Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1944 — Page 6

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list Seating Arrangements For Sectional Location Os Fans J>rawn By Lot By Sdlooi Principals BothD*. aiur high school and the th-catur Catholic high achool fan* will be leafed <>n the north side < f the Decatur senior high school gymtuflam at tb»- sectional basketball tournament to be held here Thursday. Friday and Saturday. A drawing for seating section* was made by the principal* of the participating schools Saturday Three of the schocl*. Jefferson. Monmouth and the Decatur high •ebool will occupy the same seats they tee* last year. The other •even will be changed. .Jeffersou will sit in section "A", the souTliwwtt corner of the gym iKirkhwd will use section “B”. located rant of J«-ffer*‘ n’t section " Geneva won section "C", east of Kirkland ’s section "B" Hartford will occupy section “D" at Jhe *wat end of the south side. Monmouth will again be located In section “E", the "V" shaped formation of seats at the southeast corner. Itefna drew section "F” between the two entrances at the east end of the gym. . Monroe will sit in section "G" the “V” shaped tier of seats at the northeast corner. The Decatur Catholic high school fans will have the seats just west of Monroe, kncwn as section ' H" Pleasant .Milk will have section "I," located immediately across the floor from the scorer's bench. Decatur high school will have sectlope “J” and "K" at the northwest corner of the gym and the stage at the west end,

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Final Standings W. L Pct. Geneva ...... 1" 3 -*s° Hartford I" 3 .SSU Berne 12 S -600 Yellow Jacket* 11 !» 5W Monmouth •» * .5W Monroe 7 II -31*9 Pleasant Mill* 7 12 -36* Commodore* 1 13 235 Kiiklund 2 11 Jefferson " li> -6°" olio The Geneva Cardinal* and Kart- ■ ford Gorillas finished in a deadlock f r top percentage among the Adams county high school teams for the season. Each quintet won 17 game* and lost only three during the season, including the county tourney play. - <>()<>— Geneva's three losses were to the Decatur Yellow Jacket*. Berne Bears and Ha rtf rd Gorillas. Hart ford's defeats were to 'the Yellow Jacket* and two to Geneva, including the county tournament filial. —OOo— Berne and the Yellow Jackets were the only other learns to finish above the .500 mark, with Monmouth hitting the even spilt right cn the nose. The Jefferson Warriors are in undisputed possession of the cellar epot. having lost 10 game* without a victory. —oOo ■ Players and cosehes. however. have forgotten regular season victories and defeats, alike, to prepare for the sectional tournament this week. The tourney opens at the Decatur junior-senior gym Thursday night, and will continue with cessions Friday afternoon and night and Saturday afternoon and night. —oOo—

F< rt Wayne Central, defending staUt champion*, drew a decided break in the pairing* for the Fori Wayne sectional. Central ha* only Concordia and county school* to get by to enter the finals, while Nou’h Bide. North Side and Central Catholic are all thrown int the other bracket. • —oOo—- — n ticket* for the local sectional were placed on sale in all school* o' the county tills morning The ticket* are priced at 11.40. gotd for all five seaaloiw. Nine games for |l.4<*. pretty fair bargain for such grand entertainment. —oOo—- — ticket holder* will be given the preference in choice seats, toe. They will be admitted one hour before game ume at each aestion. while single session ticket buyers will not be admitted until '.w I 1

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No One Quintet Is Outstanding Choice

New Castle Keeps Top Place Ranking Indianapolis. Feb. 21 — (VP) — ' There are wheels within wheel* land circle* within circle* in the | Hoosier baskettai! kingdom thia I year. Pane are scurrying to the record took* of thia year'* team*. For. in I the pAt three yean*, the champion ! has torn the team rated a* the favorite ail season on it* record. But. if the fans try to draw a definite conclusion this year-they may end up with an much success a* trying to get the same result twice on their Income tax blank*. For. no one team has the monopoly this yearns Fort Wayne Central did ia*t year and Washington did in I*4l and 1242. New Castle almost consistently stood at the top of the polls. But they've been beaten three times by Andeiqon, Muncie Central and Kokomo. And while Fort Wayne South 'Side heat the defending champion Fort Wayne Central twice South Side in turn received solid licking* at the hand* of Hammond Clark and New Albany. And. still making circle* within circle*. New Albany toast* <wme tmpreslve record* 'but also show* four defeat* Perhaps Anderson 1* the hottest team In the state right now but it took three defeats during the season. opinion I* divided on the probable result of Ander»on‘s 45 to 42 conquest of New Castle last Friday ; Some tlhserver* believe the win is an indication that Anderson Is in stride for the tournaments and rate the Indian* as their choice for the crown.

Ather fan* think she -beating will help New Caatle. After all. the Trojans may now he impressed by the fact that baskets— not newspaper rating* 'win ball game*. And. no team is beaten juat because it lags 10 point* at acme time during the game—as Anderson did., Tournament play will bring out the real abilities of two undefeat••d email-school quintet* — Culver and Conveme. The team* »hould win lheir way into game* against larger school* than they have been playing during the regular season. There is certain to be some slowmotion iHMketball in tournament game*. The underdog* find stall* a favorite way to try upsetting favori'ea. The pattern was *et when South Bend Riley refused to come out after Elkhart In a game won by Elkhart 5 to 4. Other low scoring game* aere the 1* to 15 affair between Peru and lx>gan*port and the 14 to 4 score of the Tipton-Alexandria game. The season* prlae. however, went to Hdbart. which wa* scoreless against Crown Point — which scored only two point*. Lebanon is the unknown quantiiy in tournament play. Their star, Pete Mount, was inducted into the army February 2. But. he may not be called to active duty for some time. And a* long as Mount Is around. Lebanon I* a threat to any .earn. The final weekly ranking! by I’nlted Pre** keep* New Castle in first place. Hammond Clark second and Anderson third place. Other rating* are Martinsville, fourth; Fort Wayne Central, fifth; Ixtonon, sixth; Jasper, seventh; M'ashlngton. eighth; New Albany, ninth, and Fort Wayne South Bide ten'h.

ROOSEVELT Coatlaa** Pre** Pag* ii beginning to take shape In Maasaebusetts. Anti new deal Democrats In the Bay state have brought their threat to bolt the party out into the open. Former Governor Ely ha* announced he will be a candidate for the Demccratk nomination in hi* home state, on an asaerted anti-Rooaevelt platform. The house banking and currency committee na* voted to include icrtaln restriction* on the paymmt of subsidies Into the commodity credit c- rporation Mtenston legislation. Republican Wolcott and chairman Spence interpret ito naw vote as a compromise which wUI limit subeMlea and provide for the CCC to admlniater the program with it* preaont funds War department oSclal* have completed their plans to reduce the armv college training program in order to take care of the shortage in army strength. They are expected to announce within a week detail* of projected change* involving nearly every college and univeralty In the country. Meanwhile, chairman Andrew May of tto home military affaire committee ha* condemned a proposal to lower tto draft age to 17. He urgMl m an alternative that tto ago iknit tor non-combat aervfce be raised from the 22 year oM maxi aim The OPA ha* announced today there will be higher price* ■hertiy before the tret gaaM etarta. Single *ea*lon titoeta. on *ale only nt the doer of the gym. are priced at 42 centa.

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DePauw, Valparaiso Tie For Slate Title Both Teams Unbeaten In Conference Play By United Pres* Just one game remain* to be played in the Indiana college con Terence. But that tilt between Earlham and Central Normal tonight ha* no effect on the championship DePauw and Valparaiso share the crown. Valparaiso clinched a He Saturday night when they defeated Indiana state 56 to 50 for the second time this season. Valpo ended i'a loop season with five victories and no defeat* while DePauw chalked up eight win* and no loasea. The two team* do not meet. Indiana state and Wabash* are tied for third. Each ha* won five game* and lost three. Completing the conference race in order are Earlham with two win* and three lotses. Central Normal with three and nine. Evansville with one and for hothouse cucumber*. The move wa* taken to restore the n.rmai price differential over the field grown variety.

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By HARRISON CARROU ■lag FMlare* B,*4leate Writer HOLLYWOOD.—Whoever mar* riee Bonita Granville now will get a girl of Independent meana. Bon* Ita juat turned 21 and haa come into control of • trust fund * I which has been f ’ piling up from ■ * 'l3 her film earnmt I ing* Half her B ...» •alary, ln fart. ■> 1n d Bonita I made her film ■k debut way bn< k gB in 19 3 1 with Z Ann H*r Ur- I- ■ W *» t “ r d fF PasMk'e ' For her birthHarrtk* Carroß dinn,r •* ■aarmo**>rr p|ub Bonita's gveeta were Spencer Mar* Un. ter mother and Lieut. Jun Schullnger. Gene Tierney * teby girl I* out of the hospital and is under the care of Gene's mother and two nurses in Washington. The baby, born prematurely on Oet. 15. weighs six pounds and is growing Into a Am normal youngster. Hear a group of film start are buying the old Cheviot Hills Golf dub and will turn It into a ewanh rendezvous under the new name of Rolling Hill* Country club Fred Mac Murray. Marions Dietrich. Uoyd Nolan. Director Mitchell Leieen and John Wayne are said to be interested. John Montague and Step Kelly rumored in charge Harry James definitely 1-A, Hollywood heart. Understand bit last cigaret program will be March 23. . . . Don't be surprised M Don Wilson, Juat choeen for the eighth consecutive year at tbp Maamm* out as a marts singer in JU Rogeii'o “Hit Parade of MR.* Don was a radio wwrteee bsfore he took up announcing . . . Ingrid Bergman is trying to Rad away

three, and Franklin with none and eight. The only change in Handing* would be If Central Normal lose* tonight'* game with Earlham. Then ft would fall behind Evansville. Evansville dropped Imsketbali In mid-season after naval air students who made up the team--were transferred for further training. Fort Wayne Concordia didn't play a •ingle loop game although it is a member of the conference. However. Ind la rm State ha* the best over-ait record against all opposition with a 16 and 4 record against Valpo'* 16 and 6. In tills week's College basketbail schedule, Central Normal play* at Earlham tonight. Valparaiso gmw to Camp Grant tomorrow night. •;.d on Wednesday Bunker Hill visits Indiana State Stout Field heat* Cen’ral Normal Thursday night add Bunker Hill plays at Indiana University Friday. Saturday finds Northwestern at Purdue. lowa at Notre Dame and Valparaiso going to Concordia of St. Louis. Encugh peanut oil to fill 14.000 railroad tank cars is the goal set for peanut grower* thia year in the U. S. India has more than 400 votton mills, with 10 million spindle* snd 200.000 loom*.

for the service clube In Alaska...." Donald O'Connor's fox terrier. Mr. Big. will be left with Peggy Ryan for the duration. . . . Add hobbies: Danny O'Neil. Columbia's new singing Importatior.. designs model airplanes and sells them in a shop in Birmingham. Ala. While June Vincent is working in "The Climax." her fiance. Ensign William Sterling, goes to Keene, N H, to meet June's folks. i Her dad is Dr. Wiilis E. Smith, a Congregational minister. Talk about this being a small ! world. Will Walls, the pro footI ball star signed by M-G-M for •Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," was . the man assigned by Texas Chris. ; tian university, in a game some , years ago. to block out the Rice university tackle who was none , .other than M-G-M Star James Craig. For 1300. Joyce Reynolds has : bought the saddle horse that Ed- . die Arnold o daughter used to ride before she joined the Army Nursing Corps- Tte koras stays tem- : porarily at tte Arnold ranch. Warners won't let *oyce ride until •he finishes the picture, "Janie.** • HOLLYWOOD HI-JINKS—Mar- ' tha Mears supplies interesting ! Item Hollywood beauties now are 1 playing gin rummy for bobby pins 1 and face tissues ... is Roddy Mc- > Dowali's face rad! Rented saddle 1 terae railed over with him In a 1 stream. And right after Roddy > tad been bragging about hie * horsemanship . Painters so hard to find that Marjorie Weaver has grabbed a brush and ia doing th* tmidt of bor bouoo boiwlf. • • • Lu* 1 ctlle Ctaey with Jimmy Rita at the 1 Mocambo ; . . Marilyn Maxwell I with Peter Lawford at the Beverly I Tropics. ... Monogram • Three of ) a Itod" shouM be a eircue if you . ean judge from tte loud arguments > at Lyman's between its three stars, ’ Maxis BosenMnom, Billy Gilbert 1 and Stamp Howard. . ..ftwell ges- ) turn to Bert Wteeter. He's suby serbed to Hollywood trade papers 1 tor Mes Ms pete ia tte serrtca. .

McMillen Defeated By Bunker Hill Five

Local Quintet Drops Close Tilt Saturday The McMillen team cf this city dropped a hard fought 36 to 30 decision to the Bunker Hill Patriot* Saturday night in a game played at the Bunker Hill naval base at Peru. The teams were tied at 16-16 at the half With the Patriot* holding a slight 26 to 24 edge at the third j quarter. Scoring tor both teams! wa* well divided. Thurnblad lead tug the Patriot* with 10 point* and K Schnepf the McMillen team with nl McMUlen F 0 FT TP D. Schnepf. f 11 , Crist, f 2 1 » J. Schnepf. c K Schnepf, g 4 1 Hohammer. g .... 3 0 6 Doehnert. g 11 , B.llenbacher. g 10Total* n 4 30 Bunker Hill FG FT TP Thurnblad. f 5 0 10 Hurley, f * * Wright, c — 0 0 " Miasek, g - * 5 Small, g 2 0 4 Myer* 2 0 4 Prewitt 2 15 Gross • « • Roscoe 2 0 4 Farmer Oil Totals 16 4 36 Referee, Pat Malaska tPurdue). —o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Purdue 52. Wisconsin 50 (overtime). Indiana 4t. Minnesota 47 (overtime). Michigan 50, Northwestern 45. Ohio State 54. lllinoi* 53 Notre Dame 54. Great Lake* 51. Valparaiso 56. Indiana State 50, Marquette 45. Detroit 11.

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LESS THAN 24 hours after ate had appealed to President Roosevelt to help her former physician ob* tain an emergency leave from his Army camp to treat her, Anna Mayer, 21, who has been suffering for 44 days from painful spasms of hiccoughing, was advised; "The president hopes that the surgeon general of tte Army will do everything he possibly can do to help." The physician previously had treated her for a siege of hiccoughs. (I nttr national) ■ j MAROARIT O BRIfN, M-G-M 'chiM star, has been chosen by Parent s magasine for ita annual award “the moot talented juvenile motion picture star of 1243.“ Tte award came foitowteg her hit per- . fonnancea ta sueh film* aa "Madam* Carte" and mor* recently, -lost AngeL- (fofarMMraaa/.)

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Gen. Stillwell Life Is Saved By Mud .With Th* Chln»«e Force* In Hukwang Valley. Burma. Feb. 21 — Cl'Pt- I nited Pre** war correspondent Darrell Berrlgan disclose* how mud saved the life of Lieutenant General Stilwell, the command,.r of American troop* in the China-Burma-India theater. The I’nlted Prese corrcpsondent

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Public Sale I 1 will sell at Public Auction H mile South and », Wren Ohio, H Tuesday, Feb. 29 I Commencing at 12:00 Noon t , 4—HEAD OF HORSES—t | Black horse 6 yrs. old. wt. 1500 Ib*.. sound well broke: wfl 10 yr* old. wt. 1400; Bay horse, 2 yr*, old. Hay man- (rrtoidgM 20—HEAD OF CATTLE-20 g Milking Shorthorn A Guernsey Cow 6 yr old du< Mi.-dlfl Roan Milking Shorthorn Co< 6 yr* old due March 12th. B Red Cow 6 yrs. old-with calf by side. ■ Black Cow. 5 yrs. old with calf by aide. ■ 2 White Cow* 5 yrs. old each with calf by side; W 2 Spotted Cow*. 5 yrs old. with cell by side; ■ Roan Cow t yrs old calf by *ide; ft Guernaey A Jersey Cow 5 yr*, old. milking good fl)* ft Roan Cow 5 yrs. old. milking good flow £ Helfer 2 yrera old. fresh: E Roan Helfer 2 yrs. old. be fresh soon; E 4 Yearling Helfers; 1 Yearling Bull* V MISCELLANEOUS | Clean Ea<y Milking Machine; Two Hor*. grain drill Riding plow; Walking plow; 150 ft. good inch hay toy: hay forks; hay slings; croe* cut saw; S ten gal milk <w. set work harness; 3 collar* and other article* too num-io. :»**■ TERMS—CASH g FOREST BOICE, W Roy S. Johnson—Auctioneer I T Schieferslein—Clerk. I Public Sale] Having aold my farm. I, the undersign.- ! will *» »' tion all my personal property, located three mile* e*« oon State Road H 6. on I Saturday, Feb. 26,1941 Sale Starting at 10:00 O'clock A M. | J HORSEE .J One 12 year old Bay mare, weight 1600 lb* l»« ‘ Grey mares. I 10 CATTLff— (Bangs Teetsd) J One roan cow with calf by side. 5 yr*, old. one blv _ J old; one roan cow. 3 yra. old; one red cow. 3 yr* 010 yrs. old. with calf by side; one white faced c.»». < V*- I by side; one yearling bull; three steer*. I M HOGS Mali Seven sow* to pig In March; 44 head of shoat*. »*<•• ‘ 6C lbs ; youna spotted male hog POULTRY Fory-eight head of Wallace Strain Barred Rock nw Ing hens; 4 blood tested rooster* HAY ANO GRAIN Ten tone of Alfalfa h*y; 250 bu.. more or !r baled straw; 15 bu. more or less, wheat and rye. 1 n <| 5Mi bu. of little red clover seed; 111 lb«- timothy brld seed corn; 1 to pop corn FARM MACHINERY—AII Llto N»* One McCormick 12-dlsc drill: fertiliser and ar**-McCofmick-Deerlng Little Genin* breaking pl<>» "**' ' ~»( Deering heavy disc; McCormlck-Deerlng <-ultlvs'o: f-r l - McCormick-Deering hay loader; one Universal P° ,| fit any tractor; one Case fertiliser corn planter ■>»* j Cormlck Deering aide delivery rake; 60-tooth w.> * m* rabbet tL-ed wagoas. with 600x16 Urea; on. grain one old trailer with good 450x21 Urea: one extra , ,-<d*F 16 tires; one old wagon with rack; one good rubles one double *hovel plow; one single shovel plow " n " els for cultivator; one Bradley single disc; one » manure spreader HOUSEHOLD GOODS One good black and white rang*, indiantpo-:" W oaa dining table; two sguare tables: one kitchen :a». . living room suite; sideboard: three wood bedhead' “ I ktfehen chairs; rocking chairs; 2 dreater* **“ M antique cupboard; two table lamps and stand* on* *l Axminster rug; one 12x16 carpet; ta!2 carpet; »» • geU ruga; some can trait*; on* electric washins m*cn wsewing machine MIBCBLLANBOU* w l* Six individual hog houses, one winte: bog foanta bog troughs; stock tank; tank beater, one emery «n tire pump; 125 ft. of new % in. hay rope 5« f' • set of one-two block and tackle with new rop **' nd stretcher; sledge; wedgee; crouweut saw; two »• p -4it * drams; one kerosene tank; two heavy log 5, .. m I**’ , hoes and rake*, hay forka; *coop shovel; W- r** grain sacks; milk beckets and strainers; ~.>!)*** lard prose; one eream separator. Mo. 1; i*» chatas: one 22 repeating rifle with one bo* ot»" brooder stoves; |S-24 pal of toVli motor oil; 20 one 10x16 insulated brooder house; one lot of n*» * 20 rod*, more or I***, of heavy »-in *tav< poets; few seasoned locus corner poets; one *et « h now home cellar, never used; one 12-In. eoliar; otto Mic »a one electric motor, good rubber tired lawn mower •lines CASH. JAMES RUNYON, On Ell*fib<p*’g€r Rros Lunch will he served.

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