Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1939 — Page 8

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PIRAIES MOVE OUT OF CELLAR WITH 5-0 WIN Cards, Cincy In First Place Tie: Cuccinelln Hurt Ry door** Kirksey United Press Staff Correspondent. New York. Muy II HJ.R> - Pie Traynor. boas of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is the Caspar Milquetoast of baseball He is modest. mild mannered, and soft spoken. Som<»lauly Is always blaming him for something he has nothin* to do with. but he never squawks When the Pirates lose, they blame him He's lieen “fired" In print more often than any manager still In the saddle. The Pirates dropped eight out of their first nine games, and plopped into the cellar but Traynor didn't rant

Tonight, Fri. & Sat. THANKS. JEANETTE! FOR A GRAND SHOW! It* got ''MaytKne's'glories .. . 'Ziegfeld t" thrills. No wonder 22,000,000 people voted you Queen of Song, Romance and Beauty! I Lwfe; JS i.°» k *,* “ ■ o ■ a* f -L. jf A ROBERT Z LEONARD tower. MW SEUMVt wtfh LEW AYRES IAN HUNTER FRANK MORQAN Screen Play by Chart** Lederer A (//7 ncrvat ALSO—Selected Shorts. 10c 25c Sun. Mon. Tuss.—"DODGE CITY" frroi Flynn. Olivia de Hsv.land. Ann Sheridan — IN COLOR. .. 1 " ■ | CORT »'—■ -" e — Last Tint* Tonight — "WITHIN THE LAW" Paul Kelly, Ruth Husaey, | Wm. Gargan, Lynne Carver ALSO — Shorts. 10c-15c • « - Friday & Saturday - HOPALONG CASSIDY And Hie Pal* in ‘RENEGADE TRAIL’ A "Lone Ranger Rides Again." —o Sun. Mon. Tuee.—“BOY SLAVES" A "SUDDEN MONEY."

lor rave or mad any riot aria Hr just railed his rlub together every day. right down to the day they I lost their eighth straight, and I said. "I'm going to be the last guy to I quit on you You're losing but I you're not playing laid iHtselmll 11 Just keep on going the way yon I are and we'll get a few breaks j and start winning " | Today the pirates are playing j the beat baseball in the National league They've won three I | straight, eight out of their last | 1 nine, and if they l>eat the Giants today they will have finished one! . of their most *u«« essful eastern I trips In history They’ve lost only' one game in the east a 1-0 defeat ' by the Phillies which was lost in the Sth. Pittsburgh moved out of the cel-! r lar yesterday for the first time since the day after opening day i by blanking the Giant*. 5-6. They r climbed only to sixth place, but they are *o close 2 1 * games tot first place that they'll Im Iwngin* at the d<a>r In a few days if they I , keep up their present pace Rip Sewell, the red headed Ala-1 bunta hoy who is a thiid cousin; , i» Job and l.uk-. mastered the Terry men with six hits. Il was Sewell'* third victory, and It marked him as one of the year's most improved pitchers He didn't ; win a game last year The defeat dropped the Giants Into a last-1 place lie with the Phillies Terry | is moaning plenty. The St climbed into a first-place tie with Cincinnati by nosing out the Phillies. 4-3. while the Reds bowed to the • Dodgers. !<• 5 Joe Medwii k slash-1 ■•d out three hit* and drove in two) runs to lead the Cards’ attack on ' Claud-- Paaseau lam Warm-ke' won No. 4 hut had to have Hob, Bowman get the last man out for, him in the ninth with the tying, run on thfrd The crippled Reds curled Ul> iu ♦ the seventh with a 5-3 lead and i Brooklyn scored seven runs off! Whitey Moore and Gene Thomp-j son Ira Hutchinson pitched one-' hit ball the last three innings fori the Ihlogera to get credit for the| victory. Italic Phelps hit "3 fori Lou Fette held the Cubs to three hits as the Boston Bees snapped their fl ve-game losing streak and; beat Chicago, 62 Tony Cnccinel--10. Bees' second baseman, suffered a wrenched knee when IHck Bari tell collided with him. and will be i laid np Indefinitely. The Yank* kept up their trium j phant tour of the west by licking! the St Louis Hrown*. 7-1. Lefty; Gomez had to retire after pitching to one man because of a cold i which affected hl* pitching arm | Bump Hadley relieved him and ! yielded only eight hit* Dickey and Selkirk hit homer* Tommy Bridge* returned to the mound after nine day* and broke Detroit's seven-game losing streak by pitching the Tigers to a 5-1 victory over Washington. He allow-I ed only five hit* for his fourth triumph. Although shelled hard. Bob Feller scored hla fifth victory as Cleveland defeated the Athletics. 7-4. Feller walked four, fanned eight and gave up 12 hits. Hal Trosky, with four hit*, and Rotlie Hetnsley. with three, led the tribe’s 12-hit attack. Yesterday'* hero — Lou Fette. Bees' veteran who allowed only three hit* to win his fourth game ! and ended his dub's nosedive with , a 6-2 triumph over the Cuba Tew* neeatwr

- Friday & Saturday • CHARLES STARRETT “THUNDERING WEST” ALSO — “Oick Tracy Return*.". 10c Friday Night Saturday 10c-15c [LOANS SI Oto S3OO OWN SIGNATURE ' NO ENDOHSUS-NO COMAKESS 1 There'a no need to feel any embarraxment about aakin* u< for a kun. Our aerrice to ’he public it to help them plan and arrange their money problemt. A caih loan may help you. We make no Inpulrlo* of friend*, relatlre* er employer Call at olhee. write or phone ut for full detail*. You are under no obligation if you do not take a loan. ’ Call, wrMe er OOW LOCAL LOAN COMPANY ’• ... Oeaas i and 2 taWafar ■ttlldini I Decatur. Indiana Phene 2.1*7 I t rMWBt wriw mt

LOCAL TENNIS TEAM VICTORS Decatur High Tenniscr* Trounce BlutTton, 6-1 11 The Decatur high school tennis ; t"; til defeated BlUlftOU Wednesday afternoon 6 1. continuing their chain .of victor lea. Melchi of Decatur defeated Fryi back, 6 2 6-1; Walter* of Decatur, I trounced Poss. 6-1, 6-!. Bohnke olalur, lieat Schneider, 64. 6-1; , Bach of Decatur scored a 6-4, 6 2; win over Willey, while Milla of • Decatur dropped hi* encoutuer with I P .nd of Bluffton b-4. 6-1 111 the double*. Melchi t.nd Wai-' Iter* of Decatur had difficulty in' ’downing Frydmck and Poss x-6. tn j j'he first set but came bad, strong < to win the neccmd. 6-U. Behnke and Hoc it completed the' "out. defeating Schneider and Wil-1 I ley in a second 6-1. 6-2 lacing. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE w L. Pvt ; Cincinnati I# 7 588, Si Louis *• 7 .588 | Brooklyn 9 8 5291 Boston 9.8 529 ; Chicago . 9 10 474 ‘ Pittsburgh . 8 9 .471 j i New York 8 11 .4211 ' Philadelphia a 11 .421 ; AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct j Boston 10 4 .714 I New York 12 5 .706 ] ■ Chicago . 11 7 .6111 I Cleveland a 9 .471 i I St. Lost* 7 10 .4121 Washington 7 10 .412 l>- - r..it 7 12 Philadelphia 6 11 353 i — YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League New York 7. St Louis 1. Cleveland 7. Philadelphia 4. Detroit 5. Washington 1. i Boston at Chicago, postponed. ' wet ground. National League Pittsburgh 5, New York 0. Boston 6. Chicago 2. Brooklyn 10. Cincinanti 5. St. Louia 4. Philadelphia 3. LEADING BATTERS — Player Club G AB R H Pct Mazzera. Browns 12 4o 12 19 .475 KubeL White Sox 15 65 15 >8 431 Foxx Red 8m 14 53 15 22 415 Weatherly. Indians 11 4'i 5 15 400 McQuhin. Browns 17 7115 2k 394 HOME RUNS ( Greenberg, Tigers . 4 Gehrmger, Tigers . 4 McCormick. Reds 4 Camilli. Dodgers 4 F.ixx Red Sox . 4 Wllbams Red Sox 4 , Berger. Rids . 4 Selkirk. Yankees . 4 o Gene Tunney Starter For 500-Mile Races Indiana polls. May 11 - <UJ»> The Indianapolis .Motor Speedway Corp, today announced that Gene Tunney, former worlds heavyweight boxing champion, will be honorary starter for the 27th annual soomile .Memorial Day auto race. | Tunney will be aasinted by Seth ’ Klein, veteran starter, and Ray P. Johnson and A. W. Hgrrtngton. ■■ o Hawaiian Musical At Fort Wayne Sunday The Honolulu l onsevat-cry of X’jblc of Fort Wayne will present a two hour Hawaiian musical show at il-c Shrine Theatre in Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon, commencing at ; 2:80 p. tn. CDT. The musical ’-xtperaDY ORDER OF The COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR By order of the common council 1 Os the city of Decatur all of the delinquent light, water and power bill* ! must be paid In the following ord--8r: All delinquent bills of 812 or less must be paid within 30 days, and all delinquent bills of more than *lO must be psld at the rate of 10 per cent per month. These delinquent payment* must bs made in addition to the payment of the current bills. Failure to comply with the above I order will resuti In the Itnmedi.tlc discontinuance ot serr.ee from tbo city. It is also decided that an old ordinance will be enforced, which requires property owners to sign service application* In order sot water service to be supplied to the pro m!»e*. H. Vernon Aurand City (Berk-Treasurer May 10-11

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tion with Nationl Music Week. t Taking part in the 225 piece or-' ' < bsstra are the following students from the Decatur branch of the 'lotioluiu Conservatory: Marjorie' I ( ironister. Instructor; O*< ir Mosier. instructor; John Faurott. Herbert Mailand. Howard Forman. Lorrue Scheumann. Bernice Scneui maun. Alice Scheutnann, Hvelyn 1 !*< heumann. Bverett Vent* Heater ; Vetila. Anna Bell Rupert, Grace. i Flaugh Dorothy Jean Fl <ugh. and i Harvey Habegger Remodeling At State Prison Is Approved Indianapolis. May 11 -tU® Knlargement of a dormitory and rebuilding part of the wail at the state prison at Michigan City at a cost of 824.UU0 today had been

— - —— - —- — - - .. I authorised by the state budget ' committee The committee also approved spending ImS.imhi to match federal vocation education funds to reimburse counties for expenditure for vocational education. insurance Claims Total $lll,OOO Insurance claims in Decatur in 1938 totaled 3114.1*00. according to statistics published by the National Underwriter. lieath claims were paid on the following persons: Herman Kbinger. Tilman Gerber, Ituvld Markkas, Herbert Kern. Christ Roth. Total claims paid In Indiana :Capital Engagement jf WL -Lp a z JORGES' /<- >•• L___ Mrs. Edwin Johnson and daughter Daughter of Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado. Janet Qrayce Johnson, shown*above with her Mother, has announced her engagement to Robert Howsam of La Jara, Cal.

I amounted to 854.500.g00. while the amount pawl in the I'nited State* was 83.0Mt.006.234 Payments in Fort Wayne to henellcarie* amounted to *2.580.000 Lobsigers Visit Here First Time In 11 Years Mr and Mrs. Harry Lobsiger of Seattle. Washington, are visiting ' here with their parent*. Mr. and ' Mr* John Ixthwlger of Monroe, and . other friends and relatives. This ( I is their rtrst visit here In 11 year*. ' Mr. Lobsiger is employed in ihe ship building yards ot Seattle and report* plenty of activity in that line. He Is a brother-in-taw to. officer Roy Chilcote of Decatur. The Lohaiger* last visited here in 1928 |

Public Sale Because of other business interest. | am quitting farming and will sell at public auction one-half mile North of Ossian on Road No. 1 Saturday, May 13th, 1939 COMMENCING AT 12:00 NOON 4 niAD HORSES—SorreI Mare, 2. wt 1500. flaxen mane and tali; Ray Mare. 2. wt 15(>0: Ray Mare. 12. wt 1T00; Ray Horse. 1 yr old 9S HEAD HOGS -8 big type Poland China Sowa and 1 Gilt; 3 Fall Boars and 1 yearling boar all eligible to register; CO Spring Pigs; 18 Feeders 125 lbs each: 3 Bred Sowa. ,^ ND WAV_ - 00 Corn; 12 ton second cut and 3 ton third ent Alfalfa Hay. IMPLEMENTS—Lime Spreader, like new; power Corn Shelter, 75 ba per hour capacity, like new; Platform Scales. IHC one ton truck grain and stock body; Weber wagon and box; double set work harness and 4 leather collars; 4 new halters; S Individual "A" shape bog houses like new: One 100 gal hog fountain: one 70 gal hog fountain with heater, i.ew; foui 10 bushel metal hog feeders; 2 Wood feeders Miscellaneous articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—Cash ARTHI R DAWSON, Owner ROY S. JOHNSON—Auctioneer OSSIAN BANK—Clerk For Sale at all Dealers I —

Second Victim Os Auto ( r:i*h Diet* llratll, Ind., May It <VP) A 1 head-on automobile crash weal of i hi ts yesterday claimed It* second victim today when Arthur Meyer. 72. Houth Bend plumbing contractor i‘l<d In the Clay county h wpital. Robert Mct'laln. 22. <»f Bellmore. WM killed instantly. K«-nu> th t'ole- . man, 25. of Rockville, and Harry I'oehlman. 7e. of South Itond. are j In a critical condition In the hospli tai. Il li I - ' * ——- Appoint Fenton To State Liquor Board Indlsnapoli*. Ind.. Muy 11 —4l'P» Harry C. Fenton, lor years seersI'aty of the Republican atate comm.'tee, today wax appoinied i member of the state alcoholic beverage* rommitsion by Gov. M. Clifford Town«end. lie succeed* Gaylord 8. Morton. Republican mwmber of the comml* s!on who died last Saturday Fenton's appointment run* until January, 1942. ■ o '**' " 1 Daughter Os Gazette Founder Succumbs Fort Wayne. Ind . May 11 <UJO Funeral services will be held Friday for Mrs. Martha Ann Ph-rce. 91. daughter of the found ar of the Fort Wayne Gazette, who died yesterday after an appendectomy late Wednesday. t I 1.11. ...■....■■■■l Richmond Police Hold Man On Assault Charge Richmond. Jnd. May 11 UR> • Kenneth Davis. 28. of Cambridge City, today was held In the Wayne I county jail on a criminal aaaanlt I charge He was arrested after ; three Grernfhdd parents complained that their daughter*. 13. 14 and j 15 years old. were invited into a car at Greenfield, taken to Cam- , bridge City and deserted In Indiana polls O —- BlutTton Parking Law Similar To Decatur’s Bluffton Ind.. May 11-City mnployes will complete the Intlaliatlou ut limited parking signs u Main Irtrewt from Wabash to ChAry and on Market streets from Hcott t 9 Marion sleets some time today. A «By ordinance providing for I the limited parking area Using the i time of parking at two hours from .8 a. m to 6 p, m on all week day* 'excepting Saturday when the time is from 8 a. m. to in p m The city police department is completing arrangement* to *tart rigid enfiuwement of the parking ordinam-e Monday. The doubletarkmg ordinance will also be enforced.

MONROE NEWS Mr. and Mr*. Rolla la>ng< ntiergei ; of Fort Wayne called on rehttive*' I tn Mouroe Sunday Rev. and Mr*. B. F Hart and I . daughters, who left Monday to at-1 i -t.d the uniting conference tn Kan-f , sa* City for ten day*, will return • home *<>m«< time during th»- tatter! , ■ part ot this week. > Mr. und Mrs. Joe Dixon and (a . tt.lly of Chattanooga. Tenn., arrived I I rlday fur an extended visit with* rotative* and friends. Mr. Dixon win j i return to his work in Chattanooga ' 1 111 stsnit two weeks w 'ul.- Dtg I ond and the children will remain , with hl* sister. Mrs. Paul II Gould and family for the summer. Mr. and Mr*. Noel Andrews, who ‘ il.ave been living near the Washing ton school, have moved into th* 1 house owned by the heir* ot the Ute I 1 Joe Johnson and recently vacated by Mr and Mr*. £. U Sauder*. Wayne Gibson, son ot Mr. and ' Mr*. Roy Gibson, of near .Monroe,! i was painfully injured Thursday site moon. He was riding on the runn tag board of Rev Riley's car. carrying a bucket of water wh--n he wa* I

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