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I S. Altorney Overvhelming
Choice of Lawyers; Steckler 3d ‘By ROBERT BLOEM
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Indianapolis Times U. 8. Attorney B. Howard Gaughan Is the over: ‘whelming choice of Hoosier lawyers for Feder] District
Editorial, Page 28; Democratic Politics, Page 2.
swamped his nearest competitor by more than two and a
half to one.
‘Second choice of the attorneys was former Appellate Court Judge A. J. Stevenson of Danville. . Even before the results were tabulated, however, Dem-
ocratie National Committee: man Frank McHale told The Times the job would go to
. youthful Public Counselor Wil-
liam KE. Steckler. Steckier placed third in the tion of more than 1000 lawyers who voted, with fewer than onethird as many votes as Mr. Caughran received. Giving three points for each first choice expressed, two points for each second choice, and one point for each third choice,
Mr.
here were the standings of the
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leaders: Mr. Caughran, 1868 points, Judge Stevemsom, 711 points, Mr, Steckler, 672 points.
381 points,
Paul Schnaaitter of Madison, 195 points, Joseph Wood, former Dean of the Indiana Law School, 139 points, The Times mailed straw vote
press his first, second and third choice,
In Bowling Alley, Gets $1
Names of 102 lawyers were! written; on the ballots received. Of the write-in. selections, how- | ever, only Mr. Wood received more than a handful of votes. Here are some other results of the. tahulation:. Mr. Caughran was pamed as first choice on 411 ballots. This| was more first choice votes than) were cast for the next four candldates. It was more than three timer the number of firsts cast for Mr. Steckler, First Choice Standings Taken only In terms of the num-| ber-of first choices expressed; the, order of the standings changed somewhat. Mr. Caughan was still first, Mr. Steckler second with 123,! Judge Eby third with 112, Judge Stevenson fourth with 78 and Mr. Parr fifth with 76, In terms of the! number of first choice votes cast] the remaining standings were the same as with the point method of counting. In terms of the number of votes cast for each regardless of whether it was first, second or
{ Charles Bumb, 30,
B. Howard Caughean . . lowyors’ choca.
Results of U. S. Judge Poll
Hers are the tabulated results for the nine principal candidates in The Times Straw Vote on the appointment for Federal Judge of the Southern Indiana District.
First Second Third : Choice Choice Choice B. Howard Caughran .......... $11 2590 17 A. J. Stevenson “sss NRRI tbr 78 : 158 161 William E. Steckler ceovscsseres 123 108 91 DAEDY o..oorsssinsninsssnse 12 80 88 Jr. srensssssane ane 7 18 3 A 55 m ov. Sa oo. +51 TR + Beal Shesennsassasansasss Ob 60 62 aR ER sas saan 24 ; 3 $ 45 NOOd ..cvovvnsssenssees 31 18 10
Bandit Terrorizes Score
Two Men Use Sawed-off Shotguns. To Rob Filling Station Manager of $57
Masked bandits grabbed $177 in holdups of a North Side bowling early U. 8. recognition of the! alley and an East Side gas station during a 30-minute period last C
| pight. ro A two-gun bandit burst into Uptown Recreation, Inc. fired a | { shot which passed through a customer's coat, terrorized 20 bowlers lana slugged the proprietor with a pistol, He escaped with $120. At Bumb Shell Service Station, 19901 EK, New York St. two men’ (Mrs... Ethel Maher, handed over | armea with sawed-off shotguns the money. {obtained $57 from- the manager, The nervous bandit dropped the bills on the floor, stooped to reBiow Cuts Gash Herman Maher, 61, proprietor stairs. of the bowling alley at 4169 Col-| Mrs. Maher followed and threw
In’ ard Case
Am ns ards Deanars 20 pan they believe the USSR .
trieve them, then bolted down the!
Craig Calls on U. S. “Yo ‘Serve Notice’
On Communist China The American Legion demanded last night that the United States threaten to send “armed forces” to rescue Consul General Angus Ward and his party. Legion National Commander George N. Craig of Brazil, Ind, urged that the government serve
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forces would be dispatched unless Chinese Reds released them -unharmed at “an early specified date”
notice that American armed
Aunt Accused
Ald Division officials said was
The Legion head said the United States always has used “the persuasion of force” when/
necessary. The time for using
such persuasion in the Ward case, he said, “has long since passed.” Mr. Craig's statement, made fn ‘behalf of the Legion, said U. 8. futility in the “Ward case is bound to make the wotld believe this country is afraid to a warning to the administration, he added:
“The 3 million men and women
{of the American Legion are in| §
no - mood to accept that indict~ Has No Comment
act. And in what apparently was| -
State nt spokesman Michael J. McDermott said the department had no comment to! make on the Legion demand for! a show of force. Mr. Ward and four members of his consulate staff at Mukden were arrested by the Communists Oct. 24 on what this country regards as a trumped up charge
communicado since. The
even. considering use of military force to rescue the men. A more |
likely immediate course; it was
power in the Mukden affair.) Meanwhile, Secretary of State Dean Acheson has said the Ward] arrest blocked any chance of|
hinese Communists, President {Truman this week called the Muk-! den incident an outrage. In a document headed “Legio Statement,” Mr. Craig said od recognition of the Chinese v5
m———— | munist regime would be “an even
[greater moral and economic blunfder” than the Tecgmition of .8Bo-; f viet Russia in 1933 { “It is a tradition as old as ae country to use thc persuasion of! force when necessary to protect] the rights and lives of American!
lege Ave., suffered a gash above ® bottle at the man. It crashed! citizens abroad,” the Legion state-
the temple. He was taken to St. through the door. . Vincent's Hospital, but was not Face Was Covered believed seriously hurt. s t
{the masked gunman entered. He over his face.
ment sald. “The ‘necessary’ stage {of the incident Involving Co
since passed. Prestige At Stake
“In the interest of the safety!
fired a random shot which passed Manager Bumb was alone when of all our people outside the con-
through Mr. Peck's coat.
alleys. They said the gunman!
waved an automatic pistol in each give us the money.’ and.
Mr. Bumb said the
ltoreed him to open the
ithe two robbef's entered at closing tinental limits and to salvage
Bowlers scattered back into the tiie. He said they commanded: some. portion of our dearly-won, “Keep your hands down and prestige abroad.
the American Legion calls upon the govern-
gunmen | nant to serve notice on Commun-
cash Mr. Maher came from the back drawer, then counted.the m ist leaders in China that Consul
room when he heard the shot. He as he watched. was slugged when he refused to.
third choice, Mr. Caughran again/open the cash register. ‘His wife, $57, let's go.”
led the field by a wide margin. Al
total of 787 votes were cast for him. Judge Stevenson was named on 397 ballots, Mr. Steckler on 320,
Mr, Parr on 297, Judge Eby on
, 280. Again the standings below]
this point were unaffected by the,
° different method of counting.
Only four of the leading wea]
"dates were listed more frequently
‘celved only 3225 pointy as com-
- ported on fire eaglier today and
as first choice than as second or| third. . They were Mr. Caughran, Judge Eby, Mr. Steckler and Mr. Wood
On’ y Mr, Caughran of all the leading candidates received more than half of his total number of votes In the first choice bracket. Mr, Caughran's total point vote was well over half the highest number of points possible for the number of ballots returned. Had
ed first on aot ‘he have re-
pared with the actual vots Mr, Caughran of 1868.
Freighter's Distress Calls Prove to Be a Hoax
MIAMI, Fla. Nov. 19 (UP) The’ Coast Guard tonight said that the Norwegian freighter Kirstein B which had been re-!
abandoned by its crew oft Cuba actually is in port at New Orleans. Coast Guard
On Inside Pages
: ; Section 1 ‘Rugged Democratic battle looms in Senate. Butler co-eds try their hand at editing. .......:. (General news and features, Pages 214) Section 2 | It's Family Frolic time at Shortridge . . . pictures and story. ...Counter-Spy by Louise Fletcher.
Editorials, cartoon, Dan Kidney's “Dear Boss,” . | world Report, Washington Calling, State Politics by Robert Bloem, Our Fair City. ........... “The Week in Business,” by Harold Hartley, Livingston's column. ......conuiinsiayiais (Inside Indianapolis, fala, mseien, : stage sawn 2 Pages 20-40) Section 4 Inside Sports from the Press Box, diagrammed
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The bandits said, “Well, we got
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Oney General Ward and his associates
must be released unharmed by an early specified date, or armed | forces will be dispatched to obtain their release.”
After a full month of diplomat-
that they beat a Chinese citizen. They have béen held virtually in-| Com-| munists have ignored U. 8, pro-| | tests, E
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- Community Fund |€ Goes Over Top
Exceeds 1950 Goal | By $103.16 Margin
The Community Fund drive]
iyesterday topped its 1950 goal] {of $1,280,000 by $103.16. W. E. (Bill) Kuhn, campaign]
He was described as 25 to 27/0¢neral Angus Ward has 1ongichairman, said the goal was ex- of California.
Bill Peck, 22, of 3966 Ruckle St.,| years old and wearing an Eisenwas standing at the counter when hower jacket and a blue bandana
{ceeded for the first time .in fours 7.7 tie with Michigan to share. PANAMA CITY, Panama, Nov.
lyears. The total "may be boosted! higher in succeeding weeks as
teams in most divisions seek further pledges. Mr. Kuhn offered his “deepest: thanks” to everyone who made the campaign a success. ‘Clock Stopped’ Originally slated to close Oct. the campaign was continued “stopping the clock” to give!
24, by
[time to complete solicitations. Totals for the divisions yester-|
Girl Polio Victim to Beg
Crippled Child Placéd at Store Door;
coins on a downtown street, was unfolded last night. The crippled, motheriess girl was placed near the door of Sears, Roebuck & Co. during Friday night's rain and yesterday + afternoon. A tin cup was attached to her wheel chair.
Baki oo di:
Bucks Eye Bowl
of Forcing
forced by an aunt to beg for
JAD officials said the aunt, |airmen,
Miss Zoda Land, 20. of 830 N. East St, and Jack Laydon, 28, of 114 E. St. Clair St.. collected the coins and pocketed them. Above the child's head was a crude sign, reading: “Help me get my legs fixed.”
* - » THE CHILD'S father and | grandmother were at home. Both told officials they knew the girl was being taken downtown byt were unaware of the | begging. | A Sears store detective said he saw the couple empty the cup three times during a 30-min-ute period. He and passersby complained to the JAD. a investigation, JAD officials arrested the couple on a charge of child abuse. They said ' stood in the store doorway while the girl solicited money. | She was clad in a brown coat | and long brown stockings. Her legs were tucked under her
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The child was returned to her father and the collections turned over to him.
. =» . } THE FATHER told officials wife deserted the family
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other children, ages 9, 6 and 2. | The child is cared for by her | ther while the father |
was
pio + Both legs and her left Bou ont and she has a defect.
speech The father said his daughter Shént one year in Riley Hospi
At city fail the aunt and her companion appeared unconcerned by the charges and refused sed comment.
iwo years ago. It includes three 4,
After 3 He: at Sec, Couple Fook Money From Cup, Police Told To oO Weak, Tired to To
THE STORY of a T-year-old polio victim, whom Juvenile
Two Believed Decd in
Of Big Craft; Success Crowns Wide Search - HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 19 (UP)—Eighteen U rescued three days after their B-20 was ditched the Atlantic, today were being rushed |abogrd a Canadian destroyer under full
stantly by a car last night as he crossed the street near his home.
apparently stepped into the path of the car as he walked toward
'Oaken Bucket the Hiwa Grille, 5672 W. Wash-
Stays at Purdue,
ington St. The driver of the car, Everett Wilson, 40, of 5137 Wayne Ave,
told deputies he did not see Mr. FOUurbeRuX. ¢
He was not held. ©
THAT-‘SPLASH you heard was the Purdue Boilermakers drop-| ping: the Old Oaken Bucket back| {down their own well. They hung! orifo it with a 14-6 victory over Indiana. Things were looking “rosy” for| Ohio State and the Golden Bears — Ohio State gained
the Western Conference cham{plonship:. California sealed its Rose Bowl bid by trouncing Stanford, 33-14.
LOUISIANA STATE ‘had such’ ,an_ easy time with Southeastern Louisiana College that the coach sent the first string team over to the practice field in the third quarter,
of For complete details on this surrender in good order before p.yeay N. 8, radiped that the . the 11,000 volunteers additional story along with action photos 2 a. m., or that an attack would, .vivors were too weak to talk jof the major grid games, turn to be launched upon the palace under|__. eter 75 hours and 39 minutes
the sports section, beginning on
fe notes to “bandit sources which day were: Special gifts, $193,185. page 41,
do not recognize the rights of |even their own brothers”
| United States “stands ridiculed
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or unwilling to protect its emissaries,” the. Legion said.
own
33; downtown, $68,501.61; town-| industrial, $418,167.26; mercantile, $210.565.79; commercial, 614.57; railroad, utility, $100,994. 59. @
Father Saves Family at Fire That Leaves Them Homeless:
Wind-Blown Blazes
West Newton, poured. hundreds of gallons of water on to the flaming buildings’
Both houses were.the property of Mr, Cartér. Loss was estimated in excess of $5000. "Lead Out Family
| deputies Junch with his wife, June, 22, an|
Mr. Stickles, 35, told sherife's|’
Me side of
Raze 2 Buildings
+ « Katy Atkins’ column. .....,.. iii. 0i0. Page 15 And Car on Farm Near Valley Mills (Women’s mews, society, fashions, homemaking, Flames leaped high in the air near Valley Mills after dusk last , teen talk, gardening, Pages 16-26) night as firemen from nearby communities vainly fought a wind- ; blown fire which destroyed two farm dwellings, Section 3 : The fire, which ard in the two-room frame home of Sharmin hardshi ocal Stickles, R. R. 1, Box 620, on Scott Road swept throug s home Welfare sents ell of Psy Gther | ad and spread to the nearby home of his father-in-law, George Carter. CREB r IIIA NRE rsa ar aes Page 27 Fi fighters from M Hill and
before the walls tumbled in, Mr. Stickies said. Stiff westerly winds fanned the
flames to the four-room Carter
residence. The Carter family was
not at home. Flames spread to Mr. " Stickles’ car and destroyed it in a matter of minutes, he said. Mr. and Mrs. Stickles and their
he had just finished! children stayed last night in the
home of the wife's grandfather,
expectant mother, and their two Alston Clark, 2826 Lyons Ave, children, Sherman Keith, 2, and The children and parents had | Donna, 1, when he discovered the only the clothing on their backs,
fire, « Mr, ‘Stickles, a carpenter by : trade, sald he had no ma 00 whlkad out of the or it aa or
two children who arrived at the scene of the fire to find thele
Mr. and Mrs. ‘Carter and their- .
the ship, $3516.15; public, $63,044.48; WET SNOW PELTS BUFFALO idential guard could not be ex-
"|. BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 19 (UP)
$127,-|—A total of 42 inches of wet former Police Chief Jose Remon Was $4981.81, and snow and rain pelted western New weeks ago. removed the best wea-
York within 17 hours today.
Mr. Curbeaux worked as a steeplejack;
Army Besieges
Panama President World Report, Page 29
19 (UP)—The National Police (army) seized control of the goyernment. in a lightning coup to{night and an ultimatum to sur {render was served on President Daniel FF. Chanis Jr. who Was: barricaded in his palace, reliable; sources said. The ultimatum was said to have! ordered the president and his] guard, which remained loyal, to
the direction of Maj. Saturnino | Flores. Informed sources said the pres-
pected to resist for long, since
pons from the palace.
Sheriff's deputies said the man
to a
). after being in the air for {than nine hours. Lt. Lynch fixed the position at about 385 miles east. of Bermuda. It was in that neighborhood that ariother plane earlier had found boxes,
and other ebeit appa SE >
Hsu by the B29 in eep aloft, Too Weak to Talk : The Halda, under command of Lt. Cmdr. E. T. G. ae
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adrift, ie A message from the vessel she did not have the