The Pittsburgh Press (April 19, 1944)
INVASION ALERT ORDERED
Germans put coast army in state of alarm
‘Coming any time,’ guards are told
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INVASION ALERT ORDERED
5,000-plane Allied blitz rips Germany and France
U.S. bombers plaster six Nazi air centers; RAF drops 4,400 tons
By Phil Ault, United Press staff writer
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British smash Jap siege arc around Imphal
Invaders stopped at edge of India plain
By Harold Guard, United Press staff writer
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Allies beat back Anzio thrusts
Nazi losses heavy in two attacks
By Reynolds Packard, United Press staff writer
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Warren selected to keynote GOP
Martin to become permanent chairman
Chicago, Illinois (UP) –
Governor Earl Warren of California was selected today to deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Chicago June 26.
The choice of Governor Warren as temporary chairman and keynoter was made by the 26-member convention arrangements committee headed by Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia.
The keynote speech outlines the party’s views on national and international questions and generally sets the tone of the convention but the keynoters’ views are not binding upon the candidates.
The 1940 keynoter was LtCdr. Harold E. Stassen, who then was Governor of Minnesota.
As had been expected, the committee recommended Rep. Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts, as permanent chairman of the convention.
Mr. Martin, minority leader of the House, was permanent chairman of the GOP convention four years ago.
Governor Warren was nominated for temporary chairman by William Reichel, national committeeman from California. Mr. Reichel, in proposing the California Governor, said he was not a candidate for the presidential nomination.
Approval is formality
The committee’s recommendation of Mr. Martin as permanent chairman must be approved by the convention, but the action is regarded only as a formality.
The selection of Governor Warren was made by acclamation after others who had been nominated withdrew.
Among those nominated only to decline later in favor of Governor Warren were: Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (R-CT), Iowa Governor Bourke Hickenlooper, New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge, Nebraska Governor Dwight Griswold, Pennsylvania Governor Edward Martin, Illinois Governor Dwight Green, Senator Chapman Revercomb (R-WV), businessman and president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Eric Johnston, and Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI).
Other officers selected
Other temporary convention officers selected by the committee were Harold Mason of Vermont, secretary of the Republican National Committee, as temporary secretary of the convention; Victor MacKenzie of Oregon, as chief sergeant-at-arms, and Carroll Cate of Knoxville, Tennessee, as sergeant-at-arms.
Governor Warren, 53, has been Governor of California since Jan. 1, 1943. He was formerly Attorney General of California, and from 1925 to 1936 was District Attorney of Alameda County.
Although he is not an announced candidate for the Presidency, he is in line for support by the California convention delegation as a favorite son. The California Republican Assembly has voted to pledge the state’s convention delegation to him.
Signed gas coupons help OPA arrest 946 violators
By Marshall McNeil, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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James Roosevelt made full colonel
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Smythe hurls his defiance, explains delay
Mail tampered with, he tells the judge
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School board raises wages of 1,150 custodial workers
Increases, ranging from 40 to 55 cents a day, add $135,000 to payroll
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Only one side of ad subsidy plan explained to Congress
Group representing weeklies said nothing about newly formed advertising affiliate
By Robert Taylor, Press Washington correspondent
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Primer for primaries –
13 districts to name state legislature ticket; 2 nominate Senators
One contest involved Tuesday in 43rd and 45th; legislative races offer a wider selection
By Kermit McFarland
Allegheny County is represented in the State Legislature by 27 members of the House and six members of the Senate.
House members are elected every two years but Senators serve four-year terms. This year, Allegheny County will elect only two Senators.
House members are elected from 13 districts – one to four from each district.
Two Senators to be named
At the Tuesday primary, both primaries will nominate senatorial candidates in the 43rd and 45th senatorial districts. The 43rd takes in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 15th Wards of Pittsburgh. The 45th covers all of the wards and municipalities south of the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers except the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Wards of Pittsburgh.
The only contest for a senatorial nomination is the Republican primary in the 45th district. The candidates are Thomas Lewis Jones, Charles W. Beckman and David C. Davies.
Mr. Jones, 35, is a Brentwood attorney, solicitor for Castle Shannon, a former assistant city solicitor. Mr. Davies, 50, is secretary to the County Controller, lives in Bethel Township, and was a candidate for County Treasurer in 1943. Mr. Beckman, 52, is a Mount Oliver auto dealer, served two terms as burgess and was a candidate for Congress in 1943 and for County Treasurer in 1939.
Cox is unopposed
The incumbent, Senator John Fremont Cox (Munhall lawyer), is unopposed in the Democratic primary. He was the Democratic nominee for District Attorney last year. He is 40.
In the 43rd district, the only candidates are Senator Joseph M. Barr, 38, of Shadyside, who seeks renomination on the Democratic ticket, and Joseph J. Conway, 47, of Morningside, candidate for the Republican nomination. Mr. Barr is secretary to the Democratic County Committee; Mr. Conway is a civil engineer.
In the legislative primaries, most of the nominations are being contested.
Here is a summary of the contests in the first six districts:
- FIRST DISTRICT
This is composed of the 1st, 3rd and 5th Wards. Reps. Homer S. Brown, an attorney, and Daniel A. Verona are candidates for renomination on the Democratic ticket, opposed by John L. Clark, a writer for The Pittsburgh Courier. Unopposed Republican candidates are William Tucker, a waiter, and Lucius Davenport, a food checker.
- SECOND DISTRICT
The 2nd, 6th, 9th and 10th Wards of the city make up this district. Four candidates seek the two Republican nominations: Bernyce Lysle (an “adjuster in service work” and former schoolteacher), Harry L. Truxell (a mechanic), Rudy Weber (a salesman) and Alexander Dlugonski (an assistant service manager for an auto company).
Unopposed for renomination on the Democratic ticket are Reps. George J. Sarraf (a physician) and Thomas P. Mooney (a glassworker), both of whom have been legislators five terms.
- THIRD DISTRICT
This district, electing one legislator, is composed of the 4th and 15th Wards. The Republican nomination is being contested by John H. Carr (a clerk and former alderman), Paul E. Doelfel (a wireman, formerly employed in the sheriff’s office) and Michael R. Chasser (pharmacist for the State Welfare Department).
Democratic Rep. Edward A. Schuster is unopposed for renomination.
- FOURTH DISTRICT
The 4th is the only legislative district in Pittsburgh represented by a Republican, real estate dealer O. B. Hannon. Mr. Hannon, who has served one term, is opposed in the primary by Harry Berger Ackermann (former legislator) and Edward W. Brinling (a painting contractor).
On the Democratic side, the nomination is contested by Michael J. Holland (a city fireman) and former Mayor William N. McNair, who has been endorsed by the organization. The district is composed of the 7th, 8th and 11th Wards.
- FIFTH DISTRICT
Made up of the 12th, 13th and 14th Wards, this district elects one legislator. Seeking renomination for a third term is Democratic Rep. John R. Bentley, an attorney. He is opposed by Julius Zangrille, a plumber put in the race by Charles A. Papale, 12th Ward Democratic boss, who has split with the organization over patronage.
The Republican nomination is sought by Charles M. Christler (lawyer and former legislator), Thomas J. Jones (14th Ward constable), William F. White (restaurant operator), Samuel Avins (attorney) and Kenneth H. Davies (14th Ward alderman).
- SIXTH DISTRICT
Each party will nominate three candidates in this district. Four Democrats and nine Republicans seek these nominations. Because there has been no legislative reapportionment in 40 or 50 years, this district has been chopped up by annexations to the city, and takes in the first nine precincts of the 16th Ward, the 17th, all except parts of two precincts in the 18th, the 19th and most of the 20th and 28th.
The three Democratic incumbents face opposition only from Stanley Poremski, a county maintenance man. The present representatives are Thomas J. Kirley (police lieutenant), John J. Baker (water assessor), and Louis Leonard (a personnel manager and former steelworkers’ union official).
Running for the three Republican nominations are Nelson T. Miller (public school teacher), William J. Crowley Jr. (a tool room attendant), Paul A. Schullo (secretary at a shipbuilding company), John A. Manzione (insurance dealer), Frank Petrolio (a deputy sheriff), Harry R. Hooton (chiropractor), Basil Onyshkow (an attorney), John A. Weiland (insurance salesman), and Martin P. Burke (buyer for a grocery concern).
Simms: Gen. de Gaulle may soon talk to Eisenhower
Clear understanding between two vital
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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