Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 May 1938 — Page 2

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Democrats Ponder District Chieftains;

G.O.P. Changes Seen

Haymaker Moves to Draft Early Plans for Fall Campaign.

Democratic precinct committeemen in 10 of the 12 Congressional districts today prepared to select district chairmen and vice chairmen at meetings Wednesday. These 20 leaders, to be Wednesday, with four ready selected by First and 12th District committéemen, will form the State Committee which is to meet here next Saturday.

Predictions within party ranks to-

day were that the State Committee would re-elect Attorney General Omer Stokes Jackson as State chairman. No one has been mentioned as a possible opponent. The Marion County Democratic organization was completed with the election Saturday of retiring County Recorder Ira P. Haymaker

as chairman to succeed William =. |

Clauer. As some defeated candidates pledged their support to the new organization, Sheriff Ray, defeated for the mayoralty nomination by Reginald H. Sullivan, repeated his charge vhat the “whole primary was

rotten” and declared that he is de- |

termined Justice.

to bring “cheaters” to

Claims Affidavits The Sheriff claimed he had ob-

tained 192 affidavits charging irreg- |

ularities in the primary. He said he would meet with attorneys today to decide on the method of prosecution. “I'm not going to be pushed around,” he said.

The Sheriff reiterated that

39,837 for Mr. Sullivan.

Mr. Clauer said he knew nothing | about Sheriff Ray's affidavits and |

that “if he has any evidence, he should take it to the Grand Jury instead of the newspapers.” Mrs. Edna Bingham was reelected vice chairman of the County organization Saturday. County Treasurer Frank E. McKinney was

elected treasurer to succeed Albert |

H. Losche and Val McLeay, Plan Board secretary - engineer and Fourth Ward chairman, was named secretary to succeed John Noonan. Twelfth District committeemen elected City Controller H. Nathan Swaim chairman te succeed Henry O. Goett, nominee for Judge of Superior Court 4. Mrs. Nannette Dowd was re-elected district vice chairman. At another meeting, 11th District | committeemen selected Mark Gray | and Mrs. Thelma Koesters as delegates to the 11th District convention at Greenfield Wednesday,

Haymaker Plans Parley

Mr. Haymaker said that he would | hold an early conference with Mrs. | Bingham and that plans for the fall | campaign would be drafted: He said that there still remained within the organization “a few sore spots which we hope to iron out? Hi While Mr. Jackson is said to be scheduled for re-election as state | chairman, it has been indicated that | Mrs. Emory Scholl, Connersville, will be retired as vice chairman. Mrs. Marcia Murphy, Indianapolis; Mrs. Sanford Trippett, Princeton, and Mrs. Margaret Afflis, Delphi, have been mentioned as possible successors. James Beatty is said to be slated for re-election as secretary. Clarence Gremelspacher, Jasper, State Police Board member, has been mentioned as a possible successor to William Storen as treasurer.

State Socialists Name

Dr. Risk Chairman

Dr. Robert Risk of Lafayette, today assumed his duties as State chairman of the Socialist Party of Indiana, succeeding George J. Lehnert, He was elected at the party's annual convention yesterday at the Holliday Building. Emma Henry of Indianapolis, was re-elected secretary. Dr. Risk was named chairman of an executive committee. It includes Joseph Jolly,

named | others al- |

he | would ask a recount of the vote | which showed 21.326 for him and

George Stallwood, Edward Henry, Henry W. Daacke, Charles Fout and Abraham Hollinge?, all of Indianapolis; Mrs. Hazel Wooten of Gary, | Elmer Santisteban of Columbus, and | Louis Freedham of Lafayette. | The party adopted a resolution | urging a revision of United States

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The honor of meriting a Gold Star for all-around efficiency in selling Taystee Bread was today given to Claude R. Newhouse, Jr., of 1110 E. 9th Street. “Bud” Newhouse, as he is known to the grocers, is one of the newer men in the |

Republicans Expected to

| Rename Bobbitt State | Chairman. | Su s——"

| Re-election of Arch N. Bobbitt, of Indianapolis, as Republican State chairman at the State Committee meeting here Wednesday was indi- | cated today. Party leaders said results of | County Committee elections Satur{day indicated that about half of {the State Committee, to be elected |at 10 district meetings tomorrow, { would be newcomers. Party leaders [that the only opposition expressed so far to the present State organiza- | tion was against the re-election of [James A. Slane, Lafayette, as secre- | tary. Neil McCallum, of Batesville, is reported the strongest candidate for | the position. Mr. Bobbitt said that he had not | heard of any opposition to the re- | election of Mrs. Eleanor Barber | Snodgrass, of Nashville, as vice | chairman, and Felix McWhorter as | treasurer, Vandivier County Leader | The Marion County organization | and those in the First and 12th Dis-

tricts have been completed. | Carl Vandivier, attorney,

added, however, |

ATTORNEY NEW REPUBLICAN CHIEF . . .

Carl Vandivier (left), attorney, is the new chairman of the : being congratulated by Charles P, Jewett, former mayor and the party's nominee for Congress from the

12th District,

WORK TO BEGIN SOON ON AUXILIARY SEWER

Would Prevent Flooding of North Side Cellars.

Construction of an auxiliary

was | sewer project to relieve North Side

named county chairman Saturday | .esigents whose basements become

to succeed Frederick E. Schortemeier.

| flooded by

heavy rains will

| He said there would be “imme- | started within 30 days and will be | completed within five months, City { Engineer Henry B. Steeg said to-

diate action,” to draft plans for | November and that he was certain of complete party harmony. | Mrs. Maude Simth was elected | county vice chairman to succeed Mrs. Bloomfield Moore; James I | Bradford, secretary, to succeed J. Edwin McClure, and William Higgins, treasurer, to succeed Samuel Montgomery. Twelfth District elected Ralph B. Gregg, attorney, as chairman to succeed Gavin Payne, and named Mrs. vice chairman. The 11th District committeemen named William Edwards and Mrs. | Frances Mann as delegates to the | district meeting at Greenfield to- | morrow. Dr. David Johns, of East Chicago, is the new chairman of the First District and Mrs. Lillian Schmidt, of | Crown Point, is vice chairman. They | succeed C. C. McVey, of Hammond. [and Mrs. Ida McClellan, of East Chicago. { In the 11th District, which in- | cludes part of Marion County, re- | ports were that there would be opposition to Everett Reeves, of An- | derson, for re-:lection as chairman. Mentioned as opponents were Dale Spencer, George Dickman and Glenn Pritchard, of Hancock County, and William Edwards, of Indianapolis. Election Is Protested A group at Anderson today protested the election Blanchard J. Horne as County chairman and asked for the resignation of Mr. Reeves. Petitions being circulated by: the protesting group ch:

himself over Samuel Johnson, Anderson attorney, was named by secret ballot after he had appointed several vice committeemen to vacancies not yet filled by newlyelected committeemen. Mr. Horne maintained that he

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of arms to the Spanish Loyalist Government, Other resolutions condemned war and militarism; indorsed consumer co-operative movements and urged an immediate truce within the ranks of organized labor.

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possessed the legal right to make the selection in view of the fact that vice chairmen had not been named by last Thursday by the committeemen. The petition followed Mr. Horne's action and the subsequent vote which re-elected him.

Mrs, Moore Mentioned

Mrs. Moore was mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed Mrs. Aileen Kidd, of Indianapolis, as | district vice chairman. As the series of meetings were | scheduled, Mr. Bobbitt completed | the State platform advisory com- | mittee of 74 members with the se- | lection of Ninth District representa- | tives, | They were Bruce Hardy of Scotts- | burg, Albert Meranda of Jeffersonville, Charles A. Lowe of Lawrenceburg, Marshall Miller of Bedford and W. H. Dobbins, of Columbus. The committee is to draft suggestions to the resolutions committee before the State convention here June 28 and 29.

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SOUTH BEND, May 9 (U. P).— | The Indiana Communist Party closed | its two-day convention here last night after indorsing President Roosevelt's pump-priming recovery program, voting to offer no opposition to liberal candidates in the November elections and pledging itself to fight | against subversive movements aimed | at overthrow of American democ- | racy. | Delegates re-elected Miles Blan-

| sett of South Bend, chairman, and |

Philip Bart, Indianapolis, executive secretary. Ten delegates were chosen to the national convention in New York June 26 and 25 members were elected to the State Executive Committee.

LOCAL MAN DROWNS

MONTICELLO, May 9 (U. P.).— [Bert Jones, 48, of Indianapolis, | drowned in Lake Freeman yesterday

[when a gust of wind capsized a [small boat in which he was riding. | Two companions, Carl Milligan, and Lincoln Goddard, both of Indian-

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Georgie Niedert, 14 - year = old | { Shortridge High School girl, who PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, | ran away from her aunt's home here May 9 (U. P).—Eleven fugitives|, week ago, was safe at Los Angeles

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