Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1934 — Page 6

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OEGATURTEAM READY FOR PLAY INTOURNAMENT ('oininodorcs ('omplele Arduous Brills F<» r Pour-Team Tourney The Deiatur Cominod'iri--; .imlet the dtreetlon of Coach George "Shorty" laiiiriint. conn I' ted u w ,„ kof strenuous work" "■ I-tl'lai in preparation tot the all-important fonr-t>-iun tourney .it Com ordit: col I, fee gym in Fort Wayne Monday .11 If'l’lHNkii iilhl FVPRiIIjL Ti'tinr* competing in the fotirno besides the Commodores are Si. Matys of Huntington. Central Catlt i idi< of Fort Wattle and St. Maryof Anderson. Huntington and \nderson will battle in the first game at 2:30; o'clock Monday, with the Commo dores and Central Catholic tangling tn the second contest at 3:30. The afternoon losers will meet In a eoncolalion game at s p. m . with Hi. winners battling for tourney Tile purpose of the tournament is I to decide which team or teams wilt ho Riven invitations to the nation al Catholic tourney al Loyola University, Chicago, March 21 to 25. *l’hi* tourney is being held at the request of I.oyola officials. Fre-toiirni-y dope on the outcome of the meet is pretty well scrambled. The Commodores have a record of four victories and three defeats against the other three teams com-' peting in this tournament. The Commodores split two games each with Anderson and Fort Wayne and Won two of throe games with St Marys of Huntington. Tickets lor both sessions are. gelling at 6o cents, with single session tickets priced al 35 cents These tiikets are on sale at Lose Brothers an I Carl's confectionery. Walter Geller, prominent Fort Wayne official, and Jake McClure, coach of the South Side Archers.. will officiate all games of the tourney. These two men worked the invitational tourney her. in Jami ary and gave excellent satisfaction. FOREMANS HELD IN SI,OOO BOND (CONTINUED FROM PAGF ONE) fronted with the evidence, confessed. In her story she said that Reinas Clark of Fort Wayne wrote them that they could make some easy money by coining to this locality. She drove the men on the night ot the robbery to the Ayres lionn on the supposition that they w re merely taking T| pleasure ride. The men stopped j tit the home, saying that they wished to “get drunk." After leaving the men out Mrs. i Foreman drove for several hours, flashing her lights each time she > parsed die house. When the men came out they ordered her to take them to Fort Wayne, where they told the story of the robbery. Lernas Clark was arrested some ' time ago on a farm near Rockford. Ohio, fie now is out on bon I

Accused As Spv Ring Head B-i ? > rO ' f*/w* t i th*. <*§rt M X » B 1 X* v |jg''- JFk :mP»* ■ Msry Louise Martin, who asserts she is a Canadian, is pictured at Helsingfors. Finland, as she underwent interrogation in connection with the charge that she headed an international spy ring, operating out as Finland. Twenty-three Finns and two Americans are held with her.

* * GAME TUESDAY Announcement was mud<- hi day that the annual senior und > r. ki stnen game at the Yellow JiK-kot evtn. will ho played Tues day night Instead of Monday, as tlaed yesterday. Tin* glime will start at s LI, with a pro- !. or th' (dams circitrt court. Tic l’i>r--!Uli, wen .indicted In . .' ptember session of tin* Ad am iln mt -r.ind jury. The ForonuMis wen arrested by I Sbeitli I', nil Johnson in Fort Wayne Friday morning. They ar.- stdl held tn jail p* tiding th'-ir release oil bond. They plead not i i.pllty when arraign. d Friday :f PIERPONT SAYS NOT GUILTY OF killinc; sarber n-riNTINI ED FROM P.vGl’ ONE) I w. nt to Crown Point. Ind., 10l witue.s a deposition from Dilling-! • I- tn be used in Pierpont's trial, i Dillinger esc-iped an hour before I William Fogarty. Indianapolis, j , a!--o counsel lor I’ierpont. was ailed m-.xt. Foganty. who was to! I have obtained the de|>osition. al-l so told of last Saturday s trip. Again Identified Uni... (>.. Mar. tn U.R) Y des- j perat-* defense to save Harry | Pierpont from the electric chair was renewed at his murder trial! today in the face of a sensational; idei.i ifii at ion by Edward Shouse, his former companion in the! notorious John Dillinger gang. | Rushed here from the Indiana' -tate prison in an armored ear to | turn stale's evidence. Shouse I m inted out Pierpont as the man | who kill'd Sheriff Jesse I. Sarber! in a raid on the jail last fall. Testimony was expected to be completed today and thy ease j i-in-n io the jury of It) men and ' two women tonight. The state rested last night, after I testimony of Shouse anil Mrs.' Lucy S u lii r. widow of the slain j .'ifieial. Led by Miss Jessie Levy. lndi-1 anapolis. brilliant co counsel fori Pierpont, .tie defense immediately I called the gangster s elderly i mother to the witness stand. She! md h, r husband, who live on a : farm north of Lima, have been in constant attendance at the trial. Mrs. I’ierpont repeated over and , over that "my boy could not have killed the sheriff—he was home . wiih me." She clung to her story through ; gruelling cross-examination by | Preset utor Ernest Botkin Herl ! husband. John Pierpont, who fol-' lowed her on the stand, gave vir-1 tually the same testimony. Candidates' Relative Dies Manchester. O ((J.R> Davis Collings. 77. related to both a presiden- , . tial and a vice-presidential nomiHess, died here recently. Collings j was a cousin of John W. Davis, de- ■ seated by the presidency by Calvin Coolidge in 1924, and also was a relative of Thomas Gasaway Davis.! ' vice-presidential nominee on the ticket with William Jennings Bryan in 1908. Collings, however, was! a lifelong Republican.

KING LEVINSKY LOSES IN BOUT V\ .liter Neusel of Germany Wins Decision liver The King New York Mar Hl. dJ.P> Wai ter N'eiise! of Germany stands out ; iiiilw- as a dangerous contender for ithe heavyweight title. Hi- emerged victor over King Levinsky last night afti-i a ravage brawl in Madison Square Garden. Tb<- roar of approval from 12jiu*i I.ms lal'ely hud diixl down when Jimmy Johnston announced the Garden Would match Neusel against tommy l.oughran March 23 if I. mghraii would accept.* Although booed in the early rounds by anti-nazi funs, the tall, slender chemist from Westphalia got up from the floor in the second round and < ante on to win the split I decision and thunderous applause. , Lev insky. attei his best and most I desperate New York showing, was la badly beaten man at the final bell. The judges disagreed, Harold Barnes voting tor la-vinsky ami Marty Monroe for u draw. Their vote was thrown out. and Referee ' Xrthtii Donovan gave (lie verdict ho the German. Manx experts figured la-viusky the winner. They thought Don iovan must have penalized the King- ' fish for foul tacti.es. Levinsky : smashed Neusel in the face twice after bells; he heeled him often with his glove; hit him when break nig from clinches, and held him | while trying to club him. la-vin-I sky was no ring clown last night; he was savag dy trying to win. Donovan said he had not penaliZ'ed the Chicagoan hut had given Neusel seven rounds for superior i lighting. Th" United Press score sheet credited Levinsky with 'six land Neusel with four. Neusel weighed 196% pounds; j Levinsky 203%. Americans Win St. Ixouis, Mar. 10. (U.R) The ■ American tennis professionals were victorious over their French rivals again lust night. Ellsworth Vines by displaying a i smashing net game won over Henri I Cochet 6-3. 4-6. 6-0, 6-2, and Big Bill Tilden bested Martin Plaa 6-4. 1-6. 7-5. 7-9. 7-5. Tilden and Vines then won a doubles match from the ! French team. 6-1. 6-4. _O Miners Get Relief Philadelphia. —(U.R* —Relief in the amount of $27,251 has been sent to impoverished bituminous miners in Kentucky and West Virginia by the American FYiends Service Commit--1 tee whose headquarters are located here. Feed Waterfowl WASHINGTON KU.R) — Tho.tI sands of wild water fowl facing starvation along the tributaries I of Chesapeake Bay and the lower Potomac River are being fed with I grain furnished by the Biological Survey, the Maryland State game warden, and sportsmen. o Harem Suit Filed — BOSTON <U.R> —Yearvant SarayI darian is suing Abram K. Bedoy'an. Boston tug merchant, for I $5,19)0. which the plaintiff conI tends is the price of his services ‘ in obtaining the release of a girl from a Turkish harem on BedoyI an’s orders. o Says Lightning Invisible LONDON <U.R) — Lightning i which strikes the earth is invisi--1 ble. and the flash which you see is a return, or "kickbat k" flash, according to recent observations by Dr. Charles Vernon Boys, past president of the Physical Society of iamdon. 0 Family Seeks s°ur Jobs PERI'. Mass. (U.R) —The political campaign for the town meeting of Match 12 is keeping the Smith family pretty busy these days. Dr. William P .Smith is running for selectman. He is also seeking reelection as assessor. His wife. Rose, is running for town clerk and town treasurer. o Florida Tax Return Up Tallahassee. Fla.— (U.R) —Florida expects to collect approximately $1,000,000 more from its 7-cent gasoline tax during the fist four months of this year than during the same period of 1933. Tremendous increase of tourist travel during the winter months is the reason. Negroes Get Signatures Kansas-City, Mo.—(U.P.)—A "book i of a million names" is being circulated throughout the nation by Negroes in connection with a campaign for an endowment fund for Wijbeforen University, oldest Npgro higher education institution in the ’ country. The book is now three j feet high and weighs 177 pounds. o i 'Mrs. Merle Kist of Portland is spending the week-end in thta city visiting Mr. and 'Mrs. Charles Burdge and other relatives.

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Japan Publisher Dies From Wounds — Kumakitra. Japan, Mar. Ift- <U.P) Sanji Muto, uiiilicnaire Japanese 1 industrialist and newspaper publisher, (lied today from bullet wounds inflicted by an assassin, the Nippon Denipo .News agency was informed officially. Authoritii s investigated the I possibility that Muto may han : been a victim of the dread "Idood brothel hood.” nu mbers of which are awaiting punishment for previous attacks on prominent capitalists. Muto was shot yesterday morn ing as he motored from his home here to the railway station to take a train for his Tokio office*. A sitay iiuilet killed his secre , tary. The a sassm then turned ' the gun on himself anil inflicted i a fatal wound. Roosevelt Signs Production Loan Bill Washingon. March 10— (UP) — President Roosevelt today signed a ' bill appropriating s4o.(t()(>,i>OO <M)t | for crop production loans to farm- | ers this year. The loans were authorized by a recent act of eonKreus. The Presi- ; lent has de- la red that this year’s loans will lie the last made by the ! government under this system. 0 Indianapolis Man Killed In Wreck Brazil Ind.. March 10— (UP)— John Hardy. 48. mechanical engineer for the Edwards Engineering company. Indianapolis, was killed instantly and W. H. Edwards president of t ic company, was injure*! when their automobile crashed into a truck near Pleasant Gardens last night. A blinding snowstorm was blamed for the accident. —■ 1 ' ■ ' 1 O “ Ancient Watch Runs Saco. Me. —(U.R)—Joseph A. Swett has a watch more than 100 years old that is still in good condition. It is a chain-wind type and was bought in London from an old sea captain. Prison Has Poultry Farm La Tuna. Tex.—(U.R)—The Federal Detention prison here has its own poultry farm, with electric lighting and heating to keep the hens laying the year around. About 125 eggs n day is the yield, for use in the prison kitchen. 0 Announces Future Candidacy Portland, Ore. —(U.R) —Thomas 1.. Taylor, 24, has announced his candidacy for the governorship of Oregon in 1946. He put it ahead that i far because he would not be able to qualify until that year. ‘ 0 ' Car Frsae to Hydvark: Burlington, Vt.—(U.R) —It was so cold here recently that when Archie ' Colbath’s automobile struck and ‘ broke off a fire hydrant, the water that was loosed froze the car to the hydrant. o Rock In Mule's Jaw Okemah, Okla. —(U.R>—S. D. Lowe ’ of Van Oss, operated on one of his miles and removed a 12-ounce rock ’ from the animal’s jaw. Veterinarians said the rock grew there because of excessive lime in the mule's body. —o Bill To Separate t Police, Politics Indianapolis. Mar. 10 — (U.R) — i Another bill intended to divorce ■ politics from the state police de- ■ partment was being drafted today s for introduction in the 1935 legiss lature. Sen. Henry F. Schricker, Knox, a Democrat, plans to introduce the j measure. He said it will provide r for a bi-partisan state police j force. The number of policem' tt would bo increased and for each

D>-moctat named u Republfcnn al , so would be appointed. ’ Sen. Jacob Weiss. Indianapolis, a Demix-rat, receti-lly announced ' , ,plans to introduce a similar hill [ in the next session.

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REPUBLICANS HEARATTACKS Sixakiis Attailv State* Federal Administrations At Meeting Ituliiinupidis. Mur. I** 'U.R) I Mi mbi ts of ilii- Indiana Rt'putili<an Fiditoclal A-mm billon turm 'll thi-ir nttciitlon to routim- huaincss today iiiti'i hearing state and tin lioliul iidmlnlHtl'illioni seli'li-ly i-rilli ized at their annual gridiron 1 anqitet. lx gal adv.-rtHing and job printing probit m-i well* outlined during j the morning tessinn by Paul ftl'l-; dirk, IxtGrange publisher, ami • Harry ' tary of tin- Indiana Taxpayers I Association. Rep James M B- ik. Repn . I'a ■ will be tin- principal speaker nt ' tin* i-losing Jiunqiirt tonight. The Washington Herald was j awarded the association's cup for the last single Republican editori i.il of 193;;. The Arthur K. Rem-im-1 cup fur the best editorial of t weekly paper was awarded to i ilte Salem Republican I.edger. The Waterloo Press won first • place for the best front page of a weekly paper and the Michigan City New-, was awarded a cup for j the best front page of a daily paper. Members of the Republican State central committee held a brief meeting at state headquart-

lers in connection with the editoriul sessions and di ■< nssetl plans 1 for uniform organlvatlon of young voters I a probable date for the ' (mrty'H mate convention this mini 1 Senator Ar’hur R- ROoinHnn I ,H<l he favored holdine ih»* meet tm 111 June He aid he would put intrrf.qe with otgamzalion of j th.’ committee at Its May meeting j and that he I ■ iiltel'e-.led only in his re nomination and re elect ion. I Speakers at tin- glidlron tianquit last night were Senator Robinson and Col. Robert It Mel'or mick. Chicago puhllshi-r. Both charged Hie national iidministralion with atl.aipling to intizzl.the press Ihrot'gh the NRA code for newspapers. Dutt Irwin. (Frankfort, Republi can state rhulrmun. led the attack II ii ti e state administration. — - o investigator SI RE DEITTY AIDED BREAK • 1 (CONTINUED FROM PAGK lured them in to cells and then - j helped Dillinger lock them tip. ■'After they had locked up near !ly ail the guards Youngblood, ani other prisoner and 1 joined Dilling'er and Blunk at the fool of the stairs ami walked into the jail of- ' lice. . "ix-avitig tin- office Dillinger held , ! up Jo** Schreiver, a special guard. 1 and took ills pistol. J "Next they met a guard named i Miller. Blunk searched him and reported that Miller didn’t carry a i

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