Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1934 — Page 2

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Bmocrats Elect County And \pe atur Officials

Majorities In r O nt . Range From 34f To Over 2.000 JiIjECHTY is Ken IN C OUNTY ;i|ic ClliuliESboLhv's i.-let-lion with Iniw’or’t s r:i:i!4ii>!4 limn 3IS | ! "moiv I'"’ s v " ,l ‘ s w, ' r '' IraM W 1 'h'- I'ountv cantliI2mF|' iv l.ieclilv. IknioI’"- county I iri jsillTf i the liiTg-| »t- 072 ansi Walter ImmEw*-""" ’-"■ ' r<r !!3VinK ” ,p brg ’i I Both men |w considered IE , between Philj Sw«r, #<:"• ■ "mi Milton Girod.' IlfpllMlJ' ' 1 mini li' l ’ ' i< 1 1v " ‘‘■•imlitlatfs wus i Cirod 2.760. gjjflL :.,(<■ candidate • ,if ii,,,n 1 *°i aM y; I>■ inm-rat r.'(-"iv...l egjtaMi - - ; .'ii:!te’- Arthur Rob-! 1.11 !•'.j an. 3.152 tn»r> Jam. - I. Farley in the county was® 1,1:111 1,1111 receives! by i laics on the ticket tfth the exception of th p '2|Si fiii county auditor and (Simianiiiii-i- from ths first ills-: H«wKi 'd I lf'-- votes and David s'lh'iean opponent 3.616. ■ ynslall. I r the iinexpir“d 'lua.i auditor. I WHBIrd-sb-.-ntial tnaruin over I ( !*renc4 Smith. Preble banker in I tjio fi® for auditor. Tyndall re-1 I reived 4.l’.titi votes and Smith 1 Iveinv. j I given the Democrat I i.nlMrles over their Republican I (O»T.!NUEd’&N PAGE SIX) I — 0- — 2BOVERNORS Fflf DEMOCRATS ns iSfrhelming State VicAre Scored | BBy Democrats I 31 ,lv United Press I Bjjffoerats elected 21 governors |WfflS|g:iii overwhelming state vicI won five gubernaI'ortel contests. recapturing Michi 1 11 < d° se battle. forces ousted a Restate administration in '■arsa and were leading opporiwEandidates In North Dakota 1 giffip LaFollette. running as a party candidate, was ‘ l le€tf; l | over the incumbent DemoG- Schmedeman. in Wisand Gov. Floyd B. Olson, Laborite, retained control •jnesota. returns indicated PAGE ’siX) # -o Os Berne I Dies This Morning 9k Mary Elizabeth Baumgaita native of Berne, Indiana. 5:30 o’clock Wednesday I’Mtog at the home of her son. at Hartford City, resulted from a sudden Pflßdtack. She had been in fail for several weeks. B| was born at Berne April 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. She was married to pWBe Girod and after his death l l WW e,i *0 Jake Baumgartner who Dunkirk 10 years ago. EgMl Is survived by two children, services will be held Fri- ; Hrom the U. B. church with at Dunkirk.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXII. No. 265.

A. R. Holthouse Is Elected Mavor By 125 Votes Over Ed Macy MRS. ADA MARTIN LEADS THE TICKET Arthur R. Holthouse, Dem-1 ocrat, newspaper man, was elected mayor of Decatur by a majority of 125 votes over Ed B. Macy, former postal employe. Republican candidate. in Tuesday’s electionMore than 1,500 votes were cast in the city election. Holthouse received 1,213 and Ma.-v 1,188. The two candidates divided 1 in carrying the six precincts. 1 Macv carried the “A” and “B” 1 precincts of the First ward 'and “A” of the Second ward, i Holthouse carried “A” and I“B” precincts of the Third ward and “A” of the second ward. Mrs. Ada Marti n. Demo--1 crat. present c'tv treasurer. ■wa« “lected cler’^-freasu’-eri over Mrs. Fannv Rennhlican candidate. Mrs M»r---i tin’s majority was 542. She led" the city icket, receiving i 1.511 votes. ■ The four Democratic councilmen w re eler ted, each receiving sub1 stantial majorities over the Repnb- ' lican candidates. Andrew Appelman I lea I the council candidates with 1 431 votes. r~re«t TTlzejr well known Earlier, will be the Republican member of the council, receiving the highest ! vote of the four cauidates on the ticket. Mr. Elzey’s vote was 1.127. The Democrat candidates were I committed to a “Build Decatur” 1 program in their tampilgn for elec- , tion. Members of the city council elected and their total vote follow: ! Herman M. Gillis, 1267; George ‘ Stults. 14A2; Andrew Appelman, | 1431; Albert Miller, 1400. The vote for the Republican canI didales follow: Forest pizey, 1127; \ Sim Burk. 1056; Frank Johnston. Wi3; Acker, 1031. The returns in the city election were slow coming in. The first precinct to report was First ward “B”. j It g.ive Macy a majority of three, the vote being Macy 154 and Holthouse 151. Holthouse took the lead on t'he vote from Third ward II receiving 277 votes to 239 for Macy. | I The last city precinct to report I was First ward “A" The return was j ! not received until 5:30 this morning. Mayor-elect Holthouse is a native of De atur and since graduating from college has been connected with the Daily Democrat. He started to work on the (paper in 1912. He has been active in business and community affairs for a number of years. He will have the honor of serving as Decatur’s centennial mayor, when this city celebrates its one hundredth anniversary in 1936. 1 ALL DEMOCRATS I Indianapolis. Nov. 7—(U.R>~ Democratic candidates for state offices were carried to victory I I in Tuesday’s election by Sher- , I man Minton, successful candidade for United States senator. , ' The vote for the state tick- | et followed closely that receiv- I 1 e d by Minton. 1 The state officers elected I are: Secretary of state: August I G Mueller, Indianapolis. | Auditor of state: Lawrence I ' F Sullivan. Princeton. I 1 Treasurer of state: Peter F. I He ! n. Crown Point. | Sunt, of Public Instruction: I I Flovd I. McMurray. Thornton. I | Clerk Supreme Court: Paul I Stnmn. Crawfordsville. Judge Supreme Court, sec- | ond district: George L. Tre- 1 I main, Greensburg. 1 J,vires of nnnellate court; 1 1 Harvev J Curtis. Gory: 41- I | nhodso C. Wood. Angola: Posev I | T Kime. Evansville: and Wil- I f Ham H Bridwell, Sullivan, all | I reelected. I ♦ *

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Mayor And Clerk-Treasurer gjR. ■ ’“ w HHH Above are pictured Arthur R. Holthouse, business manager of the Daily Democrat, and Mrs. Ada Martin, city treasurer, who were elected mayor and clerk-treasurer, respectively, of this city i»y voters of Decatur in Tuesday's general election.

4. — —♦] County Officials Elected Tuesday i Prosecuting Attorney EDMOND A. BOSSE Joint Senator THURMAN A. GOTTSCHALK Joint Representative FRANK <K THOMPSON County Clerk G. REMY Bl ERL Y County Auditor JOHN W. TYNDALL County Treasurer JEFF LIECHTY County Sheriff DALLAS BROWN County Coroner ROBERT J ZWICK County Surveyor WALTER H. GILLIOM County Assessor ERNEST .1. WORTHMAN County Commissioner (First District) PHIL SAUER County Commissioner (Third District) MOSES AUGSBURGER County Councilman Ist District HENRY DEHNER 2nd District JAMES A. HENDRICKS 3rd District JAMES KENNY 4th District EVERETT BANTER County Councilmen-at-large MATTHIAS KIRSt H DEAN BYERLY AUGUST CONRAD URGE CITIZENS TO JOIN PARADE State Highway 527 Will Be Formally Opened i Friday Afternoon — Jesse Rico, chairman of arrange- ’ mente f;r the formal opening of state highway 527 and James Elberson as assistant, today canvassed ' the city to serure promises of auto-; mobiles to take part in the event; which wlil be held Friday afternoon of this week. It is expected that several hund- ■ red cars will be in line. Every busi-1 ness house is urged to be represent- - ed and all others who desire to take ■ part are welcome. The parade will form on Third ■ street, headed north, and those who ' intend to accompany the delegation i are reiqueste to 'be there at 12-30,' so that the cars van start promptly i at 1 o’clock. The cars will proceed I through Pleasant Milla, circle Will-! shire and return to the state Hue I by 1:30, when the exert-ises will be : held. ( ■An interesting program has been > arranged, including talks toy the; highway commissioners of eaph state as well as local representatives. Every one is joining in the i event and you are urged to do likewise. Have your car on Third J street between 12:30 and 12:45 Fri-' day afternoon and join the big parade. Regular Session Os Council Held The city council met in a regular session Tuesday night in the city ■ hail. Only routine business was considered. The necessary bills were allowed. The council closed early in order to permit the members to hear the election returns!

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 7, 1934.

TRUSTEES ARE NAMED TUESDAY Democrats Elect Ten; Republicans Two, One Wins On Draw The results of t’he township elections for trustees an I township assessor were compiled today. The complete returns showed that the Republicans had won two offices ae trustees. One race ended in a tie. The townships which gave the majority of their votes to Republicans were Washington, and St. Mary's. The Root township race for trusitce resulted in a tie and was decided by cutting cards. -The only offke having an assesl sor this year is Washington in : which John A. Cline (D) defeated ! Edgar N. Wicks (R) 1,669 to 1.168. | The results of the township races | ; for trustees are: Washington: Ira Fuhrman CD) 1268; John M. Doan (R) 1.763. Blue Creek: David D. Habegger (D) 206; Charles J. Jones | (R) 158. Monroe: Edwin H. Gilliom 1(D) -820; Wilber Nussbaum (R) | j 566. Jefferson: Charles C. Abnet I (D) 168; John M. Amstmts (R) 146. French: Edwin Beer ID) 140; E.nanual Jory (iR) 81. Union: Howlard Mauller (D) 338; Leslie E. OrImond (R) 58; Root: Harvey Tieman (d) 248, Ralph Rice (R) 248 (Rice won on draw.) Preble: Ed Zwick (D) 289, unopposed. Kirkland; Hibberd H. High (D) 315; Frank W. Spade (R) 86. St. Marys: Groce Tope (D); 163; Ben McCullough | , (R) 279. Hartford: Eli Dubach (D) j 246: August F. Baker (R) 158. Wabash: Jess C. Mann (D) 555; Oliver | , A. Potter (R) 364 Young Democrats Entertain Crowd Over 300 persons attended the ■ Young Democratic club open house I ’ held at the Masonic hall Tuesday j l evening. Full election returns were I ; received. The club is planning a victory ■ parity to be held in the near future. ■ At this party plans will be discuss- ' ed for the permanent organization i j of the club. i —

i Thousands Os Extra Votes Offered In Daily Democrat Christmas Club

With the publication in this is-j : sue of the Democrat of the names i ;of those who will take part in the i i Christmas Club, the campaign is i | now officially underway. . Bad ■ j weather Monday, and election day < I yesterday, of course, rather handi- ■ ' capped the start of members, but I now every one expects to share in I the big distribution of cash prizes i 1 just before Christmas is expected ' to make a good start of membert Ito make a good start toward assert- I ing hla intention. t To give all members a good start i and to encourage early and consts- i tent effort, the following extra ■ i vote offer is now in effect: in addi- l it lon to the regular schedule of i i votes as shown on covers of re. ' | ceipt books. 240,000 credits will be < 1 be credited on each and every S3O i ■ club" of subscriptions collected i : and turned«in on or before Sat.ur- I day night, November 17- i This means that each dollar collected during this period will count i at the rate of 8.000 extra credits , i ! per dollar, and makes each and ev-, i 1 ery subscription worth many times . i • more credits than the same sub-|1

LARGE AMOUNT PAIO FARMERS More Than $125,000 Paid For Adams County Production Control Ac-ordlng to figures compiled today more Ilian $125,060 has passed through County Agent Archbold's office this year in agrii cultural benefits for production control. Many of the checks, receivid in I the county were first ipaymenis on contracts of which a large portion is yet due and will be paid when it h>ia been proved that the contra ting farmers have met with the requirements set up by the act. The largest amount of money received so far Ls the $115,000 received for corn-hog control payments. This was the first of three payments with $2.00 being given for every contracted hog and 30 cents a bushel Tor corn. A second paym nt will be given for hogs at the rate of one dollar a head plus 15 cents a bushel for corn minus the administrative expenses. The third payment will be based on $2.00 a h ad for hogs. ■Contracting wheat growers have received $3,000 in checks at the rate of 20 cents a bushel. The second payment will amount to seven cen s a bushel. Two cents a bushel will be deducted for administrative expenses. .Six thousand dollars has been paid out through the local office for expenses in connection witli the administration of the act. Some of this expense was due to the necessity of employing, equipping or paying the traveling expenses of men and women needed in ih-“ county organization since ktsl December. o REPUBLICANS NAME MAYORS G. O. P. Recaotures Offices In State; .Jack Edwards Defeated Indianapolis. Nov. 7—(UP) —Recapture of several mayoralty offices by the Republican party today gave state G. O. P. leaders new hope despite defeat of their United States senator and all state office candidates in yesterday’s election, i A preliminary survey of returns from various cities throughout the state revealed that Republicans had i upset Democrats in more than a dozen mayoralty contests. Hot municipal contests, many of them precipitated by the state which killed last year’s election, was believed responsible for turning out a vote in excess of that cast j in the general election two years ag>. ■One of the most outstanding Republican victories <ume in St. Joseph county where Chester R. Montgomery's Democratic machine was completely ousted from South Bend. Mishawaka, and most county | ’7c6nT*NUEd’i ON PAGE SIX)

scription will be worth later in the campaign. The plan of the drive calls for constantly decreasing credit values all through, and those who make their minutes and hours count right now will be the ones who will be hard to beat on the last lap. The serious member who expects to be in on the award of the big ■prizes at the end should see every possible prospect, before November 17. To make it just as strong as it should be to be thoroughly understood, each subscription during this period counts approximately four times as many credits as the same subscription will count the final week of the campaign, when the lowest credit schedules of all will be in force. It can readily be seen that the member who is fortunate enough to be in the lead at the end of the extra credit period will have a very decided advantage throughout the remainder of the campaign, since it would be hard for anyone to come to the front under the smaller credit schedules in effect later on in the drive.

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I Country Votes Confidence In F. D. Roosevelt

Democrats Seize Senate Seats; Maintain Power In House SEVEN REPUBLICANS SENATE LOSERS By I iiitc<l Press Democrats today se i ze <1 two-thirds control, of the Semite, and maintained their oowerful majority in the house in the partv landslide at the polls at the off year e’ection. Virtually complete returns at noon indicated the follow- 1 >mf Republican senators had been sacrificed in the parade of the new dealers: Arthur Robinson. Indiana. . Henry Hatfield. West Virginia. Simeon D. Fess. Ohio. Felix Hebert. R. I. David A. Reed. Pennsylvania. Hamilton F. Kean, New Jersey. Roscoe Patterson. Missouri. The race in New Mexico where Sen. Bronson Cutting. Progressive Republican, is battling Dennis Chavez, a new dealer, was in doubt. Chavez had a slight lead. The administration was assured of at least 306 seats in the house. A total of 265 Democrats already have won and more than 35 others were leading. Republicans won 9:1 Seats and 44 others were leading Democratic onnonents: Tiie representation in the 73rd , congress was 290 Democrats and ' "(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Increased Interest In Praver Meetings —;— i Increa-s'ed injhrtest marked the second of morning prayer meetings being held hy the Decatur M. E. church. Meetings fcr Thursday i morning are as follows: Mrs. F. Blosser. N. Sev nth; Mrs. Attend! j Tumbleeon. 318 Maple St.: Mrs. Theo. Holsapple, 303 N. Tenth; 1 Mrs. J. Niblick. North Fifth; Mrs. Antspaugh. 1415 West Monroe; Mrs. Paul Edwards, 104 West Adams: , Mrs. Frank Krr k. 324 Lin"; Mrs. ; Giles Porter. 341 Winchester Tonight at 7 o’clock a special feature cf the week of prayer will be an address by Fred W. B'.'.sche on. ■ "what can we do to nave a real revival." This service will close at 7:45 and will be followed by choir I rehearsal and a social time. o ILLINOIS VOTE SEIS RECORDS Democrats Sweep State In Record-Breaking Election Tuesday Chicago. Nov. 7—<U.R>~ Swept to' victory in a tide of balloting that | broke all off-year records. Illinois! Democrats today held 21 of the; state's 27 congressional seals and; were in complete control of the, state government. The Democratic victory surpass-! ed. in proportion to the number of I votes cast, the presidential land-1 slide in 1932. Republicans, losing every state, office of consequence, succeeded | in retaining six of their eight; seats in congress. Two veterans. Congressmen Fred Britten and Oscar De Priest, negro, were de-j seated by Democratic foes. went to the polls, of which about 1,500,000 cast Democratic ballots. In the contest for two congress-at-large seats, upon which political interest was centered, Michael! L. Igoe and Martin A. Brennan, • the democratic candidates, ran from 200,000 to 300,000 votes ahead of the defeated republicans. C.| Wayland Brooks and Milton E. Jones. Igoe was leading the democratic; ticket with 1.114.400 with 5,683 of j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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New Dealer Wins 'i i : ' so* Sherman Minton, former counselor for the Indiana public ser"-1 ice commission, scored a smash-i ing victory for the Roosevelt ad-1 ministration Tuesday by defeating 1 Arthur R. Robinson, Republican I incumbent, in the U. S. senatorial; i race. MINTON HAPPY OVER VICTORY S°n. Arthur Robinson Declines To Issue Statement On Election Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 7—iU.P) I—Sherman Minton. Democrat, sue-! ; cessful in his campaign for the I United Slates Senate, his sponsor, , Gov. Paul V. McNutt, and James ; E. Watson, former Republican sen- | ator. each found cause for happi- i ness today in returns from yesterday’s election. Senator Arthur R. Robinson, Minton's opponent, declined to issue a statement last night but promis- ! ed one today. “I am very happy at the results," Minton said. “Naturally I am not ■ conceited enough to think that it | Is due to any personal popularity i of mine. It is primarily a vote of ! confidence in our great president, “The new deal lives and will (Continue to accomplish results." Governor McNutt said: "I am ! verv hanpy. I feel the vcitory is a justification of the programs the 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) . - -111 — - Legislature Is Democratic Indianapolis. Ind., Nov, 7— HJ.RI !—At 3:30 this afternoon the offic. ial returns showed that the Democrats will have 65 members of the I house and 37 in the senate. Nn official returns show the election of all congressmen except in the sei cond district where Landis defeated Durgan. Minton's majority will be about 75,000. 1 France Conter Is Lake County Winner Decatur friends today received ! word from Crown Point that France i Conter. former Decatur resident. ! has been elected treasurer of Lake | county by a majority approximating 3,000 votes. Conter has been serving as deputy treasurer under his father. H. L. Conter. Trustee Race Is Decided Bv Lot i : Ralph W. Rice, Republican, drew , , the high card when he and Harvey Tieman cut to decide a tie for the trusteeship of Root townsh'p after ; the vote resulted in a tie at 248 ! votes each. Rice became the third Republican candidate to win an office in the county.

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Minton Defeats Sen. Robinson; Landis Only G. O. P. Winner JAMES I. FARLEY WINS WITH EASE Indianapolis, Nov. 7. —XU.R) — Thirteen Democrats and one Republican will represent Indiana in congress again next year but the lone Republican will be a member of the lower house. Almost complete returns from Tuesday’s election at 1 p.m. todav showed that 11 of the 12 Democratic representatives were re-elected while Sherman Minton was displacing Arthur R. Robinson in the senate. Although there was still a remote chance that another Republican might be elected to the house, returns were just about conclusive. The lone Republican to he elected was Frederic Landis, Logansport. who defeated George R. Durgan, Lafayette, in the second congressional district. i Minton maintained a comfort--1 aide lead over Robinson, returns 1 from 3.184 of the states' 3.835 pre- ! cincls giving Minton 630.616; Robinson 581,488. The entire Democratic slate of J the state officers was swept into j office on the Minton landslide. | The two Democrats beside Dur- ; gan who faced the stiffest opposiI tion in the congressional race ! were Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Terre i Haute, sixth district representa(CoNTlNUED ON PAGeVixT" Attend Rites For Former Resident Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Annen left today for Columbus. Ohio, to altenu funeral services for Mr. Annett’s brother, E. C. Xnneti, who dic'd • Mondaj- afternoon at Columbus. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon. Mr. Annen formerly resided ia Decatur. He was an undertaker, having learned the business under James Gay. He was a 32nc degree Mason. Surviving are the widow, two brothers, F. D. Annen of Marion Ohio, and U. C. Annen of this city and a sister. Aldina Annen of Bluffton. o GIRL KIDNAPER UNDER ARREST Alleged Kidnaper Os June Robles Held By Federal Agents Washington, Nov. 7—(UP)-—Os-car 11. Robinson, Tuscon, Arizona, was charged by the department of justice today with violation of the Lindbergh law in conection with the idnaping of six year old June Robles, last spring. Robson, 31 year old and for several years operator of a Tucson dance hail, baa been taken inito custody hy federal agents, the department announced. A complaint is being filed in federal court at Phoenix, charging him with violating sections of the Lindbergh law pertaining to sending of extortion threats through the mails The Robles girl, daughter of a Tucson electrical contractor, was kidnaped April 25 and held for 19 days in an underground cage in the desert nine miles east of Tucson. She w>js in an exhausted and emanciated condition when found by her uncle and the Tucson county I attorney. ; Letters sent to her parents and to her grandfather, a wealthy Span-ish-Araeri.an rancher, hud demanded payment of $15,000 Ransom. The justice department, it ie work on the case, obtained apecimens ot GN PAGE SIX)