Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1945 — Page 6

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Star Net Tilts Thursday

All Proceeds Os Three Tills To Red Cross Fund A star-studded basketball program of three games, with all proceeds donated to the Red Cross war fund, was announced today by Red Cross officials. The three game program will be hold at the Decatur junior-senior high school gymnasium Thursday evening of this week. The program: 7 p. m. —Decatur Junior High team vs New Haven Junior High quintet. 8 p. m. —Decatur G. E. Girls vs Pott Wayne G. E. Girls. 9 p m. —McMillen vs Kraft Cheese. All expenses of the three-star exhibition are being defrayed hy the G. E. Club, the Central Soya company and the Kraft Cheese company through their athletic associations. These companies are paying for the cost of the gym and the officials. All proceeds, after the deduction of the federal amusement tax, will go tp the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross to swell the war fund campaign now being carried on throughout the county. Tickets are being sold by the Rotary and Lions clubs of this city and by the Boy Scouts, in' addition to the athletic associations which sponsor the industrial, teams. Tickets are priced at 50 cents for adults and high school students, and 25 cents for children in the grade schools. The Decatur high school band, under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer, will be on hand to enliven the proceedings. Miss Mildred Worthman, high school teacher, who supervises the canteen operated at the gym during high school games, also r«Wfßn«dj ; o o; — Last Time Tonight — ( “HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN” wck Benny, Joan Leslie, and hundreds more! ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax 1 Q O > r- ■ ; < WED. & THURS. < . I* o o I OUR BIG DAYS! | i First Show Wed. at 6:30 | ’ Continuous Thur, from 1:30! i BE SURE TO ATTEND! Q fuHE itat plajudl : Charles LAUGHTON Ella RAINES JSpftf «IU DEAN HARENS Slaalej C. Riiges Hairy Baiiell Rusliid lui Sat, — “KISMET” o—o Corning Suri.—Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman in "For Whom The Bel|

announced that the canteen will be open Thursday night, and all proceeds will also be donated to the Red Cross. In order to keep the games running on schedule, the first game will be limited to six-minute quarters and the other Iwo games to eight-minute quarters. The Decatur Junior high team has won IS of 14 games played this season, including the city championship series with the St. Joseph school. Its only loss was to Hartford township, later avenged in a return meeting of the I teams. The Decntur lads edged | out a one-point victory over New ' Haven in an overtime battle on the New Haven floor a few weeks ago. The second game, between the girls teams of the Decatur and Fort, Wayne General Electric clubs, promises to be an unusual attraction. These teams play under men’s rules, with five players on each team and the entire game played under regulation men’s rules. In the final game, the McMillen and Kraft teams will be battling for the championship of the City industrial league. Kraft won the first half league title, and McMillen, by taking a playoff tilt last night, 34 to 31, copped the second half honors, Thursday night’s game between these two teams will he the first of a, three-game series for the league crown and should provide a fitting climax to this star Red Cross benefit tilt. Officials will be Steve Everhart and Chet Kleinknight. 0 STATESOLONS (Continued From Page One) of world war II produced a wide variety of acts. Others were ineffective until the acts are promulgated, several months hence. Republicans assumed full control of state government in a batch of legislation which moved unhaltingly through the lawmaking mill. From a public interest standpoint, the major bills of the assembly were the liquor bill, two election bills and three public welfare measures. The liquor bill .put the GOP in the driver’s seat of the lucrative beverage distribution business, doubled state excise taxes and set new opening and closing hours for taverns. Excise taxes estimated at 6,000,000 annually will He earmarked for post-war institutional construction at the request of the governor. One of the election bills recodifies state vote laws. Democrats assailed this measure more than any other during the session, claiming that it would do little to correct a * situation which they termed responsible for registration and voting irregularities last November. These charges resulted in a U. S. senate investigation. The other postponed 104 city CORT o o — Last Time Tonight — “JADE MASK” With CHARLEY CHAN & “DESTINY” Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis 9c-30c Inc. Tax O O WED. & THURS. YOUTH-ON THE RAMPAGE! FREE...to run w/ldl FREE... to mock the law! FREE...from parental love! fate " FOjQ PAUL KELLY LEE PATRICK * •tMa«um.«e»*CLMi MMTNYPCVfaMN V Ak «Um»M MMMAU O—O Coming Sun.—“ Night Club Girl” & "Mark of ths Whistler.” I

i McMillen Wins ■ Title In Second : Half Os League r . The McMillen quintet, erasing a . four-point half-time deficit, came , from behind iq the second half to i register a 34 to 31 victory over Kraft Cheese Monday night at the Lincoln gym, and win the second half championship of the City Industrial league. McMillen’s victory last night necessitates a playoff for the league title, as Kraft eppped the first half honors. The first game of the playoff series will be played Thursday night as the feature of the threetilt program at the Yellow Jackets gym in the big Red Cross war fund benefit. Kraft held an 11-10 lead at the first quartej and boosted this margin to 19 to 14 at the half. McMil-’ len pulled within a point at 24 to 23 at the third quarter and went out in front during the final period to win by three pointe. D. Schnepf for McMillen and Reynnolds for Kraft led their teams with 13 points each. In a preliminary game, the Central Soya team defeated the Craigville Mudhens, 35 to 23. Soya led at the half, 17 to 16. Baumgartner and Myers each tallied eight poin’s for Soya, with Kern’s 10 points leading Craigville. Central Soya FG FT TP Snyder, f 0 0 0 Arnold, f 10 2 Baumgartner, c 2 4 8 Lee, g 0 0 0 Steiner, g 2 0 4 R. Schnepf, f 0 0 0 Myers, f 4 0 8 Painter, f 113 Pierstorff, c 3 0 6 Sharp, g — 10 2 Hirschy, g 10 2 Totalsls 5 35 Craigville FG FT TP Kern, f 5 0 10 Byerly, f 4 19 Tschannen, c 10 2 rieckley, g 0 0 0 Woodward, g 0 0 0 Barger, c 10 2 Totalsll 1 23 McMillen FG FT TP D. Schnepf, f 4 5 13 DeLong, f 4 19 K. Schnepf, c 3 2 8 Way, g 10 2 Hirschy, g 10 2 ’ Totalsl3 8 34 Kraft FG FT TP Reynolds, f 6 1 13 N. Saalfrank, f 12 4 Strickler, c 2 0 4 Franke, g 2 2 6 Kraft, g 10 2 Crabill, g 0 0 0 Scherer, g 10 2 Totalsl3 5 31 Referee, Everhart. o — GROUP ORDERED FOR (Continued From Page One) man John Baumgartner, Robert Louis Nussbaum, Charles Delmar Connelley, Donald Edward Kipter, Carlton Ralph Tieman, Wendell Lloyd Abbott,. Clyde Leo Gerber, Julius Joseph Baker (transfer from New York City), Merle Monroe Krider (transfer from Crookston, Minn.) In addition, two classified 4-E (conscientious objectors), Bernard Milton Mazelin and Henry J. Shetler, were accepted for duty at a work camp. elections from 1946 to 1947, giving mayors a five-year term. Welfare measures in final form held little resemblance to those introduced with the blessing .of the 1943 legislature’s welfare investigating commission. But members of the commission indicated they were well satisfied with the result and felt 'that the welfare laws had been improved. LOANS PRIVATELY MADE Would a loan of $25 to $250 or more help you? If so, it can be easily arranged. FOR fXAAIPIC If you are in need of SSO and have a steady job, you can borrow it on your own signature. No one else signs. See Us Today , LOCAL LOAN COMPANY 1 InoorssHtid Over Schlftr Store — TtIHkMS MCATUR, INDIANA Open Daily 8:30 to 5:30 Thun. until 13:30

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Semi-Final Tourneys Reported Sellouts By United Press Tickets to the four semi-final tournamenits of the 35th annual state high school basketball meet next Saturday were in the same category as cigarettes, scotch whisgy and nylon stockings today. It was a case of having to “know somebody”—and probably pay a stiff price—if you were not, a high school student and wanted the desired' tickets. The Indiana high school athletic association doubled seating accomodations for the semi-finals by moving three of them to university gymns at Butler, Purdue and Indiana this season. The fourth meet remained at Muncie, where the fieldhouse seats 6,500. J. W. Stradling, ticket manager of the semi-final at Indiana U., said demands there exceeded the 7,200 ticket supply by 5,000. Roscoe D. Shaffer, manager at Muncie, said no tickets will be placed on sale to the general public since the tour competing schools requested ‘heir full allotment. Morris McCarty, manager of the Lafayette tourney, reported the same situation as at Muncie and Bloomington, while at Indianapolis —where the Butler fieldhouse seats 14,500 fans —the demand was far over the supply. Oxford high school's basketball team was the surprise winner of the Lafayette regional and the town’s 863 inhabitants are requesting many times 863 tickets for the semi-final at Lafayette, McCarty reported. o « COMMITTEE (Continued From Page One) which the president nominated him. Not only did both Jones and Wallacp approve Vinson's nomination, but Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D., Va„ said it was an excellent choice. “1 predict,” said Byrd, "that Vinson will receive virtually the unanimous approval of the senate." (Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., 0., and other Republicans were almost equally favorable to Vinson. The latest chapter of the angry dispute between Wallace and Jones thereby is ending in a spirit of comparatively good feeling. The - instant reaction of Jones and such conservatives as Byrd and Taft suggests that Vinson nomination has been “accepted in congress as considerably more of a concession to the right wing than to the left wingers sere in Washington. o Grace Farlow Rites Held This Afternoon 'Funeral services were held thia afternoon at the First Methodist church in Geneva for Sfm. Grace Farlow, ®l, of Fort Wayne, whose death occurred Sunday. Interment was in the Westlawn cemetery. Survivors Include the husband, B. iR. IFarloiw, two sone, Loren and Keith; her father, V. L. Snow, and a sister >Mrs, Bertha Pusey of Geneva. Trade. In a Good Town — Decatur

t New Strike Halts. War Plant Output Report New Dispute From Detroit Area Detroit, Mar. 6. — (UP) —A new strike by about 2,000 war workers halted production by Gar Wood Industries, Inc., today. Meanwhile, efforts to settle a labor dispute which has shut down aimament output by seven Briggs Mfg. Co. plants since Thursday were unsuccessful. The latest dispute in this arsenal area was a protest by members of local 250, United Auto Workers 1 (CIO) union, against a change in shift hours. It followed company announcement that a 10-hour fiveday week would be put into effect instead of an eight-hour six-day week. Five plants were affected. Briggs strike leaders said they expected aid, from UAW international executive board members now meeting in New York in settling their dispute. Approximately 15,000 United Auto Workers (CIO) union members were affected by the walkout, which began at the Mack Avenue plant in protest against dismissal of workers accused of instigating previous strikes. Additional discharges of men who allegedly organized the present walkout have brought the number of dismissed •to 15. o Oregon Legion Post Reinstates Veterans (Indianapolis. March 6. —,(UP) — Tne Hood River, Ore., American Legion post notified national legion beadquarters today that the names of 15 servicemen have been restored on its honor roll. * J. B. Edington, commander of the Hood River post which had etrickeh the names of 16 JapaneseAmericans from the honor roll, said in a telegram that the action had been taken at a meeting last night. Legion hedquarters eaid that the name of one man had been left off the list because he had* been discharged dishonorably from the service. o Sinatra Is Ruled As 'Non-Essential' Jersey City, N. J., Mar. 6. —(UP) —Frank Sinatra’s draft board' has decided that Sinatra’s crooning baritone 1® not “necessary for the national health, safety and interest.” Ira W. Caldwell, chairman of the board, announced last week that the crooner had. been in 2-A (F), a category reserved for men not fit for military duty but in essential work. The board changed that classification last night and reclassified Sinatra 4-F. He has a punctured eardrum. The 4-F classification would make the singer liable to work draft under proposed work-or-flgbt legislation. * —— *“■ ■■ ■ Trade In a Good Town — Decatur r.”- • - • - V

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Intramural League Games Are Played Three Intramural league games were played Monday evening at the Decatur Junior-senior high school gym. In the lightweight division, the Maroons defeated the Hawks, .>0 to 22, and in the heavyweight division, Hhe Bears were handed a pair of defeats, the Redekins winning, 27 to 26, and the Eagles triumphing, 21 to 15 Hawks KG FT TP Jackson, f.* 3 0 *' Gentis, f 10 2 Everett, c 0 0 0 Kingsley, g 4 0 8 Rice, g 2 0 4 Durbin, f 10 2 Totalsll 0 22 Maroons FG FT TP Dietch, £ 0 0 0 Slusher, f 6 2 14 Arnold, c 2 0 4 Moser, g 2 0 4 Saarp, g 3 0 6 Moore, f ' 10 2 Totals*..l4’ 2 30 Bears FG FT TP Stucky, f 3 0 6 Ross, f 3 0 6 Taylor, c 12 4 Freeby, g 0 0 0 Arthur, g 3 0,6 Werling, f 2 0 4 Totalsl2 2 26 Redskins FG FT TP Hammond, f 2 0 4 Christen, c 7 3 17 Whititridge, gll3 Lichtenstieger, g 113 Totalsll 5 27 Eagles FG FT TP Thieme, f 3 0 6 Barnett, f-0 0 0 Fennig, c 2 0 4 Knittie, g 2 0 4 Kolter, g 2 15 Haley, f 0 0 0 Polock, g 10 2 Totalslo 1 21 Bears FG FT TP Ross, f 113 Stucky, f 3 0 6 Werling, c 0 0 0 Arthlifr,' g 2 0 4 Taylor, g 10 2 Fveehy, c 0 0 0 1 ■ — —i — Totals 71 15 Referee, Porter. Umpire, Lichtenstieger. New Effort Made To Draft Skilled Labor Workers Sought For Massachusetts Plant Naw Bedford, Mass., March 6— (UP)— Entouraged by a U. S. district court ruling, the war manpower commission today resumed its second attempt to draft skilled lalbor from textile mills here- for work in two critical tire cord plants. The WIMC announced last night the management of 10 fine cotton mills had siUbmitted a new list of 90 names of workers to fill critical joibs in the Fisk and Firestone tire cord plan'a. Only a saw hours earlier, federal judge Charles E. Wyansiki Jr. at Boston dismissed a petition for a restraining injunction brought iby the textile workers union of America (CIO) in an effort to halt labor drafting. Union officials said that their future course would Be determined after legal advisers bad studied Judge Wyzanski’s decision. (In his decision, Judge Wyzanski ruled that the WiMiC directive on latbor drafting actually was only a “Recommendation” and an appeal to the “patriotism” of the people. He said it was similar in many respects to the first case involving the Montgomery Ward and Co., Inc., and the national war labor board. 0 INTENSIVE (Continued From Page One) ble said, appears to be the best yet devised. But the record high national and state quotas, he added, "demand the very best that advertising, press and radio can muster to pave the way for the sales job which must be done by the millions of volunteer bond sellers.” ThA sixth war loan, which exceeded all l s « goals, sought individual purchases of $5)000,090,000 including $2,'500,000,000 in series E bonds. The new drive has afi K bond goal of $4,00,000,000,090. o He only is a well-made man who has « good determination.—Emerson.

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CHURCHH-L VISITS (Continued From Page One) Germany the valiant Russians are pressing on. Anyone can see that one good strong heave all together will bring the war in Europe to its end; will heat down tyranny and open the path to peace and a return to the homelands.” Churchill went through the shell-pocked Reich forest to high ground overlooking the enemy lines three miles away near the Rhine. Asked what he thought about a future crossing of the Rhine, he said that “no river has ever been a barrier.” At one point on his tour Churchill fired a giant artillery shell into the German lines. On it he scrawled “for Hitler —personally.” He grinned like a schoolboy when the gun went off, then trudged across a muddy field to rejoin his official party. o — FLOOD DANGER (Continued From Page One) Elmer W. Sherwood, Indiana adjutant general, to take charge of flood relief work. “All requests will clear through this adjutant general’s office or will be established throughout the through sub headquarters which will be established throughout the flood area, Gates said. ‘He instructed state police to set

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up a system .of “on the spot” c J muni'eations and to send additj J officers to southern Indiana. ■ Gates also called a meeting gl state officials and repyesentabj of the civilian air patrol, the J erican Red Cross and the <-!,■; J defense council to coordinale 3 lief work. ■ Many schools were closed, Mucl farmland was under water J countless families, forced itheir homes by the rising st ream J still were staying with relat J and friends. ■ Residents of Aurora and LaM renceburg were nauseated for s J eral hours yesterday .by the smeN of low-grade crude oil released jfl on the Ohio river when a pipelittN of the Standard Oil company rufl tured at Laconia, Ky. 9 Tobinsport. in Perry county, m mained isolated by the Ohio rivN and adjacent backwaters. Al! roaiN leading to the town were uiiM water and the last connecting liaN with other communities was seveH ed when ferry service was suspenN ed. I Flood control experts said, how ever, that the flood danger alonl Ohio river cities, and those bordJ ing the White and Wabash riverN was over for this spring. Tli?B said additional rain would haw slight effect. g o I Faith is to set up standards <■ courtesy, kindness, and justice, afl cording to some inner light, and ■ maintain them against the