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58 55 53 6 m. 9 a. m. 54 51 59 BENTON HARBOR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 1946 12 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS 12 n. Z3U HI 'if'3 6) Bairfez' Wious We it Defeats mm it it nn UULlUViW UU- Out standing Winners In Tuesday GOP Primary Brown Runs Second In Governor Contest Kelly Third And Jeffries Fourth; Former Graft Prosecutor Holds Lead From Outset As Michigan Republicans Vote Housecleaning BY JACK I.

GREEN DETROIT, June 19-(AP)-Silver-haired Kim Sigler, who rose to political prominence as an anti-graft crusader, won the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday and will nnnnsa Mnrmv T) Van Waomnur Vi cnAA if i "Xyt-C I f-t i I As I i 1 so I I Ls's. i 1 -l'vA I i sss, Jj 1 jmm ,1 AsS. Hi i llWil Clare Hoffman, veteran Fourth district congressman from Kim Sigler, who rose to fame imao it ran -o uu Vi7 as special prosecutor for the Sen. Tripp Wins; Foe Of Sigler 8th District State Senator Easy Victor PAW PAW, June 19 One political enemy of Kim Sigler, State Senator Harold D. Tripp, of this senatorial district the Eighth was victor in yesterday's Republican primary voting.

Senator Tripp, of Allegan, was re-nominated by a vote of 6,602 to 3,989. Tripp's opponent was Walter Y. Stanley of Hastings, a paper mill employe. Tripp Carries Two Counties Tripp carried two of three counties in the Eighth senatorial district Allegan, his home county, and Van Buren. Stanley carried his home county of Barry.

The vote was: County Tripp Stanley Allegan 2,798 879 Barry 1,197 1,470 Van Buren 2,607 1,640 Totals 6,602 3,989 Tripp's majority was 2,613. Tripp A Sigler Prober Senator Tripp is a member of. the Senate committee which investigated Sigler's grand jury expenses and two week: came out with a re port charging that Sigler had spent grand jury funds extravagantly and wastefully. Four years ago Sigler and Tripp fought a hot fight in this senatorial district for the Republican nomination. Tripp won, but at that time had not become identified with the Lansing grand jury scandal.

He was then practicing law at Hastings. Tripp, an Allegan druggist, was first elected state senator from this district in' 1942. LISTEN To the big fight over our speaker system tonite. Furlough Bar US-12 6 mi So. of St.

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Allegan, rang the victory bell again Tuesday when he was renominated for Congress in the Republican primary, de- feating Dr. W. C. Ellet, Benton Harbor, 18,686 to 7,755. state grand jury-investigating legislative graft conspiracies, outdistanced three rivals to win the Republican nomination for governor.

St. Joseph To Be Scene Of Scouting Rendezvous Register Race Upsets Veteran Office Holder Woman Newcomer To Political Ranks Is Victor In Primary Defeat of John L. Chaddock, bidding for his fifth term as register of deeds, by Miss Catherine Weber, of Bainbridge, a political newcomer, featured yesterday's Republican primaries in Berrien county. The other Republican primary contests for county offices ran true to most forecasts. Other Winners County Treasurer William H.

Bartz was renominated for a fifth term over Charles J. (Chuck) Miller, St. Joseph World War II veteran and son of former Sheriff Charles L. Miller, who was making his first bid for public office. County Drain Commissioner William C.

Heyn, Lincoln township, was renominated over Fred Rantz, Eau Claire, in a walk-away. Loomis K. Preston of St. Joseph was renominated as state representative from the first Berrien (St. Joseph) legislative district over his fellow townsman, Frank Small.

Berrien Republicans also ran up good-sized majorities for Raymond J. Kelly for governor; Eugene C. Keyes for lieutenant governor; and Clare E. Hoffman for congressman. Only One Democrat Contest Berrien Democrats had but one contest in yesterday's primaries.

That lone contest, was for the gubernatorial nomina- tion, in which Murray D. Van. Wagoner, former Michigan governor, easily defeated William J. Cody, 558 to 95. Voting throughout Berrien county was generally light.

Republicans, with seven contests on their hands, cast less than 11,000 ballots, while fewer than 750 Democratic ballots were voted. Miss Weber Wins Handily Miss Weber, a widely known Bainbridge township resident who divides her time between teaching school and looking after her farm interests, made her debut into county politics by carrying 45 of the county's 55 precincts to sweep to an impressive victory over Chad-dock in the register of deeds race. The complete county vote was: Weber 6.177 Chaddock 4,400 Miss Weber's home township of Bainbridge gave her a whopping complimentary vote of 313 to Chad-dock's 47. Chaddock's chief strength lay in his home city of Benton Harbor, where he carried three of the city's 10 precincts, and in the first precinct of Benton township. Galien, Lincoln and Three Oaks townships, and two precincts in Niles city also gave him majorities.

Bartz Pushed Hard Bartz, prominent Royalton town- (See REGISTER, Page 5) Majority Of County Veterans Home Now 7 An approximate 73 per cent of Berrien county's young men and women who were inducted and enlisted in the armed forces since the draft went into effect in October, 1940, have been returned to civilian life, according to a report released today by state selective, "service" headquarters in Lansing, Ofthe approximate 12,000 Berrien men and women in the services, 8,792 have received their discharges, the report stated. The 73 per cent returned to civilian life "in Berrien county is slightly better than the state average of 71.7 per cent discharged. Of the total 640,077 Michigan men and women taken into the services, a total of 459,084 have been discharged, the report disclosed. During the month, of May, the report stated, 384 Berrien servicemen were discharged. LET Us Sanitone your curtains drapes.

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Joseph and Barry counties complete, and one Cass and four scattered Allegan county precincts missing, the Fourth district vote in the Hoffman-Ellet Republican congressional primary yesterday was as follows: COUNT HUFFMAN Berrien 7490 Van Buren 3361 St. Joseph 1674 Allegan 2514 Cass 1408 Barry 2239 TOTALS 18,686 7,755 CONGRESSMAN CLARE E. HOFFMAN of Allegan won by more than a two-to-one victory over Dr. W. C.

Ellet. of Benton Harbor in their congressional primary duel at the polls yesterday. The complete vote this morning stood: Hoffman Ellet 7,755. Hoffman carried every county in the district. Hoffman's majority was 10,931.

FOUR YEARS AGO the last time he had primary opposition, Hoffman defeated Attorney J. T. Hammond of Benton Harbor by 14,652. Hoffman in that race collected and Hammond got 5,937. Mop-Up InDistrlct It was a mop-up in the district for the stormy petrel from Allegan.

He carried every one of the six counties by two-to-one and even better. Berrien gave him a two-to-one majority. So did Van Buren. In Allegan, his home county, it was almost four to one. In Barry county it was three to one, and the same in Cass.

St. Joseph county likewise rolled up a three to one choice for the congressman. DR. ELLET carried but six of the 55 Berrien precincts and all six were in the city of Benton Harbor. Hoffman Carries Benton Harbor Even though the ex-mayor carried six out of Benton Harbor's ten precincts Hoffman carried Benton Harbor by 151.

Hoffman got 1,381 to the doctor's 1,230 in Benton (See HOFFMAN, Page 5) Nation's Weather Marked By Storms, Snow, Rain, Heat By Associated Press Spring was having a fling on the weather map as it neared the end of its seasonal run today. There was snow, rain, high winds, and hot weather. Temperatures ranged from the 30's this morning to a blistering 107 recorded yesterday in Yuma, Ariz. Cheyenne, reported snow mixed with rain as the temperature dropped to near the freezing point. Readings in the 30's also were reported in North Dakota and Michigan and were near that mark in some parts of Northern Minnesota.

The cool air which hit the lakes states and northern plains states Monday night extended into the northern Atlantic states -and New England today. Federal forecasters predicted continued warm weather for the gulf and southern states today but said the cool air was moving slowly southward. Heavy rains were reported in many sections, with a rain belt expending from northern Missouri to Pennsylvania. ELLET 3659 1488 645 695 458 810 bearer, in the November elections. The last of Sigler's three opponents to concede his victory was Lieutenant-Governor Vernon J.

Brown, who said, at 10:30 a. "It's all over, of course." Sigler, showing surprising strength in rural, outstate ares, piled up an early lead, then rolled through Wayne county, de- feating three other GOP candidates by a plurality of mora than 37,000 votes. Van Wagoner, governor in 1940-42, returned to the political arena with what seemed certain to be a nearly three -to-on victory over his Democratic primary opponent, dark-haired, four foot, 11 -inch William J. Cody, a Wayne county circuit court commissioner. With 3,341 of the state's 3,950 pr-cincts reporting Sigler's vote totalled 144,121, to 106,967 for his nearest rival, Brown, the 72-year-old Ingham county publisher-farmer, who carried the all-out endorsement of retiring Governor Harry P.

Kelly. Van Wagoner had little difficulty winning over Cody, running up a total vote of 79,189 in 3,166 precincts on njn 11 -a, Detroiter. -It was Cory's second successive Drimarv Sigler's running-mate In November will be Dr. Eugene C. Keyes, of Dearborn, former lieutenant-governor who was cast aside as a dissident by the incumbent administration.

Van Wagoner will be teamed with Osmund Kelly, former mayor of Flint, who was unopposed in his Democratic primary bid for lieu-tenant-governor, The total vote cast, nearing the 500,000 mark, topped the 1944 figure of 441,035, and the 1942 total of 491,830. However, it was far below the 1940 and 1938 totals of nearly 1,000,000. The weather and the fact that it was the earliest Michigan pri-mary on record contributed to the relatively small size of1 the vote, in the opinion of election observers. Sigler, ridiculed by his oppon- ents as a "clothe, horse" and (See SIGLER, Page 3) Injuries Fatal To Employe Of Auto Specialties Injured Tuesday afternoon in accident at the Riverside plant of tne Auto Specialties company, George Dennis, 40, colored, 1889 Eastland avenue. Benton Harbor.

died at 5 a. m. today In the St. Jo- sepn sanitarium. Dennis was emDloved as a wind er at the Riverside plant and wa working at his grinder when a piece of the machine snapped.

Injuring his chest, accordinc to oomnanv nf- uciais. Coroner Louis KerliknwR. hn investigated the death, reported mat uie grinding wheel had brok en. The accident occurred at 3:10 d. m.

Tuesday, ann Dpnnis rushed immediately to the St Jo- sepn sanitarium in a Beardsley ambulance. Death was ascribed to internal chest injuries. Dennis had been emDloved hv th Auto Specialties company sine June, 1945, and had been employed by the company once previously. SHERWOOD ENTERPRISES Not Inc. Formerly Tradine Post Rv a limited supply of radios, and elec.

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Winners CATHERINE WEBER Republican Nominee For Register Of Deeds WILLIAM F. BARTZ Republican Nominee For County Treasurer Watervliet City Is Sued For $15700 asking damages in the sum of $15,700 was filed today in Berrien county circuit court against the city of Watervliet. The action was filed by Robert Stowers, a Coloma youth, against the city of Watervliet for injuries he suffered when he was shot by the Watervliet night policemen, Al-den Bridges, on the night ofJune 17, 1943. According to the declaration filed by the law firm of Killian Ban-yon, which represents the plaintiff, the police officer is charged with shooting the youth in the hip without provocation, justification or legal cause. Stowers asks $5,000 damages for pain and suffering, $5,000 for loss of future earnings, $5,000 for future pain and suffering, $500 for loss of earnings to date and $200 for hospital and medical expenses.

MSC Enrollment Hits Record High EAST LANSING, June 19-(AP)-Summer school, enrollment at Michigan State college hit a record high of 4.601 students at the completion-of registration Tuesday, Registrar Robert S. Linton reported asssss i I i ss nmm.m saj Teen Age Draft Deadlock Broken Vote From Pacific Is Deciding Factor WASHINGTON, June 19-(AP)-Rep. Walter G. Andrews' dramatic vote radioed from a ship far out in the Pacific appeared today to have broken the Senate-House committee dead-lock over the teen age draft. The New York Republican's revised proxy declaring in favor of a conditional moratorium on the induction of 18 year olds-was sent from the USS Pana-mint, carrying Andrews and other observers to the Bikini atom bomb tests.

Andrews thus swung over to the Senate compromise offer to make 18-year-olds subject to the draft only as a last resort. His previous proxy called for no restrictions on inducting teen agers, with the result that the House group first rejected the compromise, 4 to 3. THE ACTUAL SHOWDOWN on the issue is not scheduled until when the seven Senate and six House conferees Andrews is the seventh reassemble for their third try at adjusting differences in separate draft extension bills. The Monday-to-Thursday delay was set to allow the contact with Andrews aboard the Panamint. Unless some other hitch develops unexpectedly, both sides look for the conference agreement to con tain these provisions: Extension of the selective service act, due to expire at the end of this month, until next March 31.

Pay increases ranging from 50 per cent for buck privates and apprentice seamen to 10 per cent for top rank officers. Manpower demands to be supplied from four categories, each to be exhausted in order: First, volunteers; second, inductees between 20 and some top age limit to be determined by the armed forces; third, 19 year olds; fourth 18 year olds. In no event, however, would (See DRAFT, Page 5) Jarvis Proposes District Debates With Rep. Hoffman All smiles and happy as a lark, the irrepressible Harvey Hope Jarv is got the election returns4ast night at The News-Palladium. Mr.

Jarvis, former state representative from the Benton Harbor district, was i a ted Congress yesterday in the Fourth district on the Democratic ticket. As the returns rolled in, precinct by precinct, by precinct. showing that JARVIS Congressman Clare E. Hoffman had been renominated, Mr. Jarvis was asked: "Will you Hoffman in the election campaign in the fall? "You bet I will," responded Jarvis "I'm waiting for that opportunity.

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Herbert Saum, deputy executive of region seven. Chicago, will attend. Three Army Air corps officers will be present for the purpose of presenting a program of co-ordination between air scouts and Army Air Force activities. Vice-Commodore To Attend National Sea Scouting Vice Commodore Lakey of Muskegon, is also scheduled to take a leading part ih the rendezvous. Commodore Gardner said this morning that the senior scouts of the various groups will make their encampment on the river beach in Edgewater adjacent to the Naval Reserve station.

They will conr-mence arriving Friday afternoon, he said. The following scout councils are participating in the rendezvous: Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Holland, Kalamazoo, Elkhart, Misha-waka, Michigan City, South Bend. Ind.K Ludington, Valparaiso, Goshen, South Haven, Buchanan, Niks and Do-wagiac. Full Program Scheduled A full program, including entertainment as well as scouting activities, is planned for the three day session. One of the principal according to M.

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