Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1943 — Page 6

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Central Os Fort Wayne Is State Net Champion Tiqers Win Final Tilt From Lebanon After Great Battle Fort Wayne* Central Tiger*, taming on the pressure In the closIng minute*. Saturday night won Indiana'* greatest sport* crown, the high school basketball championship. but downing a hard-light-1 Ing Lebanon quintet in the Anal i encounter. 45 to 40. in one of the i most *en*atf.nal tourney final* j played In the long history of the I state classic. Central held a nine point margin ' at 38 to 29 at the end of the third ( quarter but the hard-driving Leb- ' anon quintet rallied to pull within ' two point* at 40 to 3* with three ; and one half minute* of playing . time tetnaining At this point, the Fort Wayne lads tunt‘d on the power and Chalked up five point*, with la-ban-on adding a field goal in the dosing seconds to cut the final margin to five point* Fort Wayne advanced to the finale with a fairly easy 33 to 24 victory ever Batesville, with reserves playing a large portion of the game Lebanon nosed out the Bedford Stonecutters. 38 to 35. in a nip and tuck battle in the first game of the tournament to qualify for the championship encounter. Central's victcry. forecast by many experf* in weeks preceding the tournament, was a personal triumph fur Murray Mendenhall. Tiger coach uince 1924. who had taken teams to the state final tournay twice previously, only to fall to cop championship honors. And one cf the leading factors In Central's triumph was the sterling play of Coach Mendenhall'* son. Murray Mendenhall. Jr. Young Mendenhall was Central's leading wcorer In the championship game LOANS 1 WOULD A LOAN OF 425 or mor,' ' “help >out If m. iton't to M IM know. You XTt ,vut toon quickly privately on convenient t< inn. W» -to not question your friend- or relative- about your credit. We make tonne In any of the* three ways. THI «MT WAV: On vow perea.l nvle No vreunty required NeOr I-mm ere sude. under proper condinone. to • both I.ntlr perrons or BMlitd -vuplrr TH* MCONO WAV: On your <»r. Ito. plan star nil rou rhe ben THf THIRO WAV: On your furniture Many people prefer tint plan U tor. '' WMllrf cm or furrut ire loar.r. ay cun Ud>r c ton trier and »--o«r l.r wore iapunant than the value oi »to property Inter nr.lt* Over tohatr' St" - TetepSene J-J-7 , oiCATua. taoiAUA Mum Tonight & Tuesday “MY SISTER EILEEN” Ronalind Rusnell. Janet Blair. Brian A hern e ALSO—fihorts 9c-30c Tas —o Wad. A Thur*-—"Mrs Wiggs •» Via Cabbage Fateh." Fay Ba inter Fira* Show Wsdnssday at fi:3o Ceotinucur Thursday from 1:30 BE BURE TO ATTgNDI —o Coming Suet.— Raul Muni. “Tha Cammandoa Strike at Oawn" | CORT Tonight & Tuesday “EYES OF THE UNDERWORLD” Richard Dlx. Lan Chanay & “WE ARE THE MARINES” tvwy Thrilling Scan* »a True •c-2£c Iwe. Ta« 0 0 — Wad < Thur*.—Jana Wither*, hi “JOHNNY DOUGHBOY" Caming Bust. — "Let's Hava Fun" A “Owe Dangerous Night." . ....

OPEN SERIES TONICHT The first garm- of th- playoff series fvr the Industrial league championship between the M< Millen and Cloverleaf quintet* will be played a th Lincoln gym tonight. The game will start at 7 o'clock, instead of at 7:3'1. as previously announced with in points. Dav.. Lafi.ti, Lebanon guard, was awarded the r-ovebd Jake (Umbel award at the conclusion of the tourney. This award has been made annually since 1917 to the player showing the best mental attitude in the final t< urn- y Bog score of final game: Fort Wayne FC, IT TP Shopoff. f 2 0 4 Van llyn, f 4 19 j Armstrong, c 0 o 0 1 Mendenhall, g 4 2 10 j Stanskl, g 4 _ 1 9 | Ramsey. f 10 2 Blank*. c 4 19 ! Doty. g 102 Total* 20 5 45 | Lebanon FC FT TP I Houser, f 5 4 11 1 Agon. f 0 2 2 Mount, c 3 5 11 I Laflin. g 4 19 Truitt, x 12 4 Totals 13 14 4't Refer**. Baker, empire. Klim k — o .... ... Former Major Leaque Star Dies Saturday New Rochelle. N. V. March 22 — (UP) Funeral arrangement* are being completed for Charles ■'Heine'' Wagner, shortstop of the world champion Boston Red Sox of 1912 and manager of the elwb in 1930 The 62 year-old former diamond great died at his home of a heart ailment Saturday. He opened hl* baseball career with the New York (Banta and later played with Columbua of the American association. Newark of the International l»ague and the Red Sox. o Predicts Boom For Sand-Lot Baseball Wichita. Kansas March 22— fl'Pt •Prvwideut Ray Dumont of the Na ; tlona) semi pro baseball congrew I predicts that sand-lot basehall is In for a boom. Dumont says there are many more induutrial trams this year, not to mention the army te*m.i In which a great number of former professional players are participating Dumont estimates that 300 district championship sand-lot baseball tourneyu will be played i through the country. Thee- will be followed by the national tournament at Wichita from August 13th to 25th.

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FORT WAYNE CENTRAL TIGERS, STATE CHAMPIONS L - T -j » ■■ -1 faLMJMMW HK* JBSi waj j k-J 1 ijML i JMw T 7- \ I-..--* ■ * J 9 Ha'" tT yVf 'IS A jF'TJKV IVv 1 /ysl E SA, / J \ mH tL "" Rw 1 iBIOEfIiEH First row. left to right -Shopoff. Ram*ey and Lindenberg. Second row—Lewton. Mugg. Stamkf, Murray Mendenhall. Jr. Back row— Chamber*. Van Ryan. Armstrong. Doty. Blanks.

I Kirkland Contrasts Ordered For Exams Kirkland towmihlp will soon send Its "biggest and smallest" to final army examinations. It has been made known here. Leo Hoffman, who reportedly l tip* the scale* near the 300 mark, ha* received h!« orders and along

HITLER STOOGES IN RUMANIA 1 a * -x, 1 Kl *u' * C AIfHOUGH SUFFGSEDLT A KiNOOO.M run by King Michael under ih« guidance of the Nazi government Rumania is actually ruled by these rarely-photographed Hitler stooge*. Th* picture, which recently appeared in a German magazine, shows State Chief lon Antonescu (left) •nd his brother. Prim* Minister Mihai Antonescu. (JnfematioMl)

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with him In the group will be Eu-g-’ne Bender, a senior at Kirkland high school, whose weight is reported at 85 pounds. o In the Albany. N. Y.. area, where ration banking has been in epera- • tlon. ration currency deposited rep- ' resented an average of 9M.MO pounds of sugar and 3.9<M*.(K>|> gallons of gasoline a we-k.

Six Cans Os Lard Stolen From Plant Theft of aix 48-pound cans of lard from the Blue Creek dairy plant on Jefferson street has been reported to Ed P. Miller. Decatur police chief. The theft, which occured Friday night, wa* in the locker room of the plant Entrance was gained by breaking a latch on the door, and the cans of lard were then taken out through a window. ——• Change 'Diet' for Rats San Francisco. Cal. (UP) — Owing to war shortages, the city has been obliged to change the diet for rata in Its rat extermination campaign. Formerly they were fed poisoned bacan, but city physician Geiger state* they now are dying with equal facility on a diet of poisoned cheese and cake. Wartime Booms Denver Denver,—(l'Pl—Denver I* being transformed Into a booming metropolls with the constat influx of war workers. Latest census bureau fig urea reveal that Denver has almost 400.000 persons In the city area alone. That figure exclude* the thousand* of soldier* stationed at nearby army post*. ■ 1 O- 1 "" — Rev. J. J. Hennes Is Monroeville Pastor Rev. Joseph J. Hennes, former psstar of the Decatur St. M*ry'» Catholic church, ha* been appointed pastor of St. Rose church at Monroeville, effective March 29. Father Henne* wa* a*aistaßt here from July. 1930 until March 1. 1937. when he was named director of CYO work in Fort Wayne He was later named CYO director for the Fort Wayne diocese and

Fights Off Attacker imß LUNG POWER displayed by pretty Night Club Singer Gladys Kaurin, who rings under the professional name of Linda Lark, resulted in I th* capture of • husky Negro i who attempted to attack her in New York. Police questioned Mm in connection with several other "muggings.” chaplain at St. Vince* * villa. Father Hennes wilt continue as CYO director. In bls pastoral position. he will auccesd Rev Theodore V. Feltlg. who baa been transferred to St. Peter's Catholic church at LaPorte. a ., , Carries $lO3 in Cheek Little Rock. Ark —(VPi —The man standing b*!ore the desk at police headquarters had a Mg bulge in his cheek. Whia the desk s*rgeest told him to spit It cat be reft.ted. He also dec'toed to open his mouth and give his nam*. Police pried his •jaws apart and brought to light a roll of sl9s la small bills. * , Overcharge Draws $77 Fine San DUgo, Cal —(UP)—la this city’s first salt for violation cf price ceilings, two local merchants were fined $77 and a 4-cent overcharge on a half pound of bscon. The price ceiling wau 23 centa a pound, but the dealer* bad boosted K to 27 cents, for a customer whe -kicked" back. ' o War Hits Cromt Uni*n Austin. Tsa—tUPi—Th* war is aboat to abolish th* University of Texas credit antoa. Dams a 4 tor i loans Is decreasing, maasbero ware

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By HARRISON CARROLL Blag Festares S»*4te»to Writes HOLLYWOOD.—A mild variety of measles has claimed two more Hollywood victims. IJnda Darnell and Martha ODriacoll. Cheryl Walker is just a recovering and Mary Anderson was a recent sufferer. Luckily, none of the girls was in a picture but the studios are creasing their fingers. If Betty Urable, for Instance, were to catch the disease and be Harrison Carroll ®u» th, _ c _“ l of "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" for three or four days, it might coat her atudio $25,000. Incidentally. Martha O'Driacoll denies the latest batch of rumor* that she'll elop* with Bill Lundigan. "Malarkey.” aays Martha, "I'm not going to get married until after the war is over. Gang at Warners Is hysterical over what happened when a photographer went out to make a layout of pictures of Ann Sheridan milking a cow. Bossy misbehaved and the pictures ar* indefinitely postponed. The five-year-old nephew of former child star, Gertrude Messenger, visited the "Riding High" set and was asked if he didn't want to meet Dorothy Lamour. "I don't have to kiss her. do IT" he inquired. They aald no. but tipped Dorothy off. "Do you care if I kiss you?” she asked. The youngster finally agreed. As soon as he was kissed, he looked st his feet. "Nothing happened, did It?" he said, relieved. "What do you mean?** asked DorotMt •* ' ’ , . "W»i* said th* youngster, "whew you kissed Bob Hope In Th* Road to Morocco,' his toes turned up." " Universal hired two specialists to consult with Lou Costello's family physician and diagnose the star's illness as rheumatic fever. . . . Georg* Sanders' 70-ye*r-old tsth*r, H*nry P. Banders, a nonsmoker, tried his first cigar for s seen* la "Appointment in Berlin “ He was as aide aa s kid in a woodshed. ... In his seven months as midshipman in the merchant ma- —

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rlne, Frankie Tl;r.n n v. M (w 53.000 mile* of m .1 a!jM| scilla lame* t.c . - star is going to 1.., .. a 1-atest Word on Liner Lorraine, Injun ! m the Clipper crash in -. t,.< h i.„ band, Roy I’.onr. • .ME that shell b* < ut , f ■>> i..,.WE a few days H.-r ’BM mg her to conic t I . z ,. Betty Field* v.lll than expected ■ ■ ■ . vler picture. ' r ,V1 v.L so Elmer Bice ,:i thrce-month-ol i t ■■ JBE . . . Did you h-ar story about th.the prices at a i ...e "Sixty-five c< the cashier, "an I 4 1 mil stairs." "So" ‘ -ai l the "What * the [uit I'Uyzi; stairs?" M The actor short air* Dir? rl*H It la. Hollywood t ,- Bacon the task < f find.rg i w K leading men, all In their -t-jM twenties, to play the tet of Sullivan hr ■ n •*:. -«tH down with the <: .a-.r J_-.ua jH th* South Pacific. ■ As a gag on shoe ra'.'cr.T AsH Miller will introdme a taniotK tap routine In Columbia • “WlanH Buzsm' Cousin?" Actually, -eH , tootsies won t be quite bare StelH have a small patch ! plaatic to the balls of her feet ■ In rehearsals, the rarhu*»H aged 185 'aps a mmute. far u.;*H her record but sensat.onsl ths clrcumstar.' i i ■ Seems as Ginger P -< vnr> ■ nlng true tn form when sheraivß 1 ned a marine Her n.a. Leia F. ' era, wSa a Marinette dunr.g 'JiB ' first World war. B I B 1 HOLLYWOOD PARTY !.!T:B Cas» Daley, th* bn.-.r joia'.eC»■ rnedienne, is quite ill at St. V*B 1 cent'a hospital. . Ensign Pzixftß SUck, teaching gunnery at • meda. has sent to H >llywood tsß 1 his motorcycle. . Sonja Heaß 1 and Jack Oakie. sqm - ied intoißß telsphone booth at the .V.aznß and talking long distan-e to Cqtß I Dan Topping. Sonja a groom. KB • the El Morocco in > For her devotion to th* cause, *B . League of Cripple I Children MB I made Barters Star..v k*n toB • orary member. . . . Dick PuroEß l who used to go with Jennifer HcCB • was squiring Alyce K.mbaliatUjß ■ Hollywood Tropics. Joan fewß i mother out of the hospital • serious abdominal operation. ■

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