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CUBS FINALLY DEFEAT CARDS Snap Out Os Slump To Score Victory; Hartnett Injured Chicago. Aug. 7.—The Cubs regained their batting form and won j a ball game. 14 to 5 from the Card- | Inals, finally stopping the pennant -j bound rush of the Gas House gang, i but in winning they suffered their j biggest loss of the season. A foul tip from the bat of St., Louis pitcher George Earnshaw hit Gabby Hartnett's foot in the second inning and injured it so severely that the ace receiver had to lie taken to a hospital. Pending an X-ray examination to determine whether a fracture occurred, it was | impossible to say when Gabby I would return to action. The New York Giants put together eight hits for seven runs in I the fourth inning to clinch a 9-to- I 3 victory over the Phillies, chalk l up their fifth straight triumph, and ' pick up more ground on the National league leaders. The win was the eighteenth for the Giants in their last 22 games. Lefty Al Smith, although batted from chc mound in the eighth inning, when the Phils scored all their Inins, received credit for his eleventh pitching success of the season. The Pittsburgh Pirates took a firm grip on fourth place in the National league, winning both ends of a double hill from the Cincinnati ■ Reds. 5 to 1 and 1 to 0 before a ladies' day crowd of 10.959. Pitcfter Earl Whitehill smacked out a double in the tenth inning to drive in the winning run as Washington defeated the Boston Red Sox. 3 to 2. With two out in the tenth. Millies singled and Whitehill hit a long liner into deep center on which Millies scored easily. The Senators' first pair of runs came in the opening inning when Chapman doubled and scored on Kubel's triple and Kuhel tallied on Reynolds’ fly. Aided by the first triple play of the season. Dennis Galehouse turned back Chicago's bid for second place in the American league by limiting the White Sox to seven . hits. The Indians won, 8 to 1. The.triple play in the ninth inning ended the game. Appling walked” to open the inning and went to second when Hayes singled to center. Tony Piet then lined to Trosky. Trosky's throw to Bill Knickerbocker doubled Appling off second. Knickerbocker then whipped tire ball back to first base to complete the triple play. o Record Enrollment Due State College, Pa. (U.R) — Applications for admission to the freshman class at Pennsylvania State College have reached 1.651 a new high record. Registrar William S. Hoffman announces. The previous peak year was 1929 when 1,396 persons sought admission to the freshman class. o Drives Carefully 35 Years Unionville. Conn. (U.R) — Horace G. Williams of this city has put In a bid for the “safest driver in the nation'' award. He says he has driven 1,006,000 miles in 351 years without an accident, or, motor violation of any sort. In , the past 10 years, he says. he has driven 80,000 miles. ■ - o Trade In a Good Town — Decatm

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i STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet |St. Louis 63 40 .612 (Chicago 60 41 .594 New York 58 45 .563 Pittsburgh 53 49 .520 Cincinnati 49 52 .485 Boston 47 55 .461 ; Brooklyn 39 63 .382 I Philadelphia 39 63 .382 — AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. I New York 68 34 .667 I Cleveland 59 47 .557 I Chicago 57 48 .547 i Detroit 56 48 .538 i Boston 54 52 509 ! Washington 51 53 490 St. ixiilis . 36 38 I Philadelphia 36 37 .350 I ■ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. ; Milwaukee 68 46 .596 | St. Paul 69 5o .580 I Kansas City 59 54 .522 Minneapolis 60 57 .513 1 Indianapolis t>9 60 .496 Columbus 58 60 .492 Louisville 46 69 .400 Toledo 46 70 .397 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York. 9; Philadelphia. 3. Chicago. 14; St. Louis. 5. Pittsburgh. 5-1; Cincinati, 1-0. Brooklyn at Boston, play later date. American League Cleveland. 8; Chicago. 1. Washington. 3; Boston, 2. Philadelphia at New York, play later date. (Inly games scheduled. American Association Indianapolis, 9-3; St. Paul. 0-4. Minneapolis. 6; Louisville, 3. o Weather Studied at Height Oakland. CaJ. (U.R) — The local weather observer wifi not wait any longer dn the future for the weather to manifest what it is going to do. Instead daily aviation trips will be made- to the upper atmosphere to find out just what is going on before a finaj daily prediction is made. I . Mouse Wrecks Auto Old Saybrook, Conn. (U.R) —• When a mouse suddenly appeared on a steering wheel of an automobile, three summer residents were slightly injured. The sight of the rodent caused the driver Frank M. Nettleton, to lose control of the machine, which crashed into a highway fence. o Tree Trimmer Errs Omaha (U.R) —George Dyck proved (an amateur in trimming a 50foot tree at his home here. He cut off the hraaiehes as he ascended. Reaching the top he had nothing to cling to in getting back to terra firma, and exhausted by his efforts, called the fire department to rescue him With ladders. o Boys Win Doll Prizes Bridgeport, Conn. —(UP l —Boys instead of girls walked off with the prizes at the annual doll show and i carriage parade here. Ralph Myers 1 took first In the “most original” doll I contest with "Mickey Mouse’’ and Robert Wilson garnered second with “Pop-Eye.'' The award for the | prettiest doll was given to Joseph Razio.

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here was rejoicing at the Cleveland home of [enry C Owens when the news came from the erlin Olympics that Jesse Owens. Ohio State uniersity flash, had scored a grand slam by winning «c 10U-meler and 200-metcr dashes and the broad

DECATUR'S GREAT (COyriNT'ED FUOM rAGE ONE) I Fort Wayne German-American Legion bajid; Van Wert Sons of Veterans band; Decatur Girls' liand. Adams poet number 43 drum corps, American Legion city band. o Marriage Tie Re-Knotted Bucyrus. 0.-SU.R)- William Davis and his wife. Dorothy, believe in having the marriage knot “tied double.” After getting marriage license No. 215 they demanded another license so that they could get inarriade again in an adjoining county. o “Wild Man” Only Nudist Tahoe City. Cal —(UP) —Rangers tramped for four days through the wilderness of Mount Rubicon searching for a report d “Wildman" and finally got their man He proved to be a professor of the University of California who practices nudism during his summer vacation. o Voting Honor Claimed Brownsville, Cal. — (U.R) —C. ('. Beever claims the distinction of having voted in the same precinct at every election for the past 60 years. He is now 86 years old and says whisky cost sl6 a hottie when he first came to California. o Youth Carves Violin Pampalona. Spain.—(U.R) —Using an ordinary jackknife, Angel Goni Navarcorena. 21, has carved a violin out of walnut in the spare time between his agricultural labors. He has learned to play the instrument of his own making and is indispensable at local fetes and dances

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jump His triumph resulted in plans for a civil homecoming celebration at which his parents. Mr and Mrs Henry C Owens, above, and wife, Minnie Ruth Owens, to whom he was married last year. wiU be principals.

Mutschlers Defeat 1 St. Joe Team. 13-3 ' The Decatur Mutschlers handed , I the St. Joe Athletic club of Fort 1 l Wayne a severe 13-3 trouncing at 1 , Wrothman Field Field Friday eve-i, ■ ning in a twilight game. Only six i I innings were played. Molly Mies ' held St. Joe to six hits. ( o Erank Knox Begins Long C ampaign Tour , l - Chicago, Aug. B—(UP) — Frank J Knox, militant, vigorous Republl- ( I can vice-presidential nominee, be- , 1 gan a tour of 35 states today to ex- , ■ pound party doctrines in one of the j , .most exhausting intineraries ever \ J undertaken by a national candidate. 1 1 Knox will deliver more than 70 j , I prepared addresses from coast to I; | coast, interspersed between as < ' j many platforms appearances as pos- ' ' sible. From August 31 until his re- ; I turn here, the week-end before the Novmiier election, he will travel in a 1 j -special train, provided l>y the Re- : publican national committee. ■ | o Raymond Sptinger Acceptance Today i ■ Connersville. Ind.. Aug. B—(U.P) 1 i Motor caravans, special trains and i chartered busses brought thou- | sands of Hoosier Republicans : i here today for a rally in Roberts i Park and addresses by Raymond < 'S Springer, candidate for gover- 1 • nor, and Col. Frank Knox, Chi- t . | cago, candidate for vice president. ' ■ - Springer's formal acceptance i •lepeech was scheduled in the after- < I noon. Knox ww scheduled for an : I address tonight opening a cam- t

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paign tour 'which will take him through 35 states within the next three months. Favorable weather and size of the Vanguard which arrived las’ night (indicated 50,000 persons crowded into Springer’s home town for the day's activities. Over 3.000 Attend Young Democrat Meet Gary. Ind., Aug. 8 — (U.R) —Enthused by a declaration of Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend that the Democratic party is “the party of youth.'' young Democrats six swarmed through Gary today for additional oratory. IL S. Sen. J. Duffy Ryan, Wisconsin, and Gov. Paul V. McNutt are scheduled to speak tonight. Townsend, candidate for governor, spoke last night a.t the opening session of the two-day rally which attracted more than* 3.000 young Democrats from Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin. Michigan and Ohio. o Salt Shale Yields Cement Salt I>ake Oity (U.R)—Cement is made from salt-impregnated shr’eclay deposits of ancient Im,ke Bonneville at a plant near here. Some of it was need in the Arrowrock Dam, near Boise, Idaho. — o Youth Four Times In Prison St. Louis.—(U.R) —Jonathan Walker. 22. holds a record of some kind. He is serving his fourth prison sentence, despite his youth. He was sentenced to serve two years in the Leavenworth prison after conviction of transporting a stolen automobile from Illinois to Missouri.

YOUTH SURVEY COVERS 3 YEARS New Unveil, Conn. (U.R) Ol "‘ of the most Intensive similes of the growth of children and their physical and mental fitness Is nearing completion at the Yale Institute of Human Relations. More than I,WO children in th'' New Huven public schools have had their growth and physique charted every three months for the last three years Statisticians are assembling the great mass of data which Is expected to be bene llclul to children and child experts over the world. Dr. Martha Eliot and Dr. Susan P. Souther, specialists in the C. S. children's bureau. Department of Labor, assisted by members of the pediatric department at the Yale School of Medicine, and staff attaches at the Yale Institute of Human Relations, have been conducting the measurements. The children first were weighed when 6 years old. and in all cases the subjects are now in their ninth I year. Every three months they! haw been reweighed and remeasused, a process which will continue through 1936. During the same period, investigators assigned to the study have made periodic visits to the homes of the children to cheek on the economic status, the environment, food habits, and illnesses. not only of the children but of their parents. When the data are correlated, it it xpected that the results will shed light on various problems of child rearing and child health. o SUICIDE ENDS ..fGONT.INUEP.XB2M check was waiting. She screamed and fainted and wiien she regained consciousness she was surrounded by policemen and curious strangers, a familiar adjunct to her frenzied marital life. She soon was steady enough to be taken to the Zioncheck home, where the I congressman’s aged mother is in precarious health. The mother was not told and will not be if her children and daughter-in-law can prevent it. Zioncheck came home July 4 to fight for reelection after escaping from a hospital for the insane where he had been placed by relatives. The news of his altercation with Washington policemen, his spnr-of the-moment marriage, his riotous honeymoon in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Island, and New York City, invention of the Zioncheck zipper, his charge the VicePresident John N. Garner had kidnaped his bride —all this and more, preceded him. 0 PRESIDENT TO (CONTINUED .FROM PA GE ON B ) Ohio and Kentucky. The president will be on tour until Sept. 10 or 11. He has insisted the tour will be nonpolitical, although he added .that on return he might paint a word picture of conditions as he found them for the benefit of the country. ———lo Juvenile Crime Studied I Salinas. Cal.—(U.R) —Local juvenile delinquents hereafter will have the advantage of expert psychiatric analysis and treatment. Mrs. Claire H. O’Neil, nationally known psychiatrist and juvenile social worker, has accepted the position of assistant probation officer for that

Owens Sers Broad Jump Rccorj • * 1 fl iWfc * I I *«-- 3 I ■ s j ' - 7 ®; ■ - - ■ MRB Jesse Owens* wv'aiHv -w Sr*■■ .as. Another sensational triumph was scored by Jesse Owens, Ohio Stall university's flash and American Olympic star, when he set a nefl world's record for the broad jump, making a leap of 26 feet 521-fl inches, as shown in the above International Illustrated News SounS photo,

Journey's End Costly Arcadia. Cal. (UP) —After making a 2.000-mile tour of the United States without an accident William F. Neville crashed into another cy when he was within a mile froth home. Judge Boiler increased the bad luck by imposing a S2OO fine. QBilliard Record Broken Sydney, N. S. W. —(UP)—Walter Lindrum. world's champion billiard player, esablished a new world record break of 1.796 during an exhibition match here. Lindrum set the record under the new balkline rule, reqquirfng a player to cross the balkline with his cue ball in every break 'between 190 and 200 points. Old Custom Shattered Oroville, Cal. — (UP) — Butte County has abolished large sized

Public Sale I The undersigned attorney for the heirs of Theresa Meyer, will sell at public auction, the following describ real estate on the premises, HOB North 3rd street. Decahi Indiana, on MONDAY, August 10, 1936 At 6:30 I’. M. 8 Room, 2 story house. Full size basement. Large It Large barn. One of the best locations in Decatur. Can made completely modern and a lovely home at a '« small cost. Immediate possession. TERMS—SSOO.OO cash day of sale, balance cash < delivery of deed. JOHN L. DeVOSS, Attorney Bov S. Johnson, Auctioneer

PUBLIC SALE—-80 ACRE FARM Personal Property The undersigned will sell at Public Auction on the P rem j s ?. ! ' miles West, I'/ 2 miles North of Decatur, Ind., 1/z mile North o 9 way No. 224, on TUESDAY, August 25, 1936 Commencing sale Personal Property at 10:00 A. M. Real Estate will sell at 1 P. M. 80 acres good level high producing soil. Drainage —Well tlleiß ' ’ outlet. Fences—ln fair condition. Timber —10 acres. Grass 5 a Alfalfa; 10 acres Clover. Fruit—Plenty of fruit, about J/a acr 7 n ° r r a tt House—6 room, 2 story, large basement, furnace. Barn —40x/0, shed 12x30. Outbuildings—Large double garage; Tool shed and u cry; Hog barn. Poultry House. All outbuildings have cement f o Milk House. Well—Good drove well. Wind pump, new pump. Electricity available, along road fronting farm. . Distance from School—l mile to Mt. Pleasant consolidated scno 2 miles to Lutheran school. Churches —2 miles to Lutheran 1 mile to Methodist church; 4J/ Z miles to Catholic church and scno and all denominational churches. h c An Ideal Home—A Good Farm—A wonderful neighborhood in " to live. The kind of a farm seldom offered for sale. Possession—On or before Nov. 1, 1936. Immediate landlord’s possession. r TERMS—Federal Loan of $3200.00, V/ 2 % int. Runs 32 years. C a be assumed as part of purchase price. Balance cash on delivery deed. $500.00 cash day of sale. — PERSONAL PROPERTY — , One span Mules, 2800 lbs; 7 head Cattle; 11 Hogs; Poultry: 16 acre good Corn; 150 bu. Oats; 14 ton Hay. The following farm are new: (John Deere 14 in. Breaking Plow, McCormick Deering M nure Spreader all steel, John Deere 999 Corn Planter, Spring Toot Harrow, John Deere Spike Tooth Harrow, John Deere Mower, Doub' set Breeching Harness;) Grain Drill like new; Fordson Tractor an 12 inch plows, first class; Side Delivery Rake; Turnbull wagon; lb ” Pack; Hay Loader; Riding Cultivator; Brooder House 8x10; and man. tn l?lL tools and ■’’tides too numerous to mention. TERMS—ON PERSONAL PROPERTY—CASH. EMMA GILBERT and J. N. GILBERT, Owners Roy S. Johnson, Decatur, Ind., Auctioneer. W. A. Lower, Clerk. Lunch by Ladies Aid.

1 marriage certificates .suitable H framing, the newly wed . ouple.H fact, will not even get the origiM of the new pony size. The laiH will be kept for permanent filH and the couple merely copy. ■ Toledo — <UP) — Judge Royl Stuart, who as a county prosecu® | helped convict Frank Ruwiell robbery-claying 10 years ago. fl calendar as a gift from Ruesell. nfl in the Ohio .penitential y. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Doyle King al daughter Mary Jane of Neff H Northridge. Dayton. Ohio, are C tennial visitors of Mrs. King'sma er. Mrs. Mary M. Cramer of W Monroe street and of her broth John Cramer and family of Mami street.