Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1953 — Page 7

i'hVRSDAY, jANUARI 29, 1952

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Fred Saigh Is Sentenced For Tax Evasion ; ST. LOUIS, Mo.. UPf The future of the St. Louis Cardinals frhng in the balance today aS own’fcr Fred Saigh. Already shaken by: a 15 months' prison' sentence for /Oideral tax evasion,'awaited another verdict from top .leaders of the game. i Jt was cleat that | Saigh himself felt U. Si district judge Harrier's lenience of 15 months arid a $15,<IOO fine precluded, any chance for sftn to remain as the! club’s owner. 1 ‘‘Thia means,” he said'Wednesday after the sentencing, "that I Will have’to dispose of the £ar- • fflthals. There is no way I 4n baseball.” •* !■ , I I But baseball. rulers commissipn•r Ford Frick and National League •resident Warren Giles still gave Io indication as to how they decide on a precedent-shattering situation. ! i | t > Both deferred action pending Conferences with attorneys? '{ ■ W Major league owners are inebt- ■ ng in New York this weekend, the Saigh case may be disRi ussed. However, Giles denied I that it would. | | * II saigh himself was not available || for. comment,! but Jim , Toomey. || public relations man for the Car- |! linals, maintained that Frick has | iio power to force Saigh to sell his I’ 'took, i although he can suspend I dm. | penalty was imposed by | Judge Harper after Saigh, in a j hrprise move,! pleaded no coni’ est to two-’couhts of an indictment charging income tax eval -ioh- ‘ I [The, two counts on which he I threw himself upon the mercy of | Hie court charged he evaded a tb-. Ltril of $19,125. One was for evadBiitg $.14,351 in .1947 and the other kpjr evading r $4.4,75 tn a jqini re- ■ jrn with hi|s wife in 1949-

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—V ■ ' - I' Week's Schedule [ < for Adams County Basketball Teams Thursday Canifnodores vs Jefferson' at Ge- -, neya. ' ' 1 Friday , Kendallville at Yellow!Jackets. Berne.. at Mohmouth. ; Adrians Central vs Hertford ai Pleasant Mills. . , ‘ \ Pennville at geneva. : I-.-' Saturday Hartford vs petroleum at Blufftom Leo at Rerne. ! L; ;; ' ■ —^4—— ——-4-!,.. — -44».. , , j The, U- s - attorneys, office dismissed three other counts of!(he indictment, returned last April. Th£ sentence caught Saigh by surprise. Obviously disappointed, he wialked; to the bench and told „ Harper he thought-the penalty . whs - unduly severe X’Tye seen sentences Os . less amount Of’time,” he said. J'T don't like thesri cases?’ Harriet replied. “Especially involving members of the legal profession.” Saigh, a- 47-year-old attorney, said 4 — 4 “I thing that when the facts are knowh. the legal profession will be prbud of me. This is as terrible thing? the way this ease has been handled. You know deep down in your-heart that’s so.” • i . Harper bYistled. | , “You are guilty,” he said in a louripVoice- “You- know the law. Whdi you ’ caine intb this court and pleaded nolo cohtendere you knevp. you were guilty? i "Nbw- you stand before me, and question the TbffTed-faced judge then ly adjourned cburt. BOWLING SCORES WOMEN’S LEAGUE Standings ' t' •. - W L Hill-Smith 9 3 McMillen j :qj..i. | 3% Three' Kings • 8 4 ; .Duo Therm ' 8 4, ’ Bank 8 4 Rosip ... ;.?... '........?..... 7 5 Hellerf 7 5 Engle# Irwin L 7 5 Ehingers ~c. J 6% 5’4 Columbia’Farms . . 6 6 ' Kent 5% d»/ 2 ; Wife Die v.: -...., 5% : «’4 Riveivtew 1..:. 5 7 Schaper ..J 1.... 5 7 Niblck {..... 5 7 Hoa, ;land LUpiber 4 8 phii! ips 66' ...: 2-' 10 - Win Rae .J... 1 11 Hi ph games: B. Stickler 199,. E. Strjtkler 173, Nash T 72. Bowman 175,‘‘West 171, Hoile 172, .J. York 170,: H; , Bulten.ier 170, Schroeder 170. ' ' • * ,

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Mary Heimann Named Queen i Os Homecbming

Miss Mary Ahn Heimann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Heimann of route 4, and a junior at Decatur Catholic high school, was nafmed as the Commodore Booster

High School Basketball Tipton 56, .Elwood 50. \ Gary Tollestop 59, Gary Rossville 51, Lebanon 47. . Winamac 55,! Monticello 50. Adams Central Beats Jackson By 57-47 Score The Adams Central Greyhounds bagged their fourth Victory of the season Wednesday night, defeating the Jack Son Center Jaguars, 57-47, at the Bluffton community gym. A fourth-quarter burst brought victory Greyhounds. Jackson led at the first period, 13-12, but Adams Central was on top at the half. 30-24. The teams were tied at 41-41 at the end of three periods, bpt Jackson was limited to six pointe in the final quarter. Roger paced the Greyhounds - with 23 points, while Jackson had thdfe players in double figures. 1 Adams Central wil play the Hartford Gorillas at the Pleasant Mills gym Friday night. Max Stanley, Adams Cdntral'coach, also announced that the Greyhounds game with Jefferson, postponed Jan, 9 because of weather conditions, will be played at the Pleasant Mills gym Friday, Feb. 20. • ; , Adams Central FG FT TP Dick k 3 3 9 Beer . 2'o I Longenbergq,r 8 7 ‘ 23 Arnold .' 2 0 4 Hendricks 3 17 Bluhm ..k„ 10 2 Heare 14 6 P. Nussbaum 10 2 TOTALS J2l \ls 57 Jackson FG FT TB Dougherty o 3 3 Oswalt ?....„ 1 5 7 Morrison 0 0 0 Buckland 4 7| 15 Slusher k 3“ 6 12 James 3 j 4 10 • ‘ ■' V . ! .. TOTALS 11 25 47 Officials: Northam, Hinchman Preliminary \ Adams Central 44. New York's Busses I >■ • ■ ■ • : Vfl Begin Rolling Again To Submit Dispute To Arbitration NEW YORK Up — The city’s privately owned busses, idled for 29 days, began rolling today as soon as mechanics could check them after striking drivers agreed to submit their dispute to arbitra- i tion. [ ; • Only the bankrupt Third Avenue ! Transit Corporation, larges of the nine struck lines, got its buses back on the streets in time to carry ! commuters to work this morning.. Others promised seryice<later today or Friday, depending on mechanical checks and inspection of the busses by the Public Service Commission, The las(*of the companies struck since NeU- Year’s .Eve signed an arbitration agreement Wednesday night to the relief of 3,500,000 bus riders who have jammed the already crowded subways or used the family car to get to apd from their jobs. The arbitration agreement was with the CIO Transport -Workers Union. The settlement provides normal transportation for more Qian 3.500,000 bus riders in crowded Manhat ten. the Bronx, nearby Queehs, ’Long Island, and lower Westchester. i. !<■ ■ ■ '■ ' i i . J.

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club homecomirig queen, as a result 6f final voting,:; prior to the Com-modore-I.ima grime Tuesday evening. ■ j - Runners-up and k serving as attendants for the affair; will be Miss Hqnora Braun, pe^ o1 *; MiBB Rosqriiary Gase, sophomore and Miss Joyce Loshe. ftteshman. il Miss Heimann will be fcrowned during halMfrlje intermission of the CommodbreKleneva game, February 6, by Ciirl\ Braun, Booster club president^. Following the game. ; i a party and Prince will be held at |he. K. 4 of j 6. hall, when the x oueen wl)l be presented a trophy in honor of the occasion. A ’-program honoring alumni rnembers present for the evening has been planned and the class best represented byi| percentage, since the school was completed, will be awarded prizes. \ Bob Gentla rind his orchestra - will provide music sor 5 dancing t during the events, until 12 o’clock. J The high school Students will be ' guests of the Booster club. WfeW —"""11 wil-’i’1 44 h !

Good Profit i - Realized In County iMeef iglach of the eight Adams county high' schools .whjb competed in the the annual qpurity tourney at the Decatur gym Vari. 15, 16 and 17, has received in the distribution of tourney profits. Vhe total netHprefit of the foursqSsion meet wa|t $3,474.64, according to the detailed financial report, announced today by L. Dallas Albright, Jeffersqm principal and tciurney managep. This is an increase of $50.50 in return over the tourney, when seven schools participated. The Berne Bears were in the 1953 tourney for the‘ first time. Albright’s ,report shpws there were 1,556 season -tickets sold at $2 each, 1,236: sltygle session tickets at 60 cents each,, plus five cents in extra change rind $155.47 as half of the profit of the concession for tojal receipts of j 54,009.12. The concessions were"operated by the Monmimth schoolsotl'a 50-50 basis. Expenditures ? totaled $534.48, leaving the net profit of $3,474,64, divided " equally among the eight schools; or each. The expenses;lncluded: printing, $54.95; doormen^sß(7; timer. $12.50; scorer. $12.50'; referees,'sl2o; rent, $180; basketball and scorebook, $21.30; bannersi, sl3; nets, .$3.75; miscellaneous, 41.48; manager and Jefferson school; treasurer, s3s. Season tibketfi sales, by schools; Adams Central,; 269; Berne-French, 180; Decatur Cjritholic 4 , 194; Geneva,’ 219: Hartfbrd, 87; Jefferson, 61>; Monmouth, gOS; Pleasant Mills, 31,1. In addition, 30 season tickets were sold at window. Single session ticket sales: Thursday, 309; .Friday, 354; Saturday afternoon,-z9o’, Saturday night, 283- ■ . J’ji '• i '■ |. faross receipts from concessions wrire $799.69, with expenses of $488.75, leaving a profit ol $310.94. i ' .. —Mi 4 h Pro Basketball NBA (RESULTS .Milwaukee 84, ilaltimore 83. ’ . J ' ■■— I -\i Fox Hunt Planned Saturday Morning Another fdx.hjint is being planned for Saturday mprning. it was anhounbed today hy Virgil Andrews and the ReV.. L. T. Norris, All persons interested in joining the hunt, ate aSkeli tqi meet at the court house Saturday morning aj. 8 o’clock. -i., , -4a— h- \: :. ■:<[ J I 11 . ; I If >you have srimetning ttf sell o* rooms lor rent try a Democrat Want Ad. It brlngd results.

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SPORTS BULLETIN LOS ANGELES, UP — Joe Stydahar, former coach of the £ot Angeles Rams, disclosed todaythat he has accepted a Job, as coach of the Chicago cardinals in the National Football League and will sign a formal contract next week. ■ ,'n ! , | Annual Ground Hog Breakfast Monday Tlqkets are on sale for); the anntmil Bresbyterian men’s club ground hqg breakfast to be served to the public next Monday morning from 6 o’clock until 9 o’clock, Dr. John Spaulding, president ojt the men’s organization announced today. \ Tickets-can bel obtained 'from any member of the Presbyterian men’s, club or the 75 cent fee for adults and Bri cents for children may be paid let the door on the morning of fbri breakfast, it was announced. The breakfast is an annual affair and. is open to the general public, Dr. Spaulding stated.: INDIANA SALES (Continued From Page One) people don’t pay their shark,” As ah examplri,! he said? Hoosiers.Aftking -livestock Into Ohio to x sell "pay no tax In Ohio and no gross income on the sale in Indiana. ' Monks’ bill may not have Governor Craigs support. Craig was quoted as saying when he heard of the lawmaker's plan that he was "not behind this bill.” , ■ ; Herald he didn’t favor any new tax this year. In his budget message Tuesday, draig told the legislature it would have to be cautious handling state purse-stringy this session or an economic slump might make a new tax necessary. > In his first address to the legislature Jan. 13, Craig spoke of the possibility if substituting a limited Sales tax for property taxes but did not endorse such a plan. C

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Junior High Takes Decatur Series Opener Decatur Junior high- won the first leg on the city grade school championship Wednesday afternoon, defeating St. Joe, 45-85, at the Commodore gym, in the first game of the annual city series. Thq secopd of the best-of-three series will be flayed Tuesday, Feb. 10, vfith Juhlor high as host The winners led at all periods Wednesday, 8-2, 17-4 and 30-19. Kelly of Junior high and R. Meyei-8 of St. Joe topped the scorers with 14 points each. Teeple tallied 13 for St. Joe and Shrock and Banks counted 10 each for Juniori high. St. Joe is the defending champion and nc\w holds possession of the Wemhoff trophy w'hlch has been in for many years in the grade school series. Junior High I ’ FG FT TP Kelly .’. j 6 2 14 Shrock | 4 2 10 Hutker 0 0 0 Banks j ? 4 2 10 Baxter 10 2 lEiken t 1 0 2 Agler ?...., 0 11 ,Myers\ 14 0 Willard 0 0 0 TOTALS ....A.;... 17 11 45 St. Joe ' FG FT TP Beal ...I ; .j 0 0 0 Kable 2 2 6 Hake .......J 0 0 - A ■Ehler j, 0 0 0 R. Meyers 7 0 .1 14 Helman L 10 2 Reed & 0 0 0 Murphy 1 0 0 0 T. Meyers ...!. L 0 0 0 Teeple .: 4 5 13

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College Basketball Wabash 62, Bal! State 52. Illinois Normal 93, Indiana Central • 71 - J Houstoh\7l, St. Louis 70. Seton Hall 82, Albright 52. Villanova 89, North Carolina State 81.