Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1939 — Page 6

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JOHN MIZE IS I LEAGUE LEADER Cardinals’ First Sacker Leads National League Hitters New York D*-<- ST. UP, John- , ny Mir* tin- frig Georgia boy »h<> piny* first hsi“v for th* St Mitti* Cardinal*. I* a <l< voted heli* ver in a Hine-worn adag* whit h runs "if at first yon don't *urc<*<'d. try agxln " M'.er finishing second two years hard-running in th* race forth.- | National league butting champion-1 «hip. Mize finally crashed through 11 lust season as the No 1 hatter of 11 the setftor circuit. the <>ffl< ial aver | , — >h> :rf. ,| . I \ M handed hitler with a vi> ious swing | won the title with an average of m .149 for 15S game*. H< finished 1* points ahead of Frank M< Cnrmlck Cincinnati first sacker Out ahead of Mize hut in too few game* io he considered a contend ' er ami at bat only 21.1 time* was't lain Padgett, th.- Carditial*' big • catcher He had a mark of 1991 ’ for *2 game*. « D*-si<le< winning th <- tatting | crown. Mire, who a year ago was benched for a time by Frankie I Frisch, then manager of the Card- ■ Inals, hecattse he wasn't hilling.' I»M the league for ihe second * straight year in total bases. ’.’>2 t — ■MBMRMNigMMWs ■ EM — Last Time Tonight — i’ JANE WITHERS "PACK UP VOUR TROUBLES" Ritg Bro* Lynn Bari ALSO —Short*. 10c-25c . I WEI). & Till’RS. OUR RIG DAYS! First Show Wed. al 6:30 Cunt inuou-. Thur*, from 1:30 starting with feature ATTEND WED. NITE & AVOID Till”S. CROWDS back! I ' JL% r ? I Ms • Mr*. Jssi I *ow . so* *>« fm < • taWongtsrWMSiyssr V I »•••»*• (Isvas *o*.« " •M “tattwag •*•»»» • '<* . J Mwgs* Cats"' f 9 'W"AdI p/foMc ,j 'V I fei o—o Fri A tat— Hwnsymoon in Ball" Frau Mac Murray. Msdsl.se* Carroll. ■ - -O- o Gaming tanoay—“Btawloy A Lhringotons tgoncor Tracy. Richard Qrwon. Nancy Kelly. MIDNIGHT *HOW Now Tear's Iva—Sunday Nita! Snappy Surgriao Feature at 12 P. M Come aa late a* 10 o'clock and Sea Regular Show Plus Surprise Feature' No Advance in Priced!

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| ami for the first lime in home run* with IS M'Cormlek. having one of th* I t-regtest year* any National league I sophomore ever had, led Ihe league for the second time in total hit*.' with 2"'i Hill Werber. Beds’ third ' | baseman bouyht from ihe Ath | loth * In the spring for 125. ma» ‘ scored Hie most run*, 11.1 Buddy Ha*«elf, Bee*' first base Iman, hit the most singles, 162 Country Slaughter, who finished | eighth in batting with 329. was the ’ lop num in two-tase hits, with 62 1 Billy Herman. Cub*, led in triple*, j with IS Stanley Hack. Cub*, and I M-* Handley. Pirate*, tied for the! base stealing title each with a I paltry 17 Lninie Frey, Bed*, and Merrill May. Phillies, tied for the most sai rlfii-es, each with 25. Only tour players played in all their teams’ game* MeCormii k f i the Bed* Herman and Galan of 1 the Cubs, each l’>*’>. and llolf Cam | Illi. I Meers. 157 Hartford Gorillas Lose To Montpelier The Hartford township Gorilladropped an ithei bill gam ■ Frldai night, losing to the Montp.dk>*' rjr M 2*l* t «>«•!<<»' (•» Montpelier also won the preliminary earnFINNISH CITY fCONTtNt’Kt* <»» PAGE SIXI front, distributing gift* and accepting the fare of soldier* In observance of the holiday season Australian troo|>s began arriving In Kngland where the Canadian* already had arrived In token of the empire’s role in the Ruro|>eati conflict mid first British casualties In the front lines in France w* n announced. The war at sea continued, the British steamship Stanhold of 2.171 tons being stink without warning by a 1' boat off the west coast of England Fourteen person* w.-re killed when the torpedo exploded suddenly among no-miter* of the crew celebrating Christina* Itelow deck* Ten British ships and eight netttrnl ships were sunk last we. k i Three Small Children Are Burned To Death Chicago. Bee 2d ll'Pi The three small < hlldi--n of M - M Worthlev. I", dlml Unlay in a fire which broke out while •!»- was neat d »or t I phonin: IVill' im Edward. 3. suffocated and Donna Jean. •_’<) month* and Julia seven mouth* burned to deaih An oil ill tn*‘ir *KI mrnt rau*«d th* fir- | CORT ♦ ♦ — Last Tims Tonight — "CALL A MESSENGER” With Dead End Kid> A Litt'e Tough Cuyt & "SMASHING THE MONEV RING" Ronald Rcagen. E<M>e Foy Jr. Only 1(H-20c yv>t) Turns. Off •* His Gr*nd Cffnywn Is lw*«'H s gsld mine , - end whst ■A in'un glw*H .. »sk* gwwl*«il»l . . bellstt ksng... sod ffvwflghr* they (Ink* thsw r«h**t sets *f f,n snU smhsmsmi <?> P. a < Only 10c-IBe -0 Frl. A Sat. — Gen* Autry. Ratty j Montana. Smiley Rumette, '-Coi*redo Sunkst.” Coming Sunday—"SKY RATROL" A ’RRIVATt OETECTIVS,"

CLOVERLEAF IS MARKLE VICTIM Decatur ( loverleafs Lose To Markle Christmas Night. 16-37 The |i>>ctaur cloverleaf* were i defeated in a Christina* night game at Markle Monday, losing to I the Markle IndeiwndeilU, 44-37 , Iterator led nt the first quarter. ll- ] *. but Markle came hack to hold u I 23 22 margin st the llrat half. Showalter wiia the leading scor'er for the winners with 14 points. Htapleton and Wynn paced the win ,tn r* with II and 12 point*, resportively. Markle FO FT TP ■ Bunn f 4 » « II C.uriner. f 4 0 k Showalter, c S 2 14 , Hoopengardner, g 3 2* |D. (Inrtner. g 2 3 7 i Pence, f 0 11 Tot*!* 19 S 4« Cloverleaf FC L*T TP Wynn, f SOU | S'Sapleton, f 4 5 13 | Hebble. c 2 n 4 Kaylor, g I o 2 Hill, g Oil M. Connell, c 000 ICmlh el. g 2 15 1 Total* 15 7 37 —o — ■ 1 I " — Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore Pasadena. Cal.. Dec 2S (UP> Two of T<nne««e.'* best player*; will start the Ilose Bowl game with knees so bad that If they were | horwe* they would be destroyed Oto I* (<««orge Cafego. all Amer h a halfback, and the other i* Bob | Suffrldge. all-Ameriia guard Cafego i* in »uch bad shape in the vfi inhy of hi* knee* that he ; was unable to attend the Chriatmas |>arty given to the team hy ciarem e Brown, famed Hollywood director and a graduate of T> nne* see Cafego was hurt in the game against the Citadel two month* ago In a cutha< k off tackle everything tn hi* left knee went, a* h<- put* ■ it. "all to hell,” and »lace that time in game* against Vanderbilt. Kentucky and Auburn he ha* played a tola) of two minutes He didn't get In the Vanderbilt i game at all, lasted four play* against Kentucky, and went out on the «e- and play against Auburn. It j* even money that he won't i la*t more than one play again*! the Trojan* of Southern California C a< h Bob NeylantT »ay» no one will really know hi* condition until the first bio, k I* thrown on him "If he withstand* the first block, hell be in there for a wb'le.” Neyland says "If be doesn't well, we'll have to do without him " 1 Take it from me. *n old authorI Ity on knee*. Cafego won t even last one play. liecanse he won't start. When you are tn »u<-h shape that you can't ride fifteen mile* on a but to the loveliest party ever given a Bo»e Bowl team, then you aren't going to h> ahle to take the heating that such So-them Californian* a* Bmith. Hoffman. Winslow and Bohn hand out. Suffridge's Injury ha* not been given a* much publicity aa Catego a but It I* almost a* bad Suffrldgr will start, and may even last most of the game, but he won't be the guard he was last year. He showed me his knee yesterday, and even my unknowing eye re<-ogniz-ed It aa something strictly out of order He will have to wear a braie on it. and the brace will rob him of a lot of his »pe*-<t And wlen you weigh I*4 and are riding against men who weigh 2<s> lor more, yeu need that extra ’ speed S<>. |f you like the Vote, yon will like <hem despite the fact that two of their key players won't be *in action very long And. in the way of advlre. I would like to tell ‘ you ihsi Cafego Is head man of i the chuh and has lieen for two years. They'll still be good with- ! out him In there, but not as potent j as if be were there calltag signal* j and bullltig his way through the ilne Butler Is rate. Foxx is dependable, Warren is powerful, but i the only man on the squad who i never failed wneu handed that ball •as Cafego. Muffrldge is a very Important man With NuffrMge at oae guard and Mollnskl at the other, 'here was no such * thing ss an oppon ent doing any good Inside the tackles. Vntll Suffridge was hurt. , I doubt if any of Tennessee's foe* ' made as mnch aa 20 yards inside j the tacttea Huffrldgc may still j prove to be a bulwark on defease. | but on offense when he must have ■ drive and charge, he Isn't likely to Ibe so hot Your knees must be ' solid to tenm-k yon forward, fast and strong. When you talk and drink and fool around with 'he Tenneaoee rooters out here for the game, you 'soon reallM that they wl«h tho ■ team of teat year wan- here for the Rose Bowl They consider the team of 1»W only W per cwt an ett dent as the club that wore the , orange shirts of Knoxville m 1M« I < That was a belter ball duh. and

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TI’ESDAY. DECEMBER 26 1939.

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a club that wa* hungrier fnr vic ' t<»ry. Till* one has won a little too much for Its own good It is a little surfeited with triumph and I praitie. Os course, it may get hungry all over again after I'M’ knocks It < flat on its hack for a touchdown . or two. o County Infirmary Inmate Dies Monday Mis* Ormand* Dillman, M. an in mate of the Atiani* county Infirm ary since June 2. I**2. died at th? institution Monda> afternoon a' 1 ;3« o'clock She had been an in-1 valid for the ptst 25 year*. She wa* born In I'nlon township I Surviving are a sister. Mrs Caro-1 line Wall*, and a brother. Henry \ Dillman, both of Lima. Ohio, and ' several nfeora. The body wax tab-, en to Litna. where funeral service* and burial win tx- held. —o — POKE WELCOMES iCONTINVRD FROM FAOE ONM> i ported tonight to have reached an I understanding In regard to parall-l Action In behalf of peace and ngnte' j the spread of communism SPECIAL JUDGE oxNrronnn <m nx> Amanda B-rnlng and her hashxnd Chari** Berning Th<- firm of B C l*arri*h and the late David Smith of Fort Wayne represented the co-

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defendant. Albert Rcheumann. Th- | ■ parties were revraoented In court this afternoon by their attorney* ■ Ruby Keeler And Al Jolson Divorced Hollywood. Dnr 26 — fl’Pi filthy Keeler, dancing flhn trt-ir. I jtoday obtained a divorce from All Jolson after she testified that he I had ridiculed her m» much she de- ' i veloped an Inferiority complex. Mins Keeler, who «a* 19 when she married Jolson In New Yori Sept 21. 192*. obtain* d the inter-1 culalory decree on the ground* of; ( extreme cruelty. Jolson did not I contest. _« Army Aviator Dies Os Crash Injuries Washington, D*< 2« tl'Pi Capt Frank O, Irvin. 37 army flier j who wa* injured In a plane crash 'a! In lian.ip<>l|s. Ind., died today ;ln Walter B -d hospital. Irvin wai flown here Saturday for treotment and wa* plac'd in a respirator. Three Newsmen Die In Airplane (’rash Rcgne. Dec 26 —tl’Pl— Seven persons—-! he crew cf four and three newspiperm-a who were tmsseng-rs—were killed when an Italian nirlfner crashel In making a forcej tending roar Mogad-'r Fr -n<-h Morocco. It wa* announced ■ olfk-lally here todiy -

COURTHOUSE Estate Case* Inyentnry Nn I wb* fib-d. examt Inod and approved In the estate of Komlm Amstuu A actadnte tn have the Inheritance tax determHned was filed and rete.rred to the < outtty nsM-saor. In the estate of Cleasant Stanley. proof of the mailing of oolite of hearing on appraiser’* report we* filed Heport of the inheritance tax appralwr was submitted and the court found the n»-t value of the estate to he fI.IM.M and no tax due The appraiser was allowed 15. to be taxed ao cost* and the court further found that there were justifiable reason* for the failure to file the sthedule within one year after the death of the decedent and for that reason no |M-nalty was charged. In the estate of Christ E l.bnhly. proof of the mailing of the notice of the inheritance tax on appraiser's report was filed. The appraiser's report was submitted and the court found the next value of the estate to he 12.727 13 and no tax due. Proof of the mailing of the notice of the inheritance tax appraiser'* report was liliil in the estate of Emma l.lechty. The appraiser'* report was submitted and the court found the net value of the estate tn b«' 14.051 *4 and no tax due The appraiser was allowed ' (« 44 Proof of the mailing of the no-1 tlce of Inheritance tsv apimalser was filed In the efltate of Martin I Miller. The report of the inheritance tax appraiser was submitted and the court found the net value ; of the estate to be |2.4»« 1* and no i tax due. The appraiser was alI lowed 15. Proof of the mailing of the notice of hearing on appral*er’» re- ' port was fill'd In the estate of l.isetta Schlickman Report of the : inheritance tax appraiser was submitted and the court found the net j value of the e*tate to he 1747 3t> Joe Still Smiling S' " I \ • Recovering In a Los A 'geles hospital from Injuries received in -jt •utomobite accident, Joe E Browr>the wide-mouthed screen comedian, smiles hi* biggest for <h» camera. Joe has received daily bundles of letters from wellwishing fans.

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and no tax due Th<- appraiser was allowed 35 Pastor Espert Deer Hunter Yakima. Wash <U.P> This city ha* a pa»tor. the Rev K D Horn* church, who ha* 63 notches on hi* bunting rifle for the number of , deer he ha* killed There are set- ‘ eral otMsr deeper notches on the weapon's stock repre»*mtlng elk and bear he ha* bagged Tragedy Wreckage Located Conneaut. O - <UJB A fisherman whose nets became tangled In sunken wreckage near here Is be- ! Beved to have found the remains of a car ferry which sank, with a loan of 34 Ilves. In a violent lake storm 29 year* ago. The ship foundered on Dec. fl. 19o». In one of the worst tragedies In the his- • tory of the Great Lake*. Community Day In Graveyard Jasper. Ala,, —tUPtßestdent* of i this tiny Alabama town not only gather to clean their graveyard*, but make a picnic out of It beside* An ad in th* Jasper piper recently 1 read: There will be a graveyard cLwning at Tubb’s Cemetery All

■nt.T.’.'.-.l 11. • >'■■■;■ .J,] [dinner " Double Oatb For T ? »t*r Lansing. Mi. h UR>- TU I two thouaaii l Mirhigaa at | teachers mill" bl-- an oatkdl gtance to the < .'iiotiin'aaia ' t'nltHt Stat-.« and of V.<;ag I they want to r,-nh in tkr tfl schools Th-- legislstsr. law I law requiring them to file thH with the stat, •nrw.'is 'ttm I pnhli- instnt. tlnn - - o Veteran Padre VetuatUU Ottawa -it’Pt— Well Md I **three--uTir,* 40.1 ten” tnct. I a4i’s ftiost fatnou* padt** lg :deacon F S .*'ott <’ M C Di has ottered his **-rlces to tbl once again Th. di»t sgshbil treal fieri, is a JiewtesaMdl in the chaplain service Bacon Brmps Home Treg i Spokane Wash <U#—!oni old Homer f'ampheil baited •• hook with a piece of aa«*j tossed hi’ Hn< a piece - over the side of a boat is Wj lake A minute later be M out a tour pound rahtbov tn<