Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1946 — Page 6

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Decatur Host To Sectional Tournamem - ■ — . ..

10 Teams Os County Battle In Tournament Decatur, for the seventh consecutive year, will be host Io the A«l---unu county high school luuiketball teams in the annual sectional tour namerit, which will be held at the Yellow Jackets gym hi this city Thursday. Friday and Saturday, February 21. If anti 23. Announcement of the site* for the sectional, regional, semifinal and thia! tourney* wa* made last nipit by the hoard of control of the Indiana high school athletic aiaociatlon Competing teams in the local sectional for th*- title won laat year hy the Herne Heart will bet Decatur Yellow Jacket*. Decatur Commodores. Herne Hear*. Geneva Cardinal*. Monmouth Eagle*, Kirkland Kangaroo*. .Monroe B arkatz. Pleasant Mill* Spartan*. Hartford Gorillas and Jefferson Warrior*. Pairing* for the Decatur secttonal, a* for all other tournament*, will be announced Saturday. February 16 •it** Announced Indianapolis, Jan. 15—(VP) The •He* for 85 tournament* in th 35th annual Indiana high school athletic associatLm elimination* were unveiled today for Hoosier basketball player* and fan*. While nearly 300 prep team* bloated their way into th stretch drive of the 1945-46 hardwood season. the IHSAA announced preparation* far Hoosierland'* greatest •ports extravaganza. The tournaments begin Feb. 21 at 64 sectional centers and roll down the calendar at the rata of one session a week until the cham plonshlp crown l« placed on the heads of 10 young athlete* the night of March 16 Defending champion is Evansville Bosse, whose Hulldogs have captured the tltla two year* running and now have. In 'heir quest for a third and record tying championship. a mark of 10 victories and one defeat. The IHSAA announced official ly that the final games would be played again at the Butler University fieldhouse. Daring the war. the event was moved t the Indiana state fairgrounds coliseum, which •eats around 1,000 fewer spectators than the Butler goairy. The navy took over the fieldhouse and forced the IHSAA across town. The announcement also said that

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Commodore* at Hl. Panl'e nt Marion. Friday Alumni at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Bluffton. Herne at Warren. Pleasant Mills at Geneva. Monroe vs Bryant at Herne. Kirkland at Monmouth. Jefferson at Poling. the four semi finals session* would Im held again nt Indkanupoli". laifayette. Bloomingion and .Muncie, same us last year. Three changes were mad • In regional site assignments. and 17 alterations were listed in the selection of sectional center*. The tmi finals site* are the fieldhouse* at Butler. Indiana, nnd Purdue Unlvssltle* and the Muncie high school fieldhouse. Them- four structure* can accomodate more than 35.700 fan*, 50 percent more than the 22.500 who crowd'd Into the 1944 r enter* at Muncie. Vincennes. Hammond and Indianapolis. All of last year * regional centers were retained with the exceptions of Terrellaute, Bedford and Attica. The T»rre Haute meet was shifted to Martinsville, the Bedford center to Jeffersonville, and the Attica site to Greencastle. The IHSAA announced that the recti inals would b** held Feb. 2123. the regional* March 2. the semi-finals March 9. and the final* March 16. A total of 782 teams were listed In the, run-down of sectional tourney assignments, hut the IHSAA announcement said that while the numtrr was "very nearly correct" It would depend on the iteceipt of entry blank*. The blanks must he in the IHSAA office by Feb. 8. Ton imament pairing* will bo announced on Saturday Feb 16. —— — ■ -o—- — COLLEGEBASKETBALL mined* 45, Northwestern 38. Minnesota 71. Chicago 44. Notre Dame 51. St. Ixxiis 48. Ball State 37. Wabash 20. Central Normal 48. Earlham 37. De Paul 65. Murray, Ky. State 43. Chicago Loyola 69, Naval Armory 41. Xavier 36. Kentucky 26. — 1 o Fort Wayne Livestock Market To Operate Fort Wayne. Ind., Jan. 15—(UP) — Parker Whiling, president of Union Stockyard*, today announced that "regardless of meat packer* strike** the Union Stockyard* will continue to operate." , — Trad* In a Good Town — Decatur ,

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McMillen And Berne Win League Contests M< Millen nnd Berne Furniture kept pace In the City Industrial league Monday night, scoring victories over Kraft Foods and 0. E. Club In game* at the Lincoln gym. McMillen defeated Kraft In the opening game, 42 to 37, after lending at half-time. 24 to 13. K. Schnepf was the scoring I ader for the winners with 16 points. while Reynolds wa* outstanding for Kraft with 21 points. Berne registered a 48 :o 37 triumph ovh- G. E. Club In the nightcap, taking a 23 to 12 lead at the half. W. Dnbuch was the offensive star for Bern with 22 point*, while Fruckte's 15 paced the losers. Game* Thursday at the Lincoln gym are: Central Soya v* Moose; McMillen V* G. E. (Tub Monday night tilts are G. E Club vs Moose; Kraft v* Central Soya. McMillen FG FT TP D. fiohnepf, f ...31 7 D Irnng, f | 1 3 K Schnepf. c ... 4 8 16 W. Schnepf, g 6 0 12 Miller, g ... .. 10 2 Hirschy. f ... .. 1 o 2 Clark, g oo 0 Total* 16 10 42 Kraft FG FT TP Reynolds, f 8 5 21 Uffelman. f 0 o u Meyer*, c .. 12 4 (Ire-dry. f ..... 11 3 Counterman, g 10 2 Debnert, f 0 0 0 Scherer, f .. ..0 0 0 Schorer, f j o 2 Crabiil, r 0 0 o[ Beerman, g ... ... j o ’I Witte, g .... i j J Totals J 4 9 37 Berns FG FT TP W. Dubach, f ... .... 9 4 22 S Neuenschwander, f . 4 1 9 Stauffer, c | i 3 Striker, g .... ... 2 0 4 { D. Neuenschwander. g 2 0 4 C. Sprunger, c 1 2 4 N. Sprunger, g 10 2 LLebman, g o 0 0 Total* 20 3 48 G. C. Club FG FT TP Stapleton, f ...... 2 1 5 August, f 20 4 Fruchte, c 71 15 McConnell, g 20 4 '.Strickler, g 10 2 He**. r — ...... 1 0 2 Melchi. f |o 2 Highland, c ............... 1 0 2 Bolinger, g 0 11 Murphy, g ... 0 0 0 Tntals !7 3 37 R force Everhart. ..-IV 0 Junior High Beats Monmouth, 26-21 The Decatur Junior high team defeat d Monmouth. 26 to 21, In a game played at the Mncoln gym Monday wfternmn. Monmouth led at the half. 13 to 12. Decatur** scoring; wa* well divided, Hair and Bohnke each counting six point*. Rhoades wa* high for Monmouth with 10, Monmouth FG FT TP Fuhnnan, f o o 0 Harvey, f ... ........... 3 0 6 Rhoades, f 5 0 10 Slngi ton. c o 11 Kloss, g oo o Hauthlne. g 1 o 2 Merriman, g 10 2 Total* io 1 21 Docatur FG FT TP Dog*te. i ... 2 0 4 Islh, f 0 0 0 Bair, f ... 2 2 6 Rowdoti. f 0 0 0 Bohnke. c 3 0 6 Fruchte, g oo 9 Ziner. g 2 o 4 Mill*, g .... .. 2 0 4 Peteraong 10 2 Total* 12 2 26 " - *> frade In a Good Town — Dscatur MONEY Would a cash loon of fi2s or more help you? If *o, you can borrow the money from us on your own signature. No delay. You can get a loan from us to pay debt* and the extra money you may need. Loan* privately made in amount* up to 1300.00. You can borrow from u* on your note, furniture, etc. without any one knowing about it. fwllg licitj LOCAL LOAN COMPANY " Onr Ik* MrtrAMi* M**S»F MCATUA'iiD

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Decatur G. E. Girls 11 Whip Inca, 46 To 22 The Decatur 0. E. Girls walloped Inca. 46 to 22. In a City-Wide girls , league game, played at Fort ( Wayne Monday night. Decatur held 27 to 8 lead at the half and was never pressed. Smith was Decatur's leading scar>r with I* points. Nine points hy M Knox were high for Inca. These same two reams will play an i xhihlilon game at the Lincoln gym In this city Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock. This will he followed by an exhibition game by the G. E. men's team. Decatur FG FT TP Roy r. f 4 3 11 Kohn, t 6 1 13 Smith, c 8 2 18 Rower, g — 0 11 Bolinger, k ........... 0 11 Andrews, c ........ 0 0 0 Painter, g 1 0 2 Totals 19 S 46 Inca FG FT TP T. Knox, f 2 8 7 M. Knox, f .’. 4 1 9 Evens, p ... 0 11 Vtmdwsan. g .. . 2 0 4 Getty, g 0 0 0 Gehringer. f 0 0 ft Klekenstrln. c ..0 11 Dre welt, g 00 0 Totals — ....... 8 6 22 -—■■■• o— —-■ - — St. Joe Loses To Willshire Quintet W’lllshire, O. Junior high defeated the Gt. Joe graders Monday evening, 26 to 18. after leading at the half. It to 6. Lttglnbill was outstanding for the Ohio team with 14 points, while Kabir was high far St. Joe with nine. Willshire FG FT TP Luginbin, f ...„7 0 14 Strickler, f ....1 0 2 Painter, c. ... ...... \ * 1 3 Harbaugh, g 11 3 Coffee, g, .............. ? A 4 Hobet. f. _ 0 0 0 Bientx. f 0 0 0 Griffith, f 0 0 0 Hileman, c. .................... o 0 0 Stetler. g. ......... .0 0 0 Totals 12 2 26 Bt. Joe FG FT TP l OUllg. f. _,2 1 5 Kab ' e . t - 3 3 9 Loshe, c 0 11 Zcasrr. g 0 1 j J. Meyers, g . 0 11 Hackman, f ft 1 j Schulte, f. X • 0 0 Zlntamaster. c ........0 0 0 E. Meyers, g. 0 0 6 Voglewede, g. 0 0 0 Totala s lt Am - The largest pecan tree In the world Is located In Louisiana. For more than a centary, the tree haa annually produced In excess of 1.000 pounds of nuts.

Low Scoring Marks ; Intramural Games « ... I - lx>w scoring marked play In the junior high school Intramural league Monday evening at she junior-* nlor gym. The Yanks defeated the Cults, 13 to 6. the Senators nosed out the Braves, 6 to 3. and the Dodgers defeated the Tigers 18 to 3. Yanks FG FT TP n. Rtrlcklrr. t 0 0 ft S. Gllltert. r 0 0 0 H. Gallogy. c 4 3 11 A. Ladd, g ft 0 0, K. Runyon, g ...„. 0 0 0 C. Cottr 11. g . ft 0 0 F. Mcßride, g 0 0 0 11. Evans, c I 0 2 Totals — 5 3 13 Cubs FG FT TP M Johnson, f 0 0 0 11. Bollinger, f ... 0 11 D Johnson, c ..-. 11 3 J. Bassett. »- .. . 0 0 0 J Gerlg. g 1 fl 2 K. Stranm, g ......... 0 0 0 D. Wblttredge, g 0 0 0 B. McGill, g . oo 0 Totala •• g Braves FG FT TP B. Callow, f 0 0 0 X. Myetrs. f 0 0 0 B. Brentlinger. c ft 0 ft R. Doan, g no o N. Sasser, g i i 3 J f ft o n Trials ..11 3 Senators FG FT TP J Doan, f ft 11 D. Sheets, f 00 0 I. Jennings, c 10 2 L. Eagley, g 1 0 j B. Brennan, g 0 ft ft M. Andrews, y, ft ft 0 K. Nash, g ... ft 0 o Totala 2 1 5 Dodgtra FG FT TP D. Smith, f 21 5 G. Odle, f ft ft 0 J. Ahr. c 32 g B. iatne, g „ v p j j J. Ixtbsiger. g 1 o 2 J. Swagrat. g 1 0 2 Kiefer/ g 00 n -7 4 IS . Tigers FG FT TP v. Johnson, f 01 j B. lomhart, f n 1 ] D. Hott, c o«) 0 W. Kocker, g 0 0 0 P. Johneon. g ............. 0 0 0 R. Johnson, g 0 11 B. Budd in h, g 00 0 Totals ft 3 3 Burns Prove Fatal To Lebanon Woman Lebanon, Ind., Jan. 18— (UP)— Mrs. Katheryn Williams, 56, died yesterday of bums sustained Sun day night when a container of kerosene txploded at aba attempttad to build a fire in a stove. Florida cltrua production haa jumped from an average Sf 107 packed boxes to 1» boxes par hero during the part five years, largely due to improved oclrntiflc cultural pracueoa.

Bosse Moves To Top Spot Os Prep Teams Indianapoil*, Jan. 15 -(UP’—-The <>l|l sport* adage of n*v r count a champion out until It’s actually out held true again today In Indiana prep iMskethall. Evansville I Bosse’s Bulldogs, figured a* a weak ’ combination before the season ; f pencil, emerged as th- state’s No. I quintet and a prime favorite to post the school’s third straight stale title. However, the statewide spotlight 1 stopped at Evansville only long enour>h forth s Bulldogs and cosi h , Clarence Riggs to take a how before switching northward to Fort Wayne, Th Hummiet city, buck in the state picture after a **eason of mediocrity. provides on of the year’s Imst games tomorrow night uni beaten South vs once-beaten Central. Smith’s . string of nine straight victories is a maj<)r surprise. Mm e the Archers, like Bose, lost heavily by the graduation rout- la-t : June. , In fact, coach Wayne Scott said before the season opened: "This is one of the year’s when you’d like to >he basketball season «nd." ■ Over at Central, (hough, veteran ( mentor Murray Mendenhall, was konwn to have a powerliouse. Even the silver-haired coach, usually on the pessimistic side, wa* optimlstI Ic. He had high c oring Bob Milton and a ven other *eaKon<«l l>erfoimers. The Tiger*, state champion* in 1943, rolled up five opening victories before losing a 40 21 decision to up-and-coming Richmond. Since then Central has downed Anderson. Auburn and Muncie Central to shad- South for the No. 5 berth In the weekly ranking*. The Central South game at Fort Wayne and the annual Wabash valley tourney for 120 Illinois and Indiana quintet* provide most of th* punch on t-hla week’s schedule. Bosse, blasting well-r carded Jeffersonville with a red hot shooting barrage, took over the top berth from Jasper despite the fact that Its chief challengers also won last week. Th- 63-36 drubbing of the Red Devils moved Bosse from sixth to first for the seventh weekly United Pre** list: L Evansville Bosse (lfi-|). 2. Jasper (11-2). 3. East Chicago Washington (11-01. 4. New Castle (10-3). 5. Fort Wayn?. Central (8-1) 6. Fnrt Wayne South (9-0). 7. Lafayette Jefferson (12-3). 3- Richmond (7-4). 9. Elkhart (12-1». 10. Hammond High (9-3). Next best: 11. Evansllle Central (9-1), 12. Anderson (9-4). 13. Gary Emerson (9-4). 14. Shelbyville J (11’9), 15. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer (M). 16. T rre Haute Garfield (81). 17. Madison (»-3), 18. Columbus (10-3. 19. Indianapolis Howe (11-2), 20. Jeffersonville (7-4), 21. Wahaeh (11-1), 22. Huntington (8-4), 23. Hammond Tech (9-3), ' 24. Rossville (12A). 25. Vincennes ' (7-4). , 0 Trade in a Goee Town _ Dscatur I —— . t

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Housing Needs In Indiana Critical 34,700 Units Are Needed In Indiana Indianapolis, Jan. 15 (UP) The Indiana econ >tnic council reported today that at least 34,700 hotiNing unl'n wer« needed In Indiana. outside Indianapolis. Director Kenneth L. Hcholll" said the picture mulled from a survey In all second, third, f iurth I and fifth clush cities in the state, i The survey sh'twvd that 18,755 families need housing "critically. ’’ i Nearly half of them are World War > H veteran*. Schellte said. Sc he I lie said that city officials ! estimated that 73,160 additional ex- , servicemen would retufti to civlll-1 an life during the next six months.' greatly Increasing the housing i need. The council oald It* survey show ed that only 931 housing units were , under construction and that only j 818 dwelling* were available through conversion of existing! structure*. The housing problem will lie the center of dlacmion at a houslnx conference Friday In Indianapolis, sponsored hy the e<-onc.nlc council. Vets Need Housing Indianapolis. Jan. 15 I UP) — Governor Gate* wa* tol.l today that a 37 county survey showed a need for housing for SS« war veteran*. I The report was given the Governor by Brig. Gen Ben H. Watt, state adjutant general. Results of the survey In other Homier counties will he given Gates before a meeting on housing problems In Indianapolis on Jun. 18. Suspects In Hotel Holdup Under Arrest Indianapolis, Jan, 15— (UP) — Three men and a woman, suspected of a 8101 Crawfordsville, Ind . hotel hold-up, were arrc>ited here today. City authorities, fallowing up a police rflllo broadcast describing the quartet and thefr escape automobile, held Charlo* Lockhart. 25. and ki«' wife, Mary. 23. both of Danville. BL; Donato Loran<>, 24. El Paso, Tex., and John Mansfield. Jr., 21. who said he lived In Florida. r —

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State Compon Fund Is Increasing I Indianapolis. ,i The Indiana - * ■ illvlsjon iinniiii! ~ • late Jolil.iM . > ■ _■ would grow l>v lorv* this month ■ Director Noble s ~ January was on. mon ill* of the >• ,u ployers w.-r.- ■ j .. quarterly lax o , -.o- ikfl said the fund ward fioin th » - Gl's In Korea Neri With War Secret Continue Protests I On Demobilizatiosl Seoul. Korea, Jan 1 A commit lee t- ni.-o-ntijß i Gl's in Korea < *ininterview with -•i*'ary(H ’Robert P. I‘.iti< r-i>n hsN j still dlssatlsfi* 1 with im fl demobilization ; < ' r.i n ufl terminc I to carry iW: I plaints directly t*» the ,um public. I The four Gl cominittMNfl thev had collected a fafl 61.2(H) for an aiivi-rfisi-mMfl I Washington Post • | vlcwtr on. deinobihza m I advertisement, they uiL ■ protest the slow up in »•■ I charge rate* and I | that th*? Gl’s in Kor- > f»«fl long-range demob n n I with the draft nii'.nsiKß rotation of all unit)' 4 was assured. j Patterson to’t! > l* frM 4 ence after his meet ins »'J committee that he aIM getting oversea- v.t>-r»M as soon as replai .menu available. But he decW Opposition to all ma* ! Hons by American ’-t l * and sain he believed d should lake their their commanding ofTst*" Patterson said the OH I ally held the same vK‘4 mobilization and were tf a tn getting n fair system ed The secretary ol *»r ■*» the overall demobili’ati'” 1 had not been changed *l* surrender of Japan With troops in the Paclfi* > r '‘ 3 ‘ Jan. 1. Patterson said ’■ next May 4M).(»f"' either Ite enroute It •m* * ready in 'the United Stat**