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COLUMBUS, O,, Oct. 25 (U. P.) — | Rasa Ponselle, noted soprano, was | forced to postpone a concert sched- |

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Irked and

By New Election Board

Gov. Stark Names Group With Power to Reorganize | of Registration Domination of Machine Challenged.

System

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 25 (U cratic machine was trounced today b City Election Board which the polit

which will have authority to reorganize the whole system of conducting |

elections. The appointments were made by

fice with Pendergast's support and then began to repudiate it.

development precipiin the affairs of a | long-established city political organization that had at times | reached out to dominate the State | of Missouri | The Election Governor replaced which conducted last November's general election here. As a result of the organization's activities in that election, where it supported President Roosevelt and other Democratic candidates, Federal grand | juries have indicted more than 100 party and precinct workers and more than 60 already have been, convicted of conspiracy to defraud voters. Numerous acts of violence, | intimidation and ballot-box stuffing | were exposed by Federal Bureau of | Investigation agents

Politician Shows Anger

The new tated a crisis

Board which the was the one

Nevertheless, Mr. Pendergast rec- | ommended to Governor Stark that | he retain the four Election Commis- | sioners here. Governor Stark ap- | pointed four Kansas City businessmen, most of whom were identified with politics in only a minor way. were selected as Republicans and two as Democrats. Mr. Pendergast was in New York He displayed his anger there by an- | nouncing that “in my opinion, he | (Governor Stark) appointed three Republicans and one good Democrat.’ He said the “good Democrat” referred to was Robert 1 Mehornay, whom Governor Stark named as Board chairman. The other Democrat named by Governor Stark was Edgar Shook, a lawyer who led the National Youth | Movement fusion campaign against Mr. Pendergast in 1934 Must Change Voting Board, acting registration law, stall a different system of registrations and also purge the lists of fraudulent. entries, which have been estimated to exceed 50,000. There are approximately 270,000 registered voters in the city.

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also will man the the election next March. All the 2760 precinct officials, half Republicans and Democrats, are appointed by the Board of Commissioners The two Republicans whom Governor Stark named were D. Bruce Forrester, manufacturer and Kansas City Chamber of Commerce president, and Lewis Ellis, an insurance dealer and former State Highway Patrol superintendent. Both men | were considered independent Republicans, not closely aligned with the party's city organization. Statement Given Mi Pendergast’'s statement New York was “Several months ago in Colorado | Springs (on vacation) I presented | the names of the present Commis- | sioners to Governor Stark. At that | time he told me he could not ap-| point them. “I told him I had no further reecommendations to make. “It was reported to me today that he had appointed two supposed Democrats and two Republicans. In my opinion he appointed three good Republicans and one Democrat. The good Democrat I refer to is Robert L. Mehornay In telegrams pointees, Governor “Your acceptance will be the best guaral fair and honest elections that can be given Kansas City this time.’ None of the four appointment vet. sald he would accept “if the other men accept Mr. Mehornay said he wanted to discuss the appointment with the Governor before accepting. Mr. Forrester said he! would “sleep over it,” and Mr. Ellis planned to confer with officials of his company before accepting.

AUSTRALIAN WOMAN SETS PLANE RECORD

LONDON. Oct. 25 (UU. P.) —-Jean Batten. 27-vear-old New Zealand woman who gave up musical reer to become a flier, rested todav after an adventurous flight from | Australia England that estaba new solo record She made the Sight from Port Darwin, Ausiralia, to Croydon Airarome in five days, eight hours and 25 minutes The previous record was six days, eight hours and 25 minutes which Harry F. Broadbent, Australian distance flier, established May 3. Miss Batten was “too completely worn out” to fully appreciate | the thunderous reception accorded | her at Croydon. |

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A 35-year-old man who identified himself by two names was held today while police attempted to find reason for his generosity.

| uled here tonight because of a se- |

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cancelled all engagements until Nov. 4 on advice of a physician.

‘He was arrested yesterday in a downtown hotel while offering to

| sell $10 gold Treasury certificates for as low as $1. Police were called after several ®— - “customers” had become suspicious. COUGHLIN GROUP TO MEET The certificates were genuine. Members of Social Justice Council,

A hotel clerk took advantage of | No. 7, are to hold a special meeting

a Civilization. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt today called on America to celebrate the 19th anniversary of Armistice Day on Nov. 11, to show the United States’ | determination “to adopt every prac- | ticable means to avoid war.” President Roosevelt said in a formal proclamation that “law- | lessness and strife in many parts { of the world . . . now threaten international security and even civil- | ization itself... .” | Mr. Roosevelt referred to the | World War as “the most destructive, sanguinary and far-reaching | war in human annals,” and said: “Lawlessness and strife in many | parts of the world which now | threaten international security and | even civilization itself, make it particularly fitting that we should | again express our wish to pursue | a policy of peace, to adopt every | practicable means to avoid war, to | work for the restoration of con- | fidence and order among nations, and to repeat that the will to peace [ still characterizes the great major- | ity of the peoples of the earth.” The President's proclamation echoed the expressions of his recent | peace speech at Chicago, in which | he said that America “actively engages in a search for peace.”

—— - - ——— | | Mr. Roosevelt “invited the people 2 BANDITS TAKE 36 | of the United States to observe the | day with appropriate ceremonies in

| schools and churches, and other suitable places.” Grocery Store Employee Robbed of $40.

P.).—Thomas J. Pendergast's Demoy the appointment of a new Kansas ical leader had not sanctioned and

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HARDWARE STORE IS LOOTED OF GUNS

end burglary of a hardware store here may have been perpetrated hy thieves seeking a supply of guns. Charles Ray, 20, of 345 N. LaSalle St., manager of J. V. Darling Hardware store at 2506 Central Ave. reported thieves had stolen an aszortment of weapons, but had merely scattered $36 in change around on the counter instead of taking it. Weapons taken included a shotgun, rifle and some knives.

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Three Cincinnati girls, ranging in | age from 15 to 18, were returned to

Two bandits who held up a cab driver yesterday and robbed him oi $6 and his cab were hunted by po-

The driver, Clinton Ginn, 21. 108 N. New Jersey St., said the bandits entered the cab at State Ave. and Washington St. The robbery occurred at English Ave. and the Beil Railroad. Police later recovered the cab. Joseph Deeter, 24, of 1341 W Ray St., reported to police that a Negro gunman who held him up Saturday | night in a grocery at 801 S. Capitol | Ave. where he is employed, escaped with $40,

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| ed | At headquarters, the man alleged | that the money, originally totaling $510, belonged to “Uncle George | Wood,” apparently a Civil War vet- | eran in Greensburg. He said he and (his father, whom he refused to name, got the money from “Uncle | George's room.” He said he came to Indianapolis | and paid off some bills, but he did | not remember offering to sell the ( money “at reduced rates.” Police said they had received re- | ports of other “cut rate” sales near | the hotel. The man also was said to have attempted several sales on a train en route from Greensburg | | to Indianapolis. !

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