Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1945 — Page 6

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Summer Recreation Play Opens Mondai

Worthman Field Will Be Scene Os Summer Play The summer recreation program, sponsored by the Decatur school hoard, will open at Worthman Field Mbhday. with a wide variety of attractions for the boys and girls of Decatur five days each week. Supervisors of the program will he Deane Dorwin, Miss Madeline Spahr and Sylvester Everhart, all of whom are instructors in the Decatur public schools. The program will be offered from 'I a. m. until 5 p. in. five days each week. Monday through Friday. Listed among the many activities at the field during the summer are the following: tennis, softball, washer horseshoes, handball, swings, catherhall, shuffleboard, briiquet, horseshoes. Special instruction in craft work win be given each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Boys softball leagues will be organized, with the teams and scheduled -to be announced later. All lj(>ys of the ages 10 to 18 are asked to report at the field Monday mornihg at 10 o'clock when preliminary plaits will be launched for the leagtibs. A boys game will be played unijei- the lights each Tuesday night allHng- the season as a preliminary td the regular game of the Decatur 8. fc. Girls team. Work is now being done on the regular baseball diamond in the sdiitheast corner of the athletic field and Mr. Dorwin is planning to give instructions in baseball to the youths interested. Duties of each of the supervisors ibilows: Mr.Dorwin —softball league and hardball. Mr. Everhart — .night softball, craft work and Scouting work. Miss Spahr—Playground. ._<o Decatur Girl Pitcher Tosses Perfect Game ‘Butcher, pibdher for the Decatur G. E. Girte softball team, entered her name in the sport’s hall of fame Friday night, tossing a perfect game again t the Baer Field Wales in girle league at Fort Wayne. Bu'Jcher led het tea-mates in scoring an 18 to 0 victory over the Wacs, who contributed 16 errors to seven hits pounded out by the Deeatttr gii’iu. Butcher allowed no hits, wdlited none and with perfect support by her mates: prevented any of her opponents from reaching base. -- o TRUSTEE PLAN (Coßttnuid From Page One) p.m. It was the first time during the conference that a Saturday night meeting has been scheduled. The last remaining major issue for conference debate is on the Yalta voting formula. That begins this morning when a eubcommittee considers the interpretation of the formula submitted by the

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Softball League To Open Play Monday The Decatur softball league will launch the official opening of the season Monday night at Worthman Field, with four teams entered in regular league play. League teams this year are Kraft Cheese, McMillen, Moose and the Legion, the latter sponsored by Adams post 43, and consisting of an all-star team from the Berne league. Activity at Worthman Field this summer will be limited to three nights, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. In addition, one of the league teams will play the Legion team at Berne each Friday in a regular league contest. The Decatur G. E. Girls team will provide the feature of play each Tuesday night, meeting one of the girls league teams from Fort Wayne at Worthman Field. Beginning Tuesday, June 19. two boys teams from the summer recreation league will play a preliminary to the girls game. The schedule for next week: Monday—Kraft vs Van Wert YMCA; Moose vs McMillen. Tuesday—G. E. Girls vs International, Fort Wayne. Thursday— McMillen exhibition game; Kraft vs Legion. Friday—Moose vs Legion at Berne. 0 MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. GB. New’ York 28 15 .651 St. Louis 25 18 .581 3 Brooklyn 23 20 .535 5 Pittsburgh 23 20 .535 5 Chicago 20 19 .513 6 Cincinnati 21 20 .512 6 Boston 19 21 .475 714 Philadelphia 10 36 .217 19>/ 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. GB. Defrpjt 23 16 .590 New York 25 18 .581 Boston 23 20 .535 2 St. Louis 21 19 .525 2Vi Chicago 20 22 .476 4Vi Cleveland 18 21 .462 5 Washington 19 23 .452 s>/ a Philadelphia 16 26 .381 8% YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 9, Philadelphia 1. Chicago 7, Cincinnati 3. New York at Boston, postponed, rain. St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 3 (13 innings). American League Cleveland 2, St. Louis 1. Boston 6, New York 4. Detroit 2, Chicago 1. Philadelphia 4. Washington 0. o Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. —Plato. Big Five yesterday. Australian foreign minister Herbert V. Evatt is ready to lead the little nation’s fight against the formula. It is conceded in advance, however, that the conference will adopt it as approved by the late President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Josef Stalin at Yalta in February.

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DEFENDS POSSESSION (Continued From Page One) John Stewart Service, foreign i service officer in the state depart- • ment; Lt. Andrew Roth, USNR,'

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former naval intelligence officer; Mark Julius Gayn, free lance writer; and Philip Jacob Jaffe I and Kate Louise Mitchell, coI editors of the magazine Amerasia. 1 Larsen said he knew Jaffe rath-1

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RED LEADER (Continued From Page Ore) of Goelbbels and that the .bodies of Goelblbels, hie wife and tiwo children were found in one of the underground ibunkew of the chancellery. GociWbelis, he said, poisoned his children and wife with potassium cyanide and then took his own life. ‘lAs for pitler,” he .said, “I leave it to you to find his body.” — o — Ralph Bard Quits As Navy Undersecretary Washington, June 9 —(UIP) —The .resignation of undersecretary of navy Ralph Ajßard and the appointment of Artemus L. Gates as hie succe<ssor was announced today by the White House. Gates is now assistant secretary of navy for air. The White House said he would he succeeded by John L. Sullivan of Manchester, N. H., former assistant secretary of the treasury. At the same time, White 'House press secretary Charles G. Ross said PreLident Truman had “no intention” of accepting the resignation of secretary of navy James V. Forres’all. Roos said Forre tai submitted his resignation shortly after the death of President Rpasev.elt. — o Farmers Complete Planting of Corn

Couaty agent L. E. Archbold said today that farmers had practically completed the planting of corn this week, and estimated that a normal crop had been planted. In former yeans about 45,000 aoreis were planted to corn in the county, based on a tillage acreage of 200,000. Corn is the principal fam crop harvested in this county. .Farmers worked untiringly in the past few >eeks to get out the corn and oocaeionally tractors were used in preparing the seed bed at night. Adams courtly farmers have met war-time production goals, despite the manpower shortage, and have one of the finest records in the iitate. o 212 Graduated At Ball State College Muncie, Ind., June 9—lUP) — Two hundred and twelve students had diplomas from Ball State Teachers college today. John Temple Graves, a member of the editorial staff of the Birmingham Age-Herald, gave the commencement address as 160 graduates received baccalaureate degrees, 33 graduate nurses of Ball Memorial hospital were given certificates, and 19 graduates were awarded degrees of master of arts in education. o Plan Postwar Safety Program For Indiana Indianapolis, June 9 — (UP) — The Indiana traffic safety council announced today a meeting for June 27 to plant a postwar safety program for Hoosier streets and highways. President Paul G. Hoffman of South Bend said that representatives from 60 member organizations of the council would attend the session in the Indiana capital. Governor Gates will speak and new officers will be elected. o Chicago Gas Workers Strike Is Postponed Chicago, June 9 —(UlP)—iA strike which threatened to shut off gae supplies to more than 1,000,000 (IM) industrial and individual consumers wau postponed today after members of the AEL gas workers union , ".'i-j'. '."/J,. ,- ■ —

agreed to further negotiations. The Union’s decision came shortly 'after the national labor relations board disclo. ed that Union members had voted 797 to 405 to leave their jobs at the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co. o— CHINA'S_AIR POWER (Continued From Page One) not be revealed. It is known that they have been returning to China in a steady stream. The Chinese air force is equipped with moot types of America*! fighters and medium bombers. Like Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chenault’s 14th air force, the CAF has bases in all corners of Free China. The 14th and CAF share all of them. —o NEW LANDING BY (Continued From Page One) parts plant in Nagoya. It marked the first time B-29s have hit three major Japanese cities in a single attack.

•'■asaaaia. ia&sMMEiasuMSBESJSisa aM NOTICE I 2 Since no new cases of Rabies have S ■ been reported. The quarantine on ■ » dogs is lifted as of this date. K ; The cooperation of the dog owners ■' a of the city is greatly appreciated, g : Decatur Board of HealUil I J. M. Burk, Sec’y. E in ■ ■ B ■ B BBMJIBBSaR ■ Veelous V Bekingl ■ For Fractional H. P. Motors. R | For. Washing Machines, B Water Pumps, Refrigerat- K ® ors, etc. R I | 100% COVERAGE ON ANY SiZMR ■ The Colter Welding & Machine Shops i Suppliers of Industrial Belting B 119 First St. — Formerly Ben Lang Bottling Wor : DANCING I ■ Saturday Night! ® with S | Speck Hebble ° rci,elra I featuring | CHARLIE ROSE on the Trumpet ■ land ELEANOR ARMSTRONG, Vocalist | | Riverview Gardens I

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The raid also marked a to precision l.oinbiii« of k,. y trial targets after the a " cendiary raids that !(:| , tions oi Japan's larregt . flames in recent weeks. first time since May 19, no bombs were carried.

noticeß I have established an office in the Old First Bank BldK‘ West Berry st.. Ft. Room 712 Office Phone A-4169 fB T ' Res. Phone H-575'3, I will continue to serve clients in Decatur and wi^H'' accept appointments Walter J. Bockman, phone ■ ED. A. BOS®-