Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1954 — Page 6

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Indiana Prep Champ Will Be Named Tonight INDIANAPOLIS UP — Indi- *■ ana's precious high school basketball crown was up for grabs today as four supremely confident and powerful clubs collided in the payoff round. Before 15,000 Butler fieldhouse fans and a television and radio audience estimated in the millions, the thrfte-game melodrama of the 44th annual Hoosier hardwood show rolled oft. There was no "clear-cut” favorite as Muncie Central, champion of the North Central Conferences clashed with Elkhart of the East NIHSC. and 1953 runner-up Terre Haute Gerstmeyer took on little Milan. But the "experts” of the Indiana sportswriters and sportscasters association, meeting on the eve of the grand finale, tabbed Muncie Central as the club to beat. The Bearcats received 24 votes, followed by Milan with 19. Elkhart collected 13 and Terre Haute Gerstmeyer's 1953 runners-up had the best chance for victory in the eyes of eight. —- All but Muncie stajt veteran outfits. Milan, seeking only the fourth triumph for the small-town representatives and the first since 1915, starts five seniors. Muncie, going after its fifth state title, a teat never before accomplished, starts three juniors up front and two sophomore guards. But regardless who wins, it’ll be a history- making session. For neither Gerstmeyer, Milan, nor Elkhart ever received the hardware at the end of the golden rainbow. Elkhart, in fact, gained the "fieldhouse four” for the first time, via the tough Lafayette semifinal route. Gerstmeyer’s Sharpe, the real veteran of the four coaches, has been in the business 14 years. He also is the oldest at 38. Marvin Wood, his afternoon rival, at 26 is only four years out Butler University and only in his second year at Milan. Bill Milliner, at 35, has nine years coaching under his belt, the last Six at Elkhart. Jay McCreary', finally, is 36, in his third year at Muncie and his fourth season in the prep coaching ranks. He also coached at DePauw and Indiana Universities. All of them predicted victory, although Wood admitted pulling a switch- , “I picked Logansport for the state, but I’ve switched horses in mid-stream,” he said. Both Sharpe and McCreary indicated the “one-and-one” freeffhrow rule helped them. Asked if the rule won him any ball games, McCreary replied, “no, but it sure helped us win . some.” “We won our last two ball games because we were ahead at the tight’time,” said Sharpe.

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Chennault’s Pilots Flying In Supplies Brave Anti-Aircraft Fire To Aid french HANOI. Indochina UP —American civilian pilots of Major Gen. Claire Chennattlt’s private airline dodged withering Communist antiaircraft fire today and dropped supplies to Dien Bien Phu. The Americans, who have been parachuting supplies to the French Union defenders of the fortress for three days roared through the fusillade of flak while Red artillerymen below were dropping shells on the encircled bastion at a rate of one every' six seconds. French authorities said none of the Cll9 “Flying Boxcars” piloted by the Americans had been shot down but disclosed that one of the big planes flown by the French had been destroyed. —A-French plea to the Reds for a brief cease-fire to permit evacuation of the wounded was ignored by the Communists who continued to pummel the shellpocked airstrips. The French said the Communists halted their tire Friday only long enough for a C 47 splashed with huge red crosses to land. Doctors and medical orderlies who had been waiting for three days for a hospital plane rushed out with patients on stretchers and loaded them into the aircraft. But as soon as the C 47 prepared to take off. Viet Minh gunners opened up and tore the aircraft, and those inside to pieces. The Americans flew over the hill-rimmed dust bowl in w'hich Dien Bien Phu is situated in defiance of the most accurate anti-air-craft fire the Reds have sent up since the Indochina War started more than seven years ago. Then they rushed back to the east coast for more supplies in a vast operation recalling the Berlin airlift of five years ago. Unlike Berlin, this airlift had to dodge a ring of steel thrown up by gunners trained by Communist Chinese. A French high command spokesman said that the Communists' refusal to stop shooting for a few hours had given Col, Christien De Castries, commander of Dien Bien Phu, serious new problems. The spokesman said wounded fighters in Dien Bien Phu were crowding the underground bunkers. The Communists’ refusal to call a truce caused angry reaction in the French national assembly in Paris. Duryig debate, secretary of state for war Pierre De Chevigne turned to the left-side of the house and excoriated Communist deputies. - “If you want to stop the flow ot French blood, tell your friends to let us fly out the wounded,” De Chevigne said. “Ask them to respect international Red Cross rules.” The high command spokesman said the intensity of the barrage indicated that Communist Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap's final all-out assault on the Viet Nam fortress was Imminent. Two Indictments Returned On Crago HUNTINGTON, Ind., UP — A Huntington county grand jury Friday returned two indictments against Joseph Crago, Jr., 21, in the shooting of Mrs. Esther Minton. 27. Crago, who admitted to police he shot -the—red-haired divorcee Tuesday night in a fit of jealousy, was charged with first degree bulglary in forcing his way Into her apartment, and assault and battery with intent to kill. Mrs. Minton _ was reported in slightly improved condition at Huntington county hospital here. She was struck in the head and breast by three- buHets.-- — Five More Democrats File Declarations Five more Democrats have filed declarations of candidacy th bring the total of Democrat declarations to 53. Declarations filed on the Republican ticket total 42, with only four more days in which to file. Latest to file are Clarence E. Buckingham ofc Geneva for Democrat precinct committeeman, John R. Parrish for Democrat member of the Washington township advisory board, Edgar Krueckeberg for Democrat member of the Union township advisory board, Charles Burkhart for Democrat member of The Blue Creek township advisory board and Floyd L. Mey,er of Blue Creek .township for county assessor on the Democrat ticket. If you nave something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Bradley Meets LaSalle Tonight In NCAA Final KANSAS CITY. Mo. UP—Bradley.* which barely squeaked through, meets coasting LaSalle tonight for the national collegiate athletic association basketball title. Bradley had to come from behind Friday night to nip Southern California, 7472. while La Salle had no trouble solving Penn State's zone defense and taking a 69-52 semifinals victory. Bob Carney of Bradley was Friday night's individual star, scoring five critical points in tfoe last 65 seconds to defeat Southern Cal. They were the difference as the Peoria, 111., quintet made up a seven-point deficit in the last quarter. Ija Salle's Tom Gola. most highly publicized playeriXM the four teams, wasn’t a spectifcular point maker, but both his own coach and Elmer Gross of Penn State gave him credit for being the difference. State’s sliding zone kept Gola bottled up, and he hit only 19 points, but that was enough to allow him to share scoring honors with teammate Frank Blatcher. While Penn State was concentrating on Gola, the other La Salle players scored almost at will. Tonight's play in the 10,000 seat Municipal Auditorium will get underway with a consolation game between USC and Penn State. La Salle held a 15-10 lead at the end of the first quarter, and built its margin to 11 points at 33-22 at the end of two. adding two more points to its lead in the third and then finishing with a spurt. La Salle was far more accurate, hitting 24 of its 54 field goal tries for a .444 average. Penn State shot 79 times, but only 20 of them were good for a .253 percentage. What the final game lacked in thrills was made up by the abundance of them in the Bradley-USC game, far different from their earlier season meeting when Bradley romped to a 79-64 victory. The teams swapped the lead 15 times, with six ties. The far westerners led at the end of the first three quarters, and once enjoyed an 11-point margin, at 40-29, in the second period. Roy Irvin, great Southern Cal center, led the scoring with 23 points and Bradley’s coach Forrest Anderson credited him with being "the difference from the first time we played them.” Carney scored only six points for Bradley in the first half, but took control in the second half and tallied 14. including his five in little more than the last minute. Mixed Doubles Meet A mixed doubles handicap tourney opens at the Mies Recreation alleys this afternoon, continues tonight, Sunday afternoon and night and concludes next Saturday and Sunday. The tourney is based on a 70 percent handicap from 400 scratch with first prize of 25 percent of the prize money. Bowling shifts are 1, 2:30, 4, 6:30, 8 and 9:30 p.m. Berne Man Is Fined On Traffic Charge Loren Myers, Berne, route two, paid a fine of $1 and Costs in justice of peace court this week. Total fine and costs were $14.75. Charged with passing in his automobile on a yellow line, the Berne man pleaded guilty. Youth Arrested For Wrong Registration Marvin Chester Deßolt', 18, Decatur, was arrested Friday by city police on a charge of improper registration of a motor vehicle. He will appear in mayor’s court ..Monday morning at 10 -.o’clock. Will Take Hall To State Penal Farm Clay Hall, convicted of failure to support in Adams circuit could last Thursday and sentenced to six months in the state penal farm, will be taken to the Putnamville institution Monday, it was learned today. Hall, who has failed to meet a court order to pay $37.50 per week for support of five minor children, may face more trouble during his stay at the penal farm. He testified during his hearing that he had been claiming the five children as exemptions in making federal tax returns. It is understood that tax officials are investigating the matter. Pending removal s to the state farm. Hall is lodged in the Adams county jail. Sheriff Robert Stiraluka will take the-prisoner to The state institution. Trade in a Good Town — Decatu-

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Giardello Winner By Technical KO NEW YORK UP — Sensational Joey Giardello of Philadelphia demanded a summer shot at the middleweight title today as a reward for stopping dangerous Willie Troy and registered his third straight kayo victory this year. But chaiyman Robert K. Christenberry of the New York state boxing commission suggested that Joey first meet ißocky Castellani of Cleveland in a challengers’ battle. Each has a $2,500 challenger's check posted with the commission. Dark-haired, muscular Joey gave his’ greatest performance Friday night before a rainy-night crowd of 8,195 in Madison Square Garden. He floored six-foot Troy three times and. stopped him at 39. seconds of the seventh round. The TKO snapped New Yorker Troy’s winning streak at seven consecutive knockouts. Giardello, scalirig 159 pounds to Troy's 156 1-2, had Willie battered into such helplessness that referee Al Berl stopped the bout in the seventh round/ Joey was favored at 13-10. Game, rugged, 21-year old Troy had made a great fight of it despite two trips to. the canvas in the first round and one in the third. Each knockdown was caused by booming rights to the head. However, the former resident of Washington was lucky that the bell ended the first round at the count of seven after the second knockdown, and ended the second round at the count of eight after the third trip. Kitchen Damaged By Fire Here Friday Fire Friday afternoon damaged the kitchen of the John Trout residence on U, S. highway 27. The Decatur fire department was called and managed to confine the flames to the kitchen of the house. A portion of the roof was burned away and smqke and water did the balance of damage. A few pieces of Tunrtture- were burnWr Initial Straw Hat Appearance Friday Using the calendar which sayfi spring is here, rather than the weather as a barometer, Linus -Beard, North- Secondstreet; -appeared in the business section Friday afternoon wearing a straw hat. As far as can be learned Beard is the first Decatur resident to don the summer headgear this year. Man Arrested For Public Intoxication Bernard Eyanson, Decatur, was arrested in Berne Friday night and will face charges in justice of peace court this afternoon for public intoxication. Eyanson also has a case pendr ing in Berne justice of peace court next Tuesday on a charge of parking his automobile' on a state highway,— Four members of the elephant family which are now extinct once lived in North and South America. They were the mastodon about 9% feet tall; the mammoth, 9 feet;- the Columbian ' elephant, 11 feet, and the imperial elephant, 13% feet.

Anderson May Move To Michigan State EAST LANSING, Mich., UP — Forrest Anderson, basketball coach at Bradley University, may soon become head basketball coach at Michigan State College, according to an informed source at East Lansing. A formal announcement was expected shortly because spring basketball drills get underway next month. If he accepts the Michigan State post, Anderson would succeed Pete Newell, who resigned to become head basketball coach at the University of California. BOWLING SCORES Central Soya League Pts. Spares , .'......t 28 Feed Mill 25 M & R 23 Wonders 20 Erasers ..*. „....L. -19 Blue Prints ... 19 Master Mixers 18 Truckers ... ■ 17 Bag Service Ifi Hot Rods 15 MEN—High game and series: J. Bayles 195.. 192, 188 (575>, D. Wheeler 223, 197, (565, D. Cochran 190, 214 (562), E. Hutker 213, 196, (540), H. Eley 191 (518. R. Way 206. (514), R. Judt 185, (509). P. ■Morgan 198, (507), A. Burris 188. ..WOMEN—High games: I. Bowman 177,183. TO CALL WILSON (Continued From Pnice One) lations with allies are “very good” generally, although there is "room for improvement.” 4. The "new look” does not “under present conditions” have any particular application to Indochina. 5. “Massive retaliation” does not necessarily mean just “atomic retaliation," but “there should be no doubt that if they attack the United States or the vital interests of the United States, we'll hi them w’ith everything we have.” UNEMPLOYMENT (Continued From Pace One) ning—Ford City and Williamsport, Pa.; Michigan City—La - Porte, Ind.; North Adams, Mass.; Rad-ford-Pulaski, Va. and Waynesville, N. C. Sub st ant ia 1 un e m ploy men t areas are those with 6 per cent or more of their labor force out of jobs. The" department said the rise in unemployment had spread to “virtually all" of the 149 major areas. Following a major eruption of Krakatau volcano, in the strait between Java and Sumatra, in 1883, abnormally long twilights and remarkably colored sunsets occurred throughout the wwld for two years, says the National Geographic Society.

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Don Newcombe Hurls Hitless Six Innings By UNITED PRESS Jubilant Brooklyn teammates kiddingly cautioned Don Newcothbe to “save some of that stuff [ for the World Series” today on j the heels of his superlative six hit-i less inning stint against the champion Yankees. Newcombe was untouchable in the six frames he worked at Miami Stadium Friday night and although the Yankees made their only hit off Joe Black—an eighth inning homer by Bob Cerv tj- the Dodgers, registered their 10th triumph in a row, won tne game, 2-1. Newcombe's spectacular showing even won plaudits from Walt Alston. the Dodgers' restrained manager. who piloted the husky Negro righthander during his first season in pro ball. “His curve is a lot better than when I had him with Nashua of the New England League in 1946,” Alston declared. "He still has a little trouble with his change-up now. but at least he has one. He didn’t then.” The Yankees, who dropped their sixth straight game and second in a row' to the Dodgers, were virtually helpless against Newcombe's over-powering fast ball. Pee Wee Reese's ninth-inning single against relief pitcher Wally Burnette scored Billy Cox with the run that snapped the 1-all tie. The Yankees had little to cheer about today except for the presence Os veteran pitcher Johnny Sain, who was scheduled to begin working out after changing his mind about retiring. In another well-pitched game at Las Vegas, Nev., Bob Feller. EarlyWynn and 'Ray Narleski combined to hurl the Cleveland Indians to a 2-1 triumph over the Giant Si. Both Indian runs came at the expense of Don Liddle but GiaHt Manager Leo Durocher was pleased by the three scoreless frames pitched by veteran Sal Maglie. Washington snapped a nine-game •osiing streak by nipping Cincinnati, 6-5, .as Chuck Stofrbs and Dean Stone limited the Redlegs to seven hits. Pete Runnels led the Senator attack with four singles. First-inning homers by Vic Power. (Jirs> Zernial and Bill Renna helped he Philadelphia Athletics defeat Milwaukee, 10-6. Joe DeMaestri also homered for the Athletics while Johnny Logan and Billy Queen each hit round-trippers for the Braves. The Chicago White Sox took advantage of five Cardinals errors to score an 8-2 triumph over Eddie Stanky's crew. Vic Ranchi yielded four runs in the first two innings and the Cards never were able to make up the deficit as Jack Harshman and Al Sima held them

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to seven hits. Dec/ Fondy and rookie Ernie Banks each walloped a pair of Itomerts 1 to pace the/ Cubs to a 1.1-8 decision over the, Baltimore Orioles. Banks drove in six runs with his homers and a single as the Cubs broke a six-game losing streak. . The Red Sox pushed over two runs off Murry DlcksOh in the sixth inning to' beat the Phillies 7-6 in a game at Clearwater, Fla., that was halted at the end of six innings because of rain. Karl Olson homered for the Red Sox. / Slight bamage Done In Traffic Mishap An automobile, driven by Roger Braun, Decatur, struck the door of the new Decatur police car, operated by officer Maurice ,Teeple, while the latter vehicle was parked at the Decatur Super Service station. Damage was estimated at S2J to the police car and S2O to Braun’s auto. No occupants were injured. Physician's Office Robbed Here Friday A thief entered the office of Dr. John Terveer. South Second street between 11 and 11:45 o’clock Friday morning and took S4O from the cash drawer, it was reported to police. Nothing else in the office was tampered with and no drugs were taken. There was no one in the office at the time and police are of the opinion that someone, knowing of the doctor’s absence, entered the office and took the money, which included three $5 hills and the balance in dollar bills.

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