Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1938 — Page 6

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Heavy Vote Is Being Cast In County And State; May Mean Record For Off-Year Election

Heads Os Both Parties Claim Victory In Indiana As Voters (io To Polls. BAI) WEATHER Indianapolis, Nov. 8 — (U.R) — Cold drizzling weather failed to depress the ardor of Indiana voters today and morning reports indicated that one of the heaviest off-year election ballots in the state's history was being east. Instead of keeping the farmers home, the raw temperature prevented them from working in the fields and they treked to the polls in almost unprecedented numbers. Politicians eyed this outpouring appresensively. it could mean either that the respective party | organizations are functioning smoothly or, more likely, that a tremendous upheaval may be in , , progress. Whether this means another , Democratic landslide or a revolt . in favor of the Republicans will ' be determined when the votes are I counted tonight. Last appeals and claims of vic- ! toiy have been duly recorded and today the party stalwarts out in the precincts must deliver. Omer Stokes Jackson. Democratic state chairman, claimed every congressional seat in the state plus the entire party ticket by upwards of 100.000 votes. If he's right, this will he a record ' margin for an "off-year" election. • i , Arch N. Bobbitt, state Republican chairman. estimated that Raymond E. Willis. G. O. P nomi- j nee for U. 3. senator, would be elected with a generous share of other party nominees. He added that with the election today, the Republican party is starting its 1910 campaign to return to power. Governor M. Clifford Townsend. Senator Sherman Minton and Omer Jackson fired the concluding Democratic blast last night and were answered by a group of Republicans headed by Homer Capehart, sponsor of last summer's famed “cornfield conference." Republicans admittedly are striving for gains this year to lay the groundwork for the all-im-portant 1940 presidential year drive. A fourth consecutive election famine for the G. O. P in Indiana this year would virtually ruin the party and destry any effective minority opposition and pave the way for some entirely new coalition in 1940. Democrats unquestionably are riding hard to the limit on their potent organization, first to main-• tain their present power, and second to firmly control Indiana's I political leadership to further the ; 1940 presidential ambitions of former Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Any ; startling Republican gains this year, or a solid victory by Willis might spell the doom of the McNutt White House boom and all that it would mean to his backers. At stake today are: all of the 12 Hoosier seats In congress, 11 , of which are held by Democrats: a United States senator; state auditor; state treasurer; secretary of state: superintendent of public instruction; clerk of the supreme and appellate courts; i four appellate judgeships; three supreme court judgeships; and every city, county and township office in the state. The wide variety of local Issues in the cities and counties confuse the state contests. Since the 1936 election 32 addi-j tional precincts have been added

Elaborate Arrangements For Election Service This Evening

A secial service to the general' 1 public in furnishing election re- < turns will be afforded again tonight by the Adams county Demo- i cratic central committee, it was an- i uounced today. tn view of the inclement weath- : er and the fact that many are un-' able to crowd their way in front j of the bulletin board in the Dally Democrat office, the county committee has arranged for listing the returns tn the Democratic headquarters above the newspaper office. A giant bulletin board, in addition to the one in the front window of the newspaper office, will be posted on the wall in the headquarters room. Here Jack Kelly will tabulate the returns as they are given to him over the public address system, originating in the editorial rooms of the Democrat. Edwin H. Kauffman will be at the microphone in the newspaper office And upon receiving the re-1 turns from each precinct will im-

To Speak Here jgaMjjk Rev. G C. Schroeder, for many ’ years a Lutheran missionary in , India, will address the ladies of . the Zion Lutheran Missionary ' Society at a regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Schroeder will also display 1 various relics and curios which he brought from India. in the state, bringing the total I number of voting units to 3,872. 1 Political observers will be eyeing the 1938 vote to ascertain any ' trend in this "normally Republican" state — whether the social 1 justice program of both President 1 Roosevelt and Gov. M. Clifford 1 Townsend still captivates the electorate, or whether the rear- ‘ tion from reform will produce important Republican gains. 1 ' In 1936. Governor Townsend was elected by 180.000 votes, car- ( 1 rying 66 of Indiana's 92 counties i Several congressional races were! close: Congressman Finly Gray in 1 the 10th district, for example, won I by 839 votes. Charles Halleck., 1 only Hoosier Republican con-; gressman, won by about 1.822. Several counties were carried i by less than 100 votes; many more were won by less than 1,006 in 1936. Parke county went Dem-. ocratlc by 72; Monroe by 98; 1 Henry county went Republican by 63 votes out of more than 19.000 east there; Union county went■ , G. O. P by 64: and Benton voted Republican by just 13 out of, . 6.300 votes. Many big cities such as Evansville. Terre Haute. South Bend. 1 , Vincennes. Indianapolis, Ham-1 mond and Gary were the pivotal ■ points in tolling up the Demo-: cratic majority. Consequently it is apparent! that even very small shifts in the voting one way or the other could affect the result of the election tremendously and bring either a huge Republican triumph or launch another Democratic landslide. Hence the reason for the frenzied organization activity. COLD WEATHER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) dieted rain and colder for eastern states by night fall but said it would not be in time to Interfere with voting. The rain reached Asheville, N. C.! shortly before noon. Temperatures 1 were dropping swiftly east of the Mississippi and in Louisiana and Mississippi a drop of between 30 and forty degrees was reported' overnight. Atlanta, Ga., reported rain and' colder weather general throughout the southeast, including eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. Snow was falling on the eastern

mediately relay them to the headquarters above. The spacious rooms of the headquarters are expected to accomodate an unusually large crowd and the general public has been cordialy invited to make use of these accomodations. Service By Phone To those who will "be unable to get up town to receive- the returns, an efficient telephone service has been arranged from this office. I Phone 1000 or 1001 for results. I In phoning, the public is asked to confine its inquiries to a par-! ticular race or races and not to: ask for a survey of precincts or a general question, such as, "how’s i the election coming.” The office personnel of the newspaper will be on hand throughout the night to handle these telephone calls and the public is cord- : i tally invited to use the service. Doth the bulletin board in the Democrat window and the board i in the headquarters will be kept up-to-the-minute at all times.

ROY JOHNSON TO HEAD CLUB Auctioneer Named President Os Conservation League The Adams county tish and , game conservation league met last ( night at the Moose hall and elected officers for the ensuing year Roy Johnson, auctioneer of this ( city, was elected president of the league. Other officers elected are: ( Herman Lengerich, vice-president; Roman Lengerich, secretray. The league issued the following f statement concerning the opening ( of the hunting season: “Thursday is the opening of the hunting season for rabbits, pheas- « ants and quail. There is reported ( an abundance of game, which is f due to the state conservation de- ‘ partment and the local clubs ac- t tivities. “Hundreds of phe-asants have been released by the Adams coun- t ty fish and game conservation lea- j gue. the Country conservation club and the Berne conservation club, | three organizations with a total t membership over more than 1.500. These persons have urged the sportsmen of the county to coopate with them in the following s manner: “Do not destroy the property on J any farm. “Obtain permission of land owns ers. “Be a sportsman and not a game ' . c hog. "Do not kill any hen pheasants. “Do not exceed the lawful bag ’ limits. "Do not take any kind of game j from their dens. j “Do not destroy any dens. < “Do not kill more than can be used. "Good manners In the field are . t just as essential as good manners | at home. , “Mr. Hunter, remember that 1,- j 500 members of Adams county conservation clubs are watching you. ( Game wardens will be on the alert Any game violation witnessed by , any of the members of the clubs ' will be reported to game wardens f together with evidence of violation. ] “Violators will have to suffer the consequence regardless of who it may be. The Adams county con- ( servation club requests farmers to { check the game of those hunting on their farms and report any vio- , lations to the league, which will in J turn be reported to the game wardens.” ( o GENEVA CLASS : TO GIVE PLAY i 1 Geneva Juniors To Pre- j sent Class Play November 22 < The junior class of the Geneva high school will present “Tha Mystery Bells” a three-act play at the school auditorium Tuesday night. ' | November 22. Following is the cast of charact- ' ers: Mrs. Rhodes, second wife of Mark Rhodes —Marie Stucky. Laura Rhodes, her stepdaughter —Mary F. Reicheldeffer. Harriet Forbes, a maid of all work —Miriam Green. Leia Saylis, a trained nurse — Louise Smith. Darrel Carson, Laura’s cousin, —Berwyn Sprunger. Victor Larelle. a neighbor—Robert Morningstar. Jack Page, Laura’s fiance —Nor man Grile Miriam Booth, a secretary, — Edith Hoffman. Ned Carruthers, a lawyer, — Franklin Armstrong. Joseph Kennedy, a detective, — Weldon Lehman. Admission is 15 and 25 cents, reserved seats at 30c. I slope of the Rockies and in most of! Nebraska, Northern Kansas, most, i of lowa, central ami northern Mis--souri, western and northern Wis i ■ consin. and portions of Illinois. It I was the first snowfall of the win-J | ter for Chicago. I Seven inches of snow were re- - ported at La Crosse, Wis., five at I Dubuque, la., and two at Des I Moines. Donnell said the storm area was ( movin grapidly eastward on strong i west winds. o 'Trade In A Gwl Town — Decatirt

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LANDSLIDE FOR ! DEMOCRATS IS FARLEY VIEW Weather May Play Vital Part In Nation’s Voting Today New York. Nov. 8. — <U.R> —The nation voted today in an off-year general election in which vital scattered races were so close that the luck of rain or sunshine may determine the winners. Weather forecasts were moderately unfavorable to Republicans along the mid Atlantic coast and westward into the plains states. The forecasts for these areas included clouds, rains, and snow. New York politicians were especialy weather conscious. In rural upstate, rain might keep many a G. O. P. vote away from the polls and perhaps determine whether the Democratic party retains or the Republican party wins the governorship. That is the grand prize in the election sweepstakes. Election day rain or snow generally is counted a handicap to Republicans in the big industrial states where the new deal-Demo-cratic party finds its greatest strength in urban areas. Polling took place in 47 states to complete the national referendum on the new deal begun Sept. 12 in Maine. Business depression as a political factor has jumped the fence this time. Republicans sought to put Democrats on the defensive for the slump of 1937-38. President Roosevelt will vote and await returns at his Hyde Park. N. Y„ home, confident that the electorate will give the new deal-Democratic party a foarth consecutive endorsement. He was wearing an Andrew Jackson watch chain for luck. . As the polls opened the forecast was for: 1. Republican senate, house and gubernatorial gains to end a 10year period of consecutive Democratic expansion. 2. Possible delineation of a “conservative" trend away from the new deal. 3. A big. but not necessarily majority vote for various plans to hike old age pension payments. There are 498 major offices —congressional and gubernatorial —at stake of which Democrats now hold i 383 and Republicans 94 with other | parties and vacancies accounting I for the remainder. Maine’s September election did not change party standings. Republicans retained the governorship and the house delegation of three. There was no senatorial contest. Today’s election will set up the 76th congress which will meet Jan. 3. Principal Republican gains are forecast in New England, middle Atlantic, and north central states. Depressed crop prices, the 193738 business slump, continued large scale unemployment and a possible reaction against new deal plans to reorganize the judiciary and methods of dealing with acute labor problems are factors suggesting that the G. O. P. may find the beginning of the comeback trail. But more than mere gains will be necessary to establish a significant Republican upturn. The average off-year shift in the house from the majority to minority party is 50 seats. The G. O. P. must thrust well beyond that number and gain a handful of senate seats to justify burning more than a dime’s worth of political red fire. Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic national committee predicted another Democratic landslide, but conceded limited Renublican congressional gains. Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republican national committee, who predicted the presidential election of Gov. Alf M. Landon, a few hours before voting started two years ago, made no specific claims today. Mr. Roosevelt won in 1936 with all but two of the 48 states and a popular vote of 27,476.000 to 16679,000 fdr Landon. Their 44,000,000 aggregate vote probably will not be reached today but as many as 40,000,000 votes may be cast. It is Dewey today. New York state not only will be establishing a rich and bulwarked Republican fortress in the industrial east but may be sending the young MlchlI gan-born lawyer directly Into a i campaign for president of the Unit|ed States in 1940. Republican vic- | tory here would hurt,the new deal prestige and do more damage to the administration political ma- ■ chine than a dozen well aimed ' monkey wrenches. It is almost the same story In Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and . Massachusetts. From coast to coast it is the Democratic party ' which has most to lose and least to gain today. To some extent the 1938 voting will sample conservative and new

Missing Student l - I r ) Bw t J Alexander La Faurte Missing since he departed from his home with $l5O in his pocket ; ' to pay a hospital bill, Alexander I La Faurie. 18-year-old New York City student, is the object of a | wide police search. deal sentiment within the Democratic party itself. Conservative Democratic senators whom President Roosevelt sought to defeat in his unsuccessful primary “purge" ; generally are given better than ( even chances to come through. o ELECTION BRIEFS — continued whom face one> I, cause, over the objections of the i j two Democrats, he had ordered that a woman voter be given the I assistance she asked in marking her ballot. Early Returns Tolland. Mass., Nov. B—(U.R) —I ' This western Massachusetts town today gave: For governor—Saltonstall (R) i 49. Curley (D) 12. In 1836 the vote was: For governor — Haigis (R) 48. i Hurley (D> 16. Mashpee, Mass.. Nov. B—(U.R)8 —(U.R) - The first 50 votes counted in this Cape Cod town today gave: For governor— Saltonstall (R) j 1 18, Curley (DI 30: two blanks. In 1836 Mashpee’s total vote , was: For governor— Haigis (R) 75. Hurley tD) 104. Boonesville. Mo.. Nov. B—(U.R) — | One precinct In Cooper county gave: foi U. S. Senator: Bennett Champ Clark. D.. 39; Henry S. Caulfield. R„ 58. INDUCTWELLS AS I. U. PREXY Formal Inauguration Os Herman B. Wells December 1 Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 8. —(U.R) — Dr. Herman B. Wells will be formally inaugurated as Indiana university's 11th president on Thursday, Dec. 1, it was announced today. That date was selected by the ’ university board of trustees which appointed a committee composed of trustees and faculty members J to make arrangements for the event. Dr. James Moffat, head of the economics department, was appointed chairman. He said that “ceremonies will be of a simple character. There will be no formal representations from other institutions. Though no formal invitations will be issued, all state officials and all alumni, former students and friends of the university are invited and will be welcome." Dr. Wells was named acting president of the university on July 1, 1937 following the retirement of President W’ililam Lowe Bryan, who had headed the institution for 35 years. Wells previously was the dean of the school of business administration. He was elected president by the trustees last March 22. oVAN NUYS LEADING CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I W. Gillie, Republican, after Gillie held a lead of two to one. In the eighth district Congressman John Boehne was leading Charles Werner by 16,000 with the vote one-third complete. In the first district, Congress-1 man William Schulte grew stead- I ily ahead of his Republican oppon- , ent, M. Elliott Belshaw. o Time Bomb Blamed For Ship Explosion Oakland, Cal., Nov. 3— (UP)— A black powder time bomb, probably , suspended from the side of the ship. • was responsible for the explosion : which tore a hole In the Nazi steamer Vancouver in the Oakland estu- ; ary last Thursday, Investigators r concluded today.

BRITISH KING TO VISIT U. S. King George And Queen Aceept Bid From Roosevelt London Nov. B.— (U.R) — King George announced to parliament i today that he had accepted an invitation from President Roosevelt to visit the United States during his Canadian tour next spring. Addressing the houses of lords and commons from his throne in the lords' chamber, to open a new session, the king announced; “I have been happy to accept an invitation extended to the queen and myself by the president to visit the United States of America before the conclusion of my Canad-, lan tour. "I warmly welcome this practical expression of the good feeling that prevails between our countries.” . It will be the first visit by a reigning British monarch to the United States. The Daily Mail asserted that ! Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain might accompany the king and queen. The king's announcement that he would visit the United States came immediately after a reference to his Canadian tour. The speech from the throne at the beginning of a session of parliament is drafted by the cabinet and thus is of the greatest importance in that it carries the weight of king and government. Today the king covered a wide range of subjects. He announced the British government's readiness to do anything it could to aid in ending the Chin-ese-Japanese and the Spanish civil wars. He said that the government would do all it could to promote friendship with Germany. He expressed hope that the enforcement of the British-Italian friendship treaty would aid the cause of peace. He said that the government would speed up rearmament. Concerning Germany the king said: "My government will do all in their power to promote the development of a good understanding In the spirit of the joint Anslo- ' German declaration made at Munich Sept. 30.” Os enforcement of the BritishItalian treaty, he said: “I believe this action will con- , firm the traditional good relations so happily and so long subsisting between our two countries, and thus further the cause of European peace.” The king announced that a report on conditions in Palestine would be published soon and that there would be legislation to assist Czechoslovakia financially. The king announced a large program of domestic legislation, including housing, relief of distressed areas, amendment of penal laws for juveniles and care for the

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No. 1 Housekeeper T,.' > Mrs. Henry F. Nesbitt Meet the housekeeper of 1600 Pennsylvania avenue. Washington. D C. It you are one of the millions of Americans who do not know that 1600 Pennsylvania avenue is the address of the White i 1 House, then be informed that this lady. Mrs. Henry F. Nesbitt, is housekeeper and accountant who keeps the household affairs of the executive- mansion running | smoothly. Mrs. Nesbitt likes to: do needlepoint when not busy with other duties. 1 agriculture and cotton Industries. He concluded: “I pray that under the blessing of Almighty God the outcome of your deliberations may advance the happiness and well being of nry people and the peace of the world." APPELMAN ONLY INUED FROM WAGE ONE) ocratlc candidates for council: George Stults, second district, 1,401: Herman Gillig. at-large. 1,315; George W. Meyer, first district, 1..309; Ed Keller, fourth district, 1.254. o DEMOCRATS WILL iJONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) from Adams and Wells counties, Robert Heller. Decatur newspaperman. had a lead of 830 votes, with a plurality of 425 in Adams county in 22 of 34 preciijets. auu 405 plurality in Wells county in 19 of 34 precincts. Adams county voters were givi ing a splendid vote to Huber M. DeVoss, judge of the Adams circuit court, and Democratic candidate for judge of the Indiana appellate court, northern division. Ju/te DeVoss had polled a total of 2.504 i votes in 18 precincts, well ahead of any other candidate on the state ticket. o Hurricane Danger Thought Abated Miami, Fla., Nov. B—(UP)—The tropical disturbance sw i > ling through the Bahama Islands in the

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