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won TH ARMY BBACHNEAD FORCES IN ITALY, March 31 (By Wireless) —The Anzio beach ead ares is practically all farms. Much of it lies in the famous old Pontine marshes. I've looked these W In Busdaes and found that the Romans have been trying to drain them since 300 years before Christ. Even Caesar took a shot at it, ‘and so did many Popes. Mussolini .,was the last one to give the marshes a whirl, and so far-as I can see he did a pretty good job of it. v . On these little farms of the Pontine marshes, Mussolini built hundreds of modern (in the Italian manner) stone farmhouses. They're all exactly alike, except for color, and they sHpple the countryside like ol < on a polka-dot dress Despite its flatness, the area is rather pretty. t doesn’t look like marshland. It is green now, and will be greener in a few weeks, Wheat is coming through the ground. There are rows of cedar trees throughout the area. Spots of uncultivated ground are covered with waist-high oak bushes, resembling ur hazelnut bushes in the fall, crisp and browned.

Some Won't Leave

NOW AND THEN, you see a farmer plowing with German shells landing right in his field. We've tried to evacuate the people, and have evacuated thousands by boat. Daily you see our trucks moving down to the docks with loads of Italian civilians from the farms. But some of them simply won't leave their homes, Now and then the Germans will pick out one of the farmhouses, figuring we have a command post in it, I suppose, and shell it to extinction. Then, and then only, do the Italian families move out. One unit was telling me about a family they tried in vain for days to move. Finally a shell killed their tiny baby, just a few days old. Here in the battle zone, as in other parts of Italy, our army doctors are constantly Wurning midwife to deliver bambinos. Farmers frequently do dry-cleaning with gasoJue Top GUN Glficecs, and, they say the ido Gey do pass inspection in any New York tailoring i Es wy New York. tulloring ing Italians to do their washing. Practically every

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init fst ss. fms, rows. wapiog hanging in the backyard. One outfit of tankers that I know sent all its spare clothes to one farmhouse to be washed. Shortly afterward the Germans out that house for the center of barrage. The Italians abandoned the place, and were unhurt, But> next morning, when the soldiers went to see about their clothes, all they found ‘were dozens of American shirts and pants and socks torn into shreds by shell fragments. In the flelds there are small-herds-of cattle, sheep, horses and mules. Many of the cattle are slate-gray, Just like Brahma cattle. And they have wide, sweeping horns very much like the majestic headgear of the famous longhorn steers of Texas. Now and then ‘you seq an army truck radiator decorated with a pair of these horns.

Worries About Cows

~ MOST OF the livestock can graze without human attention, but as an old farmer I've been worrying about the cows that have nobody to milk them when the farmers leave. As you may of“may not know; & milk cow that isn’t milked eventually dies a painful death. An officer friend of mine, who has been at the front akmost since D-day, says he's seen only one cow in trouble from not being milked, so I suppose somebody is milking them. One unit I know of took the milking proposition into its own hands, De tre MICE Propo of course that's against army regulations (on account of the danger of tubercular milk), but army regulations have been known to be ignored in certain dire circumstances,

Much of the livestock is being killed by German shellfire. On any side road you won't drive five minutes without seeing the skeleton of a cow or a horse. And, of course, some cows commit suicide. As the saying used to go in Tunisia, it was the damndest thing, but one cow stepped on a mine, a very odd mine indeed, for when it exploded it hit her right between the eyes. And here on the.beachhead we've seen an occasional cow deliberately walk up and stick its head in front of a rifle just as it went off. There isn't as much of that, to my mind, as there should be. We're fighting a horrible war that we didn’t ask for, on the land of the people who started it. Our supply problems are difficult.’ K-rations get pretty boring, and fresh meat is something out of Utopia. Excuse me while I go kill a cow myself.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

BERNARD J. DOYLE, secretary-treasurer of the J. B. Lanagan Furniture Co, is the early riser in his family, or so we're informed, And that situation is the basis for a story Bernard has been telling his friends, Acedrding to the yarn, Bernard bounded out of bed one morning recently and became impatient when Mrs, Doyle sought to catch another 40 winks instead of arising and getting breakfast But Mr, Doyle was . equal to the occasion. Stepping to the window, he said: “Oh, look! There are three paper cleaners getting ready to go to work at the Campbells’ home.” Mrs. Doyle jumped out of bed. “I must see if I can get them to come here next,” she said, hurrying to the window, And then she saw that it was just a trick. How's that for a mean husband! «+, Among the hard to get items nowadays are tire pumps, The available supply is negligible, and there's an ever increasing demand for them as tires get thinner end thinner and puncture more frequently. Practically none of the modern cars—those manufactured in the last half dozen years—came equipped with pumps. It used to be that when a motorist noticed his tires needed air, he just jumped in his car, drove to his favorite filling station a mile or two away, filled the tires and drove home. But that was before the days.of tio gallons of gas a week.

Readers, Beware!

YOU'D BETTER watch your step tomorrow, In case you had forgotten, it's April 1, familiarly known as All Fool's day, If you see a package on the sidewalk, don't kick it... There might be a brick in it. And again it might not be a trick package. And it wouldn't hurt to be a little careful in your telephoning. For instance, you may find a note telling you to phone MA. 0466 and ask for Mr, Kerr. If you do, you're likely to get a reply something like this: “Mr, Cur? There's lots of them here. This is the dog pound.” We can't tell you all the April foolers to watch for, but that will give you an idea. . . . The old purse-on-the-sidewalk gag used to be one of the favorites on April 1. Phil Brown, who used to be with Roltare Eggleston, who was quite a magician, as well as

Cold Comfort

WASHINGTON, March 31.—There is much less comfort for Democrats in Oklahoma's special congressional election than their crowing indicates, and none at all in the New York primary where the left wing captured Roosevelt's American Labor party. Officially the Democrats are saying the Oklahoma result indicates Roosevelt's re-election in November. They point out that, while they won that district in 1942 by less than 1 per cent, their edge Tuesday was almost 10 per cent. And both sides campaigned this time on the national issue. All of which is true. They neglect to add, however, that this second congressional district of Oklahoma has had in the last 30 years Democratic majorities 2 high as 42 per cent and an average majority of almost 20 per cent. Only once have the Republicans won, and then by less than half of 1 per cent. That was in the Harding landslide. Even in the Hoover landslide the Democrats retained this congressional seat with approximately a 4 per cent majority,

Margin Cut 12 Per Cent

THEREFORE THE Democratic national managers were taking little chance, if any, in making this special election a “test.” Even so they sent in their biggest campaign guns, including Senate Majority Leader Barkley. And both national and state Democratic machines put on the heat. Despite the fact that it was a traditional Democratic stronghold, that they exerted every pressure, that they had a strong ‘candidate, and that rain ree

My Day

WASHINGTON, Thursday.—So many things hap-

pened on my trip to the Caribbean and in South

America that I did not have time or space to report

. on them as fully as I wanted to,

I would like to go back now to some impressions of Jamaica. The great problem there” is malnutrition, especially with the children, and yet, in spite of this, the women and small children walk along the road carrying baskets or large bundles on their heads, which gives them a very graceful walk and erect posture. Much is being done by the government to teach new agricultardl patterns and to get people back oh the land. “A campaign

-ings’ which keeps us going because it is always pos-

theater manager, back in his day, recalls such a joke played by some of the boys hanging out in the Denison hotel poolroom. From the alley exit of Keiths, Roltare saw an elderly woman bite on the. joke, so he determined to turn the tables, Picking up a handful of dollar bills from the cash drawer, he sauntered across the alley and innocently picked up the purse, And then, as the jokesters started to roar, he deftly palmed the dollar bills, pulling one after another from the supposedly empty purse. And then it was his turn to laugh... . Speaking of magic, Toner M Overley, manager of the Better Business Bureau and fast becoming one of the town's better amateur magicians, frequently dines with a bunch of cronies at the round table at Stegemeier's, Back when he first took up magic, he used to try out his tricks on his luncheon mates. But recently he has quit that. Yesterday they kidded him about turning professional and becoming too good for his old friends. They got him so rattled that when he got ready to leave, he couldn't find his hat anywhere, Finally, in his embarrassment, he started to scratch his head. And then he discovered he had put his hat on his head| several minutes before, Or maybe it got there. by magic, Longs for ‘Our Town’ ONE OF OUR feminine readers who thinks this column is “of much local value” but who wishes Tony Scherrer and his pipe were back writing “Our Town” in this space, writes in to inquire just why the government considers chain letters-objectionable, We asked Paul Pfister, the assistant U. 8. attorney. Paul said the objection is that someone—or rather a lot of persons—are going to be defrauded. The first few in the chain stand to make some money, but only at the expense of the suckers who take part later on Hope that answers the question. . . . Car] Dortch, the former C. of C. research director, now in officer training, is being transferred from Miami Beach to Har-| vard. , . . Capt. Earl Hoff, the Times reporter, has) been transferred from Florida to the Army War coi-| lege in Washington for some special work. ... Mrs. Roy H. Coles, 315 E. 16th, is the proud possessor of an autographed photo of General Eisenhower. Her husband, an army colonel who died several years ago, was a close friend and West Point classmate of the §onersl, and she still corresponds with Mrs. Eisenower,

By Ludwell Denny

duced the Republican farm vote, the Democratic margin of almost 22 per cent in 1940 was cut to 10 per cent on Tuesday. That 12-point loss is much more than the Democrats can stand nationally in November. Nationally they cannot take even a 5-point loss in doubtful states and win.

Picture Unchanged . 1 80 THIS Oklahoma result does not materially change the picture of a national Republican trend as revealed this winter in the special congressional elections in Pennsylvania Kentucky, Colorado and New York. In New York the Republicans polled more than the Democrats in a strong Democratic district, though the Democrat won with American Labor party votes. Hence the national interest in the New York primary Tuesday in which the A. L. P. was split. The left wing, including the Communists, captured the party from the right wing, which threatened to walk out. - In 1940 Roosevelt in New York state got only 2,834,500 Democratic votes against 3,027,478 Republican, but won with 417418 A. L. P. votes. In 1042 Dewey won the governorship with a vote larger than the Democratic and A. L. P. candidates combined. And last year in the special election for lieutenant governor, Dewey's candidate beat the joint Demo-cratic-A. L. P. candidate by almost a third of a million. Whether the A. L. P. split will give the Republicans New York state in November is anybody's guess. But the fact that President Roosevelt or any other Democratic candidate probably must carry New York to win, and that his chance there will depend largely on a third party under Communist control, appears to be a very heavy campaign liability.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

tion program of some magnitude. Part of the island raises good cattle for beef. Goats and little donkeys are on the roads. The donkeys carry big baskets and aften a man or woman and child as well. Both the governor and Lady Huggins have experience in. living in the tropics and a great interest in the welfare of the people, and I was warned that Lady ‘Huggins had a reputation for energy somewhat like the one which I have acquired. I think we ‘are both maligned! However, all we have is an interest in human be-

sible when you are interested to push yourself a little further! In Puerto Rico, I was most particularly interested in a trip with Governor and Mrs. Tugwell to Arecibo, where we saw a new experiment in the use the land. Much of the sugar cane land has Sgt Spon Toi a there and though a Sere as one property after all the ¢ ie ® divided

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Observances Start at

English Monday.

By EMMA RIVERS MILNER J. Times Church Editor While thousands of Indianapolis Catholics and Protestants are expected to attend the services in the English theater and downtown and neighborhood churches during Holy Week, there are current stories of individuals and small groups which likewise indicate great devotion. Holy Week commemorates the sacrifice of Christ on the cross and brings to a close the Lenten season immediately preceding Easter, time of sacrifice and self-searching. The week begins with Palm Sunday which recalls the Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem when the people cast palm branches before him and shouted loud hosannahs. The climax of the week will come Good ITriday, anniversary of the crucifixion, when the English theater and the churches will be so crowded that hordes will be turned away.

Contribuies Share of Income

Among the Lenten human interest stories is that of 83-year-old Alexander McNutt, senior member of the Wallace Street Presbyterian church, who has given one-tenth of his income - to the building fund church for the period of Lent. Mr McNutt is a retired mail carrier who holds a gold medal for 50 yearsy of sérvice. He has made a habit each Sunday of walking the two miles from his home to church. For 17 months, the Builders class of the Olive Branch Christian church has been arranging and the Chapel of the Open Door which will be dedicated Sunday. The class, comprised of young people between the ages of 22 and 26, has sent all its male members but twn into the armed forces. Thus it follows that the chapel has been founded in honor of the church's service men and women. On all sides, church people seem to link the sacrifice of the armed forces for a free world and the immemorial story: of Christ's gift of himself For example, the Roberts Park Methodist church will award its

.jannual youth medals for Christian

service Palm Sunday to Cpl. Wendel Lacy who has participated in five major sea battles and Miss Rosemary Chaplin, service center cadette and secretary at the Weir Cook airport.

Season for Confirmation

This season is also a time for recalling traditions and carrying out ancient ceremonies, Many join the {churches and are confirmed while children are dedicated to God and the religious life in the rite of baptism. Rebecca Ann Beasley, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Beasley Jr., who will be baptized Palm Sunday at the Meridian Street Methodist church, represents the fourth generation of her family to be baptized in that church, while Howard Benjamin Fisher is the sixth of his family. Howard is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Fisher. The Rev. H. H. Hazenfleld, pastor of the First Evangelical church, is chairman of the Holy Week committee of the church federation. The Rev. Mr, Hazenfield will preside Monday through Thursday at the English theater services which will be from 12.05 to 12:45 noon.

Speakers Scheduled

Speakers and devotional leaders for the noon services are the Rev. A. C. Brooks, pastor of the Third Christian church, and the Rev, E. E. Wright, Brightwood Free Methodist church, Monday; Dr. Logan Hall, pastor of the Meridian Street Methodist church, and the Rev. Carroll J. Rockey, Bethany United Lutheran church, Tuesday; the Rev. W. P. Lahr, Secoild Evangelical and Reformed church, and the Rev. H. M. Myrick, Madison Avenue Nagarene church, Wednesday, and Dr. W. R. Montgomery, Brookside Park United Brethren church, and the Rev. Thomas R. Thrasher, the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Thursday. 2 On Good Friday there will be services for. the three hours, noon to 3 p. m, the period when Christ hung on the cross, at English’s, the First Baptist church, Christ Episcopal church and St. John's Catholic church. Various neighborhood churches will also hold services not yet announced in detail.

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The Rev. A. C. Brooks, pastor of the Third Christian church, will give the sermon Monday which will open the interdenominational, noon-day, Holy Week services in English’s theater.

JENNINGS CITES POLICE DANGER

Poker Players’ Patron Saint, Warns. of Gestapo Methods.

John K., Jennings, state manpower director and the self-styled patron saint of poker players, today said the raid on his Claypool hotel apartment Tuesday night ought to awaken Indianapolis citizens to the dangers of illegal police tactics. Mr. Jennings and six of his pokerplaying guests were arrested. on gambling charges after a raid on his apartment. ~ “The incident was a lot of fun but the thing has a dangerous side

gestapo methods,” he said. Played for 20 Years

When arrested he offered to go to jail as a martyr to he rights of free men to play poker in their own homes. “I have played poker for 20. years and expect. to keep on playing poker, the police notwithstanding,” he said. The case against Mr. Jennings and his six guests was dismissed in Municipal court Wednesday by Judge John McNelis who gave police a scorching reprimand for their illegal tactics. Police had used the name of Stewart Donnelly, internationallyknown confidence man, on the search warrant in the raid. Donnelly never had lived at the hotel and never had played poker there, it was revealed later. ~ Donnelly Arrested However, Sgt. Charles Burkett, who led the raid on Jennings’ apartment, walked into the Claypool lobby last night with his squad of raiders and arrested Donnelly. They took him to the police station and slated him on a charge of vagrancy, fixing the bond at $3000. Donnelly could not make the bond and is in jail awaiting trial. Sgt. Burkett said Donnelly . had no “visible means of support,” hence his arrest for vagrancy.

0. 0. ABSHIER SEEKS LEGISLATIVE SEAT

C. Otto Abshier, president of the Otto Abshier Trucking Co. and former secretary of the city works board, today announced his candidacy for state

NEW SERVICE

IN BLOOD BANK

Cross Will Red Cells Lost in

Processing.

A new kind of blood bank service, supplying for transfusions the red blood cells salvaged from blood plasma processing, will soon be offered by the Indianapolis Red Cross Blood Donor center. W. I. Longsworth, chapter chairman, announced today that the local center was one of several selected by the American Red Cross to serve as a point of salvage for the red blood cells which will be used a8 a substitute for whole blood transfusion in some kinds of anemia. Processed by Lilly

The selection of the Indianapolis center was believed due to the fact that blood donated here is processed | at Eli Lilly Co. Centers selected] must be near enough to processing laboratories to allow close co-opera-tion and also cut transportation time of the blood and the red cells to a minimum. According to Science Service, details of this red blood cell transfusion service and of the 15000 transfusions . given so far are reported in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of the American Medical association here by Maj. Earl 8. Taylor, M. C, A. U. 8, director of the Red Cross blood donor service, Dr. William Thalhimer, associate technical director, and Dr. Warren B. Cooksey, technical supervisor, of the Red Cross blood donor service in Detroit. The service will be free to those being served and no financial profit will be allowed to any person or institution connected with it, since the project is supported financially by the Red Cross as part of its blood donor service. .

Operate Locally

Army and navy hospitals will have first call on the salvaged red blood cells. Civilian hospitals will be supplied for clinical investigation. |: “Striking clinical improvement” from such red cell transfusions is reported by Dr. Thalhimer and Dr. Cooksey. A careful follow-up study of 4050 of the 15,000 red eell transfusions given so far showed “very favorable clinical results,” they state™ “The percentage of reactions was lower than that from whole blood transfusions in the same hospitals.” Too often blood transfusions are

by the number of donors available and not according to the patient's need for blood, these doctors believe, When the storage areas in the body are depleted of red cells it may take several transfusions to fill these depots. Adequate amounts of blood given in a short period of time, it has recently been found, have a better effect than the same total amount of blood given over a period of several weeks, “With an unlimited supply of red blood cells available,” they point out, “it should always be possible to ptescribe the amount of blood or cells really needed by the patient.” Born of the war as a Red Cross service, the Detroit doctors foresee extension of red cell transfusion service through commercial plants

representative from Marion] county. Long active in| state and Marion | county epublic-) an circles Abshier, who toe at 22 W. Henry st., was a member of the 1941 legisWG lature in which he Mr. Abshier . goed on both the highway and ways and means committees. As ways and means secretary he was instrumental in effecting a ccne. siderable reduction in the 1941 state budget, and on the roads committee introduced an amendment which, he said, gave Marion county additional gasoline tax revenue. He was appointed by Mayor Tyndall to the works board secretaryship, a post he resigned because of the press of business. While ia the city administration he helped organize and later hecame treasurer of the Republican Victory organiza-

li ing aid.

jor community organizations and its (continuation as a peacetime heal-

LAWYERS ORGANIZE TO BACK BRADSHAW

A committee of 34 Indianapolis attorneys has been organized as a campaign group to support the candidacy of Wilfred Bradshaw for the Democratic nomination for prosecutor. The committee is headed by Walter Myers Jr. as chairman and William Steckler as vice chairman. Mr. Myers said the committee will meet in the next few days to organize an active campaign.

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Arthur Sullivan ~ Will Make Race

ARTHUR J: SULLIVAN, 4418 College ave., attorney here for 12 years, has announced his candidacy for the - Democratic nomination for state senator, Active in Democratic politics for™ more i than a decade, Mr. Sullivan was deputy prosecutor for four years during the adniin- | : istrations of Herbert M. Mr. Sullivan go ,0 cer and David M. Lewis.” He ‘graduated from Cathedral high school, attended Notre Dame university and Indiana university and graduated from Indiana law school in 1932. He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, the American Legion, Knights of Columbus, Indianapolis Bar association and the Lawyers’ association. - He is a trustee of the St. Joan of Arc Catholic church. He entered military service Dec. 21, 1942, and was given a medical discharge a year ago.

SEXTON IN RAGE FOR STATE POST

He's for Roosevelt Fourth Term and Against

Policewomnen.

Timothy P. Sexton, who stands for a fourth term for President Rooseveltaand against the police department’s policewomen and “molesting of citizens in their private residences,” today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the state senate from Marion county. Mr. Sexton, now in the real estate business, announced himself in favor of: “The nomination of Henry Schricker for senator, Samuel Jackson for governor, Louis Ludlow for congressman and President Roosevelt for a fourth term. “Permitting the appointment of no’further policewomen to the police department” and advocating that the police “pay more attention to . . « crimes than molesting citizens in their private residences. “Keeping county and city offices open during the day instead of closing two hours at noon.

Share Politico Jobs

“Keeping the personnel in public offices on a 50-50 basis between the two leading political parties. *“Forbidding candidates for public office to advertise . . . their religious or fraternal convictions. “Permitting no candidate for public office to attack the personal reputation of any other candidate including the President and his wife: “Repealing quite a few of the laws.enacted at the last two sessions of the legislature and passing only laws af’ this session that will benefit the majority of the people.”

Served as Treasurer

Mr. Sexton was county treasurer in 1932 and 1933 and special agent of the department of financial institutions under Governor McNutt. He is the father of the late Joseph F. Sexton who served in the 1937 and 1939 senate. He is a member of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, director of the Indiana Democratic club, a director of the Union Title Co., past exalted ruler of Elks lodge 13 and past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus.

LYNNVILLE MILES SEEKS STATE POST

Lynnville G..Miles, 2139 College ave., an attorney here since 1938, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state representative, Mr. Miles, whose platform is based on post-war planning now, attended Earlham college, Indiana university and Indiana Law school. He is associated with the firm of

Dillon. bert D. Coleman, Smith,

tion, Tyndall policy-making group. During the 1943 legislature he served as Mayor Tyndall's personal | representative and lobbied in behalf | of city legislation.

Scouts to Check

Pedestrians Here

INDIANAPOLIS BOY SCOUTS will make a second check on downtown pedestrians and motorists to-

observing traffic laws. The check is in connection with | the Chamber of Commerce-police department-Hoosier Motor club campaign to reduce traffic deaths and injuries. Scouts in a check on Feb. 26 reported over 16,000 pedestrians who crossed either against the red light or in the middle of the block and 1000 motorists who turned into pedestrian lines without stopping. , «

RED CROSS GIVEN $500

Ro Leo Xx. Anan H. Abbett, Chester Zekiel' Edward Knight, Walter O. Lewis, James F. T. | Sargent Thomas W. Perkins, Gus Dongus, { Albert Stump. Clarence Merrell, Charles older, Harry Key, Othniel Hitch, Ed Eikman, Herbert Backer, James .MgcCormick.

DR. PUGH LECTURES ON CROSS OF CHRIST

A discussion of the Cross of Christ and its meaning for men, presented by Dr. Prentice A. Pugh at Christ church this noon, serves as an introduction to next week, Holy Week, the anniversary of the crucifixion. Dr. Pugh of Nashville, Tenn., said that Christ accepted his cross and we need ‘courage and insight to accept ours. “Ofttimes the cross which we dread to bear brings us to the greatest victory of life,” was his thought. The Lenten noondady services at Christ church will come to a close with daily services during Holy

Week conducted by the Rev. E.

Ainger Powell, rector. | BANE CHARGES RACKET | WASHINGTON, Match 31 (U.P).

Other members of the committee [Miles and Sufano, 1005 Security are: Trust building. Alan W. Boyd, Pred Bates Joh - Gideon . Vo Risin Zeon E. Keller, Max . . Ber , Foe, FO Hohlt, Ceell ena Riwerd DETAIL R TODAY Jacobs, Harry T. Latham Jr. Cox, Adolph Embardt, Chester Carter, Ernest Blouse

WHAT CIVILIANS call a coat or jacket, the soldier calls his blouse. It is usually issued in two

SCRMBLE ON FOR TYNDALL'S SLATE MATES

Victory. Group Has Only 36

Hours to Corral

Candidates.

By SHERLEY UHL With the filing deadline only 36

hours away, city hall today was the scene of a last-minute scramble to corral popular candidates within

the Tyndall administration fold

with the intént to include them on

the slate of the Republican Victory

committee.

The Victory committee, official administration political “steering group,” met in special session this afternoon to determine just where city hall stands on certain yet “unbranded” candidates who may pack enough vote-pulling strength to give the committee a fighting chance against the regular G.O.P. organization in the primary,

Group Brainstorm Entrance of Charles A. Huff into the local congressional race removed a load from the Victory committee's shoulders since Mr. Huff, long a Tyndall administrative adviser, is already securely in the city hall — round-up as the ; committee's current chairman. Today, the Tyndall politicos were having a group brainstorm : over the sheriff's race inasmuch as

Mr. Huff they haven't yet tagged a candi-

date for themselves. They looked hopefully to reports that Harmon Campbell, former works board president, now a city hall foe, would file for sheriff on the county organization slate. If this occurs, say Tyndall helmsmen, the Victory committee may buttonhole Sheriff Otto Peit for its choice. Mr. Petit has already filed for renomination.

Forecast Slate

The city hall slate now stacks up somewhat as follows: Mayor Tyndall for governor; Mr. Huff for congress; Harry O. Chamberlain for Circuit court; John L. Niblack for prosecutor; Sam Walker and James White for county commissioners; Prank Huse for county treasurer;

Brown for surveyor. The latter three candidates are slated by the regular organization also. Reports that Mr. Huff may serve as a “harmony” candidate acceptable to both the city hall and regular organization G. O. P. factions were partially discounted by county organization bosses who insisted that their support of Mr. Huff would be forthcoming only if city hall ceased the filing of other a¢ndidates in opposition to the regular organization slate. Former Willkie Backer

During the 1942 primary, Mr. Huff was treasurer of the Tyndall-for-Mayor club. Prior to that he had been a prime mover in the Willkie-for-President movement in Indiana in 1940. An attorney, insurance agent, engraver, and “all round” businessman, Mr: Huff has served Mayor Tyndall as chairman of his insurance committee, post-war committee chairman, and for a few days as president of the city works board, a post he relinquished after his residential qualifications were challenged on grounds that he lived outside the city. He and Mrs. Huff live at 5210 Grandview dr. and have two sons in the armed forces, Lieut. George B. Huff, now in Italy, and C. A. Huff Jr., an aviation cadet in Waco, Tex.

Harriet Wells

. Easter Singer

MISS HARRIET WELLS will sing accompanied by Miss Charlotte Moore at the Irvington union Easter sunrise on the Methodist church steps at 6:30 a. m. Mrs. Paul Mozingo will direct the youth choir and Beldon C, Leonard will lead a brass ensemble comprised of Howe high school students. Virginia Miller and Virginia Higgs will decorate the cross with lilies to be given by the Irvington Union of clubs. Mrs. Albert Gray is chairman of the observance in which the Irvington Presbyterian and Downey Avenue Christian churches are joining the Methodist church. Musicians in the ensemble are Richard Schatz, Stanley Walter, Donald Schaub, David Cull, Samuel Jacobs and Paul Myers.

POSTPONE TRIAL OF ARSONIST’S HUSBAND

JASPER, Ind, March 31 (U. P), —Attorneys for. James Ott, 57, charged with defrauding an under=. writer when his home burned, yesterday their request to postpone his until April 10.

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