Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1947 — Page 2
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Presidential Possibilities | Seen in Tokyo
General Has Issued No Denial of Rumors
TOKYO, July 23 (U, P.).—A fresh wave-of MacArthur - for - president speculation fn ‘the United States was reported here today. In the light of the reports, some observers considered it significant that Gen. Douglas MacArthur himself has not denied that he will be a presidential candidate in 1948, Although Informed sources at headquarters emphasized that Gen. | MacArthur was not seeking the Republican nomination, many here regarded him as a logical candidate if international relations deteriorated still further before the 1048 party convention. That he was not actively seeking the nomination may be true literally, but there was reason to believe he would yield to an overwhelming public clamor for his candidacy in event of an American-Soviet crisis. Not Interested in 1944 Few men have felt it necessary in so short a space of time to deny presidential ambitions as often as Gen. MacArthur, The record showed that he said several times before the 1044 campaign that he was not interested in the presidential nomination, He wound up the matter with a statement in April, 1044, that he would not accept the nomination. _ There was a possibility he might follow the same procedure this time, waiting until the last minute to affrm or deny presidential aspirations. A
On Sept, 30, 1048, Gen. MacArthur again said he had “no political ambitions, contacts or plans.” He sald his aim was to see the Japanese occupation through, A Call to Duty ‘However, he has made it ‘clear he
States when the Japanese peace
treaty is signed. This some observers 7
have taken to mean he might turn from a military to a political career.
There is much in his background to nourish the belief he might respond to what he considered a call to duty. But a spokesman for uim sald his statement last fall denying political ambitions still stood.’
At the same time, many regarded his silence at a time when politicians and newspapers were disculising him as a “tacit admission of renewed interest in the White House.”
Job Not Finished It was pointed out that as a top ranking general he would be a forceful candidate In case the United)’ States were threatened with war, His work as allied administrator in| Japan would qualify him as one of |
the leading authorities on interna-i years more" tional affairs, with a broad knowl-| |penance” that started with the oc- | cupation, “His physical condition is excellent, | people's palms and handwriting, but
edge of far eastern affairs.
: although he will be 68 next Jun
uary and would be almost 69 before and says there is a universal shake - [up in sodial structures now going ‘on His job in Japan is by no means because the world is under the sign finished. He was more or less com-|0f Aquarius.
hie could take office if elected.
mitted to stay until a treaty is! signed, which by his own estimates might be a year to 18 months,
Foi pointment book reads almost like Trawler of Future the French equivalent of the social | register—politicians, doctors, lawCans Fish at Sea { vers, publishers, industrialists, stage CLEVELAND, July 23 (U. PD. und screen folk A General Motors diesel engine divi- Left Alone By Nazis sion spokesman predicts that the! Her fees range from $2 to $50 American trawler of the future will Every New Year until 1039 the Paris be a “floating canning factory.” . |press made headlines of what she
He sald his
1200-horsepower diesel engines, plus t gasoline engines to provide elec-|
tricity for complete processing, and |Paris, Madame Fraya was living in Fish a little old-world house on a side
packing of fish on the vessel
will go direct from the sem to the street. years,
consumer.
Plan Stag Party The 7th annual stag party of the Indianapolis Real Estate board will
be held July 31 at the Moose coun- AN attack on Madame Fraya. It declared her house was a rendezvous
try club, Valley.
two miles west of Glens
To begin at noon, the!"
affair will include fishing, baseball, 20d that she should be arrested, or horseshoes, cards, in addition to a better still,
chicken dinner,
LOCAL G. I. IN CANAL ZONE Cpl. Harold L. Jordan, Richland st, has arrived in
Panama Canal zone,
quarters.
Alarums and Excursions— Gyrenes' Lingo Losing Salt
Colonel in a Dither
Nomenclature, Classification Invade Corps
WASHINGTON, July 23.—~The
by charges from one of its own officers that Leathernecks are begin-
ning to talk like G. L's. Lt. Col. John Corbin,
the press, radio and movies. “Well-established, salty pases) are being arpped in 4 in favor of weak-| er terms,” he warned For instance, Col. Corbin says he's heard marines use “re-enlist” in-| stead of “ship over,” “hitch” instead | of “cruise” and “G.1." stead of | “enlisted marine.” Purthermore, he laments: aye, sir,” the traditional to an order, is heard with Most offi-
{fever to peek at the future has | doubled the number dbf people doing intends to return to the United business under the heading of fortune jetiets in Paris these days.
predictions are part of the blue-. plate special
division has con- sald the future held, but. she’s retracted to supply new trawlers with fused to make any public
them.”
[would happen to me,’ 809 8. a shrug of her shoulders, the turned out, the man who wrote the He is assigned story happened to be one of the to the 33d infantry regiment head- first to be judged as a collaborator He was the one who got shot”
in the current issue of the Marine Corps Gazette, says it can't be blamed on’ unification. That's bad enough. But it's essentially the marines’ own fault, he says With an assist to
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
eport N MacArthur. Might Accept G. O:
P. ‘Nominat ion
Public to See Famed U.S. Documents
When Freedom Train Visits 300 Cities
200 Papers Tracing Progress From Serfdom
To American’ Democracy to Be Displayed
By 8. BURTON HEATH, NEA Staff Writer NEW YORK, July 23-—Some time during the coming year you will be able to go dowh to the railroad station—or to the near-by metropolis —and see the originals of those historic documents upon. which the
American way of life is based.
The American Heritage Foundation is borrowing these papers from their guardians, putting them aboard its Freedom Train, and sending
them to .more than 300 cities in, ™
every state. The exact list has not been announced. It is being selected from the thousands of documents suggested by volunteers who have ideas on the subject. But there are a few items that are considered sure things. Paris Treaty Favored There is, for-example, the Lincoln ‘Cathedral copy of Magna Carta, in which King John con- | ceded the people's right to rule] themselves. There is the Declara- | tion of Independence, and the, Treaty of ‘Paris in which, for the| first time, a foreign nation recognized that independence. Three is a copy of the Constitu-| tion with notes made by George | Washington, . the original manu-| script of the Bill of Rights and of | Lincoln's proclamation freeing the) slaves, These are almost certain to be among the 200 prime documents in which progress from serfdom to American. democragy can be fol- | lowed. But they, and the train that Cars|
Madame Fraya-Crystal-Gazer
By BOBEITE HARGROVE A Saft Corres ondent PARIS, “July e post-war
Most of the 40,E000 assorted crys-| tal gazers hide their lights upder a bushel and their clients have h find. out about them the same ‘way they find out g about black market merchants, Not so Madame
Fraya. She has been a practicing oracle since 1912, right out jn front , | of everybody, and \ pays her taxes Wl just like any other
. ¥legitimate busiMme. Fraya ' ness woman,
Right now Madame Fraya is sayng that France is in for ‘several of the era of “great Her omens come {rom
he ocgasionally gazes at the stars
She's no tea room gypsy whose
Madame Fraya's ap-
predic lons since then, When the Germans marched into
She stayed there “for [our
Germans never bothered “1 Just didn't see
“The me,” she says.
In 1043 a Paris weekly published
of General de Gaulle's sympathizers shot. She refused ta move “1 somehow felt that nothing ' she says, with
“As things
as Gl Terminology,
marine corps was staggered today
“It is, in fact, doubtful whether most marines of the present generation even know what this means,” the writer complains.
Mourns Brahminism The colonel says noncommissioned officers in the new marine | corps are just as bad as junior officers. They fall to “maintain their distinct and separate status, especially as regards the once fronclad Brahminism of the first three’ to Pay- -grades.” ite the most deep-seated | trary traditions, it is not! unusual to see NCO's on liberty |
ries them, are presented only as symbols through which the Foundation hopes to sell its slogan: “Democracy Is Everybody's Job.” To each city on its itinerary, Freedom Train is to climax two carefully planned weeks of local
”.
with non-rated men,” he charged. Ta ts
rededication to the ideals of dy:
S. Ayres & Co.
AT HOME IN INDIANA FOR 75 YEARS
namic democracy. The first week is to be devoted to a concentrated campaign publicizing the American system, its bases and the prices our forefathers paid to procure it for us.
Philadelphia First
The second week is to be devgted to publie meetings, ceremonies and a general program designed to make each American realize that he must work and fight and suffer to keep democracy, Philadelphia will hold the first Rededication Week. Freedom Train will spend three days there beginning Sept. 17, the 160th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution.
[Girl Cheerful
On Borrowed Time
ST. LOUIS, July 23 (U. P.) ~Living on borrowed time for seven years has not kept petite, attractive Helen Maysey, 17, from being happy. She suffers from spienic anemia and has been the ward of a hospital here .ever since she was a month old. Her spleen was removed when she was 4, and six years later physiclans gave up, saying that she had only a few weeks to live. Since that time, Helen has had a’ blood transfusion every six or | eight weeks. She is in the hospital apout four months out of every year but remains cheerful. Without the transfusions, the girl would die, but so far, physicians and nurses at the hospital have | been able to donate the blood.
Chances of Being Struck by Lightni Are 1 In 365,000, AE iin
Westinghouse Engineer Explains New Device That Films Lightning for for Study
PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 7 — Your four chances of being struck by lightning this summer are one in 365,000. Some 400 persons will probably be killed during the year in the United States. It is a small number, however, when compared with the probable 40,000 who will suffer
‘death’ automobile accidents.
The estimate is that of E. L. Harder, Westinghouse lightning engi-
neer, whose primary job is the development of instruments and devices to protect homes, factories and electric power lines from lightning damage. As an example of accomplishments, modern protective devices now cut power interruptions on power lines almost to the vanishing point, although every 50 miles of such lines are hit some 50 times every year, Mr. Harder explained a Westing-
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SCHEDULE CARD PARTY Patrol qf Indianapolis Shrine No, 6, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, will hold a card party at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the K. of P. hall, 149 E. Ohio st. Mrs. Elizae beth Pleyte is chairman.
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