The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-07
EACH INDIANA
CONGRESSMAN
TO RUN AGAIN
Several IncumbentS Have
No Opposition; Others
Lead in Primary Vote.

All of Indianas thirteen con-
gressional representatives will fight
to retain their seats in the national
legislature in fall elections, early
returns of Tuesdays primary indi-
Gated today.
Seven of them. five Republicans
and two Democrats, were unopposed
in the primary. Remainder of in
cumbents appeared to hold an edge
over their opponents.
Harry E. Rowbottom, Evansville,
early was given a strong lead over
Bruce E. Cooper, Stewartsville, and
James R. Duncan, Evansville, for
denomination.
Arthur H. Greenwood, Washing
ton, Democrat, was unopposed in
the Second district primary, and
little lead was seen for any one Of
three Republican candidates for
nomination there.
Dunbar Is Unopposed
James w. Dunbar. Republican
CONGRESSMAN from the Third district,
was unopposed.
Harry C. Garfield, Batesville,
Democratic congressman from the
Fourth district, and Scott Thomp-
son, Rising Sun, Republican, were
unopposed.
A ten to one lead for Noble j.
johnson, Terre Haute, incumbent
from the Fifth district, virtually
assured him the Republican nom
ination.
Two opponents we're trailing Rich
ard N. Elliott, Republican in
cumbent, from the Sixth district.
Returns from 68 out of 50 Wayne
county precincts gave Elliott 5,913
votes against 1929 for Daniel R.
Ellabarger, his nearest opponent.
William H. Larabee, Democrat, was
leading his nearest opponent, Walter
R. Myers, by more than 200 votes.
Louis Ludlow, Democratic con-
gresham from indianapolis, won
the Seventh district nomination on
his ticket.
In the Eighth district Albert H.
VeStal, Anderson, Republican in
cumbent, appeared to hold lead.
There was no race in the Ninth
district. Fred S. Purnell, Attica,
present congressman, will oppose
Harry Matlock, Kokomo, Democrat,
in November,
Wood to Run Again
Will r. Wood, Lafayette, Repub-
lican congressman, was not opposed
| in the Tenth district.
Albert H. Hall, Republican con-
gresham from the Eleventh district,
was far in front of DR.. Brose Horne,
Gas City, while two Democrats
fought a neck and neck race for the
nomination.
Returns from sixty of the sixty
four precincts in Grant county gave
Hall a substantial majority over
Horne, and Carl Houston, Demo-
cratic congressional candidate, was
given a large lead over Glen Girls
void, Peru.
The total vote in the county was
approximately $500 more than cast
two years ago.
David N. Hogg, present Repub-
lican congressman from the Twelfth
district, was not opposed, while t.
I P. Riddle, Fl. Wayne, was leading
the Democratic candidates for NOM
nation to contend against Hogg in
the November elections.
Samuel P. Pettingill, South Bend,
was Democratic nominee in the
Thirteen district, to oppose Andrew
j. Hickey, Republican congressman
from La Porte.
With two out of 43 precincts of
Kosciusko county notd reporte, j.
Harry Browning, Democratic can
didate for congress, had polled LII
votes compared to 816 for Samuel B.
Pettengill.
A tie vote for trustee Of Harrison
township, Kosciusko county, is ex-
pected today to result in a demand
for a recount. Willard East and
Hobart Creighton received an equal
number of votes, and although the
law prescribeS they shall settle the
tie by lot, Creighton plans to de-
mand a recount because five ballots
for him in one precinct were thrown
out because marks we're in front in
stead of after candidates names.
George Nottingham, Republican
state senator, was defeated by Oren
Dickey, Marion attorney. Sam Far
rell, seeking a fourth term as Re-
publican joint representative from
Grant and Blackford counties, won
by a large majority. j. G. Knight
Grant county representative, also
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