Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1934 — Page 6

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ROSS DEFEATS BILL PETROLLE Lightweight Champion Scores Smashing Victory Last Night New York, .Inn. 25. — (U.R> That "dream fighter" of the light weight champion. Barney Rose, today stood out as undisputed challenger for the welterweight crown. Ho smashed Into the welter throne room lust night when he battered, game old Hilly Petrolic into retirement If ever a maknew he was licked. It was the ancient Fargo express at the end of those 10 rounds In tlie coliseum. More than 12,000 saw the curtain descend on a glor ions fighting career. It was a significant battle. It boosted Ross to a new pinnacle. it marked finish for Petrolle. It proved that the apparently dead tight game in New York was indeed a lively corpse as 5.000 potential customers were turned away. Sitting on a rubbing table in his dressing room—both eyes swollen purple, lips puffed a d bleedingPetrolle announced that he was hanging up his gloves for good. His bruised face achieved a rueful smile in replying to a question about Ross' ability. Ross was virtually unmarked. He won eight of the 10 rounds. The sixth was even, and Petrolle'* desperate rally won the ninth. Ross won a close decision over Billy at Chicago last March. Petrolle claimed then that scaling

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OPENS SATURDAY <\ YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE t OPENING OF THE NEW V Av. Y PINEDALE HATCHERY A poultry disease specialist will ex- Come in and see the James Way plain and diagnose all your poultry Incubator—the only incubator with . We will also have on display our ,hc teola ‘ ed hatchlng compartments, foundation stock—the kind from which rlwr nnn we hatch Pinedale quality chicks. FREE POP CORN Pinedale Hatchery Rud Iph Koeneman, Prop. | Corner Jackson & Second Sts. Decatur

Idown to 138 prfunds had weakened I Him. Hast night the express si al !<>d Itl'i; Ross l.'W’H Hurney's ,35 pound title was not at stake. More than 12.000 saw the light. Os the ■", 11. OK paid u total of j $36,533 20. — —o ■— ■ — - HIGH SCHOOL SCORE? Ijtpel 111. Noblesville 15 Rushville 21 Martinsville 14. Greenfield 29. Knightstown 27 , —o— COLLEGE SCORES Notre Hama 37. Chicago 26 Kansas ill. lowa State 2'., —- .. . —o- — — Take Precautions Against Any Riots Warsaw, Ind.. Jan. 25 (UP) — Precautionary measures against a reoccurence of last week's forced farm sale demonstration were being considwed here today by Kosj vitisko county officials in antieipa lion of two more foreclosures scheduled for Saturday. Sheriff Marley Person said today that his office would take every possible means to prevent any further strife when he offers for sale the 25-aire farm of Harvey May. Jefferson township, and a large tract owned by Lena Lane in Turkey township. o — ■ — - House Committee Approves Changes Washngton. Jan. 25-(UP) The hon.se ways and means committee , today approved a series of sweeping income tax revision provisions for iucorporatio nin a $270,000,000 bill designed to close tax evasion loopholes.

YANKEES 1934 ROSTER GIVEN New York \ anks Expected To Develop New Infield Combination N. w York, Ju 25. ,U.R- Wh. it the New York Yankees hit the come-back trail this season. Hie , customers probably will see a ' brand new infield combination. Indication* of infield reorganlzalion feat tire the Yanks' 1931 roster is ued today. Il lists 31 players, of whom the pitcher* n d catchers ' will report ut St. Petersburg for training on March 1. and the rest on March 11 l,oii Gehrig will l»‘ back nt first base, IniLilie other intlelii positions i will be fought for. Don Heffner from Baltimore, one of the few i newcomers, will battle for second! base wit ii veteran Toby Lazzeri. | Lyn Lary. utility man last year, and Jack Salzgaver, recalled from 1 Newark, will compete (or the third [ base post vacated by ancient Joey ' Sewell The latter is now a Yankee coach. Boh Rolle is back from Newark: for another fry for the shortstop | , job, amt lie is expected to give[ Frank Crosetti quite a tussel. Four pitchers have been recalled for another tryout: Hormidas Aube of Atlata: Jimmy Deshong i of Newark: Marvin Duke of New | ark. and Johnny Murphy of New•[ ark In addition three newcomers' will try for pitching berths: Floyd. ! Newkirk of St. Paul: Harry Smythe | of Baltimore, and Vito Tamulis of I Binghamton. The rest of the club looks about the same as last year. .— ....... —o — uiJWfSxU by Those big bad Bears from Ossian invade Decatur tonight, meeting Shorty Laurent's Commodores. The Bears have been plenty poison all | seaso •. although the Union Center Badgers pulled some of their fur last week. Twice in fact. Following the Bears into the home of the Commodores Friday night, will be the husky Warriors from Jefferson township. Amt the Warriors are just as tough as the ‘ Bears. Looks like a hectic two nights forth > Commies. —oOo — The Yellow Jackets also are biting off a sizeable chunk of competition this week. The Jackets travel over to Columbia City Friday to do battle with the Eagles. And those Eagles have been flying high. (Ask Bluffton or South Side). —oOo— Saturday night the Jackets return home to match skill with the Rochester five. Rochester, formerly one of the most feared teams in Indiana high school basketball back in the days of Robbins and Candy Miller —• haven't been so tough in recent years but last season handed the Jackets a dei feat at Rochester. ——oOo— The outstanding attraction among the county schools this week is the clash between the Kirkland Kangaroos and the Berne Bears at the Kirkland gym Saturday night. —oOo — This game, originally scheduled i for January 13, was changed beI cause of the county second team | tourney, held on the scheduled I date. —oOo — Indications point to a battle royal ; at this game, as the teams, judgi ing from scores, are about evenly I matched. Kirkland and Jefferson I have an even break in two games I I played, both by close scores, while

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Jefferson Ims twice defeated Berne, both times In the closing minutes of the game. , -oOo—- ! Games scheduled Friday night | tor county teams ure Monmouth ut IKiritland, Geneva at Hartford. I dafurduy night. us a preliminary ,!to the liei lltlirßoelieiter clash, the I Yellow Jacket reserves will piny 1 the Monmouth varsity. ■< >()«> The Hoosier sports Week, in compiling the Big Sixteen last week, moved the Decatur Yellow Jackets up from seventh , place, held the week before, to fifth position. —olio — Picking this Big Sixteen must be 'getting that writer down. After | heading it ns the Big Sixteen, he i promptly stops after naming only fifteen. Oh well, here Is his list.| jin the order In which he picked i them: I,tgansporl, T«li leal. Harti ford < ity. Jeff of Lafayette, Decatur. Connersville, Delphi, Martinsi ville. Vincennes. Bloomington. Shortridge. Brazil. New Albany. | Newcastle. Jeffersonville. —oOo — Our old friend Buck of Bluffton ! 1 conn s to but with a little satire Oil | the tinal game of the tourney at Berne last Saturday, here ’tis: A Pitcher's Battle? . "Jefferson wo ■ tlie Adams county i basketball tourney at Berne by de- ' Dating Kirkland in the final S to 6. I That score would indicate that I possibly someone had made a home j run with the liases loaded. What j lopped off all reports on the game I was the word that the timekeepers I forgot to ston tlie game at the end of the third quarter and let the teams play right on through the rest period. Maybe the timekeepers got tired of watching the pitcher's 1 liattle and went to sleep. Well, judging from the score, nobody I could blame them. Fu'ny no one else noticed their error!” o — INVESTORS BUY NEW SECURITY j (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) vestors. banks and insurance com- | panics. The billion dollar offering of the I government comprised $500,000,000: lof 13% month 2% P er cent treasury cotes and $500,000,000 of 7% ! month 1% per cent certificates, j Subscriptions for the notes amountI ed to $2,500,000,000 while subscripI tions for the certificates were sl.- ! 000,000.000. a total of $3.500,0011.j 000. With the . successful flotation of the billion dollar issue, the treasury sought to obtain another SIOO.000,000 by offering to the highest i bidder $150,000,000 of 91-day bills. This was the largest bill issue yet offered. AGED INDIANA WOMAN SLAIN BY ATTACKER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) will die. A former farm hand is being held for questioning. Discovery of the murder and at-' tack was made by Charles Pasco. | 53. nephew of Mrs. Murray. Casco had brought a load ofl wood into Corunna early this* morn- , ing. He returned to the farm about 10 o'clock to find the house doors locked. He forced entrance and found the two women. Information as to the slayer and attacker s expected to tome from Mrs. Maxwell if she can be revived sufficiently to describe the crime. RAID EXPOSES GANSTER RULE OF N. Y. PRISON (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) guarded separate cells. From their conversations, carried on in underworld argot, it was clear the four were thoroughly disgusted with the collapse of their island i : kingdom. In their cells were the 68 con- , I victs who had shined the shoes. ' cooked the food and performed : other menial tasks for the four gang leaders—Joey Rao. policy I racketeer who escaped the spot in " the Harlem baby massacre; Edi die Cleary, leader of the Irish I gang; Bosco Mazzio, and Peter Kenney. These leaders had lux- ’ urious accommodations, cotes of carrier pigeons, and one had a watchdog in his room. Commissioner MacCortnicki spent the night in the island with ' his deputy, David Marcus. He confessed the supper last night ‘ was the most ticklish incident of I I his long career as a prison ex-' I pert. I o I PERU ATTORNEY IS CANDIDATE I (CONTINUED FROM FADE ONE) I nor. were among the 500 persons I attending the meeting. I It was understood that the GovI ernor will withhold active support j I of any candidate until the campaign 1 I has progressed sufficiently to indi-l cate who would be able to make! I the best showing against Peters. I Among state party leaders atI tending the meeting were Judge I Posey T. Kime of the state Appel- | late Court; Judge Michael P. Fans-

‘ O lur ! CHAS. I HORNBOfret R INL'COF fIFEf Us I'A.'t Bl xI- k- J MAA \ U ■ HOLDER OF IHE" j I iW OUTDOOR HIGH JUMP ( k 4 \ f 1 | P MARK WHO WILL ) "" it"/ Li ISI MAKErHIS <■' fl DEBUT SOOAI.’ ' i:

ler, of the state Supreme Court; Alex Pursley. Hartford City, Fifth district chairman, and Mrs. A. I*. Flynn. Logansport, state vice-chair-man. Cole is a member of the American Legion and served as city attorney for Peru four years. He has i never been * candidate for aft elective office. o Three Men Admit Kidnaping Charge — Plymouth. 'lnd.. Jan. 25 —(UP) — Three Plymouth men have confessed the abdoption and robbery of Edward G. Berg, 32 year old South Bent telegrapher wliith occurred Saturday night, according to pollice announcement here today. Manuel Troyer. 39. Carl Cole, 21, and the latter's younger brother. Earl Cole, were arrested here early today and during questioning admitted the kidnaping, police said. They are being held prisoners in tlie Marshall county jail pending the filing of charges. Chicago Man Is Sued For Back Income Tax Chicago, Jan. 25 —(UP) — Lawrente H. Whiting, president of the National Furniture Mart, is defendant i na suit for $2.231.15« back income tax. it was revealed today. Tlie suit was filed several days I ago in federal district court, but j was surpressed until Whiting was . served with a subpoena. Whiting is charged witli defraud- j ing the government of half the amount for which he is sued by fail- ' ing to include in his 1926, 1927 and 11928 income statements a report of I profit from sale o fstovk in the ; I Indiana Limestone company. * PREBLENEWS * s — ♦ Dorothy and Gertrude Hoffman spent Thursday at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Miltern Hoffman and sons Oscar and Leo and Mrs. Leßoy Cable and daughter spent Thursday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Peter Helmrich and daughter Anna of Magley. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Goldtier visited Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Goldner and family. Misses Irene, Lorine and Erma Kirchner attended the Adams county tournament heid at Berne Saturday. Mrs. Robert Sherlock of Coni' na spent several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman and family. Milton Hoffman and sons Oscar, l.eo and Donald attended the Adams county tournament held at Berne Saturday. Miss Jaunita Sullivan attended the Adams county tournament at Berne Saturday. Anita. Lillian and Alice Stolph

i - ■ 1 1 MOVED The Cash Coal & Supply has moved to their new home, formerly Reed Elevator, W. Monroe street. Coal—Lumber—Roofing Fencing and General Supplies. Cash Coal & Supply 1 R. A. STUCKEY Home of Stuckey’s Hog-Glad.

spent Sunday visitP'g Aldine and Helen Bultemeier. Mrs. Lena Sherlock. Dorothy. Gertrude. Berneta and Miriam Hott man attended the Adams county tournament held at Berne Satin dav eveni g. M Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Elzey and son Dallas spent Sunday in Decatur as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Delma Elzey and daughter Glennys. : Fifty Persons Hurt As Floor Collapses Portsmouth. O. Jan. 25 — Fifty ' persons were injured, four serious- ! ly when the floor of the Pentecostal Church of Seiotoville near here, collapsed last night, plunging the mapority of 400 worshipping parrishioners 15 feet to the basement. Panic followed. The turmoil was intensfied by a fire which broke out when a larke coal stove used to heat the church also fell. Firemen from an adjacent building and volunteers extinguished the blazes.

THE CORT - Last Time Tonight - , The Gay Musical Comedy Romance “MY LIPS BETRAY” Lillian Harvev. John Boles. El Brendel. ATSO - - Janet Reade “THE MILD WEST” Merrie Melody 10-15 c SATURDAY — HOOT GIBSON in “THE DUDE BANDIT." SUNDAY—"FEMALE" by Donald: Henderson Clarke with Ruth Chat-1 terton, Geo. Brent, John Mack i | Brown, Lois Wilson. 1 " ADAMS THEATRE - Last Time Tonight - 10-15 c First Show at 6:30. “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” AN ALL-STAR CAST. ADDED--Comedy and “Dav in Venice.” FRI. & SAT. — Edmund Lowe in “BOMBAY MAIL." SUN., MON., TUE., WED. “LITTLE WOMEN." 1

ROAD PROGRAM | IS SUGGESTED Way Is Suggested 5.9 was suggested os ’kkmnn of emission, in «•« ,X before the 2‘Hh o' 1 ""* 1 ’ " rl " ' 'More "than IMM Pisons were killed in highway traffic tierddents, ln Indiana from 1920 through 1933. 4(ianis suhl. He cited insurance company, figures to show that the econom c, l OSS to Indiana through deaths in | auto accidents during 1933 was , norP than $30,000,000. More than halt the fatal aces dents on state highways outside cities and towns resulted Bom motorists leaving the road and crashing into side ditches or striking bridges and enhert walls, Adams said. i Gov. Paul V. McNutt and Dr A. | A Potter, dean of the Purdue' school of engineering, were to be principal speakers at tlie annual road school banquet tonight. The morning was taken up witli group meetings

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' England Suffers ® F , I' roin Heiivy f London. Jan 25. qj p , p*r»on* at- known <„ V lt r. ; killed, hundred* R.-n. riJl [traffic from Turk I ha-t b.M. : paralyz,-,) lr , ~ I m th* wor*t wiru.-i ~.j England in Througlumi (Hibllity w.m cm 71 g lo.nl train'. M.ql shipping on III" I tital standstill School Building ■ ,s •hiiiimiß*' Wllkcn-Barre. Pa . ,i. ln - A public school IHHN ! i 1 .~'7, I Br U ii.imitcd. 12 women > rested and other ,|, . n. ls *■ J| ' today In efforts of t , j niu [| raclte Miners to enf,,r, 4 | strike. n| -Kt. Kansas Attorney Ku General CleaK ' Topeka. Kan . Jan Roland Boynton. K , general was a. qii:"..; ■ q.,..'■ state senate on . barges allegii, .... ; nection with tlie ?1 forged bon dscandal. : — Ki> Comp»r»ti»«ly Clo,, ■ The moon Is only .ui.qqq *w»e from n« J