Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-18
50 in City. Races
For IS Judicial,
3SehooI Jobs

OF EuuCdllOn iflciilDcis. OsCdI ~
Hull is not seeking reelection.
Actually, the voters will have to
pass upon a total Of 70 names al
though the number of individual
candidates totals only SO. This Is
because three Of the candidates
70. q. Ide. Russell A. Murphy and
Daniel r. Foley are rum n &
simultaneously for both long and
S tort terms in Common Pleas
Court and one candidate &C. Walter
Healy) is seeking a Recorders
Court judgeship and school board
membership in the same election.
FITZ GERALD IN LIST
Common Pleas Judge Neal Fitz-
Gerald. appointed by former Gov
ernor Dickinson to Judge Robert
f. Sage's empty bench, is running
to complete Sage's term which
ends Dec. 81, 1943.
Judge o. z. Ide, named by
Dickinson to succeed Judge ellis,
wants to complete Judge ellis
term. ending Dec. 81, 1941. and
also nomination for the six-year
term beginning Jan. I. 1912.
Opposing Judge FITZGERALD for
nomination TO complete Sage's
term are Charles z. Merrill. 5040
Harvard avenue: Wilfred A.
Steiner. 1890 Chandler Park
drive. and Clare L. Randolph, a
former assistant prosecutor. who
played professional football with
the Detroit Lions.
2 SEEK SHORT TERM
Lee c. McManus, an assistant
prosecutor. and Randall c. Kohler
Of 17176 Warrington drive are
seeking only the short term in
Common Pleas Court.
Twenty-Five candidates seek the
eight nominations for four Com
mon Pleas judgeship terms ending
in December, 1947. Besides incum.
bents, Gerald w. Groat. L. Eugene
Sharp, John d. Watts and Ide. the
list includes two former assistant
prosecutors. Sherman F. Kelly and
George s. Fitzgerald.
Others are Robert A. Acchione.
1858 Hooker avenue; Roman v.
Ceglowski, 1904 Thirtieth street
George w. Miller, 129 West Grand
boulevard; Nelson s. Shapero. SO
Seward avenue: Floyd T. Scher-
merhorn. PISS Woodstock avenue
Philip Griffiths. 5625 Sixteenth
street: John A. Hamilton. 15025
Stahelin avenue; Stanley j. Mirus.
1881 South Fort street: John F.
Sweeny, $50 Delaware avenue;
William F. Wagner, 696 Marquette
avenue; Robert c. Murphy, 1884
Normandy avenue: Joseph Char
noske. 1S491 Breton drive; Charles
F. Ives. 269 Trowbridge avenue
Benjamin B. Gordon, 47s2 Leslie
avenue. and Russell A. Murphy
and Foley. -
POSTAL CLERK RUNS
In Recorders Court, Judge John
j. Maher is opposed only by Renan
Susman, a postal clerk. who lives
at 29l1 Sturtevant avenue. There
will be no primary for the post.
Twenty-three candidates seek
nomination for the nine remaining
judgeships in Recorders Court.
Prominent among aspirants to
the Recorders beanch are Coun-
Gilman Henry S. Sweeny. a former
Recorders Court judge; Maurice
Sugar, UAW-CIO attorney. and
John Atkinson, assistant corpora
ton counsel.
Also in this race are Oren A.
johnson, former assistant prose-
cutor; Milton r. Atlas, another
former assistant prosecutor: John
A. Baxter. former assistant United
States district attorney. and c.
Walter Healy.
OTHERS AMONG %
Others among the % Record
er's bench aspirants are A.
(Anthony) J. Jeffries tGiuffrel
1921 Oakfield avenue: Frank
Murphy (former name: James
Arthur Platz) 4446 Trumbull ave-
nue.; Louis AndrZejewski. 7410
Harper avenue; Arthur II. Rice.
300 Whitmore avenue; Valois K.
Cressley, 14l51 Montrose avenue;
William Kaufman, 24S Josephine
street, and lie Roy J. Abt, S025
Kercheval avenue.
In the traffic and ordinance di-
vision Of Recorders Court four
seek TO unseat incum-
bent Thomas F. Maher. and
George T. Murphy. They are
Harold M. Ryan. 5742 Parker ave-
nue.; NJ. fMeyer) d. Stein, 1000
Virginia Park; Arthur z. Glad
stone, 1920 Sturtevant avenue, and
Fred J. Potvin, 5275 Grayton
avenue.
Incumbents DR.. Clark d. Brooks
and Mrs. Laura F. Osborn head a
list Of IL others in the Board OF
Education race. Six will be nofni-
mated and three elected in April.
Also in the race are DR.. Charles
L. Spain, retired deputy superin-
tendent of schools and executive
vice president of Wayne Univer-
sity; Howell Van Auken. promi-
nent attorney; John T. Meier, for
mer assistant prosecutor; Vincent
p. Dacey, former state legislator;
Otto E. Wendell Jr.. railway ex-
press clerk; Joseph F. Nagel, 1854
st. Clair avenue; Everett T. Hayes,
1883 Hubbell avenue, and c.