Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 47.

SECTIONAL CHAMPS TO BE NAMED TONIGHT

— — '■ . '' ■■■ Federal Action f Is Believed Near In Coal Crisis

Government Action Seen Likely Sunday Unless Break Comes From Negotiations -Washington. Feb. 15 (CPIFederal mediator* were reported today lo bare told John L. Lewi* that unless there Is a break in coal negotiations by tomorrow night the government will be forced to take drastic new step*. They refused to discuss details Hut some sources said the govern hient's action probably would be « In some form of federal seizure of * Agile mines . ■ " If tbe government does take over ■ the soft coal pits, they said, the action would be designed to "slap; down both sides." i Informed sources said the gov J , ernment's position was outlined by ’ Ila vid I* Cole, chairman of Presl . dent Truman’s fact-finding board. I in a private meeting with the: united mine workers- chief -. I Officials said something has to give—and give Soon- In the eight ' month old coal dispute to forestall further government action to get the mines'back In operation However, chance* of'an itnmedisre tweak that would send The-473 .- noil defiant mlaees back 10 Work ~ appeared slim. Lewis is in Springfield. 111,, for the funeral of his brother Thoma*, who died ye*tovf" day. and there was wo Indication when be would return " Although bargaining -gesston* were scheduled to resume today operator* said they were a waste, of ilme without the VMW presl dent.* The talks, they said. ar% in' a ■’hopeless" state, Lewi* lias been reported looking for a seizure plan that would put' company profit* m the I S trta» ury and leave the government free to bargain with the union It was learned, however, that the. government Is thinking of taking river the profits under a rej lama tion clause that would eventually —-turn them ovlr to the -operators - The plan also would rule our any new contract unless negotiated by. the operator* As the government considered It* next course of action, more and more of the nation was feeling tin plprh of dwindling coal stocks;! Nearly half the states and most of, the big cities Initiated emergency — measures to ward off crisis stem niiug from the depleted fuel re- ; serves More Than loo.imo workers were furloughed by tin- railroads and other coal-consuming industries . „._jM.lh* same time, “bootleg" coal i —prices w*re~iiky*oeketla»-ta-muzet7 than double their pre-strike levels' In one section of. Pennsylvania "run-of mine" coal which normally sells for 15.50 a ton was up to |1« 1 Price-gouging was reported throughout Pennsylvania. Illinois. . Missouri. Ohio and West Virginia I In the coal fields, the miners suddenly ended the pfcketihgThat had i. (Ten* T* Pane Tbeeer Nation's Economy Feeling Coal Pinch Washington. Feb. 25 —. (UP! — The worst coal shortage in the na- ■ ion's history appeared today to have about killed all chances tor a ' prosperous first quarter for bum ; ness this year. s Government economists and biitl , nes* experts said the nation's economy soon wilt feel the real pinch of ( the coal crisis. They said produc- ( « Hon may dip to new poalffar lows. , Standard * Poor's estimated in ( dustrial production index for ’his , week showed that business activity ! ( ~ already has begun to -drop o« i' i stood at 175,5 percent of the 1935- t 39 average, compared with I*9 3 a week ago and 187.0 in 1949 <| — I WEATHER 1 Snow this afternoon and to t —night exceptj tioudy in ex- t treme southwest. Moderate to a heavy accumulations central I and north, becoming HgM and Intermittent late tonight and a Sunday. Continued cold. Low I tonight five abeve ta'flve bn < low north: 15 to K south. High c Sunday 15 to 20 north: 25 to 35 I south. ' t

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Unemployment-From Strike Skyrockets As Coal Situation Grows More Serious Pittsburgh. Feb. 23 ~ <UPi Unemployment figure* skyrm k t ed today to more than 500,000 in the soft coal strike : —~ ' More than llT.ooo workers'in coal-burning industries have been laid off. Some 372,000 United Mine Worker* have been on strike for three weeks They were Join ed this week by 10,000 Progressive Mine Workers in Illinois. ( Coablutmlag railroad* punted , notices of additional layoffs effective next week. .More than-55.000 ' railroaders already are on coalshortage cairned, furlough* The steel and heavy equipment Industries have been forced to make drastic cutbacks in produc tion and put thousands out of work Tile Caterpillar Tractor, Co. in Peoria. 11l . will mrotr-m fotirday week Monday affruting 103400 workers j Internal tonal Harvester said that 24,mtn workers in tt» Illinois! plant* will begin working—only . three days a week on Monday . The Ford Motor company said it! would close its ChleaEb plant j Lda*Z* entirety because It couldttVrt get parts. Ford has a IMay coal anppty Jones A Laughlin, the nation's fourth largest producer of Male j steel will completely shut, down' its Pittsburgh hiid llUpilppa. Pa i works, tml.ry Idlito; ffij I ■ Jban. 2AWm persons -Inland Steel In Chicago. whoOl prodncllmi already has been cut ; 55 percent h> banking four stir hac.es. said it bould take even; "more drastic measures" Monday | I iff trials of thff Veuligstuw-u .Shu-.IJ. and Tube Co said after t tie week ■ ehd rliey would be ‘living on. a nitrinli- to minute basis' Sclienley <ll-t it 1.-r to— at l-iui-ville Ky , closed Thursday might The company said layoffs wouhf l.e held to a minimum but there was not enough fuel to permit the making of whiskey - ' - Prides for "Irtsttieg’ coal, mean.while, Climbed to a. point more than double the pre-strik- level. Fuel-starved industries, anxious to maintain high production levels, paid exorbitant prices for de llvered coal. They referred to the! busim ss as a "brown market "! Dealers attd consumers In five! Tilalas. Uenusylvaina. OBEbTWgftz Virginia. .Missouri and Illinois, reported "brown marketsh in coal. Stale and city officials 'through- li (Turn T»» Pwr* Plan Commission To Meet Monday Night Talk Thoroughfare Problems At Meet Decatur's thoroughfare problems I will be studied by the members of I the Itfcatur plan commission at ' their meeting Monday night. It was I learned today Col larwrence V ! Sheridan, consultant tor the local < group* wHi lead the discussion 1 The preliminary study of I thoroughfares will deal chiefly with < propped new additions and subdi visions to the present city, it was < pointed out Later, a study Will he i made of possible -improvements to 1 present local streets and the pos-' . sibl’fty of making some of the main ' thoroughfares wider Also on the schedule for the Mon- t day meeting will be the proposal < of adding the two-m-ile area around < Decatur to the present toning ordi- I nance Under the present state law t the city toning ordinance may also t have a fwomile' t area around the city, provided there; I Is ho county commission t Members of the plan commission i are Mayor John Doan, city engineer Ralph Roop. Kenneth- Hlrschy. t Charles Kept. Clarence Zlner. i councilmanAT FSaveK aiia - Dlctn Heller Robert Anderson Is attor- j i ney Tor th« group ' ' <

Dollar-A-Binhel Retailers Watttaff For Coal ■■V- WMMF '•J ' • COAL PEDDLERS line up v«»hic|pM at a «onipany reported to have * small supply, ip t’bicago. After m-eivinK a rationed amount they ApII it for 11 a bushet *

•■t . .. - 1 ’ . . ... . r ■ Snow Accompanies J Temperature Drop Mercury Below Zero | "In North Indiana Indianapolis, Feb. 55 (I’P) —•; Stu>W <»ver m<»st lit Indiana to j ■ day a« the men ury plutH:»‘d he■>w ,'i-to in vth*« norfli.aitil H<m»- ' iers mrapwl th-- of thAir, < oai biin* «* .». The weatherman said the snow, ~ whieh w-a* LaMUhi aa Tar aimth. a*; l b ,- yinoyt 2_<‘oht|nu»‘ t<»day and tonight, -wild in northern hi ' diana tomorrow. He aaid there i wan a good chance it would be the ; h p avie«t anowfall of the aea*on. j S«iutb Bend reportetl srAon de-y Rrees belt »w zero thh morning, i ! voidest w<*aiber of the winter. • and it was three below in Lak> ' i county, -one below at , Fort \C.tyji** * six above 'itf Lafayette ■ ami >even iJ.o\e nt Marlon VVeatheynen paid ttear skies 1 ptevaib-d part of last tiiglirlie/or»thd Khow swm moved in front ; the w*e»t. I The weather bureau at Indian [■ —ikwuu-d, ■for Ventral Indiana if mid morn Ing v Moderate to heavy snow today pro! ia lid y aeruinul a t in <— inches with . h sser accumulation in northern and HOiiJhern Indiana. Snow diminishing this eveningj and ending by morning • —Mea nwhl le — police repor t .. e‘<i that moat roads north of I*tifayette were slick and hazardmis for the third straight ."day “from parked ire and snow. Dangerous driving extended as far south as Indianapolis, with the state police 6 ant road report showing highways from 1 S. 40 ! north to Ind. 2G slick and flanger- - —■—eT«tra* T» >*»««* F«hb* k Decatur Man And Son Build Their Own Automobile Lev- ami Floyd Mrllrld*-, -father and son who run a welding shop at 121 East Giant sjreet. have found away to beat the high cost of automobiles. They built one them Mlm. Floyd, who wax telling about the car. explained that part* of- 11 different makes of <-af« we-r«- assene bled into wbat he has named ' Die amboat." and for a cost- of »U‘t The ear locks much like a jwp. with the square, modelT fenders Hut from there on nut. any resem-! blance to any other car. living or dead, is purely coincidental There are parts from a Buick. Uhevrolet.- Pontiac. Chrysler, lie-! .Dodge..Studebaker. Ford and , Plymouth The car Is powered by a i Jeep engine and has midget racer wheels Painted 1 green, with a canvas top. the car is Jow and. as Floyd des crlbed it. "a little longer thhn a Crosley" lie said It take* the! bumps nicely, and he's attained | Bo ulles an hour in It The cir I made its first test run Friday, and no estimate has been made, but Floyd believes he should get mofe than 30 mile* to tbe gallon of gas used Father and son ■ built the body themselves, then molded the other parts together until finally they IW ’>• far Thai wTH gWe'fSe m’ se fv " k-ve—including the advantages of <>ver drive. - - *

ONLV DAILY NEWERARER IN ADAME COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday February 25, 1950

—■ J. — —• Richmond Woman Burned To Death Richmond. Ind, Feb 25 (UPI FloiuHe Mann, SO, burned to •ath In her flaming quonnei hwt hum*’ yesterday after she <arri«d her three-month old -grandson to safety and returned to attempt t.'i ’ save valuables She re-entered through a kitchen door. whi< h blow khu’ andlield de spile ref*eated effdrtM of ,«<> kick ..it open ,aA nH#ehiH»r*x daugh , ter had taken her grandson. James Mann, frew her arm* a moment; <-arher 1 /. ■ .. -j Committee Formed For Rabies'Fight County Committee Organized Friday oWiiliatu Kruetsman Auirag| Selk • Ing. Edwin Reifsieek W */ 1 Theodore Blrtke. JT . Donald Coui ter. .Ralph .Bluhm and Dr D W Fin oj ed. vei» riiiariaii. have vfrtnr. H « roji t<i sjprve (.n a coun’x ht alth ■ < ninth tee. This group will b» • . . liugjd and v*ill work with -i»i 11 a rold J?wirk . county "TiTaTOTTTT ■ .arid Mi-- .!» an Shm kiy eotit’ ' hr-alth nu.rstt This aetion. was tak- - rn i ~ a t t sui r of the rabßs mee onu hr hi in the Adam - theater Frid n Th< fir«! ) »b of thu hi alth coin ’• » will r»ne of • campaign I stop tip* spread of rabies in the i county . —founty agent-k-E Arehbold pr> at the rabies meeting Dr Zwick stated that seven cast- of rabies in dogs and livestock had been reported to. his office in 1 !.’s!♦ and three cases in,1950. The cases this year, he stated, occurred in Preble township, while those in 1949 were in the vicinity of Berne and (le n« va. Dr Fireoved RtatedJv had synj in three* positive doc 4 heads 4g 4549. Philip Seheifrrste trustee of Root towpship stated Ills office had paid out |250 for Paste ur treatment for three persons in his j township in 1949 Dr Zwick said that in <r one was bitten by a dog; the di»K i should be confined, the wound on the person washed well with soap and waler, and a im -h ■ i i be- consulted at once , Dr. 11. E Allison described the symptoms shown by the varh»us claaaea of livestock with rabie< race »l«i

LIFE’S GREATEST DISCOVERY (Rev. F. 11. Willard. Bethany Evangelical i'nlted Brethren Church! •■nor wII] they say. Ixi. Jiere I' is" or There" for liehpld the Kingdom of God | H ) n m> nud*tof you. Luke K: ’IR S V. : This statement of Jesus was' given in reply to the Pharisees question as to when the Kingdom of God was comins. “The King <lom of God la not coming wit* signs to he observed . the Kingdom of God is in the mid d of you When, a man comes to knew, that within him there is a potentiality to know God; when he comes to know himself as loved of God through Christ; when hr comes to realize that he is actually God's child and that God desires to bring about his good ■ ami'well being which Jesus spoke of as ‘ tile abundant We;" and wh* n the Presence'of Eternal within him giving him pardon for his sin. peace for bi* disquieted soul and assurance tor the life everlasting -it will he life a greatest discovery When the world accepts for its life the rule of God's spirit and that lite Is righteousness centered in God: that It is justice and love In relation to every person—it will be life's greatest discovery. Mankind will then com* to know God's w(lland will have the thrill of belonging to God « reative purpose and plan When a man prays. Thy kingdom to-e,“ It will not l». for the en.l o' trhie b 0» fort be triumphant procress of God's will Within hlrHse't -j ind upon the earth ■

Five Are Wounded In Holdup Attempt Night Club Holdup Attempted Today hew York. Feb. 2-> — (UPI Scv!en lr4Udil> s |u>l 11 oyl with. twHcv 111. • ilaring attempt to hold up a fam .Mme <*fe.» !iy»ic,h Village night ’’.bib 1 euro ftMia.v Four o( the gang l»e i Heved ?oJm- (roirt- Philadelphia, es- • cap* ■! ■ <>TTV bandit,, one detective one wnd w>fe; th the wild shpoting while 10b guests ducked sot coVer agiidxl the South Sea Islands decor irf ihe Moroccan Village club was like a . ut ? cmaste! .movie/- said Alim Bono. jaoprietor i The seven bandits, wearing ordhbusinesuits and unmasked ** U.r( red th# r luh just a- a rhonis - (en)>h tippr rsonators w is finish .kg !l.« .. 1 • Op* band J- point »*«i a pistol ar lie hutcher.k girl who wa« alone in ■ 1 Fhk you know what this is** This L a gun and this is u stickup ’ Ih< ’!>• * » , lian-i tibd lighted >Tfltr wftrrr lti»f»» ri De 11. the master of the .; rtuDi 'w a- jokir<• at tin riicro* I ’'hope and 1<» < horu- boy- were on the s!’ag*‘- - The leader of the* cang grabbed he mi roph'«ne from IWh's hand "K there is no excitement, no one will get hurt.\ bandit announc-y-tP There- are six ot-ux abound the place Put your handbags and jewels on the tabh*. pell, thinking it was . a joke, laughed and turned .away Tbcban dit promptly shot him: twice, once in the right arm and - once in the left hip Women shrieked as Dell, bleeding, slumped to the floor At that moment Janies Ford. 22. f Philadelphia.-another ntejnber of ■Hlhft ynwf./aiifawg'f isur. wnieh »£ joins the dining room In the bar were detectives John O’Neill and Thomas Tyrell <> X«HI. seeihg ?h«- pun in Ford * hand, drew his pistol and began 1 firing Although seriously wounded Ford fired bark wounding O’Neill m the left leg. then fled with the 1 twd“ detect ives Tir pufsUlf Ford made hjs way to the street where he commandeered a taxi ab. shouting at the couple who • Twrw Te Fac* Three)

Decatur Teams, Hartford And Geneva In Race As Sectional Closes Tonight

Seeking To Abolish Senate Committee Government Employe Committee Useless Washington, Feb. 25 —(UP) —- s Senate Democratic leader Scott W Lucas today threw hie support tiehind a move to abolish a special senate committee on govern rnent employes which Is )wade<i by Sen Harry F. Byrd. D.. Va. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, D.. Minn., yesterday introduced legis lat ion to abolish the special committee He said it toad performed no useful function and that its operations cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Lucas agreed with Humphrey. “I'm absolutely for abolishing it-,” Lucas told reporters. ‘lt’s a! duplication of effort.” Byrd* the senate’s leading economy adnrrate. -headed the £ -reinmitt»*e even when The Republicans 'had control’ of* fohgress. I.L- re ports monthly on the ri«e or fail !In the number federal employes. r .-- tuieaa- snMiites sfuate-eietMJti vr expenditures <‘omm,ltte-‘ could do the same job. e ... Elections — Republicans were , jubilant over the election gains by the '-British .Zxbftsfer.ya:' ’ tiyek The GOP congressmen, who liken President Truman’s legislative program to socialist ex peri-ments in Britain, claimed the ‘ tide is turning" Rut Democrats ins is ted th ai the Jl ?i t isih eß*t tions ; : don't mean a thinAr a* far- a^ T American policies are concerned Potatoes Tto* senate last nigM approved a potato program thaf w.mtit give farmers prtrP support* if they placet their-products unirer either markeHn-r juntas or iTrwi Tw r»»e wi«» Many Home Owners Here Out Os Coal Coal Situation In City More Serious Decatur residents began doubling! up .today and many home owners were out of coal, a check up reveal ed. Local coal retailers were ptssimistic concerning coal receipt* in the next 1<» days even if the miners •started to produce' coal immediate The cold wrath* r of the la«t 4« /hours has /added tn the already crl it teal situation and many residents t w* re shutting their le a'.ing plants 1 down to just atoove freefing and moving in with relatives and neigh bor*- ' | Several local business houses also were down "to the bottoms of their Ke small amount of coal still remaining in the city wa< being rationed by dealers, a few hundred poundi to a customer. Many heating plants do not have sufficient draft to take the Indiana coal which is used by the city power plant The city officials have permitted local. dealers to take small amount* of the city coal to ration io customers .1n small quantities in certain critical cases However* it was pointed out that no coal will be sold by the city direct to. any consumers Jobless Fay Claims Decreased In State ' Injlanaixrfix Feb 25 <UPI — A 16 5 pi-repnt drop in now ctalmx for Joi>l«>sis insurance *»» nrffet durins the week ending Feb 15 compared to the previous week, th" Indiana, employment security dlvl shin said today Continued claims were down three percent while new work »p-' plication*, job openings and plaer ment all fell below th* level of a week earlier IMctgion director Fveret- L Gatdncr »aid some office* reported inrrraxrd p*<"ninnt« U> hold the-I’l er all lo«* in opening*. plhcemeEt i and applications to 5 5 percent

British Labor Party Decides ToCarryOn Cabinet Members Formally Resign, Little Change Seen London. Feb 25 —(<’P) — Members of tbe labor cabinet today handed their re Big nations to prime ; minister Clement R Attlee, who announced he would form a new socialist government. The Labor ministers met for an hour To weigh their election »et* bark, decided to carry on ax best ! they could, and turned in their resignations as is customary after; an *'l<<ti<’n • The new cabinet probably will be ready not week -J( will be about 1 • the same the old one But it will . Dnd the going a. great deal tough «r, since the'Socialist* will lark a practical, working majority in the house of commons With the count nearly complete,; ijrbbr toad’ It ST 4 to 294 edire-iKrr-the Conservatives. The once proud Liberals trailed with eight seats. The Irish Nationalists had two and one was the politically neutral epeaber’T Thd labor decision to carry on was giv« n to King Gedrge today before the -cabinet meeting broke up The text of the King’s speech for’ the state opening of the new parlia ; , mint March <> already was being I , prepared .by th** Socialists, who will put into hi* mouth an dtfrlinei • I | h« ir plan*. ‘ •’ - H'i'nh poli’ician* -f*»l that rm ,’cy* rnnien: t an fUfWlhm wit boa* ajworkiftg majority of 5o to ft** scat* in th*- house of c«inmon« Tl>a wa> the z ha r*L fact wtoirtr puM : •h* brakes on Briti*h socialism t<t day when the vote counting nested its »nd And the brake- were s» : ' Schemes for more national it a lion" had been junked . t 'I The social services, free-medicine atid.o’h*! welfare project< already in effect, here w» re not in danger - AII-'part:** were pledged to carry Ithetn on But the Conservatives profnised to do it more cheaply. Th»y espei tally promised lower ! takes, inure gasoline on the ration. ; and to get rid of some tens of thousands of government clerks and supervisors added to the payroll by the Labor party The Liberal party, demolished in the ch cluju. saxd be fur* the polling that h wnuW’yMn with Labor if-Hie-Laboriles would give up their plan to nationalize the steel industry That project appeared to be out (Twra T« !*■*» Plve) ■ . L ’’~"—I Coldest Weather Os | Winter Hits City Zero Temperature Is Reported Here Thl* winter'* .'oldest temperatar* xtruck Decatnr laxt . night, the mercury dropping to zero In the up-town dtatrict. ther mnmvter* regtatered a few degreex higher The Daily Dentocrat’i thermometer wavered trom *ix_ To two above and regtatered 13 alxiVe aF’lff b'cTa.-k" Ihlx morn Ing Although coal eupplie* were alxiat nil. no diatitute case* were reported Teeterday dealer* had only: 43 ton* of coal on hand The forecast for tonight I* “not quite xo cold ” -The weather bureau predicted temperature* of five to 45 above In thix area with poMthle xnow ftnrriex The city Mreet* are a glare.of Ice and auto travel ix precarioti* No xerioux accident* were report 'ed to police thl» morning A* far ax known all Decatur church"* will he open Bunday the haaementx holding aufftetent coal to heat the building* over thet Sabbath |

Price Four Ceeti

Geneva Cardinals Upset Monmouth; Commodores Whip Spartans Friday >* Decatur Yellow Jacket* v» Hartford Gortllaa at 1 p.m Decatur Commodore* va Geneva Cardinal* at. 2:15 p.m. That * the aettip for the semifinkl game* of the Decatur aectional tourney " this afternoon at the high school gym. The Commodores and the Cardinal* entered the aeleet four Friday night by defeating the Plea*ant Mill* Spartan* and the Monmouth Eagle* joining the Gorillas and Yellow Jacket*, who qualified for thl* afternoon* game* with victone* Thursday night This afternoon's winner* will battle at 3 IK o'clock tonight for the sectional championship and the right to compete in the Fort , Wayne regional tourney one week from toda> at 1 p.m against tho Fort Wayne sectional winner. Geneva Upsets Eaglet The. Geneva Cardinal* provided the tourney * first upset In the Friday night opener, eliminatitii,the Mrrtliuoulh Eagle* 37.34 in a ieloae all th" way. L The Eagle* .toy adanef in the __ nip -and tuck struggle which watt---— county throughout the swaaSn With 17 victoriwa and tour detaata, plaved without Rob Harvey, one of the county's top scorer* lienehed hy a . s.-Cere leg Injury Harvey entei eil the game In the last minnr I in a desperate attempt to pull the 1 game out of the fire hut hi* only ; shot rolled off the hoop. •To show the closeness of th* j battle the team* were tied r. > I less than 11 time*, and thre*» i points was th" larg"«t margin of difference at agv time iti the aam. Genera led during most of th[first quarter but Willis Contai!’. ‘ hitting‘"four fielder*, pulled hit r sod * t, !<-'l ri,..'l.ad seesawed throughout . the second quarter with Boh Farrar hitting "a field goal tn the. final minute to put the Cardinal* on to by 23-21 at the half-time intermission The third period *a» a tight d< ifenstve battle with”Geheva - hold-" ing a scant one-point advantage 2S-27 as the teams entered tho final eight minutes of pl*' Norman WolfeT one-hander ptth" Eagle* in front to open the lasi period, but Tom Weaver - two-pointer sent the. Cardinals . back on top. 30-29. Jim Merriman's foul to** evened the count and atier..FarriU'...Jiit .a/freethrow. Wolfe cllckW aggin from the fiel I and the Eagle* were in the lead. 32-31 Tom Robinson regtatered -t iharlty point to knot the count at 32-32 with four minute* left Uv i play ■ Conrad s free throw put th* I Eagle* on top but' Farrar connect ted twice from the foul line ami Jthe Cardinals again were ,in th • ; van. 34 33. with slightly lew than two minutes to play. Ed Stoppenhagen* Jowl to«* knotted th* count at 34-34, and Weaver iced the decision with a free throw with 36 second* to play Ganeev kept possession much of the re*' of the game, missing two free throw* in th* closing seconds Farrar wa» Genera* leadin’ point-maker with 14 points fo'lowed by Robinson with It. Con- - rad Monmouth's tall forward, took the game's scoring honor* auh 11 point* Geaeva'a. better accuracy at the fbul line paid off. the Cardinal* converting ll of 1* chances while Monmouth made only four of 15. Geneva temk 7: Shots for its 13 basket*, white Monmouth h’t 15 of 65 attempt* Commooeree Win Easily Sparked by tbe sensational setxhooting of Jim Meyer, the Decatur Commodore* rolled to an ea»-73-43 victory over tbe Uleaeant Mills Spartans in Frldar'k final contest ■ . With Meyer contributing Mm point* in each .of tbe first tw . quarter*, thd peeatitr lade ro’b-. to a♦« tn lead at the first pert <' and a 42 21 advantage at tbs half The Co-rtmodorea kept Tight or iTw.a *» raw* atat