Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1938 — Page 2

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SEEK PLATFORM | TO PLEASE ALL OF DEMOCRATS

Reunited Factions Harmony Pledges at Parley.

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VanNuys conferred with supporters of his now abandoned independent campaign for re-election. Meanwhile, the Senator prepared 2 letter to Governor Townsend in belated reply to the Governor's telegram Monday “inviting” “become a candidate” at a open convention.” Copies of the letter subsequently were made public at a press conference McNutt Aids Present

Present at the harmony conferin the Sullivan and Mr. McKinney were Mr. McHale, leader of the Mc- | Nutt-for-President drive; Bowman Elder, McNutt supporter; Dick | Heller, the Governor's executive sec- | retary; Mr. Tobin, Senator Minton; Atty. Gen. Omer Stokes Jackson, State chairman; Virgil Simmons, State Conservation Department commissioner, and Alex Pursley, Townsend adviser. At the conferees drafted, harmony” statement: Representatives of Governor Clifford M. Townsend and Senator

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ence Mr

the following

Frederick VanNuys and other prom- | interested in the | Democratic Party and in its future |

inent individuals success met this noon for luncheon at Indianapolis, Ind. “It was the opinion of all present that any misunderstanding that has heretofore existed has been overcome and that complete harmony now prevails.

Statement Is Notification “That ft understood

Senator vs will become

is definitely that VanNu a candidate before the Democratic State convent for the office cf United States Senator In their opinion he will be nominated.” The major difficulty in reaching a satisfactory statement, it was understood, was in wording it strongly enough to please Mr. VanNuys and l antagonize independent delegations. Another point of consideration, it was understood, was in drafting a statement that would serve as notification to State convention delegates that Mr. VanNuys is the organization choice for renomination

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Senater Is Jovial

Although of the

representatives at the session made

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a hurried trip to the Senator's suite at the Spink-Arms few minutes before the statement was issued, Mr. VanNuys said he had not read the statement. At 5:30 p. m,, the Senator, vial, confident mood, 1 handed out Governor

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11S letter to mmenting that [ to make certain hed the Governor made public. lete text of the letter

th lette rea before it was The comp follows My Dear Governor Townsend: I received your telegram of fourth inst, and take this opportunity to reply to same. I receive with much pleasure your assurance that as as you are cerned forthcoming DemoConvention will assemblage That conception principles have differed in certain legislatiy proposals over which Congress and the Nation labored Io and conscientious-

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ibing to you, as you do. were actuated I want to assure stand on such consustained by like I'o my way of thinka wholesome condition y have the profound funquestions with which ow been confronted at been properly analvzed

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that vour by sincere conviction you that my troversia convice

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‘Task Not Yet Completed’

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The time now approaches

the country wi ill

once more give expressio ical There home in America which has not been affected directly or indirectly hy the unfortunate

industrial and which have existed in and throughout the world last 10 or 15 years During the past five and a half years, it has been a great privilege to be a member of the United States Senate and to assist President Roosevelt and the Administration in the proper solution of this complex situation and the restoration of peace, security and prosperity to all classes of our citizenship. The task is not yet completed and I have entertained the ambition to serve yet another term nate in the hope that the e objective will have been atperio” of time

to its polit beliefs

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economic conditions this country for the

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tained during that ‘Opportunity for Service’

Modern conditions have never nresented a greater opportunity for PT service than those which exist today with this thought in mind, 1 have repeatedly announced that I would be a candidate for re-elec-tion After having been actively identified with the Democratic Party in Indiana for more than 40 years, it is only natural that I should take pride in presenting my candidacy to the people of Indiana through the vehicle of that party. It has served our State and Nation faithfully and well in the past and it is my ambition that it continue to do so {in the future. In this sentiment 1 know that we are in accord 1. therefore. will have my presented to the Convention. With assurances of complete co-

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operation in all things looking toward the betterment of our State and Nation, Most sincerely, Frederick VanNuys.

Koenemann in Race

State Central today that | Vander-

Democratic announced Koenemann, Auditor, has ancandidacy for the nomination for Secretary of State. Vanderburgh County party lead- | ers recently urged they be representation on the state ticket.

The Committee Edward D. burgh County nounced his

LIVING COST RISE:

him to |

Athletic Club, besides |

the conclusion of the meeting, |

the Indianapolis Athletic Club, |

| versity

VanNuvs

received re- | copies of | Townsend, | he had delaved the! that |

| He says that he feels

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| caused larfelv by monopolies, price- |

| fixing and other business practices, it was learned today. The report, based on four months of study, was submitted to the President at the end of April. It had been requested by him on Nov. 16 in a letter to the then Chairman | William A. Ayres. In that letter Mr.

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to Chairman vo.) will begin at once.

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MOTHER, DAUGHTER IN SAME COLLEGE

LORAIN, O, 8 (U P)-— Mother and daughter, Mrs. Martha Barber and Mary Elizabeth Rarber,

will be schoolmates at the Uni-| of Wisconsin's summer |

July

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8 (U. P)— 81, has begun year as a coal salesman. “just dandy” and that he continues to sell coal

“feller has to have something to do.”

CLEVELAND, July Frank M. Cowdery, his 51st

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A patient in his own institution, { Dr. John G. Benson, Methodist Hospital superintendent, was reported in good condition today. Dr. Benson underwent an abdominal operation Wednesday, the first time he |had been a patient in his seven years as superintendent.

Three stitches were taken in the | right hand of Alma Dewey, 38, 1809 | Orleans St., after she had been cut on a glass which broke while she was washing it.

A lectrre and demonstration of { polyrythmics will be given by Prof. E. W. Wilson at Butler University next Tuesday. He will illustrate the lecture with motion pictures. An [ invi itation is extended to teachers and educators to attend the session.

I WV. R. perintendent of public instruction, was principal speaker at the Optimist Club luncheon today in the Columbia Club. He was scheduled to impersonate an immigrant who has | become an American citizen. Opti- | mists will make their annual pilgrimage to the Julia Jameson nutri- | tion camp at Bridgeport next Fri- | day, with a program of baseball in | the afternoon and an evening dinner meeting.

Larry Lee, 2-year-old son of Mrs. | Marie Mussler, caught his arm in lan automatic wringer while his | mother was washing clothes today [at 702 Naomi St. He was not injured | badly and was treated at City Hospital.

Canning factory employees who do not have social security numbers | should obtain them when they begin work, Peter J. Van Geyt, Indianapclis field office manager of the Old- | Age Insurance Bureau, warned to-

ay. Postmasters have applications for account numbers. They also may be obtained from cannery operators or | from the Social Security Board field | “et at 307 N. Pennsylvania St.

Mullins, assistant state su- |

* SCHUSCANIGS MAY GO FREE, NAZIS ALIS INDICATE

Foreign Opinion Held Bar To Treason Trial. |

that Dr,

such charge as “treason to Folk” would be bound to provoke protests. Eventually Dr. Schuschnigg may be permitted to live quietly some place in Germany and move within a fixed radius, provided he does not engage in politics, it is believed.

SYMPHONY MANAGER QUITS CINCINNATI, O, July 8 (U, P.). —Theo F. Gannon, manager of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for the past two seasons, has resigned

sovereign state and his trial on some | the |

and will retire from the position | | Sept. 1. his resignation.

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Charles A. Cora, Indiana Bell Telephone Co. directory manager, today was the new president of the Hoosier State Chapter No. 16, Telephone Pioneers of America. Mr. Cora is to be installed at ceremonies at the Indianapolis Athletic Club tomorrow. Pioneers and their familles will attend a dinner at 6 p. m, to be followed by an entertainment program. With a record of more active service in the telephone industry than any other active employee of the Indiana company, Mr. Cora was vice president of the Hoosier Pioneers last year.

Mrs. Laura Butler, circuit walking Methodist preacher from Morgan County, was “resting more comfortably” at Methodist Hospital today, where she became a patient a few days ago with heart disease. Attendants said her condition was due to strain and overwork as pastor of two small churches in the Bloomington district. Mrs. Butler covers her circuit by foot each Sunday.

A Townsend mass meeting of the 11th and 12th Congressional Districts is to be held at Castle Hall Sunday, it was announced today. A national speaker is to address the meeting. The speaker, who is to be announced tomorrow, is to make a report<of the 3d Townsend National Convention at California.

A mass meeting may be held here to raise funds to aid the return to the United States of disabled American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War, it was learned today. McKelvey White, national chairman of the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, has asked that such a benefit meeting be held. Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade have appealed to the State | Department for aid.

Austin Chapin, 19, of 2628 | Brookside Ave. suffered a broken right arm while skating at Riverside Park rink last hight.

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Railroad and traffic officials from five states attended a dinner meeting last night at the Columbia Club

in honor of William F. Benning. | Railroad, and | Benjamin D. Rhodes, Pennsylvania | Railroad, local men who have been |

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promoted to assistant general freight agents of their respective roads. and W. R. Cox, Chicago, were principal speakers.

J. BE. Anderson, Cincinnati, |

Fred Doebber of the |

Citizens Gas and Coke Utility was

toastmaster,

The Tri-Pi Club, East Side social |

organization, is to hold its

summer outing Sunday

first | at Turkey |

Run State Park, Ralph McDonald, |

president, said today. rying the picnickers is to leave 133 N. Drexel Ave. at 9 a. m. Sunday.

A bus car- |

The Altar Society of Holy Name |

Church, Beech Grove, will give a chicken dinner in the church dining

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hall Sunday from noon to 2 p. m. | and a luncheon in the evening from |

5p. m. to 7p. m. after which games |

will be played,

A plan to canvass members of the |

Beverly Gardens Civie League to see

| | | | |

if they want the organization incor=- |

porated, was under way today, fol-

lowing a meeting last night at Or- |

chard School. The formed three months ago and Wilfred Cardis is president.

Richman Bros. Co, men’s and boys’ clothiers, will move into new quarters at 22 and 23 E. Washington St. as soon as the new quarters

league was |

are put into shape by a $50,000 re- |

modeling program, announced today.

store officials

Phyllis Ware, 10, 1815 Howard St., dislocated her right arm when she | jumped from a swing at Rhodius

Park.

The Indianapolis Gas Model Association contest for model fliers,

scheduled for July 3 but postponed |

because of heavy rains, will be held July 17 under sponsorship of H. G. Lanham, contest director, and Har-

old Stofer, association president, it

was announced today.

David Baker, 17, R. R, 3 Box 597, Mars Hill, crushed his foot when a 300-pound cake of ice fell on it

Side Polar Ice and Fuel Co.

| while he was working at the West |

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