Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 15 February 1946 — Page 6

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Commies Drop Final TiltTo C. C„ 40-22 The Decatur Commodore*. playing th**ir final gam.- of the season Thursday night at Fort Wuyne, were unable to keep pace with the Irinh of Central Catholic, dropping a 40 to 22 tilt to their old rival*. Fort Wayne took an early lead of 5 to 0. which the Commodore* were never able to overcome.' The C. C. lad* were out in front at the end of the first quarter, II to 5. • The aecond period wax a low •coring affair, with Central Catholic increasing It* margin to Iff point* at 17 to 7 at the half time intermission The Commie* kept pace with the Irish in the third quarter, which close! with Fort Wayne on top by 11 point*. 25 to 14. C. C gradually pulled away in the dor Ing eight minute* to chalk up it* final 18-point margin Scoring honor* were we|| di vided for Iwth team*. Jehl h ading Fort Wayne with 10 point*, while Briede'* six point* were top* for the Commodore*. Each team tallied 12 (minis from the foul line, but Central Catholic outscored the Commodore* from the field, 14 to 5. Fort Wayne FG FT Tl> Huguenard. f .3 17 Butz, f 2 0 4 Tourney, c 2 2 6 Voorhees. g 1 0 2 Jehl. g 3 4 io Hyde, f 1 2 4

By Popular Demand “JOEL GONZALES” on the Saxaphone and Clarinet Formerly With Several Name Bands Will Again Appear at Tommy Taylor’s State Gardens Middlebury, o. Tonight. Saturday and Sundav Night. ★ DANCING * Six Piece Orchestra Featuring Carl Sheets, Vocalist Mixed Drinks - Liquor - Beer - Wine We Serve Delicious Sandwiches —Where it’s Always So Delightful— Just Nine Miles East of Decatur on Highway 224. ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■mm

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Berne at Yellow Jacket* Monroe v«. Kirkland at Berne Hartford at Genevs, I’leaeant Mill* at Monmouth. Fabian, f 0 0 0 , Ixigan. f <» 0 0 1 Talarico, c o 3 3 Anderson. g ...... <• o ff Horstman. g I 0 2 j Wagner, g 1 u 2 . TOTALS 14 12 40 j Decatur X. Lengerich, f .... 0 4 4 Wemhoff, f 1 0 2 j Wilder, c 2 1 5 Hackman, g .... I L 3 j 1 Brlede, g ......... I 4 6 I 14. Lengerich, f .... « 0 <> Baker, f <> O « Kohne. f ff « 0 Coffee, g .......... ft 11 , Hess, g 0 11 TOTALS 5 12 22 Referee: Todd. Umpire: Tucker. Preliminary Fort Wayne 31. Decatur 22. Adams County Boxers Defeated In Tourney Two Adams county boxer* were eliminated in the semi-iinak of the Gohlen Glove* tourney at Fort Wayne Thursday night. Joe Ayala. Decatur featherweight . and Don Mower, Hartford township middle- i weight, wore both handed technl<al knockouts in the first round of their trout*. — o — — I, !< One requisite of success I* to ' do more than you are required to i do. I'

Avengers, Eagles I Win In Tournament The Avenger* and the Eagle* j were victorious In intramural tour--1 nsment game* Thursday evening at {the junior-senior high*»e!nol. The Avenger* edged out the i Hawk*. 15 to, 14. and the Eagles the Beam. 14 to 9. Hawks FG FT TP i Bayles, F. 0 0 0 Rice. F. 3 17 ! Heller. C. 0 0 0 ~M. Smith. «. , 113 Yost. G. 2 0 4 Total* 6 2 14 Avengers , FG FT TP 11. SchnltZ. F. 10 2 B. Franklin, F. 0 0 0 D. Pickford. C. 113 <R. Jackson, G. 2 2 6 K Durbin. G. 0 1 I B. Gaunt. F 113 J Fisher. G. o 0 0 B. Ix*hman, C. o o o G. Rennets, G. 0 0 v Totals 5 5 15 Eagles FG FT TP H Nash, F ... o 2 2 D. Eg ley, F. 0 2 2 'H. Whltteredge, C. . 0 1 j L. Arnold. G. Oil W. Arnold. G 4 0 8 D Sluwher, F o o u Totals 4 6 11 Bear* FG FT TP J Ketchum. F 2 0 4 J Barnett, F. 0 o o G. Meyers, C. 1 o « T. Ahr, G. o o o I H. AlldreM, G. 1 o 2 T. Sharpe. F. o i j , Totals i i p - — o . ARMY CUTS Koxliaur* Frum Page Oaei i March 1. making an estimated 16.-' 1)00 officers and enlisted men ell- i glide for discharge. Marine officer and enlisted point scores are the same. The navy said 153.500 enlisted j pemonne! and 13,300 ot fleer* would ’ be eligible for diecharge under new point scores which will be effec-I tire April 15 ana May 2. Point scores for male commix-, ■lotted and warrant officers will be cut one point to 36 tm April' 15 and to 35 on May 2. Enlleted men’s swr««»—now pegged at 30 will be reduced to 29 on April 15 and to 23 on May 2. Enlisted women's score* drop one point to 19 : on May 2. The Coaat Guard said it was an-, nounclng ite new point scores, ef-' | fectlve today, two week* ahead of i schedule. The critical scores now neces? sary for separation from the Coast Guard are: Male officer*. 40; Spar officers, 28; male enlistr-d. 36, Spar minted, 22. The new schedule dues not affeet yeoman, storekeepers and pharmacists mates whose score# still are 38 tor male*< nllsted and 21 for Spar enlisted. o The cabbage crop this year is about two-and-a-balf times larger i than last year's and 76 per cent above the 10-year average,

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Kraft, Berne Win In League Contests Kraft Foods and Berne Furniture scored easy victories hi Ind’ 1 itxiriul lenifui- tfimo* Thurnday night at the Lincoln gym. Kraft defeat. <1 G. <E. Cluh. 46 to 29. In the opening tilt. The win tiers held a 17 to Id lead at the half and raced to a 33 to 18 margin at the third quarter. Sehorer was Kraft's 1 ading scorer with , 16 points, while Friiehte's 10 wore high for <>. E. Berne trounced la-gion Post 43 ! hi the nlght«-:ip. 41 to 19. Borne led at the half. 17 to 8 and at the • third p> riod, 29 to 11, D. Notioni rchwander traced Berne with 14 jsdnts. while llenM-hen's five were high for. Post 43. Only league n< Gon next w<i k will be <>n Monday night, because of the sectional tourney which opens Thursday. Games Monday are: Berni* vs Atoure; McMillen v.v Kraft. Kraft FG FT TP Grewley. f.. o 3 3., Franko, f 2 0 4 Myers, c .... 4 0 8 Scherer, c .. ..7 2 16 Reynolds, g .- ..2 3 7 Dehnert, f ..000 Count.' rm.in. f . 3 n 6 Hinner, f .. .. I n 2 Beerman, f.. ... .. 0 o 0' Total* 19 8 46 G. E. Club FG FT TP Melchl. .f .. .... 2 0 4 August, f .. 12 4 Fnichte, c .. .. .. 4 2 10 Lynch, g ... 1 3 ‘ 5 McConnell, g ... 1 o 2 Stapleton. f ~11 3 Murphy, g ... ... 0 11 Strickler, g on 0 Totals 10 9 29 Berne FG FT TP S. Neuenschwander. f 4 1 9 C. Spninger, f 1 0 2 Stanffi r, C .... 3 0 6 Striker, g ..... 0 0 0 D. Neuenschwander. g 5 14 M Sprunger, f ... o o o D. Habegger, f ~3 0 6 Lehman, c j 1 3 Giandilnard. g . 12 4 Totals . 18 8 44 Post 43 FG FT TP Griffith, f ......... 2 0 4 Henschcn. f 13 5 Engle, c .... ........ 1 o 2 Beavers, g 11 3 D. Arnold, g ...... 0 11 Adler, f . 1 0 2 Yasi r, f 0 0 0 S. Arnold, f ... 0 0 0 Carson, g 10 2 Hoffman, g 0 0 0 Totals 7 5 19 Referee: Everhart. I'mplre: D. Wynn. 0 Traffic Snarled As Truck Breaks Down Traffic at the Intersection of Second and Monroe street,* was nearly synled for a while this morning when a large reml trailer' truck broke down In a freak mi-;

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ehap. The 1«» ton trailer hr ike loos-t from Its tractor <uh In th • middle of the intersection, Just after the driver. Orval Royer, pulled away froth the red traffic light. The trailer remained there until a local wrecker arrived and towed it away. The driver was unhurt ami no damage was done. Police chief Ed Miller directed traffic around the intemection. while ihe vehicle was stalled there. The driver I >ld him that he had .io.ike'l the trailer onto the tract or call on First street, but that the coupling must have been broken when he pulled away ut the Second i.trcet intc rKection. o EXTEND PEARL Ctontlniieg I'rnm Paar Onrl memory of the events as "foggy" I said that neither he', nor hl* assistant, made delivery to Marshall. Committee members, counsel and Bratton clashed repeatedly with edgy tempers In connection j witli changes in Bratton's testimony. Bratton told an army Investigation that he bsd effected delivery to high ranking officers on the evening of Dec. 6. He told the committee that his memory ha* been tefreshed by conversation* and study of documents and now does not recollect passing lhe mesegra to Marshall. Comm.ttee chief counsel <4eth Richardson asked Rep. Frank B. I Keefe. |{ , Wi*., If he Was I "charging a witness with perjury or Just calling attention to an error,” as Keefe accused fol. Rufus S Bratton. 1941 chief of army far eastern intelligence, of changing testimony and evading questions. Keefe pointed out al- ; ieged discrepancies in Bratton's sworn affidavit, testimony before i •in army Inquiry and his remarks before the current congressional investigation. Bratton reiterated that his memory of events early in 1941, particularly the evening before the Japanese attack, remain* ' "foggy," He said that his wartime duty had interfered with "editing" his previous testimony and prevented consult It? f war department documents before re- i constructing pre Pearl Heritor j events. Keefe charged the witness with "hair-splitting answers” hi regard to questions concerning delivery of 13 part of a 14 part Japanese intercept to Gen. George C. Marshall on the evening before the attack.

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NEW POLICY (CaatlMed Fr.ai Pan* <>■>» r mattd pest be will now fight a new campaign to hold the somewhat inI flatlonary line to *'•»'»h ne wax I retreated I Mr Truman snn-unced that f Bowlm would succeed lo the StabI lllzation post in which Judge John ■ iC. Collet has been having an unI happy time trying to reconcile con Jflicting pressures. Collet will re- ■ turn to lhe federal bench in Ml*- > 1 vourl. t'nder Bowles in cbatge of GPA. will be Paul A. Porter, another advocate of a firm hold the line policy. Porter recently has been hairman of the federal communications coinmi-* ion, but previously was tent admlnls'rator in OPA. FCC commissioner Charles E. Denny. Jr., will become acting chairman of the FCC. Also under Bowlea, on the wage side of the picture, will lie the , wage stabilize!bn board. W. W. Wirtz will continue to head It. Bowh>«' new office ns stabilization direc tor falls under the technical jurisdiction of John W. Snyder. the reconversion director. It was plain, howewer. that Bowles had Iwen assured of a sule atanttally free hand In administering the new wag»-prlco p.illcy or he would not liav-t taken the job GEN. SMITH IS (Cewtisard Frsai Oa«) mlttlng him to take the post without affecting hl* military status. A similar arrangement was made in th case of veterans' administrator Gen. Omar N. Bradley. Smith's appointment was expected to be greeted warmly by the Runsians. His close association with Eisenhower will enhance his position, since most Russians have a very higji regard for the American chief of staff. Smith, like Eisenhower, is a close friend of

DANCING Edgewater Park Celina, Ohio Sunday, February 17 Hank Armantrout and his Orchestra Dancing 9 to 12.

IN 32 DAYS DECATUR HAS LOST $231,400 in wages because of the strike at GENERAL ELECTRIC Nothing can be gained by striking that could not have been gained while still at work. GENERAL® ELECTRIC

, Marshal Gc orge Zhakoy. Mr. Truman released a k tter to Harriman which disclosed that the envoy had tried to resign lasi April and on several occasions since then. Until now. howevt r. the President persuaded him to stay on. Smith is known as "Roedle" to friend*. He began soldi ring as a private In the Indiana National Guard. Before serving with Elsenhower In Europe and the' Medlter- ' i nniiin theater he wax secretary of the war department general staff. Harriman I* expected to return to private buMncmx. He is an executivi- or «’ director of several railway, steel and investment corporations. INSURANCE AGENTS (Conttnuod Pa ex Ona) being from Berne. Mr. McCiain, who wa» state Insurance commissioner under the McNutt and part of the Townsend administrations. advised with the group and assisted iu

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