Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1934 — Page 6

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PURDUE NOSES OUT WISCONSIN TO RETAIN LEAD Boilermakers Beat Badgers, 27-26; Only Undefeated Team Chicago. Jan. 16- (UP)—Purdue ! continued leader today in the race J for the western conference basketball clmnipionship race. The Boiler- j makers defeated Wisconsin, 27 to. 26 in a.hard fought game last night , to maintain the leadership. The Hawkeyes. still stinging t from their drubbing at the hands | of Minnesota lame , through last night to win from Uli-1 nois, 36 to 14. while Northwestern. ! in a tie for second honors, defeated . Michigan 44 to 23. Ohio state evened their slate and shoved Indiana down from a tie for second place by scoring a 27 to 23 victory over . the Hoosiere. The Hewkeyea recovered their ( poise on their home floor to score I the most decisive triumph of the I evening. Howard Moffitt lead the attack for lowa by scoring five ‘ field goals and four free throws., coming within a point of tying for , high point honors in the Big Ten. 1 Team W. L. PCT. . Purdue 4 0 1.0061 lowa 3 1 .750 J Northwestern 3 1 .750. Illinois .2 2 .500 -Indiana 2 2 .500. Ohio State 2 2 .500 , V : n— I 333

••••••••••• City Water Bills are due and must be paid on or before Jan. 20 A 10% penalty will be added if bills are not paid by this date. City Water Dept. CITY HALL

' Wisconsin I 3 .250 | Michigan 1 250 I Chicago o ■> -000 - . —>—•- o - • ■ — — The Decatur G. E. club team I continued its winni g habit last : night, defeating the Emmaus I Walther league team from Fort I Wayne, 26 to 20. The local hide[pendent team has had a highly successful season to date and is I deserving of more support from { local fans. 000 The only high school game scheduled to be played in Decatur, {this week is the annual clash be-1 { tween the Yellow Jackets and the I Central Tigers from Fort Wayne. | 000 This game will be played Friday night at the local gym. Interest in this game has reached high level as a result of Central's stunning upset of the Hartford City Airdales last Friday night at Central. 28 to 25. 000 Hartford City had won ten! 1 games without a defeat, including 1 among its victims Muncie, Marion I (twice), Bluffton and Columbia I City. 000 Outside of the Hartford game. Central has had only a so-so I season. The Tigers have been defeated by Columbia City. Auburn and North Side hut really turned on the power in the final quarter of their battle with the Airdales to score the outstanding upset of i the Indiana high school basketball , season to date. 000 The Commodores also have only one game scheduled this ; week, traveling to Delphos. | Ohio, to meet the St. John's five. The Commies defeated Delphos on the local floor December 27, 26 to 17. 000 Adams county fans will turn all their attention to the annual first team tourney at Berne Friday night and Saturday. 000 The tourney will open at 6 p. m. Friday, with all four first round games to he played Friday night. Semi-final games will he played Saturday afternoon, with the consolation and championship games Saturday night. 000 The schedule for the first round Friday night is as follows: Kirkland vs Pleasant Mills: Monmouth vs Hartford: Jefferson vs Monroe; Berne vs Geneva. 000 Semi-finals will he played at 2 and 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon and the consolation game at 7 p. m.. with championship encounter one hour later. 000 Outstanding teams in the tourney are Berne. Jefferson and Kirkland. Kirkland is favored to come i through to the finals without much trouble, while Berne and Jefferson are expected to battle in the semi finals for the right to enter the championship game. 000 The Berne Bears increased their first place margin in the county standing last week by swamping the Portland Panthers, while the Jefferson Warriors. runners-up, lost a tough battle to the Ossian Bears. 000 County Standing W L Pct. Berne 10 2 .833 Jefferson 8 3 .727 Kirklaud 6 3 .667 Monroe 6 4 .600 Commodores 8 6 .571 Yellow Jackets 6 7 .462 Geneva 5 6 .455 Monmouth 4 6 .400 Hartford 4 6 400 Pleasant Mills 0 9 .000 I ORGANIZE CLUB HERE THURSDAY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Reading, Dialogue—"Over the Telephone " Recitation—Wendell Miller. Dialogue —"All’s Well That Ends Well.” Dialogue-"Annt Dolefuls Ailment.” Music —Robert Clam. Entertainment—Hobo Minstrel. Song—Nellie Anderson. Duet—Mary and Martha Blair. Duet—Goldie and Evelyn Carpenter. Dialogue—"The City Cousins.” Music—Robert Clem. | Entertainment— Hobo Minstrel.

DECATUR TEAM BEATS EMMAUS ;G. E. Chib Defeats I’ort ' Wayne Team Monday )i Night, 26 To 20 II The Decatur <l. E. club scored. over the Emmaus Walther league . team from Fort Wayne Monday ■ I night in ill" public high school! I gym, 26 In 2U. I Decatur took tin curly lead midi [held it throughout the game. The | locals led 111 the first quarter, 9 to ; 13. al the half. 11 Io 7 mid at the j [third quarter. IS to 13. I Jake Hill was high scorer for the 'll E. with live Held goals mid two III ee throws foi a total ol 12 points. I I Deßolt seined three times from the I field mid as many limos from the 1 1 foul line for nine points. | Adams was outstanding for the I i Fort Wayne quintet with three | Holders mid four points from tlie| '{charity stripe to lead his team with. [in points. Ilorstmeyer. a six foot-, 1 1 four-inch forward, who lias been .leading his team with an average of 15 to 20 points a game, was held | Ito one Held goal by Dick Steele last | ; night. In the preliminary game, the G. IE. seconds swamped the Walt Tig-1 ini’s, 38 to 18. i The (I. E. club will play tile Mon-1 roeville Independents on the local, I door next Monday night. January I I Decatur FG FT TP iV. Hill. f. 1 1 j J. Hill. f. 5 211121 | Gerber, c. I•• 2 j Deßolt. g. 3 3 91, Steele, g. •' " " Gass. f. 0 l> Hl Totals 10 6 261 i Emmaus FG FT TP j Adams, f. 3 4 lo i Horst meyer, f. 1 0 2| Ellie. C. 2 1 51 Schuster, g. 0 0 0, Doehrman. g. 11 31 Totals 7 6 20 Referee. Kleinknight. ——- Kirkland Whippets Meet Colored Team The Kirkland W hippets will play j the Wheatly Center Big Five T ;ursI day night at the Kirkland gym. A 'preliminary game will be played between the Whippet seconds and Fiench township. The big game in sihduled to start at 8 o'clock. o F. I). R. MONEY PLANS LIKELY OPEN STRUGGLE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) stabilization on the basis of a cheap pound sterling—to be worth $3.90. On that basis of exchange i British products would be far cheaper to foreign customers in South America for instance than would be the similar products of the United States. o LONG FACTION IS DENOUNCED (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ployes.” The committee was instructed to inquire into the 1932 primary campaign in which Senator Overton, a Long candidate, deefatcl former Senator Broussard. Broussard filed no contest of the election, but charged that liis defeat was brought about by fraudulent election tactics. I Although it nia'de no recomtnen-! dations, the committee directed a vigorous attack on "Dummy-Can- 1 lidate" tactics, and said it found : evidence of “Fraud’’ in New' Orleans resulting from the "Dummy” device. Hie prartife. it said, "ought ‘ I not to be countenanced in any free , government." o_ | Vines And Tilden Series Evened Up Boston. Jan. 16 (U.R) —Ellsworth ' Vines and Bill Tilden, prima don-1 . nas of professional tennis, were ( ; , all square, somewhat wealthier. . ’ | and extremely weary today as they | ' pointed toward Providence. R 1., | i fifth halt on their cross-country ex-i liibition tour. ! A crowd of 11,500 paid $13,200 to i see Vines defeat Tilden at Boston ‘ l garden last night in an almost | ) flawless mat c h that endured ) through five sets. 61 games and two ; and a half hours. Scores were 4-6, 4-6, 6-4. 6-1, 6-2. ' . It was the second successive vic ! tory for the rangy Californian and i left him and Tilden with two tri-1 , umphs apiece. ENGLE FUNERAL , RITES THURSDAY , (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) county, February 12, 1878, a daughter of Mr. and Mis. Albert Walter. She was united in marriage to William Engle on October - 19. 1903 and four children were born to the union: Luvere. Miss Ruth, John r.nd Mrs. Lucille Swearingen, all of this city. Surviving also are the sisters,

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It’ll be a Roosevelt Wedding — • w|L / ■ >8 ktga '--via ft G Lit#©’ll ly.. ■ A, < i That the President has no monopoly on the Rooseveltian smile is eviden, ed by this picture of Miss Grace Roosevelt, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and granddaughter of the late President, and her fiance. William McMillan, noted yachtsman and big game hunter, of Baltimore, Md. This is their first picture together since engagement was announced. They'll wed March 3rd,

Mrs. .1. W. Bower. Fort Wayne; Mrs. Dora Stogdill. Bluffton; Mrs. I Paul Seesenguth. Adams county: . Mrs. Emma Hoffman. Hartford ' City; Mrs. (’. J. Klopfenstein of 1 Delta. Ohio, and Mrs. H. E. Haggerty of Ferndale, Michigan, and | a brother. C. W. Walter of Vera Cruz. o . FIVE CONVICTS ARE LIBERATED (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ! serious wounds. All who escaped with Hamilton ivere classified as dangerous characters. They were serving the' following terms: Bybee Life, for murder. French—l 2 years for robbery l with firearms. Methvin —10 years, for assault with intent to murder. Palmer 25 years for robbery! with firearms. (> Louisiana Men Held For Violating Order — New Orleans. Jan. 16.— (U.R) — 1 Eleven men, including registrar of voters C. S. Barnes and representatives of Senator Huey P. Long's | political organization, were arrested early today when a squad of po- ! licemen raided the office of the registrar in the city hall. The men were booked with violating a temporary restraining ord-

ADAMS THEATRE - Last Time Tonight - 10-25 c M ARIE DRFSSLFR. LIONEL BARRYMORE in “Christonher Bean ' Her Sweetheart” ADDED-(’lark and McCu’lough Comedy. WED. & THUR.—Charles Farrell. Charlie Ruggles. Marguerite Churchill in "THE GIRL WITHOUT A ROOM". SUN. MON. TUE. — Joan Crawford. Clark Gable, Franchot Tone in “DANCING LADY.” "'' M ' ww—wp. -w ' w «««■■ THE CORT - Last Time Tonight - JAMES CAGNEY j “LADY KILLER” Mae Clarke. Margaret Lindley ALSO—“Lullaby Land”. Fox News. “Frolics of Youth" comedy riot. 10-2 5c - WED. - THVRS. - Girls Living like Boys! Boys living like savages! “WILD BOYS of the ROAD” Frankie Darro, Dorthy Coonan. Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson, Ann Hovey, Arthur Huh!, Sterling ! Holloway, Minna Gombe!. ALSO — BEN BLUE in “HERE COMES FLOSSIE” and a Merrie Melody. 10-15 c . i SUNDAY—- , CLARA BOW “HOOPLA” Preston Foster, James Gleason, Richard Cromwell.

er issued Friday by Judge Walter] 1.. Gleason in civil district court. inJoining the registrar from { . scratching any more names from registration rolls. They also were charged with tampering with regis j . tration rolls. Efforts of Milton R. Bereyna. ' campaign manager of Long's city . ticket, to obtain release of the men ! ' was unsuccessful and they were , held in their cells. o India’s Earthquake Death Toll Over 121 Calcutta, India. Jan. 16. —(U.R) — Deaths in yesterday's disastrous earthquake, felt over a large area 1 of India, were estimated today at more than 124. including 49 at ' I Jamalpore, 6u at Patna and 15 at | ; Gaya. More than 4i'O were injured in | {the city and district of Patna and ! | thousands were homeless. Four 'thousand buildings were demolish-, , "d or damaged. I

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FORMER STARS PRAISE LAYDEN Over 1.400 Notre Dame , Men Attend Testimonial Dinner [ ( { South Bend. I'Hl" li,n n l6 The spirit Os Noire I am. toon high again todav a* , visioned u new '''ti und.'i l-l"" 1 , n-'ibuck o> Hu' Horsemen” tram of I '-L " £en selected to rebuild the school > mighty football empire. . Mor'. I ban 1.4"" ~ ' almuni and siiprorleis pa. ' 1 | tiug e student dining hall 11 1 j ilv last night at a testmmm. I . I oer to the 1933 U tint given I.) 1 1 > st. Joseph Valley Noire Dame . Itth. at which latydeii was officially »" [ coined to his new post. | Jimmy Crowley, Fordham eoa. h land former teammate ol La><!""■. introduced Noire Damn's new ath letic leader, and here Is Laydens I brief message: "I need the support of every man of Notre Dame I will do my b.-t to uphold the tine traditions of the I men who have preceded me. "I have one prediction to make, and this is the only one. Notre, Dame won't lose a game next seas on I a long pause in which yon f could have heard a whisper) m spring practice. " 1 That's all Layden had to say ' (about Notre Dame’s athletic future ! Layden isn't given to much talk i ing. Asked to elaborate on his plans. ; Layden later said Notre Dame I would have a team of eleven men next season. ::nd no stars. j "Players, eleven men working to-’ I gelher. not names or stars, will ‘make up Notre Dame's 1934 unit. Ihe said. "WO'll start from scratch i and build anew. Halfbacks may I become ends, guards be converted to halfbacks, and centers into fulli backs. We have a tough schedule next year as Notre Dame always i has. and we expect to lose several games. We will endeavor to get ! the best results possible." Tributes were paid to Knute Roekne and Hunk Anderson, retir- : ing coach who is now at North , Carolina State. One of the finest ! tributes to Anderson was paid by I Chuck Collins, end of the "Four ‘ Horsmen" team and former I’, of I North Carolina coach. . •'Hunk Anderson stepped into I the toughest job in the country."

vsld "He <ll<’ • Rnn ‘’ ' ,, ’ b | X. tn Mlhl and he F-d <»<■ wtl y fo> Uyden. Amtewon wterl- ,, ~j himself by following Rm kne. lii'd every Kot re Dame man owe« i m a vote of thatika " Anders was not present but I «. nl a telegram from ’J 31 * I'*'’.qr, 1 '*'’. qr , i fiiead Nolle Dames 193.,

Public Auction ] ll , v ii,g r.centlv 101 l rny wife, I have Ilecided to I , , l,', lore and wil' th.Tcfure hold n public auction to (| lspilg ,’!W iI" r .until belongings at my home | n n l( . .Monroe. > ii • S Thursday, January 18, 1934 I r , n< in ■atl PM. sharp, the following described prop. J KF\I. ESTATE Two-story 8 room house with basement. | 8 J conditio ‘lei tri. lights, driven well and large cistern o n barn and out-buildings and five lota. T, nos for >• i . stat - One-third amount cash on day of W |,. ■ : Jhic! ii, I-’ months ami balance |> twenty-four months fromdtytfS HOrSEHOI.D GOODS Enamel range; Florence Hot R| M! J ~ s -,, v , In jt. r; 2-btirnet oil stove; 10-ft. extension tab!. ~’i 1,1,], . liln.irv labl. 3 stands: 9x12 linoleum rug. 13x15 firfl \xini -l-l rut; ingrain and rag carpets: 12 ma. him 2 e'.ii. hes. 2 diessera; large mirror: organ; fS mg i,0,i,.1 . B.lav clock large copper kettle; extfa large washiim m.ohiiie. tubs, copper wash boiler; 6 dozen glass andiS , mds stove wood 2 dozen brooms; broom machine; mH mower tool eh. st; grain s.uhs; Model T Ford sedan; auto tgfl xvttli stock rack, garden plow and boring machine; 2 steel >„mt I" Im corn in . rib: some hay .In mrw; some oak fence 1, ! , ,1,1,11 tools a d many oilier articles not mentioned. ■ TERMS $1" and under, < ash. Sums exceeding that J bankable note for 96 days No property to he removed until ,3 | ment is made. » DAVID Fl HRMAN, Owner I , Jeff IJei hiy. An< t. W S. Smith. Hill I ■ ■« II Taxi Service We have taken over the RK E HOTEL TAXI SERVICE and wish to inform the public that we will continue to give prompt and careful service at all times. We will be able to accommodate you any hour —DAY or MGHT—and ask you to call Rice Hotel phone 57 or Runyon Garage, phone 772 when in need of a Taxi. Runyon’s Taxi Service

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