He came hare from Scotland when he

was 19. For ten years he was a plumber, working days and attending school at nights. In 1897 he and two partners opened an office in a shanty on the far South Side. In 1900 he opened his first real bank a small institution in a store. When his I (inks were shut down in June he had 1 of them with total assets estimated at $21,000,000. Associates of Bain say he lost all his personal fortune when the banks closed and that now. at 63, he is almost as p»x>r as when he came to Chicago as an immigrant. FLIERS FAIL TO GET CONSENT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Aviaion Corporation, have been sentenced by Mongolian authorities to five years’ imprisonment on charges of espionage, a case similiar to the Pangburn and ifern don. While piloting a mail and passenger plane between Shanghai | and Manchuli, on the Siberia- ; Manchuria Ixirder, Ratje was forced down in out Mongolia July 4 by gunfire from Mongolian troops ami < aptured. The landing was near the line dividing Mongolia and Manchuria. Hoosier Youth Killed Martinsville, Aub. IS —(UP) — Word was received here today of the death last night in the railroad yards at Ogden. Utah, of Jack ITirding, 18. son of Walter Harding, living near here. Harding was riding in a freight | car with James Kent, also of this I vicinity, and suffered fatal injuries when a car door slammed, crushing his skull, according to the information received. O - Lindberghs Still Rest Tokio. Japan. Aug 18 —(UP) — Treacherous weather today held Col and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh bound to the ground with l,5(Ht miles of the goal of their 7,000 mile flight from Washington to Tokio. o . Lumber Camp Hero I Pni:l Bunyan is u mythical hern I of the lumber camps of toe North- | west. The legend is said to have ; begun In the Papineau rebellion In Canada in IN’.7 and it then spread throughout the Northwest, being colored by Scandinavian myth In Minnesota and by Indian legends further west. It was tin- American loggers. Just below the border, who established tLe myth and gave V much of Be color. “Greenhorn** The word “greennorn" Is of rural English origin and means an ox with the horns Just making their appearance, hence a young ox unused to the ways of the plow. and. metaphorically, a young man net yet settled to h‘s calling and place II the w orld. Supplication Broadly, precatory words are ’ words of prayer, supplication and ! beseeching. In law, such phrases ! as “It Is my wish and desire,” “en- ’ treat,” “heartily beseech,” when contained In a will In which no express trust Is created, nevertheless will he construed by the courts as implying an 'Atent to create a trust Early Wine G'aocs The earliest wine glasses were of Venetian manufacture, and must have come Into England about the time of Shakespeare. The use of plate for this purpose was then be ginning to go out of fashion, as FalstatT indicated when he advised Mistress Quickly: “Glasses, glasses Is the only drinking.”

DEMPSEY’S WIFE MAKES CHARGES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) 000. Reno, Nov.. Aug. 18.—(U.RP-Adopt-ing again the ring parlance which he used as heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Dempsey declared today he was just “sparring around” so far in his divorce action against Estelle Taylor, his actress wife. “When the time comes I’ll open up," said the Manassa mauler in much the same manner he predicted years ago he would whip Jess Willard, Louis Flrpo, and others. “I can’t tell you the details of the cruelty charges,” Dempsey said. He smiled over reports from Los Angeles that Miss Taylor said the trial would develop fiito the “battle of the century,’’ a term which the late Tex Rickard coined in advertising some of Dempsey fistic bouts. Dempsey said lie was unwilling to show his strength until the preliminary bouts were over and he actually was in the ring. “It would give away my case to Estelle, but there will be pl nty to give me a decree in any court where there is justice,” he said. "I made a property settlement with Estelle which she later attempted to repudiate and I am asking the Reno courts to affirm that property settlement.” “She wants me to buy the house I gave her and I made an offer, but she wasn’t satisfied. "I'm going away on my barnstorming tour this week, as I planned. 1 will come back to Reno frequently and will stay here three or four weeks to rest. The divorce hearing will come during one of my home-coming jaunts. “I’m feeling swell and looking forward to a successful tour and a lot of fun in my exhibition bouts.” Dempsey has been training in a local gymnasium for his tour. He is seen frequently at local night clubs, but never drinks. The spinning roulette wheel has a fascination for him. however. Q CHINA MAY GET 10-YEAR PLAN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) |by companies under government control. Purchase of the steel and coal would aid, it was pointed out, in | the recovery of those industries in other countries. The "10-year plan” called for the construction of industrial power plans with a total capacity of 20,000.000 horsepower. The extension of China’s railways and new roads as part of the program would be among the first practical moves toward opening up la vast country of tremendous potential wealth and purchasing power, experts agri ed. At present, China has only some 10,000 miles of railroads. o Girl Attempts Suicide Los Angeles, Aug. 18. — <U.R> —A beautiful blonde girl whom police identified as Inez Norton, New York show girl and sweetheart of Arnold Rothstein, slain gambler, attempted suicide today by swallowing poison. The girl gave her name as Inez Mitchell. 28, but police said they based their identification on a registration certificate iii her expensive car and the assurance of Paul I’age, Hollywood film actor, that . Miss Mitchell was really Miss Nor- ! ton. Get the Habit—Trade at Heme.

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LOCALS I - — Royal E. Stevens. 24, residing in rural route 8, suffered cuts and bruises on the face and body when his motor cycle collided wltji a dog, 1 Monday afternoop. 1 W. F. McKean of Monroe was a business visitor in Decatur, Tues- ’ day. Miss Helen Gould of Covington, Kentucky is spending her vacation in this city with Miss Rosamond ' Gonld. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gentis and . Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Saylors motored to Fort Wayne, Sunday evening, where they wittnessed the production at the Emboyd Theatre. Miss Ceilya Appelman, who underwent an operation at the Adams County Memorial Hospital twoj weeks ago was removed to her home on Seventh street this afternoon. Mrs. S. C. Stanley and son Jun- ■ ior and daughter Jean of Evanston, 111., are spending the summer visit-

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ing Mrs. W. L. Stanley and daughter Laura. Miss Ruby Galloway has resumed her duties at the Adams County Memorial Hospital after enjoying a two week’s vacation. Miss Rosemary Omlor was removed to her home on Adams street Monday, from the Adams County Memorial Hospital where she has been a patient. Mrs. E. \\ Jackson an<V granddaughter Janice were week-end guests at the 11. E. Jackson home in I Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mutschler land son Bobby Mr. and Mrs. Dave Campbell and daughter Belly, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beineke, daughter Eileen, and son Harlan, were Sunday visitors at the W. O. Bigham cottage at Lake Webster. o Driven to It line good -eason why many i children abundon themselves wholly to silly sports, and trifle away all their time ,„-f]il<lly, is because they ha-e found their curiosity balked.—Locke. ,i ii ———as— ssmss