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FLARE IN CAUCUSES

Twelfth District Fiaht Develops From Niblack Effort to Pose Slate Against Bradford: 24 Delegates to National G. 0. P. Convention Named.

By SAM TYNDALL Factional scraps, especially among Marion County eonvention delegates, flared up in four of the 12 district Republican caucus meetings last night when 24 of Indiana's 28

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delegates to the National G. O. P. Convention were elected. |

Also highlighting the dis-]

trict sessions was an unsue- + cessful attempt in the Elev-

enth District to instruct its

two national convention delegates to support Thomas E. Dewey, New

* York Presidential aspirant. No at-

tempts were made to instruct na-

tional delegates in the other dis-|

tricts. The factional flurries occurred in the Eleventh, Twelfth, First and Eighth District meetings. Harmony appeared to prevail in the other eight meetings, especially in the Fifth District where all 173 delegates appeared to be supporting Glen R. Hillis, of Kokomo, for the gubernatorial nomination.

A summary of the meetings fol-

TWELFTH DISTRICT (Indianapolis) A battle started when W. D. Rain hominated a slate of delegates and convention officials backed hy the faction headed bv James I. Bradford, recently elected Marion County chairman, and then moved that the nominations be closed. John ©. Niblack, seeking to nomi- * nate delegates and alternates supported by the group headed by former Marion County Chairman Carl Vandivier, demanded to be permitted to submit his nominations. The room rocked with simultaneous shouts of “ves,” “no,” and “sit down.”

| William R. Higgins, 12th Distriet

chairman and caucus chairman, ruled him out of order. “Is this America?” shouted Mr Niblack. “Are we going this meeting railroaded through?” Demands Standing Vote He demanded a standing vote and Mr. Higgins had difficulty makfng his “out of order” ruling heard above the din. A dozen delegates rushed to the front of the room waving their arms and engaged in heated arguments. Chairman Higgins called for a voice vote on closing the nominations, and the roars of “ave” and “nay” seemed equally loud, He conferred with Mr. Bradford who » said he thought the “aves” had it. My. Niblack and his backers eventually prevailed on Mr. Higgins to take a 1oll call vote, The first _ roll call ended with the tellers in disagreement over the result, so another was taken, The second vote was announced as 66 to 62 in favor of closing the nominations, The slate Mr. Niblack sought nominate consisted of FPmslevy W Johnson and Fred CC. Ganuse, for delegates, and Irving Demaux and Joseph Carson II for alternates, it war reported County Canens Held After the meeting a Marion County caucus was held. Harmon Campbell was named Marion Countv floor leader for the convention. Mr. Bradford. who presided, named tellers for four of the gubernatorial candidates to “see that we get an honest vote.”

The tellers were: Mr. Niblack. for |

Jeffrey: Fay W. Patrick, for Emmert: Charles Mann, for Hillis, and Paul Dunn, ‘or Jenner,

ELEVENTH DISTRICT

The big fight in the Eleventh District arose over an attempt to instruct the National convention delegates for Mr. Dewey. After the nomination slate by Hairy Alford, Imdianapolis, and a slate delegates and alternates only, by Joseph Buchanan of Indianapolis, Arthur Beck- ? man, Anderson, offered a resolution that whoever should be elected delegates be pledged to support Mr. Dewev for President so long gs he remains an active candidate, There were a few scattered cheers William publisher, ' pesolution to instruct to support Wendell I. Willkie for the Presidential nomination if Mr Dewey appearea beaten He was » shouted down, In a voice failed A oll

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call vote was delegates with the regulary candidates. Maude Vestal, Andere son. and Herman Rowers, Indian apolis, winning They each received R% votes, the tellers announced The vote for the opposition ecandidates wes: Alvah C. Waggoner Pendleton, 65, and Lowell MeDanfel. Greenfield, 40 The slated candidates for alter. nates, George Bonham, Elwood mavor, and Maude Smith, Indianapolis, were elecied by aceclamation. They were opposed by Samvel I. Montgomery and Municipal Court Judge Dan V. White, both of Indianapolis. FIRST DISTRICT A secret ballot was taken on national delegates when Joseph B Kyle, Gary, lieutenant-governor nominee in 1938 was placed in nomination along with MavorJames McNamara, Whiting, and Simon MecHie, Hammond, the regular ore ganization choices. Mayor MeNamara received 87 votes: Mr. McHie, 70, and Mr. Kvle, 4 Mr. McHie was not in the meet. » Ing and Mayor MeNamara said Presidential choice and “won't until I learn the sentiment of my that he had not decided on ; district.”

SECOND DISTRICT

Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Rensse. laer, and Sam Boys, Plymouth pub- ® lisher, were named delegates to the national convention without opposition. They are uninstructed. Party leaders said that

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smoothness with which the caucus) worked showed that all differences! had been patched up between Rep. Halleck and Henry W. Marshall, | Lafayette publisher and veteran! G. O. P. Tippecanoe County boss,! who were at loggerheads recently in the district chairmanship fight.

THIRD DISTRICT

A pre-arranged slate of delegates and convention officials was elected unanimously and without preliminary debate despite a factional] fight over the district chairmanship two weeks ago. James Oliver and E. M. Morris, both of South Bend, were elected delegates. They were not instructed.

FOURTH DISTRICT | Delegates who elected their na[tional rpresentatives without de[bate, were reported to favor Senator {Robert Taft of Ohio for the Presidential nomination,

| FIFTH DISTRICT | No factional flurry developed as delegates staged a demonstration for! Mr, Hillis and gave Rep. Forest Al ‘Harness of Kokomo a rousing wel- | come, In a brief speech, Rep. Harness urged the district to “stick together.”

| SIXTH DISTRICT Delegates were urged by District Chairman Byron L. Jones of Leb-| [anon to split their votes for all gubernatorial candidates "so nd one will feel hard toward the district.”

SEVENH DISTRICT

The Ewing Emison machine worked smoothly in electing nation-| al delegates and convention officials |

between Mr. Hillis and William E | Jenner in the Governor contest. |The district elected Will H. Hays,

the movie czar, and Homer E. Cape- —

hart, wealthy manufacturer of Washington, Ind, as national delegates,

EIGHTH DISTRICT

Voting was interrupted momentarily when Edgar Durre, Vanderburg County chairman, challenged the nomination of Jerome Reeler, Evansville, for delegate to the national convention, Mr. Durre said: “If Mr. Reeler will publicly state that he did not support the Democratic ticket in the last election I will east my vote for him.” My, Reeler faced the crowded room and said: “I did not.” Mr. Durre, when his name was called, hesifated for a moment and then voted for Mr, Reeler, saying, “I will keep! my word.” NINTH DISTRICT The session was marked by a speech by Edgar M. Bush, former | | Lieutenant Governor, who declared | {he was opposed to Mr. Willkie as a | Presidential candidate. “TI don’t believe in going to a New York utilities firm to steal a Democrat for the Republican nomination for President.” he said. Former Governor Bd Jackson was introduced at the meeting.

TENTH DISTRICT

After a routine election of national delegates, Walter Bossert. candidate for the senatorial nomi(nation, declared “we are entering a | fight to save the American form of Government.”

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HOOSIER WILL DRIVE AMBULANCE TO FRONT

PARIS, May 24 (U. P) Herbert DeBelle, Walton, Ind, was one of two drivers prepared today te rush American ambulance replacements to the front. Lovering Hill, head of the Amer. ican Ambulance Field Service, said Mr. DeBelle and Charles E. Quigley, Trenton, N. J, have been selected to drive ambulances that will replace two destroved hy German bombs, The Amerisan Volunteer Ambu. lance Corps was forming a corps of 20 new ambulances, some of whieh are to start for the front in the next few dave, No word has been received of five drivers from the volunteer corps who are listed as “missing” after having been dispatched to the front One of these is Louis Wehrle, FY. Warne, Ind. The Volunteer Corps hag lost five ambulances and has had three badly damaged.

Discount Suicide of 'Spy' in Bogota

BOGOTA, Columbia, May 24 \U. PO) While police today pressed a nation-wide search for Erika | Klein, beautiful German dancer missing since May 18, the newspaper La Razon disputed suicide theories and charged that her dis appearance was a ruse to cover up “Fifth Column” activities. The paper said it could “guarantee” that Miss Klein faked a leap into the 450-foot-high Tequendama Falls, and then fled by automobile to Quito, Ecuador, “where she is engaged at present in a political mission.” According to the paper, Miss Klein went to Quito to join Lila Linka, a German woman writer who, La Razon said, “is a Fifth Column organized in countries of North and South America.”

BRECKENRIDGE URGES WAR NEW YORK, May 24 (U. P).— Henry Breckenridge, Assistant Seeretary of War under President Wilson from 1913 to 1016. said last night that the United States should declare war on Germany “as a mortal enemy of mankind and a

1 /ment. Republican Leader Charles L /fund requests.

~ |cause he expected additional defense nn

Times Photo. Over the annual Warren High School Spring dance tonighe, Vivian Meek, R. R. 10, Box 27%. senior (with robe), will rule as Queen of the May. Her maid of honor (left) will be Gloria Monninger, R. R. 5, Box 535 a junior,

DEMOCRATS NAME 3 AS CONVENTION AIDS

State Democratic Chairman Fred FP. Bays today announced appoint ment of the State Democratic Convention Committee which will choose the kevnote speaker, permanent chairman and convention officials. Members are Virgil Simmons, State Conservation director, representing the Fourth District: Frank Finney, State Motor License Division director, representing the Seventh District, and Mrs. P. C. Kelly of Indianapolis, representing the 12th District, The committee will meet within

to have despite a bitter fight in the district the next two weeks to decide on the

keynote speaker and other details of the convention, which will be held at the Fair Grounds June 27.

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WASHINGTON, May 24 (U, P). —Reports of .mminent changes in + the War and Navy posts of Presi n dent Roosevelt's Cabinet versisted (today as the $3,297.009.452 emerg- | To End June 8. |eney Army-Navy defense program!

| {neared completion in Congress. | WASHINGTON, May 24 (U. P).| Unanimous votes by which the |—Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Senate, after two days’ debate, ap- | Barkley predicted today that Con proved a $1823,252,724 Army supply

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[jor appropriation bill-<the House- the House, which must pass upon b

approved $1.111.754916 relief bill— Senate amendments carrying out stands in the wav of early adjourn the Presdient’s emergency defense | \ ‘Char Sums contained in McNary, however, thought My, the bills topped Mr. Roosevelt's $1,‘Barkley was “a little optimistic” be- 353,000 goo special program by $282,requests. Although the much discussed The relief bill was passed by the coalition Cabinet idea appeared to House late yesterday after adoption Nave been spiked, s) A of an amendment banning Com. ‘he status of the Chief Executive's munists and members of Nazi Bunds °fficial favily FY Nghe hy ap from employment on WPA projects, Pearance in Washington of Mayor Sponsored by Rep. Francis KE. Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York Walter (D. Pa) the amendment also 20d the disclosure that Governor ) BPRS . > Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri had would remove such persons now on d ounced Visit to tl the rolls and require those applying woc.. on unannounc : ie

: " : White House. for WPA jobs to file affidavits that : they are not Communists or meme Mr. LaGuardia said he had not

seen Mr. Roosevelt and was nonbers of the Buna. commital on the Cabinet post reWhen the relief bill comes up in ports. He has been mentioned for the Senate, an attempt will be made Secretary of War Woodring's post lo amend it to provide 3,000,000 Mr. Stark, whose name has heen WPA jobs during the next fiscal), tioned in connection with plans vear, Senator James E. Murray (D 5f Secretary of Navy Charles EdiMont) said he would seek to add gq; 1g resign his job. said he called Sou. peio gol for this purpose to the on the President while en route $975.650.000 provided for WPA bY home from Chapel Hill, N. C. The the House. The House bill authorizes apergeney defense program and expenditure of the WPA fund dur pa impending Governors’ confering the first eight months of the .pnee at Duluth. Minn. fiscal vear,

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cussed, he said, but there was no mention of the Cabinet position. Meanwhile, the House was ready to start debate today on a bill removing restrictions on Army airplane building and other military

construction. The measure contains contract authorizations of | £132.000,000, mostly for the air force. Prompt approval of it will clear the way for action on a $144,321,000 |

provide facilities for training 16,006 pilots and hasten development of air bases throughout the United States and its possessions. The Government, speeding defense preparations on all fronts, may seek standardization of production in many industries if the

output of essential national defense |

supplies lags. Other defense developments included: 1. Senate and House conferees

consider a bill containing $15,000,000 cash and $99,000,000 in contract authorizations for the start of construction of a third set of locks at the Panama Canal. Military experts estimate that the total cost would be $277,000,000. 2. The Navy, it was disclosed, plans to convert 22 World War destroyers into anti-aircraft ships and fast mine sweepers equipped with latest devices to take the sting out of magnetic mines. 3. Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla.), whose resolution to empower the President to sell this country’s air armada to the Allies was rejected, sought to revive it. 4. Rep. Jed Johnson (D. Okla.), plans to introduce a bill offering

military training to the 300,000 en- |

rollees in the Civilian Conservation Corps. 5. The House Military Affairs Committee approved a bill giving the President authority to license exports of scrap iron, steel and “all other materials considered necessary for domestic industry in time of war.” Most of the scrap exports

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'u '‘ernment Seeks to Avoid . Hysteria in Fifth Column Search.

WASHINGTON, May 24 (U. P). —The Justice Department planned today to add 100 G-Men soon to the force combating Fifth Column activities. A Justice Department official said that the increase would be made with appropriations available to the increase would be made with appropriations available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation July 1. The FBI now has 150 agents operating against saboteurs and espionage agents. Meanwhile, Government officials sought to avoid the creation of hysteria in the attack on Fifth Column activities and in meeting demands for closer control over aliens. Attorney General Robert H. Jackson warned that “sensational statements as to the Fifth Column should be received with suspicion.” Two Texas officials conferred with FBI officials yesterday on subversive forces in their state. They were Director Homer Garrison of the Texas State Police and Col. Gaston Howard, assistant adjutant general lof the Texas National Guard. | The agitation for closer control over aliens coincided with Mr. Jack[son's preparations to receive into {his department the immigration (and naturalization service. Its transfer from the Labor Departiment, was proposed to Congress by "President. Roosevelt this week.

The House Judiciary Commitiee has postponed further consideration of the Hatch “clean state polities” bill until Tuesday when a report is expected by Rep. Walter, a member of the Committee, The Senate subcommittee inves tigating wire « tapping announced that Gov, William H. Vanderbilt of Rhode Island has advised that he would appear Tuesday in connection with testimony that he hired New York detectives to investigate 1938 elections in his state.

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