Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1936 — Page 6

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LOCALS LOSE IN STATE TOURNEY MONDAY NIGHT Mutschlers Are Defeated By Lawrenceburg, 12 To 7 The Decatur Mutacblers were eliminated from the state semi pro tourney at Terre Haute Monday night, losing to Seagrams of Uiwrenceburg. 12 to 7. Seven runs in the first two innings gave Seagrams too much of a lend for Decatur to overcome. Manager Molly Mies was driven from the mound by this attack. Crates hurling the rest of the game. The winners obtained a tolaT of 14 hits, while Decatur rapped out 10 hlngles. Lineups: Deeatur AR H H Klein, cf 5 1Weohr, 3b 4 1 « Wat tier, ss 4 2 1 Arnold, If. 4 1 2 Englehnrl, lb 3 2 1 "Perfectly Air Conditioned" Your Last Chance Tonight to see this Wonderful Picture! Don’t Miss It! ’‘SHOW BOAT - ' Irene Dunne. Allan Jones, Chas. Winniger, Paul Robeson. ALSO—Pete Smith Comic. i 10c-25c WEI). & THURS. AN AMAZINC\ ~NEW SCREEN \ f “ •PERSONALITY! \ * The “Bobby" of $8 !*■ trtitie Cantor’s rc-;o progrem... \ ■ > | * dMma sifh5 ifh ’ 1 Jri ■> songs to Jar rte/t ye Jr . . i jijj If;. heert! .. i . .• i HENRY AR METTA 9*. George Houston Ji tf&Uh. Vienna Osborns VSR EDDIE CANTOR says: “There’s no one on the screen of any age with greater personality." NOTE — This Same Picture and Same Entire I Program will be Shown Wednesday Night Also at I ! the Madison theater. Fri.. & Sat. —Months in production —fortunes in costs —thousands of players! "SUTTER’S GOLD” Edward Arnold, Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes. O—O Coming Sunday—“SAN FRANCISCO" Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Ted Healy. The Hit of All Hits! "Cool and Comfortable” - TiTvp Ton’erh* - She gives vou that wierd feeling! She’s Fpookler than her i>M “DPACPM’S DAUGHTER” Gloria Holden. Otto Kruger. ALSO — THREE STOOGES Comedy "Disorder in the Court” and Stranger Than Fiction. Only 10c-20c —o Fri. &. Sat. — Tom Tyler “Coyote Trails.” Also — Last Chapter FLASH GORDON and Exciting Previews of our TWO new serials Buck Jones in "Phantom Rider" and “Clutching Hand.” —o Coming Sunday—Amazing drama of automobile crack-ups — that might happen to you! "AND SUDDEN DEATH" Randolph Scott, Frances Drake, Tom Brown Cool-Air Conditioned

Bixler. • 5 y 1 Uild. 2b & 0 - Better, if. . - I 0 " Mies, p- • • 0 " Crates, p. 3 0 1 Totals 37 7 10 ’ Seagrams AB It H Morris, 2b ■ 6 - - Bing, rs . •> <’ ’• Bradburn, st . 6 > 3 |S. Arngen, cf 6 14 E. Amgen, 3b - <• 2 2 Wunderlueh, If . G <> 1 James, lb 3 11 Ryle. c. too Freehour, p. 3 2 1 Totals 46 12 14 f Score by innings: Seagrams 340 003 200 —12 . Decatur 000 102 201— 7 1 ” FREE SCORING GAMES PLAYED t Games Monday Night i Both Decided By 13t 11 Scores 11 l Two free-scoring games, each I won by the count of 13-11. were I played In the Decatur church soft- ! ball league Monday night at the ■ South Ward diamond. in the opening game, Zion Reformed defeated St. Mary's by a score of 13-11. A big third inning, i in which the winners scored seven 1 runs, brought victory. The losers ; rallied desperately In the first of i the seventh, scoring six runs, but falling two run short of a tie. Highland’s home run in the last of the seventh gave the M. E.Evangelical team a 13-11 triumph over Union Chapel in the nightcap. Union Chapel held an 11-9 lead in the seventh but three hits and an error gave the winners the ■ battle. i Games tonight are as follows: Presbyterian-Christian vs. Reformed; St. Mary's vs. Lutheran-Bap--Ist. RHE 3L Mary’s 210 101 6—ll 7 6 leiormed 107 302 x—l 3 9 7 Murphy and C. Omlor; Stump ind Worthman. ,’nion Chapel.. 301 23" 2 —ll 77 M. E.-Evan. 3 3O' • 4—13 11 6 Schnepp and Brown; Be<- y and laddox. J. D. FRENCH >N m i:i i\'H, and one brother are deceased. E uneral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Old Salem Evangelical church at Linn Grove. Burial will be made in the Greenwood cemetery. o Gets Certificate For Continuous Service J. D. Stults of this cl»y has received a certificate from the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance [Company of St. Paul, Minn., certli tying to his 25 years continuous ■ service with the company. The | certificate reads: "St. Paul Fire | and Marine Insurance Company of St. Taul, awards this honor certificate to John D. Stults, as a token of its appreciation of faithful and meritorious service as representative of the company for a . continuous period of 25 years.” The i certificate is signed by F. P. Bigef low, president and J. C. McKnown, - secretary. Mt. Stults became an i agent of the company November | 16. 1911. o • j r fad* <n Good ’ . ■ ■ ICORT It's the talk of the town —How cool the Cort Theatre is. - Last Ti»v>e To-Nite - ! Edw. G. Robinson “FILLETS o’- BALLOTS” Plus—Comedy and News. | ■ I 10c -20 c I ♦—— —— ■ ♦ ; WED.-THURS. A PICTURE AFTER YOUR -I OWN HEART! 1 ... sweet as a baby's smile . . . thrilling as the first kiss . . . exciting as the first year, 5 “THE FIRST BABY” r 3 Johnny Downs • Shirley Deane s Dixie Dunbar • Jane Darwell ’’ Gene Lockheart-Marjorie Gateson. 1 (fl Big Reasons for attending AV this show! 3 — . t Sun. Mon. Tues. ) Robert Taylor - Loretta Young i Patsy Kelly 4 “PRIVATE NUMBER” . Added-Sybil Jason Featurette.

JOE LOUIS TOFIGHT SHARKEY ■ Brown Bomber To Meet ' .lack Sharkey August o IS 0 -- I Now York, July 21. —<U.R>—With the score against former heavyi) weight titleholders still two to one 1 in his favor, Joe ixiuis, Detroit's 2 "brown bomber.” will launch his i) comeback campaign against an3 other ex-champion. 33-year-old Jack 4 Sharkey on August 18. 2 One day less than two months 1 after his meteoric rise was halted 1 in Yankee stadium by the crushit Ing right hand of former champ--1 ion Max Schmeling. Ixiuls will - climb back Into the same ring to 1 face Sharkey, the Boston tavernkeeper who has come out of re2 tirement seeking to regain the title 7 he won from Schmeling in 1932 and lost to Primo Camera in 1933. Louis, who has belted two former champions — Max Baer and Primo Camera —into insensibility, I is anxious to find out whether his 12-round knockout by Schmeling affected his jaw. So. despite advice of boxing critics who claimed he should take a six month vacat tion, Louis through his managers agreed yesterday to fight Sharkey for the 20th Century club over the ten-round route. It will bo Sharkey's first fight in New York since lie lost the title to Camera In June. 1933, by a . knockout. The tight will replace the Barney Ross-Tony Canzoneri welterweight title scrap which Mike Jacobs, 20th Centry club promotf ' er, was trying to negotiate for that date. i r The Louis scrap will be Sharkt ey's fifth since his return to the ring last winter. His initial return was the "fiasco” with tin- . known Winston in which Jack had , to register two knockouts before . being declared the winner. Then i he lost and drew in succession to , Tony Shucco of Boston. Sharkey , then moved into prominence by outpointing Phil Brubaker of California. who was the No. 4 heavy- . weight challenger. Each fighter Is expected to re--1300,000 gate. Tickets will be . ceive 25 per cent of an expected ! scaled from 32 to 310. Louis, who has been recuperat- , ing in Detroit since the Schmeling fight, was scheduled to Degin light . training today at the Stevensville, . Mich., farm of his co-manager. Julian Baek. He will come east later to select a training camp. Sharkey is expected to do most of his training in Boston. o Don Elser Signs For Pro Football Chicago, July £l.— <U.R) — Don Elser, Notre Dame fullback, has , signect for the 1936 season with , the Chicago Bears professional football team, manager George Halas announced today. o — WATER FLOODS ’•*»*» r v.r . iNh.. • was delayed a half hour. All four lines usinfe the union . station, Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, ( Burlington and Chicago and Alton , reported serious difficulties in , meeting schedules. t o— Dr. Townsend “Walks” Out, Taken In Custody Cleveland, July 21.—<U,R) — Dr. J Francis E. Townsend, co-founder and owner of Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd., was "detained” to- ’ day by deputy sheriff two hours after he walked out of a deposition hearing on a suit to remove him as head of the organization and to ■ h.-ow OARP into receivership. The gray haired leader of the 3200 a' month old age pension plan was taken into custody as he left Tor Erie, Penusylvania, by officers armed with a subpoena ordering nim to appear before Judge Samuel E. Kramer. o— Japanese Hoard Platinum Tokyo, (U.PJ —Japanese women ► and men — are being urged to I adorn their fingers with platinum | rings in peace time, so that there I shall be a large reserve supply of | this precious metal in war time. | The rings are sold under the di- ► rection of the "Japan Platinum Popularization Society." — - — LOANS ON YOUR SIGNATURE ONLY Loans arranged on*plaln note or on furniture, auto or livestock. Men or women qualify. No one else need sign. Liberal i. repayment terms. Don’t delay. Make arrangements for a loan today. Beducef Ceet on Loan* Up to S3OO. LOCAL LOAN CO. Over Schafer Hardware Stare Decatur, Indiana Phone 2-3-7

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PLANS LAID TO ■ON'TINUED FROM PAGE ONE) association ha* ipledged that no stands or concessions will be permitted on the city streets before • Sunday at midnight. As similar crowds will bo in De- ! catur Sunday afternoon and evening to attend the Lutheran and Union 1 Protestant service and the firet presentation of the historical pageant the same difficulty will be met in feeding them. o Floats Chairman Issues Statement Roy Johnson, chairman of the floats committee for the Centennial today urged all ipereons and firms desiring to have Boats in the huge parade Wednesday of Centennial week, to make arrangements at once. Mr. Johnson said that while the Evans cohtpany is official float builder for the Centennial, any one desiring to build his own float at l°>is expense, wl'l be permitted to do so. However, the float" must pass inspection by the committee and no advertising will be -permitted. o Decatur Young Man Accepts Position Tom Burk, well known Decatur ’• ting man. has accepted a position with Sears-Ror.' uck ana company at Columbus. He is a graduate of the Deca’ur high school aud for the ' last several years has been employd at the Elbcrson Service Station. He will begin his new duties Friday morning. o Special Session Os Board Here Tonight The county commissioners will hold a special session this evening in th? court house to receive bide and let contracts for improvements, i supplies and repairs to county buildings and office*. Among the blds to be considered

As U. S. Athletes Cinched Places on Olympic Team ( x ’ < > i ** 1 . L Tw’ Jtfjy * 1 % X * / r— , BMwbe. 'I * .dSW % k WBB* . ’ •- ~ \ ! i • 1 /H' ( I E-arle Meadows goes over | r J’ \ Mfei wXiirflfcifO m a. I ' X p ■ - ■'• t i'/ \ |Jesee Owens winning 200 metera I t

Three of Uncle Sam’s outstanding threats in the track and field events in Berlin are pictured above as they won places on the Olympic team. At the left is Earle Meadows, University of Southern California ace. going over the bar at 14 feet 3 inches to tie tot first with two of his teammates. Upper right is Dave Albritton. Ohio State Negro, high

|are: coal bins for the county infir- | mary and the county court house; I steel filing cabinets for the county I welfare board; repair of roofs on ‘■the hog house and granary at the ' i county infirmary and a new drink- ’ lug fountain at the northeast comer of the court house square. r i Adams Street To Be Open For Centennial t; i' Charles Massonee, community manager cf the WPA. announced today that Adams street will be opened for the Centennial celebration. l I The bricks are now ibeing cleaned L and relaid preparatory to the coatI ing of the street with an asphaltic I overing. s The men will comp'ete the relay- , Ing of the bricks already taken up. [ by Monday when their week ends. They will not work the week preceding the Centennial. During the ■ Centennial they will be transferred ' to another project. ; □ McNutt Predicts Big Lead For Roosevelt J 1 Indianapolis. July 21 — (UP) — President Frank'm D. Ror,evelt will lead Gov. Alf M. Landon. Re- , publican presidential nominee, by at least 100,000 votes in Indiana at I ‘lie November election, Gov. Paul I V. McNutt eaid today. He added he "would not be eur--1 prised,” if Lieutenant governor M. [ Clifford Townsend, Democratic gubrnatorial nominee, ted Mr. Rooee- ’ elt In ndiana." oFire Underground Stubborn Herkimer, N. Y.— (tI.R) —It took firemen two trips and more than 20,500 gallons of water to put out an underground dump fire here. , After pouring 8,000 gallons on the ■ blaze during the first trip without success, the firemen “deluged” the fire with 12,500 gallons the second : time. 1 o Id a Nutibel* There are three way« ut nf a scrap*—-push ont. hack on I nd keen ont

* ■ - ----- - SES-!';* jumping 6 feet 9\ inches to crack a world mark and tie for first place in that event. Lower risht is the sensational Jesse Owens, also of Ohio State who won three final Olympic events, in this case breasting the tape in the 200 meters. Owens’ time of 21 seconds flat is a new world record a.uund ‘ one turn.

LEAGUE HOLDS regular meet Conservation Lea gu e Holds Meeting: Picnic August 23 Approximately 150 persons attended the meeting of 'lf Adams county fish and game conservation league, held at the Decatur bhtl' school gymuaslum Munday eveului- . . Milton Wysong. of the state conservation department, spoke brief ly and also showed two films from the department. The first film shown was of bird life. This film traced the habits of bird life find also showed the various kinds of birds found iu Indiana. Indiana state parks and conservation farms were depicted in the second film. The picture showed wild deer and other game which have been placed in the various parks, game fish that have been placed in the various streams in the state, and activities of the fish hatcheries. A large number of those present were Boy Scouts and members of 4-H clubs in the county. All boys and girls in the county, from 10 to 16 years of age, have been ptesented free membership in the league. The annual picnic of the league will be held at Bellmont park Sunday. August 23. Details for the picnic will be announced later. LOYAL SPANISH ‘'22l ’ N ’ T BD,-FBP.M PAGE ONE) power against forces of the left wing Spanish government, rebel chieftains asserted today. A formidable army of regulars, they asserted, is advancing from the Burgos region to the north of the capital —a force comprising regulars from the Zaragoza, Palencia, Pamplona. Logronos. Valladolid ajul Burges garrisons. A second army, a complete new development so far as is known here, is advancing from the south, the rebels asserted, made up of rebel troops who reached the Spanish peninsula from Morocco during the early phase of the rebellion. The rebels in a broadcast asserted also that they hold prisoner Gen. Miguel Nunez De Prado, director general of aeronautics, loyal to the government, and that they will shoot him if government aviators shell open tohns and cause casualties among the people It was believed here that it might be several days before the decisive fight between rebel and government armies occurred. The goverrment announced a 48 hour suspension of operation of stock and other exchanges, banks, commerce and credit throughout Spain, effective a.s from yesterday morning. A moratorium was declared on commercial payments. Withdrawals from bank accounts were limited to 2,000 pesetas ($270) in each instance. Government sources said that after the suppression of the rebel outbreak in Madrid yesterday bodies of 18 officers were found at Montana barracks, suicides. Judging from the wireless station fight between reoels and government, the rebels have full power in the provinces of Sevilla,

Cbrdobft and Granada in the f*r| '“S: rebels claim thm they ha v -rent strength In ln th ' ' EleahlpJaimt I. - Jnent of 554 men and mom li« eight 12-lneh guu». l«“‘ arJ lv * a ,' vjo Bay on the northwest and joined the rebellion. Rebels assert that the •V'"'.' s faithful to the government only, ,„ t i lP Madrid and Barcelona, ureas. Their own strength, the ( rebels say. is increasing •* hour as additional garrisons re-1 volt. Centennial Pledges Are Nearly All I aid The Centennial spirit, so typically exemplified by Decaturltee during th? oast few niontlts, was adequately proven last night, when Chair- : man Herman F. Ehlnger. of the finance committee, reported in the 1 ecutlve session that less than S-OT-of the total amount pledged to the celebration honoring the city's 100th birthday was yet to be collected. Over 37,000 has already been turned In and the balance te expecte<l

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