Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1947 — Page 9

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WEDNESDAY. NOV. 5, 1047 Democrats Win Control

In 53 Indiana Cities

(Continued From Page One)

. themselves when the shooting was |

administration was regarded as a lover.

crippling blow to the prestige of!

In Kokomo former Democratic

Marion County Republicans within Mayor Olin HOI, junning under a

their own state organization.

For handicap of two federal prison years the huge Marion County terms, was defeated by Republican

delegation to GOP political conven-| |James H. Maguire in a contest tions has been the key to nomina-| Which had intriqued the entire tions for state offices but it now! country. Holt would have had to re appeared doubtful that the county, ceive a presidential pardon from his

could deliver its 280 or more dele-/latest sentence,

under

gates in a block to any candidate still was disfranchised, in order to

next June.

In Ft. Wayne, Republicans rec-| ognized the protest sentiment

on their super-efficient organization

there to keep the city in the Re- {ville ‘and Pt. Wayne, Democrats |

take the office even if he won. Only other cities of the 20 larg-

be- est to go Republican were Michi- _ fore the election but had counted 530 City, Logansport and Rich- {

mond. Besides Indianapolis, Evans-

publican column. The Evansville re-| SWePt into South Bend, Anderson, sult, where Mayor Manson Reichert, East Chicago, Gary, Muncie, Terre

GOP incumbent; lost out to former

| Haute} Bloomington. Elkhart, La-

Democratic Mayor William Dress by [evette, ‘Marion, * Mishawaka and

more than 4000 votes, had the

fect-of a reprieve for Republican!

Congressman Ed Mitchell.

A bitter political “enemy of Mr. Reichert, Rep.-

ported to have decided not to seek. siding in’ Democrat cities. 3 renomination next year i-event-of Sen. William _E._ Jenner's home

ef-| New Albany.

Some Margins Close . ¥

A quirk of the election switch §

was that it left three of the top

Mitchell was re. fOUr Republicans in the' state re-

While

‘a Reichert victory which would|!oWn of ‘Bedford weathered the

against him.

* have _ pitted the Evansville vote Democratic threat and elected a Republican mayor, Democrats seized!

On the other side of see-saw pic- | Golumbia City, home town of Gov.

ture, Republicans gained their first| po

really important foothold in strong- | ly Democratic Lake County by over-|

throwing Democratic control of) Hammond,

| term. All told, Republicans lost 38 of | gunivan for four terms Demo-|

the 74 city administrations they had controlled. Democrats did almost as Sadly with their 28 cities, losing 13. Net Democratic gain was 25. . Last time the Democrats controlled a majority of the state's cities was when they elected 58 mayors in 1931. They lost"the edge when the GOP took over 59 in 1935, stretched its majority to 72 in 1939! and to 74 in 1942. Five-Year Mayors Hard Hit Mayors seeking re-election after | the recent ‘five-year term given them by the state “skip-election” law were hardest hit by the wave of reaction. Sixteen

|ninged on margins of less than 100 see him elécted mayor,

{ |

| Gates, Portland, home of Lt. Gov.

home of Sen. Homer E.- Capéhart. In Columbia City the Republican!

cratic and the home towg of former Democratic State hairman! Fred Bays, swung to the Republic ans in one of the most surprising upsets of the municipal picture. {Many of the elections were close, {some, like Marion and Shirley City as close as two and four votes. Both! went Democratic by those slender 'margins. Several other Victories!

| votes.

Car Nips Finger Tip

Minneta Wright,

maries last May and 23 more fell a car door on her hand at Wash-|

before yesterday's onslaught.

That | {ington and Pennsylvania Sts. She

left only 15 mayors to succeed | was treated-at General 1 Hospital.

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HAPPY HOME-COMING—When Al Feeney returned home last night after | Incumbent was seeking a fourth) election day he was Indianapdlis' Democratic Mayor-elect. Joining him in celebrating his victory at home, 3902 Central Ave., were his mother, Mrs. Mary Feeney (center); | his sister, Miss Mary Virginia Feeney, and his. tail- -wagging faithful, Taffy. | PRAIRIE DOGS DIG DEEP

The burrow of a prairie dog goes | seaight down 10 to 15 feet.

The Fouoy Story

Feeney Family Celebrates; | Password Is ‘Hi, Mom'

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| said it."

of Grosse Pointe, Mich, and Miss}

Now I've| Mary Virginia Feeney.

Everybody was there, including

Mom loeked around the crowded Taffy,” the Feeneys' honey-colored

| living room. The whole family was| Cocker Spaniel. ; Francis Feeney, cited she threw back her tawny 43, of Green- ang sisters, Mrs. E. O. Marquette head and wailed. incumbent | castle early this morning lost the’ | mayors were beaten in their pri-|tip of one finger when she slammed ‘All-American’ on Notre Dame Team

“Two sons and two daughters,”| played football,” said Mom. “He “Albert is the eldest.! {broke his nose twice , . ."

there. = Brother,

said Mom. He's the big brother, mayor and I'm proud. its..." “No, it's not, Marquette. “It'is net trite.” “Not a. bit,” | “It's true.” People kept coming up the stairs| land rushing in and kissing Mom.

Now he's 1 know

“Last spring he said, ‘Mom, what | tician in the family?’

into politics again, money.’ “He said,

iself’ That's what he said.” And Al Feeney did tell people | himself.

for the biggest game of his career. {He had run a smart, state police or'ganization. He had been Marion County sheriff two terms. He stood on his record when he

kicked off for City Hall.

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Mom,” said Mrs. | | “He never let me know. Once I said Mary Virginia. asked him if he got hurt playing | football.”

“Albert went to Notre Dame and get: hurt.’ Conducted a One-Man Campaign do you think about having a poli! all over—and it was over quickly—

“I said, ‘Albert, if you're going newspaper it will take statement he wrote out-himself to

‘Mom, I m going to He did that all through the cam‘run for mayor. It won't take money paign. Every morning except Sun-

{to tell people what I want to do day. he would appear in the news|for this town. T can tell them my- Paper offices with a siatement or

{He went into training last spring] |his campaign was conducted on

Proves Wonderful

Taffy was so ex-

“All-American in brother Francis. “He broke his nose three times,” sald Mary Virginia. “He broke it twice,” insisted Mom.

"1915," gaid

“ Mom," he said to me, ‘don’t ask Ime those baby questions. I never

Last night, when the election was

| he walked down the street to the office and gave the

| the city editor.

| a speech. , When he left the newspapers, he {would walk around town. Most of

[street corners. When his supporters would praise his brief radio speeches, he'd laugh and say, “They're short because that's all we can afford.” In the evenings he made “formal” speeches. He wrote them out {in advance, but half way through | he sometimes lost the place on the page, and then he'd just talk, When he was. finished, he would top off the evening's campaigning with a chocolate ice ‘cream “soda (double dip) at the drugstore on the corner of 13th and _Pennsylvania Sits. Wg he would come Yorke and would say, “Well, how was Mow and Al would say, ‘Pretty good.” Which is what he said when he came home last hight,

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-=~Roy Drass, 21, of 1030 E. Washington St, was held today on charges of reckless and drunken! operating, after driving his car into the side of a switch. enginé last!

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