Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1942 — Page 3

FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942

"CONVENTION SET BY DEMOCRATS

State Delegates to Meet Here June 30 to Nomi-

nate 11 Candidates.

By VERN BOXELL Indiana Democrats will hold their convention at the fairgrounds coliseum here Tuesday, June 30, State Chairman Fred F. Bays announced today. Candidates for 11 state offices will be chosen at the convention py the 2176 delegates and Mr. Bays predicted that “the strongest platform we can get that will demand the support of voters” will be adopted. A platform advisory committee will be named soon by the chairman and will invite labor, farm, educational and civic groups to assist in| drawing up the party's 1942 cam-| paign stand.

Deb 'In Need

y Dorothy Wagstaff

NEW YORK, April 17—The mother of Dorothy Wagstaff, 19, in an action against her former husband, has revealed that Dorothy, who made her debut last

Schricker for Neynote?

Governor Schricker, whose state administration since he was the | lone Democrat to take office in 1941 | will be one of the issues stressed by | the Democrats, Is considered a like- | Ivy choice for keynote speaker. | Delegates will meet on June 29 at | 7 p. m. to select convention officers] and committee members, including] the permanent convention chair-| man. Candidates to be nominated at the convention include the offices | of secretary of state, auditor, treas-| urer, superintendent of public in-| struction, attorney general, clerk] of the supreme and appellate! courts, one supreme court judge and

season, had been subsisting since February, 1941, on $300 a month, and as a result she averred: “I

| have used my personal funds to

purchase clothes for my daughter.” After the Wagstaffs’ separation and divorce she said her husband agreed to pay $500 a month for Dorothy's support—and she’s demanding the $2400 allegedly over-

due on a basis of that agreement. |

Wagstaff, through counsel, contends that Dorothy's education has been completed and that there is no need for such an allowance as $500.

MEYER SLAMS NEW DEAL RULE

‘Finds Nation Veering From Republican Form Under

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The Gossip Is « . That the government

i shortly will require banks Present Regime. to convert depositors Under the New Deal, the nation| money into war bonds. {is veering away from the republican form of representative government,| The Facts Are . . . a pal aplae That the war savings | Natio | eS hI ony iS in a| staff here has heard nothseries of West side political meet-| of such a plan. ings last night. | “If you, the people, will preserve the republican form of government, OSTROM PLEDGES you the people must have real rep- . resentation,” he said. “There is no ! arguneent but that the first desire BETTER PARK CARE of every American is to win the war and win it as quickly as possible.] Extra care of the city’s parks, The next demand must be that playgrounds and golf courses to while winning the war that we do|meet the greater needs of the citi[not lose the freedom for which OUr|zens for relaxation from war work {men are fighting. was pledged by Henry E. Ostrom, “For 10 years I have been in this Republican candidate for the mayor (community fighting to preserve the nomination, in political speeches at ‘kind of free government for which six rallies last night. our men are dying. My record in| «pet ys all take advantage of the this war against those who would fine things we have right here at destroy the liberty and freedom in home, ” he said. “Wel not only get the country is open and well known. mgre fun out of life, but we also {On this record I am standing and|wil improve our health. Of course, | from this fight to preserve the re-|we all must work harder during this \public and the republican form of [war emergency and that’s why it is government I will not turn.” essential that we have the proper facilities for relaxation. CHARGES GOVERNOR “With the curtailment of driving, PARTISAN IN CHOICES to the parks piayeromae moore to the parks, playgrounds and golf An act requiring the Governor to{courses, and it will be up to city fill all vacancies of elected officials[0fficials to provide greater recreacalled to the armed forces with ap- (tional facilities.”

{who met here today to map the

he said.

BE GENEROUS TO

USO-SCHRICKER

Urges State to Subscribe Above Quota in War Memorial Talk.

Indiana must oversubscribe its quota, Governor Schricker told 200 Indiana U. S. O. representatives

coming campaign. The governor, speaking at a meeting of the group in the war memorial this morning, said: “Nothing must interfere with our effort to aid our armed forces. Many Hoosiers have been looking for a way to help; they can do so through the U. S. O. “I suggest that everyone should give a day’s salary toward Indiana’s $832,000 contribution to the national budget. If our men in the armed forces fail us, it is only because we have failed them. 600 Units in Nation “It remains but a question of how much we are willing to give.” John F. Hickey of New York, assistant national U. S. O. treasurer, called the organization the “people’s service to its fighting men.” He told the representatives that the U. S. O. had more than 600 units on this continent, among which were 432 club houses for service men. He said 29 units were operating overseas. “Merchandise sold at our club houses are priced no higher than those at regular post exchanges,”

Maj. Francis E. Judkins, St. Louis,

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PURDUE STAFF

CHANGES WADE

Dr. D. D. Ewing Succeeds Dr. Harding at Head of

Electrical School.

LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 17 (U, P.).—Changes in Purdue university’s

1 faculty “and administrative offices,

occasioned by the retirement of two deans and four other staff members, were announced last night by President Edward C. Ele liott. Trustees approved the appointe ment of Dr. D. D. Ewing, staff meme ber since 1912, as head of the school of electrical engineering, succeed=ing Dr. C. F. Harding, who died Monday. Dr. Ewing is a graduate of Ohio Northern university and a trustee of that insitution. Dean of Men M. L. Fisher will retire June 36, and will be suce ceeded by Assistant Dean Fred L. Goldsmith, who will serve as acte ing dean pending re-organization of the student counseling service. Also retiring June 30 is Dean R. G. Dukes of the graduate school, He will be succeeded by Dr. E. C, Young, now assistant dean and proe fessor of farm management. Dean Since 1926

Dean Fisher is a native of Wells county and was graduated from Purdue in 1903 after teaching for several years in the Bluffton schools. He became dean of men in 1926. Dean Dukes was graduate ed from DePauw in 1890, later ate tending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell univer-

“Frozen” in mid-air by the camera, this navy parachutist is just about to pull the rip cord as he plummets earthward from a training plane over Corpus Christi, Tex. This map shows the dates of the spring thaws on the Russian front.

four appellate court judges. G. 0. P. Meets June 18 The Democratic session will - low the Republican state conven-| tion by 12 days. The G. O. P. state committee selected June 18 at al

recent meeting. In session here al few days earlier, the Democratic

state committee empowered Mr. Niblack Hopes fo for Solution

Bays to select the date, and he

pointees of the same political faith| Mr. Ostrom spoke in the 14th, | Mo., discussed activities of the U. S. was demanded last night by Rich-|19th and 24th wards. O. in the St Louis military area. ard Smith, c#hdidate for the Re- IE Ce This afternoon, Frank K Zoll, Anpublican nomination as state rep- 7 PILOTS DECORATED derson, state campaign director for resentative. GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD-|the U. S. O, was to give instruc“There have been some instances| QUARTERS, April 17 (U. P.) —Brig.|tions on how Indiana will raise its in recent months where our gover-|Cen. Lewis H. Brereton, former $832,000 quota. The campaign in nor, blinded by partisan politics, has commander of American air forces| Indiana, outside of Indianapolis, will bid a Republican office-holder Goa- |i the Far East, has decorated seven open May 11. The local campaign speed when he resigned his post to bomber pilots with silver stars for|will be held this fall in conjunction

sity. He joined the Purdue staff in 1909 and became dean of the graduate school in 1929 upon its ore ganization as a separate school. Others retired were T. A. Colee man as associate director of agrie cultural extension, effective July 1; Prof. G. A. Young as head of the school of mechanical engineering,

PURDUE WAITS NAVY GROUP [the plan as outlined, the university Times Special will house and feed the naval elec-

LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 17—|¢ricians in Carey hall for men and Starting May 15, Purdue university [provide the instruction as part of

announced it today after a series | of conferences with Governor

In Court and Prosecutor

take up arms and a short time later| Sollantry in action” during an at-

with the new war fund drive.

will become an important training the work in electrical engineering center for naval electricians when |and in co-operation with the en-

selected a Democrat to succeed|t2CK on Japanese warships off the

Clarence W. Goris, Gary, acting

Prof. George W. Munro of the mee chanical engineering staff and Prof,

A. N. Topping of the electrical ene

southeast coast of Bali Feb. 20, it|state U. S. O. chairman, presided gineering faculty.

was announced today. at the meeting today.

the first 200 of 800 men will come |gineering defense training program here for special instruction. Under |of the university.

Conflict.

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him,” Mr. Smith said in a series of poiitical addresses. “This not only is unsportsmanlike, it is unpatriotic, especially in these trying times when unity of the citizens is so sorely needed.” He pledged that he would introduce a bill to “strip the governor of this partisan cloak” if nominated and elected.

Schricker. It had been reporied earlier that some Democratic leaders favored a late convention date with a short. intensive campaign before the No-

vember general election. “So we all are in the position of

CHARGES AIDS HIRED | [trying to work out a solution to the BY BLUE NOT NEEDED [seten and give everybody their

rights under the law,” Judge NibGlenn W. Funk, candidate for the lack said. G. O. P. nomination as prosecutor,| “The procedure is causing comcharged his opponent, Prosecutor plications in the records of the Sherwood Blue, with “expenditure | court,” he said. “When defendants U. S. Weather Bureau of $3000 for special deputies he had are arrested they must provide no need for” in a speech at 1724 N.|bonds for their release pending Arsenal ave. last night. |trial. When the court clerks receive Pointing out that the prosecu- | the cash bonds, they later find there tor’s office had $60,000 a year to|is no such case in court technically, pay 30 or more employees, Mr.|and this creates a complication in Funk said that 10 additional depu- the records. ties were hired in November, and | “This, however, is being readjusted paid $150 each for 15 days work in| to relieve the clerks of responsibility that month and $150 each for the {of having no official records on the entire month of December. | bonds. “Nearly four months later, the] In addition to complications in

{court act gives the judges the right to order trials over the protests of (the prosecutor.

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OFFICIAL WEATHER ¥ x X STORE HOURS MONDAY: 12:15 NOON TILL 845 AT

NIGHT

(Central War Time)

—April 17, 1941—

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a. m. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 2 Excess since Jan.

Indiana — Cooler today and Tonight: scattered showers and thunderstorms in extreme south portion. The following table shows the maximum

and minimum cmperatures in other cities in the past 24 hours

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results of the alleged investigations for which the prosecutor said he needed these special deputies have not become apparent,” Mr. Funk said.. “I charge that the appointments were made for purely political reasons, on instructions of ihe

the clerk's office, police officers have

been raising a howl about their |goston

cases being shelved without trials. Judge Niblack said Police Chief Morrissey has conferred with him several times on the matter, complaining that the procedure was

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