Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1939 — Page 6

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FUELLING WINS. TAKES LEAD IN COUNTY LEAGUE Defeats Pleasant Mills As G. E. Is Defeated By Union League Standing W L Pct Fuelling 71 -«7I O. F. 8 2 -750 I’nlon 4 I W7 Mies 3 4 428 Blatant Milla -1 « .143 Frledheim 17 125 The Fuelling Acaa took undiapuled possession of Aral place in the Adams county WPA amateur ham-hall league Sunday afternoon by scoring a 3-1 victory over Pleasant Mills on the latter's diamond General Klee trie was dropped out of a flrat-place tie when defeated. 5-2. by the I’nlon Aces Sunday at Worthman Field. In the third game of the day. Mies Recreation marked up a 8-1 triumph over Frledheim at Friedhelm. Brokaw, Fuelling hurier. held Pleasant MfHs to two hits, both singles, and his mates scored twice in the first Inning for saßcient runs to take the game and league leadership A base on balls and a passed ball enabled Pleasant Milla to score its only run in the third inning. Hits hy Scherer. E. Frans and D Fuelling and a sacrifice fly by L. Fuelling counted turn runs In the opening inning. Hits by Scherer and L. Boerger accounted for the final run in the ninth. Union scored twice tn the first inning on two hits, an error and a sacrlflce fly 0. E tallied once in the second on an error and Keller's single G E's Anal run counted in the third on a walk to Jackson and Busse's triple. Two errors and two hits counted two more for Union in the third and the final run tallied in the eighth on a walk a stolen base and a hit. Molly Mies held Frledheim at bay with sis widely scattered hits while his teammates made good use of five Kinglet to score a 81 triumph. An error and Caston's double accounted far Friedhefm's tone run In the eighth Three errors. a base on balls and a wild pile b gave Mies two runs In the opening Inning An error aided in scoring a run In the flfih. two tallied In the sixth on Highland's triple, n error snd a passed hall, and the final run counted In the seventh on a wslk. stolen base and

Tonight and Tuesday Continuous Tut*. (July 4) from 2 “EAST SIDE OF HEAVEN” Bing Crnnhy. Joan Biondell. Mfaeha Auer. Baby Sandy. ALSO — Cartoon; Larry Clinton Band; Popular Science. 10c 25c - — O—O WEI). & THI'RS. 2 Biggest Days tn our History! “LET US LIVE” HENRY FONDA. Maureen O'Sullivan. Ralph Bellamy. First Show Wednesday Nite J:3O Continuous Thursday from Vjo BE SURE TO ATTEND! —o Friday A Bat.—Rlti Bros. “THE GORILLA" —o—o Coming Sunday—Myrna Loy. Robert Taylor. "Lucky Night" i I CORTI Tonight and Tuesday “Trapped in the Sky” Jack Molt, Ralph Morgan & ‘Saint Strikes Back’ Geo. Sanders, Wendy Barrie Only !oe-20c —o WED. & THURS. Big Thrilling Special! “Hotel Imperial” Ray Milland, lea Miranda. J. Carroll Nalsh. huge cast ONLY lOolfe —o Coming Sunday— “Big Town Cur" * “Outside Theos Walla.”

. sacrifice fly. R H F. I Fuelling 200 000 001—3 M 0 ; Pleasant M 001 000 000 1 2 2 Brokaw and L. Boerger, RotI endo and McMillen. R 11 F. ' Utillon 22 000 010—5 8 1 1 (G E 011 000 000-2 I 3 ‘ R Bleeke and T. Bleeke; Conrad and Strickler. R 11 F. * Mies 200 012 100-0 5 2 Frledheim „ 000 000 010-1 « 7 Mies and Hackman: E. Callmeyer and Caston. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE i W. L Pct. (I B. t Cincinnati 40 24 .025 5 New York 37 20 .501 4 .Chicago 38 32 .520 0 JSt Louis . - 33 30 .524 Blb ,' Brooklyn 30 31 ,4»2 34 r Plttstburgb ..... 30 31 .402 8’» , I Boston 38 35 .444 114 „ j Philadelphia .. 10 41 .317 10 ( 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE t W. L. Pct 08. New York - 51 10 .781 . Boston .. 25 25 .583 124 I Cleveland 35 30 .538 15 . Detroit 30 31 .537 154 ! Chicago 32 32 .500 174 I' Washington 2k 42 .400 244 i Philadelphia 20 40 304 244 J St. Louis 10 40 .202 31 I YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League II Cincinnati 11-8. Chicago 30. i ' Brooklyn 3-4. New York 24. f Pittsburgh 8-8. St. Louis 5-3. i Boston M. Philadelphia 7-3. American League > Boston 7-3. New York 3-8. St Ixiuis 4-2. Cleveland 34. Washington 412. Philadelphia 3I 3. I Detroit 8. Chicago 1. JACK DEMPSEY PASSES CRISIS Former Heavyweight Champ Well On Road To Recovery ■■■ New York. July I.- QJJ9 —Jack Dempsey safely past the crista In hia fourday battle with peritonitis, was demanding steak and potatoes today and getting warm soup and tea. The former heavyweight champ lon. who has been sparring with , the often fatal peritonitis since Thursday night when his ruptured appendix was removed, has before him about 10 days of convalescence tn Polyclinic hospital, which should i give him plenty of time to read isome of those 10.000 letters, teleI grams and cablegrams be has received. Jack was well enough today to . receive a few select visitors, and Mrs. Dempsey indicated she would bring their two small daughters. Joan and Barbara, to see their daddy this afternoon. The 72-hour crisis period passed last night. —o LEADING BATTER* Player Club OAB R H Pci. Arnovlc h. Phllllea <1 234 38 M .385 Honura. Giants 84 235 51 88 3M McQulnn. Browns 85 285 50 84 .355 McCormick. Reds 84 254 45 88 350 Foxx. Red Box ... 53 185 50 88 348 — HOME RUNS Greenberg. Tigers ]« Camllll. Dodgers 14 Ixtmbardl. Redsij Ott. Giants u Gordon, Ysnkees 12 Selkirk. Yankees „ . 12 McCormick. Reds Foxx. Red Box . Mite. Cardinals 71L 12 — • 0 Recreation League Games Are Scheduled Play will be resumed tn the Lions Om reatlon league Wedneedsy morn- ' leg. with games between the Cards and Pirates and the Tigers and t übe Thursday's games will b« Rad Sox vs Giants snd Indiana vs Yankees.

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FIGHTS LIVEN LEAGUE GAMES Major Leaguers Playing Cut And Slash Ball Os Olden Days I ■ * New York. July 3- (UJB -The ’. baseball wars raged at white beat . I today The barking has turned ' Into biting and the boys are play- , Ing cut and slash baseball of the old school. In capsule form: lz-o Durocher snd Zeke Bonurs J slug It out . . . Umpire chases Jim- " my Dykes. Eric McNair, and Ted Lyons . . . President liarridge fines Hank Gremherg |so for punching Joe Kubel . . . Two Yankees and two Red Sox go to hospital with cuts and Injuries From Friday through Sunday eleven hall players were chased by the umpires Popularity boys like Johnny Vander Meer snd Ted Lyona were given the gate because of their arguments with umpires. Umpire Zlggy Sears waved Vander Meer out of a game Friday at * Chicago for protesting about 1 strikes Luke Appling, White Sox 1 shortstop, was chased the same 1 day. Greenberg and Kuhel engaged in a flat fight because Hank claimed Joe spiked him at first lease and Grernherg was chased t The hostilities broke out In earn-! eat Sunday Hal Schumacher I ( threw a pitch close to Leo Dur- i ocher's head In the Giants-Dodgers■ ! twin bill liefore 51.435 at the Polo ( grounds. Then Durocher hit Into , a double play Running the play , out. Durocher stepped on Bonura a ankle at first. Honure (he ball at Leo. They exchanged blown. After the hattie Botiura called |t a "cheap stunt.** Durochar claimed Bonura'a foot was I on the middle of the bag Bill Ter-' ry called Durocher "a liar." In Detroit Eddie Rommel called, Eric McNair of the White Sox. a | former teammate on the Athletics. I out on strikes. .McNair threw his bat in th* air. .Manager Jimmy • Dykes, who roomed with Rommel nine years, charged off the bench to get at hia ex-roomie hut was stopped by Umpire Cal Hubbard, the extackle who scales 250 pounds Lyons, a Sunday acbool boy. got Into the argument and was banished along with McNair and Dykes The previous day I Greenberg and Kuhel had their I argument and Dykes was fuming over at the remarks pouring oft [, the Tigers' bench about the White' Sox "only talking tough " Casey Stengel. Bees' pilot, and Merrill May. Phils' third baseman, staged an imbroglio of their own and were 1 chased by the umps. 1 Even though hopelessly out of the race, the R--d Sox went after 1 the Yanka hammer and longs I Jim Tabor spiked Buddy Rosar on Saturday Yesterday Catcher Gene Desautels was shaken up 1 and cut on the lip Second base- , man Bobby Doerr was hit on the I elbow by a pitched ball. Outfield- , er Tommy Henrich crashed Into , the wall going after a fly and split I open his scalp He had to have tour stitches taken In the wound They are playing baseball for keeps this year as they did In the days of Hertog. Cobb. Evers, weaver and Chief Myers. Both pennant races remained Matus quo yesterday. The R.-ds 1 split a double header with the i Cubs and the Yankees olvlded j | with the Red Sox Cincinnati I Slugged out an 114 victory over mm?**? 11 ,he °P* ner before; t..0»4 and then tossed away the; •fcond game. »S. im base on balls I the Reds' big weakness U-tty Grove brat Lefty Gome, « uT"' 74 bu ' ,h - Y -" k * came hack to murder the Red Sox ’ Hrtd '"a’** n '« h "- a P Tommy t . hUW hl * 1,,h ‘fumph lt.K r * Wh “ P 8 °« '««’*•• With four hits for a 5-1 victory (leveland and St Louis split » t»ln bUI. the Browns taking the Ir7bhiT‘. m .a Mnd ' h * grabbing the afterpiece, g-2 Wash n'tar On K |U ? K<l “• * ,y ,n '° "Mh tile" ?8 do T nln< ,hF Athletics twice. 4-3 and 13-2. All the battling between the • nd **” w "jr ,han * Lnke Hamlin tamed the Giants in i the opener, 24. but the Giants th. c'd? n "t , ;" lßbur « h knocked taltaJ " ~,ur,h »>y ‘•king a twin bill, 84 and ' InTa? . Wdl, M '“’ r '»•» [ twK. M and* 44 """ Yesterday'! hero—Connie Mack from A""*’ h ° n ”‘ 10 phll *'’"lPhla i» « 0,1 • • tr * ,c her. gameX predicted. "I'D he my old self 1 In a couple of days " F i Elwood Cooke Beats Today ‘.-lw^ bl n On En * ' ’ h,ljr Cooke, a slashing mtter llritaln s chief hope out of the allday c ‘ ,ampton ’ ll ‘P« to--asv h * W ° n * .*•’ victory over H. W. < Bunny 1 Austin, 84, 8-0. 8-1. Cooke', victory. c ne of the upsets!

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of the tournament, sent him into: the semi finals. Hia next opponent will be Kenner Henkel of Germany who entered the semi-finals today by defeating Franjo Kuhuljevlc. Jugoslavia. B-l, 84. 8-2. — o ADAMS COUNTY 'CONTINUED Fnrns PAGE ONE* county, to Blackford county He ta survived by his parents, grandparents. Mr and Mrs. Frank Petty of Wella county, and ten brothers and atatera. Private funeral aervlcea will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock al the Warfield Chapel. , .Montpelier, with burial at K«y j stone. Exploding Meteor Alarms Residents Portland. Ore. July 3— (U.R)-! | Astronomers believed today that a meteor exploding aa It streaked across the early morning sky canned the concussion felt by hundreds ' of residents In northern Oregon snd southern Washington yraterday. Ro many persons were aroused I _

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by the loud rumble that police radio stations and newspapera were flooded with more anxious telephone callers than at any time »ince. Orson Welles made bis famous "Men From Mars' broadcast. Professor J. Hugh Pruett, head of the Univeraity or Oregon aatronomy department, said he had no doubt but that the «•oncusslon was caused by an exploding meteor, an unusual prenotnenon. Weather observers al ’h« airport here said the shock occurred between 7:53 snd 7:54 a. m. Literary Bibliography Started • — Philadelphia (U» - A WPA proJ*ct designed to compile the first complete bibliography of American Uteraturs ta underway at the Univeralty of Pennsylvania, according to Dr Arthur Hobson Quinn He mid a staff of 4« would require , two to five years to complete the j work “— — Fivg |{o|is Adding Machine • >a P*‘ r *Hh rip-<-ord opener and end-of-roll signal 50c. . Every roll h vacuum cleaned Ti. re "JiL ve 1,1 ~nt and <’«’“• The Decatur Democrat Co.

Sleeping Man Walk* Out Window. Unhurt — Fort Wsyne. Ind.. June 8— <UPI John Denhis. 48. was recovering la St. Joseph's hospital today Now all he needs is a good explanation ot ( why he ta there. His wife Mid all was quiet after* he went to bed last night—until 11:15. Then she heard him walk through an upstatra window and thud to the ground below. The driver of the police ambulanc* wh lushed him to the hoepitvl raid ne apparently walked In fata sleep Dennis knew nothing except tnat ne wan pretty badly bruised. Three Members Os Train Crew Killed Mount Vernon Ky . July 3— <up* - Three members of a LcutovUle at.d Nashville freight train crew were killed esrly today when the 1 train struck a boulder that nad rolled down from a mountain vine. w. r. Goebel. 48. of CinemnatL' th* locomotive fireman: E. J. W*aI »<*r. 57. ot Spring Lake. Ky.. Engtn•er. and 8. c. Long. Laumta. KyJ 'traheman. were killed — Breaks Out Os Jail W ith Piece Os String South Parta. Me. July 3-<UPI , — Aphle Lauottee. ». bras.. u s Jail today with a piece of atring. Held on an an aaaault charge Alphie lowered the string from his cell window, snared a piece of cord wood and pulled it up. With the wood he pried apart two window bare. Then he droppea eight feet to the jail yard and clambered to freedom over a 15-foot fence. 1 ' » —zr~~° Term Paper 40«40 Feet Provo, Utah <UJO A record for the alxe of college claaa aasignmenta la claimed by De Von Ander •on. Brigham Young university student Assigned to prepare . .^ W rOT ’ ,rto * *orld history since the year 814. Anderson con-d-nsed th, raport on M<( us paper 40 square feet In area —-n Law Objects te Coddling K™. W r n a* ““• - (UR) -Mrs nlt.^ r,t ’“' “*” Anbury, was placed on probation one yeo r 1 w Ch ! r ” ° f ha ' rmg tal ' w Uquor her husband while he w., 1811 . * d M An>-«bury police station Cupid Bhy In Phlladelnhla Philadelphia (UJO - Th, t«L. , marrtage Hcwamo iaaued In phn wdelpbta during I, W T„ t h . tow ”« during 13.885 permits were issued ** ary DlMlkeo Jau Undon Hhnrt l k L. raOd * rn d ' , ’ ir ’‘ music Khortly before she laid the Hon stone of the new m ° da Hospital at Surrey, . program‘T mttalr for the ceremony Os ' »or her appro " Th? . V Mn ‘ •»«t the did no' | ko mZc •nd * h * Pr * f * rred "Kht opera ß “ M Fenny Round Dance July <. Sunset ’

JUNKER RACES HELD SUNDAY Peterson And Holthoune Win Junk Car Derby Races Sunday Amid a cloud of dust that threatened at times to blot out the bouncing junkers as they rounded thfl precarious curves ot the Devil s Bowl. Peter Peterson and Jack lloltbouse emerged as the local 1 winners in Sunday's Junk Cat t»srby Peterson easily won the flrat race after leading the Held the entire way on a not tooduaty track i The opener wan the "passing rar*" which had been billed for the Sunday feature. The second and third cvobu proved to be the card features, however, as a Fort Wayn« driver. Carl Anti, and several local pilots fought out a grudge race The Summit City lad captured flrat place, however, barely nosing out Red Baumann and Speed Burks both of this city, who yelled "fool" long and loud after the race to no avail. A heated diacuaaloo. tn which all drivers charged the other with | "catting" wound up shortly with the standings unchanged The last 25-tap event also proved interesting with Auts again tabing the lead and tight Ing of the challenges of Red Bauman and i Jack Holt house until the 18th lap. 1 when motor troubln forced him' | out. Then Holt house and Haumann took up the light with the formor grabbing the lead on th* 23rd lap. No injuries were suffered and no serious accidents happened Bun day. but the sane had plenty of ' thrills. On numerous occasions drivers lost control of their mounts to careen off oato th* grass only to fall back tn line again one carve , post was mowed down as three ears pulled onto the straitghaway together Carl Hurst, promoter of the I weekly event, ta arranging vhat be ( promisee to be an even better card 'next week on a track which be hopes to make practically du st less ACTIVITIES OF < ADAMS COUNTY 4-H CLUBS , ♦- 4 Whistle Whtle Yew Wars The Whistle While You Work club of St Mary's township met at , the home of Durto Marut oa June The meeting was called to order by the president. Frances Ray. A committee consisting at Doris ’ Marts snd Dora Mae M-t'nlknsfh *•» appointed to plan a program ' to be given for the Home Evon I omk-s club Doria Marts was also | selected to represent the club as queen Also the girls for the var • ious judging projects wet* select•d and are: clothing. Dora Mae McCullough: baking. ift rtg Marta I The demonstration team which will take part in the county content coaat Frances Ray and Doris Mint. I A sewing period followed the business meeting and also refreabnents were se V ed by Jeu Ray •M Doris Marts 7 The n „, w|l( •« the home of Frances R a > on Tuesday. j B |y n. m J:® p. at. Limberieet l-J ‘ OW “ w B L, ®b*' r. ??•:,- er h» *** CalW 10 ** •t by the presldut and the bus- ' < tia* uaaed. Also the 4 H ;>»b and other mmg’MJ! i^rMLh^un^x; me Uhampi HHHHI w ''7 '' 1 I II 1 I L j Fa.Tta^th*^ ndw burg,

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and Merna Staaby a.. Davldaon. Mury Jugnita Lehman. termaker the ky The next r id bit July 11. at t p M|l h trf Floaaie LyUrgw . 0 Nappy The Happy Monroe township I*, meeting at th. t,®. ' re Beth Bchwartt M » ,n Jane gl, at 1:38 p B ,tal Th* meeting »», by the presid.m IW > » was held, to which i ,‘ ta J and two leaders present wer. Ebia "■ Loreu Nusst-amn i-..b*< lyn Oraber v.rna XagJJ! and Ruth Bt.sry. Lm, " the two leed-rs U,. * Mrs Reuben gt«wy r A «MBon.t r oa N > ° givwa by Ruth. lag by Lol. J-saSctj* singing was -njoys< ' The basic. wv . • at planning th. prsr- r _ ea to aatertain th. Ro I elab ” The social hour rwtreahmen » wren s_ > eea. naaaore Beth also en>-y<-d The next mec-ing t the home of lr»n» Gna 4 neoday Jaly 5. at 1 3 at Sodboshn ky The third mrwtiat c q , township BodbssMi gj the horn- of Ixßoj BU , 7:30 p. m Monday : t »a. 12 mMnber. ;>rwat 1. The meeting su by the pr-sld- nt Baet after which Riywr |sh led group »mm< dffl I thia abort spen lx hy JH baum and Leßoy - hai given A dta- umms set Naaabaum on “Grat—straUeß" was atao swylfl nt*rth< I nomine.- • L.R-T SAa tour d.-i.-ci-. • 4-- • Leonard Bchwart IL ■chwarn and Raymw Milo Naasluum is a"-t The next meettag ‘(1 at the bom. of M'-k ||, ' on Jaly 34. at 7 34 11” ■ —-O'— — Fort Wayne UiKu, Company kw — ’M Fort Wayn- Ind Jv ® • Police tods- report* d « iaat night broke ■F« 1 I a laandt-r compss» to r aped With |1 2W B , diamond rings n'sri crime was dt». otw* They said the test ■ 4 J psrta. jimmied tb» t< ’at luardr> and crack* i g® Mutton to th. ass» I finger prints but er4« es •he men wore aura* ‘ Ifti itiea said ' ,OI .. —--IB 10’. discount ofl r and film- N»i^ lt> , WM

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