Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1937 — Page 6

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BEARS DEFEAT GENEVA TEAM Berne Scores 37 To 30; Victory In Rough Tilt Thursday The Berne Bears, maintaining a lead all the way, scored a 37 to SO triumph over the Geneva Cardinals in a fast, rough game played at the Geneva gymnasium Thursday night. Berne was out in front at the half, 22 to 17, and kept a fair lead throughout the last half. A total of 33 personal fouls were called. Geneva losing three players and Berne two. Winteregg and Baumgartner | were leading scorers for Berne | with 13 points each. Sprunger] paced the Cardinals with eight points. Berne FG FT TP Winteregg. f 4 5 13 Neuenschwander, f 10 2 D. Sprunger. f 1 2 4 Baumgartner, c 5 3 13 Beitler. g 11 3 R. Sprunger. g 0 2 2 McKean, g 0* 0 0 Lehman, g 0 0 0 Murphy, g 0 o 0 Lefever, g 0 o 0 Totals 12 13 37 Geneva FG FT TP Agler. f 113 Grile, f 2 15 Steiner, f ... 1 0 2 Kelly, f — 10 2 McKissick, c 2 0 4 Springer, g 3 2 S Fenstermaker. g 10 2 Windmiller, g 1 2 4 Totals 12 6 30 Referee. Dickie: umpire. Garrott. Preliminary Berne 24. Geneva 7. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur j Christmas Greetings to All! SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sunday from 1:15 TWO GIANT FEATURES! When She Goes After Jewels— You Get Fun and Thrills'. “SOPHIE LANG GOES WEST” Gertrude Michael, Larry Crabbe. I - ADDED EXCITEMENT - Death strikes when crooks try to muscle in on ice hockey! ‘THE GAME THAT KILLS” Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, j' Evenings 10c-20c Tonight & Saturday NOTE — Special 10c Matinee at 2 P. M. Saturday (Christmas.) ZANE GREY'S Western Thriller! “THUNDER TRAIL” Chas. Bickford, Gilbert Roland. ALSO — Frank Buck, “Jungle Menace” 4 "Radio Patrol.” Tonite ONLY ONE DIME Sat. Night 10c-15c—Show at 6:30.

■rWTWWVWI SUN. MON. TUES. W ® w Continuous Sunday A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Double Laughs . . double fun . . double excitement! When those "Thin Man" stars go to town in , the top comedy hit of the year! A positive scream! WILLIAM POWELL MYRNA LOY "DOUBLE WEDDING” Florence Rice, John Beal, Edgar Kennedy. ALSO —“Romance of Radium” with Pete Smith —A Marvelous Subject it took a year to make! ADDED —Color Cartoon. 10c-25c Matinee Sunday until 5 — Evenings 10c-30c 0 O — TONIGHT and SATURDAY — Joyous Holiday Entertainment that Every Member of the Family Will Enjoy! A Rousing. Romantic Story of Annapolis huskies and their girls . . plus a football game that will make you cheer! “HOLD ’EM NAVY” Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, John Howard, Benny Baker ALSOOUR GANG Comedy Howl; "CRIME DOES NOT PAY” Thriller & News. 10c -25 c. Continuous Xmas from 2P. M. - O —O COMING—"High, Wide and Handsome” Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott.

I H. 3 BASKETBALL Ossian 37, Bluffton 26. 11 North Side (Fort Wayne) 39. De-1 cutur (Ill.) 29. 11 Kendallville 33. Auburn 24. | Hoagland 65. Arcola 27. Huntingburg 55. Boimville 10. Jeffersonville 44, Noblesville 20. Froebel (Gary) 29. Horace I Mann (Gary I 27. Emerson (Gary) 30, Hammbnd Tech 16. Jasper 33, Washington 21. Ben Davis 35, Southport 24. Vincennes 28, Central (Evansville) 25. Garfield (Terre Haute) 25. Brazil 24. College Basketball Butler 30. Northwestern 21. Indiana 43, Nebraska 42. Centenary (La ) 45, Evansville 38. o — HARTFORD FIVE DOWNS EAGLES Gorillas Score 31 To 29 Victory’ At Monmouth Thursday The Hartford Gorillas edged out a 31 to 29 victory over the Monmouth Eagles Thursday night, in a bitterly contested game played at the Monmouth gym. Hartford held a lead of 13 to 12 at the half, and the teams were tied five different times during the contest. Bittner was the outstanding star of the game, the Hartford guard hitting eight times from the field and twice from the free throw line for a total of 18 points. Doc Fuelling was high scorer for Monmouth 1 with eight points. Monmouth FG FT TP I L. Fuelling, f 2 0 4 Doc Fuelling, f 2 4 8 ; Murphy, f 10 2; Conrad, c ... . 2 2 6 Boerger. g 3 1 Krueckeberg. g 1 •* 2 1 Bob Fuelling, g - 0 0 0 ——— ' ( Totals H 7 29 Hartford FC FT TP ! Newcomer, f 1 0 2 ' Schlaugenhauf, f . 1 0 2 1 Anderson, f 2 1 Augsburger, c 1 1 3 Bittner, g 8 2 18 ; Striker, g 0 11 ' Totals 13 5 31 Referee. Hebble (Decatur). Umpire, Poe (Decatur). Preliminary 1 Hartford 25, Monmouth 8. I Steiner Leads Butler To Upset Triumph i Jerome Steiner, former Berne 1 cage star, starred last night as the Butler university quintet trounced the highly -favored Northwestern quintet at Indianapolis. 30 to 21. I Steiner, a sophomore in his first year of college competition, wae the scoring leader for both teams with five field goals for a total of It) points. In addition, according to press reports. Steiner also was the , star of the contest on defense. : ■ —o Gold Found In Well 1 Sparks. Kas. (U.R) — Residents of Sparks and Fanning. Kas.. have become so aroused over the finding of gold in a well near here that they are considering the or ganization of a joint stock comnany for further prospecting.

BRYANT BEATS SPARTAN FIVE Pleasant Mills Loses To Jay County Quintet, 44 To 3« ' Although matching field goals with the Bryunt Owls, the Pleasant Mills Spartans failed to connect from the foul line Thursday night at Portland. Bryant coming through with a 44 to 33 victory. Each team scored 17 field goals. Bryant led at the half. 27 to 18. Ford was high for Bryant with six field goals and eight foul tosses for 20 points. Clark led Pleasant Mills with 17 points. Bryant FG FT TP Rupert, f 3 17 Heller, f 1 0 2 Fidler, f 1 I 3 Montgomery, c 0 0 0 Nfnde, g 6 0 12 Ford, g 6 8 20 Totals 17 10 44 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Noll, f 2 0 4 McMillen, f 4 0 8 Neadstine. c 113 Holloway, g 2 0 4 Clark, g . ........ 8 1 17 Totals 17 2 36 Referee. Farris (Portland). Preliminary Pleasant Mills 12. Bryant 11. oLANCASTER FIVE BEATS KIRKLAND Kangaroos Lose To Wells County Quintet Thursday Night The Kirkland Kangaroos fell before the Lancaster Bobcats at the Kirkland gymnasium Thursday night, 29 to 20. Kirkland led at the first quarter, 7 to 6. but Lancaster came through in the second period to hold a 21 to 12 margin at half time. Garton led Lancaster with nine points, while S. Arnold and II Arn old each counted six for Kirkland. The Kangaroos made only eight out of 25 free throws. Kirkland FG FT TP p Baumgartner, f 0 0 0 S. Arnold, f .226 C. Baumgartner, f.. 0 2 2 D. Arnold, c 2 2 c Runkel, g . .. . 0 2 2 Fosnaugh. g 2 0 4 Girod, g . (I o 11 Totals 6 8 20 Lancaster FC, FT TP Decker, f I Bussick. f - « " Hunt, f ..... 1 “ Garton, c 3 3 Stuff, c 10-’ Linn, g . 11 Diehl, g 0 0 0 Wasson, g 1 Shannon, g 10 2 Totals 9 U 29 Referee. Crowe (Markle). Umpire. Scherry (Decatur). Preliminary Lancaster 25, Kirkland 23. ANNUAL LEADER <r<->NTIKT’ED FROM VAOK ONE) as instructor. "The Home and the Church Working Together in the Religious , Nurture of Children,” the Rev. Homer J. Aspy. “How to Find and Use Source ] Materials for Primary Children." j Mrs. Harold Zwick. — o OTHER HOUSING onV'rtNt’ED FROM HAGK Ui4E> lowing statement today: “Decatur's good name has again been recognized in Washington We are growing fast. Our city • doesn’t have a slum district in the strict meaning of the word and there isn't any reason why a city as progressive and wealthy as ours ———— i — | CORT Tonight & Tomorrow Matinee Christmas 2 P. M. 10c -25 c “PERFECT SPECIMEN” Errol Flynn - Joan Blondel. Also-Good Comedy & Shorts. SUN. MON. TUES. “SECOND HONEYMOON” with TYRONNE POWER and LORRETTA YOUNG ADDED—Good Comedy, Fox News and March of Time. 10c ■ 25c

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• Fc-Maii Carrier < ■"* iwJ ( 1 .■ WSO*' - A .. i 1 fl ; x A \ HK’ • Frances Anderson w , It's a case of where the female > carries the mail with Frances Anderson of Duluth, Minn., who has ■ been a carrier in the postal serv- - ice for 19 years and at one time i was the only woman in United < States to hold such a job. She ; has missed only one day since -1 starting her route and hopes ?o carry on until she retires after 30 , * years of mt vice. should permit even a small per f centage of the people to live ill- ‘ housed. The federal grant of , $50,000 may point the way to re- - claiming these families and providing more sanitary and healthful living quarters. I have every confidence in the local housing ] authority and know the members ;< will make the right decision in- re- • gards tn 'he government offer." o 11 U. S. GUNBOAT J . < OA riNUEn KKt'M ry v among Chinese residents today at | a report, unconfirmed, that Japanese troops had crossed the Yellow I river near Tsinanfu, 200 miles to! the west. That this fear might prove real was shown when the

, Pacific Coast Champions on Basketball Trip .4 M A w .jluUmwSk wflr X * ir t M Jwb B XE P1 IL 4 | Oil $! i S. ILlii wi llllil; , w Stanford’s champion quintet •

Rated as probably the No 1 basketball team of the nation, Stanford's stellar quintet is making a coast-to-coast jaunt, meeting the best fives in the i country. Last season when they won the west I coast championship, the Indians won 25 out of 27

Dome! (Japanese news agency, in north, quoted a Japanese army a dispatch from Tientsin in the spokesman as announcing that the ; army had decided ‘on drastic punitive action against Chinese vandals who destroyed Japanese property in Shantung province.” This would mean specifically against Tsingtao. where SIOO,OOO. OOP worth of Japanese mills were ; burned. The dispatch quoted the army spokesman as saying that Japan reserved the rghi to demand indemnification for loss and was prepared to exact guarantees that Japanese property would not be ■molested in future. o —; M. E. Sunday School Class Plans Program i An announcement was made today that Clarence R. Betts, of Corn ing. New York, will give an entertaineient at the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church. Wednesday 1 evening, at 7:30 o'clock, in an event sponsored by the Mary and Martha class of the M. E. Sunday School. Mr. Betts comes from Corning, , New York, and is a well known in- j strumentalist and gospel singer. He will bring with him a number of different instruments. No admission is to be chargrtl for the program, but tickets are being distributed by members of the Sunday School class. An offering will be taken. o Mrs. Wayne Troutner Reports Seeing Meteor It was reported toddy that Mrs. Wayne Troutner saw the meteor which is reported to have fallen in this locality Wednesday night about 8:30 o’clock. Mrs. Troutner stated it burned with a beautiful blue flame and appeared to have dropped in the west part of the city. o New Principal Named At Muncie High School Muncie. Ind.. Dec. 24 — (UP) — Roscoe D. Shaffer today assumed duties as principal of Central High \ School, succeeding Paul F. Addison, J who resigned last night. Shaffer had ■ been principal of McKinley junior high school before his appointment. Townsend Son Spends Christmas In Hospital — Indianapolis. Dec. 24. —<U.R>— Max; Townsend, son of Gov. M. Clifford Townsend and director of the state livestock buyers' license fund, will

w games and their ace forward. Hank Luisetti, scored 410 points, bringing his total to 1,126 for hi* three years in college. Shown left to right, ar« Phil Zone. Art Stoeffen, LuisetU, Jack Calder wood and Bob Zone.

spend Christmas tn a hospital here. Max wns scheduled to undergo an operation for appendicitis today o_ - — Electric Bowling Results I * ——— i '. — —. ——— G. E. INTER-DEPT. A Tool Room J. Eady 213 183 183 Il Gage 143 128 150 I, Beal 123 121 128 A. Schnlder 172 114 160 R. Stanley . 150 143 143 Totals *785 688 770 •Tie game wtfn by Stators. Stators Haubold 144 148 134 Jackson 152 152 144 Crist 177 157 142 Spade 155 117 179 McDougal . 157 146 166 Totals 785 720 765 — Welders G. Gage 172 186 157 F. Busse 112 153 J. Keller 189 133 A Miller 171 184 168 M. Hoagland 190 191 161 Brunnegraff 162 133 Totals ... 834 856 772 Assembly C. Weber 165 148 152 G. Igiurent 199 127 167 L. Ahr 179 134 161 E. Chase 154 147 213 C. Mclntosh 206 205 233 Totals 9(13 761 916 Office Iz-itz 123 151 Lankenau 169 165 164 Hancher 198 137 149 B. Gage 165 133 158 Auer . ■ 168 126 127 Braun . 124 ' Totals 823 685 749 Flanges Shultz 151 1«2 202 Busse 165 182 14“ Shackley 162 150 143 Gallogly 123 159 159 Shafer .. 233 212 190 Tdtais 824 885 841 - Rotors H. King 183 146 166 P. Reynolds 153 194 R Breiner l"f 121 H. Cochran 190 157 163 T. Miller 155 200200 o 149 15i Totals 858 783 880 Night Men Lindeman 176 211 223 E. Blackburn — 136 196 197 G. Geary 156 149 169 E. Warren — 179 192 156 E. Johnson . 150 167 224 Totals 797 915 969 - Indianapolis Youth Is Killed By Train Indianapolis. Ind . Dec. 24—(UP) —Funeral services will be held tomorrow —Christmas Day—for nine year old Joseph Henry, who was killed yesterday afternoon while he was on his way to a neighborhood Christmas party. He was taking a short cut across the tracks as a group of his friends stood on the other side telling him to hurry. Suddenly one said: “Look out for I the train." Joseph saw it too late, i His body was hurled 75 feet. o Farmer Blames \\ ife After Killing Son Kendallville. Ind.. Dec. 24. —(U.R) I —Donald Igintz. 24-year-old Noble l county farmer who authorities said . confessed late Thursday to killing his son with a hammer and then attempting suicide by slashing his throat, told coroner Myron

11 "* Healy's J i li r M HL. z : 1 ■*- | '3l j > B i I Mysterious circumstances which shrouded the death of ace veteran comic, led to investigation of reports that iS which he had had with an unknown assailant outside a tnay have contributed to his death. Healy was injured byiS on the head, shown being examined by the Los Angeles anX assistant,'during a fight which occurred while he was the birth of a son. His death came nine hours after the iltgS tion. His physician said that the star had suffered from g J stomach which might have been caused by a skull Healy, the former Actress Betty Hickman. 21 gave birth tot■■ hours before th« tragedy. ■ Christmas Greeting FromChiml - ffey 'vki <■ 'd ■ . '( ITiSRRY CHRiSTCDAS HAPPY r.6W Vsl ■ "JZ ■■ 1 " One resident of Shanghai with a sardonic sense of humor sertg back in United States this Christmas card oepv.ung bantu shying uway from the bursting snclii-

C. Hutchins that he did it because “my wife wouldn’t keep the house clean for me any longer." Lantz was said to have given the house cleaning “excuse in I confessing the crime to authorities I along with naming domestic and financial worries. —o White Christmas In Prospect For Indiana [ Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 24—(1 P !'—A white Christmas for Indiana • was in prospect today. >' The weather bureau here reported that the rain and warm weather

— The Rice Wishes You A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR ! -DININGROOM

today pobably wnitanbi ‘ t.might or early toniortwlj vide most of the state wftHW blanket. M Ontario Tobacco Crop Simcoe, Ont.— (U.B" * 1 the biggest and best] ever had and theretl»] why we should not be*’! ket it all." J- K Perre il i or th e Ontario Marketing Board has *1 ' This year’s crop amo® 1 ■ than S«.O<OWJ rrnde