Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1940 — Page 8

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CHICAGO CUBS DOWN BEES FOR FOURTH IN ROW Cubs And Boston Red Sox U in Only Major League (James New V ik May 17 *U P> •<«-• balls mystery leant. the Cbh.ti’o Cubs. earn.. in town today ulitiK high on a four game winning «'r. ak and hoping to on,' tin N. w Yoik Giant* front thiid plan- In the National league rail- during the.t two game series a* th*- Polo r ouiids Tin- Cub* 5 4 victory over the Bees yesterday n th- only N.iti.m al leagm game enablerl Gabby 11 art liftt '* club* to niov within half a gam- of tin- Giant* ami Within 4’j games of tin leaguehading Red* I'hampnm* In I*'t' th- tub* dropped to fourth plan- la»l ■aon but now ar. i-biiilding TieuinKt important num mad- In mu n-ition with the Sub* »lm- th-y dropped fotti straight tn Hi- lankin tin- !!•:» world -• ie» i« Phil M'r.gley', rim nt d-'it m-o mot* hi* office tn Wrtgl-t •’-Id Wrigley doe*n't itndt .land many thing* about baseball. i-gp-i tally th- tlno worn "this I* the way we always did It" typ. of .-as.m ing Wrigley ha* l-l othtis sway hint against hi* hetfe. jndgim-nt I nd-' lb- new program h. i- Ilk. ly to pit k Up a lew |Hilnt-:» by be Illg oil the •>>-■>.- A any late. Wrigley , ball player, ar- known in hiiHtle more when the Im- « around Mnirigi r H i-tnett ha, jm.l-d th- Cub, around 'his s.-as.m mot. than any other i tub In the league lle * lined file outfielders ladle i

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I Galan. Gleeson, Nicholson and Gal -sambo two first lia*ein-n. I!u- »< II mid Cavnrretta. two shortstops. Sturgeon and Mai U-k. anti after ( starting <mt with Todd behind the bm Hartnett lias now -oin> out of Hu dugout to do -onto r-i'-G ng fj himself. Th- Cub, potentially have a powerful ball -lull wh th might go pla.-• with Mi.iiit body spurring | ili-in mi every day bm they i.>- d a driving leader, something Hartnett hasn't yet proved him—ls to l«- Th- Dizzy Dean affair hasn’t •helped tit. harmony on the pitchmg u'liff Sum- ofth- <uh pilch • think D. an doesn't deservi any ; mor.- starts after his showing , . Illg Hill la . , who got off to a slow stmt yt-sl.-rd.-iy pnll.-d hough to his third victory against defeat, H- held the It.-.-. to nine hit* Gleeson's Jiipl- and ItilsseH's homer l-atured th. Cubs' 11-rbi- Hash's relief work and 1 holm i ■ by Lou Finney- ami Jimmy I Foxx f. Itm.-d th- lied Sox 7 5 vie ■ inry ov. th- llr-wns in th- lorn Am- .an *l-agiie game Hash re- ! li.-v.-d Denny Gal. house, who hi.d allowed 12 hits in five innings and . .In .k.'l Si latiii, with two hits in 111-- last four ! lilies G.lleliotlsw.t, credit.'d with th. > .lory Th. i:-d S-.i pounded V.-riion K-nii-dy I util »• ih«* Im»k ;tmi •<■<> •<1 lit* tun* in th* thin! hinhiK P»xV« h<»mrr tn •h* id-i* nth u i~ N*u '* for him Tlu tiuifiiph In. i.MM-d Hu lb d S<>\ bad ut.r th* Idle i<» ihrt u team** and tu i* l .. cam** «%'♦ ' th« la*! p..u Vaiik»« * Y» *!• «la> * h» • .1. nrny Futx *hu lit liutrur \’u and (wo <*inic!*-i* *< oi.fi thr*»* run* i* l!« <l S«*% d. ban d sh. I! oW!‘* STANDINGS NATIONAL league , W I. pl tG II Clm-mnatl l»> 5 7«2 Brooklyn L> 5 7’.u Sew Vorw 12 '• 571 4 Chi. ago Ct 11 512 P, Philadelphia » II 421 7 St lantis * 15 14* *• I) ..ton S 11 bm '.' 3 Pittsburgh *i It "mo AMERICAN LEAGUE , W I. Pet C. II Boston I* « 75<> Cleveland 11 ' •'-i'i " Detroit 12 11 Philadelphia 11 12 I7« i.‘ s io p. tv, I st Uiui > l; if - I i fib igo 'i r: i-i , New Voik 7 11 . YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Chi. ago 5. Boston 4 Cim Innati at Brooklyn, eall-d end of third, rain St laiuia at Philadelphia, rain Pittsburgh at New York, tahi American League Boston 7. St laiuis 5 New York at Chl< ago. rain Philadelphia at Detroit, rain Washington at Cleveland, rain. Round and Square Dance. Saturday. Sun Set. Music hy Joe Geel- family.

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LEADING BATTERS Nat tonal League Play-' Club G Mill H Pit Walket Dodgers II 13 7 17 395 Gustin.- Pirate 13 So t; tn ?.mi liuiiiini. Giant* 21 »1 II 3» 370 LomlM'di 11. it, 2" 77 14 29 3K7 Medwick Si lam * 17 7« 12 27 155 American League \verill It- • '! DI 47 5 22 4G* Finney Boston 22*51*3* I'*' ll idt liff St lemt* 22 *2 12 36 TH Wright. Chicago 22 *2 15 34 391 ll>V. Phillies .'1 6* 12 27 3*l HOME RUNS sltze. Card* . 9 Foxx H-d Sox * T>..,kv Indian. . S Kub.-I Whit. Hox 6 Johnson Mhl-ti - 5 T.ilH.r II <1 S.x 5 I . S. DEFENSE ITVTIM HD HIOM I'AGK ft\iC national defense tide is running strong in t.mgress and pb-as for budget balancing and new taxes are feeble as yet Congressional Veterans Iw-lleve that both the tax and national debt limit question* may be passed over until next session although simple resolutions either to boost th- debt limit or add an arbitrary 10 per cent to 1 som- < ategortes of edatlng taxes might -atch congressional fancy Telegrams showered into the -capital List night and trnlay and they uniformly were reported tn support M Roosevelt's armament - project. Ills proposal that the I nation plan now a program to pro vid. so.<chi military and naval planes evidently caught popular imagination The heads of the country's major ' airplane companies Indicated their I willingness and readiness to get I behind the program They estimated that the proposed program woiud necessitate tripling existing I personnel and fl.-.r space. Mlllta-y egperts estimated two y.-ars to 30 months as the lime rej qu.red to create such an armada i and Indicated that not the least I problem would be training of pilots 110 take the ships into the air. A I program for Jo.ooo planes 2ojmm> I for the army and loimmi for the I navy- In two years appear lo lie I the immediate defeuae objective. Three hours after Mr Roosevelt spoke yesterday, the senate t.M.k

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the first step toward emergent v national d-f.-nse by recalling the f'o'.'l isHKMMt navy appropriations hill from ion er.-11. •• between representatives of the two houses The pnrpos.- is to add to If Imm*d it. ly the 425o.mto.iMsi of emerggm y navy funds ask.-d by Mr. 11.H.5.-v.-lt in hi. sp<-< lai message Jlinost simultaneously. ■ hairman Andrew J May of the house military affairs committee Introduced ■ till) to make legal appropriation of the f726.MMi.iMHi whiili President l;. --. v..|i ...ged f<, the army The -oinmlttee which must authorize expenditures before the money can h< voted, will hold hearings today May hopes to send the bill to the fl,so tomorrow or Monday The fT.'u iMMi immi figure I. part of th.- aggregate f»*<; imhummi iinm.-d ate appropriation requested by the president In addition, he request <-<l authorization, for the military servlie, to assume < ontractiiral obligations for |!*6.imhi.imm> and for buns.: to . sitme future oh’ , gaHons np to |l«m.immhmmi The other f Jimi ihmi tMMi of sir. ailed "blank < he. k" funds Is Included In the overall figure for Immediately up propria Hon - —o ■—— ——- * NAZI ARMORED iCONTINVFD FROM PAGE ON'K) 1 to the river Sambre. somewhere ' near Charleroi. (That would Indi- i cate a withdrawal from Namur which the Germans claimed today, to have captured but I' was thought 1 likely that the Namur forts are I still resisting t From the Sambr*. ' the front swings farther west of M.-zl.-res to a point near Bethel on I the river Alane It then runs east I ' to M.mtniedy on the Maginot line Thus, the Allies now appear to ■ ' be holding a line which cuts almost ’ du.- north and south through the I I center of Belgium with the Owe- - mans overrunning the entire eaari ern and southeastern portion of I t the country. Heaviest pressure was le-lng ap- > plied by the Germans, it was ssid. on the Ixiuvaln sector, held by the i British and Belgians, and the Me I lleres-Montinedy sec tor i The German technique was rapI Idly becoming clear. Military quar- > lers said that swtft heavily armed ■ tank-led columna are slashing into c Allied defense positions at high J s|H-ed The columns are under I orders to break through the fortli fh-ations at any coat and drive Into

•he open country to the rear of the fighting line* Thrae columns. It was said puah on at maximum «|M-ed a* far to the, tear a* |MMi*fl>|e When they can advance no further. It was said, they "explode" break up inlo| small detachments which dash out I in all direction*. liltistlng road* railroad*, telegraph and telephone line* and terrorizing the Inhabit- 1 ant* The Gying column*, military source* said are u»ed by the German* in the manner of giant projectile* hurled across the defense line* to detonate with violent force in peaceful regions to the rear It was believed here that It was i the use of sin h columns which spread wild rumors through Frame concerning German capture of cities in northern France These rumor* which were said to be wholly false were attributed her.- either lo fifth columnist* or nervous refugees fleeing Hie battle areas. Junior Baseball School Saturday Another junior baseball m hoot will tie held at Worthman Field Saturday Boy, from the ages of in to 12 will attend the school from 9 to 11 a m . and boys from 13 to 16 from 1 to 3 p m. ( itnsenation Club Plan* Shoot Sunday The country conservation club will sponsor a shooting match at the St. John's grove six and onehalf miles north of Decatur Sunday afternoon. May 19. tM-ginnlng at 2 o'clock tCTDI. ■ - - —w A public toads bureau was established by congress In 1X93.

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SOX SEEK IST HOMEVICTORY Chicago White Sox Have Yet To Score Victory On Home Field Chlr ago. Muy 17 UR) l.lke the baseball fans of riatliiish who claim sh" world record for loyalty to their Brooklyn*, hacker* nt Chicago'* White Sol have adopted the chant. “We ain't *.* bad as paintnd," And so today—weather permitting — they’ll head for Comlskey Park for what they hope will lie the "otrirtar opening of their home season It's never official until the White Bog have had their first triumph on home soil. Thirty-three days after the flrat American league (tall t was pitched. tIM seventh place Sol still haven't cracked Into the victory column and under ordinary circumstance* today'* hout with the New York Yankee* woald be considered no place to start a winning streak The Yank* whipped the White Sot 1* time* last season At present, however, the world champions are the only club in the league below Chicago In the stand Inga Since Bob Feller snapped hl* fastball around the White Hot I batsmen's ears in hl* record opening day no hitter. Manager Jimmie I Dyke* has watched his club drop; ! alt straight In Comlskey Park i They've won nine on the road, i compared to seven defeat* Dyke* Is convinced he'll win one 1 at home before the *ea*on Is over I and nominated la-fly Kdgai Smith hl* hard iuck pitcher lo halt the Yankee* Southpaws — all etcept Smlttle have Ireen poison to the champions all spring They've Imaien Smith once alr-ady this year Im New York Added to the woe* of the Yan- | kee* was the case of Joe DiMaggio which cam- up yesterday before baseball's gruff comnrissi.mer. Kenesaw Mountain laindis Mndl* wanted to know all about' a report, published In New York, that Ireltlng Joe was imying off an agent or agent* from hi* estimated |JS.<HWi salary puid by the Yankee* Mentioned a* the agent* were former heavyweight champion Jame* J. Braddmk and hl* manager. Joel i Gould (estimate* nt the payoff' ranged from two to 12 percent l Di Maggio denied the reports to j laindl* Mndis. as usual said, nothing I o ■ ' i Dance Saturday and I Sunday. Sun Set

SUN. MON. TUES. nuou» Sun Irom UMO '"ioc-isc ERROL FLYNN lIM ■ *<*i iMSii i F lj ar ■■ I <M*M taw’m'Mw •■««.. MMKi.it* Mm. —-J “ — TONIGHT AND SATURDAY — ■wry farmer** daughter and every farmer** *en, a* well a* th* *Hy elicker* will howl with flee at Martha’* iat**t cemedyl the clewna, elng* and dance* ju*t a* yeti lik* Mr! ’ THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER’ 1 MARTHA RAYE. Charlie Ru«kn, William Frawley ALtO — Crime Oee* Net Nay Thriller: Cartoon; Popular tcienc* A Latent New* 10* ■ He

Shaw, Champ of ‘500,’ Star In Many Sportt / • INDIANAPOLIS. Ind—Wilbur Shaw is flying high and shooting I luw a* he trains to keep hi* 500. mile championship at Indianapolis, Mav 30. America’s auto racing titleholder is a crack aviator, flu-* hi* own plane, shoot* a consistent 74 on the golf link*, rate* as an expert horseman and is a dead shot with a pistol or rifle. I The 1037 and 1939 Indianapolis I winner flew several hundred hout* I solo to obtain hi* transport pilot's I license and is a member of that I exclusive fliers' organization, the I Quiet Birdmen. ] Shaw and his wife ride horse- I i back on the Indiana trail* at least I ; twice a week. He hss a marks- I I man's rating with a pistol, and I I while hunting this year he barg-d I j 20 rabbits with 23 shots. Shaw ranks as the top money I Winner at Indianapolis, and this ! year will 'attempt to equal the I . three-time winning feat of Louis ' Meyer, OLD WORLD WAR CONTINt'KD FROM PAGE SIX possibly have been visualized at the tlm- the program was drafted 1 He Indicated that the government fund* might be used to build to-* 1 airplane plants for production of | part of the 50.000 airplane anna.l. I which he projected In yesterday * mesaage Buch plants, said th>president, probably would Im- opiated privately, although the title* would he retained by the govern- 1 ment. In congress Chairman May in- , I trod need hl* new hill a* house ■ military committee h-atd Brigadier I General L D Gasser d-pnty chief-of-slaff. explain that the legislation would "take the lid off I Hons aa to the amount of -quip--1 ment which the army could acquire ' The only limitation left would Ite the amount of money provided by congress.

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