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U. S. SWINGS LEFT, VOTING STUDY SHOWS

Minnesota, Louisiana and Wisconsin Set Pace for Radical States. CONSERVATIVES ROUTED La Follettes Offer Program of Planned Economy Like Roosevelt’s. BY LYLE r. WILSON V nilH Prf Staff (•rrf*pndfl fCopfrtfht. 1934. b? United Press! WASHINGTON. Nov. 8 —Th United States has moved left in a process of party realignment between radicals and conservatives. Three states lead the radical procession. Minesota, Louisiana and Wisconsin. In some others, notably California and Oregon, the radical movement was blocked or reversed in Tuesday's general election. But the political center of gravity represented by the New Deal has shifted in this country which, until 1932 in the past-war period, was the most conservative of the major nations. The off-year election this week ratified the leftward trend indicated two years ago when millions of American voters rast their ballots against Herbert Hoover. Wisconsin's La Follette brothers succeeded Tuesday in launching a new third party which seized Wisconsin from the old line Democratic end Republican organizations. Follows La Follette Creed The Wisconsin* Progressive party platform was vaguely phrased last September, but followed closely the personal political creed of Senator Robert M. La Follette, who abandoned the Republican party this year. The La Follettes invite the discontented farm elements, labor and small business to amalgamate in a national party which is to lead a campaign against the conservatives. Wisconsin Progressives advance a program (f planned economy. It involves redistribution of wealth, which in more temperate form is part of President Roosevelt's New DeaL The Progressive redistribution would be by means of income and inheritance taxation and centralized government control of the banking system. The La Follettes proposed public ownership of utilities and of industries manufacturing necessities of life. They would give every man a job through public works expenditures. Long Plans Approved Louisiana offers Senator Huey P. Long, radical Democrat and antiNew Dealer, who would make "every man a king.” Long has been talking about secession from the union to permit Louisana to recover from depression. He refers to adjacent Mississippi as a province of his own state. He looks beyond Mississippi to Arkansas for political dominion. "Share the wealth” is the sesame of Longism. Tuesday's election ratified some typical Long propositions in Louisiana desiened to shift the burden of taxation from the little man to the big man. measured in terms of money. The SI poll tax for voters was eliminated and homes valued at less than $2,000 were exempted lrom taxation. Long plans to summon the legislature in special session to pass ' some more poor people laws.” Bilbo Looms as Radical Minnesota approved a Socialistic Farmer-Labor third party platfrom which advocated government ownership of banks, utilities and insurance companies; a state canning factory; old age pensions, unemployment insurance: and a variety of propositions which considerably exceeds the limits of New Deal aspirations. Mississippi sent to the senate Theodore G. Bilbo, a printing press money man who may back the NewDeal but who will be tempted by more radical programs. Nebraska experimented cautiously bv ratifying a state constitutional amendment for a unicameral legislative system Senator George W Norris. Republican New Dealer, won the praises to that plan in an effort to make government more efficient and responsive.

RICKENBACKER OFF IN QUEST OF NEW MARK Colonel Hopes to Boat Own Transport Time to New York. fy rfilly* Prrtf LOS ANGELES. Nov. B—A big Douglas airliner, under command of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. soared awav from United air terminal at 5:42 a. m. <7:42 Indianapolis time* today in an assault on his own 13-hour-2-mmute transcontinental record for transport planes. I Onlr one refuelling stop was planned on the flight to New Y'ork Colonel Rickenbacker hoped to reach Chicago before the dualmotored ship was landed after riding through the substratosphere. The plane earned 800 gallons of gasoline. Times Index Bridge 12 Broun *3 ’Comics 27 Cnwsword Puzzle 15 Curious World 27 Editorial 18 Financial 3§Hickman—Theaters 14 Pegler 17 Radio 16 Sporta 22 23 State News 15 Womans Pages .....12-13

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Tucson Man in Custody, Two More Arrests Are Awaited in Robles Case Tm Not Guilty,’ Mutters Friend of 6-Year-Old Girl’s Father, Charged With Kidnaping and Chaining Her to Cage in Desert. fly I nitrd Press PHOENIX. Ariz., Nov. B.—Early arrest of two additional suspects was predicted today in the kidnaping of little June Robles, whose imprisonment in an iron cage in a desert enraged the southwest last April. The men were hunted by federal agents who departed for an unannounced destination after Oscar H Robson, 31, was arraigned on extor-

FUND WORKERS FAR FROM GOAL $110,537 Must Be Raised by Tomorrow Night, City Learns. Failure stares at the fifteenth annual Community Fund campaign of Indianapolis unless $110,537.08 is raised by 6:15 tomorrow night. "Our backs are to the wall, but there is not one of the 3,000 workers ready to quit,” declared Arthur V. Brown, general campaign chairman, today as ne disclosed the serious situation facing the annual drive. With a fund goal of $727,217 the report meeting of yesterday brought in pledges of $34,286 87 and today's report meeting in the Clavpool is expected to duplicate that sum. The drive opened Oct. 20 and will close tomorow night at a final report meeting. Mr. Brown pointed out that every dollar subscribed is in the total amount reported to date and that no gifts are being held back. Citizens who have been missed in the annual solicitation of funds are urged to call Community Fund headquarters and workers will be sent to take their subscriptions. Splendid support from employes of Indianapolis firms lias enabled the fund drive to keep apace with former years, Mr. Brown said. TODAY'S WEATHER Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 45 10 a. m 46 7a. m 44 11 a. m 47 Ba. m 43 12 (noon).. 45 9 a. m 46 1 p. m 45 Tomorrow's sunrise 6:24 a. m.; sunset. 4:34 p. m. In the Air North wind, eighteen miles an hour; barometric pressure. 29.93 at sea level; temperature. 44; general conditions, clear; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, seven miles.

GET TITLE FOR SLUM PROJECT Federal Attorneys Appear Before Baltzeli in Legal Move. H. F Helwig. counsel for the public works administration housing division, appeared before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzeli today and obtained permission for the government to take possession of the proposed slum clearance site east of city hospital. Condemnation proceedings to enable the government to obtain a clear title to the property were filed by Mr. Helwig and Frank C. Dailey, local attorney for the department of justice, several weeks ago. An attempt will be made to have contracts for the razing of buildings in the site awarded by Dec. 1, Carl Ferguson. PWA engineer, said. The project will involve construction of approximately twenty-five apartment buildings. CHESS PIECES MADE IN MODERNISTIC STYLE Student of Architecture Displays Porcelain as Medium. Ry 1 nitril Pri is SEATTLE. Nov. 8. A set of chessmen in modernistic design is the production of Fred Herman. University of Washington senior in architecture. Bust of a queen, with tall headdress. somewhat resembling ancient Egyptian art. was among the most striking of the new designs. Other chessmen appeared in futuristic lines far different from the medieval designs used in the game for centuries. Mr. Herman cast his chessmen in ceramic porcelain.

Paris Faces Grave Crisis as Doumergue Rule Falls Ky I nttr Prr*• PARIS. Nov. B—Premier Gaston Doumergues “salvation" cabinet, formed afwr the bloody riots of February, was wrecked today on the rocks of party politics and a crave crisis was precipitated. Police and republican guards were stationed at public buildings, ready to surpress any disorders after the cabinet had resigned.

Bv agreement, Pierre Laval, Doumergue s foreign minister, was dele- . gated by President Albert Lebrun to form a new cabinet. It was taken for granted that he would succeed, and some members of the Doumergue government-accepted their old portfolios. But within little more than an

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tion charges as the first suspect apprehended in the only unsolved American kidnaping case. Robson denied he sent extortion notes to June's father, Fernando Robles, Tucson business man. The agents refused to identify the other suspects. Robson was held under $50,000 bail on information of government handwriting experts, who, after making comparisons, said he wrote Mr. Robles a note on the day of the kidnaping, demanding $15,000 as the price of his daughter's release. Two other notes were received by Mr. Robles before a posse, acting on instructions contained in an anonymous letter from Chicago nineteen days after the kidnaping, found June chained to a cage sunk in a shallow' pit in the desert nine miles from Tucson. ' Robson, clase friend of Mr. Robles and the latter's brother Carlos, assistant county attorney at Tucson, was questioned several months ago. but convinced officers at that time he played no part in the kidnaping. Although he was released, samples of his handwriting were sent to Washington for comparison with the ransom note. It was on the recommendation of these handwriting experts that Robson was arrested at Tucson and brought here for safe keeping. Arraigned before United States Commissioner Daniel Hurley, Robson refused to talk. When the warrant was read, he muttered, “It isn't true, I’m not guilty.”

HANGMAN TRIAL TO BETOESDAY Motion to Quash Refused by Judge Schaefer; Sets Date. Trial of Michael J (Mike) :-Lar.rahan. proprietor of Hanrahau’s Penhoff grill, 23 North Pennsylvania street, on charges of selling liquor by the drink, which is against the law in Indiana, definitely will begin Tuesday afternoon, some four months after his arrest for that alleged crime. Today, in municipal court, a motion by Mr. Hanrahan's attorney to quash the charge on the ground that the law was unconstitutional was dismissed and Judge William H. Sheaffer .ordered trial this afternoon. Mr. Hanrahan’s attorney, who first made the motion to quash early in October, said other business would prevent him from appearing this afternoon and the judge then ordered trial definitely for Tuesday.

CANDIDATES BACKED BY ROOSEVELT WIN WITHOUT DIFFICULTY

Ry I mh and Press WASHINGTON, Nov. B.—The Roosvelts did their bit in bringing about the Democratic landslide. Active support from the Roosevelts meant victory for the fortunate candidates. And where White House blessing was withheld it meant defeat or an extremely close contest. President Roosevelt let it be known that he favored Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York, Senator Robert M. La Follette, Wisconsin; Edward R. Burke. Democratic senator-elect from Nebraska, and Senator Royal S. Copeland. New York. They all won easily. He refused to indorse Upton Sinclair. Sinclair lost. He did not support Senator Bronson Cutting. and Cutting had the stillest fight of his career before him. Mrs. Roosevelt campaigned for Caroline O'Dav in New York and she was elected to congress. The President’s son. James, supported the successful candidate for governor of Masachusetts. James M. Curley. Fear Town Destroyed by Fire Hit United Prr * JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. Nov. 3—The entire town of Cherrytree. of the Indiana-Cambria county line, was feared destroyed by fire today after a gasoline truck exploded at a service station.

hour. Laval went back to the Elysee palace and told the President he was unable to form a cabinet. Lebrun delegated Pierre-Etienne Flandin. public works minister, leader of the left Republican party of the centrist group in parliament, to try where Laval had failed. The situation was an anxious one. #

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GOV. RITCHIE OE MARYLAND IS DEFEATED Bid for Record Term of Service Fails When Republican Wins. LOSES BY 4,000 VOTES Local Issues Responsible for Downfall of Drys’ Foe. B<! United Press BALTIMORE. Nov. B.—Governor Albert C. Ritchie’s bid for a record term of service as Governor of an American state failed today when final returns showed his Republican opponent, Harry W. Nice, Baltimore attorney, victorious. Mr. Nice’s final plurality was expected to be about 4,000 votes. With only seventeen tiny precincts unreported, he led by 3,800 votes and his election was a mathematical certaintv He becomes Maryland's third Republican Governor since the Civil w'ar. Governor Ritchie’s defeat came after four terms as Maryland’s Governor. He had bid for the fifth term which would have given him nineteen years in the office, a longer term than any American Governor ever has served. Guffey Lead Is 125,300 By United Press HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. B.—The rout of Republican forces in Pennsylvania’s Tuesday election shattered traditions of a century. Complete tabulations today told the full story of the party’s mast devastating defeat since it came into existence. The vote for 7,930 precincts, 27 missing, was: For Senator—Jaseph Guffey, 1.495,450: David A. Reed, 1,370,150. For Governor—Earle, 1,470,856; Schnader. 1,410,080. Cutting in Lead By United Press ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Nov. 3. United States Senator Bronson Cutting, progressive Republican, appeared today to have survived a | Democratic landslide in New Mexico. With all but seventy-seven precincts of the state’s 788 reported. Cutting held a lead, in his fight for re-election, of 530 votes over Representative Dennis Chavez, his Democratic opponent. United Press tabulations from 711 precincts gave: Cutting, 67.793. Chavez. 67,263. Lynn Frazier Victor By United Press BISMARCK, N. D.. Nov. B.—Senator Lynn J. Frazier, Republican, today clinched victory over his Democratic opponent, Henry Holt, in what had promised to be the bitterest fight of North Dakota’s election. On the basis of returns from all but 324 of the state's 2.242 precincts Frazier held a substantial plurality. Mrs. William H. Langer conceded victory to Thomas Moodie in the gubernatorial race. Returns from 1,918 precincts were; Moodie (Dem.), 119,739; Langer (Rep.), 98.473.

FOUR ARE CORNED IN NORTH SIDE BLAZE Fluid Bursts Into Flames; One Badly Injured. Four men were burned, one critically, when an inflammable fluid burst into flames in the basement of the Sheldrake apartments, 2258 North Meridian street, this afternoon. Clifford Miller, 27. of 248 North Belle Vieu place, suffered bums over his entire body and was rushed to St. Vincent’s hospital in a critical condition. Mr. Miller and Joseph Hassler. 54, of 2023 North Illinois street, were cleaning paint brushes in the basement when the fluid in which they were washing the brushes was ignited. H. B. Gunman, 2275 Madison avenue, another painter, working upstairs, heard the disturbance and helped extinguish the blaze. He was aided by Wayne Jones. 34, custodian, who lives in the Sheldrake. Mr. Hassler was burned seriously; the others burned about the hands and face. Famed Psychologist Is Dead By United Press PARIS, Nov. B.—James Mark Baldwin. 73. distinguished American psychologist, died today of pneumonia in the American hospital at Neuilly.

A Pledge Fulfilled — Typical Times Service ESTABLISHING anew precedent in election coverage. The Indianapolis Times today completes the service which was pledged to its readers. Tables carrying figures on state races, which include the latest count of election returns, still continuing in many communities. are earned in this edition. These tables will be found on Pages 3 and 21. At a glance you can ascertain the detailed results of the election campaign in your home county or any county in which you are interested. Tuesday night The Times was the first Indianapolis newspaper to tell its readers that the Republican organization had conceded defeat in the city and county races. The figures presented in the election extra were the latest available and were accurate. The Times appreciates the reception given its election news coverage in Indianapolis, in Marion county, and in the state. It was more of Times service on which you can rely.

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CLINGING to.their faith in the Christian Science yeligion, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hart, 618 Beecher street, today refused medical aid for their 3-year-old son, James, said by police to have been bitten by a dog infected with rabies. Though warned by police that the dog, which had been little Jimmie’s pet. had shown a positive case of rabies when examined by Dr. C. F. Stout, veterinarian. Mrs. Katherine Hart, the mother, told them last night she would consult her husband before making any decision concerning the free anti-rabies treatments provided for persons bitten by rabid dogs.

Today, at the home of the family's Christian Science practitioner, John C. Dean, 926 North East stret, both mother and father agreed to have the child treated by the practitioner. “We have had success with Christian Science with all of the minor ailments that Jimmie has had and we believe that this can be taken care of in that way, too,’’ Mrs. Hart said, after talking for some time with her husband in the garage in the rear of the Dean home, where Mr. Hart was working. a a a “ TIMMIE was born in Science, J and always has been well,” she added. Mrs. Hart called Mr. Dean last night, after police had informed her that the dog. which, the child says, bit him in several places on his hands and wrists, had rabies. She asked the practitioner to work on the case at that time. Mr. Dean, one of the oldest members of the Christian Science faith in Indianapolis, and a practitioner since 1920, expressed belief today that medical aid was unnecessary. “I do not know whether an Indianapolis Christian Scientist ever has been treated through Science for injuries from a dog with rabies or not.” he said. “I have treated many cases of all kinds, with success. and may have treated some of this kind, but I do not recall them.” a a a THE marks on Jimmie’s chubby hands appear to be scratches, which, he told his mother had been inflicted by “Tiny,” the little white poodle which was his daily companion. “Tiny” had developed fits several weeks ago, Mrs. Hart said, but recovered from them. Early, Sunday morning, the family was awakened by the sound of

convulsions from which the day was suffering. The poodle was shut in a back room, as the family feared she might bite someone. When the dog's condition became worse, Mrs. Hart called police, who too kthe dog to Dr. Stout’s office, where he was destroyed and where examination showed positive rabies. There is only one chance in two million that the child will develop rabies, according to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer. “Os course, if he does develop rabies, he dies, ’ Dr. Morgan added The average person, realizing the fatality of the disease, if developed, takes advantage of the immunization treatment for ease of mind. Dr. Morgan said, though theer is no law to force treatment. “Bites about the face are most likely to cause infection, rather than wounds on the extremities,” he said.

‘WHITE HIBISCUS’ CASE GOES TO JURY TODAY Doke Defense Advances Unwritten Law in Final Plea. ! By United Press WOODLAND, Cal., Nov. B.—Attorneys for the defense today pitted the unwritten law against the prosecution's demand for a “hanging verdict or nothing” in the final stages of the “White Hibiscus” slaying trial. With only legal formalities remaining. the fate of Judson C. Doke, who killed the poet-lover of his pretty wife, was expected to be in the hands of the jury late today. The case was nearing its close without appearance of Mrs. Helen Louise Doke, paramour of the slain 22-year-old Lamar Hollingshead, University of California poet.

Kentucky G. 0. P. Breaks Up Solid House Delegation By In it> it Pres* LOUISVILLE. Ky„ Nov. B—Kentucky voters this afternoon had elected eight Democratic congressmen and one Republican to succeed its previous delegation in the national house of nine Democratic members. John M. Robison. Barbourvilie, former senator and congressman, captured the Republican stronghold in the Ninth district by an unofficial majority of 20,000 votes.

Emmet O'Neal, in the Third district, Louisville, and A. J. May, in the Seventh, both doubtful districts for the Democrats, were believed safely in the lead although the count was not complete. Emmett O'Neal had 8,689 votes to

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MINTON WINS BY 59,167, COMPLETE FIGURES REVEAL Indiana's Democracy Leaders Find Inspiring* Balance Sheet After Checking of Election Credits, Debits. NEW DEALERS CHEERED BY RESULTS Administration Loses Ground in General Assembly; G. O. P. Gains 26 Seats in House, Two in Senate. BY JAMES DOSS Times Staff Writer Leaders of Indiana’s Democracy got busy on their political bookkeeping with enthusiasm today, entering the debits and credits of Tuesday’s election, and finding a very inspiring balance sheet with which to start the political new year. Outstanding among the credits was the retirement of Senator Arthur R. Robinson, who fell before the onslaught of the New Deal and the vigorous campaign conducted by Sherman Minton, the Democratic senator-elect. With all of the state's 3,835 precincts unofficially, tabulated, the final count on the senate race stood: Minton, 751,183; Robinson, 692,016. This gave Mr. Minton a plurality of 59,167. Also on the credit side are the majorities in the senate and house of next year’s general assembly with which Governor Paul V. McNutt will have to work.

5 ARE HURT IN PLANT MISHAPS

One Workman Near Death From Burns; Another Loses Arm. Five Indianapolis men were suffering today from injuries received late yesterday in industrial accidents. Three of the five were in critical condition, one believed to be near death. Four of the five were burned by a solution of caustic soda and water at Van Camp’s, Inc., 2002 South East street, when the solution boiled over the edges of a 150-gallon tank in which tin cans were being washed. Plant officials said the tank had been Heated too rapidly. Most seriously burned was John E. Van Horn, 65, of 2161 Singleton street, who, Methodist haspital attaches said, was not expected to live through today. C. W. Thompson, 45, of 2161 South New Jersey street, whase condition also is serious; Obie Umbarger, 43, 247 East lowa street, and Lloyd Lewis, 42, 714 Pleasant Run parkway, were less severely burned. All were taken to Methodist. Virgil Thomas, 38, of 218 Orange street, was in serious condition at Methodist hospital after amputation of his left arm yesterday afternoon following an accident at the Indianapolis Drop Forge Company, 1300 Madison avenue. Mr. Thomas was changing dies and had lifted a forge hammer with a block and tackle and placed a timber to support it. The block and tackle slipped, causing the hammer to fall with such force that it crushed the timber and mangled Mr. Thomas’ arm.

FRANK DEE, FATHER OF FILMSTAR, DIES HOLC Official Formerly Lived in City. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. B. Stricken suddenly while entertaining friends in his apartment here, Frank Dee, 50. father of Frances Dee, motion picture actress, died today. Heart disease was believed to have been the cause. Mr. Dee, who was connected with the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, recently came here from Washington. Frank Dee, who died in San Francisco today, was industrial relations department manager for the Public Service Company of Indiana and other Insull properties. He lived in Indianapolis a number of years, making his home at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, and, later, at the Glenn Martin apartments.

7,078 for Frank M. Drake, his Republican opponent, with 125 precincts of 621 counted. Harry Ramey, Republican, conceded deefat in the Seventh district.

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The debits and credits were mixed in checking 1 up the general assembly prospects. The Democrats lost ground in both houses. The house of representatives will be 65-35 Democratic. This is a Republican gain of twenty-six over the 1933 standing and will prevent Democrats from suspending the rules if the administration attempts to ram through some pet party legislation. Sixtyseven votes are required to suspend the rules, so the Republican minority can block all attempts, if the voting is along strictly party lines. Even with the 65-35 lineup, the majority will have a margin of fourteen votes on the passage of bills. The Republicans gained only two seats in the senate, where the Democratic holdovers can control that body. Landis G. O. P. Winner Also on the debit side in the state was the loss of one congressional seat in the former solid bloc of twelve. Frederick Landis, dynamic Logansport editor, retired Representative George Durgan in the second district. For a time, three other Republican congressional candidates threatened to come through and this morning there still remained the possibility that Fred S. Purnell, Attica, might defeat Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Terra Haute, in the sixth district. However, Mr". Jenckes is leading with unreported votes from Vigo county expected to put her over. In Indianapolis and Marion county, everything was in blue ink. Sweep County, City Superior Judge John W. Kern, the Democratic mayoral nominee, defeated Walter Pritchard, Republican and Coffin-backed nominee, by a plurality that probably will be 10,000 to 11,000. Early returns indicated a 12.000-plurality for Judge Kern, but Mr. Pritchard cut into (Turn to Page Three) PET CROW ‘MOTHERS’ BROOD OF CHICKENS Bird Feeds Fowl; Keeps Them Away From Traveled Highways. H'J I. nitrit Press BLOOMSBURG. Pa., Nov. 8 Norman Shelter of Almedia, near here, has a tame crow which ha3 been taught to watch over a flock of chickens. The crow has been mothering the chickens since they were young, carrying food to them First Congregational church here. When the chickens are allowed freedom the crow keeps them in the yard and away from the road. NEW DUTIES FOUND * • FOR TRUANT OFFICER Must Fight Liquor and Obscene Picture Salesmen, Parley Told. By United Pms ST. LOUIS. Nov. B.—Truant officers no longer are concerned with seeing that children attend school, according to William L. Bodine, of the national league of compulsory education. "Their chief duties now,” he explained, "are combating influence of liquor peddlers, obscene picture salesmen and distributors of salacious lterature.” HUMSTON WILL FILED Patsy I.ouise Lynch Evansville, Is Bequeathed SIO.OiV) Estate. An estate valued at approximately SIO,OOO is bequeathed to Patsy Louise Lynch. Evansville, in the will of Mrs. Minnie B. Humston, filed for probate today by Ketcher Trust Company, as executor. Mrs. Humston, widow of the former Frank B. Hur.iston, for many years Indianr.poluc city Monon railroad passenge- agent, died last week in Miami, Fla.