Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1945 — Page 6

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Divided Twin Bills Feature Major Leagues New York. May 31. — (UP)—America’s first holiday since victory in Europe brought a quarter of a milion war-weary fans to major league baseball games yesterday, but es for seeing anything definite accomplished in either pennant race, all of them might as well have stayed on their front porches. Two pennant contenders, the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates came to the end of long winning streaks, but each atoned by salvaging one game in a double header. The same practice of splitting twin bills was in vogue almost everywhere. Only two teams, the Washington iterators in the American and the Cincinnati Reds in the National, made clean sweeps of the twin bills and both are imbedded so deeply in the second division that they were unable to get out even with two in a row. The largest crowd to see a baseball game since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor turned out for the Yankee-Tiger double header at Yankee stadium, with the total running to 70.906, including service mop. The Yankees were unable to oblige their supporters by winning aa they dropped the first game 3 to g, as the Tigers capitalized on Frank (Stubby) Overmire's steady pitching. They won the second, 3 to 2. however, on timely hitting by George Stirnweiss. Pittsbugh had no trouble in running its streak of victories to nine in the National, beating the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers. 13 to 5, in the opener. Brooklyn, apparently anxious to hold its season record of 12 straight wins, took the second game 14 to 10. The leading New York Giants won the first game against the Cubs at Chicago, 8 to 6, then dropped the'Second, 11 to 2, as their ace Bill Voiselle was batted out for his second straight defeat after eight straight victories. Manager Mel Ott of the Giants set a new National league record for total bases when he hit a double and single in the opener to bring his liftetime mark to 4,890, two better than the 4,888 total of Bonus (Hans) Wagner, Pittsburgh Pirate immortal. The Braves kept the defending champion Cardinals from gaining at St. Louis, winning the second game behind Jim Tobin’s effective pinch-pitching, 9 to 2, after the Red Birds took the opener in 12 Hillings, 4 to 2. The Reds took over sixth place in the National by beating the visiting Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati twice, 4 to 0 on Ed Heusser’s four-hit pitching, and 9 to 8 with a three run rally in the ninth of the second game. The Reds overcame —TODAY— Continuous from 1:30 ‘NOTHING BUT TROUBLE’ Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy ALSO —Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND! —o FRI. & SAT. “Our 11th Anniversary Week’’ o n | NOTE —Due to Extreme Length | ' of This Production Feature : , Starts Fri. at 7 P. M.—Contin- | i uous Shows Saturday from 1:30 j - o o ■ ... . ■ I • HERE IS \ A. J. CRONIN’S I THE KEiSOF IHEKLVGDOMj Gregory Peck," Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rosa Stradner, Roddy McDowell, James Gleason —o Gun. Mon. Tues.—Dennis Morgan, “God Is Our Co-Pilot/’ ■aw—l -

an 8 to 3 lead to win the second. Washington added to the humiliation of the champion St. Louis Browns on their current road trip by winning a twilight-night double header, 3 to 2, in 13 innings and, 5 to 0, behind Marino Pieretti’s fivehit pitching. It was the first double victory of the season for the Senators who moved up to sixth place. Thornton Lee of the White Sox beat the A’s, 5 to 2, in the opener at Philadelphia for his seventh win, but Russ Christopher countered that by winning, 4 to 2, on a fivehit job in the afterpiece for his seventh victory. Ben Steiner kept the Red Sox from winning the opener when he dropped an easy pop-up in the ninth to permit Cleveland to score the tying run after which Pat Seerey doubled home the winning tally for a 4 to 2 Indian victory. The rookie Boston infielder atoned in the second game by singling home two runs in a big eighth inning rally which netted six runs and a 7 to 6 win. Yesterday's star: Manager Mel Ott of the Giants, who made another mark in baseball's ‘all-time” league by hitting a double and single to set a new National league total bases mark of 4,890. —.—.— o New Betting Record Set At Race Track iNew York. May 31 —‘(UIPJ —The east 'pinned its- Kentucky Denby hopes on Jeep and Bopp Jr., today after the two speedy colts demonstrated their fitness for running in that kind of company before the largest officially recorded crowd ' in American turf history, a throng which set new racing marks for j betting. They won the two sections of: the $35,000 added Wood memorial at Jamaica yesterday and were shipped along with another eastern hopeful, Alexis, to Louisville last night. 'Some of the other eastern horses nominated so rthe run for the roses also may go in the big race, but if they do they will rank as outsiders. A total of 15 Denby nominees ran in the Wood. This annual eastern preview of the Redby —winners of the Wood have gone on to capture the classic four times —brought out a Memorial day throng of 64,537. While that figure does not approach the 90,-! iiOO once estimated at Churchill Downs or the 70,000-odd which have been estimated at Santa Anita, it was the largest crowd ever officially counted ait a race track In the United States • > .Here is what the crowd did in the way of setting new betting records: IA new mark for the largest amount of money ever bet on a single race—5596,679 on the second section of the Wood. The former mark was $59'3.708 set a’ Belmont IOANS If you have a job, you can borrow $lO to S3OO from us. 1. No endorsers or co-makers required. Prompt service. 2. You can get a loan to buy the things you need or for any worthy purpose. 3. Consolidate your debts — have only one place to pay. Let us explain how you can get cash quickly and privately and you are not obligated if you do not take a loan. LOCAL LOAN COMPANY, INC. Second Floor Office—Ov«r Schafer Store HO'/i North Second Street—Phone 2-3-7 DECATUR. INDIANA Loans are privately arm-.ped in Adams, Jay, Alle" end Wells Counties | CORT o o — Last Time Tonight — “CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE” ' Lloyd Nolan. Michael O’Shea ALSO—Comedy 9c-30c Inc. Tax (J O FRI. & SAT. SUNSET CARSON “SHERIFF OF CIMARRON” o—o Bun. Mon. Tues.—“ High Powered” 4 “The Missing Juror.”

Nov. 4 last 'em A new world's record for the lota! amount wagered on a seven card .racing program $2,541,167. A new world's record daily don- ! file handle of $202,2116 was Liken in, surpassing the old mark of $1X9,11(1 also set at Belmont last Nov. 4. ■* o LEADING BATSMEN American League Player Chib GABR II Pct. (,’ucclnello, Chi. 31 109 18 38 .319 Stirnweiss, N. Y. 34 132 30 44 .333 ■Etten, New York.. 34 124 20 40 .323 National League Holmes, Boston. .. 33 143 32 56 .392 Ott, New York 38 130 30 50 .385 Kurowski, St L 36 137 28 52 .3XO 0 Knights Os Columbus To Elect Officers The annual election of officers of the Knights of Columbus lodge will be held at 8 o’clock Monday night at the lodge home on Second street. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. All members are requested to be present. o Meeting Tonight To Plan Girl Scout Camp Final plane for Decatur's first Girl Scout day camp will be completed at a meeting of the Decatur Girl Scout council at 7:30 o’clock this evening in room 303 of the Lincoln .school. All council members are urged to be present and a special invitation is extended to other persons interested in the day camp.

Trade in a Gocd Town — Decatur I DEMOCRAT WANT ADS BRING REbL Ltf '*7_? " : aßgijplF »"■ >«»» <• -fK . --.» r ffmMMPRfr.- -X THIS IS A PRE-WAR VIEW of the I. G. Farben office buildings at Frankfurt on the Main, Germany, where Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has opened his new headquarters as supreme Allied commander as well as chief American representative of the Allied gretfp controlling the Reich. Since February, General Eisenhower has directed the war from a large school house in Reims, France. (International) I • ttv i.ijgi.. jjt, ji......... v-k l *-.- 1 '-T- 1 • • 7 > ’ I VETERANS OF THE BURMA CAMPAIGN, these Chinese infantrymen are shown preparing to board Amer* ican air transports for a flight over the “Hump” to their native land, where they will participate 1R the campaigns of the Chinese Army that are driving the Japs out of China. (International Soundphoto) '■ ' - '' Z . . Jgl-s -'j . ;.■■ ■ I • ■ • ' . * , S -z Z XIS ■ , 1 '’ r 1 ' K i<v.. ...■■■.. . jESraSKa fi -.8l ONCE A CAPITAL with a population of 66,000, Naha, Okinawa, jis a town of rubble with parts of it completely leveled by the intense bombardments and fighting during the Sixth Marine division’s drive into the place. A line of Marines is shown above moving along a road into the city through an area of I r»*ed buildings. This is an official United States Marine Corps photo, (International)

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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE Teams W. L. Pct. GB. New York 26 11 .703 Pittsburgh 19 15 .559 Brooklyn 20 16 .556 5% Chicago 18 1« -529 (D.e St. Louis 19 17 .528 6% Cincinnati ...! 14 18 .438 9> 2 Boston 13 19 .406 Philadelphia ...... 10 27 .270 16 AMERICAN LEAGUE Teams W. L. Pct. GB. New'York 22 12 .647 Detroit 18 12 .600 2 Chicago 17 15 .531 4 St. Louis 15 16 .484 5% Cleveland 14 16 .467 6 Washington 15 18 .455 G*£ Boston 15 19 .441 7 Philadelphia 13 21 .382 9 TUESDAY’S RESULTS _* National League Pittsburgh 4, New York 3. Brooklyn 10, Chicago 3. St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 1. Only games scheduled. American League New York 11, St. Louis 0. Boston 6. Chicago 4. Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 1 (10 innings). Only games scheduled. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 3-9, Philadelphia 0-8. St. Louis 4-2, Bostbn 2-9. Pittsburgh 13-10, Brooklyn 5-14. New York 8-2, Chicago 6-11. American League Detroit 3-2, New York 2-3. Cleveland 4-6, Boston 3-7. Chicago 5“-2, Philadelphia 3-4. Washington 3-5, St. Louis 2-0. o HOME RUNS Lombardi, Giants 12 Weintraub, Giants 8 Stephens, Browns 8 0 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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CHAPTER TWENTY HELEN WATCHED ZOE hurry down the lane, and then told Nebuchadnezzar to get a move on. She even hummed a little. The meeting she had been dreading hadn’t been at all bad. Quite natural in every aspect, in fact. Evidently Zoe wanted to be friends; evidently she didn’t even feel that she had done anything in the least out of the way in running off with another girl’s fiance. “Giddup, Nebbie!” she said. Dick said: “She’s purty, but I don’t like her much.” “Mrs. Wentworth?” said Helen. “Yes’m. People never call a boy ‘Dickie’ unless they’re sort of—of silly.” Helen put her arm about the boy, hugged him close to her. “She didn’t mean anything, Dick,” she said. “Lots of people just don’t understand how boys feel about their names.” Dick grinned. “You do, Miss Sellen,” he said. “You and Miss Munnifer.” “And your dad.” “Yes’m. But Dad understands everything.” They came to the end of the lane and turned west. Soon they could se’e the water of the little lake glimmering through the trees. A white heron, disturbed by the sound of Nebuchadnezzar’s clumping feet, soared upward, his long, thin legs stretched out behind him, his long neck and beak stretched out before him. “I wonder,” said Helen, “if we can find a boat.” “Old Mr. Masher, who takes care of the boathouse when summer comes,” said Dick, “ought to be around some place.” They got out and tied Nebuchadnezzar to a tree, and then they ran down a winding walk which ended at a rustic sort of building that served as a dance pavilion and a protection for the flat-bottom boats that were for hire. “Listen!” said Dick. “I hear someone hammering.” “So do I!” said Helen. They hurried toward the sound, and found Mr. Mosher. “Well, a sight for sore eyes!” Mr. Mosher looked up, adjusted his glasses. “So are you, Miss ■Sellen,” he said. "Haven’t seen you in ages! Recollec’ many’s the time I took you out in one of them boats.” i “I remember also," said Helen. .“Have you got one Dick and I can use now?” ■ “Er course I have!” The old man led them to a boat which had recently been painted. “You can take thia ’sin rxnt on/I oVilhlam m

Stimulate Interest In Victory Gardens iLafayette, Ind., May 31.—(UiP) Hoosier fobd prodiw-tion leaders took action today to stimulate Interest in victory gardening. Associate director E. Hoffman of the Purdue university agricultural extension department called a garden conference for June 5 in Indianapolis. He said government officials had urged that the garden program be “pushed to the limit” because of a shortage of many foods.” 0 Indian Troops Move On Thailand Border Calcutta, May 31—(UP)—Tanksupported Indian troops of the British 14'th army have advanced another mile and a half to a point 13% miles east of Toungoo on tlhe Mawchi road toward the Thailand border, a communique said today. The Japanese temporarily halted the drive by destroying a bridge over a 90 foot gap. Indian infantrymen captured a hill (position south of the highway against opposition. o Early Marine Uniform Enlisted men of the continental marines wore green shirts, green coats with red facings, breeches of light-colored cloth, woolen stockings and round, green hats with white bindings. 0 Adams Theater To Mark Anniversary On Friday, June 1, 1934, the new Adams 'theater opened it.-, doors for the first (performance. Starting Friday the Adams is celebrating its 11 th anniversary week with an outstanding program of productions booked especially for the birthday celebration. With the exception of V tE Day, the local theater has operated every day continuously for the past 11 years. The picture for Friday and Saturday will be A. J. Cronin’s “Keys of 'the Kingdom” with Gregory Peck, 'Thomas Mitchell and many more. Starting Sunday, June 3 for three days, comes “God Is Our CoPilot” with Dennie Morgan and Dane Clark. The Wednesday and Thunsday attraction will be “Our

“With champagne?" said Dick. “Like the warships?” “Only thing lackin', son, is the champagne. Reckon you’ll have to sprinkle a little lake water on her and let it go at that." They all laughed. Mr. Mosher shoved the boat out into the water and held it while Helen and Dick got in. “Hey!” he called. “Don’t fergit the oars.” He handed them to Helen and gave the boat another little shove. “Reckon this here’s the beginnin’ of summer, all right” He chuckled. “Looks like my business is startin’ for a fact.” Helen adjusted the oars In the locks and soon the boat was being rowed out into the center of the Ink 6 “Let me help,” said Dick. “I can take one oar and you the other." “All right,” Helen said. “Come sit here beside me." Dick moved cautiously and took one of the oars. “Gosh,” he said, as they began rowing together, “all the boat does is go around in circles.” “That’s because I’m pulling too hard,” said Helen. Dick looked at her. “You’re nice, Miss Sellen,” he said. “It’s because I don’t pull hard enough—that’s what you really mean.” “Nonsense!” said Helen. They rowed about for nearly an hour. Then, when they had delivered the boat to Mr. Mosher and paid for its use, they got their picnic lunch. “Where do we eat, Miss Sellen?” Dick asked. "On top of that knoll over there,” Helen answered. They climbed the little path that led up to the moss-covered rock. Helen spread out a tablecloth while Dick looked on, "his eyes getting bigger and bigger. “Gosh, what a IqJ of good things to eat!” he gasped finally. “I told Zeke to fix all the things he thought a growing young man like you would prefer,” said Helen. She made a gesture with both hands. “And this is the result!” They settled down and eating. The food tasted wonderful, Helen thought She enjoyed it as much as the boy there with her. Sunlight, happiness, a quiet lake, an old man loving his boats, working with them, painting them with a tender use of the brush. That was what living should be. “Now,” said Dick, “I’m going to take the things down to the lake and wash them.” “If yoq want to,” Helen said. “They can be washed at home, you know.” “Zeke’s done enough,” said Dick, “fixing this picnic for

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let him have to clean up after usß Helen smiled. She watched tifl boy go down the walk with tJ plates, two knives and two for™ Then suddenly the smile disafl peared. She remembered somethin Philip had said up in New WB •'lt’s got to be the war to end a| wars! It's got to be! And if feel like weakening a little—sort® slowing up—all I have to do is loo® down at Dick’s face while sleeping, and then—" She coM her eves for a moment, as thoiij to shut out visions of battlefield® of men torn and wounded, of uej men lying out there under a ing sun or a freezing snow, raj was right. There must never be J other war, a war that would J out and take the young men J were now small boys, like DieK,J that sturdy, handsome httl * 1 down there scrubbing tw(MP“ tt | with sand and lake water. ■ Then she thought of Paul-of _ lt would be nice to go out to til Wentworth plantation house J dinner. She had been there 'J time* in the old cays-wM>| Wentworth was living, * ' 1 and Paul had their dreams. "I the more she thought about J more she hoped that Phihp 1 consent to go with Dick came back. He placed ™ plates and silver in 3 hamper. Then he gazed out across the lake i tie while. Sellend •‘You know what, Miss said Dick, “she’d been J i y °-‘You do?" Helen saM “Yes’m.” Dick fell sl > ent fora time. “And dojou kno I wish, Miss Sellen • “No, Dick.’; , n , t liv e“I wish—since sh it h Da that you’d c '? I ? e k g I j^ e r place.” . and me—and take hr p t Helen reached out he him and he took it Shedr over to her, laid his nea her breast. puskin e! in her voice, no ma are Helen’s boy. j?” “Gee!” said Dick. Am “You bet y° u , through h She ran her finger- over ti blond hair and l^« d ]ed gent' water that was being P. „ To kee by an affectionate him safe—to keep!h hear t AJ ways,” she said ftere j n tt Dick, g« win / o Siy closed b afternoon, tranqu y eyes and