Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1946 — Page 6

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East Bowlers Holding Lead In 43rd ABC Buffalo. March 20 H’Pt Eastern howler* to-ik commanding hud* in practically al’ division* of the 43rd American bowling ionchamplonxhii)* today ae an expected W'-day scoring lull set In. Booster team*, with averages of ]>•*< than 85<t per game. are xched tiled to roll the n muindet of th" week with little chance of gaining a berth among the leaders. The all-east trend range* through alt f.iur diveion* to date. Wi<klin» Motor* of Charlextott. W V.i.. i« tin* only quintet to < ia< k the mono, poly in the team division, holding third place while the Harry Ftarbuck Andrew Lychalk combination from Detroit hold. third plate in the double* standing*, .‘urrounded by eastern bawlers. Sgt Ed Easter of Waukegan, 111. kt the lone midwest representative among the singles leader*, holding find place by 3! pins ovei Meyer Larsen of Morgan. N. J. (inly one change was record'd In the single* standing yesterday When met Standich of Borger, Tex., look fifth place with 662 to bee >m>« the southwest’s lone representative among the leaders. The midwest also gained a place in the all-events lists as Hick Hobbs of Lima. 0.. moved into the . ii'xth spot with I *43. Meanwhile, ABe offit ,tL said it would be impossible to waive their "Caucasians only" rule and permit negroes to participate in the 1946 tournament. In replying to Sen James M Mead. I). NY. 4 „d Mil>or n,. r11;1| .,| Dowd of Buffalo, wh> protested against the alleged racial discrimination, the <ongr, ‘H said that the matter was not "properly presented before the Dec 5 deadline ' All legislation must he presented four months in advance of th.meeting, the congress’ statement said, in order to let u „| tH •dudy the proposals. II twever, the congress said the matter could lie taken up at next year s meeting. —• _ o Emmert Gives Ruling On Raccoon Hunting Indianapolis, March 20 H'P, Attorney General James A. Emmert ruled today th:,! Hoosiers may hunt raccoons any time except during a I',-day period preceding the op,n seaoon. He also told the state cancervation department. in interpreting a state law. that ’coon hunting was prohibited lief ween sunset and sunrise.

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McMillen Winner Os League Contest M, Millen defeated Legion Post ; 43 in an Industrial league came! Tuesday night at the Unotiln gym. 42 to 28. Ml Millen led tit the half. 22 to In. Hirsi-hy wax the winners' i leading scorer with Hi points, ami Arnold tallied a like number to i lend Po*t 43 In an exhibition till Bertie Pur niture defeated Moose lodge. 4* to 3!». Bertie trailed at the half. I 24 to 22. but took the lead in the third period Grandlimird wa* high tor Berne with 12 points, and Bice < minted Io for Moose. The regular league season will wind up with single games Thursday and Monday. Tomorrow night. M< Milieu will play Berne Furol titre, and in the final tilt Monday, Kraft Food- will meet Berne Me Millen won the first half title <>y defeating Berne in a playoff game Berne i* undefeated so far in the second half and if successful In its final two games, a playoff fori the league championship will be necessary. Trophies which will be presented to the league winners and runners-1' up are now on display at the Pet er, n Clothing store. McMillen FG FT TP It Schnepf. f .. 3 3 ft . Hir-.hy. f 4 2 !<• Way. c ....... 4 a k , belong, g .. . 03 J | Williamson, g . .... 1 o 2 Painter, g ..102 Schelpe-. g 3 2 8 Totals 16 pi 42 , Post 43 FG FT TP Bunkie, f .113 Griffith, f .. 1 Baumgartner, c .. .. 0 2 2 , Yager, g .1... 2 1 5 Arnold, g .. 5 0 10 1 Mankey. f.. 0 0 o' Adler, f.. .... o o o' Beavers, c 2 0 4 ' Engle, g .. 0 1 Ip Corson, g Io? Totals . II 6 2S ' Berne FG FT TP D Hahegger. f 3 0 6 , Giandiiuaid. f .... 5 2 121 Stauffer, c .. ... 12 4 It .Venenschwander, g 4 1 ft M Sprunger. g ... 4 o s Beerbower, f .00 O' C. Ix-hman. g .... 2 0 4 Schlagenhauf g 2 15 I Totals 21 6 41 Moose FC FT TP < Rice, f 5 o m ] Kitchen, f ..3 0 6 < Reed, c .32 SI Kukelhan. g 3 0 6 < August, g .. .. .. 4 0 8' King, f .. 0 0 0 I

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Kunkel, g 1 1 Totals 1" 3 3ft Referee Everhart. Branch Rickey Wars On Mexican Scouts I lay tona Beach. Fla . March 2" tl’Pi Brunch Rickey, Brooklyn Dodger president, declared personal warfare on nil Mexican Ivory I hunters today after an attempt wa* I made to digit Jackie Robinson, 'negro shortstop. Yankees St. Petersburg. Fla. March 20 ;H IM The injury jinx, which has Ihern working at un all-time high thkt spring, hit the New York Yun kee*' camp today, sidelining second baseman Joe Gordon with a painful hand wound. Braves Fort laiuderdale. Fla . March 2" tl’Pi Pnaident lamia Perini of the Boston Braves returned to ■ amp empty handed t slay aware that money won’t buy everything. Perini attempted t.> purchase Marty Marion from owner Sam Bn adult of the Cardinals yesterday only to learn that half a million dollar* isn’t enough. Indians Clearwater. Fla. March 2'l H'. P. t Vice president Rover Peckin-1 paugh made one more attempt today to bring holdout third base-1 man Ken Feltner to 'rims, indicating that if he was itnsuccessful th,- Cleveland Indians' star infielder may be traded. Reds Bradenton. Fla., March 20—(1'IM The Cincinnati lied*, surprise team of the citrus cin mt. met NewYork Yankees' ”B ’ squad today, each fresh from a convincing victory. Giants Miami. Fla . March 20 H IM — Manager M,-l ott wa* highly pleased today in the manner in which f.rst baseman Johnny Mize has re- , covered from a sailor to a bastoball player. , Cut Foreigners Mexico City, March 20 H'lM 1 The Mexican baseball league. In a move to save the game for Mexi- t can citizens, announced today a rule limiting the number of foreign players who can compete in 1 the league. Fearful that too many foreigners, i especially from Cuban and t’nited Stat,* diamonds, may lie attracted i to the league, president Jorge Pasquel revealed that each of the ' e.ght Hulm may have eight foreign players under contract but only t seven on the field at the same time . o — ( 'Axis Sally' Is Taken I f Prisoner In Germany B-rlin, March 20—H’Pi Ameri- ’ can counter • intelligence agents have captured ’Axis Sally." the 1 dark ey,-d personality girl of radio Berlin who used her aexy voice ■ on C S troop* during the war. Justice Department official* identified "Sally" as Mildred E . Glllars. 36, formerly of Portland. Maine. She will le? returned to the Vailed States to face indictment for trea-mnable broadcasts. — o Growers estimate that 450,000 t carloads of citrus fruits will be produced in the I'nited State* during the 104.5-46 season. 1 WENDELL MACKLIN | 128 N. First St. WiTiSfflnvnnnW i IMS smMaai as eourtssv and ssls MVtag 1» awsrdad to s car awnsr a* thia aeoununlty avary weak. »B!VS CAMFULLT—gAVI A tin H«rf>B*-nn Brew In* Fart Wegßto Ind tons MONEY Would a cash loan of $25 or more help you? If so, you can borrow the money from us on your own signature. No delay. You can get a loan from us to pay debts and the extra money you may need. Loans peivatsiv made in amounts up to *300.00. You can borrow from ue on your note, furniture, etc. without any one knowing about it. Call, phona, terita LOCAL LOAN COMPANY IsvaracetSsd Ow Tto twain jpats NiaiHf (MXATUR, IND.

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Exhibition Games By United Press Cincinnati (N) 9. Bouton (A) 1 (First Game*. Boston (At 4. Cincinnati <N» 3 iSecond (Jamal. St. Louis <N» 3. Now Vork IAI Ist team 2 Detroit (Ai 2nd team 15. Kansas City (Assn) 12. Cleveland (At 6. Detroit (Al S. Boston (Xi 9. Philadelphia (Si 3. Boston (Xi 2nd team 11. Balti more (I XT I 5. Sew York (Ni 5. Philadelphia (Ai 2. Brooklyn (Xl 7. St. Paul (A«»ni 4 Sew York (Al 2nd team 9. Newark (IST i 3. St Ixmis (Al vs. Pittsburgh (XI. cancelled, wet grounds. Chicago (Al vs. Chicago (Xl. cancelled, rain. Chicago (XI ”B” squad v«. St. Jamia (Al "B” squad, cancelled, rain. Birmingham (SOl'i 1 Rochester (IXTI 1. —————o— — Kraft Foods Winner First Tourney Tilt The Kraft Food* team of thin city, rallying in the second half, upset the highly favored Liman De [>ot quintet in the animal gold med al tourney at Van Wert, 0.. Tuesday night. 34 to 31. The Lima team held a 9 to 2 lead at the first quarter, and 18 to 10 at the half. Kraft came back to cut this margin to 23 to 21 at the third quarter and set too fast a pace in the final period for the Ohio five. CrablH's nine points led a well balanced scoring attack (or Kraft, while Bollinger counted 12 to lead the favored Lima team. In another tourney game last night, legion Pos» 47 of Fort Wayne eliminated a Pleasant Mill* quintet, 48 to 33. Box score of this game was not made available to the Daily Democrat. Kraft bo« score' Kraft FC FT TP Reynolds, f .. o 0 0 Counterman, f ...... 2 n 4 Meyers, c 3ft G Franke, g 30 « Crablll. g ... 4 1 Hoit, f 3 | 7 Kisner. g 1 0 2 Totals is • 34 Lima FG FT TP Maisch, f .....A.— 2 2 6 Bratten. f 12 4 Bollinger, c 6 0 12 Paige, g ... , 317 Stanvoich, g 1 0 2 Total* 13 S 31 Referee: Hartman. Playoffs Started In Hockey Leagues By United Pre** Montreal'* Hying Frenchmen, eliminated In the first round of the Stanley cup playoff* hut year, were off to a flying start In the 1946 classic today with an opening victory over the dangerous Chicago Blackhawk*. The National hockey league's

annual post season playoffs started I last night with the Canadians. regular season champions, scoring a decisive 6 to 2 triumph over Chicago before 13.000 fans at Montreal and the Boston Bruin*, secondplace finishers during the season, turning back the Detroit Red Wings. 3 to 1. before 13.900 spectators at Boston Garden. The semi-final matches, hest out of seven games, resume tomorrow night with the same team* playing on the same Ice. Th" American hockey league's Calder cup playoff's were running true to form today with all three favorites in the winner's circle. The annual post-season serie* opened last night with three game* and In the big one. the Buffalo Bison*, eastern division champions, walloped Indianapolis' western division titlist. 5 to 1. before 9,139 fans at Buffalo. In the two preliminary series. Cleveland's defending Calder cup champs blanked the Providence Reds. 2 to 0. and Hershey whitewashed Pittsburgh 3 to 0. The winners of the preliminaries, best out of three games, will meet in a seven game, semi finals match for the right to play the Indian-apolis-Btiffalo winner The six team* resume action tomorrow night with Indianapolis playing the second game of It* i>est out of seven series at Buffalo while Hershey travel* to Pittsburgh and Providence to Cleveland. Buffalo showed the same scoring punch against Indianapolis last night that it used to turn the eastern division race into a runaway during the tegular seas on.-leading 1 to ft going into the final period, the Bison* slammed home tour goals to rout the Indianupoli* Caps. ' S' i in American Atomic Bomb Policy Hit Strong Attack Made By Russian Press Ixmdon, March 2#.—(UP)- The Soviet pres* charged today that reactionary, imperialistic forces in America are seeking to establish "an atomic dictatorship" over the world. The charge was contained in an article In the Soviet publication. New Times, a frequent medium for expression of Russia's view* ! on foreign affiars. and was broadcast by radio Moscow. It whs the strongest and most ' detailed attack yet made by the ' Soviet press on American atomic 1 bonib policy. The atom bomb testa in the Paclfic. charged New Time*, are designed to create fear of the new weapon and reactionary elements hope to trade on these fears to further their Imperialist aims. The New Time* article contained no mention of the Soviet espionage activities with regard to atomic development uncovered In Canada. •The reactionary jingo pre**" said the article, "talks of the nec essity of taking advantage of the present situation to establish a »ew atomic Imperialism—atomic dictatorship." Such alms, the article noted, could not "by the wildest stretch of the Imagination’’ be regarded as compatible with united nation* control of atomic energy.

3 Todays Sports Parade By Oscar Fraley Reg,U.« O ” ° Tampa Fla. March » Fearless Fraley’s inside Info from the spring training camps found In dressing room*, ho** l * or ‘ angv juke bar. Walter <>• Brigg*. Jrknown as "Bpike." wax tnhallng some of the aforementioned orange juice In Miami Reach and relating how Briggs Stadium In Detroit almost got Ivy <m the wall* • but not quite ".Mother and dad (Tige owner> were watching the sixth game of last year’s series at Wrigley Field in Chicago and mother was admirIng the Ivy on the center held wall.’’ Spike recalled. "Mother had just about sold dad on the idea of beautifying Brigg* stadium with Ivy like Wrigley Field has. ’’Then Andy I’afko of the Cubs hit that ball Into the ivy in centerfield and our outfielder, Doc (’romer, lost it. A run came in and dad banged his hand on the railing and yelled: ’"There will be none of that in Briggs stadium."* . . . I'ndue influence, Spike admits. He also told of a heretofore unrevealed incident of the same Detroit winning series. "You newspaper guys are supposed to Im* smart.” said Spike, feeling his citrus cider. "Hut nobody noticed that Eddie Mayo, our second iHtseinan. made the final out and rushed the Inall over where dud was sitting and presented it to him.” , . . Young Spike is entitled to a hearty laugh. .. >Carl llilligan. personable publicity man of the American league. tells this one about coming back with the Red Sox from Cuba. There was a party of 40 returning. flying back to Miami, and eventually they reached the rather nonchalant customs oNclala. The squad was about to be passed through in the usual perfunctory manner when broadway Char ley Wagner. Busox pitcher, walk ed up intentionally behind trainer Winn Green and asked Innocently: "Say Winn, did they ever catch you smuggling In that stuff from South America four years ago?" The customs msn perked up his esrx like a startled South Carolina mule and proceeded to make a very thorough search of Green's luggage, . . all he found was dirty laundry. . . Marv Crlsson. promising Giant rookie pitcher, is a brother of Grissom of the Phils but alleges that l>e never taught him anything. , .. la*e told him to "go out and learn it the hard way. like I did” ... some batters claim that’s

an overstatement. . . The "eat ingest guy" In the spring camps is Dave (800 l Ferris*. sensational Bosox spohomore, according to manager Joe Cronin . . . and Charlie (not Charley) Ripple. Phil catcher, raised caln with the Quaker city writers for spelling his first name wrong. . . Wish Egan, the Tiger scont now front-ofllcing a* head of the scouting system, is dissatisfied with his newer and important job. Wish dug tip such star* a* Dick Wakefield. Hal Newhouser, Ditty Trout and Stubby Overmire and pines for the sandlot* again . . . a* far as uncovering talent. Wish •ays, it happens only when "God has hi* arm around you." . . . Ben Chapman, Phils' manager, was kidding Ron Northey about being the last man in from the outfield during innings. "Ben,” quoth the erudite Ron. "there's no sense of u* all being first." ... And. just for a change of pace, there are the Florida horserace*. The tip-sheet guy yell* frankly: "Who want to get even even worse than they were before ” . . . then. too. the Seminole* visit the * ra, 'k*nd on a foul one Indian lost 14 arrowheads. . . Hold on to your scalplock > Offers 18-Cent Increase Company Reveals Offer Os March 16 Chicago. Mar. 2ff—(Up) —The International Harvester Co. tpday made public an offer to grant 4te 30.000 striking employe* an 18-cent general wage increase «nd a suggestion that they return to work while other Issues are arbitrated. The company will pay this wage increase as soon as work I* resumed, without waiting for price relief from the government, ® l ’ or ß9-- Hodge, labor-relations manager, said. Previously International Harvester had refused to grant the raise without receiving assurance of • *•» Price ceilings. Hodge satai the 18 cent offer was made March 16 to Ronald Haughton, federal conciliator 'However. Inasmuch as Mr. Haughton has not called a meet Ing between the company and the ?, n ‘ on •“** th *“' w m it public now," ho —l4l

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“A telegram from Edgar L. Warren, chief of the federal con clliatlon service, was received today requesting that the company resume negotiations in Washing ton. Hodge said. "We do not feel that possibilities of a settlement here have la-en exhausted.” Hodge said ”We have notified Mr. Warren so this effect." "The I’nited Farm Equipment and Metal Workers’ I’nion (CIOJ has been on strike at ten milwestern Harvester plants for seven weeks. "The company," Hodge* said, "is anxious to resume work so that farmers may have tools they need to produce food in the present food crisis. We are also anxious to give employment to the thousands of Harvester people who have been out of work during this long strike.” Union officials in Washington charged yesterday that farmers will be unable to plant or harvest their crops because the strike has upheld production of vital farm equipment. The company's offer that the workers return immediately at the pay scale prevailing when the strike began. As soon as the 18-cent raise is approved by it will Im- grouted, retroactive to the national stabilization board the date of resumption of work A general 10 percent increase retroactive to October 1. 194',. also will be granted if approved by the government, Hodge said "If the union can agree with the company on other issues in dispute we caa settle everything now and the union can come back to work with a complete now contract." Hodge said o Trade* In a Good Town — Decatur

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