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Report From Vanderburgh: 'No’ on Jenner
Burch to Get All 55
Votes, Taylor Says By ROBERT BLOEM Faraway Vanderburgh County
candidates seeking the Republican nomination for governor no votes for Sen. William E. Jenner.
Vanderburgh County chairman,
for-Governor camp may claim, Vanderburgh County's 55 delegates go to State Auditor A. V. Burch. The Jenner forces have claimed 1200 of the 1837 Republican convention delegates are committed {to the junior Senator. An Indianapolis newspaper reported that Mr. Taylor's Victory over former County Chairman Manson Reichert meant that “at least half of the big Vander-
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MURDER DEFENDANT—Well dressed Cartwright Hood, 30, “contends that the fatal shooting of one of his best friends, Charles Wall, was an accident,
[to Ben. Jenner.” Attacks Jenner Claim ~ “For your information,” Mr. “I Taylor wrote to that paper “all active Republican County have unanimously indorsed the candidacy of Mr. Burch. Allg delegates running for election had indorsed Mr. Burch for] governor.” Walter Helmke of Ft. Wayne, another candidate -for the GOP nomination, attacked the Jenner claims of certain nomination in a speech this noon at the Columbia Club. He was speaking before the Helmke-for-Governor Committee of Marion County. “In Sphe of the phony victory claims, the Jenner-Capehart (U. 8, Sen. Homer E. Capehart) combination, in order to stave off dejudgeships, district attorney -and postmaster appointments in front of Republican leaders throughout the state” Mr. Helmke said. Charge ‘Steamrollering’ “Sens. Jenner and Capehart in their drive for political »power have become blinded to the fact that the people of Indiana are really only interested in good government and not in fattening the political patronage purse of the, Jenner-Capehart-Lyons combina-|
CENTRAL FIGURE—Mrs. Miller, Hood's ex-wife, is sched- |tion.
uled as a principal witness in the first-degree murder case against Hood in Criminal Court 2. Republican county chairmen in reorganization meet-
had a message today for the four|
"J. Ervin Taylor, newly elected . ‘said no matter what the Jenner ;
burgh County delegation will 80
For White River Cruise
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"WHAT'S THE TROUBLE, OFFICERS ?"'—Charles - oonshe {center} Er ¢ understand objections .of Patrolman George King {left} and Sgt. Claude Kinder to his early morning swim and boat ri do.
‘Nut on Boats’ Steals Craft Local ih Unions Call Meetings
Decision on Strike - Action Awaited
By HAROLD HARTLEY Indianapolis railroad men scheduled to strike at 7 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) tomorrow were
Police, Spectators Line Banks to Watch Man in Shorts Paddle With Hands
“I just wanted to go for a swim and a boat ride.” That was all the explanation police got from a 22-year-old self-styled “nut on boats” who paddied a stolen boat up and iB White River with his hands today, just out of reach of police and 8. spectators crowding the banks. les Boonstra, 22, just out of the reformatory in Green
Willian “F ils | aati Wis., for vehicle taking, Moving fast today to decide
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cannot strike against the govern-
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
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i Tromen. ‘Seizes | Railro ds; Asks Unions To Stay On Job
tion to Sue
K an Balk; 1 Army Takes Over Lines
President Invokes War | Emergency Act After Attempts at Accord Deadlock
WASHINGTON, May 10
(UP)—President Truman to-
day seized the strike-threatened railroads to prevent “a nation-wide tragedy with world-wide repercussions.”
He acted just 18 hours before a scheduled walkout at
officers of the railroad labor
Royall to assume “possession, railroads.
desginated Maj. Gen. E. H.! Leavey, Army chief of transportation, to operate the rail-
| Any move to bring “Army troops into the situation would be -a - last resort, however. The Army does not have enough skilled officers and men actually to run the railroads. The only way it can be done, they waid, is with the co-operation of the railroad employees. U. 8. Now Can Sue “Bulwarking the President were, a World War I law giving him| power to seize the roads and a| Supreme Court ruling that unions
ment. The seizure order put the government in position to seek court orders—as it did in the Lewis case in 1946—forbidding the rail unions to strike.
Government officials believed the three strike-threatening unof Loco
fons—the motive Engineers and the Broth rhood of Locomotive firemen/
down to the Whether they would call off their of the Naval Armory, 30th! SUITKé — under ~the ~ government [8t. and White River Blvd. this|Seizure order that went into effect . © |morning and stripped down to|at noon. socks and shorts. He plunged in| In Dismissal Move and swam to the Sea Scout camp|!c 80 through with the strike. across the river and boarded a fhe Sremen Were standing pat, . 1 rowboat. refusing commen Pleads Not Guilty tO There were no oars in the boat! C.C. Livingstone, general chair3 so Boonstra used his hands to man of the Big Four engineers, Rape, Kidnap Charges paddle out toward the middle said a meeting had been sched-| Judge Saul Rabb today oOver- where. a sail boat was anchored. uled for 2 p. m. at which engineers pied Seranun Miotions to dismiss Couldn't Free Sail Boat whbuld make their decision. P Pe ges ag | There he tried to free the sail There A tio doubt arto but failed to get it fast- Mer ' boat put faile y nas Livingstone. “We voted 98
Defense’ Attorney Frank
The temper of the engineers was and enginemen, both independ-|
ents, and the AFL.switchmen's union of North America—would obey the President's call.
Unions Are Silent But- the unions weren't saying: {anything on that question for the; time being. After Mr. Truman seized the lines, Alvanley Johnston, president of the Brotherhood of Loco-
private action to keep their members at work." Mr, Truman directed Army Secretary Kenneth C.
3 Mr. Johnson will exercise its directive author-’
Symmes argued that affidavits filed in’ Criminal Court 2 by a
ened. He returned to the rowboat;
paddled back to the Naval Ar- cent to strike and I wouldn't
surprised if the meeting voted 100 per cent to make the strike deadline stick.”
mory dock and retrieved his p|clothes which he had left carefully folded there. Again he pad-
police officer were faulty. After the ruling, Judge Ra
ings over the state Saturday. They didn’t help to evaluate the
Death of Brother-in-law ‘Comes Before Murder Jury
Accused Denies Killing ‘Best Friend’ ‘Who Intervened in Quarrel With Wife
“A Criminal Court 2 jury was being {mpaneled today to ‘Hear SOL ci style. Voting: m - the firbt-degree murder case of 30-year-old Cartwright Hood. |chines offered .by the Ingles op-! The defense attorneys said they would contend that Mr. Hood pesition—which- wanted a. secret, accidentally shot and killed one of his best friends, Charles Wall, 36, ballot were during as argument May 3, 1047, at the victim's home, near Epler| » gan. Re 4 NF ER i I ret % pa Twhich 14° —— Feiner in’ my divorced wife, Mary, 30, who had| to come ernor picture, won out, an esti-|
{mated 50 supporters of the op-/ remarried “without: his -kiowledge, defense attorneys added. get When Mr. Wall inteFeeded, Mr. ion walked. out-of the.county,
was shot by Mr. Hood, who Hood shot him and then attacked convention. The opposition, led | t the gan on himaelt, ac- his former wife. by James Bradford, was procording to the police reports. Mr. Wall was in General Hos-|Jenner, and immediately sent off Mr, Hood told his Attorneys, pital fnore than two week before the cries of “steamroller tacRussell Dean and Robert Carrico, he died. The defense contends | ties.” that he had “never argued with | his death was due to pneumonia | - Lake Sounty, ever, and not directly to the shooting. Where: pro - Jenner Shale the 12 Years: 1 kw} y © {James McShane won re-election] Charges Drinking URGE REICH AS FREE STATE | by Mmilar means, he. ie ot phe state charges that Mr. THE HAGUE, May 10 (UP) | A ie ood had been drinking when he The European Congress today went to the Wall home where his|plenary session unanimously ap-. Actually. fastead of making the, ex-wife and her husband were proved a resolution calling for in- situation sarer, U . caun y reliving. Mr, Hood asked to see her clusion of Germany in a free and! organ m fons Moje — and she refused, calling to her united. Europe. cure. e thing appea .
On Inside Pages
|county chairmen were overesti- | mating their ability | to deliver| Police, FBI seek to link slain prowler to Lobaugh case pdivid ahd i
candidates and the charges ap-| peared to be coming from just any group that lost out in “he reqrganizations:: Here in Marion County, re-elec-|tion of James Ingles as GOP ¥. chairman was. run off .in,
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"Pedestrian Hurt Seriously. by Car
| John J, Walsh, 50, of 707 E.| ..Page 7 y1th St, 1s in critical condition in General Hospital today, fol{lowing dn-auto Accident’ Satur|day Mr. Waish was struck as hé crossed Vermont St. at Delaware] 8t., by a car driv Uersey, wae Two other persons injured in accidents are in fair condition in General Hospital. Emery Lang{ley, 62, of 539 8. Illinois St., also a pedestrian, was struck by a car driven by Joe McFarland, 1134 8. Kenwood, 4% Ilinlols St. and Russell Ave. Sunday. WilMcQueen, 20, of 1350 8. Harris St, was injured when he Jost control of his motorcycle in
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arraigned the heavy set A of an 8-year-old North Side girl./d Attempt Deluy } Defense Attorney Symmes attempted to delay filing of a plea, |® ‘but the judge insisted. Mr. Symmes then iclient whether he wanted to declare his guilt or innocence. Williams. whispered to his attor-| ‘ney and Mr. Symmes said that] ihis client wished to remain silent. !
1200-1300 Engineers . He said there are from 1200 to 1300 engineers in Indianapolis and about 2000 firemen. J. E. Wood, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive, Firemen, said that the firemen
ed off In the boat, * i By this time a crowd was {gathering and Chief Radio Op-| rator Paul Kénnedy had summoned . police, The water en[thusiast, . however, ignored the asked: his) lerowd and paddled unhurriedly up the river about a half-mile had scheduled several meetings to {before pulling into the West take their stand on the govern-. ishore. © viyment order. He was strolling dows West It is understood locally "that Drive of White River Blvd., still the national officers of the strik~ In socks dnd shorts; when po {guilty pleas to both charges. He[the police emergency car caught (Continued on n Tage o- 8 |said that the case probably could|uP With him. va TT
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| hicle taking. He added that al {tho he had stolen the car, .’ Chrysler Parley On {shouet he boats a lot. Detter. | Negotiators -for Chrysler Cor the rowboat,” he excused to offiporation and 75000 -C10-United| cers. “I intended to-take the sail-| Auto Workers today began &|poat but I couldn't get it loose.” final attempt to reach agreement| Boonstra, who said he was on the union's demand for a 30- | from Hoboken, N. J., was puzzled cent hourly increase. They met in {when police locked him up for compliance with an appeal.by U, | investigation, : . 8. mediators. A strike has been! “I just wanted a swim and a {ordered fo for V Wednesday. ride,” he declared.
‘Spare Rod, Spoil the Child": Test Case Opens Today
Hoosier Parents Fight Delinquency Charge; Oppose Spankings in Public School System
CROWN POINT, May 10 (UP)-—A mother and father stand] trial today’ for keeping their son out of a public school where| they contend teachers whip pupils to keep order. A civil liberties group joined in their defense to make a test] case of the parents’ disagreement with the axiom, “Spare the, rod. and spoil: the child.” Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Jensen, |Grifith, were charged with con- | tributing to the delinquency of {a minor. The charge was made when ‘hey withdrew their 10-year-old son “Albert from school last November, Never Spanked at School The boy has mever heen “Might Makes Right” | spanked al Franklin school which Mr. Karlin maintained that hl v he btduda. Bult Hi Parente od only lesson the child learns from | a m that - other children had been whe pi is that “might makes swatted by teachers and that) r. based his case on thie they didn't want Albert reared | Wid minim are granted to) that way. keép order in their classes, School officials would not prom-|. The parents contended, mows] ise to abstain from spanking any-|ever, that a state Supreme Court one, the parents said, so Albert| justice ruled in 1853 against | was given his lessons at home on physical discipline for children on a regular classroom schedule. the grounds that such treatment The school principal assured thelis prohibited for convicts and frien that Albert was not likely men’s wives. to merit a king because his! Freckle-faced Albert confided deportment cellent. sito Mr. Karlin: The. Civil Rights Congress of! ’ sure is lmteltigent, Llinois at nearby Chicdgo In-'isn't she?”
{date will be announced later.
‘Not Afraid, Ready For a Long War’
A MOSCOW; May 10 (UP)~—} Soviet army sommentators, marking the Russian equivalen 'V-E day, boasted today Russia was prepared for a long [fight in the event of war. This was Moscow's first. re|action to the week-end statement 8. Air Secretary W, Stuart SL that Russia. might soon be in a position to launch a sudden war against the United States,
» ~ » IT CAME from Maj. Gen. |Nikolal Zamiatin, writing in Mos- | koviski Bolshevik. | "Other military writers deliv{ered a series of editorials and special articles emphasizing that foreign imperialists were intent on fomenting a new war, All of them emphasized that the “Soviet people were not afrald of these méchinations of | international reaction directed against the USSR.
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dorsed the parent's-stand. Leon. ard Karlin, their lawyer, became the Jenséns’ counsel. James Pace, assistant Lake County prosecutor, | opposes Mr. Karlin in the juvenile court of Judge Charles W. {Gannon,
Horse Show (Opens Friday
Be sure to get your tickets NOW .for the Legion - Times + Charity Horse 8how. The show opens Friday at T7456 p. m. in Fairgrounds Coliseum. Reserved seats, are available each dajg in the lobby of the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. on the Circle. Prices are: Box Seats, $1.20; - Medtatiine, 85 cents, n+ e ; You. will “find a story about the Charity Horse
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Perimotive Engineers, said today the
junfons would have to issue a strike-canceling call for it to be fully effective. His statement was the first|P sign that at least one of the heads of the three strike-threat-ening unions maybe considering to accede to Mr. Truman's request that the union members continue working, f Might Not Work Mr. Johnston said that even If a strike-cancelling call were islsd Ht might not: keep: ail union members at work. No order has been issued, and Mr. Johnston to say ‘whether -one}
‘would be As he conferred with the heads i
call to cancel thesstrike might not}. be effective unless issued from their ‘Cleveland headquarters, “Some of the meén might not believe us if such a call was is‘sued from here,” Mr. Johnston ¢ (said, The union leaders left their latest conference with Mr, Steeiman, at 12:05 p. m., the conferfences apparently had not broken down completely, Mr, Johnston sald the union group would return to the White House at 1:30 p. m. The United Press learned from a high official several days ago) {that seizure was to be used as the {government's ace in the hole, |Only the time of seizure had remained: in doubt. Will Keep Running , Wording of the 1916 law suggested that seizure would tech. nically have to be via the Army. The Office of Defense Transportation, however, presumably would be delegated to do the actual:
NYC Plains fo Run Trains:-on Schedule
NEW YORK, May 10 (UP) The New York Central Railroad announced today after the government seized the rallroads that it would plan to run its passenger trains on regular schedule today and tomorrow, Previously, the railroad
next move, he also hinted that &
nounced that it would begin, pull- I
'7 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) tomorrow of the engineers, fireimen and switchmen who run the nation’s trains, The aries, |was effective at noon. ~~ chi Jn an appeal to rail giigloyess. Mr. ruman said: “I call upon every railroad worker to FR Sperate with ithe--government. by remaining on duty. I
call upon the organizations to take appro-
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control and operation” of the
Secretary Royall in turn work of supervising operation of
he roads.
it : As in the case when the gov
Jernment seized the coal mines,
the raliroad managements would continue to exercise their managerial functions, but at federal direction. ODT Director J. Monroe JohnSon sald that whoever is named seizing agent will notify the rail-* roads at once that they are under ‘government control, A federal manager will be a His office
said,
ity to keep commodities moving . on the rails. Mr, - Steelman, meanwhile re{ported the seizure announcement to the union chiefs and rail operators. How they reacted was ot le learned immediately. The administration believes the firemen, engineers, and awitche men will stay on the job if the government takes over, Green Optimistic At AFL
union of North America, an AFL affiliate, would continue at their jobs if the government seizes the raijroads. “They haven't much choice,” he said. “They.can't go against the
government.” '
However, a high Chicago of ficial of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers said he doubted members of his union would want to work under a government seizure order, And in New York Thomas J. Harkins, vice president of the Ensaid strike
Brotherhood, plans would be carried out unless top union official here cancel
Government lawyers contended, however, that the legal odds against the unions are too great to warrant defiance of the federal power,
The coal miners. under [Himiar circumstances tried
legal and lost, they pointed out. Onianés sources said the government will:
order Siiansousty with Seizure.
sectors - of the economic front. Practically complets embar joes on fresh food shipments, ordered by the roads in anticipation of a strike, already have sent some prices soaring. Large stores of perishable piled up on loading platforms, will be destroyed. The New York Mercantile Exchange suspended trading in i | spot butter: and egg market because of the embargoes. pA at Chicago the Livestock change announced that it will suspend operations as the affects of . the raliroad +erisis. began spreading. It is the second time Mr. True
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over.and operate the rail lines. .
Fred Peters Dies; Owner. of ‘500’ Entry Word was received at the Speedway track ‘today of the death last night of Fred Peters at Paterson, N. J. He had been ill for some time. Mr, Peters, well known in racing circles, is: the owner of the {Peters Special slated to be driven (in the 500-mile race by Walt Ader. Chitwood
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