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Housewife, Student Win First $5 Awards in Times Safety Drive
SAFE WOMAN DRIVER — Mrs. Ruth P. Christison holds the first of the $5 bills The Times is awarding to careful drivers. In |5 years at the wheel, Mrs. Christison never had an accident and never received a traffic ticket.
10 Other Drivers
Lose Out in Hunt By ART WRIGHT A housewife and an 18-year-old Wabash College student were $5 richer today because they were observed driving their cars carefully in city traffic. First recipients of the crisp, new $5 bills in The Times campaign to rid Indianapolis streets of reckless drivers were Mrs. Ruth P. Christison, 3045 Carson Ave. and Nicholas Longsworth, of 1255 Golden Hill Dr, a Wabash sophomore. \ The initial hunt for careful drivers wasn't easy. At least 10| other drivers almost won $5, awards, but they violated the] rules of courtesy and traffic regulations after attracting the attention of The Times observers with their caution. - { Act BR on oa ce safetrailing the Set W. C. Herkless, of the city
partment’s safety educa gh) p. Timea photogthe A Tapher 254 began from City Hall where Mayor Al Feeney officially sent the car on its way. “Itisa mighty fine way to encourage citizens to drive their cars more safely,” the mayor said of The Times’ search for careful motorts. » After the police safety car had trailed a half dozen cars only to eliminate the drivers because of violations, the hunt centered on rs. Christison. Me observed all traffic lights, drove in the proper traffic lanes ‘and was courteous to pedestrians. Attracts Attention eld | Sto near Victory eld, Mrs. DP said she had been a driver 15 years, never had an accident and never received a traffic ticket. i : Riding with Mrs. Christison was her father-in-law, R. L. Christisont, of Henderson, a vacation visitor. They were en route to Victory Field to buy tickets for tonight's exhibition| § game between the Indians and) ! the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mr. Longworth attracted the attention of the safety car when he used hand signals in turning
OFF — Nicholas Longsworth, 18-year-old Wabash Sophomore, proved to observers in The Times" search for careful drivers that youth is
COURTESY PAYS
not always ‘reckless. He won $5 for driving’ his
Model "'T" with caution.
fcontending that personnel in the!
~ troller, $6000 and the purchasing
. |does require the proper laws and
Air Pollution Showdown :
ely Democrats’
Hint Resignations On Feeney Budget By LOUIS ARMSTRONG A showdown in the city’s air| pollution organization is sched-| uled this afternoon when the, board of air pollution receives Mayor Al Feeney's “economized”| budget proposal for the coming, Smoke abatement workers) have indicated a reduction in| their salaries would force a mass! resignation. ! The Mayor, however, has indi-| cated determination to reduce the, department’s operating expenses,
department are “overpaid” for|
results they obtain. { Hits Wolf's Salary | It is reported he is asking a 25 per:cent reduction in the salary of Robert L. Wolf, combustion engineer, who now makes a year. He asks a 10 per| cent reduction in the $3000 a year| salaries of smoke inspectors. | Mayor Feeney said he considers Mr. Wolf's salary “too high when considered in relation to; other department heads such as| the corporation counsel who receives $6000; the city engineer who receives $7000; city con-
agent and street commissioner, who receive $5100 each. The Mayor also pointed out that building inspectors and food inspectors of the city receive only $2400 a year, compared to the smoke inspectors’ $3000. Dissatisfied With Results Mayor Feeney justified - his| budget-cut stand by voicing his| dissatisfaction in results obtained by the combustion engineer's department since the Mayor took office Jan 1. “All the major problems] they've had they've brought to] me for my help,” he declared. { The combustion engineer has
» ~ » * long contended his office has we Hoosier S Lament hampered by ‘an “unworkable” |
smoke ordinance and by un-|
HUDDLE—Hoosier Democrats go into a huddle at their Philadelphia headquarters. Left to right they are Frank McHale, national committeeman, Indianapolis; former Gov. Henry F. Schricker, the party's 1948 candidate for re-election; Ira L. Hayate, state chairman, Indianapolis, and Samuel Jackson, Ft. Wayne, former . 9. Senator.
ae: Philadelphia Calling—
‘We're Going Over Niagara
Douglas Declines 2d
Spot
Barkley Held Gool to Boom As Substitute
James Roosevelt
Swings to Truman
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent
CONVENTION HALL,
PHILADELPHIA, July 12— Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas today threw the Democratic vice presidential race open by taking himself
out of the “definitely and finally.” Mr. Douglas withdrew despite
running
urging by President Truman--whose own nomination is in the bag—that he join the ticket which will oppose the GOP's DeweyWarren team in November.
Mr. Douglas’ decision not to be “available for any public office”
was announced by the Justice himself in Portland, Qre., and by democratic headquarters here as
the party opened its 30th national
convention with preliminary
speeckmaking. Left in Confusion It left the party leadership in considerable confusion. Shortly after Mr. Douglas took himself out, most of the hotel corridor and convention hall floor talk was of Sen. Alben W, Barkley of Kentucky for the No. 2 spot. But a report from Washington indicated Mr. Truman was not overly eager to settle on Mr. Barkley. He was said to feel it would not be the best politics to
willingness of the courts to hand 4 down “stiff” fines for violations) d g § SM of anti-smoke regulations. Study Proposed Drafts McNutt Opens War On Convention Gloom
“We can give the city as much| . By DANIEL M. KIDNEY pit AREER re — I
And Don't Have a Barrel
Democratic Convention Is No Carnival; No Music—No Marching—No Hope
By the Convention Staff of the Seripps-Bowdrd Newspapers,
smoke control as it wants but it
co-operation from other agencies,”
posed ordinances on air pollution|marred the opening of the Demoare in the city legal department. cratic National Convention here One was drawn up by Mr. Wolf today, the Indiana delegation deand a committee of the air pol-|cided to try and pump some pep lution board. The other is the|into the proceedings. proposal of the Chamber of Com-| At a breakfast meeting they elected former Gov. Henry F.
ing, no suspense, no hope. Modest gift kits from the Missouri delegation; heroic efforts by the women's branch of the Democratic National Committee to keep
women delegates amused. But ¥ Democrats show marked ten- cheer one another talking about
erce. | one ordinance, prob a b 1 y|Schricker delegation chairman i fl
£: soon.
dency to gather in small groups| sm ho ormed out of the two, is expected/and rallied behing him with the and gripe. " Yasbe Eisenhower in four to be submitted to City Council|battle cry that “we Democrats] «ya This x will carry Indiana in the fall.” We're going over Niagara Kelly Js Lhe att Jormer Mayet Falls and we know it,” said one cag ,
To avoid any show of conflict, all depends on the Vice President
City hall observers speculated Committeeman Frank national committeeman. There's! poy pick.”
today over what would happen if National
Mayor Feeney's budget is adopted | McHale, who presided, stepped out nothing we can do, Haven't even and air pollution personnel re-ias chairman and turned the meet-/got a barrel.” ore th jaa" what' they." say signs. | PoC. ing over to the former governor| Republicans licked their lips" quio: “Truman hasn't a chance
who is running again. {and talked about next November! Mr. McHale had been slated next January. Democrats try to! (Continued on instituted his own “Hatch Act” for the "chairmanship but he in remem ——r—" - and has hired no political precinct yielded to Mr. Schricker when,
rR ® rower or pesos monte on fe ceri nominees suns Record Hog, Beef Prices ® Seen Here Within Week
He has warned he!y, Stevenson, Danville, Housewives’ Pocketbooks to Feel Impact
would discharge anyone who ap- Accepted by Acclaim peared at a voting poll in a work-| The remainder of the slate was Of Broad Demand, Short Supply Possibility of record-breaking prices on hogs and cattle during
His Own ‘Hatch Act’ When Mr. Wolf took office he|
litical party.
ing capacity. also accepted by acclaim. They Mr, Wolf said personnel for his|g office were selected with the help of a committee of Indianapolis technical societies. A mass resignation of the entire office staff would, observers feel, leave it open for Mayor Feeney to fill on a patronage basis.
re: John Hurt, Martinsville, secretary; Owen Voight, Jeffersonville, credentials committeeman; William Hillenbrand, Batesville, rules and order, of business; Judge J. Elmer Peak, South Bend, permanent’ organization; Mr. Samuel O., Jackson, Ft.
livestock marts and in wholesale channels.
One packinghouse official said buyers look for a $40 steer market and hog prices over the $31 record at Indianapolis Stockyards
in the next week.
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left from W. Ohio St. onto N. Illinois in his Model “T* Ford. “You don't. always find the young drivers being so cautious,
observed Sgt. Herkless, ‘“Let's| follow that young man . . . We need more young people to drive!
like him.” y Beams at Award Halted on N. Illinois St. the Wabash student voiced his con-| cern with “Gosh, I didn’t do any-|
HUNTS CAREFUL DRI
is officially sent on his way
Al Feeney (right) in The Times search for Indianapolis’ careful drivers. Mayor Feeney lauded The Times’ help in showing motorists it "pays to be careful.”
thing wrong, did I?” | His face beamed when he was) handed one of The Times $5 bills| instead of a police traffic ticket. He has been driving two years] and never had an accident. “That| dent in the fender there,” he, Poifited, “was caused when some-| one hit my car when it was parked. I was on the way now, to have it repaired.” | A man" driving a car with li-
Children 'Swim' in Streets
As Downpour
VERS—Sgt. W. C. Herkless from City Hall by Mayor
Hits Here
{planes roared into a landing at| peNutt declared. “We Hoosier
Wayne, and Mrs. Paul Jameson, Valparaiso, resolutions.
15 Jets Streak For Europe in and left early to attend that
Historic Flight EE ——————| State's caucus.
DOW FIELD, Me, July 12) “Indiana should teach a lesson (UP)—A squadron of jet fighter the rest of the country,” Mr.
tion was former Gov. Paul V. McNutt, who started the backfire against the defeatist attitude. He is an alternate from New York
Dow Field today to clear customs| pemgcrats never ran from a and refuel for the first trans-| font. We have in this fight all Atlantic flight ever made by U. the elements with which to win 8. jet aircraft. | a victory. The first four of the 15 F-80, «1 know you are not with those | Shooting Stars making the flight! who are prophets of disaster and
One of the heaviest downpours this year for Indianapolis was! recorded today when close to one-half inch of rain fell locally in
slightly more than an hour. Paul Miller, weather bureau
“rather local in nature” as it moved in a northeasterly direction.
cense No. 89059 almost became| About one inch of rain has fallen since midnight.
the first recipient of- the safe driver prize’. . . but he lost out when he double parked on the Market St. side of Block's at 914 a m, Drives ‘Too Wide’ The driver of license No. 72231) Was eliminated when he drove wide around traffic east on Maryland St. near Pennsylvania. The Times ‘observers were ready to ask the woman in the car with No. 1809 license to pull over and receive $5 when Bhe overshot the -Shelby St. pedes-| trian crosswalk in stopping for the trafie light at E. Pleasant Si Pkwy., North Drive, at 9:28 Careful drivers stopped by the city police car are to receive $5 in cash and have their pictures taken by The Times photographer. ‘The photos of these
The police department was puzzled when it received a report that children were swimming at 16th and Meridian . Sts. They found the children sitting neckdeep in the water that swirled about the intersection. Rain entered the basement of the American Legion National Headquarters at St. Clair and Meridian St. and a fire depariment pumper had to pump it out to save records stored there. Water Stalls Cars
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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land that his crews are cleaning {them as fast as they can. He asked that the location of clogged sewers be reported to his office in the City Hall. High water was reported at 18th and Montcalm Sts. and at 424 W. Norwood St. as well as
Although no major traffic tieups were reported the police repo that several cars were stalled by the high water at 16th and Senate Ave. Street Commissioner Tony Maio
work as rain deluged the city. Numerous calls
“best” drivers will appear in The Times. : 3 The Times is giving away the ash to aid the war against reckless driving,
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flood i City Hall. | Cleaning Catch Basins Mr. Maio said that there
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along Meridian $f. in low areas. The weather bureau had fore
began landing at 11 a. m. (In-|gefeatism. We belong to the party dianapolis time). They were to with the longest and best record! take off within an hour after re-,r any in the history of our coun-| | fueling.
meteorologist,‘ said that it was |
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try. | Air Force officers said the " “1 fee] gure that Indiana will flight from Selfridge Field, Mich..! gong back to the governorship) 0 Dow Field had taken “just friend, Henry Schricker, who
squadron was bound for Ger-| (Continued on Page 3—Col. 2) many on a routine two-week| erred
lage training flight. The trip has nothing to do with the whisk rot Night Schedule PHILADELPHIA, July
tion in Berlin, they said. 5 oar (UP) — Today’s schedule at the GOOD WEATHER over the pemoeratic national convention: Atlantic caused the Air Force to Night { start the trip two days earlier] (cq) to order at 7:30 p. m. (In-| than planned. A 16th plane had dianapolis Time) by National been scheduled to accompany the|chairman McGrath. |
squadron but it was forced to| geynote address by Sen. Alben
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the day. Two Superforts were to company the fighters across theljona) Committee's Women’s Di-
cast that the flooded areas would| Atlantic to provide emergency aid|yision, and Former Secretary of
be scattered and the weather station at Weir Cook Municipal Air|port reported that no rain had
today said he had an emergency fallen in that area. crew of 46 storm sewer cleaners and five pieces of equipment at
Expect Clearing Skies
| The heavy showers were ex-,
pected to end late this afternoon
on clogged with partly cloudy weather and) sewers which - caused water’ to warm humid temperatures. | streets were received at the|
basins in the citypected to go as high as 90.
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More humid weather is forecast for tomorow with local {showers again in the afternoon are and evening. The mercury is ex-
in case any were forced down
lon the ocean. Labor Frances Perkins.
Committee appointments. Adjourn until 11 a. m. Tuesday.
Democratic News On Inside Pages Diver Breaks Neck
BUFFALO, N. Y., July<d2 (UP)
| Report labor law repeal in- | cluded in platform plank . . . MacGrath raps Con, APE » Pepper available . . Clare Boothe Luce . . . Page 2.
Editorial: “The Philadelphia ! Boomerang,” Page 12.
0., contractor, died of a broken neck after diving into shallow {water at Chautauqua Lake. Mr. Vinquist, vacationing at the lake, dove off a dock into 32 inches of water,
An honor guest of the delega-|PlY has sent prices upward at re quoting prices of USA brand cattle
stock terminals over the country| v the last Tew weeks. : 7 |at B9¢c, compared to béc last week;
large load of 9000 hogs still did|lots up 4 cents at 40c a not satisfy demand and the prices pound, rose to $30.50 per hundredweight. wholesale beef -was up 3 to That price is 25 cents over Fri-|cents a pound at New York, veal
un about two hours.” They said the 12
on the Inside
turn back. It was due. in later in|w Barkley of Kentucky. |“Desert Song” a success under the stars........ Addresses by Mrs. India Ed-| » & =» ® x = aC- wards, executive director of Na-|
~—John Vinquist, 53, a Cleveland,
lowed the 2 to 5 cents market in-
A broad demand and short sup-|.,e54e Local packers today were
1 commercial at 52¢ compared to 9000 Not Enough 48c; utility at 47c, or a 3 cent At Indianapolis today an extra increase, and canners and cutters
Elsewhere in the
pick a running mate from a state as close to his own Missouri as Kentucky. Age was another facjon: the report said. Mr. Barkley is 70. The Kentuckian himself was not enthusiastic about taking the
(Mn Wolt an answer PHILADELPHIA, July 12—This one's no carnival. iL ayor’s criticism. , . ! } Wein des ; At the present time two pro-|Crying the “defeatism” which Yes, there's a donkey over the Bellevue-Stratford entrance. And/some urging by Mr. Truman to
flags, crowds, campaign buttons. ‘But thers no music, no march. Periusde him to do it.
The first session of the cone vention adjourned at 1:08 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). Earlier James Roosevelt and 48 other California A delegates to the Democratic National Convention said they would vote for the nomination of President Truman at this time. 5 The action apparently marked the end of any organized resist ance in the California delegation to Mr. Truman's nomination. Thirteen delegates dicating they had’ {up their niinds. | California has 54 convention votes divided among 62 delegates. Delegation officials said later that broken down on the basis of convention votes, the California group's action would mean 42 favored President Truman with 12 undecided. Mr. Roosevelt, ane of the orig-
nv { made
Eisenhower, had been the spearhead of the anti-Truman sentiment in the delegation, however, and his swing to Mr; Truman in-
the next six weeks was seen here today as prices shot upward indicated Califordia would vote
overwhelmingly for president on the convention floor. Angrily Divided The roll call vote taken at, a Jorning caucus was not bindng. The Democrats opened their national convention angrily di« vided over Negro rights and the selection of a vice presidential candidate, President Truman's nomination
country
day's bidding and just 50 cents|3 to 5 cents, spring lam short of the record established mutton 5 to 8 prug and band last December. to 5 cents.
The wholesale meat market, At leading Eastern markets,
ket upward today. The higher
prices will soon be felt in the] Hogs were 25 to 50 cents highhousewives’ grocery bills. Jer at the big’ Chicago tiny
{was following the livestock mar- | hog prices rose about 50 cents a |
hundred pounds in early trading.
Beef Follows Trend
Pork cuts rose in varied 42 ATTEND REUN amounts, depending on the cut of DE ox meat.
now is assured, but there will be [some token opposition. | It is provided so far by Sen. {Claude Pepper of Florida, who jcannot even expect support of a majority of his own state delegation. | But Mr. Truman has his troubles here. Some of the labor bolters still are balking at his nomination. Jack Kroll, director of the CIO Political Action Committee, said
State Service Loins have risen. cents] DANVILLE, July 12—The 15th M8 powerful organization might
in the past week; Boston buttsiannual Costelow-Wallace family, Just sit on its hands” in this
4 cents, hams 2 cents and bacon cents. So far lard has remained the same. The beef increases mostly fol-
Another reunion is scheduled on the same date next year.
Seek “Peaceful” ouster of Springer as GOP state chairman .......v0eessevsnsasssssscinonseds Page 8 . ~ . = » .
Tribe -in stride again for game with Pirates . . . other sports . . » ~ » »
Speeders, beware! . . . a magic eye awaits you . . .
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ves 12 5 Side Glances. 12 tice William O.
{ svuse3,9 candidate for vice president
{reunion was held here yesterday election campaign. with 42 persons attending. . 2 8
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DECLINES — Associate Jus-
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on the Democratic ficket.
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inal boosters of Gen. Dwight D.
Douglas today
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