Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1939 — Page 6

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BOSTON SLAPS CINCINNATI IN DOUBLE HEADER Bees Score Double Victory Over League Leaders Sunday New York. July 17- (U.W Every Um- th* Cincinnati Red* feel pmud of themaelve* and atari ■ ■trulllnf. M>m<* other club pin* I their esrs hark. Th* Boston Bee* ««»<■ the ll'-d- ' a double done of anil pennant lonh • yesterday The Khinelandera had ’ been cn>wlng •bout taking two out t of three from the Olanta In the 1 Turbulent Polo Ground* aerlea j Funny thing about thia Cincinnati | club, every Um* they take it on I the chin, they pull themselves Io i Kether and Ret back to their job i with neatneaa and dispatch The lledx lout only half a game In the pennant race aa the Cardinal* took over the Giant*. 3-1 Thun Cincinnati la In no immediate danger with a alxgame lead In losing to the Bee*. 3-0. and 4-3. the Knla have themselves largely to blame They collidin'! hit Sailor BUI Poaedel * chucking In the opener. and they made dlaaatroua error* In both game* Poaedel allowed alt hlta In the opener acoring hi* ninth victory and hl* third shutout Gris aont helped loae hla own game by throwing Al Lopex* tap ao far and high over Frank McCormick'* head that Eddie Miller ucored all the way from flrat latter Lopet acored on a sacrifice fly. In th* aecond game. Whitey Moore contributed to hi* own downfall by flinging Jim Turner'* hunt peat BUI Werber, which al lowed the tying run to acore Turner wu* credited wiih hi* second victory of the year although he had to be relieved In the ninth with one out and runner* on aecond and third Fred Frankhouae did the fireman'* act. retiring Frey and Ronglovannl to end the game Billy Werber connected for four of the aecen hit* the Red* made ofi Turner. Eddb Miller. Bee* shortstop suffered a fracture ot the left ankle w(rn he collided with Al Simmon* in the nightcap, and be will be out of the lineup tor at

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least a month. Young Morton Cooper let the Clanta down with eight hlta to I ■nap the Card*' three game losing i at rank. The Cub* and Dodger* broke, even, Chicago Winning the opener, I |9-2. and Brooklyn taking the night-1 cap. 40. Claude Paxaeuu and lair I ry French combined to beat the I lodger* In the opener. Van Mungo and Red Evan* let the Cub* down with four hlta In winning I the afterpiece, Hugh Mulcahy pitched the PhilIlea to a 3-! victory over the Pirate* in the firm game, but the Cor aalra put on a alx run rally In the' seventh frame to grab the night- j .cap. 7-3. j The Yank***, all over their ! i shake*, pul on a grand show be-, | fore C1.1H14 person* In Cleveland in* they won from the Indiana I twice. 5! and 8-3. I.efty Gomes' pitched a aeven-hltter In the open-, I er. and Mariua Russo let the tribe! ' down with six hila iu the nightcap. I The Red Box pennant bee kept | .butting aa they triumphed over th* Tiger* twice. 9-2 and 3-4, to run their winning streak to 11' I straight Grove gave up! ‘only alx hit* In the first game and! lienny Galehotiae dished out only I four In the nightcap. The While Sox treat the Sen■tors twice. 3-2 and 4-3. Ted Lyons out dueled Dutch Leonard In the opener Thornton l<ee gave i up II hlta hut kept them mattered , to cop the aecond The Brown* alugged out IS hlta for a 18-7 victory oer the Athletic* In the opener George MacQttlnn ! and Harland Clift hit homer* In the second game the Brown* and the A'* battled I! Inning* to a | 5-6 tie. the game being called he-j cause of darkness Yesterday* hero: Sailor Bill Poaedel. the Brooklyn castoff who yielded only six hit* in blanking the league leading Cincinnati Reda, hl* third shutout thia season. STANDINGS i NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. GB. • Cincinnati 44 29 413 New York 41 M .531 • Brooklyn .... 38 3« .511 7 Chicago <i j* Ju ‘ St. Lotti* t; 3R 3; g Pittsburgh 34 37 493 9 Boston „ . 17 39 .487 9H j Philadelphia .. 83 48 .314 21 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. O B New York 57 23 .713 Boatonu 47 25 *53 « Chicago ... 43 35 .651 12 Cleveland —4O 38 .513 1* Detroit 39 40 .494 Washington 23 50 398 25H Philadelphia 30 48 .385 2* St. Ixtuia 24 54 gag 32 YESTERDAY'* RESULT* National League Bo*ton 3-4, Cincinnati 0-3. • 1 1 Philadelphia 3-3. Pittaburgh 2-7. >' Chicago. M. Brooklyn 2-4 St. Untie 1. New York 1. American League Chicago 3-4. Washington 2 3. Boston 9-3. Detroit 2-0. New York 6 8. Cleveland 2-3 Rt Ixruia 13-6, Philadelphia 74. I Q ' < LEADING BATTERS -- j I Player Club C. AB R H pct. 1 DlMagglo. Yanka 48 176 39 71 4u* Artiovlch. Phils 72 *7B 46 lU6 378 ' Foxx. Red Box 45 242 49 84 .355 Bassett. Roe* 73 289 37 100 344 Johnston, Athletic 79 384 43 99 344 — ll 0HOME RUNS Mias. Cardinala 1 Greenberg. Tigers 17 Camllll. Dodgers ... .... 15 Foxx. Red Box js Ott. Giant* Ji Johnson. Athletic* 14 Selkirk. Yankees u l.<>mhrdl. Reda 14 McCormick. Reda 14 Gordon. Yankees .. 14

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G.E. CAPTURES TWIN BILL TO LEAD LEAGUE Defrat Mies Double Header To Take Possession Os First Place League Standing W. 1.. Pct. In. F. . ... * 1 .*l* Fuelling R 2 »0o Union ... ..5 4 564 Pleasant Milla 4 * .400 Mie* 3 7 300 Frledheltn 1 9 .100 The General Electric team took 1 undisputed poaaeaalon of first place in the Adam* county WPA baseball league Sunday afternoon by 'Opping a double header from Mie* Recreation at Worthman Field Fuelling, which bad been tied with the G E. won its lone contest of the day from Frledheltn. thereby dropping lo second place. In the other game* of the day. Pleaaant Mill* continued Ila winI ulng way* with a twin victory over the Union Acea. G. E nosed out a 5-4 victory lover Mie* In the opener but ran | wild hi the aecond contest to win |by a 12-2 count. G. E scored the I winning run in the laat of the eighth on hit* by Schneider and L. | Conrad, coupled with a pair of I fielder's choice*. The league lead- ' era pounded out 12 hit* In the nightcap to win eaally. The win1 ner* played errorless ball In both 1 | game* Fuelling had Utile difficulty in 1 defeating Friedhelm 8-4. scoring In ' all but three Innnga. Pleaaant Mill* took two closely I contested game* from the Union Ace*. 4-8 and 9-8. RHE ! Mie* ...J 200 000 020- 4 7 3 Ig E 111 000 llx—s 9 0 , Mie* and Heckman; P. Conrad and Strickler. RHE 0 E 200 404 o—l 212 0 Mie* 000 010 1— 2 7 3 Schneider and latdd; Sehamer-1 ' loh and Heckman. RHE Frledheim 000 00* 002 —4 7 5 Fuelling 011 114 00x—8 8 5 E. Gallmeyer and T. Buliemeier; W. Fran* and Buerger. RHE I Pleasant Milla 010 06* 14 8 5 ; Union 001 010 o—2 4 2 Sluaaer and B McMillen; R. Bleeke and T. Bleeke. RHE Pleaaant Milla 150 300 o—9 lo 5 ■ Union 001 151 o—B 8 1 i Rotendo. Vixard and II McMillin; R. Bleeke and H. Thieme. , MYSTERY OVER DEAN'S INJURY Dizzy Dean's Lacerated Arm Surrounded With Mystery’ Pittaburgh. July 17 —(UJU Dltiy Dean, the Chicago Cuba' 1185.000 beauty, liatened sleepily early today while hla wife explained how | he had received a lacerated arm. Manager Gabby Hartnett had sent the talkative one home from New York last night, aaylng he would not “tolerate" any player breaking training rule*. Dlxay'a ‘ left arm was heavily bandaged At 8:28 a. m. CST. the train carrying Dlzxy to Chicago where he will explain to the Cubs' front office, arrived here and reporter* found Mr* Dean asleep In the low- , er berth of their drawing room and Dlaxy asleep in the upper. Upon belnx awakened, he was too sleepy to talk, but ahe wasn't. "Tell them exactly what happened. Jerome." ahe commanded of the prone figure In the berth above her. There was no response, and ■he continued “the telephone rang In the middle of the night In the hotel tn New York. Jerome reached out In the dark to answer It. Hla arm hit the glaaa top of the telephone table and knocked over a lamp. The lamp broke the glaaa top and Jerome cut hla arm on the broken glaaa." “It's nothing at all." Dlaay numbled from above. "They iuat put two atltchea In It. It hardly cut the akin I can still work. I'm goIng to rejoin the team In Chicago next Sunday " "I don't see why all th* fuaa." weld Mr*. Dean "It'* hl* left arm If It was hl* right arm It would be dlferent " "Hartnett say* he won't tolbrate any player breaking training." one of the reporter* aald. . "Did Gabby say thal?" asked Mr*. Dean. Sh* than termintaed th* Interview. Th* Duan* wouldn't talk when they left New York laat night. A atory circulated In New York that Dlaxy got tangled up with a plat* glaaa cigar counter Saturday night, but it could not be verified The phyalclan who treated Dean there wa* not located until early today and hi* description of the

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wound did little to corroborate the < cigar counter rumor. ORDERS (.I\ EX tCONTINVED FROM PAOK ONE* today. Project operation* continued Indefinitely suspended tn Minneapapolia. Minn., and Rocheater. N. Y . where atilhorltle* feared possible violent outbreak* Riot* in Minneapolis have caused two death* and more than a acore of Injuries Harrington ha* promised to tloae other project* If necessary to prevent violence and property damage. Normal In State IBy United Preaat WPA operation* in Indiana were normal today aa virtually all worker* who struck laat week In protest to new regulation* increasing : 1 their working hour* were back on their job*. In contrast to moat state* where protest strike* were held, no Hoosier worker* were dismlaaeg for violation of the national ruling that any employe abeent for five day* would be discharged. No violence occurred during the ' strike* in Indiana All worker* agreed to Join a nation wide oue-day strike Thursday protesting the ruling, and official* Indicated that work would continue on schedule until then. — o ■ Columbia City Man Heads Association Culver. Ind. July 17.— <u.R) — Foster 8. Riddick editor of the Columbia City Commercial Mall and Poet and former president of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association, today bad been aelected president of the Hoosier State Pres* Association He aucceed* Wray E. Fleming of Indianapolis, who became director

Combat M ind Erosion Os Soil As New Conservation Activity i—- *

This dust storm, photographed f' lon« Road US south of Winamac on juae 10, indicates the type of soil 1 erosion which led to the esubltott ment of a new tree nursery at the i Jssper-Puladil county state game i . preserve. Virgil M Simmons, comuiirsloner of the Department of Conset vatlon, pointed out today. Such erosion occurs In the northwestern part of Indiana dur.ng periods of strong, continuous winds •shlch carry the dry/ powdery soil , for distance of several miles On the ( duy that the picture was taken dust > wan so thick over Dasi Lake that tt wan difficult to see across the lake i Similar erosion takes place In oU»- ’ rv northern counties, due In part to i drainage and removal of the trees.

of the organisation. Other officers named were J. I Frank McDermond. publisher of ! the Attica Ledger Tribune, vice president; E. C Gorrell, publisher of the Pulaakl County Democrat of Winamac, treasurer, and Neil D. McCallum, of Bateavllle. aeceetary All were Ye-elected. .o — - MODERNIZE AIR ■ CONTINUED FROM rAUE ONEt air conditioning plant. This name •yatem haa recently been installed in Fort Wayne. Anderson. Peru. Huntington and many other title* Believe Cigarette Caused Plane Fire Fort Wayne. Ind. July 17.—<MB —Authorities today blamed a cigarette for accidently starting a fire which destroyed a tri-motored Boeing plane during the annual Aero club meet here yesterday. The plane, valued by pilot Mike Mnrphy at 111.500. waa not insured Murphy waa under rotitract to ar ‘t for the Ohio Oil Co. The fire provided an extra thrill to an estimated crowd of 36.000 attending the show. o Health Service Bill Vetoed By President Waahlngton. July 17 — (UP) — President Roosevelt today vetoed a bill extending U. 8. health eorwiee : 10 Officer* of the U. 8. foreign aerI vice. He aald In hla veto message that the measure opens up a whollv •tew field of govetntnen* medlcvl care." and that he did not consider it proper to start extending such rid to a large class of civilian*. He ■•aid th* coat of the new propoaed service would be expensive compared to the number* benefit tea

Twenty-two acres on the Jaspert”ilaakl state gasne preserve have been turned into a tree nursery where stock will be grown for windbreak planting Species of trees g i own will be those especla'ly suited for thia purpose snd adapted to ’he soli types found In the area. Heed beds In the tew nursery are h«lng completed and it la anticipated that trees will bo available for wtndbreak and reforestation plantlugs In two years. Minions of trees, produced In other state forest nurseries have already been planted throughout the area where wind erosion occurs but few ot these plantinge wore made for the definite purpose of guarding -he fertile soil against erosion. I

HARLAN COUNTY J MINE DISPUTE ' TOLL GROWING < Four More Violent Death* Reported From Ken- i, tucky Area y I 1 Harlan. 'Ey . July “ 'U-® " ' “Bloody" Harlan county today < countetl four more violent death*, t two of them the reault ot I"*** trouble*, aa union leader* und coal I mine operator* resumed negotla- t tloM for !*•<*♦* In th* HbeUw ’ field*. 1 At Harlan. 883 person* arrested I Wednesday after national guard* < I men and picket* clashed at th* Mahan Billiton coal mln* near i Stanfill, prepared for arraignment today. All were charged with ( "handing and confederating'' In ( addition. Getirge Tiller, secretarytreasurer of the dlalrltt No 19. United Mine Worker* of Anterka. I wa* charged with aetllllon and ’ forcible rebellion. Peace negotiation* were under t way at Knoxville. Tenn. John L. i Connor, federal conciliator, met ' yesterday with five negotiator* for the union and four for the operat--1 of*. He det lined to comment on I the meeting*. Frank Noe. union miner who wa* ahol during Wednesday* i clash, died yesterday from hip , wwund* Hl* waa the aecond death* resulting from the < lash Dockit Caldwell, a airiking miner, waa the . ' other victim. The other death* resulted from II fighting during the weekend | Brig Gen. Ellerbe Carter, in . ' charge of national guardsmen pa trollng the coal field*, reported I that Bill Roberta, a union miner. | had been shot and killed Saturday L at Stanfill by Willie Fee. a miner. ! ,f - | .ci,! t..in ROM I had attacked Fee. I Fee wa* one of the complainant*L against the 223 picket* who were L seised after Wednesday * clash. |* Carter said the slaying "probably || had aomething to do* with Feeh signing the warrant* Fe»- was I. j held on a murder charge. * Frank Rryant. 30. a miner, andll Bradley Slmpaon. 25. a truck l| driver, were shot and killed at Wallin* Creek tn a fight which ; Carter described a* "a drunken !l I brawl " Carter aald It had no con-|| nectlon with labor trouble* T*°li Verda miner* were held tor the shooting. Il Fall Under Train Is Fatal To Man Indianapolis. July 17 — .u.Rj — I Bernard Wilhelm. 35. of . Harris-1 burg. Pa., died yeaterday from' Injuries suffered when he fell beneath a "Pennsylvania railroad I freight train aa he wa* attempting to board It saturday Teachers Reserve Fund Held Illegal Indlanagtolia. Ind. July 17—<VP| —The attorney general's office ruled today that a ''contingent reserve" fund created 10 year* ago by th* atat* teacher* retirement fund ;ru*teea Is illegal and should be dissolved. The trustee* sought the opinion, t.asertlng that th* fund I* needed tor collecting defaulted securities. The trustees did not revSul how large the contingent reserve la at i nreaent. The retirement fund, which i paya pension* to tb* state teachi -r*. (otala about 522.000.000. g ... Three Sentenced To Ixing Prison Terms New York. July 17—ICPj—Three men convicted of participation in ■ht 8426.960 armored truck holdup ft 1934 were sentenced to long prlrun term* today. County Judge William 0 Dwyer sentenced Thotnaa Quinn. 40. and Joseph Kreaa. 32. t« u to 30 year* and Stewart Wallace, s>. 0 io year* The men w*r* member* of a gang

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which held up nn nrmorou - — which hod heen making .-oilectlona for the Rnhel l«* company In Brooklyn It was the larg*»» cash toldieiT pt American crim* hlalory- - o * '**" Commits Suicide By Taking Strychnine Winamac. Ind. July 17 (U-RP-Despondent brcaiis* th* Pttluokl county welfare board had refused tn return lt*r alx children lo her. Mr* Nellie Minter. 39. died after drinking strychnin* al th* home of het daughter, Mr*. Carl Fit*, near Pulnskl yesterday Mr* Minter, th* widow of Willis Minter who died two year* ago. waa »*nt to <b* *tal* women's State prison on a statutory charge laat year. At that lime the welfare board placed her children in another home. - '"-0 1 Bombay Noiai<r Than London Ikmabay. India <U.f9 — Tiie main streets ot Bombay are ton times t.oialer than those of London. Aowording to a count mad.’ by the Safety Flrat aaaoclatloa. which is considering mean* of reducing t-affic noise*. Vehicle* in the city a lusleat tboroutrtifaica sound warning* W time* a minute. In London tno average I* five time* a minute. Jail Sprung With Tin Cup Canton. O XUJB-Two prisoners escaped from city jail here by fashtoning a c rude, tool from a Un c up. forcing the door lock and walklni

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