Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1938 — Page 6

DECATUR HOST TO FOUR TEAM MEET MONDAY Berne, Bluffton, Hartford City To Compete Here Monday Basketball interest in Decatur and Adams county will focus on the new junior-senior high school gymnasium New Years' Monday afternoon and night, where the third annual four-team blind tourney will be staged laist minute preparations have been made and all is in readiness for the feature holiday net attraction. which brings together the Herne Bears, the Bluffton Tigers, the Hartford City Airedales, with the Decatur Yellow Jackets as the hosts. The high school office will be open Saturday afternoon and evening for net fans to purchase reserved seats. Single admission is 3o cents per session and season ducats are selling for 50 cents. Hartford City’s Airedales, coming to Decatur with wins in the two previous tourneys tucked under their belts, are conceded little chance of repeating. The Airedales record is a somewhat sad affair thus far this year, with only one game chalked up in the win col- j umn. Bluffton Tigers, with but one ! loss, and a win over the Yellow Jackets in earlier season competition. are favored to cop the bronze trophy this year, but may expect plenty of opposition from either Berne or the Jackets As for the Jackets, they already hold a win over Berne, have lost to Bluffton and have not met the Airedales. Looking at it from anv i angle the affair should be especially interesting to Decatur fans. The sole fact that such close, heated rivals as file Bears. Tigers and Jackets are all rolled up in one tourney should prove an incent Iv» not to be denied. Who first opponents are to be will not be known until 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, an hour before the opening game, when the tourney draw is made. The first game will follow at 2 o’clock and the second at 3 o’clock ■ - n — 1 " — ■ —-w -wnmu*-. IMVMaKJMHBBK EN

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SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sunday from 1:15 Con. Mon. (New Years) from 2 “THE SHINING HOUR” Margaret Sullavan, Joan Crawford, Robert Young. Melvyn Douglas, Fay Bainter ALSO — Charley Chase Comedy; Pete Smith & Pictorial. 10c-25c —o Last Time Tonight — “The Mad Miss Menton” Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda. ALSO — Comedy & News. 10c-25c NOTE—Lome as late as 10:30 tonight — extra surprise feature picture at midnight show!

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Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams 1 Saturday F ■ Four-team tourney at Monmouth j (Monmouth, Kirkland, Jefferson and Pleasant Mills). Monday 1 Four-team tourney at Decatur (Yellow Jackets, Berne, Bluffton and Hartford City). Monday afternoon. The consolation tilt between the two afternoon r losers will be the curtain raiser at 1 7 p. m„ followed by the champion--1 ship tilt at 8. ’ Jake McClure of Fort Wayne 5 ".nd Zeke Young of Auburn will officiate at all of the contests, having been agreed upon by the athletic directors of the four competing schools. Undaunted by the prediction of dopesters and intent on winning ' the first blind tourney to be stag--1 ed in their new basketball home. Coach Hugh Andrews' Jacket charges have been practicing daily throughout the holiday week and ' hope to emerge Monday night with the trophy. o i High School Basketball Kokomo 26. Marion 23. Richmond 30, Tech (Indianapolis) . 18. Central (Evansville) 32, Shortridge (Indianapolis) 26. Central Catholic (Fort Wayne) 33. Cathedral (Indianapolis) 28. , Rochester 30. Akron 22. Hammond Tourney Hammond 37, Vincennes 24. Frankfort 42. South Side (Fort Wayne) 40. Vincennes 30, South Side 27 (consolation) I Hammond 31, Frankfort 25. College Scores Michigan 40; Butler 31. Indiana 45; Western Reserve 33. DEFEATED G. O. P. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) recounts can be conducted only on a statewide basis, the petition asserted that error was committed when the court placed recounts and contests in the same classiflation. “Obviously, however, there is no reason in the nature of things why there should be any recount of the vote cast in counties where fraud or mistake is not alleged, merely because fraud or mistake is alleged in other counties. I "If the counting and canvassing boards in only seven counties have been guilty of fraud or have made mistakes, why should it be necessary to impugn the Integrity or efficiency of the boards in all the other 85 counties? "Why muse all be smeared if i only seven are guilty? If a man j has appendicitis all he needs is to I have hU appendix removed. It is not necessary to remove and re-; place all of his vital organs. “The expense of making a re- - count in seven counties is enormous. The expense of conducting 1 a recount in al! 92 counties would be beyond the means of any can- . i didate or of any party organizations.” o Mr. and Mrs G. T. Burk and daughter. Vivian, have returned from Akron, Ohio where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sutton.. o Dance New Year’s Eve Sat. Sun Set Park.

— BLIND — Basketbali Tournament Berne - Hartford City - Bluffton DECATUR UAMPI A V JANUARY 2nd MONDAY D. H. S. GYM Afternoon Session 2 P. M. Evening Session 7 P. M. Single Admission 30c Season Ticket 50c Tickets can be purchased at High School office Saturday afternoon and evening.

Public Sale 7—ROOM HOUSE—7 i wiii sell at public auction, without reserve, the following described real estate, on FRIDAY, January 6th at 1:30 P. M. Sale will be held on premises, 504 Patterson street, just east of Line st. 7 Room House, 5 rooms down and 2 up. House is in good repair, on cement foundation. New roof. Garage. Large lot. Good well. Cistern. Cement walks. Good sewer. Will give immediate possession. TERMS—WiII be sold free of debt for 1-3 cash, 1-3 in 60 days, balance in 90 days. Come prepared to buy as this property will absolutely sell to highest bidder. ' FLOYD COOK Roy Johnson, Auctioneer.

BRYANT OWLS WIN 4-TEAM TOURNAMENT Owls Nose Out Hartford In Finals Os Geneva Net Tourney The Bryant Owls nosed out a thrilling 17-15 win over the Hartford Gorillas Friday night to cop the tropiiy in the four-team blind ! tourney at Geneva. With the score tied at 15-all, Hoehammer : hit fron out on the floor In the last 45 seconds of ploy to give his ( team the title. The Owls had gone into the championship tilt us result of a 33-24 win over the Cardinals in the first game of the afternoon The Gorillas won their way into the finals with a 36-25 win over the Monroe Bearkatz. The Petroleum Panthers of Wells county | were originally scheduled to participate >n the tourney, but Monroe was substituted when Petroleum withdrew because of the death of Charles Fisher, veteran i guard, who died from auto accl-j dent injuries. In the consolation tilt, the Bear-; katz threw a temporary scare intoj the Geneva quintet, but the Card-' inals finished strong to win. 46-33,; in a high scoring game. Habegger. Monroe guard, was awarded the sportsmanship trophy. Rolland Sprunger. Geneva principal, presented the bronze trophy t( the victorious Jay county quintet. Hartford FG FT TP Augsburger, f 0 0 0 Schlagenhauf, f 10 2 Striker, c 0 3 3 Dubach, g 13 5 Bentz, g 0 0 (U Reynolds, g.l 3 5 { Totals 3 9 15 | Bryant Shoenaher, f 0 0 0 Fefer, f 0 0 0 Rupert, f 0 11 Hoehammer, c 3 17 Ford, g i 11 3 i Orr, g 0 0 0 I F. Fidlei 2 2 6 i Totals -6 5 17 Monroe FG FT TP Mannier, f 5 1 11 ' Schwartz, f... 4 0 8 , C. Gelbert. c 3 0 6 Hanni. g 0 3 3 | Moser, e 0 11 ; Habegger, g 2 0 4 , Winteregg. g 0 0 0 G. Gilbert, g 0 0 0 Total* 14 5 33 Geneva L. Windmiller, f 6 1 13 Snyder, f 3 17 Fenstermaker. f .4 0 8 Malhys, c 1 0 2 • Sprunger. c 0 0 0 D. Windmiller, g 2 0 4 Gille, g 6 0 12 Totals 22 2 46 Bryant FG FT TP; Shoemaker, f 3 0 6 Rupert, f 3 3 9 ' Hoehammer, c 4 4 12 Ford, g 2 0 4 | Fidler, g 1 0 2 i Totals 13 7 33 I Geneva Snyder, f 13 5 Griie, f 0 5 5 Sprunger, t 0 0 0 Malays, c 1 0 2 I Fennig, c 0 0 0 j Fenstermaker, g 0 0 0 D. Windmiller, g 0 0 0 F. Windmiller, g 5 2 12 Buckmaster, g .0 0 0

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Totals 7 10 24 Hartford FG FT TP Augsburger. f 1 0 2 Striker, f 3 17 Reynolds, c —4 1 9 Scuiagenhauf, g_o 11 Amstutz, g 2 2 6 Dubach, g -1 0 2 Bentz, g 2 0 4 Bixler, f 0 11 Chiisinar, f I 0 2 Lybarger. c 10 2 Totals 15 6 36 Monroe Schwartr. f 2 3 7 Mannier. f 1 3 5 C. Gilbert, c 14 6 Hanni, g 0 0 0 Muser, g 0 0 0 Habeggei, f 2 2 6 G. Gilbert, 0 11 j Totals G 13 2o Officials: Markley (Bluffton) and Harding (Leo.) o DEVOSS NAMES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) was attacked. Half of the funds collected here a*e to remain in Adams county for the aid of victims here. The remainder of the sum is to go to the

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By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright, 1938 King Features Syndicate, Inc. HOLLYWOOD. — LIGHTS! CAMERA! * ACTION! On an M-G-M sound stage, Nelson Eddy achieves one of his big-

ge s t triumphs. It is a scene for the picture, "Song of the West,” and the camera looks down the length of a frontier gambling hall, packed with bearded, roughlooking men. They are railro a d workers and Eddy is pas-

sionateiy urging them to go to the polls and break the crooked political machine of their boss, Edward Arnold. To throw out the corrupt judge, Guy Kibbee, and to elect Eddy’s father, Lionel Barrymore. As the speech progresses, it Is evident that the sentiment of the crowd is against Eddy. The men are restless. They commence to mill around. Mutters of protest arise. When Eddy comes to a pause, several men in the rear of the .crowd turn and make for the door. The cause seems to be lost. Then a piano starts to play at ■the far end of the hall, and a woman’s clear voice arises: "My country ’tis of thee, “Sweet land of liberty, “Os thee, I sing.” It is Virginia Bruce. A look of new hope burns in Eddy’s face. His strong voice catches up the song: "Land where my fathers died—” As we listen to the words, into which Eddy is pouring so much feeling, an extraordinary thing happens to those of us on the set. We forget this is just play-acting Lumps come into our throats and shivers chase up and down our spines. We feel like cheering. It took years to do it but, at long last, the movies have discovered these United States. On the “Lady's From Kentucky"

national committee to help in research work being done in an effort to find a cure or preventative for , the disease as well as to give treat- ! ment to those now' suffering and to ’ distribute information to others. NO VACANCIES (CONTINUED FROM FAQS ONE) Drive, Fort Wayne; Robert B. Childers, 308 South Walsh street, Garrett, and Donald H. Spangler, 210 West Jefferson street. Albion. Nominations have been made for ! a fourth position at Annapolis. Robert A. Hess, of Avilla, is the principal, with Frank Omohundro, of Garrett, aud Janies A. WalpS” and Richard W. Bridges, both of Fort Wayne, as alternates. If all : four should fail the entrance ex- : amination. Congressman Gillie could make an appointment in 1940. —_o Niagara Lures Athletes, Too Niagara Falls, N. Y. — (U.K) — Three members of the Niagara Uni--1 versity football (earn have revealed why they came all the way from Minnesota to attend Niagara. “We always wanted to see the falls,” one of them admitted.

set at Paramount, Zasu Pitts and Hugh Herbert are fighting for the Hollywood championship it handfluttering. ♦ As the comedy team of the George Raft picture, they have many scenes together, so the contest is vigorous. It is going full blast when we visit the set and watch Director Al Hall shooting a bam dance. Zasu and Hugh are on the floor together. While they dance, the advantage is to Zasu because she is the only one with a free hand. She holds one of Herbert’s and his other one is behind her back. But as they circle the room, a colored servant appears with sand- ' wiches. They are huge sandwiches made out of big slices of rye bread, Zasu and Hugh stop. Hugh grabs a sandwich and starts to wave it. He waves so hard that the meat falls out on the floor. Director Hall takes time out and calls for a wardrobe woman. “Sew that sandwich together,” he orders. As the seamstress whips the two pieces of bread together, with a needle and thread, a satisfied look appears on Herbert’s face. And, as much as we like Zasu, we have to admit it. It is Hugh's round. While Director Frank Borzage is lining up a shot for “I Take This Woman,” Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood's No. 1 glamor girl, gives us an animated de-

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scription of her Christmas shopping. Hedy had been working almost every day, so she had little time to go gift hunting. But if you received a Christmas present from Hedy this year, you can

be sure that it was of her own picking. "How can someone else know what your friends will like?” she says- “You often have to look and took before you find the right thing yourself.”

SATURDAY. DECF.MB ER 31. 1938.

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* « Decatur Bowling League Results LEAGUE STANDINGS Elks League Hoofs 27 18 .600 Tails 21 21 533 U-gs 24 21 .533 Antlers . 15 30 .333 Minor League Casting 36 15 .706 McMillen 30 21 .588 Kuhn 28 23 .549 Burke 27 24 .529 Cloverleaf 26 25 .510 Mies 24 27 .471 Gambles 19 32 373 Hoff Bran 14 37 .275 WEEK'S SCHEDULE Elks League Monday —7 p. m. — Legs vs Tails; Antlers vs Hoofs. Minor League Tuesday— 7 p m. — Casting vs McMillen; Cloverleaf vs Hoff Brau. 9 p. m. — Mies vs Burke; Kuhn vs Gambles. Merchants League Start 2nd Half Wednesday —7 p. m. — Wren vs Conservation; Schafer vs Bank. 9 p. m — Upholster vs Monmouth; Smith Ins. vs Preble. Major League Start 2nd Half Thursday — 7:30 p. m. — Dob's vs Hon-E-Krust; Hotel vs Frickles. Central Soya League Friday —7 p. m. — Maintenance . vs Expellers; Office vs Elevator. 9 p. nt. — Solvent vs Laboratory; Feed Mills vs Truckers. PLEASANT MILLS Dale Harper was pleasantly sur- 1 prized Christmas when the citizens of Pleasant Mills, chiped in and presented him with a handsome suit of clothes, overall and cap for which Dale was very grateful. He also received gifts from friends in Decatur and Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Glen McMillen and family delightfully entertained at Christinas dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Asa McMillen, Mr. and Mrs. Brice McMillen and sons Bill and Wayne, and daughters Mary Kathnine and Elizobeth Ann of St. Joseph’s school of nursing of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Halberstadt euteitaiued Mr. aisu Mi». Eu Malching and family. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Halberstadt and Dale Harper of Pleasant Mills. Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Neuenschwander, daughter Patt” of Medina, Ohio, and Willodeane Ellenburger of Berne, to a delicious Christmas dinner Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Alva Barr and family had as their guests for Christmas dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Young and daughter Barbara of North Manchester, Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. Wagner, daughter Marjorie, son Geo. Albert of Gilead Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Page and children, Betty Lou, Mary Francis. Paul and Donald of near Swayzee Arthur Anspaugh. and J. C. Pago, father of Mrs. Barr. Mr. ond Mrs. O- S. Fortney entertained for their children and families Sunday to a 6 o’clock dinner, Those present were Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Fortney of Sturgis, Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fortney of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. John Fortney and daughters, Dallene Kay of Monroe Mr. and Mrs. Harold Doich, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fortney daughters. Rowena Mae, Irene Lou. Beverly Sue. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Longenberger and son Jack. Trade In A Good Town — Deenlur

Wi SUNDAY DINNER serving 11 to 3 p. m. (same January 2nd) —O— Season’s Greetings to everyone. RICE HOTEL

From the cheapest that’s good to the Best that’s Made. Sold only by the and save one-half. Imported and Domestic Wines, Liquors, Cordials a “We wish you all everything that’s good for the coming year. U. S. Package Liquor Store 224 North Second Street—Next to Moose Lodge. . p re9 . John Coichin and Helen Colchin, Managers. Fred McCar y, Store open Monday until wee hours.

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Capt. G. E. Teeter and Major B. M. Harloe New Works Progress Administrator Col. C, F. Harrington names two executive assistants, both army officers. Capt. G. E. Texter, left, has been named assistant to the chief engineer, Major B. M. Harloe, right, who becomes assistant WPA administrator.

U. S. REJECTS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE; through consultation. 5. Asserted the readiness of the United States to Join in an Intel national conference to consider the Chinese problem. Grew delivered the note to Renzo Sawada. vice foreign min-' ister in the absence of foreign minister Hachiro Aril* l - who had left town for a new year holiday. As Gr*-w visited the foreign office. Japanese newspapers were displaying tho sensational news that former Premier Wang of China. in a statement issued through 'lis agents in Hong Kung, had urged peace negotiations with Japan. Th“ same newspapers published

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YOUR NEW YEAR CHEER IS HERE!

SEASON’S GREETINGS It is with all sincerity we extend best wishes to everyone for a HAPPY NEW YEAR

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RING OUT THE OLD! RING IN THE NEW! We wish all of you a happy and prosperous New Year . . • And may our friendship continue on through the vears as it has in the past. MESHBERGER BROS. STONE CO. Linn Grove, Ind.

j new year statements in whic Foreign Minister Arlta said thi Japan was going to end the ide I that the orient was a colony 5 occidental capitalistic countrh and Admiral Mitsumasa Yona navy minister, said It. was impe alive that Japan insure comnian 1 of the western Pacific I <j Rats Crowd Out Murals I Pasadena. Cal (U.RI -This city City Hail Council Chamber wl not have a set of $27,000 murt paintings by a famous Bosto artist. Director Albert I. Stewai told the council he did not believ the public would approve of tb purchase of murals as long as th council kept telling the taxpayet it did not have enough money t provide for rat extermination.