Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1938 — Page 2
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F will represent the Governor in : the tabulations - Hooper said that tabulations Ml not be completed in the 92 nties in this State<for about two but that returns already certd to the Secretary of State’s wi be Ingresd on a chart for Cc pection as soon as they ‘have been triple checked. The committee, following a report Of: a special legal committee, apted Saturday, adopted motions < ltlining the following course of aces 1, Filing of recount petitions in the Circuit ‘Courts of Lake, Marion, ~ Sullivan, Vanderburg, Vermillion ~ + 8nd Vigo Counties, by this Saturday. 2, Selection of a commission to o-ordinate and direct the recount. .3. Appointment of Robert D. Arm- , Strong, of the law firm of Noel; » Boyd and Armstrong, as ; eae: for the Republican State A . candidates during the proceedings. + . Financing Authorized ! 4 Authorization of Felix Mec- , Whirter, Republican State Treas_urer,'to bear the expenses of the fmvestigation, including the payint of premiums on surety bonds *tar be. ‘posted with courts where re- © count petitions are filed, out of t money collected by contributions. 5. hat ne of quo warranto (by What right) proceedings about Jan. : pr 1939, contesting the right of the . candidates to take office. , 8. Appointment of investigators to gather evidence in the six counties : ON" alleged registration and election irfegularities and to collect affida« * vits from persons having knowledge of irregularities. ?As Republicans prepared to take Ho action for their defeated . candidates, Edward D. Koneneman, - Evansville, apparently defeated _ Democratic candidate for Secretary "of State, was to confer today with - Attorney General Omer Stokes Jackson to arrange for a recount of “ballots in several counties.
Other Recounts Sought
Pemocratic state leaders were quoted as saying that they would ‘ask a recount in Wayne, Randolph and Porter Counties, which returned Republican majorities according to unofficial tabulations. The only major
with the result of the election was U: 8. Senator VanNuys, who ‘issued “the following statement over the week-end: “It is my belief that I was elected to the U. S. Senate by a majority of the lawful votes in the last gen‘eral election in Indiana. The returns show this to be the fact and ‘validity of these returns cannot . properly be challenged by mere po- . litical propaganda. *If my opponent (Raymond E. Willis) honestly believes that he was: elected - to .the Senate of the United - States, he has full opportunity to attempt to prove that fact by cothpetent evidence in a tribunal . duly constituted to decide that con- _ troversy. #T .have no knowledge of the _ existence of any irregularities or fraud in the election. I have tried I to conduct my campaign honestly and I have heard no claim asserted * ‘even by my most partisan critics that I have been guilty of fraud or the use of dishonest means.” The Senator said that he did not . desire to retain office if his oppo‘nent could establish the fact that he was chosen, but insisted that the
vicious case,” born $50 and costs and sentenced him to 180 days on the State Penal Yarm on the drunken driving charge, and fined him $25 and costs and sentenced him to 180 days on the State Farm on charges of being drunk.
‘A Fine Trt, > Judge Tells Youth Who Nabbed Alleged Drunk.
A “good citizen” received the praise of Municipal Judge Charles J. Karabell today for helping apprehend an alleged drunken driver. Curtis Isaacs of 1229 Martin St, a serious, light-haired youth, received the Judge's commendation, after he told how he caught Robert Clayborn, 23, of 337 S. Holmes Ave.. in an auto chase through southeast Indianapolis Saturday night. Mr. Isaacs said he was seated In his parked car when Clayborn passed and struck another parked
car nearby.
“I saw he wasn’t going to stop,”
Mr. Isaacs explained, “so I took out after him. I followed him to a traffic light where we stopped, and I
went over to his car. He hit me. I took his ignition key out, but it
didn’t stop the moton,
“Good for You” “He bumped into two other cars
and drove away. I followed him and finally caught him and held him until the police came.”
“Good for you,” Judge Karabell
said. “You are to be congratulated. If we had all people like you, we
candidate of | Would break up this drunken driving 2”
either - party apparently satisfied |!
Branding the alleged offense, “a the judge fined Clay-
His driver's license was revoked
for one year.
gave Mr. McWhirter $100 at the close of the meeting. . William G. Irwin, Columbus, Ind, capitalist and Republican National Committeeman fro Indiana, asserted that the investigation “should be financed by popular contributions in small amounts.”
Mr. McWhirter said that no
anonymous contributions would be accepted.
Indiana’s 12 Congressional diss
tricts were represented at the meeting by members of the State Committee. ing Mr. Jewett and Forest A. Harness, victorious Fifth District Republican Congressional were present! chairman.
Several candidates, includ-
candidate,
Mr. ‘Bobbitt was
Many football fans were injured when two special trains from Chicago collided in South Bend. None was hurt seriously, and most of
‘Good Citizen’ Wins High Praise; 13 Killed in Indiana Acc Accidents
1 Dead Here; fore: Police Arrest 66 After 40 Crashes In Indianapolis.
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the car. She was near death in a Gary hospital today. The Indianapolis traffic victim was John Paul Love, 30. At South Whitley, funeral services were to be held Wednesday for Mrs. Cecil Richardson, 48, who died yesterday after being struck by an automobile driven by Robert Brower, 21. Brower is being held on charges of reckless driving and driving without a license, police said.
Farm Hand Killed
George Essex, 25, a farm hand, was killed Saturday night near Homestead when he was struck by a hit and run driver. Abraham Klinger, 76, died today at Noblesville from injuries received when he was struck by a car driven by Earl Nesbitt. Henry Sample, 76, died after he was struck by a car near Rockport, allegedly driven by Dr. Joseph Heberer of Evansville. Dr. Heberer was bound over to the Grand Jury on a manslaughter charge. Harry Dennius, 61, of Anderson, was injured fatally in Anderson when he was struck by a car driven by Wayne Davis, also of Anderson.
Student Dies
At Portland, Cledith I. Hough, 16, a high school student, died in a Jay County hospital following injuries received in an auto crash with another car driven by an unidentified Indianapolis salesman. r menga, 42, of New Harmo skilled instantly in Evansville w en his car crashed into a bridge ahutment. A fall from a {Fuck driven by Louis Jones of Indianapolis, caused the death of Harold Blackburn, 53, also of Indianapolis, near Lebanon late yesterday. Mr. Blackburn's address was listed as 216 S. Warman Ave. | In a four-way aio crash near
{Clinton, Mrs. Nellie Caryle, 53, was
injured fatally and died in a Clinton hospital. Mr. Love, who lived at 2143 Dexter
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fssue be decided by an investigation and hearing. He said he has retained the law firm of Thompson &. Rabb and i Daily, O'Neal, Dailey and Efroymson to represent his interests in the controversy.
Funds Sought
Immediately following yesterday's meeting, Arch N. Bobbitt, G. O. P. state chairman, telegraphed . re"quests to the 92 Republican chair‘men in the State to begin raising funds immediately. Each county will be asked to contribute about $200, which would “raise a total fund of $18,800 to finance the investigation for which $15,000 is needed. Excess money will be used to fur“ther contest proceedings in January, Mr. Bobbitt said. © Federal action in impounding bal‘Jots/in the counties under investi- , gation was postponed, pending ac‘tion by the State courts. ‘Judge Noel Neal, campaign manager of Raymond E. Willis, appar‘ently defeated G. O. P. Senatorial candidate, said county clerks were _ responsible for preserving ballots 3 and voting machines under the State law. “Wherever we find that ballots “and machines have not been preserved, » he said, “we will move fbr‘ward in the State and Federal “Courts.”
+ Arthur Rogers, of Washington, 'G. O. P. nominee for the State me Court from the first disand member of the State Committee’s legal committee for the inwestigation, said that the committee contemplated no action in Federal District Court on behalf of RepubJican State candidates. "The State candidates, he said, can their recount petitions in the
for Mr. Willis. We must sather e through this recount to 7 a Senate committee that there 8 fraud in this election. i nally feel that this elechas been won by the RepubState ticket.” R. Bausman, editor of the eton (Ind) Herald read:a eram from Foster Riddick, ReBlican Editorial Association presipledging the association’s full ort in the investigation. contributor to the investigahn fund was John G. Zazas, who
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St., died early yesterday in City Hospital after he was struck by two J lautos in the 2100 block on N. Harding St. Police said their reports did not carry any mention of a hit-and-run incident in connection with Mr. Love’s death. They are continuing their investigation. George Wirtz, 22, of 910 W. New York St., Post Office mail truck driver, was reported in “critical” condition. Police said Mr. Wirtz was injured when his truck collided with an auto at Senate Ave. and Ohio St. Saturday night. He is in Methodist Hospital.
Child Hit by Truck
W. C. Parker, believed to be from Parkersburg, W. Va.,, was injured when struck by an auto at E. Washington and Ritter Sts., early Sunday. He is in City Hospital. James Reed, 2, of 535 Drake St., is in a serious condition in City Hospital, suffering from a brain concussion, after he was struck by a fruck in the 400 block on W. 25th St. yesterday. William Moore, 45, of Glenns Valley, is in a serious condition in City Hospital, suffering from head cuts and a possible skull fracture, re-
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ceived when he was struck by an auto in the 600 block on S. ‘Meridian St. last night.
Three Others Kill Killed in State Accidents
Three other Indiana residents met violent deaths over the week-
end. Following burns received when a gas stove exploded, Mrs. Edward Holzbacher, 58, of Sunman, died yesterday in a hospital. Her husband was burned in the same explosion. In hunting accidents, William Sterling, 43, of Winchester, was killed when a shotgun in the hands of his brother Jesse accidentally discharged as he stumbled, and Archie Williamson, Ridgeville, was injured fatally when a shotgun discharged accidentally near the home of his parents.
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LONDON, Nov. 14 (U. P)—Engineers of the Heston Aircraft Co. were understood today to be -perfecting a new -single-engined monoplane capable of flying from 450 to 500 miles an hour to attempt a new world’s speed record. The present speed record of 440.67 miles an hour was made by an Italian seaplane.
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