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Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Bunday Times Poll Seek to Sway Delegate Sentiment “Read Dan Kidney, Page 2. ~~ By ROBERT BLOEM partisans in the four-way Re- } plican governor race closed in ay to change the indications of The Times Straw Vote which esterday showed U. 8. Sen. WilTe E. Jenner leading the pack. en for the four cans _ generally accepted the

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FORECAST: Clear and dry, continued Avarm through tomorrow; highest today: 88, low 62 to 64 tonight; near 80 tomorrow.” --

Mayor Begins *3.7 Million |

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Sewer Building Program

NE amos a Gn lik » \ y Senate D ehate Wallace Lane: No Vacancies Approval hy

j On Draft Bill Works Board

States Volunteers Sanitary District ~~ | Fail to Meet Needs Expected to OK Share

| . we 2 spate . . WASHINGTON, June 3 (UP) By LOUIS ARMSTRONG

—Sen. Chan Gurney (R. 8. D.) A$3,785,000 storm and today: asked the Senate to" pass sanitary sewer construction the 19-through-25 draft as a ’ program was recommended

8 by y “peace measure” because voluncent, A. VD oa tary enlistment programs have by Mayor Feeney today to - and Walter ejm te, 73. y failed to provide enough men. the Work Board and the Late Developments $& | Mr. Gurney, chairman of the Sanitary District. i y e balloting, : Senate Armed Services Commit- ’ : _— a oe pies tor "of {nd Wn tee. opened Senate debate on the ~The Works Board Immediately, delegates themselves felt, {here __. drareobin + TAPProved- iia share of the pro. were these developments: | THE PAUSE THAT--Walter. Atkinson. provides Nellie, the | “If America is to be influential gram, which is $3,535.000 in storm ONE: It appeared certain that, i} horse, with a sip of cool water on a hot day. Nellie's sips in the peace councils of the world, relief and main sewer constructhe sprawling patronage machin- consumed two bucketsful we must lead from strength and tion. The Sanitary District was o*: wold Le ii, ___.not from weakness,” Mr. Gurrey expected to: okay its $250,000 share this week, . With these recommendations,

of the Bureau of Motor Ve- inp rer—t— eso ———r—— said. “We must build up and Hurts maintain military forces capable Ye i Rr Lal IR por al w ad 8 i BF tre Mayor set in motion the first - 8 Ld oF . i NM Lr ’ i ae 5

~ af delegate sentiment. None was discouraged. however, and the t was on with redoubled intensity to sway as many deleas possible. The Straw Vote gave Mr. Jen34.3 per cent of the 919 votes cast, Hobart Creighton 29.3 per

sould be ® N picles, idle up to now, would C § ed D i thrown into. high gear to help out on nue roug i itary forves care) big scale public improvement of

didate for vernor gome can gO lagainst us.” | his administration.

Baum ential candidates eye- State Crop Prospects Exempis Men of 13

the . possibility of jumping; Wn . . i The Senate bill would build the NESTCESIN o the race and increasing the No Relief mn Sight for Parched Fields; armed services up to 1.8 million

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} i i . TRE Oe Re : pi ; . Although he' iviolwed the l “ymplications appeared to be en , | men by a peacetime draft of men ied v Lg fa vis | 87 Ae Saged by the Straw Vote indi-| Heavy Damage Likely by Saturday 19 through 25. It also would en if 0 ee eRe : general sewer program outlined ation that nobody had strength A forecast of continued hot and dry weather for at least two able up to 161,000 youths of 18 : : Rp Rent $72 50 to $100 : by the last.administration on the mough to win it on the Arst ..... 4.ve spread alarm through Hoosier farmlands today over J oloniecr for She year of treje- M r . : : L a, eT uiveys, hs oy rs ana be sent oon IN @QICIOWIDIOO 5 THREE: The fight for third the danger of serious crop damage. draft service when they are older. ’ . 650 Apartments _ = his predecessors had worked out. place in the lineup took on new The growth of crops ali over Indiana already has been stunted Mr Gurney said it is just as ; : 3 g og He also turned the sewer cone 4{mportance..-in.. the division of seriously by the lack of any appreciable rain tor 18 consecutive days. important to. build up the Ye. ioe... es mint el : struction job over to the City sentiment Lov and pba ust Mr Farmers were standing by helplessly watching their Wheat, Serves oa the regular establish-, : Engineering Department instead . Jemmer. Many politicians x oats, corn, pastures and peas in| : men cause, due to “excessive sub-jetting to a private engineers ” belief yesterday that the! the first stage of withering with- LOCAL TEMPERATU RES cost, we cannot continue to sup- ing concern, as.the last. admin

Straw Vote was a clear indica- gut growth for'a week or more. ga mm... 682 10a m .. 78 [Pos [00 DIR orge WNMary tion Shia sentiment piprn fF yy The Weather Bureau's forecast 7 a.m, 64 11a m. .. 82 | A possible fight over civil rights and two-thirds against Mr. Jen- of temperatures near 90 today, 8am... 7 12 (Noen) 8 proposals hung over the bill as ner and that either the second or and i a in Sam oT 1pm... Senate started its debate. place woul LS ro | Drought cont ere Sen. William Langer (R. N. D)) Be date 14 have heavy crop damage will occur t nditions re. wanted to tack iy seven civil ain convention ballots, Defore Saturday. ported general over the state and op, . \mendments. on % R : | he etd 2 good, sosking ality danger of forest fires grew) Navy Bill Ap ~Give mke Credi Tn rain-in next few days’ _ «underbrush be= sade dy In & statement on the result of OF Serious drought damage will “0% hte i R o> n- ol Howard SisSieath XD the Straw Vote the Helmke head- Teduce crop production danger- came drier, Ly). w o? eads the Democratic took dit for a sub. OuSly.” declired Horace E. Ab- Evidence of forest fires in Can- National ommittee, made it nantil re § entts °d wn the Dott. Marion County agricultural ada was apparent in Indiana yes- clear that the administration opsaat frday when & smoky hae tamed Poser he Langer civ rights He said the tomato crop, one thé sun a ish color. amen men 8. _ i qu John = K. Rukh ays. of Hoosierdom’s greatest, has not Rainfall in Indiana so far this Meanwhile, a $3,686.733.150 bil] Se tampaign manages a yet been damaged but predicted vear is 1.30 inches belows normal. 10 matutain the world’s biggest th ’ m Some 3 Jy. alten: wg heavy losses in this crop unless The deficiency for this month is Navy in ihe roms fica) year ood Republican. delegates there is rain soon. 75 of an inch. was Slated for certain House ap-

: = iproval today. have arrived at the full realiza- i. * | The bill, besides providing for mars cz some 2 ve |ll-Fated Vanport City rene of 555000 men and ma: ¥ an extraordinary service {strength of 552,000 men and main10 his party in this respect. His {tenance of an active fleet of 763

wim men oe dec Remains a Pandora Box dm “ud “sui Shine

grants an initial construction

feat in Nov Ly i : : i {allowance f 65,000-ton carrier. oN yin November” | ____What Searchers Will Find Is Still {allowance for a on carrie estimating the. amount of beng. More Than Satisfactory i issue to carry the

EE ——————————————— —" Et RR En REN Sd “ w ¥ 4 . avr : Lng gs a : | ite Flood of Rumors . : city's share of Sener neadauarters ced tne, A Mystery, Despite ans cus saat w NeW Talks Open Pit wnors {rge Sharp Drop in New Homes “=. Btraw Vote results “more than VANPORT CITY, Ore. June 3.{UP)—Vanport City actually Is . . : P P $ Start In Fall Satisfactory” but added: no longer a dateline. but a Pandora pox. | rox With Arab Chiefs : : ; os i Yohumon tia cma “It must be realized that those Pandora didn’t know what was in X. ET n evr . . S U | . ( A { work ' who conduct polls either on a na- And the people who will search Vanport City don’t know what. TEL AVIV. June 3 (UP) Mine Pension Ban een niess onqgress CTS we men would start digging in

. . , he fall, tional or statewide basis not only they. will ind in the submerged town. Fighting raged in Palestine today

istration had planned. i Mayor Feeney described the \ program as a “start” in the exe pansion of Indianapolis’ overs loaded sewer system. Immediate Relief Bi: e

The program will relieve imme- aa diate needs in the Forest Mamot =. area, the Fall Creek area of ths Vv North Side, the near-downtown West Sidé and East 8idé and part of the South Side, ; First step in putting it into ef. : 2 fect will be a request to City Council’ Monday--hight.for $6000 to “employ additional engineers ‘3 and draftsmen in the City En- 1 gineering Department. City. Engineer M. G. Johnson said work could not start until “paper details” are worked t. These include fixing assessméfts which property owners will be re{quired to pay on the major portion of the program and then

i ' i The pr y ‘ admit but emphasize the possi- Rumors about Vanport City have swept Portland proper. None while Count Folke Bernadotte of i Builders Pin Hopes on Freeing of Mortgage ! one ected Hrewers mn re bility of error totaling as high as of them has been (Confirmed e. doorman personally had hauled Sweden, special United Nations . Spokesmen Appeal Credit; U.S. Curbs Shelve Projects lief and sanitary sewer in E. 34th WO .per cent either way. It’ is Refugees from the Sunday eve- © Pi ns . A n se comprar ve. | BR A y generally conteded also that a ning disaster told of mass drown- several bodies” out of Vanport minister, plunged into a. new se To Congress Group (Last of three articles) tn Fal Creek. to Bmerioy. margin of five per cent has al- ings; of families being swept City. ries of conferences with top Arab’ WASHINGTON, June 3 (UP)— - rere eet mbps nt KM cost, $1.500,000,

“By RICHARD LEWIS TWO—Main sewer in W. 12th Unless Congress “acts to free -morigage credit, builders and and W. 14th St. from White River mortgagemen expect fo see a sharp reduction in volume building to Luett Ave. Cost, $1 million. here. THREE Main sewer in. E. 37t When FHA's Title VI expired last month, builders were con- §{. from Fall Creek to Rali fident Tt would be renewed by Congress. Now they are not so certain’ Ave Cost, $500,000,

Federal agencies have been advised that no extension of Title VI pouR Fan Creek Sanitary

ways shown ultimate overwhelm: away in automobiles; ofa .nur-.. Rumor-—A boy reported he nav leaders to set. the hour and date The soft coal industry today Ing victory or disastrous defeat.” .-sery with 28 children being de- 25 persons. caught in he rst or a four-weeks truce in the urged Congress to ‘outlaw uhion (The Times pointed out that stroyed. flood tide, go down toge . ab-Jewish W health and pension funds, and the Straw Vote was a publi¢ in- : None Recovered Rumor—A" restaurant cashier Ara wd EWE ar. strikes to compel their adoption: “Aerest feature and not tent Thus far; not -a single body has said. she had heen. (pformed by “ RE Rant Spokesmen... for. the industry C A 87 bodies had he plann also asked a ban on nation-wide to forecast vy been recovered. .The Red Cross customers that 2 lie ¢ ! ! | OT also asked a any tian ” defeat for Ha® mo Information concerning been recovered from. Vanport with Egyptian Premier Mahmoud oo. 5; vital industries and on

: : y Wi ion Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha in Cairo o 0g. v.18 Tikely this year. . - : Interceptor Extension along Pail : Speaks for Itself | omen pane Rasa 4 and then would leave by ar. (oF Tou rr-Wide BATEANTOE. . “Volume building of projects Boing ahead with: the construe a og gronyg Cagil-G ORK ERE ol Speaks for Itself’ Ten to 15 feet of water covers Rumor--An Army officer said Inge with other Arab amd . The move was aimed at John L. bu in FE. S5in St. lon of 410 rental houses on 128 yiteN . Oth St. he Burch and Creighton headquar- the ruins. They are inaccessible he had seen “a number of bodies” Tan Tenors in Aminais Tél Lewis, who has served notice that ke Yeadowbrodk In at E. 01st Acres at’ the Aflisonvitle Rd. and apha it hd. Couls 3200 00, ters had no comment on the poll to -all but the most hardy divers under debris but that it was im- -€% te nan, the issue of health and pension Lo 21st oo st ; ¥ n . and’ ’ ‘ y Aviv and Beirut. : will be in St. and Arlington Ave. were : 8t. relief “sewer from Pleasant other ti by a and boatmen. possible thus far to recover them. eile ec i » sine funds will be a paramount one in . ’ Mr. Bradford, employing site Sakasi She A io 'A wall of water from the flood- Took Pictures” Reliable sources fad (oun bargaining for a new soft coal financed under Title VI 18. brication techniques. Which cut Run to E, 10th St. and Bolton Gd J that “the Straw Vote speaks for ing Columbia” smashed through “p= 7" (ica driver said jean British and French at. CODact lo replace the one ex: month ago when mortgage-eredit 3! LLR- omes Th Ave: Cont: $200.00 nas : F i " . . , ' § ring J 30. f y. a an / Harman x of the B f Mot 19.000 residents into panic strick he Liad-seen foul Bodies hon "ha. taches in Cairo to join the ob- Pe ame ax Mr. Lewis and the Such multi-unit préjects involy- han He ded Couldn't 324 St. relief sewer from Fall TE e's BEEN ® of the Bureau of Motor ~& ) yspaper photographers rid- , . ce. as Mr. 1. ; f EE HE'S BEER Vehicles. machine as an additional en flight. . het Bape Rp grat pictures Besvel Sams op dns Luce . industry awaited . ruling tomor- ing wi million. dulles financing find money. Mortgage credit was Creek to KE. 36th 8t. Cost, $1680, JESS AND PY in the governor race turned The Vanport City rumors have 2 5 oc No such pictures ! : re 21 U1 TOW by Fedéral Judge T. Alan over a long period of (ime are IM- grying up, [000. ARE. SKIPOWNG the spotlight on Secretary of spread like lady-finger, firecrack- over eo published. was understood that some 21 U. 5 140norough on a government possible today, buflders say, be Arter casting around the Mid: SEVEN—York St. relief sewer

Btate Thomas E. Bath. the boss ers going off in one bunch. 8. Army Alr Force officers were .. ...i that Mr. Lewis be directed cause the conditions which made west, he finally found financing from White River to Kentucky 3 f bY. v .

Rumor—A taxicab driver quot- gtanding by ready to leave for

arg : 1 . Ave. Cost, £75000 of the or Rumor—+A bartender asked if bp | warp 10 bargain with . the Southern them possible 18 nionths ago 10 through the : American Muiual if i - hot Ne ann pi Bath hae it was true that 17 bodies had od a Man. working rurk levee. Palestine to join the observer vu) Operators - Association as a longer exist . LMe-Insurance Co. of Des Moines, EIGHT -<Boyd Ave. main sewer. : Plans although he would normally been recovered from one area. J a ron from Vanport RE while. Israeli front dis- group * The combination o’ tightened lowa, for 81 of the projected 410 from Bean Creek to Carson Ave. regarded. as a “cinch” for re- Informed that no bodies had been pi nga * ea ad Jewish forces have The industry's proposed Dans creqit and expiration of Title VI homes. Before the deal ‘was Cost, $100,000. : Bomination as secretary of state. found; he insisted that a friend “3 ered I nator attack animes Were requested by L. Ebersole piocked Gale Bradford, the closed. came Apr. 30 and the end NINE—Bean Creek sanitary How the machine will be used had told him that 17 bodies had No bodies have heen recovered launched a major atta B? """ Gaines. president of thé National gyihaville volume builder. from of Title VI guarantees. interceptor extension from State i o for whom remained obscure been brought ashore, all tied to- from Vanport City. the Arab strongholds of Jenin v1 Association “which, repre- [to Keystone Aves. Cost, $50,000. | though one candidate likely to gether on the same rope, The. rumors wil dave Jo walt and Tilkarm.: nam sents about 70 ber cént of the in. Local Site Offered for Sale Lists Assessments 8 fit was H. Dale Brown. min- Rumor — A downtown theater for the Pandora X 0 anpor dustry, and orney Johnston Today. } . _. The Cit En * n Y ws for nomination as treasurer candy bar attendent said the City to be opened. Health Group Closes counsel or the ‘National Coal nin rir Trddiord Io oflering rs, trom: $72.50 Warks Board aad al is ! state. Mr, Brown is aia EE a Eb ————————————ve—— Association : 4 g . . x “mmand to Mr. Bin ] . 2-Day Parley Here They appeared before the joint wore TURNING AGATA w "Brad. i, fous. otwuniy ug en ‘the Yorn Bt and: } Burea " organizatio , 1 | Indi . Public Health congressional labor-management , ‘ - ' . 3 - n which is de . | The Indiana . Public ford's volume production plans and movie. The first Il Washington Bivd. sewers J Wilt largely on lush license n e nsi | Association closed its two-day relations committee which is con- 70 bur 1946 and 1947 alnans an ready in Pod nits wii which ton, Blvd have mreent nches doled out: to party ieee | cONVeNtiOn here today with dis- sidering changes in the Taft- ' ) . shed " 0 leaders part) ————p—— : T t President |cussoins on mental hygiene and Hartley law ing was available for Meadow- to present schedules. {been paid. LN — Rail workers may picket ruman to preventive medicine at Hotel Judge Goldsborough said hé Prook and Windsor Village, two Biggest single home’ Bullding The City's share of the pro- 1: i rm 1. | leaves for West tonight........ee.c000.0......Page 3 Lnicoln. would rule at 9 a. m. (Indianap- °f the biggest developments of project in the state and one of gram and the amount paid by. iA Sheriff Probes . = = . . no» v Discussions were led “by Dr. olis_Time) tomorrow on the gov~ [heir kind in the country. CL the Ration 8 largest I Windsor |property owners will be . detets: 58 { i | » . - : 3 , | 8amuel H. Hopper, public health ernment’'s request for an injunc- Meadowbrook; which, Is rising Village at 21st and Arlington.'mined in a series of public hear JT ird Explosi Hoosier farmers aiding program to help feed | professor at the Indiana:Univer- tion to force Mr, Lewis to inciude On the north side of E. 38th St. It is financed by the Prudential ings, the Board said. a xp osion Europe's hungry CROP aids in routing isola- sity School of . Medicine: Dr. the—southern association in th» Petween Rural and Adams Sts Life Insurance Co. under Title Mr. Johnson said his engineers E . . G Firm JH - out TAYE: tract talks amid the roar of bulldozers arg - . have drawn the plans for most of - i f Mail Box tionism , . . a picture-story....scecvoevivagee.. Page 17 HO a rtor, are contrac . * the rattle of trucks, is the largest The project is being constructed the work. The Forest Manor A : . A HE —— —— - FO . * = "Blankenship of the Si 8 Public, Elwood Teacher Held Hingle FHA insured project in the 20d wela by ie B ria a Ee ith Bi Projects have been ~ } i 3 RE Ss ” - ’ nr “ te ut » : " § ice: y r . V ? . . : Tg \ Yestigating Noda Puig doug Oleo Senators insist Taft “quit sitting on his hands”, Healtn Servi or aaynard fo. In County Jail Here It was financed under Title VI Lippman. It ‘will contain 641 gems wl. + h rious mail box exploston In the . : . a Washington report . . . Texas meat packer |8chool of Dentistry and Dr. Paul - Donald RK. Brown, 44-year-old bY John Hancock Mutual Life single family homes, Susie. Frosioted B® L ams Creek ‘addition, north of "char es Houston horse meat hoax ...a Lone Star {H. Stevenson, mental hygiene di Kiwood teacher accused of run: Insurance Co. through the Mid-. Their sale prices range from ’ ’ > y * city, . Re ' . . one P 17. vision of the U. 8. Public Health ning away with one of his 18- City Investment Co. of Gary. $8000 to $9900 and sizes range Duck, Tries Again Ty « . For the third time within a * “beef” vive insriiiidonsindaiinncassernny age Service . year-old students, was a resident Incorporators are Alvin Jones, from: 4';.to 5'5 rooms. Most are LODI, Wj 1 - ye . oA : |? Chand . . y / : 5. June 3 (UP) - J pt. the rural mail box at the . no» . = x rm bl of the county jail today... * Thomas O'Brien, Thomas Mahaf- bungalows, some with garages Susie, a frustrated duck with'a Bt _ of Dr. Rex Bovd. S080 : : tial party a Woni- sl C First He was brought here yesterday fey and J. Emmett McManamon, and porches, some without. Some mother-love’ complex, tried again TAs O™ingside Dr, was damagea AN entree toserve at a pre-nuptial party ... - eep Lomes ’ from Ithaca, N. Y. He is charged all of Indianapolis. are story and one-half dwellings

i today to hatch a i ton night by a mysterious explo-| en's page illustrated feature.......oociaviunss Page Z1 Nurse Tells Detectives with violation of the Mann White When completed, it will con- with unfinished second floors. y family »

Siave Act and held for prosecu Earlier this spring, Susie 3 ; Slave Act ‘and he 0 “ ” : aN 4 PR J TE MICRIRY rasplech il '® first... slat ent wij hot have NG Mech Sn én in the Federal Court here. - 252 Homes Under Construction : \ r ket’ decorating. the B og. PUTTY a i : » an w / - peng gt : Hoyt 18 SHERIFYS deter- Royalton steeplechase will be state 8 hrs a i” 23 ban by questioning, State Po- J m- Wi Approximately 252 homes are Both Meadowbrook and Wind- bridge here: On DY ie e explosion * was five June 12 races . .. other sports.......,.«.. age lice Detectives promised today. Lovise Suggs ins — now: in construction and are be- sor Village will be a-bullding for hatched and _ from shotgy Powder apparently TT "no They were asked to investigate ST. ANNE'S: ON-THE- SEA, ing completed at the rate of one months. When they are. com- join another m x nella placed in the ‘Inside Page when a nurse reported finding England, June 3 (UP) -- Tiny or two a day. 4 | pleted, that appears to be the end * Today, Susie The powder apparentr io: A Key to Other Features on Inside Pages . i \odermic. syringes, two Louise Suggs of Atlanta beckme The B. L. W. Corp. also plans of volume building in. this aréa. the tums. Of with 5 fare omy -— Amusements 26 Comics .....31 Mrs. Manners 19 Ruark ......17 needles and a quantity. of nar-'the second 17. 8, jolfer ever to a 180-unit apartment building ad- In addition to Meadowbrook ‘She : ' « " . ; v

als ...18 Movies ......26 Society .....20 cotics: in his bed. oe win -the British ‘Women's Ama- jacent to the housing tract ard a ard the rtment planned at ie village pol

last me thing occurred twice Eddie Ash .. 22 Editbri "18" Obit oT + 4422-23 Defectives- who met ‘thie nurse teur Championships today when shopping center. It his set aside Windsor . another 160 watched over ; anes. io tai sila ary rinsed] Jeg. 4 Adair ISP Te es 1 Angie «18 about 3 A. m. were asked to re- she defeated Jean Donald, cham- ground for a City park and has apartment units are In-vonstrucyaatier A ‘Worst type” declared: Virgil Marg. Childs. 18 Meta rn Pattern a meer 2 turn during the daytime to" as pion of Scotland, 1 up; In their offered a tract: to the School | ty FAT to 0m hay Ihe : As Bn / 1 a Tb

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