Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 224, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1945 — Page 6

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Auburn Trounces Yellow Jackets Fridajl

Auburn Scores 60 To 0 Victory Over Decatur Auburn * Red Devil’ really lived up Io their names Friday night al Worth man field, rating all over the gridiron to hand the Decatur Yellow Jacket* a revere •>" to o trouncing, the third straight loss of the season for the Jacket*, and the flrat victory of the season for Auburn It wax also a Nortbeai-tern Indiana conference tilt. Poor judgment on the part of Decatur led to Auburn's first touchdown The Jackets received the initial kickoff and after three play* netted only five yard*, De tatur failed to punt on fourth down ami Auburn took over on itowna on the Itecalur 44 Watt ter raced 36 yards around hi* left end on the first play and came right hack through guard on the nest play for a touchdown, j Hlnea placekicked the extra point. | Decatur fumbled on it* own 36 ju*t before the end of the first ; period* anil on the find play of the second quarter Hine* smashed off left tackle for 31 yard* and a touchdown. • III* placekick was wide. Hammond was badly rushed on 1 an attempted punt and his kick went straight up In the air. Auburn taking over on I lie Decatur | 14 Wertman ran around right end for a touchdown and Watller ' dropkif ke<| the extra point. Bower j took Decatur's kickoff for a touchdown and Wertman plunged for the extra point. Hines gathered in tile next kickoff oil hi* 35 and raced 66 yards for the final touchdown of the first half. The try for extra point failed and Auburn led at the half. 33 to o | The Red Devils scored their lone third quarter touchdown on a pass, Bower to Davis, good for 40 yards. F. Butler plunged for the extra point Auburn added 2" more points in the final period. Hines tossed a short pass over the line to. Wattier, who ran 25 yards to pay I dirt. Wat tier's drop kick was no i good for the extra point. Auburn recovered a wiid Itecalur lateral pas* on the Decatur 11 and F. j Butler went off tackle for the touchdown, Armstrong running right end for the added point. The final touchdown was a 22yard pas* from Scott to Bower. F. Butler again plunged for the extra point. The Jackets will be on the road for the next two games, playing at Portland next Friday night, ! and at Garrett the following Fri- | ————————

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•lay. « Decatur Auburn Bucher LE Martin Knlllle LT Brown Shook LG ........Voder Lt< htenstelger.. (' ... Sinuinton Thoma* . RG Palumbo .Meyer* . .. . RTCarper Nelson RE . . Davis Light QB ... P Butler K Grunt LH ...Armstrong GilbertßH Wattier Hurnmond .. FB ..Hine* Score by quarter*: Auburn .7 26 7 26 60 i Decatur 0 0 0 6— 0 Substitutions: Decatur l,<-h---man, Haley, I). Grant, Franklin, Moser. Holmes. Brent linger. .Me- ! Bride Freeby Reynolds, Foreman, i Auburn Wertman, Bower, F. ! Butler. Stolt, Gias*. Kleemun, Khorpenning, .Mugilia. Rohm. i Thomas. Cox. official*; Ft a e|, Stambui h. i Johnson. H. S. FOOTBALL Fort Wayne South Side 32, Bluffton o. .Mishawaka 31. Fort Wayne North Side Iff Portland 25. Coldwater, to t 0 Wabash 7, Huntington 6. Marion 33, laiganspcrt 12. Muncie Central 14. Anderson 6. Kokomo 26. Peru 13. MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. 1 Chicago 91 55 .623 St. lamia 69 57 610 2 Brooklyn 62 65 .55ft 9>j Pittsburgh 60 i;7 .544 ll’-g New York 76 69 .524 !l' a Boston 61 S 3 .435 Cincinnati 60 S 5 ill 3o’i Philadelphia 41 105 .295 4S'-j AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Detroit 65 63 .574 Washington 65 66 .563 1' 2 St latiils 71 68 .534 6 New York 76 76 .521 S Cleveland 70 70 .500 11 Chicago 71 75 .466 13 Boston 70 79 470 15’* I Philadelphia 51 95 .319 33 YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Brooklyn 111. Philadelphia 65. Only games scheduled. American League New York 5. Washington 3. Only game scheduled. —o G. E WILL EXPAND tContlmiMt From Page On*) will face Mouth. The 112,000.000 j alloted the Fort Wayne works. which supervises the plant in this , city, Tiffin, Ohio, Danville. 11l . I Kokomo, Ind. and Clyde. N. Y. will cover new construction, new machinery, rearranging and re ■ tooling. FILLING STATIONS (Continued From Pegs One) by a food iinndlens strike. In Cleveland, where two oil pl.mi's were shut down, some filling stations were bereft of supplies by norm yesterday. Refineries also were closed in Cabin Creek. W. Ya.; Dawes, W. Va.; Trenton, Mich.. East St. Louis, Bi.; Port Arthur and Houston, Tex. Other new .trike developments: Detroit The numlier of idle workers in the rotor < Ity rose to more than 80,000 with a strike ofi 600 CIO united auto workers which i dosed the Chrysler Corp's Dodge truck plant. Pittsburgh Asking a closed shop and a »2 a day wage increase, 3.0 o CIO steelworker's went out at the pressed steel car co. Newark, N. J. A wage dispute erupted into the strike of 1.000 truck driver* employed by 41 major New Jersey baking companies. The plants said they would not open for buelnes. today. Bellefontaine. Pa.—Sixteen hundred worker* were Idled by a wild- * at strike at the Titan manufacturing co., asking a 10-cent hourly wage boost. Portland. Ore. A threat io home building was seen in a strike notice served by AFL union leaders in the northwest's lumber industry. Sixty thousand workers were expected to go out Monday in four western states. The biggest fish ever caught' with rod aud reel weighed 976 j pounds. The Encyclopedia Britannica says this record fish was a marlin. B was landed In 1926 in New Zealand waters. Seven more states through legislative action this year removed from their constitutions or laws blanket exemptions from property taxes granted to U. 8. government property, according to a Chicago Public AdmiuiatnfHou Clearing House report. 1

: I Yankees Beat : Senators, Aid Detroit Hopes • New York. Sept. 22 HP) The H Detroit Tigers, who have won 16 ' out of 26 games in September, needed only an even break In their . remaining six conte-ts today to be sure of at least a tie for the Am- ‘ • i i an League pennant. Washington, with only three gatiHvt left, with ’he las’ place Athletic* at Philadelphia, would have to sweep the series to tie the Tigers. provided Detroit gets all even break in its lust -ix. The only way the Tiger* could lose the pennant would la* to drop four or more games while Washington w«ti all three. Due extremely remote possibility involved last year’s champion Bi owns, who could squeexe in by winning all of their eight remain.ng games, four of w ikh are with the Tigers They are -lx games 'out of ’he lead. Washington manager. Ossie Bluege. still defending hi* orderly rotation of pitcher* with the assertion that "every man on th" tuff I.- in top condition and Detroit hasn't a well rested pitcher." j couldn't have picked two men on hi* Gaff, who have had worse luck with the Yankees than John Nig- ' geling and Mickey Haefner, hl* Voices for the New York series , Nlggeling. knocked out after one inning by Nick Ellen's three-run homer in New York'* 5 to 3 triumph yesterday, had failed twice before to Iwat the lank* this season and hl* lifetime record against [ them I* four wips ami 16 losses., Haefner, who lost Thursday's open < r. has dropped three and won only j one against New York this yea.’j ami hi.) lifetime Yankee mark ifour wins and eight defeats. Yankee power provided the mar-, gin yesterday, although It t iok only one hit to bring in the firs' [three runs, Etten delivering after, two walks. George Stlrnweis* pul the Yank* in front for gm»d wltii I hi* second homer in a* many day* after Wa-hiiiK'on had tied tU’’ acorn at 3-a!l in the third. Bluege now will start Wolff against Louis ißohot Newsoin. a "blue-chip" pitcher despite hi* 19 losses, at Philadelphia today. At Detroit, the Tigers face Al • Boots) Hollingsworth, Brownie j lefty who Jo-t hi a relief role in hi* only appearance against the Bengal* this year. The Tiger-' have dominated the Browns all seaeoti with 13 wins and five losses. In th* l National lasague, Chica-1 Igo’s Cub*, defending their twoI game lead, mu-t beat a good Pirate right hander, Nick Strlncevich Paul Derringer, an able veteran, , was the probable Cub starter. The Cards, playing the Reds ill | a night game at St. (amis, will u*e It tie Sylvester iBUx) Donnelly, ' facing Ed Heusser, who beat them itis last time out. In the only other gutties jester day. the Dodgers won two at Phi ladelphia, 1 to <) and II to 5, to run their record for the reaaon to 16 wins in 17 games with the tail-end-era. Y*terday'* stars Nick Etten and George Stirnweiss, whose homers gave the Yankees a 5 to 3 victory over the Senators. — Legionnaires Take Charge Os Capital Indianapolis, Sept, 22 (UP) — Hoosier legionnaires, some 2,600 strong with their families, took charge of the Indiana capital today at their first pre war r’yle convention. Flags and bunt in g w a ved throughout the downtown area to welcome the legionnaires, includ ing 917 convention delegate* representing 56,000 Hoosier member* of the veteran*' organisation. Delay Is Sought In Pierre Laval Trial Pari*. Sept. 22 (UP)- The defense sought today to delay the treaaon krial ot former Vichy Premier Pierre Laval beyond the scheduled starting date. Oct. 4. Laval* attorneys said they had sent a letter to the president of the high court demanding time for 'additional witnesses to i>e heard In preliminary Interrogation*. If the delay were not granted, they said, they might refuse to defend latval on grounds that hi* right* were not being respected. There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to weep over, but the trick Is to make the laughs outwelght tbe tears. W« are rewarded by our virtues, ■ot tor thank

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WPB Expecting To Quit By Christmas Wants Few Controls By Other Aqencies Washington, Sept 22—(IT) — j The War Produetion Board ••«■ [ peris to lie out of bu-illi-s.-t by ; Christina*. a top-ranking WPII official said today. Moat of its remain! i< functions 1 ••nd with the expiration of tiff- sec- , ond war powers act at the end 'of thin year. However, WPB chief of staff John l>. Smail told the t’nPed Press. WPB hopes that -Ollie Os these functi >n>< will lie continued because of their useful ness during the reconversion period. Smail said that final decisiofw have not yet been made but that many of the WPB's operations will j be transferred to other agencies ’ for eventual liquidation or for con pinuation in the poet war years. lie indie.i ed that WPB.. would recommend that inventory control and priorite- assistance functions lie traiuiierre-l t » th- office of war mobilization and reconversion. These are among the most important of the agency’s remaining du--ties that are considered of vital need during reconversion. Other remaining WPB function*, largely statistical, probably will be . transferred to tin- commerce de i part meat, the bureau of mines and i other Intere.’ei agencies. Red Cross Dramatic Series Over WOWO Representatives of the three major fields of entertainment, raj dio. stage and screen, have been i secured to play leading roles in the new Red Cross dramatic »erles, "You Were There,” which will 41<- heard each Thursday afternoon at -1:30 on station WOWO, with the first broadcast scheduled for September 27. Based on true Red Cross stories, "You Were There” will bring i to life the exciting adventures ami experiences in the homes of everyday people whose lives are Influenced by the Red Cross and Its varied services. The series will •how how. when flood, war, famine or the like hit, you arc there in the person of your Red Cross. — 1 1 --O'"--- ■— G. E. Workers To j Discard Badqes Beginning today. It will not be necessary for local employee of ' the General Electric company to wear their identification badges as a requirement to gain entrance into the plants With the outbreak of war. every 1 employe was required to wear a ' badge with his picture and serial i number, before admittance to the i buildings would Im given. Visitors , had to obtain a permit from tho I sentries at the gates. » - -- The activities of earth worms properly directed In ordinary soil ■ Is found to Increase crops of rye • «< per cent, potatoes 13« per cent, t and peas 300 per cent, according to tests made by Dr. Thomas S. , Barrett the earthworm authority j of Roscoe, Cai. i t

Yell Leaders Chosen For Yellow Jackets Yell loader* for the 1915 46 mil-ii-tic vason wen- elected Friday by the student body of the |>ecatur junior-senior hl«h school. Th ■ three leaders cho.-i-u are Mary Ilabegger. Bill Eichhorn and IrenAndress. ’—{j There are 794 "tree farms’’ in 10 states, covering !• >63.926 acic.i. A tree farm Is a forest area manago! awl protwietl for tbe production ot repeated crops ot timber through the application ot sound forestry principle*.

I ” I / ■U, / / 1 vNKr ■L / * .M I ' ' ’’ 4 | ; ■’ Jr ■ . f IT. AMUEL C. EPES, charged by the state of South Carolina with the slaying of his wife, chats with his lawyer, Leith Remner, center, in the Richmond county courtroom as U. S. District Attorney Claude Sapp, right, listens. The prosecution has linked the handsome young ! Army officer, who contends his 27-year-oid Florida wife died last January after taking a sedative, with a Isl-year-old blond from Louisian*. (International Soundphoto) 1 IM I' |! 1111..1...51 HLII 1,. I .!■•»■— ( HHHMHHBRHIHi ■ :: i' ~ gOlpHbßßif . ~ j' "' a.. 'V" iff J® ' ./'T* * ; SfCffITARY OF LABOR L*w!a B. Fchweiknbaeh, right, Is shown con. taring with Philip Murray, president ot the CIO, as the latter called l at tha labor aepartment la Washbigtoa, X—~ _ (iflternstioaaJlt

; Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Major League Sfimdard <»ll won two front .M>Mllh n; \V«-*t End won three fromj Ossian Tin Hhop; Kraft Chec’-e I won two from Habt-ggcr; Smith i Bro* won two from Kohne Drug. | Riverview Gardens won two from Kuhne.-, Standing W L • r fl Kruft ~ Standard ’ " Riverview ’’ " Habeger McMillen West End •’ ’ Kuhner ’’ Iv.Mh- ’ ® Smith Bros. ‘ ' Ossian High scores: Rowden 2“*. Tffte-; i wlh-r ’"3.216. K.-ller 203. Petrie 221. Shaffer 2«3. Innfger 211. H- agland 212. F. Hoffman 216. o— SAYS JAPANESE NOT (Continued From Paas <>"•> dilT" to a lack of political understanding. were as yet unready for the ballot. In regard to the emperor, Konoye pointed out that under Japan’s pre)'nt constitution th'-re was no method provided for Hiro- ; lllto to abdicate, even if he wished to do a>. Under the constitution a* i' ■ now stands the emperor could; give up his duties only because i , of Illness. If Mich a situation o i cuired. a regent y would l>* formed I t.> act for Hirohito, and would ■ t oiitiitiie to function as a* i he lived. — O— " — ROMANIA FEARS — <Ciinll*-i<-<! i-rotn Fag* On*) cooperation" pact between Russia ami Hungary already hx* been ; Hu- two countries and is awaiting i latlfhation by the Hungarian government. ’• The dispatch said the agree- j rnent would give Russia a half • interest in the projected develop-! -1 rnent of all "basic branches of | • Hungarian Industry, trade, natur- j f al resources, transportation and Agriculture.”

!M| "--i™ '-■ • ■ ■ y * ‘‘ fl" m IPEgI i w/ ' \ I W ''4’i ■ I I fl • i I BECAUSE HE THINKS it is '‘inevitable" that someone, some rj fl cross the Atlantic ocean in a barrel. Mark Charlton, discharg'd U fl nadian Army veteran, wants to do it first. He is shown above v-ff ■ the barrel in which he plans to make the attempt. It is feuit g I aolid oak, 10 feet long and measures 6 feet 8 inches in the cnt«. ■ Charlton, whose home is in Toronto, says he expects to < .m[lre tj» ■ voyage in 40 days—with luck. (I nttrratiiui) fl I ! I 5 1 • —■' I ONE OF THE BIGGEST BABIES bom In recent years the five-day-<M I miss pictured above with her mother. Mrs. Francis Stohl at t.M» ■ Lawton, Pa., home. The baby weighed 18 pounds at birth ar.d “a ■ perfect in every way.” Mrs. 3tohl is the mother of 15 chiHrea.U I of whom are living. f lnternational Soundrhtt) ■ 1 1 18 ii! 81S l!l*lM4 t I jik* A * 1 I I J? o\ i I ■! ! Moose Initiation ;; Tuesday, Sept. 25, 8 p. nyl '• All candidates are requested to he pri'M-ot it for initiation. Health certificate and »nequarter dues must be paid before meeliniL o ;; All members are urged to attend. ~ ii- LO. 0. MOOSE J I NOTICE ■ Starting Monday, Sept. 21 We will open al 7 a. m. fi SERVING BREAKFASTS DAIIA H i except Sunday. Operating Hours—Monday, Tuesday. XWdni Friday, Saturday —7 a. m. to 7p. ni. g Thursday —7a.m.to 2p. m. , || Ciosed All Bay Sunday. § I The Comer Grill I H Monroe and Third Sts. I GEORGE HELM, Prop- I

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