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LEWIS, SCHRICKER, PETERS IN CLOSE
GOVERNOR BATTLE
McNutt’s Advocacy of Third Term for Roose-
velt Indorsed, Indicating Ex-Governor May Bid for Vice Presidency.
By NOBLE REED
U. S. Senator Sherman Minton was renominated by
acclamation this afternoon as balloting got under way at the largest and most spectacular state Democratic conven-
tion in history.
‘The convention was running behind schedule as the
result of sidetracking the regular business during the morning session for more than an hour’s elaborate pageantry. Meanwhile, even as preparations were being made to
ballot on the bitterly-fought gubernatorial nomination, furi-
ous trading among tha delegates on the floor was in evidence. Rumors of conflicting and confusing character marked
the race for this nomination between R. Earl Peters, Marion ‘County Prosecutor David M. Lewis and Lieut. Gov. Henry
F. Schricker. During Federal ‘Administrator Paul V. -McNutt's keynote address, a re-
port’ circulated on the floor|
that attaches of Governor M. Clifford. Townsend's office claimed he had thrown his support to Mr. Lewis.
At the same time, Peters campaigners reported that Lake County’s 140 delegates had swung into their camp. These reports, however, lacked . confirmation and the belief prevailed that many delegations were passing out unauthentic information deliberately to add to the uncertainty.
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The convention crowd was esti- |
mated variously at between 7000 and | “10,000. Not more than 5000 attended last month's Republican convention. Mr. McNutt, in his keynote talk, warned that if America is to avoid the fate of France, she must be] impregnable in all defenses—eco- | nomic and political as well as military and naval. He said the reactionary views of tne Republican Party cannot be modernized sufficiently to meet the needs of the country in the present chaotie world. Governor Townsend, the permanent convention chairman, declared President Roosevelt “is a symbol of strength not only in America but to millions of war-torn people abroad.” Bays Back Third Term
In opening the convention, Chairman Bays had paid tribute to rresident Roosevelt as “the greatest statesman of all time,” and said We Democrats will fight until we return President Roosevelt to the ‘White. House for four more glorious years.” Adding to the confusion in the gubernatorial race was talk of running in some ‘‘dark horse” candidate at the last minute. This possibility took on a rather serious tone last night when some members of the Rules and Permanent Organization Committee attempted to amend the rules to permit PL oagions after the roll call started. This ‘would have permitted nomination of “dark horses” in the middle of a roll call. The amendment was voted down; however, The rules, as adopted, permit “dark horse” nominations ‘only at the end of a ballot roll call, ;as in previous years. Mentioned prominently as a “dark horse” was Samuel D. Jackson of Ft. Wayne, recently appointed - At--torney General by Governor Townsend. Old Hne party chieftains, who in previons years always had the answers before the voting started, were Ely unsure of their ground. Several were asking neutral observers how the situation looked “from the outside.” The convention chose as dele(Continued on Page Six)
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BENUTT WARNS
Keynoter Tells Convention
Economic Front Also Must Be Guarded.
America’s only hope of avoiding war is to be impregnable in all defenses—economic and political as well as military and naval—Federal Security Administrator Paul ‘V. McNutt warned today in "his keynote address ‘at Indiana's State Democratic convention. And, the former Hoosier Governor added, there's little chance of the
“atrophied” Republican Party readjusting its policies or viewpoint
changes of a new world. Totalitarian economic aggression | can be as disastrous as a mighty fleet of Sardine and a flying armada, he said.
‘End of Epoch Reached’
France was crushed by Germany, the nearly 2000 delegates were told, because she “failed to note the swift march of.events,” failed until too late to react to the lightning changes in world relationships. The same menace already casts an ominous shadow across the cceans to our shoies, Mr. McNutt added. “We have reached the end of an (Continued on Page Six)
CLOUDY AND MILD WEATHER TO STAY
/LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am ...65 10am. ...T7 7am .68 1ll a.m. .. 78 8a m. ... 7 12 (noon)... 80 9am ... 75
There will be local showers or thunderstorms in Indianapolis tonight or tomorrow, the Weather Bureau predicted today. Skies will
be cloudy. There will not be much change in the mild temperatures. The maximum today will be about 80 degrees. .
a Taft button on his greatest admirer . . . his mother, Mrs: William Howard Taft, widow of tho late President. 2. Wendell Willkie, caught in an informal pose as he. stresses: a point during discussion in Kis hotel room. oo A view of the démonstration
publican Convention.’
CIGARET COMPANIES RAISE SELLING PRICE |
NEW YORK, June 27. (U. P.).— Two leading cigaret manufacturers boasted their. selling prices today to compensate for the .increased Fed-. eral tax which becomes effactive July 1. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. announced that- prices are being: ad-
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sufficiently to meet the dynamic,
vanced 30 cents a thousand on Chesterfield and Piedmont Cigarets, while R. J. Reynolds Fobacco Co.,
{makers of Camel Cigarets, posted an |°
increase of 28 cents a thousand.
RED CROSS RELIEF SHIP BILL SIGNED
WASHINGTON, June 27 (U.P).
—President Roosevelt today signed|
a joint resolution exempting Red Cross vessels carrying relief for European war refugees from the portion of the Neutrality Act barring American. ships from belligerent waters. The measure was designed to remove doubt as to the legality of voyages such as that being made by the S. S. McKeesport now nearing Bilbao, Spain, with a one-mil-lion-dollar cargo of medical supplies and clothing destined for France.
INDIANS REPLACE SHORTSTOP PHILLIPS
Still trying to revamp the Indianapolis Indians into a winning ball
.club, President Leo T. Miller. Yoday
announced the outright purchase of a shortstop to replace Damon Phillips, obtained from St. Paul June 11. The new man is Roland Ha rington, who was bought from the RBirmingham club of the Southern Association.
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“staged after Thomas E. Dewey's name was placed before the Re-
HOOSIERS STILL
Jim Watson Leads Faction Holding Out for Taft + And Dewey.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY | Times Staff Writer
* PHILADELPHIA, June 27—Like many ‘old-line party men from New York and Ohio, several mambers of
the Indiana: delegation today remain | g as anti-Willkie as they ever were. Former Senator James E. Watson, for instance, still is sticking with his prediction that the ticket will be Dewey and Taft or Taft and Dewey. The last guess has the largest following among the Some 200 Hoosiers here, “Four District Chairman ‘Ralph Gates, an alternate delegate, con-
He scored: the first ballot from the Indiana delegation: as: Willkie 8, Dewey 8, Vandenberg 5, Taft 5 and Bridges 2. The ony certainty in this figure is the two for Bridges. Rep. Charles Halleck got a round of applause from other state delegations and the gallery for his nominating speech in. Willkie’s behalf but it was badly received by the Hoosier delegation.
written all wrong.” The thousands .of persons who thronged the galleries liked it, however, and they formed:a cheering section that rose to its feet and shouted with enthusiasm. = The delegates sat on their hands for the most part, cheering from (Continued on Page Three)
‘Big Three’ in State Dernockatic Race
BUCKING WILLKIE.
Even Mr. Gates said “the speech| was delivered: all right but it. was|
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naval bases.
Bukovina province and of the Tulcea, in the Dorbrudja terr ‘The Soviet demand, saia
STOCKS ARE UNEASY; BRITISH POUND SOARS
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Stocks displayed rallying tendenciés at New York foddy but ‘dethand lacked ‘aggressiveness. and prices backed and Alled narrowly: after a forenoon “advance of “fractions to almost three points... “The British pound sterling. Jumped 15% “cefits to.$3.91.. ; Traders were teas oer the new Russian move on Rumania, and many operators kept close to the sidelines pending the result.of the Republican convention balloting.
Favorable business news. included cfficial announcement that the
| British had taken over Fren¢h ma-|
chine tool orders.placed here and a rise in carloadings to a new peak
‘| singe Nov. 18.
Less favorable news was a decline
: in heavy building, rise in cigaret. 1prices and easy conditions in the
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WAR ‘RISK CLAUSE.
"URGED IN INSURANCE
HARTFORD, Conn., June 27 (
||P.) ~The . National Association A | Insurance [passed a resolution urging life in= | surance companies to include .a war risk clause in all future life policies.
| The resolution suggested “the de- : sirability of Sulla uniformity
Commissioners today
Traders Eye Russian Moves, |
Russia Demands Bessarabia From Rumania as Hitler - N Prepares to Invade Britain
BULLETIN
BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 21 (U. P conferring hugriedly with Germany, Italy and Jugoslavia tonight as
P.).—King Carol was reported
on on a Soviet Russian demand for
cession of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and important Rumanian
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press’ Foreign News Editor |
The Soviet Government moved swiftly and forcefully to bolster Russia's position facing Europe today by carving a
The Soviets demanded—and. Rumania’s King Carol. was reported to have bowed to the ultimatum—the immediate céssion of. Bessarabia . (18,000. square miles), of. northern
naval bases of Constanza and itory along the Black ‘Sea. to have been made after in-
for ki stil hae a chance, | forming Germany and Italy and possibly in conjunction with
Bulgaria, came as Great Britain heard that Adolf Hitler was massing hundreds of small vessels in preparation for a possible offensive
against the British Isles.
The Russian move was reported to have started wild demonstrations in
° | Bulgaria for recovery of Dobrudja
(3320 square miles; 353,000 population) from Rumania and ‘was expected .to ‘renew Hungarian claims for Transylvania. If all three territorial moves are successful ‘Rumania (113,884 square miles; 19,422,000 population) would be returned to the little kingdom size that existed before the World War.. At that time, Rumania held northern Dobrudja. The Soviets now’ shoving : their frontier farther into Europe have gains which now include: Half of Poland to the Vistula River. . The Karelian Isthmus including Viipuri and an area north of Lake Ladoga. in Finland. The Baltic States, under a form of protectorate and mutual aid alv ‘Germany Massing Boats Germany was reported massing hundreds of small boats on Ger-man-occupied ‘coasts opposite Brittain, presumably in preparation for the offensive in which Italy has declared that Italian forces will participate. At There was no indication whether the Russian Government, which previously had taken over the Baltic states, was seeking tage of the fact that the axis powers were fully occupied with their war against Great Britain or whether the reported: move against Rumania was the result of an understanding with Berlin.
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POSSIBLE DEW! SHIFT MENACES BID BY HOOSIER
First Two Ballots to
Come This ‘Afternoon
With Ohio Bloe Confident of Heavy Gaing by Third Vote.
By LYLE C. WILSON } United Press Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.—The 194) Republican Nae tional Convention neared its first ballot today ‘with the Presidential race still open but with increasing speculation among delegates that the chance of Senator Robert A. Taft
of Ohio are improving.
It was conceded, however, that there had been no “break” and no apparent change in the position of the front« runners—Taft, Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Wendell
L. Willkie of New York.
The. first twe ballots will be taken late today. After,
two ballots, a recess will be taken until tonight. Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr. threatened to hold the convention in session indefinitely tonight in the hope of reaching a decision, Great activity was going oh behind the scenes. Dewey, met with former Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas but.
it, was insisted the meeting was only a cotirtesy call: There - -
were reports that Dewey managers were making every effort to run up a total that would push over their candidate
on the second ballot.
Other—and contradictory—speculas
tion was that a Taft-Dewey arrangement might be in "9
process of negotiation, na
GOING UP: SAYS GOV. STASSEN
Willkie Floor Manager, Sees Hope® as Politicos Toil To Stop Him.
By CHARLES T. LUCEY Times Staff Writer . , PHILADELPHIA, June 27.—The Republican National © Convention headed into a showdown today with one question dominating all ‘others: “can Wendell Willkie be stopped?” Swept by an intensity of feeling not seen in a G. O. P. convention in many years, and stirred by new reports of eleventh-hour coalitions to head off the Willkie boom, the start of balloting neared with leaders frankly unable to call the turn.
A Willkie demonstration that shook . Convention Hall to the rafters last "night left Willkie backers confident but = brought from opposing forces claims that the demonstration had stirred resent-: ment among many delegates. There were reports of behind-the-scenes meetings between some of the leaders of the Robert A. Taft and Thomas E. Dewey campaigns, put various party leaders insisted that neither Mr, Dewey nor: Senator Taft could swing his suppojters to the other. There was an undercurrent of talk, however, that—apart from any (Continued on Page Three) . rere Se em eee
TOBIN DISGUSSED AS ROOSEVELT AID
Green Seeks A. F. L. Role in New Defense Setup.
WASHINGTON, June 27 U, P). —Reports that President Roosevelt|~ shortly will :-name Daniel H. Tobin of Indianapolis as his fifth administrative assistant circulated anew
today following a conference be-|
‘tween the chief executive and President William Green of the A. PF. of
Mr. Green was accompanied to|
the White House by George Meany, A. P.'of L. secretary- treasurer, ! ‘Mr. Tobin is president of the
Ty Teamsters Union, one of the most|" po
ul units in the Federation, and long has been sympathetic with Administration pélicies. It was understood’ that Mr. Green and Mr. Meany talked with ‘Mr. Roosevelt regarding the ibility. of obtaining representation" for th A. F, of L, in the new defense setup. It ap ' that: Mr. Roosevelt has made no definite commitment to
name :Mr. Tobin but is giving the}
‘ballot. - Taft was not pressing for first bale
Willkie continued confident He said he had checked his strength with his board of strategy and was “agreeably surprised.” Every combinas tion against him, he said, “has helped me.”
The Dewey ‘camp claimed its lines were holding firm. Among Taft workers, however,
there was an air of expectation, .
Managers said: “Our feeling is that we have Willkie stopped.” Thére
| were reports that a bloc of 50 to 82
Pennsylvania votes waquld swing. to Taft after casting two or three bale lots for Governor Arthur James; -
Hoover Friendly. Say Taft Men : oy
Patrick J. . Hurley, * Secretary of War under former President Here bert Hoover, conferred with Taft today. After the co..ference Taft managers said Hoover was friendly to Taft's. cause. California was said still, to: favor Hoover = if ‘there appeared any chance to win the nomination for the former Chief Executive. A number of delegates suggested that a Taft-Dewey or. Dewey-Taft slate’ might emerge, possibly by the fifth or sixth ballot. Ty, by Rep. Tom Jenkins of Ohio, a strong Taft man, predicted it would be Taft on the third or the fifth It was understood ' that
lot support but was telling delegates that if they came to him after the second ballot he wanted them to stay with him The Vandenberg nomination was seconded by William L. Hutcheson
{of Indianapolis, the boss of the «A,
F. of L.'s carpenters. He introduced himself as an American who has no use for Com« munists, Nazis, Fascists, Fifth Columnists or New Dealers, He described Mr. Vandenberg as a “a real American” with years of exe (Continued on Page Three)
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