Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1939 — Page 6

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DECATURNINE OPENS SEASON WITH VICTORY Yellow Jackets Register 9-2 Triumph Over Wren. Ohio Decatur's Yellow Jackuts op«<ned the 1939 baseball season at Worthman Field Monday afternoon, reg IstorTng an easy 9-2 triumph over Wren. Ohio. Coach Deane Dorwln's chargee tallied In each of the first four Inninas while Wren could score only in the first and fourth frames St hnepp held the Buckeye nine to four hits, all singles and well scattered, while Decatur collected eight safe blows and were aided by five Wren, Errors. Wren tallied In the first Innina on two bases on balls and a sacrifice fly. The Yellow Jackets bounced back In the same frame with three runs on singles by Hoffman. Rchamerloh and Highland and a two-base blow by Gaunt. A nett of passes and a single by Lynch gave Decatnr another run in the second. Two tallied in , the third on a pair of Wren errors. A hit and a walk gave Wren Its second tally in the fourth. Decatur closed its scoring In the fourth with three tallies on a single by Hoffman, a double by Highland and three Wren errors. Hoffman and Highland led the ■■s-»e‘sww^ggMMM M wmeswswessr~-Wg M m m

— Lact Time Tonight — * •TAIL SPIN" Alice Faye. Nancy Kelly, Constance Bennet. Joan Davia ALSO — Snorte. 10c-25c - Wednesday Only - ■/ ' y /•’K 1 You’ll thnll to him in hit now role . o» yoo’vo novor thrilled boforo! „ • For—loot hi— —B *akim tamiroff LEIF ERIKSON FRANCES FARMER LYNNE OVERMAN J. M. Kerrigan • Mm MH;aa e»ini»WMr«et mmi —o Thura. FrL Sat.—“Yoe My Darling Daughter” Priscilla Lane. Jsffry Lynn. Roland Young. —o Coming Sunday — “GUNDA DIN" ■■■■BBE—<JWO> - Last Time Tonight - “MYSTERY OF MR. WONG" Bone Karloff, Grant Wlthere & “Orphans of the Street” Tommy Ryan, Robt. Llvlngeton Only lOc-15c —o Coming Sunday — “MYSTERY PLANE" A “NEXT TIME I MARRY"

I Decatur hitters with two safe blows each. H<>» scores • Decatur AB R II R Chllcote. cf 4 0 0 0 F Hoffman. If . 0 0 0 0 . Mfa n> 3 IXO Gaunt. If 3 110 | Lord ct 0 0 0 0 , Schamerloh. rs . 4 1 I 0 I Stapleton. no 4 110 > Highland, c I n 2 0 Koldewey. e 0 0 O 0 Schnspp. p 3 10 0 Lynch, lb 1110 Ml-Coonell. Ih . 0 o o 0 i Kitchen, 3b .. 3 0 0 0 Totals » • » o Wren AB R H E Steele, as 4 0 0 1 I Gehres. 3b .. 3 1 0 0 ( Royer, rs. lb 10 2 0 Swoveland. 3b . 2 n o o Worthington, lb. rs 3 11 01 Raster, p 2 0 0 3 Royer, p o 0 0 0| Morehouse. c ... .... 3 0 o o Hurless. If 2 0 10 Copper, cf ........... .2 0 0 1 * Hovertnan. cf 1 0 0 o I Totals . . 34 2 4 5 Score by innings: Wren 100 100 2—2’ Decatur 312 300 a—o Ailing Cub Shortstop Returns To Chicago — Chicago April 4—tl’Pi Dick its itell Chicago Cubs' nil.ng shortstop, arrives today for examination by' Dr John E. Davis. Cubs' pnysiclar ' Rartell has a rheumatic left ankl" which has kept htan on the "bench' I since the Cubs evened their Califor- ’ nla series with the White Sox. Charles Drake, assistant to own-: er Phil K. Wrigley, arrived in I'M- 1 cago last night, after a visit with I .he club in spring training. He minimised the seriousness of Rartell s' injury and said Bartell "will be do ng a lot of playing for the club this 1 <season." TERM ON FARM i TO LOCAL MAN Ed Gaffer Sentenced To Serve 90 Davs At State | Penal Farm Ed "Bo" Gaffer. local painter, was fined 31 and coats and sentenced to serve 90 days at the Indiana sjate fawn at Putmanville by Mayor Forrest Elsey In city court shortly ‘ after noon today. Gaffer pleaded gnlty to a charge of public Intoxication He was arrested Saturday evenlag about 4 o'clock, about 2d hours after he had been released from jail, where he had set red an extended sentence for assault and battery allegedly committed upon his former wife. E'hrl Gaffer, who signed ■ me affidavit. Police Chief James Borders arrested Gaffer at the residence of his former wife, when she summoned the police. He was remanded to the jail by the mayor until taken to Putnamvllle by Sheriff Ed Miller to start serving the sentence. m I, - — • TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not soy. "The bride walk- |I ed lengthways of the room;" | | sey. “lengthwise." •

I cort| * — Leet Tim* Tonight — * G-Man Hmw’i Story! “PERSONS IN HIDING" Lynn* Overman, J. Carrol Nal*h ALSO—3 Stooges Comedy. 10c 25c WED. & THURS. i “HOMICIDE ■! BUREAU” l with Bruce Cabot - Rita Hayworth aaas win th* mob Where ■ Dangerous Thrills ... ’ a* Underworld Terror Gets a Victim a Day! ALSO — Kd. Kennedy Comedy; New* < Cartoon. ONLY 10c-15c I o—o ! Coming Sunday — “FAST AND I LOOSE” Robert Montgomery, j Rosalind Ruseell.

NEW HIGH FOR DOUBLES GAME Pennsylvania Bowlers Roll 527 For High Single Game Cleveland. April 4 —(UPI— Al lirandt. diminutive pin ace of Irnckport. N, Y who rolled 771, the second highest three-game total la the history of tbs American bowling congress In 1933, took his turn on the alloys today He led the Ma-i cara hotels. Larry Shotwell, of Covingion Ky.. the only man to beat Brs»dt'a total with a 774 In l»3u. went the wav of moat ex-chaenplona yeat'rday by rolling only .’74 In the singles after (totals of 327 and 545 In the -earn and doubles rolling. ‘ Two major changes were posted imong the minor event leaders yenterday and a «ew all-time high was eglstored for a doubles game Frank Lackhouse and Wally Kn- : light, of Chicago .crashed into! i fourth place In the doubles with a J1.30U blast, laickhouae cont’lbuted dal <>n games of MB-ZlffiM while I Enright added U«?4«!93. for 419. j (Eddie Gerding. of Cincinnati, went into fourth place In the alleveuta with 1.914. an average <4 1112.7 for the nln games. Carmel Dargotta and Fr<d Pub-1 . ail. Allentown. Pa., rolled 537 a new ’ f high, to complete thwir doubles, at-1 | ter mediocre counts of 349 and 360. The pair heat the former top mark I established by Harhe Relnlle-Rudv ' Helps! of Racine. Wls, by a single I pin Their 1.333 aggregate, however , | failed to land the Quaker Keglers a ■ i terth on high-10 standing board. . <"■■■ —■ At the Traininr Camps By United Press Reds Augusta. Ga . April 4 -4UJH- The I Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox. all square with two victories each in their spring series, play , their 2fth game today The Reds pushed home five run* in the' ' eighth to lick the Sox 7-4 yester day Harry Craft s four bagger I with two aboard was the payoff Dodgers Clearwater. Ha — Brooklyn's j Dodgers end their Clearwater stand today against the Detroit : Tigers The Dodgers go on to . Lakeland to meet the Tigers tomorrow. then hit the road Brook- | lyn scored a 5-0 victory over the Washington Senators yesterday for nine wins in 17 starts. Van Mungo worked the last two Innings and allowed but one hit In "ach Inning I Red Evans worked the first seven and kept the Senators scoreless on seven safeties. Cardinsis Birmingham. Ala —The St Louis Cardinals sought their 17th exhibition victory today against the Blrmtngbxm Barons, of the Southern aavvciatlon. The Carda continued their triumphant barnstorm Ing tour with an 11-3 win over the Montgomery club of the Southeast ern league yesterday Curt Davis' pitching featured The veteran permitted but three hits In the six innings he worked. The Cards have lost seven. Tigers Lakeland. Fla - Fred Hutchinson | gave his most impressive performance of the training season against the Toronto club of the International league yesterday The Detroit Tiger rookie, who came from Seattle at a of 330.000 and sewrrai players. Ifiurled four Innings and allowed but one scratch single He wss worked for three bases on balls, but his fast ball looked good. The Tigers won 5-1 for their eighth victory hi 14 ( names isos Bradenton. Ha. — The Boston Bees regulars and Yannlgans played to a M tie. Danny MarFayden and Ix>u Fette pitched nine innings for the first time of the -sawa-4 on yesterday Manager Caaey Stengel scheduled -not her batting and fielding practice to precede today's Intra-club game. The Rees' next exhibition game will he against the Washington Senators at Orlando, Fla. Friday ' Giants Raton Rouge. La. — Uncertainty over Carl Hubbell's pitching today had manager Hill Terry of the New York Giants seeking another starting pitcher. Hubbel la In Memphis to see Dr. J. Spencer , Speed, who operated on hla elbow last summer. Terry yesterday named Harry Gumbert. CHS Melton. Hal Schumacher and rookie Manuel Salvo as hla starting quartet. and If Hubbell recovers from hla shoulder soreness he will join them. • Cubs Bisbee, Aria. — The Chicago , White Sox will attempt to make a comeback today In their spring i training series with the Chicago Cubs. The Box dropped tbelr third straight yesterday at Tucson. 7 to 4. to give the Cuba their sixth I victory In the nine games played. Larry French vaa scheduled to start on the mound for the Cubs ’ today with John Rigney pitching ’ ( for the ftox Browns I Snn Antonio. Tex.—Bill Dewitt's

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lup snd coming St Ixtuls Browns I open a two-game aeries with the, Pittsburgh Pirates today Don , | Heffner, last of the Browns' hold<»uts. was in uniform tor practice, i ' but had not signed a 1939 contract. | making him unavailable for to-1 day'a lineup betause of a dub’ rule State Budget Body Allocating Funds Indianapolis. April 4—(UP>—Th* j state budget committee started a I two-day session io allocate funds to the various state agencies under the appropriation bin passe l by the 1919 legislature, which wa« about K.MC.BM under administration re-. qnest. The committee appropriated 315.bOO for the alcoholic beverage coni■ mission for administration of the new beer law romoting of restrlcI lions on wholesalers. PLEASANT MILLS Mr. and Mrs Harold Dokh called Bunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Riley Mr. and Mrs. Wade Mcßa"neu and family of near Preble visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs, Lydia McP.arr.es Mr. and Mrs. D. Burdette Custer and sons of Decatui span* Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. t'uater. . I | Mr. and Mrs. Witmer Riley visitjed Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Patterson. Mrs. Otto Lambert and daughter Betty of Bobo visited over ta« week-end with Lydlon Mcßarn«s end the C. J. Spangler fam'l). Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans werp Sunday evening guests at the home oi Mr. and Mrs. J. M. B<mson in Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. R J. Fortney ot Sturgis. Michigan spent the week-

Rain Didn’t Halt Their Play • • fj w 4? z AH r ' /a ZIL vS v. o*. »- - i • KS i • ■■ 5R,« » v' I 1 « * t W ■• - viMW ml T * /X ' ; za z ( ’ " Mr*. Estelle Lawaon Page end Dorothy Kirby I Rain failed to halt their play for the North and South Invitation I golf title at Ptnehuret, N. C. The winner, Eatelle Lawaon Page, of Chapel Hill, la at the left, and the runner-up, Dorothy Kirby, ot _ Atlanta, right.

end with the Myron Whittredge and It'. 8. Fortney families. Mr and Mrs Merle Foor. Mr. and Mrs Gene Hike were m Fort Wayne Saturday, where they val’ed wits Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jfike end son I Nell. ’ George Clark of Fort Wayne callIrd at the home us J. H. Clark I Thursday on the way to attrnd his i randmother's funeral Mrs. Rachel l-anhsm at Marion. Mrs. StUrley Dait of Detroit Mich. Mr. and Mrs Fred Lanham and son Leon of Texas and tieorgy Clark spent Saturday afternoon with the John Clark family before returning to their homes aft»r attending tne funeral of their mother Mrs. Rachel lain ham at Mat ion. Horseshoes Silver-Plated — Columbus O. —tl’Pi— a collection of 57 silver-plated ho.seahoes. I believed to be the only such collection is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Char les A Thienaa, Sr. They are made by bia father, the late T J Thomas pf Springfield, as a hobby. "Radioman" Is Boy of • Seattle —(t'P»—A licensed radio operator, yet he is only 3 years old. Oliver Robinson is the boy He passed a government examination and v.aa licensed as a third class radio operator Auto Thieves Miss Cache Bangor. Me <U.R> — Although Dennie Stubbs values bls automobile at only 350. he had 3337 worth of worry when thieves stole the machine. For Stubbs had hidden 1 3387 In cash under one of the seat* But the car was recovered, with the money intact. Soda Through Candy Tube San Jose. Cal. —<VF)—Mtoa Sav- ' age. instructor at San Joae Technt- - cal High School, has just taken out

patents on a candy tube. whtc*i when placed in a glass of ordinary waler, and sucked through, gives Lae drinker a flavored carbonated drink like soda water. — '■ B — Club Members Are Invited To DePauw Members of federated clubs ,n this county have been Invited to attend a woman's conference to be lield Friday. April 14 M Gobln I'hapel. DePauw univetsity at Greencastle beginning at !*• o'clock >n the morning. The theme <4 m« conference Is to be “Women's Service Through Ed lies Hou". The speakers are to bo Mias Beatrice Dvorak. Washington D D.; Judge Florence E Allen. Cleveland. and Mra. Rockwell C. Simtb, Madtaon. Wimonain. Th" closing feature of the conference U to o» short talks by two Dt Parw student* on "Youth Will Serve Through Education." o— Butane Sculptures "Pssce" San Francisco. Cal. — <UP| — Sculptor Benjamino Rufano. whose statue of Saint Francis of Assist , was the center of controversy, is now working on s statue called "Peace." A great admirer of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. ebu«e statue he also , made Bufano will sell "Peace" for the benefit of China. - u Bachelor, 100. and Sorry Sidney. N 8 W. — (UP>— William Jacfcaon haa just celebrated hU ' I noth birthday here and his only re- ' grot Is that he never married. "Most of my life." he confessed "j hare had a prejudice against women, bu' ' row 1 have changed my views, and I think all young men should marI IF" Judy Zemnick Skketches Anew Cleveland 0.. — <UP> — Judy Zemnick, 21-year-old WPA artist I who lost her left eye when she fell . Into the cage of a polar bear she was trying to draw, la continuing her sketch!**- The girl artist was (lowed severely by Silver, giant polar bear at Cleveland's Brookside i Zoo.

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COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN CABIN Michigan Police Puzzled By Strange Death Os Couple St. Joseph, Mich. April 4—<UF» -■ Police were putaled today by the strange deaths of a reu-balred woman and a man whw nude bodies were found yesterday In a cabin tn stand vesta park, a tourist resort operated by the House of David religious cult. The victltns were Nate Rosenberg 43. Michigan City. Jnd.. a widower and Millie Stanley 3<. who bad lived at Hartford. Michigan, under the name of Mrs. Millie Baldwin They registered at the camp early Sunday. A maid tound their bodiea when sh* entered the cabin to clear R Coroner Louin Kerlikowskl saij an autopsy had failed to disc lone j the cause of death. He said there were no signs of violence He sent : the vital organs to Lansing for au,’iysis by state tox>w»loglst» He discounted a theory that the couple may have been asphyxiated by ; fumes from a gas heater In the eg- | bln. He said he still was coasidering ’roaslMlity that the couple may have been poisoned. A pint hottie of liquor. nearly full, found on a table ' In the cabin, also was forwarded to fansing tor analysis. Police said the couple arrived at the resort from Michigan City at 4 A. M Sunday ana registered as Mr. and Mrs. N. Rose. South Bend. Ind. They were not seen again anj the maid found their bodies.

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