Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1944 — Page 6

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New Castle Is Choice To Win State Tourney United Press Picks Anderson Indians As Second Choice B> I'nit.-.t PreTh* I’nlted I* 1 '- pick- N« * Castle to win 'ti. sta<- high hool ba-kethuß < hampion.-hip 'o-x month. The Trojan* ate selected in p.i for the same ream:-* will. i bav. kept the quint'' at 'ln o;i of the weekly rating all -> i hi \>o the armed s.-rviies ti.ive inj , f I a few argumen* in ■>' < of N’ l " Castle |>-t's take a look at the Ninth Central l otlferem e eliainpiol! New t a<- le I- hit: Only Muncie Burris I-* taller than the Trojan* Four of the fir-' fiv. New Castle men push the tape il.ov the -ixfeet mark There- adequate weight to match the height The Trojan* c ■ a v< ran im ,

Four of the pr.-dil -f.n w» « tegnlari last v<ar when N> * Castle won I.', ~f _•_■ .-.i’ll' ■ -i.-.ji-’ M>iiio of Indian r 1 i: -iupposition. New h.i pleii y of Ing power Cent* r <’li.ii ley M< Millan set a new Nt’C »< ■•>: ng re, >r<l ‘ this Keaton with l‘»2 pom: New Cattle forward John S’ !w-:1 w.isecond in loop scoring Th" other, forward. George Barnard w.i fifth among the peint-make; And more about that scoring • ability .New Ca-lle which in bin . It alto fast Th! fast lit’ tk ■ offense ha< averaged I.! and one- 1 half point* per game M inwhile I —

— iHsmcninar WESLEY TITUS | T Thia emblem of courtesy and Mft driving Is awarded to a car owner of this community every week B4MVB CAMFUU.V - SAVC A LIPI Kad-3>«a BrtwiAg Ccr> M Fcrt Wom, I*4. Tonight & Thursday f OUR BIG DAYSF First Show Tonight 6:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 BE SI RE TO ATTEND! < Ike Thrilling Story of The fighting French! [s3s£ 4 trttt • t»wt< ygj —o FrL A Sat — -Old AefluaieUnec" •atte Davis. Miriam Hopkin* —o Sult Mon Tues — ••Government G»r1" Olivia de Haviland

’he defen-e has been good allow lug opponents only .1 32-point ar* N»*w <’a Ili ha - lie* a .1* . ■ -1' 1 *1 >f . .er ■ Hilt ' 1.1 ■-hi* ’i that it ran learn defeat* Mum • Ceiitial tie.it tile Trojans 1 -»c!y -I .l-01l play 111 .1 s*. Hill cllcOlltlt- • New t'.i-tb* walloped the Hi arI a's by 31 poilt's \ initial situation prevailed in two Kokomo games N »w, about HlO e armed -*-rv iii -a: guiiieiit- Tlie 1. my and navy h,iv« ti t • ' minaN I three of New Caf'e- -op I haitelltfer** Foi' Wtiyne Central, he defend I mg champ. !■>■< •* allsta'c gu.ml Murray M-nd. nltail .1- and < •11- . Bob Vm-' ong next W- due. , day On lite .'Hi” 'lay F ' , Waytie urb Sale, which ha* j le*.lien Central twice ’his year guard \l la .k.y Vid all-1 - '.l'e I . nt' . I’ -te M Hint of I.' b cion and teammate Kelly Gilliam, repot t '1 'he my on th. -i-ne Ni w < a-t|e lorn no on> Tin Tiojans' path through the tournaments I not expected to lie .111 easy one Hui it's no' pat in itially 'oiisth Their ino-t t irmid able rcgi >nal opponent -h.mld hi* th< Mum h- whine Th* foui?!i'-*t semi-final opposition should come from the Fort W.iyne i-,’i.mul winner And the r d t. -1 will coin.’ in the fit-' .if er;, >Oll gam'* a! the Ind anapoli- finals against •he AndeiMii -.-tis tinal winner Ito idemally. I.r -e. >:id choice the I ni’ I Pre-- nanl’ . Voders.m Mart. -villo and II mm nd (Ta* k lino are tat* I a- pits-lbilitle-(I — — • Cleveland Manager Is Classified 1-A Chi* az.l. Fell 23 tl'Pl Lou I: itidr. au has 1 lined the ink* of •he! Vs The L’fly ar-olil manager, of th.- Cleveland Itidiai.s atm ' in. <•- that In- hint been re. las.-if ted into' I A by hi- draft hoard al II irvey lllinoi- II wev. H-nideau cays

that lie han re eiv.-d no notice tn, report fm hi- piiyst il examination If lie pj.ie.l hi- pliysiial. he will Iw the fir.lt major league manager; a< opted for m litary < •rvice He Im married mJ the father of two < hll ir m Prominent Portland Man Dies Tuesday Portland. Ind. Fob, 21 il’pi Fu;i' al <rvi<■ «.'.! h ■ In ’ I on Ft I v so: M ;i..e! \nkron. n forin- pt -idem of the .lay tounty fa . r >i iation <n 1.1 k "ffi' lai .1 tbe , t'e .ti A.ik "II died y ■ te.d’V al hi hour' in Portland Just Come in I IF A LOAN WILL HELP YOU- S don t hesitate to come In and talk with us There will be no obligation if you do not take a loan. SPECIAL SERVICE If you need a loan and arc unable to call at otlice during day. we can we you any Tuesday or Saturday evening Ju*t write or phone us the tunc you want to sec us. LOCAL LOAN COMPANY tuMrasrsM <h:r Schafer Steer — TeUfktM 2-3-7 DECATUR. INDIANA Open Daily B 30 to 5:30 Tliure until 12 30 | CORT 1 onight & Thursday Return Engagement of This Crcatect of All Picturesl p f A* e L(I y f 3S“? Aaj ’.’to* «-y ALSO — "Masked Marvel" 9c-2Sc Inc. Tai —o PH. A tat. — Smiley Burnette "Beyond The Lae» Frontier'’ A let chapt “Capt America." —o •un. Men. Tues.—"Gheet Ship' A ■Sing A Jingie."

1 New Minor League ' Planned This Year Ohio State League To Start In May IBy United Preset The lif t 11. w minor league to lie Oll'.lllized -mi. 1941 will Met up -hop this spring It’s the Ohio Slate league a < lass "14" organ* , izatlon Tin league proven that lias.-ball >x> lit res an- serious about their 1 pl, I.is to develop young players. Fi,, most f 'he ' lulls ill the flew loop will be back’d by major lea gue teams .ind -luffed with prom Ising young talent. The circuit will operate with either six or four chibs Four al ready are set to go and bin kerr. for team- at Limit and .M irlon, are being cough'. r. im thief Carl Hubbi II .' the N. w Vo k Giant will establish a 1 hi'o at Springfield. <>. Til" Brooklyn Ihidgeis plan to operate the Zim-ville t. am Tin Newark. <>. organization will be handled >»y the < itii imiati It' d* and the .Middletow,l i hili will b- supported by Ixiuisvlllo of the Amerii an Assoelution Hubbell, who plank to < 111 elltrat” hi- minor league operation,' on finding ami developing young phiy. is say- he ha- about I'* < andldate- lim’d up for Springfield M -I of tin- -fit liopefuls are tinI.- !>. ami they * .-port fin i-.c ly work nt- at the N- w York Giants spring training l.ase at L.ikewood. N .1 . in April Since the Ohio state league won't | open ite sea-on until .May. Hubbell will lie aide tn look over Ills boys and select ties he wants to keep Those who d go to Springfield land to Hie other < lubs in the new loop will get a twofold break , First, they'll get experience In proI fersicnal baseball until they're call-! i d into .-. rviee. And t-econd. they'll - be watched by executives looking so pet War maj league talent. RED CROSS TO tContfnued From Page 1) eti tin- tom 1i ot war. I believe that 'you can do anything if you care enough,' That I I phil «ophy has carried me through tills whole tiling The Bed Cross ’ I eople who w.-nt with the first wave had so much to do ami so, little with which to do it that one' had to have quite .1 philoHophy to do anything." Mi-s Hr wtie was one of the first ' tw 1 Aim ri< an Bed Cross club! workers In Australia, and among th.- first l>. I Crti-- women to reach that war theater She was the flrwt will’, woman in Hoba Itura. New Gittm 1. ind the first white woman to t’.y at ross the Owen Stanley mountain range. She went through the Moresliy air raids She saw Red Cross girls put n shows for the men only a f.-w home after big atta. ks. latter. In canteen service near the front, she saw tli.- ' Bully Beef Express" delivering supplies to American troofi- The fliers became so accurate that one who landed a package more than 75 yards from the men were liooed. Although ,Mi-i» Browne was atfi ->ig the first, many Bed Cross

Pacific Islands Are Stepping Stones on Road to Tokyo I W 1 ™ 'k* Ma, ‘ holl being co- ' ~ ! ardinatsd rapidly into a major airndWMIKT ** naval base for U. S forte*, the neit jbw Jcea.-v *tepping.*»one* to Tokyo will toon toe attacked. North of the Marshall*. the . M-- - ■ > Wako, Marcu* and Bonin itlondt are V /f 1 logitol target* for invasion To th. west /-1 '-^* I 'F r tS' 1.1 "* **** ** o, * ho,,t ' Fonapo, Truk end W? / 6 • ozvsiim it ~~~B~~» Guam will undoubtedly figure imporBONIN IS. ~g _J J tontly in the imminent drives on Tokyo. c, *mdßiauMoeouan*** - ■ BONIN IS.W<^ w i j ■ Tew a V PACIFIC ' _OCEA ! N _ I I I in— X <>' ENIWtTOK W * vS .\. X .♦ . . • . - _I • • —l —a

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. ■ WELL SITTED . - - By Jack Sords. IwF ‘W. ; A Ue also / Does a good / I jopofwear- f \ ( ■ itlb 81-06 I / \g: AS A V-lZ jA E'-;;: -TRAtdEE. AT* I f t I AaXee PAMg, ’ , / \ I 1 / f/ O .JoHHMy Z'jt LUJACK, f T Forward passu© star L' I OP LAST "/BAR'S great \ y MoTr& dame. FboTBALLTBAM, BR'LLiAsJ'TtM - -TA» CAGC- TiEAM

w men have followed her to the Pacific area. The Red Cross now has 924 p<‘rsons In the Austrlian theater. <»f these, 58 are women recreational workers, five an* case workers and 12 clerks. In hospitals <». the Australian theater there are 273 women Tile total R»-d Cross < lub personnel is 314. many of them women Many hundreds of Australian w men serve with the Anterii an Red Cross as volunteers. When Miss Browne was transferred to work in the forward areas, she found that the men at first wwested the presence of women. They had to shave, be "more particular" generally. Soon, however. the "G I s changed their minus and they wait on the gitis hand and so. t." ••General Mar Arthur wants the Red Cross girls in every area just after the nurse are able to go In." she said. "In every instattce the] girls have justified this faith which] the < otnmaiiding generals have] placed in them." The Red Cross cares. Miss' Browte -.ml It Inought tire first lighted outdoor Christmas tree to Australia the first dawn Easter service. It doe* all those thing* little an I big that bring America to Ameriian* far from h me. It is the I'nit.-d States and the association* it carries of which the boys think That’s why. she added, the American girl who "plays her cards right" need not worry about rivalry from girls abroad.

JAP COUNTER DRIVE (Contlnuod From Fsgs t) collapse if the Allies can knock , out enemy shipping in the South ■ China sea and on the river, and the railway- In North China. Iloweve,*. American airmen in China contradict th< popular conception that Tokyo is a mass of paper hou e.. They point out the Japanese eapi’al Is a modern city of concrete and brick buildings littilt mostly since the great 1923 eat tliqtiak.' Enemy broadcasts today are hinting of new developments in th.. Philippines. The German radio reports f-om Manila that a alate of'siege was dei lired throughou' the islands yesterday. No reason was given. Tokyo says the Philippine puppet piesident has been given dictatorial powers under, 1.1 a patteee sit p<f vi • ion > ..mil Pacific headquarters an-] j tiounces 'hat fighters of the 13th I air force destroyed more than 3ft Japaties) planes beween Febru-| ary 1 ai d ix without the loss of a alnglii pilo Tile bulletin also report* an all-, time I >w in Japnn's air and shipping strength at Rabaul on New Ptltain. The Allies raided Rabaul ] for the IHih straight day on Tuesda.' i In th' Central Pacific. American ■ forces are believed ready to seize Parry island — last enemy-held

California Irked Al Boxing Bosses Cancel Title Fight Set For California l/ts Angel* -. Felt. 23 til l Fight promoter Joe l.yn< h wants California t<> -secede from the nut ioii.il boxing association. Lynch is angry at the NBA and he* atikrier still at the NBAs leaih' i weight champion Phil Ter I', an va wa» mot ' 1 to defend his crown against Maliuei tfrtiz in Los Angele- 011 .Mart b 29. But Lym h -ays NBA president Ale- Gt'i-ne liae w ied him that Phil can't appear. j S > I,yin h -s calling off a bout between Sammy Anrott NBA lightweight king and Juan Zurita j of Mexico City And "•X* m v. r promote another bout in Cali foitiia unless the state withdraws fr tn <he national boxing as«.» iat ion Blackhawks Win N.k York. Feb. 23 tl'Pl Shu ip-shooting Ifoug Bentley of th.- Chicago Blackhawk* flipped in four g"i’< against the .New York Ranger- at Madison Square Garden la-t night Hi* team-mates added four m re to defeat tile New Nolkers. x to I. Bentley scored twice in the first period. McSpaden 4-F Philadelphia. Feb 23 tll’i Pro.e-sional golfer Jug McSpaden is going liack to the winter tournament circuit. MeSpiden returned, to Philadelphia to report to his 1 draft hoard. But after a physical, examination. Jug was rei-iassiiied 1 IF. N w he'll head south again to] play in the New Orleans open this Weekend So far thix season .Ing has won Hire • of the five tournaments he's placed in. and he tied for second in an ither. Atsab Scratched Miami, Feb 23 11'Pi - Alsab - the wonder horse of 1942 was scratched yesterday from the race that was to have brought him back to the turf. He was entered in the Ge rge Washington at Hialeah. Track veterinarians said the live-year-old had an infection in hl* left .oreleg Alaab’s owner, Al Sabbath. protested that the swelling was the aftermath of a bowed tendon and that the horse was sound. But track officials ruled Alsab out of the race. BERLIN REPORTS (Coßttaoea rr»a fmu 14 w uld become still more hopeless when the Allien go Into action on tin- western front. Finland may learn aoon under what terms she tan get out of the i war with Russia. Former Finnish I Premier Paaslklvi returned from 1 Stockholm to Helsinki this morning. He is expected to report on 1 peace feeler* to IltHsia before the Finnish parliament. The suburbs of Stockholm were bombed last night by at least three island on Eniwetok atoll in the Marshall.*. News of another attack on Tarofl in the Marshalls come* from the Japanese. A dispatch says hotli air and naval forces look part as a follow-up to Sunday's air attack

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAty,,.

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* I — —II — _ ‘ “ foreign planes. In one section, hardly a window was left unbroken. But no deaths were reported. other bombs, dropped ett a town f. 2 miles w.-et of Stockholm, were id.ntilied a- of Russian origin The plants, said to have come from the east, were thought to be In dis-

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Public Auction I have fold my home and will sell th. f" • . ' -I property. 11# South sth Street, Decatur, ludi.i Thursday, Feb. 24 ] at 3:30 P M FURNITURE: A Good Plano; Library Tabbnew; Buffet and Hound Dining Table with v Kooni Chain; Square Double Top Dining T.ib ■ <il Three Rocking Chain: Wooden Bedroom Su and Chair; Springs and Mattress; Bxtra Lirg W | Beds; DROP LEAF KITCHEN TABLE »l» lx ' " • Large .Mirrors. RUGS: Three Congoleum Rugs. 2 9x12 1 Sxl 1 ' I Miscellaneous Articles: One burnei gs |>. Ironing Board and Step Stool comblm-d. <>Ll' Typewriter; Ultra Violet Ray Electric Suu Li 1; er; Bird Cage and Standard: 10 lx>z Quart and Jug-; On« Burhel Popcorn; Several Sa* other articles. TERMS—CASH Mrs. Hugh Daniels, Owe J F Sanmann—Auctioneer Sale conducted by Mldwes' Realty Auction C< Decatur, Indiana.

Public Sale We will sell at public anction 3 mllex haSouth of Road No. 224. Wednesday, March I,IW • Commencing at 10:30 A. M HORJES Team of Grey mares. pm<M»th u. ■ — CATTLE — Black cow 5 yrs old. he fre*h in March ‘ ' J Holstein Cow 9 yn. old. be fresh in .March • Roan Cow 7 yrs. old. Im fresh in March; s Red Cow S yrs old. be fresh in March i Roan Heifei. be fresh in .March; Red Heifer, be fresh in March; F Blue Roan Helfer 15 months old. | Red Bull 18 months old | HOCC A SHEEP 3 Sows bred January 4th; 14 Feeder II j 1C EWES 1 to 4 years old. will Umb by da) I TRACTORS A IMPLEMENTS John Deerr Model ’A' 1»38 Tractoi with | condltlan; John Deere Model Trade < ps *B John Deere 4-B 14" Tractor plows; John Ikn - , D ering l»-20 tractor. g»od. Oliver 14' Tra< ; r_■ 2 good John Deere corn planters; Grain Drill ho'.a; Wood beam spike tooth harrow; Him 4 M•* • 1 C ft. mower; John Deere 2 row cotn plow. J h" 1 ' R. ‘ ■ plow; Turnbull wagon It gondola bed. Wagon •> 1 grain bed; Massey Harris 7 ft. Grain Binder; •' | Mc-Deerlng corn binder; Side delivery rak> seeder; Clipper Fanning Mill new; Olivet 1’ horse grain drill*: Galvanised water tank: DeLaval No 12 separator r I*l* • CORN PICKER A TRUCKS- .McDerring Sn good condition; Ford Model A 1931 track With ■ tion. Model T Ford track and bos. 9 MISCELLANEOUS Large window sa-h Wot I Lumber 2x4'a. 4x< and <ls«; G:»rland coal >n<! , r j 1 Kerosene stove and oven attached. Large l"t * Man's Bicycle, good then; articles too nnm- -' 1 TERMS- CASH E J. Scheiner & Sons, 0* Roy 8. John/on- Auctioneer Chrlat Bobnke—Anct. . T Schlefersteln -Clerk Lnnch will »*

tre*< O-. flame* £ IltlMfiki a!«n ha<» 2 ? m alarm lr.it ti tx, m |..„.JO ported Jl.isrvr’ ‘.v, li.NB ti. w . ..'in v , y port of Aabo » a , I air .'on. piano* |