Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1948 — Page 1
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Of Drowning Admit Drinking Led To Woman's Death
pess charge yesterday. fone two
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Two young men who were members. of an acknowledged drinking party that led to the drowning of a 32-year-old mother were committed to 10-day terms in the county jail on a drunken- won't let him.
President Truman dropped that firecracker from the
ttle, 124 E. 9th St., sank in deep|Tear platform of his special train at the Southern Pacific witer in White River, near the/depot in Eugene, Ore. thport Rd., where she had
The victim, Mrs, Martha Elien
112 Men Jailed {HAs Aftermath
I Like Old Joe'—
Harry Tells
If it does nothing else; his
ei and A aT a remark will draw consider-
able attention to a speech on for-
woman. All were employed at the same ign policy that he 4s making firm and had “gone on a good this time” after leaving work at 11
afternoon at the commence-| ment exercises of the University of California in Berkeley.
i r - . MR. TRUMAN apparently
When deputy sheriffs arrived couldn't resist the temptation to a neighbor heard Mrs. [give a preview of his foreign Lytle's screams, the others first policy speech during his “folksy”
denfed that anything had hap- talks to cheering crowds that
pened.
Fined $5 and costs, in addition to the jail sentence, were Eugene
greeted him on his progress down the West Coast. At Eugene the President said
Shreve; 27, of 423 8. Alabama St. [he went to Potsdam in 1945 be-
Park, near Beech Grove. Geraldine Cotton, 28, Roosevelt Ave., the other wom
'B told the officer who took him to
Cutting Capers
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and Mr. Serdengeshdis failed toithe picture. I 2 el vou GOP machine headed by County|§ As a small group of passersby Washington Calling— . Chat James YY angie avd) formed their aid was enlisted. N p Bi DNL? Shairay boat with Gov | 5 Finally, with much pulling and Four Governors orm oc Gates since they “went along” pushing on bumper and wagon, ~ ® with his campaign behind the Blackie pranced free of his pre- Pel? P d $ |scenes. + oar: : However, some of the Ingles-
Showers Sweep North Indiana
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of Connecticut. Their A ———— Scattered showers and nba delegations have 180 votes. Calls Jenner Loss |
the| __ They want to block nomination of any isolationist; and want
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of 1729 dn [feelings in the world toward
was discharged on a vagrancy
Horse Gets Caught
cause he wanted peace as badly as anybndy in the world.
Stalin’s a Nice Lad,
But His Hands Are Tied
Explains to Eugene, Ore., Crowd That _ Politburo Won't Let Marshal Keep Promises By EDWIN A. LAHEY, Times Special Writer EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN, June 12— Premier Stalin of Russia is a nice enough lad—but he can’t keep the agreements he makes because his government
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Russia, and we made certain agreements—specific agreements,” Mr. Truman said. . r LJ “I GOT VERY well acquainted wah Joe Stalin, and I like old oe. 3
“He is a decent fellow. But
could—he would keep them. “But the people who run the government are very specific in saying that he can't keep them. “Sometime or other Russia and
tand that their terest means the welfare and
“1 went there with the kindliest
peace of the world as-a whole.”
Our Fair City—
* Mysterious Missive Governor's Return fo THE STATEHOUSE IS
Hint Letter to Gates Urges Shakeup of Liquor Board
Said to Await AR airs of State
: ; > stayed with posed to be on Gov. Gates’ desk awaiting his attention when way through the campaign.
«Moving up into the spotlight of
State GOP Control Shifts To Halleck
organization today began shifting toward the second district leadership of Rep. Charles A. Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo. jalleck following the nomination He can’t do what he wants 10. or Hobart Creighton, Warsaw, as| He makes agreements—and if he the party's governor nominee.
terpreted by observers as a re-| pudiation of the party forces that have been building up for more than a year behind U. the United States are going t0iwijam E. Jenner to take over,
I0-L GOP control:
: ers who went down with Sen. Jen-! Co hicase Dany News Ine. |ner in his defeat Tor the governor ee Yrmma—— nomination were U. 8. Sen. Hom-|
the loser, and Robert W. Lyons, Washington chain store attorney, who movement for GOP control several months ago. »
lican fall campaign is expected to shape wb around the followers of p. Halleck who was an original BUZZING about a letter sup-| backer of Mr. Creighton and who
See Gates Dropped | In ‘Secondary’ Role | By NOBLE REED Control of the state Republican
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The Creighton victory was in-
8. Sen. Prominent among party lead:
spearheaded the Jenner)
Rockhill, Dixon Move Up Top leadership in the Repub-|
the winner all the
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Gates Unanimously Named Committeeman GOP Awards
WINNING STRATEGY — This conference paid off in the closing minutes of yesterday's Republican state convention by giving House Speaker Hobart Creighton of Warsaw the party's governor nomination. Conferring, left to right, were Gov. Gates, Walter Helmke of Ft. Wayne, Mr. Creighton and State Auditor A.V. Burch of Evansville. A few minutes later Mr. Burch and Mr. Helmke threw their support
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Seeks United Front For Fall Elections
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"By ROBERT BLOEM Gov. Gates was unanimous ly re-elected Indiana's Republican national committeeman today as the GOP licked its wounds in the wake of one of the bitterest battles in party - history. “Obviously determined to end the bickering and present an ime mediate united: front for the com= ing election campaigns, opposition on the State GOP come mittee to the Governor's Teelection as committeeman Was laid. aside. The Governor thanked the committee in his acceptance state ment “for giving me a chance to get back In politics.” The State Committee also heard a brief statement from Hobart Creighton, Warsaw, GOP governor nominee, pleading for. party unity. > Conducts Clean Fight
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On College Ave.
Ellas Serdengeshdis, 55, of 818 E. 11th St, would like to know hearing judge, too, those familiar,
An Ave, and woundiChairman Lefer eb chghe between hisiABC, he -&/made no
efforts of Blackle|political vengeance have
weather bureau today to bel... to owe his success to them. = wu spreading through northern In- These governors favor Vandenberg if he can be nominated; if Victo for Gat { diana to ‘afford some relief fori, ou take it. They might go to Dewey. Might try to put Warren | i gs
he returns to duty after a political interlude. Moving up inte H . con Rep. Halleck The letter, according to reports, recommends that the and Mr. Creighton were MorriGovernor fire ¥ : _{son , the nominee's cam- ‘ bald, poker-faced Charlie Meischke, the In PAIgn manager and a long-time diana Alcoholic Beverage Commission's representative onsecond district GOP leader and the county 1 - : , |Ird Dixon, éf Kentland, leader in In his place, J. Rowland Duvall, an attorney, would be appoint- (the, Creighton organization. ed, if the reported letier writer's suggestions are followed. Gov. Gates was seen as dropThe Governor has been asked to fire Gerald Ohrn, the ABC's PINE back into a “secondary posian {tion"” in party leadership since he|
- originally supported publicly Walhe etter Suid repiace him Trials Of 0 Mayor [ter Heike, Ft. Wayne, for the Brought ‘to the attention off FEW CITY administrations guysTOE Humnation. EY Ee Anderson of the manage to avoid a plague of some 55 o PIED DE Abe at eed asserted that he has. 5... are the continual butt|forces by virtue of Mr. Helmke’s
recommendations of this 1 of es about sewer plans, worn- release of delegates to Mr, Creigh-| sort, leaving the impression that! Jox y ton. Thus the Governor's per- ¥
the fine hand of patronage and out equipment, slap-happy office-| ., 0 conization will remain high in the party's councils.
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Duff, Warren, Driscoll, Shannon Will Work Together at Convention; Favor Vandenberg
; By Seripps-Boward Newspapers ; WASHINGTON, June 12—Four governors think they| The Creighton victory will give, may be able to pick next president; will work together at Ee a Jead:,
Philadelphia. . in his bid for “favorite son” They.are Duff of Pennsylvania, Warren of California, (Continued on Page 2—Col 4) |
Driscoll of New Jersey, Shannon
Wolff followers were known to have shifted to Mr. Creighton
when he appeared to be stronger than Mr. Helmke. }
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to Mr. Creighton to defeat Sen. William E. Jenner in the governor race.
Times Photos by John Spicklemire and Henry E Olesing Jr,
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was not shake hands . push to nominate Sen, - William E. Jenner for governor ended abruptly in the final moe ments of, yesterday's state convention When the other two candidates in the four-way gov ernor race ganged up on the junior Senator and threw their su to. Mr. Creighton. ext item on the GOP's years long political agenda is the national convention June: 21m
5 A P Indiana's 20 e bound by the halon. day to support “favorite son™ . {Rep. Charles Halleck (R. 24 bi {district), After that it appeared : [that New York's Gov. Thomas EE {E. Dewey would be Indiana's J |second choice for President by x {a margin of 19 to 10. But it :
was indicated the delegation
nomination in a bloc. Vandenberg 3d Choice Third choice of Indiana delegates to be Sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, Governor Nominee Creighton, I whose home is in the second dis« ; trict, announced that al : | he had no official job to do at
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Mr. Creighton said he would °* ] feturn to Indiana about mid-July 4 after a short vacation to n i 5 | the preliminaries of his cam . 1 {tor election next November. : : Gets Little Credit After a first ballot at the stats + convention last night, which gave the junior Senator 799 delegate votes to 551 for Mr. Creighton, Walter
The storms developed yester- Expect House 0
{at governors’ conference in New| Hampshire; may gain some re-|
's- dry. spell... Rain is In Rd } i i A AFAAy SpaFisd Jf 8 ot dum eae oars will meet next wee — Capital Cant —Beat |= THE WINNER — Hobart Creighton
Home Boys—Madden
couldn't wait for the official tabulation,
and counted up the second ballot reports Tor Wmself affer Republican delegates
voted him the nomination for governor. Far behind Sen. Jenner in the first ballot,
governor candidates : ‘Helmke of Fi. Wayne A Vi Burch of Evansville swung their support to the Creighton camp.
day . 4nd last night over the northern
gl |* By DANIEL M. KIDNEY | , . ‘ laine, Hovey aver, oe Of Draft Bill Soon cruits there for sntir bist. Lali) Bg. Fa 1 Mr. Creighton went over when the other two candidates urged their delegates to one- : Stasen may join them ithe Cor IN, dupe -12=De-| oe for fw a touch and go race -right-up to the-finish-when_the final. tally .
Faces S000 Embezzling Count |
Tavern Owner Here Accuses Ex-Employee (Continued on Page 3—Col. &) A charge of embezzling $20,000] ano
from an Indianapolis tavern was Republicans Name
placed against Herbert 8. Miles,
29, of 927 N, Warman Ave. nere| Full State Ticket = 1
fourth to three-fourths of an inch
also passing through Iowa and ; Iinois and is expected House will pass the 19-through-25 spread into Ohio tonight and the northeastern states tomorrow. cooler A Sudintey expect wis clear the House much faster than locally today, and Sunday will belt did the Senate where almost aay never take place. partly :
sheriffs today searched tin Jr. safd he hopes to bring it who abandoned their ear after a possible accident last Wednesday, and dispose of it in
Mueller, R. yy 326-K, was found at Rt; Bax and Shelby On the
Bt on the registry certificate was
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Indiana Lions open 27th convention at Claypool . . . | * YVxoan v : 3 a . ished, gave them a good spank-| Sims a A iss two candidates stand out for district governor- 5 ins and told them to get back] a were accoun ID asses saseesnostnranssnesnssstscsrnrrasee here to Washington where they| hi ia tor Ship ow « no» pe belong and. go to —— the Job | : ‘er they have now. 3 Hunt N. Side Prowler [Commencement ...an illustrated story on the | “Fat was avery heathy piece| NT. women's page cesnssunsssnssassnsnusascsasas PRES Bios business and T hope they have! J Shots . :
A prowler who escaped the pis-| Women of all faiths get bid to Catholic seminar . .
6034 Col- Truman's dizzy ‘pace leaves entourage hollow-eyed
cides he’s out of running.’ Feat of Sen. William E_ Je 1 : | . . Jenner] WASHINGTON, June 12 (UP)| Bloc has aye of Sd Op (R. Ind.) for, the GOP guberna-| ~Republican and Democratic named there'll be stampede to torial nomination means “the leaders predicted today that theiruyn with him. And all the gov-| Washington boys can’t beat the, térnors would be willing home team” Rep. Ray Madden, | | . {Gary Democrat, declared today. Draft Bill next week et Anti-Truman Democrats wait| = o, "0 0 0 St Creigh : “Ifill after Republican convention! n Hobar reighton, | They said the bill probably will\¢, 5155 final strategy. Spedker of the Indiana House of
Representatives, won over Jen-| , revolt If Vandenberg’s named “It it's DET on the second ballot at the|
{Republican state convention yesweek of day and night ressions| Th Mar tin or Bricker, strategy, jp it demonstrated that the was required to bring it to a vote.| Bisenhower. (governorship is more powerful] | ‘The measure is scheduled to oe goytherners will let northern than the senatorship in state poli-| voted on by the Rules ommittee| tates take lead, think Eisenhower Hc Mr. Madden said. | Monday. Speaker Joseph W. Mar-| graft would be stronger that way, | For this was a clear cut vicTruman will get it without | tory for Gov. Ralph Gates. When |
{ truggle if party leaders decide. [the Jenner crowd from Washing-| . . party {ton, including Sen. Homer E.|
(Continued on Page 2-—Col. 2) Capehart who had indorsed him,
- {arrived out there the home team ® Inside
gave him a margin of 46 votes.
up. on the House floor Tuesday or
a single day.
got busy and took them td the! cleaners. | “Healthy Business’ ! | “It looked from here like Gates {took them into the political wood;
learned their lesson. While they & were out there getting licked, our| two Indiana Senators missed the 7 roll-call vote on the draft and| ‘Sus the Important Vandenberg United | I*
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Miles was arrested in Danville,| last night and brought here|ticket today on an affidavit signed by|the Indiana William Segal, proprietor of a convention: tavern at 2136 W. Morris St., ac-| For Governor—Hobart Creighthe prisoner of taking ton, Warsaw, $20,000 over a period of severall po. 1 eutenant-Governor—Rus
Miles was employed at the tav- p I | orn for three years until he dis-|® bent and unopposed). # | appeared suddenly last Apr. 18.! ' Check-Cashing Fund Mr. Segal said the shortage yp... Attorney G 1—Cleon : y Genera al part to Jaan . xine H. Foust, Columbia City (incum-
checks,
The prisoner was traced to Danville by Lt. Fae Davis of the aly devasiive department who received a telephone “tip” that the a way aon 1m. an Int BOW, Indianapolis,
Mr. Creighton went over on the second ballot 931 to 885." {little credit in the defeat of the | Jenner bandwagon. It was a dele- . | gates’ convention, hard for politi | cal bosses to handle, and most of | the battle was directed by a wellorganized field force of delegates working right down on the cons vention floor, The strategy session of the
Here is the Republican state as nominated yesterday in GOP secret-ballot
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(J. Alexander, Pine Village (in-
Vor Secretary of State—Alfred | Ferrint, East. Chicago.
bent). For State Auditor—Gilbert KE, Ogles, Greencastle, . i For State Treasurer—H, Dale
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For ‘Supreme Court ndges’ .
week’s Hoosier Profile . . . Page 6 . . . Book rej views . . . Page 8 , . .-A full page of theatrical - and movie news . . . With photos... .e...cv. 0... Page
Marvin Hein, 35, of .___|Nations legislation. They could Ave. told police he saw the _ vv Taft blasts President's gibes... oo. iiocue.. Page Bingve left everything to the ual nols hotel. ro H j bedroom window ae 8 nv ne ®. ernor and the result would have Miles, who was held under|Mart J. O'Malley, untington (ie home. Mr. Hein said he fired | Other Saturday features . . . George J. Ress . . . this been the same anyway, So they $5000 bond, told Lt. Davis cumbent and unopposed).
he took only $3000 of the taveri funds, denying that he em- | bezzled Any more. :
Trial Ends After Year
‘Wor Appellate Court Judge (3) ~Paul A. Lennington, Muncie; Frank Hamilton, Terre Haute (n+ cumbent and unopposed), bt
Mr. Madden will. keynote ‘the | 4 Democratic State. Convention in| 9 [Indianapolis Tuesday. He expects.
GOING, GOING, GONE-—Sen. William E. Jenrier-
: ns He. former y. Henry ¥, Bchricker | \ : Insi pita, to be nominated and elected, he (left) smiled during the critical second ballot which lost | NUERNBERG, June 12 (UP)— For: Reports, af A A Key to Other Features on Inside Pages en ho | (le sec NU i Amusements. 6 Crossword .: 14 Inside Indpls. 6 Radio .....s ‘8 “Mr. Schricker wil seat Mr. him the’ GOP governor nomination, In contrast, his (Neatly -Fedr of testimony “4% | Norris, ‘Indianapolis (incumbent Amusm 8 10(Mrs. Manners 1V|Soclety .... 3|Creighton because the Hoosiers supporter, former Secretary of State James Tucker, |L G. Farben Co. ended today and ind unopposed): Clutches ..._4 Foti 0 Movie ase: 4 Wenther or Map i rate To toe est do years. | watched the final ballot of the Republican state con- {ihe war crimes court ectiged t9 To pa Watt Noblaee : $ senses Al Washinginas 10 ‘concluded - .. | vention with deep forgboding. de madly Han TL. + ville (Incumbent and unopposed)
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