Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1941 — Page 20

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STATE TOMATO | KING WINS AGAIN

Russell Bevington Takes Honors for Third Time | At Growers’ Dinner.

Russell Bevington of Galveston, ! Cass County, was crowned king of the Indiana tomato-growers last night at an “almost all tomato” din-! ner at the Claypool Hotel. i This is the third successive year that “the king” has won the cham-| pionship. ‘ In second place was Charles L.| Cunningham of Kempton. J. V.| Jackson of Cambridge was third. | Governor Henry F. Schricker,! principal speaker at the dinner)

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which climaxed the annual Indiana! :

Tomato Show, praised those in the] “industry. Pointing to the estimated] $6,000.000 figure set for the Indiana crop, the Governor said that it adds] materially to the wealth of the State; and provides employment for thousands each season. i Following the Governor's talk,| A. F. Dreyer, president of the Indi-| ana Canners’ Association, i that Indiana canners have sold one million cases of tomatoes in excess of consumers’ demands. Most of | this will go to the nation's armed | forces, he said. Among First 20

During the evening the 35-pound first-prize hamper was sold at auc-| tion to L. S. Ayres & Co. for $70. Just $& more than the top price last] year. i Adam Kessler of Dunkirk was honored for bringing a hamper the! longest distance. Fourth and fifth

LEGION PARLEY

Adjourns After Indorsing All-Out Defense; Levine Easy Winner.

By WILLIAM CRABB Times Staff Writer

Delegates to the 23d annual convention of the Indiana American

resolutions and addresses by naa united defense effort.

Preparedness, brooking no oppos{ing forces and dedicated to the

the theme expressed by Federal Security Administrator Paul V, McNutt and by Edward Stirling, national vice commander of the legion. Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey echoed it in discussing the draft, and the convention voted its renewed support of national policy.

Accepts Defense Stand The new Carl Graham of Ft. Wayne, in accepting office,

behind defense.

Mr. Graham was elected without opposition in elections which -cli-

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Aug. 20.— Legion dispersed today after closing a session in which the keynote of

tional figures was all-qut support of

preservation of the democracies, was

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gave assurance he would follow the mandates of the Indiana Department in its stand

maxed the convention yesterday. But the expected battle for national jcommitteeman dissolved at the last] {moment when two candidates with- | |drew and Isadore Levine of La Porte

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Some 700 men and officers of the First Air Forte Combat Command from Selfridge Field, Mich, and | Baer Field, Ft. Wayne, were to, bivouac tonight at Ft. Harrison, en | route to Army maneuvers in the South. : The ground forces of the Air Force units will leave tomorrow for Ft. Knox, Ky. The troops are

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‘BOMB’ SCARE IN SHIP FIRE FADES

Cylinders With Wired Caps ' Found to Contain Fumigating Liquid.

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: y | metal with wired caps was re-elected unanimously. near what had been the ship crew’s {| No site for the 1942 convention quarters today. was selected, as Kokomo, the only| Fire Lieut. Arthur Braconhnier, city to bid for the honor, was re- reporting the discovery, called the | jected because of inadequate hous- [cylinders “time bombs’ and there | ing facilities. The state executive [was an early morning furor as FBI committee was expected to select |agents, police and District Attor- { Indianapolis. ney’s officers sped to the scene. Combustibles experts and members of the police bomb squad decided, however, that the cylinders were harmless. " Police laboratory tests showed they contained fumigating liquid used on ships. The cylinders were 14 inches long and five inches in diameter. Police Lieut. Salvey said some of them were filled with liquid and some were empty. He maintained that the cylinders were part of the freighter’s cargo and had nothing to do with the fire which destroyed a pier in addition to the ship and cargo and killed from five to 20 men. Although only six bodies had

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places in the growing contest went to tively Assistant Fire Chief Roscoe McKinney (left) and Chief Fred Kennedy inspect a gas heater which Mr. Bevington was handed the the Chief believes may have exploded paint fumes at his home Monday afternoon, causing the death of fer University co-eds who was “Indiana Tomato Queen” last year. McCordsville; R. Griffith & Thur-| RD. f + f Hit | man, Whiteland; Oliver Wilson, R.! LARGEST ON RECO eman ereqgr o ITI©F named northern vice commander 1, McCordsville; Theodore Allen) { unopposed, while Clarence Gramel- ——————— } ————————— New Augusta; Dayton Lane, R. 1. val convention of the American Roberts Urges ‘World Union’ Murphy Tells K. of C. Aid| vice commander. William H. Beaver, Maywood; G. F.! The delegates, 1474 as against 1431 {town for the presidency of the LeNM Ea ‘record membership of 1097315. {| NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (U. P).—| ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Aug. 20| Other Legion officers named were i i ur r Ini : Ss Su-| based on the official membership On hast night that the United States Murphy of the United States Su necessary to perpetuate world-peace” [Catholic layman, told the interna-!lain, and Leonard Smith, South tion session. been recovered, 15 longshoremen | delegates-at-large, plus one delegate Garden “national emergency rally”| : cs | C Fos os 1000 members, or major | sponsored by the Council! for De- that persons of all faiths who wish| Ejected delegates to the national] Although police had doubted from convention were Commander Gra- the beginning that sabotage was inw York will! “our turn will come next.” ; | : ‘ Ty elt | og dele-| He defined “our common aims many A. Watkins, Bloomfield, retiring |and Bureau of Marine Inspection : lvani ; ifornia, : i ire | 13%; A 56: an end to selfish aggression and the Russia and the Naziism of Ger-| Other officers named in the aux- sibility of arson or carelessness. 177; io, 3 > John F. Manuel, pier superintend-

Mike Alex of Plainfield and Abner B. Langston of Cambridge, respec$50 first prize money by Miss Les-| on. fireman and the serious injury of anether. lie Shippey of Greenwood, a But- : | ; ° Growers placing from sixth to LEGION DELEGATION 2 Supreme Court Justices Grand Is Unopposed 20th were Averey Camptell, R. 1 : David Grand of Garrett was Monrovia, Ind; David Snyder, The largest number of delegates) | spacher of Jasper defeated James Franklin, Ind.; Charles Highshue, ji, its history will attend the 23d! Ahern of Indianapolis for southern McCordsville; Harold Smyser, R. 3, : . i | Mrs. A. D. Badders of Portland - - : 3 Ca 11K 18. = - - is Tipton; Charles Orem, R. 1, Forest; Lesion at MUwaues, Seb. 5 10 After Dictatorships Must Be Sent to Russia, defeated Mrs Otto Walls of KnightsMock, Danville; Oral Porter, R. L jn Boston last year, will represent Are Destroyed. Despite Irreligion. gion auxiliary. Tre vote was 230 Forest; Harry Thibo, Maywood, and gq departments, 11,780 posts and a| [to 181. : ” . .. lOowen J. Roberts, associate justice | T. ) —Associate Justice Frank AC Duddleston, Terre Haute; alThe convention representation 1Is/ opp. vy '& Supreme Court, urged > cea |ternate national committeeman; B. : | W. Breediove, Indianapolis, finance record at national headquarters here search “for the kind of world union Preme Court, a prominent Roman officer; H. H. Wood, Kokomo, chap30 days before the opening conven|after the defeat of the dictatorships. tjonal convention of the Supreme Bend, sergeant-at-arms. 5 em $3 titled t el i i | : : : : and crew members were missin Each department is entitled to fiv | Chairman of a Madison Square Council of the Knights of Columbus Delegates Are Named a pe eu 5 fraction thereof, and the member of ‘mocracy, Justice Roberts asserted to preserve democracy should supnational executive committee. that if Germany defeats Britain ,,;t Russia in its war with Ger- ham; Robert Lyons, Indianapolis; volved, the Government ordered the the {P | Clifford Payne, New Castle; John [Justice Department, Coast Guard is : » “There is little to choose from t d ill ,- land Navigati to i ticate th Ce ill have and purposes” as the defeat and T ; [State commander, and William Hy- [an avigation to inyestigate e gate votes, 104 INinois will hav { destruction of dictatorships “to put between the Communism of Soviet jand, Evansville. fire thoroughly, overlooking no posi i 7,” he said. “We want neither |jjary - ; ; y] MA : Co {aggrandizement of any nation or many, y (llary were Mrs. Margaret Heller, Michigan, 36, and Yndisna ‘people through the conquering and in this country. But we know that|pyownstown, southern vice presi-|ent, told the Federal investigating

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enslavement of other nations or Naziism, with is superior compe-|gent; Mrs. Helen Walthall, Clinton, board that he believed a spark from | races.” ‘ {tence and perverted intelligence, its! orthern vice president; Mrs. Helen | the stove of one of the several light‘And when we witness the down- extraordinary energy and mission-| Kundrat, Ft. Wayne, secretary; Mrs. ers near the pier had ignited a pile

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fall of dictatorship—what then?” he ary zeal, its profound belief in racial jasked. “A world union of self-|superiority and destiny, its fanatical

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|Eoyerning peoples to guarantee and intolerance and, above all, its tre-|gfa)y chaplain, and Mrs. Bernice | through the highly inflammable carenforce peace on earth, a union mendous military power and skill, | sotiday. Knox. historian. |go of oil, paint and sisal ‘which all who shall prove them-|is by far the greatest menace to free | : : > . 'selves self-governing may join— nations and free institutions.” | .

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