Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1940 — Page 2

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The balance of power in

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‘UNPLEDGED’ BLOC {EY IN STATE RACE

Democrats Hear Report Schricker V Nil Get Lewis Dele- - gates Unless Prosecutor Makes S fficient Showing On First or Second allot. By NOBLE REED

the contest for the Governor

nomination at the State Democratic Convention here Thursday was reported to be hinging today upon a bloc of about

800 “unpledged” delegates. + Leaders of these doubtful

delegations, arriving from all

s#ctions of Indiana, claim that they vil make “no commit-

ments” until the balloting starts at the Fair Grounds

Thursday.

‘Meanwhile, supporters of the gubernatorial candidates were furiously, with promises of reciprocal backing’ and State House * jobs, in a home-stretch drive to capture the necessary 969 delegate vbtes for nomindtion on the first

biilot. ¥ Lewis’ Claim Is High

the Peters camp where workers

claimed their figures showed at least:

“1000 votes unless there is a switch at the last minute.” Mr. Peters made a new gesture for the support of labor yesterday when he refused! to pass a picket line to

{get to his office in the Claypool Ho-

tel. More than 100 hotel employees were on strike for a few hours yesterday. Rumors went the rounds of con-

Bays Exudes Confidence to Chairmen

THE INDIANAPOLIS

ICENSUS SHOWS {COUNTY GROWTH

lager, said that the increase was in

.|most every metropolitan area of

QUTSTRIPS CITY

Trend to Suburbs in Last 10 Years Evident, U. S. Count Reveals.

In line with a nationrwide population trend from eity to suburbs, Marion County has grown Ifaster| than Indianapolis” in the last 10 years, a study of the preliminary 1941 census totals showed today. While the City's 10-year population gain was about 6 per cent, the County’s increase, including the City, was about 8 per cent. The population of Marion County, oufside the City, grew about 22 per cent in the decade,» from 58,525 to 10,499. Trend Backs Up Test

W. A. Knight, area census :nainline with a trend to the suburban areas discovered in the test census

last fall in.St. Joseph County, Indiana. It has been borne out in al-

the nation, he said.

Dies at Home

Gilbert Johnston Hurty, an Indianapolis businessman all - his life, died last night in his home in. Pickwick Lane, Golden Hill (Story, Page One.)

; ; ® * BROOKSIDE OUTING SET

The Association of Retired Railroad Employees and Railway Postal Clerks will hold an all-day outing tomorrow in Brookside Park. ‘A program will be given in the Com-

TUFSDAY, JUNE 2, 104

EX-MAYOR HELD IN RACKET CASE

Ex-Detroit Prosecutor and 40 Police Face Trial In Numbers Probe. DETROIT, June 25 (U. P.)—For-

| mer Mayor Richard W. Reading,

former Prosecutor Duncan.C. McCrea, and 40 suspended policemen today were held for trial on charges they conspired to permit a $10,000,000 numbers racket to flourish in Wayne (Detroit) County. Also bound over for trial were 35 alleged numbers racketeers, including John Roxborough, co-manager for fighter Joe Louis. The order was entered by Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson, who as sa one-man graft grand jury had indicted 132 defendants. During a

‘prolonged preliminary examination

Judge Ferguson had sat as magistrate: Prosecutor Chester P. O'Hara had dismissed charges against 55 of the original defendants, including 49 of the 89. police officers named in the indictment. More than 30 policy operators testified they had made systematic prolection payments to the prosecutor's

vention hes quarters yesterday that ization leaders put Prosecutor Lewis in the Governor race prin-

> Times Photo." Fred F. Bays (extreme left), State Democratic chairman, tells early aprivale for the State/convention Thursday. that a Democratic victory in Indiana in November is certain. Listening (left to right) are Jerdie

Every township in the County showed a gain in residents, Mr. Knight said, although the gain jn

‘confessed collector and to policemen of many ranks. ! {

munity House. Alvan Christian is general chairman.

iConflicting, claims were made ini camps of all three Governor

. Schricker, David M. Lewis, Marion

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a candidate will have

€rs.

candidates. Lieut. Gov. Henry F.

County Prosecutor, and R. Earl Pet-

Lewis backers, who include Indianapolis Democrats; Dick Heller, patronage secretary to Governor M. Clifford Townsend, and Frank M. McHale, Democratic National Committeeman, claimed that a survey of delegates yesterday showed that “800 or nore votes” on the first ballot. “George Stevens, Second District! Chairman and backer of Mr. Schricker, declined to make a | specific claim of delegate support, but said “our showing on the first ballot will be surprisingly high.” Equal confidence was voiced 1 in |

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cipally as an entering wedge to stop the Peters drive and that if the Prosecutor | fails to make sufficient showing on the first or second ballot his support will be thrown to Mr. Schricker. Both backers of. the Prosecutor and Mr. S¢hricker, however, denied that they | had knowledge of any

y. Schricker sympathizers said they {believed the Lieutenant Governor's chances for nomination lay -chiefly in the fact that no machine pres{sure is being used to get delegate support. “If party leaders can't put Lewis over on the first ballot, the delegates will swing Schricker to avoid the. (machine label,” one Schricker sup-

| porter said,

Meanwhile, - State Chairman Fred F. Bays, still preaching an unbossed convention; was busy with details of the convention program which he

isaid will be “the most spectacular ‘held in recent years.” He has the Fair Grounds Coliseum All others .... !dressed up| elaborately and has ar-

anged for [several bands to keep the

convention spirit keyed to a high pitch.

im rt et NORTH DAKOTA VOTES

BISMARCK, N. D, June 25 (U. a isolationist bloc, omination by North Dablican voters today in a red © primary contest Tr Governor William Langer and Thomas Whelan, a State |Senator. Rep. William Lemke (R.), co-author | with Frazier of the |Frazier-Lemke farm bill, also I sought renomination.

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IN INDIA

Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE

County Ulty Total | 17 472 51}

1939 1940 > June 24, 1940 :

Injured ..... 12}Arrests 123 | Dead ... 0| Accidents 23

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MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic- Fines Violations tried tions paid | | Speeding 50 50 $183 | Reckless driving 7 6 20 Failure to stopat through street 8 8 Disobeying traffic signals 16 48 Drunken driving 1 1 10 . 34 34 13

Totals. 115

MEETINGS TODAY

Roialy cy aSiagpon B Hotel, 4aSon, Men's A. Alohy Tau un Board’ of Trade. ‘noon. Gyro Club, Spink -Arms Hotel. noon. Mercator Club, Hotel Lincoln, noon, Universal Club, Columbia Club, noo Universtiy of Michigan Club, Board of Trade, no C. Club-

Knights ot Columbus, K. o house, oon. Lutheran Service Club, Canary Cottage, MO ine Taper Credit Group, Wm. H. Block no

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MEETINGS TOMORROW Y. M. C. A. Camera Club, Central Y. M.

C. A, Lions Siub=—Claypool Hctel,

ung Men’s Discussion Club, Y.

noon. M. C.

A. Purdie” Atumni Association, Hotel Severin 12th District American Legion, Board of Trade, noo Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Board of Trade,

noon Deita Theta Tau, Seville Tavern, noon. Co-Operative Tlub of Indianapolis, Columbia: Club, no - Indiana BEsor Traffic Association, Hotel Antlers, noon. Junior Chamber of Commerce, Canary Cottage, noon 40-Plus Club, ndiananods Chamber of

Commerce, :30 Kiwanis, Coun ‘Club, noon.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The limes therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)

Robert’ Preston Huber, 26, Calico Park, : Helen Louise Shirley, 20, Indian-

BIRTHS

Twins—Boy and Girl James, Rebecca Cohron, at 8t. Vincent's. Girls Byron, Mary Harrell, at Methodist. George, Marjorie Pattison, at Methodist. Verlin, Velora Wann, at Methodist. Otto, \Ruth Walter, at St. Francis. Richard, Jane Shott, at City. William, Frances Miller, at City. Arthur, - Beulah Smart, at City at 314 N. Dear-

| bor Harold, Bonnie McAuley, at 2030 Fern11, Virginia Euliss, at 2118 W. St. Mary Ferguson, at 3701 N. Ox-

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Boys

William, Louise Beaumont, at Coleman. Wiliam, Ruth Toole, at St. Francis, Marvin, Marjorie Brewer, ab, J Ralph, Virginia Turner, at Ci Elmer, Irene Vaughn, at Low Buster, Mary Hutton, at City Joseph, Edna Needler, at Methodist. Harold, Hazel Vogel, at Methodist. Peter, Olga Alexakas, at St. Vincent's. James, Virginia Pate, at St. Vincent's. Tillman, Darwell Branch, Bonnie Kraft, at 1803 Perkins.

George,

DEATHS

William Lape, 56, at 646 N. Beville, car-

‘cinoma.

| Jewell Dobson, 56, at 129 S. Hawthotne

chronic myocarditis. 2, at 2043 N. Delaware,

948 Tyemonty

at 5211 coronary gocclusion.

Lane, Mary Creson, carcinoma. Samuel Young, 75, cerebral hemorrhage. Charles Galm, 58, sylvania,

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Ray Helton, 51, at Central Ind. pul-]

monary tuberculosis.

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Mabel Shaw, 40, at 3438 W. Michigan, carcinoma.

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John Lower, 67, at Long. carcinoma. Callie Brown, 48, at 1441 Northwestern,

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sy Wd of Aaeine, at City, 55,” at City, cardio at City, 2204

726 E. 15th,

at 617 N. East, Clifford Benning, 55 at 964 Audubon, leukemia.

Geneva Scott, 22, at 828 S. Noble, pulmonary tuberculosis.

FIRE ALARMS

Monday 9:09 A. M.—3200 Harlan, cause undetermitied, $130 loss. 11:02 M.—227 W. South, overneated

M.—1137 W. 34th, defective wir55 P. M ~a48

high flame on Ras sto 11:48 P M.— Noble and Michigan, false.

Tuesday 1% 08 A. M.—3214 N, Illinois, garage, loss

1a; 08 A. M.—3215 Kenwood, garage.

George Toney, 63, arterioBeverly Greenwell, | vascular renal, nald Turner, 19 hours, wieana, hemorrhage. lora Moore, 71, ‘at arteriosclerosis. Mary Jackson, 71, at cerebral hemorrhage. Tressie Mullin, 70, arteriosclerosis.

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau .—

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Fair' tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. :

4:17 Sunset :18

TEMPERATURE =Juns 25, 1939—

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|| tire project is scheduled for comple-

INEW WATER CO. CONTRACTS LET

Added- $230,000 to -Com- [%&

plete Expansion Program At Fall Creek Unit.

The Indianapdlis Water Co. has raw cpntracts $230,000 to complete its $1,020,000

plant expansiont program centering around its Fall Creek pumping station on the Allisonville Road, west of Keystone Ave.™ The Service Construction’ Co. ‘and W. E. Mick, Inc., both Indianapolis firms, received the contracts. They call for the erection of buildings to house the new filtration units, low lift pumps and chemical handling facilities as well as extensions to.the present building which houses pumping equipment and steam boilers. > Construction of the coagulation basins has been completed. The en-

tion next summer. The new buildings were designed by the engineering staff of the water company under supervision of W. C. Mabee, chief engineer, They will be built of brick with limestone trim and glass block sections on the front. : After the water treatment plants

| Frogiphiation, 24 hrs ince Ja: 3 0 al precipitation since Jan. Tos) oe since Jan.

bred lrtelie si B89 MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Fair tonight - and tomorrow; little change in temperature.

INinois—Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Lower Michizane tonight and tomorrow; -little change in temperature. hio—Fair, continued cool tonight; morrow fair HR nll Ta tcmorrow fair.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Stations Weath

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continued cool tonight;

Amarillo, Tex. Bismarck, N. D. Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Dodge City, Helena, Mont. Jacksonville, Kansas City Little Rock. Ark. Los Angeles Miami, Fla.

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"168 million gallons of filtered water 3-39 | daily will be available to the city

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are completed, an additional 16

distribution system, increasing filter-: ing facilities about 25 per cent. The filtered water from the new plant will be directed primarily to sections of the City north of 38th St. and east of Rural St. The plant is designed so that a second 16 .million-gallon unit can - he added.

TROTZKY AID DEAD; MURDER IS HINTED

MEXICO CITY, June 25 (U. P.). —Police said today that. they had found the body of Robert Sheldon Harte, kidnaped guard of Leon! Trotzky, and that he had apparently been murdered. Harte was Kidnaped, police said, during the unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Trotzky just a month ago. Trotzky and his wife escaped injury in gunfire by lying on the

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Mr. Knight also released today the preliminary census totals for two western Indiana counties and seven southern Indiana towns.

‘Vermillion Shows Less - »

Vermillion County's population dropped from 23238 in 1930 to 21,763 this year, but Parke County gained from 16,561 10 years ago to. 17,353 this year. ‘ The towns follow:

v City or Town (County) Martinsville {Morgan) Bloomfield (Greene) ... Worthington (Greene) . Lyons (Greene) Elnora (Daviess) Whiteland (Johnson) Bargersville (Johnson)

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