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GUESTS INTRODUCED. Indianapolis—Guests attending the Indiana Republican state convention today were introduced to delegates by Chairman Hobart Creighton of Warsaw. They included former U. S. Sen. James E. Wason of Rushville, who responded with a short address; Don Ebright, Ohio state treasurer; Glen R. Hillis, Kokomo, 1940 gubernatorial canidate; U. S. Sen. Raymond E. Willis, Angola, and four Republican congressmen. The congressmen were Forest A. Harness, Kokomo, Fifth district; Gerald W. Landis, Linton, Seventh district; Earl Wilson, Huron, Ninth district, and Noble J. Johnson, Herre Haute, Sixth district. BUS STRIKE ENDED. St. Louis, Mo.—The Public Service Company’s 3,500 striking street car and bus operators voted to return to work today after a 35 hour transportation strike. o SOCIALISM IN U. S. Washington—Peter Gissibl, one time Chicago Fueherer of the Ger-man-American bund, told the sedition trial jury today that children of bund members were groomed as future “leaders” for the organization's “cause” — “preaching the philosophy of national socialism in the (United States.” The bund’s youth group, Gissibl testified in his sixth day on the stand as a prosecution witness, was “for children of the members and friends of the organization.” VETERAN SWORN INTO NAVY. Springfield, III. — Clifford R. Wherley, the 17-year-old World War two veteran from Elmwood, III., who won fame in the army at 15 as a bomber turret gunner during 21 missions before they found out he ,was too young to fight, was sworn into the Navy here today. Wherley, 'who can’t wait until he is 18 to start training again in the Army, took the oath of allegiance from Lt. L. K. Vertreess, Navy recruitisg officer here. The ex-soldier said he would spend his ten-day furlough at home. Q DENIES CHARGES Washington. — Rep. Adolph J. Sabath, D., III., today displayed a letter from Price Chief Chester Bowles in refutation of Republican charges that “New Deal bureaucra tic bungling” had caused the dumping of thousands of gallons of milk. Rowe told the House last week that a Youngstown, Ohio, newspaper reported the dumping of 1,500 gallons of milk for lack of condensing and drying facilities. He also said the Ohio Dairy Associa tion had applied to the Office of Price Administration for additional sugar for condensng purposes, but that the application was denied. o TRIB DENIED TABLOID Melbourne.— The application of the Chicago Tribune for permission to publish a tabloid edition here for circulation among American forces in Australia has been refused, Senator R. V. Keane, customs minister, announced today. So reason was given for the refusal.

Cupehoit, Gales And Janies To Head '44 GOP Ticket

Mayor John Hampton Fails To Post Assessment Fee Leaving Opponent Dick James Unopposed—Capehart Leads Tucker In Balloting—Nine Candidates Elected By Acclamation—Malan Renamed As Candidate for Superintendent of Instruction. Republican Mayor John Hampton of Muncie failed to post his convention assessment fee as the Indiana Republican State Convention opened two hours behind schedule at the Indianapolis Coliseum Friday, leaving his opponent, State Auditor Richard T. James of Portland unopposed for the nomination

for lieutenant governor. Homer E. Capehart, Indiana industrialist and farmer, won the battle for U. S. Senator,* when his opponent, James Tucker, Paoli attorney and medically discharged Naval veteran conceded victory and urged the convention to nominate Capehart by acclamation. Capehart held a wide margin over threequarters of the way down the list

EMMEliT MAKES UNWISE RULING

Decision Would Disfranchise Many Thousand

Hoosier Voters

WILL ORGANIZE FOR BOND DRIVE

Eugene Pulliam State Chairman Biggest Drive

In History

Indianapolis, June 2.—As Indiana’s and the nation’s Fifth War Loan "D Day” neared and war bond sales starting Thursday were counted against drive quotas, the schedule of events that will open the biggest of all war financing campaigns was announced by Eugene C. Pulliam, chairman of the Indiana war finance committee. One of the nation’s top advertising executives, Bruce Barton, author, lecturer and former congressman, will come from New York to Indianapolis June 5 for a state-wide organization meeting to which 300 Hoosier industrial firms employing 5*00 or more have been invited to send a representative. The noon luncheon meeting at which Gov. Henry P. Schricker will also speak and Mr. Pulliam will preside, will be broadcast over

county delegations. L , .

The convention nominated nine ! network at 12:15 p. m.

They ^ hairmen and other volunteer war finance committee workers also

candidates by acclamation,

were:

, For Governor:

Announcement having been made

by the Republican high command | Columbia City,

that the nation is In revolt against a Democratic administration, and that it will signify its displeasure by electing a Republican President and a Republican House of Repre-

Ralph F. Gates,

For Lieutenant: State Auditor Richard T. James, Portland. For Secretary of State: Rue J. Alexander, Pine Village, the in-

cumbent.

have been invited.

Of chief interest to all Hoosiers will be the Fifth War Loan opening broadcast at 7:30 the evening of June 12 when Capt. Glen Miller, former nationally-known dance band maestro, will bring his 50-

sentatives next November, it might be assumed that to make their dream come true and emphasize that result they would work for the

fullest possible vote.

Instead they have wrought unceasingly for the disfranchisement of the millions of men and women in the armed services by making it

difficult, where they have been un- ,, able to make it impossible, for 1 OI , +N 0t Urt vinivm District): Frank E. Gilker-

For Auditor of State: Frank T. A!r Corps orchestra to the Millis, Campbellsburg. Indianapolis Coliseum for

For Treasurer of State: A. V.

Burch, Evansville.

For' Attorney General: James A. Emmert, Shelbyville, the incum-

bent.

For Reporter of Supreme and Appellate Courts: Mrs. Fern S* Nor-

ris, Indianapolis.

For Judge of Supreme Court

anybody lit uniform, aiVay from his normaT residence, to get in his ballot. As a further evidence of the G.O.P.’s devotion to the cause of free suffrage the Attorney General of Indiana has promulgated a decision that “persons living in areas that have been ceded to the Government may be considered nonstate residents insofar as voting is concerned and may not vote in state elections.” The quotation is from the newspaper reports of the

official’s declaration.

In furtherance of the war necessities the Government has acquired sites for huge factories producing munitions, etc., and to take care of the influx of a multitude of workers has provided housing about the mills for workers. Presumably the courts will have to decide whether a civilian employe at a military reservation, a federal hospital, a Government park dr other establishment ceded to the National Government thereby forfeits his title to the first privilege of an American citizen—

the Tight to vote.

The District of Columbia is obviously the shining example of disenfranchisement and is probably the basis of the Hoosier Attorney General’s surprising finding. The ground for Washington’s deprivation Is that Congress is the city’s Government, and probably stems from the feeling when the seat of Government was selected that its (Continued On Page Three)

A Day for Prayer, Not for Cheers Under the above caption appeared a timely editorial in a recent issue of the Philadelphia Record. We are proud to reprint it, feeling that it reflects the true spirit and meaning of D-Day. The editorial follows: In the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, 46 years ago this July, we destroyed the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera. Hundreds of Spaniards were killed, many more wounded. Only one American was killed, only 10 wounded. But Capt. John Woodward Phillip called out to his victorious men: “Don’t cheer, boys; the poor devils are dying.” In that spirit we should approach D-Day, the day of invasibn, the beginning of the crucial days of the war that has racked the world for four and a half years. That day is not far off. Wisely, Director of War Information Davis has asked for no commercial exploitation of D-Day. That takes care of what we should not do. But there is something we should do on the positive side. After we have done our work in war plants, after we have donated blood to the Red Cross, given money to war charities, bought war bonds— Let us all join in prayer for our soldiers and sailors and those of our Allies. It is not a hired team of professionals who will be fighting on the beaches for us. They will be our sons, our husbands, our fathers, our relatives, our friends, our neighbors. Many churches have already made plans to be open on D-Day. We hope all of them will be, either for meditation and prayer or for special services. We hope the churches will be crowded as the men and women at home strengthen themselves for the critical time of D-Day itself and the equally dangerous days that will follow. We can’t be as lucky on the beaches of Western Europe as we were at Santiago. Death will be waiting for many. It is not often that a call to prayer appears on the first page of a newspaper. We hope that you who will read this take the call in the spirit in which it is made—not as telling you what you should do, but as a suggestion of a way we can all gain strength for a perilous time in the history of our own country and of the world.

soiu Washington, Ind. For Appellate Court Judge (Second District): Dan C. Flanagan, Ft. Wayne, the incumbent. Dr. Clement T. Malan, Terre Haute educator, today was nominated for a third term as state superintendent of public instruction defeating Miss Virginia Kinnaird of Ft. Wayne, president of the Indiana State Teachers Association. The convention adopted without change a platform calling for support of International Cooperating in making a permanent peace. Rep. Halleck delivered the keynote address at the opening of the convention, Friday morning. St. Joseph County was credited with putting Capehart across the 872 vote total necessary for the nomination when its delegates cast their 71 votes solidly for the seventh district GOP chairman. Tucker thanked his supporters, particularly the service wives for Tucker organization and told the convention that a complete Republican ticket must be elected next fall. ‘ The nominating began shortly after the convention refused to send an instructed delegation to the National convention in Chicago, pledged to vote for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York for the GOP Presidential nomination. Capt. William E. Jenner, army officer of Shoals who recently returned from England for hospitalization fn the easl was nominated by acclamation for short term U. S. Senator after E. J. Hancock, Greensbiirg publisher, withdrew. —o Demos Save Seats for Army and Navy Although the demand for tickets for the Democratic State Convention this year is the greatest in many years, members of the armed services in uniform will be welcomed and conducted to the choicest seats without tickets, Fred F Bays, Democratic State Chairman announced today. Plans for the reception of men land women in uniform have been made by the Convention Committee, headed by Henry O. Goett, Indianapolis, chairman, in conferences held this week by the committee and state chairman Bays. Names of persons suggested for temporary and permanent chairman of the committee are being considered and announcement of the selections will be made within a few days, Mr. Bays said . The convention committee Is 'making every possible effort to take care of all persons who are requesting convention tickets hut finds that the demand is far greater than had been expected. Every possible arrangement for the comfort of the large crowd is being considered and planned by Mr. Goett’s committee and all indications point to the most interesting and successful state party convftntion ever held in Indiana.

a con-

cert.

O^ier features of the broadcast will be special messages brought by electrical transcription from Hollywood Stars Jack Benny, Kate Smith, and Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, and remote pickups from the far corners of the

State.

The state broadcast will immediately precede the hour-long national War Loan radio show from Washington, New York and Hollywood. which has been tentatively scheduled from 8 to 9 p. m. (CWT). Meanwhile, Indiana’s quota acceptance total soared near the .1>40,000,000 mark as more than onethird of all Hoosier employes in industrial plants, stores and offices pledged to invest at least $100 each or wages from 100 hours of work in war bonds during the JuneJuly campaign. Object of the precampaign quota acceptance drive is to enlist every man and woman who works in the big push for invasion dollars. Although the campaign opens June 12, sale of bonds from today will count against quotas. Only C Savings notes and E, F and G. series bonds, which are always on sale, will be available until the 12th, when four other issues will be offered through July 8, closing day of the drive. Payroll savings bond purchases will be counted during the full two months, June and July. o SHIRLEY'S 3 TO MEXICANS.

Mexico City—Mexican moviegoers won’t let Shirley Temple grow up. She is now 16 years old, hut most movie fane here think she’s about three, because that is how she is shown in pictures currently running in Mexico.

YANKS CAN SEE ROME FROM HILLS

Fighting Rages Only Thirteen Miles From The

Capital

London, June 2.—Fifth Army forces smashed into the most strongly defended sector of the German Alban Hills line below Rome today, capturing Velletri in savage street fighting and cutting j aerpss the Gasilina Way into Val-

montone.

The core of German resistance, hacked ‘by the whole Hermann Goerring division, centered around Valmontone to defend the highway, and it appeared to be breaking. The Fifth army was attacking from there all along the 26 mile front to the sea and the battle of Rome was approaching the climatic phase. As the fighting raged only 13 miles from the capital, where the distant gunfire was audible, Pope Pius II called on the belligerents to spare the eternal city from the ravages of war. Addressing the College of Cardinals, he urged the opposing powers to reach a peace “designed according to 'Christian doctrine.” No peace dictated by force of arms would be just, he said, adding that demands for total victory might prolong the war needlessly. The terrifific preinvasion aerial offensive against Europe meanwhile went on from Britain and Italy. Strong forces of American bombers crossed the channel into France today in the wake of powerful night blows by the RAF at railway centers in France and

Hungary.

North of Velletri, the Allied position was strenegthened by their newly won hold on Mt. Peschio and Mt. Artemisio, high peaks dominatng the battle area from around Lake Nemi. On the Russian front, Moscow announced that Soviet forces had attacked vigorously north of Iasi in an effort to regain the initiative on the komanion front after destroying 166 tanks and, 212 planes in beating off three days of German assaults. In the Pacific, reinforcements were being landed on Biak island off New Guinea to aid American troops whose advance on the Mokmer airfield was halted by unexpectedly strong Japanese resistance. The reinforcements were moved in without naval or air interference from the enemy. On the mainland Chungking reported that the Japanese were massing for a drive to clear Chinese forces from all of eastern China in preparation for its defenses against American landings along the coast. Chungking said four strong Japanese, columns were closing in for a direct assault on Changsha and Changteh, and that 90,000 others were concentrating around Canton for a drive northward. —o

Hoosier Democrats Pave Way Toward Better Rule

SHOCK ABSORBER TO WORLD PEACE

Editor Of News .Week Cites Requisites To Insure Peace

LIKE A REAL TROUPER

Springfield, Mo. — Miss Thelma Ruth Davis, valedictorian of the graduating class of the Mansfield High School here, stood before an audience of over 1,000 persons recently and unfalteringly gave her address to the class while the body of her brother, Sgt. Lowell M. Davis, who was killed in a plane crash the week before, lay at her parents’ home not far away. ^—o Molasses is the richest unrationed food source of iron. In migrating, most birds do not attempt nonstop flights but rest frequently.

Political Plagiarism

We don’t know how much chance for the GOP Presidential nomination Governor Bricker had before he went to the Governors’ parley at Hershey. But after his speech Tuesday night we have a feeling that whatever his chance was, it is washed up now. Bricker’s speech appears to have been lifted almost bodily out of the writings of Herbert Hoover during the great depression. In fact, one of Bricker’s chief claims is that he says he will do what Hoover boasted he actually did do. Hoover put it .this way, in his 1932 campaign: “We have won the battle to balance the budget.” Bricker says in 1944: “The Federal Government should balance its budget at the earliest possible date. That would give more jobs than all the made-work the Government could possibly plan.” Unfortunately for Bricker, a lot of Americans remember that on the day Hoover boasted of balancing the budget— Twelve million Americans were out of jobs; factories were closed down; banks were collapsing like card houses in a hurricane, and the nation was nearer complete catastrophe than ever before in its peacetime history. If the GOP thought the nation wanted a Hoover comeback the GOP would run Hoover. Bricker’s campaign is sheer political plagiarism. Our only living ex-President has a clear case against the Governor of Ohio.—Philadelphia Record.

BY MALCOLM MUIR Editor and Publisher of Newsweek Director of the American Arbitra-

tion Association

What will happen to the indus tries 100% devoted to war production when peace “breaks out” on some unpredictable future “November nth”? Can we apply the lessons the war is so painfully teaching us? Can we translate “preparedness” into a dynamic concept of action? Can we spare ourselves another post-mortem on fail

Representative People Named To State Convention Resolutions Committee-List Includes Persons Representing Labor-Farmers-Business Public Officials—Educators Press And a World War II Mother —Definite Trend Indicated Toward Roosevelt.

Indiana Democrats have again pointed the way toward better government. For many years it has been the custom of the Democratic State Central Committee to place the most representative people— possessed of and expressing the views of the majority of our citizens—upon its state convention Resolutions Committee to draft a platform to guide the

ure—on thinking too little, amr too party’s legislative and administrative officials in

late?

What we will need is a shock absorbed tor peace—for industry's

greatest post-war piobiem win be sen tative citizens to confer with the Resolutions Com to absorb the impact ot the peace i ... ...... ... . . „ .. , . , settlement of war contracts. .Nojmittee US it milled OUt the planKS ot the party plat-

matter how sound or how thorough 'forni.

But this year, under the leader-

of

their public acts. It has been a time-honored custom, too, for the Democratic party to call in other repre-

our preliminary planning may be

a mis-step or delay in the proper c ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • handling of these problems canl^P Fied K Bays, chairman Well be a major catastrophe for j the State Central Committee, all any company, no matter how big citizens, regardless of race, creed, or how small. Failure to think this political views, party affiliation or problem through and to plan for j station in life have been invited to all emergencies is simply courting appear before and consult with the

disaster for American industry. Arbitration can be made one of the shi^ek absorbers for peace. The

practk/al application of the principles of arbitraton can protect the whole country, including the Government-. Administrators as purchasing agents, taxpayers as the final purchasers, contractors, their millions of employees and stockholders—everyone, directly or indirectly involved in seeing that the stopping of the war machine does not wreck the engine on which we must depend to win the peace. We will have to face the fact that in the immediate post-war period

there will be many disputes—dis- thetically represented Mr. putes doubly hard to handle be- placed upon the resolutions

cause there will be right on both sides. Only arbitration can bridge the gap between contract cancellation, and settlement and payment. Great and just men from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to Cordell Hull and Charles Evans Hughes ,, have advocated voluntary aibitration as an equitable, speedy and fair method for the settlement of disputes. Today, not only is it possible to submit to arbitration any type of commercial controversy in the United States, but as a result of the pioneer work that has been done by the Inter-Ameri-can Commercial Arbitration * Commission, disputes, difficulties, misunderstandings between our citi zens and the nationals of oiu neighbors to the South, as well as between citizens of South American and Central American countries are being handled in the same effective manner. During its seveteen years of active work, the American Arbitration Association has handled thou sands of voluntary arbitrations. From its Panel of nine thousand just and competent men, only those mutually approved by the parties in dispute sit at arbitrators. These men, trained and experienced In every form of commercial, business and professional life, give fully of their time. Their common denominator is their belief in vol untary arbitration as the domocratice way of ending honest contro-

versy.

The ground work is already laid. Arbitration — the modern and streamlined method—is standardized, tried and ready to use. If wa (Continued On Page Three) Wilbur Sutton Is Now Improving The many friends and admirers of Wilbur Sutton are very happy to hear that he is now improving satisfactorily from a very serious illness. He was stricken suddenly at his home a week ago and was removed to Ball Hospital for treat-

ment.

Mr. Sutton has written “Comment,” a daily feature in the Muncie Press for many years. In fact, his column has come to be regarded as a local institution, and Wilbur himself, although not too old, has come to be regarded as a sort of community sage. Although his “Comment” has been absent from the Press for only a few days, his readers are already sadly missing his philosophy and daily remarks on various local subjects, political or otherwise, whether they always agree with him or not. Here’s hoping Mr. Sutton will soon be back at the typewriter doing hl§ bit, “pouring out his “Comment” as usual.

Resolutions Committee. The committee will begin consideration of the structure and text of the platform June 5, in the Empire Room Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. All suggestions, no matter from what source, will be given serious consideration. The platform to result will embody a creed of good government accepting the ideas of the people—the people who will be governed by that creed. This is Democracy in action. This is the Democratic Party. To make certain that all the peo pie and all interests of Indiana life would be properly and sympa-

Bays com

mittee persons directly represent ing labor, farmers, business, large and small, public officials, educators, the press, pxofessional people, women’s interests and a special representative of the ’’war mothers ot World War II. Labor is repre sented by William J. Harrigan, A. F. of L., Hammond, Maurice Cohen, C. I. O., South Bend, and Ray Gilbert, B. of R. T., Seymour, Indiana. Farmers are represented by M. Clifford Townsend, former governor, Hartford City, Dr. J. Leonard Axby, farmer and state veterinarian, Lawrenceburg, and Judge John W. Baumunk, jurist and farmer, Brazil. Business is represented by Frank McIIale, railroad executive and lawyer, Logansport, Joseph Suelzer, business man, Fort Wayne, Walter S. Chambers, editor, publisher and business execu tive, New Castle, and Dr. Carlton B. McCulloch, Indianapolis, insurance executive. Public officials are represented by former Gov. Town-

send, Judge Baumunk and Dr. Ax- *lege, second only to New York

by. Educators are represented by Dr. Olis G. Jamison, Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute, and Professor Lucile Calvert, Butler University, Indianapolis. The press by Walter Chambers, who. likewise, brings a wealth of expei-

ience as a former legislator with years of servicq as chairman of the State Budget Committee to the resolutions committee room. Professional life is represented by Mr. McHale, Judge Baumunk, Carl M. Gray, President of the State Bar Association, Petersburg. Dr. Axby and Dr. McCulloch. Women’s interests will be represented by Mrs. Edna A. Bingham, vice, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, Indianapolis, Professor, (Miss) Lucile Calvert, and Mrs. Clara Ward, mother ot seven sons, Indianapolis. The war mothers ot World Wkr II will be represented by Mrs. Clara Ward, whose seven sons are all serving in the armed forces. All eleven congressional districts of the state are represented on the committee, with four members appointed as committeemen-at-large. r All political signs point to a definite swing, far stronger than a trend, to Roosevelt. So strongly are the tides swinging that G.O.P. party leaders are becoming panicky. Note the increase in wild, illadvised attacks upon the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, gracious, lovable lady that she is. Note, too, that Mr. Dewey, the “Albany Sphinx” has not yet made an announcement although he appears to be so far ahead of the two other candidates for the G.O.P. presidential nomination that it seems impossible to stop him. If he is “drafted” as the G.O.P. nominee he can satisfy his pride, after his November defeat by pointing to the fact that he did not ask for the nomination. One of the stronger indications—one which cannot be discounted—is found in the recent Pennsylvania primary where President Roosevelt gained nearly 70 per cent for President at last month’s election. Lest the G.O.P. may have forgotten, Pennsylvania has 36 voteg in the electoral coi

Here’s another straw, blowing

before the stiff political wind. The voters of Alaska went to the polls the other day and the Roosevelt ticket won a clean slate. The big contest was over a delegate’s job.

(Continued on Pa,ge Three)

I’m Not Satisfied! BY RUTH TAYLOR I don’t like the phrase “selective service.” Y'es, I know what it means—in the long run, it is the selecting, without regard to class, creed or color, of the best of our youth—and letting them fight our battles for us. Stripped of all trapperies, that is just what it is. Of course, I admit it has to be. The young are better fighters than we are. They are fit for the job. But if we are going to let other people do our fighting for us, surely we can do our best for them and for ourselves in universal service. No, I am not advocating a compulsory work-or-fight law or a draft of man and woman power. That would be just another form of selective service. Those who could serve best would be doing the work for the rest of us. But—I’d like to see everyone accepting the ^ar as an opportunity to serve in some capacity. If we would all do that from the housewife to the busy executive, we’d get this war over at a rate that would startle those who have counted their greatest ally the selfishness of free people. I’m particularly strong on this subject because it was brought home to me with a bang the other day when word came of the death in a South Pacific island of the brother of a friend of mine. That very day she had been showing me snaps of him—a gay, fine lad, proud of his job and of his friends in the service. He was a devout Jew by religion, a typical good American by citizenship, from an average small American town. He wasn’t a boy—but a man wim joined up in defense of a country that had giv^n freedom to his parents apd an opportunity to him and his sisters. He had left a career in which he was making good. He left the job of keeping the home together to his sisters and went out to do his duty. Life was just before him—and he gave his life. What are we giving that compares with this? What ARE we giving up? Little things that are really of no importance. Must we consider our ftiture and get into jobs where we’ll be set when the war ends? What of the boys who will never come back? They gave up their future. We aren’t doing our part. What we do and what we give up— whether it be in the things we can’t buy or in taxes, is small compared to what our soldiers are giving up. When we think of their sacrifices, are we satisfied with ourselves? I’m not. Are you?