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Morning Press News 
NATIONAL NEWS 
August 1938 
L ouisvill e 
State election officials predicted this afternoon that the 
outcome of Kentucky’s primary battle between Alben Barkley 
and Governor A. 3. Chandler for Barkley’s Senate seat will be 
fairly certain by midnight. At that time the officials ex- 
pected to have the voters choice from half the counties 
outside Louisville. They expressed an opinion that this be 
sufficient to make the outcome decisive unless the vote turns 
out to be very close. Under Kentucky law the counting of 
ballots stops" at midnight until Monday morning. Governor 
Chandler claimed that early vote totals assured him the Sena- 
torial nomination. Senator Barklejr declared that he would 
carry 112 of the 120 counties in the state to equal his feat 
of seven years ago. Only two rijinor disorders were reported 
up to mid afternoon. A fist fight occurred in Breathitt 
County. In Louisville, a negro poll worker was arrested for 
interfering with balloting and carrying concealed weapons. 
■Washington 
The Social Security Board announced today that it would hold 
a public hearing on charges that the Ohio Old m go Assistance 
Bureau was soliciting political support from its beneficiaries 
for Governor Davev. Tie Fed ere 1 Board said an investigation 
indicated that the State Relief Board had circulated a pam- 
phlet designed to influence aged persons in Ohio to support 
Davey ’ s campaign for ro-oloc tion. -a spokesman for the Federal 
Social Security Board said that if the hearing showed the 
state board was unable to administer the old age relief pro- 
perly the state would be cut off from aid for the Federal 
Board. One hundred ten thousand persons receiving old age 
relief would be affected. The statement from the Social 
Security Board was addressed to the Ohio State Administrator 
of Relief , Henry Bor ro din in Columbus, it said the date for 
the hearing to bo held in Washington would be announced later. 
Wa shington 
Chairman Sheppard of tho Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee 
reported today that to date, no Senatorial candidate has boon 
found guilty of any campaign fund irregularities. Sheppard 
said that although some irregularities had been uncovered they 
were not directly connected with the candidates. 
Washingto n 
Tho Administrator Ickes of tho Public Works administration 
announced approval today for 98 additional non federal pro- 
jects. The projects will cost an estimated thirteen million 
dollars. Nearly six million of tho money will.be PWA grants. 
Tho projects bring the total non federal projects approved to 
one billion 123 million dollars. 
