Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1936 — Page 2
eld Down Registration in ‘Primaries, Ralston Declares.
. County Clerk Glenn Ralston to- . day accused Republican leaders of - “holding down registration of G. ©, P. voters in the May primaries . To gain control of the party.” The charge was contained in a ‘statement which he described as answering criticisms of his registration policies. “As evidence of my charge that members of the local G. O. P. machine endeavored to hold down registration of Republican voters, I call attention of all party voters ‘that their representatives did not request from us registration officers for the primaries and did not nominate a list from which to choose officers,” Mr. Ralson asserted. + “Not a single one of eight Republican town clerks called for reg- _ istration supplies at my office,” he ‘added.
Schortemeier Makes Denial
Republican Chairman Frederick 8Schortemeier ‘denied that there was 8 “Republican machine” controlling , the party.
“There is nothing but the Re-
publican Party in Marion County,” . he said. “Furthermore, it is not a question of what happened in the past. The question is what Mr. Ralston is going to do in the suture. “I'm not responsible for what happened before the primary. I . wasn’t elected until after that.” Mr. Ralston said 90 per cent of + the possible total of 280,000 voters in Marion County had been reg- . istered’ and that the only major
problem now is the registration of |
persons who have become 21 years of age since the 1934 permanent registration and those who have moved out of their precincts since then,
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Plan Is Criticised.
Mr. Ralston’s announcement that 136 branch registration offices are to be opened from Sept. 10 to 26 _ brought criticism from Mr. Schortemeier. He said the Republican county committee’ on registration would . meet at 3:30 p. m. today to con- . sider the announcement and formulate a policy. Clerk Ralston’ss announcement said that the opening date was set at Sept. 10 because “We want a registration as free as possible from errors which were experienced in the last election. That date will give up the very necessary time to . prepare our master file records which must be corrected by the hundreds daily.”
Schortemeier Makes Comment
Mr. Schortemeier said: . “Personally I don’t think Sept. 10 ~ §s soon enough to open the offices, and I don’t believe that 136 offices is enough for the 328 precincts. However, I am glad that the clerk has made some concessions to make registration convenient for workers who vote and for the aged. and sick.” { Mr. Ralston announced that fire stations, school houses, and business establishments will be used as offices; . that eight of the 136 offices . are to be opened daily at hours and ‘dates to be announced .in newspapers in advance of the dates. Offices, he said, will ‘be manned by at least two registration officials, one Republican and one Democrat.
Hearing to Be Wednesday
The infirm and the ill, he said, will be registered beginning Sept. 15 and continuing through Oct. 1. . One Republican and one Democratic official will visit the homes, he said. No person will be visited who does not file a-signed request at the registration bureau, he said. A hearing on a petition brought by Mr. Shortemeier to force Clerk Ralston to begin registration is to be held Wednesday by Circuit Court Judge Earl Cox.
MEDICAL SOCIETY PLANS CONVENTION
. Preliminary arrangements have been made for the annual convention of the Indiana State Medical Association in South Bend Oct. 6 to 8, it was announced today. Executive committee members, who attended a meeting in the Columbia Club yesterday, are Dr. O. O. Alexander, Terre Haute; Dr. R. L. Sensenich, South Bend; association president; Dr. E. E. Clark, Indianapolis, president-elect, and Dr. Cleon A. Nafe, Dr. H. H. Wheeler and Dr. A. F, Weyerbacher, all of Indianapolis. Association membership now is the largest in its history, Dr. Sensenich reported.
BABY HURT IN FALL FROM SECOND STORY
~ Herbert Satterfield, Negro, 10 months old, was in a serious condi‘tion at City Hospital today from “dnjuries received when he fell from second-story window of his home, 46 W. 27th-st, yesterday. The baby had been left at home with two other children, one 4 years and the other 212, while the parts, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Satter‘field, were away, police said.
RYS TO CONVENE
es Special WINONA LAKE, Ind, Aug. 17— j Anti-Saloon League superents and field secretaries are
MRS. C. J. RUSHTON
Leaders of the Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, which is holding its annual national convention in the Indiana Ballroom this week, include Wiley M. Riedel of Madison, Indiana association president; Harry G. Henley, state vice president; Ross E. Im-
MRS. R. E. IMMEL
HARRY G. HENLEY
MEETINGS HERE,
Business Session Set : or Tuesday; Race Event on. Wednesday. -
Wednesday has been set aside for entertainment of ing delegates who are to be gu at the Speedway where an auto racing program has been arranged. Two exhibition races are to be staged by “Wild Bill” Cummings,
Wilbur Shaw, “Babe” Stapp and
Russell Snowberger, drivers in the 500-mile Speedway race. There are to be five and 15-mile events. Col. , Ray Hansel, dare-devil
: driver and movie stunt man, is to
stage a few of his. auto-driving
| stunts."
st, in day.
to have taken 15 cents from Lonney Dollman, 56, of 1128 W. New York« p Sullivan park yester« other men, arrested with Thompson, were charged with drunkenness and vagrancy.
sponsored Fisher Body Craftman’s Guild ay General Motors. The boys are to receive $75 each and trips to the guild convention at
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"and Mrs. Harry
reported today.. The service, locally headed by Martin F, Carpenter, said that seasonal declines, extreme hot weather during which several factories closed entirely, and shut-downs due to inventories were contributing factors in the declines.
“This is the first time during the last six months,” the report stated, “that employment has shown a decrease. Tabulation of reports from 2492 manufacturing and non-manu-facturing establishments indicated that employment. decreased 2.5 per cent; pay rolls decreased 7.6 per cent, and man hours, 7.4 per cent.
July Highest
“The sample obtained in July was larger than any previous month, and 231427 were slated as ‘employed. The employment decrease was noticed in 12. of 22 major groups and reduced pay rolls were noticed in 14. “Manufacturing establishmenis, 910 of which reported, showed an employment decrease of 3.1 per cent, a pay roll decrease of 8.9 per cent; a man hour decrease of 8.7 per cent. While iron and _ steel and beverage units in the manufacturing group showed increases, the food industry showed - large decreases largely due to the completion of the pea canning, the report said. Durable goods industries decreased 3.0 per cent in employment, 10.3 per cent in pay rolls, and 9.4 per cent in man hours, the report said. Nondurable goods decreased 3.5 per cent in employment, 3.2 per cent in pay rolls, and 6.1 per cent in man hours.
. Exceeds July of 1935
Even though employment in manufacturing units did decrease from last month, it had increased from July last year by 15.3 per cent, the report stated. : Non-manufacturing industries increased employment .5 per cent, and man hours 2.5 per: cent, but decreased pay rolls 3 per. cent. The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, in a report of business conditions in the city issued by William H. Book, ‘executive vice president, called attention to a sharp up‘turn in the building industry in July compared with July a year ago, and to the upturn in the number of real estate transfers. “Many business leaders,” ~Zhe Chamber report said, “consider improvement in the construction field of the greatest importance in general business improvement.”
Postal Receipts Better
Postal receipts, bank clearings and debits, telephone installations, electric power consumption, street car passengers carried, and new ajtomobiles sold were among the general indices that showed substantial improvement over July of 1925, the report said. The report said that a substantial decline in the unemployment relief load from Ef ne was shown in July reports. The United States Department of Commerce reported today that retail sales in 268 independent Indi-
Slight Decrease in. Business Reported for July in Indiana Seasonal Declines, Hot Weather, Inventory ' Shutdowns Blamed for Reduced Employment, Pay Rolls.
There were slight decreases in Indiana private employment, pay rolls and- man hours during July compared with June, the Indiana Employment Service, affiliated with the United States Employment Service,
ana stores showed an. increase of 18.4 per cent for the first. six months of 1936 compared. with the first.six months of 1935. All, kinds. of pusiness were represented in the report, it said, with furniture, clothing and building materials - taking leads. The Farm Credit Administration reported today that Indiana farmers’ dairy co-operatives’ business increased nearly 50 per cent in the 1935-36 marketing season compared with the 1934-35 season. The number of co-operatives in the state, the report said, increased by two, and the membership ‘by nearly -5000.
ELECTION IS SLATED BY PATHOMETRISTS
Dr. G. A. Varcey, Detroit, to Head Society.
The Universal Society of Pathometrists, in its closing business sessions today, was: scheduled to elect Dr. G. A.:Varcey, Detroit, as president to succeed Dr. Hugh J. Munro, Winnipeg, Canada.
Chicago was chosen the 1937 convention city after a spirited contest with Detroit, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Ga., Toronto, Can., New York, and Omaha, Neb. Advanced instruction was given at
.yesterday’s session to the use of
pathometric apparatus, used in the detection of disease and ‘development of weakened body cells.
FIGHT OVER PARKING IS BLAMED IN DEATH
Times Special MADISON, Ind., Aug. 17—-William Hoffman, hardware store proprietor, today was at liberty under $5000 bond following the death of E.R. Spillman, 64, whom Hoffman is alleged to have hit on the head with a “no parking” sigh. Officers said the two men argued over a restricted parking area in front of Spillman’s home.
6 ARRESTED HERE ON LIQUOR CHARGES
City, Excise Police Make . Week-End Raids.
Five men and a woman today faced charges of violating the state
The. association's annual banquet is to be held in the Scottish Rite Oaihiedra] Hall Wetnstday night. usiness meetings and sightsee- . ing trips are to comprise Thursday's : Lincoln Hotel Bldg.
EL y FREE! ¥ Four Rings Is Fitted i he walt, Wash St.
liquor law following week-end raids |S
by city and state excise police. A 30-gallon still and equipment for seized and 240 gallons of mash was destroyed in a raid on a house at 1325 Massachusetts-av yesterday. Police today sought the owner of the equipment. Clint Henry, 50, of 615 E. 10thst, was arrested on charges of vio-
manufacturing whisky was|S
lating the alcoholic beverages act =
when police raided his home yester-
day. Officers said they confiscated =
70 bottles of beer.
Joe Powell, 44, was arrested at|S
his home, 2238 S. West-st, where
police reported they confiscated 20 |=
bottles of beer and whisky. Police
said they found eight children un-|§
der the age of 14 years at Powell's |;
home and charged him with child | &
neglect and violation of the alcoholic beverage act. Milton Bryan, 42, R. R. 4, was arrested on a charge of drunkenness. Police claimed they seized 30 pints of beer and a quart of whisky at 315 Indiana-av and arrested Frank Beard, Negro, 46, on charges of violating the beverage act. Others arrested in the raids included Clara Settler, 3652 S. Me-ridian-st; Orlean Taylor, 31, Negro, 459 W. 16th-st, and Joe Mutter, 4444 W. Washington-st.
CORN 13 FEET HIGH
SULLIVAN, Ind, Aug. 17.—Despite the state-wide drought, corn in Sullivan County grows tall. One stalk exhibited here was 13 feet high. In a five-acre patch
within the city limits, 15-foot stalks |S
were reported.
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