Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1940 — Page 6

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SOUTH SIDE OF FORTWirNEFN FINfILTOURNEY Archers In Finals With Lapel, Hammond Tech And Mitchell Indianapolla Match 1* 'UPI A tw. w. .-k lay-off and l*'y* tn again in the* final* of the high school basketball tourney, a four team wrap that Involve* only mte team that ha* even wen the Butler I fieldhouse front the title tame angle before The lone hangover I* South Side of Fort Waytie < cent ing bat k to the I alate title ware with a Vengeance] aftet a two-year lapw from It* Ht.l'i five that won the title in a 34 to 32 dec inion over Hammond * Wildest* The Archer'* opponent* though arc something to w and different, all newt omet* to the final *e l. • Fln.l it’s under dog and unknown laipel who Grea.lv -- riding on borrowed linn according to virtu ally all the mate’* expert* Then lt’» ILinimmid To-h who Hit* year won it* first sectional anti then poured right on through the regional and the semi-final to earn a ticket to the final w*«ion A* the third contestant and th*- one who must fate Fort Wayne first March 30. It Mi’< hell, regarded a* tough but not too tough when the ph Icing of the Mate favorite* began Strangely enough only Fort Wayne and Mitt h.-ll of ’hi final four ha<l any sort of support hefore th*- tourney began South Side, of course, ha* been ranked a* the top club of the state since Christmas and Mitchel! ha* been ph ked a* one of the better south ent r luhs since about December I Bui laipel and Hammond Tech dark horse* of the deepest ehonoy laiiH-l wasn't doped to win It* *< ■ tlonal it wa* Anderson So the Bulldogs knocked off Andertum by one point ant! went on through In the regional Shortridge was the favqed five S<t iai|>o| came from behind tn beat Greenfield and then outlasted Shiltll alge b> t!»t-<■ points The semi final wa* all Rushville North Vernon lap**l heat the Lions by a single counter and then romp-d over Sorth Ver non by 17 -u th* finals And lacpet. Ik- r. i - d a town of I Ho Hamit nd Te< h i* nt a little different *iia|w It ha* l» ■ n ranked a* tough *i.i < mld*t anon. hut wumii dot" d to • ume through the ■m'ional I' looked like Whiting or Last Chicago Washington So Tech’s Tiger* took them both The regional was doped for Gary Froohel or laPnrtr Tech beat Froebel j In the final Then it received a share of acclaim for the semi-final and came through cm free throws

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and drive Io win Nolle of (be filial four lire easy prey and all of them have shown | the old ability Io come from bei hind to win that I* usually found in a stale < hampion Fort Mayne South found plenty lot opportunity to show tin* stuff Saturday The hot New Castle Trojan* romped through them with speed and fire for three quart* er* of the bull game The Ari her* trailed by five point* at the haff, (led lhe count with two minute* to play and then cracked in nclim hing but ket to win BLUFFTONTEAM WINS TOURNEY — BhilVton Keglers Win G. E. Bowling Tournament Here Fiyback Ice Cream of Bluffton won th.- annual G E howling tourney. which was completed Saturday and Sunday at the Itv* al G E - lub alley* The winner* pogted a 2YW4 I > i top a field of 43 team* and tarry off lh< life first prize G E Fan Motor* of Fort Wayne was second with a 2'Hi'c The I'. , atur G E Welder* set the best store tor local entrant* n the tournay a 2544* other Decatur fives In th. piize money lieeutur t'asthig Mt Mill.-n * Major I and Kroger King* Th" team* and their total scores; Frybatk It • Cream. Bluffton 2t»!»4 G E Fan Motor* Fort W .yti. 2Sd# t'oea Cola Ih-fiance Ohm Xfitto i G E Welder* Decant* , 2M46 Decalin fasting Decatur * 2**l4 Hills Kitchen Hlnffitrn ' McMillen* Major. I*, .atur 2#3« ' General Hosiery Fori Wayne '1 Simler Lh kwood Ifinfftpti 2’*’' Kroger King* Det atm 2*t26 ] to-neral .Machin* Bluffton 2'*l4 M.-« lb - t-.ition. Irecatur 2>*l St Joe a c No 2 Ft Wayne Standard A> >« Decatur 2'7'> Mltlschler*. Ile.xtlir 2'74 llerghoff 1"7 Fort Wayne 2'7» G E Testes* Decatur 2'«b G E Fit. Dept Bldg JI Fort Wayne 2'6<> Gamble Store-. De. atm 2'l* Husse * Wonder Five Decatur 2'3‘» G E Catchers Fort Wayn. 2'32 Is cmtqr Cloverleaf It.-, atur 2'22 G E Motors Decatur 2*lfi G E Flange*. Major Isc.rim 2«»5 Roden tid Em i Bure. 1 Fort Wayne 2***3 Millet Bar Fo ’ W.iynt 27## I f’amp Troy, T y. <> 27'*5' 1 H-iali Drug Decatur 27#5 | Pillar*. Fort Wayn. Z7#» G E Night Men Decatur 27*3 i K.-i-nan Hotel Fort Wayne 27'2 , Burke's llaml.iera. in -atur 277*1 ] Weber Hotel. Fort Wayne 277 n | G E Stators. Decatur 27V.S G. E Flange Minor Ih-I.ittir 27>’.a Western Ohio Ifaittllng Works Van Wert. Ohio 2774 ' G E Punch I’ress. IP . atur 2732 G E Maintenance. Dec-ainr 2’M ■ G E Test! Room. Decatur 2712 1 (J. E Clnh Boosters No 1. Decatur 2<77' Telephone Toll, Decatur 2<72 , G E Boosier*. No 2. irecatur 2<27 G E Boosters. No 2. Det atur 2a<* ( HASE ELE( TEH 'COrriNt'Etr FROM PAOff INK I ' state convention at Washington last summer and of the internaliotlal ccuiveniam at Cleveland. O. last summer will lie shown at the 1 First Evangelical church tn Hit*! city Friday .■veiling, Vpril 12. —J'.'.! LL .

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JUNIOR LEAGUE STARS BEATEN BY NATIONALS National All-Stars Win 2 To 1 In Finnish Relief Game Tatnpa. Fla March 1* <U.R> Ball gume* that are won and lost in March may no - .neon much, hut rhe National league fc-c-l* pretty cocky today over having plastered n defeat on an Atm rivun league allstar team made tip chiefly of New York Vankee* That 2 to I victory, won cinder a cloudy sky at Plant field, went National league fan* Into the afreets boasting that the tide had turned, after ail these- year* against the superiority of the American league Ttic- pitching was tight, the fielding brilliant in spots and II wasn’t until the last of the* ninth innltig that the* .National league won cm a single by Pete Coscarart. Brcscklyn acs-cmd baseman. who sent Al la>|M‘Z. Boston catcher, ac ross with (he winning run .Much of the crestit for the Na tlonal league victory goes to the ■ pitchers Paul Derringer. Kirby ' Higlre of the Phillies. Luke Ham lln of the Dcelg<-rs. Bn. kv Walter* of th.- lied* and Harty Giimlwrt of the Giants who held the Ainerhaii j leaguers so five stingy hit* Hitch sluggers as Joe Di Maggio Charlie Keller and T*wl William* *|e-nt all aft.-rn.sm vainly trying to get a piece of the ball Best liuli player on the field was Frankie Ctos.-ttl, Yankeea' short ' stop who got two hit* and picked up a ball ih.ct Charli- Ruffing knockd down to start a double play on what hacked likes hit Hank Greenberg funner first Imseman of! the Jietrott I'igei* and now an fielder, looked mighty good in the seventh inning when he went far I and deep to hl* left to drag down' Pete Coscarat’s fly goat of thei gam.- was Hal Trosky Cleveland, first haie-ntan. who dropped a perfe« t throw l.y catcher Rollle Hem si.-y to pu! the winning National] league runner on third lease I 'I .-.I Williams got the loudest laugh I of th.- day when he picked Up a ball i hat had fallen font Throw it here, Ted.’’ a fan In the l.lea. hers shunted «. William* did while th.- umpire* ga|wd It looked like the opening game ..f the ls;t'. world serie* with iter ! ringer pitching against Huffing j only it end.-d differ ntly tins tin.. <» Today’i Sport Parade * By Henry MeLtenors Tsrnpa. Fls . March I* — fij.ff) The Finnish flag may ice al half jnast in Helsinki where the snow Jies deep, hut It flies bravely in Tampa t-slay Against a background of palms, and with th-- sun lightiug Ila blue errna on a field of white. It gal- ] lantly waves a *alute to those who control baseball, those who play it. and those who love It. For these three groups .ombtn ' ed yesterday to make an outstand I ing success nt the all-star game I for the benefit of the Flnnjsh relief fund <me dldn t need to he 1 to get a bang out of that game and Its setting, and I'm not sfce-aklng of the game Itsself even though the greatest stars of baseball played It to the hilt. I and gave a performance worthy of a world »erle* No the real thrill of It. the part of it that made the funny little leeling go up your ha. k and raise I the hackles on your neck, was to ‘ l»- a purl of this grand gesture towards the docen.y and courage of ! a little natlor. 4 000 miles away. When the people kept coming In. j.omlng In until they filled all the seats and spilled over Into the ' playing field Itself, tb" game be- | < ame of sec ondary importance The | paramount thing was tbe fineness lof people people who asked only to be given a chance to answer a yall for help Narly Ifiono per-' eons packed tbe park, and paid' more than |2t«.f»mi for the prlvll-1 ege. That's quite a turnout for a city I 'of around Hut mm population It le even more remarkable when you 1 remember that the seats were prtc-1 ied as high as five dollars And It' wasn’t a plush crowd like you see jat the horse show tn Madlaon Hquare Garden or the polo mate hew I at Meadow Brook There were' frayed cuffs, cheap suite, and run down shoe* in sbundanre Many a budget will have to be juggled negi week to take care of the money spent to help a country la distress. But that's what made It tbe game it was. People In Florida haven't the remotest connection with Finland Geographically they are as tar apart as possible Thia Is a

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l«nd of *un and warm waters, flow l,ers and Hrht hearts Bitter cold. , snow skis and the rigors of the north ire all but unknown Rut 1 ,to their everlasting credit the - I people* of Florida responded to the ; I ery of Finland as whole heartedly I as if It were a c ountry just ae r««s I 1 the hay i The same goes for th*- player* iof the two major leagues For nothing, absolutely nothing, they played the game a* If the championship of the world depended on the outcome Feller threw the* fastest hall he kne w DiMaggio took hi* mejnewt cut at the hall j Jucges went (or •verylhing in t sight. Ther. wasn’t a moment in , the gam*- when every player ] didn’t drive to the Ir*-»t of hl* ahil j By They gladly took r ha nee* of In ’ jury even while knowing that In Jury, with the neacwin jus* a few j weeks away, would endanger then mean* erf llvllhood. To make it a perfect day. ther*- ■ came one of tho*. almost unhc | Ih-vahle coin. Idenre* Early tn th.-1 morning there crept Into the port , of Tampa a snub nosed little I freighter a snuh nosed little Fin-1 nlsh freighter Homebody rm the boat could read English and through the morning papers learned of the game Ho. just before game time, the captain of the freighter, hl* mate, and two of the crew, walked up to the th kef win-1 dow and bought flve dollar ticket* i It was their first baseball game The hit*, lhe error*, the pitching and the base running must have left .hem pretty cold But the sight of the Finnish flag, standing out In the warm breeze al.mgslde . the Stan and Htripe*. must have, left them pretty warm I hope so. anyhow ] 0 Mrs. John I* Braun and Mr. and] Mr* Henry Braun spent the week end with Mr. and Mr* John Hcan ' lon of Indiaaapollc

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CHECK FORGER IS SENTENCED: 1 1 Man Wanted Here Im Given Prison Term In Bartholomew County i i Hheriff Ed Miller today received ' a ortnniunic ation from Bartholomew county authorities, notifying , him of the capture and conviction ( <rf F B Norman an alleged c heck . forger who had issued a fraudulent t , check here* j ( Tbe letter, written by Edward. | James Morrison Bartholomew 1 county prvsecutor. rzpre**ed the thank* »rs the authorities there for I tbe part of local seriff* department played in the apprehwnsion of Nor- | man * Norman *ome time agn gave a | fraudulent check to Horner D ixcwer of this city in payment of room 'lent The check wa* made In the ( 'amount of (’■ , Hl* description wa* broadcast bye ( the local sheriffs offic e* and it was i . from this description that he wa* | apprehetited in Columbus on a similar offense , Normar*, who used the aliases of , Carl Johnson C. R Jone* and Ed. j E Edward* among other*, was sen- j I tented to nerve a one to live year I prison sentence upon conviction Hungarian Minister To Visit Mussolini Budapest. Hungary. March HL—■Uff) Premier Paul Telekl I* leaving fur Italy Immediately for the ‘ ”Easter holidays ” ind will confer , ( with Premier Benito Mussolini and | Foreign Munster Galeazzo Clano. it wa* announced off), tally today. It wa* expected that Teleki ( would leave for Trieste tonight or i tomorrow Io visit relative* and | then would proceed to Home Os-

FARLEY NOT IN OHIO PRIMARY No Anti-Third Term Slate Os Itelegates In Ohio Primary Washington. March I* <U P) Report* that |HHitma*ter general Jam*** A Farley wa* cooperating Informally but effectively with Vic e I’reaidcnt J.din N Gam -r’» anti-third term movement clrcil hied t.wlay among »c-naie Ih-rno crata These, report* were emmewhat offset, however, by negation of a <onsideraMy touted strategy whereby Farley was to have entered an anti-third term slate erf delegat.s In the May 13 Ohio preferenll..! primary That Farley would enter a alate in opposition to the male organize! tbm which la fronilng for the third term in Ohio was published he •• and thrmighnut the ccmniry Bat the deadline for filing In Ohio puaaed over lhe weekend and Mr Roosevelt Is asmired of 32 <l.l- - there* if he want* them. Thece wa*. In fact, no com Irma Hem from Fnrley (hat he* Int rnd.-d to go Ink. Ohio at all The political relationship between the postmaster general and Prewldent Roos**vell still has not come to the open break which many olcservers predicted as developutenis continued to challenge Farleys belief that there* «111 I* no third term effort The political break* of the past few day* have been considerably In favor of the new deal organizer* of draft Roosevelt strategy although Il is not known here, even yet. whether Mr. Rooeeveh intends to run again nr merely sants to a. cumulate a big bloc erf delerates so that he may try to name his *ucc emsor Th.* first major preferential primary will take place two weeks from tomorrow In Wisconsin where linih Democratic and It.-puhll. an stakes arc* high Without suggesting that there Is a coalition or anything of the kind between Hen Arthur H. Vandenberg. If. Mich and Sen Robert A. Taft. R . O. It la fairly obvious now that both hope the Wisconsin primary will lre<tn Io submerge dlstrb-t attorney Thoma* E Dewey * !•*«< hope* Taft I* Maying out of Wia< .>n*in so Vandenberg has a clear Held against Dewey Dewey atrateglst* evidently are aware of the slluatlon because their man is going to tbe mld-wesc again for some preprimary Campaigning fb - —• HITLER & MI’XSOLINI CONTINGKD FROM FAUK OMBt spring thaw, which occurs usually in mid-April Aasatis Ministry Ixmdon. March I* 4UJR—Brltaltt ofll. tally has greatly underestimated the effect nt German warfare on he rshipping Emantial Nhmwell. lAlMirlte, charged In the house of commons today During debate on the ministry of shipping. Rhinwell said that from one canae or another Britain had lost ’’rather more than 7M».mut jons of merchant shipping during *l« months of war." "In addition, many vessels had been damaged and had not been ficlals emphasized the private nature of his trip but It was believed be was going also to make a < lose observation of German and Italian relations It was said he would stay in Daly eight or In days ADDRESSING MACHINK and THE ELLIOTT “CARDVERTISER” That Roth Addrsssss and Print* Advertising Msssagss sn Fvnnp kHUI Cards SO MOOKLR MO and up. Ns metal smbossinf ha* • sew v**w vvw oawaa ILLIOTT Address Cards are typewrriteobie. Write far Free Reek let. F. H. Callahan, Agent tM Century Building INDIANAPOLIg

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’ Included In the c>m<-lai Het," shln- • well said. “Many nf the damage-.! 1 ships cannot be repalted for week* or months." ' "To say that we have lost only' 2CHI.INHI ton* Is making travesty 1 of the situation." Rhinwell said The ministry nt shipping was the second government department to ’ <ome under fire In parliameni with in a week The ministry of supply has heen th» target for sharp parliamentary crith-lam in rannection with contract method* • o "Most Deadly Bomb" i To Be Demonstrated ■ • Washington. March Ifi—<VP>— u la*atsr P Barlow, who claimed to f have invented the world’* most ' deadly Icomh.” finally obtained an agreement for an opportunity • to demonstrate* it tmfore nietnlcer* 1 of congress and army and navy » officers The agreement wa* worked out • ala sec ret and unusual joint meet • mg of four congressional commitfi tee* those of both house* and sen- ** ate dealing with military and naval • affair* q.—-—— * 1 4 PETERSON NEWS !. Mis* Terveer Ginter wa* honored ’• with a party Thursday evening, i the occasion being her nineteenth .. birthday anniversary Mis* Ginter I received a numlter of lovely gifts h The evening was spent In playII ing game* and In enjoying vocal y and instrumental mtt*lc- furnished by Melvin (’rosier and member* of n the Ginter family d Refreshments of cake and Ice » cream were served at end of I- the evening g In addition to the honored guest *■ the guest list Included the Misses Frieda <’llng«m|*eel Miriam Marcella and Dolores Ginter and the I Messrs Fane 4’ling*npeel. Cloy.e and Melvin Croicwr. Dale Hoffman. ! Amos Hummer. Jerome. Vernon, and

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