Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 24 November 1944 — Page 3

POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1944

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Security Board is located in the Chamber of Commerce Building at 300 GH2 East Main street. In time, Wunsch pointed out, the new ruling will prove beneficial to many workers who attain age 65 and face the possibility that reduced pay, no matter what the cause, may result in reduced benefits. In the past, he said, some of these workers have chosen to ‘freeze” their benefit amounts by filing a claim, even though they intended to keep on working. That protected them against any drop in the benefit, but it also prevented any increase. The net effect is that a worker, upon reaching age 65, may ‘peg” his benefit so that it will not be reduced tout can be increased on the basis of his future work record.

Children’s Waste Paper Turns Back Into Trees

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; EUROPE—(Sotmdphoto)—American generals of the Allied invasion of Europe are assembled to« gether in Belgium during a recent visit to King George. First row, (1. to r.) Lt. Gen. George Patton, G £n °W “BGe^ R f.T'. Fi^ ge": ?^ 0 a d „» S o„ B . a 3i ^

Salute to Service Men

/ Genial Don Ameche (above) will be master of ceremonies for the Elgin two-hour Thanksgiving Day variety show (Nov. 23, 3 to 5 p.m. ;CWT, over CBS), saluting service men abroad and their families at home. Featured in comedy, dramatic and musical spots will be such headliners of the entertainment world as Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Moore and Durante, Ed “Archie” Gardner, Falstaff Openshaw, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Frances Langford, Susanna Foster, Allan Jones, Elsie Janis, Lina Romay, the Charioteers, Ken Carpenter and Lou Silvers and his orchestra. This is the third year that Elgin has presented the Thanksgiving Day salute. On Christmas Day, a similar show will be presented^with^a galaxy of talent. >

TO INVESTIGATE (Continued from Page One) tion of the Democratic nominee, the result may be different. There is a possibility that Henry F. Schricker may yet be declared the elected U. S. Senator from Indiana. This is only a possibility. The final decision in such a situation may well rest with the court or courts. Election Board Ignored At this time it appears that one ot the questions which should, and probably will be decided, is whether or not the local election boards, Republican controlled in most counties, violated the law in flaunting the interpretation of state election laws by the majority members of the State Board of Election Commissioners. The state board’s interpretation had been agreed to by the

chairmen of both the Democratic and Republican state committees. Likewise another question which should and probably will be determined is what authority—if any —State Attorney General James A. Emmert, G.O.P. candidate for reelection to that office, had to support his unusual action in sending last minute, one-man edict, telegraphic orders to all county election boards practically demanding that they ignore the State Board of Election Commissioners. Say Emmert Ignored Law Many attorneys claim that Emmert had no authority of law to support his action, and some declare that his action was a direct violation of his authority as a state official and moral violation as a state candidate. If it develops that state or federal laws, or both, were violated when local election boards refused to follow the State Election Board’s recommendations and disfranchised thousands of voters, then the blame may, fall upon the shoulders of the county and precinct election officials who denied, registered voters the right to vote by submission of their registration receipts and affidavit. It is known that investigators are carefully looking into other phases of the election, following other possible or probable lines of violation which may develop sensational charges and action. The Sentinel will endeavor to keep its readers advised of all developments. We have no intention, however, of exposing all lines of investigation being pursued until it is appropriate and ethical to do so.

WREN NESTS ON AXLE

Mt. Vernon, Ind.—Bob Travers of Mt. Vernon drove his Model A Ford coupe very carefully for some time. He discovered that a wren built its nest on the rear spring, near the axle. The wren laid several eggs upon which she sat even when the car was in motion. Mother and family were last reported to be doing nicely.

NAMESAKE GETS CIGARETTES

Toledo, O. — Martin Labbe do nated a cartoon of cigarettes last year to the armed forces. The cigarettes reached Raymond Labbe, a stranger and no kin to the donor —in the Gilbert Islands. The soldier found the Toledo Labbe’s name on the cartoon and wrote a letter of appreciation.

Caley Sisters Among Headliners With Hollywood Ice Revue Nov. 16

Indianapolis, Ind. — The Caley listers, Dorothy (left) and Hazel, he foremost pair skaters in North tinerica, again will be among the leadliners in the stupendous 1945 dition of Sonja Henie’s Hollywood ce Revue when it goes eleven jghtly performances at‘the Indianpolis Coliseum, November 16th hrough November 26th, inclusive. Before turning professional a few ears ago, the Caley Sisters capured figure skating honors' in ests galore. Not’ only was their mactment oi\ the figures perfecion, but their rythm and grace ras so outstanding that they soon aught the eye of Arthur M. Wirtz, •reducer of Miss Henie’s many ice

revues. To describe the skating of the Caley Sisters is most easily accomplished in terming it “when two skate as one.” In fact, one would almost appear to be the other’s shadow. Miss Henie will make seven personal appearances in her al|new and more beautiful show this year, and among the numerous supporting headliners besides the CalSy Sisters will be Freddy Trenkler, world’s greatest ice comedian; Fritz Dietl, world’s foremost stilt skater, and many others. Advance ticket purchases indicate an all-time attendance record will be established during the eleven performances in Indianapolis.

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Muncie, Indiana, that public hearing on an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance which is now pending before the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, will be held in the city council chamber in the City Hall at 7:30 p. m. on the 4th day of December, 1944, at which time and place any objections to such amendment or change will be heard. The proposed amendment or change to he made is as follows: To amend, supplement and change the present Zoning Ordinance of said City of Muncie, Indiana, so as to transfer to the business district, to the six hundred (600) square foot area district and to the eighty (80) foot height district the following described territory in said City cf Muncie, Indiana, to-wit: Lots number 49 and 50 in Winton Place, an Addition to the City of Muncie, Indiana. 601 and 603 West 8th Street, running through to 9th Street, being the Southwest Corner of 8th and Gharkey Streets. Said proposed ordinance for such amendment or change of said present Zoning Ordinance has been referred to the City Plhn Commission of said City of Muncie, and has been considered, and said City Plan Commission has made its report approving the same; information concerning such proposed amendment or change is now on file in the office of said City Plan Commission, for public examination. Said hearing will be continued from time to time as may be found necessary. In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Muncie, Indiana, (Seal) J. CLYDE DUNNINGTON City Clerk, and Clerk of tho Common Council of the City of Muncie, this 24th day of November, 1944. Nov. 24, Dec. 1—PD O

Social Security Action Explained Melvin H. Wunch, manager of the Muncie office of the Social Security Board, today explained the effect of the Board’s announcement that upon request it will recalculate the amount of old-age and survivors insurance benefits available to once-retired workers to include credit for wages received since the benefits were first claimed. “This action,” Mr. Wunsch said, “is intended to take into account the fact that many workers past the age of 65, who have retired and drawn benefits, have gone back to work since the country started its preparation for war. Originally, these workers, by filing a claim, set their benefits so that they could not be - moved up or down. But they returned to work unexpectedly, and generally have received higher wages than before. The Board has ther&fore announced, that in order to meet the intent of the law, their benefits may be computed in order to credit towards monthly retirement benfits the wages they received after they had once filed a claim.” Quite a few workers in the Muncie area, who are past age 65 and have received some benefits under social security, have had their payments suspended and probably will benefit from the Board’s decision, Wunch said.To prevent confusion or misunderstanding, Wunsch issued the folowing . cautions: (1) Increased benefits will toe available only to workers i6I5 or older, who have claimed benefits and who subsequently have worked in jojis covered by the Social Secuity Act, and, generally, at' higher pay than their former average monthly wage , The benefit amounts of widows, orphans, or aged parents, whose benefits were based on wages up to the time of an insured worker’s death, cannot be changed. (2) Benefits will be recalculated upon request of beneficiary. (3) The announcement does not mean that any person may receive benefits while working in jobs covered by the law. The law provides that benefits must be suspended for any months in which the 'beneficiary makes more than $14.99 on a covered job. (4) There is no need for anybody who has been working in covered employment after he filed a claim to ask for recomputation of his benefits as long as his pay stays as high as his average monthly wage between January 1, 19317, and the date he filed his claim. On the other hand, if his his pay starts going down—as a rpsult of illness, reduced hours, loss of his job, or for any other reason—the worker who is 65 or older should consult the nearest office of the Social Security Board at once. The Muncie office of the Social

RIGHT TO VOTE DENIED VOTERS

Here Is The Story Of How Officials Robbed Hoosiers Of Ballots

Editor’s Note —- Thousands of Marion county voters were disfranchised in the Nov. 7 election. Most of them had registered in accordance with state law. But when they reached the voting booth they were chal/enged 'by G.O.P. machine politicians. They were told, in effect, “You can’t vote because your name is not on the registration list sent out here by ‘Boss Jim’ Bradford’s boys down at the court house, and because ‘Jim’ Emmert (attorney general) says you Avill have to go down to the court house and get a certificate of error from Jack Tilson (county

clerk).”

How and why the names of these people, most of them Democrats, came to be missing from the records is a question being investigated, at this time, by federal and

other officials.

County Clerk Tilson admitted his employees purged thousands of. names from the registration rec- j

ords many weeks ago — without) 011 the registration complying with the provision of I then followed

law requiring him to give notice of

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Everybody knows much paper comes from trees — but children who have brought more than 85,000 pounds of waste paper to Kiddies’ Scrap Drives held by Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago got a chance to see their paper turn right back into trees when $500 from paper sales was presented to the Red Cross to buy American elms for the grounds of Vaughan Gen-

eral Hospital.

The check was presented during a special broadcast over WGN, Chicago, by E. V. Zeddies (left), representing Otto Schnering, founder and president of the candy company. Rear Admiral John Downes (right), former Commandant of the Ninth Naval District who, since his retirement from the Navy, has served as assistant to the chairman of the Chicago chapter of the Red Cross, accepted the money on behalf of the Red Cross Camp and Hospital Committee; and radio star Mark Love (center) interviewed some of the youngsters over the

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The Kiddies’ Scrap Paper Drive) have been held every other Saturday since the first of the year Each child receives a candy bar and special prizes are awarded those collecting the most paper.

the removal to the affected voter. Names On Again, Off Again Diligent efforts of Democratic party workers during the last days of the registration resulted in thousands of these names being placed back in the registration

files.

Then Democratic party officials, a few days before the election, declared there was evidence that thousands of names had again been removed from the files. Clerk Tilson countered with an explanation that “thousands of registration records have been mixed up by inexperienced employes so ignorant and dumb they can’t even read or write.” He promised the errors would be corrected before the election. But, on the night of Nov. 2, James L. Beattey, Democratic county chairman; Walter A. Shead, publicity director of the Democratic county committee, and others, visited the Marion county court house, after midnight, to look in on “work” being done in the registration office. What they found there, in part, explains what happened to the registration records of thousands of Marion county voters. What they found there was reported by Mr. Shead in public radio broadcasts from Indianapolis stations, Friday, Nov. 3. His charge was not denied. Unfortunately, it appears, thousands of voters of Marion county did not hear Mr. Shead’s broadcasts. The Sentinel has received several requests for information concerning his report. U. S. Investigators Probe Charge Then Sentinel has obtained, from a local radio station, a verbatum transcript of Mr. Shead’s statement —and we have turned a copy of it over to federal investigators who are probing the election at this

time.

Believing that the voters of Marion county should know—in fact must know—what happened to the voters registration files, we are printing Mr. Snead’s statement herewith. We suggest that you read it. We urge that you show it to your neighbors. We also suggest that you ask them whether or not they are proud of the actions of the Republican county officials who are responsible for this. Adk them, also, if they feel that the Republicans elected in the recent election obtained their elections fairly, honestly and decently. Brazen Display of Bossism Ask them if this is their idea of democracy. This, we think, is the most brazen display of bossism, one-man-rule, and corrupt practice in politics ever to have come to our attention. Mr. Shead takes over here, but you can take over after you read his eye-witness account: By WALTER A. SHEAD “This is a Republican registration.” /' ’ ’ . * v ! . This was the answer yelled by George Johnson, “Boss Jim” Bradford’s election supervisor in the court house this morning when James L. Beattey, Democratic county chairman, protested against Johnson’s attempt to tear out pages* of the registration lists. This was after midnight last night I was there. I saw men drunk. Women were drunk and hurling screaming epithets in the court house corridors. Carroll Kramer, Bradford’s director of registrations, led one woman away and up the stajrs literally screaming. Jack Tilson, Bradford’s county clerk, stood there gazing at the woman. “I wonder who she is?” he said to no one in particular. It turned out that she was one of his help/ hired to work t ‘ ' l

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screaming woman up the stairs. Registration Records Scattered Friends, this happened in your court house last night after midnight. Registration lists were scattered all over the court house. Some were in the commissioners court room. Some in the superior court rooms. Some in the prosecutor’s office, some in the grand

jury room.

Now these are public documents. Upon these lists depends your right to vote next Tuesday. What is Jim Bradford’s board trying to do even before tbe votes are'cast? It was the appointment of Kramer and Johnson that “Boss Jim” Bradford boasted toad won the elec-

tion for him last August. Politicians “Work On” Files Republican ward chairmen and Republican precinct committeemen were there working on the lists. What were they doing with these lists? These ward chairmen had no business nor authority handling these registration lists. Those who were identified to me were George Heiney, chairman of the Fifth ward; Leo Brown, Eighth ward chairman, and Mrs. Agnes Todd, the Republican county vicechairman. Why were these people in the court house at midnight handling these registration lists? They have not been appointed, insofar as any one knows, to any official connection with tbe registration board. Beattey asked Tilson several times why the lists were scattered about the court house and why these people were handling them. “In a Hell of a Mess” Tilson gave him no answer except to admit “the lists are in a hell of a mess due to errors by inexperienced help so dumb they can’t read or write.” Tilson hired these people. “Well, you’re only going to go so far, Tilson, and then we are going to take some action,” Beattey said. Tilson replied that he would “sleep over it” and give him some answer tomorrow—that’s today. Tilson threatened to fire all the Democratic employees and replace them with Republicans. Now, my friends, there are about 306,000 names of registered voters in those lists in the court house. After what is going on there no one knows how many will be torn out or what number \Vill go out to tbe precincts on election day. “A Republican Registration” George Johnson tilted their hand when he yelled, “This is a Republican registration.” And yet the names of all the qualified voters of this country are supposed to be there as a qualification for their right to vote on election day, Democrats, Republicans, Prohibitionists and Socialists. The Indianapolis Star was right when it charged that this crowd—• the Lyons crowd—has ‘‘assumed dictatorship of the Republican party in Indiana—and began to swing their political clubs in the exact style which ' made D. C. Stephenson so infamous in th\s state.” It’s time the citizens of this community took a hand to protect their right of franchise.

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STUDENTS MOTHERS ENROLL.

Saratoga Springs, N. Y.—.The

older generation seems to be folIpwing right in daughter’s footsteps these days. Among the 800 students enrolled this year at Skidmore Colloge are Mrs. Charles H. Pfianz of Norwich, N. Y., whose daughter, Ruth, is president of the class of 1946,‘and Mrs. George H. McHenry, wife of Col. McHenry, of Mitchell Field, whose daughter, Louise, is in the class of 1947.

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REDS DISLIKE FRANCO

Moscow—The Soviet press cam-

PMgn agamst Ge,,. fentigeo. vaw”a" < apauB"e £s‘.' cos regime m Spain intensitled ' tlous thv0U g] 10 ut occupied China today with a demand published in £his week, it was announced tocrutic elements .lighting Franco ;in. Wpiy lines had temporarily reS 1^ 1U ' - • moved a'threat to Chungking , and

The Red Star analyst, KonsUn- .Rweiyang.

tin Gofffiaii,-charged^tlxaFft'aiico the: spokesman viewed the i~- * n - g|- Kwarigsi^province-! situation “

is seeking to strengthen his ties with reactionary circles in France. Gofman declared that “the preparation for a lasting, stable peace and post-war collaboration by the Allied powers should include help for the struggle of Democratic

elements in Spain.”

Thatcher spring wheat is resistant to the common races of stem rust, yields well, and is very acceptable to millers, authorities in agriculture report.

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