Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1939 — Page 6

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LEGION TEAM IS OEFEATEO AT BLUFFTON Decatur Loses. ti-O: Booster (lame To Be Played This F.vening Playing without the HrvtrN of three regular*. ihe Decatur Junior American Legion suffered at «4» defeat at Bluffton Tu-aday afternoon. Th- Decatur i-am la scheduled to moot ih- Van Wart. Ohio. Jim lor I .-atoll team at Worthinan | PWM thla -Yanina at 5 o'clock In ! a booster aama. with all pro—d* to ha used to d-fray esprit*** of | the' taam to tha regional le-glon j lowrnauiant at Indianapolis tomor-' roW Admission to thla evening* gamwill b- 25 cent* p-r person Decatur waa llmltad to two hlta. a -Inal- by Andrawa In tha a*rood Inning and Chllcot-* alnal- In ththird frama. Rlufftnn scored th- necessary j nun In th- opanlng Inning, tallying ibr— tlmaa on on- hit. thr— | arrora and two walkq. Bluffton counted ita othar thr— rim* In th- aixth on <ma hit. a walk, two man hit by pitched ball* and a fl-ldar'a choice Bluffton AB R H E Km-rlck. If 4 110 Arnold. 2b « 4 1 #1 I Sp-h-g-r. *a 3 0 2 o Shall, rs 3 16 0 Schwartz. a— 3 0 0 6 Bhl-lda. 3h 2 o n o

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YANKEE ROOKIE TAKES TWELFTH STRAIGHT GAMF. Alley Donald Wins 12 In Row; Carl lluhbell Finally Wins Saw York. July 26 -tUIO-Por winning !2 atralght gamaa. All-y ' Donald's raward la a visit to hi* d-nil*t to g-t a tooth yankad But If you knew Alley Donald, you'd f—l sorry for the dentist Thj chamndrant. La. boy has away with him whether he'* toeing the plirher's plate or sitting In (ha d-nilat'a chair. Tha Yankee rookie la one of those halt player* you don't even notlre at first but ha grow* on you. Tha more you a— of him the battar you have to Ilka It. Bill Dickey probably called th- turn ion Donald when h- said, "M- al I way* *—m* lo g-t a little -atra 1 something on th- halt wh-n ha'* i In a Jam " Anyway, ha rouldn'l win 12 atralght without a defeat even with th- Yank—a behind him. utile** ha had plenty on tha ball He I teal tha Brown* y-*t-rday on five hlt*. 5-1. and had a no hitter until two war- out In lha sixth He ha* beaten tha Brown*. While Sox :tnd Indian* thrice each, the Senator* twice, and the Athletic* once. The Tiger* knocked hlin i out of th- box In a gam- In which be wasn't th- pitcher of record and h- ha* faced Ih- K-d Stix only In a relief role. You have to dig up some pretty fair rhumker* to top Donald'* record Walter Johnson. JoWood. drove, and Schoolboy Howe are tied forth- American league consecutive game record, each with 16 *tralgtt. but Donald's 12 b-at* anything ever recorded , by a first-year pitcher. Th- White Sox honeymoon I* over. The K-d Sox banged them around twice. 3-2 and 6-6 <lO In-j nlngai. Lefty drove did the Job In the opei.er. winning No. 10 with an eight-hit performance. Ted Williams' triple and Joe Cronin's double won the first game. Homer* by Doerr and Foxx tied the seore In the ninth Inning of the nightcap, and Jim Tabor's tingle drove In the winning marker in the loth. It wa* the first time thla aeason Chicago had lost a twin bHI. A tilnerun rally In the ninth with the score tied. 3-3. enabled th- Indians to trim th- Athl-tle*. 12 *. although th- A's cam- back with a five-run rally themselves. Freddy Hutchinson. recalled from Toledo, lost hi* first major l-agu- start a* Washington h-wt Detroit. 5-3. . Th- Cincinnati K-da Increased their National l-agu- lead to 10 game* by defeating the Bees. 2-1. ‘ last night In Cincinnati before 2* 6*2 Bucky Walters hung up victory No. 17 with a three-hitter. Carl Hubboll euded one of the longest diant losing streaks In history by going 13 Inning* to beat the Cardinals. 6-3. Old Hub held the Card* to 10 hit*. Prank Demaree't homer with a mate on followed by another circuit clout by Mel Ott did the trick. The Dodgers came out of their slump, knocking off the Cubs twice, *-6 and 3-1. They blew a 5-0 lead in the opener only to come liack with a three-run rally In the ninth to win. Hugh Casey pitched a six-bitter In the nightcap Hugh Mulcahy'a wild pitch In the loth allowed two run* to •core, giving Pittsburgh a 6-4 victory over the Phil*. Klble Fletcher'* triple with two aboard tied the score In the eighth. Yesterday's hero: Carl Huhbell. ■he Giant*' almost forgotten hero of other days who bravely risked ruining his arm forever by going 13 Innings to break hla club's ninegame losing streak with a 6-3 Victory over the Cardinal* — ... i i , HOME RUNS Poxx. Red Box 21 Greenberg, Tiger* is Mite. Cardinal* is Ott. Giants 17 I Camlllt. Dodgers l( William. Red Sox 16 ’'-ad* In a Good Town — oecato-

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CHURCH LEAGUE ! GAMES PLAYED Reformed And St. Mary’s Teams Are Victors Tuesday Night The Reformed and fit. Mary'a teams were victors in two close itame* In the Church softball leacue Tueaday night under the light* at the South Ward diamond. The Reformed team scored an 11-8 triumph over Raptlat In the opening game The wtnnera. lead- ' nlng. st or' d three times In the lug 8-7 at the end of the sixth in- ' seventh to put the game out of the Baptists' reach The losers rallied |ln the last half of the fram to score once but the rally ended with two men left on bases. Hath team obtained 11 hita. Si. Mary’s, scoring all its runa In the sixth and seventh innings, registered a 7-5 verdict over Methodlit, The winners tallied five in the sixth, with Art Raker a home run climaxing the drive. The winning runa counted In the seventh on an error and Hollnger's homer. Krlrk pounded out a home for Methodist In the sixth with one on. The loaera pounded out three hlti for a pair of runa in the seventh but the rally ended with the tying runa on the paths. R H E Reformer 002 321 2—ll 11 4 Baptist 211 210 1— 8 11 5 Myers. L. Rrokaw and Heller; Andrews and H. Johnson. R H E St. Mary'a ... 000 005 I— 77 3 Methodist .... 100 002 2— 5 « 4 W. Baker and Gage; Cline, . Smith and Baumgartner. GREENVILLE TO BE RICE SCENE Track Records Doomed In Auto Races Sun- • day. July 30 Greenville. Ohio July 28 — The track record at Greenville Motor Speedway Is threatened every race and on three seasons of the track's history the record has been cracked three times. Sunday. July 30 la a potential reonrri smashing dale at Greenville since othar pilots racing In the Central Stalea Racing 1 Association this season are alt---r ’ the scalp of Jimmy W'lburn, current record holder. These pilots will have their chance In the special four-car match race, the Klveralde Handicap, In which the four

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I fastest qualifying cars are eligible. ■ It more than likely will be a du-l , between Wilburn and three other: ' speed merchant* and speed* de veloped In lb I* event may produce I another record breaking perform- ! sure. j Wilburn broke Everett Saylor'*. mark of 22.3 aeconds here on May l il4 with a run of 22.29 seconds In ; addition to the handsome purse off-red In the match race an added piece of money goes to the record breaking chauffer Four 10-lap elimination dashes, a 10-lap consolation heat and a 25-lap feat unround out Ihe Sunday program TELLER IS HELO IN $5,000 BOND Young Franklin Banker Held On Federal Embezzlement ('barge Indianapolis. July 26 — <UJ& — llerliert Hacker. 24-yewr-old former Franklin bank teller who allegedly absconded with nearly |9.000 In hank funds, waa held under 25.000 bond today on a federal embesalement charge. He waa arraigned before U. 8 i commissioner Fae Patrick late i yesterday, only a few hours after ihe surrendered to Johnson county sheriff N. W. Pangborn at the county Jail at Franklin. He waived preliminary hearing and waa bound over to the federal grand Jury. i. TVi I’ H jt'tnroey*.. nirt— ssld that Hacker s case probably will) b«* heard In September shortly' after »h- grand jury convenes. If , he la indicted, he will be tried In October. j Hacker appeared at the Johnson j county Jail early yesterday and I surrendered to Sheriff Pangborn lHe said he had been traveling ■bout the country since he f|«-d from Franklin March 29 with nearly In Too in fund* of the Farmer*

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"ORDER VOTE 111 PACKING PLANT National Labor Board Orders Vote In Armour Company Plant Washington. July 26 — <U.R> ~ Th- nallonal labor relation* Imard today ordered an election among maintenance and production -m- --, ploy-* of Armour * Co auxlllgry parking plant* In Chicago within 116 day* Th- election will determine whether the employe* wish to be represented by the packing hou»I worker* ..rganixing committee ICIO.I Th- order followed a pr-r-tl-ni established two w-O ago In Deni ver and Oklahoma City packing plant* where election* were order|ed although the unions made undisputed rlalm* of a majority Board member Kdwln S Smith, a* in the D-nver and Oklahoma : city caaea. dl**ent-d from the majority decision Smith said In hi* dissent that this wa* th- last lime he Intended to mak- a di**-nt In an Individual ■ case of thl* nature II- pointed out that h- had established hi* opposition lo the precedent a* a policy and that h- would maintain that opposition without casting a vote In individual caaea. Demand Oiacuaaion Chicago. July 26 (U.» — The parking houa- workera organising committee of the congreaa of Industrial organization* demanded today that Official* of Armour and company resume discussion of grievance*. The union, which haa threatened to strike again*! the company and other member* of the "big four" ! parking firm* Wilson. Swift and Cudahy unleaa they negotiate for I national contract*, made the demand In a telegram to Robert H | Cabell. Armour president, and H. 8. Kldred. vice-president. The union staged two demonstrations yesterday. Both were orderly. Announce Plan Washington. July 26 — <U.R> — The congress of Industrial organizations waa believed today to have precluded any possibility of a peaceful settlement of Ita quarrel ; with the American federation of ' labor by announcing Ita plan to organize all construction workers into a huge Industrial union. Although CIO president John L. L»-wis did not mention the federa- ■ tlou by name, hla disclosure was widely Interpreted aa meaning that .he plana an attempt to devitalise I 'he APL’a riche*t. moat Influential unions, and enlist their mem ' bershlpa under hla banner 1 Budding and construction work j era long have been organised on a craft, rather than an Industrial baal* and hare made tremendous contribution* to the A PL'* war cheat for ita fight with the CIO for supremacy among organised labor group* For year* the building trade* have been the APL strongI bold. Year-old peace talk*, seeking to effect peace between the APL and CIO, have been In abeyance for Trust Co. of Pranklln. He had 132 when he appeared at the county Jail. The youthful teller was sent to Indianapolis March 29 with 15 600 Jn ron'Mat-d bill* tie wa* to -t- - the money for new bill* i and return to the bank. Instead he evaded hla wife who accompanied him to Indianapolis, returned to Pranklln where he left 11.000 for hla wife In an envelope I In Ihelr home, and disappeared. latter the bank learned he also : had taken over 24.000 In cash. I Bonding company official* said • the total amount mimilng was > about t*.700.

I two month., and the CIO', newly-1 nffirm-d militancy ••• to h«v- -nd-d *njr possibility •*' their i-sumption , PARTY CAUC US | (CONTINUKD FROM rAtlB ON«> 1 schedule* tor skilled workera- for which WPA client* .truck thla. month - to "often 'he provision which compels a 10-day vacation for any relief workers who ha* been on the roll* 1* month*, and r-aiore federal theater projects. Delay* Action Washington. July 2« - <U.W “ President Rooa-v-lt d-lay-d final executive action on the Hatch hill today pending receipt of departmental reporta on It. It l* design-,-d to prohibit the vast majority of federal employes from pgrtlclpaling In politic*. The bill, which may b-com- an Important factor In presidential politics next year, reached the White House yesterday for Mr, Rooa-velt'a signature or veto. It waa sent to the department of Justice and other federal department a to which It applies Mr. Roosevelt said he had not read It In the form In which congress finally sent It to the White House (hiring the congressional struggle over Ihe bill, however, he said he had no objection to It* objectives. bul contended that II was loosely drafted. Congreaa later revised ihe meaaure to meet some of hi* rriticlam. The bill will liar all hut high policy making executive* of Ihe j federal government from partlcl- ] patlng even In presidential nominating convention*. > i Federal Prisoner Escape From Guards • Washington. July 26 — (UJO — A group of seven prisoner* being transferred from the Atlanta federal penitentiary lo lA'wlsburg. Pa., overpowered Ihelr guard* near Fredericksburg. Va. and escaped today. The Justice department announced the escape Official* Raid Virginia state police had marshalled reserve forces and were pursuing the convicts. —. o i ■■■ Danish Knight Not a Dana Minneapolis. Minn. (UP) Andrew N. Johnson. Danish vie* consul V"-e. recently knighted ty H* government and decorated by the king, is not a Dane and haa never been in Tn-ianark. Johnson was made vice (o-insul after doing considerable !eg*l work for the Danish ronanlar service He wsa tw>rn In W-*con*lu.

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