Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1934 — Page 1

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DEMOCRATS WIN COUNTY ELECTION

Close Fight Marks Mayoralty Race In City

HOLTHOUSE IS ELECT 0 MAYOR ■irti.OSE VOTE All Other City Democratic CMrf»a‘.v< Are Voted Ku Office MRS. Al MARTIN i r leads the ticket Jr - Arthur! II Holthouse, liUsin»s maj.i/er of the Daily lemocrat A ,I< elected mayor I Decatur in Tuesday’s elecion, defeating Ed B. Macy, * clerk by 1 The He- was one of the ting of the elecion, [Ki -al returns gave -tin and Macy 1.1 M- Vt.i M min. w.icqK'el*-! . I"? ' J 1 Mi's. Martin 1 &h at inicial returns. ■:Wt 1& ■ It' ' : l i w-tl| toll 1 n. H--"aM t® i : ' !1 ’■' ' lan 1 law will be one of - toe servo under he ffifKEp administration. Andrew A ii:i 1- -ad the D.•m- > rath: cjffic i " for council 'lie ■1 « total if 1.421 xotes. TMeDe»*i ' - coiiniiimen < lei t PAGE SIX) J .ester® c r n i ngsta r Mined By Mayor Lester MJr ngstar, 21, of Kirk- _ ar.d tow islii is serving out a tine ! oneand costs in the Adats county (ail. He plead guilty a Mayor C Borge Krick's court to S Bonging to Fred Kauff ton. He was arrested IcoifedtoirBetter Phan Spring Mb We filter, Adams county i ■ dioatioßs the tax collecffens for '« second I half of this year will ■ay was the last day to ithout the penalties set ’ delinquencies. ■ checks nirought and the office with post- : be impossible to deirmme t|e ac ual figures for sevbo checks and monev '•ffln* iftlo the ociee with postarks daßd on November 5. 1931. •a r » considered not delinquent no •ttttr when they are received in lie office. . . wk Bids For | Star Mail Route ■he handling of the star etween Fort W iyncond being sought by the 'Stoffiitldepartment at WashingOtaTbey x.::; | )P received until JanW 15. T>t new contract will be ftEshag |r “n Jttlv 1. 1935. to June !n . Um. The stat ro ite is as follows: , Bert Wayn•- v:>t Decatur. loSroti, B rue, Geneva to Portland. ’ mtles. si times weekly, one way ’fly. teaving Port. Wayne daily ex(Sunday at 7 a. m. arriving at ortiand tfy 9:15 a. m. present pay ’•®6 annually.

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DECATUR DATES’ DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXXII. No. 264.

NEW UNITED STATES SENATOR > . . . Sherman Minton. New Albany, former counselor for the Indiana public service commission. retired Arthur 11. Robinson, from his place in the United States senate in Tuesday's general election. Minton's ‘ vote, wi.h more than one-third of the precincts reporting, was show i >u# Owwiiv to The Wst or tho srtite ticket, all of wham a-pptirewbr- are < i elected by a safe margin.

Republicans Name Doan For Trustee Ira Fuhrman, Democrat, apparentity was defeated for trustee of Washington township by John M. Doan. Republics ! in Tuesday's < ld< ■ tion. Both men live in Decatur. Fuhrman is a well known insur. | mice agent and Doan is a former CWA worker Unofficial returns from five of the eight precincts for trustee give Doan ,a lead of 205 votes over his opponent. Doan carried four of the five precincts reporting. The Republicans also elected an advisory board in St. Marys township without opposition. By virtue of the law one candidate for citv council was elected l:v the Republicans. MOOSE WOMEN PLAN MEETING DietrW MeHingr Will Be Held At Fort Wayne November 14 A district conference will be held by the worn n of the Moose Wedn .-day afternoon and evening. November 14. at the Moose hall, Wayne and Webster street# Fort Wayne it was announced Monday of the Fort Wnyne chapter No. 222. Large delegations are expected to attend the conference from Angola, Auburn Bluffton, Columbia City, Decatur, Huntington and Kendallvill The Huntingdon officers and the degree team will ex nullify the ritual in the evening and initiate large (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

■tate. National Aa« g Inlrraatlnnai News

VERA CRUZ MAN IS FOUND DEAD — •Michael Henneford. Father Os Mrs. Dan Niblick, Found Dead Michael (Henneford, 82, prominent ■ retired blacksmith, and father of Mrs. Daniel Niblick of this city, was found dead in bed at his home in Vera Cruz this morning. He was f und by a granddaughter, Marjorie Henneford. Death was caused by a heart attack sometime during the night. He had informed members of his fa- ; mily early Monday evening that he was feeling fine. The deceased was born in Germany May 6, 1852, a son of John and Anno Lutz Henneford. He t ame to this country when 12 years of age. He married Lena Biberstine in ! 1872. Mrs. Henneford died October 17, 1930. Surviving are six children: Mrs.; Daniel Niblick, Decatur; Mrs. Emanuel Joray and Martin iHenneford, Vera Cruz; Mrs. Francis McFarren, Bluffton; George Henneford Fort Benton, Mont.; Harold Henneford, Olympia. Wash. Two sons, Otto and William, are deceased. Two sisters surviving are Mrs. Mary Shamtt. Lansing. Michigan and Mrs. Anna Hock, Albuquerque , New Mexico. Mr. Henneford was a member of the Reformed church at Vera Cruz ' and for 60 years had missed attending Sunday school only twice, both times because -of illness. Funeral arrangements had not been completed late this afternoon. —_— o — — Gottschalk, Thompson Are Both Re-elected Thurman Gottschalk. Democrat, of Berne, was re-elected state senator in Tuesday's election. Incom plete returns from Adams. Wells and Blackford counties indicated his election by a large margin. He carried all three counties. Frank Thompson. Democrat, former mayor of Bluffton, was reelected joint state representative from Adams and Wells counties Thompson had a lead of nearly 1.- ' 300 votes over Amos Burkhalter in Adams county, in 27 of 34 precincts. He also won tn Wells county.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 7, 1934.

MINTON BEATS SEN. ROBINSON IN THIS STATE Democratic Candidate Leads State Ticket To Victory Tuesday SOME REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN LEAD Indianapolis, Nov. 7.—(U.R) The | “new deal” lost its most severe I critic and gained a staunch sup porter as Sherman Minton. 44-year-old Democrat, defeated Arthur R Robinson. R. for U. S. senator from Indiana. Unofficial reports from 1.681 pre. cincts out of 3,835 in the state | gave: Minton. 373.916. Robinson, 333.833. But while Minton steadily in i creased his lead. Republicans were waging a desperate tight to recapture some of the 12 Indiana seats lost to the Democratic party in 11932- . Republicans were leading by narrow margins in the Sixth, Second. Seventh and Tenth districts.® ® Democrats held a lead by a small i margin in the Third and Ninth disi stricts. Only in the First. Fourth. Fifth. Eighth and Eleventh and Twelfth was there any definite assurance that the incumbents would win. Minton's margin over Robinson apparently was sufficient to elect [the Democratic ticket of state offiI ccrs indicating that voters had s 'Scratched ' only in congressional * (CONTINUED*ON PAGE SIX) Merriam Leads In California San Francisco, Nov- 7.— (U.R) — I Frank Finley Merriam. R. on whom ‘ conservatives pinned their hopes jof defeating Upton Sinclair for governor, held a precarious lead in tlie early returns tonight. i 1.675 of the state's 10,721 pretints gave Merriam a small plural ity over Sinclair, while Raymond Haight, commonwealth-progressive, was running a bad third. The county stood: Merriam, 189,535. Sinclair, 168,481. Haight, 42,156. Sinclair was clinging to Merri- ! am's heels in Los Angeles county, where nearly a third of state’s registration is enrolled.

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| « NOTICE—SUBSCRIBERS The special price of $2.50 of. j sered to county subscribers of | the Democrat during January, | February and March of the past | two years owing to the low 11 price of farm products, will not li be offered the coming year, i 11 since general conditions have improved and the increased cost ■| of publishing a newspaper.*) jj makes it. impracticable. , Subscribers are urged to give their renewals to members of the Christmas (Tub campaign with the assurance that the i price of $3 which has existed | for many years will be in’effect i | in the'future. This is less than ; j a penny a day for your home ; : paperEDUCATIONAL WEEK OBSERVED Decatur City Schools Observing National Education Week The city schools are observing National Education Week by programs in the individual schools. The week is sponsored by the American Legion. In announcing the program for the week the American Legion committee stated: “Sduiotion. is th? cornerstone upon,which the future of this nation is built. Where there are good schools we a',s > find the good citizen. Education is the first requisite of good citizenship anJ it's the first of the three major objectives of American*ism program. “it was a pitiful sight to witness some of those young fellows holding a news paper front home, standing around with longing eyes hesitant to ask somebody to give him news because he could not read. More than one tragedy resulted from the inability of i soldier to understand properly th orders of i his officers.' •Separate 'programs are being held I in each of the ipublic schools in the city. All the programs will lead up I to the main program to be held Friday in observance of Armistice day which this year falls on Sunday, November £l. : At the Central grade cchool, LowI cil Smith will deliver the main | address at the chapel program Fri- . r>y on “Quickening tne Sense of . Civic Responsibility.” Pryce Thorn,is will talk on “Armistice Day". "Tcont’nued’on’page SIX)

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DEMOCRATS TO GAIN SEVERAL SENATE SEATS Staunch Republican Sen- * ators Are Defeated In Tuesday Election INTERPRETED AS CONFIDENCE VOTE New York, Nov 7.- (U.R) — The: Democratic part)' appeared early today to have emerged from the congressional races virtually assured of new strength of the senate and control of house. Incomplete returns showed sev- ' ■ eral upsets. One occurred in Pennsylvania, where Senator David I Reed. R., trailed Joseph Guffey. D. The new deal was the chief issue between them. In Indiana, Senator Arthur Robi inson, R.. was defeated by Sherman , • Minton Although other issues weu'ej Involved in the contest. Minton confined his campaign chiefly to a defense of administration policies. Both Reed and Robinson cuffed ' the new deal at every opportunity. The Democratic party leaders • threw the full force of the national machine into a determined effort to defeat them. In the senatorial contests, was matched by the eagerness with which leaders awaited the outcome of the California gubernatorial race. Incomplete returns showed U.ton Sinclair. Democratic . I nominee, who promised to abolish poverty in the state, far behind Gov. Merriam, Repuldican. u . James A Farley, chairman of the Democratic national committee, interpreted the gains made by the ' party as a vote of confidence by 1 the nation in the new deal. Re- ■ publicans were quick in denying ' that this was accurate, pointing out ' that the new deal was the main issue in less than six states. A total of 10 Republican senate seats were jeapordized in the deluge of Democratic ballots. Sen. Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.. ■ seeking re-electtton in~ Wisconsin PAGE SIX) o Democrats Again Win Lake County The Democrats apparently carried Lake county and France Center, formerly of this city, was elect- i ed county treasurer, based on ' meager returns. H. L. Conter, i : father of the candidate is treasur- j er of Lake county at present.

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I FARLEY RE-ELECTED Hal . — J James I. Farley, Democrat, fourth I district congressman, held a lead of more than 4.000 votes for reelection over David Hogg, at a Intel hour this morning. Farley's vote, with 113 of the 312 precincts reI porting, was 25.580 to Hogg's 21,113. SCOUT LEADERS TO HOLD MEET — Training Course Will Be Held At Fort Wayne This Week-end Scout leaders from Decatur pro-: baidy will attend the training) course for men over 18 years of age who ore interested in the Cnh pro-; gram of the Boy iScouts of America. The meeting will be held Saturday and Sunday, November 10 an,l 11 in the Chamber of Com- 1 tnerce rooms in Fort Wayne. The Cub program is an organization of boys of rhe ages of 9, 10 , and 11 years to precede regular' i scout training which has a mini-: mum age limit of 12 years. Cub troops are now being formed : all over the country and are prov-' ing as popular as the older organ-: ization. An intensive course of phy-! sical. mental an 1 spiritual training' j is being iprepared for the younger boys. The Fort Wayne area council of the Boy Scouts of America is sipon- ‘ ; soring th? program in this part of I Indiana. To better explain the proposition a special training course has been arranged in Fort Wayne. Bryce Thomas, Adapts county Scout executive, stated this morning that in all probability at least ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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MAJORITIES OF DEMOCRATS ARE IN WIDE RANGE Leads of Candidates Range From 200 Votes To Over 2,000 HEAVY VOTE CAST IN FALL ELECTION i Incomplete returns from 27 of the 34 precincts a 3 o’clock of the 31 precincts at 3 o’clock the entire Democratic ticket had been elected in Adams county in Tuesday’s election. i Democratic majorities will range from 200 to 2,000 for all the county candidates. Sherman Minton, Demo- ; cratic candidate for United i States senator, who headed the ! state ticket and Congressman J. I. : Farley, Democratic candidate for re-election in the Fourth district, also received substantial majorities from Adams county voters. The closest race on the county ticket was between Phil Sauer, Democrat, candidate for re-elec-tion and Milton Girod, Republican, ; of Kirkland township John W. Tyndall. Democrat, had I a lead of more than 400 over Clarence Smith in the race for county auditor in the precincts reported. In the other races the Democrats I were far in the lead. The totals ! for the 26 precincts follow, the Democrats being listed first: State Ticket U. S. Senator. Minton, 3.64:1. Robinson. 2,310. Secretary of Stale. Mueller 3,538. Woodward. 2,164. County Ticket James I. Farley, 3,476. | David Hogg. 2,818. Prosecuting Atty., Bosse, 3,455 Unversaw, 2.515. Joint Sen.. Gottschalk, 3,902. Buckmaster, 2.192. ' ’Joint Rep.. Thompson, 3.521 Burkhalter, 2.379. County clerk, Bierly, 3,51 4. Haggard. 2.236. County Auditor, Tyndall. 3,435. Clarence Smith, 2,778. County Treas.. Liechty, 4.199. Riley Chrisman, 2.025. Sheriff. Brown, 3,762. *7cont*nued*on PAGE SIX) Close Race For Ft. Wayne Mayor One of the closest races in the city's history features the mayoralty election in Fort Wayne between Mayor William J. Hosey, incumbent and Harry Baals, former postmaster Hosey was reported to be leading by 261 votes in re- : turns from 19 of the 59 precinct;