Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1939 — Page 6

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SCHEDULES FOR NET TOURNEYS DRAWN TODAY Indiana High School Teams Complete Schedules This Week Indianapolis, Ind,, Feb. 24 ——<(U.R> The slate will In- wiped clean so.Indiana's high school basketball trams after the usual round of Friday and Saturday night games this weekend. And next Thursday they will start from scratch in the state tournament sectionals. In most instances, coaches and players were happy to get the regular season out of the way and get down to business during the montn of tournaments which may bring them more glory than they could ever have attained on the strength ot their season's record. Not a single major team remained in the state with a perfect record for the scheduled season. But some club will have to keep its record unsullied next month if it expects to roll through the four sets ts tournaments to win the state title now held by South Side high of Fort Wayne. Anyone with the temerity to pick a single team from among the state's 800 to win the 1939 title would not hesitate to step into a cage of balt'-starved lions. But it is safe to narrow the possibilities down to the teams which wind up their schedules tonight and tomorrow night with better than average records. Huntingburg already has finished Up and was knocked off only once all year, winning 21 games. Three teams have been beaten only twice —Central of South Bend, Jeffersonville and the champion Archers ot Fort Wayne South. The Central Bears close shop tonight against Elwood and Fort Wayne will finish up with Horace Mann of Gary. Either team could be upset, at the rate upsets have been handed ou* in the h‘>".e stretch. rhe Red Devils of Jeffersonville .-nded their schedule Wednesday by defeating a good mail' high team of Louisville- Ky.. 41 to 34. Male is tied for- the Louisville city championship. Jeffersonville's reco d for the year shows 18 victories in 20 games. And the Jeffs will carry the hopes of the south into the state tournament. Teams which have suffered only three beatings all season and could be among the select few in the tournaments are Burris of Muncie, Franklin and Reitz of Evansville. Franklin defeated Washington ot Indianapolis Tuesday and closes its season tonight at Martinsville. ' The threats in the far north include. in addition to South Bend Central and Fort Wayne South, u snappy Emerson team of Gary. This club handed South Bend one ot its two defeats and has been stopped

Public Auction On account of my husband's death. I. the undersigned, will sell at | public auction, at 416 Patterson street, Decatur, Ind., on SATURDAY, February 25,1939 Commencing at 1:30 prompt HOUSEHOLD GOODS —Dresser; 2 Rockers: Library Table; V ictrola Piano: Gas Stove; Oil Heater; Porch Swing; 2 Step Ladders. MISCELLANEOUS Wood Lathe complete with electric motor and tools; all kinds of blacksmith tools; mechanical tools of all kinds; carpenter tools of all kinds pitch forks; shovels; ditching tools; 2 garden plows; several toot of rope with block and tackles; electric motor and emery stone; welding tools; oil drums; tool chest; work bench; grinder stone; 101) ft. of % in. wire cable; log chains; pipe wrenches; and other articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—CASH. _ MRS. FRED COOK, Owner Snman Bros. —Auctioneers. PUBLIC SALE As I am quitting farming I will sell at public auction on the Wass farm 4 mile South and 1 mile East of Monroeville: 3>;> mile North of Blakey Church on County Line, MONDAY, February 27, 1939 Commencing at 10:00 A. M. 3 — HEAD OF HORSES — 3 1 Team Black Horses, smooth mouth, wt. 3200. a good team. 6 — HEAD OF CATTLE — 6 Durham & Jersy Cow, 6, with calf by side; Guernsey Cow, 4, with calf by side; 2 Black Holstein Cows, 4, due by day of sale; Holstein & Jersey Cow. 7. be fresh in May; Jersey & Durham Cow. he fresh in June. HOGS—Duroc sow. farrow in May; 7 fall shoats 80 tbs. each; 2 OIC Gilts, fairow last of March. FEED—S ton of Mixed Hay. — IMPLEMENTS — Farmall Tractor in good condition; Little Wonder 12 inch tractor Plows used 2 seasons; Cultivator attachment for tractor; J-Deere Disc 10 on side; 12 Disc Hoosier Grain Drill; McCormick 7 ft. Binder; Good Turnhull Wagon & Rack & Grain Bed combined; 3 see. spike tooth harrow; mower: J-Deere 13” walking plow; Nisco Manure Spreader; i Corn Planter; Clover Buncher; seed corn rack; IHC 8" Feed Grinder; ; Double set Breeching Harneas; DeLaval No 12 Cream Separator; I Gas. Eng. & Pump Jack; Lard Press; Mud Boat; small tools too numerous to mention. TERMS—Cash. LYMAN HART, Owner Rny H Johnson—Auctioneer Lunch by Ladles Aid.

• • Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams ♦ « Friday Yellow Jackets at Berne. Monroe at Hartford. Saturday Monroe vs. Kirkland at Berne. | — only five times all year. The fifth .rimming was suffered by Emerson I Tuesday as it bowed to Hammond Tech. 24-22. ending its season, Hammond. if it can overcome a siege of 1 the sectional meets. But this club ' illness, may make a big noise in j went down to defeat Tuesday be-, ' fore Washington of East Chicago. 38-28. Hammond end? its season tonight against New Albany, a tough customer. In the central part of the state, all , eyes appear to be focused on Frank ' fort. Some of the state’s basketball . observers, including both newspapI ennen and coaches, think Frankfort is one of tile leading choices to win the 1939 crown. The Hot Dogs are good and have been improving with I enough momentum to carry them each game. Whether thev have titrough the tough tournament siege is another question. They close, their season tonight at Logansport after beating Elwood Tuesday, 30- ’ 26. o TICKETS HERE FOR SECTIONAL Fans Urged To Buy Season Tickets For Sectional Tourney TICKETS HERE Season tickets for the F’ Wayne i sectional tournametit are now on | sale at the public hign school office. W. Guy Brown, principal, announced this morning. The tickets are priced at |1.50 each and are good lor admission nt every session of the tournament. Decatur basketball tans are urged to buy their tickets here, as first distribution of receipts will le based on the number of tickets sold by ; each participating school. Fans expecting to witness the] tournament are also warned to buy t season tickets, as with the three I Fort Wayne schools entered, in ad-I dition to Decatur and Monmouth and the Allen county quintets, it is likely that few single session tickets will be available. The tournament will open nex’ |; Thursday night. March 2. with three t games on the opening night. The drawing of schedules Is being 1 done this afternoon at Indianapolis t but the schedules will not be released for publication until Saturday morning. In addition to sectional schedules, drawings will also be ' made of the regional, semi-final and ; i 1 final tourneys. | ,

EAGLES DEFEAT SPARTAN TEAM Monmouth Noses Out 3534 Victory Over Pleasant Mills The Monmouth Eagles and Pleas--ant Mills Spartans closed their seaI sons in sparkling fashion Thursday night at Monmouth. Monmouth edging out a 35-34 victory In a real thriller. The score was tied on 10 separate occasions, with the Eagles out in front by a single point as the final gun sounded. The score was 8-8 at the first quarter, 16-16 at the half and 24-24 at the third quarter. Conrad and Fuelling wer - ' sd-oring leaders for Monmouth with 14 and I'l points, respectively. D. McMillen i was the hot shot for Pleasant Mills I with nine field goals for 18 points. Monmouth FG FT TP Kunkel, f 0 <1 « I Murphy, f ... .4 0 8 I Conrad. <■ 7 • 14 i Fuelling, g .61 13 • Krneckeberg. g 0 0 0 Total 17 1 Pleasant Mills W. McMillen, f 11 3 Clark, f 4 3 11 I). McMillen, c 9 <t 18 Harman, g <> " •• tolloway. g .10 2 Longenberger. g 0 0 0 Total 15 < 34 j Officials Gerwtg and Garrett (Bluffton). Preliminaries Monmouth Freshmen 21. Pleasant Mills Freshmen 12. Monmouth Seconds 19. Pleasant ■Jills Seconds 16. \ —o —— —— The basketball season is ending, as all seasons do. After this weeK. nothing remains but the tournaments. —oOo — The Decatur Ye'low Jackets will bring their regular scheduled to a close tonight, meeting the Berne Bears at the Berne auditorium. Both teams will be hampered by illness. McConnell returned to school Thursday and probably will be able to see some action tonight. but it is extremely doubtful if either Zerkel or Gaunt will be in the lineup. —oOo— After tonight, only one more I game remains on the county schedule, with Monroe and Kirkland winding up the regular schedule Saturday night at the Berne audi- | torium. —oOo — The schedules for the sectional, regional, semi-final and final tournaments of the Indiana high school athletic association are being drawn at Indianapolis this afternoon. The schedules will not be released for publication until Saturday morning and will be available at this office as soon as , possible. —oOo— The Decatur Commodores, badly’ weakened through injuries and illness. will meet Catholic Central of Hammond in the opening game of the Saturday afternoon session in the state Catholic tournament, which gets underway tonight at Fort Wayne. —oOo— Latest word from the Commodore camp indicates that of the players suffering from the influenza, only Roop will be unable to see action. Improvements reported in the condition of Bob Hess, and Bob Bolinger, both suffering the flu. and in Art Baker, who sustained an injured shoulder in the Anderson game two weeks ago. The Commodore-Hammond game tomorrow afternoon will start at. 2:30 o'clock at the South Side gymnasium. This tilt will be followed by the Anderson-Fort Wayne clash, one of the outstanding games of the tourney. —oOo— The Catholic meet will open tonight at the Central Catholic gymnasium. with Collegeville and Michigan City tangling in the opening game, starting at 8:30 o’clock. In the second game of the evening. Huntington and Evansville will battle. ■—oOo— While tonight’s games are played at Central Catholic, all other I sessions. Saturday afternoon and I night, and Sunday afternoon and ; night, will be played at the South i Side gym because ot the much larger seating capacity. All games of the tournament will be broadcast, some over station WOWO and some over station WGL, so fans unable to attend

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t lln- med will he privileged To hear ; the games. 000Season tickets for the Fort I Wayne sectional tournament are now on sale at the public high J school office hi this city. The tickets are priced at $1.50. Fans are urged to purchase their tickets * I here as the local school will par- | tlcipate in receipt’s on a basis of ! tickets sold here. With the rivalry ithat exists between the three Fort 1 Wayne schools, there probably will '' be feW, If any, single session tickets available at the North Side Y gym, where this year's sectional ■' will he held. 11 - — -oGALENTOWINS : IN 3RD ROUND , Small Crowd Sees BarI keep Fighter Defeat Feldman ’ Miami, Feb. 24—(U.R> - Tony Ga--1 lento, whose freakish fighting has ' been exploited almost to the lim- • it. pointed proudly today to his ! knockout over Abe Feldman and ' bellowed another challenge to I "> heavyweight Champion Joe Louis But that was a matter for ProI moter Mike Jacobs to decide, and J 1 Mike was one of the disappointing 4 crowd of 8.432 In Burdine stadium 1 last night which saw Ga lento in action. If he was as unimpressed’ ) as the other 8.431. Tony still will I be bubbling challenges through t his beer this Hine next year. I Although "Honest Abe" offered I little resistance. Tony failed to ' finish “dal bum in one round." ’ The third round had begun and t Feldman had been on the floor six times before Referee Dave 1 Miller of Chicago decided the ■ thing had lasted long enough. This was the fight that Galento's wily manager, Joe Jacobs, had been banking on to restore prestige losi by Tony after the unsatisfactory ending of his bout with Natie Brown in Detroit. Although Schenectady Abe was about washed up as a fighter, he never had been involved in a tank job. The fight could have ended in the first round when Tony jackknifed Feldman with a right to I the stomach, then half shoved him . i to the canvas. But Abe got up and weathered Galento's sluggish 1 ' attack for the remainder of the I stanza. If the fight had been held in New York, where three knocki downs in one round constitute a technical knockout, it would have in thp sprnnd fra imp wnf-n i Feldman was on the floor sour’ times. The third had hardly be-1 gun when Tony looped a right to Abe's head, and dropped his man { for the last time. The referee i . stepped between them at the 3‘ 2 ' i second mark. Outweighing Feldman 37’,i pounds — 223 to 186% — Galento mauled him at will. After a left | hook had dropped Abe for a nine j count iu the second, Tony pushed him through the ropes for a count ■of two. A right to the body had ' Abe down for eight, and the count had reached seven for the fourth knockdown of the session when; the bell saved him. In the semi-final, Solly Krieger of New York. N. B. A. middleweight champion, scored a technical knockout over Ben Brown of Atlanta. o Woody English Is Purchased By Cubs ' I Chicago, Feb. 24. —<U.R) —Elwood G. (Woody) English, veteran infielder. was hack with the Chicago i Cubs today. He became the property of the club last night in a straight cash deal with the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds obtained his contract last season, but he failed to report. The Reds had taken over his contract from the Brooklyn Dodgers with whom he had played a season i and a half after 10 years with the

PUBLIC SALE As I have sold my implement business and have a good selection of used farm machinery on hand. I have decided to hold a public auction ! at my farm. 2 miles south of Willshire, Ohio, on State Road No 49. i commencing at 10:00 A. M.. on THURSDAY, MARCH 2. 1939 13 HEAD HORSES—SorreI gelding, coming 3 years old: strawberry ; colt, coming 3 years old; red roan colt, coming 3 years old: roan colt, coming 2 years old. These tour colts are of outstanding quality and will make extra good horses. Black horse, coming 2 years old; bay mare. 9 years old. weight 1700; sorrel mare colt, be year old in June, weight 900; steel gray mare, coining 2 years old; dark gray mare, coming 3 , years old: roan horse. 5 years old, weight 1500; bay horse, 4 years old, weight 1500; roan horse, 5 years old, weight 1200; roan mare, 6 years i old. weight 1200. 3 HEAD OF CATTLE—Brown Swiss cow. 3 years old. due March 15; j Brown Swiss cow, 5 years old, due April 27; Guernsey and Jersey cow, [ | 7 years old, due March 16. , HOGS AND SHEEP—2 Poland China sows, due in March and April; , , 30 ewes, to lamb in March and April. TRACTORS AND FARM IMPLEMENTS—I 937 Fordson Row Crop tractor; 5 Fordson tractors; 14 in. tractor plo#. like new; 2 Oliver 14 in. tractor plows; Roderick Lean 14-16 disc, good as new; I. H. C. disc and tandem: 2-section spring tooth harrow; American 10-disc fertilizer grain drill; Buckeye grain drill; I. H. C. manure spreader; 4 I. H. C. - corn planters; Moline corn planter with fertilizer attachment, new, • ’ used one season; 2 John Deere corn planters: 2 Gale Sure-Drop corn I planters; Oliver riding cultivator; Moline 2-row cultivator; extension I rims for Fordson; Fordson tractor pulley; McCormick binder. 7 ft.; ( Massey Harris binder. 8 ft.; 1-horse fertilizer grain drill; walking breaking plow, 14 in.; good hay baler; spike tooth harrow; wagon; hay rake; mower; incubator, 400-egg size; 110-egg size Incubator; corn sheller; double set work harness and many articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—CASH. Anyone desiring credit, see Mr. Dellinger and make t j arrangements before day of sale. SAM DELLINGER, Owner ROY S JOHNSON—Auctioneer RUSSEL BYER—Clerk 1 Lunch Will Be Served by Zion U. B. Church

It'nits. The Cubs lirsl obtained him ' lin 1927 from Toledo for 150,000 and 'traded him and pitcher Roy Hen ''show to the Dodgers for Linus i Frey, an Infielder, who had only a I brief career with the Cubs i o- ——■- FLORIDA KIDNAPER (CONTINITSD FROM PAGE ONK> I Mi ( all had prepared 1 ll«- state- ' ment for S. W. Matthews, a Miami newspaper man who wrote the , first story three weeks ago of his repudiation of the confession he i made to G-men. He read it, however, to everyj body so, as he put it. the newspapers which "persistently presented only one side of the case" ' could hear his version. In the statement, McCall agreed with Warden Lewis E. Lawes of I Sing Sing prison that capital punishment was “a miserable failure'' and did not "serve as a deterrent to crime." “If punishment be the object, then life imprisonment is by far the most severe sentence that can be meted out.” he said. ■'Personally, death is definitely preferable to another year of unjust incarceration." His last hope of escaping the i death penalty had vanished when justices of the U. S. supreme court and the U. S. circuit court declined to Intervene. Shortly before McCall walked the "last mile" he was visited by his young wife, Claudine, his I " brother Byrd McCall, and an uncle the Rev. A. C. McCall The doomed -man at that time was the I calmest of the four. During his last hour of life he sought religious solace and spiritual comfort from the Rev. Leslie Shepherd, prison chaplain. Even during the last 15 minutes McCall was calm and collected. He knew the 14 attempts by his attorneys through courts and the pardon hoard had failed But he felt confident that there would be i , a last minute break to save him. j He had been scheduled to die , last Monday. Ninety minutes liefore his execution time that day he was given a four day stay so j his case could be appealed to the U. S. supreme court. ! Two supreme court justices i turned down his appeal yesterday, j closing the last avenue of escape front the chair. o COLD WEATHER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Intermittent sunshine today aided the warmer temperatures in th« attempt to niclt away the snow that had fallen the past two days. OHIO RESIDENT — | ICONTINVED FROM PAGE ONI4) members of the family. The suicide occurred at the I farm home, where Riffle, his father and sister resided. Surviving, besides those previously mentioned, is another sister. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. It was learned that Riffle had planned to move 1 to this county next week. o ...... ... Edict Against Added Taxes Form Reversal — Washington. Feb. 24 — (U.R) —' The administration's new edict against more taxes was disclosed today to be a reversal of views that Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgent hau, Jr., expressed secretly to a house committee only a month ago. 1 On Jan. 18, Morgenthau told the committee that "somewnere be-t'-’-een $400,000,000 and $450,000,090 of new taxes are indicated " Yesterday he said at a press conference tnat the new taxes are not contemplated, and went on to suggest that congress might well re-examine i.resent taxes to see if they include business deterrents that should be removed. Q — Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

HOPKINSWILL SPEAK TONIGHT C o m mere c Secretary Makes First Major Speech As Cabinet Member Des Moines, la., Feb. 24. -(U.R) Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins holds out the new deal's olive brain I) to jusin. s in his first major speech uh a cabinet member tonight. Hopkins will speak under auspices of the Des Moine economic club, a select, non-partisan discussion group of business and professional men. The speech will he broadcast over an International Columbia broadcasting system hookup to the I’nited States. South America, and Europe from 9:30 to 10:15 p. m. Reports from Washington con-1 flirted as to its probable content. Some said Hopkin would emphasize a need for good feeling between business and government. Other said he would offer a specific I program, including tax revision, a new deal for utilities and railroads and a revision of labor policies. The political significance of his choice of Des Moines for delivery much ppecnlation ns its content. I lowa is u.o ..uuie state —ne <» a I native ot Grinnell and a report | has persisted during the past week that he has been dickering for support in lowa as a 1940 presidential candidate, despite denials of lowa i Democrats involved and a state- I ment from Hopkins that he I wouldn't "dignify" the report with comment. The report was that E. 11. Birm- I inghani. lowa Democratic state ! chairman, had undertaken to align i 1940 Democratic national convention delegates for Hopkins in re- I turn for an appointment as com- j missioner of fisheries in the department of commerce. Rirm^^RA rn flntiv Honied the report. lie termed it "absurd" I ■ 357 M.P.H./ WOW/ 1 H riGAR ETTE ofQuali ty —and speaking of Aforve/s—Try this quality cigarette w'oM -for less money J SUN. MON. TUES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday TWO SWELL FEATURES! I I w J with ROBERT WILCOX • HELEN MACK ED BROPHY ■ JOSEPH SAWYER — ADDED HIT — There's plenty of excitement when grass widows and dude ranch cowboys meet in Reno! “THE ROAD TO RENO” With this big Star Cast:. Randolph Scott, Glenda Farrell, Hope Hampton, Helen Broderick. Evenings 10c-15c o—o Tonight & Saturday LEE POWELL (Star of “The Lone Ranger") With Art Jarrett A Al St. John in “TRIGGER PALS” A Great Western Thriller! ALSO — “Flaming Frontiers” Tonite ONLY 10 CENTS Saturday 10c-15c

T~T., IT'S THEIR GRtATEi® • TRIUMPH together*! / Clark as a honky-tonk song-and-H.,! K dance man . . . Norma as a phoneyMU countess, once a lady in tights" lihl \ Their love story is as thrilling astounding climax of its dramatic background l —— — sH H CLARENCE BRO lift production of " With Jf B EDWAHD CHARLES JOSEPH ■ ARNOLD • COBURN • SCHILDKRAVIK Based on The Theatre Guild’s Stage Hit ‘ Screen Play by Robert E. Sherwood CLARENCE BROWN Produced bv Hunt Stiombeig ’ — H ' kr W’ k g Aw ALSO—BETTY BOOP CARTOON Ku o o — TONIGHT AND SATURD \Y ■ Howling, hilarious comedy romance of the V. M. !. cadets -laughs, action, surprises! “BROTHER RAT’’ K Wavne Morris. Priscilla Lane. .Johnny Davis. H Eddie Albert. Jane Bryan. Ronald Reagen. ALSO—HAPPY FELTON ORCHESTRA & NEWS. o*■* “SUN. MON. -n'EsW * ONLYIOc-25c | CONGRATULATIONS BETTE DAVIS—ON BEING® 8 SELECTED AS 1938’s FINEST ACTRESS! K YOUR ROLE IN "THE SISTERS" IS ALSO GREAT IM S h kill lima , I l 4 B Ip' Illi .. cn ' •“* ANITA LOUISE ■ IAN HUNTER • DONALD CRISP-BEULAH tt |B| U ' BRYAN-ALAN HALF • DICK FORAN HENRY TRAVER’ PAIKI • Short An ANATOLE LITVAK PROD N• A WARNER BKOS P ‘ Mj , Subjects (kt N...1 b, MYRON BRINK. . S<r.r» PI., b, M. 1.0. Knm, • I . —o —o— — a — TONIGHT AND SATURDAY - ■ S 3 TEX RITTER in 1 ‘SONG OF THE BUCKAROI ALSO—“Wild Bill Hickok." O n, - V I 1 Continuous Saturday from 1:30. KIDS ->c