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CLOSE ‘SHAVE Pattis Jean Driscol, 10, of 532°S, Alsbama St., warily considers the wall where a bolt of lightning struck a few inches from where she was sitting yesterday. She hugs her dog, Chu Chu, in the safety of her arms. (Another
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. — y y Pattie Jean Driscol, 10-year-old daughiter ‘of Mrs. Lealie’ Driscol, 532 5 Alshaina St, was “the. luckiest little girl in Indianapolis’ today after narrowly escaping death yesterday when lightning struck .the apartment house where she lives. iy t The lightning, accompanied by a heavy clap of thunder, ripped ofit a huge chunk of brick wall inches from where Pattie and her tiny Pekinese, Chu Chu, were sit-
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:Nunzzio : Harmon 8t., heard the little girl's screams ‘and ran to her aid, but Pattie ‘was unharmed. Her mother was away. from home working at the time, Husband ‘Speeds’ Home James A. McBride, a driver for Zitfrin ‘Truck Lines, Inc, and a resident “of the same building, raced home 4% hours from Chicago” 42 heavily laden truck after his family was reported “buried” ‘by the debris.
are now being processed. Figures are about 400 per cent over normal. -
no marked trend in enlistments. Men being for informdtion two weeks
President, men can enlist for military training at home instead of in: camps by joining Reserve or National Guard units. Or they can take advantage of more attractive recruiting offers instead of waiting for the draft.
Recruits Jam Navy Reserve,
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"The State Ad t General's office ‘at noon rear Site Adintans for the National Guard.
The office of Gén. Howard
: 10. ppileations yesterday in Indianapolis with the city 1eading makes, they believe, the Senators
{will be the big wheels when it comes to cutting up the federal patronage cake. And since federal patronage has become a huge gravy boat under the 16-year Democratic New Deal, the Senators are sure they will continue to be a major force and possibly the controlling force in Indiana GoP politics,
Ft. Wayne, second: largest
eight recruits, however. Gary had eight, Terre Haute 20, Marion :20 and y young men today filled the ‘Ars mory, 711 N. Pennsylvania St.
Evansville 18. A crowd of
The greatest number of -.re-
cruits are crowding the Naval Armory since its activation in 1946. Nineteen men were essed yesterday and nearly 70 applied last night.
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400 Per Cent Over Normal Twenty-four who applied today
The Navy recruiting office sees!
ken in today applied three
Until the bill is signed by the
However, Brig. Gen. Howard
Maxwell, Indiana adjutant general, said the guard can take in|a 48-hour delay by President Truonly about 700 more men because
However, his wife and . son, Michael, Were visiting friends and his father, J. .C. McBride, 78, of Clinton, was ed.
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children were playing in the room where the bolt struck, but none of them was injured. : Damage was slight when lightning hit a double home at 342527 Broadway. Mrs. Charles L. Lauthers of 3425 said “a ball of fire leaped across the room” but firemen blaze. The telephone and refrigerator motor were burned out in the other .side of the house. The owner, Mrs. Margaret Templeton, ol shopping when the bolt! c
k |Hoosier Army reservists
The home of William Carrier, R. R. 9, Box 376, was struck, but the fire that resulted was Quickly controlled. Serious
A fire started at the residence of Ola Vorhis, 736 W. 11th 8t, when ' lightning = entefed through the telephone wire. The, extent of the damage was not de-| termined. The - mgreury appeared to be headed for a possible season record as the weather bureau temperatures as high as 92 for Indianapolis, accomPanied by high humidity. The season’s high was set on June 11 when the thermometer, touched 91, but with somewhat less humidity.
terday’s natte winds and beating rag eHng totaled 54 inch.
. Yesterday's winds were esti- Forum
Mated by officials at Hoosier Air: Lafayette Rd. to be “close
Judge Goldsborough 'rul-
. » . More resignations expectquickly smothered the:
“igddie Ash.. 18 weather was forecast Ernest Blau. 14 With scattered showers or thun- Business ... 6 dershowers as a followup on yes-|
rials .. 12| Society Tr nH N rasan til 12| Sports . 18.17 +. 14| Weather FAP 1&/layed to the CIO convention floor 3! World Aff... 12 yesterday, the {offer was booed.
ing O. K.’s pensions for miners . . . major obstacle cleared for wage contract..........Page 5
ed among top brass in Ward feud .. . poultrymen ordered to “clean house” . . . other busi-
ness News.........Page 6! s' ® = :
battle” in mock war to train officers . . . an illustrated story by John Spicklemire .....Page 11
RR. R,= Gulf too rough to catch tarpon . . . Heinke, our city editor angler, can’t even borrow one for a photo . . . other sports talk ..ive..ve...Page 16
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the budget limits it to 5217 men during 1949. He added, however, that he instructed officers of more than 100 guard units over the state to handle all enlistments possible and to give information to all prospective enlistees. He pointed out that in addition to the exemption for pre-draft enlistees, the bill also exempts young men who join the guard before they become 18 years and six months. At the Federal Building both Army and Navy recruiting reported a speed-up in business. Army recruiters said they had a 41 per cent increase in those seeking information yesterday and a 35 per cent increase in actual enlistments. Navy recruiters said their en. listments are normally high after June graduation because of the high school training program. Prospective Naval Reserve enlistees also kept recruiters at thé Naval Armory busy handing out information yesterday. In Washington, the Army said
man in signing the bill will an the National Guard. | The ‘Guard is shooting for a| peacetime record quota of 341,000 men.: There are some 250, 000 in the ranks now. { Nine More Days | Informed. sources said Mr. Tru-| man has decided to hold off] awhile to encourage enlistments in the reserves. He has nine more days in which to sign the bill passed by Congress at its| closing session. A guardsman must volunteer
for at least three years, that time, he must attend weekly two-hour training sessions and] put in 15 days of summer field drills. | Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Lyle F.! Summers, acting Indiana selec-| tive service director, said he has sent letters to Circuit Court clerks
submit a list of not less than six names from which Gov. Gates
and recommend their appointment to President Truman.
UAW Rejects Ford Wage Hike Offer
‘GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 22 {UP)—The CIO United Auto ‘Workers union today rejected a 11 to 14-cent hourly raise offered by the Ford Motor Co. and {instead demanded a flat hourly
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: Matter at Postofice Issued daily except Sunday
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ewey Launches ‘Blitz’; alks Jobs With Hoosiers
‘Home Team’
Gets Promise 0f Patronage
Jenner, Capehart Take It Lightly
By ROBERT BLOEM Times Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA, June 22 — Dewey-for President camp got itself straightened out today with the “home team” in the In-
diana Republican factional feud. Efforts to swing the Hoosier delegation to the national convention to Mr. Dewey as a second choice to favorite son Charles Halleck snagged yesterday in a new fiare-up of state GOP factionalism. . ' The “Washington Team,” led by Sens William E. Jenner and Homer E. Capehart, had been with the Dewey camp from the start. Some of the home team led by Gov. Gates was leery of joining up with the forces they defeated so recently in the battle for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, At a conference held In the small hours of this ~vorning, however, spokesmen for Mr. Dewey assured the Gates faction that the beaten Senators ould have no chance to use federal! patronage for reprisals against them if Mr. Dewey is nominated and elected President. The state faction was assured a fair share of
Would Be Willing to
PHILADELPHIA, June 22— leck (R. Ind.) indicated publicly seriously.
e. Sen. Capehart is delegation chairman. “Should the front runners fail,” {Mr. Halleck said, “then I have as {good & chance as any af the other {people who have been mentioned for the presidency.” Earlier he had recited the “accomplishments” of the 80th Congress and paid tribute ‘to them, with special mention for Rep. Forest A. Harness (R. Ind.), member of the House Rules Committee, and Rep. George Gillie (R. Ind.) of the House Agriculture Committee. He also thanked Sen. Capehart for the breakfast and pointed that he (Capehart) entered politics. by giving the famed Republican cornfield conference on his Washington, Ind. farm. Lists Accomplishments Among the congressional “accomplishments” listed by the Majority Leader ‘were ‘the farm program and “public housing.” The former was passed during the closing hours, in a bill including both the Senate long-term and the House extension of the present farm program. Public housing was killed, except for an RFC
If Front Runners Fail Tells Hoosier Delegation He Still Has Hopes, |
For Quick Nomination
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY, Times Staft Writer
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nfluence in the White House. Taken Lightly Regardless of’
No matter what assurances he/then I have as good a chance as any of the other people who have been mentioned for the presi-
Ends In a Fiasco
Climax in the struggle which 'had been brewing for several days came last night when the third attempt to get the Hoosier convention delegates together for a strategy caucus ended in a fiasco. Several of the delegates kept an appointment to meet presidential candidate Harold Stassen of Minnesota. Among them was Mr.
Halleck.
Several of the delegates who wanted to meet Mr. Stassen called the move a “cheap political trick” to keep them away from the Stassen camp but were assured that the caucus wouldn’t come off until they got back to Indiana’s Iit-
tle headquarters.
caucus was over.
had moved to name a steering
committee to work tion strategy but blocked by Sen. Jenner.
GOP DELEGATE DIES
PHILADELPHIA, June (UP) — Mrs. Lucie Oerther,
New York alternate delegate to] When this drew more laughter the Republican National Conven- than any of his previous intended tion collapsed and died while jokes; Sen. Capehart concluded— I. “If 1 can keep you all laugh-
shopping here yesterday.
pay increase.
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Gardening Hollywood .
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ers 7 union, |v Mann : 8 while attending the annual meet-| F. C. Othman 11/ing Radio ...... 15/ciL see 15 22 | Ruark «ce. 11| Ford proposed the 11-cent raise 13/for employees making less than
UAW BSecretary-Treasurer Emil {Mazey, acting president of the i announced the rejection
of the Michigan CIO CounHe said the Ford offer did not meet “requirements.”
$1.50 an hour and 14 cents for those earning $1.50 or more. Re-
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Mortgage Liquidation” Bill, Then Mr. Halleck told of his own entrance into the presidential race.
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Smiling Capehart Jokes, Tries to Churn Up Harmony
Asks Delegates to Forge! Recent State Convention, Work Toward Election
Times Convention Bureau PHILADELPHIA, June 22—8en. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.), who may be slated for slaughter by Hoosier Republicans in 1950,
those credited with already arranging the kill Presiding at a Union League breakfast for Indiana National delegmico, Sen. Capehart tried to churn up so much harmony that it would last at
Having been licked while supporting Sen. William E. Jenner's candidacy for the governorship, Sen. Capehart kicked off by say-
“That state convention in IndiWe've got our candidates now and our state organso. let's concentrate on But when they got back, the electing the state ticket and gtop Gov. Gates|talking about the convention. We have a out delega-/great deal to smile about. = For had been/We have been winning elections for the last 10 years and if we work together we will continue to win them. All we need is Coget together. is—well, I 60, don’t know what it is.”
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Accept Second Spot
Majority Leader Charles A. Hal-| today that he takes his chances!
The occasion was the Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.) breakfast for Mr, Halleck and the entire Indiana delegation to the Re-| publican National Convention wheih was held in the historic Union| pt
Halleck Feels Chances Good Throws Rivals’ Camps Off Balance by Drive
Chips Off Chunks of Other Delegations; “‘rives Hard to Grab Pennsylvania Votes By CHARLES T. LUCEY, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA, June 22—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's political z seemed to be moving close—very close—to the Republican
Mr. Halleck then related how Pretidential nomination today and this old town teetered on the
lat the luncheon given GOP big-| wigs by M. W. Clement, Penn-| sylvania Raliroad president on unday, he was told “in front of|
vote for him (Halleck) on the first ballot. Another statement; of support came yesterday from a prominent U. 8, Senator, Mr. Halleck said. “Charley,” the Senator is reported to have said, “if it ever) looks like there is a chance for] you, I'll be for you." He mentioned Wisconsin State Chairman Tom Coleman and others with whom hé had talked. All were friendly, hé asserted. ‘Wants What Is Beat’ “Many things have happened | and can happen,” Mr. Halleck concluded. “I would talk to you about them privately. I know what is going on and there has been complete frankness between me and the leaders. I'll know as soon as anyone and so will we all when final decisions have been made. Then we. will-have
best thing for us to do. Not just what is best for me, but what is
the
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* Can he make it? Campaigns for Sens, Robert A. Taft and Arthur H. Vandenberg,
» » » one of the top candidates” that! ’ a “certain state” was ready to
Arizona Agrees To Yield to N. Y.
By LYLE ©. WILSON United Press Staff Oorrespondent-
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best for the state of Indiana.” Mr. Halleck fasters that he did not "know
at breakfast“Of course, I would like to be the President of the United States.”
and his guests included some of
ol ing I think I'll be doing all right. But maybe it's a good thing I don’t tell you what TI really think. That might wipe off those smiles.” In the speech, desigrfed to intreduce his honored guest, Majority Leader Charles A. Halleck {(R. Ind.), the senior Senator called State Chairman Clark Springer “the best chairman Indiana ever had” apd urged his retention. He recouped after the laughter by pointing out that Gov. ‘Ralph Gates and Sen. Jenner, also seated at the head table, likewise were good in.that job.
HINT COMINFORM MEETS
PRAGUE, June 22 (UP)—Reports of unexplained travel by a
number of the highest Commu-
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inform was being held or had| been called.
JOBsepn
THEN. HE whipped out a length of chain and a lock and chained himself to the brass railling along the stairs. Within a few moments secret service agents quickly the chain and took Peck into custody. Agents took him to the nist officials in Europe indicated secret service field office in the today that a meeting of the Com- Treasury Building. After ‘Peck was released.
the Georgia case. The pro-Taft delegation from Georgia later said it will appeal the pro-Dewey decision to the full GOP convention, it will be the first open test of strength between the Dewey-Taft farces.
Draft Objector Tries White House Sit-Down Strike
a WASHINGTON, June 22 (UP)/soon as a complimentary ballot —8ecret service agents quickly ended an atlempted sit-If Mr. Taft could pick up most down strike in the White House of this state's 56 votes on the by James D. Peck of New York, second ballot it would be a dewho chained himself to a stair-|cided psychological push to his way near the East Room. Peck ‘recently served a prison term for being a wartime conscientious objector. He entered the White House this morning along with several hundred tourists. When he got to a top of a stairway just out-|,, side the East Room, he pulled off his coat, exposing a shirt sign which said “Ve . .
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‘CONVENTION HALL, PHILADELPHIA, June 22--The Arizona delegation cleared the way today for supporters of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York to put the name of their candidate before the Repub first. Orme Lewis, chairman of the Arizona delegation, sald the group had voted, 7 to 1; to yield to New York when Arizona is recognized a hominations. : omination speeches start to-|the Taft people had thought they our ‘heads together and ‘know the, morrow evening. i J Shortly after convening today, convention elected Speaker W. Martin Jr. of Massatold the break- chusetts as permanent chairman
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questioning,
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snapped
for Harold Stassen, Gov. Earl Warren and other perspiring hopefuls, appeared to hang in the balance and wait on whether the GOP breaks precedent and hands Mr. Dewey the nomination a sec ond time. In little chunks of one, two and three delegates, Gov. Dewey's skilled team — Herbert Brownell Jr, J. Russell’ Sprague and Ed Jaeckle—chipped off strength they believed would show up after two or three ballots,
Heaven and Earth But Mr. Dewey still needed an
mittee victory over Sen. Taft, involving the seating of 18 pro« Dewey delegates, gave new cheer to the New Yorker's forces. He had won the fight in the national committee ‘earlier
ject to action vention if the Taft group decided to appeal the maneuvering by Dewey
H. Duff on one side, opposing Mr, Dewey, and Sen. Edward Martin, National Committéeman G. Ma son Owlett and other leaders on the other. Mr. Duff's friends say he can carry a majority of the state's 73 delegates with him—it could be to either Sen. Taft or Sen. Van\denberg, depending on how the
~ [convention cards fall. But
have been some signs of a possible breaching of Mr. Duff's: strength in his own delegation, and the Dewey men are dol everything they can to exploit i Illinois long has been assumed to be in Sen. Taft's pocket as
is tossed to Gov. Dwight Green.
candidacy. Talks of Swing | But there has been talk that if Mr. Green were to be on the GOP ticket with Mr. Dewey, he might swing a good p of his state's
the dent's cabinet also has mentioned. For Gov. Green, this‘ would mean a break with Col. Robert R. McCormick, dominant Chicago GOP figure. But there has been plenty of talk among Illinois delegates of a swing to Mr, Dewey by perhaps the third or fourth ballots. Some think from one-third to one-half the state's delegate strength might be involved. Col. McCormick gave his hlessing to a. Taft-Stassen ticket. That conceivably could help Mr,
| during yesterday's storm. Its pilot, Arno Siesker, 4075 Ruckle St., had battled a mile-a-minute wind attermptin | to reach Shank Airport. Abandoning the effort, he skill fully landed his plane in“a small field near the drive At
|6th St. His daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ruby Siesker, was with him during the forced landing. Police blocked traffic from a section of Sfadium Drive near Gent Ave. for the take-off today. #
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Stassen in Illinois but, because of the long-standing isolationist tag attached to Col. McCormick, it might hurt him elsewhere. Mr. Stassen said cooly that he had read the McCormick statement with interest. » = »
Convention News i On Inside Page
Clare: Boothe Luce finds Vandenberg in character..P. 3 Summary of the Republican platform .......cco00sve Ps Philadelphia Calling . . . inside stuff by the convention staff of Scripps-How-ard newspapers .........P. § ‘No Planks’ . . . Othman triumphs, sits in chair...P. 11 ‘GOP Carnival’ . . . Ruark finds a blond angel..... Editorials ......c.ocovavsnesP
Unmanned Airplane
Flies Out of Control
CAMP EDWARDS, Mass, June 22 (UP)-—An unmanned, radio-guided Air Force plane went out of control during a practice flight over here today and was expected to crash mo-
STREET TAKE-OFF — An Ercoupe used Stadium Drive for a take-off this morning after being forced down |mentarity.
‘When ast seen the craft was
in a. north northwest direction. The plane had sufficient |
two houfs, it was sald. V Pa
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on Mr. Dewey, however, recent/d¥ Indiana leaders and others and then adjourned until 8 o'clock| ers counted. wo anger over shaky leadership had |Sul ng my candidacy,” Mr, Who is to be the nominee.” Heitonight, Indianapolis Time, Oné ta today gave Mr. left its marks. A couple of Har-/Halléck declared. “I told them Will address the convention him- Taft Forces Fall Dewey about votes after the : old Stassen votes sprang up over-|all that I appreciated the honor.|$¢lf tomorrow Morning and) Taft forces meanwhile failed, initial is out of the = D night, cutting the Dewey strength|{But not until the state conven- Promised to deliver “a good it was reported. in ‘an effort to|way. Yot this reckoning did not In eat ra in . the Indiana delegation .to|tion gave me its official indorse-|SPeech.” upset a decision by which a 16-| include anything from Pennsyl5 around 38 or 17 votes. . {ment ast feel hat I should ac- Situation ‘Fluid’ : vote Dh leiagatioh | vania or | 4 4 State in:Arm Ra . n took Cept, Of course I entertain mol After the bregkfast, Mr. Hal Gecrgla. wan the: it to forces Are terrific pres tate in Arm Recruit ING: 1s Dewey atmrances Nghtts on \Nislons Shot my candidacy jack said be wis wues ae the A: 18 ea le oy Satin 4 I yince ‘46 fim a siectsd T-can tell yoir that T have no!’ still is fluid. He'md-- The ey Saminith i" ag “. Pontiylvanis Spit i (Mr, wey still need thejenemy in any of the camps and mitted also that he would settle - rejected, s today reported i endship of the two Hoosier Sen-|many friends in each. for the Vied ney. | | claims of & rival pro-Tatt Geor- wr nsyIvabis Bw t by A hit Maxwell, adjutant general, got ators, “Should the front-runners fail, But he had told the delegates gia. faction. And foday it ad- '
to remain in the air for about