Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1942 — Page 6

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Pastor Scores Knockout Over Lem Franklin Cleveland Neqro Is Knockout Victim In Bth Round Tuesday New York. Feb. tt—(U*> — Htsvyweignt bo*-n« ch«mp>on Jo* Lome w*ll make ms 2t*t title defense at Madison square garden on March 21 ageist Abe S.mon of New York and will donate hi* entire purse to charity. Mike Jacoba announced today. Cleveland. F* -h UTt Ik'b Paator. ,X.-s Ymk's iiu mlal •<1 .t th** w**ri*l ' * by virtu*’ «*f hi l * h ■ .iau* wh , «*»‘* Fred Mad> of dllwaiiki- ■ > »t» man of Hi. national •">» n» .i*~ • t-iatkm • i.rfini' •'• niiii’ti • •>" ntmiueil tin- Xu ■ ib-u-n * >-m -tht after tin loio mt • mil II »ve» F*r •ink lilt ti I h»- lifli t«»*n**l *•* flight »***fr*t** a « “t I ‘ fa < tn th** iir* ha a f »•< <»ri| ind.HH f !»*v« laihl ' • *1 th.*- » • • lhh***l .* ll* * v,ih ftmiiv »t |f»J IS* only Hilly how r *ii*h I’l-toi and a th rd tilt uith * h .mp lull Jr>»- IdCHil* h« ‘ ail*- «•( lM»h * Rmnd prrforinan* • h wliirh tw* not only ui**o th** IT.'* b*4t h but 11 tuiilly l***H**d out th*- big. | broad #h*>uld* !♦ *1 n#*<r<» who wa* ■ hiilHmimi! Io fl.itf ii hi .in | ♦ arly round It w;i* th* lit ’ full mttlit kay » ♦•ypr r*'tUM«‘i*d uMln«t E’ankhii who out w*didi»*l th** X«-w Voik yptrnan l!t7l a pound* » » I*l. and who **nt«r**d iho riiin ridhuc .» string <df 12 wtraa'lif hiHhh hi i hiding 17 ka>"«»|{p|.rw Ji* S*dl* y rountwl out Franklin at 2 ♦»* of ih* *ighfh round afi»i Pa«h»i had • s»n a HP inorabh* dwiMHmtration of th** Mip*'rlorhy of Imhliik ‘•kill o\**r th** sh*** r |M»** rof a !iikk»i Frank Hit. who had kii >< k**d out Tony Mumlo and I»Ik A Im- Jthntin in leas tiwi** than . ’ t«M»k .!«*•■ lamia dwni»*d d«*iin**<l to turn th* 4am** trick on Paato! in th" Ural two round* wh**n h«- » %|»lo<l«*d itmnd**!

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I CORT | Tonight & Thursday IANO of LAWLESSNESS! ROBERT STACK ANN RUTHERFORD RICHARD OIK NANCES FARMER BROD CRAWFORD HUGH HERBERT ANDY DEVINE ■ A . 'tT w k ». JI ± <s> j/wr * "fl ALSO—"Dick Tracy vs. Crim* Inc." »c-25c Inc. Taw —o Prl. A Sat.—Roy Rogers "A Missouri Outlaw” —o Coming Sun. — ‘.Harvard Hera I Coma" A "Royal Mounted Patrol" _ MWMMMWMMSMMMI

New York U. Voles I To Abandon Foolball Athletic Council Votes Out Football Nrw V*>tk. F**b. 2a tl’pt N*-w | V<* k uulM’inity‘*» <B*yßir* ord | «>f lnt**r< <*ll**gUif** f<»otlMi«l comp*” It It uiti during which th** nut lon' * I latg***f *»« h«»ol /(*■*•* to grid roti 1 I gloiy and ih**n lumio’.l to <hill 1 I modiiM -ty Wan a thing of «oM I re<o ds and tattered «llpt»in«day 1 The »< hied * »lhlel|< i oillli l' vol ' .-d yeete.duy afiei an arnumetiu I tite twu-hoar ee.slon IO a'Million I I the »|H,rt l(ea«ona were deiteard etiroiliui ill XM’ Im. 3i.mil I .indent, and *trl>-.*<|iieiit l.m. oi 1 .indent fees. |eior records In >e I cent year, and dwimlliiiK dale re I ’ .eipm which <aa«ed a *65 mu lo« | I in the U«l !«<> years Thus foi Hie Violets ended a . i .|e>i* ahii'h the, stalled .11 1*73 I and they joined the I'niver.lty oil t'a . ano a. a majot school without I i piaskin parade ChiiaKo look | lonit. action after the 133* »ea j • l i.. university h.t tw-.-n forced I i to institute a |>di<> of stticl mo | .ill ..lona th- line and to nfdjH*T j* ■ getlMHil l»Udg**- 111 th*- ’ . . >r Harry W ' ■'•< »•* »I. cunt ait of Ih Ma Hit A. tMall Sf.-Veii. tinnier Sale < imi II aho 1 'Mil off. r. il to lake a alze thl. slash X> I He Sent to th sell >d. io. at- I . d tl th.- heart of lower M mnatlatl. ' n I’i'll and had three years re- 1 : ma.num on a five year .oi Uni t. A ' I . la i., held 'hat the nilitract would { ' i-iplre antoinatii ally if tn>ri-oll*K l ,1.. f....- .all Weir dropped ‘I do not think I will ‘oraakr! .1 I I XeW j I 1 eI, and XeW Haven. I'.iail Ism. ' i . . . I hi -he IMS foil! I I >e-.i•. li. intii-d down fom attrar-l (tv.- 0ff..,. f,..m Other s.hools . There pii.l.aldy will Io- o' <-i»_ M«o< alliel d Were uam- .limit- I I 1 ||..]y C Syiai U-. and Fordham | foi 111.’ I SYI in a total of 3*3 <au with | . V< opponent* I!l73. u >l| 17’< lost |s'. and tied 2‘» w • Today's Soort Parade < Reg. U. S Pat. Office By Jack Guenther ! X.-w York. F. b2a < IT• In a f.-w dhy* then will appear on tin- ■ shelves < f your iieU’hlHirhoiHl luMik store a new volume lieu n. a blue 1 and white jacket alul til.- title, “lam Gehrlk. th. quiet hero ” If I you negli i t Io buy I* and i.-ad it j I you will wise <>m> thitiK that Is ■ lean and tine and brave. It is not an ordinary sport liook If is noi 11 u< erti.-d with te< hnlcalitlve It contains no errors ami it I do.-sn t drip with the usual hokum i It Is a sltnpl. story told by one of I the tew men who possess the pel I spective and the ta'elits Io le|| it l in the manner in which it was lived The author Is Frank Graham and that should he reconimendatloll eiioiiich Frank Graham is sports columnist of the New York Sun. a I craftsman who know * his business | of writing and a reporter who neter has conaciously* colored a fact He knows and loves sports as he i knew and loved lam Gehrlu Because Graham is the type of man he is. he was uiven a memorial worthy of Its subject The Imok is Imre of histronlcs, of embellish inents ami of groundless dramatic overturn* The story of Lou Gehrig needed no such Hetionizi uk ami l Graham realised that. Il is a book which rises above tlo- Innltatiim of age, sex anil the other lactors which control popular appeal It Is as much a book for a woman of 25 as for a Imy of lo or a man of M. That Is because the qualities which Gehrig epitone ized know no hounde and never

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IN HALS SHOES - - ■ Bv |j. k Sordr s i 1 \V4 - > i I ill k Wl J / Lb? * i FIE MI NG 6 X’ * L6*9'dGCANOtPA- r s Tj / JidCCfEP MALTffetKY As < < \ r r.«sf BATE FOffTMC aEfELAdpidDiAdS l(fl • . ; . *rf<* .m Tie -‘/A-’' - -3gM «* fde Sodf-erd ASSOC Afjd /v» irgLir . MiTYgffS vdiTH A .did AJEI?A6E.

I grow out of style. The Gehrig story Is familiar and . already urns dote* of the big, |h-i *«»ll ibi»' th •! !».!•*'iiiufi h;»V»* l»****H I w<»v* ii hit** th** flry of «»nr h»lk I lor** It M th*' Rt«*ty <4 .111 tootles! I .itiil Kia* Ihi> vbht* M>tn**hou re-1 tilt.cd hla homely virtues in the’ i face of f.im> and rh h s ami adul j Tha: is the way Graham tells it | Some- of lti« mulerial you have read before ami some of it Is m-w ; iln lhe present t- Hing I lid or new. lit rekmilu-s th. «pirit <>f the Gehrig We knew with varying degrees] iof ititlmaty a* a boy. ,t* a base ] I hall Immortal ami .w a man for j whom we still grt* ve Tlo ImhiL i* one In which ymt ■ t.tll heat th.- cheers 111 the Vast expanse of Yankee .radium the sharp ping of a bat on a crlap aflerncsm, I tltv g nial horseplay of team* in I spring traliihiK camps and the I voice of a mall who greeted a death | ] -etitetti e by telling hi* coilUllesr- I friends he was "(he luckiest multi I "Il th- fare of thl* . unit It Is a book Whh h lakes you in- i to the r-teamy privacy f the dress Illg rooms, the dry heat of the i Pullman cars Muring the w< stern ; awing* in lite summer, the football j I field at Columbia university and the Yankee dugout during the grim I days when lam could -< an-ely In-nd ! over yet jok-d with the players and i coaches much lhe same as always i It is a Im ok whic h doesn’t miss the trivial Incidents which h>*t i Illustrate personal greatness the ] buy who broke up late school Kames with hits so he could huiry home to his parents; the rookie who went t<> camp with only |I2 and thought he could get by washing cllshc*; the famous player who was arrested for playing ball with hoppets 111 the Street. It Is. In brief, a book which is neither mawkish nor pretty yet retains the spiritual delicacy that enabled Gehrig to keep a grin on his face to the end when he knew all the while he was doomed. Il is of atiiff such as this that great deeds are fostered and friends are made and k- pt. And it is stuff of which you find nil too Huh- In what we

‘Bums’ From Brooklyn Working Out in Havana I • ■ • > I "■*'l BL< : . g . f tli „ ■ 'fl'x - ' . .<*g r ' Brooklyn * "Burna.’' good enough to win tha National league pennant last year, are getting In their _ first training licks at Havana. Cuba, as they did last spring. The Dodgers move to Daytona Beach i t in mid-March.

I know .is <|H>rt 1 Read this Imok ami ymt ll finish 1 it .1 belle l|H-!SOIl Wildlife Restoration Program Is Planned Conservation Club To Work With State The siKning of an agreement lie-! ! tween the Adams county fish and I game conservation l-ague. several latidowtii-r* ami the state jepart- ■ im-nt. for the purpose of planning , and maintalnitiK a coopc rathe wildlife- habitat restoration pro-1 1 grant was announc ed today Th., ground was leased for a I i five year period and an opt.on tori i another five years, a pari oi whic h - is plannee) a* a wildlife- sauc’uary. The s'ate will pay $1 tFli'al and 1 | will furnish tree*, shrubs and vines ' to b>- planted there, hntush all j fencing while the club will main- | 'am the f.-nc-e. etc. > hunting will be permitted i . within Hu- confines of the wild | life *an< tuary after It ha* heen I completed. George Hrultn as president and John Smit , as secretary representI >-d the <misi-ivatiott club in drawing up the agreement. ('. H. Guteri muth represented the state .-onser*, | ration dc-partme-nt. Sanc-tuai'ies are to Ih- set up on the Hoy Johnson farm, the Ben Shroyer farm. Al Graham farm. (’. | Edward* .farm and at HannaNiiH-1 man park ' A complete report of the prngram . will Ih- made .Monday nigh' at the. reKUlar meeting of the duh. to -be | i held at 7:30 o'clock at th-v K. of, I* home. HuntlnK and flailing pic-1 - lures In color will Im- shown by C., i E White of Fort Wayne. | —« I Aircraft industries In the I*. S. t Increased their floor apse • 2ld per- • cent and hired 1*3,000 more etni ployea within 27 months tn meet ■ natiunal defense needs

Fans Are Warned To Buy Season Tickets Capacity Crowds In Prospect At Tourney ■ — W Guy lltowti principal ot the I te< ai ur junior san lor high school and manager of the sectional tournament. today warned fans deal,ous of attending the sectional whi, It opens Thursday night to piinhuse season ihkets or italk disappointment of being unable to uahi admission io th- gym With the Herne Mmito*' natural on tap Friday night. In addition to lie* slur’s nrst tourney appearance, and with imt-tandiiiK clashes loom* lux l>> 'he semiltiials and llnals Naturday aftetiusm and night, rapacity crowds are ex|iei t*d Neusoll ticket holder* Will be ad mitted to the xyttiimsiiim one hont before the opening Kame of each session Purchasers of single *<salon thkets. if any are avail able, will not be admitted befon3<> minutes pre. etllllK each session, Sir Illg season ticket holders the preference In seats Mt Brown's ofli. >- will Ih- open tonight for sale of flckete. and will 1 also Io- open until 5 o'clock Thur* I day afternoon, when the sale will stop — l> Adams county basketball teams will make their final pre|mratlons today for their supreme lest of the season, the sectional tournament, which will open Thursday nieht at I'he Hecatur junlot-senior lilkli m hool gymnasium. ot k> Come Saturday night at 9 o'clock, only one of the county's nine *amt will still be in the running for Indiana's oitstanding sports clastic, the state high school basketball championship. 000 I To the Geneva Cardinals and | Jefferson Warriors goes the honor I of flriliK the hist shots in the l*e- | catur •ectlonal. These two quin--1 lets will battle In the first tourney ‘ game tomorrow night at 7 o'clock. I <>m- other Kame is mi the opening i night's schedule, with the .Mon- ! mouth Kagles and Hartford Goril- , las ineetln gat * o'clock. 000 The Decatur Yellow Jackets will | launch the Friday night schedule. ineettUK the Kirkland KaiiKaroos lat 7 o'clock This will be followed by the feature dash of tbe first i round, between the Herne Bear* and the Monroe Hearkatr. Hound | ItiK out the Friday night program. I the Pleasant .Mills Spartans will meet the winner of the Geneva-Jeff.-rson clash. -000— Semi-finals will be played at 1:30 and 2:30 Saturday afternoon. with the eectional champi lonahip tilt at Bp. m Saturday. —oOoFans hoping to witness the tourney are urged lo purchase seaeon tickets. With the Herne-Monroe | dash Friday night, and the expectled appearance of Decatur and I either Berne or Mcnroe In the ; semi finals Saturday afternoon, In different brackets, capacity c rowds are expected Season ticket holdi <-rs will Ire admitted to the gymnas-

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ium one hour before lhe game, while putc h»*>-rs of Single session dm sits will nut be admitted ttnlll 3o minis!. - before game time. Ami m>, fans without season tickets may he bitterly disappointed al being unable to rain admission to feature da«hi« of the tourney. » • —W* — --* • ♦ At the Training Comps H By United Pr»M a— — ♦ Chicago, Feb 2.3 If Pl A dos • n Chicago White Sox player*. Including catcher Mike Tre«h and seven pitchers, entrain at noon today for their Pasadena, (’al., train Ing camp, where they will join manager Jimmy Dykes ami other • aily arrivals. A pair of Inlb-lders and otiinddets were on hand for lhe trip, although they were not required to arrive at the tamp until Marc h S. The total squad. 31. will be lhe

■Ur ITY —r TJUTS WORTH CROWINC AEOU' I QUALITY- I And that? no hokum, i A?k the guys - jgf Who always smoke VIIT «1 * IVd lU' 'I 1 'ii iisMumMi mi - siMuimoMW—saa—l—as—— 1 ismiita , . H BM “TRAILER VAGABOND" By WARRBN BAYLEY f

Madrid. N. Mexico i This it written on Christmas Eve. I have traveled almost 1.000 miles from a war conscious I’aci , flc ('oust, to visit the greatest Yuletide celebration on earth. That the continuity of our ll>o.000 mile tour will not be dialuric ed. thia story will not appear in print for many weeks Christmas Eve of 1941 will Ih- only a memory but what a memory to the over 100,000 |M*rtons who witnessed this gigantic spectacle. Twenty-five miles south west of Sante Fa Ilea the little town of .Madrid. N. Mexico. Here some 400 families. IIIE people to be exact, live in the drab dirty monotony of a coal mining camp. Its buildings are ail company owned and are built as alike as 400 peas In a stew pan. Mass production did not even Include an artistic de sign. The town has no water supply —its daily consumption of 125.00 C gallons is hauled in from a nearby city. Its houses sprawl on a narrow canyon Boor with sloping mountain ridges on either tide. It's dirty, unexciting and remote from the world. It’s the only known place where both hard and soft coal were mined from the tame shaft. Because all ot its residents are employed by the same company, live lit the same type of houses * work In the same mines, it >s only uatunil their train of thought should flow In the same channel Christmas Hine Is Ihelr big outlet from a humdrum existence. A friendly rivalry sprang

"TRAfUBR VAGABOND” is sponsored and appears In this paper through the courtesy of DECATUR SUPER SERVICE MONRO, STRCCT RHONE » THERE SEEMS TO BE A SLIGHT Shortage of Batteries We have a isizeable stock on hand al present. Belter let us check your battery; in case it does prote slightly defective we will he in position to give you the recommended service and replacement. Decatur Super Service MONROE STREET PHONE 532

smallest sprint th>- mu pus m tvahm. t'al if H Wibmit trotted th. c liu H who "want a iha ß(l . S ihtmigh theti tn,.,! H wmkmii this im.iu ed that battihg | start Thursduy I 'lf we don't b.n j, ~ B I won I Ih- able 111 U • j, W 1 that Jup sub did m „ I((> ’’w 1 tacked lufleldc 1 S'., . l! 4 Only shortstop p., > g, . I ma 1 tied uii,lgii.'.| „c . | w fit player squad i,‘'j latwiy came to tertn. 1 after flying from |,.. v The use of snuff ,i tm I glade 111 the I nited Htife, , ] Illg to Census figure* ] > show that the nation u*„ I lit.ium.iim pound* . 1 - 1 producer annually 1

|up <>vr Chr.-'n i Some 15 y .i ■ •■. ■ :lc<-d ilu lr t<>» . : It* where of •■ . ■ MR one «•!»•• wtixg.-'-l ' Chii*iiii.iw u < <.:n ' . ''W with it giant in-' everyone. Lr<; • ' e<i and each miner : 75 "ent* per in.’iCi ' coni Ai. artl«! w ' ' ■*M itlgu ami paint tin- i • Except for thin <m<work i- done by co ■ B| their f.imiliew Tie.': an donated on SnnUi'H. The original >dea tin 3' : ‘‘ embrace the entire car. ' home and business p'a:e » '■ decorated. Over 40 000 uted. The power wou d edit ■ most JIO.OOC if purchas*! it mercial rates A giant has been erected for the c" with all the character f'O" ■ j fairy tales reproduced a *>' moth scale For msta--.' - climbs a 45 foot beansta » M The greatest scene o ■ mountain Side and entrna* over a mile There cj’eat ‘ lighted figures tell the story ’ M the birth of the Christ c- 'd. "M, Three Wise Men-Je'.«a r—never to be forgotten Mi"j» scene—and many others the east shine* the Star -/ lehem and overlook ng t a a hill top is a 45 foot statue : M Christ. A wonderful lesson PMCE EARTH ' is being taught ' • 400 families. The nat -ns 'M world could profit muc" ‘ "" '■ small community. ■