Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1931, Page 22

THOMPSON DEFEAT IN CHICAGO IS SEEN Odds Favor Cermak to Beat “Big Bill” for Mayor Next Week. L This s the first ‘of three articles on jcag's mavoraity campaisn, and the pending _election. w akes place R "Tyeadas The “second 'story” Will Sppear here tomorrow Sgecial Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, April 2 (N.AN.A) —Wil- 1i4m Hale Thompson, most colorful figure in American municipal politics, is in serious danger of losing his succes- sion to the mayoralty of Chicago. Thompson, Republican of eplonial lineage, is opposed in his campaign for a fourth term by Anton J. Cermak, Democrat, born in 1873 near Prague, Bohemia, and brought to the coal min- ing town of Braidwood, Ill, by his plidl:enu when he was less than a year o Cermak has been in politics 30 years | in Chicago and for 8 years has been president of the Board of Cook County Commissioners. an office in the county government similar to the municipal mayoralty. 1,000,000 Expected to Vote. ‘There are approximately 1.400,000 voters registered and when the smoke has cleared away next Tuesday it is estimated by the elections commission- | ers that between 1,000,000 and 1,100,000 votes will have been cast. | Btraw votes conducted by newspapers sistently indicate & 60 to 74 per cent nce for Cermak, and predictions by Democratic headquarters say Cermak will win by a minimum mnjorny of 300,000—that it will be a “landslide.” Thompson's campaign managers, ‘while freely admitting, as does Thomp- son in his speeches, that they are in a tough fight, say “Big Bil” will win, but they are making no predictions of large majorities, Such betting as has bsen reported and verified mak a favorite by three to two, or odds | his better than that, with most wagers predicated on the size of the Demo- cratic majority rather than on the re- 1t. It is worthy of note that nobody of any political prominence outside the ‘Thompson organization is predicting victory for the mayor. Came Back in 1927. ‘Thompson was elected to his first term in 1915 by 150,000, and re-elected in 1919, after a bitter campaign, follow- ing two years of thundering by the press against his actions and utterances during the war—he said at one time that Chicago was the sixth German city of the world—with a plurality of 21,000. He was not a candidate in 1923, when it appeared even to his closest advisers that defeat awaited him, and William E. Deaver, Democrat, was elected. Thompson, however, came back 7. won the nomination, and de- feated Deaver for re-election by 83,000 ‘That 1927 campaign won Thompson world attention if his previous efforts | had not done so. He sald he would bust King George on the snoot” if THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1931. ty so much as tuck that snoot into icago affairs. He fought vali- antly for “America first” principles as against the World Court and the League of Mations, as he had argued in 1919 for freedom for Ireland. As the 1931 primary campaign began it ‘appeared that Thompson was out of it. His closest friends advised him not to run for renomination. - He said xioth- ing. Then came a sudden attack of appendicitis and an_operation. Mean- wmxe & suit by the icago Tribune, as a taxpayer, for restoration of close to $2,500,000 paid by the Thompson ad- ministration to real estate “experts” at $100 a day or more, decided in favor of the complainant in lower courts, was reversed by the State Supreme Court, Thompson and his co-defend- ants had raise da large sum to meet that judgment. The money is now available for other things. Nominated by 43,000. Coming from the hospital Thompson announced his candid: ‘Whether he used the “defense fund” in his primary | or not, his campaign was well financed, | while his oponents for the Re) ‘ Fashion-ri+ Women Are Si and this is The WALK-OVER Version The Carolvn, & dainty Blue sraceful ideal Spring shoe! Wolfs%bll( @ver Sho 929 F nging the "Blues" for Easter Blue Kid Also in Black op Stre et ANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store A NEW Radio—that can be moved from place to place like an ordinary smoker’s stand Story & Clark—builders of Fine Musical Instruments for the past seventy-four years now present—through Lansburgh’s The Console Petite Read About These Exclusive Features A NEW 7-Tube, Triple Screen-Grid Radio that has features yow’ll find in no other Radio—it’s @ most remark- able Radio for this low 1. Unified Control—a new, per- fected single control. sliding selector. Complete Portability—enabling used socket is Console Petite to be wherever an electric available . 12-foot Connecting Cord—con- nd and wires not taing built-in ground aerial. Additional necessary. 8. Cabinet—beautifully and grace- fully designed, finished on four sides, identical grill front and back. 6. Top of Cabinet is flat, making it a useful as well as decorative ita end table. control, dynamic shielding, seven tubes. cadmium plated steel. speaker, comple! triple screen-grid, Chassis built of price. $89.50 With Tubes It weighs approximately 35 pounds with tubes, it stands 251 inches 10 inches deep. It’s high, is 16 inches wide and small in size, but can boast more originality, more perfect perlonmnce, than any set we have ever seen at near this price. Read about the many exclusive features—in the left-hand column, and, above all, don’t fail to come in and see the “Console Petite” dem- “mechanics” 5] nates onstrated. You'll like it, we know, because it has bnuly and simplicity of construction that elimi- from radio., DOWN—x plus mominal carrying ch RADIO SALON—FOURTH FLOOR. nomination were not so well off. Thompson won 43,000 votes, a minority candidate of the party primary, after one of the bitterest fights in the city’s political history. He made unprintable charges against his pxlnclpll opponent, Municipal Judge John H. Lyle, ~Lyle would have won, according to numerous observers. if he had not fallen from his decision to ignore Thompson's abuse and delivered a_speech- that took even the vitriolic ‘Big Bill's” breath away. As the election campaign got under way two weeks ago Cermak announced that he would not be drawn into a contest of personal abuse with Thomp=- son, and unlike Lyle, he has stuck to it, despite a tirade of personalities by Thompson. The 1 night of the primary election, February %4, the Jubilant Thompsonites hed a quartet in the mayor's office in | City Hell singing a new campaign song. | The chorus started, “Tony, Tony, Tony, where is your push-cart at?” “I'll make him like that,” Cermak | told his friends, grimly, “b-fore he gets through with it.” Somebody in the Thompson organi- zation with enough influence to make the nomination by | himself heard persuaded Thompson that the song was a mistake. It was not sung after its first night, but the may- or's speeches have referred to Cermak as a “Bohunk,” a “Jew hater” who had forced the Irish to stand aside, one who had called the Germans “Huns” during the war, and had fired the “lit- tle Negro kiddie caddies” on public golf courses. “I have not injected racial or reli- glous hatreds Thompson protested, even in the same speeches in which he employed these expressions. He sald Cermak would be indicted by the Federal prosecutor for alleged income tax frauds as soon as the election was over and that only “Republican influence was preventing indictment now.” ‘Thompson's_ building comnissioner, | Christian P. Paschen, was indicted by the Chiczgo Federal grand jury on the charge of income tax evasion, but George- E. Johnson, Federal district at- | torney in Chicago, a Republican, issued a statement saying there was no action | contemplated or pending against Cer- mak. (Copyright, 1931 into this campaign,” | PlOYm! D. C. TEAM WINS DEBATE Another victory was won last night by American University debaters in de- feating the University of Richmond at Hurst Hall cn the American U. campus. The visiting debaters, J. W. Dodd, | jr., and J. E. Savage, had the negative side of the question, “Resolved, That the several States should enact legisla- providing for compulsory unem- ent insurance.” The American University debaters were Joseph Tarshes and Hylton Harman. 10; | Subscribe Today It costs only about 1% cents per day and 5 cents Sundays to have Washington's best newspa- per delivered to you regularly |every evening and Sunday morn- ng. Telephone National 5000 and the delivery will start immedi- ately. The Route Agent will col- lect at the end of each month. Smart, Serviceable Shoes for Tots to Teens at Boyce & Lewis No school Friday, so bring the children here for thele Easter footwear. We have a special department for kiddies and experienced, courteous salesmen to serve them. A guarantee of perfect fit and satisfaction goes with every purchase of juvenile footwear we sell. OYCE.& LEWI CusToM FITTING SHOE 430-72StNW. Just_Below ¥ Satisfaction Since 1859 PALACF ines 810-818 Seventh St. N. Washable Cape Gloves New Blues Eggshell New Greys New Tans Black-with-White Favorite Easter gloves—in tai- | lored and trimmed slip-on style or with embroidered cuffs. Smart suede gloves, t00, at this popular price.—Street Floor. Your Coat Problem Solved at a Glance! Easter Coats To Grace Every Woman’s Personality—Priced to Suit Every Woman’s Purse Emb: 10 Smart New Belted Coats Dashing Cape Collar Coats Stunning Fur-trimmed Coats Trim Straightline Coats Mannish Tailored Coats Youthful Scarf Coats roidered Collar Coats 15 Tweeds. . .Spongy Woolens. . . Twills. . .Crepy Woolens. .. .. Sport Fabrics New fashions that look forward to Easter with enthusiasm! New values that look backward to fifteen years ago to find their equals! Here are coats you can wear with an air...coats that satisfy both your pride and your sense of sound investment. per blue, navy, Yale blue, pilot biue, s In skip- pinach green, tan, Lebanon brown, grey and black. SIZES 13 TO 17, 14 TO 20, 36 TO 50. Stunning Easter Suits, too, at $10.00 and $15.00 Youthful models of new “'spongy woolens. All colors. Sizes 14 to 38. Second Floor High-Class Silk Hose “MULTI-TWIST” Dull Finish Chiffon Silk Hose Perfect quality—amazingly new value at one | dollar. Picoted silk top, silk heel and plated cradle foot. KAYSER Service-Weight' Silk Famed quality. Hose for beauty and Full-fashioned per- fect hose with French heels. NUART Picoted-top- Service Weight Pure silk_hose with smart dull finish, full fashioned, French heels. $2.50 Dexdale All Sllk Hose All colors. $1.0 surprise! Nationally famous silk-sealed hme h!]h~tw15t quality, three-strand, 48-gauge. Picoted top, French heel, slipper sole and im- oved block toe. An array of newest colors. very pair perfect. Street Floor ] 2,000 Beautiful New EA $3 98 in fine rough straws, | peanits. Gay new fi Children’s tion for style and quality in millinery at low prices. |- Watteaus, side brims, pokes, off-the-face hats and matrons’ models— ol, leghorn, shiny straws, Baku braids and split er, ribbon and velvet trimmings. —And Famous Groups at $7.50 and $9.95 STER HATS Worth $5.00 to $7.50 $5 .00 Two groups that add fresh prestige to the King's Palace reputa- Bandeau hats, Easter Hats $1£ and $1£ Two feature groups of dainty hats in lace straws, fancy straws and novelty straws. Tailored hats, ribbon and flower trimmings. Many Other Children’s Hats at $2.98 and $3.98 Street Floor 5 Fresh Purchases Ready to Delight Young Folks and Parents Tomorrow! Children’s Coats Sizes2to 6 Sizes7 to 14 Coats for little girls of 2 to 6 come in all-wool novelty tweeds, knob tweeds and Chingaline cloth. Cape collars, side throws or double throws. JBelted and straightline models. Plain colors and mixtures. Coats for girls of 7 to 14 are tai- lored of sparkling tweeds, flannels and Chingaline cloth, many with thr;‘)wmn Belted models with man- nish collars or cape collars. Bright , . colors and the soft, blended tones. With Each Child's GIRLS’ WHITE SILK DRESSES of crepe de chlno s ” 2 Chocolate Egg with -round, stitched collar, tucked blouse attached to belted, pleated skirt; or with cross-tucked blouse and pl leated skirt tied with sash. Sizes 7 to 14. GIRLS’ COLORED SILK DRESSES—L de chine dresses in plain colors, and equally beautiful ones in printed silks. Chic bolero jacket effects and peplums. with pleated or flared skirts. Sizes 7 to 14.. NEW CINDERELLA DRESSES in printed pM]uF. basket weaves and colorful new prints. Bolero effects, belts and buckles. White collars or red ties. Sizes 7 ts 14. Also new styles in Fruit of the Loom pant sizes 2 to 6 Special! 22 Children’s $5.98 Coats A real find for mothers seeking really good coats at low cost! 16 coats in all-wool (\\eed‘ hmx:h style or with notched collar or throws, sizes 2 to 5 also 6 mannish models in block tweeds, sizes 11 to 14. No C. O. D. or phone calls—all sales final. Second Floor $5.00 Four- $ -98 Piece Suits Sizes 8 to 16 New styles, new colors, new pat- terns. Smartly tailored suits of man- nish mixtures that will wear as good as_suits should. Coat, vest, two knickers or one knickers and one long trousers, ] o Boys $10 Easter Slnts Suits of character and fine workmanship—tai- lored of fine woolen mixtures in new colm and patterns. vest, two Kknickers or one knickers and one long trousers. Sizes 5 to 18 years. BOYS’ BLOUSES of excellent quality white and colored broadcloth and fancy percale, in regulation and but- 550 ton-on styles. Sizes 4 to 15.... BELL BLOUSES AND sull'l‘s. standard of quality. Of printed broadel thmdpmu Bloum m.us'lun.nnm :u-79° Street Floor FortheBoys’ Easter Better Suits Than T hese Prices Have Bought Since Most of the Boys Were Born! $7.50 Four $5 85 Sizes 7 to 18 Dressy suits the boy can wear with pride—priced for a saving. In hand- some new woolen mixtures of the popular colors, tailored for perma- nent good looks. Coat, vest, two knickers or one knickers and one long trousers, » . Boys’ $12.75 Suits boys who dress with pride. All - wool blue gerge, blue cheviot and Enickers, two, long, trousers or one of each. Sizes 7 to 320. BOYS' & YOUTHS’ CAPS for dress wool suiting fabrics; also beret and “admiral” styles. Sizes 6}4 Q50 KERS—All-wool knick- High-grade clothes for s fancy mixtures. Two 9 and school wear; 8-piece style of all- ic waist .nd knees or in Chocolate Egg Free with Every Suit,