Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1934 — Page 6

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MONROEVILLE IS I DOWNED MONDAY Decatur G. E. Swamps Independent Team Here, 46 To 17 Turning on tho power In the nee-1 and half, the Decatur G. E. Club ( swamped the Monroeville Independ-1 ents under an avalanche of basket* Monday night at the Yellow Jacket gym, 56 to 17. Holding only a seven-point margin. 17 to 10. at the half. Decatur started hitting and ran up 29 points in the last half while holding the Allen county team to only seven | points. Jake Hill and Gass tied for high j » ore honor* for the G. E. club with 1:1 points each. Hill registered .six, field goals and a free throw while , Gass contributed five doublemark-' ers and three points from the char-1 Ity stripe. Ijennlngton was high scorer for Monroeville with two field goals and a foul toss. The G. E. club will meet the Lima Independents at Lima. Ohio, to- i night. The Kirkland Whippets defeated the G. E. seconds in the preliminary game, 29 to 21. Decatur FG. FT. TP. V. Hill, f 2 4 8 . J. Hill, f « 1 131 Gerber, v ... 1 2 4 ( Deßolt, g 4 11 Steele, g 2 1 51 Roop, f 0 •* 11 Cass, c 5 3 13 , S hnepp g 1 0 2 I Totals 17 12 4G i Monroeville FG. FT. TP Meese, f 1 2 4 Crates, f 11 "I Lennington. c 2 1 51 Pillars, g 11 2 Powelson, g 0 2 2 Bailey, g b 0 0 Totals 5 717l Referee— Kleinknight. — o COLLEGE SCORES Emory & Henry. 60; Maryville, 28. Michigan State, 34; Michigan State Normal. 27. Northwestern. 42; Ohio State. 31 North Carolina. 35; Virginia, 31. W. Va. Wesleyan, 42; Waynesburg, 37. - o — Miller Proves He Has Been A Fighting Champ Cincinnati, O. —(U.R>—The record of Freddie Miller, N. B. A featherweight boxing champion, supports the claim he made a year ago that, he would be a “fighting champion." i In the last year Miller has fonght i in 20 bouts, successfully defending his title five times. He has won 17 of his booths. two by knockouts. I

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Ho lost, doclsio! s to Balm ArlbmonI<ll, Able Israel mid Frankie Willlace in non title fights. — o — Bluffton Athlete Wisconsin Captain Madison, Wis., Jan 23*11’1’) ■John S. Bender. 20. Bluffton. Ind.. IUO been elected captain of the ! 1934 university of Wisconsin foot- | ball team. He plays guard. BACH TO COACH AT DUQUESNE 11. Notre I) a in e Lineman Succeeds Layden As Duquesne Head Coach Pittsburgh. J:r . 23. (U.R) Joe ■ Bach, lineman of the Notre Dame |' Four Horsemen" football team of I 1924, has been named head coach iat Duquesne university to succeed | Elmer Layden. Buch, who served five years as assistant to laiyden. signed a oneyear contract yesterday. No assista: t to Bach lias been named. , Layden, who besides tlie head i coaching position also was directI or of athletics, will go t<» South Bend next week to assume his duties as athletic director and head coach of Notre Dame. Bach, a native of Tower, Minn., was an assistant coach at Syracuse university before coming to Duqttesce in 1929. No Volley Ball Games This Week Announcement was made today that no games will lie played by the I inter-church volley ball league this ' week, because of basked ball games ■ scheduled for Thursday. Friday and Sautrday nights in this city. o Tears Won the Bride DETROIT (U.R The pleas of a plumber may be strongly convincing, but the tears of a steamfitter are well-nigh irresistible, explained Miss Mtry Barnett when she applied for her second marriage license fti 30 days. The first license was to marry Frank Gladych, a plumber. Three weeks I later, still unmarried, she oh- [ tained a license to wed Steamfitter Douglas McGregor, explaining ; that her friend Doug had broken into tears while trying to tell her , how much he was hurt by her plans to marry Frank. o— A Wise Stray Dog Fort Worth. Tex. —(U.R) A stray German police dog jumped on the running board of a police scout car as it cruised through the streets. The dog refused to leave the policemen in the car. with the result that the police force lias a mascot

[NORTHWESTERN IN THIRD PLACE Northwestern Beats Ohio State Last Night To Take Third Place Chicago, Jan. 23-(U.R) Northwest. rn held third place today in ' the Big Till Im-ketbllll nice as a 1 result of last nil Id's 42 111 victory over Gillo State before a capaci'y crowd of 6.(Mln in Patten gynims- • into. Evanston. Il was Northwest urn's sei-onil* triumph this season over Ohio iS'ate. Last year these two schools shared the Big Ten j,.title. Nel.-i.i i Culver. Northwestern guard and eoeaptahu led the Wildcats,to victory, scoring seven fielq goals and three free throws for a total of 17 points. Hob Co’bum. forward, starred for Ohio | State, making six field goals, five I of ithem in a spirited Buckeye r.il 1 ly early in the sei end half. Purdue, tho Big Ten leader, will I not return Io action in conference competition until Feb. 10. The next big Ten game will be lie- . tween Ohio State and Michigan Friday night at Ann Arbor, followJ ed by a lone game Saturday night between Northwestern and Minyo- ! sola at Minneapolis. The Big Ten standing follows: . Team W L Pc*. Purdue 4 0 1,000 lowa 3 1 .750 Northwestern 4 2 .667 Illinois 3 2 .GOii Ohio State 3 3 .590 Indiana 2 2 .500 Minnesota 1 3 .250 Chicago 1 3 .250 Wisconsin 1 3 .250 Michigan 1 4 .200 The Decatur G. E. club went to ■town last night, swamping the Monroeville independent team by a 46 to 17 score. Tonight the G. E. will play at Lima. Ohio. —oOo — High school activity in Decatur will start Thursday night, with the Commodores battling Ossian of Wells county. The Ossian Bears are leading the Wells county standing with 13 victories in 15 games and had not lost a game until last week. —oOo— Friday night the Commodores will entertain the Jefferson Warriors. winners of tile Adams county championship last Saturday at Berne. The Decatur Yellow Jackets will travel to Columbia City Fridaynight to meet the Eagles, apparently one of the strongest teams in

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llhls section of the state. The I Eagles hold one sided victories over | both Bluffton and South Side und huve lost, in Northeastern Indiana <-o ference coiffpetition. only to the ' Hartford City Airdale*. —uOo — Saturday night the Yellow Jackets wIH play on the home floor, meeting Rochester high school. As a preliminary game, the Jacket reserves will | play the Monmouth varsity. (itJo Nchudulod for A<luiiih county schools this week are us follows: Friday: Monniouth at Kirkland: Geneva at Hamofd. Saturday: Herne nt Kirkland. ■ ot)o - Both Berne papers, the Review und Witiess, picked ull-connty teams. following the annual tourney held at Herne Friday und Saturday. The first teams picked by the sport writers varied slightly. —o()o— Eight players were picked for each team, three forwards, three guards and two centers. Both papers agreed on the forwards and centers but had a | difference of opinion on one guard. —oOo Forwards chosen wore Dro anil Steiner. Herne, and Baker of Jefferson. Centers selected were | Stauffer of Berne and Moran of Jefferson. The Review chose Beavers of Kirkland, Foreman of Jefferson and D. Attgsburger of Kirkland. The Witness named Foreman and Angsburger but selected Flueckiger of Berne instead of Beavers. - 000— The Berne Bears are still in ■ first place in the Adams con ty | team standing, but results of the 1 ourney cut their lead down to half a game. The standing to date: W L. Pct. Borne 12 3 .800 Jefferson 11 3 .786 Kirkland 8 4 .6671 Commodores 9 6 .6001 Monroe 6 5 .545 Y'ellow Jackets 6 S .429 Geneva 5 7 .417 Hartford 5 S .385 Monmouth 4 7 .364 Pleasant Mills 0 10 .000 o Answers Given To Questions About Corn-Hog Program ♦ — *j (Editor's note: County Agent Archbold has prepared a series of questions and answers concerning the corn-hog reduction program. Other series will follow from time to time.) Uses of Corn Land Contracted to The Secretary of Agriculture Q. 63. What can be done with the corn land contracted to the ■ Secretary of Agriculture? A. Unless otherwise prescribed by I tlie Secretary of Agriculture, the I contracted acres may be used as follows: <at The land may be used for placting additional permanent pasture, for soil-improvement crops and for erosion-prevention crops, not to be harvested; (it) The land may be permitted to lie idle or it may lie fallowed; (c) The land may be handled for weed eradication. Q. 64. What is the producer al- 1 lowed to plant on the contracted ■ acreage? A. (a) For permanent pasture I the following crops can be plant-; ed: blue grass, red top, timothy, meadow fescue, red alsike, white or sweet clover, bronie grass, orchard grass, alfalfa, lespedeza, with i or without a nurse crop; (b) For soil-improvement or eros-ion-prevention the following crops : may be planted: soy beans, cow peas, field peas, vetch, and sweet clover. Q. 65. What restrictions are placed o? the land contracted to the Secretary of Agriculture? A. Unless otherwise prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, the following restrictions will be enforced: ! (a) Under no circumstances can any crop be grown for sale, directly or indirectly, upon the land taken out or kept out of corn production; (b) Crops intended to be grown on other land for feeding of livestock cannot be diverted to the .and contracted to the Secretary, thereby releasing acreage for the production of some other crop or crops; (c) The uewly planted ■pasture may be grazed in 1934, provided no nurse crop is used, but in no event can such crop be harvested for hay. Crops used for soil-improvement or arosion-prevention may be plowed under, but not pastured or otherwise harvested; (d) It the contracted acres consist of sod land which is now part of the rotation system on the farm, -hey cannot be grazed, nor be cut previous to December 1, 1934; (e) The boundaries of the contacted acres shall be marked for identication, as provided in Administrative Ruling 30. Q. 66. When are the contracted acres released from the terms of the contract? A. They may be released from the terms of the contract before December 1, 1934, only for the pur-

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Majority Leader Byrns said the 1 ■ leadership would continue to keep; i up the quick tempo of legislative > | action. “It looks as if you were trying Ito put the senate on the spot, he J was told. tt i “Well, something like that." Byrns replied. • -a Mine Worker Head Dies Os Operation Terre Haute. Ind., Jan. 23. — j I ((j f>) _ William Edward Stewart.. 62. president of district No. 11., United Mine Workers of America from 1914 to 1922. died here today after an appendicitis operation. He had been ill for two years. Stewart served as commissioner i of concilliations in the department ‘ of labor for 12 years, retiring July . 1. 1933. He was born in Sullivan >! county in 1872 and began his ca-j ■ reer as a mine loader at the age ■ ■ of 14. Later he became superin- i c tendent of the Hymera, Jackson! i I Hill No. 2 and Willford mines. , I o Get the Habit — Trade at Home !

TWO KIDNAPERS ARE CONVICTED Vllcopd Memliers of Klut*; as Gang Are Facing Life Sentences Chicago. F" flwolley Pforta- on, ‘ Frank S °’" ’ p, Benton. allt‘F’''l memlHirs of u, downstate kldiiuplng gang hetidod, i v the late Theodore (Handxome | Jack) Khitas. faced life imprison-, , ,t se teneo* today after being' "n-ictml of the abduction of James J- Hackett. Blue Island gambler. A criminal courts jury broug.i* In a guilty *P r,,,rl "" ,1 rP<w ;‘‘ ~,,-ndation for the life term in, Imlge Thomas J. Lynch* <ourt ro om last night after delibera’ing for two hours. The state asked a death penalty. Each conviction calls for the! serving of 20 years in ’he state ; penitentiary before the man may I I ask for parole. Hackett was kidnaped twice., ! swollev and Souder were charged - I Will! Ihe second kidnaping, fewol- , lev. a bootleggc i - a”’ l Rambler, aud ( ; Souders, a saloon keeper, offered alibi defenses to the kidnaping • diaries. Hackett, however. identified i them as his abductors. Julian, I Babe) Jones, an alleged accom-j I plice of the pair, turned state's i evidence against bis former comI panions and testified against them, i Swollev and Souder together with iialf a dozen other downstate hoodlums, were alleged to have collected 1500.1)00 in kidnaping attempts, during the past few j years. ■—o Chicago Political Leaders On Trial Chicago, Jan. 23. — (U.R) The shadows of “Scarface” Al Capone, j one lord of all the rackets, and : Murray Humphries, successor to, his throne when Al went to prison.. hovered today over the courtroom in which IS political and labor leaders were on trial on charges of ex- ' torti ig millions of dollars from industry. Attorneys iecalled the earliest days of organized gangs as they i ■ arraigned Aiderman Oscar Nelson; 1 Dr. Benjamin F. Squires, former , faculty member of the University i lof Chicago: Aaron Sapiro. New

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