Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1946 — Page 6

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Arrangements Are Completed For Sectional • Complete plan* for the Motional tournament. which will lx* held at the Decatur Yellow Jacket* gym nasi urn Thursday. Friday and Sat I flrday. acre made at a meeting Saturday of principal* of the parti cipating school* with W. Guy Brown. Decatur principal and tour Hey manager. Seaeon ticket.* for the tourney Went on sale In the 10 hleh school* of the county this mom.ng These tickets ure priced at $1.59. Door* of the gymnasium will he opened one hour before eaeh »«»*• > eion, with only aeaoon tic ket holder* admitted for the first 30 min utes, after which time single se* aion ticket* will he eold There Is flu advance sale on single session ducats, which are paid at HO cents I each. Harry Dailey was selected as of ficial scorer for the entire tournanent and Dale Roas w. * chosen as official timer. Both are member* ot the l>catur high -chool fucul ty. The school officials drew lots for seating arrangement* for this year * tourney Following the draw. * motion was passed regarding fu ture Heating arrangements, whereby the allotment will be made on 1 * rotation plan. In order to prevent any school from drawing more un-i favorable location* in the gym an - excessive numlter of times. Under this plan, Section A. In; 1

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PUBLIC SALE REAL ESTATE PERSONAL PROPERTY 71—ACRE FARM, MORE OR LESS—7I Subject to Public Roads. '* The undersigned heirs of the Mrs. Catherine Bents estate will •el! for the highest hid at public auction, on Saturday, Feb. 23, ’46 Sale Starting at 10:30 A. M. Prompt i **■ ja’RBMSE’’ Real estate to sell at 1:30 P. M. LOCATION—4>* miles Southeast of Decatur. Ind., or ’» mile West of Bobo, or 3 miles North and 1* mile West of Pleasant Mills. IMPROVEMENTS—6 room house with cellar; house has new root; summer kitchen site 18’x24'; good barn sixe 36'xSo' with hip roof; poultry house sixe 1FX18'; gralnery else 12'xl8‘; corn crib sixe s'xlß'; •moke bouse sixe Bxl2'; well at house, another well at the barn; good cistern. 87’i acres under cultivation; 3V» acres of woods. The line fences •re in fair condition; good drainage. This is good productive soil, fanned with crop rotation TERMH ON REAL ESTATE—2O% on day of sale, balance on delivery Os good and sufficient warranty deed and abstract of title. Possession will be given first part of .March. PERSONAL PROPERTY 4 CATTLE—Roan cow 8 yr. old be fresh last of April, giving milk: Red cow 7 yr. old. be fresh last of March, giving milk; Roan cow 9 yr. old, be fresh in April, giving milk: Red cow. 6 yr. old. be fresh In April, dry. 8 HORSES — Bay team, geldings, both 7 yr. old, wt. 1700 lbs.; Sorrel gelding, smooth mouth, wt. 1400 lbs. 10 HOGS—Duroc Gilt will farrow first of April; White gilt will farTow April 18; 8 feeding ahoats ave. wt. lift tbs. POULTRY—IB head of White Rock hens, 1 yr. old; 18 bead of Plymouth Rock hens, 1 yr. old, laying. HAY A STRAW—IO ton more or less of good little red clover and timothy mixed hay; 5 ton more or less of timothy hay; 1 ton of soya bean hay; 3 ton of wheat and oats straw. WOOD—2O cord of good mixed stove wood. FARM MACHINERY A MlSC.—Wagon and hay ladders; 80 tooth Wood spike tooth harrow; Deering 5' cut mower; good set of bridles; extra heavy set of lines: collars; pads; Iron kettle; 2 gal. lard press; 55 gal. steel oil drum with oil; pitch fork; shovels many other articles not mentioned. HOUSEHOLD GOODS —South Bend Malleable range; oil heater; Florence 4 burner oil stove; cherry kitchen safe; oak drop leaf extension table; 3 work tables; 50 lb. site Ice box; 10 chairs; Florence drop head sewing machine; Vktrola with records; library table; 3 rocking chaira; 2 stands; 2 metal beds with springs; 2 dressers; Antique bureau; bed clothing including comforts, goose feather pillows, sheets end linens; 8 day clock; 28 yd of wool carpet; throw rugs; Antique dishes; other dishes and cooking utensils; 2 copper Wash boilers; tubs; can goods; other household articles not mentioned. ■ TERMS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY—CASH. Bentz Heirs OWNERS Sark—Kermit Bowen. Auctioneers—Surnan Bros., phone I>eatur <761. Monroe 81-Y. Lunch will be served by Bobo V. B. Ladies Aid.

I the southwest corner of the gym, will he alloted to Jefferson each year, as the smallest school. Sections J and K, in the north we*’ I corner, and the etage. will be al- ' lot»d to Decatur junlor-»enlor high ! school. All other section* will be I rotated, counter-clockwise, among i the other eight participating > school*. Seating arrangement* for this 'year - * tourney, reading from the -outhwest corner, around the gym ire ad follows: Section A Jefferson. Section II Geneva. Section (' Hartford. Section D Monmouth. Section E Pleasant Mill*. Section F Monroe Section (I Decatur Commodore*. Section H Berne Section I Kirkland. Section* J, K and stage Decatur Yellow Jackets. — . ... —o . .. - Two Fox Hunts Are Planned This Week Plant fur two more fox hunt*; this week were announced today by the Adam* county fish and game i conservation league through it* ! president, Robert Hill. The events will lie staged on Thursday and Saturday morning, he said, with the group* organizing on the south side of the court , house at 8:30 am In the Thursday hunt, farmers living in that vicinity are asked to meet at the St. Paul’s church and they will be joined by the group from Decatur Two foii-w were bagged in the hunt by the club la-t Saturday I morning, he reported. Individual : credit was given to Virgil Andrews I and Kay Bleeke. each of whom bagged one animal. % — f , H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne Central 54. Marion 48. Kokomo 48, Wabash 30. Indianapolis Howe 33. Shelbyville 31 Linton 37, Terre Haute Gerts- j meyer 26. East Chicago Washington 41,; Jeffersonville 27. Benton Harbor (Mich » 60. Ham-’ mond 37. Evansville Reitz 41, Owensville 23 Champaign (111.1 51, Hammond Tech 42. o You can't win a robe of right-1 eousnes* by giving away a few clothe* now and then.

lowa Retains 1 Leadership ' In Big Ten Chicago, Feh. 18 (CP)-The , superb team balance that carried lowa to the top ot the Big Ten basketball standing today prom- , I Led to keep th- Hawkeyes there , - h rioiis lute season challenges. lowa won its eighth conference game* In nine starts Saturday when It defeated Wisconsin 44 to 39 In a rough game at Madison. The Hawkeye* have three game* remaining as they bid for their s cond straight conference championship With it* two stellar forward*. Dick Ives and Dave Danner, held I to four held goals by the aggressive Wisconsin d ferise. lowa's guards Herb Wilkinson and Theron Thomsen stepped into the 1 breadh to tally 16 points and take up the alack. Season long it ha* Iteen lowa's i er nly divided scoring ability that has carried the team. The Hawk* I never have placed their offensive reliance on on- or two outstand ing individual scorers. Wisconsin outscored lowa from the field Saturday night, but the Hawkeye* ca sited in on 18 out of 28 free throws to build up their winning margin. Wisconsin could sink only nine out <4 26 charity chana s. lowa was extremely slow in starting and failed to garner a field goal in the first seven ininI utes of play and at the end ot that time trailed 10 to 2. Tit Hawk* then pulled themselves together and managed to dilve Into a 21 to 20 advantage at halftime. lowa's next tst come* SalurJ day night with Illinois at Ciampaign. The other foe* remaining for the Hawkeye* are Indiana and Minnesota. It was Indiana that handed the league I uders their only loss of the campaign. Northwestern and Indiana kept I faint championship 'hopes alive by beating Illinois and Purdue. The Wildcat* whipped Illinois by a 48 to 43 count and th Hoosier* took a 57 to 47 verdict over their ancient Boilermaker rivals. The Northwestern victory wax, engineered by another brilliant ! j |» rfortnance by .Max Morri*, the' burly forward and the Big Ten's . leading individual scorer. Morri* scored 20 points to boost his conI ference total for 10 game* to 167 point*. Ohio State, in second place In I I t>iie Big Ten. st pped oiit of eon* ference play and absorbed a 64 to 4! boating at the hand, of Michigan State. Erratic Michigan had one of it* good nights and trimmed Great latkes 56 to 59. Two leagu games are scheduled tonight. In them Illinois entertains Wisconsin and Northwestern Is at Minnesota. The standing*: W L Pct. lowa 8 1 .889 Ohio State .... 8 2 .800 Northwestern .. . 7 3 .700 Indiana 7 3 .700 'Minnesota.. 5 3 .625 j Michigan 6 6 .500

Tonight & Tuesday In Gorgeous Technicolor! “LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN” Gene Tierney, Cornell Wilde. Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax —o Wed. A Thurs. — Bette Davis , "The Corn Is Green" First Show Wed. at 8:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! O—O Coming Sun. — "Stork Club.” CORT) Tonight & Tuesday I “PILLOW OF DEATH” Lon Chaney, Brenda Jeyee : & “VOICE OF THE WHISTLER” Richard Dia, Lynn Merrick 9e-30c Inc. Tax —O—O-— Wed. A Thurs. — Judy Canevs, "Hit The Hsy’ A 8 Stooges. —O O — ' Coming Sun. — “Prison Ship” A "A Guy Could Change."

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Illinois .... 5 5 .500 Purdue .. .. 4 8 .333 Wisconsin ..I 9 .100 Chicago .. Oil ,004> Gaines this wick: Tonight WiM-onxin at Illinois Northwestern at Minnesota. Friday Ohio State at Chicago. Saturday lowa nt Illinois; Indiana at Minnesota; Ohio State at Northwestern; Michigan Stat at Wi-coiixin. Terry Moore Named Captain Os Cards i ! SI. Pw..r»l>ur«h. Fla. F-h IS--1 (CPl—Eddie Dyer, starting hisj 'first seaeon ax manager of the St. ‘ Louis Cardinals, gave old-timer Terry Moore a vote of confidence today hy naming the 33-year-old outfielder team captain for 1946. Spiking report* that Moore wa« to be traded or sold, Dyer said he expected the tail Tennessean to i play a major role In the caMI-l nals' bid for the national league' pennant. Most of the early arrivals wer- | ex-servicemen who will be given extra drills. They included pitchers • Ernie White. Johnny Grodizlcki. Howie Pollet. Ted Wilks. Max Lanier. third baseman Jeff Croix and catcher De! Wllbuvt. McPhail Wth Yanks Balboa. C. Z. Feh. 18-(UP)— President f.arry MacPhall, his wife, and umpire Charlie Berry were scheduled to arrive today to «ee how the New York Yankees’ exservicemen are ' reconverting" under the tailing Panama sun Berry will officiate the Yankees' exhibition games, starting Thursday. Jumps Dodgers San Juan. Feb. 18-<UP)—Lar-rupin' Luis Olmo. Brooklyn Dodger outfielder who hit .313 last -season, was expected to "jump" the club today and sign a three-year contract with Ernest Carmona, wealthy club owner in ths- New Mexican baseball league. General manager branch Rickey st the Dodger* offered Olmo a <7, 500 contract two yeeks ago, but the 28-year-old Puerto Rican slugger turned It down. Carmona reportedly has offered him an annua! salary between <13.000 and 114,000. “Murderers’ Row" Miami, Fla.. Feb. IS (UP) — Manager Mel Ott of the New York Giants had the makings of "murderers' row" of h'a own tiday in left fielder Sid Gordon, first baseman lohnny Mixe and Centerfielder Haise Young. The trio each hanged out three lusty wallops in yestetday's intra ■quad game although Mixe's "Maulera" lost to Johnny Rucker’s "Roudice". 5 to 4. Southpaw Holdout Sanford. Fla., Feb. 18-(UP> -r General manager branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers faced a tough holdout problem today in Joe Hatten, southpaw pitcher who was touted as an out-standing prospect by Rickey more thsn four years ago. Hatten, acquired from the Minneapolis Millers in the deal that sent Van Mungo to the American Association club, has rejected Rickey's offer of 8450 a month. Hal- , ten 'has a fellow holdout In Gene HennaMki, highly-regarded outfielder who has rejected ah offers ito date. o — , Trade In a Good Town — Dseatur

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indian* 57. Purdue 47. Marquette 68. Notre Dame 59. lowa 44, Wisconsin 39. Northwestern 48. Illlnoi* 43. Michigan 56. Great Lake* 50. Michigan State 61. Ohio State 41. Valparaiso 51, Hamllne 48. Butler 61. Franklin 48. Indiana Central 48, Manchester 41. Earlham 51, Wabash 41. Zollner Pistons Lose To Rochester Royols Rochester. N. Y.. Feh. 18—((’PI The Royals took their third gama i in five meeting* with the Zollne* Pislon* last night when they won 58-55. The Piston* wiU have a 1 < hatice to even Ihe score Tucwday night when the two team* play at Fort Wayne. Bob McDermott and Ed Sadowski were taken out of the game on fouls In the last four minute* of play, The Piston* also were handicapped because of the absence of John Pelkington who was forced to Stay home With laryngitis. St. Patrick's Wins CYO Grade Tourney St. Patrick's won the championship cf the CYO grade school league Sunday night, defeating St. Peter's in the final game, 36 to 24, at (he Central Catholic gym In Fort Wayne. St: Joe of Decatur was defeated in It* first game Saturday afternoon by St. Peter's, 21 to 15. _ e _ Approximately 29.350 Wyoming men were inducted Into the armed force* during- World War 11.

* j; ' •' sjsf ' wr «■ wk XfW ' w IMF \ 1 • 8 ■ ■BHr 7« W ffJaw^F /WMyj* ■ Jy» t - *"* 'fr- 1 - f If YOU DOUBT the right of Louisa Kuhn to the title of Champion War Worker as the retires. Just glance at her record. She is 74, weighs 85 pounds, is deaf and dumb, but has maintained a production record at a Meriden. Conn, plant during three wars that matches any man in the company. In her M years with the same company as a power • press operator she has missed but two days of work because of ifinese. ~ What kept her in tip-top shape until she suffered a heart attack recently was a daUy two* and - a-half mile ,| walk to work. (International) j

warn Final Standings W. L. Pct. Borne 1« « *’«i Monmouth 18 Geneva •Yellow Jackets 12 « «' HI Kirkland 9 9 py-asunt Mille ' I" <l - liuriford " 11 - 31 ’ 9 Monroe 7 12 .368 t'ommoder<w 5 13 .2iß Jefferson 1 15 0 63 - 000The Berne Bears, by defeating ' the Decatur Yellow Jackets in the final game of the season Friday night, retained their hold on the top rung of the county standing* by assent margin over the Monmouth Eagles. The Bear* won 16 games while losing only four during the aeason. ■ 000 — Season tickets for the Decatur sectional tournament went on sale in all high schools In the county this morning. The tickets are priced at 81.50 and with the well-balanced draw which wai announced Saturday, sale* should be heavy, perhaps a complete sellout cf the gym in season tickets. In event any single session tickets are available, they will be sold at 50 cants per session. 000While no seat* are reserved, ticket holder* will b»- admitted to the gym one hour Itefore the opening of each session. Single *«wsiou ticket* ducal* will not go on sale nntil 30 mintes before game time, this giving *ea*on ticket holders the opportunity of obtaining better •veals. 000 — Fort Wayne Central drew ail the breaks in the Fort Wayne sectional pairings The other Fort Wayne school*. South Side, North Side. Concordia and Central Catholic ar* j aii bunched In one bracket, with ■ Central having only county team* to defeat to reach the championship game. —oOo — The Decatur sectional winner did not fare too well in the regional ■tourney draw. The champion here will meet tlie victor of the Huntington Mctional in the first regional game at Huntington at 1:30 p m. Saturday, March 2. The Hartford City and Bluffton winners will tangle in the second regional tilt, with the winner* meeting at 8 p.m. for the right to enter the Muncie semi-final meet Saturday, March ». The eastern side of the Tejon mountain range of Wyoming rises almost vertically 7.900 feet from a comparatively flat valley floor. Raw cabbage* is in the same class a* citrus fruit* and tomatoes when it come* to vitamin C. The meet concentrated of fuel* i* anthracite. A lump of it contain* about I'4 time* a* many heat units a* the same volume of gasoline, twice as many as the same volume of coke, four times a* many as aeasotied hard-maple firewood. In the laet year of World War II the railroads of America carried I more than twice as many passengers and nearly twice a* much freight as they carried in the last year of the firat World War. •■■■■■■IMMMMMaMMWMM

IN 35 DAYS I DECATUR I HAS LOST I $245,750 I in wages because of the strike at GENERAL ELECTRIC I Nothing can be gained by striking that could not have been gained while still at work. GENERAL® ELECTRIC J 8 • f! - ®

2gS i ONI OF eighteen Jap* on trial In Shanghai, China, for the burning alive of three American flier* who were with Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle on the raid on Tokyo, Lt. Gen. Shigaro Sawada peer* out from behind his cell bar* in a Shanghai jaiL He commanded the Jap 13th Army in Shanghai when the Yank* were killed. (International Soundpholo)

PUBLIC SALE! Ah my hin-d man I* leaving. I rented my farm iU public auction ail my livestock, farm implement, and !»* farm located 2 mile, east and 1 mile south of Mouror. IJf and 5 miles north of the Tile Mill, Berne. Ind , on Wednesday, Feb. 20, isl Sale Starting at 10 o'clock a. m. 12—HEAD OF CATTLE-12 F Brown Swiss cow, to freshen 3rd of Man ti; Guernsey old. to freshen in March: Holstein cow. 6 yr. old. to Roan cow. 7 yrs old. due by dny of sale; Holntein b*> months: Guernsey cow. 6 yr* old. fresh: Gti<-m«y co* calf by side: Holstein cow. 4 and Holstein heifer. 1 yrs flow of milk; Brown Swiss heifer, to freshen this tpriif: heifer nnd Holstein bull, both coming one year old thii 2—HEAD OF HORSES-2 Roan mare. Bor 9 yr*, old; Roan horse, 8 yr«. old. E ffAg 29—HEAD OF HOGS—29 L,,Black sow. with pig* by side; 2 red sow*, to Uno* Duroc male hog. 2 yrs. old: 25 feeding shoat*. »t about 14 S-HEAO OF SHEEP-8 g nSjf 8 good ewes. 1 to 3 yr*, nld. starting to lamb F, POULTRY f, About 259, more or les*. White leghorn* Mostly good production. IsH GRAIN AND HAY f About 15 tons of good mixed hay, put up without rib W* tons of alfalfn: 2 ton* more or less, clover hay. 27’ less, mixed hay: 4u9 itushel. more or less, t orn in 'h» MUM 299 bushels oat*. OMa IMPLEMENTS John Deere Model A tractor, on *te«l. in good i-nnl't* vator attachment for John Deere Mode! A trottor J ' tractor plow: John Deere tractor disc: John D--re comP**aM___ fertilizer attachmenl; New Idea manure spreader in McCormick 5-ft mnwor: 8-ft. cultinscker: rotary hoe HoMKJgga grain drill; Dain hay loader: 8-fork hay tedder dump side delivery rake: 2 spring tooth harrow* «pik» OUver riding and breaking plow: walking bn-aKinc plow• roller; 7-*hovel cultivator; slnele and doubl- <hov.d rubber tire wagon good tire* and new grain '""I • with stock ruck -’moat new. MISCELLANEOUS ' PRE FAB brooder house. Insulated. 12x16. *uret. good a* money will huy, used only one aeason 10x12. in rood condition: Jamesway electri< bro-d-r season: DeUval No. 16 electric cream separator hand separator: milk can*, buckets and strainer feed mixer; line shaft with pulleys: drive belt, ™ scale*: pump jack with electric motor; . corn n ' ers; 4 hog houses; galvanized tank wth .or corn cutter; stubble cutter: slip scoop: wheel iarr drums: about 49 g*l. tractor fuel oil: set lars; several squares used galvanised roofing: <■ u s ‘ feeders: vice; sledge hammer; shovels; forks, an' mentioned. TERMS—CASH. Jeff UecH O’W Auctioneer*—Christ Bohnke and D. S. Blair. E. W. Baumgartner—Clerk. |w!4| I Lunch will be served. ■ .

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