Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1936 — Page 11

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Decatur IB: Albert Beery. Decatur 2B: Oliver P. Mills. Decatur 3-A: Homer D. Dower, j Decatur 3-B: Ralph F. Stanley. —-o CLOSE RACE FEATURE ! _yONTINtJEP FROM PAGE ONE) , offices. Vote Over 4100 The Democrats cast 4134 votes I for county recorder, the highest total in any of the contests. This iie about 80 per cent of a normal ; vote, bused on 5,000. However, In ' the presidential election four years ago. President Roosevelt received I nearly 6.000 votes, as did the I i Democratic candidates for got er-1, nor and United States senator. The vote cast for the three congressional candidates was 4063. The Republicans cast a few I more than 800 votes. The three i congressional candidates received ' la total of 832 voteti. The vote was, I 1 Hogg, 722: Grimm, 73: Robinson, ' 37. In 19 of Ute precincts Robinson did not receive a single vote. Unopposed Vote Democratic candidates nominated without opposition received the

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following votes: Jeff Liechty, county treasurer. 2785; Dallas Brown, sheriff, 3063; Frank Linlger, commissioner 2nd district, 2561; Moses Augsburger, commissioner third district, 2441. The Republican candidates received the following vote: Chauncey E. Frants, joint state representative, 509; Preston E. Booher, recorder, 551; Harry Moore, commissioner third district, 527. The first report that came in to the Daily Democrat office was from Third ward "A" precinct. It gave die vote only for the Democratic congressional candidates. • South Preble eent in the first com- ; plete return. South Hartford precinct came in last. The lead in the prosecutor's race changed several times during the night. Muselman took the early lead, then gave way to Vog- | ilewede and the result was in ! doubt until the last three precincts reported. Voglewede had a. email margin with the last three precincts to report. The recorder's race likewise switcher! as the reports from the precincts were received. Hower took a decided lead as the Decatur (precincts reported. He carried each one. M: . Hollingsworth gained top place as the vote from Berne. Geneva a,nd several of the township precincts reported. As tabulators kept score of the vote, it reminded onlookers of a brisk basketball game, waged between two evenly matched teams. With each basket of votes, tlie standing on the score board changed, the spirit of candidate ami I friend reflecting the receipt of' favorable or unfavorable reports. The race for joint state repreWILSON BROTHERS _____ SHIRTS P,a ffl —cut with the g-r-a-d-u-a-t-e-d V- ’ Line taper for neater, easier fit.' Nine men in ten taper from shoulder to waist. Younger, slender men, more — larger, heavier built men, somewhat less. Wilson Brothers V-Line Shirts in smaller I sizes are sharply tapered to the waist —larger sizes gradually less. They fit neatly, smoothly, far more, comfortably. sl-50 t 0 $3-50 PETERSON CLOTHING CO.

(tentative was not definitely known until the last precinct reported in Welle county. FIGHT TO RULE (CONTINUED FROM QNE) caucus fjr tonight. Whether they would take sides In the WPA-PWA dispute was not determined. Belter's petition containing Hie Minw of 25 democrats was filed with house leaders, automatically forcing a caucus. Some delay will be neceesary because Democratic caucus chairman, Edward Taylor, D. t'.do, is ill. Efforts to bind the Democratic membership to the proposal to earmark a • t llon of the funds for Ickes will depend upon whether twothirds of the members vote for it at the caucus. Leaders believed they would not. H. pkins* plans for spending the IWOO.OOO.MV include *400,000,000 for highway w-nstructlon, J 165.000, COO pulblic buildings, *165,000,000 for parku. and *180,000,00*1 for sewers. water Btnpply systems and other municipal projects. The house committee accepted hie recommendation and provided in the bill that the entire sum should go to him. Belter's group and Ickes protested. A plea to President Rc. seveU for support of their protest failed. o _ „. CITY COUNCIL tGONTI NUE D Fl iOM PAGE ON FT) • bell had requested that a fence be ' set over between her property and ' the Hanna-Nuttman park. The land has been surveyed by Mr. I Roop. The matter was referred Ito the light committee with power I to met | Mr. Elzey also stated that trees have been trimmed and lawns inowed in the city parks. The gold I'leh have been released in the fish ponds. Other preparations have l>een made for the summer. An agreement was BStfe l>y the | council in which the park comunit- ' tee will supervise the landscaping ' and maintenance of the grounds | on the east and south sides of the water works park. Sixty per cent lof the cost is to be paid by the I light committee and 40 per cent I by the water committee. The north and west sides of the j water works park have been maintained by the park committee for many years. The new order will ] give them supervision over the grounds in the entire block occupied by the waler works park. Error Made In Theater Advertisement Tuesday Ths-ugh an unintentional error. J tlie advertisement of the Cort thea- . ter, published in Tuesday’s Demoi crat, said "The Country Doctor” : would be shown for the last time Tilt feature will be shown again tonight and Thursday. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur fri&H’t. ike Stifle 'ImAcM cl CdvLeA-icM. asvet SuJtcrpe £ Vkl - -A. E' V . 4 | 1 TAILORED / I 11// BY WISON j I . SPORT SHIRTS For all outdoor actrvt«»e..; sport .., leisure ... informal dress ... utility. Model shown is popular ripper front Polo shirt in diamond mesh, combed yarn stitch and quarter sleeve. sl-00 PETERSON CLOTHING CO.

LANDON LOSES I IN CALIFORNIA ' Slate Favorable To Hoover Leading; Roosevelt ► Wins Easily 1 ' By United Press I Gov. Alf M. Landon's drive for ; the Republican presidential nom- , ination received its first setback tn yesterday’s primary in Califor- . nia, incomplete but sizeable re- . turns indicated today. Delegates pledged to him were . trailing by approximately 65,000 votes an unpledged elate consideried friendly to former president j Herbert Hoover. > 1 In South Dakota, the Kansas 1 governor was running a close race , with Sen. William E. Borah in 1 ■ incomplete returns from yester- . day’s Republican preference prim- • ary. The returns indicated that the state's delegation to the naI tional convention would l>e dividI' ed. II President Roosevet won an easy > I victory In California. The delega- . 'tion pledged directly to him wa.sj • leading delegations pledged to Up-, ton Sinclair, epic leader, and Rep. : John Steven McGroarty. Townsend I (pension plan advocate, by over-1 whelming majorities. In South Dakota, the president, I unopposed in the Democratic pre- | ference primary, received a large ! I complimentary vote. He ako won j the state's convention vote. Incomplete returns from Indi- . jana’s congressional primaries indicated that Democrats had receiv- | ed a larger total vote than Republicans. In Alabama, the biennial Demo- ! cratic primary, divulged a sharp split over the method by which national delegates, pledged to i President Roosevelt, had Iteen 1 ‘‘ha.nd-picked'’ by the state coin- ' mittee. The split, however, had ' nothing to do with the president’! candidacy, being a state party quarrel. ■ ■ o LANDON LOSES (CONTI NX J ET»JF 110 MPAGBONB) nomination made an attempt to check on delegate elections imine--1 diately. Republican congressional races were led for the wet part by former representatives on party nominees in revious years. Candidates sponsoring the Townsend old age pension (plan or backed by Fr. Charles E- Caughlin’s nation-

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[al union for social justice, fell far I (behind the straight party candidates. By 8 Votes I Indianapolis, Muy 6 —(UP) — An ardent supporter of the Townsend old age revolving pension plan and a young Portland attorney staged the closest congressional fight of Indiana's biennial primary yesterday, unofficial returns indicated today. The young attorney, Richard T. James held an eight vote margin over Benjamin J. Btrawn, Kokomo, In the iftli district republican congressional race, according to comlete but unofficial returns received by the United Press. James was credited with .polling 13,399 in the nine counties of the district. Brown was credited with 13,391. Two others in the race Edward R Coppock, Amboy, and Jesse J. Nall, Portland, |i".lled only 4,192 and 3,107 respectively, the returns showedThe slowness of the county in Luke county comprising the Ist district and in Marion county, divided between tlie 11th and 12th districts made tlie contest there decidedly uncertain. o First Train Ride at 70 Seward, Alaska. — (U.R) — Isadore Fix, 70-year-old prospector, took 1^

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his first train ride recently, und is eager now to experience further j wonders of the "outside." He made I the train trip from Anchorage to ( Seward. Fix has lived in Alaska for 36 years. Railroad Leaders Seek Bill Change 1 < May 6 — (U.R) —The . senate finance committee was . urged today' to revise the *BO3,- ■ 000,000 tax bill to prevent “a dis- . astrons blow" to railroads still struggling against depression effects. 1 R. V. Flatcher of the Association ' of American Railroads, and Fred 1 Sangent. president of the Chicago 1

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and Northwestern railway, urged the committee to revise the bill to permit railroads to build up sinking funds to meet their heavy burden*. Sargent said that about 28 per cent of the nations railroads are now In receiveisliL|>. representing about 24 per cent o< the capital of all roads. — 0 Regular K. Os P. Meeting Thursday Special businees will be conducted at the meeting cf the Knight* of Pythias Thursuay night at 7:30 o'clock. All members are urged to attend.

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