Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1936 — Page 8

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MONROE DOWNS PLEASANT MILLS Bearkatz Nose Out 23-22 Victory Thursday At Kirkland Thn Monroe Bearkatz non I out a 23-22 victory over the Pleasant Milla Spartans Thursday night at the Kirkland gym. Monroe led at the half. 11 to ft. The game was c losely contested all the way. with the score tied 11 different times during the battle. E. Stucky. Monroe forward, was the leading scorer of the game with four field goals and tour tree throws tor a total of 12 points. Clark was high for Pleasant Mills with eight points. The Monroe seconds won the preliminary, 17 to 11. Monroe FG FT TP E. Stucky, f. .. -4 4 12 Ray. f 0 0 0 Longeuberger, f. 113 (lilbert, c 0 0 0 Huser, g. 2 2 6 Wolfe, g 1 « 2 W. Stucky, g. - 0 0 0 Totals 8 7 23 Pleasant Mills F(1 FT TP Anspau£h. f - 0 I Clark, t. 8 2 s L. Williamson, c. .226 E. Williamson, g. 2 0 4 Edgell. g. 0 0 0 R. McMillen, g. .000 Totals. .. ................ it 4 22 Referee: Lehman (Bernel. SELL TICKETS ICOXTINTKP FROM PAGE OXEi ties, is asked to eee a member of the ticket committee. C. E B.’ll Eno Lank.’nau and Carl Pumphrey have arranged the program for the evening. Tickets forth • banquet are selling for GOc, and each person decsiring to attend, la asked to communi rate wilii a me nber of th? ticke c.rmittee, as -soon as passible, so they will be ab!“ to ecstimate th.t number of people who will be present . Senator Outfielder Sold To Pittsburgh Pittsburgh. Jan. 31. — (U.R)—The Pittsburgh Pirates announced today the purchase of Fred Shulte, Washington Senator outfielder, for an unrevealed amount of money. Threatens Roosevelt, Civen 90-Day Term New York. Jan. 31.—(U.R)—-Aus-tin Phelps Palmer, wealtuy retired engineer, was sentenced today to 90 cays in the federal detention prison for sending threatening letters to President Roosevelt. He considered the President personally responsible for shrunken investments. o T-ad* in » Gnoo — Deca’l'-

LEGALLY SPEAKING * Mad O EARLY GERMANIC COURTS 1/1 h COULD RENDER NO £~ A VALID JUDGMENTS - &££> AFTER SUNSET Jgk i 6fiS ]«v KJ W X Lift KOlfe u x te# Ok Wt KceF p According to the Mirror of Saxon.v, court in Germany could only oe open from sunrise to sunset; and a judgment which was given after the sun went down was absolutely invalid It is interesting to note that in England—until well Into the eighteenth century—a criminal trial had to be decided within one day: otherwise it was dismissed. ©

if WEEK S SCHEDULE * OF BASKETBALL Friday Bluffton at Yellow Jackets Commodores at Central Catholic, Fort Wayne Hoagland at Monmouth Celina. Ohio at Berne Pennville at Kirkland Geneva at Wren, Ohio Jefferson at Lancaster Bryant at Hartford Pleasant Mills at Markle. Saturday Yellow Jacket seconds at Um. GlWlf BEATS | CENTRAL TEAM Local Eighth Grade Team Is Defeated Thursday, 27 To 21 The Garrett ejn-’-’-defeat:d the Central team of Decatur Thursday - —• low Jacket gymnasium. 27 to 21. Central had a 9-7 margin at the half but weakened in tne final period to give the team from the railroad city the victory. Anderson was Central’s leading scorer with tour nelu goats iur eight points. Hart led Garrett with four fielders and three foul tosses for 11 points. Garreit also won the preliminary, 23 to 9. Central FG FT TP Fuhrman, f 0 0 0 Walters, f 0 11 Andrews, c 2 2 6 Anderson, g 4 0 8 LaTurner, g 0 2 2 Kitchen, f 11 3 Johnson, f. .000 Moyer, g. Oil Totals 77 21 Garrett FG FT TP Dalrymple, f. 0 0 0 Hart. f. . 4 3 11 Doster, c. 2 0 4 Hill. g. ... 2 2 6 Alford, g. 3 0 6 -arper, f 0 0 0 Hughes, g. ........... 0 0 0 Totals ti 5 27 Referee: Bryan (Monmouth). o 20 Negro Convicts Burned To Death Scottsboro, Ala.. Jan. 31. —(U.R) — Twenty Alabama convicts, all negroes, were burned to death in a convict truck near here today. The gasoline drum from which the inflammable fluid slopped had been loaded onto the truck just inide the rear door. The fire the negroes had kindled was in the front part of the truck. A stretch of icy road was reached. The truck skidded enough to slop the gasoline. Fire immediately enveloped the interior of the truck, trapping the 22 negroes. I It Is easy to peel apples if you ■ core them first.

'W®»L Lml '.7 L. Decatur's high school basketball teams both will buttle their most ancient and time-honored rivals tonight. the Yellow Jackets playing at home and the Commodores on ; the road. —o()o— ~ The Tigers from Bluffton will take on the Yellow Jackets at the local court in the second meeting of the year for the quintets. Bluffton had come from far behind in the second half to give the Tigers a real thrill. —o()o — Decatur’s hopes to even the score with t,ie lads from the Parlor City are rather badly Jol'ed. Peterson, veteran forward and the most consistent scorer on the team, was unable to play against Columbia City last week because of illness and has been out of school the entire week. Myers, regular center, has -Iso been suffering from a cold but returned to school Thursday. —oOo — The Commodores will attempt to make it two straight over Central Ca-l o'ic in their battle at the Central gymnasium in Fort Wavne tonight. The Commies defeated C. C. at the 10-al oym a few weeks ago bv hinht onints. 30 to 22. and | the Irish auite likely will give th* Commies a real battle tonight. --000— The have onlv nn* defeat ae-fl’nst their record this season. wt’pa oiling un 14 victorias. St. John's of D°l’'hos eave nerstnr a s-a’-e in th° final ouarter Wednesday ni<”’t but tt>* com. mndnres came through with a scoring burst to put the game on ice. —oOo—■nor’ Vi-a’-a a’>d bis Pleasant Mills “wandar” five almost gave us a thrill last nieM bit* it hist I couldn't hnnnen. T»e Snar'ans rqra Mnnroa a real battle l>arn*-e rt-annin— a 2“t to 22 Parisian. Pa. Pat.pi inVormatian tails us that the •more w«s tied 4 "«t 11 tim“a during the game. W'’at a lot of knots. —oOo—- — rs-— ha*i|* thpouoh rai-t w***h*- *** vaur h-)' *i..h play tonight, just call 1000. PINTS AT PLOT 5* o c*r.' 0 hp nnv»f?Anlqply 4 -1 ’"n t .oovs'viH prxvv.,-r»snn pf T.oph in the elnvrvnor r\F »ho hnV 12 Pn’h eAnUvj t .(J {() ]jfe aq vanrg in “T O AnnKl> 'ol’t’Yft fo 1 ! onvffijnjr F >». ".-j ” M Polio cni/]. u A<t» in’’n-' + i<rot’o»» has tha* ’ ,noh v’oa n r 'n’ , lqr wth h»M fpjL.w wtvHq pf o l.v v vr» A nvofan d th»t LeOna’ti ra-a-Paa n|s former companior’a nepu’arity.” sr r-oUp ar-rea'n-1 ha had obufwpa roprot information from the Pov r-ij-ins Weir Catholic ehanlain at tha mison. who was a'one with Loeb for sev n minutes before the wtm-'ded convict died. T'-P “WHEN HEALTH AND COMFORT ARE INVOLVED. 1 BUY ONLY THE VERY BEST.’ KW A CALL in the night for a hot water bott'e. The discovery that the one you have is leaky. Drug stores closed. A night of suffering. That’s when you find that quality pays in Rubber Goods. Play safe! Buy guaranteed, Pexall Tested-Qua'itv Rubber Goods. An investment that pavs extra dividends in health and comfort. They last longer. GUARANTEE!) REXALL RUBBER PRODUCTS B. J. SMITH DRUG CO.

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i question Day’s cellmates today in ?n >■ tert to rack th.ir stories which do not ring true " MANY COMMUNITIES i»'nXTINI'EI> FROM PAGE ONE) have been exhausted, they said. Dealers in Evansville are running an almost unbroken line of trucks to mines in Kentucky and Indiana in an attempt to supply orders. Most of them are limiting i customers to 25 ’tu-shels each. I Coal shortage was reported so acute in South Bend that dealers have asked public notice regarding the situation be withheld to prevent a stampede of buyers on remaining sunpiies. Edward B. Smith, superintendent of South Bend schools, announced that at least six large city schools 1 will close Monday unless a supply of coal is obtained over the weekend. ATTORNEYS FOR j ■'OVTIVITn Finn that he could not have seen what he purported to have seen. It wai doubtful that Hauck woud receive Fish r’s letter Immediately. for he oann" 1 to leave today for a two-weeks vacation in Florida. Pr,- T) t'"an’i might be'saved from d. ath indefinitely if Hockmuth were linci te.j for perjury. I Canvic’ion of a major eye-wit-ness on perjury charges might win Haun’m&nn a new trial. i Governor Hoffman. Hauptmann’e best fri nd at court since be entered the death house, jested a long list of questions to Sehwar’zhopf - o"t the case and demanded weekly reports in writing of his progress toward answering them. “ am irpressed by the evident anxiety of so many people to hurry him (Hauptmann) to his death when too many questions are still •’nanswer d whi h lie may help to solve," Hoffman wrote. ‘ There is evidence, abundant evidence, that other persons partici-

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pated in the crime, and there is absolutely no reason why our law enfore; tn nt agencies should regard the .ase as closed." o Munitions Probe To Be Reopened Tuesday Washington. Jan. 31—<U.R)~The senate munitions committee, object of bitter criticism for the past two weeks, will again hear testimony of J. P. Morgan and his part ner, Thomas W. Lamont and Geo. Whitney, "probably Tuesday." Sen. Gerald P. Nye. R.. N D.. said to day. Nye said that he intends to question the Morgan partners on various phases of French and Russian loans they made during the World War. The committee had been questioning the bankers on these subjects when hearings broke up some two weeks ago at.d a bitter senate deb;.' began over Nye’s charge . that the late President Wilson “falsified" when testifying before a foreign relations committee retarding secret treaties. 0 Two Men Executed On Murder C’har<?L Eddyville. Ky., van. 31— (U.R) - •Janus Mathews. Ift. was electrocuted in the state penitentiary early today for the murder a year ago of Cleve Spalding, a coal minor. Mathews was convicted of fatally shooting Spalding and stealing ais clothes. He was wearing the garments when arrested a week after the murder. Raleigh. N. C„ Jan. 31.—(U.R)— Ed Jenkins. 250-pound textile worker, went to his death in Norti. Carolina’s lethal gas chamber to day for the Dial shooting of Pau ollins, fellow mill employe, in a Fourth of July strest fight at Bess enter City. N. C. He was p. nounced dead after seven, minutes, JO seconds.

Blizzard Traps 300 Children [Staunton achoolj 1 • SB ** m'”’ t wfealr’' t* F.-ifrrars tie ..s . « x/ k_ | V ■ ■* f I aftakfi mt w-. . ini iiJWfti ——w | Highway near When King Winter went on a rampage, driving the mercury down below zero in many parts of United States, the bhzzard trapped 300 children at Staunton centralized school near Troy, 0., forcing them to rem* in there overnight before rescuers could cut thetr way through the drifts which blocked adjacent roads, below. 11- V . IToAl’nra cautious in preparation of applica\V arns V ets L se tare (jons In Bonus Applications IH He said numerous applications Indianapolis. Jan. 31. (U.R) - have been received which will be John H. Ale, regional director of returned to veterans because of the U. S. veterans nureau here, to- inaccurate information and undisday warned ex-soldiers applying tinguishahle finger prints, required for bonus bmuis to take eftnt pre- on each form.

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