Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 June 1948 — Page 2

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want him, that he will be beaten fn. November if he runs. He is censured, ridiculed, maligned. But he is Harry Truman, President of the United States. “millions of Americans the office is

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3 have never seen a President, will hi never walk along Pennsylvania Avenue and look through the grilléd fence at the White House. So here in the West, Americans come out to see the President. It isn’t a political thing and probably means little in: terms of votes, It just means they want to show him respect and good will,

for a moment or an hour. Pause In Work It means that men and women can feel that catch at their throat as the long Presidential train! - roars into view, It's an old train, | not a flossy one, and looks like (J hundreds of others. They don't ‘see the President but they know he’s in some one of those speeding cars and that makes this train different from others. You see it as Mr. Truman crossed state after state— ‘A half dozen bricklayers pause in their work to lay down their ‘trowels and wave. An old man tending a cemetery, where Memorial Day flags still fly, removes his hat to stand stiffly at attention. A man sowing a field pulls up

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3 about the worst-in the political { business, and he has no flair for © the dramatieie °° But he stands out there on the ©. rear train platform talking earthe folks the sun rims of his may skip

versely, when he faced +of empty seats in a big hall in ! Omaha it seemed to chill his T Stet ‘But crowds generally have been - fair-perhaps 160,000 had) seen Mr. Truman earlier. in the Fe Omaha Rt : Split in Nebrasks

Gen. Eisenhower, and of Illinois and other states joining in the drive against Mr an. But here in the West Mr. Tru-| man is taking his case to the peo- . ple. ‘If he.goes down, he goes| y 3 down fighting. for President Truman carried his campaign into Idaho today, leav-| f ing behind a split in Nebraska's delegation to the Democratic national conv convention.

| $10,000 Bride

ad won her.

The man was Dan Wicker, owner of “Danny's Musical Bar,” a Daytona Beach tavern. He was among the dozen or more who| answered her wife-for-sale ad in a local newspaper. “Anyone who can't be happy) with that guy is a moron,” Mrs.| Lawlor said when she saw Mr. Wicker's picture for the first time last night. “He's cute.”

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ABOARD PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S TRAIN, June T7-- Some people say he is sunk politically. They say the party bosses don't

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‘Her Mate—Says 'He's Cute’

Flying to Meet Florida Tavern Owner Who Won Her With His ‘Sense of Humor’

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y, June 7 out today to collect the husband and $10,000 thit a newspaper want

“I feel just like a bride ought to feel—thrilled and excited,”

28-year-old blond hatcheck girl said before boarding a plane for| Daytona Beach, Fla. to meet the man of her choice.

egram: “Is you is. or is you ain't gonna baby?”

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Halleck Unafraid 0f Truman Spurs

Says Threatened Use Causes ‘Great Calm’ By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Suad Writer WASHINGTON, June 7—President Trum~>»'s, promise to use spurs Ia riding hard on Congress, when he returns from the West, failed to arouse any deep fears

his team and traces a big arc/among the Republicans, House above his head with a battered Majority

Leader Charles A. Halleck (R, Ind.), reported today. When the President was .presented with a pair of cowboy spurs on a Nebraska stop-over , he saild-— “These spurs are wonderful. When I get them on I can take 10 town: I'll-give them atiial Just 18 Soon 831 get back, to This threat caused Congress s to “fly into a great calm” Mr. Halleck indicated. “Has Been Trying” “The President has been trying to ride herd on us ever since the 80th Congress convened,” he said. “But he must know by now that he isn't playing with a set of rubber stamps. “These cracks he has been taking at Congress on this tour may arouse some sentiment for

already deserted to Henry A. Wallace. But the great majority of Americans merely will consider it as being extremely. taste in a President who is toury at the taxpayers’

Past Matrons, Patrons . To Initiate Thursday

The Marion County Past Ma|{trons’ and Past Patrons’ Associaition will hold its annual initia{tion serviees following a dinner {at 6:30 p. 'm. Thursday in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Hazel Barker Hayes, president, will preside and ostesses and hosts will be from ndlanapolis, Speedway and Key-| stone chapters. 1 The initiatory class will be! comprised of 58 matrons and pa-| p/trons of the county and. two hon-. yjorary = Initiates, Mrs. ‘Sonoma’ Woodruff, Indiana worthy grand matron, and Ray Walters, state worthy ly grand patron,

‘UN- Awaits Report.

From Bernadofte LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. June 7 (UP)—The United Nations Se[curity Council expected official {word “at any moment” today on {whether a Palestine cease-fire agreement has been worked out by Count Bernadotte. A session was scheduled for. 1:30 p. m., In{dianapolis time, when the Count (was _expected to file his report.

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Truman Present

Political Parable

a —— NORTH PLATTE, Neb., June 7 (UP)—President Truman, bidding for a second term, told a political parable to the crowd who welcomed his special train. here yesterday. Mr. Truman said the story was told to him at Omaha by Maj Gen. Butler Miltonberger, past president of the 35th Division As{sociation. Gen. Miltonberger said hes remarked to a young GI during a tank barrage in Europe during the war that the whelling seemer heavier in the second World War. “Were you in the: first World War, too?” the private asked. Exe Gen, Miiltonberger- replied. “Then you're thé dimnedest 1007 I ever saw!” said the private,

Orphans to Be Guests Of Ladies Auxiliary

A business meeting at 11 a. m.| Wednesday will precede a luncheon of the Ladies Auxiliary of the General Protestant Orphans Home in the home. Children of the home will be guests.

tendent of the home and Mrs. Palmer Padgett is president of the auxiliary. Mesdames Edward Iske, Willlam Bottin, Alfred Reg-

POOT er and: Albert ‘Buescher comprise

the committee in charge of the luncheon while Mrs. William dialshausen is in charge of the) program, assisted by Mrs. Boftin.

Mrs. Dessie Davis is superin-

rode his horse up

d shook hands with President Truman, as the Chief Executive's old Warld- War | outfit, the 35th Division, marched by.

GOP Rivals Speed Campaign Activity

Dewey to Follow Taft, Stassen to N. Carolina

By United Press Rivals for the Republican presidential nomination stepped up their activity today to make the most of the 14 days remaining before the GOP nominating con-

. (vention gets under way in Phila-

delphia. Harold E. Stassen completed a \series of meetings with convention delegafes in Iowa, Nevada Pe and’ California and headed for Hartford, Conn., where he meets with the Connecticut delegation tonight to seek second choice support. The delegation is pledged to- §en. Raymond -E. Baldwin (Ru Conn.) as the Tavorii son on’ the first -ballot. Returns “ Hoaduuarters Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. 0. whipped back to his Washington

{headquarters after a week-end in

North Carolina where he sought support of the state's 26 GOP convention delegates. Sen. Taft followed Mr. Stassen into North Carolina, and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York

Republican presidential aspirants when he moves into the state Wednesday for two days of

speech-m A w Although n. Douglas MacArthur is not campaigning personally for the Republican nomination, his backers were not idle. MacArthur - f or - President clubs

{opened national headquarters in Philadelphia's Adelphia Hotel.

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number of Indianapolis students at Indiana University have received recognition as the schoo) year comes to a close here, Soi were elected to office or e members of campus or-

pointed to editorial posts on campus publications. -Kenneth Houser, 4628 Winthrop Ave. has been elected president of Mu Delta, pre-medi-

classmen, Elected Vice President Shirley Schifferdecker, R. R. 18, and Ann Hutchinson, R14 have been elected vice president and publicity chairman, respectively, of the English Club. New officers of Alpha Lambda Delta, scholastic honorary for freshmen women are: Joan Gordon, 135 8. Ritter Ave., president; Cynthia Baker, 626 E. 60th St., vice president, and Nancy Dearmin, 5147 N. Delaware St. —=igecretary. A high scholastic average is necessary to become a member of the group. Virginia Reilly, 2025 W. Washington St, has been elected vice president of the Social Service Club. William D. Lalley, 5319 Guilford Ave, and Donald A. Miller, 1241 Calhoun St., both sopho-

Kappa Kappa Psi, band honorary. Makes Editorial Board

‘Ruth Nordberg, 1330 N. Oakland ' Ave, a junior, has been

e editorial board for next fall, and Al Rabb, 4146 N, Illinois St, has been ted to the Board of Aeons, tribunal. He is a junior, “Don A Tabbert, 4159 iP Broad way, a sophomore, elected president of ‘he On Chris Science Organization at the University. Rebecca Taylor, R. R. 5, also a sophomore, and Johnson, 832 W. 26th St. A-Junlar, have Deal named president and respectively,

sorority. Joy Basan, 2220 E. 30th St. has been elected corresponding secretary of the IU unit of the Intercollegiate Zionist Federation of America.

2 Local Soldiers Leave For Mechanic Training

- Pvts. James Mason, 552 8. Vine 8t., and Ernest Bush, 541 Marion Ave, left today for Keesler Field, Miss., to take a 26-weeks course qualifying them as airplane and engine mechanics. - Members of the Indiana Afr National Guard, they will return to Stout Field as members of the

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Wealthy Farmer Found Dead at 57

Raymond C, Rubush | Rites Wednesday . Times State Servieo SHELBYVILLE, June 7—Raymond C. Rubush, 57, wealthy farmer living in the London community near here, was found dead

his home. . He was & brother of Miss Esth-

house. Mr. Sayger found the body in the victim's bedroom. Former IU Athlete Mr. Rubush was an outstanding athlete at Indiana University before he left to participate in the Mexican border fighting in 1916. He was an officer in World War L : He was a member of the Forty] and Eight, American Legion, and and Scot

Survivors include two other sisters, Mrs. Hazel Arthur and Mrs. Harriett Montague, both of Glendale, Cal, and a brother, Walter Rubush, Wichita, Kas. Services will be held at 2 p. m.

Air Service Group, 122d Fighter Group ANG.

Wednesday in the home. Burial will be in London Cemetery. :

7.00 REG. AT'S PEND. COPR. 1948 EOW, L. A. WAGNER, ALL MIGHT RESERVED. TONIGHT AND. TOMORROW-—Cloudy, cooler and rainy is the general forecast for mos / places east of the Mississippi, Minimum temperatures in the 60's are predicted for the Ohic Val. | ley. The small map at the bottom left affords a detailed picture of where skies will be clear and ' cloudy in the coming 24 hours. Cloudy is indicated by solid black, clear by the light sections and

of a shotgun wound yesterday in|Kanses Kansas

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Alumni to Meet . Approximately 200 members of the Indiana Masonic Alumni Association will hold their annual homecoming Saturday and Sunday at the home in Franklin. oe Bight of the program will be the dedication Sunday morn-

‘ing of a memorial plaque to the six Masonic Homé alumni who

tish jost their lives in World War II A business session

and election of officers will be held Saturday

morning. Present officers are Louis E. Lathrop, president; Richard Hunter, vice president, and Deloris Barnard, secretary-treasurer.

Frank and Gertrude Packard are in charge of decoration.

Home.

.. Report Columba | -Flood at Crest

May Recede Today, ' Army Engineers Say - PORTLAND, Ore., June 7 (UP) Army. engineers sent out the good news today that Columbia River had reached at least a temporary crest here and might even recede very slightly today. But, the engineers warned, they could not say that this was the

flood-tides down upon battered communities in the past fort. night. Reports from upstream were encouraging. The Columbia

dropped one eleventh of a foot at

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Pasco, River, a main tributary, fell fours “[tenths of a foot In 10 hours,

Dikes Water Soaked The encouraging reports heart. ened thousands of weary troops and volunteers still battling the Columbia along its lower. reaches. Engineers said they expected the few dikes which withstood the earlier onslaughts to stand firm until the river recedes. ‘They warned, however, that the - levees were .watersoaked and geould still go out if efforts to save them were diminished. They said’ this danger would last two or three weeks while the river re. cedes and the dikes dry out. The American Red Cross listed 52 persons as “unaccounted for” in the Vanport City disaster that smashed the homes of some

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[talked several times by long dis{tance telephone with Wicker, who {is divorced and the father of ome child, She said the matter of he $10,000 had come up several mes. The Way of a Dream “The $10,000 is just a neces-| {sary part of the bargain,” she said. “I do wish, though, that: I had met Dan under different; circumstances. I know instinc-

Mrs. Lawlor, who offered in her tively that we have a lot in com- { ad to marry any man who would : give her $10,000 for the security| Mrs. Lawler left: her two ehilof her two small children, said dren at Mr. Wicker's answer to the ad- sald she vertisement was an 11-word tel-

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er parents’ home. She didn’t know whether she would return to New York ‘before the marriage or not. “Danny's the boss, now,” she sald. “He sent me these plane and Whatever he decides to do we'll do. He did say something about us: getting in Mexico City. “It's Jost the way I always it ‘would be.”

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