Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1943 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Defeat

Jackets Beal Portland For Second Time Bromer Scores Two Touchdowns Friday Night At Portland Dan Perry's Yellow Jackets added another gain* to their win record at Portland Friday night when they beat the Panthers for the second time thin year. 12-7. In the earlier meeting at Werthman Field, the Purple handed the Jay county eleven an 1841 lacing. The Jackets drew Brut blood in the Initial stansa when fullback Bill Bromer blocked a Portland kick back of the goal line and then fell on the ball for a touchdown Retd's attempted drop kick was wide and the locals led. 6-0. In the eecond stansa, it wa» Bromer again who scored, but Brice Breiner set up »he scoring ■piay when he tore loose for 15 yards and put the pigskin on th-three-yard stripe. Bill piling-d over from there. Once again Reed's dropkick failed to meet its mark and the score was 12". In the third quarter, the Purple saw Its goal line crossed for the first time this year V. Valentine. Panther left half, grabbed a pas< from center < n about the 20-yard stripe and swept around end for the touchdown Then he heaved a pass to Hummer for the extra point. Neither team scored In the fourth quarter and the game ended wi’li the locals on the long end of a 12-7 count. The Perrynu n go to Garrett Friday fcr an afternoon tilt with the Railroaders in their next game. The local* have yet to taste defeat, having beaten Portland twice and Auburn, and playing a scoreless tie with Bluffton in the season's opener. The lineups: Portland Decatur Ayres Ml R**T Millett LT P. Hammond Luttman LG H. Foreman J. Valentine C Mel< hi Groves RG Lett* McClunz 4 RT Garn r Van Vorse KE Cochran Hummer QB Spahr V. Valentine Lil Rickord Freed RH Breiner Dugan FB Br< in Substltutl ns: Decatur - Pierce. Shady. August. Pettibone. Peterson. Brook* Portland — Hudson. Kirby. Scor-s by quaters: Decatur 6 6 0 o—l 2 Portland 0 0 7 0 — 7

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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pet. GB. St Louis 102 19 .678 Cincinnati 85 67 .559 18 Brooklyn Ml 70 .536 21 ’i Pittsburgh 80 72 526 23 Chicago 73 77 .487 29 Boston 66 81 .440 36 Philadelphia 62 90 .406 41 New York 55 96 .364 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. GB New York 95 56 629 Washington 84 67 *36 11 Cleveland 79 71 .527 Ch lea g 80 72 .526 15'i Detroit TH 76 .500 191, St. Louis 72 77 .483 22 Boston 68 82 .453 26’a Philadelphia 49 102 .325 46 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League St. Louis 7. New York 1. Chicago 3. Boston 1. Brooklyn 2. Cincinnati 1. Only gatnei- scheduled. American League St Louis at New York, postpon«d. Cleveland al Philadelphia, postpi nod Only games uchednlcd. o- - — H. S FOOTBALL Auburn 13. Bluffton 0. Fort Wayne North Side 26 Fort Wayne C. C. «. Fort Wayne Central 39, Huntington 0. Wabash 12. Warsaw 12 ttiei. Plymouth 26. Columbia City 0. SC* I/T o,r0 ,r n r i I f it:> w SSAUN v C f 7%r, Saffig ‘Atafijf Some drivers ae-m to feel that a stop light is a nuisance and 1- nut tn to deliy traffic. A stop I'fcht Is put up for your protection and for the protection of other*. It gives p»-dt-rtriaas an opportunity to creoi| Intersections, and in a big help in getting you through the same in-terie.-tlon saf dy Remember that serious accidents are caused by cars piling up at intersections simply hecscae come drivers think that the caution <>lgn. or a yellow light. I« a "go" sign. At these interne--tlons where there Is no traffic ligh’, most of the responsibility must be assumed by the drivers themselves. To assume that the lalerse'tion is clear an-1 i that no one is coming In opposite I directions Is taking a chance with death. Slow down at these cram

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Ing* and'be sure the way !•< clear] on both Hides before you prdcoed. | In addition, a very important driving rule, and one that requires a little loiirtuiy on your part. Li to ■ give the right-of-way if you feel j that an accident can Im- avoided 'and confusion may rmult IM-<-ause of car* piling tip at intersections '>eeau»c aome on°. or all of thorn, 'thought they had the right-of-way. Drive carefully. o I Monmouth Undefeated In Softball Season The Monmouth Eaghx softball team completed an und-feated season thia week, chalking up five victories without a defeat. The Eagles -cored a total of 36 runs, au compan d to their opponents' 12. Victim* were Hoagland. Kirkland anl Monroe. — o TWO OF DRAFT tContlnuM Pros. Paes l> of Berne, had been sent to the civilian work camp for consclentlouh objector* at Denison. Laafter stici -ssfuliy passing the final type examination given men in 4-H. The next selective service contingent will leave here Monday for Fort Benjamin Harrison to take final examinations for entI rance Into the U. 8. armed forces. II O JAPANESE CONVOY iCoatlnsed Vrv* pm* I* country before they reach that objective Meanwhile, the American air force In China Is sriklng at enemy shipping. Liberator bombers damaged a Jap gunboat near Hong Kong while another liberator force bombed a Jap freighter. And the enemy radio assert* that liberators flew from China to bomb the Haiphong area of French

AMMICA S RAPIDLY OBOWWM MAW ki making its force frit Bmj Msum* every SghUag quarter ct the wurtd. This map rereala how the U. SNaval forces are deployed in the various war our home shores agatari any threat o< The Force (1) to based on the Aleutians while another force (3) guards u Northwest Sea FronUer covering Atorim and the «mst < rf Canada. SUH another fores (31 Is deployed to guard ths Western Bsn Frontier at the U. 8- itself. At Peart Hirtor (4) to based mrste Fbfleet. ******by the naval units attached to ths Hawaiian Sen has its swa formtoatoe naval tores

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' Tndo-China and canned "only j slight" damage. Duke Os Wellington Is Killed In Action ■ London. Oct. 2 - (UP) — The] sixth Duke of Wellington — Lord Henry Welleriey—has been killed , In action. He was a descendant c 2 Napoleon's nemesis — the first i Duke of Wellington wnoso army I defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. T'.» duke was killed while serving as a captain of commando* during the umpalgii in Sicily. He wai a graduate of the famed British military school -Sandhurst -and had lu-en a soldier all hl* life. He was 31 years old.

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A Biographical Sketch Ot Warren H. Atherton

Warren H. Atherton of Stockton. Cal.. National Commander of The American Ix-gion for 1943-44, waborn In San Francisco, educated in Calif rnla, and ha<* practiced law In that state since 1913. He rose from the ranks In the American Legion just as he rose from the ranks In the army dur- ; Ing World War I. A charter member of the Karl Ross Poet 16 a* as executive committeeman of his . poet, then in 1926 as post commander. as 11th district c mtnaml er In 1927. as department chairman of the Armistice Day dosing committee In 1928. as a member of the Community Betterment Committee of the California Am rh an Legion in 1929. He was appointed chairman of the department membership committee in 1930 and also served on the department commlttie on Institutions. He became department Americanism chairman in 1931. He was elected department ccmmander for 1932 33. He w::-i called to the chairmanship ->f the department veterans' home and farm campaign committee in 1931. Entering the national American Legton picture in 1933. Athertm was appointed as a member of th" national Americanism commission, serving until 1936. He was elected national executive committeeman from California for 1937 38 and became nati nal defense chairman tn 1939. retiring from that post when he was elected national command >r at the 25th national convention In Omaha. Neb., September 23. 1843.1 As national defense chairman of j the American Legion. Atherton In | the spring of 1943 accompanied Roane Waring, then national commander. on an aerial t ur of Am rlean battlefield* In North Africa. I and of army installations In thUnited States, covering more than 25,000 miles in seven weeks. Atherton enlisted as a private in Co. D. 363rd Infantry. 91st Division. October 7. 1917, lor World War 1 service. He was commission* I as a let lieutenant. January 8, 1918, and went overseas In April 1918. He was promoted tc be a captain of ordnance in February 1919. He was discharged S-ptember 3. 1919. He held a commission as a captain in the Infantry reserve corps for 16 years.

; (S) while "down under" «w South PaciAe and Southwest PaciAc forcea, (7) and (8). have been seeing plenty of action in those areas. In addl« • tfoa there la a Southeast Paeiflc Fores (t) which patrols the western i eoast of South America. On the Atlantic aide our naval seres la North* i em Europe (10) works side by side with the British, while the Atlantic I Fleet (U) has been Sghttog a deadly war against NaM U-boato. Ito i activities are supported by naval units of tbs Eastern Sea Frontier . (IS), the Gulf Frontier (13), Um Caribbean Bea Frontier (14) and tbs i South Atlantic Force (18). In the Mediterranean a special U. B. naval > torcc (IS), has been co-operating with ths British Best, (JstersriioMO

Admitted to practice law in California. January 8, 1913. Atherton served a>» president of the San Joaquin County Bar Association In 1921. as police judge In Stcekton from 1920 to 1925. as pnaldent of th- Kiwanis club In 1924. as chairman of the building code board of examiners and appeals In 1933. as a member of the state board ul prison terms and paroleu during 1931-35. as president of the Stockton Chamber of C mmerce from 1933 to 1935. and as attorney for the veterans’ welfare board of California from 1935 to 1941. Atherton is married and the father of four children. They are Holt and Sandy, who are now I serving in the army air corps. | Dwight g Ing to school, and Nancy JENNINGS TO NAME (Continued From Pngs 1) George Vyverberg. serving Ir Lloomlngton. Columbus and Vln tennen W. J. Foley in Evans rille; Roland Shulx In For: Wayne; Emett Ferguson In Mfay etto and pogansport; John Kelly In Muncie and Marlon; Charles O'Leary in Terre Haute and David Nye in South Bend. o Neighbor Trouble pasad-na. Cal — (t’P» — Retired police ofllcer notified th* police that he was having skunk trouble In his c hicken yard The police de-

tailed two efficera to abate th? (nuisance. Th<- two officer* quickly discovered the skunks were being fed and petted by a neighbor of thchlef of police, who regarded them •as being "cute." They managed to shoot one or two that were then being fed by the police chirfc neighbor and then reparted back to the chief to sec If he wanted to make a neighborhood affair of It. Strength of character consists of two things power of will and pow r of self, restraint.

Public Sab! Due to the death of my husband I*m Z th* farm, located 6 mil-s Northwest <,f oad. then one mile West; 14 miles Southeast ast of the Frledbelm Lutheran church; or 4 m.les Tuesday, Oct. 5, Ml Commencing promptly st 10 00 s'clecli I due to the large amount of property ■ The following to-wit: ■ 2—HORSES—2 ■ Sorrel Mare, smooth mouth; Bay Mar* am'tvtb mH 7—CATTLE-7 2 Spotted cows, milking now. rebred. Brindle cow Blue roan heifer, fresh Feb Ist; Blu- roan Bull : nonths old. These cattle are all Bang* and T H Taait ■ —HOCB— ■ 5 Sows with pigs by side, vaccinated; 2 M —POULTRY— I 75 yearling hens; 125 Leghorn pullets: 15 White BtdM HAY—CORN-GRAIN ■ 21 acres of good standing corn: 300 bu good oat*: 3 J iay in mow; 200 bales clover hay, 200 balea mivd yj fl iay; 3 ton mixed last year's hay several bale* of ium. M —MACHINERY- ■ 14 In. New Oliver Tractor plow. McCormick mamgafl tew; Dunham double disc, like new; Fertllii-r grata tTlfl ractor plow; 3 farm wagons with hay rack and rufl danter; mower: corn plows; corn sled, spring and igbfl ows; tedder; hay loader; land roller, shovel plo*i. cxtifl VI tires; fanning mill; platform scales; boh ib-d rmafl pray pump; clover buncher, new hog feeder; corn sb»Oe.-fl ? sets of harness; collars; 2 brooder stoves; cbkkalfl ountalns; hog troughs; oil drums, fence stretcbm; uhber hose: stock rack for truck; hog chute: eatery notor; pump jack; 6 good lOgal milk cans; J H*l mckets; strainers; 2 washing tanks. Separator. IN It■■ >ipe; butchering tools; wheelbarrow; forks; ihoveh; ■rinds; chains; ladders; sacks, etc I —HOUSEHOLD GOODS— ■ Good washing machine; good Kaiamaioo Heating tag J >nd wood heating stoves; oil stove, s-wlng machine.! cwtlfl Inoleum: tables of all kinds; kitchen cabinet: *ev«ni ockers; beds; springs: dressers: commodes !amp« MMJ >ort; desk; large wardrobe; antique bed. quilting frtaw. high" chair; curtains; pedestals; copper kettle r>rd»a nowers 5 ton of coal , and hundreds of other article* ■ Be sure end come early, aa you will find plenty of itoufl TERMS—CASH. I Mrs. Adolph Doehrman, 01 'kjehrman A Merlca- Auctioneer* I V » WP .nhM»-^..c h w | SALE CALENDAR ICT 4—Raymond Smith. Renaeilear Ind Ihiw' >CT 4-Helra of Shoaf Estate. 3 miles South and 1 atM «| catnr lnd 240 Acre. J F OCT. s—Daniel Stauffer. 3 miles Southwett o • 160 Acres J- F Sanmanti auct OCT. s—Mrs Adolph Doehrman 6 mile, northwe*tloneera—Doehrman and Oerter c-t J OCT. 4—Everett Priddy. 4-H Fairground. Hunt.M | cattle. Roy Johnson. au< f , nd ■ OCT. 7-Doades A Daugherty. Washlng.on | son. Auct. , , mil* toa-b “■ OCT. 7—Mrs. Cora Bentx. 3H miles •*’ I Jeff Liechty. auctioneer necatar C»i OCT. 7—Smith A Krick. 5*4 mH*” northeast of 1 Letter Surnan. •■ < ‘J ,on 1 7 r ’«n n! hwe.t of XJT 7—The Booth Estate. 2 »»•” I acre farm J. F. B“ nro *" n . ' , /-h t .,ter »>«<♦ OCT. B—Arthur Jordan. London Ohio. < OCT. 8— Evening sale Ohio University < tlumha 1 Roy Johnson, auct. .. OCT. 8-Harve ><•**•••*, ST. “EHenbe«»t Bro« J Berne Melvin Liechty. W'* n X% irr9 M4. »1 OCT. 8— Van Wert County Ouern«ey I Roy Johnaon. auct. . , B;W OCT. 14—Albert Davidson, genera farm Johnson and Surnan. auc_• . ( OCT. 11—Amanda Ayre. real Berne. Fred Reppert <>f Gs* Oty OCT. 11--Waltw 1. Lowe. 8H mil** *■» J. F Sanmann. Aactlon-e. w , w OCT. .11—Martin L <*** OCT 11— Evening sale. Dave Gamble. L Johnson, auct. nnroca. OCT. 13 —Everett ? ur ? McCot-b 0 <** OCT. 18- Evening »ale. Oso « Cornm. Roy Johnson. Auct. f*m OCT. 12-Marion J aactk»** sonal property. J^F. Sa ma OCT. 18—C. E Mosley A |,.d <'h*” r * OCT. 15—Arther Tompson. Waba , Johnaon. auct. s djoinM ™ OCT. 15—Mra. Metta Spade. <» g J. T. Sanmann. auctioneer OCT 14-Brsel Walley. Pn» ld *« °, ’ mll , math. ’** % OCT. 14—Amos Tonne. 1 mile east 1•« Hoagland Glenn C. Merlca g*y OCT. 18-Vera Eikeuberry. Pent• If-J prftasreJL 4 J OCT 18—Bill Wlagfield. Hf 1 *? .*Z, Row 78 head Reglatered Hobtem* maau—Auctioneer* OCT. 18—Wm Arndt, OCT 20-Bmce Pullen- : i, mile* OCT 20—Lawrence Buffenbarg-r ;‘* Bt> nn ** ctl *7j J i*P Personal Property. J I" OCT. 21-Stewart A Kline. C’« d * n .' ° -le M OCT 22—Canfield. O. Onern.ey « L** * OCT 83—Mt Vernon. O. K "®* ‘ “ A b»fd*»« OCT 28—Chas T. Neale. Orange. Roy S. Johnson. •• c *„ r ,, n . [ , o r l D< . OCT H- Herbert Hamilton Green" j Joanaon. auct. «„nhea*< oi Ib4 ‘* j OCT. r-Goo. ■*** ’ and * eattle sale Roy 8 .-d OCT. 28-Ralph Rhlnehoert. Cutler. S Johnson, auut • , . ,_ d OCT 2»-Earl McVicker* 0 c * 9 . NOV. l-J M Rteharde A Soo. Venes 8. Johnson, aoet of D**? NOV 2—Clint Hart. 4 mile* h g Jo »s** road Closing out eale R«.

Saturday,

? r er “ v Court bridge | found wa-m- <<<nZ3 of Atlanta. Mich of eight f'Otmt* at; * ’ war. The Ia l-on* , vic * Al ‘ 'Zmi w-arrant o 1 I fraudulent en!i J of