Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1940 — Page 1
TN, | gE. APP WNBA.
SCRIPPS -— OWARD §
RY STUDES DISPUTED FOOD RELIEF CLAM
Anderson Trial Witnesses]
Identify Order; State Calls It Bogus.
A Criminal Court jury of nine men and three women for 20 minutes today studied a $4.05 poor relief grocery order and a claim sheet which the state charges are frauduJent.” | ‘They were the first exhibits received in evidence in the trial of an R. Anderson, grocer charged
ith filing with the Center TownS ip Trustee a false relief grocery
claim in the name of Melvin Wood- k
n, 620%: E. Market St. "| Berore the jury examined the exibits, they were identified by Mrs. enora Quattrochi, 746 S. Noble St., iperintendent of the claim departent at the Trustee's office in July, 39. i The claim sheet, Mrs. Quattrochi
red groceries in the amount of 4.05 to a& Melvin Woodson. The rder, which was. the .State’s first hibit, was previously identified as he document which directed Anderon to distribute the groceries.
| Tells of Transaction
| Mrs. Quattrochi also identified the order, declaring she received it from Anderson after a stamp sig-| nature facsimile, “Dan R. Ander- . son” had been placed upon it, certifying that the order had been filled. She also read a penciled ‘signature, “M.: Woodson, ” that appeared upon the order, purporting to be the relief client’s indication that he received the groceries. Mrs. Annabelle Chowning, clerk in the County Auditor’s office told the jury she personally checked and paid out of County funds $4.05 to Dan R. Anderson on the Woodson
a grocery claim.
Witnesses previously testified for the State that as far as they knew, there was no such person as/ Melvin Woodson or any such address as 6201 E. Market St. Describes Procedure,
Hugh Dorsey, 1547 E. Raymond St., who separated grocery, orders for the trustee in July, 1939, testified that it was his job to sort grocery orders and deliver the forms to the “bread room” where they were sent to the grocers who filled them for relief clients: " In separating the forms, Mr. Dorsey said he placed them in pigeon holes according to the grocery to which they were to| go. He did this in al] cases except for the Anderson. Grocery, 10th and Rural Sts., he said.
“T put the Anderson orders into |
a safe and personally did not give ‘them to the ‘bread room’,” Mr. Dorsey said. Prosecutor David M. Lewis asked Mr. Dorsey why he|| singled out the Anderson orders to put in the safe. “I was told to put them in the safe,” he answered. Others who testified during the
morning session were Mrs. Mabel,
Cox, Columbus, Ind., who told the
jury that in July, 1939, she operated ||
a rooming house at 620 E. Market St. and that no person by the name| of Melvin Woodson lived there.dur- | ing that month.
Also Testify for States
Fred Schoenemann, 701 N. Grant] St., operator of the lunchroom at
the Trustee's office, and Francis| Gallagher, 1229 E. Raymond St., op-}
erator of the “bread room,” also testified for the State. Mr. Schoenemann sdid he person-
: ally delivered Anderson grocery or-
ders to Anderson at his request. ~ Thomas M. Quinn Sr, resigned " Center Township trustee, was the first of seven witnesses to testify for the State yesterday. Mr. Quinn explained procedure for filing relief orders at the Trustee's office and identified an alleged false grocery claim made in the name of Mr. Woodson. Mr. Quinn testified that he never had any reason to believe that the order was not genuine;
"Tells of Writing Order
Dorsey Greer, 726 W. Morris St., order writer at the Trustee's office, the second witness to take the stand, told the jury that he wrote the Woodson grocery order from a ledger card directing him to do so. This was in July of} last year, he said. Mr. Greer added that in October he searched the files for the ledger card but that, it apparently ‘had disappeared. ‘Miss Norma Dalton, 1041 S. Senate Ave., supervisor. of the staff of order writers and head of the bookkeeping department at the Trustee's office, testified that she could find no ledger card from which the order was written. Thei fourth witness was Ted E.
(Continued on Page Three)
MONDAY LAST DAY FOR REGISTRATION
Today is the last day in which neighborhood voters registration branches are open. After today all persons wishing to register or transfer their registration must go to
Room 34 at the Court House, ther
main registration office. Monday midnight is the last day that any prospective voter may reg- - ister at the Court House. All persons who wish to vote in the May 7 primary. election must be registered properly. Neighborhood branches open today are six schools at 5111 Baltimore - Ave, T14 Buchanan. St., Blackford and Michigan Sts. 21st and Illinois Sts., 4700 English Ave. and 4715 E. 10th St. j
9
VOLUME 52—NUMBER 20
’
e Indi
‘My Name
President Roosevelt is census-questioned by William Austin,
- .
—-—
Is Franklin’
: a drive today for appointment of a full-time traffic engineer, as a means
"| the civic organizations also decided .|to seek support of similar groups
‘| Council chapter hare: as the first
3
chief
of the Census Bureau. . .. Now who's going to query Mr. Austin?
WASHINGTON, April 3 (U.P.). —President evelt said today that he was willing—even eager— ito’ answer census questions, but
admitted he had failed. When William Austin, chief of ithe Census Bureau, called on the
President to “What is your! name? Occupation? Income?” the President eagerly complied. Inquiries about the White House establishment | involved matters beyond the | Chief Executive's knowledge, however,: and he had to call in Sane ito help.
Non-Census Enumerator Can’t Even Find Little Man Who T | "Wasn't There.
| PATERSON, N. J, April 3 (U. P.).—Neil Batelli, a census enumerator in the Eighth Congressional District here, went out to do some census taking, but found no one from whom he could take a census. Hg had been assigned to an uninhabited area. | on 2 2
Changes Her Mind
| THE FUSS ABOUT answeting ‘all those questions of the census lenumerators seems to have died idown a good deal. Anyway, James D. McQuaid, a supervisor, reiceived a call today from a woman jon N. Addison St. “Send that enumerator back,” {she said, “I didn’t give him as ‘much information as I should.” Mr. McQuaid promised to send thim back. 2 2 =
Two Out of 1200
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., April 3 (U. P.).—Ralph I. Grigsby, census | taker, reported back to headquarters 15 minutes after he started | out and announced he had completed the job in his district. He found one resident and one itinerant. | Census officials were amazed. The districts had been blocked off on a map and they had expected | Mr. Grigsby to. find about 1200 persons in his assigned“area.
J.P. NGHOLSON, N.D. TRACK COACH, DIES
Expires After Talk Before Amateur Association. Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind. April 3. — John. P. Nicholson, University of Notre Dame track coach for 12 years, died ‘last night of heart disease after an address before the South Bend Amateur Athletic Association. He complained of feeling ill and died before a physician could arrive. He was 49 and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Mr. Nicholson succeeded the. late Knute Rockne as track coach in 1928 ‘when. Rockne relinquished the post to devote more time to football. He previously ‘had’ coached at DePauw University, 1914 and 1915: Contre College, the University of the uth, Sewanee, Tenn., and at Rice Institute where ‘he originated the Rice Relays. He coached Greg Rice, last year’s Notre Dame track captain, who Sunday night in New York defeated Taisto Maki, the Finnish ace, and
.|broke his own three-mile indoor
record. He also sent into national competition Alex, Wilson, a star of the 1932 Olympics at Los Angeles, in the and 800 meters runs; Don Elser, eight man; Bill Faymonville, disc cus, and Dan Gibbs, pole vault. Mr. Nicholson was a member of e Olympic team that went to , Sweden, in 1912, and mpeted in the hurdles. He was tional high school high jump pion and in 1911 and 1912, representing the University of-Mis-souri, he was high point man in the Western Conference open meet. Mr. Nicholson was a native of Greenville, Pa.,.and a graduate of the University of Missouri. He had formed the organization which he addressed last night to give working youths a. chance to compete in organized athletics and had hoped to establish, similar organizations
thrgughout the state.
CITY PAYS FOR
LEVEES TWICE
Worth $608,000, but Cost To Be $1,216,000 By 1961.
By RICHARD LEWIS
By 1961, the City of Indianapolis may own the dikes and levees along White River's banks which were built in 1915, but not until the taxers have paid for them twice 3 then some. This was disclosed in an ordinance introduced at Monday night's City Council session to enable the City to refund the 1915-16 Flood Prevention bonds totaling $608, 000 which mature July 1. The City has no money to meet the maturity because the Flood Prevention Sinking Fund is inadequate to pay it off, the ordinance revealed. But the City has paid 4 per cent interest on the principal each year for 25 years and that adds up to 100 per cent interest.
$1,216,000 for $608,000 Job
Twenty-one years: hence when the principal is liquidated, the citizens will have paid more than $1,216,000 for a $608,000 job which is. now being replaced by WPA and U. S. Army Flood Control programs. No one knows what the interest on the refunding bonds will amount to. But City Controller [James E. Deery is sure it won't ‘equal the principal again. The refunding bonds will be issued serially, 608 of them worth $1000 apiece. Each year, 31 of the bonds will mature and the interest
will be payable only on the unpaid |-
balance. Mr. Deery expects to get an interest rate of less than 2 per cent because the money market is cheap. The first bonds wil! \come due in 1942.
‘Flat Interest Bid Originally
When the original issue was floated, a flat interest rate of 4 per cent was bid and this was ‘considered cheap for the period. In theory, the City was to have set aside 1-25th of the principal each year in the Flood Prevention Sinking Fund. These were term bonds which matured all at one time. Mr: Deery said the records show the money was set asidé for a time and invested so that it would bring
back an interest rate to compen-|
sate for the 4 per cent.
But in a few years, the City be- |:
gan to let the sinking fund go un-
der the pressure of necessity for re-|
ducing taxes. More Flood Preven-
tion bonds were issued which also|
required sinking fund payments.
FALLING LIMB KILLS
WPA TREE-TRIMMER|
Failing to reach safety at the warning shout of “timber,” John Stivers, WPA worker of 925 8S. West St., was killed yesterday when struck by the limb of a tree he was helping cut down near Fisher Station. The crew, assigned to the Conservation Department, was cutting the larger limbs from a diseased elm. As the one limb was ready to crack down, all but Mr. Stivers ran into- the clear. : The victim, who was 37, had been employed on the tree-cutting project since October. . He is survived by his wife and his mother, Mr. Ida Stivers, Mooresville, Ind. Funeral services and burial will be held at
Amity, Ind, at 2 p. m. tomorrow.
PROCLAIM HEALTH DAY WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. PJ). —President Roosevelt today proclaimed May 1 as National Child Health Day to emphasize the necessy of protection and development
.| Traffic Commission as well as ap-
.{records never stand still, and in In-
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1040
LAUNCH DRIVE TOGET TRAFFIC ENGINEER HERE
Four @ivic Groups Also Seek ~ Support in. Forming Safety Chapter.
Four civic organizations launched
of ending the City’s appalling traffic slaughter. : Spurred by the. 1940 City toll of 18 dead, most of them pedestrians,
in formation of .a National Safety
step in obtaining a traffic engineer; and a study to determine how many more traffic policemen are needed.
Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 3.—
This city today was headed for a
vehicle fatality after having
passed the 150- day mark this week. The last traffic death here occurred last Nov. 2. Only five other cities in the 100,000 to 250,« 000 population class have a longer stretch of deathless days. They are New Bedford, Mass., 228 days; Elizabeth, N. J., 209; Utica, N. Y,, 198; South Bend, Ind. 168, and" Waterbury, Conn., 162.
At the same time, Chief Michael F. Morrissey took steps to make even more fool-proof the methods of preventing traffic sticker-fixing. The four organizations formulating the traffic safety program were the Indianapolis Accident Prevention Council, the Safety Education Council, the Seventh District Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Indianapolis Council of Parents and Teachers. E. C. Forsythe, Accident Prevention Council president, recommended establishment of a City
pointment of a traffic engineer, but Ross, Patrick, another member of the council, and representatives of ‘the other groups, felt a commission would not be necessary if the engineer were given sufficient power to make needed changes in regulations. “A person doesnt have to go
find that Indianapolis is behind in traffic control and methods,” Mr. Forsythe said. “Industry has found that safety
dianapolis this year, ours is getting worse with five deaths in the last three days.” Mr. Forsythe said that t*- system of turns in Indianapolis is “antique” (Continued on Page Three)
RELIEF WORK STARTS AS FLOOD SUBSIDES
Vapor Fire Is Extinguished Near Wilkes-Barre.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., April 3. (U. P.).—The angry Susquehanna River gradually subsided today as Federal and state agencies and the American Red Cross began their monumental task of rehabilitation of flood-ravaged houses, buildings and public works. The only fears that darkened the feelings of residents along the river that “worst is over” was snow piled in the northern watershed and. the prediction for rain. Estimates of loss necessarily could be only guess-work, but 12°‘ were known dedd, several persons still were missing and damage was placed as high as $10,000,000. At 6 a. m. today the water level had lowered to 26.35 compared with a high mark of 31.6. Another bright spot on the horizon here was the extinguishing of a vapor fire which threatened to ignite 1,507,000 gallons of gasoline
goal of 200 days without a motor | :
around to other cities very much to{Par
A i
Fears the ‘Spark
Gen. George C. Marshall eos Advises U. S. to put house in order.
WAR FUND GUT BY 87 MILLIONS
House Committee’s Action Sets Aside Orders for 439 Aircraft.
- WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. P.)— The House Appropriations Committee today cut $67,357,660 from President Roosevelt’s budget estimate for the War Department, re-
porting a bill totaling $785,999,094. In line with a new' War Department policy which deferred some American warplane orders in favor of England and France, the committee eliminated authorization for 439 new aircraft. A proposed $12,734,060 air base at Anchorage, Alaska, also was eliminated. | This committee has systematically ed down spending bills to save a total 'of nearly $300,000,000, only to have the House or the Senate re-
store cuts. or add items to wipe out]
most of the savings. Mr. Roosevelt had asked a record peace time appropriation of $853,000,000 for 1941. War Department appropriations totaled $851,473,245 last year. Marshall Gives Warning
The bill’s submission to the House coincided with publication of committee hearings which were highlighted by Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall's declaration that “if Europe blazes in the late spring or summer, we must put our house in order before the sparks reach the Western Hemisphere.” Army men and congressmen evidenced concern over mounting costs of U. S. planes, and Maj. Gen. Henry H. disclosed that the Army-has hired the “best brains in the country”’— experts of the National Academy of Sciences—to investigate profits and prospects for price reductions. The Appropriations Committee approved the new foreign aircraft sales policy and said the cuts it proposed were the greatest that could be made “without doing actual hurt to the military establishment.” “Of course the committee was influenced in making the reduction it is proposing by-the foreign procurement program in this country, which
‘is going to result. in delaying de-
liveries . of planes presently on order,” the appropriations report said. Means Better Planes “The committee is in full sympathy with that course, for it can only mean better planes when delivery is insisted upon. In the meantime our production facilities are being stepped up without expense to this Government, and, of course,
stored north of nearby Kingston.
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN
United Press Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, April 3.—Dick Brunnenkamp, who handcuffed himself to Ann Sheridan and swallowed the key, reported today that he was suffering from a slight stomach-ache.
it was caused by the hardware, or a midnight supper the “Oomph” girl bought him after a locksmith severed their bonds. Brunnenkamp, 19-year-old junior at the University of California at Los Angeles, spotted the red-headed Ann as she entered the preview of
1her first starring picture last night,
slipped handcuffs around her wrist and his, popped the key in his mouth, and gulped. - The key. slid down nearly as easily as a goldfish. Fans stood ‘pop-eyed in the lobby of the Hollywood Theater while Richard logked at his victim and breathed, like a swain of the silver sheet: “At last.” | “I ought to slap you down,” retorted the startled Miss Sheridan. Flashlights boomed, her escort, Jeffrey Lynn, looked aghast, and reporters said to themselves: “A press agent stunt.”
Brothers studio would admit it. And stunt or no, there was the luscious Ann bound to on Pagp Thoee) err
of juvenile | hgessh,
(nti on i Page Thee
If it was no official of Warner
(Continued on Page Three)
College Lad Slips Handcuffs On Ann and Swallows Key
He said he didn’t know whether i
Ann Sheridan. ,. “I want to see
y picture’
MERCURY SETS
| | previous April 3 Record 79;
land the 78 yesterday which equaled
nold, Army Air Corps Chief,
. |the accident has not yet been de-
_| folk.
-
FORECAST: Fair and cooler tonight and tomorrow, probably preceded by thunder storms this afternoon or early tonight.
Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice,
ALL-TIME HIGH WITH 80 MARK
‘Lightning Here- Hits
Indianapolis,
ROOSE EWEY V
HOME
FINAL
Matter ind.
- . PRICE THREE CENTS
B
Tree.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a m..,...65 10a. m, ...65 7a m....64 11am ... 7 ’ (noon)... 7 9 a. ... 80
An all-time Indianapolis heat record for April 3 was set today when the mercury rose to 80 degrees at 1p m. oT The previous April 3 high was 79, established Ri 1882 and Sgusl® again in 1934. Today was the first time in afie history of the U. 'S. Weather’ ‘Bureau here that the mercury touched 80 before April 4. That mark was recorded on April 4,'1882, and 1929. As the city sweltered in ‘the first unseasonal high temperature, the Weather Bureau promised a return to more normal readings tomorrow.
Showers Are Expected
Thundershowers, predicted for late this afternoon or early tonight, with a switch from southerly to northerly ‘and northwesterly winds are expected to dip the mercury tomorrow. U. S. Meteorologist J. H. Armington attributed today’s record ahd
the mark for that day to warm areas moving in from the West and the Great Plains. Th€ mercury maintained its high perch despite a swift wind which swept the city, reaching its greatest intensity around the noon hour when downtown streets were jammed. Severe Rain Storm
Earlier in the day, the city experienced a.severe thunder and lightning storm during which there was a heavy downpour. The city was almost plunged into darkness during the storm. Little damage was caused, however. A bolt of lightning struck a tree in a. vacant lot near 28th and N. New Jersey Sts. and threw splinters which broke windows in at least three nearby homes.
WEST, GOERING SAYS
Likens Nazi War Machine to Closed Iron Block.
(Other foreign news, Page 24)
BERLIN, April 3 (U. P.).—Marshal Hermann Goering declared today that when Adolf Hitler gives the word Germany's armed forces will “strike the blow” that will win the war in the West as decisively as Nazis triumphed over Poland in the East. Germany’s war machine stands like a “closed iron block” facing Britain and France in the West, “with their (Germany's) back and flanks free” from danger, the No. 2 Nazi told German youth. “Here (in the West) the decisive blow must fall,” Herr«Goering said. “For this decision the Fuehrer has mobilized all powers. “Ahd as we struck a blow in ‘the Bast, so shall we strike a blow—-it is my sacred conviction—against the others, when the time comes to show that Germany is determined to put an end to the war.” “The German people were once the greatest people on earth and they will be the greatest once again. . “When "the Fuehrer united the | German people into a community, his enemies, whose hate and envy knew no bounds, broke their longprepared war against us. When all other treachery failed they brought the horror of war to mankind for the second time. That is their eternal guilt. They will be charged with it in future and, because they
ALLIES TO LOSE IN |,
Daniel Webster Hoan . . . defeated in Milwaukee after 24 years as mayor. : ;
MILWAUKEE, april 3{U.P)— Daniel Webster Hoan, Socialist Mayor of/Milwaukee for 24 years, was defeated for re-election by carl P. Zefdler, lincomplete returns from yesterday’s municipal election showed today. Mr. Zeidler, who campaigned as an independent on the platform. that “Milwaukee Needs a Change,” received 95,439 votes to Mr. Hoan'’s 83,725 from 375 of the tiys 435 precincts.
GARNER TAKES N.Y. BACK SEAT
Roosevelt Gains All Four Districts Voting Sentiment On Third Term.
NEW YORK, April 3 (U. P). — President Roosevelt defeated Vice President John N. Garner in all four Congressional districts where the third term was an issue in yesterday’s primary to select delegates to the Democratic National Con-
vention, final results showed today.||
The Garner movement concentrated its forces in the 16th Con-
dates, Alfred E. Smith Jr. and State Senator John McNaboe, lost by almost three to one to Rep. John H. Day and John G. Egan. The vote in this,#he closest of the four contests, was 3679 for Mr. Smith and 3815 for Mr. McNaboe against 8002 for both Mr. Fay and Mr. Egan. In the 22d Congressional District in the Bronx, Roosevelt delegates— Edward J. Flynn and Clarence Neal Jr., a Tammany district leader — ran far ahead of the Garner men, Dr. Thomas Freston and Patrick J. Kane. , In the 23d Congressional District, Harry Durning and Max J. Schneider won easily over their Garner opponents, Dr. Joseph P. Durkin and Frank Ginsburg. : The contest in the First Congressional District was close ‘at first but the Roosevelt delegates, John Thorp and Charles Sullivan, pulled ahead to a clear-cut victory over Raymond O'Brien and Robert Woods. :
TWO HURL: WOMAN TO DEATH ON CLIFF
HOLLYWOOD, "April 3 (U.P) .— Police announced today that Miss Pearl Wessel, 38, attractive visitor here from St. Louis, had been taken into the Hollywood hills by two men, ravished, and then thrown to her death over a 125-foot cliff.
committed this horror, fate will give them the answer. Fate will give this answer through us. will learn what it means to attack Germany. “In a lightning campaign of 18 days the Fuehrer and the German (Continued on Page Three)
TWO NAVY FLIERS DEAD IN AIR CRASH
NORFOLK, Va., April 3 (U. P.). —Two Navy fliers were killed today when their small scouting bomber plane crashed in an open field near the naval air base here. The plane was on a routine practice flight when the crash occurred. Cause of
termined. ; The pilot, K. L. Willingham, and P. Delfatti, machinist’s mate, third class, who was flying with him, were killed. Both were from Nor-
Army Pilot Killed 3s
Plane Crashes in Storm
| EUCLID, 0., April 3 (U, P.).—An Army pursuit plane crashed in flames in a Euclid street during a heavy rain and lightning storm today, killing the pilot, its only occupant. He was not identified immediately.
SENORA ORTIZ DIES BUENOS AIRES, April 3 (U. P.). —Senora Roberto Ortiz, wife of the President of Argentina, died today | after’ a week’s illness. The President and close relatives were at her
bedside, i ;
Now they|woman had fought with her assailants who pushed her to within six feet of the cliff’s brink, then picked her up and threw her to her death on the concrete pavement below.
and Alberni Roggers, were arrested after police traced| them through an automobile license number : supplied by a youth who witnessed the fatal plunge.
MAN, WIFE HURT AS
when the motorcycle they were riding skidded and upset in the 3300 bck Martindale Ave.
1421 N. New Jersey St., cut on fhe hands and knees, and his wife, Mrs. Wanda Jane Brackett, 21, who was cut on both knees and whose collarbone was broken.
Ave, received a wrist fracture when his bicycle and an auto driven by Roscoe Kenny, 53, of 1116 N. Capitol Ave., collided at 10th and Tuz=io Sts., last night.
SUBWAY STRIKE THREAT ENDS
The last threat of a subway strike involving 27,000 transit workers was removed today when the Board of Transportation ‘adopted four resolutions which committed it to assume the Transport Workers Union Contract when the city takes over all trangit lines in the next few
Police said foofprints 30 feet from the edge of the cliff indicated the
gressional. District but its candi- ]
LTAND CTORS SCONSIN
D i stri ct Attorney's . Vote Heavier Than | Democrats’.
Elections in, Brief WISCONSIN — Latest ' returns show Roosevelt leading Garner, 3 to 1, in Democratic preferen=~ _ tial primary. Republicans give Dewey uncontestable lead over Vandenberg.’
NEW YORK—-New Deal Democrats win victory over delegates pledged to Garner in all four New York districts where third term is clear cut issue.
KANSAS CITY—Last remnants of Pendergast machine routed, Fusionists take over from Democrats. | re,
(Additional Political News, Page 12),
MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 3 (U. P.).—District Attorney: Thomas E. Dewey of New York and President Roosevelt today were assured majorities of the Wisconsin Presidential nominating ' convention delegations, on the basis of, re turns from more than twothirds of the state’s 3011 pre cincts in yesterday’s primary. Mr. Dewey was certain of at least 23 of the 24 Republican delegates." ‘The race for the 24th delegate designation was close between a Dewey supporter and one pledged to U. S. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan, his only opponent in the primary. Mr. Roosevelt appeared certain to get the support of 21 Democratio delegates, with the other three 'going to Vice President John N. Garner. - “FD. R. Leads 3t0 1
Returns from 2061 of the state's 3011 precincts gave Mr. Roosevelt 215,588 votes and Mr. Garner 66,972 in the direct Presidential preference primary balloting. The names of the Republican candidates were not on the ballots, both Mr. Dewey and Mr. Vandenberg being represented by slates of delegates pledged to them. The same precincts gave for the various slates of four delegates-ate large: Dewey Slate—Zimmerman, 152,« | 134; Nelson, 132,248; Hale, 127,715; and O’'Melia, 123; 754, Vandenberg Slate—Goodland, 90, 972; Clausen, 84.648; | Richardson, 84,602, and Eberlein, 81,284. Roosevelt-Farley slate, sponsored by Democratic National Committeeman Charles E. Broughton ‘and bearing the tag ‘“regulars”—Rubin, 93,746; Henney, 88,238; Wallis, 78,» 584, and Werner, 78.533. Garner Slate—Callahan, 174,422; Finnegan, 63,856; fFizsimons, 58 053, and Port, 53, 714.
Result Is Binding
The result of the primary voting is binding on the delegates as long as their candidate has any chance of winning in the Presidential nomi= nating convention. Mr. Roosevelt led Mr, Garner almost three-to one in the Democratio preferential primary. | The Dewey delegation received the largest vote of any delegation on either ballot. The combined slates pledged to Mr, Dewey and Mr. Vandenberg received more votes than the combined Democratic slates, the incomplete returns showed. Voting was light because of rain in; many portions “of the state. Comparison of the returns with | those of the 1936 Presidential-gu= bernatorial election indicated that large numbers of Wisconsin's: third party, the La Follette Progressives, did “not: participate. |The progres sive vote had been sought by both Republicans and emocrats and
Lesley Al Williams, 33, bartender, 30, waiter,
MOTORCYCLE UPSETS Two persons were injured today
They were Merton Brackett, 21, of
Robert Fox, 20, of 941 Lexington
NEW YORK, April 3 (U. P).—
several Indianapolis sent new financing
standing, are held b, Adams of Chinen, rue of the
Corp.
(Continued on Page Three)
POWER & LIGHT C _ STOCK SALE RAPID
Public offering of 714,835 shares of Indianapolis Power & Light Co. common stock was | heavily over~ subscribed a few hours after .it went on sale today, according to word from, New York. The no-par stock was .offered at $24 a share, with the sale under~ written by Lehman| Brothers and associated underwriters, including rms: ° Of the total, 68,855 shares repre« the company tal now oute y Charles True
and 645,980 shares,
estate of Utilities Power & Light
TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES
cesssse 16 Movies ........20 «ee...15 Mrs, Ferguson 16 Comics .......28 Music ..... 0-20 Crossword ....27| Obituaries .... Curious World 28 Pyle ........ ..15 Editorials .....16 Questions Tee 13 Financial 17 Flynn Forum ... "16 Scherrer Grin, Bear Ii. .28 | Serial Story ..28 In Ind'pls .. Ts Society .. 18 3
Inside Ind’pls. Sports . Be por Dadi. 3
Books Clapper
Johnson .....