Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1939 — Page 6

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CARDINALS WIN DOUBLE HE ADER TO CUT MARGIN Take Twin Bill From Boston As Reds Are Idle In Ruin New York, Aug. 4—RMO Even with talk of rebellion tn their rank*, the St, Lottis Cardinals remain th* favorites of the press hoi to challenge th* Cincinnati Reds tor the National league pennant that la. If nny club hi aide to get within hailing dlstame of th.- men nt McKerhnb* The Card* made hay while the mitt shone yesterday by (licking off a double victory over the B«--s 61 and 4-3, and trimmed the Reda* lead tn 9»g games The Reda, beaten two days hand rnnnlng by the Giants. failed to get a chance to show that their slump was only temporary in the get-away game Bmky Walters, ready to go utter Ma nineteenth victory, was kent tn the slartliis boz by rain and Will pitch against the Dodgers and.-1 the lights tonight. All talk of the fetid between Joe Medwtrk and Ray Blades has thrown cold water <>n the Cards' flint pennant hopes. Medwick may be sulky and show his displeasure at some of Blades' declslona. but he isn't going to start 11 any dissension on the St Louis i club Blades la the boss and is i backed up by the front office If the Carteret. N. J.. Hungarian gets tough about It. Biades may level down on him good and proper. With Country Slaughter, the disappointing ris.kle of last year, starting to hit, Blades can get along with an outfield of Pepper ' Martin. Tarry Moore. and Slaugh- 1 ter if Medwick decides he's too 1 good for the Cards Apparently, though. Medwick has been given a talking to by 1 someone with a little more savvy ! than the headstrong Hungarian Medwick hit a homer and single in the tiro tun.- but was held hhi-ss

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in the nightcap. Slaughter hit a . homer in each game, the second ! one coming with one on and winning the nightcap. Lon Warnake. who allowed eight hits in the op-j etier, and Morton Cooper, who gave up nine in the nightcap, ww the winning pitchers. With two rookies starring, the Cuba beat the Phillies. 9 6 Out-j fielder BUI Nicholson hit two | triples and a single and shortstop Hobby .Mattick got a single and a double In the Cubs' 13-hlt attack Brooklyn moved into a fifth place tie with the Giants by dipping the Pirates. 4-1. behind Tot Prvastiell's eight-hit hurling The Yanka came out of their ! slump with a bang, clothing out 16 1 hits mid thumping the Tigers. 12-3. - 'to end their three-game losing streak. Joe IHMaggio hit homers Nos 1« and 11. Bill Hickey hit No IT and lied Rotfe No. 8. The Red Sox ran amok in the eighth Inning, scoring nine runs to wallop the Indiana, 17-6 Joe Cronin hit two doubles In the big inning Bob Doerr had four hits, and Cronin and Tahor three apiece, I With George Case having a field day. Washington won from the Browns. 9 5 Case hit a triple, |< double, and single and slide three 1 liases to make his season's total .17. The White Sox scored nine runs in three frames to lieat the Athletics 9-7. Johnson's l&th homer and Hayes' 13th featured the A’s counter rally In the third Yesterday's hero—George Case. Washington speedster who made I three hits and stole three liases i as the Senators won their fourth t straight. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pet. G.B. ' Cincinnati 60 S! .658 ' St Ixdus 51 42 .548 >t 2 [ Chicago 51 45 .531 jj Pittsburgh 47 44 .516 IJlg ' New York 46 46 .500 14 Brooklyn 46 46 .SOS 14 1 Boston 42 51 .452 18> 3 Philadelphia 26 6.1 .292 331, AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct G.B New York 67 2s .70S —— Boston 59 35 62s 7lg Chicago 55 43 521 13’ a Clevelan 49 45 .531 17 1 1 Detroit 50 47 .515 18 Washington 42 57 .434 27 Philadelphia 35 60 .368 32 St. Louis 26 68 .277 40»4 1 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St lamia 5-4. Boston 1-3. Chicago 9. Philadelphia 6. Brooklyn 4. Pittsburgh 1. New York at Cincinnati, postponed. rain. American League Boston 17, Cleveland 6. Chicago 9. Philadelphia 7. New York 13. Detroit 3. Washington 9, St. Louis 5.

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MEDWICK IRKED AT RAY BLADES Star Cardinal Outfielder Dissatisfied With Cardinals St Louis, Aug. 4 —(UP)— Jo* ■ Medwick. St. Louis Cardl.tals outfielder who won the National League batting championship and most ■ valuable player award In 1937. i« , mih ippy with the Card'ti Is this ■ ear. and he doesn't care why ’ knows It. 'Vm a dissatisfied hx’l player with th* Cardinals, and I guess It's t'm>. manager Ray Blades and Sam Ft - idoti l.now about It." Medwick 01 Id. Brendon Is the owner of the I Cardinals. Medwick would not say that ho wanted to be traded. “That's up to Breadon," he said. The Brooklyn Dodgers have been reported eager to buy Melwlck. He said hr was "plenty sore" aliout being taken out of T-teaday'* gime with the Boston B«<-s in the ninth inning when two were on’, terming It a "personal yhow-ttp" by Blades. “It was the rawest deal I've ever received in my baseball carc«r. Two out for Boston In th* ninth, a runner on first. tv,o strikes »n the tiatter and what happens? Coach Mike Gonsales run* out 'o stop the game. I though maybe Bl ides was going to send In a new pitcher, 4>ut instead Mike yells, Hey you. Joe. get outT If Blades through I wasn't spry enough to «'< after some drives In the ninth, why didn't he take me on’ before the inning started?” Blades said he made th# change because he thought King, the substitute, ."was a better tlrower and a faster fielder than Joe". He den *d that he removed .Medwick to h-tmlliate him. FAIR SIDELIGHTS tmtrriNtncD ow page mx> only is gifted as a laugh-maker but has no little talent as an acrobat. 1 The act. his first lengthy one of the fair, proved highly entertaining last night previous to the dress revue. —O—O—- . Screams and sighs were prevalent on the "Big Eli" last night, as the ferris wheel “stuck" temporarily and caused a minor rocking that prole ably seemed like nothing short of an earthquake to those perched in the highest carriages. —o—o—- — Wefel, of Preble, called nt the police booth last night to claim the spectacles that were reported found Thursday afternoon. —o—o—- — unidentified little whiteheaded boy of less than a year provided the entertainment for a number of fair-goers Thursday afternoon as he enthua- | iastlcally j.rked this way and that on the steering wheel of his vehicle in the Kiddles' Auto Ride. —O—O— Earl Gould, son of Paul Gould. : of Monroeville; Larry Llechty and Joan Beer tthe same girl who had the Sky-Ride fright) were among the children reported lost and later Im-ated through the p. a. system last night _o_o_ Mrs. Oscar Lankenau and her aides at the Red Cross first aid tent had a busy night ~ Thursday. Twenty-four patients were treated. —o—o__ Additional Scouts aiding Mrs. lainkenau In the first aid tent ar* Fred Bixler. Jack Hunter. Bruce Brelner, Dick Sebnitz. Donnie Williams. Roy Frledley, Tommy Affolder, Donnie Either. David Langston and Dick Gehrig. —o—o—- — Fisher. Im-al meat market employe, was one of the patients at the first aid tent Waveland suffered a painful Injury, when a splinter nlerced his finger near 'he nail —o—o—- — Herman, daughter of Frank Herman, wag reported loat last night and finally located by calling on th* public addrena system, Lewi* Smith reported from lh* police booth —0- O— Bobble Wefel, son of Otto Wefel, of Preble, suffered painful Injuries to his legs last night when he ripped them over nails sliding off the free set platform. He was taken to the Red Cross station and later to

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,1 i a physician's where several stitches were required to J close the cuts. —O—O— I In the list of winners In the flower show as printed in Thurs- , day's edition of the Dally Dem<e i erat. it was erroneously stated that - i Mrs. Jim Hendricks won first ! prize in the mixed bouquet class Mrs. James Hoagland was the first | prize winner in thia division. —O--O— William Kohne received a painful, but it is not believed serious injury, while exhibiting a mare In the horse show ring Thursday An animal near him * kicked his leg below the right knee. —O—O— Officer Russel Prior of the state police force. Mr* Margaret Beal, employe of the store and her husband. Lawrewce. rushed into the. Keller Jewelry store late las! night ' when It was noticed that the light ‘ above the safe was not burning It ! was learned, however, upon Invest- j Igatlon. that the bulb had burned : out and that no Intruders had been ' In the store. • . _o -OI A carelessly tossed clKorette was responsible for a hole in the roof of lhe Delta Theta Tail stand last night. The flames were extinguished before much damage wan done. LEADING BATTERS Player and Club. G AB R H Pct DlMagglo. Yanks 63 235 53 94 4fl# I Foo. Red Sox 87 327 M 119 364 Arnovlch. Phils 89 3.15 st» 118 .352 Rontira, Giants 9« 337 64 117 347 McQuinn. Browns 95 383 67 131 342

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HUGE ELEVATOR IS DESTROYED More Than SIOO,OOO Damage Caused In Chicago Fire Chicago. Auk 4 - iu.R) - Fire swept the Northwestern Malt a Grain Co today aud virtually destroyed the hntee five-story plant before firemen brought the Games under control. More than fast firemen battled the fire for two hours In an attempt to save m,o.ihhi bushels of stored grain. Flames threatened several larger grain elevators nearby. . Police were called to clear the area of spectators, attracted to the scene by Game* that eould lie seen a distance of 11 miles. Alex Templeman. a night watth- . man. at the plant, said he discovered the fire at the center of the building aud that It raged tinchecked through grain bins and equipment rooms. G. W Halos, president of the company placed damage at more than llitti.tHHt. He said that in ad dition to the stored grain, 15,Mat bushels of priK.-ssed hops were destroyed. """ "" 111111 —, HOME RUNS Foxz. Red Sox 26 Greenberg. Tigers 20 Oft, Giants is Selkirk. Yankees 18 Mize. Cardinals is

REFUGEE KILLS SELF ANO SONS Czech Woman. Fearing Forced Return. I’liinucs To Death Chicago Aug. 4 <U.R) •“ M*'* Adele Langer. 43. a refugee from I Cgechoslovakla. fearing she would [have to return, clutched her two ‘ small sons hi her arnyi late last j night and plunged with ihein from [a 13th fool hotel window to th* Sidewalk of Michigan Boulevard All were killed Instantly Early today police broke the news to .Mrs. Unger's husband i Kail. 46. a former wealthy textile manufacturer at Prague who was i dispossessed of his 11.500,tai0 plant j only a few weeks ago Friends said I both he and his wife were Jewish, jHe speaks Cgei hoslovakian but I sometimes manages a few phrases lof broken English. He nearly fell to the floor when • h«- was notified. He aehed an hiiterpreter through whom police I were questioning him and shook i him violently. Thru he pulled himself together, drew two fingers acroas his threat and said: "Tomorrow me this" H* said he fled with his family | i from Ctechoslnvakia a month ago ! and had arrived In Chb-ago with [only 17.00#. He entered ih<- United i States on a six month's visit His wife, he said had worried herself» I sick In fear she would have to ] ! take the children back to Cgecho- I i Slovakia. i Ironically. Unger received per I i mission from Canadian authorities . j yesterday to enter that country but ; : his wife already had left hum** I! with the children — heading for ' 'her rendezvous with death just a * few minutes before a mailman de-1 i livered the notification. 11 Unger rmeived the letter at a I modest west aMa ; and his family had lived since' their arrival. He waited elatedly j j for a time for his wife and child- . Ireu to return home. Then he he- • came worried about their tardiness. Police found him pacing back land forth on the sidewalk in front lof the hotel when they went to ' question him early today When J they found he conld speak only Czechoslovakian they brought him I ‘' back to police headquarters and ‘! summoned an interpreter. While ‘[they were waiting for the inter-< ( I prefer they learned Unger had a J weak heart ao they did not tell him for two hours When they did 1 they ordered him held at the ata j Gon under guard for the night to [ preclude any attempt at suicide. Today, sobbing and shaking, he • ‘ j huddl<-d in a comer of a cell at [ ! police headquarters. The interpret-' j er and a friend stayed in the cell , with him A police guard am

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by j Through the Interpreter, Unget said he and his family had lived • very this and had everything” in i Prague uniil the country was an nexed hy Germany i "How was your plant ctmflacat- I rd*" he was asked. Well, they just took It and gave It to some other people," he said. Now I have only a little money." "Why did ymt leave Czechoslo ivakla?" "Becaaaa of the political situs-, itlon. I can't discuss that any < further.” "All my folks and all my wife's folks ar* over there." In his formal statement to police, he said h« had owned the llynek Marpoles. Textile company , which formerly had been owned by his wife's family He fled with hit wife and sons to France late In June and July 1 came to the United States He moved Into the west side hotel, he said, to be near the homes of his wife's aunts. Hermine Weil and Ertha Bertman, and other refugee* In the district. "We left Prague." he said, "be- < attse of the political situation In the country. We came here on a I visitor's nil months' pans “Since my wife has been In this country she has l»een despondent and constantly talked about wanting to commit sub lde and also to take the children with her. “Yesterday she asked me for 420 and I gave it to her because I she said she wanted to go to the I beach with the kids. She seemed to be In good spirits They left and I didn't see them again " • — ’(’<in<ervation Club Will Meet Monday The rgenlar meeting of the (*onn|trv Conservation dob will he held t Monday evning at 8 o'clock at the j St. John's school. An Interesting program has been ‘ 9-ranged- A demonstration of the I home-made milk cooling aystem | vlll be given by Lt Roy Schwartz I sad lx>on Neuenschwander. who • nrefected the device. It was also announced that th» |chft» cleared 32#0 from the street i fair sponsored at Hoagland last wortt. This money will Ic used t> jptomote conservation wore the ofi fit era stated. HORSE SHOW IS tMNTIMt’En FROP rAUE OMK> olph Bultemeler. first; E Reltler. aecond. Paul Fuhrman, third; Ver--non Brodbeck. fourth; Martin Bui jmahn. fifth Grade mare A colt • Adolph Bultemeler, first; Paul Fuhrman, second. Vernon Brodbeck. third; Ed Beltler, fourth; Harry Lehman, fifth Matched team any breed Smitley A Miller, first; O T. Johnson A Son. second; Henry Dehner, .third; Adolph Bultemeler. fourth. Produce of dsm. purebred Ar*

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