Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1939 — Page 6

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YANKEES OUT IN FRONT IN LEAGUE RACE Champion!) Lead; Nation- - al League Race Is Hard Fought New York. April 24 — (U.PJ —, Class I* beginning to tell early In the major league pennant races. Already the Yanko are away wing ing In the American league The I Reda. Gubs and Giant*. figured aa the National league's moat formidable contender*. are netting the early pace The Yanka' strength is apparent from their forging to the front While carrying Ixtu Gehrig The once mighty Gehrig haa made only' one infield hit In four game* and la batting 971. Playing hia 2,124th j conseeulive game yesterday, he' was the only Yankee to go hltleaa aa the world champa humbled Washington. 7-4. . Gehrig * benching probably will be postponed an long aa the Yanka ■’hniiaue to win. It seem* likely, however, that he soon Will be dropped lower In the batting order' as his hitting doesn't Justify the No. 5 spot he now occupies. Al- i ready the pitchers are starting to walk Joe OiMaggio to get him How the mighty have fallen! Finishing strongly. Steve Sun dra turned Itack the Senator* with 1 nine hits, and showed enough to i get the No 5 starting role behind . Ruffing Gomes. Pearson and HD-: drbrand The Yanks rapped Ken I Chase for seven hits in 3 2-3 inn | ing*. • He was the third southpaw , they have licked in four games j Pretty soon the hoy* will catch j on that the Yanka this season' carry moat of their power tn their j right handed lineup, which haa Joe Gallagher and Jake Jowell In the ■ outfield The Reds trimmed the Pirates ' 7-3. and the Cubs licked the Card*. I 4-5. to tie for the National league lead Bucky Walter* let the Plr ' ate* down with sii hits, and the! Reda hatted out Boh Klinger I Harry Craft led Cincinnati's 13-hit; attack with three singles, and Wally Berger I»it a homer with one on Cub pitcher Clay Bryant allow “d only eight hit* hut hia wildneaa had him in hot water frequently. I Paul Dean, in hia first atari was' driven out in the fourth tiiber,’

. . •* ,* ■—-—E——— • Tonight & Tuesday • 808 BURNS in “I’M FROM MISSOURI** Gladys Georite, big cast. ALSO — 2 Reel POPEYE Cartoon A March of Timo. 10c-25c O—O Wednesday — "DISBARRED” Gall Patrick. Otto Kruger, Robert Preston. , —o Thors. Fri. Sat— Wallses Beery >n "SERGEANT MADDEN." . Mll W— l ——> | | CORT | - Tonight & Tuesday- - BREEN “FISHERMAN’S WHARF’’ l«eo Carrillo. Henrv Armetta ALSO — Shorts 10c-26c o—o Wednesday — JACK HOLT "Whispering Enemies." —o Thors. Fri. Sat—LULU BELLS A SCOTTY. Roy Rogers. "Shins On Harvest Moon.” <nnEo> - Tonight & Tuesday- - OF THE NAVY” Atmos Dunn, Rochelle Hudson & “STAR REPORTER” Warren Hull. Marsha Hunt Evenings 10c-15c -0 Coming Sunday—" North of Shanghai" A "First Offenders."

1 Bartell, and Marty drove In two run* apiece Harry Humbert won hl* second victory as the Giants trimmed the Hee*. «.• Burgess Whilebead handled II assist* and equalled a record made by Fred Dunlap of Cleveland in 19*2 Hank Hanning ( topped the Giant*' 12 hits with two singles and a double The victory enabled the Giant* to tie the . Bee* for third place hoc Prothro's battling Phillis* came from behind In the 12th to score twice and heat Brooklyn. 5 4 Little Helnle Mueller'* single with I the bases loaded drove in the tying and winning run*. Cam 111 I ■nd Latter! hit homers for the Itodger*. Schoolboy Rowe, whose srm was one of the big question marks of| the spring, made a brilliant come-1 hack hy letting Cleveland down < 1 with four hits as Detroit blasted > the Indians, t-9 The Tiger* rapp-l ed Harder. Zither, and Mlinar for : IS hit*, with Fox and Tehhett*' ‘ getting three each Rowe fanned ' four and walked only one. Scoring alt run* In the eighth. I the Athletics walloped the Red Sos. 12-S. Ted William*. Red Sox i rookie, clouted a 42u-foot homer • lin addition to three other hits ' j Fateh side used five pitcher*.. The White Sox slugged out 191 hits as they beat the Browns. 17-4., j for their first victory Gerald Walker. Erb- McNair, and MikKreevich hit homer* Dungan i Rigney went the route, giving the Brown* nine hit*. Yesterday's hero — Schoolboy I Rowe. Detroit'* qne-time pitching , ace who Ist seat io ihe minor* last season with sn ailing arm He made his 1939 dehut with a 4 ' j hit shutout over the Ind lap* TEN NISERS WIN AT HUNTINGTON Decatur High School Team Scores 4-2 Victon- Saturday The Decatnr high school tennis 1 I team registetvd another victory; I Saturday, defeating Huntington at Huwtmgton. 4-2. Decatur won three of the live single* matches and the one double* match which was completed. Results of the singles matches follow ■ Meh-hi <D> defeated Hoover, 75. 4-2 Helney (Hi defeated Walter. 44 i 42 Affolder <D- defeated Parker. 4 4. 4-4. Davis (H) defeated Mills. 2-4. 7-, £ 4-2 Boch (D) defeated Bash. 2-4. « 2. 4-4 Welchl-Walter (DI defeated Hoo-ver-Helney. 2-g. 4-2. « A second double* match was called at the end of the first set. which Affolder Mills (Di won 4-2 from Butts rd Packer a— Four Small Children Are Burned To Death Brainerd. Minn.. April 24—(VP>Four small children were burned to ' death today when the one-room tar-, paper aback of Mr and Mr*. John

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HOOSIER HEADS SINGLES EVEHT Indianapolis Man Bowls 720 In National Tournament Cleveland. April 24. (U.P) -An--1 other detachment of out-of town • keglera prepared in assault on the ' leading positions of the American - bowling congress tournament to--1 day following a faat change of first place in the single* lust night For 2* day*. Carl Nagle, of i Gowanda. N Y. had held the top 1 position tn the single* with a 714 ' total, but hl* score was beaten twice within two hour* yesterday Wally Rtykowny. of t'hk-ago. was first He turned In 717. on gime* of 214-244 237 Rolling on the next squsd. Don I Johnson, of Indianapolis. 31-year-old abstract title official, rolled | 720 on game* of 224-249-223. John- | son won the double* title paired i with Fonnie Snyder al Chicago last i year with a 1.3317 total. Traced together, the pair were off form and relinquished their crown tn I totaling only Lili. Should Johnson's mark stand high when the tournament end* I , May 5. he will be the first man i ever to annex a double* and then ! a single* title in two *ucce**ive i I year*. Milwaukee * Frank Brak- , ovtc won two-man champlonahip* j tn 1932 and 7933 with two different > ( partner*-the only one ever tn i win two minor, event champion-1 ship* successively. Team leader* held their post- | tion* during last night's firing. Silver Seal Sodas of St. Louie topping the first squad with 2.594. while i ‘ Blatt Old Heidelberg was best on . I the Ute shift with 2.915. The | Badger* had one poor game. They . opened with "»9« sandwiched in an i 999 tally and then came again! . with 1.924. STANUINGS | NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet I i Cincinnati 2 1 .447 Chicago 2 1 .447 , ! Boston —.... _ 3 2 499 , New York .. ... 2 2 ,St Ixrui* 2 2 JM •Philadelphia 2 2 50" : Brooklyn 1 3 2MI I Pittsburgh 1 3 259 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. New York . 3 1,7 M Cleveland 2 1 .447 Detroit 3 2 SOO Boston 2 2 .599 Philadelphia 2 • .590 St l-ouis 1 I .599 Washington 1 3 ?50 Chicago 1 3 .250 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Amertean League New York 7. Washington 4. Detroit 4. Cleveland 0. Philadelphia 12. Boston 4. Chicago 17. St. Louis 4. National League Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 2. New York 4. Boston 2. Philadelphia 5. Brooklyn 4 (12 inning* >. Chicago 4. St Louis 5. — o Sale Conducted Here Saturday Afternoon. A aale wa* conducted Saturday fctiernoon for the property In the I • state of the Ute Mr* HattW Open- - »uer hy Col. Roy Johnson. Tents-' ' tive bid* were accepted on the Sec iond afreet building where the Geri iter Meat Market t* located, and the double house on Third street It wa* reported they would not be 'rccapted at the figure bld. hecau** -hey wore below the assessments.! ; No bld wa* received on the bous* lon Fourth street. The persbnal pro-1 I party, consisting of fnrnlturea was | sold. — Gage wa* destroyed hy fire. . The parents suffered critical burns in sttsmpting to rescue thI children and were given only an ven chance to rllfs. Gage, a WPA worker .had moved ! I .Ho the tanpaper shartc. tour miles 1 north of Brslnerd only sbout two week* ago. TroSe I* a «emt T»w* _ (Ms's- ' * IM> WI1MI ! I ! IIII P II,II * M " 1 "

CLEAN-UP SALE SMOKED STOCK (Selling at LOW PRICES to make room for new merchant Im. Miller’s Grocery Adams Street

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. APRIL 24.1939.

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SECOND TEAR OF JOB PAYMENTS This M eek Marks Beginning Os Second Year Os Payments Fort Wayne. Ind.. April 24. — j TTtia week mark* the beginning of 1 the second year of unemployment I insurance benefit payment* in In- [ diana. The first benefit check wa* , paid to an unemployed India nap- ' oli* woman last April 25. Job Insurance ha* become an • integral part of the economi- ' , structure of the community. Mate ! and nation and ha* made a vital j I contribution to the swelling bu« j ine** tide. Clarence A. Jackson. din Y-tor of the Indiana unemployment compenaat i<m division, said in a statement reviewing the first year of operation of the plan “The actual |>ayment of some 520.40ti.0Au in benefit* to M9.M9 persons in the state and more , than 4400.000.0tt0 to more than 4,- . ooo.oov totally or partially unem-1 ployed workers in the country In the last year ha* been important. But of far greater importance I* tbe continuing tonic effect exerted , upon the morals Xf workers by i assurance that benefits will be paid ito all eligible covered work** I whenever they become unemployI ed. and the accompanying guaran- ■ tee of sustained purchasing power I for business. ” Business ha* come a long way back from the low point reached last year, and tbe job Insurance benefits paid in Indiana and the J j nation since last April have done ' much to speed the upswing.” Job insurance ba* brought a payroll of *1.330.090 into the Fort Wayne district in the last year, according io E F. Klxmiller. un- > employment compensation manag er in tbe district. It hs* helped "bridge tbe gap" of total or partial unemployment for 15.475 out of approximately 49.000 insured work er* In the district Check* numbering 140.000 have been paid In thia

1 « ■-!_ * ' Meade Back in Favor at Eastern Tracks nr\' w fe. JcL , - -IT ML W A |W’ pi \ ; uifr \ IHk T r, • Tul tl 1 ( A -xw|grJswy * ' v . ft /'■'**■■ *■ ' - 'T . Jockeys Baloskl, Wright, Meade and Haas

Recently returned to good standing by the New . I Tork atate racing commlMion after a Florida re1 1 twaiatamani. Jocknv Ltaa. Mcada oo'ff U riding at I

I area, which covers Allen. Well*. I Whitley and northern Adam* j counties. Five Young Bandits Roh Liquor Store Bloomfield. Ind.. April 24—tl’Pi Southern Indiana police official* •oday joined tbe search for five mouthful Inndits who evtJed the ' Saturdy night crowd of shopper* ; here raided a liquor store and ewcap-' ' rd with *4o in cash.*' The liandlta terrorised a mob of * ' hoppers with.their sun* ano escaped in an automobile wh«>*e license | plates had been covered. Mrs. Jeff Liechty Is Seriously 111 Mr*. Jeff Liechty. wife of the et'unty treasurer. Is reported Str- ■ lousiy ill al the Adams county memorial hospital, suffering from > I ammonia. At noon today her con-| dltlon was reported unchanged. Open Negotiations For Trade Barter London. April 24—(L’Pl- I'nited Statra Ambassador Joseph P. Kenredy, on instruction* from ton opened negotiations with the' British government today for barter' of I'nited State* cotton and wheat' for rubber and tin. B'B Cad Caught By Hand Edgartown. Ma** <u.R> - When you see a fish just reach In and I grab It Imre handed In this' manner William Diets snatched a' codfish weighing S 3 pounds and. measuring 4 feet 5 inches from | the shallow water off Katama Bay — 1 o ——... i "Splash th* Psdsstrtan" Cost* Richmond. Ind <U.PJ — Mar ■hall Taylor. 37. had a lot of fun a* he drove his car on a rainy day here and played a game of "splash the pede*trian" Uut when he wa* brought before Judge B A. Ball, he was fined *5 and costs.

I Jamaica track In New Tork. He la ahown wit! aome brother jockeya, left to right, Baloakl, Wright I Meade and Haaa. ~ I

BYRNES' BILL IS WITHDRAWN Bill to Change Relief Setup Is Temporarily Withdrawn Washington. April 24. — (UP) — I ißm Jsmes F, Byrite*. D.. S. t',. ' . anticipating a presidential order I - revising the relief and public I works art up. today withdrew from i Immediate consideration of the . senate hi* hill io revamp admin11*1 rat ion of work-relief. Byrne*, chairman of the apecUl I senate unemployment and relief I committee, said President Roosevelt would submit the reorganI*ai lion plan within ibe nett two day*. In the house, speaker William R Bankhead said he understood Mr. Roosevelt would send congre** ■ reorganisation pUn tomorrow. Rankhead also said he expected the president to send congress on Thursday hi* estimate of relief I needs for 1949 Senate majority leader Alben V? Barkley said recently that the administration bad I decided upon 51.5b9.9V0.000 for the nest tscal year, compared with 1 52.3&0.000.iMm appropriated this fiscal year. Byrne* said that he intend* to ■ ■*k consideration of hia measure later, regardless of any reorgan tut ion order, because the bill car* rie* a new basis for allocating federal funds to states snd specific provisions regulating spending of such money — provision* whiejt wonld not be handled in an executive order. - —■ o— Peddler * Tree* TOO Year* Old Brooklyn. Me 'UP) — A century I ago, a peddler toured Maine coaat-' . al towns with a i«**d of i-*im o' ' Gilead trees, claiming that a beal- [ Ing salve could he made from the leaves. That's how Nowh Tile t hens know* the approximate age of the halm o' Gilead tree* on hl* lawn, for hia mother, who liougbt the original tree*, wa* born in 1422. — Trude lit a Goes Town — Oseatus —————————— Late King. New King "kF 11 ’ J I-ast photograph together of the late King Ghasi as Iraq and th« present four-ysar-ald boy king. Faisal 11. show* the late monarch teaching hl* *on to ride a pony Five day* later King Ghasi wa* killed in an auto crash.

B Straight/ I 1 3 What a run’ 1 ’ ’ he CIGARETTE of QuoijJß speaking / of Maretii- J ■ / You get quality / £*l always —and / K always at a having liill L'jitr-<«'.o ssotHlM _ >/ ■ ro-ls.N—. ij jJUf

Playlet Presented At Chapel Program Students of the Decatur juniorsenior high school witnessed a' I lyceum presentation of “A New Broom Sweep* Clean.” playlet given during the apeclal chattel program this morning. The Morriaon Duo was to have appeared but cancelled lhe performI a nee because of illness W. Guy brown, school principal. Introduced lL<- program. Col. Lindbergh To Buffalo Airport Bnffalo. N. Y, April 24— (VPi—--1 C -l. Charles A Lindbergh, nn a aperial *ni**ion for the C. S army land- , ed at Buffalo airport at 11:10 A. M. I today. Col. Undbergh. flying a 0-34 single-seater purnuft plane landed here after a weekend visit to the

Monte Gets a Job B |HK9n,. . y s X -iV kK BBfii ■ i fc * * Isl ’■ _Jr {MR®" * :B Monte Stratton (eenter), ace White Sos flinger in l-’ ss a hunting accident sign* one-year contract a< coact :,r ' , huriera, in Chicago, is President Cumi’k.), and rigst. Dykes, White Sus manager Photo Shows Beaninn of Mvefll * I Ik T I • * • - . xS2r**qitf I V<r ~ *-. ' *Y4eme ‘ —J* I His hands writhing and clutching his chest, his neck I twisted with pain, Billy Myers. Cincinnati Beds' shortstop. « n<< ■ as ths ball (seen extrem* left) bounds off hl* head ‘■ baseball season's first accident Myers was twaned tn plltl . K inning of the Reds-Plrates' game in Cincinnati. << u » ‘‘ ' m K burgh first baseman. Is in foreground racing up to «»" E • Physicians described Myers' condition as ' K°™- ■

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