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For Tonight's Grid Dinner
Press Club Skits To Pan Politicos
Hundreds of Hoosier and midwest politicians gathered in Indianapolis today to be on hand when news and radiomen declare open season on them tonight.
The occasion is the Indianapolis Press club's first annual gridiron dinner. Scribes and commentators will cast aside their inhibitions and lay bare the foibles of the political world in a satirical skit whimsically labelled “Fidgits of "48." THe skit is ainfed primarily to keep local politicos “sweating it out” through the evening and the job of seeing that none of the casual guests is overlooked was delegated to “Roastmaster” Eugene J. (Jep) Cadou, manager of the International News Service bureau. Guests will include governors of at least three states, national party big-wigs and newspaper brass from all sections of the country.
Capehart, Jenner to Attend
Among those on deck to see their Hoosier comrades in politics “fry” were Governor Thomas J. Herbert of Ohio and Governor Xim Sigler of Michigan, They will be guests of Indiana's Governor Gates for whom the local newsmen have prepared some special treatment, U. 8. Senators Homer Capehart and William Jenner will head the Washington delegation at the din-|=— ner which also will include moss. of the state's 11 congressmen. Among the newspapermen and authors of national prominence attending will be Roy W. Howard, president of The Indianapolis Times; Basil L. (Stuffy) Walters, executive editor of the Chicago Daily News; George B. Parker, editor-in-chief of Bcripps-Howard newspapers; Steele _ (Speed) Gilmore, editor of the De“troit News; Arthur Evans, Chicago Tribune political writer; Pred
Clarence Budington Kelland, novelist and national Republican comArizona, Stage direction of the show will} be handled by Berry Lake, station WIBC announcer.
Senate Votes Curb "On Union Funds
WASHINGTON, May 8 (U, PJ. —The senate voted today to put legal restrictions on union welfare funds to. prevent labor leaders from using them as “war chests.” The vote was 48 to 40. Senator Robert A. Taft (R. O), who piloted the amendment to the pending senate labor bill, said it grew out of demands by- John L. Lewis for a 10-cent-a-ton royalty on coal to create a welfare fund for his United Mine Workers. Mr. Lewis struck a year ago ‘to enforce his welfare fund demand. The government seized the soft coal mines and signed a contract with him granting a five-cent-a-ton royalty for welfare purposes. The amendment attached to the senate labor bill would set up federal standards for such welfare funds.
(Another Labor Bill Story, Page 2)
Shakespeare Play
Banned at School HAVERHILL, Mass, May 8 (U. P.) —Shakespedre’s-— “Merchant of Venice’! was banned from the list of required reading at Haverhill high school today at the request of Rabbi Abraham I. Jacobson, Rabbi Jacobson contended. the play presents a Jewish character in a manner that causes Jewish students “much discomfort and self-consciousness.”
Interesting News—
On Inside Pages
Page. Taft Accepts Senate Rebuke on
Industry-Wide Bargaining.... 2 Greek Aid Faces Crucial House Vote Today....,...........t. 3 Seven Killed in State, Traffic. . 3 Truman Observes 63d Birthday, 5
Local Gdvernment Costs May Force Property Tax Increase Here ..... Religion Plays Important Part in Lives of Indiana U. Stu- . 19
dents ...... House Hunting (Othman) 19 Russia Aims to Pass U, 8. in Power 21
A. S. P. A. R. Drivers, Cars Out
Aviation ....; 32 Dr. O'Brien... 16 Business ..... 26 J. E. O'Brien. 30
Classified ..32-3¢ PF. C. Othman 19 Comics ...... 35 Radio ....... 35 Crossword ... 25,Reflections 20 Denny XR..... 21 Eldon Roark. 19 Editoria oh 20 Serial ...7..." 29 Fashions \... 22 Sports ..... 30-31 Forum ....... 20 Teen Talk .:.' Meta Given., 23 Washington . 2 Hollywood ..."19 Weather Map 2 Indiana Saga, 20 Women's In Indpls..... 3: News ....22-23
Inside Indpls. 19 Word-A-Day . 19
58th YEAR—NUMBER 50
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~-Photo by Times Staff Photographer John Spicklemire.
WHAT'S THE DIFF'?7—Flowers are flowers to these springhappy kids. They haven't yet learned their dads’ antipathy for the little yellow denizens of the lawn,
Margaret Truman Concert Debut Set for May 20
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PITTSBURGH, May 8 (U, P)— Margaret Truman, daughter of the President, will make her national concert debut in Pittsburgh May 20, it was announced today by Tom! Beegle, manager of Beegle CONCETtS. Mr. Beegle said that he received ig Truman's signed contract to- + He said “her appearance at Mosque here will be the first series Of personal appearances throughout the country. Miss Truman, 23—the first child! of any President of the United | States to seek a professional career | —made. her national radio debut last, March -16 when she sang with the Detroit Syphony orchestra.
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CRITICAL" opinion of her so- | prano voice ranged from “pleasant” to *extremely talented.” Her studio audience during her| radio debut was made up of about | 30 music critics. Her appearance here will be the first. time she has ever appeared | before a “real” audience. Her singing teacher, Mrs. T. J. Strickler, said she believed Margaret's voice would be ! “much, much better” than it was when she made her debut in Detroit. Mr. Beegle said that Miss Truman’s second . appearance will be | in Cleveland.
Truckers Refuse To Ease Demands
. By ROBERT BLOEM | Striking’ truckers today stood pat
on their wage demands on the In-
diana Motor Truck association. The action, taken at a mass’ meeting of Teamsters local union | 135 this morning, continues the tieup of the city’s freight traffic, now| entering its second week. In a second move, however, the union authorized its negotiators to] sign with individual operators at| $1.10 an hour for freight handlers | This move, in-effect, means that the bargain- | ing committee now may by-pass the |
figure. Lester Hunt, spokesman for the union, said the action also meant
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Golden Anniversary
conversation,
years. of devotion which ended at,
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Connell, 1705 W, Morris st.
7| door, greeting from the quaint old couple.
on the floor of the gas-filled house. !
Ruth Millett,, 19, World Affairs. 20
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land central portions of the state to-
{Frost Tonight May Kill Fruit
Snow Is Recorded In Upstate Areas LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a.m. ....3 10am... Ta.m.....38 am... 46 Sam... 40 12 (Noon).. 49 Sam. .... 4 1p.m..... 30 A; Highs to nt which’ may damage b fruit trees and |liceman,
seed tomatoes, will blahket the north
{night, the weather bureau warned today. The temperature was expected to! drop to nearly freezing. High flying clouds Rrought = May snow
yesterday | showers to
jnorthern Indiana for the first time;
in some 50 years, the weather bureau said. Few-Minute Snow ' Snow was recorded in the Ligjonier, Pendleton, ville state police districts last night with a- general frost recorded throughout the state. Weather officials -said it wds- not a killing frost. Tl The noticeable snow flurries lasted several minutes in each area as they travelled across the northeastern section of the state. Sped along by strong winds, the snow clouds were some 1000 feet above the clouds which could be seen from the ground.
Fear for Peach Blossoms Weather officials explained that temperatures in the low 30s on the ground meant below freezing on the levels traveled by the snow clouds. | In 1897 a two-inch May snow blan- | {keted Indianapolis, and in 1940, | some light fluries appeared for a few seconds in the central sections |
[of the state,
Agricultural experts said the heavy frost predicted for tonight would kill peach blossoms but that cherry blossoms could withstand a [frost, Cabhage, peas, lattuce, rad-| [ishes and oats could withstand the | frost, they said. : A slight rise in..the mercury was expected tomorrow.
Hit-Run Cyclist Sought by Police
Police today sought a hit-skip|
association in.cases where operators | driver who fled on his bicycle after wae not immediately determined. are willing to sign ‘at the ‘union he ran down a 6-year-old pedestrian. | -
Police said Donna Ray, 6, of 1040
S. Belmont ave., suffered a broken
leg yesterday when a youth rode his bicycle “ up onto the. sidewalk in!
(Continued on Page 1—Column 2) front of her home and ran‘over her. | ported today.
50 Years of Married Devotion Ends In West Side Couple's Death Together
Meter-Reader Finds Bodies Side by Side;
Due in June
By DONNA MIKELS A little’ brown house nestled back between two stores on W. Morris haired woman. st. stood quiet today, the blinds drawn and the doors shut tight. Passershy slowed to look at the house. corner to join a.group of neighborhood women gathered there in quiet |
. Then they walked to the
| not separated in death.
|116-car southbound train pulled by
“THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1947
Long Distance Agrees To Call
Pntered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Bunday
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3 Fugitives Are Captured In Wild Chase
Trooper, Knightstown Policeman Seize Trio
A state ‘trooper and a Knightstown policeman cap-| tured three: fugitives from| Chillicothe, O., federal reformatory early today near Knightstown. One of the trio broke into. the news several months ago when!
he stole an airplane at Ft. Wayne and taught himself to fly. He was sentenced to Chilicothe for flying the stolen plane across a state line. i Blockade Set Up The capture followed a bulletpunctuated chase which ended in the crash of the fugitives’ car: i State Police Cpl. Fred Forst, of the Connersville post, set up a road blockade. He was alerted that a stolen car driven by Lee McIntosh, Robert Cobb and James Howell, Ohio escapees, was in the vicinity of Knightstown. He spotted the stolen car at the blockade near Knightstown shortly after midnight. The car drove toward the blockade but swerved and ‘turned north onto state road 109 at a high rate of speed.
‘Careen Into Ditch Cpl. Porst whecled his patrol car| {after the speeding car and, fired |several shots. The driver of the car {lost control after a two-mile chase
land careened into a ditoh.
Two of the fugitives surrendered to the trooper but the third sprinted ™ into a field. He was captured by
| . led in pluralities for the winning; "© Ch Candell,. Knightstown -l i aries Oandefl, Knjghtstown. pe Mayoralty candidatgs— William H. :
who had accompanied Trooper Forst on the cha
They broke out of the Ohio - federal prison yesterday. {Shortly after their escape the car which they were driving was re{ported stolen. Reported in State They were reported in Indiana! last night by foul James, operator of a filling station west of Straughu. | Mr. James told state police he |
When the attendant went into the station for oil, after filling the | tank, the car left. The station attendant reported the incident to state ‘police, who linked the license number to that of the car stolen in Ohio .and set up road blocks. Released on Bond Here | McIntosh, arrested by Indiana state police last September near Cumberland for: automobile theft, | was later released in federal court! here-on $500 bond. State police said he later stole a small airplane .from a Ft. Wayne (airport and flew it into Ohio, re-! {lying only on an operation manual for instructions. When McIntosh was apprehended | in Ohio, officers said he had hidden | on a farm and was teaching himself to fly “by the book. "
48 Freight Cars
Derailed in Illinois CORDOVA, Ill, May 8 (U. P.).~— Forty freight cars of the Milwaukee | ‘road ‘were derailed and about 100
yards of track torn up four miles |
north of here yesterday. The derailed cars, most of them loaded with miscellaneous freight, comprised more than a third of a Cause of the wreck
|a diesel engine.
NO TROUBLE AT ALL PORTLAND, Ore., May 8 (U, P.). | —A thief stole a car from the E-Z Pickins Motor Co, here, police re-
two gas burners hissed out gas | which had filled the house. At the corner the neighborhood | women talked of this. “Well, may- |
be it's for the best,” said one white- [called to testify as the government |
|beegan to trace two checks of $1000 from parochial and public schools arion county a gold watch suitably engraved and
They are survivors of the Will get a free trip to Washington,
“If she's told me
once -she's told me a dozen times | |each which had been cashed by his in Indianapolis and M | father Oct. 13, 1944, in the office of schools.
she hoped they went together.” Other neighbors remembered that | the couple never missed a Sunday | ition Catholic church. - They sat
| dio; during the summer she tended |
WE NEED WATER—The Wayne Township imate association met last night again to study the No. | West Side problem. . . . Seated (left to right), Mrs. Fred Wright, secretary; Paul Gass, Miss Helen Wright, Victor L. Rigot and - Lester
Boughton.
Primary Vote
Tops Pre-Election Estimates by 20,000
By NOBLE REED Final tabulation of Tuesday's municipal primary today disclosed |
a total vote of more than 68,000,
exceeding official pre-election estimates hy nearly 20,000 The unusually heavy vote result-
The trio was placed fn Henry Feeney, Demoerat—far beyond the {county jail and held for federal (authorities.
most optimistic forecsats. Mr. Wemmer. won the Republican mayoralty nomination by a whop‘ping plurality of 0400 and Mr. Feeney topped all winning margins | by a majority of 12,700. Wemmer Polls 21,665 Mr. Wemmer polled 21,665 votes compared to 12,216 for his nearesi¥ | opponent, Roy E. Hickman. Mr. Feeney's total was 19,199 com-
and Conners- serviced a car hearing Ohio plates. pared to 6448 for his nearest op-,
| ponent, George S. Dailey. All the regular Republican organization candidates for the city | council, as part of the Wemmer slate, were nominated.
The only close race in the entire
regular Republican organization's {slate was in the third district city council contest, where Clarence Suggs, former ward chairman, won the nomination by a majority -o only 700 votes. Other Republican council nomi|nees: are Donald Jameson, first district; Harmon A. Campbell, second
district: Charles P. Ehlers, fourth)
district; Harold C. Shulke, fifth district, and Joseph E. Bright, sixth district, Frank J. Noll Jr. was nominated | for city clerk by a majority of nearly 8000 over Harry Bason. Win by Wide Margin Democratic nominees for the city | council, all winning by compara-| tively wide margins, were Porter Seidensticker, first district; Joseph! C. Wallace, second district; Guy O.! |Ross, third district; . Joseph Wicker, fourth district; J. Emhardt, fifth district, and Mary {C. Conner, sixth district. Richard G. Stewart was nomin- | ated for city clerk in a close race with Vincent M. Concannon. Of the total 68,000. vote, 41,0000 were cast by Republicans and 26,000 by Democrats. Pre-election estimates were 35,000 Republicans and 18,000 Democrats.
Rep. May's Son Called at Trial
WASHINGTON, May 8 (U. P.).— The government, in a surprise move today called a son of former Rep.
lat his father's trial on charges of war fraud conspiracy. The son, Robert V. May, was
the house sergeant-at-arms. The father is charged with cor-
Their talk and the talk of the neighborhood Was of the tale of 50 at the 10 o'clock mass at Assump- {ruptly using his influende to get war! in the contest, having 15 of their
[contracts for the $78,000,000 Garsson |
the little brown house yesterday, | never been separated in life were ‘together at night to hear the ra- Munitions empire,
Young Mr, May said he did not
Mr. Connell lay half turned ®n her flower garden while: he mowed |IndOrs¢ either of the $1000 checks.
is side, as jf he had fallen. Neigh- |
Beside him lay his wife,
Under her head .was a cushion from the .front room
TE hn te pete a
the wide back vard, » |
A meter reader, who went to the/bors-.remembered that for almost Today there was also talk of how Vere given to Mr, house yesterday, opened the kitchen |two years: heart trouble ed kept ong the couple had lain dead with. Feldman, expecting the usual cheery him in the house.
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Both had:
Tragedy must have come at night,
_The 70-year-old couple; who hyd. catich. In the adjoining kitchen {Coytinued. on Page 1=Colutui n
The government claims the checks May by E. D. a California’
The government contends they
quest that Mr. Feldman’s son and young Mr. Freeman. be SHven army ‘commissions,
fom given in connection with a re-
be
[Lack of Water Endangers Exceeds 68,000 Suburban Communities
Fires, Once Started, Usually Burn Out for 1 Meager Suppl Supply Is of Little or No Help
First of a Series
Standing (leff to right), Willard Thomas, president; Fred Vawter, W, P. Schuh, D. E. Snyder, George haeffer and H, C. Bradshaw.
3 By RICHARD LEWIS The fire started from defective wiring. It sent up a thin swirl of
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‘| dispute for wage increases of from
OF Other Tieups:
WASHINGTON, May 8 (U, P.).—The 32-day-old tele phone strike took its biggest jump toward wu settlement early today when the key long distance union ended it§
$2 to 85 a week. Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson, announcing the agreement after night-long sessions at the labor department, said it fore shadowed an early end to tieups inYvolving 28 other affiliates of the Na« tional Federation of Telephone Workers.
The long lines agreement’ covery. 20000 members of the Americas Union of Telephone Workers on wd will become effective upon approval® of the union's executive board - the membership. The board meets in New York today. : Approval Believed Certain John J. Moran, union at, explained that the executive —t
becomes effective. Approval semed certain but he long distance workers will ot $ turn to work in any other phone unions are
smoke which was barely visible against the gray November sky. . Mrs. Fenton Lawler of 4138 W. Minnesota st: saw it. The smoke turned a thick yellow as the fire caught the resins in the wood. It was
her son's house next door, “dims house is on fire,”
he had d Nara t
| Jim, his wife and their four hl
dren were away from home that| [day visiting relatives: when the fire! fined to the: rear ‘of the house! ‘union and A. T, & T. broke out in their five-room bunga- ‘They were going to save Jim's home. 'shortly after 3 a. m. (
low at 6131 W, Minnesota st.
n It was Nov. 8, 1942, the worst day | a pucket brigade to the well ‘of Mr. sion that began at 8:30 o'clock last
the Lawlers can rememniber. On ‘that ' Saday the James Lawlers lost ‘every-
thing they owned in the fire except grained the next well and the next Settlement: Oo
men e \& Telegraph Ce. |guarantees that the terme serve as a. pat Gi
with : other Bell
“she telaphaiied the Ben Davis fire depart vi
At, last they had the fire con-
In desperation, neighbors" formed
Lawler senior next door. went dry:
The well The bucket brigade
[the clothes they wore ‘When they (and the next.
| went visiting.
In the prosperous, suburban’ com- |
{ munity of Ben Davis, there is no'y go wbr of sparks, the bucket bri- vin all cities except Buffale
Then the pumper went dry. When the roof crashed in with
| water except a meager supply for |8ade was passing water from a well |
{ household use in private wells. | The Ben Davis pumper clanged up | to Jim Lawler’s blazing house as| {the flames pierced the roof.
two blocks away.
By the time aid came from Mick-
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- Bloomington Man Merchant Prince
Found Dead in Car
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Times State Service BLOOMINGTON, Ind. May 8.— Police today were investigating the (death of 45-year-old John Michael | Cravens, plant. chief of thé Indiana | Bell. Telephone Co. here.
He was found dead in his parked] automobile early yesterday by two |
{city police officers whose attention |
| first had been drawn to the vehicle la few hours earlier. At that ttme they stopped to in- | vestigate the Cravens’ car-after they (noticed the lights burning on .the
‘automobile, whi bee Christian | 0 ich had been parked
near the Indiana university campus. | In the automobile was Mr. Cravens and a police officer, Herbert E. | Smith, who said the two had met earlier in a tavern. ,Mr. Cravens had offered to take Mr. Smith home, but the pair had fallen asleep in the car, the police officer added. The investigating patrolmen left Mr. Cravens asleep in the car, after Mr. Smith continued to his home.
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Dies in London
LONDON, May 8 (U.P). — H. Gordon Selfridge, who brought American merchandising methods to London and built one of the biggest stores in Europe, died today. He was 90. Mr. Selfridge was the founder and head of the house of Selfridge and | Co, American-type department | store in the west end of London. Five years ago he retired from | business and sold out his shares in the London store. About a week ago he fell at his, home in Putney, in West London. and pleurisy developed. It was the immediate cause of death.
A native of Ripon, Wis., Mr. Sel- |
fridge became a naturalized citizen of Great Britain in 1937. His fabulous career as a merchant prince began in 1879 when he entered the employ of Field, Leiter & | Co., Chicago. - Advancing through various positions, he became a part-
Later, they returned and found him | ner of the firm of Marshall Field
dead.
Co. and manager of the retail store.
Spelling Bee Finalists - wi Be Selected Tonight
By ART WRIGHT Twenty finalists for The Times Spelling Bee will be determined toAndrew J. May (D. Ky.) to testify night in the second semi-final spelldown in the Indiana World War
Memorial auditorium.
Those finalists will return to the » war memorial tomorrow night for/
the grand finals.
| first semi-finals. | The county schools hold the edge!
pupils still in. Indianapolis Cath-
. Competing tonight at 8 o'clock will be 0 -grammar school pupils
, C., to compete in the national
Fapelling bee.
should win the national title, the award will be $500 in cash and $75
lic schools have 12 and Indianapo- spending money for an expense-free is public schools have 12. |
Last year's champion, Bill Fra-| | zer, was a county school pupil.
shi : r will be an anxious group at] faces Pronouncer. Gaylord Allen tonight for there are valuable AWArd awaiting the I _ ‘pion, The
He packed days in Washi chemical | |was an eighth grader at the on aspera il be paid by out aid. The coroner said Mr. Con- 'manufacturer, and Albert H, Free-! | Strange school, Washington town- will She nell had been dead a few hours MAN, & son of Joseph Freeman. Instead he saw the bodies of the lay as if asleep, a look of peace on longer than his wife. elderly: couple who had-been wed her face and her hands folded: over | been dead 24 hours. he said. almost 50 years lying side ‘by side her breast.
trip to New York city.
The champion will spend six fun} * e |
PECL
The agreemént was signed
time), climaxing a
‘night. Here are major provisions of the
NE: An average hourly" wage increase of 11 cents. This means wage increases of $2 to $4 per:
[Boston where the top will be $5
across the board. TWO: An “in charge” differs ential of $1.40 per day for temporary straw - bosses. THREE: An extra day off for workers when a holiday occurs fm. a vacation. UR: Maintenance of ‘dues. FIVE: Arbitratioh of discharges,” demotions and promotions. f SIX: Increased termination ae lowances. : SEVEN: Service assistant differ |ential (supervisor in traffic depart- ! ment) ‘increased from present 8 land $6 per week to $9. EIGHT: Travel time (portal-to # portal) pay for construction gangs NINE: Double time for operators jon Christmas and New Year's eve. | TEN: One-year contract cons taining no discrimination clause | effective on termination of strike,
Flying Plane Carriers Predicted by Rosendahl
f LOS ANGELES, May 8 (U. Pr |Lighter- -than-air ‘craft were again under consideration today as possi. ble essential weapons in future nas: tional defense. 4 Vice Adm. Charles E. Rosendahl,
successful ~ anti-submarine patrol {blimps, predicted “flying aircraft carriers” with hangar decks built’ on their. interior structures and. armed with rocket projectiles.
scribed them as a potential * defensive weapon.” ’ He said such ships would be a
(BossesnAre Urged
To Sing ‘at Work LOS ANGELES, May 8.
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