Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1938 — Page 6

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FASTEST FIELD IN HISTORY IN SPEEDWAY RAGE Only Five Positions Remain Open As More Are Qualified Indianapolis. May 28. —(U.R) The fastest field in history was almost complete today for the annual 500mile Memorial day race next Monday. Only five of the 33 starting places remained to be filled daring four hours of qualifying trials this afternoon. Five drivers qualified late yesterday, bringing to 28 the total eligible to compete in America’s richest agoline derby. Evidence that this will be the classiest field in history was given by the fact that 18 of the 28 cars in the field have qualified at an average speed of greater than 120 miles per hour. Only three of last year's 33 starters qualified at better than 120. Six others qualified this year at speeds between 119 and 120 as compared with only four in this bracket last year. Latest qualifiers are Louis Tomei, Culver City. Calif.. 121.594; Harry Maequinn. Milwaukee, Wis., 119.492; Tony Willman. Milwaukee, 118.458; Ira Hall. Terre Haute, Ind., 118.255; and Emil Andres, Chicago. 117.126. A dozen or more drivers were prepared to “shoot the works for the five remaining positions in final qualifying trials opening at noon today and continuing until 4 p. m. Among those ready were such outstanding drivers as Cliff Bergere. Hollywood; Ralph Hepburn. Los Angeles: Billy Winn, Detroit; Billy Devore. St. John. Kan.; Deacon Litz, Dubois. Pa.; and George Bailey. Detroit. None of these drivers has tried to qualify yet and each has three trials if necessary. Tomei, piloting a P. O. B Perfect S’al Special, recorded the tenth fastest qualifying time just before dusk settled over the big brick saucer. He failed in his first attempt when his throttle stuck but he catne back shortly afterwards to whirl around the 25-mile course without difficulty. His fastest lap was 122.233. Hall is the oldest driver in the race and one of the oldest ever to qualify for the Memorial day classic. He refused to state his exact age, saying it was “about 50." He is the Republican candidate for sheriff of Vigo county. In the 1933 Memorial day race. Hall was awarded the annual sportsmanship trophy after he held a wrecked car against the outside wall to prevent it from sliding onto the track and endangering the lives of other drivers. In hi 3 youth. Hall was a prize fighter and once fought with Packey McFarland, famous lightweight.

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SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sunday from 1:15 Matinee Monday 1:30 to 3 The eagerly awaited successor to “You’re Only Young Once” “JUDGE HARDY’S CHILDREN” With MICKEY ROONEY Lewis Stone, Cecelia Parker. ALSO—Musical Comedy; Popeye Cartoon & Traveltalk. 10c25c O—O Last Time Tonight—"THE FIRST 100 YEARS” Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Warren William. ALSO — Charley Chase Comedy, Sportlight & News. 10c-25c WHaBSSBKSHOMBB SUN. MON. TUES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday “STATE POLICE” John King, Constance Moore & “EXTORTION” Scott Colton, Mary Russell Evenings 10c-20c o—o Last Time Tonight—Charles Starrett “Call of the Prairie." ALSO—“Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars;” Cartoon & Novelty. 10c-15c

POSTPONE TOURNEY Heavy rains prevented play in the northeastern Indiana coference tourney at Kendallville today. The tournament will be played next Tuesday, May 31, The Yellow Jackets will open * the tourney, meeting Kendallville at 9 a. in. ((’ST), followed by the Bluffton-Hartford City | clash. The winners will meet ■ in the afternoon to decide the conference championship. 4— _ ♦ STfNCINGS - NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York .... 22 9 .710 Chicago 22 13 .629 Boston 16 12 -571 Cincinnati 18 16 .529 Pittsburgh 15 16 .484 St. Urnis ... 12 19 .387 Brooklyn 12 23 .34.1 Philadelphia 9 18 .333 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Cleveland 22 11 .66 < Boston 19 12 .613 New York .17 12 .586 Washington 19 17 .528 Detroit 15 1" 469 Chicago 12 14 .462 Philadelphia 11 19 .367 St. Louis 9 22 .290 YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Chicago 5. Pittsburgh 0. Philadelphia at New York, wet grounds. Brooklyn at Boston, rain. Cincinnati 2. St. Louis 1 (10 innings). American League Detroit 5. Chicago 2. Cleveland at St. Louis, rain. Only games scheduled. oCostal Alaska Not So Cold Seward, Alaska. — (U.R) —Costal Alaskans declared the so-called frozen North was a myth. Here in Seward temperatures continue to hover around 20 degrees above zero, while radio reports from the States tel lof sub-zero weather and storms. o— Too Cold For Suicide Cleveland—KU.PJ —Joseph Popk, 54, was in 111 health and had no money. He jumped fiom a pier into Lake Erie. The water was icy cold from winter winds—too cold for suicide. Popk changed his mind, shouted for help and was rescued by a steamship captain, Luther Cippi. o Bear Shot in Catskills Kingston, N. Y—KUJ&-A brown bear was shot by hunters on Canape Mountain. The bear, weighing 133 pounds, was the first to be killed in the Catskill Mountains in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. o Mrs. Philip Obenaur is reported as being seriously ill.

Is It True? k Y1 kJ u ! I lb« < «1 I ■.< gl, : ' Jp “Dixie” Davis Is it true what they say about Dixie 1 If it is then Nev x ork political circles are in for a considerable shakeup. J. Richard Davis, better known as “Dixie", is under arrest on charges of having succeeded the late gangster, Dutch Schultz, as head of New York's huge policy and lottery racket. Latest development in the case came when District Attorney Thomas Dewey brought charges against James Hines, powerful Tammany Hall leaoer, that the latter was the "fixer" for Davis and his ring.

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COUNTY LEAGUE PLAYS SUNDAY Adams County Amateur League Teams Play Three (James Three games are scheduled for Sunday afternoon in the Adams j' county amateur baseball league, in J the second day's play in the newly formed league. For Decatur fans, the St. Mary’s and Pleasant Mills teams will play ' al Worthman Field, with the game 1 > scheduled to start at 2:15 o'clock In the other two games scheduled, the G. E. team will meet the I Fuelling team at Monroeville, and ! Preble will make its first start, | playing Monmouth at Monmouth. I Mies Recreation drew the bye this week. In first round games last Sunday, G. E. nosed out Mies. Fuelling defeated St. Mary's and Monmouth downed Pleasant Mills. No league games are scheduled for Monday. Memorial day. o PREBLE N EWS~ • • - ■ ♦ Miss Marjorie Dilling entertained a few junior leaders Monday evening for the purpose of making programs for the rest of the summer meetings. Those (present were Mrs. H. Mann, Jaunita Lehman, Leroy Schw’artz and Leo Nussbaum. Mr. and Mrs Victor Bultemeier and daughter Marie an-d son Carl of Bingen, spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. George Bultemeier and daughters. Mrs. John Kirchner and daughters Erma and Mrs. June Shackley motored to Marion Saturday where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Albert James. Mrs. James is recuperating from a recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan, Mrs. Henry Decker, and Mrs. June | Shackley attended the commence ment exercises of the St. Joseph hospital at Fort Wayne Sunday evening. Miss Wahneta Sullivan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles

Sullivan, was a graduate of the school of nursing. Little Robert Runge of Fort. Wayne is spending several weeks with Mrs. Milton Hoffman and family. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cable and family of Decatur visited with Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Cable and family, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Venis of Decatur visited with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Werling and family Sunday. Max Beigh of Claypool was the guest over the week-end of Mr. and Mrs. Haneel Foley and son O'Dell. Mrs. Milton Hoffman and daughters Dorothy, Gertrude and Meriam, Robert Runge of Fort Wayne, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Straub and family. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Heiler and daughter Vera and Mr. and Mrs. John Heller were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Veral Heller. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman and daughters, Dorothy, Gertrude and Mariam and sons Oscar, Leo and Donald; Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Cable There will be fun for everyone at Sunset Park, Decoration day, May ,30th. Coon dogs front Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky in; the annual coon dog race. i

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1938.

SCHOOL AT 3 P. M. I ' l| Because of wet grounds, the | third in a series of junior base- ; ball schools was not held this morning. The school will be | held, however, at 3 o'clock this j ■ afternoon at Worthman Field. ♦ • - ♦' and family; Mrs. Lena Slierlodk, Mr. and Mrs. George Grate and son of Corunna. Mr. and Mrs. August' of Magley were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. ad Mrs. Ernest Bash of Salamonle. Miss Gertrude Tof'man is spending several days with Mrs. Runge of Fort Wayne. ‘ - o Charley Yates Wins British Golf Title Troom, Scotland. May 28—(UP) —Charley Yates of Atlanta Ga., regained his form after a shaiky start and won the British amateur golf championship with a victory over Cecil Ewing, Irish walker cup star, in the 36-hole finals today. | Yates was the first American to win the title since Law’son Little turned the trick for the second sue- ! cessive year in 1935. Yates won by 3 and 2. o Columbia City Woman Killed At Anderson — Anderson, tad.. May 28—(UP) — Mrs. Helen Durham, 26. of Columbia City was killed and her husband and son uvere injured late yesterday when their automobile skidded on wet pavement on Indiana

Starter of 500-Miie Race Sees xMore Flag Waving Needed Now | Hr Starter Klein give* one of the racer* th* checkered flag in qualifying for 500-mile race.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The man who waves the flags for the 500-mile race believes his hands will be busier than ever this Decoration Day. Seth Klein is closer to the race cars than any official at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Watch him lean far over his platform 20 feet above the track, directly at the starting line. His flags nearly brush the top of the driver’s head, yet Klein has the knack of fluttering the banners so they can’t be missed by the driver and yet don’t distract his attention from the track, or impede his view. Klein has been the official starter at Indianapolis for the

I highway 67 near here, overturing four times. Mrs. Durham died in the St. John's hospital here two hours after the accident. The husband, Adam. 38. suffered several broken ribs internal injuries and a possible fractured skull. The son. Richard. 6. sustained a ‘broken leg and other injuries. o Bremen Crew Members Taken Into Custody New York. May 28 —(U.R) —An officer and three members of the crew of the North German Lloyd liner Bremen were jailed under heavy bond as material witnesses to German spy ring operations just before the ship sailed early today . and J. Edgar Hoover, head of the federal bureau of investigation, came here to take charge of the case. There were sudden swift maneuvers by federal agents during the night in the espionage case that has been under investigation by a i federal grand jury for two weeks. o Postmaster Ends 48th Year Greer. Mo.— '(U.R? — Peter Williams, 85, believed to be the oldest i postmaster in the United States, ' has completed his 48th years as ■ postmaster here. He was first appointed by President Benjamin . Harrison in 1890. j o First Girl in 5 Generations Arbuckle, Cal.--(U.R>-An 8-pound ■ girl babdy born to Mr. and Mrs. • Ray Young. Jr., was the first girl • to be born in the Young family for . five generations.

past 19 races. “The return to one-man cars,” he points out, “will mean the drivers will have to receive more warning flags than ever before. The mirrors on the cars will help some, but a driver will know it’s official that a car is attempting to pass him when he gets a vivid blue flag. Black means stop for consultation at the pits. Yellow, drive with caution; white, starting your last lap, and the checkered flag, you are finished.” Klein officiates also at the qualifying speed trials, when he steps out on the track, not more than 'four feet from the driver and ' gives him the various flags.

CHICAGO COPS HOIO SUSPECTS. Question 15 Nejrro Suspects In Latest AttackMurder Case ) Chicago. May 28 (U.R) Police were questioning 15 negro suspects today in the hope of obtaining some clue which might solve the attackmurder of Mrs. Florence Johnson. i 34, wife of a city fireman She was beaten to death by a negro sex criminal in her apartment early yesterday while her j two small children and sister slept in adjoining rooms, unaware of the I tragedy that had overtaken her. I Her attacker entered her bedroom after crawling through a window of her first floor apartment. Principal suspect among the negro casuals arrested yesterday and last night by roving police squads is Thomas Crosby. 18, who i recently completed a jail sentence for petty larceny. He was picked up near the Johnson home. His hand was 1 scratched and his clothing smeared with blood. He told conflicting stories, first that he had been killing chickens, then that he had been fighting. A coroner's chemist was taking tests to determine if the blood found in Crosby's clothI Ing is human blood, and. if so. if it i is the same type as Mrs. Johnson's. A brick with which she was slain ' was found beneath her pillow. Dej tails of the crime were similar to the attack-murder of Miss Anne ! Kutcha. 18-year-old student nurse, at the Chicago hospital Aug. 21. She was beaten to death with a brick in the early morning hours. o Mayor Pays For Parking Harrisburg. Pa. — (U.R) —Mayor John A. F. Hall walked Into traffic bureau and paid the customary $2 penalty for parking, overtime in Market Square. “I've lived in Har- ! risburg long enough to know the i laws,” was the mayor's only comment. o Engine "Burns” Rails Coahoma. Tex.—(U.PZWes Warren miraculously escaped injury when his automobile was demolished by a Texas and Pacific passenger train at a grade crossing near here. The locomotive enginI eer applied the brakes and the rails were so burned by friction that i they had to be replaced.

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Canary Congress Called - Budapest —(UP) — Breeders of; canary birds from 16 countries will send representatives to an international congress to 'be held in Buda- 1 p°st this sipring. A competition of birds from many countries will be held and prizes bestowed for the singing and oral qualities. Golf Ball Roundup On Sydney, Australia — (UPi — A drive is on among the golf clubs of Australia to round up 5.000 eld golf balls. They will be hit into the sea in practice swings between the members of the Australian anil English golf teams that are to complete here coon. •

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