Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1947 — Page 1

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Youth Kile

As Car Strikes | Safety Zone

Everett Stanley Tharp Is Accident Victim

A 17-year-old Indianapolis youth died shortly before midnight after the car in which he was riding grashed into the safety zone at Michigan st. and Arsenal ave. The accident victim was Everett Btanlev_ Tharp, 1321 W. 27th" st. former Washington high school student,

He died en route to City hospital. | ‘&

Two fellow passengers were injured when the car driven by Robert Ste-

phens, 19, of- 1341 W. 27th st, crashed. The driver was arrested on eharges of reckless’ driving’ and vagrancy after first aid at City * hospital. Also injured were the dead youth's sister, Norma Tharp, 20, and Hugh Hines 502 W. 26th st.

Both are in fair condition in Citys hospital. - Failed to Make Turn Police said the car carryhig the young people was westbound on Michigan st. when the driver failed to turn onto Arsenal ave.

The dead youth was a lifelong In-|

dianapolis resident and was employed at LaRue's cleaners, He ate tended Riverside Tabernacle church. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett U. Tharp; four brothers, Robert, Jack, Kenneth and Donald, and five sisters, Norma, Dorothy, Mary Katherine, Barbera Shirley, all of Indianapolis.

Tha body was taken to Conkle fis

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One Dead in in State In the state one youth was killed

“and three were injured when the

ear in which they were riding erashed into a tree near Hartford

The dead man was Roy McCracken, 21, of R. R. 2, Marion. Donald Hawkins, 20, of the Marion address, was injured and is in serious condition” in Hartford City

_ hospital.

Slightly injured were Harvey Hullinger, 18, of R, R. 1, Converse, and Earl J. Cropper, 18, of R. R. 1, Lafontaine. State police said the driver, Delbert Rerdjeu, 19, of R. R. 1, Converse, lost control and hit a tree five miles north of Hartford City shortly after midnight. He was not tjured.

Snow Falls Today At Plymouth, Ind.

PLYMOUTH, Ind., May 7 (U. P.). «Snow fell here today. It was the first sizable snow to fall in Indiana in May since 1897 when ‘more than two-inches blanketed Indianapolis. The only other time it snowed in Indiana in May was in 1940 when light flurries appeared for. a few

- minutes on May 2-in the central

section of the state.

CHICAGO, May 7 (U. P.).—S8Snow fell in Chicago today. - But it was no record. It snowed here in 1910 on June 2, the weather bureau said.

Democrats Sweep

. Baltimore Election

BALTIMORE, May 7 (U, P.).— Complete unofficial returns showed today that Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro (D. Md.) was elected mayor of Baltimore in a Democratic sweep of the city election. Mr. D’Alesandro received 96,333 Votes to 71,843 for Deeley K. Nice, his Republican opponent. All other Democratic candidates won election.

Infant Death Toll

27 in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA, May 7 (U. P.. ~Another death from infant diarrhea brought to 27 today the number.of children killed by the disease

since its outtreak in all Allentown,|

Pa. hospitals five weeks ago.

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REPUBLICAN WINNER—Wiliam H. Wemmer easily won the

G. O. P. mayoralty nomination.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1947

FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; light frost tonight, not quite $0 cool tomorrow afternoon.

DEMOCRATIC WINNER—A| G. Foaney won the Democratic

mayoralty nomination hands down.

Interstate Freig| Halted, Says Gates

Governor Gates called represen- dozen states today augured early countrywide resumption of normal | tatives of the striking teamsters telephone service.

WASHINGTON,

union “on the carpet” today to relay | complaints that through interstate pattern. shipments had been blocked in the | city. | sizeable number of telephone work- | He received assurances from | union ‘spokesmen that “if such a thing is going on it is because of a been hammered out locally in: misunderstanding and no through| Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, |

shipments will be sto d in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryar from now on.’ pre land,” Minnesota, the Dakotas, |

ever, that pickets would continue to | D+ C: block any shipment bound for| Apparently nearing settlement in points within the city. conciliation negotiations here was} Yt ani | the strike of 20,000 long lines em- | List. Those at Session {ployees of the American Telephone Union representatives at the|g Telegraph Co. Federal concilisession in the governor's office were! ators brought the parties together Joe Wililams, business manager for again today to end a 2-cents-an-the striking local 135; Fred Mar-|y... difference over a proposed | shall, president of the some «local; 'wage increase. Norman C. Murrin, teamsters inter-|

national representative; Thomas | E. Flynn, executive assistant to| teamsters ~ international president

Daniel J. Tobin, and Lester M. Hunt, editor of the International Teamster magazine, who has been acting as press spokesman during the strike. Mayor Tyndall and Col. Robert Rossow, superintendent of state police, also sat in on the conference. The state labor department was represented by Commissioner Charles Kern.

mittee home and instructed affili- |

settlements in local negotiations.

doned their fight for a national set-

financially exhausted.”

manded a $12 weekly raise.

Union officials said they aban-|

Settlements granting wage increases of $2 to $4 a week for a]

ers who struck 31 days ago have Indiana - - Negotiations

Await Union Chiefs

Truckers Union Phone Settlements Sought Muncie Reformers On State-by-State Basis

Dozen’ Agreernents GronF$2 10°34 Raises; Attempts af National Settlement Given Up

May 7 (U. P).’—Local settlements ih almost a!

In lt Victory

Times State Service MUNUCIE, Ind... May 7.—Reform

Strike leaders had given up efforts to win pay boosts orl. « ational scored a clean sweep here today. | An aroused citizenry, determined

to keep Muncie clear of vice and gambling, nominated for mayor the Reform-backed candidates in each

party—Rex Gelly, Republican, and

The * Indiana telephone workers Lester E. Holloway, Democrat.

indicated today - that no attempts

The teamsters made it clear, how- | [0Wa, “Nebraska, and Washington, | w..1q4 pe niade to reach an agree-

Each was indorsed for the nomination in his respective’ party by the aggressive - Muncie Citizens

ment with the Indiana Bell Tele- leggue snd the powerful Delaware

{ phone Co. until union presidents {arrived from Washington. Three Hoosiers were members of | the 49-member policy committee |

of the National Federation of Tele- | They left Wash-

phone Workers. ington today. They are Mrs. Mae Mann, presi- | dent of the traffic workers (opera-

In an about-face on. strategy, the tors) union: Raymond Waldkoetter, {National Federation of Telephone president of the telephone workers workers disbanded its 49-member | |union, and Miss Rosemary Eller, ! policy committee. It sent the com- president of the clerical union,

NEW YORK, May 7 (U, Pm Wholesale food prices, which have {declined steadily from the all-time

tlement because the N. F. T. W. “Is recorq established early in March,

dropped ori May 6 to $6 on the

The N. PF. T. W. originally de- Dun &. Bradstreet, Inc., index, the |

agency reported today.

| County Ministerial association.

Party. Bosses Stunned

Machine candidates were stunned | by the results. . Party bosses last night couldn't believe they had lost nearly everywhere. Citizen League Chairman P. D. Burkhalter said: “We've won another round in the fight for clean government. going to keep up the fight and we think we shall keep on winning it.” The Rev. J. B. Miller, pastor of the South Side Nazarene church and president of the ministerial association, said: “Members of the ministerial association are happy over the election results. We were disappointed by the report of the grand jury, but

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Settlement Hopes Fade Earlier in the day hopes for an early settlement of the strike gave way to gloom as negotiations broke down. the union and the operators of the Indiana Motor Truck association | were only 2': cents apart when the salary question snagged the found themselves enmeshed .in a wy political question. Mr. Hunt said the 2' cent figure, shall a caricaturé of local govwas an average for the coming year ernment, with Mayor Tyndall a

since the operators were a nickel : short of ni demands for the | central figure, be permitted to hang al

Patrons of the Hoosier art today

(Continued on Page 3—Column 1) exhibition at the John Herron art | museum? | The exhibition committee of the Art Association . of Indianapolis, { sponsors of the showing, yesterday | recommended that the oil painting by 29-year-old Donovan Peters be removed. It had been on display since‘the | exhibit opened Saturday night. Wilbur D. Peat, museum director, had the picture removed until a final decision Monday by the association's executive committee. The controversial picture of the detys sin was born on a sieepless

Light Frost Predicted Tonight

Light frost” was forecast for In-| dianapolis tonight. The weather bureau predicted fair weather tonight and tomorrow, with slhightly-higher temperatures tomorrow afierngom,

night last winter, LOCAL TEMPERATURES Peters tossed in his bed at Sam... 1 am Aa 13 1914 Carrollton ave. His mind wan7am..... 42 11a. m:.... 46 dered to newspaper. accounts of S§am..... 42 12 (Noon).. 48 i and corruption in Ind Sa m..... 43 lpm..... 49

apo. He got up and sketched his thoughts. The next day, he decided to use the sketch as a basis of a painting for the exhibition The large canvas shows a group of scenes depicting alleged graft

Income Payments Hold

WASHINGTON, May 7 (U. P.).— The commerce department reported today that income payments to individuals during March held, to the peak Jevels reached in Jandary and

February. A drop: in form income dim - street lights{ taverns, roach-

1| offset increases ip‘ wages and | salaries, | (Continued. on Ree 3=Column 1.

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in the pplice department, gambling,

infested eating establishments and-

‘A JOB IN OILS—The- painting that stirred u Musetin: Donovan Peters, artist, is wondering: what sil paint nth

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Rs Up Fight M To Oust Ostrom

Democrats Display Surprising Strength A surprising upsurge in Demo- | cratic strength and failure of Republican leaders to end their bitter factional feud were the outstanding developments growing out of | primary -election returns today. Victory of the regular Republican | organization in the nomination; of William H. Wemmer as the, party’s| mayoralty candidate sharpened factional lines, rather than diminish- |

{ing them.

Roy E..Hickman, defeated io

{organization candidate for the G.

O. P. mayoralty, opened a campaign | to oust County Chairman Henry Ostrom even before all the votes had been counted today. - i} a Expect No Compromise | Regular = orgahization - leaders, spurred to mew heights of en-| thusiasm by. their victory, gave no | indication that they intend to back | down. for any compromise with the! Hickman forces. Aligned with Mr, Hickman in the “oust Ostrom” drive will be the Citizens Republican committee, Prosecutor ' Judson L. Statk and boheriff Albert Magenheimer, Who were supported by anti- rgrgamizaiion forces a year ‘ago. “If Mr. Wemmer ‘is Ho lend the party to. victory next. fall a ‘change

The defeated candidate ties (ney

Ostrom leadership is impers- 307 indicated that Mr. Feeney will J ie Hickman said. Win, the nomination or or gmt _ Advantage for Democrats. Jot more 0 avst

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Democratic Nominee Polls. Larger Plurality Than Any Candidate in Race By NOBLE REED : po The contest for mavor of Indianapolis in the | election next fall will be waged between William H. ol mer, Republican, and Al G. Feeney as the Democratic nominee. : Mr. Feeney won the Demociatie nomination by an overs whelming majority, polling a larger plurality. than any other | candidate in yesterday's primary in 260 precinets. On the latest” tabulation he received 16,233 votes, compared to 16,355 received by Mr. Wemmer at the same tabulation point. Mr. Feeney's plurality was 10,768 compared to Mr. Wemmer’s 6790. ; Most of the city council candidates backed: by regular ‘organizations in both parties appeared to, have, been ‘nominated. The total Republican vote may rin close to 40,000 and the Democratic balloting may reach 24,000, making a total

of more than 60,000. This exceeds previous estimates on the i

total vote by more than 10,000.

Feeney Piles Up Biggest Plurality -

The largest vote plurality in the entire municipal primary election was piled -up today by Al G Feeney as the Democratic nominee for mayor. Tabulation of 250 precincts out of

strongly that his followers take an active part in tHe fall’ a, paign if Mr. Ostrom remaifs the party head. This factional silemate. iE it continues through the fall. campaign, would give the Democrats an important advantage toward winning control of the city government for the next four years. Many thousands more Democrats turned’ out .at the polls yesterday than the most optimistic of party leaders had predicted. Democratic - leaders yesterday forecast a maximum . of 18,000

. Feanes. wil supporell by the | regular Democratic organization headed by County Chairman Walter .C. Boetcher. Mr. Dailey was supported by anti -organization forces headed by William E. Clauer, former county Democratic chairman.

Two Close Races

Most of the regular org: tion candidates for the city council and city clerk appeared to be nominated, with two close races still to be determined. Richard G. Stewart. attorney and

Democratic votes. Returns today (Continued on “Page 1—Column 5!

Truman 63 Tomorrow, | No Celebration Planned,

WASHINGTON, May 7 (U. P.).— President Truman will be 63 to-! morrow.

{there probably will be a party of some kind before the day is aver. Mr. Truman already has received a big birthday gift. Several weeks ago a group of friends bought and had installed in the basement of the . executive offices a two-lane bowling alley. On the day the alley was ready for play, Mr. Truman rolled two | balls for the benefit of photographers. He has not bowled since,

Art or Politics? Student's Painting of Our Fair City Mer Hone. wad “uz Removed From Herron Art Museum Exhibition

No special plans for. a birthday William J. Dougherty, by only 546 celebration have been made, but! votes.

member of the county liquor board, in the race for city clerk nomina(tion, was leading his nearest op- | ponent, Vincent M, Concannon, by a majority of only 685 votes at 250 precincts. : The other close Democratic race (was in the second district city council contest. Joseph Wallace | was leading his nearest opponent,

Probable Nominations

Other city council candidates appeared to be nominated on the Democratic ticket are Porter Seidensticker, 1st district; Guy O. Ross, 3d district; Joseph A. Wicker, 4th district; Christian J. Emhardt, 5th district, and Mary C, Connor, 6th district. Tabulation of 250 precincts in the mayoralty race gave Mr. Feeney 15485 votes compared to 5211 for Mr. Dailey. Mr. Feeney's vote so far was more than that received by Mr. Wemmer, winner in the Republican mayoralty contest,

Inland Steel Strike At East Chicago Ends

EAST CHICAGO, Ind., May 7 (U, P.) —Settlement of the steel indus try’s only major strike was reached today when .Inland Steel Co. and the C. I. O. United Steel Workers signed a two-year contract which prohibits wildcat strikes.

Election Night—All You Could Hear Was Rain

By RICHARD LEWIS : That noise last night was the ball game at Victory field. There ws also a primary election in town, but it was so quiet you could hear s precinct . committeeman diop.

One flusry of loud lk ru heard i fro of Tomo ba hare they count the ballots eventually, It came from a group of watchers who didn't like the i ing outside in the rain.

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Election News On Inside Pages

State Elections Smiessansnsnnns Reichert Wins at Evansville... Byland Wins at Beech Grove... List of Nominations for State Mayors bob dither 0, Editoria] -ee wtsassyseaaiagitens

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