Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1948 — Page 3
n Court Battle For Coun
Italian Regime Alert for Coup
20,000 Troops
y Offices
Plan to Open Coatésville To Visitors Again Sunday
80,000 Visitors Come fo Ravaged Town; Give $15,778, Weep at Sight of Damage
Tentative plans toddy were to open tornado-stricken Coatese Parade in Rome ville again next Sunday to the warm-hearted neighbors of cenROME, April 5 (UP) — New tra] Indiana and adjoining states. week-end election violence flared Opening of the road yesterday resulted in an in both .northern and southern response from motorists who edged tHeir way through a traffic Italy today, but Remain Were re- jam tighter than the annual Speedway motoring crowd. assured against a possible Com-| A sympathetic stream of visimunist coup after viewing 20,000/tors totaling an estimated 50 oo ligr bills,” Maj. O'Neal said. It security troops parading throughipoured out $15,778 into baskets| was a trek of average citizens the heart of Rome. and other containers set up along| paying homage to the 14 persons More than 500,000 Romansthe town's recently-cleared| Who lost their lives i= the Henturned out to view the parade streets. dricks County community. yesterday. Included were British 14,000 Autos in Pilgrimage TTT and American tanks, armored
Democrats File jemand Name | [SS Be Placed fon Ballot
Candidates Contend Offices Are Vacated
By NOBLE REED Court fights by candidates for heir right to run for at least ices today . highlighted SH May 4 pripaign.
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the opening of the mary election cam
Two Democrats filed suits in|
guperior Court 5 demanding that the election board and secretary of state place their names on the primary ballot. They were Lewis K. Murchie whose declaration of candidacy for judge of Superior Court 3 was
cars and artillery, phasis was on automatic
federal police,
tommyguns. Stresses Force
but the em-
One detachment included 2000] all armed with
State police, who supervised traffic along roads leading into »/the almost - completely leveled town, said that 14,000 automo-
nois, Kentucky and even Tennessee licenses made the pilgrim-
biles bearing Indiana, Ohio, Ili
“If it comes to force in Italy,
ag that force is in the hands of the
‘Argument Leads
* To Fatal Shooting STEELTON, Pa. Apr. 5 (UP) {—One man was shot to death and a second was in a cricital condi-
e. ’ Maj. Robert O'Neal, state police executive officer, said that the heaviest-traveled road, from Indianapolis to Coatesville, carried a line of cars extending 25 miles by early afternoon. As cars crept along at 2-5 miles an hour with frequent] stops, motorists alighted to group
refused, and Louis J. Wahl whose! filing for Marion County assessor was turned down. Contend Offices Vacated The candidates are contending that the offices are up for election because both were vacated! by resignation and death since the last election. Republican apnointees to these jobs contend hey are eligible to serve out their rredecessors’ terms to 1951,
A hearing on both suits was scheduled in Superior Court 5 to-
tion today following a factional argument over selection of a pas-
tor for the Macedonian Bulgarian church, \ The dead man was Koche Ate zeff, 24, who was shot in the chest during the argument. Boris E. Mioff, 32, Harrisburg, Pa., was in critical condition from a chest, wound. : 2 George Minoff, 51, -Steelton, aocused by District Attorney Carl B. Shelley of firing both shots, was immediately charged with
gosernment,” said Premier Alcide de Gasperi. An attempt to hold a Communist rally in Gorizia, on the Ital-ian-Yugoslav border, énded in a near riot. Leftists, on the other hand, attacked a meeting of the Fascist Italian Social Party in {Naples and three were injured se-| together and discuss the little riously. {town's plight. It was a patient Bist) 3v leftists Wale arrested 4nd kindly Sabbath crowd. by police in a new Naples arms , roundup. In addition to guns and Some Vistas Wp tora ammunition, police also found a! the long train en
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MOrrow. Another suit was expected to be hled in connection with a controersy over the question of whether the Marion County Juveile Court judge should be up for lection this year.
Scott A. McDonald, a deputy prosecutor, said he filed his candidacy for the Republican nomiation for Juvenile Court judge although his name did not appear pn the regular candidate listings at the Secretary of State’s office.
Quotes 1045 Law Mr. McDonald quoted a 1945 aw which, he said, recreated Juvenile Courts here and in Lake ounty with a provision that new judges be elected in 1948,
Judge Joseph +O. Hoffmann, Democrat, who was elected to a our-year term in 1946, said the law for a spécial judge election applied only to Lake County. A last-minute race developed Saturday night for the Republican prosecutor n ation when Frank H. Fairchild, member pf the County Council and former deputy prosecutor, . filed against [Prosecutor Judson L. Stark, seeking renomination. :
Support Not Clear Although factional alignments behind Mr. Fairchild were not lear, it was presumed that some of the ward chairmen of the regujar organization backed his enance in the race. Mr. Stark was nominated two years.ago in a fight against the regular organation leadership. Mr. Fairchild began practicing aw here in 1934 and was a depuy prosecutor from 1944 to 19486. He resigned Saturday as GOP airman of the 21st wrad to ake the race.
He pledged an “aggressive and’ onstructive” campaign and delared he will stress the need for “closer co-operation between @ prosecutor's office and the courts and other law enforcement agencies.”
Long Active in GOP Active in GOP work for 10 Years, Mr. Fairchild also is president of the Indianapolis Social Hygiene Association and past president of the Indiana Lawyers Association. He recently was appointed to the State Crime Study Committee. : He is a member of the Irvington Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis Bar Association, Washington Township GOP Club and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He lives with his family at 6034 Haverford Ave. % . The GOP sheriff contest finally developed into a three-way race between Sheriff Al Magenheimer, Otto W. Gasper and Charles H. kemens, retired police officer, who entered the contest in a surprise filing Saturday night.
Mr. Clemens, of 430 N. Arsenal Ve, retired from the police department in 1938 and until recently has been an agent in the federal narcotics bureau. He is a graduate of Manual Training
High School and Indiana Business College.
The list of candidates for coun-
ty offices and 11th District Congress follows:
For 11th District Con Republicans: Seorge Denny, Hoyt Moore, Ellis H. Willian "5 Bankett, Harrison White and
Rugg. Democrats: Raymond Cartaurray, Artrew Jacobs and Chester
For Prosecutor—Repiiblicans: Judson ‘L. Stark, k Fairchild, E. Dean Miller , Wn). Democrats: William ecker, George 8, Dailey.
For Sherift—Re . ~Republicans: heimer, Otto W. Gasper and Charles H. ham 8. Democrats: James PF. Cunninga, Albe-t Barnett, Bennie y - Bredell and John W. Cochran.
Yor Treasurer—Republicans: Louis W. Aieher (unopposed). Democrats: Charles ory Rouse, B08 McQueen an
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er~Republicans: Dr. Roy B. - Ralph Hamer and Ralph MitDemocrats: Jerohe E. Holman, mith (withdrawn).
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Treasury. The Lyons office has one of the largest tax law practices in the U.S.A The richness of the place leaves little doubt about the bankrolls of its clients. *
2» » BACK IN Richmond the oldtimers say that “Bob” is “shrewd.” They may tell you that his first “good deal” was to marry a smart and pretty neighbor girl—Alma Gretz— who now is a lovely lady, as well as mother and six times grandmother. ; At any rate, the Getz-Lyons nuptials were performed before young Bob marched off to World War I in 1917. He was in the famed First Division and on the first boatload of U. 8. soldiers to arrive overseas. Second lieutenant Robert W. Lyons was on the First Division headquarters staff with a capfain named George Marshall. Together they translated a French army manual for use by American troops. As a general and chief-of-staff this same Marshall had a great deal to do with World War II. He still is in there fighting for his country as Secretary of State. Having begun the study of law at the University of Chicago before the war, when Lt. Lyons was mustered out he finished his courses at what is now the Indianapolis branch of IU law school. His first son, Ross, was born while he was overseas. So the Lyons’ family contribution to the second world war was Maj. Ross Lyons, Capt. Robert W. and Lt. John. All were pilots and the combat record of the trio covered every front. - s s MAJ. ONS flew a 'B-29 over Tinian and Tokyo. It was his assignment to fly low and drop fire bombs to light up the target for the blockbusters. Meanwhile, Capt. Lyons was “flying the hump” in and out of China and Lt. John was a fighter pilot from North Africa all through Europe. They all came home safe and now are three of the busiest businessmen in St. Petersburg, Fla. s s = Ross runs hotels and restaurants and the other two are building materials dealers—all in a big way. Two other Lyons children, Sue 14. and Tom 11, spend their winters in school there. The family home here was sold to Sen. Homer E. Capehart (who later resold it) and Mr. and Mrs. Lyons live in Florida during the winters and spend the summers at their home in the swank Williams Creek section of Indianapolis. “Bob” Lyons’ first introduction to Indiana politics came when he was called a “fiscal .agent” for Wizard Hiram Evans of the Ku Klux Klan back in the middle 1920's. The Indianapolis story. is that it was from his Klan connections he made enough (general figure quoted is $20,000) to begin his road to riches.
EVENTS TODAY Indianapolis Public Library, 75th snniver SA pening event, Teen Music Can teen Concert, 8 p. m
.|Serviee Club—Claypool Hotel. | EVENTS TOMORROW
Indianapolis Medical Society—8:15 Athenatui. tings a Pal Library 35th. Anniversary Program—8 p.m ciples of | Christ Unified Promotion Meeting—Indianapolis Athletic Club. BIRTHS Twins A Vineceat's—William, Betty Stokes, At St. Francis — Ralph, Roberts Spilker, girls. Boys
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~| Wesley,
Mee of Indi-| Seminar—Hotel Lin-/
/ A , Mary Egenolf;
Marie Johnston: Surry, Patty Srey, Patty
THE KKK at the time was -tops in Indiana politics, although it soon hit: the skids. Evans, whose headquarters was in Atlanta, was battling witn the Indiana dragon, D. C. StepPhenson, who is now serving a life prison term for murder at Michigan City.
And Stephenson was Jsucceeded by the late Walter Bossert as Indiana Klan head. Mr. Lyons was one of the witnesses to ‘appear beford a Marion County grand jury in the Klan investigations of the time. " Republican Gov. Ed Jackson and the late “Cap” Coffin, Marion County GOP boss, were indicted for alleged bribery but escaped trial’ through pleading the statute of limitations. Mr. Lyons moved to New York in 1927.. Six years later he came here. His title at the time was executive vice presi« dent of the National Chain Store Association. Testifying before the Patman Small Business Committee he explained that his job was to see that state or national laws detrie mental to chain store mer. chandising were not passed. His salary was then $25,000 (in the middle 1930’s), but he also had a $150,000 expense account. Whatever he ‘saved’ out of that also was his, the Patman committee record shows, ” tJ - THE ASSOCIATION has since dissolved, but some part of the Lyons law business atill come from its former members, it is said. There are other clients with worldwide interests in lumber, oil and'the like. Mr. Lyons also was employed by the Dutch government to try and get back some of its sequestered ‘gold from France. He first opened his law offices .here in the Shoreham building. At that time he was senior partner in a firm called Lyons, Cohen, Waters and Baldridge. Now he runs his own show with the other lawyers as his associates. Since none of the Lyons boys are lawyers (Ross went to. Princeton and the other two “old soldiers” to Michigan) Bob brought a young Republican from Indianapolis and placed him in his offices here. He is Nelson Daranian, who presently is on leave to the Senate Rules Committee which is carrying on an investigation of the election of Sen. Harley M. Kilgore, West Virginia Democrat. ” ” o SEN. JENNER is chairman leges and elections dnd he employed Mr. Daranian at $10,000 a year. To date he has been working on the West Virginia case and not, so far as is known, helping to arrange the “Jenner draft” in Indiana. Mr. Daranian does know politics. He was a GOP organization man in Marion County before going off to war. He also was an IU classmate of Sen. Jenner.
| Baker: Claude, Barbara Conner. At Methodist — George, Helen Dowtont Helen Rigele; Fred, Margaret Karns; Carl, Mary Harting; Homer, Lois Shrake. At St. Vincent's—Earmon, Audrey Bustle; Donald, Lois Sebree; James, Joan Bennett; Wayman, Betty Jane Smith. At_Home—Leonard, Onhelia Edwards, 917 B 2s; Edward, Catherine Price, 822 ell, *
Girls At_St. Francis—Bruce, Jeanette McClain; Robert, Maxine Kirk; John, rirude Baneszewski; Howard, Jesnette . Tap-
scott, At General—Aaron, Lois Bradshaw; John-
son, Clarissa Beaven
lah Lampher; ene, Dorothy Cornett; nen ene Borat, Wm Dans
of the subcommittee on privi- |
Skipper, the Cat, Helps
At Coleman—Raymond, Esther an; | Mary Michael, Ruth Rubenstein: i -
+{ Ida a Richard © he : Predenck Becker, 71, at 28 B. 16th, myoAlice Z. il ea
Thomas C.
-|Harry Hall, 73,
Mr. Lyons long has been looked upon as an “angel” for helping to finance this campaign and that. Whether he is providing brains and/or money for the Jenner campaign is a bit hard to pin down. That is the point at which the mystery begins. It is well known that Mr, Lyons long has been both a personal and political friend of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Perhaps he would like to see Indiana vote for Dewey in the Republican national convention. » » ~ SOMETIMES Mr. Lyons is mentioned for a possible Cabinet post. But after getting his fingers burned in Indiana, with his short-lived national committeeman fiasco, it is unlike« ly that he will ever take a publie office by appointment again. Nor is he apt to run for anything. He "will remain behind the scenes as king-maker and be content with that. He is credited here with letting the idea of an appointment for former Sen. Raymond E. Willis: come from the Jenner camp. The story was that if . majerity leader Charles A. Halleck turns down a Senate appointment to the Jenner seat (to be made by Jenner as governor) it would.be given to Mr. Willis, “This is an appeasement policy for the Indiana Republican Editorial Association, but so far it hasn't seemed to take. Who would Gov. Jenner name then? If Mr. Lyons and Mr. Jenner's dislike for Gov. Gates is genuine, it would not be Gov. Gates. Although he may be consulted in the matter, it seems perfectly safe now to predict that Bob Lyons wouldn't take it himself, He has been cured.
Morton Seeks Legislative Post
Frank W. Morton, local attorney and World War II veteran of the Second Infantry Division, has filed nis candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative. He advocated a “return of fundamental democracy in government, a veterans’ rehabilitation program and modernization of the criminal code.” He is a member of the law firm of Morton and Tumbove, the Spe:dway Christian Church, Irvington Masonic Lodge, American Legion, Indianapolis and Indiana Bar Association. He lives with his family at 1448 N. Delaware St.
In Polio Campaign EPPING, N. H. (UP)—Skipper Macfarlane, a cat, again has begun collecting dollars for the infantile paralysis drive in Epping. The cat is mascot for the area drive and most of the dimes and dollars contributed are listed as coming from “pals of Skipper,” the pet of Judge and Mrs. Arthur G. Macfarlane.
In Indianapolis—Vital Statistics
schel, Mildred Seaman. At St, Vineent’'s — Jack, Doris Divine; Pierre, Mary Ann Mobdell; Paul and Pauline ith. {| At Home-—Theodore, Wilma Mitchell, 152 ¥. jinn; Joseph, Hettie Lewis, 633 e.
DEATHS | Elmer Hudson, 61,, at Geenrsl, cerebral
limo | Lillian B. Harness,63, at 5360 Julian, coronary occlusion. | Arthur 8, Blunk, 53, at Veteran's, carcinoma. Nellis E. Dynes, 63, at 1308 N. Beville, carcinoma. E. Gohn, 86, at 373 Holmes, myo-
Jessie E. Taylor, 63, at 4619 Norwsido St, insuffic , William Henry Hall, 76, at 3733 Winthrop,
| 60, at Methodist, carcinoma. Eugene Weidler, 61, at 5200 Park,
Brannon, 96, at 500 W. 30th, rdio vascular repal. Cha W. Creamer, 84, at St. Vincent's, pyelonephritis. 2 Thomas A. Lanham, 40, at Veterans, carcinoma.
oore, 76, at 864 8. Mount, arterjosclerotic heart.
Esther C. Stotler, #4, at Bt. Vincent's, HH reinoma
ea tosis. smith Hunter Cox, 78, at 3245 N. Nlinois,
87, at 2308 W. McCarty, cerebral
mn ; A McConnell, 50, st Methodist pane!
Veterans, arterio-|
BETTER THAN WALKING — Students bound for Washington High School this morning on the
bus run on Belmont Ave. struck up their school song as they rode along.
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Easter is the first Sunday after tinued to pass. Lights were inthe first full moon to follow the stalled temporarily to reveal the
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