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VOLUME 57—NUMBER 80 *

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1946

Asks Grand Jury ‘Shakedown’ Quiz

SMITH ISSUES HOT REPLY TO LADIN CHARGE

Says Tavern Irregularity Evidence Should Go to Prosecutor Blue.

County Liquor Board President Robert S. Smith today demanded a sweeping grand jury investigation of tavern | “shakedown” charges here. | Mr. Smith challenged Jack

Ladin, retail liquor dealer, to pre-| {

sent evidence supporting his “shakedown” allegations Prosecutor Sherwood Blue.

Prosecutor Blue initiate grand jury action upon re-| ceipt of “legitimate evidence.”

Mr. Ladin today said he intended |

to take his charges to the prosecu-

said he would|

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tor if he failed to obtain a rehear-|

ing on a license for his store at 778] he license was re-|

Indiana ave.

jected last month by the alcoholic |

beverage commission on the recom-| ' i liquor | |

mendation of the board. Issues Prepared Statement Liquor Board President Smith today, in a prepared statement, charged Ladin had “tried to cast suspicions upon the the Marion county liquor board and me, personally, with assertions of threats being made against him, I now publicly demand that Mr. Ladin make immediate public explanation of his implications against me

county

and the board and I further de-

mand that he report to the prosecuting attorney of Marion county any evidence of misconduct or criminal act he now has.”

Co-operates With Blue

“Mr. Ladin, in demanding that the public be his judge, apparently seeks to circumvent and disregard the due process of law relating to granting liquor licenses,” Mr. Smith's statement said. I have already consulted with the prosecutor and volunteered to give him or the grand jury or any proper judicial body all facts in my possession. If Mr. Ladin is so aggrieved as he would have the public believe, the least he can do is to offer the same co-operation to the duly constituted law enforce-

ment officials. Mr. Ladin is fully

integrity of |

aware that under the law a rehear- |

ing on his application for license #

renewal is not permissable and that he has no property right in such a license. “His ‘shakedown’ accusation should either be supported by proper evidence or be recognized as being made only for the purpose of attempting to coerce the liquor

board and the A. B. C. by unethical |

methods." Alleged Extortion Attempt

Mr. Ladin had previously alleged |

a politically-potent liquor agent had “called up” and attempted to extort from him (Ladin) “a piece of my retail store business.” He said the caller had asked to be “cut in” on the profits, threatening to have his license cancelled if he didn't comply with the dmeand. Mr. Ladin said when he refused to comply, his license was revoked by the A. B. C. shortly thereafter.

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Food Pinch Hits Small Towns, Too

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four trains.

Nothing! to store . . . K. W. Spann, West Newton, has turned off

the meat refrigerator. Here he cleans it up in the hope it won't be too long before the packers begin supplying him again.

* An empty shop . . . cutting, slicing and grinding equipment. All he has is canned meat and » 3 v oy JF : e: 3 imost are gone.

Irony of signs ... More and more items are getting scarce and business is dropping off. James R. Greene, Plainfield, with time to spare, stands outgide his store by an empty bread box and pleading sign. |

Grocers Tired of Saying ‘No To Lines of Hungry Customers.

By VICTOR PETERSON | Just like Indianapolis customers,

Mr. Ladin today declared he was| Indianapolis meat and bread and existing conditions all in one | prepared to sign affidavits disclos- | prospectors are looking longingly |preath. The merchant admits he | ing the source of the alleged at their small town cousins and js getting short with his customers, “shakedown” call. | thinking, “Gee, but they sure are put he pleads: Yesterday Mr. Ladin conferred |jycky.” | “If only people would realize it with Indianapolis Safety Board| guch is not the case. Indianap- is not our fault. Every time we President Will H. Remy. He said olis, West Newton, Camby, Moores- | have to say no it is money out of Mr, Remy had expressed belief that |yjlle, Plainfield . . . the story is our pockets. We're in business to he (Ladin) was “telling the truth” the same. No meat is on the sell merchandise. We can't sell it

and added the safety board head | | counters.

had urged him end.”

ITALY IS GRIPPED BY RIOTS, TURMOIL

to “fight

ROME, June 12 (U. P.).—Thirty 8:30 a. m. lin the morning.

persons were reported wounded at Taranto today in new monarchial disturbances. Naples became an armed camp and Rome remained tense. Italy was in turmoil.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a. m....07 10a m. ... 68 T8.M....08 Nam... NM 8a m.... 7 12 (noon) .. 74 9am... . 6 Ipom... 10

TIMES INDEX

Mrs. Ferguson 16) George Thiem 9

Forum Ad Sports ........ 8 Gardening ...11| Washington 12 Meta Given ..18 Joe Williams = 8 Homemaking .15| Women's 14-18 ..10{ World Affairs.12

In Indpls....

to the | coolers. The ‘bread supply is almost "as

{liveries are off about 35 per

There is nothing in the if we don't have it.” Typical is James Kellum, Camby. A groceryman and butcher for 12! years, he has seen ‘the’ fat and the lean “Operating this business today is exactly the opposite of. when I if it is delivered early started out,” he said. “Then we However, when- had plenty to sell and practically ever the delivery, the supply is: exhausted almost immediately.

Decent while prospective sales are up. In most stores the bread is gone by

meager as the meat stocks.

SENATE VOTE SEEN ‘Atomic Safety

TODAY ON OPA BILL Plan Submitted

WASHINGTON, June 12 (U. P) Barkley Forecasts Action _ger statesman Bernard wm f r f Il. Baruch presented to a congres-| Be ore Night all {sional committee behind locked WASHINGTON, June 12 (U. P). jaoore today the American plan for

—Senate Democratic leader Alben | international machinery, to prevent

{an atomic war, W. Barkley (Ky. predicted. today | The plan, already approved by

the senate will pass: an OPA ex- president Truman and Secretary of tension bill by nightfall. | State James F. Byrnes, was preHe conceded he might be “over-| sented to the senate's special atomic

in | energy committee. optimistic,” but said he thought] Chairman Brien McMahon: (D:

the senate could complete action on Conn.) said members of the powerthe measure by the end of today's f,) committee appeared in 'agreesession. It then would be sent t0 iment with Mr. Baruch's recomconference between the senate and mendations. Mr. McMahon pre-

house. : (dicted other United, Nations would Senator Barkley made his sur- |agree to it,

prise forecast as the senate began! np. Baruch declined to make pub-

its second day of debate on price control extension. ‘ | (Continued _ on Page 5~Column 7)

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accident,

Ernie Voelz, Mooresville, covers all his meat |

| | questioned by Charles J. Russell, in-

| to arrest anyone involved in a lot-

| $1000 winner.

FORMER LOCAL WOMAN KILLED Z BY NYC TRAIN

Mrs. Laura M. Sweeney Is Crossing Victim at

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Inatanapeli, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

seen

GOP Purge’ Pushes Malan Out Of Race

Vonnegut Siope

McCordsville.

Mrs. Laura M. Sweeney, wife of

an Indianapolis real estate sales- -}

man, today was killed instantly,

| when she was struck by a west|bound New York Central train at! | McCordsville in Hancock county. |

Mrs. Sweeney, who was 43 years, old, was on her way home from

{the small community's single gro-

| cery store on the west edge of Mc-| Cordsville. Her body was carried nearly a mile to the Marion county line on the front of the train, witnesses said. ; The accident, which happened. | as commuters were bound for In- | dianapolis, tied up rail traffic on the! line for more than a hour, delaying!

Running Before Accident The accident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Roy Doudage

of McCordsville

| told state police that he saw Mrs.

Sweeney running just before the apparently in an effort to beat the train to the crossing. Engineer O. W. Hullinger, 2840 Station st. said the train was traveling about 80 miles an hour when the accident occurred. State Trooper Richard Myers and Technician Charles Epperson of the Pendleton post said the body

| was mangled almost beyond recog-

nition. Only

The couple had lived in McCords- | J ville two years. Previously they had |

lived in Indianapolis. They had no |

children.

QUIZ LOTTERY

PRIZE WINNERS

[Investigators Attempting to! |

Identify Promaters.

Reports that the $100,000 Speedway race lottery scheme was engineered by one or more members {of the city fire department were being checked by Prosecutor Sher{wood Blue's office today. Three of nine prize winners were

vestigator in the prosecutor's office, in an effort to uncover the identity of the promoters and the

{ winner of the $10,000 first prize.

Meanwhile, two police officers,’

| Philip J. DeBarr and Frank Dela-

tore, suspended from the force yes-

terday in connection with the lot-! | tery probe, were ordered to appear ' before the police trial board this

afternoon. Charged With “Neglect” They were to be given a hearing on charges of “neglect of duty” in connection with their alleged par-| ticipation in the sale of lottery tickets. “It was the duty of the officers,

tery, much less to take part in it themselves,” declared Police Chief Jesse McMurtry in citing the oficers to the police trial board. Meanwhile, Fire Chief H. H. Fulmer ordered one fireman back from {his vacation to explain his connection with the lottery scheme. © Stationed at Broad Ripple It was believed the fireman, who had been stationed at the Broad {Ripple fire station, may have had {numerous other firemen working as [lottery ticket salesmen. The three prize winners being! questioned by were Gus Lombardo, operator of a stand at the City Market, who won $500; Robert A. Orr, 1025 S. Alabama st., winner of $3000, and Jasper FP. George, 3301 E. 25th st,

Mr. Orr said he bought the win-

immediate survivor is her! husband, Orville Sweeney, salesman | with the Jack C. Carr agency here.

Investigator ' Russell] *

With gestures, Mrs. Selma—-Maidens, saleslady at Vonnegut Hardware store, 38th and Illinois sts. tells how bandits this morning at-

tempted to force her to open the

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Eastman Sees Russian Plot For Conquest

ning $3000 ticket for $1 from an unidentified city fireman. arrangements were made by telephone to meet him at a Delaware st. address where “some men’ paid him the $3000. Mr. George said he was out of the

BREAD PRICE HIKE EFFECTIVE TODAY

I Living Cost Up 2 Pct. May and June.

WASHINGTON, June 12 (U. PJ. | —Bread prices were increased 1 cent a loaf today as government | officials estimated that the cost of |

and June as it did in the whole | year of 1843. The penny increase in bread prices includes™all types except rye. Prices also were hoosted 1 cent a dozen on bread-type rolls OPA said the price increases were

designed to assure consumers of an adequate supply. The action was authorized, it said, following™ an

(Continued on Page: 7—Column 2)

He said |

living will go. up as much in May |

Max Eastman nr ” y

Max. Eastman hoped he would find Utopia in the Bolshevik revolution. As (Continued on Page 7—Column 3) (Continued on Page Column 5) radical. publication,

“The Liberator,” he sent John Reed to Russia. Mr. Reed's famous book, “Ten Days That Shook the World,” was the result. Mr. Reed died in Russia and is buried in the | Kremlin. Mr. Eastman went to Russia in 1922. He had no official position. | But because of his defense in America of the Bolshevik regime he was received into inner circles. Disillusionment set in before he | lett Russia in 1924. Today that | disillusionment is complete. He now views Stalin and the Rus- |

editor of

ge A 3 Two young gunmen, foiled in their attempted holdup, took ne chances on Manager W. Earle Miller spreading an alarm. they made him lie down amid bucking cases at the rear of the store.

Holdup Foiled

cash register and safe.

At gun point

' [the children and youth of the

Withdraws, 5, Admits) Party Unity

“A house divided against itself announcing his withdrawal, :

the steamroller.of organization power which also has been aimed at| two other incumbent officials. Dr. Malan cited two specific reasons for dropping out of the race: ONE: “I have observed that the Republican party has won clections only when there was party harmony. 1 am withdrawing in favor of party harmony. TWO: “The Republican party has been kind and generous to me. No one owes me anything. The party has honored me and given me large opportunities to carry out some of the plans I have had for

state.” Denounces ‘Purge’ Only a few hours before, Dr. Malan had issued a scathing statement denouncing. the “purge” and expressing “utmost faith in the integrity, fairness and independence of the delegates.” His withdrawal left the field for the education post wide open for| Ad). Gen. Ben Watt of Noblesville, | organization choice. It left only | three races in Which there was r

By DANIEL

As the 2129 sions, many admitted that by William Willis. Red-haired Rep. Charles M. LaFollette, self-styled “radical Republican” from Evansville, arrived from Washington today and roundly condemned the Gates-Jenner-Springer convention sewup. “While the direct primary has some faults, .its restoration is indicated when Governor Ralph Gates, Bill Jenner and State’ Chairman Clark Springer can dicate the

ticket six months in advance,” Mr. LaFollette declared.

$1000 SAVED; BANDITS FLEE

Customer's » Dich for Help Stops Robbery.

Vonnegut's Hardware Store, 3833 N. Illinois st, early today were standing within a few inches of a $1000

made a daring dash for help, causing the bandits to flee. The denim-clad bandits, masked | and both carrying guns, entered the | store shortly after it opened this imorning, Mrs. Selma Maidens, 424 N. Riley ave, a clerk, had been putting change in the cash register, ! but stopped to wait on a customer, { Thomas Nichoalds of 3719 Graceland ave. a painter, who.entered shortly | before the masked men.

{guns and said: “This is a hold-up | “This Is No Joke’ | When Mrs. Maidens and the cus- | tomer hesitated, thinking it was a |prank, one bandit jabbed a gun in

{the clerk's side and said: “This is ‘no joke—get the money." One bandit searched the bash

drawer and found only change. then tossed the clerk a cloth fis and told her to “fill it up” with the money. Just then, the

however, store

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GERALD L, K. TRIES TO HORN IN ON GOP

Offers Candidates Some Unsolicited .Indorsements.

Things were going badly enough

(Continued on Page 7—Column y) for Senator Raymond E. Willis to- >

day-—with the Republican steam

seem | FOller ready fo mow him flat at the

Fight. Bryer —

w The Times today presents the opinions of local and state boxing followers on the outcome of the Louis Conn fight. It's the opening gong for ‘the battle of the “experts.” The Times welcomes your forecast, too, Turn -to Page 8

| Pairgrounds tomorrow and trying to be optimistic. But then look what | happened. Gerald L. K. Smith called The In|dianapolis Times from Detroit and {said he wanted to give us an “ex{clusive story.” The story is this, in ldirect quotes from Mr. Smith, f “In’'our Nationalist convention at |St. Louis, May 28-29, we indorsed 118 candidates for the lower house

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Gunmen who tried to hold up!

loot when a 62-year-old customer

t , \ { The bandits strode in brandishing principle involved. Hence the purge

Senator Willls, who admits that

mits Victory

Of Organization, Pleads Yr

in Convention

By ROBERT BLOEM Dr. Clement T. Malan, superintendent of public instruction, gave up his campaign for renomination today, conceding victory to Repube lican party elements committed to “purge” him from office.

cannot stand,” Dr, Malan said, in

He became the first active candidate to drop out in the face of

controversial interest, and only two in which incumbents wers scheduled for “purge.”

Remaining spotlight ticket spots were the nominations for U. S. sene ator, judge of the supreme cours for the second judicial district, and secretary of state. Incumbent Senator Raymond B, Willis and Supreme Court Judge Frank N. Richman were next on the “purge” list. Despite protests that no organiza~ tion “slate” had been adopted and that leaders were not “rigging” the

convention, delegates appeared to - -

be under the impression the party choice for senatorial nomination was former state chairman William E. Jenner of Bedford. Senator Willis was believed on the verge of becoming the first senator to be rejected by the party without a chance of a second tern, Only one candidate for the secre{tary of state nomination had opened campaign headquarters, . Nearly a dozen other potential

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‘Bossed Convention Stirs Talk of Return to Primary

M. KIDNEY

Restoration of the direct primary in Indiana is a possible by-produet which may be produced unwittingly by the “bossed” convention billed by Ce uuitus {ur Wie stale FUGA WmOw. $ began

E. Jenner, who Is scheduled to unseat Senator Raymond R

'him on the first ballot, also said some kind things about primary restoration. “Two Republican members of the legislature have told me they will introduce bills in the 1047 session putting all the state and national offices back under the direct prie mary,” Senator Willis said. “It is such abuses of the convene tion system, wherein the men in charge of the party ‘machinery di= vide the offices among themselves

‘he is slated for defeat unless Allen | [county con. ~e Sid Unanimously for |

Blame Riciiman

| For Schedule

without any expression from the (Continued - Page. 7—Column 3)

Liquor Stand d GOP 'Purge’

Refusal of Supreme Court Judge Charles N. Richman to supporh

{statehouse concentration of powe | responsible today for his scheduled state convention,

r over liquor licenses was held “purge”

The charges were made by attorneys “interested in protecting the

{ Judiciary from politics.” | Key to the decision of the Republican state committee to replace {Judge Richman with James A. |Emmert, state attorney general, is |the case listed as docket number | 28097,

| ~ Mr. Emmert represented the state |and presented the “rule from Indi{anapolis” theory that the majority {of the supreme court upheld. Judge Richman refused to go along on the decision, according to {lawyers who watched the progress {of the litigation, because of the

tomorrow, “Judge Richman is an able lawyear and an efficient judge who is| a credit to the legal profession and to the state” asserted a former, president of the Indiana State Bar

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association. “He will be rejected at’ the convention unless the dele~ gates realize that more is at issue than their obedience to orders from the statehouse. “This move is simply an attempt by those in the statehouse to cone centrate more power there. If ia an attempt that should be resisted by every county delegation which has confidence in the judges elected in their counties.” The case in point is listed on Page 149 of Volume 62, Northeast= ern Reporter (standard reference of | the legal profession) and is the | state ex rel vs. Montgomery circuit court. It was brought by Sheriff Harold M. Zeller, of that county, to.

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: Campbell Reserves Decision To Enter Senatorial Race

Alex M. Campbell, | attorney, today “reserved decision” torial race but continued to rate as

Watkins, Bloomfield publisher, both took their names off the list voluntarily.

Mr. Campbell conferred with State Chairman Pleas Greenlee and with national party leaders on the subject of his possible candidacy yesterday. He hastened back to Ft. Wayne to discuss the matter with close friends and members of his amily. Upon his return today he issued the following statement: “The urge of my friends in the Democratic party for me to become a candidate for nomination for U. 8. senator was a complete surprise to me. “I am proud of the honor of being U. 8. district attorney of the northern district of Indiana and when. I

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Ft. Wayne, northern Indiana U. 8. districk.

on entering the Democratic sense his party’s number one choice. §

Mr. Campbell loomed at the outstanding possibility for the senas: torial nomination yestreday after withdrawal of two other leading cane didates. Dr. E. C. Elliott, president of Purdue university, and John A

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