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Decatur Hands Post 47 First League Defeat < nni oiiiin; an > iilv lf<nl tinIterator Alll»*rl< an legion h < n-b.'dl team battled iluoiiyh II inning • Momiav night to defeat Legion j pout 17 iif I-orl Wayin- In to . In a Fed« -ration |i i|'>i.. came (il.iv nd it liwi-ngrr park in Foil Wayne The lomm a ' i*o-.i I? sh -i | ili'fi-.it in le.tgm* m in ami' till* • a -oh An error u fi.-1.1--r < bob *■ and bit** by M* Connell. ft< * d ami .1 Si llhepf a. o int» d fol ll.i.itlll winnitij’ rally in th* 11th fianoPont (7 took Alia! a|i|u'11 •■<! to In a i omm.inding I* nd by coring kit rutin in the fir i two iiniini - " but Ihiifiir fought Inn k finally, taking a 7 to G h.ul in tin* itth intdm 'I hi i< a."i< "a i- i •«•n« 'i the -core with a -tiiigb' ’ illv in the eighth innini on a hit a I i In a tur error Decatur AH R H E A rm,ld. < f 2 n a 0| Mingiin 2b II In 11 Sehm-pf '. Il 'i Andie u . .’, 2 ii 2 Heckman. it G » *> M< Connell 2b <f 5 2 I « Jte.ll 31, G I 1 It .1 Schnept lb a 2 3 <• Eichhorn If 5 1 2 a Zwiek p ’> " 11 <t Total** P* in II I Post 47 AB R H E *ud wig hh 7. • n n Hoeppner, Th G 2 3 tl h \nge|o, 2b 5 I 0 I Well*, rs ’.II if Eh helhaugh. ■ f a n * n Rollneff If a I I Hl Rb keV 111 0 II I j .lohiiHi.n. Ili 2 n ii n Jaekmeyer c a O n I j Feeney. p a (i I n. Total’! IG 7 H 2j Score by Inning* Decatur 02<i I**l mm o'! lit | Pont 47 33" ihhi mo no ", n PARIS PARLEY 11 niilliHii d frniH l’N«r II of them have with l(u*<*’i.i It also wan mu ertaili wliethei Portugal winilil parti, ip lie Spain haw been onhled o I by tie Krein h m WMMW — ■ II I -MS f ()— <1 — last Time Tonight — “IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN ’ Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayton Peter Lawford Jimmy Durante ALSO Shortt 9c 40c Inc. Tax O— <i WEIL & TIIVRS. o o Ol R BIG DAYS! First Show Wed. at 6:3(1 Conlinuous Thur, front 1:30 BE SI RE TO ATTEND! o o HOORAY! MNECURK *• toy •• «M> awe ataM HOORAY! Manawaas HOORAYf « IN WAANeRt* THAT WAY Wffli WOMEN BEymm uK** M — C«A>C STEVENS ’ —> FMOCTICKWt COMDOVA —aniJH CTa-gcrafiMM —o Frt. A Sat.—“NOMA PRENTISS —o C*»ni«S Sun — Laratta Young. **• Cottan. "Famvor t Daughter

Moose, Legion Win In Solfball Games r. 'inn fi*.-ii I** lie d the M . deed nut i 7 tu G victory over the VFW ill a lie. atlli Softball j. ag ie game Momta - nigiit *t Worthman field The VFW held i. t; to I lead after fmii inning of plnv but ttie M<>*>-* pulled Into i fie In the ixth and liiiMhed over the winning tally in tile evelllh lie. itur I.ei'ion lino faged a ■late rally to ilown the I niotidale HI ue Goo > I earn . Io > in a Slb Y'*an lea;' ye » .me in the night, ip I nlondale held a ’> Io I lead after five and one half inning of play tiut tin Legion blaxted at roxx tom ian- to ore theii triumph The Moo e Alii plav an evhibi iion .ami with the To< in Mer i ehulita In Hie openei tonight, fol lowed bv the K of <' and Legion im a league tilt Tw league games i Will lie played Th ls -'la . K of (' j meet Illg VHJ m Hie Opell! r. fol I lowed hv ’he la gion -rid Moose j \'o game will *•■ phiv* d l iulav I lie an-e of th. Itily I holiday La i night' s< ore RHE VFW 2nn Pm 11 G 5 2 Mm. . I till ill 1 . fl I Howdy lu ll I.dm on and I'i-Ii ler \ndiews and Stu|i|i< nhageii RHE I niondale n2l til I •> '< I Legion 12" "41 X 7 a 2 Moffett and Gillieit, l-'.iulkliel and M Ladd ii Ankle Is Fractured During Softball Game Hill Fl he VI-'.V i atelier, HUffer ed a fra* lured left ankh sliding into seioiid luiHe dutiii' the VI'W Muohi xoftbnll Hue last night at 'Aoithmali Held 11.- Wa still eon i lined to the Sd.im . ounty ineinor lai hi«|dtal loda. o Place New Scoreboard At Worthman Field A huge, new n o elm nd ha been ' Installed at Worthmall Field for I Illi* Hoftball tilts now undeiway oeier.il nights e.udi Week, and for otliei day and night .'aim's Tin' board war donated to the Hehl by \dams Post I t Xmernaii Legion and was ion trnci.i! by Auue. Keti hum and Merritt \lgei The iiiii'lhu d is visible from nil its al tile oftball field and 'r topfled by a large ign bearing the name oi Wortiiiiian field I r»e«lr hi h Imhml I »»tt»» — llrrnfsir | CORTI ,) (j — Last Time Tonight — ■RETURN of FRANK JAMES"' Henry Fonda. Gene Tierney ALSO Shorts 9c 40c Inc. Tax O y WEI). & THI ItS. FLAMING FRONTIER RANGE WARI —Colllgmgn vg. midnight firaroidar»... fay control of X outlaw ■ i i JAMES WARREN KIRA Itlfl ALDEN . BRODIE Ws\J , mm CLARKE Fri. A Sat—Starrett ft Barnette. “Law of the Canyon" —o Coming S an . — "Queen of Ama;j«ma" A "Vaeatian in Rena" |

Yankees Boost League Margin Over Red Sox New Yoik .July I <1 Pi <<n tin* ha-i- ol past peiformam ••* a tlu v ay al the' raee tr.u k the Yankees shtiuld be glad today that they are ure of first pl.n >• on July I but Imdger vllpportei s lieltei start hoping their team "tav- out .d the lead until after that fat. till date The am lent idea that a team ahead it the mid Reason milestone will win I lie flag ha* worked out in i In* American league for six tralghl e.iHoiis and for 21 oit ot tin* lasi '.2 Hut In th. Natiunal, Hiooklvn has been in front on Inly I five times in tin* last -even years v<*t won the |H*nnant only m 1941 The axiom hasn't been reli able in otliei year-*, either, with tin- National winner having been in fir t place on July I In just IG yenrs out of 32. sim e l'tL7 That was tin- year after thMiracle Man’ Braves Jumped from eighth on Hie holulav Io tie it only pennant, and it is signifh atit . that tio Hag team Ince then in j either league ha- been in tile ' <•! | mid division on lulv I That fa< t | may lie of some concern to the! world * hampion t'atdinal who; have been in the sei obd division most of Hie campaign and are now in fourth place by a bare half game Itookie pit. her Frank Shea put th. Yankees games ahead of tin* se< mid plain Keil Sox with a ! to I four lilt vi< tory at Boston last night his loth of the eason Im* InMaggio started him off right with a two run triple in the first inning and that was all tin* batting tijd'ort In' needed The Itodgers moved perilmislv ' lose to tin* lead in Hu* National.! .aceiling in within two periinlage point of the nib* Braves by hand ing Lvn Howe of Hu* Phils a 710 l I defeat the first In* has suffered ' at Philadelphia since April 21 1 I'HG. and breaking his Llgame 1 It winning streak Led by Pee Wee Herse, wilO llroVl* 111 folll' Hills with a limner and single, Brook lvn piled up a 7 to n lead fm Hex Barney, who had a shutout until' In* Weakened in the eighth letting l Hie Phils score all their rims. Kwell Blackwell survived a! shaky first inning, in whii li the i t'liiis Mured all their runs, anli went mi to win his 13th game and | his 11 tli in a row fur the lti*ds at f'lnelnnali G Io I Blackwell yield ed two singles and three straiglit W ilks to for. I* home two runs j A force out prisliii .-ii num her andi an error by Eddie Miller gave thej t'lilis their fourth After that iiet was brilliant and his mates, re liii taut to see his winning streak snapped. peik'*d away at Paul Krliksiin fin.illv g.dtig ahead in the Ixth Bert Hans drove in m>e run with a single in Hie third Grady Hatton sent in two mor.* with a single in the fourth, and two more came across In the sixth after Bob Sturgeon’s error. Eddie l.ukon's limner was the final Bed tally. Blaikwell, who retired the last 17 men in order, st rin k out II to bring his league leading total to 91 for 141 innings Buddy Iwwis drove in two runs with a single in the ninth then i aim* hmm* with the winning run mi Mickey Vernon's single with two out to give the Seators an s to 7 derision over the Athletics in a threehour thriller at Washing ton Lewis previously put the Nats ahead 5 to I with a two-run basesloaded single in tin* seventh, hut Philadelphia went In front. 7 to 5. with three runs in the ninth Rookie Scott (’ary. fifth Washington pitiher. gained his first major league victory. The White Sox defeated the Tigers. G to 5. at Chicago on Luke Appling's eighth inning homer The blow . limaxed an uphill fight for NOTICE My office will be closed July 1 to July 6 inclusive. DR. ROY ARCHBOLD Piateet || We Call For end Deliver Sheets Cleners Pi»ene IM j|

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I llie Wliit.' Sox win. spotted lie j ' tioit a 5 to n lead wli. n rookie Bob Gllh--|de b|. w ' kv high" 111 the -!■< mid \ppling with three hits and Cass Michaels with four , Icil th>'l I hit Chicago attack • leveland at St l.miis in the Anierii an was mined mit and no other National h igiie games were S, hedllied Ve* terd iy's star Rookie Frank She., of the Yankees who pilihed a four hit 3 to i victory over the Red Sox <i I >7,14 4*T t I I ■ >IIII L< National League W L Pct. GB. ’ Boston 37 27 57s ; Brooklyn 3s 2k .57G New York 34 27 .557 I'x |St Louis 33 32 stlk IG il'hnago 33 33 f.iiu 5 p'lliiililiati 33 35 IHS G i Phil.id. Ifilii i 27 In lii3 11 Pittsburgh 2.". 3s 397 Il'i American League W L Pct. G.B. I New York II 2G GI2 I Boston 31 3l> .531 5S 1 Philadelphia 33 32 ".us 7 liefroit 32 31 f.its 7 Cleveland 2s 2s sno 7<a Washington 3ti 32 |s| Chicago 32 35 I7H 9 St Loui-i 23 39 .371 L'.'American Association W L Pct. GB. Kati ns Cjty 12 23 .1146 - Louisville 41 34 .547 Milwauk.e 37 34 521 9 Indianapolis 3s 3G 514 S'i Toledo 35 4u 4G7 12 Coliinihiis 35 41 IGI 12<j Minm-apdis 3fi 43 15C 13 St Paul 31 II 413 If, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 6. Chicago 4 Brooklyn 7. Philadelphia 4 Only games scheduled. American League Washington 8, Philadelphia 7. New York 3, Boston 1. Chicago 6. Detroit 5. Cleveland at St lamia, rain. American Association Milwaukee 15, St Paul 0-3. Kansas (Tty 3-7, Minneapolis 21. Toledo 6. Indianapolis 3. Columbus «, Ixtuisvllle 4. 0 Trndr In n «.< *<l ‘f nwn — Orrslnr ’ ——g Play Miniature Golf afternoons and evenings opposite Worthman Field. 15216 Fraternal Order of EAGLES MEET Wednesday 8 o’clock p. m. Lodge Room Third Floor Bock Building IMPORTANT Refreshment* will he served.

Big Cars To Race At Van Wert July 4 Vsmi We t. (>, July I Big carl races will In* staged again at the Van Wert county fairgrounds July i 4 with an eight-race program un der the auspices of the trl-Mate racing association. Another grudge race tn expected between Frank I.upto of Jackson vllle, Fla . and "Red" Bales of Columbus, O, who locked wheels bat tling for the lead in the 18th lup of the teature event here on Me mortal day Qualifying trials start at noon and the racing events begin at 2:30 o'clock. Gates to the fairgrounds open at lo om. '• — o Legion Baseball Team Practice Wednesday The American Legion baseball team will hold a practice session at 5 o'clock Wednesday evening at Worthinan field The Legion will entertain City Light of Fort Wayne in a Federation league game at 2 o'clock Friday. July 1, with the usual league admission prices of 50 and 25 cents prevailing. 0 onicial time-keepers at track' meets lari their watches when they see the smoke rise from the 1 Ho* starter’,: pistol. Sight travels faster than sound and the smoke! is visible before the sou nd j reaches the timers' ears 1

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Ohio Resident Fined For Failure To Stop I Carl Golden. 3G. Min ter. O. was arreste<l alxitit •> 30 p hi. Mondnv When he failed to stop for a slop sign at the approach of old I S. 27 onto tin- new hlgiiway. just nor th of Monmouth He wa- arrested by i het Iff Hel man Bowman and tim’d II and i .»<t«, totalling |M.lti, in Ernest I Stengers Justice of peace court. o Four Men Sentenced In Federal Court lmllana|H>lls. July 1 II P) Paul E Everett. 30, Evansville, was scheduled to -tart a four year -en nine today, following his plea of guilty to a white slavery charge in federal court yesterday Everett allegedly transported a 17-year-old girl from Henderson, Ky., to Evanr vllle to engage her in prostitution Oliver W. Montgomery. 23. Lou isville, Ky., was aentenced to a two year |> Ison term for driving •< i stolen car from Iwiuisville to Frank Bn, Ind. Clarence J Adams, IG. and Lee E Pyland, 17, both of In <iiaiia|M>lis, were sentemed to serve terms until their 2iet birthdays for stealing truck here, and late setting fire to it near Scott. O o Ask Distillers To Curtail Corn Use Washington. July I il'Pi Li<i uor distillers were asked by the government today to curtail their use of corn in light of flood damage in grain producing areas The agriculture department, I | Whose authority to imjtose resnic Hons expired last midnight, urged distillers to make the curtailments , voluntarily "until some definite in . formation is available on corn |ir<w pecta." BKh I- • ARMY Chief of Staff Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower (right) receives . doctor of laws degree from Dr. George W. McClelland, president of University >t Pennsylvania, at E’ennaylvania'acommencement exercises in Philadelphia's Conven- ' tion hall (International) '

Mr*. Betty Barrows Gerald Draain CHICAGO POUCE are searching for a prowler, who, aceonftng Mrs Betty Barrows, 22. stole Into her aouthaide apartment, str: her 2-ycar-old son, Gerald Drazin, ami attempted to attack her m Barrows, who has been separated from her second husband t Weeks, will undergo a lie* detector test. f/ntt ! \ ■ FIRST BIG TARGET SHIP returned from Bikini atom bomb test, th battered aircraft carrier Independence is towed into San Francis bay. Ship is afloat without aid but is beyond repair. Divorce Suit Filed . In Circuit Court 1 mg with other men. an*l a-n ~“ tody of a child and T 25 p*- • Joan Smith. Geneva, h.is filed suit money. Nathan ■ "* for divorce from Foyster Smith in ig |,| a i n tjff' B counsel. Adams circuit court, charging cruel () ~nd inhuman treatment I ln*y wen* , r „,| r :: COUPON Wed. Nite — July 2 — Only Admission Cut in Half « I ” BRING THIS COUPON and 20c to « » •; GEELS MUSIC RANCH < > J! For■! Hours or Fun and Dancinu I! 8:30—11:30

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