Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1950 — Page 8

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Tigers Score Victory From Charily line ■- - * Paradiac to the fra* throw Uriel maay. many tfasea. and taking ad-1 vantage <* their opportunities, with eonalstency. the Bluffton Tigers aked oat a 55-48 Victory over the Decatur Yellow Jacket* la a ragged battle between these old rival* Tuesday night at the Bluffton gym. Bluffton wa* outscored 10 petart* from the field by the Tel-, low Jacket, bat the Tiger* walk-| ad to th* charity strip* tor a total of M attempt*, and converted 11 ot the efforts to foul-toss their way to triumph The Tigers railed up aa early 14 lead and Increased thia margin tn right potart* at th* Grat quarter. 14-0. After three minutes of th* second period had elapsed. Bluffton had rolled to a 21-11 advantage but the Yellow Jacket* began to move at this stage, mainly on the sniping of Vic Strickler and Jack Petrie, and the home team’* margin was slashed to three point* at 24-21 at the half-time intermission. ■ The teams swapped points throughout most of the third . quarter, with the score tied at 29-28 and again at 32-32. A pair of free throw* by George Bair finally put Decatur in the lead at 34-33. but Bluffton came hack to regain the lead and held a 43-30 margin at the close of the third per low The Yellow Jacket* pulled into a tie at 44-44 on Jim Moses' field goal and w«w Into-a. f«ur : pota’ lead at 48-44 when Harold Bohnke hit a pair from the field in quick succession, with four minutes left to play The parade to the foul line then started |w earnest Three free throws by Don IxrckWood brought the Tigers-Within one point and jhe same, lad then drove under tor Bluffton's only field goal Os the final quart-r to put the Tigers In front by one point Bluffton added, tour more foul tosses during the last twominutes- as the Jackets neverwere able to get possession of the ball. Strickler and Lol-kwood led the scoring with IS points each, while. ■ Fk'di Comp!off«-WflTedd r .tor - Bluffton. and Bair Bohnke and Petrie eight each tor the jackets Twen tv-tour -personal, toula—and... .fteatechnieals were whistled again*: Decatur, and only 1" perrottalsl were assessed against Bluffton The Yellow JSrkrtW will enter tain the Berne Bears at the l>- . at-ir gym Fridav .night. ’ Bluffton FG FT TP Compton, f ... 4 ' '“T" 13 f ~,-kW‘eel. f ‘ 4 I'. | S- n!> rd < 2 " • ] Gillium g 1 ■ '

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Os Adams County Basketball Teams Wednesday Adam* Central at Monmouth. Thursday Jefferson at Poling. Friday Bern* at Tallow Jacket*. Commodore* at Geneva. 1 Pleasant Mill* al Monmouth. Hartford va Jackson at Blufftoi. Baturday Jefferson v* Twelve Mlle at Berne. Pleasant Mills Spartans Lose To Roll, 47-33 Getting away to a bad start and trailing by 12 point* at the 'first quarter, the Pleasant Milla Spartan* were handed a 47-33 defeat by the Roll Rollers Tuesday night at the Roll gym. ’ The Blackford county team was 'ahead at all periods. 17 5. 31-15 and 33-21 Sill* led the winner* with II points, while Jimmy Price topped Pleasant Mills with 11. nine of them on free throws. The Spartans will play th* Monmouth Eagles al Monmouth Friday night. Roll FG FT TF ROS*, f ... . 3 4 to Sharp, t 7 0 11 Sills, o . 71 15 Johnson. g 11 < Cain, g 2 1b Clancy, g 0 0 tl TOTALS 20 7 I.' Pleasant Mill* FG FT TP 1 Bollenbacher. f 4 0V Raudebtish, f 10 2 I'rir-. g 19 11 Ripley, g 112 J. Johnson, f -- II I 4 ■Mitotodi. t " o Ilirschy. c 'ft ft i, Noll, g 0 0 o Painter, g 11 '• '* TOTALS - 10 13 Referee McGrath Vtnplre. Henry. Preliminary ■ Roll 23.. Pleasant Mills.ll' .Mertz, g 3 9 tut.u.s . . 21 Yellow Jacket* t . FG FT Ti Strickler, f '. ‘7 . 4 18 Bair f ... . 3 2 * Bohnke. c 4 0 8 Petrie’ k ** *~ Mt.xes g - .1 0 2 MyerS; f - , - - 0 .0. .. Milte. c -.0 « 0 | Isch f 0 0 0 I Saurhine. g < •» p _J f *nnjlnKs s , k r? 1 | SmailuMini g 0 ' " ■ TOT AL. 3J- 6 4* I Referee: t’mpire- Wilson Preliminary Bluffton 24. iwatiirUl. — i .. ■. TWO CITY t <Cont. From- Pats? On»» ron. who had drawft up tordifmftre then instru te«i Aurand 'ti- < hange it-to ‘ ordinan-*• naming • vrtain streets in the < ity of l>e< a j tnr " . . j Anrand “ did. members t±f. <num II sit«(wnde<i the rule*, kpd adopted the ordinary e on Ha third reading -by tHle only * The names of the streets w ill he’ LNorth Second, and Monmouth K»ad and it iOreffy definite tha* H wiU be the 'ordinance naming rrrtatn «rtrerf s in the y I citur” from now on. •‘ . • Andrew farnegP. \meriran Innmatter and philanthrnpiat. was it< rn in Eiland ♦ ; ' J

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Junior High Loses To Bluffton, 20-18 ■ - > , Bluffton junior high nrtters. tak- , tug an «arly lead, edged out the D* catur Junior high quintet. 20-18, at . the Bluffton gym Tuesday evening The winners held a Iti 8 edge al': ’ the halt but barely staved off De-| catur's late drive. Scoring was well Balanced for both teams. Hay le»<! mg Bluffton with six and lilackbu.-a | lopping'Decatur with five Bluffton FG FT TP ' ' Keller, f " 2 e ' (Hay. f ; a ~ Gaylor, c T I - 1 1 Mailers. >r 1 3 bOliver, g '4 p . '. Rhodes, f. -...... .... 11 if " Higgins, c : ‘ . n - F- ' Reiff, g e 0 1 I . .._.. | TOTALS 8 4 2" .» Decatur FG FT TP Engle, f » » a McDougal, f t. 1 Krick. < 113 ■ Pollock, i- - " B 2 ’ ffiai kburn. ' g"2 ""'l:"*"*,:' A’jxard. f 0 d ”, Carter, f all ~ Rtnf'Wr tr— irHair, r JL ” I tfan* her g . ” ” " TOTALS <; > College basketball No rr Dahie 5*5. Loyola tChlcagof 11 TriSUte iL Taylor 1 Evansville '»»». Oakland City 72 BaH -StaTe IHr? Waha*b 4£ 7 FMrolt 57, Marquette 44. i H.-r-jui <7 i ii.. ir.i; f i '•'< Tored«i *?i— Wayne .45 Pro Basketball NBA Result* F >r ! W.«\ io M 3 P-’mt-r »-7 Ilo< beMt» r *e» Hi L<>ui< 84 indiatmpnßs W; -WwAh-hHtt♦**»-.M Chicago J*l., *«>. kkify -Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian »en< e Church, organi ' xe<i the rndve-tnent In IS7<». The making of Tireproof wood Lumber hegirn Cntted I industry in 15145 1 ———————————

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H. S. Basketball Fort Wayne ('onronji* 57, G«r ret t 32. - — "2- : —I ~tStrlST, Monroeville 49 -1 lutfayette Central 38, WMt I'nioh 28. East Chicago Washington !>7. Huntington 4« Shelbyville to: Franklin 2<i. f Elat Cliieago R>, -‘veil ,12: Ren--I gglaer 3<* Indianapolis Tt,<h 3|. Indiana j poll* Sliortiidge 3V Terre Hairy G-r-tmryri' 35. Sul llvan 33. ; i Evansville Memorial 55, Evans ! ville.Bosse 38 Nvw Albany 50. Jasper 38 I South U. nd f'enttal 57. Hammond | r,-, iiT.L t’rawfiirdsvilh- 42. Lafayette Jeff .39 Anderson 5L Mari' lll •* fov* l tlmei ■ C. C. REQUESTS fC*»nt Fr«*tto plans will »»•* In.ole to hold C - ’ f air at the MU* Comp rl nen also received > / » nu>wt h i jx>rt 'i” 4 'i m - • • ’ Ilal|»h'fhx>p regarding iiun i r stated, iao applii .itlon ■ ' ’’ ■i-elved. and two p»rmi’s •' * tu4L<-;4 total coßlra'J : > S 41.162 54 hi January. II «j * *ion» were receiveii l y ’y and he Im«U»<! J : ' n total omfrtte* —priee of f - however, t r»-e of the pei niil r»“ J’!rrrtt*'frv- Knop were-lai er- appn • - ' d by th*e board of zoning a , ■ Ja. Three power line extension .|f- • . i - wei »■ aS’it' in»t4H| at t>• •• - -mg and refeyreii to the < |e< tr ’t *7roinniitte«- Carl GatJshalhz<U mutto i n.Apship. and Fred --r and Ernest and Margaret lai • »f I nion township. h.nl signed th- avn- men*-* I be tin 1 S.''i.uts -also requesteti »f the i-Mun« il to er< < ■ a j prefahri ateit lon 4-ahin In Hani i . X+thHnafl park/ When mu u-ud — . the .thfijL ,if _ Gp. n to the public ' 'I lit■ i i» ? tis TretP'Hi N» ale *.« founded by English sett . n . Trinidad. fMkirado. in a trade • enter tor lumber, oils. hiKim. .nd" Th** clove Hoetl in eookei m native to. theM«»htct>& i

Berne Rallies To Score Wm Over Dunkirk ■ i - c : . - The Itorne Be*r«. aftar trailing thro«>cb<Hit much of the gam*, (tattda brilliant fourth-p*rk»d rally to defeat the Dunkirk Speedcat*. Alto. at’ the Dunkirk rym Tuesday I night. Berne led at the first qnartar. ll ». >ut Dunkirk moved out in front at the bait. 21-14, and at the third period, 3P26. The Beara’ rally wa* paced by Howard Habegger, who scored all his 23 point* in tbe second half. 17 in the final period. Petaraon was Dunkirk** top point-getter' with 12. Berne will meet the Yellow Jackets at Decatur Friday. Berne FG FT TF Krehbiel. f —1 0 2 fair, f 13 5 Habegger..e - 10 S' tS Wintefegg. g ------- 1 4 «| T g2 ft 4 I D f r sprm*er, g 12 4 ■ —e. — : j TOTALS .—— 17 13 47 Dunkirk FG FT TF. Janie*.-t ’ 4 0 8 toive, f - - —1 1 3 Webster,, e 1 2 4 v ivtcrson. g 4 A 12 A-hcraft. g 3 4 10 - Hickman, t ....‘.--<-".“0- 'l~y~L Shreck, f ----1 •’ 2 ~-,wart. g . 0 0 0 TOTALS 14 12 40 Referee Danforth Cmplre: Hodson. Preliminary ! Diiiiklrk 2-2 Ih rne 21 j ROB ARIZONA ■ • Coll’ .From P*We Onel : 1 doors to alt the nmms and etoa.| l ets, went through the desk draw l | ytjL.t'f I'Jtik president Frank Bro-! ;.‘vy and conducted a minute in . <pe< ti.m of the first fltstj before > other employes lievan arriving for duty j -W henever .went . pa«l_. ». fflndow. they carried a mop so they would look like janitors." he aid. One of the men kept him coveted at all (iraek with the gun. he Mid . j DRIVE-IN ■ Ceallnwe* I ron, ••■*» O»»» ...I vonient tn attend the movies in the drive Ins they are not-concerned .with, the problem ot Imhy. sitters." as the ythincrierii can- gv,-to-sleep* ~ r n the < :,rs " ..-. .■ Hveatur's new drive in will not have the traffic problem Vjifrh confront* tiianiy similar theaters, as it is no! loi ated’imme.liately on the national highway Its entrance and exit will he on 4 a county road Im I -mediately south of Route 33 Thjla. i liniinatlng hazard* and congeetion The finest type of feature pic, •ores and short sulije.-r.s wilt be pre J swite<l. with ,Mr Kalver In charge of arranging the program*.If You Have bometninq I* Sell Try A Democrat Want Ad —It Pay*. I

I ■ ■ DISPERSION SALE—FRIDAY, Feb. 17 At Wabash Sale Harn. Wabash. Ind- at 1:00 P. M. Both Polled and Horned Registered Hereford* ' Wedriek Farms 2nd Herd and Mr. Trier’s 42 Head Young Popular Bred Cattle. Bang's and TB Tested. Col Wilbur Clair, Auctioneer. WEDRICKA TRIER -.— - - —, I FRIDAY. FEB. 10 — 12:00 NOON If you have any power or horse-drawn machinery to sell, bring It 0 .his ale. \ We have listed several tractors, etc.; new tractor corn •Jgnter; tools and machinery of all kinds. There will be several Southern buyers for your harness and horse-drawn machinery here. .- A Good Place to Sell or Buy! • DECATUR SALE BARN

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fIHMBNRHRRSMHBUb’ I CLAMIC LKAGUff OM Crow* 4 point*, Wolff Hard ware •; Caaablanca 3, Ctty Service 1; Swearingen 3, Super Service 1; Mboae 3, Hoff Bran 1. W. L. Ft*. ...Moos* 43 18 42 Swearingen . 34 87 51 Old Crown .34 27 43 Super Service 32 31 40 City Service . -“.... 29 34 40 Hoff Brnu 28 34 35 Wolff 24 34 31 Caaablanc* ........a 20 40 25 High a*riM:~P. Bl*ek* 4041W1 278-184); R. I-add 422 (203-243 177); Shoaf «!• (225-173-JH2). High games: Retaking 200, Petri" 211. Hou** 358, Richard* 200-M2. Stump 201. Schroeder 203 210. Tut* wiler 303. Bnffta* 3»3-Bto. Hodl< 2<H A; ' FOE OF LEWIS (Coot. From Pag* Oa*> Hartley injunction. If invoked by the federal court*, and a**ur* continuity of employment, production ‘ and nece**ary supplie* of Coal, and assure money for the miner* pension and welfare fund, to the benefit of all." he Mid. "Thia letter and propoMl Is bej Ing submitted after consultation and conference with officers, commlttee. ' and member* of local union* In various part* of th* •tat*. They fur obvious reasons cannot attach their signature* hereto. I assure you that thl* proposal is being mad* In all sincerity with a servant prayer that peaceful and constructive relations will prevail In tbe mining communities ot our state." Edmundson broke with Lewis in 1944 in a fight over autonomy of local unions. When the union moved to end the autonomy, of local unton*. Edmundson broke with i Lewis and became a c andidate tor lhe presidency ot th* I’MW. v ' The convention, held In t'lncin* natl c hallenged hl* credential* as a delegate and rulecj. hlni off the | ballot, After a court tight. Ed I mundson gave up the battl*. In 1948. A D. Lewis, director j of district 5«. patched up the bitter quarrel between hi« brother and .Kdtnundson and appointed Kd.mund «< >n act iiut ' rag Ton al director for the district at Kansan (’ity. Edmundaon later resigned from that job He now operates an .in mi ran < < t SKen< y here He still retains mem-! hership in local No. 764 of. the; union. . .J Highway travel Ifi" We Vnrted • States durinr 1949 surpassed th«* • -4<M» billion mile mark, the Automo , bile Manufacturers Asso< iation re- 1 age wan on city streets Ma n y nu>d er if are i rrjproving sanitation in new home* by installation of clay tile floors I and wainscots which are stain-. proof, color fast and moistureproof | The Kogi River dam to be erect-; ed in waster Nepal will be between • 750 and KOO feet high notes the 1 National Geographic Society. That is higher than the Hoover Dam _-ott the Goiorado River. To multiplied trials God multiplies peace The pnor may be always with us but the miser is closer.

PurdiM And Missouri Sign Grid Contract Lafayette, tad, Feb 8.-IVFI— Purdue and Ml**ourl, which havebt met on tbe gridiron for nearly 50 yean, will open their football campaign* with game* in 1053 and 1*54, Purdue athletic director Guy (Red* Mackey announced today. < Mackey aaid a contract signed by lhe school* railed for two aame* on a home-and-home hart*, the first at Columbia. Mo., Sept. 24. 1053. and the return engagement here Sept. 25 the following year. Purdue’s Boilermaker* won three of the four game* played by the two eleven* betwwn 1807 and I*os. GIRL IS <Cont From Pag* One) and presiding judge John A. Cornell told the jury If they found tbe state had failed to prove Carol sane at th* moment *h* pulled th* trigger of her father* 38-eali-ber aervlce revolver they mart acquit her. The jury spent only two hour* and 22 minute* in deliberation* wfthta the Jury room. They declined, by agreement among themselves, to talk about what went on in that room. After the verdict, state* attorney Lorin W Willi* gave the permission of the state of Connecticut for her to go free That fa-, dlcated he would not file an appeal, although he can do »o within 24 hour* after tbe verdict. Carol first was held under guard In the same hospital In which she had killed her father. On Oct. 1, she wm moved to the Fairfield county jail at Bridgeport. where the trial wa* held Except tor her appearance* fa .court, th* college zoology atudont has been to jail She lost nine pounds. «■ When Mr*. Judith A. M*mh*rd>52. the foreman of th* jury. ■*] plump Greenwich. Conn housewife and mother of two grown girl* and three grown boy*, dellv ered tbe verdict In th* yellew, walled courtroom, the emotion* which had welled with to most Os the folk of Fairfield county found expression in the 150. picked spectators. — Suddenly they were weeping: grinning, crowding almut the sob- ' Tdng girl and her grsy-haleeti. crying mother. Mary. 52. Carol and her mother pushed their way to one another They ■ clung together and Carol said i over ami over: "Oh. mothei. I mother, mother." ■ Afterward her mother said Car<>l was "unofftoially engaged" to t Robert Anderson 23. an engineer ; l Ing senior at Henniker. A II — ’ .In old .England, the JOB of a sheriff, was to ride t-lrcult across - the ..countryside collecting levie.and fines and holding court !!• j (was appointed by thdSrittag. I

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Riverview. Gardens Riverview- Garden* tori to Pel* and BMk’*. Fort Wayne. 131 Uta a shuffleboard league match Tuesday night leading *corer« for Decatur were F. Straus* and R. Ganta with tour point*. Next week** match la with' Rknney's of Fort Wayne. Anyone interested In entering tbe county shatfleboard tourney I* asked to call or atop at Riverview. AGREETO tCsat. Prom Paa* Ceex coal shortage on the railroad*. Railroad source* said tbe ICC ha* "been thinking in terms of drastic action recently. Railroad* with scarce coal supplies were ordered a month ago to eut coal-burning passenger traffic one-third The board hope* to conclude the hearing* Thursday and rep6rt It* finding* to President Truman shortly thereafter. Mr. Truman could use the report in seeking a federal court Injunction to put the striking soft coal miner* back to work for aboul 80 day*. , The board, appointed under the Taft-Hartley Bel. will report only on lhe issue* tn dispute It has no power to recommend settlement . terms. STRIKES IDLE tl'MXlw*** From Fan* <>**» week and othet benefit* but coh- . tract* covering another 100.000 workers will expire by the Feb. 24 deadline. The nation's entire , communication* system could be . hampered if 220.000 other 'phone workers honored, thertr picket , lines Automobile — Mediator* had , I only "alight hope" tor settling the | Chrysler strike They were sti tempting to get union »nd comI pany negotiator* together jor a 1 me- ting Friday ;jlut the CH) United Auto Workers warned that they planned to reopen tire entire contr'act instead of pushing for ’ only "ni*’Yh-eehl" pacltaffe Wage and - welfare- boostthey demanded when the *trike started IWo weeks ago Alsriit 89.000 HAW member* are involved directly In the strike which has Idler! 34,000 other worker, in Chrysl'r supply plant’

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