Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1934 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Win. 22-18; Comodores oeieate

JACKETS WIN IN OVERTIME GAME FRIDAY Fielders By I’. Strickler, Ehinger Bring Win In Final Home Game The Decatur Yellow Jackets were forced to go into an overtime session Friday night to score n 22-18 victory over the Garrett Railroaders in the final home appearance of Decatur. Holding a 10-2 margin at the end of the first half, the Yellow Jackets saw their lead melt away before a furious onslaught by Garrett in the third period and the Railroaders held a 13-11 margin as the third quarter ended. After Garrett increased its lead to 10-11 as the fourth period ended, the Jackets t'ed the count at 16-16 and again at IS-18 to send the game into overtime. Shortly after the extra period opened, i’aul Strickler hit a onehanded shot from in front of the basket. Soon after. Ehinger tipped the ball in on a rehound shot after three efforts to give Decatur a four-jioint triumph. Putting up a stiff defense, the Jackets held Garrett scoreless until all but 30 seconds of the first half elapsed, when Garrett hit a fairly long shot which left Decatur leading 1(1 to 2 at the half. The Jackets had led 9-0 at the first quarter. Ehinger was high point man for Decatur with four field goals,--two of them on rebounds. G. Strickler scored seven points on two field goals and three four tosses. Bowmar was outstanding for the Railroaders with four field goals. Moats and Alley each scored four points. The Decatur reserves scored an easy 33-18 victory over the Garrett seconds in the preliminary game. Decatur FG FT TP G. Strickler, f. ... . . 2 3 7 P. Strickler, f. 2 II 4 Khinger. c. . 4 0 8 Butler, g 113 Blythe, g .-. 0 0 0 Cowan, f ... . 0 0 0 W ynn. f 6 o o

ADAMS THEATRE - SUN., MON., TUE. - “FUGITIVE LOVERS” with Fobert Madge Evans. Ted Healy and Stooges. Nat Pendleton. Added—Comedv and Hoilvwood on Parade. TONIGHT-“«ON OF KONG" Added - - “Fighting- with Kit Carson” and “Amos and Andv" in “The Hasslin' Match.” 10-15 c.

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I Potation. f. " o u I Eady. c. . 0 0 0 Totals !» > 22 I Garrett FC FT TP Childers, f. oil I Bowmar, t. 19 8 11 Haynes, c. 0 I 1 Moats, g. 12 4 I Alley, g. 2 0 4 •Totals 7 4 18 • Referee: M.Duffle (l.aOttol; um pile, Geller <Fort Wayne). -•——- —.O — HIGH SCHOOL SCORES >| South Side. 20; Fort Wayne Central, IS. 1 Kendallvill ■. 30; Bluffton, 17. Central Catholic. 35; Ligonier. 30. I Lugrange, 27; Auburn. 22. Hartford City. 35; Wabash. 29. Marion. 26; Huntington, 22. 1 Muncie. 16; Newcastle, 14. • Anderson, 24; Bedford. 22. i ’ Lafayette. 26; Greencastle, 16. . | Peru, 22; Alexandria, 20 (over- . ■ time). | Bloomington. 27; Sullivan. 16. Cathedral. 25; Washington (In I dianapolis). 21. I o MONROE BEATS MONMOUTH FIVE l ( Bearkatz Defeat Monmouth At Kirkland Gym Friday. 34-13 The Monroe Bearkatz decisively . defeated the Monmouth Eagles Fri- : . day night at the Kirkland gym. 34 t! to 13. Monroe led at the first half. I 14 to S. r| Hendricks, center, was outstand- ) 1 ing for Monroe with six field goals, i Andrews was next with seven I points. E. Merica and Hobrock tied for high point honors for Monmouth witli three field goals each. The Monmouth seconds defeated r the Monroe reserves in the preI limlnary game. 22 to 16. i Monroe FG FT TP t Andrews, f 2 3 7 i Everhart, f 2 0 4 » Strickler, f. 2 2 6 7' Hendricks, c. 6 0 12 I Sprunger, g. 113 81 Stucky, g. 1 0 2 3 | - - - I) ■ Totals 14 6 34 i) i Monmouth FG FT TP 0; E. Merits. £. . 3 0 6 1 Heckman, f 0 0 0 I Hobrock. c. 3 0 6 IG. Merica. 0 0 0 Myers, g. Oil Hammond, f. . .0 0 0 1 Singleton, f. 0 0 0 Barnhouse, g. 0 0 0 , Schuler, g. 0 0 0 Totals 6 1 13 Referee: Lehman. Berne. 0 v Central Loses i. The Monroeville eighth grade defeated the Central team on the local floor Friday afternoon, 21 to t 10. 15 pounds for 49c is a bis B i bargain. “Farr Way” phone 1 134,

BERNE DEFEATS i KIRKLAND FIVE Bears Nose Out 23-21 Victory Over Kangaroos Friday Night The Herne Bears nosed out it two-point victory over the Kirkland Kangaroos Friday night nt the Lerne auditorium. 23 to 21. The game was hard fought all the way, with Berne holding a 14 to 13 lead at the half. I At one time during the third quarter Berne held u 22 to 13 margin but the Kangaroos staged ( a desperate rally which fell short of victory by a scant margin. Stauffer was the leading scorer for Berne with four field goals ; and two free throws. Steiner was I next in line with tour double ; markers. Beavers starred f<n i Kirkland with four fielders and a pair of foul tosses for 10 points. The Kirkland seconds defeated the Beyne reserves in the preliminary game. 23 to 17. Berne FG FT TP Steiner, f 4 o 8 j | Dro. f 1 2 4 | Stauffer, r 4 2 10 j ' Stucky, g ..000 Flueckiger. g 0 11 l Tallman. g pus' Totals 9 5 U ' Kirkland C. Augsburger. f 0 0 0 | Worthmau, f .1 0 2 j Zimmerman, f 0 2 2 Wulliman. c 2 0 4 D. Augsburger. g.. ... 11 3 i Beavers, g 4 2 10 Totals 8 5 21 Referee: Tudor (Fort Wayne); Umpire: Gilbert (Fort Wayne). . St. .Joe Is Defeated The St. Joe eighth grade team was defeated by the Ossian graders Friday afternoon at the Commodore gym. 31 to 11. Wright Released — New York. Feb. 17—(CP) —Glenn Wright, one of the outstanding shortstops of the past decade, has been given his unconditional release. the Brooklyn Dodgers announced today. Wright is 32. He has been in pro- , fessional baseball for 13 years, five ’ of which were with the Pittsburgh ; Pirates arid five with Brooklyn. He was field captain of the dodgers last year -but had a poor season bei cause of the recurrence of an old , arm injury. He also had trouble i with manager Max Carey. The comi bination is believed to have result- . I ed in his release. ,; _ o COVI’ANY WILL ASK FUNDS OF INDIANA CWA | 'GOKTTNUED FROM RAGE ONFI > Is believed that bids will be re- > ceived on the entire 48 houses- at one time. City and council officials were fearful that in the event an ap- • nropriatiou for the labor on streets J and water mains cou'd not be obtained from the CWA Lliat it ‘ might prevent the municipalities from carrying out their part of their agreement to furnish the material for the improvements. With a reduction in mileage and •he CWA furnishing the labor, •he cost to the county and city will ’>e under the early estimates. To Survey Plats Work will begin next week on surveying and ascertaining the nroperty lines of the 48 different home sites. The blue print shows the tracts containing from one I acre to an acre and a half of ground. Some have a frontage of 80 feet, while Others are as much as 320 feet. Some are deep lots and others make up the allotted acre or more in width. The pronnsod nlan «hnw« the houses sac-

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i ing the main street running I I through the site, the street being 1 laid out in sort of a horseshoe ! arrangement, a park and recrea-: I tion grounds being in the center, i 0 TAXI DRIVER IS MURDERED (CONTTNTTED FROM PAGE ONE) I the club in Moskowitz’ cab. When i the bank robber boasted of the j Burlington robbery, Moskowitz ; ; feared a holdup and told his own I stoiy of need. Barton lianded him $250 as a tip. Moskowitz was almost incredu-1 lous in his joy. He changed some , of the larger bills into one dollar 'bills and padded up two huge; I ro’ls of money. He drove from , one taxi stand to another boast-1 ! ing of his good fortune. At length i he drove home with his brother-1 in-law. who left him a block away One of the persons to whom Moskowitz showed tlie money apparently lay in wait for him. ; While Moskowitz' wife. Bella, listened for sounds of his arrival she heard a command to ‘‘stick ’em up.” a scuffle and three shots. She found her husband near death. The killer had taken one of Moskowitz’ rolls of money, totalling $166. overlooking another containing SBB more of his last tip. GANG mf.mrer IS SENTENCED FOR ROBBERY rnNTYKT’En FROM page ONE) ter it was learned that Shouse will turn state’s witness againSt Rus- • sell Clark, Charles Malley and' Harry Pierpont, who are awaiting trial at Lima. 0., on charges of ‘ killing Sheriff Jess Sarber. Shouse was reported to have i divulged details which it is hoped ’ will identify Pierpont, Makley and Clark as members of the gang : which killed Sheriff Sarber while f freeing Dillinger from the Lima jail ‘ last October. Shouse confessed voluntarily, I Coy said, because he was not giv- • en a full share of loot obtained by 1 the gang jn a series of mid-western bank robberies. Plead Not Guilty 1 Lima. 0., Feb. 17.— (U.R) —Pleas ! of not guilty were entered by Harry [ Pierpont. Russell Clark and Char- ’ les Makley here today in arraign-

■ Soviet Prepared for Japanese Threat ' I - 1 IMK ■ h ; Bi ; L irf Mik s ? ■s® l JLa •> ■ • \ww * : ' K u »l. Tjߣ A,.- , / ie9n * !9asr7- -MMy & atpy* y< SfecA ♦ JK.aft ... -y- . ‘ W-- ' 1 • 'JJLE' IJsferw* mi al Bi * oUJI « ♦ ’j * tw. 1 Charging that Japan ia "feverishly preparing for in the event Japan does attack Russia, she will find war,” General Vassily Bluecher (inset), commander- herself facing a ring of steel that surrounds the in-chief of the Soviet Armies in the Far East, re- Soviets. Above is a parade of up-to-the-minute Rua- _ oently told Um Communist Congress in Moscow that atan tanks during recent Moscow review.

i ment on now indictments charging them with murder of Sheriff Jesse Sarber in a raid on the county jail last October to free John Dillinger. Over strenuous objections of counsel, who contended they had i not had sufficient time to study their clients’ cases. Judge K. K. I Everett accepted the pleas after a ■two-hour preliminary hearing. Dozens of heavily-armed guards were arrayed about the courtroom when the gangsters were brought in for the second time in three i days. Fifteen National guardsmen ' patrolled outside the courthouse. When arraigned last Thursday. ! tlie men were under indictment merely charging them with murder. Subsequently Prosecutor Ernest Botkin obtained true bills accusing them of murder of an officer ; in line of duty. Pierpont's trial previously was set for March 6. Today Judge Everett set Makley’s trial for March 12 and Clark's trial for Marclt 19. ■ o--: SAVE SIX MEN FROM HANGING '•GXTTNTTEn FROM F»AGB ONE) I a leader of Chancellor Englbert Doil-fuss’s party, while he flouted flouted Fascist ambitions to conduct mass hangings of the defeated enemies, seemed to approve ' of the Fascists themselves. He decorated Major Emil Fey. vice chancellor and a fascist leader, with the Austrian grand cross, characterizing him as chiefly instrumental in breaking the revolution, ‘‘Thereby probably marking a turning point in the history of central Europe.” o State Conservation Man Here Wednesday -1 James E. Starkey, bee man with I the state department of conservaI tion. will he in Decatur Wednesday , February 21. for a meeting with Ad- ■ ams county beekeepers. Tlie nieetI i ing is called for 2:00 P. M. above I the Brock store. Mr. Starkey wants to learn what ■ the local beekeepers want done about inspecton this season and will i also discuss disease and feeding 1 problems. Election of officers in the local i association will be held at this ■ meeting. o ■ Get the Habit — Trade at Home

COMMIES LOSE TO LANCASTER FRIDAY. 22-18 Wells County Team Defeats Commodores In Hard Fought Battle After loading 14 to 10 at the halt, 'the Decatur Commodores went | I down to a 22-18 defeat at the hands of the Ijimaster Center Bobcats ' on tlie Wells county team's floor [Friday night. Tlie game was close ull the way. with Decatur holding a slight mar gin until midway in the foutth quarter, when Lani’iister took the lead at 19 18 The Commodores failed to score again while lain | caster tallied three more points. | Deeiitur scored only four points , during the entire second half. Hain - counting all these points with two ; field goals. Roth teams were weak in foul shooting. Decatur scoring • in four out of 10 attempts from j the charity stripe, while Lancaster j made good on only four of 15 chances. Baker was the leading scoter for the Commodores with three field ■ goals and one free throw for a to- . I tai of seven points. Hain was next ,in line with three field goals. Braden scored other field ; goal. Efchorn and R. Myers led the Wells county quintet, each conI necting three times from the field I 1 and once from the foul Ujie Lydy | counted five points for the winners. The Commodor* reserves nosed 1 11 out a 19-18 i ictory over tlie LanI caster seconds in the preliminary game. 1 Lancaster FG FT TP | Elchorn. f. 3 17 j ’ Paxson, f. 1 0 21 Lydy, c 2 1 5. R. Myers, g. 3 17; Murray, g 0 11 ' E. Myers, g 0 0 (I Billiard, g 0 0 0 Totals •. 9 4 22 Decatur FG FT TP ’I W. Lose, f 0 0 0 . Hess. f. . Il 11 ! Braden, c. ... ...... 11 3 Murphy, g 0 11 j ; Baker, g. 3 17 I Hain, g 3 0 6 | I Totals 7 4 18 h ' Referee: Markley. Bluffton. I 0 POLITICIANS LN MEETINGS I | (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) , Lake county makes up the entire - district. Either June 5. 12 or 19 was sug- , gested to the commttee for con- - sideration as date of the Demo--1 cratic state convention. Members of the Hoosier State Press Association were concerned chiefly with election of officers and awarding of a cup to the best 7 weekly newspaper during 1933. Speakers for their session in- ) eluded Edwin V. O'Neel, Hagers- • town; Paul Feltus. Bloomington; v A. J. Neuring. Winslow, and E. C. I- Gorrell. Winamac. Frank Finney. Martinsville, die rector of the state auto license department, was scheduled for t elevation to the president of the e Democratic Editorial Association 1 during the afternoon meeting, g William C. Minor, Cannelton, will become first vice president; 1 Scott W. Chambers, Newcastle, s | second vice president; Dean BarnI hart. Goshen, third vice presi- : dent; Jack Doland, Hartford City, e | aeeretary. George Crittenberger.

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Anderson, is scheduled for elec(ton as treasurer. o_ — Vines Wins Final Baltimore. Md.. Feb. 17 —(UP) —' Young Ellsworth Vines of California. former world’s ranking amateur tennis player, today stood out as America’s foremost professional star, having beaten Big Bill Tilden . 11 matches to nine in their 20-game ' transcontinental aeries. In the final match of the series I i here last night, the lanky Califorinian downed his veteran opponent 6-8. 6-2, 7-5, 6-3. before a capacity 'crowd of 5,000 spectators. o Red Faber Quits — Chicago Feb. 17 —(UP) — The last of the spitball pitchers passed out of the major leagues today j when Urban “Red” Falter, for 20 j years a pitcher with the Chicago White Sox. announced his retireI ment from basetoall. Corn-Hop Contract Signing Is Started Corn-Hog sign-up has started in Adams County with four sign up ; stations in operation this week-end. iThe other two stations will be start--1 ed Monday. A total of 59 contracts I had been completed by Friday evening. ‘More farmers had been called and their contracts could have been handled, but the producers had not filled In the white work sheets, so they will have to complete these

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