Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1939 — Page 6

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GOPHERS TAKE BIG TEN LEAD FROM ILLINOIS Minnesota Wins, 35-33; Ohio State Downs Michigan Chicago. Jun. 24.—(U.R)— A grand comebnck under the hottest sort of competitive fire shot Minnesota buck to the top of the big ten basketball standings today and there it'll stay until after the midyear exams. The deft passing game of Dave McMillan's veteran Gophers turn ed back Illinois last night, 35 to 33. dropping the lllinl from first place to fourth when Gordon Addington broke a tie score with a field goal in the last 20 seconds of play. Minnesota now leads the league with four victories and one defeat an upset by Northwestern. Ohio Slate stepped into a second place tie with Indiana by whipping Michigan at Columbus. 45 to 31. for its third victory in four games. The Hucks can tie Minnesota by defeating Chicago in the only conference game scheduled this week dhd. For three-fourths the game, Illinois, led by its two heavy-scoring giants. Pick Dehner and Bill Hap

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Tonight - Wednesday Out of a Great Book . . . Comes a Thrilling Dramatic Motion Picture! Ten Million People Have Read this story by A. J. Cronin . . the secrets of a doctor . . told by a doctor! Robert DONAT Rosalind RUSSELL “THE CITADEL” Selected by New York Newspapers as Greatest Picture of 1938! Picked by Harrison Carroll, movie columnist of Daily Democrat as te«t picture of 1938! ALSO—POPEYE Cartoon. 10c-25c O—O Thurs., Fri., Sat.—Shirley Temple “Just Around The Corner” Joan Davis. Bill Robinson. O—O A * m i n o Sunday — “SWEETHEARTS" Jeanette MacDonald, >..lson Eddy. i in - Last Time Tonight - “I AM A CRIMINAL” John Carroll, Kay Linaker & “Little Orphan Annie” Anne Gillis, June Travis Onlv 10c-15c o—o—Coming Sunday—“SHARPSHOOTERS" &. “SWING THAT CHEER"

| 4 Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams ♦ « Tuesday * Pleasant Mills at Yellow Jacket ) Seconds. Wednesday Commodores vs. St. John’s of Del- > phos at Yellow Jacket gym. Friday | Bluffton at Yellow Jackets. i Commodores at St. Paul's of Marlon. Pleasant Mills vs. Kirkland at Commodore gym. Warren at Berne. Jefferson at Poling. Bryant at Geneva. . Monroe ut Monmouth. Hartford at Lancaster. ac. kept the smooth Gopher attack well in hand. The lllinl trailed the first few minutes, but quickly shot in front and led at halftime. IS to 11. i Desperation must have seized the Gophers in the second half. Their delibeate style suddenly disappeared and they began to outcharge and outfight Illinois at every turn. The lllini gradually lost their shooting eyes ami Minnesota began to hit. Led by Addington, a senior forward who had failed to hit his former pace in previous conference games, Minnesota slowly crept into a lie and Addington finally came through with his fifth field goal in the last 20 seconds. His total was 13 points. I Pick Dehner, star center and a ; marked man for Illinois, retained his individual scoring lead by adding another 10 points and Bill Hapac, Illinois forward. remained in second place with 13. Dehner now has 74 for the stetson, Hapac 71. Ohio State, defeated once Jiy Illinois, also had to come from behind in the second half. Trailing 23 to 20 at the end of the first ! half, the Bucks peppered the backboard with every loose ball they could scoop up and finally won. 45 to 31. o British Bombing Plane Is Missing London. Jan. 24—(UP) —A royal air force bombing plane was missmg In the English channel today with its crew of six. Ships in the channel were asked to watch for it.

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GRADE TOURNEY DRAW IS MADE • St. Joseph Eighth Grade » To Compete In Deanery Tourney The St. Joseph eighth grade team I is one of 17 entrants in the annual (YD deanery grade tournament, t which will be held at the new Central Catholic high school gytnnti- ’ slum In Fort Wayne, starting Wed- . ii“sday night. Besides Decatur and the 12 city j parishes , other entrants ate St. : Marys of Garrett. St. Louis of Be- . sancon, immaculate Conception pf j Auburn and St. John's of New Hat ven. Decatur will play its first game of the tourney at 7 o’clock Thursday night, meeting St. Hyacinth of i Fort Wayne, if successful in this i;;me, Decatur will meet the winner of the St. John-St. Andrews tilt at , | 7 o'clock Saturday night. . j Semi-finals will be played Sunday at 2:30 and 3:30 and finals Saturday night at 8:30. preceded try a! tilt between the two semi-final los-j | era. St. Vincent won last year's tour-1 ney, with Decatur the runner-up. | Admission prices will Ire 25 cents per session for adults and 10 cents for children. ~~ o :* ♦ ; | Decatur Bowling League Results j Elks League The Antlers took undisputed possession of first place in the Elks league Monday night, winning I three games from the Tails, rolling a total of 2.421 pins to 2,298 for the Tails. Stump was high for the Tails with a 535 series. Neith- . er team had a 200 score. The Hoofs won two games from , the Legs, rolling 2.271 pins to 2,-1 157 for the Legs, who won one ’ game despite having only two bowlers. Mutschler was the only bowler witli a 200 game. Last night's scores: Tails Macklin 140 162 170 J Baker 145 177 157 . Beal 113 167 127 Stump 198 152 185 Totals73l 658 639 Antlers Ehler 154 147 170 DeVoss ... 173 162 176 B. Gage 179 192 171 Briede — 181 176 135 ... 135 135 135 Totals 776 652 673 Hoofs Gage 152 177 167 Beal . 135 144 116 Brunnegraff . 137 159 167 Fuhrman 125 Reynolds 132 137 748 Mutschler . 204 171 Totals 681 821 769 Legs Appeltnan 160 150 143 Mies 180 153 156 Totals 745 708 704 —- o LOWER HOUSE VOTES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ' too court and miscarriage of juslice," he said, “it was when they sent Stephenson to prison. StephI enson put up the money and i selected Ed Jackson for governor j of Indiana. “They don't dare let him out I because he knows too much altout j Republican polities. "Stephenson is the Tom Mooney [ of Indiana and has a right to be heard by this house." Finally Speaker James M. Knapp gavelled the house to . order and put the resolution to a vote. Party lines were crossed 1 many times as the proposal was beaten down, 73 to 24. Hardly was the Stephenson ' I case out of the way when another j minor partisan clash broke out. The judiciary B committee split . on recommending passage of another Republican-sponsored attack ! on the reorganization act which would remove the state securities commissioner from control of the governor and place his appointment with the secretary of state. The committee Republicans recommended passage of the bill and the Democratic minority urged it be killed. Rep. Judson H. West, Indianapolis Democrat, said the measure was simply move to procure more patronage for the Republican secretary of state and should be defeated as a purely political j law. Rep. J. Frank Smith, Lafayette Republican, admitted this contention. ’’Certainly this is a party measure,” he said. “We want the secretary of state to have more power.” The bill finally was advanced

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, JANUARY ?I, 1939.

I MAJOR LEAGUER AGAIN - By Sords : Johm z I Whitlow .... WyAtr, fwj* WI"M S&xxlYM -This / » VfAR, WILL BB back. X'U ; 1 id TM& MA JJR LC'AGUBS / I\ v ~ij\ f 1 EX UIS FOURTH / I / j / k fl ■ . wwtt • OBmuk X A /hcu.' \ wind / / | \ r Tpx LET OUT BY T«& CICVBLANP iNOANS ! To MILWAUKEE- &ARi_Y LAST SEASON, wwr proceepep To cop most of The Pitching laurels i*j The ANeRiCAN ASSOCIATION N|Th 23 VICTORIES AGAINSTONuy semEn losses

to second reading by a vote of 50 to 48 on which there was no deviation from party lines. ANOTHER BILL FOR NET GAME Legislator Would Return 16-Team Tourney; Give Tuition Indianapolis, Jan. 24. (U.R) — A second measure to regulate Indiana high school basketball tournaments. introduced in the house by Rep. Arnold C. Nahand, D., Indianapolis, was before the state legislature today. Nahand's hili would return the 16-team state tournament and would provide athletic scholarships to Indiana colleges or universities for outstanding players. Another bill previously had heen introduced in the senate which i would abolish the Indiana High ; School Athletic Association and establish a state commission to govern the sport. Under the Nahand measure, profits collected by the high school athletic association would be redistributed to the 16 teams according to "character, scholarship, sportsmanship and value as a team player." The selection would be made by the coach although he could have the players make the choice. No player financially able to attend college would be eligible to receive a scholarship. The player chosen would have his tuition paid for four years at any Indiana school. The measure provides that sectional, regional and the final tournaments would have to be held within a 30-day period and no team would be permitted to engage in more than two contests in one day. A school principal al-

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i lowing his team to violate any of > these provisions would be subject' to a SIOO fine for each violation. , o Dangerous Highway Conditions Reported Indianapolis. Jan. 24 —(UP) — ' State highway commissioners reported on highway conditijns over the state today and cautioned motorists against speeding. t’liidej's and sand are 'being spread over the worst spots. All highways are opened and have been cleared of drifting snow. Most of the icy roads were reported near Seymour and Vincennes. Other districts reported from two to four inches of snow with driving dangerous. o Adrian Miller Trial Is Set For March 20 Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 24—(UP) —Adrian Miller, 31. former Racine, \Vis.. engineer student charged with the strangulation of 17 year-old Alice Mae Girton here October 13. will he tried March 20, hie attorney said today. Previously, Miller's trial for the rape-murder of the pretty business college student had (been set for Feb. 7. Judge Harry H. Hilgeunann granted the stay. Kansas City “Rakeoff" Is Probed By Jurors — Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 24 —(UP) '—A federal grand jury studied evidence today for income tax evasion from a crime and vice" Rakeoff" in the home town of Boss Pendergast. A state anti-crime drive also was underway. U. S. District Judge Albert L. Reeves, after reading cancelled (hecks that indicated gambling houses might have been assessed $500,000 oe-more annually for “protection,” named Vincenzo Carollo as the “Payoff King..”

WPA TOURNEY I PLAY TONIGHT First Round Games In WPA Tournament Io Be Played Tonight Opening round games in the Admits county WPA basketball league .ournameiit will be played tonight at the old high school gymnasium, with the first contest scheduled to start at 7:30 p. m. In the first game, Pleasant Mills and Jefferson will tangle. At 8:3(1.. th.. Genova and Hartford terms will, •day. n | . ' a small admission price of Hi cents will be charged at all sessions sufficient only to pay expenses of the tournament. | Two more games will be played Thursday night, with the General I Electric team, winners in the regu- ! lar league schedule with nine >k-| torles and no defeats meeting the winner of the Pleasant Mills-Jef-ferson tilt, in the second game I Thursday. Kirkland will play the winner of the Geneva-Hartford tilt. Next Monday night, January 30, the City News Stand will play the Cloverleaf Creamery, followed by . the Monmouth-St. Mary's clash. These six games will complete quarter-final play, with semi-finals I to he played as soon as possible. ASK PROBE OF LABOR LEADER Resolution Introduced Asking Perkins’ Impeachment I Washingion. Jan. 24 — (U.R) Rep. J. Parnell Thomas. R . N. J.. today introduced in the house a resolution calling for an investigation of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to determine whether she should be impeached. The resolution asked that the I house judiciary committee, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, investigate the official conduct of the nation’s first woman cabinet member. It called also for investigation of immigration commissioner j James L. Houghteling and labor i department solicitor Gerard D j Reilly “to determine whether x x 1 they have been guilty of any high crimes or misdemeanors, which. I in the contemplation of the con stitution, requires the interposi tion of the constitutional power of the house." o Murdered Woman Had Estate Os $40,000 Indianapolis. Jan. 24. — (U.R) — Mrs. Carrie Lelah Romig, thrice married, 55-year-old housewife who was mysteriously murdered a week I ago today, left an estate of about $40,000, according to her will which will be filed this afternoon. Police were at a loss for clues to the identity of her slayer and awaited the return from Jacksonville, Florida of two Indianapolis men for questioning. — o Heavy Snowfall Is Experienced Here Once more Mother Nature unloosed her snow clouds in Decatur last night and as a result, local citizens and merchants retrieved snow shovels and went to work clearing paths 1 ■ — ROY S. JOHNSON AUCTIONEER Book your sale early. Trust Co. Bldg. Phone 104 Phone 1022 Jan. 25—Harold Mott. 4 miles East of Decatur, household goods. Jan. 26—Lewis McMullen, 1% North and 2% mile East of Ossian. Jan. 27—Mrs. Anna McKissic, 4 miles East 3 miles South of Berne. 40 acre farm & personal property. Tan. 28 Lase Fry, 8 mile Southwest of Fort Wayne on Liberty Jan. 31—Faurote & Holthouse. 1 mile North of Monroe on State Road No. 27. Feb. I—Della Shobert, 6 miles South 1 mile West nf Payne. O Feb. 2—Mrs. Ruth B. Myers, executrix. 7 miles East of Decatur 1% miles East of Bobo. Feb. 4—David Summers Estate, North Second Street, Decatur Feb. 6—C. E. Guenin, 1 mile South and West of Monroeville. Feb. 7—Geo. V. Mellott. Bryan. Ohio, Registered Holstein Cattle. Feb. 9—Peter A. Reising. 1% miles South, mile East of Waynedale. Feb. 13—Flickinger & Deneve, 2M> miles North of Fort Wayne I on Road No. 27. Feb. 14 — Cliff Shoemaker, % mile North and 1 mile West of Bryant. Ind. Feb. 15 —Central Sugar Co., 1 mile North of Decatur on State Road No. 27. Feb. 16—N. E. Dttnifon. 3 miles North and 2 miles West of Rockford, Ohio. Feb. 17—Mrs. Clayton Blanchard, south of Milford, Ind.

Johnny's Ann Good j F -- 1. * (Mwai ■ Vt'in I-Ii Br ' V a .... The Allens, John, (he Mrs. and John Jr Yep, Johnny Alien's arm Is as good as new. The star of the Cleveland In.hans, who underwent a recent Cleveland, shows his flipper to his wife and son. Johnny j r 1 -" St. Petersburg, Fla., where the Allens live. in

for early morning shoppers today. Temperatures, however, remained at even keel throughout the right and this morning. At S a. m. the Democrat thermometer recorded 26 above and at noon regfMered the same reading. Driving conditions went once again unfavorable today as the -mow packed tight on streets and some highways, causing motorists to exercise unusual caution. DEATH CLAIMS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) o’clock. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock, with Rev. Janies

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A marked increas" in the number of raccoon in Indiana, ''eported bi’ trappers and fur-buyers, is attributed to the restocking program initiated by the Department of Consersation with the cooperation of I more than a score of conservation I c ; ubs. Artificial propagation of raccoon, started at the state game farms sevieral years ago. has been expended 1 each year. In order to meet the demand for raccoon to be used in ! restocking areas where these furbearing animals were scarce, the cooperation of conservation clubs was enlisted a year ago. During 1938 there were more than a score of these clubs engaged in the propagation of raccoon. The coon are liberated in suitable areas when they reach the age of 1G weeks or they may be held until

Public Sale I As I have sold the farm and Mr. Faurote is quitting farming. sell at Public Auction at the farm 1 mile North of Monroe. 4« South of Decatur on U. S. Road No. ’2". on £ TUESDAY, January 31, 1939 S Commencing at 10:00 A. M. ■■ 3 HEAD OF HORSES—Roan Mare smooth mouth, wt. 1 •■”" i Horse, smooth mouth, wt. 1200; Bay Horse, smooth mouth. «' 9 HEAD OF CATTLE—Holstein Cow 4 yr. old with twin heifet < H by side; 2 brindle cows with calves by side; 1 Jersey cow w by side; 2 Red Roan cows milking 2 gal. per day; 1 Jersey co ing 2 gal. per day; 1 Holstein cow milking 2 gal. per day HOGS-2 Sows with pigs by side; 2 Sows due to farrow in • feeder hogs. wt. about 80 lbs; Chester White Boar coming -H- £ t POULTRY— 140 Big English White Leghorn Laying Pullet? FEED—BOO Bu. Corn; 200 Bu. Oats; 10 ton Alfalfa and M« ea Some Soy Bean Hay. £ — IMPLEMENTS — . . on ,. Frdson Tractor 1938 model on Rubber, in good condition. 1 with lights; J-Deere Tractor Disc; Mc-Deering Spike Tooth ■ . used 2 seasons; spring tooth harrow; Deering Binder . H. ■ Tedder; Hay Loader; IHC Corn Planter; New Idea Manure hl’ r ‘£ J Row Corn Plow; Single Row Cultivator; Corn Binder; bm’ Grain Drill; Weber Wagon; Hay Ladders; Wagon Box: B pe Beet Plow. End Gate Seeder; Horse Clippers; Brooder ; stretchers; Gas Engine; Stilyards scales: Harness. 1 ( ‘ ou , nearly new; 4 collars; miscellaneous articles too numerous tion. £ TERMS - Cash. - £ MRS. MARY T. HOLTHOUSE. & WM. FAUROTE:, - OwneW Roy S. Johnson— Auctioneer Jack Brunton—Auctioneer £ • T. Schieferstein—Clerk. £ • Hot Lunch Will Be Served. 3

■ ■ bets of the Itln I' io<Uen| J Air. Peters * pall be.net- B'v.ia'. w; ■ the Deeatur < ("11-'e:\. - - - ' — " G. E. OUI-K ialsMß' . :u (COMTNI i-:u E!. V PA ■ wage; Mr. Matsi.u Last fall th.- maliag.-rs Chil I the Fort Wayne ;n,.l Public Auction. Goods. Tonimrow No. 221. I miles East B i Decatur. H. Mott.

thev are 1" mon'h- old. Contracts foi 1 i t>on have been «•• 3 of conservation m.»? past few days Fish and Game K.u dicate that re<-«-d :.ii:iu«^M on clubs will pir',. gram during the o! their own breed ’ black and grey n.ised by the <•!'> - i d game farms. 1 In addition to pr.>;>ag G ng liberating raccoon building hundredcrease the proteciri’ .i---mils which they liberate. Raccoon form an impel . of Indiana's annual -ro.) dition to furnishing -p'"thousands of Hoose i'