Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 2 June 1939 — Page 6

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SoStball Leagues To Open Season Mondi

PARADE MONDAY NIGHT TO OPEN LEAGUE SEASON City And Church l.ranurs To Play Four Nights Each Week Softball, which han grown, in popularity by leaps and bound* throughout th- nation in recent years. will be officially launched for the 1839 season in lieiatur n-xt Monday night, June 5, Two league* will play throughout the summer. the church league and the city league. Four team* comprise the church league and ail the city league. Detailed plan* for a gala opening were announced this morning by Sylvester Everhart, president of the softball association. and George Laurent, supervisor of the WPA recreation program, joint sponsor* of the softball play Game* will be played on Mon day. Tuesday. Thursday and Friday nights of each week under the light* at the South Ward diamond Games will be played at 7 and 8 p in each night Open With Parade The season will be formally opened with a parade Monday evening from the corner of Second and Jackson streets to the South Ward diamond. All player* of all league team* are asked to report at the Knapp service station be fore < 30 to join in the line of March Th-- parade will lie headed by the combined school band, direct ed by Albert Sellemeyer. and the city band, directed by Gerald Zimmerman. WPA music supervisor Uniformed Roy Scouts will also be in the line of march. Martin J Myiott. superintendent of the city light department will toss the first hall, and Rev. J J.

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COrriDCMTIAL CASH LOAHS or $!••• to SJMU MAM ON Household Goods, Livestock, Implement! and Automobile* • ■" Ip io 21 Months to Pay <•*■ A Special Repayment Plan for Farmer* • Becitir Loan 4 Discount Co. Locally Owned and Controlled DECATUR, INDIANA . I

’ —... • • *~»i . aii > y. Notice Os Public Sale 01 Personal Property In The Matter Os The Estate Os * MARY E. STEELE, deceased. Mt.tT‘rf*k£rJT b ' ,h “' ‘7 Administrator of th. wstato of Mary h Stasia. d-ciwd will offer for sale. at public au< r ** ,l ***J w «of said decedent, on State Hoad 124 otiehalf mile Last of I** v °'*''■ ]» Hoot Township. In Mid county and state, on MONDAY, JUNE sth, 1939 ths personal property of Mid estate. consisting of: ruo ? c, ’ v ’* r -‘ 1 rocking chair; Oak rocker; win i ; £ d * U “* C “‘* r - übl ’ : Foo ‘ • ,oo > pl,no l,nd •*»: wall mirror, 1 bed room carpot *xl2; 1 Iron bed and spring' 1 mat•hT.*t "g d M r * ,d i t r nd 1 °* k dresser: 1 cheat of drawers; 1 red Th 1 '•**•«: SMrtpo rug carpet go ft ; 1 porch swing; 2 old stands; 1 brass bed with spring. 2 mattrossss; 12x14 ft Asmlnater rug; two strips carpet; 11x12 Ingrain linoleum. Vlctrola. 1 glaaa door cupboard; 1 drop head sewing machine; I oak buffet; I library I«hdr 1 m 7 T." u°*“ : 11 k "‘ b ’ ,n , h,lr *’ 3 ''<>cklng 1 ash drop leaf table; 1 kitchen cablne,; 1 Kolvlnator refrigerator; I 1 o? of dtahM ’l7 eU f" 1 wohl "’ machine; .»• l f wln TH ■;°'“« ol ’* um rug 9X12; 1 felt base congoleum 2 T.ede.T-ll I h bureau; I dresser; 1 Iron bed and spring; ‘ ’ L7l. 1 Airway sweeper. 1 193« Plymouth automobile. 4f» Chickens; and other miscellaneous articles. Said sale to begin at One O'clock P. M Mtttod’for* C ° h ° n d,t * ° r “ l * No property to bs removed until Dated this 24th day of May. 192*. ELI W. STEELE, Administrator noy Johnson—Auctioneer Nathan C. Nelson > Attorney for estate <>4 . 2 I

**»lmett, pastor of the St. Marya Ct'Uiolic church «nd an ardent snort* booster, will catch the super Inteudent's to** A short baud concert will lie presented before the opening tone. I Roth league* will operate under a split season, with the winners of each half meeting In playoff series at tile close of the second halt i Umpires for the season will be Frank Peterson and Earl Blackburn The complete first half ached llle follows: 1 June 5- Dunbar vs. Cloverleaf; i I Üba ne I lo* v« Pleasant Mills June £ Baptist v* Reformed. St Mary * v* Methodist. June 8 — llabanellos V* Fleet King Oiler*. Fort Wayne; Blue Creek va. Monroe June 9- Blue Creek va. Centlivre. Fort Wayne, Cloverleaf va. Colone Grocery. Fort Wayne June 12 Dunbar exhibition game. Dunbar vs Pleasant Mills June 13 Reformed V* Methodist. Baptist v* St Mary'*. June IS Pleasant Mill* exhibition game; Cloverleaf vs. Monroe June 1< Monroe exhibition game; llabanellos vs Blue Creek June 19 llabanellos exhibition game; Dunbar v* Monroe June 20 Methodist vs. Baptist; Reformed vs. St, Mary's. June 22 Cloverleaf exhibition game; Pleasant Mill* vs Blue Creek June 23 Blue Creek exhibition game. Cloverleaf vs Ha bane I lo* June 2<i Dunbar exhibition game. Dunbar v* Blue Creek June 27-Church league games June 29 Pleasant Mills exhibltion game Monroe va Habanelloa. June 3u — Monroe exhibition game. Pleasant Mills vs Cloverleaf July 3 — Blue Creek exhibition game. Dunbar v* llabanellos July < Habanello* exhibition game. Blue Creek vs, Cloverleaf July .7 Cloverleaf exhibition game. Monroe vs pleasant Mill* STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct G.B Cincinnati 2< 13 «7 St Louis 23 14 <22 2 Pittsburgh 2<> 1* ".2S s’» Chicago 3t» 19 .513 <4 Brooklyn 18 18 500 <v, New York .. 17 22 43< 9 Boston 15 22 .405 lo I Philadelphia 13 25 324 13 AMERICAN LEAGUE W, L. Pct G B New York 30 7 all Boston 22 12 <47 <>* Cleveland 18 1< 529 10«> Chicago 19 17 ,52* !<)>■» Detroit 1< 23 410 15 Washington 15 22 405 15 Philadelphia 14 22 389 15>fc St Loui* . 11 2fi 297 1 9 YESTERDAY 5 RESULTS National League St Louis 1. New York 0. Cincinnati 9. Boston 4 113 innings*. Pittsburgh 6. Philadelphia 2. Brooklyn 3. Chicago 2 (14 Innings*. American League New York *. Cleveland 3. Boston 14. Detroit 5. Washington 10. Chicago 7. Philadelphia 10. St Louis 7. Junior Baseball School Saturday Another in the scries of junior baseball schools will i>e held at Worthman Field Saturday. All boys lo to 14 years of age will be in scanlon from 9 to 11 a. m.. and boys 14 to 17 will report at 1 n m

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TENNIS LEAGUE UPENS SUNDAY Decatur Al Kokomo In Second District LeaKue Opener Play will open Sunday afternoon In the second district tennis league. with six teams entered, in- 1 eluding Decatur The league is a|M>nsor-d by the district WPA recreation department The Decatur team will play Its first match at Kokomo Sunday afternoon. Members of th- Decatur team will be Paul Hativher. Harold Strickler. William M-h hi and Ihm Bohnke. Ail matches in the league are to start at 1 p m central standard time The season's schedule follows: June 4 Decatar at Kokomo; Bluffton at Elwood; Huntington at Wabash June 11- Decatur at Huntington: Wabash at Elwood; Kokomo at Bluffton June 18—Wabash at Bluffton; Huntnigton at Kokomo; Decatur at Elwood Jun- 25 Blnlhoa at Decatur; Kokomo at Wabash; Huntington at Elwood July 2- Bluffton at Huntington: Decatur at Wabash; Elwood at Kokomo July 9 Kokomo at Dncatur. Elwood at Bluffton; Wabash at Huntingtoa. « July It- Huntington at Decatur; Elwood at Wabash; Bluffton at Kokomo July 23 — Elwood at Decatnr; Bluton at Kabash; Kokomo at Huntington. July 3o — Decatur at Bluffton Wabash at Kokomo; Elwood at Huntington Aug < — Wabash at Decatur; ' Huntington at Bluffton; Kokomo at Elwimhl TAX REVISION ——- • CONTINUKM FROM PAPE UNK» provisions of the present law." Congressional plans for the tax! revision program, which have not reached the stage of a tentative bill, call for substitution of a flat! corporation tax In place of the present corporate and undistrlbut-' ed profits tax. together ranging from i<tk io 19 per cent, but the rate contemplated is 18 per cent. Restore Confidence Chicago. June 2 XUJO Th- na-

NOTICE I will he out of the city June 3-4-5 *tlendin|f International DiaifnoNtic Research Convention. When Better Drugless Methods Are Used We Apply Them To Suit Your Need. Dr. H. Frohnapfel Your CHIROPRACTOR and NATUROPATH In Decatur Since I*2l. PHONS 314 i I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY JUNE 2 1939

I tlonal association of tnanufaclur-. i era told congress today that , restoration of publie tsnifidence by Clarifying government pollctaa, tai revision and evidence of in- . lent to balance the liudget la on<* ( <if the most Important require- • tn-nts for economic recovery The association also renewed Ils' 'demand for an investigation of [the operations of the Warner act and the national lal«>r relations lioard and a comprehensive revision of the act | The demand was made in a statement adopted by the asaocia- ! Hon's board of directors at Its , annual tn id Western meet Ing last night However, the hoard commended congress for "recognising the need" for a tai revision program and amendments to the Wagner act and the social security act. JUNK CAR RAGE AGAIN SUNDAY Junk Car Derby Races To Be Held Near Decatur Sunday necatur will again have a junk car derby Munday afternoon at the Itevll's Bowl. It was announced today by Carl Hurst, who. with his brother, Ralph, has been promoting the Weekly events. At the Insistence of local drtvera. who had reconditioned theiri "junkers' In preparation for the i event, the Hurs! brothers decided upon staging the race again thia week although previous plans had not been tailed for it. To assure fans of witnessing the '•race in reverse" this Sunday that race will be run first. Mr. Hurst slated tarst week the junkers took such a treating tn the earlier races ithat they were unable to continue • The races will he staged at a track three-fourths of a mile north lof Decatur on the river road Admission will be 35 cents and | plenty of parking space la promts,ed by the promoters More than a dogen entrants are expected to line up tor the Sunday event. POPE ASSERTS — I trnNTIXVICn THOM PAtllC ONKI people "As the result of this step we ! received assurances of good will and a resolve to maintain peace which Is so much desired by the people." Direct Action Umdon. June J—- <U.R> —Prime Minister Neville chamberlain may send Viscount Halifax, foreign secretary, to Moscow to reassure Russian leaders regarding British proposals for a British-French-Russian mutual aid pact. It was reported today The situation was admittedly a difficult one. but both British and Russian quarters here expressed confidence that an agreement would be reached Believing that direct action was advisable to bring agreement without further delay. Chamberlain was reported considering the Idea of sending either Halifax or R A Butter, parliamentary under secretary for foreign affairs, to Moscow to negotiate with Premier- , Foreign Minister Vlachealtiv Molo- | tov lAt the same time the government prepared to receive a Tur-

RACE JUNE 11 ATWATNEDUWL Dirt Track Opener At FT. Wayne Speedway Sunday. June 11 Final arrangements to get the 1939 automobile racing season under way on Bunday. June 11th. If the weather man Aelps out It la possible that the largest crowd that ever attended a race at the Specdway here will be on hand The first race of th- season that I was s< hedul-d on Bunday. May 121 at. had to b- called off on account of rain. Seven events are on the program with all leading drivers of th- 1 Funks Speedway circuit. Some of I the drivers ar- Jimmie Wilburn, lais Ang-les, Calif ; Evart Saylors. 1 Dayton. Ohio; John Holme* and , Duke Dinsmore, lais Angeles, and Albert Booker. Detroit. Michigan These are juat a few of the leading drivers that have been burn- ' Ing up the dirt tracks this season < und-r the management of Frank I of the Funks Motor Speedway. I Winchester. Indiana. The program consists «f time trials the morning of the race at I 1! o’clock and the first event at ’ 3 o'clock. COT. There will be four I kish military mission, which left 1 Ankara Turkey, last night under < Gen Kiitxlm Orbay and to send a 1 staff of British navy and air force staff officers to Turkey These < ronferetoes are Intended to pro I vide a d-talled plan of strategy < and tactics for operations tn the 1 j eastern Mediterranean and Black I .'teas In event of war I Hull's Reason* Washington. June 2 <U.R) Germany's acquisition of the Skoda • munition* work* hy s-lxure of I < boslovakia waa one of major reasons for secretary ut | •tale Cordell Hull's request that I the arms embargo provision* of the neutrality law be repealed, an (Unimpeachable authority Informed i th- United Pres* today. | Possession of these Important works together with the famous Krupp munition works In Germany. has made the Nail govern i tnent the world's principal source lof military supplies, administration official* here said Small European nation* must now depend on Germany for military equipment, even for normal maintenance i»f Internal law and order, they said . That situation has been aggra vated by Germany's continued I state of practical mobilisation. I thus making It necesaary for other i European governments to Increase 1 their armaments — L -■■■_

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KIDNAPED LAD IS FOUND SAFE Philadelphia Infant Recovered 20 Hours After Kidnaping v Philadelphia. Jtitie 3 <U.P> Five month* old Gerald McCrohan was found alive and well today less than 20 hour* after he was kidnaped by an isyear-old unwed mother whose own baby bad died The young mother. Miss Beatrice Wood, took the child In an effort to win back th- love of the father of her Illegitimate baby, police siiifl They said she presented the abducted child to her sweetheart a* their own baby and that the man was holding little Gerald on his lap when police found them not far from the spot wh-re he waa 1 kidnaped yesterday The man was und-r the Impreashm the child was their Illegitimate son. who died three months ago. police added, and was not connected In any way with the abduction He l--d ladice to Miss Wood who at first insisted the child (was her own "You can't do this io me.'' she screamed when police arrested her, In a nearby drug store. She had gone to the drug store to purchase food for the lutby After she waa taken to a police statkm. where there waa a happy, but tearful reunion, of little Gerald with hi* parent*. Mias Wo-hJ broke down and confessed that she took the child In an effort to trick her sweetheart into marrying her. "I Walked past th- bahy car riage yesterday and the more I kaiked at him the mon- I wanted him. " police quoted Miss Wood a* saying "He reminded me of my own liaby | thought that if 1 took the baby and If everything »-nt all right. I could get thfather of my baby to marry me I loved him so " Police said no charge* havu! been lodged against Mis* Wiaal BOARD MEMBER • CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONK> day night at 7:30 u'chak at thcity hall An informal session will be held with representatives of tie McMillen Industrie*, relative td electric power Inte-est* u s the city and the Industry. Thirty Killed In India Explosion Allahabad. India. June 2 <u.R) Thirty persona were killed today and many were feared to be bur led In debris as the result of a magazine explosion *i Kotah A dox-n house* were destroyed. I It was believed that the intense heat detonated explosive* whhh were being handled at the magazine. 10 lap elimination race*, one 12Jap consolation race, and the grand final 20-lap sweepstake. Along with the attendance record the racing driver* are again breaking all time record*. Every car ha* been overhauled, during the winter season, for speed and more speed. There is no doubt that tba track record made here by Kvett Saylors last year for one lap on the five-eights of a mile oval, officially Umed at 24.93. will be broken.

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