Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1938 — Page 6

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JUNIOR HIGH TOPS ST. JOE MONDAY NIGHT Public Graders Score 108 Win In Annual City Series Tilt In a tight batte that kept young rooters on their feet from the opening whistle until the final gun, the Decatur junior high grabbej a leg on the Wemhoff trophy this year when they eked out a 10-8 W'in over the St. Joe graders at the new gymnasium last night in the first of the annual city series trio of title tilts. Displaying a vengeful attitude in their attempt to regain possession of the trophy held for the past two years by their Fourth street opponents. the Central lads came from behind to score the victory. A tight defense and low scoring marked the battle throughout. Welker. diminutive St. Joe forward, afforded the only score of the first quarter when he hit from well out on the floor midway in the period . to give his team a 2-0 lead. At the opening of the second quarter. Welker snatched the ball in .nid-floor and dribbled his way under to score, pushing the lead up to 4-0. Andrews almost immediately retaliated for the Junior High. how-| ever, making it 2-4. Neidigh made, gtod on a free throw attempt when ' louled by Hackman. making it 3-4 at half-time. In the third quarter ( Neidigh tied the score when he scored from the charity stripe on Klepper’s personal. Andres then lilt from out on the floor to give bis team the lead for the first time. 6-1. Welker scored on Neidigh’? person-' al and the margin was closed to one point. In the final period, Spahr hit twice, while the best St. Joe could do was Klepper’s toss from in front

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Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams ♦ 4 Tuesday Van Wert, Ohio at Yellow Jacets. Commodores at St. Joseph, Rensselaer. Dunkirk at Berne. Thursday Montpelier at Hartford. Friday Commodores at St. John’s of Delphos, Ohio. Pleasant Mills at Monmouth. Kirkland at Lancaster. Bryant at Geneva. and McClenehan’s free throw. To pick out individual performances would be unfair to the other lads who rounded out his team in t'ne style. The victory gives Central a one-game edge in the two-out-of-three game series tor the trophy. Junior High FG. FT. TP Spahr, f .... 2 0 4 Neidigh, f .022 Boer, f 0 0 0 Andrews, c .2 O 4 Mutschler. c 0 0 0 Rickard, g .000 McConnell g ... 0 0 0 Totals 4 2 10 St. Joe Briede. f 0 0 0 Cchmitz f 0 0 0 Hackman, f 0 0 0 Klepper c - 10 2 Welker, g 2 15 McClenehan. g Oil Totals 3 2 8 Referee Vizard (Pleasant Mills) Umpire Beal (Decatur) Preliminary Junior High 11, St. Joe 4. WIN CONTESTS IN WPRLEAGUE G. E. And Cloverleaf Defeat Monmouth And Hartford Teams The Cloverleaf and General Electric teams scored victories in the the Adams county WPA basketball league Monday night, in two games played on the regular league schedule. The Cloverleaf Hartford township 35-27, after being held to a 13-12 margin at the half. Hebble was the leading scorer for Cloverleaf with seven field goals and a free throw for a total of 15 points. C. Anderson and S. Anderson each connected four times from the field for Hartford. Playing tight defensive ball, the G. E. team defeated Monmouth, 208. Monmouth led at the half, 7-4, but the G. E. quintet held Monmouth to a single free throw in the second half to register victory. Strickler was G. E’s leading scorer with four field goals and two foul tosses for 10 points. Gerke was high for Monmouth with four points. This game was played on the Monmouth floor. Geneva is scheduled to play at Kirkland tonight, and the City! News Stand and St. Mary’s will meet at the Commodore gymnasium Wednesday night. - Cloverleaf To Play Ridgeville Tomorrow The Decatur Cloverleaf basketball team will play the Ridgeville Kraft i Cubs Wednesday night at the D. HS. Gymnasium. The Ridgeville team is composed mainly of the players v. ho participated in the Fort Wayne regional tourney a few years ago. This gamew ill be played at 8 o'clock, preceded by a preliminary between the Cloverleaf seconds and Willshire, Ohio. Admission will be 10 cents. HUNDREDS DIE <rnNTTNTTwn recg ®AGK Nearer the great Siberian Steppes whose bitter winds caused the cold, temperatures of 27 degrees below zero were reported in Poj land and 40 degrees below in Russia. There were several peculiarities about the cold wave. One was that it came before the snow which usually blankets eastern Europe and protects crops. Again, ships coming down from Arctic regions reported bright, warm sunshine. In Iceland the temperature, at 43 degrees above zero, was 20 degrees warmer than that in London. The sea was frozen for seven miles along the foreshore of the Thames Estuary, below London, and shipping was paralyzed. o Trate la A Good Tvwa — Weeatan

PURDUE WHIPS EASTERN TEAM , Trounces Connecticut State; Butler Defeats Wisconsin Chicago, Dec. 20.- <U.P>— Purdue I retained its position among uni beaten big ten basketball teams today after defeating Connecticut State. 51 to 30, in its fourth game ! of a pre-Christinas series. The Boilermakers regulars jumped into a 13 to 3 lead with ease ! and were relieved by reserves with eight minutes of the first half to J play. Reserves played u good part ■ of the remainder of the game. The game was played last night on Purdue’s home floor at Lafayette, Ind. Chicago and lowa fared equally well against Aberlin college and DePaul, but Northwestern and Wisconsin each lost by a threepoint margin last night. Chicago led Oberlin 18 to 0 at the half and continued on to win, | 33 to 16. It was the Maroons’ fourth victory in five starts. lowa nosed out DePaul, 34 to 29. in the Anal four minutes of play tn a game in which neither team was more than two baskets ahead at ' any time until the end of the sec- ! ond period. Northwestern, which meets Notre Dame Tuesday night, lost to Temple. 32 to 29. The game wound up an eastern tour for the < Wildcats and was their tliTrd straight defeat. Wisconsin, rated a “dark horse" , in the zig ten campaign, was defeated by Butler. 24 to 21. its second straight loss after winning the I first three games on its schedule. Last night’s results: Purdue 51.Connecticut State 50; Chicago'33. I Oberlin 16; lowa 34, DePaul 29; Temple 32. Northwestern 29; But-; Tonight's schedule; Wisconsin ler 24. Wisconsin 21. at Xavier, Cincinnati. Wednesday's schedule: Connecticut State at Illinois; Minnesota at Nebraska; and Marquette at Chicago. o i* Decatur Bowling League Results In the Elks bov. Ung lenguc at Mies Recreation last night the league-leading Hoofs dropped a pair to the Legs, who advanced to within three games of the leaders. The Legs posted up a 2,670 while the best the Hoofs could do was 2,482. Mies. Appelman and ! Ahr led the winners, getting a 567. 566 and 574 respectively. Mies’ high was 212 and Appelman’s 233, while Ahr broke the 200 mark twice. Reynolds rolled a 610 ser- | lessor the Hoofs, getting away to a big 234 in his Initial game. The Tails kept pace with the Legs by taking two from the Antlers and thus remaining in a tie for second place. Stump rolled 194 his first attempt, fell to 149 his second and then posted up a 214 to total 559 and lead his winning team. Schneider, Macklin, Ehler and Weber all passed the 500 three-game total, but no other 200 I single games were marked up. The Standings W. L. Hoofs 27 18 Legs —24 21 'Tails 24 21 Antlers 15 30 Last Night's Scores • Antlers Ehler 134 183 184 Weber - 158 182 193 I p Gage .... 156 123 167 DeVoss 157 124 199 p. Miller 137 148 159 Totals—742 760 902 Tails Macklin 143 194 169 Baker 166 173 134 i i Schnieder 173 171 164 Stump 196 149 214 Totalsßl3 822 816 Legs . Q. Gage 171 183 119 .A. Miller 166 176 148 , Appelman 233 167 166 Mies 182 173 212 Ahr 204 205 165 Totals9s6 904 810 Hoofs Fuhrman 139 I i Beal 148 .. 145 ■ Gilllom 162 146 153 i Reynolds 234 181 195 • Mutschler 169 157 184 i D. Gage 161 166 Bones 142 I Totalsßs2 787 843 r o 1 HITLER SEEKING 1 (CONTINUED FKOM PAGE ONE) > leaders and reports of chaos in > the army. Nobody has ever ! known whether the Red armies would crack or conquer in a 1 showdown. , Revolt Threatens London, Dec. 20 —(U.RJ —Political quarters reported today that Prime Minister Neville Chamberi lain was threatened with a cab-

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inet revolt. This time the dispute involved. not the government’s foreign i policy but its rearmament program. it was reported According to political gossip, a number of men of junior minis-, terial rank demanded the resigna-1 tion of four key cabinet men — | Leslie war secre- j tary; Sil Thomas Inskip, minister for defense co-ordination; Vis-1 count Rnnciman, lord president of I •he council, and Earl Winterton. I special assistant to the home secretary. Runciman and Winterton joined, the cabinet within the last few | months. The duties attaching to] their official posts are but nomin-1 al: they were named really to he' among the half dozen lenders in' rearmament work. It is reported that a number

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Harold “Jug” McSpaden, of Winchester. Mass., is pictured after sinking a tough one during the SIO,OOO Miami Open Golf tournament. This picture was taken as McSpaden ticked off a 66, four under par, which saw him go into the third and final round with a four stroke lead.

Frisch New Pelican Manager?

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Leo Durocher and Frankie Frisch Two of baseball’s better-known names, Leo Durocher, left, new manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Frankie Frisch, ex-Cardinal manager and now mentioned as the next manager of the New Orleans Pelicans, are snapped by the camera at the minor 'eague meeting In New Orleans.

I of the younger men. that is memj bers of parliament who. holding i posts such as parliament secretary in the various government departments, are being groomed for cabinet jobs, say that they 1 will get out unless the four minI isters do. There were other reports that, j because of publicity given the I matter, the four ministers themI selves may precipitate a cabinet 1 crisis by offering their resigna- | lions in order to force Chamber- ! lain to express his confidence in 1 them or to replace them. o 500 Sheets BVixll, ZO-lb_ White Automatic Mimeograph Bond, nealy wrapped $1.05. This paper is free of lint and sized for pen and ink. Decatur Democrat Comrany. ts

COURT HOUSE Hearing Re-Set The hearing on the application for an Interlocutory order was reset for January 3 In the divoice case brought by Kermit H. 4’all'tway against Margaret Glock Gallaway. Finds for Plaintiffs The defendant, A. C. Smith, was called and defaulted in the suit to collect a note, brought by Sam Nussbaum and others, trustees for | the benefit of the stockholders of the Peoples .State Bank of Berne.! The case was submitted, evidence heard and a finding and judgment rendered for the plaintiff against the defendant for $946.50. Sale Approved The appraisement of the real estate was filed in the partition suit brought by Nathan C. Nelson and Mildred Kathryne Nelson against Jesse N. Nelson and othi.s. The report of the sale was examined and ; approved. A deed was ordered, re- j ported, examined and approved. A bond in the sum of $24,000 was I filed, examined and approved in the estate of John Neuhausen Letters were ordered, reported and confirmed. Inventory number one was filed, examined and approved in the estate of Edwin Lehman. A petition to determine the inheritance tax was filed and referred to the county . assessor. The final report was filed and notice ordered returnable. January 9 in the estate of Christ Wente. A petition was filed by the administrator to sell real estate to pay debts in the estate of Sarah Ellen Beery. Notice was ordered returnable. January 3. Indiana Sportsman Is Killed While Hunting Connersville, Ind., Dec. 20 —(UP) I —■Coroner H. W. Smesler -oday investigated the death of Paul L. Dau-, benspeck, 49-year-old Melroy gar-! age owner and sportsman who was . killed while hunting with two com- | ;>anions two miles east of here yes-1 terday. The body was found six feet from I a fence, a 12-guage shotgun charge through the heart. A glove hung on the fence. The companions, Bernard Dill and J. Fussner. said they were walking 100 yards ahead of Daul.enspeck when they heard a shot. They went hack and found him dead. Mexican Divorces Invalid In State Indianapolis. Ind,, Dec. 20 —(UP) Mexican divorces will not be recognized in Indiana according to Superior Judge Joseph T. Markey, who late yesterday refused to recognize the decree obtained in Mexico by Vernon A. Griffis. Judge Markey awarded Mrs. Eloise Richardson Griffis a divorce tn proceedings she started in his court. He also granted her SI,OOO alimony and $lO a week support for the Griffis small son. When her husband's Mexican divorce was mentioned in court. Mrs. Griffis said it was the first she knew of it. Auto Strikes Pig, - Driver Is Killed North Manhester. Ind., Dec. 20 — (UP)—A pig crossing the highway interupted a pleasure trip of four persons to Fort Wayne and brought death to one, Leon Garber. 21, here last night. Garber, accompanied by his wife : and parents, was driving to Fort

Hears Spy Trial

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Judge Bunk Gardner Federal District Judge Bunk Gardner of Kentucky is presiding at the trial of four persons on espionage charges at Cristobal, Canal Zone. The defendants, including Hans Schackow, of the German Hapag-Lloyd line, are accused of unlawfully obtaining information affecting the defense of thfe Canal Zone,

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Frank Salazar Wilma Kennedy Facing the death penalty. Frank Salazar, 23, a Mexican relief wm er, was held for trial at Austin, Tex., in connection with the slavi of the parents of his "dream girl," Wilma Kennedy, 16 Salaz was said by police to have admitted shooting Mr. and Mrs p s Kennedy to death and hacking two other young daughters with ax before abducting Wilma In Miles, Tex. The two sisters were critical condition, with only a slight chance to recover. Miss Ke nedy said Salazar forced her into his car at gunpoint and held t for two days.

Wayne for some last minute shopp- died instantly, his skull (TII X •ng when the pig cut across the His father. Hayden Garber, road in front of his ear. The ma-j ed a brain concussion. chine struck the animal and then and mother escaped with ininaß swerved into a utility pole Garber juries. ■

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