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PRIMARY TEST
OF BRADFORD'S|
HOLD ON G.0.P.
Battleground Cleared for
Showdown as 6 of Blue’s Deputies Resign.
By NOBLE REED Republican primary election contests today were seen by party leaders as an open test of the status of the original organization of
James L. Bradford, former G. Oo. P. chairman.
The battleground for the show-|§
down at the polls May 7 were cleared for action today when
Prosecutor Sherwood Blue, an orig- 4
inal Bradford organization men, announced the resignation, effective tomorrow, of six members cf his staff, all involved in primary contests. The two principals in the regular G.. O, P. organization's tussle over the prosecutor nomination, Alex M. Clark and--Leo -T. Brown, headed the list of resignations handed to Mr, Blue. Bradford Leads Fight Mr. Bradford, original sponsor of Mr, Clark's candidacy for prosecutor, is gradually building up support for him among organization leaders. These leaders include County G. O. P, Chairman Henry E. Ostrom and a purported maJority of the ward chairmen and precinct committeemen. : Mr. Ostrom said he was giving his unqualified support to Mr. Clark. Pitted against the Bradford strength within the regular organization is Mr. Brown, whose supporters contend theyghave the backing of at least seven of the 22 ward chairmen. Mr, Brown’s backers are wagering that before voting time May 7, they will swing a majority of ward chairmen against the Bradford machine,
Machine's Future
Mr. Bradford countered with a prediction that the whole central committee organization will be behind Mr. Clark by May 7. Thus, the outcome of the prosecutor fight, whether it is settled at the polls or before, is seen as the major factor in future strength of the original Bradferd machine. Another major factor that will effect the regular organization’s fight in this race is the increasing strength piling up among longavowed anti-organization Republicans for Judson L. Stark, Superior court 1, prosecutor nomination. Also confusing the fight is a fourth candidate for prosecutor, Charles M. Clark, another deputy prosecutor who resigned from Mr. Blue's staff. The similarity of his
"name with that of Alex M. Clark
is expected to shave off some of the latter's votes. 3 Others Resign
Other deputy prosecutors who re- |
signed in order to campaign for nomination without interfering with the duties of the prosecutor's office were: Lawrence H. Hinds, regular organization candidate for judge of superior court 1; Edwin J. Haerle and John G. Tinder, candidates for state representative, Charles M. Clark said Mr. Blue called the six deputies into a conference yesterday and asked all of them for their resignations. Mr. Blue, however, said all the candidates on his staff agreed to resign voluntarily. Chairman Ostrom went along with 8 resolution adopted by the policy committee of the G. O. P. Precinct Committeemen’s association. The resolution asked Mr. Ostrom to see that employees in public offices involved in primary fights do not lose their jobs after the election. Denies Threatening
Chairman Ostrom said he has told all public office workers they will be retained in their jobs “so long as they perform their duties efficiently and in the best interests of the public.” Some of the workers in offices, where hot primary fights are raging, interpgeted Mr. Ostrom’s statement to mean that they will continue to hold their jobs “so long as they support the regular organization's slate of candidates.” Mr. Ostrom denied that he has theatened’' to have removed from their jobs, workers who fail to support the regular organization candidates.
ORDERS SUGAR STRIKE
WASHINGTON, April 9 (U. P.).~n Representatives of sugar refinery workers today recommended a strike for Saturday midnight in Atlantic coast refineries producing T0 per cent of the nation’s refined sugar.
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FORECAST: Fair.and continued cool tonight with frost and near freezing temperature. Fair and somewhat warmer tomorrow,
VOLUME 57—NUMBER 25
nament draws up plans for the a
Direct Times Marble Tournament
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The committee for The Times city recreation division marble tour-
nnual event . . , left to right are:
Mrs. Norma Koster, director »f special activities of the city park and recreation department; K. Mark Cowen, city recreation director;
the Rev. Fr. Richard Kavanagh,
representing the Catholic Youth
organizations and Mrs. Anne Morgan, acting director of physical
By ART Okeh, kids! . . .
will get under way next week.
national tournament at Cleveland, Indianapolis Times.
will take place between April 15
will compete in the district semi-
18.
School 51.
is eligible.
The playoffs at individual schools and April 26. The school winners
finals May 4 and those who shoot the straightest line will take part in the district finals on May 11. The grand final event to select the Indianapolis champion is set for May
The playoff will be similar to the setup in last year's tournament which was won by 13-year-old Kenneth Heath, a seventh-grader at
You won't have to file an entry. Your teacher or school principal will tell you when the date for the playoff at your building is set: Any boy or girl may take part just so you won't become 15 years old before July 10. Any age under that
So start knuckling down to get|
education for the city school board.
All Set, Kids?—Marble Tilt Gets Under Way Next Week
WRIGHT
here's the news you've been waiting for: The annual Times-City Recreation division marbles tournament to $300 was being considered.
those shooting thumbs in shape . . for there are going to be more prizes this year than mibsters have received in a long time.-That trip to the national tournament at Cleveland is- going to be a topnotch award. The champion and escort will arrive at Cleveland on Sunday, June 2. Quarters will be provided ‘at University school in beautiful University heights. During the tournament from June 3 to 7, inclusive, the visiting champions will have one round of entertainment after another. with all sorts of recreational” accommodations provided during the off-play hours. “You ‘won't want to miss any of the exciting news about the marbles tournament—and the post-war official rules—so be sure to keep reading your Times for all the marbles news.
Court Group Backs Fields
And Hoffman
A bi-partisan organization,’ ‘the|
publican, and Joseph O. Hoffmann, |
county juvenile judge. The juvenile court committee is composed of citizens who have long interested themselves in Marion county child welfare. Miss Gertrude Taggart is president. In a formal statement, the committee asserted: “Each of these candidates is pledged, if elected, to follow the best practices of juvenile court procedure that have been developed in outstanding juvenile courts throughout the country and which have proved most effective to help children in difficulty whether in the
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COMMENDS METER NOT YET TRIED OUT
City Official’s Wire Touches
On Local Parking Issue.
By SHERLEY UHL
A telegram recommending McGeeHale Park-O-Meters was sent to Wichita, Kas, city commissioners by Indianapolis Purchasing Agent Edward G. Hereth, The Times learned today. In his laudatory wire, Mr. Hereth implied Indianapolis had definitely decided to buy McGee-Hale parking meters. The works board has adopted a contract for that brand, but the city council has not yet confirmed the contract, a necessary legal step. Wichita commissioners also are weighing the parking meter installation question, Mr. Hereth's telegram to Wichita Commissioner E. C. Moriarty, states: “Six meters: submitted.
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city’s juvenile court committe¢’ to-| {day indorsed Harold N. Fields, Re-
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BULLETS HALT FLEEING PAIR
One Suspect oot Conlonsas Car And Burglary Thefts.
One of a crime trio who led a '|bullet-punctuated chase through |
hours, today confessed to vehicle | taking and an attempted burglary | while he -was out on bond. Carl N. Taylor, 3, of 120 W. 12th] st., admitted to detectives that he | stole a car last night and was attempting to break in a tavern when police spotted him early today. He also told detectives that. he was out on bond, after his arrest for burglarizing a coal company March 13. He named Thomas D White, 948 N. West st, who was arrested with him today, as his companion sought by detectives for past burglary jobs but said he could {not identify the third member of ithe trio. The men were arrested on vagrancy charges and held under $5000 bond. Their case was continued to April 19 in courtroom 4. Found Jimmying Door The trio became the object of a | search after they were interrupted | jimmying a door at Smith's tavern, 1704 E. Minnesota st., at about 2:30 a. m. today, police said. They fled into a waiting car when Pafrolmen Roy Higgins and Donald Ulrey pulled up in front of the tavern. The car sped down Minnesota st. and out of the range of bullets as the patrolmen tried to get the stalled police car into second gear. Giving up the, chase when they
EVANSVILLE SCHOOL GREDIT IN JEOPARDY
Return to Classes.
Times Special EVANSVILLE, April 9.—For the second time since 1943 Evansville high schools were threatened with loss of accreditation as less “than half of 4800 students in four high schools returned to classes, Dr. Carl G. Franzen of Indiana university and Harry Wampler, principal of Washington, Ind., high| school, members of the North Central association of colleges and secondary schools, -probea into charges of politics in the school board here today. They conferred with School
‘(Superintendent Alex Jardine and
interviewed teachers and Students. It the pubis schools here lost
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TUESDAY, APRIL
9, 1946
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Pogtoffice - Indianapolis 9, Ind, Issued daily except Sunday
Bakers And Millers Balk At 25% Slash In Flour
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SCHOOL BOARD FACES SALARY ISSUE TONIGHT
ents to Observe Handling of Problem.
By LARRY STILLERMAN School board commissioners face
2500 - Indianapolis classroom teachers, as well as taxpayers and parents of 70,000 school children, will be watching what action the board takes to increase the wages of instructors. Under state law, the board must set up teachers’ salaries by May 1. The board also meets April 23.
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Fewer Than Half of Pupils.
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structors’ wages by an overall $200
The suggested new schedule
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And what's more, this year’s Indianapolis champion will go to the would begin at $2000 and run to O:;, with all expenses paid by The
a maximum of $2800 for teachers: who have no college degree. .. Master's Degree $3600 The maximum wage rate for teachers with bachelor degrees would be $3300, while those with master’s degrees would receive $3600 after 22 years’ service under the suggested rate. The present adopted in 1945, begins at $1700 and ends at $2600 for an instructor with no college degree. Bachelor degree holders’ wages end at $3050, and those with master's degrees stop at $3400 after 22 years.
would make all decisions concerning teachesr’ salaries.
that raise would be made. Below Present Scale Although it has been implied that | 39.4 per cent of classroom teachers | were below the 1945 range of salary | provisions, H. L. Harshman, as- | sistant superintendent, would make 1 comment on this allegation. Reasons why teachers are below! Li presnt wage scale are that: ONE: When a single salary| schedule for elementary and high} | school teachers was adopted in 1927, | elementary teachers who had been! | receiving. a lower wage were not|
Democrat, as nominees for Marion{East side streets in the morning | (Continued bn Page 5—Column 1) |
COMMITTEE FAVORS UNIFYING OF DEFENSE
Single Cabinet Secretary Is Proposed.
WASHINGTON, April 9 (U.P) .~— A senate military affairs subcommittee toddy recommended sweeping reserganization of U. S. armed forces into three co-equad branches funder a single cabinet secretary lof common defense, The subcommittee said unification of all the fighiing services is essential for the nation’s security “in the light of our new
commitments and risks and the epochal new scientific discoveries” such as the atomic bomb. Its long-debated plan would give
army and the navy.
mon defense, a civilian to be appointed by the President, would be| a member of the cabinet and the] top authority, under the President, for all of the armed forces,
Teachers, Taxpayers, Par-|
an examination tonight! at 7:30] o'clock. Representatives of more than
Indications last Friday were that a suggested schedule to raise in-|
salary schedule,
Earlier, Carl F. Brandt, president | ong - time of the school board, asserting that| Hensley, the board anticipates making a The arrest of the ex-Mormon min- | | raise, would not say to what degree ister came just two months before
world power, our new international |
the air force the eagerly-sought| status as a<full equal of the land eastern end of the state again to- {mactic Japanese message which of-
The proposed secretary of com- |
C. I. O. Offices to Make Way for Retail Store
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Sale of the building housing the local C.I1. 0. offices and several Susinesser on W. Maryland st. to Case Clothes, Inc, New York, for a new Ifdia napons retail store were announced today,
FATHER HELD AS ARMY DESERTER
Evansville Man Caught After 20 Years.
By DONNA MIKELS A 39-year-old Evansville father of six who is alleged to have desertéd the army almost 20 vears
Virgil Stinebaugh, superintendent | ago, today faced reinstatement in
of schools, would issue no comment the army and a dishonorable dis-| today other than that the boar a charge. i building will vacate their space| officials said.
The Indianapolis FBI office an-
nounced the arrest of the alleged Harold W. lw v last Friday in Evansville. |
deserter,
j2 a 20-year limitation law would have | outlawed his arrest. The man who quit the army be-| cause his sweetheart “jilted” him had been leading a respectable life as a painter-paperhanger under his right name since his reported sud{den exit from the army in June, 1926, authorities said.
Marries Another Girl
| Time apparently had lessened the {sting of the unhappy love affair. {In the intervening time, he mar{ried another girl and he and his| | wife reared six children.
Marks New
Case Clothes, Inc., New York, second floor at 215-17 N. Senate
mately $125,000. The N. Senate ave. property has been sold by Abbott Laboratories to the Graphic Arts Building Corp. The price was not disclosed.
eral other unions in the Lemcke
in men’s, clothing,
Specializing amd ¢ children's
REVEAL FOR AIM TO WARN JAPAN
| Committee Papers Show He Had Made Decision. WASHINGTON, April 9 (U. P.) —
| The late President Roosevelt planned
soon and that plans for the pur-
chase of a building to house all{215-217 N. Senate ave, were not local C. I. O. activities are under
Sale of Downtown Buildings
Business Setups
Sales of two downtown buildings were announced today.
which has a retail outlet on the ave, has purchased the building
housing the C.I.O. headquarters at, 241 W. Maryland st. for approxi-
| Clothes hopes to move into its new retail outlet by Sept. 1, officials told The Times by telephone today.
The company plans to use only
It was also learned today thatthe first floor and will sub-lease the regional C. I. O. offices and sev-| the second floor after the local of-
fices of the C. I. O. are vacated,
disclosed although the
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women's Case! (Continued on “Page 4—Column 4)
Tenants of the second floor at
Success Co.,
CUT PROPOSED T0 HELP MEET EXPORT QUOTA
Processors Cite Reports of Adequate U. S. Wheat Supply.
WASHINGTON, April 9 (U. P.).—Some 50 represents atives of the baking and mille ing industries today balked at a government proposal calling for a 25 per cent reduction in domestic consumption of flour. It was understood that _ despite, industry objections the agriculture department planned to issue late today an order requiring millers te limit flour deliveries to domestis customers to 75 per cent of délive eries in the same period last year, The rest would be reserved for export, John T. McCarthy, president of the American Baking association, charged that the government “ig resorting to an expediency, rather than getting at the seed of -the coconut.” Fear Extended Out “We have no confidence whatso= ever that this program will only be a temporary one lasting between 60 and 75 days,” he sald. The proposed order was drafted by the agriculture department as a means of saving about 1,000,000 tons of wheat in the next three months, Mr, McCarthy said there have been numerous statements, some by agriculture department a that there is sufficient wheat in this country to fill the needs— both foreign and domestic, If this is the case, he asked, “why
Speller of 12 Is Champion
At Garfield
Dorothy Wuensch, 12-year-old pupil at 8t. Catherine's Catholic school, is champion speller of the record list of entries competing at | Garfield community center in The
Mr. Hensley, who told his captors to warn Japan against further mynag spelling Bee.
jab one time he had been a Mormon |
Asiatic aggression on Dec. 9, 1941, |
She spelled down the 25 public
acher, made no attempt to hide |p ,.+ was forestalled by the attack land parochial school pupils in the
re the law during his 20 years] las a fugitive. ‘registered for selective service, and |
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COVER THAT GARDEN
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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tender shoots tonight for | weatherman promises frost near freezing temperatures. But it will be only a nip of winter as tomorrow is scheduled to be fair and somewhat warmer. However, cold weather is giving ground but gradually. Last night heavy frosts settled at Rochester and Wheatfield but did little damage. Frost and freezing temperatures are forecast for the north-
night. Meanwhile the county has fared well during the recent cool spell. | |The heavy blossoming of fruit | trees has not been injured, according to Horace E, Abbott, Marion county agricultural agent.
By ROBERT BLOEM Alex M. Campbell, northern Ins diana federal district attorney, today declared he would- fight to keep two, prominent auctioneers convict= ed of* OPA price violations in the penitentiary. He expressed “surprise” that Gov ernor -Gates had joined third district Congressman Robert Grant in interceding with President Truman on their behalf. Governor Gates» yesterday wrote the President asking clemency for the price violators, Harold M. | Miller of Wakarusa, on grounds that elimination of jurors from their home district in their fedegal court trial had been “grossly unfair.” in’ Washington today, Charles | Ross, press SeETeIATY. to President
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U.S. Attorney Opposes Gates’ Attempt to Free Auctioneers
He used no aliases, |
Ambitious gardeners better cover |
lon Pear] Harbor, it was disclosed Evidence introduced at a Treopened hearings by the congressional - Pearl Harbor investigating committee showed the President had detided to try to dissuade Japan from continuing its southward drive by appealing first to Emperor Hirohito .and, if that didn’t work, by sending a formal warning. The plan was outlined in documents placed before they congressional committee that ‘had been taken from the late President's | persona) files and received from the British government. Released Documents The committee released the documents after questioning Adm, Harold R. Stark, former chief of naval operations, again as to where he was and what he did the night before the Japanese struck. Adm. Stark testified that he did] not see until Dec. 7, 1941, a few {hours before Pearl Harbor, a cli-
| ficials of his own department had | Pvercepted and read on Dec. 6. Nor did he know, Adm. Stark said, {that Mr. Roosevelt read the 13-
| part message the night before the
Japanese attack and commented that “this means war.” The committee previously had released other documents showing that the British wanted this country to warn Japan against further aggression.
ATTORNEYS DISPUTE TOKEN PRIGE RAISE
Transit Co. Foresees Deficit By Year's End.
Attorneys representing the public in the Indianapolis Railways plea
s|for higher transit rates today be-
gan. cross-examination of company witnesses. The utility, in an emergency plea before the public service commission, is seeking permission to sell tokens at three-for-25 cents. Witnesses have testified under the resent 4-for-a-quarter token rate il lead. the company “into the red” by the end of 19486. The emergency hearing has
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|second preliminary there last night. The 25 came through the first preliminary a week ago. Finishing in second places was Leonard Smith, 13 years old, from School 72. Dorothy and Leonard continued in the match to determine first place winner after they spelled for almost two hours against some of the toughest competition seen in the city and. county-wide contest. The pair will go to Caleb Mills hall, Shortridge high .school, April
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SOVIET ENVOY ENDS 13-DAY UN BOYGOTT
‘Mr. Gromyko Plans to Attend Session Today.
NEW: YORK, April 9 (U, P.).— Soviet Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko today announced the end of his 13-day boycott of the United Nations security council a few hours after Poland charged that the
“existence and activities” of Franco Spain were a threat to world peace. He will attend the security council meeting today. ‘ Mr. Gromyko's ‘simple “I shall go" to .this afternoon's council meeting was in sharp contrast to his dramatic walkout from the council chamber on March 27. ¢ At the same time Mr. Gromyko hinted he would not press at once his demand that the council drop the Iranian case from {its agenda in view of the new Soviet-Iranian agreement. Earlier Polish Ambassador Oscar Lange officially notified Secretary General Trygve Lie that he would formally ask in the next few days that Poland's charges against Franco Spain be placed on the council's agenda. His letter to Mr. Lie was dated yesterday and was made public by Mr, Lie's office.
G. M. PLANS LIGHT CAR DETROIT, April 9 (U. P.).—The Chevrolet division of General Motors Corp. today announced plans
a4 Iadilivies oan po conatzusted Jews Cleveland.
tq produce a new light car as soon |"
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doesn't the department get at thaé wheat?”
Shutdowns Forecast
Carl D. McKenszie, representing the Millers National Federation, said that existing regulations coupled with critical shortages of wheat might well force a large nume ber of millers to shut down “withe in a few weeks.” An agriculture department offie cial said it was not likely that the processors would produce a plan “more satisfactory” ‘than the one already drafted. In this case, he said, the department will order its program into effect immediately, The official said new measures were necessary because it was evie dent the United States could not meet its foreign commitments through the voluntary conservation measures outlined by President Truman's famine emergency come mittee. The committee has asked Americans to reduce their consumpe tion of wheat and wheat products by 40 per cent and of fats and oils by 20 per cent, Other Plans Fail
“The exceedingly short supply of wheat necessitates the department taking exceptional emergency ace tion,” the official said. “In recent months the government has sponse sored many programs—some volune tary and some not—but these have failed to achieve the desired results.” This official conceded that bread production would drop sharply if bakers decide to absorb the 25 per cent cut in flour by reducing pro duction of low-priced goods. “This would mean that bread would disappear in large quantity from market shelves while cakes, cookies and sweet rolls either ree mained: at, or even exceeded, present levels of production,” he said, “This would come about simply because the baker's profit margin on cakes, cookies and such is higher.”
———— FIRE RUINS HOSPITAL
BOLIVAR, Tenn., April 9 (U, P.), —Fire destroyed a three-story brick dormitory at Western State hospital for the insane here today but firs reports indicated all the estimated 200 to 300 negro patients in the
| building were evacuated safely.
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