Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1945 — Page 6

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Jackets Drop Close Till To Berne Quintet Decatur's Yellow Jackets closed their regular season Friday nigln, dropping a bitterly-fought struggle to the Herne Hears, 38 to 32, on the Herne hardwood. It was the third meeting of the season for these old rivals, with Herne winning two of the games, j Last night’s tilt was one of the ; closest fought games these rivals | have ever played. The final margin of six points | chalked up by the Hears does not j indicate the intensity ol the' struggle. The Rears held a slight lead of j 12’to 10 at the end of the first quarter. The Yellow Jackets came ( back in the second period to pull , into an 18-18 tie at the half-time j intermission. j The rival quintets traded points j thfoughout. the third quarter, and were etill tied, at 26-26, as the final eight minutes of play opened. becatur pulled into a 30 to 27

Jehd fiuit Berne came back to even the score at 32-32 with less than two minutes to play. Kneuss then tallied a field goal and a free throw Id tut the Bears in front to stay. Berne won the game on tree throws, counting 16 times from the foil line while the Jackets scored only eight points on free throws. •Domi Eichar, playing his final gatfie before leaving for armed service next Thursday, was the Jackets' leading scorer with 10 points, j Liechty was high scorer for Berm-1 with 11 points. tt Berne FG FT TP; Baumgartner, f 1 5 • I Liechty. f 3 5 11 E. Stucky, c 113 Lehman, g 3 0 6 Muselman. g .... .. -2 3 7 i J. Stucky, c 0 11 | Kneuss. g 11 " . Inniger, f 0 0 0 | Abraham, g 0 0 0 j Totals .11 16 38 j Yellow Jackets FG FT TP ; Beehler, f .. . 1 0 2 Steiner, f 2 2 6 j Hilt C 11 | Eichar, g 3 4 1° Bromer, g 3 17 Eichhorn, f 2 0 4 1 Brooks, f o 0 - Lehman, g.. 0 0 0 ; Totals - 12 8 32 Referee, Young. Umpire. Mosbaugh. Preliminary Berne 27, Decatur 16. —o H. S. BASKETBALL Auburn 39, Hartford City 24. New Haven 53, Hoagland 23. 1 Columbia City 35, Elmhurst 29. Kendallville 37, Waterloo 28. Ixto 38, Roanoke 25. Garrett 22, Avilla 20. Portland 56, Redkey 26. HuuUngt-on 47, Fort Wayne North \ 45. Bluffton 49, Fort Waytie C. C. 35. Fort Wayne Central *ls,'Marion — 1 ■> KaXOSnQHmj SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 Technicolor Comedy Hit! 808 HOPE “THE PRINCESS & THE PIRATE” Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan ALSO —Shorts 9c-40c Inc Tax o—o0 —0 TONIGHT — "The Conspirators” Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid. ALSO —Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax | CORTI SUN. MON. TUES. Matinee Sun.—9c-15c until 4 “ARMY WIVES” Elyse Knox, Dorothea Kent & “HI BEAUTIFUL” Noah Berry Jr., Martha O’Driscoll Evenings 9c-30c Inc. Tax O—O TONIGHT—Chae. Starrett, “Cyclone Prairie Rangera.” ALSO—“Raiders of Ghost City.” 9c-30c I no. Tax.

Monmouth Defeats Spartans, 32-29 ■ \ The Monmouth Eagles were given an unexpectedly lough batlie by the Pleasant Mills Spartans Friday night, but the Eagles came out on top by a 32 to 29 margin in a game on the Pleasant Mills court, Monmouth led at the first quarter, 5 lo 4, at’the half, 15 to 13. and at the third quarter, 27 to 21. Bienz | was the Eagles’ leader with 13. points, while Miller and Werlill" ; each tallied 10 for ithe Spartans. Monmouth FG FT TP | | Rice, f 2 15; i Kukelhan, f.. .... 1 I " | I Getting, c 1 2 4, I Singleton, g 3 17 Bienz. ' 4 5 13 Sell 11$, c 0 0 0 King, c 0 -o 0 Totals 11 1<» 32 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Miller, f ■ < 2 10 I (layer, f 0 11 Weriing, c 4 2 10 I L. Speakman, g 3 17 Sprunger, g . 0 11 P. Speakman, g 0 0 0 Totals 11 7 29 Referee, Geisel; umpire. Dubach. Preliminary Monmouth 28, Pleasant Mills 16.

-——-— —o Geneva Cardinals Defeat Hartford The county champion Geneva I Cardinals closed their season Frii day night with a victory over the I I Hartford Gufillas, but only a tough I fight, 31 to 27, mi the Hartford , fluor. Geneva led at the half, 15 to 14. I Schlagenhauf led the Geneva scori ing with 11 points and Moser was. outstanding for Hartford with 151 I points. Geneva FG FT TP, i Snow, f 3 0 6 ; Cook, f n " 0 , Hale, <■ 10 2' | Schlagenhauf, g . 4 3 11 j ' Teeter, g 2 I 5 : i Van Emon, n 3 1 * Totals 13 5 31 | I Hartford FG FT TP I roonnan, f 1 0 2 J Yoder, f 113 Moser, c 71 15 Hosier, g . .. .. .. 0 •• 11 Kauffman, g 0 0 0 Clark, g 3 17 Totals 12 3 27' Referee, Bryan; umpire. Lanagor. Preliminary Geneva 19, Hartford 18. —■—o— — From 80 to 90 percent of the American soldiers wounded on D-Day received medical care within 10 minutes after they had fallen. 38. * New Albany 29, Fort Wayne South 27. Gary Emerson 40, Gary Lew lace 34. Muncie Central 42, Richmond 40 ' (overtime)’ Bloomington 34. Washington 28.1 Jefferson vile 43, Connersville 31. Bedford 54, Evansville Central 40. Plymouth 46, Warsaw 31. Kokomo 35, Logansport 32. Indianapolis Tech 36, Shelbyville 33. Elwood 3®, Muncie Burris 27. Franklin 35, Martinsville 31. Peru 38, Rochester 36. Anderson 30, New Castle 25.

Sectional Tournament Schedule FRIDAY * 2 P. M. Jefferson I — i SATURDAY 1:30 P. M. I Commodores J f FRIDAY 3 P. M.l \ Monmouth \ o / SATURDAY NIGHT / Hartford BPM ( __ FRIDAY 7 P.M.] 7 Yellow Jackets SATURDAY 2:30 p. m. \ Berne , j I THURSDAY 7 P. M. FRIDAY 8 P.M.. Kirkland v— j Pleasant Mills f ( THURSDAY BP. M.l / " * 7 Monroe \ ‘ j Geneva / ' 1

Spilling The Pins In League Activities With Decatur Bowlers ■ MIES ALLEYS Central Soya League M A R won three from Truckers; ' Pencilpu.shers won Iwo from BetIter Halves; Traffic won two from j Elepeller; Research won Iwo from Erasers; Master, Mixers won two 'from Pilot; Analits won two from I Solvent. Standing W. L. | j Pencilpushers 14 4 I Truckers 13 5. | Traffic 13 5 1 ! Research .11 7 i MAR H ■ Pilot v 8 10 Elepeller ■ 7 11 | Erasers 7 11 I Analits 7.11 l Better Halves 6 12 Master Mixers 6 12 Solvent • 4 14 High series: Rowdon 583, Me- ! (’lure 580. Nash 549. Vizard 518. High games: Rowdon 220, Suyd . er 203. Huck 200, Nash 200. A COLLEGE BASKETBALL Illinois 56. Ohio State 41. Michigan 46, Northwestern 451 (overtime). Great Lakes 64, DePaul 56. Anderson 48, Huntington 27. I

o SCHEDULE DRAWN (Continued From Page One) Fort Wayne Sectional Thursday 7 p. m. — Central vs. Maumee | I Twp. 8 p. nt. —Central Catholic vs. New , I Haven. 9 p. m.—Harlan vs. South Side. | Friday 9 a. nt. —Leo vs. Huntertown. ; 10 a. m—Elmhurst vs. Lafayette Central. Ila. tn. —Arcola vs. North Side. | 2 p. in. —Concordia vs. Monroe-; ville. 3 p. nt.—Coesse vs. Hoagland. 4 p. tn.- —Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2.

— x - J||l ~W TREMENDOUS PILLAR OF SMOKE forms a funeral pyre above the Navy escort carrier U, S. S. Ommaney Bay as it sustains a mortal wound as a result of enemy action in the Philippines. The Ommaney Bay was a ship of the "Casablanca” class. Less than 100 of the carrier’s complement of 500 men were lost. This is an official V. S. Navy photograph. (International Soundphoto)

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CANADIAN FIRST ; | ’ (Continued From Page One) —■—■— '- I their fortified villages and field i ■ I'orlifications. i Every German silrbngpoint and I I battery in a five mile arc around j Goch and Calcar was blasted with j rockets, bombs and cannon-fire, I and tile nearby villages of Has- 1 I sum. Weeze and Asperdetn rocked | | for hours under an almost contin-| nous bomlyirdment. Other bombers ranged 20 miles I east ami 12 miles north of Gosh I | to pound the Rhine crossings at ■ Wesel and Rees. i Canadian. English and Scots I I infantrymen moved out of their I | muddy foxholes while the bombs i were still falling tip ahead and I | began rooting dazed Nazi'troopers jout of the wreckage of houses ■ and earthworks all along the | | attack front. On their left flank, Crerar’s troops captured Huisberden, four miles northwest of Calcar, while other units pushing down the | main road from Kleve were re-1 ported barely two miles north of | Calcar. Farther west, British units attacking down the Kleve-Uedem road uncovered a weak spot in the Nazi defenses and won a local breakthrough. They swept in behind the Germans’ crack 116th panzer division, split the Nazi armor and rolled almost four miles down the highway to within striking distance of the lateral Calcar-Goch road.

0 HEART ATTACK | (Continued From Page One) i bia City. Mrs. Nathan Gause, his ( step-mothers, also survives. One sister and two brothers I are deceased. Funeral services will be held I at the Zwick funeral home Mon-1 day afternoon at 2 o’clock with I Rev. Carey Moser of the First j Baptist church, officiating. The I body may be viewed at the fu- j neral home after 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. a Democrat Want Ads Get Results —

| Democrat Want Ads Get Results I j'. i TL* MAX (MOTTAL) COHEN, Denver, smokes, drinks, prays and reads, j despite the fact that 12 years ago he passed the century mark in I age. Only three of his 12 children are living, but they will honor their dad on Easter Sunday, April 1, when the centenarian cele- | brates his 113th natal day. Os world affairs, the oldster who is , a native of Russia, says "Roose- ' 1 velt want to Europe not for nothing." (lotemational) i I

Ta .Sal lljy •' HtaE THIS DRAMATIC TWO-PICTURE series shows what happens when Navy bombs meet their target "dead center.” In the top photo, bombs from carrier based planes of the U. S. Pacific fleet have just smashed into a Jap transport in Takao harbor at Formosa, during the strike of Jan. 15. Flames and smoke leap skyward as the concussion of bombs forms an almost perfect circle around the doomed ship, while the bottom photo, taken an instant later, shows debris powdering the sea and scattering high into the air as the enemy ship disintegrates. These are official U. S. Navy photos. (International Soundphotos)

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Stepup Is Urged In Saving Os Used Fats The war food administration haa called on the extension service to organize, immediau ly, a program to greatly atep-up in rural areas the saving and selling of used fats. Fats are urgently needed for war purposea- annmunition, coating for .ships and tanks, tWics and many other purposes.. Therefore, county agent L. E. Archbold, is calling a meeting of the leaders of many of .he farm and rural organizations to meet at the American Legion home, Decatur at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday. As a result of this meeting it is hoped to get the machinery set up s o the used fats in all of Adams county can be started to roll to t’he war front. — o RADIO TOKYO (Continued From Pag* l One) ing Tokyo today. A'Japanese communique said the second day of the unprecedented assault got under way at 7 a. m. (6 p. m. Friday. EWT) and still was continuing eight and a half hours later. STABILIZED WAGE .Continued From Page One) metal working plants. "These stabilized rates and ranges are not intended to disturb existing wage structures,"

Wurren said, "but are established to limit the degree to which existing wages may be adjusted with WBL.approval. • These rates are used as guides

)A* .«8, :' •' 'J Imhv 1 WOwJf? iWI ‘‘ a M | ) st,. 1 > 7 ‘ . Hl A GROUP OF GRIEF-STRICKEN Greek women from the Athens J weep over the exhumed bodies of their husbands, slain (luraj J civil war in Greece last December. This picture was made hl British officer during an investigation of atrocity charges j Greek Elaa forces by a committee of the British Trades UnfcJ grass. i >iin I o Xnkfuril * c POUMI r V* I a. HBSScoiocNsArriHri /)A J ruhr l n U7|l .-/ik /HL _ bunzlau,. o. y ■ J l]l 'rt's’ > A I J Z A J I J ■IIQdSS >3 SWITZERLAND d 5 1 -wwWisxi FKU.A lH£ StcGSRIED LINE to Cne Russian front, more than IM Allied warplanes battered German installations as brilliant, sptjj like sunshine flooded the battle zone, the weather finally tadj against the Germans. Soviet troops 60-odd miles from D:sa could see the flames as the important Nazi city was enrelojxia fire from the terrific aerial bombardment. And Dresden was M»l i of 10 key German cities used as targets by the around-the«l attack, one of the greatest of the war. Other urban areas mm into the Allied bombsights wer» Chemnitz, Magdeburg. Bohlen m Rositz—all south of Berlin and within 120 miles of the capital-Aj i Nuernburg, Bonn. Dortmund, Vienna and Baribor. (/nte.'Miwi ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ B ■ ■ ■ ■■■■■■■■■ ••I I I ■ NOTICE TAXI PATRONS ■ 5 TAXI SERVICE WILL BE DISC *OV! IM ED I a AFTER TODAY, ! a | ■ Saturday, Feb. 17, 1915. | I 1 ■ I ■ Thank you for your patronage. | J Mrs. Everett MeM • .1 IN O T I C E We will start laundering ; work and shirts i MONDAY Decatur Laundry & Dry Cleaners I 209 W. Jefferson St. Phone ''***s!ww:<a.:a ■ ■ ■ ■ ■’ 1 : Thank You! | H We sincerely thank our friends < inl ’ I H customers for their patronage and I jj while we were in business. It was a I H to serve you. . All persons owing accounts may pa.' I p same at the Schmitt Market. I • S. G.

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