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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1952
Stevenson's Punches Outscore Quips
Critics who try to label Adlai Stevenson a “bush league” Bob Hope have been disproved by mechanical science. There's no doubt the Governor's & handy man with a quip. But a scientific “laugh-o-meter,” set up by The Times and radio station WXLW for his Coliseum speech last night, shows the Democratic presidential hopeful gets more crowd ‘response from his “punches” than his “punch lines.” His speech last night was sprinkled with the off-the-cuff quips which have caused some: to nickname him “Ad Lib” Stevenson. And the crowd loved them,
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But the sensitive needle or the volume indicator showed they liked even more the Governor's serious statements—his sincere tribute to Indiana Gov. Schricker and his straight poke at the Governor’s opposition in the Senate race, Sen. Jenner.
showed, drew .the heaviest response in his speech which was interrupted 29 times by applause and 19 times by laughter. Both times the needle went way past the 100 mark, which in the explanation of WXLW engineer Jut Reuter is “saturation,” a point beyond measuring.
By way of comparison, the needle only hit around 60 on his biggest laughs. The meter showed the Governor's heaviest erowd response, aside from a thundering welcome and closing applause, came from his strong statements, his direct attacks. . Highest readings were on these: “My opponent said the other night—and I must say I was surprised that he of all people should say it—that men are known by the company they keep. Well the company I like to keep in Indiana, or anywhere else, is the company of men like my old friend and your old friend, Henry F. Schricker.” (100 plus.) '
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METER-MINDER—Times staff writer Donna Mikels ‘watches
2,000 people laugh at Gov, Ste-
venson's humor during his address.
Adlai Leaves City; Praises Hospitality
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Adlai Stevenson winged away, from Indianapolis this morning after praising Gov. Schricker’s wife, Maude, as “a perfect hostess.” After bidding him farewell, Gov. Schricker disclosed they had “talked a little” about plans for Gov. Stevenson's return to Indi-,
[brought the bare-headed presiden-
“We're going to vote for you.”
tial candidate out to meet them. “You couldn't meet any better girls than these,” Gov. Schricker said by way of introdfiction. The breathless group chorused:
Then they had their pictures taken with the two Governors and went away delighted. | Gov. Stevenson left Indianapo-|
never dare tell a Hoosier how to vote, that you will send Henry Schricker to the United States Senate (applause 60) and not a man who slanders one of our greatest patriots and deprecates in ugly words the gallantry and sacrifice of Korea and the fight for freedom and peace.” This obvious jab at Sen. Jenner sent —and kept—the needle past 100.
Sample Quips Here, for comparison, are a couple of his quips—and the meter reaction: On opening, his compliment to the 1500-voice chorus and his aside: “As a matter of fact, it| would probably be a blessing if| the chorus sang all evening and I kept still.” (reading 30 plus.)
On Henry Schricker, referring to him as “the man who put my name in nomination “and then adding: “But we're still friends.” (40.) He followed this with a quick second thrust: ' “They say in this
up to his reputation for humor.
country any small boy can become President—that's one of the risks,” but it registered only 20 plus. On Hoosier economy -- “The Hoosier always has been a hard man with a dollar—his own dollar or anybody else's.” (30.) On his experience with 1llinois Republican legislature: First quoting Abe Martin's “Now an’ then an innocent man is sent to the legislature” and then following with his own: “Cleanliness may be next to godliness—but in the Illinois legislature it's next to impossible.” (30). On economy—“Republican oratory never saved a nickel.” (40.) The attacks by Republicans on his wisecracks apparently have not dgterred the Governor who has ridiculed the new “Republican law of gravity.” There were others sprinkled in that kept the crowd smiling. But all and all the 12,000 people in the Coliseum last night were people who were light on the laughs and heavy on the applause,
ROLLING IN THEIR SEATS—Quips by Gov. Adlai £. Stevenson drew a laughs from this audience at the ie by last n Den
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— Adlsi E. Adlai and Schricker Statement
Stevenson "knocked 'em dead" as usual at the Coliseum last night.
Team Up for Election |
Gov. Adlai Stevenson wants to go marching through Indiana arm in arm with Gov. Schricker like a couple of
schoolboys.
The Governor from Illinois said a chummy goodby to
plociative snickers and
pprecia ight as the Democratic presidential candidate lived
UN Blockades
All of Korea
Zone Starts Near Soviet Border
By United Press
TOKYO, Sept. 27—The United
Nations command today imposed a naval blockade on the entire Korean peninsula.
Boy ‘Tough Guy’ Held In Gang-Type Slaying
By United Press DETROIT, Sept. 27—An 18-year-old high school football player was shot down gangland style on a deserted downtown street early today and police charged a 17-year-old “neighborhood tough guy” with his murder. James Motton was cut down by six 44-caliber slugs fired from a black Mercury as he walked
. ana next month. {lis almost unnoticed. From the He said the Democratic candi- Governor's mansion the motor-! date might make a whistle-stop cade drove downtown, stopped trip across the northern part of briefly at the Claypool Hotel, then! | the state, touching at Ft, Wayne headed for the airport. and South Bend. | A crowd of about 200 was sta- # Perfect Hostess {tioned outside the Claypool. And “He was very generous in his only police and a large group of! praise of Hoosier hospitality.” newsmen was on hand at the air-| Gov. Schricker said. “And. he said port.
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Gov. Stevenson didn’t disap-| | The Times Straw Vote is on.
point five Democratic women from Greencastle who roared up to Weir Cook Airport after he got in his plane. : They appealed to Gov. Schricker, and he went up the ramp and, Hurricane Builds Up | First tabulations in this imStearn Off West Indies {portant test of the political thinkMIAMI, Fla.—The fourth hur-| 108 of residents of Indianapolis, ricane of the year built up steam and Marion County will be pub-| in the Atlantic off the British|lished in The Times next MonWest Indies today as hurricane day. “Charlie” raced into the colder] The Times Straw Vote is asking regions north of Bermuda. {residents to check their choices) “Charlie,” the third storm of/tor President, Senate, Governor the season, threatened only ship-|and Congress . .. as they would ping as it swept across the seas mark their ballot if they were ‘ some 600 miles east of Wilming- voting today. ton, N. C., at 25 miles an hour. Names of the residents being
The San Juan Weather Bureau polled are taken from the Indian-| said the fourth storm, with winds apolis City Directory on a pattern] of about 75 miles an hour, was to include all walks of life and located 350 miles east-northeast all wage brackets. of Antigua, British West Indies, | |
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Gen, Mark W. Clark announced the creation of a new “sea defense zone” to extend from a few miles south of the Russian border to the
prisoner of war islands off thelent in a post-game fist-fight, was southern tip of the peninsula. arrested two hours after the killThe United Nations directive:ing in Maumee, 0. Police said sgid that any ship entering the he admitted the slaying.to Ohio blockade area would be subjéct|authorities. Co. to search regardless of nation- Taunted About Game
ality. i A friend of the victim's, Charles Gen. Clark said the blockade Sawyer, 18, said he and the slain was set up because enemy agents youth stopped in a neighborhood had been landed on the Korean “juke-joint” shortly after their shore from small boats. Some Northeastern High School foot-
had been put ashore at the prison ball team lost to Pershing High, islands of Cheju and Koje with 34-8.
orders from Communist leaders in| “Goodloe started kidding MotNorth Korea. {ton about all the Pershing guys 1 making yardage around his end,” ® Miles From Russia . joan Sawyer said. ‘“Motton got The new zone runs northward mad and hit Goodloe and then up Korea's east coast to a point we left.” 12 miles south of Russia, and on, Police said Goodloe got his car the west coast to within 12 miles and shadowed Mr. Motton and of the China border. Mr. Sawyer as they walked toThe order extends the blockade ward their homes. : closer to China and Russia than) Mr. Sawyer was quoted by pothe U. 8. Navy has ever operated'lice as saying that Goodloe before, {stopped his car and called out Gen. Clark’s announcement said 0 Mr. Motton “Hey, you. Come the new zone would be under the here. direction of Vice Adm. Robert P. ‘“Motton
home less than four hours after playing in a city league game.: . Charles Goodloe, identified by police as young Motton’s oppon-
U. 8. naval forces in the Far East. Shooting,’ Mr. Sawyer lod ponies. The blockade was ordered “for 8iX_sugs .foun YB {and Mr. Motton died instantly. the purpose of preventing attacks, Second Car Followed
on the coast, and securing the Police said another car driven United Nations command lines of by Matt Lowe, 19, accompanied
” communication. Goodloe on the shooting. Mr. Lowe told police Goodloe had
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lasked him to come along and
“look for girls.” He was held as ‘a witness. | ‘Mr/Sawyer told police that the street was dark and he doubted
the car. Mr. Sawyer identified Goodloe as the killer and police sent out a three-state alarm. He was to be returned from Maumee today. Police said Goodloe had left school a year ago and had a reputation as a “neighborhood tough guy.?
Divorce Case Against Aly Dropped by Rita
By United Press PARIS, Sept. 27° A smiling, kittenish Rita Hayworth announced today she is holding up {her divorce proceedings against] | Prince Aly Khan “for the present.” ! The glamorous actress held] hands with her husband and smiled at him fondly after they| spent two nights together under the same roof for the first time, in more than a year, | = ” ”
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SITTING BESIDE the prince fon a sofa in his villa, Rita told al Of Aerial Photo Plane |
| press conference, “we have always {been good friends.” ® “Have you dropped proceedings’ against your husband?” she was (asked. | “Yes” Rita replied with a flut-|
‘fabulously wealthy Aga Khan.
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PLENTY of people didn’t know Brink's had a Toronto branch until they read about the Canadi- In Key an gold robbery. es = = . PRAVDA called U. 8. Ambas- | ‘ sador George F. Kennan “a
mat.” Must have caught him
Yelling a ruin, clusively in
” # ” MARGARET TRUMAN will accompany her dad on the whistle-
singing the blues.
you don’t understand the political wars raging in Indiana. Beginning Monday ex- |
Slices Away the Fog Political Fights
Don’t shrug off the election because reason of insanity. 9
The Times Irving Leibowitz
slices away the fog of charges and coun- ~ tercharges to bare the major races in | Shelburn,. " easy-to-understand language.
‘Ip into “court to settls the féon
Sullivan Case Has Two Sets 0f Attorneys
Judge Calls Hearing To End Conflict
Two sets of attorneys for Emmett Johns, accused slayer of Patrolman John L. Sullivan, threw Criminal Court 2 into an uproar today. Attorney E. L. Johnson told Judge Saul I. Rabb the 18-year-old youth's family had hired him to prepare a defense. But Attorneys P. L. Harden and John Browder produced a contract with the family, : ‘Rabb . ordered Johns'
claims. They said they
the Governor from Indiana here this morning after a night of speechmaking in which they went all-out for each other's election. | The Democratic nominee for] President set off a roar of cheers every time he mentioned Gov. Schricker last night before 12,000 frank] prejudiced listeners in the Fairgrounds Coliseum. The roar hit its peak when Gov. Stevenson lashed out at Sen. William E. Jenner, running against Gov. Schricker for a Hoosier seat in the U.S. Senate.
Slaps at Jenner
In a slap at Sen. Jenner's famous slur against Gen. Marshall, Cov, Stevenson cried out: “I predict ,.. you will send Henry S8chricker to the United States Senate. And you will not send a man who slanders one of our greatest patriots and deprecates th ugly words the gallantry and sacrifice of Korea and the fight for freedom and peace.’
Earlier, from the same platform,
Is Prepared For Tonight
Schricker Discusses It With Candidate #
By TED KNAP
After a night of soulsearching at the Indiana Governor’s mansion, Gov. Adlai
E. Stevenson revealed early today he is prepared to explain a political fund used to help deserving Illinois state employees. The statement, giving names of contributors and those who benefited, is to be released for publication tonight, Stevenson spokesmen said.
Wilson Wyatt, Stevenson for President campaign manager, said the Democratic nominee has been preparing a statement for two days, and he expected it to
Gov. Schricker gave his friend and neighbor, Adlai Stevenson, a double send - off last night at the Coliseum. A Hoosier radio audience heard the White Hat start his
Gov. Schricker called on Hoosiers to help send Gov. Stevenson— “our distinguished son of the
He ten the White House. Gov. ‘Stevenson tossed -a 16
had hired Mr. Johnson and had dismissed the others. . " Then Deputy Prosecutor John H. Daily demanded Judge Rabb appoint a public defender for Johns until the impasse was ironed out.
Hearing Set : Judge Rabb set a hearing for next Wednesday on the question
Gen,
Urges Careful Spending
“In Washington, civilian leadership is most important in relation - to the military, because that is where the great bulk of our tax dollars is spent. We must make sure that wastage of our silver is not a privilege of our high brass,” he said.
of appointing a public defender.
{judge itorney Johnson to transfer the
“I think the Republican sugges-
parbs at Republican candidate t Eisenhower, whom
introduction, then say: “1 ain’t on yet.” Someone yelled: “Sure you're on. y | Grinning sheepishly .as the crowd roared, Gov. Schricker began again. The confused opening and the introduction took 5 minutes of the 30-minute air time.
be ready late today. Mr, Wyatt said it will be a full expianation of the fund or funds which Gov. Stevenson received from private sources. \ Works on Statement
Gov. Stevenson started work on the statement last night at the
tion that a General can best cut/home of Gov, Schricker, where he
He said military men are too
With that much settled, the qon on military waste deserves spent the night after a fast-step-
overruled a’ motion by At- examination.” ping day of politicking in Indiana.
| Gov. Schricker, close personal
if Mr. Motton knew who was in case to Juvenile Court. Mr. John- deeply ingrained in the theory friend of the Democratic stand-
'son had contended Criminal Court|that money is not very important./ard bearer, revealed he and Gov.
{had no jurisdiction since Johns|
by the other attorneys seeking to throw out the murder indictment because Negroes were ‘“‘systematically excluded” from grand jury service. It will be heard next Saturday. Johns is charged with the July
23 slaying of Patrolman Sullivan
who was shot to death when he found his wife struggling with an intruder in their home.
BULLETIN
An unidentified child was re- | ported kilied today by a Nickel |
Plate train at a crossing just west of Acton. Parents of the child were tentatively identified as Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hawkins of Acton.
Pilot Dies in Crash
MILES CITY, Mont. — Jacki TwoO-—Give them authority tol Tagen, 27, of Boston, Mass, was manage their departments effici-
killed in" the crash of a privately
owned service type photo plane. ' |
The P-38 “Lightning” plunged
started walking to- tering of eyelids. She looked some- into the river only a short time Briscoe, commander in chief of Ward the car and Goodloe started what coyly at the silent son of the after
taking off from an airport three miles’ away yesterday. Mr. Tagen was employed by Aero Service, a Philadelphia, Pa. firm, and arrived here Monday
company.
Nurse Who Slew Son | Freed in Court
He also rapped Gen. Eisenhower
was 17 when arrested. {for recently indorsing the entire Another motion had been filad GOP ticket in Indiana, including
reluctant approval of Sen. Jenner. “The General has advanced some startling ideas, The idea, for
this fall for all Republican can-
‘and ability. He wants us to elect them all: Good, bad and outragelous,” Gov. Stévenson charged.
ical government, Gov. Stevenson admitted the Truman administration let some waste slip in. He cited the recent. expensive conistruction of North African air bases as “an awfully high pre-
/mium for speed.” The crowd, although smaller than local Democrats had pre|dicted, was full of zip and pennant waving razzle-dazzle. They stopped Gov. Stevenson's speech 29 times with applause.
Cites 5 Key Points
| His program for penny-pinching {in Washington was: ONE-—Get strong-minded, econ-omy-minded civilians in top jobs.
ently. THREE — Improve machinery for paring budgets. Bigger staffs of budget barbers are needed. md, frugally. VE—Don't have the federal government do what states or lo{cal communities can handle them‘selves. | Even with these economies, |"“deceit” to tell the voters he could |eut tens of billions of dollars from [the budget.
Ends Busy Day | Gov. Stevenson's departure this
example, that people should vote!
didates, whatever their character
In discussing plans for econom-|
{Stevenson discussed the issue during their few periods of privacy yesterday. \ “Gov. Stevenson feels he didn't {do a darned thing wrong,” the {Indiana Governor said. “Gov. Stevenson said the donaitions were p-rely voluntary and were not solicited. Aid for Top Men “He felt it was perfectly all [right to do because he wanted {to attract some top men to his government, “He said those men were getting high salaries in private business, and this fund made up a {little of what they were losing {financially by joining the state |government. He just wanted to make up for some of the saerifice.” That appeared to be the tack Gov. Stevenson will take in telling U, 8. voters he was justified {in accepting private money for | the public expense fund. : : ‘I'm Guilty’ | Gov. Btevenson digressed from his prepared speech last night to |briefly touch on his unique fund: “I haven't had much chance to read the papers: lately, but I understand . they've been saying something ahout aid I've been giving to some good people in | government. X | “I hope my reputation is not at stake, because if it's a crime to try to help some people in government, then I'm guilty.” i The crowd cheered: : | Unilke Sen. Nixon, Gov. Stever
to do aerial photography for the! Gey. Stevenson said it would be son probably will not make his.
appeal on nationwide television,
| Mr. Wyatt said the explanation {will be made as a press statement or in a public address. Gov. {Stevenson was scheduled to fly from Iridianapolis this morning to
GOSHEN-—Charges of second- morning from Weir Cook Mu- paducah, Ky. for a barbecue degree murder against Mrs. Eliz- nicipal airport ended a heavy day, picnic at the estate of Vice Presijabeth Pitts, an Elkhart nurse ac-/of politicking. Some of it Was jent Alben Barkley.
jcused in the strangulation death public hoopla before many thou-|
{of her 3-year-old son, were dis(missed after her attorney entered a written: plea of not guilty by
The son, Byron, was killed in
released this week as cured.
Dies in Mine Accident SULLIVAN — John Jones, 63,
sands in Evansville and Indianapolis, some of it was behind closed doors. Before going to the Coliseum, the candidate met with 11 Demo-
| June, 1951, Mrs. Pitts was com- cratic mayors of Indiana. Mayor| mitted to a mental hospital and Ralph Tucker of Terre Haute, {president of the Indiana Muniei-/
pal League, said Gov. Stevenson told them he. favored stronge [local government
intervention. Mostly, however,
was crushed to death Gov. Stevenson asked the ques-
| Working till around midnight, Gov. Stevenson poured over today's speech and the fund problem in the basement “social room of Gov. Schricker’s mansion at 4343 |N. Meridian St. Gov. Schricker said there was no discussion about whether or not the funds came from people {doing business with the state. But
The said Gov. Stevenson would and less federal emphasize that no favors were
exchanged for contributions. Gov. Schricker said the Stev-
between loaded cars in the Pan- tions and the mayors did the enson-type expense fund was “un-
dora coal mine.
talking. .
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