Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1944 — Page 6

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McMillen Team is Winner Os League Title Industrial League Season Is Closed Here Monday Night Thr McMillen team won the undisputed championship of the City industrial league this aeam n. a* the four league t«ams wound up the season last night at the Lincoln rym. McMillen was the leader in both round! ot play, winning five out of «lt gams* during the first half, and playing through six games, of th* - ; second half without a defeat. McMillen, by virtue of its victory. is awarded the league championship trophy. The (J. E Club, which finished second with seven i wins and five losses, is awarded the i second place trophy league leaders reported one of J the most excellent seas* ns in the i league * history and expressed | the l !- appreciation of the splendid ■ cooperation shown by .ill teams and , players Final Standing W L Pct McMillen 11 1 917 G. K. Club 7 5 .513 Kraft Cheese ' 7 .417 Central Soya 1 11 "93 Final Came* Kraft Cheese and McMillen were ■W".

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victors in the final league games played Monday night. Kraft trounced Central Soya in the opening game. r.» to 2‘<. after leading at the hull. 22 to 17. Wynn. Hirschy and Strickler led the win tiers and Smithy was high • e rer for the losers. M< Millen defeated G. E Club. 41 to 36. in the filial Ir uglle game The winners l<sl at the half. 2' to 20 I* Schuepf and K Schnepf each tai lied 12 points for the league champions, and Crist led G E with 12 points. Kraft Cheese FG FT TP Wynn, f 71 15 Raiky. f " 1 1 StiJekbr. <" •> 2 14 , I Hirscliy. g ~ 1 11 L Frey, g ' Sprunger. g 11 " ® Totals 22 5 49 Central Soya FG FT TP Worklnger, f 113 Smit by f " 12 i Baumgartner. c 4 0 8 ! Snyder, g 10 2 Williamson. g 2 0 4 Mey< rs. f Vizard, g o o 0 Totals 14 1 291 McMillen FG FT TP I D. Schnepf. f 5 2 121 .1 Schnepf. f 3 o fl K Schnepf. c •> 0 12 J , Bolienbacher. g 2 1 51 ; Williamson, g 3 17 | Doehnert. g 10 2 1 Trials 20 4 41 (5. E. Club FG FT TP Jackson, f 226 Crist, f « 0 12 Andrews, c 4 19 i Sutler, g " " 0 I Heller, g 3 0 6 i Lytle, g 113 Sheet*, g oOfi Totals 16 4 36 Referee. Everhart. Major League Clubs To Train In Indiana Six Teams To Train In State In Spring It) United Press Indiana has . succeeded Florida as -he favorite spring training -ite I for major league baseball clubs j Six teams three from each major league- will train in the Hoosier state thi yea. - "The Chicago Cubs of the N ition- ! al league go to French Lick. Ind., i along with their Windy City rivals, | th« American league Chicago White Sox. The Cincinnati Reds of - he National circuit return to Bloomington- home of the University of Indiana. Another National league duh-the Pittsburgh Pirate*—will train at Muncie. The Cleveland Indians and the ■ Detroit Tigers of the American league are set to go to Igsfayetle and Evansville, respectively. This i* the second year that the majors have selected northern bases for their spring training. When they gave up their annual trip* to southern camps, pessimists predicted they'd have a haid 'ime getting into shape, lint the shortage of travel facilities made It necessary, and last season's play showed that the player* rounded into shape almost as well in the north as they did in th«

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Earlham Team Downs Central Normal Five Earlham Finishes Third In Conference Richmond. Ind. Feb 22- (CPI — Earlham's basketball team has climlwd to third place In the final Indiana college conference standing*. Thi- Quakers conquered Central Normal laot night at Earlham, 50 to 36 They took an early lead and held a 26 to 17 halftime margin. Norma! wait never ahead thereafter. Bill Berry led his mates as they avenged an early-season defeat l>y Normal. Berry scored 13 pointe. The triumph Jumped Earlham to a 5o percentage record iu the confer* nee. The league record gives the Quaker* three victories and three defea*. The season's record show* five w m and nine losses Central Normal now ha* a season record <>f four victories and 11 defeat*. The team finished fourth in the conference. Incidentally, undefeated Valparaiso ami He Pauw .thared the league championship. Indiana state and Wabash tied for second place. —Q FUTURE AIR ATTACKS (Continued From PM* 1) maud for reassurance about her western frontier does not go beyond what is “reasonable and jus.” < hurt hill also said long-range bombing from the south will penetrate Germany effectively. And even as he •‘poke, his words were <• imitig true. Lieutenant General Ira Baker's Mediterranean air force carriisl out a terrific raid on southern Germany. Details are not yet in. But a Nazi broadcast says the targets were in the area of the Danube and the Alps. But this attack was only one arm of an American pincers that <lo-ed down on Germany 'oday A* America's 15th air force came up from the south. America's eighth ao force swept out from the west to hammer German tighter aircraft factories and other vital war plants. At the same 'ime. mosquito bombers —- which hit Germany last night — raided northern France again today. Other Allied fliers supported British and American fighting men on the Atizio beachhead In Italy. They swept 15 mile* north of Rome to luimh rail yards and ranged along the northwest coas* to hi: docks at Imperia and Leghorn. Allied airmen in Italy flew 500 sqrties yesterday Without losing a single plane The luftwaffe. on the other hand, lost three aircraft in 60 attempted sortie* over the beachhead. As for ground fighting in Italy, it appears to have slacked off over the whole Italian front. On the beachhead. troth sides seem to lopreparing — the Germans for a third full-scale onslaught, the Allies for a third successful defense. On the lower Italian front, only scattered patrol clashes are reported from the Cassino front and the lower Garlgliano line. south. Many clubs will train where college athletic facilities are available. The Washington Senators will -pend part of their time at the University of Maryland. Tho St. Ixruis Browns- based at Cape Girardeau. Mo.—will be near the Southeast Mlssiourl Teacher* college. And the Brooklyn Dodgers—at Bear Mountain. New York —will use the West Point fieldhouse.

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Tremendous Military Need For Waste Paper ' f t > - S ’IF Bf 1 1 ij? up-■ 1 L wPSMIwPi- - -V jgl (Acm* Photo) In addition to being the flnest equipped army in the world, our armed force* are as well fed as the best. Once Uncle Sam get* his fighting men overseas It takes 11 tons of supplies per month per man to keep them there, compared with 43 tons in the last war. This requires huge quantities of paper containers. At present a critical shortage of waste paper for reprocessing is threatening the war effort. It's your job to help overcome this shortage. Patriotic citizens must do their share by saving vlUlly-needed waste paper!

Capital Youngster Asphyxiated Monday Mother Unconscious, Police Pion Probe Indianapolis. Feb. 22 — (UPI — Hospital attendant* believe that Mrs. Mary Ping of Indianapoii* will recover from carbon monoxide poisoning. She was found unconscious by her husband. Teddy Ping, when ho returned homo from work yesterday. Ping found the couple's child three-year old Julian was dead when he entered the home. He say* all the doors and windows to 'he house were locked. He gained entrance by forcing the front door. Then. Ping carried the bodies of his wife and son to a neighbor's house where artificial respiration was applied. Marion county coroner Roy Storms lieileves that carbon monoxide fumes from a coal heating stove caused the death of 'he youngster. But he says an Investigation will continue when Mrs. Ping regfilns consciousness and can b« questioned o LOS ANGELES STRIKE (Coa'tniwd From PM* I) on the ground and it's going to stay there.” Thirteen schools also have cl scd because of the power failure. o TO GIVE ARMY-NAVY (Continued From Page 1) nique in which the s'udent fl“locts the most appropriate a naw -r among several choice*. In addition to meeting the requirements outlined wbove and paMing the test, candidate* must exhibit officer like qualities including appearance and meet the following general physical requirements: Army Medium height 5 feel and a maximum of 6 feet. 6 inches, minimum visual acuity of 20/fiM without glasses, correctable with glasses to 20/40 In each eye; weight proportional to height; 10 serviceotde upper and 10 serviceable lower teeth: normal < IS/1S) bearing in each ear

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Fans Are Urged To Buy Season Tickets, Admitted Earlier To Tourney Games Season tickets, priced at $l4O. are now on sale in . \dams county for 'he sectional cournament which open* Thur*day nixht H at J N Decatur Junior- enlor high school kJ"" u * Fans are urged to purchase reason tickets in order to lw aasured of admission to the gym. Holders of season ticket* will be admitted to the gym one hour before the opening game of each session. Purchasers of single session ticket-, however, will not be admitted until 30 minutes before eac h session opens These single admission tickets also will on sale only at the door of the gyrn. The tourney will open at 7 ocioek Thur-day night, with Jefferson and Pleasant Mills meeting | in the first clash. In the second game of the evening. Monroe and Monmouth will clash. Play will be resumed al o'clock Friday af'ernoon. when the Decatur Commodores meet the Kirkland <|iilntet. In the final Friday afternoon clash. Berne and , Geneva will match baskets. The Decatur Yellow Jackets will tangle with Hartford ta the first j Friday night clash a' 7 o'clock.* This will be followed by the winners of the Jefferson-Pleasant * Mills and Monroe-Monmouth game. Friday afternoon winners will meet in the first semi-final at 1:30 p. m Saturday, followed by the Friday night winners. The cham-1 pionship game* will be played at I 8 p. tn Saturday, with the semifinal winners meeting in the title! contest. we have stepped up *»ur primary aluminum output 75 percent during 1943. This has resulted In an over-all yearly output of more than 2.000,000.000 pounds. Meanwhile, steps are planned to | release surpluses of manufactured I goods and raw material* Jield by ] the armed services. The plan is I to divert them to civilian use. . The huge tar* will be supervised by W. L. Clayton, the newlyappointed war property administrator. Claytons appointment is th« first step taken by the White House in carrying out the reconi version program recommended by. ReThaic! Baruch,

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Decatur 1. 11. S. A. A. Sectmnui 1 BASKETBALL I tournament Junior-Senior High School Gyn | Feb. 24-25-26 THURS.. FRL, SAT. I SCHEDULE OF GAMES I THURSDAY I Game I—7 P- m. Jefferson vs Pleasant Milk | Game 2—B P- m. Monroe vs Monmouth. I FRIDAY I Game 3—2 p. m. Kirkland vs Decatur Catholk ’ Game I—3 p. ML Berne vs Geneva. | Game 5—7 P- m. Decatur Yellow Jackets Game 6—B p. m. Winner game 1v- winner I SATURDAY ! Game 7—1:30 p. m. Winner Kame 3vs winner natl Game 8—2:30 p. m; W’inner Kame svs w inner natl Game 9—B p. m. Winner Kame 7vs winner nati Official#: Clay Layman and E. 11. Milhn*. Tickets are now on sale at the 10 high *eh*«ii m im County. Sale of tickets at these place* will dos* st S*a Thuraday. After that they may be purchased at th* Ma* dow at the Decatur Jr.-Sr. High School. Doon open t: us* ticket holders one hour before the first game. Setter too will not be sold until 30 minute* before the fire game. ADMISSION PRICES Searton Tickets for the 5-Seshion Tourney $1.27 plus 13c Tax. Single Session Ticket# 36c plu# 4c Tax for Everym Adult#, Children and Students.