Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1934 — Page 6

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INDIANA AND PURDUE MEET Two of Three Big Ten Leaders Clash At Bloomton Saturday Chicago, .Jan. 12. dJ.Ri The Big Ton basketball ra <’ will enter its second week tomorrow night with Indiana and Purdue, two of the three leaders, meeting In a crucial game which may send the winner on to the championship. All ten teams will lie In action tomorrow night, the last time until after lite mid year examination in February. The next lull night s schedule will he Feb. 111. Tomorrow night's schedult* fol lows: Purdue at Indiana. lowa at Minnesota. Illinois at Chicago. Northwestern at Ohio State. Michigan at Wisconsin. it will be possible for the winner of ihe Purdue-Indiana game to gain undisputed possession of first Place. lowa, the other leader, meets Minnesota at .Minneapolis, and a defeat for the unbeaten Hawkeyes will leave the winner at Bloomington alone at the top. The Purdue-Indiana game will be the first basketball game between these intra-state rivals in two years, inasmuch as the western conference rotating schedule did not bring them together last year. The State of Indiana is one of the most rabid basketball centers in the country and tomorrownight's contest will be one of the year's bitterest battles. Both teams have won eight out of nine games. The two leading scorers of the conference. Norman Cottom. Putdue’s stellar forward, and Willard Kelirt, Indiana's lanky sharpshooter. will match their skill against each other for the first time Cottom leads the conference in scoring, having made 13 points each against Michigan and eight against Ohio State. in the other games Illinois is fav-

ADAMS THEATRE SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY ' 10-25 c Sunday Matinee 2 P. M. First Sunday Evening Show at 6:00 Marie Dressier ■ Lionel Barrymore in u Christopher Bean” with HELEN MACK. RCSSELL HARDIE. JEAN HERSHOLT. H. B, WARNER Drama—Romance—Comedv—This Play Hus Everything. ADDED-“EITS IN A FIDDLE” with Clark and McCullough — Tonight and Saturday — “DELUGE” with PEGGY SHANNON, SIDNEY BLACKMER, LOIS WILSON. MATT MOORE. FRED KOHLER. The story of the destruction of our modern world. A Gripping Romantic Spectacle of the Ages! ADDED—“Fighting with Kit Carson” 1 A 1 and Cartoon LV"IuL

CORT THEATRE I SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY Matinee Sunday 2 P. M. First Sunday Evening Show 6:30 ■ 10c • 25c JAMES CAGNEY Smiling—Fighting his way through another slambang “sock”cess. Faster and funnier than “Taxi” and “Picture Snatcher.” 4 Lady Killer 9 Mae Clark • Margaret Lindley • Leslie Fentcn ALSO—Fox News. Silly Symphony, Frolics of Youth, comedy riot. - TONIGHT - - SATURDAY - “TAKA Indiana’s Own Star ' CHANCE BUCK JONES 1 NITE” ‘THE FIGHTING CODE’ NOTE: To better accommo- -Alsodate the crowd, first show „ , . , . will start at 6:30. Selected Short Subjects. IOC 10-15 C

I ored over Chicago, Ohio Slate over | Norlhwt stotru. Wi ' onsiti live i Michigan and lowa over Minm r-H League Winners ! Zion Reformed and St. Marys volJ I ley ball teams won dealt- sweeps ill - the inter ehtireh league games playel Thursday night. Reformed defeated West Side, 15 10. 15-6, 15-11; .. and St. Mary's defeated Union ~'Chapel. 16-14. 15 4. 15-7. Next games I, twill bo played Thursday night at i the D H. S. gyiln al S p. m. I I , . o — ' Levinsky Signs To Battle Sch moling 11 ! Chicago .lan. 12 (I'l’l King Le- 1 a I Vinsky. Chi ago heavyweight, laas, S i signed a contract to meet Max j 1 Schmeling. foniK'r champion, in a 15-round bout at the Chhago staIdiom Feb. 16. Levinsky will receive 25 tier cent of the net receipts. The stadium is now attempting to get Joe Jacobs. Schmeling's manager, to agree to the bout. When he was here earlier in the , week Jacobs agreed to take 35 perl vent, but since has opene I nego- : tiations for a bout btweeti Schmel-. ' ing ml Steve Kanias at I'liiladel- I ! phla Feb 14. t ■ h is l-.e.ieved that final arrange- i 'meets for the levinsky-Schmeling I bout will be completed when the • German arrives in this country next i, week. He was to sail today from Germany for New York. 24 GRADUATES FROM CENTRAL — (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ; Marion Drum. John Durbin. Gil 1 bort Egly. Floyd Elston. Kenneth Gause. Arthur Hellft'. Vernon ’ ' Hoffman. Dwight Kimble. Jim, Krick. Laures Moyer. Arthur Pol J I ing, Ralph Steele. Kathleen Banning. Bernice' Beineke, Helen Britzenhofe, Max- • • 1 hie Debolt. Goldine Kreischere Mary Maxi.ie Martin. Zula Porter, i Frances Smith. Marguerite Staley. Martha Summers. o Get the Habit — Trade at Home i

O’FARRELL TO MANACE REDS Bob O’Farrell Signed To Manage < incinnati For Two Years Cincinnati. Jan. 12. (U.R) Th.-1 ■ |.,sk of liltim.’ 111- Cm iimnll Red >■[ ■ to bigger and belter things in the i.Ntiliofi-l lei.gUv today belonged I" [ I |;ob tt'Fnrrell. The signin'.’ OT'nrrell as a, 1 player-nmnac r for two years was | announced by Larry Mm- Phail. | Reds general manager. O'Farrell ' was obtained from the Si. I<ouisl ’ cards, along with pitcher Sylvost--4 er Johnson. In exchange for pitch- ! ’ er Glenn Spencer and an iinnti- [ ■ noiHiced cash sum. Terms of O'Farrell's contract j ' weri not announced but il Is gen I ' erally b.-li.-'iil ho will receive ini [the neighborhood of $12,()0() a year. [ - ! Managing a hall chib will not be ' ; a new experh-nce to lhe veteran j . O'Farrell He took charge of the 1 i Cards alter Hornsby's departure and in 11F27 was beaten out for the ■ pennant by tin- Pittsburgh Pirates j by only a game and a half. The new Red pilot, a native of Waukegan. 111. lias been in base--ball since 1915. and lias spent most of his time with the Cubs, Giants land Cardinals. KALVER BUYS WARING SITE FOR THEATER | (CONTINUED 1 ROM PAGE ONE) be beautifully decorated, Mr. Kalver stated. At least 600 seats will i l>e installed and all arrangements | will be completed with lhe idea of pleasihg theater patrons. 1 Mr. Kalver stated that he hoped 1 i to occupy the new theater sbmoI time after March 1. He will con- : finite to operate the Adams thea'ter in the Hattgk building on West Madison street until the [ building is ready. i' The theater proprietor assured i patrons that acoustics in the ! building would be the finest and I that he planned to give Decatur [an amusement center bettor than -found in most cities of 5.000 . population. The American Life Insurance company- obtained the building - from the estate of the late L. C. ' Waring. The company also owns ' the house and lot at the corner I of Fit st and Monroe street, this property not being part of th;> purchased by Mr. Kalver. This is the second sale of up town real est ite to .be completed in this city in the last 30 days. Recen ly the Reed Elevator com- | pany purchased the old Holthouse [ garage building, corner of Second j and Jackson streets. I o _ “BLACK CROW" CRASH VICTIM (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) i Mary Jane. IS) and I sat in the back seat. “Suddenly a lire blew out. 1 , think it was a roar tire. The car lurched into a ditch and turned over three or four times. 1 can't 1 remember, it all happened so suddenly. When I came to, I found myself crawling through the top of the car. I reached for Mary Jane to help her out and then we saw Charley, pinned beneath the back seat.’’ 1 Moran sugered abrasions about the legs. His head and tongue also were out. 1 The trip had been in the nature » of a leisurely motor jaunt from I New York. They were on the last ■ lap of their journey when tragedy II overtook them. I Mack's death ended an IS-year I partnership with Moran. Several I years ago they Quarreled and partI )-d. but eventually resumed the act I ’that long-before made them famI ous. I Mack was 46. He was born in I White Cloud. Kan., and educated in Portland and Salem. Ore. In his early 20’s. he played professional baseball in Olympia, Wash., hut gave up playing to try his hand a: - "gag writing” for vaudeville teams | He wrote a skit for himself and .was given his first, bookings in Seattle? Wash. REGISTRATION STARTS MONDAY i (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) - register. The registration is to be -permanent, unless the voter moves from the precinct in which he or she is registered. No person will be permitted to vote unless registered. The master file of names will be kept in the county clerk’s office ia-nd the equipment to preserve the lists and cards has already been installed. Clerk Werling has given much time to perfecting the system in his office and with the cooperation of voters this county will find that it has a systematic and thorough system when completed next April. In addition to being registered by the township assessors or those named by the political parties, voters may register with County clerk M Werling at the court house or with

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GIVING A PARTY If you are entertaining friends at a party—big or little these w in»- i , i-nii . vou will In- interested in our Waslingtoi Bureau s new bull),-tin on PARTY MENIiS AND FAVORS. It suggests simple sorts of refreshments and gives direo ions to making practical prizes and favors. CLIP COUPON HERE ...... Dept. 263 Washington Bureau, DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin PARTY MENUS AND FAVORS and enclose herewith five cen s in coin (carefully wrapped), or postage stamps, to cover return postage and handling costs: NA M E •STREET A No. CITY . STATE I am a reader of the De- atur Daily Democrat. Decatur. Ind.

Mrs. Alii v Christen, city clerk, at the city hall. —o —_ WOULD IMPROVE ROAD CROSSING (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) [ Book and the number of projects in each included: Adams county. 4; Clay, 2; Fulton. 15; Gibson. 18; Greene. 2; Huntington. 9; Johnson. 1; Knox, - 9; Lake. 18: laiporte. 1; Monroe, 1; Porter, 7; Posey, 27; St. Joseph. 4; Sullivan, 12; Vanderburgh. 7: Vermillion. 8. Vigo. 13; Wabash. 4; Wells, 3. o National Relief Report Is Made Washington, Jan. 12—(UP)—Preliminary data on a nationwide unemployment relief census, submitted today to the Federal emergency relief administration, showed that approximately 5,500,000 children below the age of 18 were on relief rolls during November 1933. Tile report was submitted to administrator Hopkins by Corrington . Gill, director of research and statistics for the relief administration. Gill reported that fully two-fifths (42 per cent) of all persons receiv- , ing relief were children under 16. The report said 12,493.776 persons of all ages were on relief rolls as of October 1933. o No Price Fixing On Milk Retailers Washington. Jan. 12—(UP)—Government enfoivement of existing milk marketing agreements will be confined to prices paid to larmers, the agricultural adjustment administration announced today. This means, it was explained, that enforcement of fixed retail prices charged by distributors to consumers under present agreements will not be attempted. The decision was in line with the new milk marketing agreement policy announced Monday by Secre- —-— ■- '

PUBLIC SALE Monday, January 15, 1934 ■>„ t Vv** n \‘' PS so "’ l ' of Poe or 0:p m>le south of Echo, I><. miles north and 1 ~ miles east of Tocsin, known as the Christ Werling farm Sale Starting promptly at 1 o'clock. HORSES 1 Bay horse; 1 Sorrel horse. , t » CATTLE s Jersey ami Guernsey cows, the very best. • •> brood sows; 1 male hog: 26'shoats. 2 head of good Sheep ; x GRAIN ‘ bean P I .R ° at8 ' 4 °" b " sl,Pls cor ”' 13 tons of mixed 4 ton ° f . , . FARM implements r 1 New C ld a e^ P n^n b ’^ er: 1 , champion mower; 1 New Idea hay loader; r 1 New Idea manure spreader; 1 Hoosier grain drill; ] hay tedder i «n-v T !,l '; at ' ,rs; 1 corn Planter; 1 very good disc;'2 spring harrows l " bu R z'saw o out l fi? ar 2 oW: ’t J ° hn Deere riding pl0w: 1 walkin K Plow; i 3 u ? ne - horse cultivators; 1 land roller; 1 three-inch corn bed i n fHeho : ’ two ’ inch " caon wi ' h ’’e”; 1 hay loader with 11 corn shelter t o- rSe „ enßlne: 1 dump scraper; 1 I ' P,Z grinder; 1 s v 1 !■ 2>gallon c °P pe * kettle; I set harness: I ifr-barrel f ; 1 ce , Btrßtcher : 1 Horton electric washer: 1 sausage s uffer. 1 sausage grinder: 2 sets of hog scaffolds; 1 brooder stove• also many other articles too numerous to mention Lunch on premises. Terms of sale are cash. y I , T ?2 erf> W ?' J a ' f i o '? P onp farm of 112 acres and one nf 38 acres Tor 6 : i tit lor cash, with the best of buildings, to responsible party. id Mrs. Mary Werling. k Roy Johnson, auctioneer

I ary of agriculture Wallace and administrator Davis. In conferences yesterday with representatives of distributors Davie insisted that all new agreements be in conformity with the revised plan. Fixed retail prires will not be included in any [ of them, he said. Swindle Letter Warning Sent Duluth, Minn. (UP Postmaster Glen J. Merritt today warned Du[luthians against "Spanish" swindle iet:ers, which have appeared in this territory recently. The "Spanish" letters, almost as notorious as tile "Drake Estate” swindle, purport to he from a mysterious ”S. B.”. who claims he is imprisoned in Spain. The letter offers onethird of a $350,000 fortune if the receiver will aid him in escaping, so he can procure his heritage in America.

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|NAVAL I’LAMf COMPLETE LON . wather flight ' .CONTINUED 7 s carried delayed the bK |„; two hours. All wen: well then [„ntil th<- so« sw' ll '* l U! ' voloped the formation. PH-rv rose above th.- tog anti lost I „ Tilt, others flew on his comrades, in. 0... st.-adllv. Finally he t.iughi Lent out a niessag.' that ihti " th,, thousands waiting al il"' ln " fltg place. R.-.pi. st permission lo moor ami land at assigned heath." the mat terof-fact McGinnis, veteran of years of naval aviation, radioed. At 2:10 p tn. <P.S.T.). a Hltb' more thtan 24 houis after the takeoff. laumbmen again saw tie-sq.m Iron from the Koko head. l.» no • s from the harbor. A great shout went up from the I waiting thousands, where navy amt > army men rubbed elbows with c ivilians. Honolulu had made the tlay a holiday. Rut that first shout was eclipsed by a roaring weltoine which greeted the six planes as they soared out of lhe east in graceful form ; alien and skimmed to a stop In the (calm waters at 12:29 p. m. Hon|olulu time, (2:59 p. m. P.S.T.). i Anthracite Miners Threaten Shutdown Wilkes-Barre. Pa. Jan. 12- tl'l’t A complete shutdown of mining in the anthracite coal fields was threatened today by the I’nittsl An

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. "'lois.. \v d l mol b.-- i, ■ time that | ’ I w Gore’s brief t.- 1r ,,.. u( H M the fc-! his horn. ,n pi ,H IH.E URDERs' K AI HOI RVMF.vH ’’Mil Movl (CONTINUED FltOM first lino- wh. n o ~ til” adjoin io - ■ two a.-d a half days of iottsly she had pi->test«i, Jlli to her . p r . ink , over hie ac< <-p 0( II two jurors wi,. I, , box of 12 no-ii lu-r fate. The--. ~|. of her own an. .iml „ nf long ill her n. . jourhed a few nionieiit, jury had bo. n -a->rui n ered locked up - ( i the trial. . xp. . |„, ,(9 weeks. H P Miner Kills Wife. I Commits Sgfl Jasonville. Ind . Jan. Enraged over -i..i 4 . -rongß ■ bert Hepner. 40. ■■.mi-itf® i his wife and tin I. i rim’rjiß at their family “ -i.„ li.-rsujl < terday. B The couple ha i lit-en imß > for several months. S

Reprint from tne "Ch :;m Her,.ld and E<; -n paper, dated De ’933. . Horse Ready To fr« Stage Comeback fe In Adams Coiiß Medal Colt Club and for Harness Btnine* BP* Testify. t<> Revival. S. By Emone La --ct. ■ ni.ling back. You can take •' Vrehbold, Adams for it. He spoke ’I:. a federal agricultural’ •■' tug in the county agent > offM* Fort Wayne. K.Farming authoriicinity are so certain ’bat horse is trotting lie! old position of ]•: ' ' ’ Adams county is ’ Medal Colt Chtb. E , Archbold sail! tl BBSI marilv to raise hid When a colt is ent. . ’ ed and rated. .Just ’ “MB Adams county horse •' 11 again weighed. If it comes up to ments of the club it > i"-r:ni to enter the show. La" :- r seven colts were exloLo-l - year the number was 12 Harness Business Ga-n; That the horse is ■ !■' n again becoming a< iv. • can farm life is b. strafed by the htcre.i ■’••• at the Schafer Coini manufacturers here years. . „i Chalmer Schafer 1" ■that within ’he last •• • ' ■■ bad tripled in volume In view of the fact t' a ness business became solete in the last twee' is interesting to know t-.a |<Bwi regalia is one common"-’ still practically all bar ■ When the leather a the ta rnery it is in thof the animal whose 1- . was. This hide is then the various parts that r up a harness. Styles for horses at- B varied as stylos for p< ’ Northern horses as a ri: P much more particular tL’ n ' ' ern ones. Costume jew- ? ' other item which play- 'l ll ‘ uart in their get-up. brass stars for trimnw" KB like bright-shining diskOpens New Fields Bf The return of the horst er. up many new avenues BB sumption for the farmer. , Due to the decline in ' her of horses between - 1930, approximately l l ' acres of surplus farm P' were released. Today num' ers are demanding that h<’ r? t used for farm labor before K ing loans to fatmers.