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FORECAST: Fair

VOLUME 50—NUMBER 45

COUNTY'S VOTE MAY EXCEED 100,000

SHOOT TO KILL

ORDER GIVEN IN

CONVICT CHASE

Four Flee Michigan City in

Box Car; Center Hunt Near Kankakee, Ili.

BULLETIN PONTIAC, Til, May (UU. P.).— Four desperate escaped convicts from the TIndiana State Prison at Michigan City changed cars today near Rantoul, YiIl.. and were believed racing along country roads,

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PONTIAC, Ill, May 3 (U. P).— | State Police were ordered today to | “shoot, to kill” any of the four desperadoes who escaped last night | from the Indiana State Penitentiary |

| at Michigan City. Though a blockade extended from northern Indiana across central Tlli- | nois, the manhunt was concentrated west of Kankakee. It was there | that the four long-term convicts released Melvin Breining, 23-year-old | motorist, whom they captured after getting bevond the prison walls. The four rode out of the prison in a raiiroad boxcar icaded with empty drums from the prison soap factory. | They sped away with Breining in his automobile and drove around | several hours before releasing him at midnight. The missing prisoners were Ernest | Grigsby, 38, serving a 5-to-21-year robbery term from ‘Vigo County. Frank Mears, 34, serving a 10-to-25-year term for robbery in Randolph County: Ernest Powell, 35, serving a 10-year robbery term from Marion County, and Wilbur Dawson, 38, serving a 10-year robbery sentence from Grant County.

Bored Holes in Car i

Prison authorities discovered the escape during a routine roll call. They said the convicts had bored holes in the bottom of the boxcar until they nearly had cut away a | section large enough to through. Tn loading the drums the | workers left a space directly over the holes. After the car had been inspected the convicts crawled underneath, pounded out the bored section and climbed inside. |

| The escape was the second at the

prison in three months. Five convicts sawed their way to freedom Feb. 10. All were recaptured. Search for the fugitives was centered south of Kankakee in an area

bounded on the south by Hoopeston,

Paxton and Bloomington Breining told police that the convicts made no attempt to harm him. Two of the men had knives, he said None had guns. He said one of them pushed him out of the driver's seat and drove off, with Breining beside him and the other three conviets in the back seat. “West of Michigan City ordered into the rear seat two of the men.” he others rode in front.” For the next six and one-half hours, the ride continued. Breining =aid they went from Michigan Cit to Cedar Lake, Ind. then skirted (Turn to Page Three)

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GOVERNOR MARKS Hl

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Governor and Mrs. Townsend voted early today at Ward 4. Preeinct 12, but not before John Saxon (left). a checker, made sure they The Governor took 25 minutes to mark his

were registered properly. ballot,

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Maybe It's the Weather—or Per haps Just Election-itis

There Are Strange Solngeson " Many Precincts, And Plenty of Fun for All.

NE worker for Thomas Quinn, Democratic organization candidate

for Center Township Trustee, 1s in line for an award for ambition or something. He busied himself distributing Mr Township.

Quinn's cards all aver Irvington. Tt's 1n Warren Inside

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down the side of one large bundle of ballots. One official ventured the guess that they'd be all right te use, but another said: “Oh, no! Otto Ray's going to watch everything and we'd better not.” So the reserve supply had to be unpacked,

In the Box! When officials at Precinct 7, Ward 9, 3649 W. North St., start to count the ballots tonight they'll be in for double duty All the ballot boxes the same color—green. cials discovered early that they were putting County ballots into city boxes and vice versa. » » »

KOKOMO, May 3 (U.P.).— A sign saying “Vote for Holt” which trailed behind an airplane urging voters to support Mayor Olin R. Holt of Kokomo today broke from the plane and fell in the vard of Walter Koontz, one of his rivals for the nomination for Mayor, Mr. Koontz immediately hailed the incident as a good omen,

there are And offi-

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When the election inspector at the Ninth Precinct, Fourth Ward, at 3030 N. New Jersey St., was informed that he should not place ballots for both parties and all offices in the same ballot box, he replied: What's the difference! We have got to pull them all dut anyway.” The County Election Board sent out some deputies to have a short talk with him. »

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Old SHots— HEY started out with a “marked deck” at Precinct 1 Ward 20, at 427 W. 424 St When precinet officials opened

their supplies, a bottle of ink spilled and the blue fluid trickled

Deaths of Bow, 6, Man, 82 Push 38 Auto Toll to 42

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At the last election, only 50 Republicans voted in the Tenth Precinct, 16th Ward, 239 8. Walcott St. Tn a moment of pessimism, G. 0. P. workers there asked for only 50 ballots for this primary. They ran out in midmorning.

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| Jett, 3. of 814 E. 24th St., suffered face lacerations wnen, acleording to police, he ran inte the path of a machine driven by Orville J. Bertsche, 34. of Rural Route 14, ( Box 344B, at 24th and Guilford Ave. The child was treated at City Hospital. John Kenney, 7, received injuries to his right leg and arm when struck by a machine driven by John Reece, 19, of 37 8. LaSalle St, at LaSalle and E. New York Sts, police reported Alfred Finnell Jr of 1222 Cor- | nell Ave, received body injuries when struck by & mg in front of his home. The truck driver, apparently unaware of the accident, continued without stopping. The child was Hospital.

Terre Haute Man, 90,

Dies of Auto Injuries

TERRE HAUTE, May 3 (U. P).— George Reynolds, 90, died last night of a skull fracture sustained Saturday night when struck by an autoemobile driven by William Riley,

EARLY EMPLOYER OF KNUDSEN DEAD AT 65

DETROIT, liam M William 8. Knudgen of Motors Corp. one of his first jobs in America, died today. He was 85.

Marion County's 1938 traffic death toll reached 42 today with the death of Charlies M. Norton, 82, Grand Rapids, Mich. of injuries received in an auto crash three davs ago. Mr. Norton died in Methodist | Hospital last night. Only a short time before. Lawrence Fisher, 6- | year-old School 28 pupil, was injured fatally when struck down by a car. Mr. Norton was hurt when the left-front brake on his car locked { and he lost control m the 5100 block | Madison Ave. The auto leaped a | ditch, spun 50 feet across the Indi{ana Railroad tracks and overturned three times | At first believed not seriously hurt, { Mr. Norton was later found to have a fractured skull. His wife, Mrs | Estella Norton, 78, was injured | seriously. The elderly couple were on their way home from Florida The Fisher child was struck in the 1000 block Lexington Ave. by an| automobile driven by Harry O Strong, 61, of 926 Albany St. custodian at Lawrence's School 28. He said the child ran from the north curb into the side of his car and was thrown beneath the auto, the wheels passing over the boy's body. He died in City Hospital an hour after the accident. Indianapolis’ | 24th traffic fatality this vear | Survivors are his parents, Mv | and Mrs, Arnold Fisher, and two brothers, Robert Eugene and Neal Arnold Although only 14 motorists were arrested on election eve, six persons | were injured in five accidents in- | vestigated bv police. J Varlie W. Figg, 44 of 37 S. Gary | St., was charged with drunken driving And failing to stop for a preferential street, after his ear collided with a truck driven bv Max Pershing, 27, of 3121 W. 10th St., at 30th St. and Arlington Ave Mr. Figr. according t6 Mr. Persh- | ing. railed to stop for Arlington Ave and the cars ran off the road after the collision. Mr. Pershing suffered | 8 scalp laceration and fractured vertebrae and Mr. Fige received minor injuries Both men were taken to City Hospital

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May 8 (U. P).--Wil-

'THREE SCORE AND TEN'—

Science's latest efforts to extend man's span of life beyond the biblical "three score and ten" are reviewed by David Dietz, Times Science Edi. tor, in a series beginning today on Page 11.

looks on while Leona Record and Louis the 5, Ward 11 polls,

tonight

1 Of New Deal. |

truck while play- |

taken to City |

Smith, who gave President | General |

HERE'S A BALLOT FOR SULLIVAN!

followed by showers or

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1938

OUR STATES BALLOT TODAY

IN PRIMARIES

Indiana and Florida Called Key Centers in Test

WASHINGTON, May 3 (U. P).—

| Primary elections in | Indiana today

[tion to President Roosevelt's Ad-

[ministration for the first time since |

[ his defeats in Congress on the| Supreme Court and btn Reorganization bills. Both states are in the New Deal | (camp. In Florida, Senator Pepper | lis running for re-election with Mr. | Roosevelt's good wishes and the | outspoken support of James Roose- [ velt, the President's son. | In Indiana, Governor Townsend's State regime is loyal to the Democratic Administration, and Archie | N. Bobbitt, Republican chairman, | believed any increase in the usual | Republican voting strength today would indicate a | the Democratic leadership. Mr, Bobbitt said Democrats were | deserting the party in many sec | tions of the State to register their | displeasure at business recession | and mounting Government debts,

¥. D. R. Backs Pepper Florida is a one-party state.

Sen- |

ator Pepper's opposition came from | | within—two Democratic opponents |

| whe charged he had been a ‘rubber stamp” for the Administration and | declared they would support | party in Congress only when their own convictions warranted it. They were Dave Sholtz, former Governor, and Rep. Mark Wileox James Roosevelt said on a visit in Tallahassee, Fla. last winter that the Administration “hoped Senator Pepper would be returned.” Mr. Roosevelt's prestige in Indiana was involved only in so far as the total Democratic and Republican | hth » AR Three)

I CARS GROOMED FOR 500-MILE RACE

Shaw and Four Other Former | Winners Entered.

(Other Details, Page Eight)

| Forty-nine of the world’s speediest | automobiles today were being groomed for the annual 500-mile| | Memorial Day classic at the In- | dianapolis Motor Speedway. Five former winners, mings of were | eluded in fore the deadline at night A last minute entrv was | Nuvolari, Ttalian “daredevil” drove a foreign car to victorv in the Vanderbilt Cup race at the Roosevelt

Indianapolis, midnight last

Tazio

[track on Loi g Island two vears ago. | winners |

The other former | scheduled to face the green flag | May 30 are Louis Mever, who won in 1928, 1933 and 1936 to become | the only three-time victor; Kelly | Petillo, California truck driver | kicked home an ailing mount three [years ago, and Fred Frame, | veteran who surprised the sters in 1932. Riding mechanics this vear will give wav to rear-view mirrors. Observers predict a new record will re[sult from the use of smaller machines The 33 cars which show qualifying average will start race. for 10 laps or 25 miles. | Rex Mays, youthful speedster, | featured yesterday's practice sessions with several fast laps at a speed of 125 miles an hour

the best the

Voting for himself for Mayor was no new experience for Reginald Sullivan, the Democratic organization's choice for nomination.

He his registration

Florida and | tested public reac- |

trend away from |

the |

who |

the dope-

The elimination tests will be |

thunderstorms tomorrow: continued warm.

at Postoffice, Indianapolis,

‘Mercury Rises Into 80s Again; Record Likely

TEMPERATURES 10 a. m. 11 a. m. 12 (Noon).

The mercury soared to the 80s

again this afternoon as cioudless skies dispelled fears of a rainy elec- | tion day. The Weather Bureau Said the temperature may rise to a record | high for the year. Yeesterday's 84 | was the warmest recorded { Tomorrow, however, there wili be showers and perhaps thunder- | showers with the weather continuing warm, the Bureau predicted

Kosciusko, Monroe

Counties Pile Up G. O. P. Margin.

WEATHER IDEAL

SENATE PASSES chen nics BIG. NAVY LL comb i

NATIONAL AFFAIRS | | 1

218 WAGE-HOUR BILL tvres sought in one day.

NAVAL BILL passes Senate.

SPENDING hill is delayed,

ROOSEVELT fishes in bay Dominican Republic.

RATLROAD workers may employed by hill.

BANK HOLDING

killed for session. . | registered vote In

. had cast ballots. Most of them were Democratic since there are three opposing candidates Republican primary. Kosciugka County went contrary

Turnout Latee.

By United Press Aided hv ideal weather and a tremendous interest in id a [ putes, Indiana's voters w | polls today showing a Bird i | Democratic ballots in most sections | of the state Many rural areas

signa -

hearings énd;

of reported light | the warm spring weather to work in the fields, but in most urban areas the outpouring of the elec-

torate was large.

be re-

company bill

Greene

WASHINGTON, May 3% (U.P The Senate today approved Presi- | dent, Roos2velt’s $1,156.000.000 (B)

| naval expansion program designed in. anparent trend and rolled vp to give the United States the 1arg- | , five to one margin in faver of | est Navy in history. | Republican ballots. Monroe County The bill authorizes the construe- | showed its normal G. O. P. prefer[tion of battleships with a total ton- ence [nage of 135.000—sufficient for three | | dreadnaughts of 45000 tons each. United States battleships would ® limited to 35.000 tons, however, nless President Roosevelt deter- | | wines officially that another power | | plans ships in excess of that limi-

in the

Challenge Predicted But Bartholomew County rolled up a heavy Democratic vote as did | Fountain County, in both of which there were battles raging for trol of the regular organization. In | successful candidates might lenge the vote in entire pre¢incts due to the failure of some election hoards to comply | gal instructions to voters Mt. Vernon polled a heavy hut Union County did not heavy balloting Up in Lake County a tremendous turnout hrought predictions of a 35.000 vote in Gary alone due to battles among both Republicans and Democrats, and East Chicago, in» | trested in a hot mavoralty | also reported great primary interest The vote followed withdrawal of | 7a Take County vote may rise | & motion by Senator Clark (D. Mo.) above 70000, observers believed. to recommit the measure and kill | Voting was siow due to long balit for the session | Jots in many instances Senator Clark asserted that there are 588 candidates listed in mates of cost on warship construc- both parties. Lake County also had actual | 4) exceptionally long ballot,

Foes of expansion program obined the limitation on size of the eships in an effort to preclude |e States leadership in a world armament race. The bill must be | returned to the House for concurrence or conference on Senate | changes The $1,156.000.000 program merelv authorizes the construction of the batteships and 43 other combat ships. Appropriations must be obtained later for the actual laying | of the keels

vote have

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| tion bore no relation to the | cost. He said Roosevelt

» | since President the cost of |

that

high as 1.500000. with thousands of took officce

cruisers has increased 50 per ce ¢ | candidates Seeking nomination to he ht hobo o “i pa - ve | A City, County and Township of3 ESPONAINR INCASE | 5 0s 95 State Senate seats, 100 seats in Tabor or material cost to justify it. | , " "ie i in the House of the State LegislaIn the last few months,” he said ture and to Conkress. Delopates 1h ‘we have seen the bids for com-| to dor or . We aise mercial ships received bv the Mari- | _ ® pai y 3 A AVEO: Irs time Commission jacked Te Boma host,

up more than 60 per cent by the rapacity of | shipbuilders.” Senator Clark said it was difficult to determine what limitation ever would be placed “on this mad policy of naval expansion.”

Spectacular Drive for Wage Bill Begun

(Editorial, Page 12) HERBERT LITTLE

Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, May 3 [group which includes

Kokomo Vote Heavy

Kokomo reported a heavy vate dispute. Voting was somewhat light at Logansport with Democratic ballots being sought more frequently Randolph County, however, reported that the vote was running 4 to 1 for the Republicans. Elkhart and Allen County veters turned out strongly and election officials reported that choice of bal- | lots was divided about evenly be--A House | tween the two parties. members| Wayne County citizens turned aut [of all partiess is canvassing | in such numers that a new primary supporters of the Wage-Hour Bili| record vote was expected. More lin a drive to obtain in a single day | Democratic than Republican votes (Tarn to Pe Four) (Tarn te Page Three)

HE $ BOTH A CANDIDATE AND VOTER

F, Johnston, a clerk at the Precinct 3, Ward 8 voting place, 1136 W. 34th St, greetes Herman Wolff, candidate for the Republican SRA nomination, ax he arrives at the polls, Mr. Wolff was by many Republican organization workers,

Entered as Second-Class Malter Ind.

Bv noon almost 50 per cent of the County |

only |

cone |

| Columbus it was reported that un- | chal- |

with the le- |

battle, |

At Anderson, |

Estimates of the total vote ran as |

due to a lively Democratic factional |

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DEMOCRAT heavier than G. 0. P's, VOTING HERE INCREASED by Warm weather,

STATE COMMITTEES set or ganization meetings and conventions,

MADISON, undismaved by (Page 13).

TALLAHASSEE-—New Deal sue in Florida primary,

PIERRE=South Dakota primary concerned with state issues,

MONTGOMERY =Former ator Heflin seeks seat Core.

PARTY DISTRICT MEETINGS SET

G. 0. P. State Convention to | Be Held June 28: Democrats to Convene July 11,

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INDIANA

Wis=La Follette lack of allies

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| voting as farmers took advantage of |

Democratic

hold

meetings

The Republican and | State Central Committee their first reorganization within the next twa weeks in prep aration for their 1938 conventions

At their meetings vesterday, the Democrats won a waiting game and set, their convention date for July [11 and 12, shortly after Republicans had announced they would convene | June 28 and 29 | In previous years the Democratic | convention has been held about [June 15 and the Republican meet ing a week earlier Under the State election law | eonvention dates must be selected by midnight of May 2

District Meetings Set

The G. O. P. district reorganiza tion meetings will be May 10 with | the exception of the First and 12th Districts which are set for next Saturday. The new G. O. P. State Committee will meet Mav 11 to organize and make plans for the convention District convention sites the G. O. P. are: Second Winimac; third District, Bend; Fourth District, Ft ( Fifth District, Marion; Sixth Dis trict, Crawfordsville; Seventh Dis trict, North Vernon; 10th District { Rushville; 11th Distriet, Greenfield Democratic district reOrganiza tion meetings were set for Mav 11 with the state reorganization session on May 14, The first dav of each of the cone ventions will be devoted to caucus ing and the convention proper will b. held the second day. Party candidates for the U. 8. Senate and high state offices will be selected at | | the eonventions

1 { VanNuvs Is Factor Tt wax reported the Democrats delayed their choice because xome committeemen felt that peace might be made with U. 8S. Senator Van { Nuys, who was read from the party by Governor Townsend and who | may run next fall as an independent After failing to reach agreement on the date, the Democrats appointed a committee of Frank Mes | Hale, national committeeman, | gil Simmons, (man, and Alex Pursley | triet chairman, té make a |'mendation | This same trio later was named to make arrangements for the convens tion,

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ALLOTING HOT, HEAVY WITH NO EARLY VIOLENCE: OUTSTATE POLL MOUNTING

Shortage of Supplies

Reported at Some Of Precincts,

M ANY ( CONG ESTED

Judge Wilson Scores Arrest of One Worker.

Party

Marion County citizens today cash

their votes in one of the hottest Pri-

marries In many veajls MOMInNg vos

The total

An unusually heavy

reported at the polis 100,000

mH ta noon there were few reports A none of violence. Most of difficulty reported was eentered the mechanics of handling the Some precincts reported a of ballots. Others ealled Board, saving that the were filled by mid-

WAR mayv exceed of the on vate shortage | the Blection | ballot boxes morming The weathe headiag inte the eighties ducive 16 a heavy vote Interest centered on Mavoralty races In the Democratic organization ohoice H. Sullivan, forme: Hix chief opponent waz Sheriff Otte Rav who conducted his came pajign on a bust-the-machine” foundation The third Democratio candidate for the nomination was Edward ©. Snethen, attorney.

O. P. Race

with temperatures

was cone the two primary, thas

was Reginald Mavor

Four in G,

In tye Republican primary, Hers man ©. Wolff, insurance man, was regarded as the choice of most ors | ganization workers, His chief rival [for the nomination was George A, Henry, South Side attorney Two others were in the race: Barl B Teckemever, real estate man, and Ward B., Hiner, truck transport official William E. Claue County Chairman, said his reports indicated a Democratic vote of about 65.000. Bdwin MeClure, Republican County Committee secre= tary, predicted a total vote of poss sibly 105.000, Mr. MeClure said he {thought the Democrats might poll as high as 82.000 voter and the Res 45.000

Democratia

publicans about

Vate Called “Average”

headquarters at noon an estimated 60 per cont of the registered voters m the Third Ward, in the northeast orn section of the City, already had voted GOP wide party Democratic vota: | votes, while the

Republican declared that

leaders said the Oountys ratio of votes was three to twa Republican Democratic heads quarters ciaimed twice as many Democrats ar Republicans were voting. Both headquarters described the vote as “average.” Following a tour of polling places, | Charles Ettinger flection supers visor, satd the alection “was very orderly.’ Sheriff Rav said the Democratia vate would reach 65.000 with the Res publicans polling between 30,00) and 35000. He said the Republicans may not even reach 30,000." Election commissioners reported but little trouble at the polls. They sald complaints “were fewer than [ usual.” Mast reports of difficulty nated from Oounty Jail | (Turn to Page Three)

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MAYORALTY ASPIRANT AT POLLS

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George Henry, another Republican mavorally candidate, tittle worried when he voted at Pracinet 5, Ward 15, 601 8, East Sb,

Earl B. Teckemever and Ward B.

Winer opposed Mr. Wolff and Me

Henry, 5s Zivin, Sg Three and 13),