Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1940 — Page 6

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RAIN PREVENTS JUNIOR LEGION TEAM FROM WIN Decatur Leading I To 1 In Find Game Os Season Sunday The 7>cat*r Amerk-sn Legtoa junior baseball Inn, making Ita tlret atari of th* aeasrm waa apparently on Ita way to victory Mun day afternoon at Worthman Field, when raht halted proceedings Decatur was out In front by 4 to I agalnat the team from post number *3, Fort Wayn*. when rain hal'ed play The local lads scored once In th* first irnilng Andrew* was safe oa an error and w»s aacriflced io second by Hchnepf Chllcote's alngl* plated Andrew* Two more run* tallied tn the second frame Hchnepp opened with a walk Walker wa* safe on an error and Crist singled Bthnepp wa* caught at the plate hut the base* Were load ed when Fisher wa* *af* oo an error Andrew* fanned, hu I tfaiteiepf came through with a •With- to score Walker and Crist tTlllcote opened the third Inning wlths walk and eventually acored on an error. Hit* by Zuber and Werkman gave the visitors their only run tn the fourth inning. Their only other serious threat wa* In the second inning and Werkman opened the Inning with singles hut Cbticote forced the neat three bat ttn to pop out weakly to the in

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■eld. The Decatur team will play at Portland Tuesday afternoon at t 30 o'clock, and will meet Fort Wayne again Thursday evening at C o'clock. at the Ulate H< (tool dla mond In Fort Wayne Decatur AR II II E Andrew*, cf 3 10 0 Kuh tile, cf .10 0 0 Hc huepf. rs 3 0 10 Winteregg. If 3 0 0 0 Chllcoatr p I I I 0 Lynch, lb 1 0 o o Me httepp. ss 10 0 0 Walker, r .110 0 Crlat lb llto Fisher. 3b | o ft *» Kitchen. 3b |OOO Totala.. . tfl 4 4 • Fort Wayne AB R II K R Meyer. Sb . tool Geale 2b 3 0 0 0 McClain aa 3 « “ 3 Zuber, lb 3 13 1 Ulrd. If 3 0 10 Werkman. rs 3 0 3 0 Arnett, r . 2 o o o Krnnl. rs | 0 0 o Neukam. p 10 0 0 Total* It I t « genre by Inning* Fort Wayne 0 0 0 I -I Decatur 12 10 < STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct OR Cincinnati 34 !• •** Brooklyn 34 >9 M 3 l’» New York 33 31 -fill » Chicago 32 29 525 7'q St Louis 24 30 444 12 ’ Pittsburgh !l 31 *"♦ 14 Boston 1» 32 .333 15'j I Philadelphia 13 34 35* 14'* AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G B Cleveland . 3» 23 423 Detroit 34 22 407 I'* Roaton 32 23 5»2 3 Now York 23 29 .401 3 fit Louis 2» 33 459 10 Chicago 24 31 454 10 Philadelphia 22 33 fiflfl 13 Washington 24 3* JOT 14'* YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Chicago 1-7, Philadelphia 2 2 Boston 7-10. St. Lout* 5-5 Cincinnati 7 2. New York 4-0. Plttaburgh 4-4. Brooklyn 5-4 t second gam* called end 13 inning*, darkne** I. American League Cleveland 4-0 Boston 1-2. Detroit 9. New York 2 Washington 12-2. St Lout* 5-3 • Philadelphia at Chicago < double header postponed rein I. o- — Rumania ha* about 700.000 acre* of forest land

REDS BACK IN TOP PLACE AS I DODGERS LOSE Cincinnati Sweep* Both End* Os Twin Bill With Giant* New York. June 24 UJO Hilly Terry. In an early season com- ' ment ot. the National league pen- ' riant race remarked, "when the doiil>leh*aders roll around that’ll be our gravy because we have the beat balanced pitching In the lea ffue ” Terry also is the fellow wbo askad. "Is Brooklyn still In the league** The glum leader of the Giants has often wished. In the past ala years, he could have withdrawn nls Brooklyn creek, and before the 194“ season ends he gnay rue the day he voiced the opinion that the Giants' pitching staff was geared Just right for the heavy doubleheader schedule. Yesterday Terry sat In the dark corner of the Giants' dugout and saw bls prediction play him false. I The Reds slapped the Giants down ‘ twice before 52.457 fans. 7-4 and 2- and < limbed hark Into the National league lead over the beaten Dodgers It was Cincinnati's superior pitching which gave them the twin triumph Rm-ky Walter* became unnerved after hitting Hilly Jurge*. Giants' shortstop, on the bend I In the seventh and was unable to I finish Hut the Reds relief pitchers stood off the Giants while th* Reds rapped Carl Hubbell out of the bo* In the ninth and scored live runs to Iske the opener. The score was deadlocked at 2-2 when Walters hit Jurgen Then he couldn't do anything right and the Giants slammed over two runs. Hut In the ninth pinch-hitler Hill Hershberger tripled with two mate* aboard to tie the score and the Giants fell apart. Junior Thompson made Cincinnati's conquest complete when he held the Giants to three singles la the nightcap Paul Dean after winning two straight, stubbed his toe In his third start The Reds made seven hits off Dean In eight Innings. Including Frank McCormic k'a triple followed by Hershberger's fly which accounted for the winning run I The Pirates knocked the Dodger* off the top by beating them 35. and then holding them to a 4-4 tie In a 13-lnnlng nightcap called by darknees Plttaburgh slammed out 14 bit* In the opener driving Whli Wyatt to cover In 'be fifth Spud Davis' homer with two on tn the ninth inning of the second game enabled the Pirate* to get a standoff | The Cub* beat the Phillies, twice. | 3- and 7-2. with Jake Monty. rookie righthander, shading Hugh Mulcahy In the opener and Ken Raffensberger. rookie southpaw, doing the honors In the nightcap. Il was Monty’s fourth straight victory I The Rees vacated the cellar by handing the Cardinala a double defeat. 7-5 and IM. Manuel Salvo was the winner in the fitut game in which Rob Bowman, who recently hit Joe Medwick on the head with a pitched bail was badly spiked by fllbby Siati in a play at first base. I Al Smith pitched a six-hitter as the Cleveland Indians streached

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ION PROBATION • • By Jack Sord< MT. Oscar S/CFT — >u a* as MANAGOC ar •KVAdI 4 IFCJtt AT LEAST 0 I*# ft tfF IM# *“* -Ares

ihHr winning «trv«k to *ighi with a II victory over th* Ro*lon R«t 801 In th* frat nw of a doable header But rookie Herb Naah brought the B<>l an even break with a M. eight-hit ihatout la the 1 nightrap 801 oat fielder Ted William* waa | Injured and forred to leave the, flrat game In the eighth when he | collided with Doc Cramer going ‘ after Mark’a long fly. which went for a home run Inalde the park Willlama wav revived but waa taken to a boapltal Detroit'* Tiger* defeated the New York Yankeeg. 92 aa Ru< k Newaom held the M< Cart hymen to four hita and won hl* ninth straight victory Rudy York'a homer acrounted for two Detroit rune. Aided by a Ik-hit barrage. Dutch Leonard won hla eighth game aa the Washington flenatora acorad a 12-5 victory over the St. Lowla Brown* In the flrat game of a double bill The Rrowna won the nightcap called by darkneao at tbe end of the aeventb. 1-3 Roth ramea of tbe Philadelphia ' Chicago doubleheader were rained oat. Yesterday* hero: “Junior" Thom peon Cincinnati righthander, who »topped the G&nt* with three hlta in the nightcap for a 2-« victory which gave the Rede a clean aweep and kept them in fleet place in the National league —,. ■ „ a.— LEADING HITTERS Player Hub OAR R H Pet Danning. Giants 51 197 29 71 349 Walker. Dodger* <9 17! 24 St 345 Gustine Pirates 41 157 23 63 338 Moore. Giants tl 203 40 47 339 Nl< holoson. Cubs 49 148 27 55 327 American League Radcliff Brown. 54 21111 M 347 Fltmey. Boston 50 229 35 82 340 MeCosky. Tigers 49 3V3 49 73 340 Appling Chicago 17 219 32 74 238 Williams Boston 54 213 44 44 .335 * — » HOMK RUNS Mlae. Cardinala 19 Pon. Red Hoi . 17 Trosky. Indiana » 15 Johnson. Athletics 13 Greenberg. Tigers —.— 12 Keller. Yankees —...— 12 TWO UNHURT IN cowronntn riou waor «*■> moltahlng the latter. The front of th* Moser car was crushed by the Impact of the two collisions. Damage to lb* filling station and garage waa heavy. Harve Rieee. owner, reported. CITY RESIDENTS /cowmnntD from faob chop persons pointed out. Antl-nolse campaigns have been conducted In other elties with marked results, these residents asserted, and they stated that they believed each a drive here would produce many desirable effects. e Rumanian Workers Are Killed By Explosion Bucharest. Rumania. Jun* 34— (UP)—A munition* dump explosion at Bereenl. seven miles from Bucharest. today destroyed more than 200 ton* of gun powder and killed a number of worker*. | Authorities began a search among RDumaaiaa aati-tascist* after reports spread that saboteur*, in protest agates? the government's rd-1

cent rapproachment with the Iron Guard, had touched off tbe eiplo •low. — ' soft 4 vAMi/TJ ” w*i 11 ’Ur * w 1 *✓© ' 11 *'-•» ftLaZ Good sings on our highways ar* neceejwry for safe automobile travel I'nlformlty of signs should b* lb» rule. If we do not have uniform •Inga, many drivers become coafus .ed when they cross state lines at night because tbe types of sign. . change Driving habits do not anl cannot change at state lines Yet in apparent disregard to then* obvious truths, state after state and city after city cling to their own parti- , cular systems of slags and rood markings. The National Conference of | Street and Highway Safety, together with tbe I'a (form Traffic Control Committee appointed by th* American Association of State Highway Official*, has made great strides toward tbe adoption of ual- 1 form road signa Communities which are interested In promoting the use of signs' that will conform with those of j other state* and other communities should tonsuit tbe work of .these two bodies for guidance and advice. Next week I shall attempt to give some of the high spots la the devel- ’ opmen t of uniform signs. Sh>H * 2U »- white vawaternarked KiwicoffrapL adaptable for all kinds of mimeograph work and writable for ink sipnature, 75e. The Deeatwr Democrat Co.

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WEEN DIE ONHIGHWAYS Automobile Crsshe* Over Weekend Take Heavy Toll In State (Ry Called Press I Death stalked the Indiana high ways over Ike weekend aa at least 13 peraoaa met violent deaths In automobile crashes At Seelyville. Oacar O Miller. 55. Brasil, was beheaded when he was struck by an all Ameri<an bus while walking along tJ. S road 40 la a similar mishap al Bedford Oarer Sherman Cooper, M-year-old stone worker, was Injured fatally when be walked into the aide of the ear of Ansel Hawkins. 11. sl*o of Bedford A headon crash at Seymour accounted for Sve dewl ha Ray McDonald. 14. of Seymour. Paul Rates of Bedford. Ml** Hhellle Mwl*. 11. of Anderaoti. and Harry Deval of Anderson were killed almost Inatantly . while Clarence Gomer. 47. of Andereon died In a SeynMMir honpitni yesterday. Kdgar Wle*Jahan. 15. Star City, died of a broken neek (offered In a twocar cr**h near hl* home Three other person* were Injured In the collision A charge of reck I ere homkld* wa* filed against Melvin Baker. 30 ; English In ronnertlon with an ac cldeat at New Albany In which George L. Young. 40. New Albany, waa fatally Injured Ralph Ketnph. 31. Austin, who was to have been married this week, was killed wlten his tree * ( plunged into a deep gully near Aurora

Aa unident (fled man waa struck and killed by a car driven by John Mule 13. nine mile* south of Terre Haute A colllaion between an automo bile and an Indiana state department of conaervatlou truck at Indlanapoll* waa fatal to Roy P Hiatt. 45. of Indianapolis, driver of the car. Gene Rhaffer. 14. died In a Lafayette hospital from injuries received near Camden when two ears collided at crossroad* Bl* other* were Injured Anti-Fifth Column Act* Are Instituted By WPA Indianapolis. Ind . June 24 -tt’Pl Indiana WPA today Instituted sntlflfth column measure* In accordance with requirement* of the- 1341 relief nets. State WPA administrator John K Jennings ordere dthe distribution of clllaensbip affidavits on which every WPA worker must swear that he I* not a Communist, a Natl bund member or an alien Pythian Swtere Plan I*ast Meeting Tonight The Pythian Sisters will have a pot luck supper and closing meeting at the K of P. hom- at 4 30 o’clock this evening All members are invited to be present. Bacon Bring* Hom* Trent flpokaae. Wash --GJ4&- - Nine-year old Hornor Campbell baited a small i hook with a piece M bacon and toeaed his Huw-a piece of string i over the aide of a bout in Liberty lake A minute later he hauled out a four pound rainbow trout

Scan Compulsorv <1 LW < H. J J ■lk # H It M 1 ' B * -*• 1 *■.. j|| BRK Bbbl mI Senator Burke aad John Gareev I Proposing a bill calling for compulsory training which win mJ 40 000.000 American* to register for some sort of sen ice I duty. Senator Edward R. Burke of Nebraska la shoun «nh v 3 President John Nanc* Gamer, in Waahlngtun. explaining th« J Burke presented the bill on tbs fluor of the senate. ■

NiMEMOBRISTO SUCCEED IRWIN South Bend Financier I« Named State G. O. P. Committeeman Phlladelpia. June 14 H'Pl Ind ‘ ianac Republican delegation elect-1 ed Breont G Morris. Routh H*nd financier, national committeeman j to succeed will Irwin of Colnmbu* > through split hopelessly among i four presidential candidate*. The organising session late ye* terday wa* ominously "harrnon ions.'* The 2* delegate* met for only I 20 minutes, with newspapermen present Every vote wa* unanimous , Mr* Grece Reynold* of Csmhrlda* City wa* re-elected national committeewoman Irwin la leading Indiana support-1 er of Wendell Wlllkle. native Hoo •lev. for the nomination Tliere were Iwo version* o fhl* retirement: > 1. He agreed to relinquish his | post to a man fess conspicuously I committed to one candidate. In re ; turn for which Wlllkle will receive : possibly two or more additional! vote*.. 2 He waa removed by a . strange maneuver ot the old-lln>-, party leadership compelled to ful-1 fill certain slate obligations, and actually Wiilkie'a statu* will aot be altered. I Irwin waa told several days ago.'

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I according to th.that as national < J should not le- so .< fi w J I whereupon he *gre n | t„ nJ I When the Wlllkle i (old him to hatix on be, 3 kl* would neeci him h* usJ remain Hut then he !< m i. 4 not retain his sup |al ,- agreement Io retire ■ I "I'm not resigning i m nor J Ing." Irwin said Ic* 'and now I want n.. fljl Hlremelit *lll not .if... • I Vote He will get mo,. In<|: 41ia 3 I gale* than I* gen.-■ .illy - I He denied a "deal ■ Congressman Char'.** Raj | second district 3 nominate Willisi>> - J had Imm-u any und-nu»*r yj which woe.id gh« :i> • • 0r..-J ■ candlde.ee Hut he said ffJ I Will get more from Imltau J expected” 1 Htate chairman Arch X I'.J c hairman of Hi. mre .ed that It would !»■ split ml Wlllkle. Taft le sey a»4 VuJ ’ berg, but thought W k> i'nkl .would have te mo>t vote* ■ Morri* appealed t. hs-neayl "I want to say « • ed to 'be ■ lines* men " he add~d Thu >»■ time when busin.-- : - J 'together Io win ttn- -l.s<w* ■ I can win It If •- «et jlc-ularly with ■«. :-.«k>'ssJ Morris declin*-d to wy •>«■ favored i>ut he lead -• I. "*c.sdJ a Taft delegate I —. ■ VeaUe •* * Germ T ow» — O*J