Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 11 November 1932 — Page 1

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STUNNING DEFEAT REMOVES JIM FOREVER FROM PURLIC AFFAIRS; OUTLINE OF HOOSIER SENATOR

THE MIGHTY ONE HAS FALLEN

(By Geo. R. Dale) The Republican party is rudderless. Jim Watson is no more as a political.,entity. His overwhelming defeat by Frederick VanNuys forever removes from public life an institution, yes, an institution, as local Republican newspapers have characterized him, that has caused greater damage to the people of the United States than the armies of the Kaiser during the / World war. It is necessary'to know Jim Watson, to grasp even the faintest idea of this strange personality. As an individual Watson posesses a rare charm that few men can resist. He will do anything in his power either for a friend or an enemy. Demands His Pound of Flesh. But before he showers his benefactions he must have some indication that the favor is to be returned, if and when the time ever comes that a payment of the loan is required. ' One thing that I have never yet seen properly commented on is the real source of his grbat power. As the Republican leader of the United States Senate he is able to speak for the President and one who is able to do that has power and must be cultivated. __ Watson never loses his temper*-* Criticism of the rankest kind never affects him. His thick hide, his hearty handshake, his giant frame and his bluff slap on the back are his chief characteristics. His handshake and slap on the back arb showered on friend and foe. As a statesman and a student of economics I can select a dozen Muncie high school students who know more than he does on any subject, except that of the study of opportunism. Jim Has a Conscience—But— At heart he is the kindliest person imaginable, but he will condone and even abet unspeakable cruelties in order to be a good fellow to those who want the cruelties inflicted. I personally know that Jim Watson has a conscience and that he is really troubled when he allows a personal friend to go over the dam in order to do a favor to somebody else who might get him a handful of votes. Continued to Page 2) PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES

GOVERNOR OF INDIANA

LI ENTENANT GOVERNOR ?*™^“®“S5222aE

Clifford Townsend

DREAD DISEASE, TUOERCULOSIS, HAS NO MERCY

151,570 Children, of Higher School Age, Most Susceptible VICTIMS BETWEEN AGES OF 15 AND 40

TREACHERY OF SUPPOSED LEADERS IS CAUSE OF DEFEAT IN COUNTY; 'REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CUT DOWN

SOLD AND DELIVERED

CHICAGO STOCK SHOW PLANNING HUGE PROGRAM

Railroads Offer Special Round Trip Low Fares to Exposition LARGE PARADE OF CHOICE LIVESTOCK

will be at the ringside on Monday American livestock world, each morning to watch Walter Biggar, | striving for a place on the prize of Dalbeattie, Scotland, begin his lists of this climax of the year’s

tremendous .task of judging the I live stock shows.

steers, which for years have been the largest assembly of top notch beeves seen at any livestock show in the world. From Monday to the close of the exposition at the end of the week, the huge international arena and judging rings will be .the setting of parades of the monarchs of the

Two Sunday Horse Shows. For thfe first time a full entertainment program will be given on Sunday, November 27. The management announces that both matinee and evening horse shows will be

held on that day.

One of the big features of the (Contitnued on Page Three.)

VICE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Indiana Boy and Girl Fortunate in Winning Coveted Prize Every moment of the eight big days of Chicago’s mammoth live stock show, the International Live Stock Exposition, will be crowded with scores of events of interest, fascination and entertainment, Secretary^Manager B. H. Heide, assures. It will be held this year from November 26 to December 3, opening, as in past years, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving Day in its permanent home at the entrance to the Chicago stock yards. Railroads Reduce Fares. Railroads entering Chicago have indicated that special round trip low fares will be offered during the week of the exposition. Low fares will he granted from nearly every part of the country, with rate reductions ranging all the way from a fare and a half for the round trip to a round trip for the price of a one-way ticket. In addition, special week-end coach excursions will he offered to the exposition at much greater fare reductions. The big event of the opening day. Saturday, November 26, will be the junior live stock contest. Farm [boys and girls between the ages of 110 and 20 years will be here from I many states to exhibit baby beeves, lambs and pigs of their own feeding and fitting, most of which have been state and county fair p'Kize Winners this year. Livestock men from far and near

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John N. Garner

Any Remission of Effort Would Be a Backward Step The state department of education estimates that 161,570 children of high school age live now in Indiana. It is disturbing to discover Uiat all of these children are 'i *' more : susceptible to tne “White Plague’s” encroachment than people df other ages. As the annual sale of .Qhristmas seals and health bonds to finance anti-tuberijulosis work here and elsewhere in the nation begins, it is being urged that redoubled impetus in this struggle to save human lives must be given the war on the adolescent front. Dr. Kendall Emerson, managing director of the National Tuberculosis Association, points out that “tuberculosis strikes mercilessly at' the lives of the young and strong in the years of their fullest promise. Despite the reduction of the death rate to one-third of what it was 25 : years ago, tuberculosis is still the most widespread and dangerous of preventable diseases. The national expert says the disease still claims more victims between the ages of 15 and 40—normally the most productive years of life—than any other disease. Would Be Backward Step. “The fight is not fet half won,” Dr. Emerson emphasises. There are almost 100,000 deaths from this cause each year in the United States. Only by constant vigilance can we hold the ground gained, and any remission of effort at this moment would be to take backward steps which would require years to

retrace.

“This, as last year was, is a year when the strain on giving power of almost everyone is acute, and many incomes are almost at the vanishing point. Pressure for contributions for social work of various types is reminiscent of the war time drives for those incredible sums which this country so quickly raised. But somewhere must be found the resources to meet the crisis. In the intenpity of our interest in the obvious and immediate troubles, we are in' grave danger of forgetting what may be called remote emergencies. Such are the carefully planned health and welfare activities built to defend society. Such is the annual sale of Christmas seals and health bonds. Those who give generously to it are giving for the long future. Our struggle to save lives of our children now and in the years to come, cannot be handicapped. An appeal to the heart of America rarely misses its mark. The fight to drive back tuberculosis is worth pre-

serving.

Dr. Emerson hits the nail on the head. Somehow we must find in our slim pocketbook enough moneyj j to keep this most intelligent health 'work of modern times unimpaired.j I Somehow we must find money to buy more Christmas seals thisl winter than ever before.

If the Democratic party had not been sold out here by the Everett organization the entire Democratic county ticket would have been electetd and majorities would have been recorded for Roosevelt' and the entire state ticket. As it was the entire Republican county ticket was elected by varying majorities and the Republican national and state ticket went over by comparatively small majorities. If it had been an “off” year the Democratic ticket would have gone over with a bang, despite treachery on the party of the county chairman, as a comparison of majorities of 1928 and majorities of 1932 clearly indicate.

Fine Showings Made.

In 1928 Hoover carried Delaware county by 10,800. In Tuesday’s election Hoover was only 1,791 to the good, a Democratic gain of 8,000 votes. If this ratio of gain on a per capita basis had been maintained Tuesday in every county in the state, Indiana would have gone Democratic by something like 400,000, therefore Delaw’are county made a fine showing, regardless of the knifing of the ticket by Chairman Everett and his cohorts. Chairman Everett did not make a single rational move in the entire campaign looking to the success of the national, state and county ticket.

Worked Against Mayr.

Instead he and his secret agents made a persistent drive against Secretary of State Frank Mayr, which had little effect other than to show his bias against the secretary, who separated him last year from his position as automobile license distributor

for Delaware county.

Right in the heat of the campaign, Everett conspired with disloyal council Democrats and partisan Republican members, to unseat the mayor and demoralize the county democracy. The venom of Everett and his friends was especially directed against Lester Holloway^ candidate for county treasurer, and Chauncey Medsker Jr., candidate for prosecuting attorney.

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UNITED STATE'S SENATOR

Frederick Van Nuys

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