Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1938 — Page 6

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LEAGUE TEAMS TO PLAY TODAY AND TOMORROW Games Scheduled This Af-| ternoon, Sunday, In Co. Amateur League League Standing W. L. Pct. Mips Recreation 1 1 .875 Fuelling 8 3 .667 Pleasant Mills 6 3 .66" General Electric I 3 .571 I Monmouth 4 4 -W® Preble 2 6 .250 St. Mary’s .09 .000 Six games are scheduled for teams in the Adams county amateur baseball league over this! week end, with three games this! afternoon and three Sunday after j noon. Today’s games were necessitated J by a change in the date of the sectional tournament, which will be held at the Beasancon diamond in Allen county Sunday. August 14. The Mies Recreation, league leaders, will attempt to maintain their hold on first place this afternoon when they battle Preble at Worthman Field. Other games this afternoon are: Pleasant Mills at Fuelling and General Electric at Monmouth. Mies will face another tough foe Sunday afternoon, when the top ranking nine is scheduled to play Pleasant Mills at the latter team’s diamond, southeast of Decatur on highway 33. Other games on the card for Sunday afternoon are: Preble vs. General Electric at Worthman Field, and St. Mary’s at Monmouth The winner of the Adams county league will represent the county in the sectional tourney August 14. Two games will be played in the morning of the 14th, with sectional championship game in the afternoon. Tickets for the entire tourney, priced at 25 cents, may be obtained from any of the team managers or from George Laurent, recreation supervisor, and league secretary. ■ o - Catfish Becomes Mascot Fort Worth, Tex.—<U.R> —A 55pound catfish has succeeded a faithful dog as mascot of the Fort Worth municipal airport. After several years as a familiar figure around the field, the dog was accidentally killed. The catfish was caught in a lake near here by Ray Fortner, pilot, and given to the airport case operator.

WELL DRILLING Prices Reasonable “ Write Floyd Kohn Ohio City, Ohio SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Shows Daily LAUREL & HARDY in “SWISS MISS”. Della Lind, Eric Blore. ALSO — "Crime Does Not Pay” Thriller; Screen Song & Pete Smith Novelty. 10c-25c O—O Last Time Tonight — “HUNTED I MEN” Lloyd Nolan. Mary Carlisle, i Lynne Overman. ALSO—3 Stooges j Comedy; Sportlight & News. 10-25 c SUN. MON. TUES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday “Young Fugitives” Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent — and — “Numbered W oman” Sally Blane, Lloyd Hughes Evenings 10c-15c -o Last Time Tonight — "STAGE COACH DAYS” Jack Luden. Also —“Fighting Devil Doga”; Cartoon & Musical. ONLY 10c —o Wed. 4 Thur*. — “PIONEER TRAIL” with Jack Luden. 10c BOTH NIGHTS.

I STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. I! Pittsburgh 86 31 .644 I New York 53 36 .582 i Chicago 50 39 .562 | Cincinnati • 49 41 .544 ! Brooklyn 41 48 .461 I Boston 29 46 .459 | St. Louis 27 50 .425 Philadelphia 27 89 .314 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 54 30 .643 1 Cleveland 52 30 .634 Boston 50 33 .602 Washington 46 46 .500 Detroit 44 46 .489 , Chicago 35 42 .455 i Philadelphia 29 51 .362 l-St. Louis 26 58 .310 i | YESTERDAY'S RESULTS 1 National League Boston 2. St. Louis 1. New York 5. Cincinnati 4. Philadelphia 5. Chicago 4 (12 innings). Pittsburgh 7. Brooklyn 6. American League Detroit 9, Philadelphia 2. Cleveland 12. Washington 4. New York 4. Chicago 3. Boston at St. Louis, to be played in double-header Sunday. o DECATUR YOUTH IN TOURNAMENT Rollie Affolder Among 160 In National Tennis Tourney Culver, Ind , July 30—(Special)—| Twenty-four of Indiana's young , tennis stars will be among the 160 i boys and juniors who will begin ; the quest for the national crowns I here on the Culver Military Acad- . emy courts Monday, August 1. Champions from 26 stages are entered. Twelve cities in the state will be represented with Indianapolis heading th elist with four juniors and two boys. Hoosiers entered in the play are as follows: Culver—Bob Henderson (Junior) Decatur Rollie Affolder. (Boys) 107 S. Seventh street. East Chicago — Garrett Fagan,! (Junior). Elkhart—Dick Fawcett. Richard LeFevre and Ralph LeFevre (Juniors I. and Rod Jordan (Boys.) Gary—George Stanko, Jr., (Jun-1 ior.) Greencastle —Bob Agnew (Boys). Hammond —Dale Karlen, (Boys). Huntington — Paul C. Souder, (Junior.) Indianapolis —Albert Gisler Jr., Riley Hancock. Nelson Johnson and Raymond Von Sprecklensen, (Juniors), and Harvey Bradley and Tom Messerlie. (Boys). Plymouth — Henry Harper Jr. I and Fred Morrow (Boys). South Bend — John Coquillard. (Boys). Terre Haute — Gleyn Wallenbrock and James Wood (Juniors): and Dick Wood (Boys). o— — Trnde In A Good Town — DecotnT

DINE AT Rice Hotel Sunday Dinner 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. 5 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Chicken Dinners A Specialty 65c Prime Roast Beef 50c Studebaker Homestead •/j mile east of Decatur on Belmont Road PARKING ALLDAY or EVENING & Also Camping Ground. Plenty of shade and water. Outside toilet.

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PENNSY SOLONS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) lature’s procedure in such cases; enabled the attorney general to. . supercede a district attorney in | such matters, and had the effect of suspending the projected Dauphin county investigation. o FREE SCORING GAME FRIDAY i s North Manchester Merchants Edge Out Decatur Casting, 16-15 i One of the wildest scoring softball games of the year was played , : at the South Ward diamond Fri- , I day night, when the North Man- ’ Chester Merchants nosed out a 16- , 15 victory over the Decatur CastI ing team in an exhibition tilt. . In the regular league contest, \ ■ i Casting scored an easy 10-3 vic- , ; tory over the Decatur CYO. Beery I held the CYO to five hits, only . ’ two of which came in the same , ' inning. ;, ■ Casting held a 15-12 lead at the i end of the eighth inning but North Manchester pounded out four hits and received a walk to score four runs in the first of the ninth. Casting filled the bases with two out in the ninth but could not score. R H E • CYO . . 101 000 1— 3 5 4 ; Casting 320 032 x—lo 9 5 . Baker and Murphy, Hackman; Beery and M. Ladd. • RR E 1 IN. M’chester 001 040 434 —16 14 6 Casting 312 330 300—15 13 7 Cripe, Zellers and Baker; Wynn, Agler and M. Ladd. o * PETERSON NEWS J Mrs. Bill Spade of Vera Cruz and daughter Mrs. Frank Huebner of Bluffton called on Mr. and Mrs. ■ Frank Spade Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weldy of Miami Beach, Florida, and Miss da Weldy of Marion called on Mr. ■ and Mrs. W. B. Weldy Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Schlickman and ; children visited Mr. and Mrs. A. Hetrick of Craigville Sunday. Mrs. Ella Liddy of Berne and Mrs. Elizabeth Hall of Lima, Ohio : called on Mr. and Mrs. George ; Bright Tuesday. Ralph Spade went to Cincinnati I to the ball game Wednesday. Mrs. Ellis Skiles and children I Bris, Ray and Betty and Mrs R. M. Houck are spending the week at MORRIS PLAN LOANS i on FURNITURE LIVESTOCK ELECTRIC STOVES REFRIGERATORS. Special Plan for School Teachers. NEW AUTOMOBILES $6.00 for SIOO.OO per year Repayable Monthly. Suttles-Edwards Co. Representatives.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JULY 30. 1938.

PET PARADE EXTRY Tuesday, Aug. 2 Name Age Address Type of Pet Mail to George F. Laurent, Decatur, Ind. No entry fee. Deadline July .31.

Snow Lake. Ellis Skiles spent last week end and this week end with his family at Snow Lake. Harve Beery, Miss Helen Beery and Mrs. George Bright went to Snow Lake this week-end. Mrs. Robert Bienz and family returned to Indianapolis after a two weeks' stay with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stranos and daughter Virginia. Mrs. Frank Spade and Mrs Leonard Lichty spent Wednesday at Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kelley’s in Decatur. Ellis Skiles had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ora Brentlinger and children Lauren and Billy, Wednesday evening. Mrs. Grant Ball called on Mr. and Mrs. Weldy Friday. o DEATH CLAIMS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Stacy Shaw wil lofficiate. The body will be moved from the Black, funeral home this evening and may be viewed at the residence after 7 o’clock.

Steel Head at Senate Hearing < B Fi ' Charles M. White exhibiting booklet Admitting that he was "not proud" of "shocking" revelations of union espionage and violence by Republic Steel police, Charles M. White, vice president of the corporation, insisted a distorted picture was being given of the situation when he testified before the senate civil liberties committee in Washington, above. White exhibited a booklet stating the company's case which offered SI,OOO if one of the charges made in it were untrue.

ALL IN READINESS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ning livestock will be held at 1:30 , o'clock Friday afternoon. Advance ■ entries indicate one of the largest livestock shows in the history of the fair. , Sensational free acts have been ] obtained for the entertainment of , the crowds which will throng to Decatur’s midway. Free acts will he given each day. , starting Tuesday, at 2. 2:30. 5. 7, 8:30 and 10 p. nt., with the excep- ' tion of some minor changes necessitated by the various parades. On the last four days of the fair, starting Wednesday morning, a free act will be presented each morning at 10:30 o'clock. Horse pulling contests will be held Friday and Saturday mornings in the 11. P. Schmitt field, just east of Decatur across the Monroe street bridge. The lightweight contest will be held Friday and the heavyweight contest Saturday. The fair will close with Carnival Day Saturday, and the midway will be closed promptly at midnight. o Trnde In A Good Town — Decatur

LIST SCHEDULE FOR GAMES IN i LIONS LEAGUE] Season To Close With] “Little World Senes j August 12 The schedule of games for the { balance of the season in the Lions Recreation league was announced "day by George Laurent, recrentfon supervisor. , No games will be played next week, because of the Decatur Free ( Street Fair and Agricultural Show, with play to be resumed Monday. August 8. The “Little World Series, between the winning teams in the two leagues, will be played Friday., August 12. j The schedule for next week fol-I lows: „ a «,->»• I Aug. B.—Cards vs. Red Sox, Pirates vs. Yankees Aug. 9—Cards vs. Giants; I ir-• ates vs. Cubs. I Aug. 10—Cards vs. Pirates; Tigers vs. Cubs. Aug. 11—Red Sox vs. Giants. Indians vs. Yankees. Aug. 12 “Little World Series. LEAGUE STANDING National W. L. Pct. Giants 9 3 Cubs - 7 6 • RR,< I Pirates 5 6 -454, Cards 1 10 091 . American W. L. Pct. Indians 1° 3 .*69 Yankees 6 6 500 | Red Sox 5 7 .416 1 Tigers 5 8 .384, o— FORD OBSERVES (•CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ' we can build prosperity no other way.” he said. “The only market we have that is worth a hoot is the market provided by wages paid. And you < would be surprised to know how many schemes there are to curtail I that market.” Ford will attend tonight a birthday dinner at which 1.600 friends and admirers will felicitate him. In the group will be business competitors, business associates, prominent figures in the world of finance, and men who have been with him since the Ford company was organized in 1903. Eight thousand school children had been scheduled to give a pageant in Dearborn today in Ford's honor and which Ford had

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planned to attend, but because of j threatening weather, it was post- | potted until Sunday. o f PREBLENEWS j Wilma Andrews returned home Sunday after spending the week 'at Lake Tippecanoe with a group I :f Muncie and Decatur girls. Mr. and .Mrs. Oscar Werling and ! sons of Fort Wayne spent Sunday i j evening with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. i Eultemeier and daughter Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Doehrntan I and daughters of Hoagland were Sunday guests of the latter's par-1 : cnts. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Koenemann ! I and family. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Liemenstoll I I and daughters and Miss Rachel Lei- 1 I menstall of Detroit. Mich., visited

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