Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1952 — Page 7

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Plan Reserve - • ! Team Tourney Next Saturday i Four Adams county high school teams will engage in a 'tourney at the Monmouth high school gym Saturday afternoon and night, it was announced today. Pleasant Mills wjll meet the Decatur Commodores in the tourney at .12:45 oj’clock. followed by Adams Central and Monmouth. Losers of the afternoon games will meet in a consolation game at 7 o’clock, followed by the winners for 4he tourney title. A trophy will be awarded to the champion team and the tourney basketball to the runnerup. Admission will be 25 cents per session and tickets are on sale by the four competing schools, and will also be on sale at. the gym Saturday. ' y.-' 1 " Officials for ail games Will be Wiegman and Hans Dienelt, both of Fort Wayne. A similar tourney, for the four teams in the south part of the county, Berne, Jefferson. Geneva and Hartford, will be held at the Geneva gym Janglft. . Jt had originally eben proposed tMht the winners of the two divisionWourneys would meet for the. county! second-team *• championship as a preliminary to the county tourney final in Decatur Jan. 17. but a ruling from the IHSAA held that this setup would have to be ..courted as participating iru two A v. ' -i i\ ■ ' 1 'r • tourneys, hence the proposal was dropped. ’

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The Ideal Christmas Gift for■; ; BOYS and GIRLS John Deere Tractor Cycles and r Scale Model Farm Toys STEFFEN IMPLEMENT CO. Decatur, Ind. >

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Week's Schedule Bar Adams County < Basketball | Tearns f I Tuesday Fort /Wayiie Central Catholic at ■ Jefferson a| Genevg. J 1 Wednesday Adams Central vs Rockcreek at Bluffton.; - . •. | f Friday ' ( - 1 4; Warsaw Jackets. / 4 Jefferson at Monmouth. Lancaster at Berne. Hartford at Geneva, 1 Saturday Second tea|i tourney at Monmouth {Peasant! Mills, Commodores, Adieus Central, Monmouth). ——.....Jf...... J .i , ... L Adoms Central FFA Defeats* Monmouth ' ® if, I • I ■ *'y Th|? Adatns Central Future F<irAfterjci. played their opening basketball game recently, defeating the Monmouth FFA, 4130, alter trailing) early in the contest. >|kay -Jlatcliff led the winners with Zll points, followed by Kenneth Ehrm|n with eight. C. Witte was for Monmoutlh with 11 points, 1 " j|"' , ' FFiA advisers. Fred JP. Maier ,of Monmouth, and Margin Watsdh- off Adams . Central, are coaches of; their teams. i\ - '' '' J ~ ' 'a Expdrt-Import Bank \ < Official Resigns ' ■ WASHINGTON, UP —President .Trumrih has accepted the resignation ol Herbert E. Gaston as chairman ojf the board of the ExportImports bank, effective Jan. 19. Gastpn, 71. was serving a fiveyear term which would have expired. June 30, 1955. He submitted his resignation for reasons of health

Harfjfoitl City Man And Sa v Are Killed HARTF( RD (Wy, Ind., UP) — A Blfckfi rd cirgujt court jury today in the. slaying tilkl oEiMr i. Helen M. Banter after deliberatin r 18 hours and was dismissed.' I The ievi n womeit'and fivfe men. who received the screwdriver slay-’ ing cake V ionday evening, reported to Judge 1 Janies (R. Ehnshwiller ; shrirtlyybe ore rioon they were unable tojag ee on a verdict. 4 H. ■ 4—H* ’ : If yob h ive something to sell oi rooms I rent, try a Democrat Want Add It brings results.

Illini Wallop Michigan In Big Ten Tilt

CHICAGO, UP — Illinois, who opened with a resounding 96 to 66 licking of Michigan in Champaign Monday night, was off and running today toward its third;straight Big Ten cage- title. I The Illini had little) trouble disposing of the Wolyerihes, who actually stalled in the last minutes lof the game to hol«jl the score down The game opened th|e season fur Illinois ~t and was |the seicond straight Big Ten loss lor Michigan who lost to lowa in their season opener, 85 to 77. lowa tasted defeat Monday night in a. mild upset that saW Wisconsih win, 75 to 70. The Illini. pre-season favorite for the Big Ten crown and unofficially ranked as the nation’s leading quintet, really poured it on the out-classed Wolverines. v They roared to a 49-28 lead at halftime and employed all the reserveson the bench in the second half as the contest turned into a rout. Clive Fdllmer, senior forward, led the scorers with 1.7 points, but the real story of the Illinois win was found in the statistics. Five men were credited with 10 or more points. ,' h > In the Wisconsin-lowa game, the teams started off evenly but the Badgers hit their stride and wrapped up the game in the second -stanza. Forward Dick Cable got 25 points to lead all scorers. Other Big Ten games this week pit Indiana agahist Michigan at Rloomington, Ind., rind Wisconsin agpinst Purdue at Lafayette, Ind., both on Saturday. ■ In non conference tilts, Michigan State tackles Kansas State at East Lansing and Pittsburgh travels to Columbus, 0., for a scrap with Ohio State. \ .

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GENERAL Jonathan M. Wainwright, 69, hero of Corregidor, is shown as he appeared as the first witness for the defense in the trial \ot former Army Sgt John David Provoo at the U.S Court House in ♦New York Wainwright said that I he had not officially seen or heard of any eel of disloyalty by an) prisoner of war white ne and Provoo were tn the sarrie Japanese prison camp. (International)

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CLANCY, the collie, sits at feet of Mrs. Eugene Moses in Michigan CM?. Ind., after finding his way “home” Sil the way from Buffalo, N. over a six-montb period. When the Moses family moved away fn» Buffalo six months before, they gave Clancy to a neighbor. The ccLue ran away a week, later, and after six months showed up at the Moses’ door in Michigan City, toenails almost worn away. Th<{ cbcker spaniel held by Mrs. MoaeS also was named Clancy. (International Soundpholo)

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Vim League Games Here On Thursday Two Vim \league games will be played at the Lincoln school gym Thursday night. In the 7:30 o’clock. opener, the Decatur Knights of Pythias team will play Hoagland, [followed by Klenk’s of Decatur against Gladleux Oil. No admission is charged for these league games and the public is ipvited to attend. In ah exhibition game Monday night at the Lincoln gym, Klenk’s whipped Putt Decorators, Fort Wayne, 86-61. Klenk’s trailed.jat .the first quar■tfcr. 23-20. and led"by drily one point, 37-36, at the half, but\ pulled away in the third’period to a 63-43 bulge. Jim Pride't and Jim Moses led Klenk’s with 32 and 25 points, respectively. while Macusson and B. Putt tallied 21 each for the losers. ■ , u i ' Klenk’s ■ \J I FG FT TP Hoi hammer,’_L* 3- 3 9 Meyer ■_ \_ „ 7 4 Moses ,p r _ 10 5 25 Price ' 13 6 32 Cjiist L_k x 10 2 Shutbine . 0 0 0 •J ' - V . . Totals —-12 34 18 86 Putt Decorators FiG FT TP Macussonß 5 21 Feaster 13 17 Wilson J__\ 0 0 0 McComb ______:,'_x_ 0 : b,\ 0 Kostofflll '0 2 B. Putt\ .___ 9 3 21 Stauski 4 0 0 0 Spencer a_ 2 1 5 W. Putt 2 1\ 5 ■ _ ■ ■ j Totals : 25 11 61 i College Basketball Illinois 96. Michigan 66.'’ Wisconsin 75. lowa "0. Camp Breckinridge 95. Franklin 57. ’ Loyola (New Crleans) 52. Valparaise 41. 1 Kansas State SI. San Francisco 66’. Creighton 88. Portland 67. Seton Hall 77. Louisville 66.

Fans 800 Charles In Buford Fight BOSTON** P - Ezzard Charles will haw to look a* lot better than he did. >Mopilay night to back up a promoter's bid for a heavyweight title fight here in June; The Ox-champ from Cincinnati scored a/.sevtanth-round knockout at Boston . Garden over ponderous Frank of Oakland, Calif., as s,o9s.'i’aiW booed athhe sluggish perforpmncflL “I’m |i»etig?r than I looked tonight,” Chalies said afterward. He weighed jisß pounds to Buford’s .202. “Bufdtrd was hard to fight because i)V vjlis trying for One wild punch. I q|ok a couple of right hands otii tire head to open him up. ’ Matchtnaier Sam Silverman! o: the Callahal Athletic Club here has offered 4ht [winner of the return bout b|tw bn heavyweight king Rocky tM I feiano and defeated champidii jersey Joe Walcott a $400,000 ; gu iantee to fight Charles at Braves ield in Jiine. The fajis houted at Charles Monday nigijt. 'Wait’ll Marciano gets you.’’ \ » ft ■ ■ ■ Charles’ ,‘o-manager. Tom Tanised a sho at the title after the MarcianjP-V ilcott* bout, probably in Jure. BUt i ) one has taken Silverman up on lis offer except Taiinas aniPtha||!s a good deal less tJiaU lialf tlie b rgain. Charles I Fopped Buford four seqoo4« befoi 8 the bell ending the sixth. In t |p seventh, the Californian <oha||sed at 2:13, under an appareiij|ly||iarinless right, hook to the heail. l|i|s seconds threw in the towel .bpclfe referee Joe 2apust\as completed |lie count. The out Jjassed west coast fighter Rid Uis iiead in his gloves and }ield his el l»ws over the vulnerable torso, Iqaiv g Charles to search for exposedKti gets outside foul territory. By 1 a third round, [ Charles 1 had blood 'mining freely .from a spill lip- a 1 bruised nose on Buford’s rtiai ed countenance.; t —— . Ta Tel vise Pro Playoff On Sunday r x| -li’«4t ms Angeles Rains playff ganie 1 ill be televised across he iiatlo s but all of Michigan, lus ner|h >ring Toledo, 0., will be lacked oi \»' The iSii >ut network announced Monday < . had purchased TV lj^Wls r ft I 'J The will he, played umler d|hn “stiil™h death” rule. If the. hcore isbtilu at the final gun. the game will ko on utitil one team r makes it (uchdown, a field kual - Trade in | Good Town—Decatur!

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T Muncie Tops In Indiana's Prep Quintets INDIANAPOLIS" UP U- Riding high on an 18 - game winning streak, Mundle Central’s defending state champions today led the United Press honor roll of Indiana high school basketball powers for the second straight week. However, several major changes resulted from last week's games, and there was one newcomer in the “Big Ten” —once-bedten Washington. , 1 • Five of the 12 remaining major unbeaten quintets are among the first and only JO-th-placed Fort Wayne Central has suffered two setbacks to Downstate powers Jeffersonville. w f ith a six-gbrne winning streak, and Evansville Centi-al, winner of five, are second and third, respec-; tively. Richmond, which lost at Munbie Central by a-single point last Friday, also moved up —- to fourth —. as Kokomo, last, week’,s runner-up, skidded to fifth. The Wildcats, though unbeaten in seven games, had to battle last Saturday to edge Indianapolis Shortridge, 43 to 39. Huntingburg.led the lower bracket on the select circle with an eight-game winning streak. East Chicago Washington arid South Bend Central, «both beaten once, moved up tp seventh and eighth, respectively. Washington, downstate power which has won six in a row since dropping its opener to Huntingburg, was ninth, followed by Fort Wayne’s Tigers, Martinsville, seventh last, week but shaded at Shelbyville, skidded in.td; the well-regarded ranks, but remained in company of 16 other fast-moving outfits. Gary Froebel, .winner of five in a row, and South Bend Rile> also were added slarters in that’ category. . The second weekly U’ P. “Big Ten’’:\. . i -’ 1. Muncie Central 7—o 2. Jefferson ville 6 —o 4 3. Evansville Central 5- 0 4. Richihon'd 4—l 5. Kokomo 7—o i 6. Huntingburg B—o 7. E. Chicago Washington 4—l 8. South Bend Central 4-I—l \ ■ 9. Washington 6 -1 10. Fort Wayne Certral 3—2 Well-regarded — Terre Haute Gerstmeyer[ Evansville Reitz, Lafayette, Alexandria, Indianapolis Crispus Attacks,! Elkhart, Indianapolis Tech, Gary Froebel, South Bend Riley, Kendallville, Southport, .Martinsville, Seymour, Culver, South Bend Adams, Boonville, Tell Citv. , ’Emil Jannings won the first movie Osiar in [1928 for. fiis performance in* “Way of All Fleish.”

DEPAHTMENT STOKE OF (IMHES ' I ? ■ . ' " ' ] Thousands Hush to Hear Sweetest Stoi’if Ever Told

FOKT WAYNE—Candy connoisseurs are completely captivated by the amazing display of toothsome confections at HargesMills Candy Shop here. This unusual “department Store of candy” has more than 30 domestic and 7 imported kinds of boxed i candies, hundreds of unusual bulk candies, all types of gift and novelty packages for children, servicemen, and adults. ■] — > 1 ’v .■ , v'|- \ The gourmet with a sweet tooth can have the time of his life at Harges-Mills. He’ll find good-to-eat things from such famous factories as DeMet’s* Ernest Wilson, Flora-Mir, Rosemarie, Droste, Lint, Hagley’s, Charlott Charles and thirty others. ’ . . -■

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iINGING STAR Peggy Lee, in Washington, reminds you " that U. S. Marine reserve units across ithe nation once again- are collecting Christmas toys for less fortunate girls rind boys ; m their communities. The “Toys for Tots” prbgram was started tn Los An-i eeles in 1&48. (Intemationctl)

BOWLING SCORES ■ f CLASSIC LEAGUE Team Standings W L Pts. Iceland Smith Insi 26 13 37 Mansfield 22 17 32 Acker Cement 22 17 30 Decatur Dry Cleaners 23 16 29 West End L_ 21 18 28 Burk Elevator\ 21 18 2S Smith Pure Milk 2b 19 26 Arnold Lumber 17 22 21 Equity Dairy 15 24 20 Moose Club- 8 31 9 High series: M. Hoagland 620 (183. 22L 216); Ahr 617 (187/217 218); Lad< 637 (220, 194, 2234; Petrie , SO2 (194, 210, 198); O; Schultz 6234(203,1 215. 205);'Hoffman 611: (178, 243. 190); Beery 601 (198, Is|l, 220 b; Korte 619 (177, 181, 2611; Getting 601 (200,2 IT ISS). ’ ‘ ’ High games: Zel! .204, Andrews 213, 213, Appelmjan 212, Tutewiler 225. G. Schultz 206, Retaking 208, Blee'ke 221. Hobbs 202, Mgrbach 258. Biehz 204. Gallmever 210. Notes: pins Svere really flying Thursday night ’ in the Classic league, j*vith aj total of nine 6frt) series being rolled. None was Qf the sensational type, but there was several big individual scores. lift the) team eveht, Eeland Smith Insurance team hit a new high serifs fpr the season With a fine total of 3004.. coming on games of 939, 1063, 1002. a new high single gairte for about 3 minutes, till Mansfield’s finished with a big 1080 on games of 258 by Marbach' and 303 by Hoffman. West End also had a'Vliee game of 1032. 1 4 • 'I ./ The Classic league will; roll a double shift Thursday ped. .18, starting at 7 o’cloeki Democrat Want A (Is Bring Results

There are chocolates from Holland, Switzerland and France . .. brandied dates from Arabia . . . stick candies and toffees fromEngland. and of course such other culinary delights as plum puddings, fancy imported cookies, exotic jellies and jams, and snacks to please the discriminating palate of an epicure. .■ ’ - Whether you’re looking for a few gifts tb give to those hard-to-please people on your list, or buying Christmas candies for employes, church groups or fraternal organizations, you owe it to yourself to stop at Harges-Mills in Fort Wayne. Store hours are 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.; Wed. Fri. till 9. This year make it Candy I far Christmas I

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Still Voting At 101 NEWBURYJORT, Mass., UP — When Henry Bailey Little strode into the polling booth here on primary' day,, he quipped to election officials: 4lf anyone older than myself triek to vote, throw ’em pht” Bailey, the. nation’s oldy est active bankej, is 101.

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