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64 Sectional Champs To Be Named Tonight INDIANAPOLIS. UP — Fortyeight defending sectional champions put their titles on the line today as the first round of Indiana's four-week high school basketball tourney closes with all major contenders for Sooth Bend Central’s rtate <rown still in the running. The 16 other defending sectionousts already surrendered their titles, eight of them Friday as the field was trimmed to the 256 semifinalists. Two afternoon rounds and tonight's sectional championship games will reduce the pack to 64 survivors who continue the mad dash for Hoosierland hardwood fame next Saturday. At least seven "crucial’’ after-

noon games were on deck. These included city battle Fort Wayne North-South. Indianapolis Crispus Attucksßroad Ripple. South Bend Central-Adams, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer - Garfield, Evansville Central - Lincoln, and Indianapolis Tech • Warren Central, plus East Chicago Washington-Hammond. Tech's Big Green, the fourthranking outfit in the United Press coaches poll, barely made the grade Friday night. After outclassing Decatur Central, 63-28, ’Charley Maas' boys trailed city rival Washington for 29 nrtmrtes, then pulled out a 61-56 win before 15.000 Butler Fieldhouse fans. Latest sectional titlists to be ousted were former state champion Shelbyville, by Waldron, 5741; Orleans was beaten by Bedford. 59-54’; Knightstown Memorial by Carthage at Rushville, 52-48; Kendallville by Howe Military, 6159; Monroe City by Freelandville nt Vincennes. 68-58; Parker by Union Twp.. at Winchester In overtime, 53-45; ex-state titlist Bloomington by Mooresville. 57-52. and Clark Twp. by Edinburg at Franklin. 49-47. The closest thing to a major up- ! setFridaywaa • Eyansyille Lincoln's 34-82 victory bvef' city* foe Reitz, the Southern Conference champion, on Don Moorman’s bas-

ket in the final five seconds of a possession game. Period -by - period scores were 15-'B, 22-21, and 29-27, Lincoln on top. Huntingburg, which dropped two regular-season games to traditional rival Jasper, took the one that counted most, 57-47. leading all the way, • Gerstmeyer, runner-up last year and hoping to add the state crown to its Wabash Valley championship for an 'unprecedented sweep, showed why it ranked tops m the state throughout the season with a 102-86 rout of Olenn. The Black Cats hit 50 percent of their shots, topped by Arley Andrews’ 38 points. Also downstate. Jeffersonville’s Red Devils passed a major test, eliminating twice - beaten Silver Creek, 54-45. Jeff led 10-8, 24-21, * and 37-35 at the stops, and its Pete Obremskey paved the way with 17 points. Worthington, which hasn’t won all season, closed out with a perfect record, dropping its 20th game in a row. Switz City was the winner, 83-72. Evansville Central nearly duobled the score on Posey-

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Sectional Scores . At .Fori.-Wiyne Fort WaymS North 80. Fort Wayne Cen. Catholic 57. Fort Wayne South 65, Elmhurst 52. Fort Wayne Concordia 71. Arcola 53. ‘ Fort Wayne Central G 9, Huntertown 42. At Ossian Rockcreek 58, Liberty Center 53. Ossian 52, Petroleum 44. At Kendallville Shipshewana 51, Brighton 44. Avilla 71, Wolcottville 43.' Howe Military 61. Kendallville 59 LaGrange 73, Ligonier 71 (overtime). At Hartford City Montpelier 57. Redkey 44. Portland 64, Bryant 53. At Huntington Huntington Catholic 91, Bippus 44. Huntington Twp. 46. Warren 45. Huntington 58. Clear Creek 42. Lancaster Twp. 75, Jefferson 63. St. Joe Advances In CYO Tourney St. Joe of Decatur walloped St. Mary’s, 45-13, in a first round game in the CYO tourney at the Fort Wayne Central Catholic gym Friday night. St. Joe was far out in front at all periods, 17-2. 30-5, and 37-9. The Decatur team showed a finely balanced scoring attack, with Meyer and Wilder each scoring nine points for the leadership. No St. Mary’s player tallied more than three points. St. Joe was scheduled to play St. John’s at 1 o'clock this afternoon in a second round game. St. John’s advanced by defeating St. Joseph's (Fort Wayne). The tourney will conclude with the final game Sunday evening. V St. Joe FG FT TP Kable T 3 0 6 Beal 0 0 0 Reed 3 2 8 Meyer 3 3 9 Wilder 4 1 9' Kohne 2 0 4 Hake o . ■ i k Gaae 0 11 Kttson .2.. 1 ,0 2 Ellenberger 2 0 4 Litchfield 0 0 0 Bricker 0 0 0 TOTALS 19 8 45 St Mary’s FG FT TP Calloway 1 b 2 So mo nt "... 11 3 Tideman 0 2 2 W. Brewer ~113 Adams 1-0 11 Bally 0 2 2 H. Brewer 0 0 0 TOTALS 3 7 13

ville, 66-34. ’ ’ Lafayette’s Broncos were the highest - scoring team after two tourney ga.mes. They hooped 99 against Wea Thursday, and routed Buck Creek Friday night, 96-54, for a total of 195. No game could have been more dramatic than the Fortville-Wilk-inson tussle at Greenfield. Fortville winning 48-46 on Owen Mills’ fling as the gun went off. At Gary, (Roosevelt of the steel city race to a 10-1 lead over strong city foe Froebel to post a 52-47 triumph and move into a good spot for its first sectional crown. Jim Reisinger set a new Valparaiso sectional record with—34 points, as Boone Grove downed Liberty Twp. 72-65. Power houses Fort Wayne North South and Central, and lis Attucks, Michigan City, and Muncie Central, also racked up easy triumphs, while Richmond and Milan, the two other 1953 state finalists, kept pace with South Bend Central and Gerstmeyer. . Milan's 1953 Cinderella quintet, spectator until Friday, bowled over Uross Plains at Versailles, 8336. The losers were limited to just one fielder in the first half. Kalofat, Kerr Named To West's Net Squd NEW YORK UP — Two huge centers fro mthe Big Ten — Ed Kalatat of Minnesota and John Kerr of Illinois, were named today to the West squad for the eighth annual Fresh Air Fund East-West college all-star basketball game at Madison Square Garden, March 27. * 111 If you have somettung to sell o* r*ooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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Scoffs At Rumors Os Betting Coup NEW YORK UP — Chairman Robert K. Christenberry of the New York state athletic commission jscoffed today at rumors of a betting coup in connection with young Lulu Perez’ second-round technical knockout of ex-feather-weight champion Willie Pep. “Certainly I heard rumors last night in Madison Square Garden," Christenberry admitted. . anyone who saw that right to the chlii flatten Pep the first time should know there was nothing wrong with the fight. It was an Instance ' of youth must be served.” Fifth-ranking Perez of Brooklyn floored top-ranking Pep of HartW T WFe ’ tfffieT straight rights in the second round. Referee Al Berl stopped the bout at 1:53 of that session when 31year old Willie was down the third time. Berl’s action snapped Pep’s winning streak at 19 and shattered his dream of recapturing the crown he had twice won and lost during the days he was a feather-footed will-o’-th’-wlsp.He appeared a lead-en-footed old man of the ring Friday night. The first meeting/between 20year old Perez, scaling 126 1-2 pounds, and veteran Pep. 127 I*2, appeared such an excellent match “even money” until Wednesday that .the odds hovered around when Lulu became favorite at 6 1-2 to 5. But late Friday a flood of Perez irtpnqy roeketed Lulu to 4-1 and “out.” Bookies would accept no more wagers on the Brooklyn youngsters. And wild rumors swept the Garden. Bevo Francis To Play In Tourney RIO GRANDE, Ohio, UP — Rio Grande college basektball Coach Newt Oliver said today Clarence 2 Bevo) Francis would be well enough next w-eek to try to set a national free throw record in the Ohio playoffs of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Oliver said Bevo, whose injured ankle forced postponement of two weekend games, “definitely, would be well enough" to play against Central State in the opening tournament ground at the Cleveland arena Wednesday night. Several File For Precinct Posts Harvey Caston of Preble township, Tilman Flueckeger of Berne and Thomas A. Sullivan of Wabash township have filed declarations of candidacy in the May primary for Republican precinct committeemen. Democrats who have filed for precinct committeemen include Thurman L. Baker of Geneva; Jerome Braun of Washington township, Lawrence Kohne of DecatuY, Robert C. Butcher of Decatur, Walter Butcher of Decatur, Fred E. Bohnke of Decatur, Artie Jackson of St. Mary’s township, Elmer C. Beer of Monroe township and Walter Thieme of Union township. UNEMPLOYMENT CContlaued From Page Out) increases of more than 1.000': I udiana, Ohio, Kentucky. Ne w Jersey, Washington and Pennsylvania. Greenland has no forests, only a few dwarf trees and many bushes

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Whitey Ford Signs New Yankee Contract ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. UP — Whitey Ford, who led the Yankee pitching staff last year with 18 i victories, came to terms for the 1954 season today for a substantial Increase in salary. The young left-hander who lost ohly six games signed for about $20,000, an increase of about SB,OOO over last season’s salary. He was the last of the Yankee regular pitchers to sign and immediately went to work with the team.

Pro Basketball Syracuse 68, Milwaukee 62. College Basketball Cincinnati 66, Duquesne 52. . -Oklahoma' -City-'SS; 1 Kansas 66. Oklahoma A & M 55. Concordia 91, Griffin 78. - Duke 90. Wake Forest 81. Furman 105, Davidson 72. Force Dissolution Os Syria Parliament 5,000 Demonstrators Force Dissolution BEIRUT, Lebanon UP — Fivethousand stone - slinging demonstrators , marched through the streets of Damascus under a canopy of jet planes today and forced dissolution of the parliament set up by deposed Syrian dictator Adib Shishekly. The demonstrators also demanded the ousting of Dr. Mahmoun El Kuzbari as temporary president because he had served as speaker of the chamber of deputies under Shishekly. Before dissolving itself, the Shishekly parliament handed over legislative and executive powers to Kuzbari, who had proclaimed himself president under terms of the constitution. The demonstrators, mostly students. clamored for the return of Hasham El Atassy to the presl--dency—immediat ely. Atassy waspresident in 1951 when Shishekly seized the government in a blodtless revolution. Warplanes showered leaflet* on the capital, demanding the ouster of Kuzbari while the demonstrators were breaking windows in the Parliament Building. Unemployment Now 83,000 In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Unemployment claims rose to 83 thousand during the past week, the highest total since early in 1946. The Indiana employment security division said today- the increase of about 68 hundred over the previous week "appears to be temporary and stemmed from layoffs in the communications and automotive industries." Director William C. Stalnaker said the claims included 62,997 from persons out of work a week or more. The volume is about four times greater than a year AKO. —t---- 1 '- One Person Killed In Mexican Train Wreck MEXICO CITY UP — One person was killed and 25 were jnj.ur.ed. south of here when a locomotive smashed into aiiff derailed an uncoupled passenger coach on the line between Mexico City and Cuernavaca.

Duquesne Is Handed First Season's Loss I NEW YORK UP — Duquesne's dazed Dukes, knocked from the unbeaten ranks by an aroused Cincinnati team, anticipate more trou- ! bie tonight when they continue their invasion of the Ohio badlands against Dayton University. Top-ranked in the United Press ratings and already hailed as the team to beat in the national invitation tournament, the high-flying Dukes suffered their first defeat in 23 games Friday night when they were handed a 66-52 spanking by Cincinnati. It was a wild start to college basketball's final weekend of the regular season, which also featured another record-breaking performance by Furman's Frank Selvy and Kansas’ G6<is upset victory over the Oklahoma Aggies. But it was Duquesne's shocking defeat that caused the most excitement. Cincinnati, beaten in nine previous games this season, startled the Dukes by mounting an 11-point lead in the first five minutes and never lost it. Duquesne turned baek the Bearcats. 80-60, in an earlier game this season at Pittsburgh. But this time Cincinnati was red hot, converting almost 50 per cent of its shots from the floor, while the Dukes had only a 29 per cent mark. The Bearcats also were strong on defense, limiting forward Dick Ricketts to Iv points and center Jim Tucker to 11. Forward Jack Twyman led Cincinnati with 21 points. Selvy. playing his final regular season game with Furman, dunked in 50 points in leading his mates to a 105-91 victory ovef Davidson. The Corbin, Ky„ senior also accounted for his 22nd national scoring record as he converted eight free throws .to boost his season total to 335, three more than the old mark set by Johnny O'Brien of Seattle. Fourth-ranked Oklahoma A & M. beaten by Wichita earlier this week, looked almost as bad in bowing to Kansas. The Aggies deadlocked the score at 41-all shortly after the start of the second half but then picked up only three points in the rest of the third period as Kansas, opened a.56-U lead. In conference action. Texas downed Arkansas. 67-57, and Rice whipped Texas Christian, 72-65, to remain tied for first in the Southwest race; Cornell remained on top in the Ivy League with a 69-53 triumph over Brown;* Colorado A & M clinched the Skyline title by beating Utah, 70-CG. Oregon beat Oregon State, 63-60 and Southern California downed UCLA, 79-68,-in the Pacific Coast Conference.

Driver Is Arrested Following Accident Automobiles driven by Albert Davison, - 54, Pleasant Mills, and Eloise Feasel, Decatur, were involved in a mishap at the corner of Jefferson and Second streets Friday night. Following the accident Davison was arrested by city police on a charge of drunken driving and he will be arraigned in mayor’s court later today. Davison at the time was operating his Vehicle on a restricted driver’s license. There were no personal injuries in the mishap and damage to the two vehicles was small.

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Says France Might Assisi Red China Says Arrangement Is Not Impossible HANOI, Indochina, UP—French secretary of war Pierre <!• Chevigne said today France might help Communist China enter “the concert of nations” if it agreed to end the Indochina war. "I believe that arrangement with Red China is not impossible,” Chevigne said in a press conference. "We can help her entry into the concert of nations anff resume economic relations. 1 "The whole problem is to know what Russia wants." Chevigne, here on a tour of inspection, said France has no intention of abandoning the Indochinese people to the Viet Minh Communist rebels. "But we can not reject the chance of ending the conflict honorably instead of permitting the Viet Minh, supported by Red China. to drag out the war 10. 20 or 30 years while the French army exhausts itself." Chevigne said. French union forces repulsed two violent rebel attacks during the night in the Red River delta. One rebel force lost 50 killed and 9 caputred in a fight on the Nam Dlnh-Binh road 45 miles south of Hanoi. In a second clash near Phuly, 33 miles south of Hanoi, the rebels lost 22 killed and 2 captured. French war planes battered Communists who limped north from Luang Prabang in a retreat which the high command said constitutes "a great defensive victory" for the French Union forces. SEARCH BLACK (Continued From Paar One) spow storm raging over the bare, rolling plateau, flew over the rough Black Hills between Casper and Rapid City, and continued toward Minneapolis. But long after its four hours of fuel would«have been exhausted there was no sign of the plane east of Rapid City. Lowry Air Force Base then concluded that .he plane probably had gone down between Casper and Rapid City and decided to concentrate the first search in that area. URGE FLEXIBLE (Continued From Pnge One) _ "confident -that -any- ■serietts - further recession can be avoided” if available economic tools are "used In a. timely and courageous manner." The Democratic members charged in a "supplementary” statement that the administration has been “glossing over” the economic decline. They struck out at adminlstration tax policies as "the trickle down theory” and called for an immediate boost of S2OO in the present $601? income tax exemption. The Republican majority said the President Ts expected to ask '

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