Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
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important city offices with I'M
tried men,
Biographies Of the two contend
ers show no great dlsslmilarity.
Both are in the same age group:
FITZGERALD. 46 and JeffTies. 43.
The mayor Is native Detroiter
and inherited a strong political
and liberal background from his
father. the late Recorders Judge
! Jeffries.
FITZGERALD was born in Holyoke,
Mass, and came here in 1917 to
study law AT the University OF
| Detroit. where he was captain and
star halfback on the football team.
4 Until he was appointed circuit
court commissioner by Murray d.
Van Wagner. then governor Of
Michigan, FITZGERALD was associa-
ated with the law firm OF William
Henry Gallagher He was SUBJ
.Sequently reelected 10 the office
! and in 1910. although defeated,
made strong bid for the L.. s.
Senate against Senator Vanden-
burg
FitzGerald'S law course al II. of
ID. was interrupted by service in
tho army during the first World
War.
u. OF NJ. LAW DEGREE
No one-crushing half-back dur
ing his college days. JeffrieS. how
ever, was considered a good back
field man at Northwestern High
School He received his law de-
gree AT the University Of Mich
lgan and put in a year OF post
graduate work at Lincoln's Inn,
London, England.
In the field Of sport Jeffries is
top-flight bowler and one Of the
city's leading amateur golfers.
He served eight years on the com
mon council the final two years
az president, and nearly four years
as mayor, a total Of six terms in
city service.
The race for the nine seats on
the common council has all but
been obllterated by the intensity
OF the mayoral campaign. The 18
nominees are Councilman Lodge
Edwards. Van Antwerp. Sweeny.
Dorals, Rogell Garlick, Comstock
and Cody, and nominees Fred c.
Castator, John G. Nagel, Helen c.
Bryant, Edward A. Simmons.
Frank j. O'Brien. s. Charles No
wax, Henry NJ. FitZGeTald Robert
d. Wardell and John w. Gilmore.
City Clerk Leadbetter is OPP
posed by John r. Murphy who
polled only 23.973 votes in the
primary against LeadbetterS
l3S.924.
City Treasurer Cobo is unop-
posed. his opponent, Bowen r.
Cover having been disqualified
because he had no bona fide De-
troit address.
POLLS OPEN UNTIL =
According 10 Oakley +. Distin.
director OF elections, the polls will
he open from 7 a. m. 10 8 p. m.
with all in line al s o'clock 10 be
permitted 10 vote.
There will he 1924 election
workers 10 handle the anticipated
rush. with five being assigned to-
each booth. instead of the usual
four. and a sixth 10 he added in
tho evening 10 aid in the count.
We should have enough
mayOraI votes tabulated by
1850 Tuesday night To tell who
IL going 10 he our next mayor"
DiStin said. AT the primary we
had all the precincts In by II
p. m. hut things got mixed UP
on the computing machines over
az the County Building and they
had 10 start all over again.
II think we have most Of the
mocha nicaI difficulties ironed
out this time and the whole
count should be in by I a. m"
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