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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 46

Sully UTZ MOVES UP:

FORECAST: Showers and thunderstorms tonight or tomorrow;

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6.0. P. PROSECUTOR CANDIDATES

HAERLE, ROYSE

SLIGHTLY AHEAD

and G.O.P. Recorder Race Neck Neck, Reports Show.

Rvan, Chambers

Lewis Are Far and

In Lead.

OQ. DP. contests for | Superior Courts | and Recorder today in J 20 1p. (113 Precincts out of 336) PROSECUTOR

Close G. Prosecutor, One and Four were recorded unofficial count at 1:

Judges Williams and Weir apparently had been defeated the Democratic primary, tabulations showed 20 1b.

in unofficial today at 1:

(144 Precincts out of PROSECUTOR

336)

117

6 Haerle 15,093

Richards=on SUPERIOR COURT 1 Cavlor

Jacobs Lewis “a “ SUPERIOR COURT 1 Markey Smith

16,393 Waa A RSRLL LK, NB IRD SUPERIOR COURT 2 spencer Williams : SUPERIOR COURT 3 | .. 11.857 | .. 4.990! eh . 4.977 SUPERIOR COURT 4

994 . 2.190 | 2.809 5,227 | i ih

6.383 | (Three candidates not listed

unofficial reports.) SUPERIOR COURT 4 Engelke Krug Miller

Rvan Schlosser Slack

5.00% .. 1.743 CLC JUVENTLE COURT | 9.0717 | 1.453 |

13.218 | NaS . 1334 | PROBATE COURT Chambers 15.869 Steinmetz . 4498 |

CRIMINAL COURT . 9.565 , 1,104 | 12,932

Goett

cit Remy Weir \

White Nah SSA STATE SENATOR LBOPOR uv oh Nava | Waggoner JOINT REPRESENTATIVE

Maholm Williams

4.302 | 6,413

2.982 | Vata B88 AUDITOR

3.807 | 6,696 |

Raker Ermston Myers RNG JUVENILE COURT Bradshaw EFikman Geckler Sandusky \ COUNTY CLERK Ettinger Russe

Ebaugh

: 14,366 | Span w

. 1.338 TREASURER 734 [\OONeE | Bickoff

.. 14,761

5,197 Holtam

Lowe

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| RECORDER AE REN . 4 372 | COUNTY AUDITOR . 5,620 Ralston Walpole .... 7 nes 1897 1469 |

Kealing .... Roush Schlott

TWP. TRUSTEE—CENTER (59 Precincts out of 219)

7 = | Hobson . 1.579 Moudy 2.180

ASU VICTOR IN | BEECH GROVE RACE

"™ \Leuts Pierson in Complete Unofficial Tally.

Brown Feeney Lom Lutz Meeker Shover COT NTY C ORONER Wilson : Wryttenbach .. COUNTY SURVEYOR Ryan Walton . ; COUNTY COMMISSTONER Second District (144 Precincts Out of Brown Stevens Wheatley ' COUNTY © OMMISSTONER Third District (144 Precincts)

219)

Byron Saunders defeated Verl I Pierson for the Democratic nomina- | | tion for Mavor of Beech Grove aft-

E. 10TH ST, PAVING = ORDERED STARTED

Hohlt Vorhies TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE Center Township (88 Precincts Out of 219)

Buehl

Quinn Walsman Whitinger . TOWNSHIP | ASSESSOR Center Township (88 Precincts Out of 219)

Cunningham Wahl

MISSION INSTITUTE

OFFICERS ELECTED Project Includes Removal of | Car Tracks.

(Another Story,

The Rev. Joel Lee Jones, Christian Church pastor, today was | elected chairman of the Missionary Education Institute, closing its ninth annual three-day session at the Third Christian Church today.

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The Works Board today work Started on removal of car | tracks and paving of E. 10th St. | from Keystone Ave. to Olney St. | The City is to pay three-fourths | Other officers chosen ‘were the [Of the $34,000 cost and properiy Rev. Logan Hall, Meridian Street | | owners one-fourth. Objactors were | Methodist Church pastor, and Dr, | Biven 10 days to file remonstrances. | W. R. Jewell of Baptist headquar- | | If fewer than a majority of affected ters here, vice chairmen; Miss | Property owners file, bids Genevieve Brown, Cen’ ral Christian | RAVertised, City Engineer Henry B.! Church, secretary: Mrs. George L. | Steeg said. Davis, Congregational Church, treas- | About 50 objections were filed to- | urer; Mrs. R. H. Mueller, program | day. Mr, Steegs said that ordinarily | cochairman; Miss Sarah Bird Dor- | less than half the objectors press man, publicity chairman, and the | their remonstrance es. | Rev. Dr. Jewell, registration chair- | Sua | man INLAND APPEALS vrow NLRB | WORKERS REFUSE CONTRACT| CHICAGO, May 4 (U, ) The | AKRON, O, May 4 (U. P).-—| Inland Steel Oo, today Low to | Goodrich local members of the|the U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals United rubber workers, in the first| the National Labor Relations Board's of three union meetings, were re-| decisiph ordering & written contract ported today to have voted over-| with the ©. 1. O, asserting that the

ordered |

whelmingly against acceptance of | hearing last pear was “manifestly | Derby today because of their poor [one of the robbery suspects. in the Derby trial yester-| “It ‘was viots ‘were

A contract proposed by the B. F.| unfair” and trial examiner Goodrich Company, "argogat, hostile wn and abusive.”

| election were compiled slowly,

| ber Congressional election were:

| opposed),

{ Grant,

| einets were counted. Mr,

|'H., Gray,

Mr.

LIST CONGRESS RACE LEADERS

Haerle

Eight —— Rehomihated Without Opposition; | Two G. 0. P. Races Close. |

In returns tabulated up to 1 o'clock, Richard James of Portland polled 8904 votes to 7234 for Forrest Harness of Kokomo in the Tifth Distrist Republican fight for the Congressional nomination. Of the district's 369 precincts, 231 were counted, Th the Ninth District, Clifford Long polled 10,507 votes against 9173 for Albert Mer. anda in 302 of 415 precincts.

By United Presy Apparent winners inh the State's

| Congressional primary elections were revealed today as tabulations

| eool | but | into | Weather Bureau forecast

were completed ih 2354 of Indiana's | 3872 precincts Two contests—in the Fifth - | Ninth Districts on the Republican | ballot—were undecided. But the | trend was definitely established in every other contested race. Candidates supported by regular Democratic or Republican organiza-

| tions apparently were winning

Returns from yesterday's primary retarded by unusually long ballots in | some counties and heated local elections in others Bight incumbent Indiana Con- | sressmen were renominated without | opposition and most counties in | their districts did not bother either to put their names on the ballot or count their votes, Two other Re- | publican Congressional candidates also were unopposed. The leaders and probable winners in each district as they will line up against each other in the Novem- |

FIRST DISTRICT Rep. William Schulte, Democrat, and M. Elliott | Belshaw, Republican (unopposed). SECOND DISTRICT Homer Stonebraker, Democrat, and Rep. |

Charles Halleck, Republican (un-

N. A

THIRD DISTRICT —George Beamer, Democrat, and Robert Republican, FOURTH DISTRICT — Rep James I. Farley, Democrat (mnopposed), and George W. Gillie, Republican FIFTH DISTRICT —Rep. Glenn | Griswold, Democrat, and Richard James or Porest Harness, Republic- | an. Mr. Harness trailed Mr. James, 6320 to 381, after 174 of 369 preJames was defeated by three votes in the 1938 primary, SIXTH DISTRICT--Rep. Virginia | Jenckes, Democrat, and Noble J. Johnson, Republican. SEVENTH DISTRICT -- Arthur Greenwood, Democrat (unopposed), | and Gerald Landis, Republican. EIGHTH DISTRICT--Rep. John | dehne, Democrat (unopposed), and Charles F. Werner, Republican. NINTH DISTRICT—Eugene B.| ‘Crowe, Democrat (unopposed), and | Albert Meranda or Clifford Long, Republican. Mr, Meranda was | ahead of Mr. Long, 8954 to 8768, aft- | er 208 of 415 precincts reported. TENTH DISTRICT--Rep. Finly Democrat (unopposed). | and Raymond Springer, Republican. | ELEVENTH DISTRICT -— Rep William H. Larrabee, Democrat (unopposed), and William ©O. Nelson, | Republican, | TWELFTH DISTRICT — Louis | Ludlow, Democrat, and Charles | Jewett, Republican, both unopposed. |

Rep. Schulte piled up a 4-to-1

| net | [ first quarter of 1938 as compared to

| the corresponding period last according

| and slump, coke sales fell $344 784 from

| rose,

| ter

cooler

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1938

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Mr.

Te cmper ratures In 80s Again Seen tor City

Richar ison

a.m (Noon)

p p.

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Showers or thunderstorms will Indianapolis off by tomorrow, the mercury probably will go the 80's again today, the

Yesterday's hottest temperature of the year—848 at 2:45 Pp, m, might be equalled this afternoon if

clouded conditions do not set in, Ro Bureau said

OITIZENS GAS INCOME DROPS

Down $40,269 for First! Quarter; Sales Are Up 5 Per Cent.

The Citizens’ Gas & Coke Utility

company’s quarto the City

to the report submitted Controller today. However, the utility tmproved if: current financial position in the same pariod, the report showed, Net income fell as gross operating

terly

| revenue dropped $271 541 to $1,205. | IO. [about 5 per cent, although industrial

Cras sales increased $29,030, or gas sales fell 9.75 per cent. But in an unusually mild winter with steel fron working industries in a

the revenue level of the 1937 period Merchandise Sales Up

Coal and watergas far sales were off slightly while ammonia sulphate | sales increased. Merchandise salex

1937 quarter, and total operating deduction for the initial quarthis vear were $900331, ¢ompared to $1,141 528 last year,

The report, which coverasd the

[ period from Jan. 1 to March 31, was

sighed by Henrv L. Dithmer, presi-

[ dent, and 1. BE, Woodward, treasurer assets | is |

current March 31 th to $2,734 868 in liabilities were to $340,988

showed that $2.038.147 on vear as compared 1937. and current $213.310 compared year, Accrued

Tt were

liabilitiex rose from

| $856,239 last year to $1,360,062, This [increase was due in large part

income dropped $40,269 in the |

year, |

The cost of products sold was | reduced $253 351 as compared to the | first

last |

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Judge Baker

FARLEY HAILS STATE'S VOTE

Indiana and Florida Trends Seen as Approval of F. D. R.'s Policies.

WASHINGTON, Mav 4 (U, P) James A. Farley the National Committee toFlorida and Inindicated Roosevelt's

Chairman of

Democratic day declared that [diana primary elections approval President, legislative program, | The Mr “show definitely that

Parley wald, in spite of

elections,

[the wereaming propaganda by the |

successor to the Liberty League the spokesmen of the Diberty pong policies, there exists no falling off ih President Roosevelt's prestige and that the nation ap[proves the legislation the President [has advocated.” James Roosevelt, zon of President | Roosevelt, described the | nation of Senator Pepper as pleasing.” Mr. Roosevelt said he talked honey distance telephone today with Pepper and congratulated him [ax a personal friend.”

| Sends President Wireless

very

| | Wenator Pepper [M1 Roosevelt said patched a wireless Roosevelt aboard the U, 8. 8. Phila ldelphia in the West Indies, giving him the rexults of the primary Mr. Farley declared that “the [signal victory of Senator Pepper | Florida tells the story.” ! ‘Out in Indiana he “the | triumphant renomination of all the [sitting Congressmen with the ex [ception of Rep | retired from the race {same pattern Hix Democratic nominee is George Beamer, a New “The primary results” | lev said, “are positive land. incidentally, show the fallacy of some of the recent polis hailed a decline in the President's in his own party | Democracy spoke yesterday, and its [statement wax that it was =atisfied with and enthusiastic for its leadership and the policies of that [ leadership.” | Weeretarv of Commerce Daniel © | Roper sid that the trend shown in the renomination of Sen. Pepper indicates that the trend of mind of people “ix distinctly progressive 4s Thix trend, the Secretary said, fs | “{nevitable” and the present need ix for Business and labor to adjust itself to that trend rather than to | ight it

informed that he had disto

xatd

followed the place ax the taken hy Dealer.” Mr

| influence

[the Amertean ana definitely

atditional accruals which accumu- |

latea *'nder the standstill agreement with the Indianapolis Gas Co. The utility was forced to pay the accrual into a fund held in escrow pending outcome of litigation now pending in Federal Court The escrow fund is to pay rental | under terms of a lease signed by | (Tuth to Page | Five)

‘Pepper's Lead in Florida Increases

MIAMI. May 4 (UP) | Pepper rolled up an increasing majority inh the Florida Democratic | primary today to win a decisive re(Turn to Page 16)

CA apture Nips F ugitives ‘Dillinger Gang’ Ambition

CHAMPAIGN, Tl, May 4 (U. P),

—=State Police officials believed to- | escaped |

day the capture of four

forces with the Penfield,” Lieut nois Btate Police,

suspects Joseph Rya n, Tisald “They

lest opponent, and with the backing [Prison at Michigan Oity prevenied | when we captured them.”

of labor and some support the regular Democratic organiza- | | tion, he appeared likely to win renomination Homer Stonebraker, head of the | (Turn te Page Five)

‘TWO OFF DERBY LIST

LOUTSVILI LE, May 4 U P= Greentree Stable's Redbreast and A. G. Tarn's Wise Fox were withdrawn from the ®4th Kentucky

from | organization of a gang which in- |

tended to terrorize the Midwest in the style of desperads John Dil- | linger. They were to be returned to Michigan City today, The felons escaped | They were seized with no difficulty late last night near Mahomet, Tl.

while unwittingly making their way |

to a rendezvous with three suspected bank robbers who were seized by G-Meh ih a raid on a farm near Penfield, Tl, Monday. One of the convicts is the brother-in=law of ?

t the conh-

Monday. |

Iwere nei,

G-Man Walter Ramsey, 22, and [Joe Farlvwine, one the =sux- | pected bank robbers, were Filled ih (the Penfield raid. The battle oc[eurred almost simultaneously with the excape of the convicts, who rode [out of the prison ih a railroad box[oar londed with smpty soap drums They were Ernest Powell, 35, Erh- | Grigsby, 38, Frank Mears, 34, |

| met

: DEMOCRATIC CONTESTANTS

[transactions by his lawyer Dr

renomi- |

by |

him, |

President |

Sam Pettengill who |

Pars | and definite |

which |

| entire election

| they

tomorrow,

Entered as Becond-Clase Multer

at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind

Former Judge Myers

Vo on Ossictzky, Nobel Winner, Dead at Berlin

(1J P) Nobel

Carl prize-

4 the

BERLIN, May von Oseietzky, winner pacifist gained the award shortly after his releate from a German detention camp, died today of encephalitis in a Berlin =anitorium Herr von Ossietzky had been éonvieted of treason in Laipzig before the Nazis came to power He was gravely ill after lease and retired in the hope of recuperating The German authorities strings to the transfer of his funds under the foreign exchange regulations, conceded to Be his, However, he was allegedly robbed of fivessixths of {t ih the exchange Kurt

and noted

wanhow

6.0. P. CHARGES ILLEGAL VOTING

Bobbitt Claims Seurety of Ballot Violated in Many Cases,

voting in numerous the State’ through permitting of voting outside booths were made to the State today

Charges of “illegal

rections of

Election Commissioners Archie N. Bobbitt, Central Committee chairman

, Mr. Bobbitt, in a letter to the! Board, said numerous complaints of sich violations were reported at G O. P. State headquarters yesterday Omer Stokes Jackson, Democratic Chairman, ould not be reached for comment Commenting that Thdiana elec tion laws provide for a wecret ballot, Mr. Bobbitt wrote “Th the face of repeated charges coercibh of employese of the Federal and 16cal Governparticularly persons on reholding WPA job: this viothe mecret ballot is most

of State, ments, Hef om Intion of Rerious Neex Blow th Suffrage

“It ix Jogical to assume that these personx are prevented from voting their real sentiments when they are

compelled ta mark their ballots on |

ah open table in the presence of the hoard and other be standing where each ballot

voters who may can see how

| marked

When =uch flagrant violations of

the law are permitted in the pri-

| mary Claude

| action

weized at | [granted a stay

learned of the Penfield raid vester- |: will be [lead over Russell ‘Conlin, his near | convicts from the Tndiana State day and were frying to double back

[‘Odunty [granted to give the youths

and Wilbur Dawson, 38, all serving |

long terms for robberies, Mears ix a brother=ih-law of Frank Stefler, one of two men sefzed th the Penfield raid. Me, Johh Muelett, and Barlywine's

wife | shot the d 1 body into

election, it is a wmerious blow to the independent right of suffrage “The real danger is that these vinlations may be permitted again in the general election, unless some is taken by your board to assure the voters of Indiana an | opportunity to vote their real ment | ments without political pressure or coercion.”

NEAL AND MARSHALL GET EXECUTION STAY

The State Supreme Court today | of execution until | July 8 for Hugh Marshall Jr, wy Virtis Neal, convicted of the $150 |

| murder of William H. Bright, In-

dianapolis druggist, last January, They had been scheduled to die May 13 after the Supreme Court affirmed their conviction in Shelby | ourt, Today's =xtay was | attorneys time to prepare and file a petition for a rehearing on that affirmation, Mr. Bright waz held up while nh route home from work last Jah 4. Marshall and Neal jater confessed, | according to authorities, that they and threw his

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PRICE THREE CENTS

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4 JUDGES DEFEATED; BAKER LOSING

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ivan Ahead 1 7 000; Wolff Wins by 11, wei

GECKLER, SLACK, WEIR, WILLIAMS | ARE FAR BEHIND

Otto Ray Loses by 1-t0-2 and Henry by 1-t0=3: Ralston Is Ahead for Auditor: Feeney-Lutz Closest,

who |

hix re- | to Oslo, Norway, |

thee |

hut, eventually the money was |

by | Republican State |

State |

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Mayoralty vote, tabulated by wards, page wix. Photographic and biographical profiles of Mr. Wollf and Mr. Nullivah, pages four and five Flection photos, pages wx and sight. Unofficial tabulations of official vote, Page 18,

| With Mr, Sullivan a 2-to-1 Democratic mavoralty nomis nee over Otto Ray and Mr, Wolff a 3-to-1 Republican victor, political primary interext swerved this afternoon to several close county races, The latter included: The close Democratic races for Criminal Court Judges, Auditor and Sheriff; and the Republican contest for Proses cutor, Superior Courts 1 and 4, Recorder and Center Towns ship Trustee, A notable result of the primary was the defeat of four incumbent Democratic judges=Superior Judges Slack, Wils liams and Weir, Juvenile Judge Geckler, in addition to the ‘probable defeat of Criminal Court Judge Baker, Although mort candidater on the Democratic organization slate forged comfortably ahead in the partial tabulas ‘tions at 2 oclock thix afternoon, organization candidates Judge Baker and Walpole for Auditor were trailing. At that hour, hotly contested Democratic races showed

CRIMINAL COURT (157 Precincts out of 338)

4, 425 Baker

(172 Precindts out of 338) AUDITOR veo 14,097 Walpole SHERIFF 10,335 Feeney With almost all o! the precincts tabulated in the mayors | alty yace, Mr. Sullivan led Sheriff Otto Ray by about 2-to-1, Mr. Wolff ran almost 3-to-1 ahead of George A, Henry. All

other mavoralty candidates were far behind, At 2 p. 'm., the unofficial mayoralty tabulation was: DEMOCRATIC | (247 Precincts Out of 285) Sullivan ,

Ralston -.. 11,8%

EEE EEE EE

34,268

REPUBLICAN (186 Precincis Out of 285) Wolf Henry Teckemever Hiner 466 (Note: Nine less precincts counted - Teckemeyer and

Hiner than for others.) larly returns in showed : Judge John ¥. Geckler of Juvenile Court was running hehind his opponent, Judge Wilfred Bradshaw, Judge Joseph R. Williams of Superior Court Two, was trailing hiz oppons= mt, Herbert M. Spencer, and Judge Clarence EK. Weir of ‘Superior Court Four wax behind his opponent, Henry O, | Goett. | Judge L. Ert Slack of Superior Court Three appeared to be losing to Russell J. Ryan, Judge Joseph Markey of ‘Superior Court One held a good margin over Leo X. Smith, | David Lewis held an early lead for Prosecutor against Ans drew Jacobs. Judge Smiley Chambers of Probate Court appeared to he anh easy hominee over Jacob L. Steinmetz, and Judge Hers bert I5. Wilson of Superior Court Five was considered such [a certain victor that his vote wax not even reported to County Headquarters, In the Republican tabulation completed, the following ‘were leading: Wilbur Royse, for Superior Court, One; John F, | Engelke, for Superior Court, Four; William F. Remy, for Juvenile Court; Elmon N. Williams, for Joint State Representative; William A. Oren, for Auditor; Frank Cones, for | Treasurer, and Edward R. Kealing, for Sheriff, In closer races, the following had small early leads: | Bdwin Haevle, for Prosecutor; Alvah Waggoner, for State Senator; Mabel 1. Lowe, for Recorder, For City Democratic candidater other than Mayor, all of the organization candidatex maintained large leads except in the race for Sixth District Councilman, which was close, In ‘that contest the organization candidate, ¥. B., Ransom, led ‘his opponent, Virgil H. Fox, 13,850 to 10,614, Democratic organization candidates with large leads at the half way

mark were John M., Layton for City Clerk; Joseph G. Wood, (Turn to Page Four)

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5,541 603

the Democratic judiciary contests