Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1952 — Page 6

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Diesel - Powered Auto Wins Race Pole Position Oidianapolis, Ind.. May 19; — (t'| > ) A low-slung diesel-sow-pwd <*ar of a revolutionary {ype tnit was almost bumped fromj the fiMd two' years *ago today rated tlje coveted pole position in i.the 3<th annual Memorial day 500-tniie li||ianapolis motor sp'eedway. face. ] Popular Freddie AgabasH|an. the slender, curly-haired Galifbrni|tl with the big grin, grabbed the advantageous spot in |'the first row., when he blazed arrtund the fpmqus brick and asphalt oval> ip record-shattering limle just petore time trials ended Saturday; , |jpeapite a strong cross-wind, he ui*ged the yellow and red oil burner through the four-lap, 10-rpile tost at an average speed, of 138|1)1Q rales an hour. ilis first lap Was 1$).1O4 mph. Both times eclipsed* the marks set by pint-sized Walter Faulkner of Long Beach. Ca|if., iMt year of 136.872 mph and |3B. 122 mph, respectively. Another, less speedy, diesel blazed the way for Agabashi&’s „ record breaker two years sjo. - ** barely squeezing into the -fiwj. However, the performance encqur aged the Cummins company of lum’bus. Ind., to build a new ’ Agabashian never got atybve mph in the new car before •urday’s record-breaking dash. fek he was confident before the trfcl that he could do better. WHj “I was surprised when they t&fe me I had gone 139 mph. I>uf wasn’t surprised at my average .£ he said. - f ; Now he’s gunning for his fiJrstL victory in. auto racing’s richfsß I event. ~ ' Only seven’ cars qualified oh| ’ the week-end, and yesterday a complete loss when strong wii|d< ‘and, rain cancelled the trials leav| ing 26 positions open to a field|o{ about 60. The May 30 race, linejh|{ ’ is scheduled to be filled Saturday: and Sunday, with the comprising the field. S|| Many “hot” cars remained toWe?qualified, among them four ltal®i» f made Ferarries, Chet Miller Nrvi-special, the two blue crowc - witch won three for Mopre. and, “No. 99,” which cwk riej Lee Wallard to victory in r»y orct time last year, this time enhy AAA champion Tony Mfi tejwiausen. x are last mounts, hut’ fibred it was doubtful that of’{hem would better AgabashidnM. feat. \ ‘ ■ ■ ' C J The seven qualifiers all whip|O the} 135 mph mark —a tip-off t|S tma year’s 200-lap grind may j® th|e fastest on record, providing

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Horseshoe League Standings Listed > Last week’s Adams county horseshoe league matches found Geneva defeating Morjroe, 6-3, with four dose games, 49-50, >4B-50, 4750 and 49-51; Union downed McMillen, 7-2, and defeated Berne, 7-2. , Salem and Bingen postponed their hratch and ant Mills had the bye. ■ In the Geneva- Monroe matbh, Campbell. Geneva, pitched 70 percent, Abbott, Geneva, 65' percent, Beitler, Monroe, 66 percent. Matches this Thursday are: Berne at Pleasant Mills; McMillen at Salem\ Geneva at pnion, Prebie at Monroe, with Bingen drawing the bye.. * ' League Standings { W L Pct. Salein 9 0 1.000 Monroe ...i....J..20 I 7 .741 Preble ...\.12 6 .667 Geneva ...10 5 .667 Union ......JJ...... 6 3 .667 McMillen i..,.12 15 .444 Pleasant Mills 4 14 ,222 Bingen ■ 0 9 .000 weather '.conditions arq good and no major accidents occur. MAJOR ' N ATI ONA L L EAG U E * W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 19 7 .731 New York - r -J- 18 7j .720 % Chicago 16 13 .552 4U Cincinnati 15113 .536 5 St. Louis 14 15 .483 Philadelphia 12 15 .444 7H Boston U 11 15 .423 8 Pittsburgh l 5 25 .167 16 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Cleveland 20 11 .645 Washington 16 12 .571 Boston 1U 13 .552, 3 New York 14 13 .519 4 St. Lbuis 16 ls ? .516 4 Chicago 14 15 .483 5 Philadelphia 11 15 .423 6% Detroit 7 20 .259 11 SATURDAY’S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 7, Philadelphia 3. Brooklyn 12, Pittsburgh 7. St. Louis 5, Bostdp 4. / I New Yoyk 9, Chicago 8. American League Cleveland 9, Washington 2. St. Louis 2, Boston 1. Other games postponed. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League A SV Louis 4, Philadelphia 3. Brooklyn 7, Chicago 2. ' Other games postponed. American League Philadelphia 2-0, Cleveland 0-6. Boston 7, Detroit 4. Washington 24, dhicago 1-6. St. Louis 4-1, New York 3-8. MINOR - ■ . J. ■' AMERICAN ASSOCIATION i , \ W L Pct. G.&. Milwaukee 17 Id , .630 Kansas City — 19 13 j .594 % Minneapolis — I'7 14 .548 2 Louisville .'if 15 .531 St. Paul 16 15 .516 3 Columbus 14 .452 5 Indianapolis 12 19 -.387 7 Toledo 10 19 ,345 • YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Toledo 4-0, Milwaukee (KI. Kansas City 3-6,, Columbus 0-7 (2nd game 11 innings). , Louisville 21-7, St. Paul 5-8. Indianaolis 7-7, Minneapolis 3-10. If you have sometning to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It .brings results. I u JLTB Tonight & Tuesday In Wondrous Technicolor! “SNOW WHITE & 7 DWARFS” ■Fpll Length Cartoon Feature. ALSO—Disney’s “Olympic Elk” In Color — 14c-50c Inc. Tax n I —°^°— Wed. & Thors. —Dale Robertson “Return of the Texan” First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! r" U ' ■ 'O ——O-UO Coming Sun.—“ Sailor Beware” Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis

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Begin Distribution Os Pheasants, Quail Over 4,060 Birds Distributed Here Distribution of more than 4,000 baby pheasants aiyl quhil, under supervision of the state conservation department, started in Adams county today. The first truck-load of 2,850 pheasant chicks arrived in Decatur at 10 o’clock this morning. / ’ ■| \ ' V ■. Distribution will be to individual conservation club members and 4-F{ clubs throughout Adams county. Distribution is in charge of Merle Affolder, Adams county game warden. Also on hand to assist in the distribution were Robert H. Heller, a member of the slate commission; Dudy Meyer, member of the state conservation department’s public relations staff, and Charles, Knapp, representing the county conservation clubs. The chicks will, be raised to maturity and released in Adams ebunty under the state commission’s program of replenishing the northern part of the state with game birds. The group in charge of distribution and several local people joined in a special lunch at the Fairway restaurant \at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Rudy Meyer and other staff members explained informally the state commitesioner’s program. FINISH PROBE \ (Continued Fr»m Page One) ther announcement must come from the department of the army in Washington, he said. The new board is headed by Maj. Gen. B. M. Bryan, deputy s chief of staff and No. A man in the U. N. command, It also includes Maj. Gen. B. L. Milburn, assistant chief of staff for personnel; Biig. Gen. Edwin A: \ Zundel, head of the inspector general section; and Col. Elwood W. geant of the judge advocate section. Although Clark gave Colson a

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THREE-YEAR-OLD Richard Michael Lindberg is carried by his father to operating room of Chicago hospital after shooting himself accidentally as he played with a gun he mistook for a toy. He suffered only a minor wound in the right temple. Doctors fear that powder burns may cost the sight of one eye. (International Soundphoto)

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Hold Annual Bowling Picnic Next Sunday ft The annual picnic of the bowling association will be Sunday at Sun Set Park, startif® at 11 a.m., according to an nouncement by Oscar LankepJi| president, and Oran V Sch|l|zj secretary. A business meeting rad| election of officers will be I Tickets may be obtained at itHe Mies Recreation or fr° m - Ric hards bt the G. E. Clph. headje secretaries and captains! who IpiSe not checked in by WedneSjd||,v . night will be charged with | dll! tickets as the' committee know by that, time how many prepare for at the picnic. |S| SUSPECT IN i (Ca»»tlnued From Pnire One) -5? killed with two shotgun blasts ea|®| Saturday, two dayft aftOr his n||M| had been linked with the Isrib|<|| robbery. ’ “We have no alternative bu| jfeo believe that the murder ofc is linked to the Brink’s affaiftS Powers said, but h{ added: « “From now on Rhode Island; lice activities will be 'dire{.tjj|| toward a solution of the O’Btif?:* murder. Any further witnesses 'gig connection with the Brink's aMll| are Kelly’s consideration.” ? Kelly came here Wednesday helped question Gagnop but ently has taken no active' part |n the investigation since then. ‘ ' Meanwhile, West Warwick police chief Arthur Groleau said last there were “two motives as good fe the Brink's ease for the O’Brien slaving,” However, he \did not disclose them. L® Boston police obviously did hipt believe that McGuiness was nected with the two-year-old BrinU'l job as the Rhode Island informa|ir claimed. I ■ “We don’t want him.” said depif jj Boston police chief James F. Dil#l ■■■■■ II ..nr public spanking by saying he ihjd “exceeded his authority” in jt|e; deal he made for Dodd’s release, the investigation was described emphatically as “not a cqurt tial.” 'll Dodd was seized May 7 and| released unharmed May 10. He jic|w is being treated for {gastric ’disturbances” at the 121st evacuall|n hospital near Seoul. ' There |w|s no announcement of his conditMh i L t

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WALTER M. ROYAL Jt., of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, testifies m Washington before th<? Senate Elections subcommittee re* viewing charges against Sen. jO seph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.)i said that about a dozen persons on the federal payroll helped prepaH. ’ the housing article the Wisconsin Senator sold, to the now-defunpt , Lustron Corp., for SIO,OOO in

Gary Roosevelt Top Choice In Track Finals Indianapolis, May 19 — (UP> rDefending champion Garg Roosevelt today looked like the’team to beat in the high school track championship at Indianapolis Tech field Hext Saturday. The Steel City Panthers qualified, nine men and both relays in one of four meets Saturday in which niAe regional records were broken. ' Fort Wayrjei North qualified six men and both relays in its| own meet to becomk jthe number one . Fail T° Qualify * Four Adams coupty track men failed td qualify for the finals, in tqe Fort Wayne regional Saturday, The four county athletes had won their way into the= regional by sectional triumphs the preceding week were Jim Moses, Ferris Kohne and John Brunner, all of the Decatur high school, and Harry Myers :of Monmouth in the pole vault. , challenger in the chase for the laurels. The Panthers and the Redskins we're the two most powerful with individual performers and both relays qualified. Relays probably. will be the deciding i factor. r North led a|l regional victors in scoring with 40 points in dethroning Kokohno. Moat of the points came from the efforts of I double-winning; Bob Ewing in the

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■ - Anderson Is Winner Os Golf Sectional AmSetsoti high school, with a 323 totftl, wopr the annudl Fort •Wayne . sectional golf tourney, played Saturday in a driving rain at the Brookwood course. Kokomo was second with 334, Elmhurst third with 354 and Marlon fourth wittftSa . These four teams will compete in the state finals at the Coffin course in Indianapolis next Saturday. Decatur Catholic hljgh School golfers Mined with a score of 443. dashes and Bill Griswold in |.he runs. - Roosevelt won qt Mishawaga with 37% points. Anderson succeeded Muncie Central here with 27&. Columbus defended its crown at Bloomington, winning with 35 points largely on the running and jumping of Ed Yeley and John How.e. Michigan City’s Brelon Donaldson pole vaulted 12 feet 4% inches and LaPorte’sj Wayne Glassman tossed the-sshot put 62 feet 7 inches at Mishawaka for the best regional marks. At Bloonftng, Jerry Kerr of the host school ran a 4:29.2 mile, second best this season. The three individual defending state champions also advanced to the finals —Gary Roosevelt’s Earl Smith in the broad! jump, Indianapolis Shortridge’s Bob Bruce in the 880, and Kokomo’s Ken Toye in the 120 yard high hurdles. Toye also qualified in the low* hurdles, although Warren Anderson o< Fort Wayne South handed him his first defeat of the season in the regional. : j. ' ■ .^......i— .; < Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

Murphy Tops Local Bowlers At Tourney Harold (Tim) Murphy led the Teeple Truck Lines and Fairway bowling teams; both of Deqatur, in the Indiana state at Evansville over the \ Murphy produced a big 1875 ailevents total to move into Jthjrd place, with only one week of the meet remaining. He had a 637 i» the team event, 588 in the doubles and a rousing 650 in the singles. Other top scores of Decatur bowlers included: Tuck Faulkner*! 642 in singles, Snook Marbaugb’s, 632 in the singles, and Roily Ladd's 601, also in singles. The summary of Decatur scores: Team event—Teeple, 2652; Fairway, 2616. Doubles—G. Laurent-H. 1153; J. Beery-C. Mclntosh, 1100; W. Tutewller-E. Faulkner, 1099; M. Hoagland-W. Barbaugh, (1072; F. Ahr-R. Ladd, | [ [ Singles — H. Murphy 660 j, E. Faulkner 642, W. Marbaugh 63fe, R. G. Laurent 587; F. Ahij 535, W. Tutewiler 502, J. Beery 492, C. Mclntosh 489. McHALE, (Coatlnoed Froa Page One) led by a governor whom I twice helped and elect, brought great pressure on \county chairmen to elect members of the state committee unfavorable to me.” The newly formed state committee urged by resolution that Schricker run for the senate and Illinois Goy. Adlai Stevenson for- president. They pledged unanimous support to i both. ’ ' v. ’ ’ :•• I j- ,

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