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and Mr. Keck at San Miguel de Allendge Ato.
= - a. —— - - - —————— - —t y here in a’ meditative mood as he was busy preparing his speach Shifts $9 Million Near-Record Wheat Output Schricker will have a definite edge! ,ccopting the Democratic nomination for governor 20 minutes ; over his Republican Spponente. He, before he was nominated at the Coliseum yesterday.
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Gates Signs Cigaret Tax Transfer Order Gov. Gates today signed an order transferring $5 million on
cal school units, Jt was the second $5 million distribution from the 3<Centsy~
pack cigaret, tax collections in the past few sa. But the alloestion
counties for street and road repairs. Half of it will be distributed Jan. 1.
tion fund now is distributed. Ald School "Programs
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OFF THEY GO—These hardy Indiana Central College students, Larry George, 21, Hammond (left), and Bert Keck, 22, Paulding, ©, will leave tomorrow for Mexico on these light motorcycles to enroll in summer courses. They'll take along pup tents and skillets for further economy. Mr. George will study at the University of Mexico
GOP Hears Stassen, Taft Make Conven ion ‘Deal’
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Party Line . | Crossovers | Appear Certain
Schricker, Creighton |
Have Same Assets By ROBERT BLOEM Widespread crossing of party {lines in the coming election ap-| peared certain today as
Dewey, Warren Talk: * Vandenberg Reported - Keeping ‘Draft’ Alive
’ Michigan Senator Declared to Be Hoping | To Check Party Drift Toward Isolationism By LYLE C. WILSON, United Press Staft Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, June 16—Pre-convention talk of GOP delegate deals was going full blast today in an |atmosphere shadowed by a cloud no larger than Sen. \ Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan. 3
two, candidates with similar political ‘lassets and from the same home| district squared off in the gov-| ernor race, | Former Governor Henry F. {Schricker, strong man of Indiana Democrats, won his party's nom-| ination for governor in a re-| sounding convention victory yes-| terday. His home is in Knox, in the second district. : Leading the GOP state ticket) will be Hobart Creighton of War-! saw, another second district man. Mr. Créighton beat out Sen. wil-| liam E, Jenner in a hard-fought convention last week for the Re-| publican governor nomination.
With the Republican national convention opening next \week and the first ballot still more than a week away, the
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nn hn ~|political species that has its Bus Patron Hurt being in headquarters hotel ? |lobbies tried to see a pattern Seeks 2 000 ONE: Reports that the Senate ht 2 bd eno President. plans to. keep the “draft... .. Fell After Alighting, |least for awhile. His design: To Woman Says in Suijt | check any Republican d:ift back iankle alighting from an-Indian- TWO: Published but unconapolls Railways bus today fileq|firmed reports of a deal-in-mak-
for the future in: Pe Vandenberg” movement alive, at A passenger who injured her to isolationism. suit in Superior Court 3 for $204 ing_between ‘Sen. Robert A. Taft fi
Strong in Country | 000 damages. : ; (R.O.) and Harold E. Stassen Both men have strong appeal | In the suit Mrs. Otis Yarnell, of Minnesota. in rural communities. Both have 27, of R. R. 1, Box 90, Bridgeport, THREE: Disclosure that Gov. s
a friendly, folksy outlook Hoo-{ slers dike in politicians. Both have a certain amount of opposi-|
_lcharged the operator of the bus|Thomas E. Dewey of New York, failed to stop at a place whereland Gov. Earl Warrén of Califorshe could get off safely. The ac-|nia, ‘a trailer so far in the nomi-
CANDIDATE AT WORK-—Henry F. Schricker was snapped
. Carriers Still Burdened With Left-over Yield, {ODT Chief Tells Ohio Transportation Group
"The second biggest wheat crop in history will struggle to mar- | ket under the worst railroad car shortages in peacetime history. {been speaker of the Indiana | © This was the forecast of Col. J.-M. Johnson, director of the House - of - Representatives for Office of Defense Transportation and member of the Interstate three terms. - the state cigaret tax fund to lo-/Sommerce Commission, in an address at the Claypool Hotel today. Col. Johnson was here to speak tion Advisory Board, along with Piul Feucht, vice president of vail: has
said the railroads } ' . hand he! “million go out in one lump as did the bushels of wheat from last year's money given to cities, towns and/crop in addition to the bumper (hare. expected —in this year's
the Penns:
harvest. d| The railroads in spite of $2.8 Ag. 1 and the-other half next billion increased revenue granted It will be distributed on|by the ICC are no better off the same basis as the state tui- financially, Col. Johnson said, due|
to rising operating costs.
The freight car shortage seems The money may be spent for permanent under the currént deschool building programs, pur- mand, the ODT .director said, in chase of school equipment, or/spite’ of the’ railroads having other lawful school purpose reached their highest point. of for which any other school fundefficiency in the peacetime years. ls a tentative schedule, "may be used, the Governor said.
Plan Mile-Long Exhibit Checks received by local schopl
The peacetime load has bee
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|pointed out, because of unsched-|considerations, always important! At the same time details on eripple, was sought by police to-|{found, They led to the highway, where the annual governors con. nuled stops which may interfere. . The presidential train is sched- difficult,
units- must be deposited in the more difficult to handle, he said.! special school fund, or, if one d0¥8| This is due to the necessity of {dropping off cars along the route State officials “said the $5-mil- ang the use of less than carload
not exist, in the general fund.
lion distribution “makes a. total shipments. “During the war,” he
uled to leave Independence, Mo. 0f conventions, careful strategists pushed, by the Works Board. at 9 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) to-/could distribute a party ticket morrow. and will head east to St evenly over the state, giving it to purchase a section of right-of- : 3 { Louis. :
to the Ohio Valley Transporta- - {with being a Republican. ‘The are required by the over-all program. The first intercepter, on . : : Truman Train Due =. Is generally regarded -as| which worl will begin this year, will be constructed from State Ave. Reports 2 Horses,
Here Tomorrow | Te | Shrrits the state he will help Mr. rrom 30th St. tq Millersville Rd.] The Boyd Ave. project, which
Expected at Depot
Early in Evening Latest word from the presidential train today indicated thatihad better luck in the recent | Mr. Truman's party would arrive secret ballot nominating conven-| at Union Station in Indianapolis
sometime after 6:35 p. m. (In-|" pe fact that hundreds of dele- nanced by the issuance of generali;g (UP)—A thief who stripped ing. The lock on the stables had dianapolis Time) tombrrow. This gates
of $48 million which is being re-|gaiq ‘the hauls were long and 3! 4:05 p. m. turned annually from state funds tor the most part uninterrupted.”|
to local school units throughout|
the state.”
fer of funds. Foust Issues Ruling
At the same time, Attorney)
the cigaret tax distributions "are; required to appropriate the money
prior to its expenditure.
Gov. Gates to decide whether the money could be spent without the
formality of .an appropriation Mr. Foust said; however, that th
local units could take advantage = the ;rpark of 218
of the statutory provisions au thofising emergency appropria ons, : $n
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Mr. Feucht spoke in behalf of
{the Chicago Railroad Fair which Gov. ‘Gates signed ~the order wij present ‘a mile-long exhibit after members of the staté budg-imarking the. 100th anniversary,
Labor Day. The exhibit whic
David Sets Record
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{hole record for the Indianapoll | District. golf. tournament toda
After. .a five-minute stop the!to that. | train will’ move to- Indianapolis| Col ow a. - a where a 10-minufe stop will allow aged to name a ticket represent- and Kentucky Ave. at a cost of Rain fails to dampen enthusiasm at Bedford Centen-
a brief appearance,
Plan to Meet Train i | et committee indorsed the trans-ior the advent of steam to raill State Democratic Chairman fra| round. up with four. candidates\yy, project is across the property SAMIR : a transportation from July 20 to Haymaker planned to meet thelyni ert four districts out of their| or co PY National Starch Works, rp. 1ate that attic to make homes more comfortable [train with. a Hoosier Democratic nioture all together { . : s Genetal a Foust an is to bs delegation which will include all|" . o hor - General Cleon... oust an-|cajjed “Wheels A’ R3Iling” -willithe members of the party's state can shorten the length of the ill be between John A. Watkins nounced a ruling that local gov-ipaye entries from every railroad ticket nominated In yesterday's w ‘ sewer. ernmental units benefiting - from y Y'8 of Bloomfield, the Democrat, and
[eonvention.
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| Exciting developments of the J 1pm... 7 lynportant Republican National Partly cloudy skies and cool Convention at Philadelphia next ol
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pour, 3.62 inches. rainfall totaled .78 ineh.: :
House Overrides Veto On Jobs Post ‘Rider
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Even with the recent rains, the| state still faces a drought. Since) June 1, 1.35 inches of rain has|be on the fallen, about one-half of thelday to bring you the story of the J much-needed and necessary dawn-| convention exclusively in - The §
~The House today overrode President Truman's. veto of a $975. writer, and Daniel | 914.700 appropriation bill which Times’
The rider called for transfer of he U. 8, Employment Service from the Labor Department to the Federal Security Agency. Mr. rect ’ that. The House Convention headquarters the issue up to the Sen- editorial offices of The Times also a, . A veto prevails unless both includes:
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Times by one of the greatest may reach 74 today and drop to|Stafls of political writers ever At least 75 veteran writers— |all of them experts in the field of y=» national and local politics—will Philadelphia seene Moh- |
Three of The Times’ own local staff will be in Convention Hall
to interpret the minute-by-minute developments, They are: Walter WASHINGTON, June 16 (UP)|Leckrone, editor of The Times:
Robert Bloem, Times * political LaM | M. Kidney, Mr 1aMoore
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{editor of The Times; Earl Richert, will interpret the events vigor-| " v Lye nut stiff of writers sending one of The Times’ regular politi- ously; Peter Edson, keen Wash- photographs in all editions o e service, The A di-|cal writers; Charles T. Lucey, an- ington observer; George B.-Park- Times, Iphia’s/other of the nation's top politi- er, Walker Stong and othets. °
president of|E. A. Evans, c ‘ \¢ .C. Ruark, Paul R. Leach, Frederick C. Oth-|won’t be left ‘to these. writers approximately one hour ' afterians of many of the ‘most: im- culation Department to
Among the ranking members } lot Her PB ae expected pn oxt of the other spots on the {John David -of Meridian Hills 10 be dlenry. F. Schricker, gover- ijoyet the. battle. will probably, Mr. Foust had heen sie bY! Country Club posted a new 54. nor nominee; Mayor Al. Feeney, os to the winning party rather s District Chairman Paul McDuff, sp.p to the winning individual. y{National Committeeman Frank McHale,
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it is due at Terre Haute “home town" appeal everywhere way for the proposed York 8t./po an rontends his jibes set bonfire under Congress
PArty Secretary ace a tough Lake County fight: 89. His 54-hole total of 213 bet-| John Hurt of Martinsville, treas-, oq . to set by|urer Krank McKinney of Indi-| (Earlier anapolis and vice chairman Mrs. | Ruby ‘Ware of ‘Greentown.
tion within their own parties. |
In th torical fireworks, Mr. | cident oceurred in February innation stakes, held a midnight n the oratorical fireworks, Mr. |
the 6800 block Rockville Rd. meeting last night at New Castle, Mrs. 'Yarrell said she stepped in|N. H., where the national governa rut in the frozen ground turnedjors’ conference is going on, = - her ankle and fell. She said she] The story from Washington is £ : /had her 2-year-old child and a that Mr. Vandenberg is going to hie nomination ytrany in 4 SaNitAtion Board APProves i oicuiicin her am hung on to wry stvisiage he
fighting atesprange speech | Her attorney, Earl Townsend has to insure, if possible, a strong
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ech. Hi 3 rrr rom mae. mes: ADU, 000 Sewer Program ii i ie 5100 tm pasa ine ne sever tn {was permanently injured and has possibly give. one-of ‘the out-ins Have Enviable Records The Sanitation Board gave approval today to its part of the == Both Mr, Dewey and Mr, Stas
plenty. ‘of experience. He has : ; lages, alleging that Mrs. Yarnell . 2 Intercepter Lines Planned in Connection _ Staaten a TR vs With City’s $3 Million Improvement ete unabia.1a parson her nous. ands. he Tight Jus —————— the-open Sandidates e friendly Mr. Creighton's major political! city’s $3 million sewer program. ‘D2 ~ =, (shove. toward nomination. {advantage, observers believe, lies| The board. voted to construct two intercepter sewers, wen Riding Stables
sen have indorsed his foreign ree covery views, and Mr. Taft voted in the Senate to put the House cuts back in the ERP after Mr, Yahdanverg insisted that they be Call out the. posse, sherif, restored. iF reighton in. 8 ed cost of $200,000. : They's hoss thieves on the loose/ ' Meanwhile, Mr, Stassen {8 on ‘~th men, however, have what Th pret ie needed to carry runs between Bean ( reek and nd here. , (his way here from Minneapolis, i [politicians consider enviable Po-\gewage from the proposed lines | Carson Ave, is expected to sont: Two riding horses were missing | He confirmed that he had dined i 8 (litical and personal records. to be constructed in the Forest |$100.000. Of this amount, an esti’ today from the Silver Hills|!ast week with Col.- Robert R., ; | - In the geographical distribution aanor area. ¢ (mated $7000 will be assessed p.qin0 gianles, 5400 Southeastern | McCormick, publisher of the Chi lof their nominations, Democrats| N (against the property owners|,. . “when Robert Sampson, in|¢a80 Tribune and a Taft man. Financed by Bonds |along the sewer line. {charge of the stables, opened the] But Mr. Stassen denied there Work on the latter project may . Sekirei —— {stalls this morning. was any talk of his accepting the ltions than their Republican op-|also be started this year. Thief Gets Low Down «8 ® No. 2 place on a Taft-Stassen \ponents. | ‘The two projects will be fi-| GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June] TWO SADDLES are also miss-| ticket. Some of the most significant actually controlled both obligation bonds against the en- ine wheels and axie from a wheel (been broken, and tracks believed Convention news is coming right it ‘was|conventions made geographic tire Sanitary District. |chair owned: by Richard Cass, alto be those of the horses were now from Portsmouth, N. H.,
being in the GOP column in the|to Keystone Ave. at an estimated cost-ef $50,000. : 8 national eléction sentiment and| The other intercepter will beso org Sls a oo Saddles Missing if the GOP presidential candidate constructed along Fall Creek or . project, are’ n i
Road 29, but disappeared there ference—Republicans and Demooman pr——- ese (crats—is meeting, Not Even a Smile Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York is there. So is Gov. James Duff of Pennsylvania. o As the Philadelphia special co! respondents report it, Mr. Dewey has tempted Mr. Duff with every thing but @ bowl of honey with. out getting so much as a smile of
{in organizing a campaign, more three sewer projects, parts of the day, being tt——
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{but delegates paid little attention reli¢f sewer project. . , : . . This. sewer will be constructed] «.. President nears home territory in Missouri.. Page 2
However, therDemocrats man- this, year between White River |
ing nine of the 11 congressionalapproximately $75,000. i nial . . . youth program features varied events to-
jdistricts, while Republicans: wp. right.of way ‘needed tor| By or we Loa rsaersrsatiee rs cry + Pagel shcouragement abut. the plans of : ol . : 2 7 "Pennsylvania's: vote .cbnvens . .. ... | from a single district, the sixth, tion delegation. "
York and Drovers Sts. . By buying the right-of-way, the board]
; Gov. Duff is bucking the Joseph ... Hubbard Cobb . . . Your Handy Man advises. .Page 6! R. Grundy or bucking 4 here for . 7 control of the state delegation.
» » ” . ” » | Texas tale . : . Deep sea fish are rough and tough... The Grundy organization sp. ‘ol parently wants Gov, Dewey. So Vv Ed Heinke reports veo ON the sports page... rs . Page 10 far it seems to add up that Gov. : ” . , s against Mr. Dewey, an How to acquire a fine sun-tan , , . Do's and don'ts if so, that could hurt A aod an illustrated feature. ....c.vecsevssss Page 18| Yorker. Gov. Duff is believed to ' © [control 30 to 40 of Pennsylvania's
The _ lieutenant governor race
Include Relief Sewer | Two . other sewer projects planned by the Works Board for completion this year. include a relief sewer on 32d St. and Wash-j {ington Blvd. and the Boyd Ave. . main sewer. Te A Key to Other Features on Inside Pages convention votes, The first of these is. estimated) Amusements. 8 Editorials ...14/Obituaries .., 5| Society ...:..18| Pre-convention business will be cost $160,000, and will. runiBusiness..... 9 Forum ...J..14|F.C; Othman 13|Sports ...10, {gan to boom tomorrow with the from Fall Creek to 36th St. M. Childs... .14|Hollywood ,. 8/Radio ....:..18| Weather Map 2|first meeting of the resolutions a Property owners along the line Classified .18-22| Inside Indpls. 13| Mrs, Roosevit 16| Women's «oo :1T|cOmmittes under chairmanship of {Continued on. Page 3—Col. 2) of this sewer, and that of the Comics ..... 23| Mrs, Manners 24 Ruark ......13! World Affairs 14|Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of
{Rue J. Alexander of Pine Village, the Républican incumbent. As in But in. the secretary of state
Republican strategists planned
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to the|cal reporters; Ruth Finney, with r the important and’ entertaming keeping Times readers abreast of within seven. minutes over the
“woman's slant” of proceedings; happenings--and p : : i Parker LaMoote, behind-the-scenes developments— tures will appear in The Times|ized under the direction of .veter- phtne RI-5551 and ask > Cir-lof Georgia and Texas, two farm
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lotting Wednesday night—and thereafter.” More likely ths dele. gates will not get around to vot ing until Thursday of next week. The plan is to limit nominats ing speectits to 15 minutes with {four seconding speeches of five {minutes each.
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of the important pre-convention| | i highlights. House Delays
Even the dean of the nation's) 1 « Political editors will serve in owe Action on Draft Times coverage. He is Charles] WASHINGTON, June 16 (UP) N. Wheeler, who has covered the -The House today delayed action presidential conventions sincelon the draft. As a result, oppo= 1908, when Bryan was nominated nents claimed new support fof for the last time by the Demo- their move to hold up inductions crats, |until after Jan. 31. Writers closely associated with| Busy with other legislation, Lhe: the “big names” of politics who House was not Hkely to return to will add to The Tiraes report of draft debate before mid-afters the convention include Edwin A.'noon. Leaders now - saw little Lahey, who has traveled with hope the bill gould be passed bes most of the Republican aspirants/fore tomorrow: ~~ TdT and is currently on tour with) Sponsors of a “delayed action™ President Truman. {amendment used the Uotay a hert ; Order Times Toda |good advantage. They button: Mer. Rie Mr. Ruary Because you will er read] Bold member after member, urgThere will be side-light feature|the reporis of this star-studded Ing support for the plan to set stories—with pictures-—gathered staff of reporters and political ob-| UP selective service now but post= servers, ‘be sure to order your|Pone draft calls until next year.
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Mr. Othman Mr. Lucey Mr. Stone Mr. Bloem
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