Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1946 — Page 6

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World Champion Girls' Team To Be Here Nov. 30 basketball tan*, on the night of Saturday. November IO will offered the opp rtunlty off awing the meet unusual basketball team ever to perform in this city On that night. Olson's AllAmrrletui ltr<| Heads. the world'* champion gitla banket hall team, will appear In Decatur, playing again d the McMillen men's team at the jun-ior-senior high school vym. The appearance of the world's femouw girl* team la sponsored by the Central Soya employes recreation association, with all profits going to the employes fund. The Red Heath, the w r'.d's tai' eat Kiris' club, have on average height of all feet, mid play games against men's teams from coast to coast In seven years of competition with the l>est college, school, and men's amateur teams, they have travelled over 230,000 milew from coast to coast tnot Including a 20.000-mlle tour of the Philippines). During these weven years they have played 1,113 Kames against men's teams, under straight men's rules, and have won practically 50 percent of these games. Featured performer with the Red Heads Is Hazel Walk*-, the world's greatest woman player, who h<dd>< , more official national record* than any other living woman. Am ng her many records, perhaps the out standing is her feat of being awarded a plaque hi 1942 from the I nl versify of Arkansas as the most outstanding athlete in Arkansas. Admission prices for this stellar attraction will Im- |1 for adults and 5o cents for children. Tickets will be placed on sale next week A preliminary game will start at 7:30 o'clock, followed by the Red Heads game against the McMillen quintet. 1,1 - ■■ —d-"~ - Bernard Scheimann Injured Thursday Misfortune continues to pursue the Scheimann family. Wednesday afternoon Fred A. “Butch” Scheimann suffered a severe injury to his left'eye when it was struck with a piece of wire. It is not known whether the sight of hie left eye can be saved. Then Thursday afternoon his brother. Bernard, suffered a lacerated left eyelid when a cow reared her head and one of the creature's horns broke the local man’s spectacles. The broken glass cut hid cheek and eyelid palnfuly but not seriously. o If ever one undertak<s to do as he pleases, no one can do as he pleases.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Monmouth at (’ -mmodores. Yellow Jackets at (Jarrett. Berne at*Pleasant Mills Monroe v« Geneva at Berne, Kirkland at Hartford. J> fferton at Poling McMillen Defeats Monroeville, 53-40 McMillen, erasing a one-point half-time deficit, defeated the Mon roevllle Independents, S 3 to 40, at the Lincoln gym Thursday night. The visit rs were out in front at the half. IK to 17. K Schnepf and Crist were the scoring leaders for McMillen with Io points each, while Reynold* was outstanding for Momoevllle with Is points. McMillen FC FT TP Williamson, f 13 5 It. Schnepf. f 4 19 K. Schnepf, c 4 2 111 Hirschy. g 2 15 Crist, g 5 0 in August, f 113 S< helper, f 10 2 Way, g 2 0 4 J. Schnepf, g 2 15 Totals 22 0 53 Monroeville FG FT TP Daugherty, f 12 4 Reynolds, f 7 4 18 Sheehan, c 2 15 Crates, g 0 11 K Myers, g 2 1 5 Stephenson, f Oil J. Myers, g . 2 0 4 Perry, g 10 2 Totals 15 lo 4o Referee: Strickler. 0 — — Moose, Legion Win In League-Contests The Moose and l.egion Post 43 we e winners In gam«M In the \dams county Independent basketball league Thursday night, played at the Pleasant Mills gym. The Mo<a«e defeated the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Legion edged out Willshire in an overtime tilt. Box scores were not available, (lames Monday night at the Lincoln gym will be McMillen vs K. of C. and Mo<Me vs Hoagland. 0 Public Officials To Association Meetings County and township public officials here are making plane for a trip to Indianapolis on December 4. 5 and 6. when they will attend the annual meeting of the respective public officials’ aHsoclations. Headquarters of the zessions will be established In the Claypool hotel in the capital city

Ted Williams Most Valuable In American New York, Nov. 15 — (VP) — Outfielder Ted Williams of the Boston Red Box, who finished second In the American League batting race with an average of .342 and lat<-r turned out to bn a world series “goat”, today was chosen the league's most valuable player for 1946. A committee of 24 members of the baseball writers' association of America — three from each league city — gave the gangling Red Box slugger a total of 224 points of the basis of his stellar regular season performance that helped Boston win the American league pennant. Hal Newhouser, lefthanded pitching star of the Detroit Tigers who won the award in 1944 and 1945, was second in the balloting with 197 (mints, while second baseman Bobby Doerr of Boston finished third with 15K. The six foot, three-inch, 175pound Williams, who returned to baseball last season after thren years of service as a marine aviator. finished second to Mickey Vernon of the Washington Senators in the batting race, second to Hank Greenberg of Detroit In home runs and runs batted in. and topped the league in runs scored with 142. Williams clouted 38 homers and drove in 123 runs. He failed to come through In his regular season style during the world aeries, however, when manager Eddie Dyer concocted an unbalanced infield shift to check his dead right field hitting. Williams batted only .200 in the sevengame series and failed to hit in the pinches several times. Eight different players received first place votes in the unusually varied voting of scribes. Doerr finished next to williams In that respect with five first-place votes. Johnny Pesky, Boston shortstop, had two. Pesky finished fourth in the point totals with 141 to give the Sox three of the first four positions. After Pesky caine Vernon with one first (dace vote and a total of 134 points; Bob Feller, ace pitcher of the Cleveland Indians who also was the top choice of one writer and had 105 points; Dave (Boot Ferrlss. Boston’s

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sophomore pitching star, with a first place ballot and 94 points; ami Greenberg, who drew two first place ballots and 91 points. Williams will receive the annual Kenesaw Mountain Landis plaque at the yearly dinner of the New York chapter of the baseball writers' association here In February. ————- oKirkland Komets Lose And Win This Week * The Kirkland Koine's defeated ' the Murray Merchants, 34 to 28. ' at the Kirkland gym Thursday ! night, after dropping u 33 to 23 * decision Tuesday to Bayless fly1 brid at the Lancaster gym Tuesday. 0 f Transfer Veterans I Insurance Records i -1 — : Transfer of approximately 1,800,I 000 insurance records of Indiana, r Illinois and Wisconsin veterans I from the veterans administration i central insurance office to the VA branch office in Chicago will be- . gin November 25. The office will , n t be completed until sometime In I January. The decentlallzation of the mil . Ilona of policy files of the New York . office to the VA’s 13 branch offices to provide veteran policy hold era with faster and better serv- | ice was begun last March. Until personally notified other wise, veterans will continue to remit their premiums as they have. Not until the transfer has l>een completed will the Chicago branch office begin to receive collections and correspondence. Used Auto Buyer Is Held As Embezzler Indianapolis, Nov. 15.—(UP) — ' A 27-year-old used car buyer wa«< held today on charges of grand larceny and embeulement of |7,200 from a former employer. The buyer, Robert L. Taylor, of Danville, 111., was arrested by police when he returned here, he said, to repay the money he was alleged to have etnbessled. Taylor was held on a warrant signed two months ago by Roger M. Elmore, operator of an Indianapolis used car establishment. Elmore charged he had sent the , money to Taylor for the purchase ' of automobiles in Illinois and other states. Farm Home Destroyed, ( Firemen Refuse Run < — i Bedford, Ind., Nov. 15—(UP)— , The rural residence of Mm. Grant i Spires was completely destroyed by fire late yesterday us the Bedford city fire department failed lo respond to an alarm. The city department will not • make runs outside the corporation ' limits unless property owners 1 agree In a written cont' act to pay ’ 1144. ' Neighbors saved a part of the household gcacds of the Spires home. It was the third damaging ’ fire outside the city since the new ' department regulations went Into effect in January. * I One Mon Is Killed As Truck Overturns « -' < Seymour. Ind., Nov 15-(UP)— I One person was killed and two I others injured late last night when a truck overturned on U. S. 31 three miles southeast of Seymour. The dead man was identified as 1 William E. Bell. 44. of Evansville. He was driving the vehicle when it left the highway and rolled over several times before coming to a halt In a field.

«'■- ■ -»-■ m>n -■ ■ « DANCING Edgewater Park Celina, Ohio Saturday, Nov, 16 Jolrniy White! and his ORCHESTRA. Dance 9:30 to 12:30 Sunday, Nov, 17 LES SHEPARD his Soto>Vox and i his Orchestra DANCE 9 to 12

Dr. Jacquest Maritain Notre Dame Lecturer South Betid. Ind.. Nov. IS (UP) Dr Jucquest Maritain, philosopher and French ambassador lo the Holy See. today was named a lecturer on the staff of the Mediaeval institute nt the University of Notre Dame. The Rev Dr. Gerald B. Phelan, director of the institute, said Dr. Maritain Intended to remain at his |M-e«t as ambassador as long a* the interests of France required He added It w >uld be some time before the French philosopher would return here. He lectured at j Notre Dame In 1935. 0 Two Women Students Injured At Indiana Indianapolis. Nov. 15—(UP)— Two women students at Indiana l nlverslty today were recovering from cuts suffered when a teat tube of chemicals expl ded In a chemistry class. Alice Winslow and Katherine la-e. both of Indianapolis, were cut by flying glare, t'laso Instructors did not reveal the type es chemicals used by the women In an experiment. ■HI I L I I — ——— Three Constables Injured By Blast Jerusalem, Nov. 15.—(UP) — Three police constables were injured today when an armored trolley car was blown up by mines near the Benjamin settlement, south of Haifa. The explosion came only a few hours after the Jewish extremist Irgun Eval Leumi organization threatened "Indlscrlmlr.ate" sabotage of military and civilian trains in Palestine. Two-Pants Suits And Vests On Way Back Washington, Nov. 15.—(UP)— The government reportedly was alniut teady to junk its ban on two-pants suits and on vests with double-breasted suits. Them* and most other remaining wartime clothing restrictions were reported on the way out because the civilian production administration considers them unw rkable without price control. 0 Some nice young quarters of Iteef from 70 to 90 lbs. each; also •/, quarters and chunks of beef. Special this week-end. — H. P. Schmitt lx>cker Service. — - 0 , PREDICT FOOD (Continued From i’ar* One) chops up 70 cents a pound immediately after decontrol were selling today at oniy a nickel above the old OPA price. In Denver, however, lamb chops had not fallen In price. They still were selling at 37 cents above old OPA levels. The survey — which Included reports from Washington, Omaha, Minneapolis. St. Louis, Miami, De trolt. Portland, new Orleans, Kansas City and Chicago — found the bacon scarcity universal. Most other meats were easily obtainable. If the housewife wanted to pay the price. The agriculture department reported that choice beef steaks might drop in price after the holidays, but predicted they would not he available at reasonable prices until spring or summer. The number of lambs to be fattened on corn this winter for sale next spring will be somewhat less than a year ago. It said. UNITED STATES, (Continued from rage 1) tinkering with the charter now. Both the United States and Britain have contended privately that the veto privilege is justified and necessary, but that Russia has misused it and thus provoked the recriminations heaped upon the big powers' voting privilege at yesterday's meeting of the polltl-

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cal committee. The Soviets are the principal target of the smaller countries, (co. .Meanwhile the less sensational but deeper conflict over the pro Imimml United Nations trusteeships program reached the bedrock stage. A 17-natlon subcommittee culled lt« first meeting to try to hammer out agreement on eight draft trusteeship agreement* under which Britain, France. Au*tralla. New Zealand and Belgium pro pone to become sole trustees over territories they now rule under league of nations mandate*. 0FULL DRESS (Funtlnusd From Pag* On*) policies which wIH lead to an economic slump within the next eighteen month*. It was still doubted whether the rebel group would carry the attack on the government to the point of forcing a vote on their nropoMl. A vote against the government probably would bring down on the rebels severe party discipline— pos- , slhly expulsion from the lalmr party. The exact number of members of parliament participating In the revolt was constantly shifting as some members who signed the petition withdrew their names and others attached theirs tn It. The original group numbered 67 but it wa« estimated that as many as 70 lalmrltes and possibly more were sympathetic to the critics' program. ■ - - - - -o " —— ‘ DISMISSAL OF (Continued from Page l|l negro voters in Mississippi or had accepted gratuities from government contractors. Most southern Democrats would defend Bilim to the end. no matter how Idtter. They would put the Democratic party on a hot spot in the north where It needs negro voles to win elections. i ACTION (Continued From Pare One) wage pledge and the operators would be barred from raising coal prices except with government approval. If no agreement were reached during that first month the pric« restriction would be lifter! and the miners would be promised that any agreed wage Increaoes would lie made retroactive to Doc. 16 If no agreement were reached by Jan. 16. the mines would lie returned to the owners and “the normal operation of economic forces would then prevail In the coal Industry.'* But all of this proposed program was rejected by Lewis. Mr. Truman's statement was issued on the day that Lewie, under his interpretation of his prewent contract with the government, could servj notice terminating that agreement at midnight next Wednesday. That presumably would mean a strike by 400,000 miners In bituminous mines which have been In government poMessioa wince last May 22. The president's statement was issued by the White House shortly after President Truman boarded hi* yacht Williamsburg for an overnight trip to Aunapoils. Confer INSURANCE Leo “Dutch” Ehinger FIRE — WIND — AVTO 720 No. 3rd St. Phene 570 Roy S. Johnson & Son 1 Auctioneers & Real Estate Ws'il be glad to Represent you in the transaction of Real Estate at Public Salo or private eale. 25 yeare In thia business in Decatur. We welcome your Investigation of our record of which we are r proud. ' Phone 104 153 So. 2nd St. , DeVosa Bldg., Ground Floor * Melvin Lolchty, Rep., Berne, Ind., Phone 251.

encea on the coal situation and Iteration of the etatemen) delayed the president's departure about an hour. He had conferred lengthily with secretary Krug, and reconvors|«>g director John H. Steelman. RANKIN CHARGES (Continued from Page 1) cist refugee committee, and th.- independent citizen* committee t,t the arts, aclences and profiwslona (ICCABPL The astronomer's attorney said Hhapley was not a member of the two pac'a and was not cuatodlan of records of the other two groups. In a statement today. Rankin *ald Hhapley'a attitude during the session “was one of antagonism and not of cooperation. He refuted to answer pertinent questions, and manifested utter disrespect Shapley had accused Rankin of iMing "star chamber" and "gratal»o'’ methods. He said he refu«e<| under his constitutional right* to submit to them. Rankin said In today's atatemen* that Shapley "left me no alternative but to recommend his citation for contempt, but since he feels grieved, I am referring the matter to the full committee which meri* on Nov. 22.” Shapley haw Instated that none of the organizations with which hr is connected Is subversive or un-American and that, therefore, the house committee r.as no business quMtloning him about them 0 DISTRICT (Continued From Paga One) seas ion. Refreshmenta are to lie nerved

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