Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1940 — Page 8

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YANKS OBTAIN LEE GRISSOM Unusual Deal Takes Grissom From Reds For Minor Leaguer New York, ! tl’Pt The first kl<k‘ba<k from -h- Am-ricati league's no-trad- tab. which wadirected at th Yankees, tame to<tiy when the world champions evaded ’h igbtlatlon by nut'ilnr n deal with the <*|n< inriatl lle-|« tmdei the waiver alii-e In an unusual d al which prompted a lot of • —tiro liftink the Yanks obtain*-) pit< la- G.-i---««m in i-xi bank” so rpi’ , r Joe Begg- fr-in fin New , k farm elub B fore the Red <-ml I dispose of Grissom, a big lust huidw who look I like a comer in 1937 bu 1 n-ver lived up to his p ,mi*e. i' »i« ne-e-mry f<, t'incinna’ to have hit'i waived mt of the Na'ioal Iraan Th■« held tin.i- la! i< National league < hr mi-1 h:ivdon- worse than •’> its G-fssom l>l«l»«ul of <1: -som tn nu tha‘ the Reds are < otintm. homily or Johnny iNo lilti Va-i l< Meer to n'atre a <Olll at in P'4" If Vander Mi-ei diH—n'l < oine back t., hi 1988 foi-n th ■ R< -Is will have to dpend enttrelv on Mil urn dhttffner picked up from th ■ flora late j last season fir their southpaw I Chore* f; Issum -pent three full -on■ and part of two oth-i- with fin in natl after <online up from Fortt Worth in 1!6!5 He won 25 frame anJ lost 30 during bin stay with the , Red- Hiw most a,-th ,-ar »a---1937 when he won 12 games and ■ lost 17 for a last plice club lais' i y ar with i pennant winner he won !• and loat 7 anil ha I an *-a-n«*d run ■ ——— •VHSUSMatwwwaeevoeasegwmße - Last Time Today - Corftnyou* from I:TC “Cat & I’he Canary” Bob Hope. Paulette Goddard. John Bea' and big cast ALSO — Shorte 10e-2Se be sure to attend: —o FRI. & SAT. W hen the sc rap-happy ‘Dead End Kids” take over a military nrhnol—even the Indian, won't lake it hack! Its the fastest-steppinif Cadet Corps since “Brother Rat" . . . and the awellest film the Kids ever made! DEAD END KIDS ‘ON DRESS PARADE’ Frankie Thomas. John l.itel. ALSO— Latent 3 STOOGE Comedy —o Bun. Mon Tune. — -Hollywood Cavalcade" Allee Peye Don Ameche- AII In TECHNICOLOR! |CORT' - La«t Time Tonight - “HERE I AM A STRANGER” Richard Greene. Richard IMi.' Roland Young, Gladys George ALSO — Shorte tOot Sc -0 FRI. & SAT. TEX RITTER ‘RIDERS of the FRONTIER* —o—o •on. Mon Twee — -Rid Night,w A Mutiny on tho Blackhawk'

Week’s Schedule I For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Auburn at Yellow Jackets • Commodores nt Portland Bern*- nt Huntington. Monroe al Geneva. Kirkland at Han font Pleasant Mills at Monroeville. ' average of loa ' What tlir Yank* plan to do with Grissom, .1 temp, rc.mmtal folio* definitely on the screw hall tide. I« proiili-tnatli al. Th-y 1:1 :y look hfnon I nth*- »pt Ing In- may win ! ut> 11 Newark o' Kan-i- City T!i*>-e hall pluyi- » who < <mu tn th Yank* off another major l*-a-gm- 1 h'b have .i way of or I ting thi-li-.-'-lv « 03. • th*-,’. t-i-t in i'hYank" ha!n Begg* * ci s > -t;.yi•. 1 old lixlr thunder, in likely to tit‘a with th' Ifi-li .inti tnay even wsn .1 regular job -Irpi- -he V ink- ’iav iad him in Newark tbtee y-ar--. and have gtvi-n him two try nr* with thN-* V irk v.ir. ' '.n-y i mldn't «»nd him out on up'on any mo-i H«- l» more than a >7 ’phi pleth- r tin- pti t;ri-«i>m mum In- v.ihii-t at Mm i- hi- te-cim a waiver-price 1 player when no N.iHon-il h-agu--1 lull liowt-il .my inlcn-st in him o H S BASKETBALL Huntington Catholli 27. Portland 25 <overtime 1 St Mary'a lAnih-reoni 33. Ab v landrla 2* Hlooinlngton l<>. .Sullivan 39 tii-ratim-yer Ti-i h iTern- Hanti-i .'.•I Wi-at Yafayctti- .12 R.irria iMunciei t.l. finuthport 9Kmemon (Gary 1 3d, Clark < Hammond 13« llnshvilli- 29. Hhelliyvllle 22 CoHege Buketbail Ixiiik hland r <S. Rittler It Ohio Mtati- th. California 45 Pour Le Sport Columbia S C tl’Pt Members of the police son wh.i fog hunt in their apare time aiy tow ar an numeroua in the iinp**r part »f Riclilan I nullity aoHle of fh'vn late jiunltiK tin doga tn th- 1 tiaai- >• 1 ; not het to* o FOR SALE — 500 Sheets »h«ll • 20 lh. white unwatermarked mimeograph, adaptable for all kinds of mimeograph work and suitable for ink signature. 75c. Ihe Decatur Democrat Co. Rules Sk.ttcrs s x ■ WSi w L-i t I ■ Idnw* John A. Roukrtna i Prvarntlnf tho now middle Atlantic otteed akating champion. John A Rmikrma of Pateraon. N. J , who won hia erown at Nowburgh. N Y. Roukemu defeated Eddie Sehnwder of Chicago, champ In Kill and 1939. to cop the crown.

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NETTOURNEY SHOWS PROFIT Annual New Year’s Tourney Nets Each Participant $85.53 The financial report of the an-, nual New Y<-ar'e day four team i tourney, held Monday at tin- new Horne gymnasium, reveal* the 1940 , tourney waa the mint aunenatul financially in the four year* the . tourney ha* been conducted. tiroev receipt* totaled 154)7.30 * and expenditure* $lB5 IS. leaving | net receipt* of (342 12. Divi*ion 1 of net receipt* pro rata to the four ‘ participating «ehool«. B«-rne. |e * catiir, Hartford City and’Bluffton, wan I*s 5.1 1 Hepori* from the previous year* ■how that th- pro rata to hi hied* 1 wa |e.l h 5 bi '39 whim the tourney wa* held at Decatur. 12512 In '3* when it was held at Hartford Chy. and Itik »0 in '37 when it wa« held a: Bluffton. Tin complete report followReceipt* Advance vale Berne 265 4132 5O Bluffton 5o 2500 Dei utur 43 21 So Hartford city «< 33'* ♦2l2tm Aflern mm »eH»ion SeuHon th ket* 261 1140 5o Keioiion ticket* 165 55.50 1190 no Evening Hevaion Seaioti ticket* .131 ( 99 30 ( 99 50 Gros* receipt* (607 .30 Kxpenditnre* (195.16 Net receipt* (342 12 o Decatur Bowling League Result' He*u)t* In la*t night * Merchant league at Mie* KecrraUon Kohne’s Drug* Strickler 210 16* 191 Hoffman 159 199 I*4 Agler 213 160 170 Stauffer a 139 191 167 Hom k 16? 195 177 Total* IM 911 909 Telephone Toll II Hunter 155 147 131 F. Sihtihy 111 177 124 1 J Cane 99 99 *9 ' J Hunter 142 117 161 , I Metre 1.17 109 202 Total* 713 649 705 Reaatt Drug* ■ Murphy 149 173 146 Noonan 122 125 166 u-onard 112 1(3 162 Staub 166 155 179 Wolperi 133 140 167 Total* 704 73E *2" Mie» Recreation Hoffman 165 146 197 Retdnihach 143 186 127 Hodle 202 163 16>> Kynaon 141 146 I'2 Martenh 15* 172 192 Total* 609 761 656 Telephone Local C. Heare 147 159 153 C. Khfnger 146 155 202 E llelnklng 141 160 151 J. Ehlnger 110 124 136 M Heare 156 171 19* Total* 702 769 1(0 , Sautter* Plumbing C. Stapleton 177 tSb 162 I Brewer 136 ISO 143 ' Chrtaten 149 119 156 Eley 139 HI 15.1 Sautter* 12) 192 165 i Total* 721 704 799 Bank Blakey IKS 15» 1(0 H Krueckeberg 134 123 179 Bleek* I*l 145 149 Uwe 136 1.16 142 Schultg .... IM 124 111 Total* ...796 986 797 Marathon Oil N. Muuck IM 189 IM A O*teimeier 141 181 198 H Mollwring 68 W Ca.ton 144 142 121 M Gallmeter 141 192 170 M Oatcruleycr 159 149 Totala 972 9X7 765 ▼eoda I" a Gown Vww- **eno*u

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K. O ARTIST ... By Jack Sorck F/ V z cr JIT' V // / Pat ; ' BC'siii*r- / Still. A (6/tlifE- Mrpe \ Mis 7 \ — PFFBAT ISY SfEvt l>*xs 'Tvt *' ' —?</ Ml Vl4 -Ml . ♦ << A- A-« J- - .. OUT C* 11 FruTs

CROWD ATTENDS <BINTINCF.iI rH<-« ea tl. omfll dm fed l» Rev. G. <) Walton, pastor of the Prerhyt rian < hur h Dr Drtske's message will Im- "To Your Devotions: Km- I" Special music will Im- provided by the Baptist church, and the ministers' quart t will sing A hearty InvitrUion is extended to all to a'tend FINN OFFICERS .18, VI H.I. VHO* rai<* ->NK Russian column* moved back and fourth, always keeping to the road*, with hundreds of true I ** and horse carls—thnre was not a single sledge in their equipment until the fital blow was <! alt them hy iottr «kl calvary.' 'The Russia)* became the victims of their material. Materia! Is nice to have. But In a country like this It is only a burden. I would not use tanks or artillery, myself, ►ven if I had rttem " Driving along the road which was the battlefield I «tw hundreds of carts, with th- frozen bodlra of horses still in the harness There were dozens of track*, two tanks three armored <■ <r- Most of the valuabl material, such as guns, had been removed l,y the FinnItighi and l-«ft la. the Russians, the new snow covering them or left I disclosed only a band or a foot. f)n the way up to the front I saw hors- - wandering out of the forest. I their riba protruding under their frost covered skins They had broken tn* traces of their cars and had wandered In the forest since Dw. 29 Home riding homes, left behind by Russian otvakytnen. were among them. The Finns have tabn about Mo of the* • horses . I pissed tracks filled with all | manner of spoil" su'die*, knapsack*. rifles, heavy and light ma-

Indiana Joins "March of Dimes’*

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WASHINGTON — Citizens ot I Indiana are enthusiastically be- I hind the March of Dimes I drive in the Tight Infantile Par I alysto" campaign. Federal Security I Administrator Pau) V. McNutt, i < left), tells George E Alien, Commissioner of the District of Co lumbia. Mr. Allen to Chairman of the "March of Dimes'* Committee, i which to a division of the Com- i mittee for the Celebration of the Pnetdenfa Birthday, of which Keith Morgan is National Chair* i man. Commissioner Allen will be in charge of the "March of Dimas i birthday card feature These trsstiag cards distributed

china guns. There were three Russian truck* on which were mountd now anti aircraft machine guns. . But what I saw was only a part of the enormous booty the Finns , took Apparently the entire equipI nt-tit of the 163rd division wts captured. even staff reaps, Instrii-

Girl Hammer Vicrim A x X 1 r I ' ■ 1 •• M * t ' . I Patrhte Hoyt Little Patricia Hoyt. 8. Is recovIng In a Miami, Fla , hospital i from a hammer attack while she | I was asleep. Authorities qurs- | (toned a half-brother, Le.iartl I Hoyt, 15.

throughout this stole, will be filled with dimes and mailed to President Roosevelt at the White House before his fifty-eighth ' birthday on January JOth In ••'•* manner those who contribute , will join with the President in the war against this crippling 1 diwaie One-half of the donations re- ’ reived at the WhiU House will be returned to Indiana and the ’?* °’ hrr one-half will be sent to •he Committee for the Celebration ot the President's Birthday to be turned over u- th* National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Every dime wil! be accounted ,or <he direction of s no lewialiy known firm of auditors.

STEINER STARS I IN BUTLER LOSS iRx-Bcrne Star Scores 15 Points As Long Island ( . Wins New York. Jan 4 U.P> 3n ' all-vilvi-l" achedule ami the hlgheat ncorlng bu«ketball team hi the ea»t boomed New York iiniver*lty * I chance* of an unbeaten *ra»on to day. The undefeated violet won their alttth straight victory last night by walloping Syracit o unlvenilty. •: S 9. in the feature game ot an in leraecttonal doubl-hcam-i .n Mad i'«on Square Garden before 12' 7: Long Inland university shaded But ler i Indiana i. 46-44. in the opem-r Syiacuae, only serious obstacle on the N Y. I' mad'-to order schedule, never had a < hance The Violet* run their «<a*'m point total to .387 point* and their avcrait* tn 94 i>olni» per game <>iit<l*Haed at the start, a com Ilgeou* Butler team fought ba k from an llpolnt disadvantage to within a whisker of victory over Long Island I' In the thrill pa> k>-d game. i Jerry Steiner, smallest man on the floor, was the Butler hero Playing Sol SchwarU towering Blackbird forward. Steiner was the game's highest worer w,'h 15 point* Schwarti led the Blok bird* with 13 Butler, twice winner of national basketball honors, started like a junior college team but afl' i trail Ing throughout the first pvtmd by | lo point*, drew within fl*- point* iof the Blackbird* at the halt ■! The western team completely outplayed the Blm khlrd* tn th,second half and with le»* than two minutes to play, a three p<,III' play hy Byron Gunn cut the I, I I margin to two point* A layup shot by Dolly Khtg sent the Illa, k birds four |*vints ahead but with . 15 second* to go. Bob Dietz sank a long shot to bring the liandli ap again to two point* j The advantage in height turned the tide in the Bia, kbit<l* uivor. a* they gained posaesaicn of the bal lautontatii ally on Dietz' shot and 'froze'' it until the game end ed. —— o -- PRESIDENT SI BMITS I >VMINU£L VKOM PAUS '»>*. — — end of the fiscal year for whi> h this budget was drawn will aggregate only (49.938A90.mm jn*t tinder the limit provided I I. That congrea* avoid* extra budgetary anproprlilon 2. That congress levies the (460,000.000 emergency national d'tense taxes 3 That the business upturn continues *o that deflcieni y relief appriatlons may Im- avoided 4 That farm prices improve menu, field kitchen* and a field movie out fit. "Apparently the Hu**ians had no idea <rf the condition* under which the- had Io fight thin war." an officer told me

The biggest “ey efull" in the 10. priced field for 1940 is I Chevrolet I The sales leader for nine out „f the last ten years. We believe such uninterrupted leadership to be indicative ot consistently superior values being ottered to the motor ear buying pubhc in the low-priced field. A good thing to rememe’k ‘ ar " ha ' in * ‘ he hi ' he, “ ,rad( - in * cre when new the leaden, in the New Car field. Saylors

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somewhat so th.it parity price subsidy payment* may Im- avoided in the next tlsi.il year It .<ll the millions a>. met Mr Roosevelt win avoid os-eedtng the iHirrawing limit in <hl# fashion ■ lb Will US' fl I.iM.'SHI ‘Mie of ex- <"*■• fund* ti-.s availahh in the treasury's Woriilni.' nalatii- to pay some of this year's bills, thereby preventing th,- (3,392'»«•.<**, <nr rent deficit from lifting the national debt h, (4444444 414 441 442 dotty

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