Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1934 — Page 6

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START PLANS FOR SOFTBALL . Decatur Is Invited To Killer District Soft hall League for a district softball list- j gue In Fort Wavin' ami surroun ling { territory will be launnlnwl In a ' meeting at Iho Anthony hotol ini Fort Wayne Thursday evening, i March 15. at 8 o'clock. Rev. J. H. Hon ties or Decatur will; attend the meeting. I lev. Hennex Is I a member of the national rule* com j mlttee. A league of six or eight teams Will lie organised. Among the towns which have been invited to send representatives to t ie meeting are Fort Wayne. De-atnr, Auburn, ColtDnhia City, lluntins-'Uvnl Marion. WalKHh. ninffton. South Whitley find Waynedale. .Kaeh town will lie represented by only one team and games will ho ijjayed in all towns instead of all in Fort Wayne, as la-st season. Kaeh twain will play two gomes weekly.! oge at home and on** on the road. ♦ Night games will he played two games weekly, one at home and one on the road. Night games will lie played wherever lights are available, otherwise twilight games will lie played. If league baseball is,played in the Fort Wayne park, the schedule will he adjusted accordingly. Phil G. Rosier, president of Hie National Softball association will attend the Foil Wayne meeting. League play Is expected to start about May 1. o Kumukaa] R#<wk»H (i iveta Os Tewhwy A financial report of the Fort Wayne sectional tourney has lieen received by W. Guy Brown, Decai J ***■"' -■ -■ "

ADAMS THEATRE 1 SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY I' 10-2. V Matinee Sunday 2 P. M. First Sunday Evening Show. **3# < 4A Cross Country Cruise” wtef* LEW AYRES, JtHWB AUBE Wmt j | KtUGENF PALETTE. A great picture jammed with kauglt«, romafl;®*, nrvystt’r y, action and You will vote this one, as twte of (few best of 0»e y«*r! j A I) I) E I) — "laiurvl and I lardy” Comedy *sd ( ( Tonight and Saturday — - ! of A KIND” ; wish CfMwHfce Raeate. Mary Boland, W. C. Fields,, Akson Sbhnrarth George Burns, Grade Allen, The Kings and Queens of comedians raiaiuti the deuce with your fnnnyba**! Added—Last Chapter “FIGHTING WITH KIT CAKSON” and 1A 1 £ “Willie Whopper” Cartoon A\F“JLe/V ! . CORT THEATRE !i SUNDAY - MONDAY-TUESDAY Matinee Sunday 2P. M. First Evening Show 6:30 ! 10-25 c i She was her own rival—for her husband’s love! Because the lady he was with last night was his wife and he didn't know it! 1 Two Connie Bennetts—as a New Blonde and a Seductive Brunette—Perfectly Teamed with Franchot Tone in a Spectacular Romance of song and laughter. CONSTANCE BENNETT “MOULIN ROUGE” FRANCHOT TONE — TULIJO CARMINA RUSS COLUMBO — BOSWELL SISTERS Hear These Song Hits “Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night” “Song of Surrender” “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” , ALSO—Fox News and Andy Clyde Comedy Riot. - TONIGHT - - SATURDAY -” “TAKA CEO O’BRIEN § CHANCE ‘FRONTIER MARSHAL’ XTTlftr .„ Irene Bentley. JNI I t, Aiso-Walter Catlett Comedy First evening show .... 6:30. . 3nd Cartoon. Complete show after 9 30. Matinee 2:00 Evening 6:30 10c 10-15 c

Mir piincipuy. Tut a 1 rev dpls for llte | j six cs .iotis were $3; 297.55. Deen- ! j uir's share of rceeipls, exclusive of I expenses, was s7?.t<B. Moumoittli I ! received a loltil of $711.51* |~- , - Sweaters Awarded Tu ellow Jackets Sweati i s were awarded to mem- | • l»#‘is of the Decatur Yellow JavkH I I Dunk of l>fi II loam a l ohapol period j this morning. Thr high school I*alin j oltili presentod a play, “The Soulp- | tor’s Dream". The playlot was unI dor tho direction of Miss Martha l Elizabeth C’alland. <>- KIDNAP EFFORT IS DISCLOSED . (CONTINUED FROM RAGE ONE) •••••• stead of Foster, he did not mention that lie was the latter's son-in-law. Vernon telephoned Foster to he ' on guard, lint the men did not reappear. I Foster, head of the extensive ' 1 Morrell Company, one of the largest meat packing firm in the middles e.-q. is reputedly wealthy. Police refused today to disclose any details of the ease. The secrecy was believed due lo additional alarm felt for Itis-j ; trict Judgi Frank S. Shankhind :ii j lies Moines. The judge received telephone eills threatening to; take him “for a one way ride" because le* ordered investigation | at the sta.le capital of reports ; it hat lowa was the center of a kid- 1 imping ring Armed guards were placed around the judge's home. —. — ,-o - FEW LOANS ARE GIVEN REFUSAL I (CONTINUED FROH FAH® OKD) so take oat new insurance policies, ta- they are in some localities. If ‘tie l policy is taken cut in an oid i line or good mutual company no change need be made.

G.E, DEFEATS HOAOLANDFIVE Decatur Bouts Hoax land Team Thursday Nix hi, 31 To 2.1 The liecaair (!. K club defeated | I dip llougland Imtependenis ut j lloagh.nil Thursduv night, 111 to 2.1. 1 It was (lie second vlotory of the seu- : on for He locals from Houghind. Decntltr tel at the h.(i)f, 15 to 11. |c.iss wan the leadng scorer for the id. K. club with five field goals and three free throws for a total of 13 points. Smith and Bohnke ted lloagland with eight points each. The G. E. club will play In the Fort Wayne ImHodrlal league tourney, which will get underway Sunday. . Decatur FG. FT, TP. Gass, f 8 3 13 .1. Hill, f 4 1!) Gerber, c 10 2 Deßolt. g 2 b 4 V. Hill, g 113 Totals 13 5 31 Hoagland FG. FT. TP. Smith, f 4 0 8 Clayton, f 2 u 4 liolinke, e 4 0 8 You so, g Oil Jamison, g 10 2 Totals 11, 1 23 — 1> The second round of Indiana's j annual hasjh'tball elimination b ill j he played in 1* regional centers j. Saturday *fi«rn.»m *nd evening. ■ —oOo— Ax tm wf -at gtey, ®siy 1# tat*®* mill fai* lltgA in mt rs«si»® fair tta sted** •hawpiA *»® cb-iasap-i®« as (Wteia to b» cr*®ete«4 tfew yiswr « ffl»ar-4i«raseil h* I*** atesuapieg. sans* s*s-%a«s>sst is ts» qjp*i!Ei«3 ws*wS We £»-e4i«®«ti fairt iwn* by WwwipgNM•Fen tc*»s Are cotim»ti*p fa. th*l reptmAlS this y**r for thr- Arst time in history. These t»* t*6*®* j , are Of***. Dwtr. *e* PcV#®|ifM. i t'tniden. Reitz (if tgvaasWile. Ltg-1 onier, Morocco. Sort 1 ' Jnison, Guilford and Enltqn. —Otg)— A: h ast one bisfetMll At i» TM- j • Atur m»*« kill lHtiUtetlfiwl's . pick of regional gipjaers. letticnis made j,y this fan Ire a* ■ follows: At Andersog. Tec*: «t , Auburn. R«av. r IMm; ft Col|*ihsß, Sin IhyviUe; at Evansville. Reitz if Evansville; a-t Fort Waym*f.ird City: „t Grecnonstle, Green- , rastle; at JeJfersonviltF, Mitchell; ; at Lafayette. Frankfort; at Logans-i port. Logan-sport; at Marion, Wa-, bash; at Martinsville, Bloomington; i; at Mancie, Mnneie; at Rochester, ; NapppiiPe; at Bushvillp. Conners-» ville: at Valparaiso. 3(ie* ijsin City; jj at Vincennes, Vincennes. —oOo—sS«6S*ay aflwruMa a««I | ping th* EUcsgPr C®®ss®#ar«ir f> vr<> 1 fanttl* far a rpjkt t« vyi« nn inviwfijn t® tb* Btodiwaal I C#k»lic t»arw*y a* L®y»la I U*iv«esity, Ctei@ag[», th* littW - part of thin »®<*tSi. —oOo — t The Ciwimogores. Central Cath-[ olie of Fort Wayne, St. Marys of 1 Anderson and St. Marys of Hunt- 1 ingtott will battle ire a tourney at! Concordia College’ gy m at Fort j Wayne. —oOo— The first afternoon game, starting at 2:30 o’clock, will pit Hunting-j ton against Anderson and the se.cond game, one hour later, the Commodores against Central Catholic. —oOo - The two wltners will meet for the tourney honors at 9 o’clock i Monday night. The two afternoon losers will meet in a consolation j game at 8 o’clock. —oOo — Coach Herß Curti* announced today that the annual seniorunderclassmen battle will be ' held Monday night at the high school gymnasium. —oOo — Proceeds from the game will be used to finance the annual trip of the Yellow Jackets to the state final tourney at Indianapolis next Friday and Saturday. —oOo— The game will start at £: 15, with senior varsity members meeting underclass players. Admission prices of 15 and 25 cents will be I charged. A preliminary game will start at 7:15. o Prisoners Changes Clothes ' Seattle, Wash.—(U.R>—Steve Costello, under sentence of 5 to 20 years for robbing a gasoline sta- j tion, persuaded another prisoner in i the county jail, who was charged: only with drunken driving, to j , change clotheß with him, and walk-j c-d out of the jail without nunatlon. j

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FIRST GAME OF | SEASON TODAY Giuith And AtbM-M't Hay First Exk*K*ti»» (iaiwt* Os Yt-or I. Miami Reaih. Fla., March 9 —! (I'Pi, Tin- baseball semsos opeqs unofficially today w iih the first ex- j sibition game betweeg two major | Leagues Cl»*s. Onawtinu t*fc*is ar* the #orl< Ctipaipion New Tor| Giaats of !*»• Nstiotsil Leagoa aiad Ik* l*Vi)u J .*!- phia Athleti s of th<- American drcut. Hvp ptMight wa«a*s will be pppyed. Tke first thro* 'hpr* aid the last t*o <tt Mifc.t wad ¥»«siltpy «t lP>ng >yers, th* A'* tvailing yoastS. Gwt of 4f*dfa,»'s cdi*?9t. wlich the Giansa are fafaoreg to #i>, H»s*«*U f*tw of th* *a.tii*! will gat thtdr first *ir-t«i!*d dpwrtjition of pfat.' th*ir fistt liiff- score aid it* seism 4t' th* smas*%. 4hr,st all irks»r s®B- - clifo* will fe* i» tip* iwthibitua* .<!' bust*f»jr.. VJhich will last uatil ojrrniwt (ST tW t'lpsspfaiagaip sfAj%.on April 17. It is th* first tne»ti»g between the siants and the Athletics since 19;.5. kind it is paiticllar ipterest to bfaseljpll f*ns because it bring* t.o*Ather * world cl««»iQh tea® atf a cl1»i t lag t has been viw tally arefckel hy the s#le <M Stellar play-e-w; 'Old-timers wdiv) iiwpect fh© athletics toduy may not be aide to rec-

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ognize anybody hut the venerable manager Connie Mack. Grove. Earnsliaw, AValherg and Bishop have been sold. Moreover Foxx and Higgins. the A'S most stubborn holdouts. will tie missing. dial Schumacher will open'on the mound for the Giants, pitching three innings. with'Olydell Castlemaun, a young prospect from Nashville. hurling the next three. Terry woe uncertain as to his third Ginger. Alton Benton, Vernon Kennedy and Harry Maluzak will pitch for the Mackmen. LIMA SHERIFF WAS WARNED OF ESCAPE EFFORT (COBFOTtPPBO FttOkr PAGE ONEt dm ♦ <e ♦.» » ♦ ♦ ♦ • ♦ -* thige witpoeses ifkntiiled the revolver fottxA on Pierpont when ku w«* arrested hi Tuscon, Arizon*. a* ope stolen from Sarber. Gai>t. Jay !*«»itl of the tralfi iivlslo* of Tucson police was the first to identify the weapon. PiPrppPU r*4We»ed when Smith's **»ie w*s called. He grinned When Smith w«t to the witness chair k*tt the westnn® (hTicer gave *o of reerptnitio*. Smith sail he ami a fellow officer arresrnd I’lw.rp®®-* in the laticr's car. ok* him they found three revolvers, into of which was S«liter’s gun. Yougg DdhaW iStUbar, recalled to the stand, picked out the gun as owe his father had owned. H - Sas giUoWed by Ralph Marshall, who told the jury ot' having sold the revolver to Sarber. Heavily Guarded Michigan City, Ind.. Mar. 9—

tU.ft) - Guarded by seven suuads of stale police and special deputies, Edward Stiouse, member of ih>John r.illinger convict ranr was taken to Lima, 0.. today to testify against one of his former associate:, Harry Pierpont Shouse rode In on armored automobile ptovlde.l by Mayor Jack Edwards of Marion. PlerpoDt Is t(elng 11 test in Lima on charges of murdering sheriff Ji-ss Sarher while freeing John fdllinger from jail there. Shottse and Pierpont were among 10 convicts who escaped from the Michigan City Mate prison Sept. 2fi, 1933, shortly be fore Dilllnger was freed Shottse stayed with the gang tor a while hut tinally left them, slcullng an uutomobile owned hy Russell Cluik, another of the escaped convicts. After his capture at Paris. Ilk, last December. Shottse told oflieiuks the story of the escape and iaid he was in the gang which freed Dilliliger. He agreed to turn state's witness against his former pals because they failed to give him his share of the loot from several mid western bunk robberies. DEPUTY BLI NK DISCHARGED BY JUDGE MURRAY fCONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) • ••••s****** ment of Attorney General Lutz of the new evidence of collusion. llarce’s intimation that evidence may he disclosed showing a ‘’payoff" in the jail hreak was made in response to questioning by news pat>er men. "1 don’t want to discuss that now; no, I won't deny It," he said. He added that the state’s Investigation "may hit in some high places." Margin Smith, former criminal court judge here, was appointed a special deputy prosecutor today to work with Robtrt Estill in an investigation of the John Dillinger jail hreak. Estill is the active prosecutor Vou can borrow up to S3OO from us on rour own sfgnaturt and security. No questions asked ot employer, friends or relatives. Call, Write or Phone— Franklin Security Co. Over Schafer Hdw. Co. Phone 237 Decatur, Ind.

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r here and he and JudW "" r i ray had been invc.lvea lit a dispute | : over what proceedure would be fob* , towed in the Investigation, noth , (if,,i||y agreed, however, upon Smith j as a deputy prosecutor to work ! with Estill- . | Smith was judge of '.he criminal j t conn for eight years before he replaced by Murray i Rumor- that the attorney gen-j f ~ral < office might mov. for tm i • peachment of Sheriff Gillian Hot lev. nilllnger - attractive jailer, and 1 Judge Murray was vigorously dc • filed by flarce. " The assistant attorney general said, however, that he believed the state would oppose the demand for ; Judge Murray for a special "disln ' t,,rested” prosecutor tv* conduct I' tlw special grand Jury Inquiry ol the hreak. “Judge Murray nas no legat aulh-j I orily to replace the present prose { t tutor and I am sure the attorney i (1 general's office will oppose his tie maud.” Mari e declared. Prosecutor Estill said he will I ~ continue In charge of the local In-j s vestigatlon “regardless of what the] i judge may do.” Blank's tHcmi«ual a« finger l“'ini

PUBLIC SALE l' As tin farm on which I live lias been sold. I have decided farming und will sell at public auction on (lie old Butler farm, u. , i west of Decatur on the Archhold road, on f MONDAY, MARCH 12,191 U () Commencing at 10 A. M. 3— HEAD OF HORSES—3 11 Ue»l roan ntare. 5 years old, wt. 15tKi tbs. iu foal: Bay hor?e, 4 i- old wt 1700 Il*s.; Bay horse, smooth mouth, weight if.no lhs 9—HEAD OF CATTLE—9 t Registered Guernsey cow. 7 yrs. oU. will be fresh March I Guernsey cow. 4 yrs. old. eligible to register, milking good flow; ) , cow. 10 yrs. old: Roan cow. 4 yrs. old; Black cow, 3 yrs. old; Coen , heifer. 2 yrs. old, eligible to register; Red yearling heifer; ; heifer calves. HOGS AND SHEEP Sow with 8 pigs hy side; I saws will f 4n II in May; 21 shoats from 50 to 75 lt>s. each; 19 eu. ; with lamb* a side; 1 buck. n POULTRY—7O Dll! blood Buff Orphington pulleu i- FEED —150 bu. of good heavy outs, extra good for keed; 3 ton r timothy hay; 1 ton clover Hay; 2 ton of bean hay; 2u shocks of tt fodder. IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS . Good 31, in. farm wagon; 16 ft. gondola rack, extra good; ' box; McCormick 7 ft. binder: International hay loader, new; N'i manure spreader; Hoosier fertilizer grain drill; McCormick mower I ft.; Black Hawk corn planter; side delivery rake; clover seed mw 11 1 r; walking cultivator; guoti mud boat; 4 hay slings; iog bunks a | chains; 1 set of breeching hat ness; 4 good collars, walking breakl plow; spike tooth harrow; spring tooth harrow; bu(< tiering to«| | Delaival No. 12 cream separator, like new; 2 gal. lard pres, ; I t*ower wasliiug machine and many aitit les too numerous to nientis TERMS—CASH. HENRY SAUER, Owner Lunch to be served by Zion Lutheran Missionary Society Roy S. Johnson, auctioneer I- W. A. Lower, clerk.

! expert nt the Jail, orders j Murray under whose J 1 ,,,> ,v,l> ' appointed. h,ii, lv . .. m announcement that Rimo, S | MnH Mrown ' Hpeeial ! 'n»o a celt an ,, there n feu minutes u, I | escape. ■ Get tha Habit — T rid, „ J 1 —' ? ***~' 1 LA 1)1 hat SALK SPECIAL FOR SATI’Rn NEW SI’RIN(; HatS Priced from $1 to $3 One lot to close out • r »oc each. Mrs. Maud \ 11 MEHRImVn '. 222 S, Ith St ‘ ll)<Hatur India