Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1934 — Page 6

Page Six

Commodores Win; Yellow Jackets

COMMIES BEAT OELPHOS FIVE FRIDAY NIGHT Commodores N o s e Out 24*22 Victory At Buckeye City Friday The Decatur Commodores seored their second victory of the j season over St. John's of Delphos Friday night. defeat ins the Ruck-' eyes nt Delphos. 24 to 22. With IS second* left to play and the score tied at 22-22. Bill Rose shot from the side of the floor I for a field goal and a victory lot j tin Commodores. The frame was close all the! way. few points separating the j competing teams at any stage ot | the same. Delphos led at the end of the first quarter, f> to 4: the i Commodores were out in front 11 J to 10 at the half, while Delphos | held a four-point margin. IS to 14., when the third quarter ended. Decatur’s points were well dis , trlhuted. Murphy leading the loc j als with three field goals and a free throw for seven points. \\ lsise, Hess and Haiti each scored j four points, with Baker scoring | three and Braden two. Wolflmrst led Delphos with I seven points on three fielders and | one point from the foul line. Crime scored six points for the, losers. The Deiphos reserves won the! preliminary, defeating the Commodore seconds. 24 to 22. Decatur FO FT TP. W. I/tse. f 2 <> 4 j Hess, f 1 2 4 i Raker, c 11 "I Murphy, g 2 17 Rrailen, g n 2 2 llain, g 2 0 4 Totals 9 6 94 Delphos. O. Wolflturst. f 2 17 Crone, f 2 2 6 lliett, C 11 3 Schurger, g . 12 4 Schmersal. g 10 2, Diekman, g 0 0 0 j Totals 8 6 22 | Referee—Benedict, Lima. o WORK HOURS OF CWA EMPLOYES SLASHED TODAY frvtymvt’Rn fhom paor onri hours needed not to exceed 30, hours per week. All civil works j service employes are to he re-; duoed one half in wages and hours. This must be made effective today as disbursing officers are Instructed not to pay wages in excess of the hours provided herein. From this date no name shall be added to any payroll save in the actual replacement of a worker fully terminated and paid off. This maximum precludes making up lost time, that is no worker under any circumstances must work more than the hours specified herein. We had expected to arrange a stagger plan in rural communities but this reduced working time order makes this impossible. “William H. Book, ■'lndiana CWA.” The scale of wages per hour was i not changed. The minimum amount is 50 cents an hour and up to $1.20 per hour for skilled workmen. The payroll for last week amounted to $8,076.80, bringing the total paid to workers to $53,384.55, since the program was started in this eottnty November 20, 1933. PHYSICIANS TO REPORT MONDAY (CONTINUED FROM PaOK ONE! Wynekoop urged that the trial go on. Judge David granted the postponement and after the defendant had been taken from the room, the jury was called in and excused until Monday. HOSPITAL NOTES Levi Egly, 1231 Elm street, is a medical patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Miss Leina Dailey, Yankton, North Dakota, underwent a major operation at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Friday. Ruth Virginia Baker, 307 North Eleventh street, underwent a major operation Friday at the local hospital. Lucille Gibson, Monroeville, had her tonsils removed at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Five Bandits Rob Bank In Nebraska Kearney, Neb., Jan. 20 —(UP) — Five bandits, admed with machine guns, held up the Fort Kearney state bank here today and escaped with loot estimated at SIO,OOO.

St. Joe Wins Leading all the way, the St. Joe eighth grade teatt\ defeated the Biitffion Junior high quintet at the Commodore gym Friday afternoon, 22 to It, ll was the second victory •I of 'O*- se ison for ihe lot als from Hluffton. Volley Ball j Union Chap»* 1 ami St. Mary leants w»*rf* wiiiMPTH in tin*- infer ■ (-him h volloy hall h*;tuin* #ain»‘H j Th urn day nijcht. while ih** UH.n-rn oil an«| Presbyterian leant? split j even. Union Chapel defeatwl West Side 15-9. 5-15. and IT. It. St. Mary’s | defeated M. K. 15*5 and 15-10. NEW CHEVROLET iSONDISFLAY j New 1934 Auto On Display At Thompson (’he> rolet Company The new 1934 Chevrolet with j "knee ad ton" wheels. SO-horsepow- , let- “Bine Streak" eitgiee, stream-j I lined body and an imposing list of] j improvements and refinements is | on display today in Decatur at the ] I Chevrolet Company. 114 North j I Third street. in the desig 1 and development jof the new models, particular at-, I tention has been given to driver and passenger comfort and every I effort has been made to eliminate j the sensations of liolh son si and j feeling that prove annoying to tlu*i I motorist. K. 11. Thompson, the local dealer i invites tile public to call at the i I garage and see the new silver an-J i niversary Chevrolet. Mr. Thompson stated that the e 'tire sales personnel of the local , office would be glad to show the new car to interested persons. Those employed at the garage are. I Isadore Stoneburner, Dan Zeser. Stanley Kenworthy, Dell Waters. Cecil Waters. At Laurent, Perry Gould and Mrs. Monai Whit* Mr. Thompson invited prospect-; ive buyers to take a ride i : the new Chevrolet and appointments | may be made by calling at the! salesroom. LIMIT DEBATE IN ORDER TO RUSH MEASURE *CONTTVUET> FBOM V.\r,K ONE) ! * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦*♦••• ♦-• ♦ » • • • • • ♦ • ! the house debate. Republicans I at'd some Democrats contended ! congress could not delegate to the ; President its constitutional power to regulate the value of money, j The bill would give Mr. Roosevelt 1 power to revalue the dollar at !«■- twepn 50 and 60 cents In terms of; the old gold dollar. Rep. Greenwood. Dem.. Iml., j leading off for the administration forces, contended the legislation | would muke the dollar hones’ , after it has been a "dishonest one for several years."' He said if j would take control of national finances away trom (lie “money] changers." While the debate raged before j crowded house galleries, the governors of the 12 federal reserve j i banks met in the seclusion of the old grey stone treasury building I to consider effects of the legisla-1 | tion. ft' the bill goes through as | drafted, the reserve hanks hence-1 forth will have no gold, but only I certificates issued by the treasury. I Rep. Dies, Dem., Tex., of the] house coinage committee, opened j debate on the bill with a defense I of its broad provisions giving i, Secretary of Treasury Morgenthao supervision of a $2,000,000,000 (B) stabilization fund and the govern-1 rneiit title to all monetary gold. "The purchasing power of the dollar must be restored to its normal lev-el so that debtors may discharge their indebtedness and creditors receive dollars of the same purchasing power an in 1926-23," said Dies. "If the President exercises his power in the bill and issues currency based on devalued gold j there will be an immediate rise in commodity prices," Dies predicted. o Young Negroes Are Found Dead Chicago, Jan. 20.— (U.R) — The bodies of two young negroes were found beaten to death today in the basement of the Frost Club, exclusive Lake Shore Drive home for young women. Fifty girls were in the buildil'g, the former home of ] Vincent Betidix,- automobile parts manufacturer. The bodies were discovered by Miss Emily Azore. negro cook, when she arrived to prepare breakI fast this morning. The men were identified as Leon Dibbs, 23, a jan--1 itor, and Join Netter, 22, porter. > | They apparently had been killed ' by blows on the head and body with l a heavy iron bar,'used for shaking furnaces.

| FAVORITES WIN OPENING GAMES OF TOURNAMENT Kirkland. Hartford, Jef*| fprson And Berne First Round Winners Favorites cuim* through us lxI pooled in the annual Adams conn | tv tourney Friday night, Kirkland. J 1 j Hartford. Jefferson and Berne, j winning first round games. Their ! respective victims were Pleasant ! Mills, Monmouth, Monroe and] j Genova. Kirkland and Hartford were ! scheduled lo meet in the first semi-final game at 2 o'clock this | 1 ‘ afternoon, with Jefferson and 1 : Jlerne battling In the second ! 1 contest at 3 o'clock. The Kirkland Kangaroos had j little trouble defeating Pleasant ] ■Mills In the opening tourney I game. 40 to 12. The winners la Id a 15-7 margin at the half. D. j Angshtugev. Kirkland guard, hd all scorers of the evening with 2o ] | points, garnered on nine field! i goals an«l two free throws. Wil i llain son was the whole show lor j ! Pleasant Mil's with nine points. The second game, in which j ; Hartford defeated Monmouth. 11 ! i to 23. was the only contest of the: 1 evening at all close Hartford 1 1 at the half. 19 to 12. An unusual feature of this gtinte vie, the heavy scoring of Klstder and Ani derson. Hartford forwurds, who] J accounted for all of Hartford’s i j points. 17 and 14 respectively. F. j Meriea was high for Monmouth j with 10 points. Holding their opponents score- j ! loss after the first minute lintil ] j the final quarter, the Jefferson ; ! Warriors eliminated the Monroe \ \ Bearkatz. 40 to 13. Andrews j ] scored the first field goal of the j j game and Monroe failed to tally 1 j again until the final period. ] Jefferson led at the half. 19 to 2. j Foreman was high scorer with 13 I noints. Andrews and Strickler ] oath scored four points, j Tile Berne Bears swamped Ge-1 j neva in the final game of the eve- ] I ning, 44 to 5. ('. Buckingham, j Geneva guard, connected twice! ! from the field and once from the j ! font line for all of his team's I pain*--. Pro 1-d Rente with 15 ! noints. Berne led at the half, 29 I ! to 3. j Kirkland F(t FT TP j ] Zimmerman, f 11 3 ! ! O. Augsburger, f 3 0 6 i Ad>er, f 113 ; Wulliman, c 10 2! 1 Beavers, g 3 0 6 iD. Augsburger. g 9 2 2o ■ i Totals 18 4 40 ; i Pleasant Mills j Bovine, f ..... 0 n Q I j Topple, f ...... 0 11 1 Williamson, e 3 3 9 ] ! DeFineer. g 10 2 i Archer, g . o o o j j Clark, g o o a Totals 4 4 12 I I Hartford FG FT TP ] ] Kistler, f 7 3 17 1 j Anderson, f 7 o 14 : Merilett. c o o a I I Whiteman, g 0 0 0 I 1 Meshberger, g 0 0 0 Totals 14 3 31 ] Monmouth | Holle. r 1 0 2 i ]G. Meriea, f 13 5] I Hobroek, c 11 3 jE. Meriea. g 4 2 10 j Tiarnhouse, g 0 11 j Heckman, g 10 2 Totals 8 7 23 | Jefferson FG FT TP ] BoHenbnchev, f 113 Baker, f 3 2 8 j Moran, r 5 1 11 I | Snrlnger, g 2 15 i Foreman, g 6 1 13 i Totals 17 6 40 Monroe Andrews, f I*4 Strickier, f 2 o i Hendricks, c 10 2 Sprunger, g 0 2 2 Everhart, g 0 0 0 Wolfe, f o i i Stocky, g o o o Totals 4 5 13 Berne FG FT TP Steiner, f 2 15 Neuenschwander, f 11 3 Dro, f 71 15 Stauffer, c 1 2 4 Tallman, c 113 ’ Fluec.klger, g 0 1 ] Hubeggor, g 2 15 * Stucky, g 1 0 2 Lehman, g 3 0 6 Totals 18 8 44 1 Geneva ! C. Buckingham, f 0 0 0 1 Fennlg, f 0 0 0 Charleston, f non Hirschev, c 0 0 0 J ■ C. Buckingham, g 2 1 5 ’ Farlow. g 0 0 0 ] > Totals 2 1 5 I Officials— McDuffie. La otto,! Craney, Fort Wayne. I o 1 Damp wash means just > j what your washer gives you I after you are all through.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY JANE AR'\ -0, 1934

Report Convicts rice Into Hills Hut tit -tyllks 01. lit.. Jan. 2u-~ (UP) Hu), Biasl> a11(l Jim (Mark, who It'd |lfv< ntht*l i-otivi Ih tnvr file walks j ui' c Kair ; pen if Hilary at L.m- --| s,jj t ; v i< <l;iv in el compaii ums he-jjuv.-d to iurllHh' Clyde Harrow | 11f ;i*• h« r« (it rly today and H»ml Into India Earthquake Toll May Be 20,000 (’ah ufta. Jan. 20. (U.R)~* Reports ivatliinu ( a! alia today from the d« vastated slate of Bengal, indicutt'd that the t cf'iit earthquake may have caused one of the most s.tupemlosu human I rag**Mit's of modern tim s. with perhaps 2U.0U0 persons dean !n Hie ruined rittes Befum'es feported nn estimated death toll in Monghyr of betwton (i.unu a’d \<MK) An unofficial mat* in the province of Behar showed l-Voun dead. Damage, according to officials, wil! amount to

i. a - * f . 1 , ' H -' J >' -N -•‘X-v •• t 4 % 'ts& ' s I » *• V . ■■’V■ r; ' 'V* * ■ Hfl M

jat least $37,500,000. For three snceisive days and ' nights, bodies us the dead have j 1,,.. II thrown into the River Ganges 1 I to th vat down to the sea in grite--1 1 some luindn ds. Thousa ; 'ds ot; * llutnes were found lo have been ' | sunk live fee. In low 'the iirfa<e of -1 th#. earth, entombing their non- '] pants. ) I «. /) i ! Mine Workers Meet At Indianapolis i # Indianapolis. Jan. 20. (U.R> A n w chaiter will lie written i -to the turbulent h: lory ol the I nil- ; j (.;! Mine Workers cf America next ' week when the organization holds its 33rd biennial convent in! lo re The meeting will attract dele::ntes from 3.000 local mines and i such speakers as Secretary ot Lu- ! !„.i Perkins. William H. tlreea. i ! president of the National Feder !at ion of Labor, and Ge". Hugh •] Johnson, national administrator of | the National Recovery Administrat . tion.

CENTRALTEAM BEATS JACKETS FRIDAY, 36-26 Fort Way no Team Takes Long First Hall Load To Down Locals Hitting from all angles, the < oiltral Tigers front Fort Wayne defeated the Decatur Yellow Jackets on the local floor Friday night. 30 to 26. The game was a Northeastern Indiana conference battle. Central started fast, and holding the Jackets scoreless from th" Held, the Tigers held a 10-3 h ad at the end of the first quarter Ihe port Wayne five increased this lead to 11 points at the half, the Tig< is heading the locals, 19 to s at the rest period. Mendv's hall club maintained its

Are Defeated

; - jij, thiyd quarter, which ' i, i— port Wayne liv« % ». i sf’itdv In the I* Yellow Jacket a | ' rVh. Til. r'! at 2S to 21. hut UeU* . . • j |jw, Yellow J j Jackets with 11 i>o»r>t-H on Uirccj unil line. Blythe the only | ! . t. .mu-*, than <» (’•* from i , l tick! lln* local guttio " 1 * ' three th Iders uml •* l K,,r ol r * * ! throws f*»r eight points. Menze, Tiger forward Id the! ; Central offense with ix field goals, and one charity point for a total] of 13 points. Hostler, th, ol u t Tiger forward, scored a total of ' : “ P "!!" S ' , serves defeated t> The <vntral tesetves neit.inuj ■ the Decatur seconds in 111" i'lelimI inary game. 21 to 17. j - Central FG FT ■ Menze, f 6 1 !'* Hostler, f. i Riddle, c. g. " '*'

Warfield, g. s m Neat, f, j ■ Altekrn.se. o ~ B l iable, g ,1 ■ ! Paul, g „ 1 Totals ...... It; 4 I Decatur fc, ry B ! IV Ktrickler, f. ~ B rowan, f. i jfl ! Ehlitger, c. ;j I ! Itlythe, g. , I !G,Si t ickler, g. j Jfl I Wynn. f. 11 o ■ ]Sa 'ders. f. ~ „fl Butler, g. .. ..... n nl Totals. s pi fl Referee. Heller, I’, ,rt \\',J ] umpire. Alter, Fori \\ ayne ■ McNutt To Speak I At Marion TiunJ Marion. Ind„ Jan. 2" ■'U.Pj-fl Paul V. McNutt is >■ i; ilnlert il ! tire main speaker ,u a fifth ■ trlct Democratic tally her, TB day night. R. Ear! I’e'cr,. J candidate for senator, also J ' attend. I