Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1946 — Page 2
Down Total Vote in Both Parties.
Hoosiers ) to the primary polls tomorrow to name most party candidates ag the fall elections and to elect precinct committeemen nd delegates to state conventions. : Ev et to a traditional light vote, with estimates of the total balloting placed at about 30 per cent of the registered voter
- 1ack of contests at ll levels RESERVE 0 RPS PLAN DISCLOSED
calculated to hold down the . Upwards of 30,000 candidates will ) nominated ‘or elected, meaning that approximately one out of every 15 voters will' he seeking some Promotion to Be Automatic Under New Program. A new program designed to increase membefship in the Reserve
Officers’ association and the enlisted reserye corps was announced yes-| terday at the association's Indiana | department convention at the Indiana War Memorial. v Col. Kenneth 8. Anderson, officer in charge of reserve affairs of the 5th service command, said that under the new war department pro-| gram promotion of reserve officers | will be automatic without reference to army tables of organization, Col. Anderson also said enlisted | men who enlist in the reserve by Aug. 1 or within six months of their discharge could retain their former
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' On Standard Time i The state election board ordered polls to open and close on standard time. In cities and counties on daylight saving time the polls will open at 7 a, m..and close at 7 p. m,, rather than the accustomed 6 a. m.6 p. m. time. However, some counties ~notably Lake—will open and close the polls as usual despite being on “fast time.” Balloting in the primary will fominate_22 congressional .candidates, 25 state senators, 100 state representatives, 25 circuit judges, 82 prosecuting attorneys, 932 - county clerks, the same number of county auditors, county treasurers, county recorders, county surveyors and county assessors, county coroners, 184 county commnrissioners, 574 county councilmen, 1013 township trustees, along with some superior, probate, criminal and juvenile judges| .... Z township advisory board mém- 400.000 in U. § justices of peace and con- ' » + Th stables. y Lt. Col. Norman D, King, office Delegates selected will meet in|executive for reserve affairs under June at the state party conventions the war department chief of staff, to nominate candidates to the U. 8.|said there are over 400,000 reserve senate angd the state offices of sec- officers in the United States. retary of sstate, treasurer, auditor, These ae being organized into gent of public instruction, | units as follows: Superinpendent, oe of the su-! Class A-1, service units to reinpreme couff, four judges of the] force divisions, appellate eourt and the clerk of the| Class A-3, combat types ready for ' supreme and appellate courts. action 90 days after mobilization, ' Ten Winners Picked Class b, officer and cadet units, In the congressional races, focal| Class c, officers only. point of the “off-year” elections, The units, as organized, would be the 10 incumbents seeking renomi-| called as required, nation were expected to win out. Officers Elected However, two of them—Ray J. Mad-| another feature of the program, den in the first district and Earl 1t ool King said, was a revision! Wilson in the ninth—appeared of army regulations making it posdestined for rugged battles. | sible for non-commissioned officers Mr. Madden, who will run with 5 win commissions through reserve solid C. I. O.-P. A. C. backing, had study and training. William T. Schulte of Hammond| Indiana department officers electas his principal rival for the Demo- | ed yesterday are Col. Floyd B. Lindcratic nomination, which so far al-|jey, Marion, president: Lt. Col! ways has been tantamount to elec-| Howard Willoughby, senior vice, tion in the fall in the highly-in-| president; Col. Ray C. Thomas, dustrialized Calumet first district.| Gary, north section vice president; | Mr. Schulte, one-time U. 8. House Maj. J. E. Campbell, Evansville, Democratic whip, lost his seat 10 south section vice president; Col. Mr. Madden four years ago. | Jessie W. Bowers, Ft. Wayne, surMr. Wilson was opposed by state | geon: Capt. James Savage, Ft. Senator Jpfes E. Armstrong for Wayne, judge advocate general; the ninth district Republican nom-iCol. L. 8. N, Phillips, Lafayette, | ination. &. " |chaplain. Capt. Francis Peacock, ! Two cn incumbents, Richmond, hisjorian; Lt. Col. Rob-! Rep. 6. W. Gillie (R. Ft ert E Coates, Indianapolis, secre-| Wayne), and Rep. Gerald W. Lan- tary-treasurer, and Ma]. Vernon E.|
dis (R. Linton), were unopposed for Clark, Indianapolis, public relations! . renomination. | officer. >
RCA Workers Toil at Job
To Tunes of Own Records
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stead of jubt plain whistling, they have “musical menus” In arranging the “menus,” every factor from the worker's digestion to how a 8 many days till payday is considered.| IN BETWEEN shows the speak- | A Hollywood drama couldn't have |ers” emit news broadcasts, emermore psychological aspects than | gency paging service, and personal | are figured into the 20. minutes out | ized service to workers such as of the hdr broadcasts at the plant. | congratulations, activity news and From a central office manned by ) on.
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series and there's another special | {to launch the workers off on Fri- | day. Marches keep the workers | moving fast in and out at. change of shift times. |
the industrial music specialist, a| There are just as many dont's turntable pours music into the as do's in a day's broadcasting. ' plant, where workers aré busy | Too much music is worse than turning out more records and radio- | none, repetition is easily avoided | phonographs. The office has ain the library of 6000 records (all complicated control system, by |Victor of course) and volume? is which. the specialist - can limit | adjusted with regard to the noise broadcasts to certain departments area in various sections. Very little or make them plant-wide, of ;the music is directed to office
J workers, THE WHOLE day's program is
charted out weeks in advance. It| starts off with a 25-minute “Sunrise Serenade” at 7 a. m. featuring peppy tunes that will drive away grogginess. The same type is featured on a 7:30 program, while still , more workers are ringing in. ’ ~The real musical day opens at 7:45, about the time all the day| shift is in. After a rousing chorus! of “America” a hymn of the day is| Aq not only industries are in-
played. . sia terested. The same type of system
THROUGHOUT the remainder of [11s Been installed in veterans’ hosthe day, 20-minute broadcasts are) tients fie ; € morale of bedspecialized. At fatigue period nov- pat a Sols are interested in elties to keep the workers’ atten- series or wl Muse appreciation tion are played. During a work Sidarin th er hospitals are con- | period, such novelties are avoided 8 Whe project. because they tend to distract the
~ » ” 1 ALMOST every week representatives of other industries tour the! plant as they consider installing similar set-ups in their plants, It's NOW an-accepted fact a good -industrial music set-up will keep the workers happy, take their minds off the monotony of their work, and keep production rolling off at a better pace,
CRETE CAPTOR ON TRIAL Raft: ooitic to ad & LUENEBERG, Germany, May 6 Et music al iges- | (U. P,).—Gen, Kurt Stude = | ’ nt, leader tion during lunch. Then there's {of German paratroops who captured more be-bop and jive for the after- | Crete in 1941, went on trial as a eating lag. On Monday there's a
war criminal before a British mili- _ special “after the week-end” quiz ‘tary court today. :
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[FORMER ROGKVILLE LEGION HEAD DIES
Times Special | ROCKVILLE, Ind., May 6.—Services and burial were to. be held - ‘today at 2 p. m. for Carl Ww Wilson, former state district commander of the American Legion, | Mr, Wilson died in his home here Saturdays He was 55. . An active Legion worker, Mr. Wilson was a member of the loeal post 148, had served on the state executive board the last four years and was a past district and post commander, He was a member of the 40 and 8 and the Masonic lodge. ‘Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Frances Wilson; a daughter, Lois Wilson of Rockville, and” a son, Pvt, Jack Wilson of Camp Atterbury.
| POLICE OFFICER RETIRES !{ TERRE HAUTE, May 6 (U, P.).— After 40 years of continuous service, Guy A. Bowsher will retire from the force May 15. Mr.
a coma induced by hunger from which he will probably never emerge. Ironically, he spent the last of |Bowsher, a detective for 16 years,
his strength hobbling to a wheat kitchen in Hunan province, Chi doorway, too weak to lift food to his mouth. .
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CAPEHART RESENTS ‘PRESSURE’ FOR QPA WASHINGTON, May 6 (U. P.).— Senator Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind) tgday charged ‘members of the senate banking committee staff with inspiring “pressure” on him -and other senators to vote for price control extension. i : He complained to the committee that staff members, whom he did not ‘identify, were saying he was opposed to the OPA hill. “I don't think anyone knows how I am going to vote,” he said, adding that such action by staff mem-
bers was “unfair, unwarranted and undemocratic.”
DRINKING IN PUBLIC CHARGED AGAINST 18
State excise police today charged 18 persons with cairying and con. suming liquor in a public place as a result of arrests during an exhibition baseball game at Victory field yesterday. Excise officials infiltrated the crowd virtually unobserved until most of the arrests had been made,
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told police - she was criminally assaulted by a man who _posed as a special police officer, The woman, who was. en route to ‘her home in Benton Harbor, Mich, said the man awakened her as she slept on a bench in the bus station early this morning. She said he flashed a police badge ‘and told her she could not remain in the station unaccomepanied. He suggested that she wait in his car until time for her bus, the woman said. When she got in thé car, he drove some distance away and 48e saulted her, she told police: The woman arrived in Indianape olis last night, returning from a visit with her soldier husband in Ft. Knox, ‘Ky.
BLOOMINGTON BANKER DIES BLOOMINGTON, May 6 (U. P.), —Allen V. Buskirk, 51, stone come pany official and bank director, died last night after a short illness. Mr, Buskirk, secretary and treasurer of the Empire Stone Co., is survived by
his wife and three children.
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