Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1940 — Page 6

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JACKETS DROP TOUGH BATTLE TO BULLDOGS l>«*<*atnr Lom-s Two-Point Decision To Allen County Team Decatur's Yellow Jackets dropp•■<l another h* til breaker Tuesday night. losing a 3f» 37 derision to the .New Huven Bulldog a In a nip and tur-k battle ployed on the Itetalur Onor The Jackets w- re ahead throughout 'he entire first half, once by a nlto point margin. hut th*- Bulldogs pulled within two fioinis just before the Intel mission at I!" I* The last two i|itartera wire close all the way with the score tied on live different <h i asiotis ami the lead ilianguiK hands II times Ih-iatilr started fast, drawing (inti blood when Andrews hit a one handed shot hum the foul line, Gillies f|e|d>-i tied the iiniill but the Jackets fiaced by Staple urn's ffv* points, rail the lead to 11-2 N-w Haven * m the mirgln to 115 at th** end id th.* first limit lei The Bulldogs finlled up on tin* Jackets itl th*- Secoml iplall*-- Slid al half time Itecaliir was out in front. 2«-l* tilllie s basket tied th** ronni and two rapid fire shots by Sieinml-r Have N* w Haven a four-point lead at 2120 Fi.ldeis by Stapleton and S* hamerloh evem-il the scire and from that point on in the teams eg< hanged points with only on** or two inilnis separating the quintets most of the time With slightly over a minute to go. H**<atur look the lead at "I? -36 when Si hamerloh connected from behind the foul tire!*- Mi-hrlng's free throw tied the score and Stemmier worked loose underneath for two points which gav** New Haven the 3S-37 margin The Yel low Jackets had Several shots in th*- * losing seconds of play but t-oohl not make one stick

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*•.- —*• — ——-————e—- ► ♦ Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Wednesday Kirkland vs. Jefferson al B* rm*. Thursday Commodore at Si Patil's I Mar km i. Friday North Side f Fort Waym I til V* llow Jackets. Geneva at Kirkland. Monmouth at Pleasant Mills. Petroleum at Hartford Saturday Willshire Ohio, .it Comfnodores. Emerson tCaryi nt Berne fatal to the Y**llow Jacket* TinNew Haven forward hit II times from the field ami om> from the foul line for 22 pilin'f Staph-ton wa* high tor Decatur with 15 points Nr* Haven FG FT TP Sictnttiler. f 111 2". Hanafeld. f . n it « Ht-hrlng, < ... I 2 I Gillie, g 1 2 I<> Poeppls. g a it (i Bolyard f ..102 Wtight g n l 0 o tot M.S it 5 Decatur S. hamerloh. f 2 2 x N Johnson, t 1 it 2 l.ym h. * . I o 2 Andrews, g .30 t’> Stapleton, g 3 15 II Johnson, f ii 2 2 Hann t I <i 2 Krick g 0 0 o TOTALS 15 7 .17 Keferee Coal ' Auburn I empire Homers <Fort Waym i Prelimina-y N*w Haven 36. Ih-> aliir i* oNational Leanne Opener Announced N.-w York. Eel. 7 HP I The BHO National League liasehall schedule, ratified at an i-teititive meeting yesterday, begins April 16 and ends Sept. 2ft The late decision of St laiuis and Pittsburgh to play night basebail Will make it necessary for those i lul»s Io devise their own arc light schedules.

Ou \pill 16. Broklyt' will often at Boston. Philadelphia al N* w York. Chicago at Cincinnati and Piltsliurgh at St Ixuiis On the ISth New York will open at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Boston at Philadelphia and St. lamb at Chicago. o Hairless Calf Healthy Hayward Cal IUFI laiuis CamHlXind owns a completely I'.airhss Holstein * alt Th*- cglf is other wis* perfei-tly norma! amt healthy The «km resembles patent ieatth er but I- so *le|i* ate that th*- calf in k. fil < tiiiMf-iltf Ik ili<l.tiit«

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GALENTO SAYS LOUIS A ‘BUM’ Sellout Predicted For I .otiis-Godov Bout Friday Niicht New York. Feb. 7 (U.B While heavyweight champion Joe Louis completed training today for his ninth title defense Friday night. I his on*- against Arturo Godoy id Chile, these two statements win* made ill Promoter Mik*- Jacobs admitted that th** bout would he a sell-out of more than fioti.mm, and t2i Tony Galento volunteered that * hampion Louis would soon be a "wa"h-out " In addition, promoter Jacobs prepared to announce tonight th*- ojc poiu-nt. city and date of l/iuis' 10th defense Although latilis still rules the 71 la-ttlng favorite to beat Godoy. Until k*-t demand Is "so terrific." according t*> Jacobs, that a sellout Is assured I tU'Xpei t**dly large out-of tiiWn sales are swelling the gate This Is a tribute to the champion's drawing fsiwcr. sine* chai-i*-itg*-r Godoy has liern virtually . HIM !•> Cull'd States light fans Th*- Chilean hasn't appeared In this country for more than two years. Th*- public may appreciate Louis .is a great lighting man. but "twin ton Tony Galerno does not. Tony watched th** * liamPioti Ito* four rounds w ith four spat tii.it*'* at his Pompton latkes. N J. tamp yea*l tirflay and came Io this concilia* ion Tantis is slipping losing his kick " I hope nothing happens to him before I * an get another crack at him this summer. I mean I hup*- nobody beats him before I gei a chance to knock him out * Fat Tony, who had the champ lon on th*- deck last summer before laiitis knot keif him out. said jolting Jim- seems Io lie in good physical condition as far as his stamina i* concerned, but something has sapped the oldtime dynamite fi in • putt* li Mao. says Gal ento. I <**uis appears off on his timing tu.d sloppy in his defense Tony insists that iwtmbei Joe tried his hardest to register a kayo over >-a< h of his foot spat mates yesterday for the lie*>«-ht of a large delegation of sports writers. "But he couldn't turn the trick." the fat man continued "And when he was working with Emil Scholz. S< h >lx smacked him on the puss with five straight rights And Haren* r Brown kno* k*-*l Joe * lean into th** ropes with left jabs It* spite th*' champion's "siipp | ing Tony Iw-lleves and hopes Urtlia will beat Godoy, "after a lough tight.' Tony prays **a* h night that Ginloy won't kayo Ixiniher Joe. "hecug I wanna do that." — - ■ -

, —— o .. 1 ft ** ik>i The Yellow Jackets were the victims of another one of those close ones laet night, dropping a heart throbbing twopomt decision to the New Haven Bulldogs One of these mghta the Jackets will be on

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the long end of one of these I) dote oner <iO<> ; Tin- Jackc-ts. Friday night, will j , b<- hosts In probably thc-ir tough-1 ret foes of th.- season whe-u they entertain the Redskins from Fort Wayn>- on th-' local hardwood | North Side last Friday knocked ivei the proud Routh Sid.- Archers and th.- R.-ilsklna will be plenty, tough for the .!.ii kets to scalp I Th.- I'h-catiir Commodores have two Karnes scheduled this week I The Commies will take Io the high way Thmsday night, merlins St ! Paul sos .Marion at Marlon The local n< iters should have little* difficulty with the Ma,lon lads 000 Saturday night, however, likely will be a different story. On that mght the Commodores will entertain m their- own gymnasium the lads from Willshire. Ohio Our Buckeye ne ghbors have been pretty tough thia season and ahouid give the Commodores a real battle -000 The regular season is rapidly fading away After this week’s | activity, the Decatur teams each have two games on the regular schedule Roth the Commodore games will lie at the Yellow Jackets gymnasium with St. Mary a of Anderson F.-bruaiy 16, and with Central Catholic of Foil Wayne February 19 The Jackets play al Kendallville February IS. and cloae the season with the Berne Bears on the liecatur floor February 23. - 000— Then come the tourneys The Commodores will participate in the slate Catholic tourney at Fort Wayne February 23. 21 and 25 Th>- Yellow Jackets will be hosts to the sectional tmtrney. February IP. -March 1 and March. The nine Adams county teams will compete lu (liis sectional -oOn NEI Conference W L Pct Auburn J o 1 imhi

Houih Hi<l«- ....... 4 I Mie Hart ford City 4 I MM) North Sid.- | I TSO Garrett 4 2 «M J Central . 3 • 0 500 Rin fl ton .......... J 2 500 Kendallville ...... 2 3 SOO Decatur _ I 3 250 Columbia City .... I 4 .30* Score* Last Weak ‘Hartford City. 40; ‘Decatur. 3* 1 ‘North Hide. 1». ‘Honth Hide. 34 Game* This Week Friday night- ‘Bluffton al ‘Kendallvllle; ‘North Hide at ‘Decatur. Saturday night Central at I ‘South Hide; Kendallville at •North Hide I ‘-conference game* for team* I Indicated. I Former Resident Os l Poe I lien Tuesday I George Deel. 74. former reaident I of Poe. died Tuesday at the Luth- ■ •ran hospital in Fort Wayne of I pneumonia He la attrvlved by two I daughter*. Mr* Wlldla Marble, one I and one-half mile* went of Poe. and I Mr*. llene lanogle of W'ell* county; I two «on«. Hartman of Fort Wayne I and Clifford Deel of Churubusco. I and one brother. John Deel of Port I Wayne. I Funeral service* will be held al

the Marble residence at 1.30 o’clock l Thursday afternoon and at 2 p m at th.- Poe Methodist church Burial will l»e In the Pin- cemetery. OUTLINE LEAGUE PLANS FOR TER Fish And Game Conservation IxCague Outlines Activities Fiatin for increased activity citir-j Ing the ensuing year were launch-1 ed »' the regular monthly meeting I of the Adams county fish and game connervatioll league this week The board of directors was also j ele. ted These Include. Roy S Johnson president. Frank (felling-. er. Don Cook. Joe- Geels. Herman Lengerich. Jess Franklin. Waiter Thieme. W. H Patterson. Charlet I Knapp. Wilbur Reidenbuch. Ralph Straub and Rosa Harden Th.- di- | rectors represent ill sections of | the county. The game distribution committee. which functioned no effectively last season, was reappointed This committee la composed of Joe Geels .halrman; Dan Railing ; and J H Franklin Other committees appointed are: I first distribution Charles Knapp chairman; Will U'lnnrs and Ed Hower; planning—Joe Mcßride, chairman; Gifford Bunter and tacw rente Franklin: program (three months) Will Wiimea. chairman; John Geels and George Flanders. Work has already been started on construction of a brooder house for rearing pheasants, Mr Johnson slated, under supc-rvlalon of the- plamtiug committee This brooder will be completed by April 1. The league now has a member whip of 61. and the clnb's quota for the year has been set al 4N members.

Public Sale As I am moving to Southern Indian* I will *eil at public auction 4 mile* W'est and 4 mile* Routh of Decatnr. 4 mile* Went and 11 111 Ilea North of Monroe, on FRIDAY, February 9,1940 Commencing at 10 A. M. 3 — HEAD OF HORSES — 3 Roan Mare. Reg Belgian. 13 yr. old. wt 1700; Cheatnut Sorrel Horae. 12 yr old. wt. 1700; Grey Mare, 12 yr old. wt. 1000. in foal. 13 — HEAD OF CATTLE — 13 Holateln Cow. 4. be fre*h Feb 34; Jeraey Cow. 0; Jersey * ||ol ateln Cow, 4; 3 Guernsey A Durham Helfer*. 3; Ayreehlre Cow 3 and Guernsey Cow. S The above Cow* will all be freah by day of sale J«r**y Cow. 3 be freah Feb 37; Guemaey Cow. S. be freah Feb IS; Brindle Cow. 7. be freah laat of March; Jeraey Helfer, be freah March IM; 3 coming yearling Durham Helfer*. "P o *-*!?* *" 4 7 * 8,,w • * H ’ Urrow M,rr " »»® April J«l 4G Feeder Hoga. 30 to 100 Iba 10 Shrepahire Ewe*, will lamb In March FEED SO abocka of Com In field; aome bundle fodder — IMPLEMENTS — Wagon and 10 ft Beet Rack. Massey Harris hay loader; tedder corn planter, com plow; gang plow; walking plow if; 14-io double dl*c; end gate seeder. spike tooth harrow; Gaa Eng A pumn lack mud boat: double aet breeching harness; com sled; horse collar*: S mentton 0 " ln «onditlog; and article* too numerous to TERMS—C a* h or arrange credit with sal* clerk. JESS GIROD, Owner Roy 8. Johnson Auctioneer Elmer Baumgartner- Clerk 1 St. Luke Ladle* Will Serve Lunch.

STATE HEALTH I cqktinhicd rtttw raon ow> with scum gutters As a result bony oils and other floating matter cannot tie flushed off the surface of the water. 4 Th*- pt"d Is cross-connei ted ’to the power house condenser moling pond. The dangers of this condition are self evident5 "Th*' hath holme Is very poorly *'i|uipfe-d ami is In need of gen* 1.-ral reconditioning. Al present the Shower and toilet fncilltles are inadequate. and the lighting poor." The Recommendations Th*' stat*' board of health then makes the folowing remmmendatlons: , i "That a complete recirculation syatem be installed. This recirculation system to Include a pump of sitfll* lent capa* itjf. fillers, hair and lint catcher, coagulant feeders, and the neiessary gages, etc , for proper operation This syatem should be redesigned so that a turnover time of not more than eight hours la obtained. ♦ "That the Inlet arrangement should be so designed to prevent aeration of the treated water or chlorine treatment be used to replace chlorine treatment. 3 That the pool lie equipped with siiim gutters 4 "That the cross connection lietween the swimming pot*! and the power house cooling pond he I removed. . 5 "That the bath house he reioiiiHti<m*'d to provide adequate warm water shower facilities, adequte toilet facilities, ant! adequate lighting i: "That the oflli ials of the city I of Siecatiir notify this bureau by March 1. 1»W. of the steps taken to comply with the recommenda-

tions set forth in this report." Cnder the title of "remarks.” the report slated "This bureau recognizes the fact that compliance with the above recommendations will call for the expenditure of a considerable sum of money, but when we consider the number of pet sons using the pool, especially children, the recommendations are no) unreasonable. This bureau trusts that th* officials of the City of Decatur will realise the gravity of the situation and take immedHe steps toward compliance with the recommendations of this re- . port.” Copy of the Letter The letter from Mr. Pool tn Mayor Elzey reads; « "Enclosed is a report of ccmdl- * : tions at the Decatut municpal swimming pool which has been prepared by Paul W Reed, assistant engineer of this bureau "I'nder the date of May 22. 1931, , a conditional approval was granted to the city of Decatur no the plana and ape< IB< atlous for the Deetur municipal swimming pool, i The condition under which this I approval was granted wan that the remainder of the equipment necessary to provide complete treatment for the pool water would be installed before the 1932 seasu *'A formal extension of time waa | not granted at that time, but thia i bureau In accordance with Its policy of <'M>ptration with city offi- ! rials allowed the pool to iterate with the understanding that the improvements would be made at '.the- first opportunity. This bureau feels that It has been more than j lenient with the city of Decatur in requiring the improvements to be ! made In view of the large percentage of unsatisfactory samples collected during the past season this bureau feel that It la no longer advisable to allow the pool to operate without the necessary equipment.'* America's farm population In I 1939 waa 32.059.000 compared to a total of 32.077.mi0 in 1910 ~ ~ 111 ■■lll

CITIES FIGHT I IEVYBYST6TE Decatur Joins Other Municipalities In Fi«htinK Taxes Indianapolis. Feb 7— *UP) — Mayors Horn most Indiana titles today planned to raise a protest by •■united effort" against the levy of state gross income tag against municipalities The city officials were summoned by 'he state municipal league to meet here tomorrow to voice their olijeitlons to the state's plan of taking revenues derived by cities from sources other than taxation. Mayor Vincent Yotikey of Crown Point, fvecutlve secretary of the league, said in a form letter 10l city official*: "Only through united effort can we defeat this present move to clamp gross Income tag on cltle* and towns." Tag on a municipal property, he' charged, la a tax against pnbllc poll* y. since municipal corpora- 1 tlons are created for public welfare. Yotikey further contended that I tagatlon of municipalities would amount to government lasing gov-

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