Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1940 — Page 19
7 DEMOCRATS SPEED UP RACE FOR LIEUT. GOV.
Alignments in Governorship Battle Edge. Into PreSession Spotlight.
ATSON SAYS DEWEY HOLDS EDGEIN STATE
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_ Hoosier G. 0. P. Congressmen Cautious in Comment | On Willkie.
Chose Checkers Over ‘Jacks—Instead of participating in the Citywide jacks tournament, girls at the playground at 61st St. and Broad- | way chose to play a checkers tourBy DANIEL M. KIDNEY nament. The tournament already By NOBLE. REED |" Times Staff Writer has begun, but new entries are still Rapidly edging into the Demo-
WASHINGTON, June 20.—Former | open. Participants must bring their cratic State Convention spotlight
hecker boards, the only enSenator James E. Watson, delegate- nn. BT Games are|today. was the seven-way contest
at-large from Indiana to the Re-|played out of doors on the grounds.|for the Lieutenant Governor némi-| publican national convention, today x nation, which is linked closely with! predicted that the state’s first bal-| Five Haboush families of Indian- Gis thrco.corncred. cores. for thy lot will be divided as follows: apolis will be hosts to more than|'1€ Pp J : Dewey, 12; Taft, 10, and Willkie, 6./200 members of the Haboush family | Governor prize. ; The venerable Hoosier Republic-|who will gather here for the first All seven candidates had epre- _ an is for Thomas E. Dewey, he de-|national reunion June 30. sentatives in Indianapolis today to _ clared,| but has no objection to the| Elias Haboush ideal their home-district delegate ‘nomination of Robert BE. Taft ror|is chairman of support to gubernatorial candidates President, either. : the reunion to in return for running mate align- . He is definitely not for Wendell|be held at the ments. L. Willkie and when asked if ne|Syrian-Lebanon- The first to open headquarters in - might change his mind in the laterlAmerican Claypool Hotel was Anderson C. voting replied: Brotherhood Ketchum of Greensburg, State] “You know I always have been Hall, 2245 E. Budget Director. labelled a stand-patter.” . Bijerside Drive. Others in the race are Edward . The first pi- Stein of Bloomfield, former Speak- | Silent on Willkie Shier Hapoushy er of the Indiana House of Repre-|S However, he ined to © ny- | Anton, arrived in sentatives; Floyd J. Hemmer of|E thing | critical Soliinm fa By ee New York in Huntingburg, State Penal Farm Su-|E Hoosier candidate who now owns |1890 from Mount perintendent; State Senators John |S
Lebanon, Syria. Elias Haboush = |Bri : d E. tis White, |= several Rush County farms and is|gP 0 = CC as right Webb an Cur
director of a bank in the former . both of Indianapolis; George Swei-|S Senator’s home town of Rushville. in 1998. His Seven Sony wil come gart of East Chicago and John Mrs. Willki it ilk of |:2F : Ryan of Terre Haute. lllkie was Edith Wilk of pone The eldest member of the Rush le 3nd i : second famliy, Ayoub Haboush, who is 97,| Allignments Unknown 5 ‘ . Spr : . Pp Yon pringer (R.| wij] dome from New York City. Definite alignments with the three
Ind.). E Governor candidates have not heen|=
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Rep. Springer has expressed the view that since Mr. Willkie is an Indiana favorite son candidate, he should get the entire 28 votes from _ the state. The only Congressman from Indiana (who also is a delegate is Rep.
Page Publishes ‘Memoirs’—‘“The Memoirs of a Page in Congress,” the book-length account of the experiences of Albert Losche Jr., son of the City Purchasing Agent, is scheduled for publication next month. The
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made clear, but it has been hinted |= strongly that supporters of David |S M: Lewis, Marion County Prose-|E - cutor, are backing Mr. Hemmer. :
Senator White has been aligned |g ndirectly with the R. Earl Paters
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Charles A. Halleck, who will pre- |jigge High School, tells of his term sent Mr. Willkie’s name in nomina- as page during the 1937-38 session
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tion. | ~ Because thelr mail has contained | poosier public officials. The book humerous letters in opposition to |; i i i , : : ; the’ Willkie ‘candidacy, the other G.|" being printed. privately friendly with all three Governor O. P. Congressmen from thé state| Skabo Heads Relief Group — Candidates, hoping to trade his were very cautious today in com-|aAjlan C. Miller, state chairman of | Tenth District support to one of menting about the Scripps-Howard Norwegian Relief, Inc, today an- them. : editorial indorsement of Mr, Willkie. nounced the Indianapolis committee| Also the Governor candidates are of the organiza- watching Mr. Sweigart closely be- | Peace Plank Sought Con cause he comes from the big voting Those who summed up their Hans H. Ska- district of Lake County. present, attitude by saying that Mr. bo of the Skabo|Webb, Ryan Alignments Not Clear ip is a nice man and they wiil
be glad to support him “if he gets Engineering Co. Alignments of Senator Webb and
trios BE : is chairman; 4 the nomination,” were Reps. Forest| {73 Bs prmeni ¥ Toe fg sok boon cine
. A. Harness, Noble J. Johnson, Ger- W. Taylor, vice- i . Landis and Robert A. Grant, chairman: Mrs, |20nounce in a few days for Secre- . George W. Gillie (R. Ind.) Toy ’ Wo 4 |tary of State, State Treasurer and | with Rep Hamilton Fish eretary, and Periaps State Auditor. .N. Y) and a delegation of 14 Fletcher, assist |, L0¢, O0lY candidate announced other| Congressmen in a trip to ; Plot ys : thus far for Secretary of State is iphia to get a so-called A i ant cashier of Ropert Tilton of Fowler, former ig the Indiana Na- president of the Indiana Young Mr. Skabo tional Bank, Democrats. James Beatty Jr. head treasurer. of the Motor Vehicle Division of the Other committee members are: public Service Commission has been Hansori Anderson, Tech - High mentioned, but he has not anSchool principal; E. William Ben-|nounced. Yention session. son, president of the Washington| State Treasurer Joseph W. RobSerlator Watson reported that the and Riley Hotels; Eugene Foster, di- |ertson of Brownstown is expected Fie delegates will meet at|TeCtor of the Indianapolis Founda- to have some opposition before th¥
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PETITIONS ISSUED [Sea Roebuck & Co.
The first step toward repairing and widening the West Michigan St. bridge over Eagle Cheek was taken by County Commissioners yesterday. They issued petitions to permit a $45,000 bond issue for the project. The bridge reconstruction, for many months a controversial issue between West Side residents and County officials, will be paid for equally by the County and City. Engineers intend to straighten the ap-
Volleyball Tourney Starts—The
tournament is sponsored by the City Recreation Department. 5
his home post at Ft. Warren, Wyo., after visiting Col. Enrique Urrutia
mothers’ and fathers’ volleyball Clude John J. Gould of Shelbyville; | tournament at school 41 is under William Fitzgerald of North Vernon way this week, with finals to be and James W. Sweeney of Jefferson- | played the first week of July. The Ville.
ination of Judge Tremain. They _1 Visiting Officer © Leaves — Capt. contended that. his court decisions Phillips R. Dwyer of the 20th In-|Were adverse to the interests of the fantry left Indianapolis today for | teachers.
Others who have announced in-
Recently school teacher groups tarted a drive against the renom-
, Platform Hearings End The Democratic Platform Com-
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proach from both sides and widen iti the bridge to include sidewalks arid BE A Tne mands mittee ended its hearings on plank provide space for two lanes of on leave since recent Army ma- suggestions yesterday and went into traffic. - neuvers in the South, served with|eXecutive session to outline the Col. Urrutia in Puerto Rico. working draft of the platform for 4 Jubimission to he Conveniion ResoBE Wayne Group Sponsors Party—|'Utlons Committee next Thursday. The Wayne Township 14-40 Repub- State Chairman Fred F, Bays islican Association will sponsor a sued the formal call for the conveneuchre party in the club rooms of [tion and appointed Arthur H.|Z Wayne Post, American Legion, 6566 | Spoerner, of Hammond, as ser-|E | W. Washington St., at 8 p. m. today. | éant-at-arms; Isaac Southwood, of 3 The association is composed of Re- Sullivan, assistant sergeant-at-arms: = publican precinct committeemen|H. S. Murray, of Bedford, chief and vice committeemen in the town- |doorkeeper, and Aaron H. Huguen- |S
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‘ keeper. ~ Postal Leaders to Dine—Postmas-| Federal Security Administrator = 38 gE : ter Arolph Seidensticker, postoffice| Paul V. McNutt will be the keynote | = #3 i FATE. © 2 i supervisors, and officers of Post-|speaker and Governor M. Clifford office employees’ organizations will | Townsend will be the permanent | 3 give a luncheon Saturday at the|convention chairman. } Claypool Hotel in honor of Walter Myers, local attorney, newly appointed Fourth Assistant Postmaster eGneral.
Lewis Pushes Campaign
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