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Moines Sunday Register Nov. 11, 1956 Page 6-L Local Section Democrats Seeking Polk Judge Post By Dwight Jensen After impressive victories in last Tuesday's election, Polk county Democrats are setting their sights two years ahead on a sector they haven't been able to penetrate for 28 years the district court bench. Democrats haven't had a judge in Polk county district court since 1926, when the late Judge Hubert Utterback was defeated by a Republican. Judge Utterback was the first and last. Serving as Polk county district judges now are Joseph E.

Meyer, Russell Jordan, Tom K. Murrow, C. Edwin Moore, Dring D. Needham and Ray C. Fountain.

Their four-year terms will expire in 1958. Several of them are reported to have commented privately that they are glad they weren't running for reelection last Tuesday when most local Democrats swamped their Republican opponents by margins of 9,000 to 16,000 votes. Strong in Courthouse Democrats now hold every elective office in the courthouse, except the six district judgeships, coroner, and two positions on the board of supervisors. Two years ago, only one Democrat, Attorney George Sullivan, sought an year position as district judge in Polk county. He came within 3,000 votes of being elected.

There were six Democratic candidates in 1950. Of course, there may be a shortage of Democratic candidates again in 1958, but leading Democratic politicians here already are trying to get the ball rolling to provide stiff competition for all six Republican judges in the next election. The present judges, while they acknowledge that they obtained their positions as publicans, lament the fact that they must campaign for office like other political candidates every four years. As a result, pressure has been exerted by the Polk County Bar Association and other legal organizations to They Saw Hawks Win a Thriller Iowa football fans who drove to Minneapolis for is the Iowa cheering section among a crowd of more the Iowa-Minnesota game Saturday had something than 63,000 in Minnesota Memorial Stadium. Victo cheer about.

Iowa won, 7 to 0, in an upset. Here tory renewed Iowa's Rose Bowl hopes. come up with a plan to have judges elected on a non partisan or bi-partisan basis. Bi-Partisan Judiciary But as Iowa law now stands, candidates for district judge are put on the balllot as members of a political party, just as are other candidates. Of course, a bi-partisan judicary could be achieved if both parties co-operated at their judicial nominating conventions to nominate the same six candidates for judge, three Republicans and three Democrats.

This has been done successfully for many years in the Eighth Iowa Judicial District (Johnson and Iowa counties). But, with six Republicans already on the bench, it's not likely to happen soon in Polk county. One way the Democrats hope to get at least one judge in the courthouse here is by getting the 1957 legislature to authorize one or two more Polk county judges. The added judge would be pointed by the first Democratic governor in 20 years, Herschel C. Loveless.

The Polk County Bar Association announced several months ago that it would press the next legislature for two more judges here. The judicial work load has increased greatly during the past 30 years, but the number of Polk county district judges has not. Judge Meyer, 74, has served since 1918. Judge Jordan, 64, has served since 1934; Judge Murrow, 59, since 1941; Judge Moore, 51, since 1942; Judge Needham, 66, since 1951; Judge Fountain, 62, since 1953. Funeral Tuesday For Eva Morris Services for Mrs.

Eva 0. Morris, 44, of 1420 who died Friday in Still Osteopathic Hospital after a 6-month illness, will be at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday in Union Baptist Church. Burial will be at Glendale Cemetery.

A native of Kansas City, Mrs. Morris had lived here 42 years. For 13 years she was a parts clerk at Wood Brothers. Surviving are her husband, George; five sisters, Mrs. Wilma Hunt, Mrs.

Daisy Edwards, and Mrs. Gladys Tobin, Des Moines; Mrs. Rose Grace, Detroit, and Mrs. William Lewis, San Francisco, and six brothers, Norville Vaughan, Detroit; Burton Vaughan, Chicago Heights, Willie and Sam Vaughan and Fred Burrell, Des Moines; and Buster Chaney, Los Angeles, Cal. 3,500 FILLED AT PANCAKE FETE Kiwanis Clubs of northwest Des Moines and Highland Park served about 15,000 pancakes to about 3,500 persons Saturday at the second annual Pancake Festival for the benefit of retarded children in Polk county.

Vic Waters, festival cochairman, said the amount of money collected would exceed the number of pancake caters because many persons bought the $1 tickets just to support the fund drive. The pancakes were served from 5 a. m. to 7 p. m.

in Veterans Memorial Auditori-1 um. About 100 persons, presumably hunters launching the pheasant season, were fed before 6 a. Waters said. Slight Gun Wounds Suffered by Hunter A Des Moines man fered superficial pellet in a hunting accident near Clarion Saturday afternoon. Robert H.

Landsberger, of 3638 Columbia was treated at Des Moines General Hospital here. Hospital attendants said Landsberger had been pheasant hunting and tally came within the scatter area of his brother's gun. Des Moines Airport Is a Busy Place Flying long since has lost its novelty in Iowa. board the big planes for flights to distance points. Travel on commercial airlines is increasing spec- The Des Moines airport (above) is one of the tacularly.

On some days, more than 1,000 Iowans busiest in the midwest. STORY: Page One. Rites Monday for Frank Darnell, 91 Services for Frank Darnell, 91, of 525 S. E. Seventh who died Tuesday in Broadlawns General Hospital, will be at 1 p.

m. Monday in White Bumgardner Mack Chapel, 1204 E. Grand ave. Burial will be at Highland Memory Gardens. Born a DARNELL Kirksville, he had lived here 30 years and was a retired carpenter.

In August, 1954.1 he and his wife, Susan, who survives him, celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary. Other survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Grace Tierney and Mrs. Ollie Stiles, both of Des Moines, and Mrs. Bessie Murrey, West Sacramento, two sons, Lester, Des ADVERTISEMENT.

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Herbert T. Blass Funeral Tuesday Services for Herbert T. Blass, 65, of 3615 Center branch manager for Warner Brothers Pictures Distributing will be at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Knaeble Funeral Home in Minneapolis, Minn.

Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Cemetery there. Mr. Blass died Friday at Mercy Hospital here following surgery. He had been ill two weeks. Mr.

Blass, a native of New Ulm, came here almost three years ago from Minneapolis, where he had lived 45 years. He had been connected with the motion picture i industry more than 40 years and was a member of the Variety Club. Surviving are his wife, Helen: daughter, Mrs. Hugh B. Calahan, Corona del Mar, son, John W.

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