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President Puts Prices on Agenda

Democrats Go Home

After Nominations

By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, President Truman accepted the Democratic presidential nomina-|

tion in the small hours of on

and formally | culled

26, to make Sood on Reptblican campal mises. a Ther W. Barkley of Kentucky at the same time accepted the vice presidential nomination. The Democratic Najonal Convention then adjourned at 1:31 a. m,, Indianapolis time. The President put price and housing legislation at the top of his emergency list for congressional attention. But he laid out an eight-point program which he said the Republican Congress could enact in 15 days if it would. \ Rep. Jesse Wolcott (R. Mich.) said in Washington that “the call is obviously a political moveé on the President's part, and I think it will be so treated by Congress.” Mr. Wolcott, Republican chairman of the House Banking Committee, said he doubted “anything constructive can come out of a special session.” Mr, Truman blamed Mr, Wol; cott’s committee for not acting on a slum clearance and cheap housing bill. | Mr. Truman and Sen. Barkley made a joint appearance before weary delegates and spectators Nj shortly before 1 a. m. The Presjdent had just been nominated in a bitter but lop-sided contest with Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia, the state’s rights candidate of the unhappy South. Mr, Barkley was named by acclamation after other vice presidential candidates withdrew. Mr. Truman told the cheering delegates he would ask Congress I to enact:

! ONE: Laws to halt rising I Prices. { TWO: Housing - legislation.

(Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill.) THREE: Aid to education. FOUR: National health program,

FIVE: Civil rights legislation. SIX: Increased minimum wage.

SEVEN: Extension of social{south central

security, EIGHT: Public power

July 15—|

back into session; efféctive July]

and

The Indianapolis Times

FORECAST: Cloudy, showers or thunderstorms in south-central counties tonight and in all central counties tomorrow.

PENS 50th YEAR— NUMBER 108

Truman’s Call To Congress Challenges GOP on Housing

Acme Teléphoto.

VICTORY SMILES — President Truman, Mrs. Truman and their daughter Margaret, flanked by Sen. Alben W. Barkley, right, and his daughter, Mrs. Max Truitt, left, smile from the platform of the Democratic National ‘Convention in the climactic event of the party's big conclave.

Philadelphia Calling—

McNutt Polls 2 Vote

" By the Convention Staff of th better about the whole thing. usyal family quarrel got under they have a chance.

ing around and finally delegates, began feeling sorry for him. Con-’ vention mismanagement was outstanding feature—and the President was goat. Old underdog psychology began to work. And, anyway, there was no direction morale could go but up. Now they've cooled off, Democrats realize Truman “inefficiency” got the man in the White House most of what he wanted) out of this convention, just as surely as Dewey “efficiency” did three weeks earlier. Truman got the nomination; got a vice president who strengthened the ticket, just as Dewey did; got a strong plank on his most ticklish issue, civil rights, just as Dewey triumphed on foreign policy. And it was an open convention; plenty of chance to get gripes out of the system. Southern walkout doesn’t seem to threaten any more permanent damage than bitterness built up among Republican losers. Just to prove you never can tell in politics: It was the men who wanted to dump Truman who put over his strong civil rights plank

when the roll was called. » " »

Talk of lke Again

EISENHOWER may get some electoral votes ‘after all. (This will please the mess sergeant with the voice.) Southern bolters may cast them. They won’t vote for Tru-

They even feel better about: Pruman. He took a brutal | ry

Democrats Feeling Better After Truman Shows Spunk

for Nomination

But He Doesn't Trouble Even to Bow

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PHILADELPHIA, July 15—Believe it or not, Democrats feel

They were licked and bedraggled when they got here. When way, it cleared the air. ocrats are leaving with their fightin

Now Demg blood up. They've decided A

To Pick Candidate

Predict Dewey Will Break Solid South

By BROOKS SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, July 15— Rebel Southern Democrats, angered over the “triumph of President Truman and his civil

‘rights program, predicted today

that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey would break the Solid South in

November.

The chairman of the Florida delegation, Frank D. Upchurch Jr., even went so far as to say that Mr, Truman might not carry a single state In the entire country. And a Louisiana delegate, Hugh Wilkinson, said’the Democratic Party was wrecked and headed for crushing defeat. In the reorganization to follow, he said, the South would get a proper voice in party affairs. Other southern leaders predicted the party was in for the worst licking since 1928. To Select Candidate Gov. Beauford Jester of Texas, said “the only thing to keep the Republicans from carrying Texas is they do not have a strong candidate” in Gov. Dewey. But he acknowledged that Mr. Dewey

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Central Indiana Showers Predicted

Scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight were forecast for Indiana by the Weather Bureau. The rains are expected to cover all counties in the central part

cheap electricity projects.

Mr. Truman's aggressive speech and his challenge to the Repub-

{of the state by tomorrow.

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store house of party enthusiasm. weary delegates whooped and olis today. shouted and cried: “Harry, lay it The man from Missouri stay in the low 80's today and| Stood smiling before them, speakIng from notes in his new off-the-

From the rows of seats assigned to Mississippi there were neither cheers for the President nor responses when that state's name was called from time to ‘Mississippi

Half the 26 delegates from Alaama had left the convention

They bolted when the convenrejected the compromise! rights platform plank so carefully ‘written by the ResoluCommittee and substituted & plank calling for congressional action to stop lynching, end the segregation and to

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Amusements . 4 Editorials ...18 Movies | Ernest Blau.21 Forum ......18/F. C. Othman 17| Sports ..23, 24 Brown was arrested June 26 Bridge ......20 Meta Given ,21 Pattern .....20 Teen Prob. ..20 two patrolmen who accused him [Radio cvivees 3 Weather Map.19 of “intoxication.” Classified 26-30! Inside Indpls.17/Ruark ......17|Women’s ...21/charge and was : | Mrs. Manners 8 Side Glances.18|World Aff. ..18 mediately,

{ness was forecast for IndianapThe mercury was expected to

pleasant sleeping temperatures were . predicted tonight with the thermometer dropping as low as 64 degrees. Thundershowers are scheduled for tomorrow, the weatherman said, with little cllange in temperature,

might get more votes than any GOP candidate since Herbert Hoover carried the state 20 years

ago. Representatives of at least five | Dixie delegations were headed for la states rights conference in Birimingham which was summoned [today by Gov. Fielding M. Wright ‘of Mississippi. { Under this arrangement, Dem|ocratic electors in Alabama and {South Carolina plan’to bolt the (President, sending Mr. Truman linto the campaign for re-election {with the knowledge that he won't {get 19 electoral votes which have {gone to the Democrats since the {Civil War. . { Florida ‘Observer’ { Besides these two, other states {which will be represented at the rebel meeting include Arkansas, Florida and Mississippi. Mr. Upchurch said the Florida group, however, would only be observers. “We want to see what their pro-

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Capehart Scores Call to Congress

‘Ridiculous Action Of Confused Man’

PHILADELPHIA, July 15 (UP) —President Truman's call for a special session of Congress startJuly 26 drew a quick cry of

ing ; “politics” today from angry Republicans.

tally need Republicans “say they are for.” Democratic leaders for the most part agreed with Mr. Truman on the need for a special session. But Republicans took sharp issue. Sees Doubtful Benefit Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, who cancelled vacation plans to return to Washington next week, said it was “the last hysterical gasp of a dying administration.” He added that the Congress would be trying “to work under the aggravating pressures of a political campaign.” Typical Comments:

Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.)—"“Purely a political move, uncalled for and unwarranted at this time. The New Dealers had 14 years with large majorities in | both Houses of Congress in which | to pass the legislation which they {now ask the Republican Congress to pass in 15 days. It is perfectly silly and ridiculous and the action of a very confused and tired gentleman.” SEN. WILLIAM E. JENNER | (R. IND.)—I pledge full co-opera-{tion in the enactment of an allinclusive civil rights program as the first ord er of business in the reconvened session. The President's action in calling Congress back is just as political as it is illadvised. He made the announcement at a political convention in the manner of a bride who was spurned at the altar.” Rep. Forrest A. Harness (R. Ind.) — “A waste of people's money. President Truman fis desperate.” Rep.” John Taber (R. N. Y.), {chairman of the House Approprilations Committee—“Not in the | public interest. There is no legis{lation that we can consider at {this time which will helps Cheap politics.” Rep. John M. Vorys (R. O.)— The same old New Deal stuff—a synthetic emergency warmeadover. Rep. Charles Eaton (R. N. J.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee—"It will be a Donnybrook Fair.” Rep. Frances P. Bolton (R. 0.) —“Truman is putting himself on the spot more than he realizes.” Rep. Robert J. Corbett (R. Pa.) — “A fellow is losing the game, so he decides to throw a forward pass.” . Sen. George Malone (R. Nev.) —“Just a cover-up for the terx are in.”

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In Times Wrong

It was incorrectly stated in yesterday’'s Times that Lt. John Wilder, newly appointed captain of detectives of Anderson police force, had been arrested June 26. The person arrested was Clarence Dick Brown, who resigned as captain of detectives “for the good of the department” and was Wilder.

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Gas Firm Plans Drastic Change In Distribution

Use of ‘Mixture’

By RICHARD LEWIS The most fundamental change in distribution of gas here since ths Citizens Gas & Coke Utility was acquired by the City 13 years {ago was outlined today by Man(ager Thomas E. Kemp. { | He said the utility will serve a {mixture of natural and manufac[tured gas on a permanent basis jas soon as it can get a supply of inaturgl gas. It has applied to the {Federal Power Commission for

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10 million cubic feet of natural gas a day starting in November. | Mr. Kemp said he felt reason-! iably confident the FPC would al-| {locate the natural gas from one|

{of four pipeline companies now|

{serving this region from the Texas gas fields, The natural gas will be mixed | with the artificial product the! utility is now producing at capac-! ity to meet the unprecedented de-| mand of Indianapolis consumers. Not Stop-Gap Measure The ‘introduction of natural gas, he said, is not a stop-gap measure, It will be permanent, he sald, and will eliminate the necessity for, the making of water gas which is now so expensive it is driving up gas rates. | The utility's manager's explanation of the natural gas application which the utility announced yesterday it had filed with the Commission marked a turning point in the history of the municipally-owned plant. It followed assertions by Mayor Feeney that the utility’s move was motivated by the fear that private concerns were ready to ring natural gas to Indianapolis in competition. The Mayor said he understood a private company was knocking at the city gates and that this

utility to justify its monopoly I Marion County if it could not meet demand alone. “Would Be Interested” Mr, Kemp said he finew of no concern trying to sell gas here. “If Mayor Feeney knows of one,” he said, “we would be in« terested. There are only four pipeline companies in this area chase a supply of natural from each of them.” ‘Mr. Kemp said the appeal to the FPC followéd two Years of unsuccessful attempts to purchase natural gas supplies.

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Teen-Age Drinking

Confer With Feeney

{ The teen-canteen City-Wide {Council has named a committee {to investigdte and combat juvenile drinking. Mayor Feeney denies any such problem exists here. Meeting last night, the cbuncil| agreed teen-age drunkenness isn’t serious in Indianapolis, but reported minors are habitues of some bars and taverns throughout the city. Committee members planned to discuss the issue with Mayor Feeney. The Mayor, however, contended juvenile intoxication is virtually non-existent here. “I've been around as much as most pepole, and I haven't seen anything sensational,” he said. Might ‘Get Tough’ Last night teen-canteen councillors: said they had noticed mi{nors occupying barstools in scat{tered neighborhoods. They considered urging barkeeps to “politely” refuse service to young tipplers when they first appear. If they persist or return, it might be advisable to “get tough with them,” they conceded. In juvenile! liquor cases both patrons and tav-| ern owners are subject to fines. | Police Sgt. Forrest Higgs of the Juvenile Aid Division said the trend now is toward more delinquency in youths below teenage. The teen council complimented {Mayor Feeney for his interest in {their activities. On the whole, |they concluded, Indianapolis is {free of vandal gangs and juve!nfle criminals. Seek More Enlistments Most under-age alcohol imbib-| ers don't belong to teen-canteens, said Miss Ethelwyn Arnholter,| teen club supervisor for the City Park Department. Teen-canteen members, she said, hope to enlist more youngsters in their program and thus “direct their energies into constructive channels.” Members of the new committee are Jack Hensley, 1330 W. 30th St.; Betty Long, 1814 Spann Ave.: Marilyn Thomas, 1304 N. Keeling; Leo Welsh, 1017 N. Sherman Drive; David Meador, Beech Grove, and Jerry Eidson, Wayne Township.

UN Guard Killed ~ | | LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. July {15 (UP)—A Norwegian member {of the United Nations staff who | volunteered for guard duty in {Palestine has been killed on Mt, Scopus in Jerusalem, United Nations Secretary General Trygve {Lie disclosed today. The victim, the first United Nations staff {member to die in the conduct of |a peace-keeping mission, was Ole Holge Bakke, 29,

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Truman, Marshall Lead U.S.

Gen. Pershing

Praise Tireless Devotion to Duty And Lifetime of Military Leadership

WASHINGTON, July 15 (UP)—Presidént Truman and Secre-

tary of State George C. Marshal

l--who both served under him in

World War I—led soldiers and civilians today in tribute to Gen.

John J. Pershing.

Mr. Truman was an artillery captain in Gen. Pershing's 1918

American Expeditionary Force.

‘laide for five years just following

the same war, They and others praised his tireless devotion to duty and his lifetime of military leadership. Mr. Truman said the immortal “Black Jack” was a man whose character had “all those soldierly qualities that are essential to a great captain: Brilliant leadership, steadfast courage, tireless energy, unswerving loyalty and contant devotion to duty.” ‘Loyalty to Duty’ “The sorrow-at his passing will not be confined to his own country,” the President said. “Friend and foe alike have publicly paid tribute to his loyalty to duty, his ability to lead and inspire, his wisdom and courage under extreme stress.

“To him his fellow countrymen accord unlimited gratitude and affection for selfless service in behalf of our national ideals. The

[nation - will ever hold him in

grateful remembrance.” Mr. Marshall hailed his old commander as a gallant ‘soldier who “represented to every Amer-

Mr. Marshall was Gen. Pershing’s

{ican officer and man perfection in |soldiering qualities, dynamic lead{ership and American patriotism.” “A great soldier, devoid of political and personal ambitions, he served his country to a greater degree than most of our citizens realize,” Mr. Marshall said. “His influence went far toward shaping the destinies of our armies in the great wars, and we salute him for the last time with pride in his great achievements and with deep appreciation for his vast contribution to the nation, May the people of this country honor his memory by a {careful regard for the principles {for which he stood.” Gen, Omar N. Bradley, Army Chief of Staff, sald “all Americans shall revere the memory of this great commander whose steel

will was the mainspring of our|

{nation's battle effort.” In New York, Gen. Dwight D. | Eisenhower, who like Gen, Persh{Ing led American forces to victory {in Europe, hailed his old com{mander as “a great soldier and patriot . ,

SPCA Challenges Validity Of Puppy Licensing Arrest

The arrest of the owner of an 11-week-old puppy on a charge of failure to have the animal licensed today brought intervention

from the Indiana Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

As the case of Harry Johnson, 1972 N. Keystone Ave., came

to trial in Municipal

Court 4 today, nounced that he had been retained by

Attorney John McNelis an-

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‘Black Jack Held Top Rank InU. S. Armies

Opposed Armistice For Germans in '18 Editorial, Page 18

WASHINGTON, July 15 (UP)—Gen. John J. Per shing, leader of the American Army in World War I, died shortly before dawn today after a long battle against the complicated illness of old age. He was 87. Death came to the nation’s highest ranking soldier at 2:50 a.m, Indianapolis time, in Walter Reed Army Hospital. For a decade he had sat in his hospital

suite and studied the develop ments of another conflict which

' {made the trials of his AEF pale | by comparison. ;

Gen. Pershing will be buried with full military honors Mon« day at Arlington National Cemetery, That was his wish, exe pressed long before his death. Rites at 2 P. M. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. (Indianapolis time), the Army announced. His will lie in state in the rotunda of the National Capitol Sunday and. Monday to allow’ the. public

to. pay its res bis ¢3 : will be permitted to

file past

8 a I netal of tha Armies John J. Pershing, |for in his penthouse suite at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on his 84th birthday in 1944. Gen, Pershing, AEF chief in World War |, outranked all the five star

the SPCA to make a “test Bad

case” of the arrest, to challenge the validity of certain arrests under the city’s dog licensing ordinance. ai Mr. McNelis asked a continuance for time to prepare a brief “attacking the validity of this ordinance and the manner and methods of the Dog Pound men in gathering up dogs.” Judge Clark granted the continuance to next Thursday, and added, “I'!h not surprised. I've been expecting this to come up for some time.” In the brief the SPCA will contend that the licensing ordinance is ambiguous with respect to licensing of puppies. The law reads: “Every person owning, keeping or harboring any animal of the dog kind shall on the first day of January of each year have Judge Clark withheld judgment this red. ...,..» |in the case of nine other perfons The SPCA eontends that ani. charged with failure to have their mals born after Jan. 1 need not animals licensed. He also withbe licensed until the following held judgment in cases of 20 peryear, according to the letter of sons charged with permitting the law. their dogs to run at large. wie 1

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The Johnson case was one of 38 dog pound arrests in court this morning. It was chosen as protested capture of the puppy a test case after the Johnsons and subsequent “mistreatment” in recovering it. Mrs. Helen Johnson, wife of Mr. Johnson, said she attempted to retrieve the dog as the dog wagon picked it up in front of her horge but was told to go to the pound. Assessed $4 Fee Sgt. Payne charged the Johnsons $4, two for a license and $2 impounding fee and A placed Mr. Johnson under arrest

licensed. . b i In the remainder of the cases

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News of his death was announced by the White House. A few moments after President Truman returned from Philadelphia, where he accepted the Democratic Presidential nomination, the chief executive was fn formeC of his old war com mander’s death. According to Mr. Ross, Gen, Pershing’s death was caused by generalized arteriosclerosis, aurieular fibrillation and finally, the immediate cause—a blood clot in the lungs. The famed “Black Jack” of World War. I took a turn for the worse yesterday afternoon. Army doctors worked minute-to-minute to prolong his life. But shortly, before dawn, ‘the indomitable fighter of three decades ago slipped away. Present at his. bedside were his son, Warren Pershing, who was summoned . from New York City yesterday, and his sister, Miss May Pershing. ; The capital, from Mr, Truman on down, mourned the death of the square-jawed man whom millions of American soldiers knew as “Black Jack,” whose military Judgments almost always proved

right. Fifth 5-Star General

Gen. Pershing was the fifth American in history to hold the five-star rank of “General of the Armies.” He outranked such contemporary five-star generals - as Seorge C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and MacArthur. Their title is “general of the Army.” Throughout World War IT and since, Presidents, Secretaries of War, and Army Chiefs of Staff consulted frequently with white-haired and ailing but mentally forceful old man whose 2dvics the Alize of 1918 failed, 0 the a follow, Ereat regret, 0 Gen, Pershing’s 1018 advice was: Do not give the Germans an armistice, force unconditional surrender ' instead, march into Berlin, and show them what it means to be a conquered and occupied nation. His advice rejected, ‘Gen. Pershing predicted World War II. In 1944 he urged again what he urged in World War I. This ime his recommendation was followed. Born of pioneer stock in the frontier town of Laclede, Mo., on Sept. 13, 1860, Gen. Pershing deyore all his adult life to soldierng. After graduating from West Point, he fought Indians in the American West, Spaniards in Cuba, Moro tribesmen in the Philippines, Mexican bandits on the U. S.-Mexican border, and Germans in France. +.

He never #écovered from ff pa idney:) i which r “down on Feb. 23, 1938, at Tueson, Ariz. “For weeks he was near death. Washington d. hold-for-re-lease exp: 18 of | and praise. A futiersl train was sent to Tucson. Fre EN But Gen. : was not

ready to surrender, Three months after his funeral ments were canceled, Black Jack was in ospital

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