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a THE DETROIT FREE PRESS- -MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1934 Four Suburban Towns to Vote Balloting to Be Held on Monday Joseph M. Hackett. To Elect Commissioners Four suburban municipalities, as well as all Wayne. County town ships, will annual elections Monday. In Wyandotte, interest centers in the mayoralty, race, where Mayor will be opposed by Bud Lerew, one-time councilman.

Lerew showed strength at the primary and it is conceded that the race will be close. For Councilman, Hjalmar L. Blomshield, John Clements, and Edmund Kurzatkowski, incumbents, are opposed by John J. Wagner, George C. Behm and Louis W.

Bemb the three Vacancies in the City Council. City Clerk Lawrence J. LaCourse and City Treasurer John T. McWhirter are unopposed. Four In Constable Race City Assessor William A.

McClenahen will be opposed for reelection by Joseph Cramer. For the two posts as constables, Kenneth F. Kane and Jack Peters, incumbents, will be opposed by Frank Zalewski and George Buhr. In River Rouge, the fight for councilmanic positions is center of interest. Voters of the primary election on March 5 voted against holding a recall election for Mayor Arthur L.

Valade, whose office does not become vacant for 8 year. The three incumbent councilmen, Percy P. Balcom, James Clark, and Arthur Greig, are opposed by Arnold C. Frutig, former mayor, Hubert Ben Laginess, and Howard E. Wood.

Raymond J. Peters, veteran city clerk, will be opposed for his office by Edmund T. Higgins, present clerk of the municipal court in River Rouge. City Assessor Lee L. Rivard will run against John MacLeod.

William Rivard, Peter Shinavier, Fred Piotrasch, and Oswald Polk will compete for two posts as constable. In Hamtramck, supporters of Justice Joseph A. Lewandowski predicted an easy victory for their candidate over Mayor Peter C. Jezewski, pointing to the fact that In the primary, Lewandowski polled more votes than his three opponents combined. Runs for Re-Election Raymond F.

Matyniak will oppose City Clerk Frank Matulewicz, who is running for re-election. John present City treasurer, is expected to win over A. Wosinski. Candidates on the Lewandowski slate for the five City Council vacancies are Joseph J. Mitchell and Stanley Sporny, incumbents; Constantine A.

Cetlinski, former Council president and now president off the Hamtramck School Board: Walter Kanar, former State representative, and Leonard A. Dysarz. They are opposed by Ignacy Ulatowski, Fred B. Dibble, former councilman: Walter G. Merique, incumbent; Leonard Smith, 8 constable, and George A Banish.

Smith has announced his withdrawal, but his name will appear on the ballot. Withdraws Candidacy Stephen A. Majewski has also withdrawn as a candidate for justice of the peace, in order to strengthen the positions of the Lewandowski candidates, Nicholas S. Gronkowski and Joseph C. Czarnecki and vote out Justice Arthur J.

Rooks, former law partner and now a bitter political enemy of Lewandowski. Jezewski, at the last council meeting, explained the mysterious appearance booths at the election, which spoiled ballots. oil was from the lamps of CWA workers who had used the booths, he said. Chief interest in the Highland Park election centers in the mayoralty race between N. Ray Markland, incumbent, and City Commissioner Commissioner R.

Stanley Wilson and former Commissioner Miles H. Knowles, backed by Markland, will be opposed for vacancies on the City Commission by McMahon, former circuit Maurice. and John Johnson. City Treasurer Robert M. Smith is unopposed for re-election.

Three candidates will seek the two constableships. They are Charles Robinson, incumbent; Ray W. Swanson and George Crouch. In the townships, incumbents in most cases were nominated by comfortable majorities over their opponents. Limbs of Boy, 7, Turning to Stone Doctors Study Strange Malady While Death Approaches WILKESBARRE, April 1- (U.

The medical world today watched seven-year-old Benjamin Hendrick, whose body is slowly turning to stone. Victim of a strange malady which fosters ossification of the body tissues, The was puzzled by the constream room' specialists who visited his in General Hospital. He does not know that the disease, now solidifying his arms, back and thighs soon will spread to his vital organs. "Why are all these people looking at me?" he asked his nurse, who replied that they "are just friends of your mother." Already Benny's thin arms, from shoulder to elbow, have turned hard as rock. The affliction has changed most of his back.

It is only question of time, physicians say, until the malady reaches his heart. Benny, other children in his ward say, "does not eat much," but he still enjoys a good night's sleep. When he talks it is of aviation and his hope some day to be a famous flier "like Lindy." He is one of five children in the Hendricks family, who live in suburban Larksville. Ocean Ships NEW YORK, April 1-Santa Ana, from San Francisco, SOUTHAMPTON, April 1-Pennland. from New York.

COBH. March 31-Georgie, from New York. HAMBURG. March 31-President Harding from New York. SAILED NEW YORK.

April 1-Bremen, for Bremen: Western World, for Buenos Aires: March "Ar. Volendam, for Rotterdam: SanLa Tarbara, for Valparaiso; Rex. for PLES. April 1-Aquitania. for New York March 31-Europa.

for New. York. BOULOGNE, March 30-Berlin, for New York, ton Drive, after an illness of 12 days. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet CemeteHiyan was born in Lucan, 62 years ago and had lived here for 45 years.

She was a reNred employee of the Healy Co. Surviving are four nieces, Mrs. O'Neill, Mrs. J. A.

Sullivan and Misses Mabel and Grace McCarten, and two nephews, Edward R. Hayes, of Birmingham, and Edward Bruin, of J. Barton Gore Requiem mass will be sung at St. Gregory's Church at 9 a. nt.

Tuesday for J. Barton Gore, 4343 Clements preceded by rites at E. A. Sevald's Parlors, 10201 Woodward at 8:30. Burial will be in Mt.

Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Gore died Saturday after an illness of three years. was born in Canada 66 years "ago and came to Detroit with his parents when a child. He was the son of the late Edward and Mary Gore.

His father was the first music supervisor in the Detroit Public Schools. For 30 years Mr. Gore was associated with the G. R. McMillan a member of the Old Newsboys' Association, and of Detroit Lodge of the Elks.

Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Helen Doremus, and three grandchildren. Mrs. Pearl Catherine Abar Following rites in the DeLill Funeral Home, 3353 W. Lafayette at 8:30 a.

m. Monday, requiem mass will be sung in St. Vincent's Church at 9 for Mrs. of Flat Rock. in Mt.

Pearl Catherine Abarwince. Shaw), Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Abar, who died Saturday after 8 long illness, was born in Detroit 44 years ago, the daughter of the late Lieut. Robert Shaw, of the Police, Department.

She was educated Vincent's Sehool. Surviving are her husband, I. James Abar, 8 barber in Flat Rock; two sons, Robert and Frederick, and two sisters, Mrs. George Marcou and Miss Margaret W. Shaw.

Men Held as Swindlers The Rev. B. W. Pullinger, of urday at the home of her niece, is wanted Hamtramck and La- Fales and Col. John Benner of the while crossing the dangerous, unEpiscopal Church, will of- Mrs.

J. J. O'Neill, 17184 tosh in South Bend. Regular Army. explored Anadyr Mountains.

AT ALL STATE LIQUOR STORES 6 hearing us I he Monday Wednesday Saturday a 9 o'clock in the evening Columbia Stations Coast to Coast hope youll enjoy it 40 MEN IN THE ORCHESTRA 16 SINGERS IN THE CHORUS We always try to make ANDRE KOSTELANETZ, CONDUCTOR Chesterfields as good a cigarette as Science and money can make them in the hope that people will enjoy smoking them. -may we ask you to try Chesterfield Chesterfield le Rosa Slayer of Wife Blames 'Rival' Intended to Kill Him Too, Police Say Simeon McKean, 28 years old, accused of driving George Evanich to Plymouth Saturday night, where Evanich shot and killed his twentyyear-old wife, Margaret, was arrested for investigation by sheriff's deputies early Sunday at 80 Winder St. According to a statement made to Oren A. Johnson, assistant prosecutor, McKean drove Evanich to Plymouth and paced up and down in front of the house of Patrolman Lee Sackett, of the Plymouth police, father of the slain young womwhile Evanich was inside. Then, an, fearing trouble, he drove back to Detroit.

Evanich had also intended to shoot the man who he believed had stolen his wife's affections, he told police 'Sunday. In the event he found the man, Evanich said in a statement to Kelly, he planned to kill him, his wife, and then commit suicide. After shooting his wife twice, he said he turned the gun on himself, but an examination of the remaining cartridges failed to disclose any traces of an attempt to fire them. Evanich, who said he had been employed at Chrysler Motor returned a few day ago from Minneapolis, according to Kelly, and went to the home of his wife's parents, at 831 Forest Plymouth, Saturday evening. Evanich fled after the shooting and was arrested soon afterwards in the Plymouth Hotelat Arresting officers told Kelly Evanich had been drinking.

Patrolman revealed that the couple separated two months ago. They had been married two years. Kelly ordered Evanich held on a murder charge. KALAMAZOO Federal inspec- of Company 126th Infantry, Michigan National Guards, will be here April 12, by Maj. Charles Nine Martini Nine Martini Wirt Now Denies Waging 'Manhunt' GARY, April 1--(A.

Dr. William A. Wirt, Gary educator, gave out a statement today saying manhunt that but was declaring engaged that "in- on tellectual edicals" changing the Government by a "bloodless revolution." "I am not red," he said, "nor am I seeing, around looking under beds for Fascists and Communists, The intellectual radicals have been the open talking for this revolution and working for it. I respect them for their candor. I believe as an American that as American citizens we should be permitted to discuss our Government openly and freely and change the form if we want to do so.

"The intellectual radicals say that the people have given to them a clear mandate to bring about these radical changes. I contend that this is not true." 3 Soviet Rescue Aviators Missing Disappear on Flight in Snowstorm MOSCOW, April 1-(A. -With two planes already wrecked attempting to reach nearly 100 men stranded on an ice-floe off the Northern capes of Siberia, solenet rescuers were confronted today with the possibility that three other fliers may be down, possibly killed. Word was received today that the aviators Kamanin, Molokoff and Pivenstein have been unreported since taking off in three ships from Anadyr on March 29 for Cape Vankarem, a rescue base. Two other planes were dispatched from Olutorsk Bay to search for them but were encountering extremely unfavorable weather conditions.

The three missing aviators hopped off during a fierce snowstorm and it was believed that they may have encountered trouble Crete Struckgold Crete Struckgold U.S. Intensifies Dillinger Hunt Suspects Questioned in Twin Cities ST. PAUL, April 1-(A, -Underworld haunts were combed today for clews to the outlaw killer, John Dillinger, and his gangster pal, John Hamilton, Department of Justice agents questioned more than eight men in custody. Theorizing that the men who masked, house their flight yesterday from an behind apart- a curtain of submachine gun fire when surprised by authorities were still in town and ready carry out a planned bank robbery, investigators sought the fugitives' trial in Twin City hoodlums' hideouts. Clarence Colton, acquitted in the Third Northwestern National Bank robbery in Minneapolis and killing of two policemen several years ago, was one of those held together with alias his Devol.

brother, "Doc" Colton, Obituary Injuries suffered cident near Port night resulted in George W. the Llewellyn, in Poole Hospital there Sunday morningiewellyn was injured when his car ran off the pavement on A curve, hit a soft shoulder and overturned. He was on a business trip for the Border Cities Trucking Co. Born in Cleveland 40 years ago, he came to Detroit 16 years ago. For many years he was president of the George W.

Llewellyn in an auto acClinton, Friday the death of 17140 Third Mr. Llewellyn Llewellyn Steel Co. here. He was a member of Union Lodge, F. A.

the Consistory, the Shrine and the Boulevard Shrine Surviving are his widow, Nellie his father, Edward of Akron, and a sister, Mrs. Florence Meyer, of Cleveland. Funeral services will be held in the Alfred E. Crosby Mortuary, 13308 Woodward at 10:30 a. m.

Wednesday, with cremation at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery. Miss Mary Scully Services for Miss Mary Scully, 69 years old, 16772 Warwick Road, will be held in the Harvey A. Neely Funeral Home, 5683 Maybury Grand at 2. p. m.

Tuesday with burial in Woodmere Cemetery. Mrs. Scully died of pneumonia Saturday. She was a native Detroit and was a member of the Wesley Methodist Church. Surviving are a brother, James Scully, and a sister, Mrs.

Arthur Smith. George R. Richmond Sojourners Lodge, No. 483, F. A.

will have charge of the funeral services for George R. Richmond, 17155 Prairie In the Alfred E. Crosby Mortuary, 13308 Woodward at 2 p. m. Tues- ficiate.

Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery. Mr. Richmond in the Florence Crittenden Hospital Saturday after a brief illness. was born in Detroit 60 years ago. For 20 years he lived in Saskatoon, Sask.

For the last seven years he was with the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, here. He was a member of Sojourners Lodge here and was a past high priest of the Royal Arch Masons' chapter at Saskatoon. survived by his widow, Mary B. Richmond, a daughter, Mrs. 0.

0. Goodrich, of Providence, R. and a sister, Mrs. E. C.

Wigle, of Windsor, Colo. John McKee The Rev. Clyde Gearhart, of First Methodist Episcopal Church, Dearborn, will conduct services for John McKee, 2029 CorDearborn, in the HowePeterson' Funeral Home, 22547 Michigan at 2 p. m. Tuesday.

The rites will be held under the auspices of Dearborn Lodge, No. 318, I. 0. F. Burial will be in Northview Cemetery.

Mr. McKee died in the Henry Ford Hospital Saturday at the age of For 15 years he had been an employee in the service department of the Ford Motor Co. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Clara McKee Yaukey and Miss Matilda McKee, and two brothers, David and Scott McKee. Mrs.

Selina Nolton Mrs. Notton, 6843 Rutherford Selina, suddenly at her home Sunday. Funeral services will be held there at 2 p. m. Wednesday with burial in Grand Lawn Cemetery.

Born in Castleford, England, Mrs. Nolton had lived in Detroit for 12 years. She is survived by her husband, Cecil, and a son, Cecil, Jr. Miss Marie E. Ryan Following rites at the Henry J.

Hastings Funeral Home, 4821 Second at 8:45 a. m. Tuesday, requiem mass will be sung in the Gesu Church at 9:30 o'clock for Miss Marie E. Ryan, who died Sat- Police believed that Dillinger gathered the remnants of other had gangs, and, with his new mob, Cities. plotted bank robbery in the Twin Examination of the apartment indicated that the gang was ready for a robbery, police said, check of hospitals and cians.

on have the treated chance that they physimight the woman who fled with the desperadoes, also was made. She was wounded by a shot from the gun of Detective Henry Cummings as she and one of the scuttled the rear starway Behind of their third a apartment. them they left a wardrobe of clothes, a submachine gun, automatic rifle, one bulletproof vest, several pistols, an automobile and--fingerprints. Authorities said that the prints on the light coupe abandoned near the apartment building were those of Dillinger. Others found inside the apartment.

Queen Mary Is Ill LONDON, April 1-(A. Queen Mary, suffering from a hard cough, was obliged to cancel her Easter plans today and keep to her rooms in Buckingham Palace. The Daily Mail said that her condition was causing no anxiety. DIXIE BELLE distilled dry DIT TE GIN FULL QUART '125 a John Latosh, 17220 Hesse and Walter Znamer, 17143 Lamont were held at police headquar- tion ters Sunday as suspects in swindles. According to police Znamer held 1954, breast Tosses la.

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