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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
SINCLAIR POLLS BIG
VOTE, IS DEFEATED
EPIC Plan Is Rejected by
California.
Rn unitsd Press

Nv tWTttU FTttN
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Cali
fornia has rejected Upton Sinclair
and his EPIC plan by electing
Frank F. Merriam. Republican, as
its Governor. but the embattled
forces Sinclair led will carry on.
In a series of statements and in
terviews, in which he virtually adj
mitted defeat. Mr.. Sinclair last
night and early today reiterated his
proposal to lead a recall movement
against Governor Merriam and
proposed to go upon lecture tour
to further his doctrines. which all
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
Sullivan Successor Leads
PritChard by Almost
$1,000 Ballots.
COFFIN RULE NEAR END
Defeat May Mean Custer of
G. 0. P. Boss as City
Chieftain.

Indianapolis flung off the
hands of Cofinism yesterday
with a decisive gesture and
elected Superior Judge John
w. Kern, Democratic mayoral
nominee, by a plurality that
may reach $4,000.
With 263 of the city's 283
precincts unofficially tabulat-
ed, Judge Kern was leading
Walter Pritchard, Republican
nominee, by a count of 1876
to 63,7O7.
One of the youngest mayors
ever elected here, Judge
Kern's choice was apparent
even before the polls CLOSED
yesterday and his election
was conceded at 8:15 las
night by Wayne Zimmerman
..epublican county chairman.
Zimmerman, political lieu
tenant of George V. Cap
Coffin, whose choice Pritcharc
was in the Republican pri-
mary this spring, conceded
the election of the entire city
and county ticket.
His only statement was:
81 attribute the tremen.
dous gain in the labor pre-
cincts to the personal popular
ity of Judge Pritchard.
Democrats questioned the "Pritch-
ard gain in labor precincts"
However, the Democratic nominee
received much of his strength in
defections from Republican ranks in
north side wards ordinarily heavy
Republican.
Election of Judge Kern, who made
campaign based on continuation
of policies of the present city ad-
ministration of Mayor Reginald H
Sullivan, and who warned against
a return to the days of John L. Du-
vail, first Coffin mayor, was damn
ing blow to the political prestige
of Boss" Coffin.
See End of Coffin Rule
Coffin support for Pritchard was
conceded to have brought about the
defeat in the primary of George L.
Denny, who sought nomination on
an "anti-boss" platform.
1t was freely predicted today, both
by Democrats and Republicans, that
Judge Kern's defeat of Pritchard
will mean that Boss" Coffin will
not be able to control his party's pri-
mary at the next election.
So crushing was Pritchard's de-
feat that he ran behind the entire
city Republican ticket. Later re-
turns improved his position some
what.
Judge Kern ran practically even
with Sherman Minton, the success
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
T0DAY'S WEATHER
Hourly Temperatures
In the Air

Tomorrow's sunrise. 6:22 a. m;
sunset. ABS p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07

The tabulaton OF the 1882
compilation OF the precinct and ward up
Whch aooeo several wards To estimate
Inc Times mas oased its revision the state vote
totals and iearranged them ward outlines 49,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
MINT0N, KERN
ARE VICTORIOUS
IN BALLOTING
State Democratic Slate
Rides to Impressive
Vote Triumph.
ROBINSON KEEPS SILENT
Defeated Senator Refuses
to Make Statement
About Defeat.

Senator Arthur r. Robin
son, defeated by Sherman
Minton, progressive young
Democrat, today found him.
self in the predicament of
seven other Republican reac-
tionary senators who yester-
day fell reeling away under
the onslaught of the New
Deal.
In a fortnight and deter
mined mood, HooSier Democ-
racy, marching in step with
progressive Republicans who
have repudiated the Robinson
old deal tenetS, retired from
public life the man whom the
national administration hoped
most to defeat.
The state renewed it's oath
of allegiance to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in a
manner that left little doubt
of the outcome, after the first
election returns filtered into
the capital.
Although Mr.. M i n o MS
plurality did not reach the
heights forecast by Demo-
cratic leaders, it increased as
the day wore on and prom
ised to exceed $4,000.
With 2,752 Of the states
1886 precincts tabulated, Mr..
Minton had a total vote of
541, 681, Senator Robinson
trailing with 5O1,251.
Soundly beaten in the sem
ate battle, the Republicans
sole hope of averting a COM
plete rout lay in the congress
sional races, where they APP
parently scored one victory
and threatened to wrest two
more seats of the now solid
Democratic delegation of
twelve in the lower house.
Frederick Lands, dynamic Logans-
port editor and former congressman,
held an apparently unsurmountable
lead over George Durgan, former
Lafayette mayor and incumbent
representative from the Second dis
trict.
With 296 of the districts Az pre-
cincts tabulated, Mr.. Lands was
leading Representative Durgan by a
count of 5O250 to 1924.
Nip-and- Tuck Battle
The Tenth district saw nip-and-
tuck battle between Finly Gray.
Charlottesville, incumbent, and Rob-
ert Murray. Muncie Republican.
The difference in their total votes
changed frequently this morning
with neither ever more than a few
votes ahead. At noon, however.
Representative Gray was leading
Judge Murray 1929 to 1852 with
sixty-six precincts yet to be tabu-
lated.
The Sixth district also was the
scene of close contest between
Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Terre Haute.
the incumbent. and Fred S. Purnell,
Attica. former representative
Mrs. Jenckes was leading Mr..
Purnell 38,943 to 1850 with la pre-
cincts yet unreported.
Democrats will retain eight Indi-
ana seats in the lower house OF
congress. Representatives whom
early returns showed reelected
are:
William Schultz, First district;
Samuel Pettingill, Third district:
James Farley. Fourth dis,rict; Glenn
Griswold, Fifth district; John w.
Boehne. Eighth district; Eugene
Grove. Ninth district; DR.. William
H. Larrabee, Eleventh district; Louis
Ludlow, Twelfth district. and Ar
thur Greenwood, Seventh district.
With Mr.. Minton well ahead in
the senate race with nearly half OF
the states precincts tabula.ed. il
was noted that almost half Of his
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Weather conditions at 8 a. m:
Northwest wind. sixteen miles an
hour: barometric pressure. 2986 at
sea level: temperature. 81: general
conditions. clear; ceiling. unlimited;
visibility. fifteen miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
GUFFEY TOPS REED
VOTE BY $4,000
Continues to Pile Up Margin
Over New Deal Foe.
BIZ United Press


PHILADELPHIA, Nov. IA ma
jority of more than $4,000 votes
was piled up today by Joseph F.
Guffey DEM, who was elected 70
the United States senate over David
A. Reed Rep), incumbent and Bit
ter foe of the New Deal.
All but a few scattered voting pre-
cincts had reported and with each
tally the Democratic lead increased.
The vote from 7,485 districts out of
1856 was. Guffey 1,429,910, Reed
1,3l2.846.
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CITY ELECTION ONE OF
QUIETEST IN HISTORY
Police Receive Few Calls to QuefI
Disturbances.

Indianapolis police we're called to
quell fewer disturbances at the polls
yesterday than at any other cleo
ton in the city's history. Chief Nike
MorriSsey announced today.
Not only were fewer calls made for
police aid, Chief Morrissey said, but
there actually was less trouble
throughout the city than at any
previous election.
Evening star., 1934-10-14

Spection is adopted with an annual
fee of ST per vehicle, the first years
revenues will pay all operating costs
and in addition return the entire origi-
nal investment necessary for build
ings and equipment. If buildings and
equipment with interest) are charged
off over a fve-year period. there will
accrue a surplus of approximately 80
cents per car each year, available for
the purchase or lease of necessary
ground, and the extension Of street
and highway safety service.
The Memphis plan of compulsory
inspection has received approval and
enthusiastic Endorsement of the Mem
phis Automobile Dealers Association
the Memphis Independent Garage As
sociation, the Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation, all of the civic clubs, the Auto
mobile Club, the Casualty Insurance
Underwriters, the Ministerial Associa-
ton, all of the principal fleet owners,
including the oil companies, light COM
pany, blue lines and innumerable
others.
The above description deserves at
tention. 1t is understood that the
traffic director and police officials here
are in favor of some sort of COM
pulsory inspection. 1t is up to them
to get together and work out a plan
for Washington that would be most
advantageous.
Safe-Driving Test.
An interesting safe-driving test has
been offered by one of the largest in
surance companies. Try it out and
see how near you truthfully come to a
perfect score. There is no prize but
safety, and that one is well worth
while. The figure on the right of each
question denotes the perfect score for
the right answer The perfect score
for all 81 questions totals 100.
Your Perfect
Score. Score.
I. Do you always drive at
reasonable speed. giving due
consideration to trafhc. road -
conditions. weather. ETC.? s.ss 10
2. Do you make sure that
your car is at all times in good
order. particularly as regards
Evening star., 1934-10-14
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS
OF AMERICA

A trustees meeting was held last
Tuesday at the home of Miss Spruce
bank.
Miss Sprucebank was chairman Of
arrangements at the Tuesday evening
meeting Of the convention of the Ma
tional Council Of Catholic Women,
at the Mayflower Hotel, when Mrs.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Miss Jane
Hoey and Bishop Rummel were the
speakers. Assisting Miss Sprucebank
were Miss Alice Watts, grand regent
of Court Forest Glen; Miss Ida Wv
will, grand regent, Court Archbishop
Curley, Upper Marlboro; Mrs. Flor
ence Brennan, district deputy OF
Maryland; Mrs Marie Victory, Miss
Margaret Trammell, Miss Marguerite
Keane, Miss Mary O'Connor, Miss
Ramona Raley, Miss Augusta Uhl.
Miss Rita Gallagher, Miss Dorothy
Barrett, Miss Edna Roche, Miss
Elaine Roche, Mrs. Anna J. Uhl, Mrs.
Dorothy Mahoney, Mrs. Nora schrider
and Mrs. Eleanor Hearing.
The next meeting will be held on
Tuesday evening at the Willard Hotel,
when the officers will be installed BY
Miss Mary c. Boland, territorial
deputy. This will be followed by q
social.
Evening star., 1934-10-14

brakes brakes. steering gear. lights and .
on ths brow Of a hill or on @
4. Do you cut in and out Of
trafle without adequate regard @
iO 5. ''y 30 you ever drive when "
y9 you vone are I.r,,trss not IN fun possession p
g. Do you give pedestrians,
particularly children and the
aged or infirm. the right of
Z. Do you let your attention
wander either through conver-
sation or sightseeing? .... 6
s.. Do you slow down when
Handicapped by approaching
.. DO you always give proper
and adequate hand signals be-
fore turning. slowing down or
70 i6 DO you strictly observe
all trafhc lightss stop signs and
IL Do you approach inter-
sections. particularly blind in
tersections. with your car un-
der complete control? 80. 4
fss sffRt' ah. faasifs Sssi6fs }Sf 'RS HfnHs
ID Do you pull into trafnc
without looking or giving
Il Do you speed up instead
Ol Hdkluk way NUcA q Car
wishes to pass? zee. 3
15 Do you cross grade cross
ings cautiously? ..s. 3
Is. Do you keep at an ade-
quate stopping distance from
the car ahead? 80. 3
II. Are you inclined to insist
on taking your right of way
even though it may result in ,
Is Is your windshield wiper
in good working order? go. .
19. Is your rear vision mirror
20 Do you park your car so
that it will not interfere with
traffic? ..s. .
II. Do you lock your car
when parked? 80. .
Seasonal Cleanup Period.
With 1894 three-quarters gone,
automobile manufacturing is enter
ing a seasonal cleanup period In
preparation for 1885 production, ac-
eording to the North American News
paper Alliance. For most of the COM
panies this means resumption Of &C.
tivity early in November.
This is the time set (November ~
for renewal of the N. r. A. manu-
featuring code, which a month ago
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Helpful Hints Cleaned
For Milady's Motoring
Winter Car Conditioning Held Best During
Indian Summer Before Real Cold
Weather Approaches.

the wheel in the direction the rear
end is swaying, but the balance of
the correction should be more gentle.
1t is always important to avoid a
counter skid.
Experienced women drivers, of
course, know that when the car starts
to skid the safest course is to keep
of the brakes, but how many realize
that they should also press the clutch
pedal to the floor. The idea is to
eliminate all braking so as to allow
the car TO 60 into its skid and re-
cover itself, which it will do when
the front wheels are again in line
with the rear ones. Declutching pre-
vents the motor from acting as q
brake through the rear wheels.
PiStons are those hard-Working
metal "cans" that slide up and down
in the motors cylinders. The bot
toms face upward, while a pin run
ming through the sides holds rod
which, in turn, connects with the
engines shaft. AS these pistons slide
up and down they carry their rods
with them, converting reciprocal mo-
ton into rotary. Around the pistons
grooves are cut to permit insertion
of metal rings. These piston rings
are free to expand with heat and
thus provide means of obtaining
constant clearance between the CYL
inders and the pistons, and also Of
controlling the movement Of oil on
the walls.
Naturally, If the rings are worn,
or if the grooves are too large, oil
will suck up into the cylinders and
gas will leak into the crankcaSe
There also will be considerable COM
preston loss, which means, in effect,
power loss When special rings are
used to correct these adverse condi-
tions the usual plan is to install them
so as to cause extra pressure against
the walls. 1t is obviously impossible
to make round rings fit out-of-round
cylinders, but something approx
mating this is obtained by making
the rings press outward as best they
can. Usually special expanderS are
inserted behind the rings to aid this
process Unfortunately too often the
pressure results in drag on the piston,
meaning that the motor loses pep.
Because pistons are contracted
when cold. and allowance must be
made for their expansion when hot,
it isn't any wonder that piston knocks,
or "slaps," are frequently heard when
first starting out in the morning.
Heat lessons this slapping. Some of
the older type alloy pistons were bad
actors in this respect, but owners
soon learned that the way out of
this sort of piston slap was to turn
deaf ear to it and keep going.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
JR. o. u. A. M.

The thirty-ninth session of the
State Council will meet at the Airing
ton Hotel November 8, 9 and 10 and
will open at 7 O'Clock. State Coun-
cilor e. M. Garrett will preside. On
November 10 a banquet will be held
and all National Board officers will be
present.
Liberty Bell Council convened, with
Councillor Max Esberger presiding.
The council paid tribute to the late
Mr.. Rector.
Edward ]. Ross Council was presid-
ed over by the councillor. Leslie Cof-
felt and Frederick Lonas were elected
to membership. Harry c. Brock was
received into membership by card. An
invitation to attend the meeting of
John L. Burnett Council October 81
was accepted.
Councillor ]. w. Crawford, jr., pre-
sided over AnacoStia Council. H. ?.
Brooks and Walter w. Amsler were
elected to membership. The council
paid tribute to the late Paul o. Whit
more. Savage Council Of Savage, Md,
will be visited october rs and the
October 27. George r. Scott reported
arrangements were completed for par
ticipation in the Hillcrest Citizens As.
sociation celebration.
Andrew jackson Council will hold a
bingo game Tuesday evening at 800
I street.
Benning Council met. with Councillor
Robert Lloyd presiding. The degree
team conferred the degrees on L. An
derson and Clifton Smith. A. T. Gray
announced bingo party Tuesday eve
ming in Odd Fellows Hall, Benning,
D. C. Clifford Long is already max
ing preparations for the annual
Christmas entertainment.
Washington Council met, with Coun-
cilor Thompson, jr., presiding. The
application of B. w. Matthias for men,
bership was received.
Evening star., 1934-10-14

was continued in force for so days
by agreement of the Automobile
Manufacturers Association, with
Washington authority.
The fact that a longer period was
not provided for in the renewal was
understood to mean uncertainty as
to the outcome of the textile strike
and the effect it might have on the
output Of fabrics used in car manu-
facture. The strike did cause delays
in few plants, but these, coming at
virtually the close of the production
year, made the slow-up only spas
modic Settlement allowed the COM
panies to use up the remainder of 1884
stocks of materials, to begin clearing
decks in anticipation of 1885 and to
get rid of surplus models on the dis
tribution end.
Thereby there Is being completed
the comeback" that the industry
has shown for 1884 in the way of re-
gaining normalcy from the "low" re-
corded for 1885. Full production re-
turns for the nine months are not
available, but figures for the first
eight months tell the comparative
story.
Here is a partial list, taking in the
larger producers:
Evening star., 1934-10-14

six months of the bureaus operation
more than 81 per cent of the cars in
spected mad to be rejected, notwith-
standing the Intentionally low min
imum at which safety requirements
were established.
The number of traffic accidents in
Memphis has diminished steadily ever
since compulsory inspection began.
The casualty records have improved
accordingly and Memphis enjoys the
lowest automobile insurance rates Of
any city in its class.
Fatalities from automobile acci-
dents have decreased 25 per cent since
inception of the Memphis plan, and
the number of injuries has been re-
duced accordingly. Insurance reports
| also show a substantial decline in
claims for property damage.
These earliest indications of the
results obtained from compulsory in
spection in Memphis show an i'm
provement in traffic conditions that
places Memphis in a class by itself
among cities of its size. Drivers are
enjoying measure of safety unsur-
passed and probably unequaled in any
large city in the United States.
| Among the benefits noted are:
l. Decrease in accidents with cor
responding fewer deaths and injuries,
and less property damage.
| 2. Lower insurance rates.
3. Adequate inspection of the safety
of common carriers such as busses and
.taXicabs.
T. Definite standards provided for
the quality of garage service.
5. Headquarters for eyesight tests,
driver examinations and licensing.
Additional Benefits.
Additional indirect benefits have ac-
crued from the prolonged life of motor
vehicles through better maintenance,
recovery of stolen cars through check
| ing of motor numbers, and the con-
tinuouS dissemination of safety in
| formation. Shade tree" and fly by
night" service shops are disappearing
under the necessity of attaining def
mite standards. Car owners have a
check on their service garage and ga
rage owners have a check on their
mechanics. Garage employment has
increased.
In proportion to benefits. the cost
of the Memphis plan has been nomi-
nal particularly in view of the saw
ings in insurance cost, property dam
age. and personal injuries.
Testing equipment costing $4,000
and Office equipment costing $4,000 is
used. A monthly pay roll of $4,000
takes care of 18 inspectors, 2 porters,
| a cashier, a stenographer-clerk the
supervisor and his assistant. Reve-
nueS $50 cents per car twice year,
pay all operating and maintenance
costs and provide a surplus.
Experience shows that in the aver
age community where compulsory in
Evening star., 1934-10-14
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.


GO LONG as there are back-seat
- passengers, cars will continue to
be Of the rear-driven type.
Just word Of warning to that
large fraternity of car owners who
are always waiting for real cold day
before having the car nade At for a
daily encounter with Jack Frost. The
time to have this work done is on a
fine day in Indian Summer when you
and your mechanic will enjoy fussing
around the car. There are a lot OF
little, yet important, things that are
likely to be skipped over If Winter
is already knocking at the door. One,
for instance, Is the business of attach
ing a little tag to the drain cock of
the radiator to explain that the cool
ing system is filled with anti-freeze
If this isn't done there's a good
chance of some mechanic draining of
the cooling fluid and throwing it away
when the car is In the shop in Winter
for a valve grinding.
Are you having trouble keeping the
gears in mesh? Does the shift lever
seem to swing back and forth too
much? Is there evidence that the
motor has become much too flexible
in. its mounting? II 50, the trouble
is probably in the motor supports.
Some engines can be steadied by
having the small coil springs at the
front end replaced. Others need re-
placement of the spring at the rear.
Where one engine leaked oil at the
rear the rubber mountingS came loose
from the metal to which they were
attached. When these mountings
we're replaced the owner wisely in
sisted that the oil leak also be checked.
Believe it or let it pass, an observing
mechanic says he can tell whether
cars are owned by married or single
women, Just by noting the scratches
on the body under the door handles
Women who wear diamond rings on
the right hand scratch the car open
ing the door for themselves. Married
women usually have their rings on
the left hand and either open the
doors with the right hand or have
the job done for them by attentive
husbands.
This weeks sermonette on safety
concerns the importance of knowing
just how far you are from the edge
of the road. 1t is said that 81 per
cent of accidents are due to speeding
as against "a per cent due to cars
going off the road. These modern
low cars are not so convenient for
seeing over the hood, but you might
try the plan of one woman who uses
the radiator ornament as sight, fol-
lowing the shoulder Of the road ahead
of the car. When travelling road
with a well-pronounced center line
this can be used effectively as guide
to keeping the car in a safe position.
The time to think of the brakes
when the roads are slippery is before
a skid starts, not after. Once into
a skid the most important thing to
consider is steering. Usually If the
driver refuses to get panicky about it
she can steer herself out of trouble
by letting the tail of the car have its
own way while at the same time try
ing to check its movement. There
should first be given a sharp tug on