Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1944 — Page 6

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Major Leagues Open Schedule Os Night Tilts Washington Plays First Os 43 Niqht Games Scheduled N*w York. May 1" ill’) Several major l**;igue* ba” club; tonight | begin th<- most unpi«*v-d*'nt*>*d | *< he-duh- <>f a el iii • !**' | history of the national i«po r? Tin W ashington S.-nato' -. whex*- • sun tan from this poin* hence will have to .!»»• acquired on the road, open their seriiH of 13 night i ontesla -by playing h**-t > 'lie t : larui* Br»wn*. ini i u leaders ot the Am., nan le ( gm- The only home day gum--* which remain on the Wa '.img on .-.hedul.- are on Sundays and holidays. other Initial nigft; ..nine Include Boston at Pittsburgh and New York at Cincinnati in the national league as play in the fhwt Intersectiona! * rivalrbw opens with tn.- Eastern clubs of the National league in the w<Mt and the Western half of the American league m the east. Day war workers will have a chance to p»7 night games of major league l*u**4>al! this reason Chab and League officials, with an eye to rehiv I’fon tor wat workers and incidentally, towaid their own

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;>,> -k- 'Looks, vo'-ii the ufter-dark .■am e to those elute whose park* a< ■ equipped with lighting factual the winter meeting las i >’• ar. j 1.1 the American Leicue Washington, of course, leads in tile Itum- >< r of aftei dark gain***. St. lamia follow, with 21. and Chit ago I'itiladelpiiia and C'eveland w. allotted II . a it. I»e roit tcheduled seven is it cont> ' ami Boston and ■ N >. Yo •» play oflly day games a: i home. ■| tonal League play* la > I ' e Ilian the lunate gamut in the I | junior circuit with St Louis Card-! I trials allotted 21. -even more than I I any of tin other-. Brooklyn. New . York. Philadelphia, Pitisburgh and I t’im inn.s! play 11, and Boston and i ! Chicago play none. Th<- added night g;tm*n. couph-d I Jw.ih t fa : tint there hs plenty I i: money 4 i.i'». , • for ti -kete. promi o-s to rive ba soba 11 etna of R* big • ■y- i t He ite FORMER SEN. HOLT eCon'lnitw-1 Feune t'iei*e I* o lii .iiinouh rt his -lipport ot Pre idellt ’ Uoo-- vdl. Fifty Repub in ail delegates named w ill back Brie k r. In the West Virgin.i gubernatorial tire, return from 775 of 'he stat. - 2.79*; precinc's give: I> moi i itii fitiillt judge 1 'la, :ft Me .ulow 5o See'* II dl 1*1.1'12 lleptlblican: Mayor It It nine Ihw ' in. Chari* ton iII.ML R. .1 ( Kiinkhoiisc million.me Indus- , 'rialisi. 22 'll'' In Oh o 7.1'11 of th.- s'at- « * 872 , precinct* gave: | Repuldican: Mayor .Limes (Jar- , field St. a.< t of Cincinnati 130,251: , Thoma- .1 11-b.-rt 111.177: Paul , llerlw rt l*'3 7"l Item -ratio: ( Muyor Frank .1. Lailseh of Cleveland 111 r*s: Marlin L Sweeney , I" 17' In. the two primal ie- President | Roo-ev<-lt picked up 7" delegates. , lb i i-vp.'i ”'l '<• pick up *:ft more We I. ud they will b< eiomuh to give him an actual conception , majority ' | A Wyoming Democratic dedegati< n of It; electe d Monday night , in c ‘ot.* vent ion at, Ca per will sup- | port Mr. Roosevelt. Texas Demo- ( erats met in county conventions y< -teiday. but th state conven- ( 'ion will not In- held until May 23

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Milwaukee Brewers Win Sixth Straight Columbus Redbirds Lose To Kansas City < By I'nited Press) The Milwaukee Brewer* continued fat out in front in the America!’ Association today after b.-ating fin- Toledo Mudhetis 7 to 2 for' th* ir sixth straight victory • ye-t.-iclay while the second place I'olumbiH RedbuMs lost a 2 to 1 de . Islon to fh< kittsae City Blues. The Brewers tapped out three j doubles and 11 singles off pitche rs Herman Fink. Don Spence and Hoy Smith, -coring one run In each us th.- second, fourth and seventh innings amt two each in the fifth and sixth. Pitcher Earl Caldwell held the Mitdlic no to eight hits, scattered in all 1 ut the* third Inning when he wa- touched for two runs. Kansas City pushed the winning run ac ross the plate in the eighth inning to. break a one-tun tie with the* Redbirds. The- victory, the •Ixth of the- season for the Blues, put them hi fourth place in the ae-.-oc iation. Minneapolis' !» to X 10-htning victory over Indianapolis put th.- Millers only .* few points from a tie with tin* Redbirds for *■( 011*1 place. The* .Millers reached pitchers David Odom. Harry Kelley and Joint Hutchings for 11 hits. Minneapolis o|H-iie><i the game with four runs in th*, first frame, two each in the < ixth and loth and one In the ninth. Th. Indians tied th*- game in thee ighth inning after scoring one run in th*- third. tht**e in th*’ fourth and on*- in th*- sixth. Both teams scored a single rm in the ninth and tin- gam*- went into extra innings tied at seven all. Tin* Indian* scored one run In their half of th*- loth to make* a • trong bid for victory but Hi*- Mil b-is cam*- back witlt a two-run nelly that won the leal! gam*-. The Indian* will play the Millers again, today, their last game under the- managership of owner Ownte Bush, who has given up active dire-* tloei of the te am he** sitae* of illness Ila will be succeeded by Bernard (Mike) Kelly, former coach of tit*- Chicago White- Sox. Th*- lamisvilie Colonels knocked out five- hits to whip the St. Paul Saint ■ 3 to 2 itt ait s-xtia-lnnlng gam*-. St. Paul took a two-run lead In the lim inning but after that pitcher James Wilson settled 'down to a due-1 with la>y Camp unttl the eighth tram*- when laeulsvllle pushed two imis lionie to tie th*- score. Lo'ilsviH*. -.cored th*- winning run In the tenth. • — —o —— Today's Sports Parade By JACK CUDDY (Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off.) New York. May It*. tl'l’i—Life begins anew at Chicago today for chucklin' Charley Grimm, the "good humor man of baseball" who decide-*! he would rather cast his lot w ith a last |>Jac*e big league team than with a first place minor league outfit. Tin- cheerful 45-year-old veteran, who took over th*- last place Cubs Sunday in time to see them extend their losing streak to 12 straight with a double defeat, has had a chance by now to look over th*- allegi-d talent on the roster and see wbat- if anything can be done about putting them back on the winning train. He may decide before tlie moon or some of his

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A GOOD MAN C•a • ■ - By J ac k 'M 7 f J' w f dr r j’’l J I' j z 4e Leo [I Cu6$MiTf&RS \ LAST y'EARwiiTM • A'l Av'ecA&c. cf. 520 ' 4 "■ .. X'J? ) ■ Goocmm /J Os fae-CM'CA&OCuBS, HeAoep fvr a4oTmcr ae Y&ar. * Ivfl■ r I moonshining ball player* get full for the final assault and at zero again that hl* la Indeed a "grim" hour Sunday loosed a thunderous I * ol ' barrage* on the three concrete and i The team Is without a first dates steel defense lines built by the catcher, and outside of two young German* In the- hills surrounding i pitcher*, f-kidle* Hanyzewski and the naval base. , Henry Wyse, m-ems to be about de- Soviet infantry waiting for the void of first class hurling talent, signal to advance saw huge blocks However, on paper at least, it of granite hurled Into the air by ehapes up as one of th*- most ro- the impact of thousands **f 'tons bust hitting outfits In the majors of, shells. When they reached the and if Grimm can get the Bruins fortified heights. they found "bat happy" again they, may even ma»-es of twisted German guns, yet become contenders. snarled steel girders and wooden Grimm, the "happy-go-lucky" beams atp! torn bodies of German banjo playing, swing singing. Jok- and Romanian soldiers Ing pal of his players, gave up one Indicating the size of the Rusof the most attractive setups In sian aysaul! force. Premier Martin- minor' leagues' to rejoin the shai Joeef Stalin paid tribute to I Cubs, where from his own past ex ; 54 commanders, including 12 Inperience. he must realize that his fantry and five artillery’ generals, future is anything but secure. At in his order of the day announc Milwaukee, Grimm had a certain Ing tho capture of Sevastopol contender, a Well-laid plan with in the final stages of the Soviet owner Phil K. Wrigley of the Qub assault, th Russians first clejimd farm there to put in a new postwar the entire north side of Seva-to-park to replace the rickety old pol bay Monday night, then openstructure now in use, and the most ed fire on enemy evacuation ships loyal fans in the biwiness. -They i over open sights. Thousands of ••ven came out to sep Charley mow enemy troops boarding ships for th*- lawn in the outfield last sum-1 an attempt to escape drown-*1 or rner when the manpower shortage ' perished in fires kindled by Soviet became so acute the club couldn't shell*.. get anyone dse to do it. Russian planes added to the Now back at Wrigley Field, the holocaust by blowing up several "grave yard of managers,'' the ships and setting more than 30 wame Wrigley may not be so en- fires in and around the bay. tliuslastic if Grimm fail* to pull Motor torpedo boats sank two the club out of its stretch of the more enemy transports totalling doldrums that extends over several 7,000 ton* in the Black Sea. seasons. The only other sector of the Grimm must remember only too ground fronts from which activity well what happened in 193 s when was reported was southeast of the Cubs got off to a late etart and Htanlsiawow In old Poland, where he was tired summarily in August, Sp»i«t guardsmen repulsed a Gerwith catcher Gabby Hartnett given ™““ attack by knocking out three the job of steering them on to the taokt and killing some 4no of the pennant. If that memory escape* ‘■t** m >'- him, he might recall an almost ex- "'r force bomber* sahk a act parallel in 1932 when he sue- 2.000 ton transport and three motreeded Rogers Hornaby a* manager or torpedo boats in a raid on the In Augtut and went on to lead the Finnish |»ort of Kotka and bombed team to a flag. concentrations of military trains However, one thing seems to be * l T “P a •“ northern Estonia. i In his favor—a tradition for the 0 club to go on and win a pennant IJA IAD I CACHE when a new manager takes over FIAJUK LLAvUL after the season start*. Now that he has succeeded big Jimmy Wil- {V son with the team In the cellar. A there is only one direction It can go and that ie up. They may ml*s the flag by a big margin, but a winning streak such as they put on Sfr\ under Grimm in 1935, when they romped to 21 straight September ( / victories and a pennant, could do ■/ wonders toward restoring the laggIng faith of those north aide Chi* f t" A ai |w|||d* f Although only first baseman Phil Cavaretta la left from the crew NATIONAL LEAGUE which Grimm left in 1939, he won't be entirely In unfamiliar company. W. L. Pct: GB lx>u Novikoff, the uninhibited Hu«- St. Louis 12 5 .7M sian won the American Association Phiiadalphia 9 5 ,«43 )% batting championship with a .370 Cincinnati 9 6 .000 2 mark tor Grimm at Milwaukee in Pittsburgh 7 « .53m 3 1941 after the Cubs decided they Brooklyng 7 .533 couldn't use him. Eddie Stankey. New Work 8 9 .471 4 hard-hitting young infleider also Boston ...» 7 11 .389 5H was a lop performer with Grimm's Chicago ....„ 1 12 .077 9 Wisconsin Wonders, but Wilson —— never saw fit to use either of them AMERICAN LEAGUE regularly. Grimm probably will have them both in the lineup, and W. L. Pct. GB It wouldn't be surprlaing to see a St Louis 13 6 .722 few other changes when the Cute New York«... 9 4 .692 take the field against the Phillies Washington 8 7 .533 3'4 today. Chicago 8 8 .500 4 o- ■ ■ Cleveland 8 9 .471 4'4 RUSSIAN ARMY Bo * to " • • -«m> ffUJJIAH ARMI Philadelphia.... « 9 .400 514 (Coatinusd prom Page t> OwtTOtt 5 12 .294 714 lof ruins by artillery fire never YESTERDAY'S RESULTS I experienced before on such a- - scale, and incessant air bomb- National Langue I No games scheduled. I I Itereliy thoueands of heaxy American League I guns were hauled up to the front No games scheduled.

Property Tax Base Change Suggested Ask More Equitable System Os Taxation Indianapolis, May 1". (VP) The Indiana postwar planning conference adopted a resolution last night at Its final session urging th*-gelii-ral assembly to pass legkilation toward* gaining a more equitable sysivin of properly valuation by investigation of real estate tax base. The tax resolution wa* one of eevcral recommendation* adopt--*! by the two-day conference, spoil-1 *9red by the Indiana economic council am! attended by representatfves of Hoosier business, agriculture. civic and government Interest*. Other resolution* adopted included authoi izatlon for iminiclpalitie-** to creat reserve fund* with which to finance postwar projects; Indorsement of th** Benjamin Harrison memorial calling 'or establishment of the memorial for»-»t, a graduate school of forestry in Indiana|K>ll* and the Indianapolie ifarrtson home a national memorial. and authorization for munh-i---palitie* to broaden th*- local tax base to provide for special licensing of business and th*- transfer of certain state Imfiine back to its mu niclpal sources. Other resolutions looking forward to Indiana's postwar era urged th*- establishment of a state division of publicity and reorganization of th*- state board of health following recommendations made ■ by state health commissioner Dr. , Thurman B Rice Including training of public health officers and worker* at the state-owned univer1 sltle* and colleges. ' Panel discussions on apectfic { phases of postwar development were held yesterday before th*' last '' general meeting. Bpeaker* during " th*- day included Charles M. Zelgf ler. Michigan state highway com- ", mktsloner; Robert Kingery. Chicago regional planning association 1 general manager, and Alfred F. '• Heino. I'nited Air line* architeetur--1 al designer » □ FRENCH INVASION > (Contiaae*! From rage t) suburli of Paris. "Annecy in east- ' ern France, and Beilin. ' The attack on the Ge t man capital was carriod out by molquito bombers. The Evening News called the attack on the French coast an "earthquake blitz." Today, marauder medium and J havoc light bombers of the I'. S. ninth air force-bombed rail yard . at Mons and Tournal. Htdglum. ! and I,'rell, France, along with the Polx airfield west of Amiens. They were escorted by Allied spit-1 I fires, ( Thunderbolt fighter bombers' of the ninth dive-bombed a vital rail ( bridge at Mantes-Gassicourt and , rail yards mid a power plant at Vlenciennes. Thunderbolt fighters escorted them while other thttndr erlwlt* strafed an airfield north t of Rhelms. ( The first reported daylight attacks added some 700 sorties to f the totals since midnight, which , on the .hasls of announced operations by noon had reached 1,200- ( . Since midnight, RAF heavies and the American planes had s dropped some- 3,000 ton* of bombs ! on Germany's forward installat tions Twin-engined mosquitoes carried out the raid on Berlin, planting two ton blockbusters among the ruins of the battered capital before it* huge net of searchlight and- antiaircraft batteries could gel them within range. Seven planes were lost in th,* night s operations. • • DAWSON QUITS for governor. “It had been my Intention to retire to private life upon compietiem of my term of nfllce as lieutenant governor. However. 1 felt I could not refuse to become a candidate with so many of my friends urging . me to run. With the thought of rendering 1 a service to the people of Indiana, and not with any Idea of gaining political power or advantage. I 1 yielded to their demanda. "However, during the past few 1 days. It hun become apparent that the member* of our party favor the nomination of someone eke for that honor. Under these conditions. I have decided to withdraw from the race for the gubernatorial • nomination. ■ At the same time, I pledge my 1 unswerving loyalty u> the Rtpubhcan party and Its principles and to 1 the men and women nominated at 1 the coming state convention. My i heartfelt thanks go to those loyal 1 friends who have supported my candidacy. "I pledge my support and jive my wholehearted endoraetnent to the honorable Ralph f. Galea of Columbia City fur the nomination for govenor. "Inasmuch as my own district,

the 11th. has given it* endorsement to the candidacy of Homer E (’apehart for the nomination for I'niied States senator, 1 give the same endorsement to Mr. Capehurt and recommend him to tliedelegate* to the state convention for that high honor." NAVY HEADS tContinu*4 From Pago 1) already ha* been revealed that h*> i* to leave- hl* Routh Pacific com-1 manel because action ha* moved out of his area. What new post !■*- will tell is a matte r of <-eiije-i tm *-. 31 To 1 Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, May I*>. il'l’i American ! troops, In their successful Invasion of Dutch New Guinea, killed at least 31 Japanese for every doughboy lost during th*-‘lii*t 17 days of operations in the- llollandia area. It was diMclose-d today. A communique from Gen. Doug las MacArthur's headquarter announced that 871 Japanese were I killed and 183 captured in th*- invasion, considered a major step on the- road back to the I'hllipitlties. American casualties for th*- same period We-re Hated yesterday ae 28 killed and 95 wounded. Th*- loss of an American P-T boat off th*> southeast coast of i Bougainville, In the northern Solomon*. Friday night, was revealed by th*' rttminuuique. The- bieal was sunk when it an.l

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