Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1942 — Page 6

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Berne To Play Season Opener Here Tuesday Lack Os Veterans Plaques Decatur Baseball Mentor Tne l),--:i *n Y * ow Ja< k* '' ' open the 12 .1 ■ • .ili ca-npa.*" .1- W :hm i - F • d Tu.-*d.>y nm>n. m<eing th- B. n. B-.r- n thi -p.-n.-The |»>•« hi’ig • - ti« »-• 'h»greatest problem <> fa— < <>.n h Deane ho: *ll whose .<*’ f, .. team” ha'- w-■ rhe NEI< titlGraduation of nth Scharf h and Chi. : th. > of,the Jacket diamond -reg -gathml without i Veteran illiii. • Gr.id la lion .»!•<> reached down in - " thtest of the positions. lea' ns: only l three regular* back >•> duty thi* | season. Bii! I.' - h Me . i \ d• * , I LeW|> S< hllepp .1 e th* 'hie.- ! .a< k who held do*'. -a i.al lerth* 11'1 year Jim Etchhorn Floyd Heed Don Frucht- i'.d I m i ■>. iiral, i;. orh»*: * ».»* k a t<» a worn* u '. »n la*: m-uml Xr»i im* r« out for the fir* time this year Include A !«:. k rd. It Hay A Everett. J Shady M Shady. I> Li< h e *.■ I! M. bauih II S*r!Z c I'ldereot! It Bleek, ahd B Br .n. Eichhorn. Heed Cochran. Mi drew* and Lynch a-> all expected! to take i whirl at the hurling dm le* In the fii»t few game* a-. Coach Itorwin make* a.i etfo o find a wmnii.it combinatn. An drew-. Frucht- and M i • >.« uh are likely candidate* for the ■ack*'op duties Other than the pili h.ng . problem, other |h>*'» look fair ac cording to tin a. h S'.. •. . * so: [ tomorrow - gam*- : i'. ... d 'finitely de. ,d-d upon. Tuesday- tilt, beginning c : 3« | p m. will be the flint on a *<h-d- --- of ahon: !•» game. .n< aiding ' LOANS $lO to S3OO Wiikeat Endeiwis I QUICKLY AND MIVATfLY MAP? VTe try to make the borrow ng of I rnuocy 3 simple tran»Kti< n, You dw II uuc .•:.•S k I nt r || to Mgn your note Ixmmm are made II withoutcmb-arra»*ing credit inquiries. H pr *•“ *•* ***** I -for » k*r •” -k * proxy || I I°i “W” r> *’*• p*wg? ' • Il r *" ; |l '' ' " F"'' x wr.ts u< and a uuruous I KpMWMacm wiß call on you and ttpUia i our knancialMr'w* fully. Yeuxeiaadwao I •bbfaciva d you do not laka a Lan. "ppowtpt, r<mrte<ptt4 srrrire** I | LOCAL LOAN COMPANY, INC. ’ Oh? gentler M»r« nr > Fbe«« j. 1.7 II DECATUR, INDIANA L«S«t ta ASaat la*. WMH art All«« OwMim i J (ijjyifytil a a Nl wflßMMWUvUMhfltafl Tonight & Tuesday “THE MAN WHO* CAME TO DINNER’’ l<ette Davi*. Ann Sheridan. Monte Wooley, Jimmv Durante ALSO —S”ort« 9c-30c Ine Tag —o Wad A Thura. — Charles Boyar. Ma*garat Suiiavan <n "Appointment for Loy*" First Show Wadneoday at S 30 Continuous Thursday from 1 30 i —o Coming Sun.—James Cagney. "Captains of tha Clouds" j | CORT! Tonight & Tuesday ‘BOMBAY CLIPPER’ Wm. Gargan. Irena Harvey & “RIDERS OF BADLANDS” Chas. Starrett. RiMSOB Hayden Se-2Se Inc. Tea —o Wsd. A Thur*.—CMstoe Morri*. “Mo Hands on tha Ctsek" Coming Sun — "Road Agent" 4 o’ I-WMB V ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ I

tho-e with Hu-’flird City, Herne I p iff un A eh nine, Wlllrhire land possibly one >• two other* Tur *. bed-lie w lie announced *..on in J* entirety S.-u .•:> ■< k .■ - < . Itlitlg he ‘1 de . i.l h.-me gam--, -. 1 !oi 15 <. * MAJOR LEAGUE i STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W 1. P< ’ G B Boston 4 3 SS7 Pittsh irgh 4 2 fit - .? Briwklyn I 2 6fi7 St i,oui* . -1 3 .'"'l 1 New York .1 3 .Mhi 1 < >ii< it 2 3 400 P, C m nmi' 2 3 4-hi I l * Philadelphia I ' .IST 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L P< t GB. Boston 1 533 St Ixmil* '> 2 .714 >.J New York 4 2 <W7 1 Detroit 4 3 571 14 Cleveland 2 3 4W» 2' s i’hicago 1 4 2'Ht 34 Philadelphia 2 5 ,2”6 34 Washington 2 5 2*'i 34 YESTERDAY S RESULTS Nati>nal League N.-w York f. 80-ton 2 S- lam * 3. Pittsburgh 2 Brooklyn c Philadelphia 2 t'nn t.na' . Chi< .ig 1 'll inning* t American League 80-son 5. N*-w York 2 Philadelphia 5-4 Warhitigton I S St Louin 2-0. Detroit 1 '. Chl< Igo a' Cleveland, fwrstponed w>-a'her - O—" ' May Abandon Hockey For War’s Duration Loss Os Canadian Players Is Cause — ( Toronto. April 2" I’Pl — I’nI.** ’here in a sulilen influx of I American player* to replace Cani adian star* profewalonai ice hockey < j may become a war casualty be- ’ i nuee of Canada * new man power | regulation* it appeared today The new limitations will require | the players to be more than 30 I years old or less than 21. or rnarI tied befcre July. 1940. and author- ' I itie* believed the Canadian govern- - ment might forbid men to .ievoate full time to *u-h a non e-**-ntial In- i duatry as ho. key ' Members <4 the national ho< key league's board of governors with- ' held comment on reports making the rounds ’hat major league hock- 1 ey at least In Canada bowed out for the duration when the Toronto Maple la-afe won the 1042 Stanley cup from the lietroit Bed Wings Saturday nigh’ There couldn't have been a more fitting finals The Toronto-Detroit serie* had everything Early in the best-of seven series. iN-trolt'a I rugged fled Wings -eemed headed i for the cup in a br-vie with three I straight victories over the totterI Ing Leaf* The turning point came In the ; fourth game when TN-troit manager | Jack Adams was barret! for sock|mg referee Mel Hardwood From i there one, lhe Leaf, completed the most amazing comeback in Stanley « up history, winning four straight contMts and the trophy Q— Dance E»ery Wed. A Sat. Night—Silver Pavilion. [FRANK HEIMANN R R No 4 Thb «Ma» at *4 safe 4*Mng to esswrdad w <M Mt »aa. gg NNMBMAfF IMb vwh dUy* MMMMNU.V-IMIAUR ■SfiThSl <hßa fa»

Dixie Walker l eads Dodgers To 6 To 2 Win Cincinnati Shades Chicaqo Cubs In 14 Inning Battle New York April 20- tl’Pi—The Ebbt - - F>ld conception of the Broadway melod’ama. arsenic anti old '.a< e I»uro< her and Old Walker wa* invoked for a long run today with smooth talking. Georgiaborn Dixie handling most of the lines. Fred, commonly called Dixie by his faithful Flathush fancier*, annually play* lhe role of chief goat in baseball's most amusing side--iiow “Whither Walker' whith envelopes the entire Brooklyn Dodgers dub and meet of It* fans when managed Ia»o trie* to «hunt his veteran to a wet ond-strluger's role vat 11 spring It usually takes Dixie abou' two we-k* to take the right field job from whomever has ft at the moment bm Walker beat the gun by -•■v.-tal days yesterday when he led Brooklyn to a fi-2 triumph over •he Ph.ladvlphia Phil* The f. int-r Yank---* flychaser personally ba< k.-d up veteran Curt liavi-' five.hit pitching against the Phils w.th a homer double and • ingle driving in four runs and •coring two IL- kn<a ketl in one •un with a-ngl-. in the bird, two mo:.- with li • h tnei in the fifth whii h gave Brooklyn - nough to win and one more with hh> twobagger In the eighth I»uvi* -mall share of trouble iame in the middle Innings when exceptionally fine defensive work' by Pet. K- i*e; helped hill ollt of • jam IL- < 1 *ed strongly retiring •he Phils In ord.-r in the last three inning- for hi* second win of th*year Stan Benjamin'*• triple accounted for tile two Phdly :uns St Ljiui*'Cardinals raiiw through w h a 12 victory over the r> d-hot Pittsburgh Pirate* but were badly *• ared in the ninth when Harry Gumbert relieved rookie J hhny B--azl.-y and stifled a two-run Bu< *' tally Beazley < he< ked th- Pirat.-s with four hits as late as the ninth but walked 'he first two men and had one ball on th. - third when Gumbert got ha. signa l \n error by Jimmy Brown lei in one run. two men went out but another walk fi .-d th. bag* Ray Sanders fumbled and am ther tally < ame home before Vine InMagglo ird out I liff Melton sha.kled the Boston Brave* with five hit* as the New York G|an's won. 5-2 in the young season s longest game Claud" Pasueau went the route and allowed seven hits Paul Iterringer and Joe Begg* aiso allowed seven l>rringer was lifted in th. eighth for a pint h hitter Cincinnati committed e.ght errors. Th* - Red Sox won their fifth victory in six *tarts. downing the Yankee* 5-2 behind Dit k Newsom.', eight-hit pitching Marvin Breuer and Johnny Lindell held th. Sox to five hits but Breuer had a had inning in the fourth when singles by Johnny Pesky. Jimmy Foxx and Skeeter Newsome, walks to Jim Tabor and Pete Fox and an error by the pitcher, raked up four runs A crowd of 51.522 saw the game at Yankee stadium Rookie .Ned Harris slammed a homer off Johnny .Nlggeling in the ninth Inning to *am the Detroit Tlgvns a 1-0 win over the St Louis Browns adn an even break in their doublehvadvr, Harris' blow broke up a pitching duel between Charlie Fuchs of Detroit who gave up four hits and Nlggeling. who doled out six Chet !**abs' second homer of the year came with one on in the fourth and enabled tbe Browns ot •hade tbe Tiger*. 2 1. in the flr*t games Washington and Philadelphia divided a double bill. The A’, won the flrst game. 5-1. when Phil Marebildon. Toronto rookie, fashioned a six-hitter. The senators snared the second. 5-4. Busk Newsom allowing the A s nine bit*. Yesterday's hero Dixie Walker, perennial Brooklyn hero, who clubbed out a homer, doable and • ingle driving in four rjia as the Dodgers defeated the Phil*. M. NAVY DAY PARADE ..xiintitoc from .acta osg "attacked" Fort Wayne, which had been warned by an sir raid siren. The bursting of bombs flred from tbe roofs of downtown buddings gave • realistic touch to the raid. • htoh tbe plants dropped "propaganda leaflet containing navy literat are Tbe raid was run o< with but one casualty —a pigeon which Wheeled gracefully overhead just aa aa aerial booth exploded A few feat be ns was all that was left. I Two persons were slightly bum

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Solution of 1 ire Problem? T * i J- ,-La i r4D®bl Members of the house interstate commerce committee. Representatives Clarence F. Lea of California, center, and Pchr G. Holme* of Massachusetts, right, examine 18 retread tires developed under a new process which, it is said, may provide immediate solution to America’s tire problem. The tire*, called "victory camelback " were made under government supervirion with five pounds of reclaimed scrap rubber and two ounce* of crude rubber. Elliot E Simpson, left, rubber dealer of New York, presents the tire*. The Princess Grows Up i^\, w|F'. F • r ■- ■ I ■HH K .Ft Princess Elizabeth (left) is shown *» *he posed for her sixteenth birthday picture with her mother, th* queen, and her younger sister, Margaret Rose. The princess chose a garden as the getting fur tbe picture.

>■<l when nn aerial bomb container riplcded Robert Day. Jr. suffer-i ♦■d burn* on the little finger of hiw left baud, and a city fireman. Clar ' en<->- Soest. was burned on bi* right hand and left leg Both Were treated at a hospital and dismissed. — n Retail Sales Show Boost Durinq March IndtanapoH*. April 2" —(VP) — March tale* by independent Hoo»ler retailer* Increased H percent over March. IMI. the department of commerce reported here today. Men's clothing stores led the upturn with an increase over last year * figure of !♦! percen' while the apparel group a* a whole advanced 61 percent compared with March a year ago. the report showed. Food *torc«i gained !•» percent. 0 Fiver in News OCo I I # •// 5./ J b' f O e11// \ < !■,£♦ . *. JL—— Harold Gatty Hamid Catty, the flyer who mode the headlines nearly 11 year. ago when he acted aa navigator for the late Wiley P-l on ‘ ord-braaMM •* ht around the i world, now has beat appointed I director at airplane traneport <* ' the V. 8 Army Air Corps in Australia. Gatty is a native at Ausj txalia.

Pageant Will Be Presented Tuesday A pageant. “Darkness and light." depicting life in a native African | village, will lie presented at 'he | Decatur junior-wen tor high sttiool 1 auditorium Tuesday evening at 7:45 o'clock as a benedfit for lhe Lincoln PTA The pageant will be presented by Rev G T Rosselot. pastor of lhe First I'ntted Brethren church, and his family, who spent IF year* m ■ Africa Tickets are priced at 10 and 25 cents Upholds Convictions Os Utility Bombers i Ind apapolf”. April 20—<UP)’ — • —The state supreme court 'oday denied an appeal for rehearing of a ca«e against three northern Indiana men convicted of bombing Michigan Indiana electric company utility lines. The case was appealed to the supreme court from Elkhart circuit court, where John Marks. Earl

CHANGE OF LOCATION Because of the curtailment of New Automobiles it was necessary to discontinue the firm of Phil L. Macklin & Co. We have Moved Equipment and Parts to the Sunoco Filling Station Corner Madison & Third We will continue to Repair and Service all make of cars, W r as h and Grease as well as our Factory Sen ice on Chrysler-Plymouth Cars and Trucks. Also handle the well-known „ Sunoco Gas and Oils. ■ Macklins Super Senice DICK MACKLIN, M<r.

Minor League Vels ' Gel Renewed Chance War Conditions An Aid For Veterans ■Chicago. April i'P> eran player* in the miners who have been pa”*ed up repeat*dly by major league scout* « H widespread attention thi* season liecause of the war. Cincinnati Reds manager Bill McKechnie predli el today In baseball continuously since 19rt7 a* a player, coach and pl.st. ••Deacon Bill" believe.* the most significant one to develop a- th- - result of the current conflict I* a change In diamond »<outing technique "The war may he a lonr one Mi’Kechnie said, "and if baseball * i continued operation is permitted we must draw ourt talent from source* that will not hamper th- I war effort. "A* I *ee it that mean* our scouts must b- watchful for player* at th- extremes of th- game's age limit” Club* will be forced to use players who are too young to he called for military service and the oldsters who otherwise might not lie given a look by the »< outs." ' IL- pointed to hi* own roster as an example. •We have on our pitching staff i Ray Starr, who is 34 years old. and ; Ewell Blackwell, who is only 1» In normal times neither of tho«e fel- j lows might get through trials by a , major league outfit, but now 'hey are valuable property. Before the , shooting is all over you'll likely *e<a lot more player* of the Starr and Bla<kwell group* in the majors Condition* simply wil demand it." Starr had brief major league trials with the Cardinals. Giants, and Braves in 1932 and 1933 and then slipped back into tbe minor* where, despite impressive records, he stayed for eight year* before, .MeKerbnie rescued him. Blackwell is a California oandlot product who has never pitched a game of professional ball He originally was ticketed for a Cincinnati farm team, but hurled so well in spring training that the Hid* decided to keep him. "In recent years.” McKechnle pointed out. "big league scouts always had a bountiful crop of rookie* to l<M»k over and consequently could afford to be choosy aliout those called up to ths majors. "Most of lhe time they were leery of both an In-xperiem-d kid player and the veteran minor leaguer. but now th- scouts n»-esssar-ily will have to widen the la.sifltion of players they’re willing to co consider and availability for a 11 season or two is going to b- a big • requirement.” 1 Mac ARTHUR tCONTIXUSD FROM FAJB OMR) aged ships, airdrome and Installs- *'. tlons and anti aircraft emplacements and destroyed or damaged 1 numerous Japanese planes in a ' heavy attack yes'erdsy on Kabaul. tn the Bismarck island Invasion zone, a dispatch from an advanced Allied air base said today. Several heavy iwrnbing planes and four navy-0 fighters were destroyed aground and two more ■ were damaged by near misses, r ■■ - i Freeman and Frank Lung were sen- * i fenced to prison terms of 2 to 14 • y-ars. The stats court upheld the - conviction but ruled that the circuit court had erred tn refeirlng to ■ an old statute in determining tbe t sentence The court reve-eed the 1 terms to one to three years. — ■■ ■

GENERAL DOI’GLAS Mm 'i ;T|| Tlie hero ot Bataan, and hitpiem, i ■■ ce« in ih< Souih Pacific fhl* i* a m.:<i * t< cad and keej f.i! reit rcin- in in- “''T • m.iy lx diiectiiig the Allied Ofli-'i*,.-. A later and which *l'.) he ’h» prelud* •. ! . . Ou. S-i 'ii ■ Bureau a - Washlngt-, thousand word h-.tf'c: <>tt Mai Arthit' • Ti> gel you copy —nd th< .u|»> - h- Kfi stamps enclos' d • up co K—• F. M KERBY. D'rector K Dept GM-1. Dady Democrat s Servie- Bur»» u 1013 Thirteenth St.. Washington. 0 C 81l Enclosed it five tent* tt covet return pm- iK. costs so: my copy o! Tin Lif« of Genera N A M E K| ADDRESS HTY STATE Bl 1 read th< Iteia'iu Gall) Ib-mocra' It. . KU r . _ • -

Hit* were made on runways and airdrome nuildings A medium sized transport in the harbor wa* believed damaged at.d several smaller vessel*, suffering direct hits, were set afire Big homlting planes, possibly flying fortresses, made low level machine gun attacks on three moored flyfr.-g izoats and a navy bomber. JAPANESE FEAR CONTINUED FROM PAGE OMR* Sunday including one at the vitally Important Yokosuka naval base lit miles south ot Yokohama on the tip of the peninsula which partly enclose* Tokyo hay Before the issue of 'he special Imperial headquarters communique on th- "hostile naval unit," Japanese broadca*is had indicated complete bewilderment over th-

Two Men on a Mission of Til J it aHL'i ■ v -FjlHEy / ?- U mm <53& I SBi s -T wH™ * * * * ■■ * ? ’ mE’ S 41 Gen. Geoiffe C. Manhatl (left), U. S. chief of »ta* ' !lsrr lend-ieate adminiitrator, leave the U. 8. rm' ,* J reported to have diicuiied plan* for invasion I bility already advanced bv several n.. ■ Fighting Leader—Fighting M®| b I Jy ~ ** ! p?F ♦ ’ With faree blackened for a simulated night attack, »r & line up for isspecUoa by Prime Minister Churc visit to their eamp. Churehill is eaamming the tr» who took part in the eaereise*. The Comw.ar. 1 ■ • u r undei any conditions, using whatever tactic* are tn ■—» ■ ohiwSivw.

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