Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1950 — Page 3

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County Palmers ™ “oes 3000 Aspiring 00 Jobs In County Race

American Wayers Confident of KO In Bout With County Machine

By IRVING LEIBOWITZ If you could believe the 3000-odd political candidates running

for public office in Marion Count

the May 2 primaries.

Two-thousand four-hundred of them are wrong. With the voting only one week away, every candidate and

brother predicts victory

you look at it—there are odd vacancies. Someone is bound to pointed. - Even the political fac predicting victory.

Glenn Funk's American Way

Republican Committee

only 600-

- voter to indicate his party affilia- |

be disap-

tions are

openly

boasts that it will knock out of

power the Jack Innis

- James

Bradford regular county organ-

ization.

County GOP Confident

The county GOP mach ever, is “very confident.”

ine, how-|

Mr. In-

nis said last week “we should not have too much difficulty in win-

ning.”

Louis Fletcher, former county treasurer now co-ordinating all activities in GOP county headquarters, said “Let the Democrats fight, all we want is peace and

we'll win.”

Although victory predictions

all over some

rang out headquarters,

Democratic key

party

leaders privately expressed fear of Mayor Feeney's rebel City Hall

political party. The mayor, intends down the curtain on

to bring.

a hotly-

waged primary election by step-

“organization this week dio talks blasting “bossism’ in

. Feeney will have difficulty taking

Democrat politics...

ping up his-attacks-on the county

with ra-

Hint ‘Compromise Deal’ = Reports of a last-minute “com-

promise deal”

between Mayor

Feeney and Democratic county leaders are still knocking around. Party politicians believe the county machine will dump Sheriff

Cunningham to appe mayor. Unless it happens in

ase the

the next

two or three days, however, Mr.

back all those nasty things he

said ‘about the “dictatorial rulers’

in his own Democratic Party. Pritchard in Lead The judicial poll taken by the Indianapolis Bar Association last week was a walk-away for the judges running for renomination White-haired Walter Pritchard, judge of Superior Court 4, showed

his usual form, taking

an early

lead and winding up with the

most votes cast for any candi-

date.

The hottest battle came in the former chief investigator, polled| Navy announced today. He is the publicans supported it. Republican race for prosecutor. more yotes than any three can-|last .wartime four-star admiral Edwin Haerle finally defeated didates.

y, all of them will be nominated in

feyés dt the labor boys:

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

|You're Right,

his Frank Fairchild after the lead.

changed hands about 20 times. | The ballots, which asked each

tion, showed the lawyers pre-| ferred the Republican Party by | almost a two-to-one majority.! The ballots indicated 105 lawyers were Republican, 58 were Demo-| cratic and six were independent. Labor Groups Active Labor groups have made up| their slates and are preparing to! deluge the city's working men| and women with cards naming) ‘the best candidates for labor.” The American Federation of Labor has a full slate made up, but refuses to release the list until next week. Indiana's Congress of Industrial Organizations is unable to put| out a slate of candidates because ose windows. Summer's here for of a technicality. la while. State law requires a political The sun poured on the energy party or group to ask candidatesiyesterday and boosted the temto sign “consent” slips before the perature to 75, the warmest this organization is allowed to put thei year. That's not all, its going to candidate on the slate. be warmer today. : Someone at CIO headquarters, yaung love can cruise around slipped up. Consequently, there town in breezy convertibles. Marwill be no CIO list of candidates. ried couples “can work on the Feeney Woos Labor ® lawn. and garden. Junior will be Mayor Feeney, who has flirted Out making like Babe Ruth.

association.

April ‘Summer’ Due to Stick ‘Around a While

PEEL OFF that coat. Open

‘with..all kinds of .groups~to line Others will stroll around and.Capehart -and-William E.-Jenner, uR, support for his City Hall Dem-| Watch “‘summer’ work its particu-

ocratic Good Government Com-/lar brand of magic. mittee last week made goo-goo,. oo. 8%. 8 TTT BUT NOT Andy Willianes: : Mr. Willams, 347 W. 24th St. got his fill of the sun yesterday. He was the city's first sunstroke victim of the year. “ : The weatherman, however, put ey Domonraiic Josten 2h tentative damver on festivities. i Y|If you go out after the sun goes oratory can sway the labor vote qown carry an umbrella, it might into the City Hall camp? {shower tonight. As a consolation, The sheriff's race in both however, the prophet says they parties remains the hottest con- will be short and scattered. test of the primary. Over the state it will be partly Republicans are “saving all cloudy and “warmer with a few their political ammunition against Scattered showers. Temperatures Sheriff Cunningham until after|in the north will range from 45 the primary. : ; Ito 75 and in the south from 55 to| €ounty machine ward and pre- 50: Se

cinct workers are amazed at the/ spa KINKAID TO RETIRE strength shown by the- lesser NEw YORK, Apr. 22 (UP)— known candidates for sheriff in|aqmiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, who | both parties. |commanded naval forces in| In a strictly county organiza-|\world War II which struck the tion ward vote last week, Charles|first and last blows at Japanese, G. Burkett, Prosecutor Dailey’s| sea power, will retire Apr. 30, the!

He entertained a delegation of local labor leaders in his office but declined to say what the outcome was.

still on active duty.

They Are Talking Politics

attacks.

{for the benefit

{

Mayor David Lawrence, Pittsburgh, talks politics with Russell: Wise, Union City, and Gov. t | Schricker (left to right) at the annual meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association in the able to give only 60 to 75 per cent

Pittsburgh Mayor Blasts Republicans as Red Dupes

Mayor David IL. Lawrence of Pittsbuigh last night chdrged “Republicans of the extreme right are the real dupes of the Communists.” | f He spoke before Democrat editors and party leaders gathered in the Riley Room of the Claypool hotel for the windup banquet of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association's annual meeting. “If these Republicans are returned to power,” Mayor Lawrence told the Hoosier Democra‘s { “they will make more Commu{nists in a’ session of Congress ian fe SANercRp f-ommunis the late President Roosevelt, May- ; or Lawrence said: He singled out Indiana's three ¥

top Republicans — Sens. Homer We can look around us at a country which, under Democratic

leadership, is achieving its.greatest national income, turning out its largest national product, mak-

with powder puffs,” Mayor Lawrence said. Praising other administration under Mr. Truman and

policies

and 2d Dist. Congressman Charles Halleck — for blistering

+H Anyone-with a loud -nicuth CAN prove: its standard of living be a fearless opponent COM- than at any time in history. munism in newspaper headlines, “1f.ever a COUNIY Was matune he said. to the slightest whisper of com“When Taft, Wherry, Jenner munism and a million miles away and Capehart slash at the Mar- from socialism, it. is America shall Plan, who are they helping, today.” the Communists or us?”

Prior to the banquet, editors He charged Mr. Halleck's sup- elected new IL.D.E.A. officers for

port of the Kerr Natural Gas Bill the coming year. Russell Wise to free independent gas operators of Union City was. named presifrom Interstate Commerce Com- dent to succeed Lt. Gov. John mission ~control showed “plain Watkins. z susceptibility to special interest Other officers elected were

George: Schwin Jr. Rockville, vice president; Albert Rumbach, Jasper, secretary, and Virgil Mec-

pleadings.” ; “I cannot understand why else a Senator or Congressman from J& £ Indiana would vote to increase the Clintic, Monticello, treasurer. price of natural gas in Indiana! GOv. Schricker- spoke to the of Texas and editors in an off-the-record sesOklahoma oil men,” he raid. sion at noon. He praised President Truman : i for his veto of the bill despite the George L. Hobbs Jr. fact that Texas and Oklahoma Democrats as well as many ReFuneral services will be held at ! “The President showed he is yj pm Tuesday in The Peoples Inot fighting for the Fair Deal puneral Home, Inc., for George L.

STRAUSS SAYS:

TRADITION WITH A TOUCH OF TOMORROW

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| Hobbs Jr. who was killed in an auto accident yesterday near Crawfordsville. Burial will be in New Crown. Mr. Hobbs died instantly when his car crashed on a curve one {mile east of Crawfordsville on | Rd. 44. ol Se “THe is survived by his parents, | George Hobbs Sr. and Mrs. Ella } Hobbs Creuder. and two brothers, William and John, both of In- | dianapolis.

He was born in Brandon. Miss. 'use torches to cut the others from grancy

and had lived here since 1922.

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Industrial Cut ~ To Relieve Sewage Plant

Treatment Flow To Be Decreased 9 Million Gallons

Relief for the overtaxed:dIndian-

japone So freatment | han reducing taxes. Candidates nam-

lections are visible on the Sanita-

sewage

{tion Board's horizon. Volume

flowing

through the plant for treatment is

expected to drop about nine mil- as Cortese.

“lon gallons with e¢ltmination of service to industrial

users near

the Mars Hill area.

Collections will jump with an- didates-Earl Buchanan, Alva Bax-

Stress Economy, Efficiency

(Continued From Page One) H. Money, Herbert C. Wadsworth, | Donald J. Corriden. | Second in-number of times cited, was favor of consolidation of;

Tinder, Donald W. Cramer, 1

i : { Busby. school units, consolidation of} 5 id townships, elimination of slatel, Dolo: Renate Sandiauts bureaus and other forms ofl... " ne + F.ouse :

Obed T. Kilgore, Judson Haggerty, Carroll M. Dennis, Herbert C. |Wadsworth, Erwin J. Ullery, Don= ald J. €drriden, David Probstein.

streamlining government. This, of! course, is actually an economy stand since in each cdse the proposa’' was aimed at cutting cost

of government and eventually at tionment question was the probe

: . lem of better distribution of stateIng this as a top issue were. collected taxes to big cities and Democrats: House candi- counties. dates Harry T. Latham, Opal L. positive action on this problem Tandy, Earl J, Murphy, Erwin posi P

J. Ullery, Henry O. Erwin. Thém-' pemocrats: Senate candidate

Urgé Reapportionment =~ BL Ss ( oll ,. Republicans: Senate can-J. Lullery, Clarence York, Mar(‘date Frank Borns. House can- shall Talley. Republicans: House candidates

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Candidates for Legislature

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didates Herbert E. Hill, John G+

old J. Bell, Robert L. Johnson, * George 8. Diener, Florence H.° Stone, James F. Durnil, Samuel}

Closely allied with the reappor= .

Taking a stand for .

Ronald F. Faucett. House candi"dates Carroll M. Dennis, Edwin °

nexation to the city system of ter, Kenneth H. Cox, William D. Fern E. Nerris, “Clark W.. Day,

four other areas near the ‘city MacKey, E |limits. For years, board members! Lewis L. Heidt, Thomas Nugent, dil. said today, five areas have been Fern E. Norris, Robert L. John-| connected to the disposal plant 804, ‘for service without paying for it. Ray,

The overloaded plant has been

Claypool Hotél. Mr. Wise, editor of the Union City Times and Gazette, is the new president of the Of The maximum treatment pos-

Firm Is Major User

Reduction of the nine million gallons will follow elimination of an area bounded by Eagle Creek

Tibbs Ave.,, Washington a zone which Bridgeport Brass Co. major user in the southwest location, will be disconnected from the found in the Baltic sea

Holt Rd.

plar

the of

con

1t.

sewage. The

tract for trea

board an offer to continue a wartime down with 10 men aboard.

St. and includes

The firm,

Ser HES atives refused to pay those -issued full (tax rate

for treatment

declined tment

at the

rate of $75 per million gallons,

The 1950 rates for the Sani- Sunday off the Swedish coast. tation Distriét are 26.2 cents per Second. raft $100

partment. last year was about it also was like the-rafts assigned $1,555,000. This cost was borne {0 Privateers. by taxpayers living in areas already ' Expect Resolutions. Monday ‘“Board members started a program to. eliminate free service to g¢fmen in the Baltic Sea had’

of taxable operating the

annexed.

property. sanitation

Cost de-

outlying districts in 1948. Bridgeport Brass officials moved to in-

stall

their own disposal avoid higher rates

system proposed

by the Sanitation Board. Resolutions confirming annexation of four districts is expected by boards members Monday. Ap-

proval week,

was following

held Mar. 13.

Sections awaiting confirmation 34t

given public

earlier this

hearings

are bounded roughly by Pennsyl-

vania Railroad, Troy

Ave. and

Hanna Ave.; Pennsylvania Rail-

road, Arlington Ave. Brookville y

Rd., Whittier Place and Lexing-

ton

Ave.; 54th

St.,

52d St. In-

dianola Ave. and Ralston Ave:

ter Co. Canal,

Northwestern Ave.

Maple Rd. and

Funeral to Be Tuesday Three Die as Car

Hits Utility Pole

HIGHLAND, Apr. Three persons were killed tonight Kramer. when their car skidded out

porteghfrom: Stackholm I day thaw

(UP)— Clark

Addison M Note Highway Problems Diener, James, Highway problems, ranging Holsey C.” Owsley, Ethel from improvement of roads to Krueger, Florence H. Stone, C./elimination of politics in the Titus Everett, Harry R. Ray. Highway department were rated Calling for reapportionment to important by the following: give Marion County more votes Republicans: Senate candidate in the General Assembly were: {Hoyt Moore. House candidates Republicans: House can- Kenneth H. Cox, Kenneth Blackwell, Donald W. Cramer, Robert .. Johnson, Samuel Busby, Thomas E. Black. Democrats: House candidates William F. Noelle, Keith L. An-

George 8.

Navy Identifies Raft Markings

LONDON, Apr. 22—(UP)-The drews, David Probstein. S . oe said today a liferaft! Surprising for low ratings given x Boa ’: : a week Were labor questions, touched ‘on markings identical to! Aa general way by only two to the squadron of Democrats the unarmed Privateer which' the the direct primary for nominating charges the Russians shot State candidates, favored by two from each party. There were several general apThe raft was found by the “°° . 4 British Freighter Beechland last peals for improved - health and I A educational services but nothing + Specific. Only two Democrats and was picked up by > Mb TT RES tw B- to ONE Republican advocated higher a 8 8 BRC. + oe ay for teachers. po > termine whether pa. : be examined to detern Pari-mutuel betting as a means of raising revenue was suggested by Repiiblican-Senate candidate Anthony Montani and Democrat House candidate Carroll ‘M. Denni

ago has

U. 8.

COPENHAGEN, Apr. 22 (UP) The newspaper Politiken re-

a life raft found by Swedish fish- erop0q oo important were cone ¥ sidered so by only one candidate series of symmettrical . holes in each Ihstance. ‘which may indicate gunfire.” A > ¥ There was no indication whether the raft was from the missing

American Privateer plane.

4 In Family Suffer Food Poisoning

Fobd poisoning yesterday sent four members of the Edward Froman family, 725 E. Georgia

Seized as Burglar For 34th Arrest St., to the hospital. Mrs. Bernice = Froman, 21, and her three chil-

Police have marked down. the gren. ‘Audrey Lee, 4, Julia, 3, and h- arrest on the record of Edward Jr. 18 months, became Charles E. Link, 42, of 2740 Win- jj] as did Betty Hodges, 14, Mr. Wfop Ave, 3 Shi |Froman’s stepsister. JAnk, also nown as Shinik| - e nk, was in the County Jail last! Mr. Froman blamed the illness night under $2500 bond, after arraignment before Judge Alex Clark in Municipal Court 4 on a burglary charge, ile waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. Te. Link was arrested at the : " Duennes Grocery, 420 E. 22d St 8 Latvian DP $

early yesterday by Sgt. Edward Near New York

and Patrolman George The officers said they| Eight Latvian displaced per-

y. All but Audrey Lee were released after treatment at Gen. eral Hospital. Mr. Froman had eaten none of the salad. ‘

of/saw Link burglarizing the store sons, including three families, are

control at high speed, struck a/when they swept their spotlight scheduled for Indianapolis homes utilities pole and turned over. The dead were Mrs. Elizabeth/bar, a hammer, pliers and gloves, tomorrow in New York.

Martin,

25, Gary;

Steve Sescik,

26, New Chicago, the driver; and

Jerry. Deganais. 50... Liverpool.

Police said the car was traveling “at least 70 miles per hour"

when

Mr. the

the

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rom WwWris

of jet buttons. THE COAT that's on the go— over everything— 3, noon and night. WOOL SUEDE in white pink and coral, A wonderful lot of value—

COATS—THIRD FLOOR

it careened

into the pole.

Sescik was thrown clear of

wreckage but

torn auto, ~

police had to

over the building. He had a crow- after the USNS Gen. McRae docks

the police said. Sponsored by the National Lue Link's record runs back to 1924, (theran Council, they are: Mr. and

taking in Pendleton and sentenced Juris, bound for 3306 Park Ave.; to a term of three to five years in Vera and -Ausma: Millers, R. R. 186, Pendleton Reformatory. Since Box 636; Elze Abelitis, R. R. 16, then he has been arrested on a Box 631, and Mf, and Mrs. Karlis number of charges including va- Petrivs, R. R. 1, Box 294. Eleven assault and battery with others alsd are bound for Hoo intent to rape and grand larceny. sier cities.

TRADITION WITH A TOUCH OF TOMORROW!

All

when he was.convicted.of vehicle Mrs... Janis. Asars,-and--daughter,:

Dowling,|Jean C. Kimmel, James F. Dur- .

and one Republican;

# Joa TR SE AMIN Te Two dozen. or “hore other issues

on potato salad purchased yestere _

Vale a