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BOSTON, March 27—Joseph B. Ely, twice gov-
ermor of Massachusetts, is a very keen, level-headed gentleman whose political acumen will be attested by. ~ almost any Bay Stater you might care to question. He also is the only avowed candidate for the Democratic : ‘presidential nomination opposing President Roosevelt, Pinding these two descriptions
difficul to reconcile, I arranged to
talk with Mr. Ely in his law office here (his home is in Westfield) and asked him flatly: . “Why are you running against President Roosevelt? Do you have an idea you can beat him in the
* convention, or build up enough of
5 . an anti-Roosevelt, anti-fourth 4 term group to frighten him out?” Mr, Ely grinned without trou-
Vi to mame rec one a 40d
then outlined his reasons. - “The Democratic party today is split wide open. It has lost all sense of direction. We've been defeated in so many states it's getting discouraging. I don’t think we can have a strong party until we Democrats restate our faith. “Nobody seemed willing to stick his neck out. They're all afraid. That's a mean thing to say, but all looking for some office. They talk a lot, but Mr. Roosevelt has been an extremely popular man and they think he still is capable of pulling this election out of the hs : “So I stuck my neck out. I have no ambition for and nothing to lose, My sole purpose is % {f we can’t get the United States back on the where it »
» 1 asked him, “will your candidacy do
- that?” :
my temerity will help somebody else to get up a little courage,” said Mr. Ely.
Third Party Threat
POLITICAL GOSSIP up here is to the effect that the group headed by former Secretary of War Woodring of Kansas hopes, at its rump convention in St. Louis in May, to consolidate all anti-Roosevelt elements behind a siate headed by Mr. Ely with Senator
Byrd body of like mind in second place. This ticket would be offered to the Chicago conwention, first in hope that the threat of a split party
of Virginia, Senior O'Daniel of Texas, or some-
oe
SECOND SECTION
NIGHT CLUBS
Took a Walk in 1936
“WOULD YOU be willing to head such a ticket, if you were asked?” I inquired. “I really don't know,” he answered. “I haven't thought about it. “If Mr. Roosevelt is nominated, will you bolt the
party?” 1 asked. After supporting Mr. Roosevelt in’
1932 Governor Ely took a walk with Al smith in 1936 and returned to the fold, formally if not very enthusiastically, in 1940. ) He thought that over for some time. Finally he said: “I don't believe I want to answer that question right now.” This is, of course, a very brief summary of about an hour’s conversation, out of which it was impossi~ ble to emerges without the conviction that former Governor Ely is entirely realistic in his candidacy. He has no illusion that he can be nominate. He has very little hope that Mr. Roosevelt's renomination can be stymied. In that event he will have to decide whether to su a Republican nominee whose identity he can not know yet, or keep quiet, or go through the motions of backing the President. .- Whatever his decision, Massachusetts people who know him well are convinced that it will spring from his heart, motivated by a sincere devotion to the national welfare and a no less ardent desire to do what, in the long run, will most certainly reunite the Democratic party and make it into an effective political mechanism. “I'm still a Democrat,” he said earnestly, “I believe so thoroughly in its approach—not the modern one, but the historical—that I would be a most happy man if it would come back to unity. But I am sure
that it cannot return to unity under the present}
leadership.” .
(Ernie Pyle did not write a column today. His dispatches from the Anzio front will be resumed tomorrow.)
-§ Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
. evening.
ONE OF OUR friends who is a father tells us the current game among the youngsters is to “outguess” the comics. In other words, to guess what will happen next in the /serialized comics carried in The Times and other papers. “Most of the younga sters” he says, “are a step ahead of the comic strip artists every day, and half of the interest in the comics is in how nearly they are guessing—or outguessing—the . chaps who guthor them. I understand that the Superman strip in The Times has them a bit crossed up right at present, since they haven't seen the new girl's face yet, and the memory of the ‘No Face’ in Kerry Drake still is haunting them.” . . . When Lt Thomas A. Lanahan returns from the wars to resume his peacetime job as an advertising salesman for The Times, hell bring back a bride. He explains it all in a letter: “When I left England last time I was pretty well sold on a very pretty and very charming English girl. Well, when I returned, I was more than ever convinced of it. So 1 married her. Yes, while I hate to take up this short space with belated vital statistics, let it be “nown ‘and recorded that I was married to Miss Barbara Vine of Southampton on Feb. 19, 1944. . . . “One of these days this"business is going to end and IT ship her over on the first boat or plane. I'm certain that she and Indianapolis will get along wonderfully.” “Congratulations, Tom.
Neighbors in Italy
IT TOOK A WAR to provide the setting for a meeting in Italy between a couple of neighbors. One was Lt. Roy C. McCormick, son of the Roy G. McCormicks, 5309 N. Delaware. The other was S. Sgt. Joseph H. Argus, son of Joe Argus, president of the American Estates Co. Lt. McCormick tells the story In a letter home: “A very unusual thing happened to me the other day. I was standing by the road wait-
Salute to Allies
WASHINGTON, March 27—Saturday was the 123d anniversary of Greek independence. - Today Is the third anniversary of the Jugosiav revolt against a Hitlerized government. America salutes these allies, Sometimes they may feel neglected. More is written and spoken in this country regarding certain: other fronts, partly because those are larger and partly because American forces are directly involved. But that does not mean Americans are unappreciative of the fight Greeks and Jugoslavs are making. We have good reason to honor their great sacrifices, Moreover many of our fellow-Americans sprang from their soil and have . contributed much to democracy 3 in the new world.
‘America Has a Real Stake
APART FROM sentimental ties and from humanitarian concern, America has a selfish interest In the freedom of these sister nations. We have learned “from hard experience that European war cannot be isolated any more, that soon or late the United States is sucked in. We have learned that aggressors who enslave small European nations soon use their Joot and power to imperil our freedom. So America has a real stake in the liberation of
My Day
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Sunday—On our arrival in Panama, we were met by the president and Mrs. De la Guardia and various officials of Panama, as well as our own army and navy officials. We went at once to supper with the enlisted men of a troop ; carrier squadron. I happened to notice the clever, Walt Disney-like illustration on the barracks sign and found that a young Chinese, who was sitting on my left at supper, had not only drawn that but had also drawn many other things. His home was in San Francisco, Cal. The table, as a whole, was
representative of different groups
within. the squadron and of a great variety of states. ' After supper we drove to the home of Governor and Mrs. Edger-
ton, where we had just time to change before going
‘to call on President and Mrs. De la Guardia at °
7:30 p. m. The entrance to the presidencia has a fountain with water flowing over into a basin which gives the whole patio a cool feeling even on a warm
ing for a ride. Also waiting was'h soldier. We must have beeygtalking a half hour about nothing in particular when he asked me where I was from. I said Indianapolis. He told me that also was his He asked me what part of Indianapolis I hailed from. I mentioned 5309 N. Delaware. He looked as if he had seen a ghost and told me he had lived at 5302 N. Delaware until the family moved just before he entered the army. He happened to be Joe Argus.” The boys never had met here, since Lt. McCormick was ih DePauw while they were neighbors, but the two families were acquainted. . . . Pvt. Jack Clarke, the former editor of the Hoosier Sentinel who entered the army a couple of weeks or so ago, is in the hospital at Camp Crowder. It's just a bad cold, nothing serious. Probably half homesickness, as he has written home pleading for letters and more letters.
We Can't Tell You
HUNDREDS OF HOOSIERS of a certain well known division, who have spent the last couple of years' at Camp Shelby, in Florida and in Louisiana, have a new home base now, but we can’t tell you about it. The division has a publication, The Cycloner, which does tell all about it—at great length. And official approval has been given to mail the paper back home. But when we wrote the bureau of censorship and asked if we could reveal the division’s location, now that it's been published, the bureau Wrote back that we couldn't. All we can tell you is that we'd like to be where the division is. . . . Stores whose advertisements carry illustrations of clothing models holding cigarets in their hands sometimes receive clippings of the ad with the cigaret circled. Along with it comes a letter fromthe “Human Engineering Foundation—Howard B. Bishop, president”—commenting: “You will easily note from a quick glance at your enclosed ad that in it your artist is trying to serve two masters—you and the tobacco industry. The more your employees and customers spend for tobacco, the less they have left for your stylish goods and services.” The “foundation” is located at Summit, N. J.
By Ludwell Denny
Greece and Jugoslavia from Nazi slavery. We have no less a stake in their future security and prosperity as mumbers of a united Democratic Europe. Unfortunately, these two sister nations have not always achieved unity at home. Such divisions have weakened them, just as American disunity a century ago almost wrecked our own nation. Their common enemy has exploited those internal frictions.
Greek Anniversary Happier
BUT GREECE'S anniversary was happier than a year ago, because the threé¢ main factions among her patriots have achieved a closer unity in their guerrilla warfare against the invader. The pledge of their king in exile to await a vote of the people, when they are free, has helped to postpone partisan political disputes. Our Jugoslav allies have been more fortunate in their military g®ins against Hitler, but less in patching up internal disputes. Marshal Tito's men are holding in check at least 14 Nazi divisions, according to Prime Minister Churchill. But the continuing split between Tito and the Mikhailovitch forces of the government in exile delays victory. With some exceptions, Americans generally have no desire to take sides in that family quarrel. Nevertheless, as our government has stated, all of us must be judged by results. On that basis, Americans hope for the success of present Big Three efforts in London to unite all Jugoslav groups at least for the duration.
By Eleanor Roosevelt.
After this visit we went to the USO, where 2a regular visiting show was being put on. I became part of the show for a few minutes, and spoke to the audience, which was most responsive and in the best possible spirits. I don't wonder that the people who go to camp shows tell me that the soldiers and sailors are the pest audience in the world. They certainly respond as no audience in the United States would to any effort to entertain them. That ended™my first day in Panama. ; We started off the next morning at 7:45 and attended an orientation class conducted by the enlisted men themselves. The discussion was on “What shall we do ith Germany after the war?” . As boy after boy got up to comment on various proposals - which - were put forth as possibilities by Sgt. Joseph Klein, I was interested to notice that many of our army men still speak with an accent which denotes background from'another country, but they think as Ameri :
The young man Who led the discussion, Pvt.
GIVEN LEEWAY ON NEW TAXES
Extra. Levy Assessed Only, ~ During Entertainment; |
Cosmetics Hoarded.
Many Indianapolis women are escaping the new 20 per cent tax on luxury goods, especially cosmetics, by stocking up for the next year or more, but fun seekers who can not buy their entertainment ahead of time will be subject to the extra levy. Only five nights remain to do the night clubs without paying the new 30 per cent cabaret tax to be added to the bill after 10 a. m, Saturday. The tax is now five per cent. The tax is applicable to all places that offer dancing or vocal entertainment, but in the case of spots not offering continuous entertainment but have a singer or dancing just at certain times, only patrons present for the performance will be subject to the tax.
Levies to Be Spotted
The tax will not affect the vast majority of Indianapolis . persons who frequent the taverns that offer only juke box or instrumental music, such as the accordion player going from table to table. The persons who frequent the more exclusive clubs that have an orchestra and vocalist during the entire evening will pay the heaviest. At the spots that have floor shows and singers during the evening but not continuous entertainment, patrons may come and go between the acts without paying the tax, which may cause & great deal of confusion. Taxes on jewelry, furs, lipsticks, powder and other toilet articles will rise from 10 to 20 per cent, while handbags, toilet cases, wallets and similar goods will for the first time be under the luggage tax, which is also being raised to 20 per cent Rush of Buying
Clerks at cosmetic counters in! downtown stores said that women] have bought a supply of goods to) last for as long as two years. Some{Luce
e Inc ianapolis
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1944
These Hoosier coast
OF SIX HOOSIERS aboard a combat transport in the Mediterranean, three are from Indianapolis. All were in the invasions of Sicily and Italy and have been home on furloughs following action. Radarman 2-¢ Marion E. Suddith has been in service for a year and a half. He is a graduate of Washington high school and worked at Curtiss-Wright as a civilian. He is married to Mrs. Anna Lee Suddith who makes their home at 1412 N. King ave. with their two children, John C. Jones, son of Mr. and
‘Hoosier Veterans of Invasions
guardsmen are aboard a combat transport the Mediterranean. They are (left to right, front) Walter F. Scholl, Linton; Robert Frey, New Richmond, and John C. Jones, 403 N. _ Bancroft st. Back( left to right), Edwin C. Reiche Jr, 2972 N. Denny st.; Marion E. Suddith, 1412 N. King ave, and James E, Taylor, Bedford.
in
Mrs. William Jones, 403 N. Bancroft st., is one of three in servjee. A graduate of Technical high school and an employee of U. 8. Rubber, he has served with the coast guard for two years. His brothers are Rex, private in the air corps, and Ralph, seaman 1-c of the coast guard. | Another’ Technical high school student is in the group. He .is Seaman 1-¢ Edwin C. Reiche Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Reiche, 2972 N. Denny st. He was employed by the P. R. Mallory Co. before entering service two years ago.
‘ERNIE’S BILL’ GAINS FAVOR
House Group Sympathetic Toward ‘Fight Pay’ for Men in Combat.
By ROBERT TAYLOR Secripps-Howard Btaft Writer WASHINGTON, March 27.—Members of the house military affairs committee have assured Rep. Samuel A. Weiss (D, Pa.) of “sympathetic consideration” of the Ernie Pyle bill to give “fight pay” to soldiers, sdilors, marines dnd coast
guardsmen in actual combat. Among the bill's supporters on the committee is Rep. Clare Boothe (R. Conn.) who informed
clerks, indignant at the buyihg Rep. Weiss the bill should win comspree, said that many who could mittee approval provided .it is denot afford to spend so much at one! termined that the treasury can
time would lose out. One clerk said she suggested to customers that they fation themselves to two botties of hand lotion instead of six. Articles bought on charge accounts or by installment plan before Saturday will not-be subject to tax. * Other excises becoming effective Saturday affect tion, admissions, club dues and initiation fees, use or lease of boxes or seats and sales of tickets outside the box
office; light bulbs and tubes, long
distance phone calls costing more;
than 24 cents; domestic telegraph, cable or radio dispatches or messages; leased wires; wire and equipment service, and local telephone service.
CHAPLIN TO PLEAD FOR HALTING TRIAL
. HOLLYWOOD, March 27 (U. PJ.
—Charlie Chaplin was scheduled to
go to federal court tomorrow prepared to ask Judge J. P. T. O'Connor to halt his half-completed Mann act trial and dismiss the charges instigated by Joan Barry. Chaplin's lawyer, Jerry Giesler, claimed that the silver-haired comic took Miss Barry to New York merely as many another picture producer takes a starlet East, for business and publicity purposes. He charged further that Prosecutor Charles H. Carr still has not proven otherwise. Should the judge rule against Giesler's contention, Chaplin will be the star witness in his own behalf.
CONTINUES COMMAND OF TECHS R. 0. T. C.
Cadet Col. Robert S. Smith will continue to command the Technical high school R. O. T. C. unit, with Cadet Ralph Howery serving as lieuténant colonel. Cadet majors are Henry Russe and Donald Woerner. Winston Churchill is an honorary cadet lieutenant colonel. Captains are Cadets Richard Armstrong, Jack Davidson, Edgar Featheringill, Karl Cox, William Brandon, Rex A. Tranbarger, Edward Camic, Leslie Johnson, Karl W. McClintock, William Quillin, william B. Hoover and Richard Braun, First lieutenants include Robert Lamb, Charles Ziegler, Donald Gardner, Ray Lane, R, Eugene Edwards, Jack D. Reath, Robert H. Forbes, L. Ramon Secrest, James L. Seward, George Stahl, Robert Windsor, and William Windsor. Junior line officers are Cadet
gun, Earl Mecum, William J. Healy, Raymond Brown, John Neville, John A. Sears, James Wood, Richard Murray, Don Hickam, William Monzel, Howard Dick, Ralph Jones, and Robert M. Miller.
MRS. MARTHA CROMER DEAD IN CALIFORNIA
Services and burial for Mrs. Martha Cromer, former resident of
Indianapolis and widow of John B.|
meet the additional costs involved in hiking pay of fighting men by 50 per cent. “There is, I think, every moral justification for this measure and the practical justification that it
might provide the extra incentive}.
which will hasten victory,” Mrs. Luce wrote in a letter. h “As far as I can see now, the anl major question in regard to this bill is: Can the U. 8, treasury stand such a drain? Can we afford it? If we can, I think H. R. 4359 should be reported out for consideration by the whole house.”
Delegates Back Bill Mr. Weiss said:the war department had estimated that fight pay —granted on the same basis as the flying pay given air forces personnel—would cost about $500,000,000 yearly on the present scale of operations. The fight pay proposal would apply enly to troops in actual combat, not to those serving behind battle lines. First proposed by Ernie Pyle, Scripps-Howard war correspondent and columnist, in a column from Italy, it was embodied in Mr. Weiss’
bill, now before the house military,
affairs committee. Congressional delegates from Alaska and Hawaii informed Rep. Weiss of their interest in the bill Although they do not vote in legislation, both are members of the committee, Delegate Joseph R. Farrington said there is “lively interest” in Hawaii and Delegate Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska, said: “This bill is, in my judgment, highly meritorious, and I agree with you and Ernie Pyle completely.”
MISSIONARY TO TALK Father Clemintine, former missionary in China, will talk on his experiences in a Japanese prison camp and his trip home as a repatriate on the Gripsholm -at the luncheon meeting Wednesday of the Lions’ club in the Claypool hotel.
DETAIL FOR TODAY G. I. Soap
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G. 1. SOAP is like no other soap in that it is G. I. A soldier hates it and loves it alternately and has more uses for it than for any other object. It comes in a large bar, is characteristically khaki-colored and is found most frequently where there are KP's. A KP never gets more than 50
| Officers from Stout field will serve
Charles McCann Just Off Watch
Coxswain Charles P. McCann, 1230 Woodlawn ave., tips a gallon jug of cool water gs a to his lips after = standing a gun watch under the hot Pacific sun. In the coast guard for two years, he participated in the major Mediterranean cam- WES paigns before ; A ne CPMeCamn for the Makin invasion. He is the husband of Mrs. Eva McCann, and attended Manual high school.
JOINT SERVICES “FOR TWO FLIERS
Buddies Before War, Fricke, Spears Die.in Same Plane Crash.
Joint funeral services for Lt. Benjamin C. Fricke and Lt. Robert C. Spears, Indianapolis buddies in the army air forces, will be conducted at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday in the North Methodist church by the Rev. Dallas L. Browning. The lieutenants were killed in a plane crash Thursday near El Paso, Tex., on a routine flight. When rescue squads reached the’ bodies, they found on the boys’ wrists two of the four segments of a silver dollar which four lifelong buddies divided among themselves before going to war. The “four musketeers” had planned to meet to assemble the dollar when the war was over.
Lt. Fricke Lt. Spears
The other parts of the dollar were held by Richard Clearwater, now in training at Ellington field, Tex., and Lt. Richard Conner, with the army air forces in England. Lt. Spears, 19-year-old bombardier, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Spears, R. R. 13, E. 65th st, and was graduated at bombardier school at Ellington field Dec. 23. He was a Sigma Chi. Lt. Fricke, co-pilot of a B-24 bomber, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Fricke, 7002 Broadway. He was attending Purdue university at the time of his enlistment. Both the officers had graduated together at Shortridge high school. Separated during prelminary training, the two buddies were brought together again at the replacement center in Salt Lake City, Utah, and after pulling a few strings were put in the same permanent bomber crew. They came home together on Christmas leaves.
Officers to Be Escorts
shares secretary of and outspoken isolationist, direction of the Dewey campaign here, though personally the two are not very compatible.
|in his
SILENCE
MILWAUKEE, March
Lt. Cmdr.
of winning easily,”
Still Confident
will wi
Status Uncertain His flat announcement that he
not a candidate and his, demand that his delegates withdraw has, however, thrown considerable confusion into the situation here, confused enough already. It caused resentment among some of his delegates, who felt he was letting It is reported also that it affected his rank-and-file support. They are uncertain about his status. Mr. Willkie is capitalizing upon this confusion by insisting that candidates should discuss the issues here. The MacArthur spokesmen are pushing their campaign among isolationists by classing Governor Dewey as “an internationalist” because of his advocacy of a British-
them down.
American alliance at Mackinac.
has hurt him.
the state” he said. “I feel he going to elect all his delegates. don’t blame Willkie. My policy against Willkie.” today? «Because the people here belie ington,’ he replied. Mr. Gettelman'’s second choice fi of, Ohio. The Money Angle
of the Dewey campaign here in
ture of Tom Dewey.
he was asked.
Stassen
said
He still is confident that the Dewey delegates here despite the New York governor's message to every delegate a few weeks ago, saying flatly he was not a candidate and demanding that all withdraw their names. Nine complied with his request. But -15 others, including Messrs. Gettelman and Zimmerman, fused to withdraw. Four other delegates who are running uninstructed are for Governor Dewey, Mr. Gettelman said, making a total of 19 in the race. Wendell Willkie has a full slate of 24; Gen. MacArthur, Cmdr. Stassen, ex-governor of Minnesota, 19. Eight of the 15 pledged Dewey delegates were delegates on the Dewey slate four years ago when he made a clean sweep against Senator Vandenberg in the primary. . Governor Dewey still seems to {benefit from the impression he made personal campaign four years ago, as well as from his increased political stature since as a result of his election as governor of New York and his administration in that office.
re-
22 and
Wisconsin
But Mr. Gettelman still is optimistic and does not concede that Governor Dewey’s uncertain position
“Governor Dewey is stronger today than when Willkie came into
to talk about Dewey and say nothing
Why is Governor Dewey stronger
he is the only one who can cut out those 421 bureaus ‘down in Wash-
the nomination is Governor Bricker
Mr. Gettelman conducts his part
small, bare office shared with his brother, which carries on the door “Nationa] Soap & Products Co." He has a telephone on his desk and a picture of his boy who is serving with Gen. MacArthur. Over his head, on the wall, is a pay telephone stand and roosting on that, a pic-
«“How're you doing for dough?”
He is the sort of realistic, amiable
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REPORT DEWEY'S
INJURES
| HIS OPPORTUNITY
However, New York Governor Still Holds Large Block -of Votes in the Wisconsin Elections.
By THOMAS L. STOKES Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
27.—Governor Dewey of New
York seemingly is missing a big opportunity out this way. He appears strong in this state and you get the impres+ sion that if he were an out-and-out candidate for the Republican presidential nomination he would be very hard to beat in the April 4 presidential primary here, even though he has three rivals—Wendell L. Willkie, and Gen. MacArthur. “If he would only just say that he would accept the nomination there would be no question whatever chunky, vigorous little Ben Gettelman., Mr. Gettelman, a state senator, with Fred Zimmerman, state,- ex-governor, the
politician whom you can address that frankly. He grinned, leaned over the desk, his eyes twinkling through his spectacles. “I'm glad you asked me that,” he answered. “I don’t think money will win the campaign this time. I'd rather take out a few cards and make a few radio speeches, This is a shoe-string campaign.” Is there any money being provided from New York? : “If there's any money coming from New York they forgot Wisconsin,” he said, grinning.
—
Dewey to Be Silent
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 27.—Associates of Governor Thomas BE. Dewey of New York are convinced ‘today that prior to the nomination of this year’s Republican presidential candidate he will make no further statement regarding the wide= spread discussion of the possibility of his own selection. As some observers see it, demands or entreaties for an amplification of Dewey’s announcement that he would not seek the nomination come for the most part from three sources. 1. Wendell L. Willkie, the most ac~ tive Republican aspirant, recently has been assailing “candidates who refuse to discuss the issues.” Dispatches from Wisconsin, where Will. kie presently is making a pre-pri-mary campaign, suggest that he means Dewey, although Willkie also has said that the governor's state ments to date definitely have taken him out of the contest.
Issue Is Raised
2. Democrats seeking President ‘| Roosevelt's fourth-term renomina= tion also are raising the issue of Dewey's silence. Chairman Robert E. Hannegan of the Democratic na= tional committee did not name Dewey before a week-end Boston audience, but evidently had him in
n
is
nently mentioned for the G. O: P. nomination who “is smirking and lurking and dodging behind the pre= tense that he is not a candidate for the presidency.” *3. Some of those Republicans who would like to help nominate Dewey also wish the governor would give a green light to a national pre-con-vention campaign. At least as many, however, probably are content with things as they are. But the apparent certainty among the governor's associates that he has said all he intends to on the subject generally is accepted here as accurately foreshadowing Dewey's intentions. . Meantime, political interest shifts this week to the Democratic party because of elections scheduled for is{tomorrow in Oklahoma and New Ilvork. Either may foretell good or isipad for a fourth term campaign this year. Study Election W. L. Stigler, Democrat, opposes ve gressional by-election in Oklahoma's 2d district. The vacancy was created by resignation of Rep. Jack Nichols (D.) to enter private industry." Nichols defeated Clark in the November, 1942, elections by votes. A substantial victory for Republican candidate tomorrow would indicate that the border states’ are slipping away from the administration. If Stigler is elected, Democratic stick will go up nationally and the fourth term movement will benefit accordingly. : Senator W. Lee (Pass the Bis« cuits Pappy) O'Daniel (D, Tex.) is campaigning the district advising the voters not to elect a “New Deal” congressman. Senator Alben W. Barkley (D. Ky.) who over the week-end made a speech interpreted as an indorsement of a fourth term, is booked to speak tonight in
or
a
Burial for Lt. Fricke will be in Berne and for Lt. Spears, in Greenlawn cemetery in Brownsburg.
as escorts. Survivors of Lt. Pricke besides
his parents are three brothers, Maj. Wilbur Fricke and Sgt. . Harold Fricke, both in the South Pacific; Seaman 1-c Lawrence Fricks, in training at DePauw university; five sisters, Mrs. Esther Habegger, Berne: Mrs. Neva Bell, New York; Mrs. Mabel Holt and Miss Patricia Fricke, Indianapolis, and Miss Doris Fricke, a hostess with T. W. A. Survivors of Lt. Spears besides his parents are a brother, Larry; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Victoria McCammack, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Spears, North ‘Salem.
_ LODGE SPONSORING PARTY Temple Rebekah lodge 591 will
HOLD EVERYTHING
card party at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at 30 E. Ohio st.
Oklahoma in behalf of Stigler, The New York polling of. signifi cance is for statewide election of | American labor party state commit * The A. 1. P, functioning
mind in an attack on a man promi- _ 4
E. O. Clark, Repubican, in a con= -