Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 November 1938 — Page 10
Heavy Vote Is Cast Quietly in County Despite Cold Weather: Few Complaints Are Reported
Some Local Precincts Say Turnout Bigger Than in 1936.
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registration complaints than average being reported. “Many precincts reported the balloting in the first two or three hours
£ was heavier than in the 1936 Presi-
dential election, although others reported “average” or “slightly under average” early voting. :
Half of Vote Cast
Heavy voting was reported in the East Side 18th Ward, and Ward 16, on the South Side.
By noon, 560 votes, out of 1200 registrations, had been cast in Ward
18, Precinct 5, while Precinct 8 re-|
ported 405 votes cast out of a possible 1000. Ward 16, Precinct 15, re-
ported 300 votes cast out of a pos- |
sible 700. More than half the vote in Ward 15, Precinct 1, had been cast by noon. : Similarly heavy voting was reported in some precincts in various
other wards, including Wards 20, 22, |
23 and in several of the townships.
Heavy on North, East Sides
At Republican headquarters, workers reported heavy voting on the North and East sides, with only a “mildly heavy” vote in the Negro sections and on the South Side. An indication of the early voting rate is seen in the following figures:
WARD 1
Time Registered Voted 11:15 725 243 3 11:19 942 236 5 11:24 © 650 228 7 11:25 750 221
WARD 2
Time Registered 11:30 532 1040 1100
Precinct 1
177 412 502 351 387
Precinct 2
8 11:35 9 11:40 11 11:40 1084 12 11:40 , 996
‘WARD 3
Time Registered 11:43 800 11:45 750 11:45 843 11:48 822 11:50 964 11:55 800 11:55 950
WARD 4
Time Registered . 12:15 350 12:15 700 12:15 700 12:30 850 WARD 13 Time Registered 11:35 667 9 11:40 650 256 14 11:45 600 260
WARD 14
Voted | 280 | 212 |
Voted 298 500 396 360 255 327
Precinct 1
11 13
Precinct 1 150 400 428 449
Voted
Precinct 4 275
Time Registered 11:10 700 8 11:10
WARD 15
Time Registered 12:05 517 6 12:07 1100
WARD 16
Time Registered 1 11:30 577 6 11:30 600 S 11:45 700 WARD 17
Time Registered 11:20 650
WARD 18
Time Registered 11:55 1200 560 % 12:00 1000 415
Precinct 2
Voted 255 382
Precinct 1
Voted | 173 177 300
Precinct 1
Voted
Precinct 9 258
Precinct Voted 5
Voted |
that soldiers from Ft. Bénjamin Harrison were being permitted to vote. Mr. Smith said an unofficial ruling of the State Election Board held that soldiers living at the fort are not entitled to vote, but that those assigned to the fort, but living .outside the reservation may vote. A team of deputies was assigned to straighten out the matter.
William P. Flanary, registration supervisor, said the number of challenges was unusually low during the morning. This was concurred in by Mr. Smith and Hendricks Kenworth, Democratic election commissioner.
Unaware of Law
Mr. Flanary said that between 700 and 800 persons appeared at the registration office during the morning and said they had been refused the right to vote, but he added that this number was smaller than in the 1934 election. Many of those challenged, he said, were unaware of the law invalidat- | ing registrations of voters who failed ito vote in the last two elections. Some of the others, he said, had moved and failed to correct their | registration. : No arrests by either police or deputy sheriffs had been reported by noon. However, it was reported that Sergt. William Dever and Patrolman N. Burns had confiscated political pamphlets from two persons outside the polling place at 2303 N. Illinois St. Deputy election commissioners were called to Ward 11, Precinct 1, where a woman was reported checking off names of voters on a typewritten unofficial list containing the names of 500 voters in the precinct. Ejected from the polling place, she resumed her checking outside,
Augment Police Force
The regular forces of police and deputy sheriffs were augmented today to take care of any election trouble. Sheriff Otto Ray reported that 75 American Legion members were {Sworn in as special deputies for service at polling places outside the city, {The 30 regular deputies also were available for service.
ing from 12 to 16 hours instead of
vide an increased force today and tonight. Besides the regular squad car crews, 140 policemen were assigned to the vicinity of city polling places. In addition, a special force was kept in reserve at headquarters for emergency calls.
Complaints “Unusually Light”
William S. Orr, Clerk’s office cashier, who has charge of the complaint desk and assigns the 22 teams of deputy election commissioners to investigate reports of trouble, said complaints during the early hours of voting were unusually light. Each team includes one Democratic and one Republican deputy. Nearly all complaints were due to inexperience of. precinct, board workers or ignorance of regulatioas, he said The fcomplaints began a few min after the polling places opened. ; Several precincts reported voting machines were “jamming.” Deputy election commissioners who investigated reported that in all but three such cases investigated, the trouble was traced to the inexperience of the voter,
Two Types of Machines
County Clerk. Glenn B. Ralston said that difficulty with the voting machines resulted from the fact that two types of voting machines, with different lever operation, were being used in the County.
WARD 19
Time Registered Voted 12:20 410 11
WARD 20
Time Registered 2 12:15 650 8 12:15 802
WARD 21
Time Registered 12:10 1100 4 12:10 900
WARD 22
Precinct Time Registered 2 12:05 584
WARD 23
Time Registered 4 11:55 585 7 12:00 764
WASHINGTON TWP.
Precinct Time Registered Voted 3 11:10 1000 300
PERRY TWP.
Precinct Time Registered 4 10:00 814 9 10:00 1074
FRANKLIN TWP.
Precinct Time Registered 1 10:00 1050 2 11:25 820
DECATUR TWP.
Time Registered 11:30 1300
CENTER TWP. Time Registered 11:35 300 WARREN TWP. Time Registered 11:40 ~~ 330 11:45 642 WAYNE TWP. Precingt .Time Registered
7 11:50 720 212 12 11:50 910 314
Robert Smith, Republican Election Con®nissioner, said he had re-
Precinct 1
Voted | 323 356
Precinct
Voted 470 564
Precinct 1
Voted 370
Voted 278 378
Precinct
Voted 325 338
Voted 251 380
Voted
Precinet 1 486
Voted 170
Voted 300 256
Voted
On one machine, he said, the party lever has to be moved to the right to unlock the machine in voting, and on the other type, the party lever pulls out. Fletcher Misner is the voting machine supervisor and had charge assigning crews to repair machines. Compiaints of too many challenges slowing up the voting in Ward 11, Precinét 14, and in Ward 10, Precinct 11, were investigated. Deputy Commissioners reported that they found only one challenge had been issued in the former instance, and the voter had been permitted to ballot after signing an affidavit. In the other case, it was found only a few challenges had been issued. _ At a polling place at-824 Ww. Wash- | ington St., the deputies investigated a report that an election sheriff had permitted two voters to crowd ahead In the line waiting to vote. Th
workers too close ordered them to away,
remain 50 feet
Inspector Warned
A complaint was received that the inspector at the polls at 1120 N. Senate Ave. was instructing each voter on which parties were represented by the voting machine levers. He was warned that the regulations prohibit such information being given unless it is requested by a voter, Legal machinery designed to settle any kind of dispute that might arise at the polls today was set up at the Court House for 12-hour Service. Circuit Court Judge Earl Kk. Cox remained in his courtroom ail day to hear petitions for mandamus orders giving qualified voters, who have been challenged, the right to vote. : “If any voter is
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the usual eight-hour shifts, to pro-|
E. 46th St., where it was reported lived here a long time, I will grant
him permission to vote,” he said. Several such orders were issued during the morning. Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer also said his office would be open all day to assist in handling any disputes or trouble at the poils, The County Election Commissioners, with 44 deputies stationed at the County Clerk’s office, were to be on duty all day and most of tonight to handle complaints and make emergency rulings on disputes at the polls. The Election Commissioners must approve all issues of extra voting supplies and supervise the repair or replacement of any voting machines that break down. Canvassing Board Ready When the polls close at 6 p. m. the scene of activities wiil shift to three courtrooms on the second floor where the canvassing board will tabulate the returns.
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The public reading of. official returns will be held in Criminal Court room. The official canvassing board will supervise tabulation of returns in Circuit Court and in Superior Court 1. No one but canvassing board clerks will be allowed in these rooms until the tabulations are completed. Frank Viehman will have charge of canvassing. Tabulation of the official returns is not expected to be completed before tomorrow night or Thursday. Cameras to Be Used Herman C. Wolff, Republican nominee for Mayor, warned in a last minute speech that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation would be watching for evidence of
GUNMEN SOUGHT IN-
WINAMAC HOLDUP
Pair Locks County Treasurer In Vault, Takes $1000.
WINAMAC, Nov. 8 (U. P.).—Police searched today ‘tor two gunmen
who walked into the Pulaski County Treasurer's office last night,
in the vault, turned off the lights, locked the front door after them and escaped with $1000. : The office was open to permit ta. payments by late-comers. Several persons saw the bandits
if the office was open. : “I'll be open in about 20 min-
drove away in an automobile. Mr. Yount was released by Mrs. Bess Reidelbach, deputy Treasurer, who arrived a few minutes after the gunmen fled.
SALLY IS FINED $100, SPARED JAIL TERM
7 HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 8 (U. P.).— Sally Rand, the fan and bubble queen who forcibly objected to candid camera addicts taking liberties with her nudity, was fined $100 today and spared the disgrace of going to jail. : A ‘fine of $50 each on two counts of assault and battery was all that Municipal Judge C. A. Ballreich asked, although he was empowered under the law to banish her to jail for a year and impose a total of $2000 in fines. She immediately paid
the fine and was discharged.
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fraud in the election. Any evidence
Federal Grand Jury, he said. He said other investigators, equipped with cameras, were to be on duty at the polls.
Frank Beckwith, Republican City Council candidate, charged that a handbill, denouncing the antilynching bill and urging the voters to “vote Republican,” had been distributed in the Negro sections of the City. The handbill, mimeographed. was addressed, he said, to “Dear White Voter,” and was signed, “The White Crusader.”
found would be turned over to the,
which was] -
Warns Against False Names Mr. Beckwith denied that the handbill was issued from Republican headquarters and said it was merely an effort to confuse the Negro and cause him to vote Democratic. Alvah Waggoner, Republican director of registration, said he was informed by a railroad crossing watchman that the watchman had talked with a group of men “who said they were being brought to this City to remain here and vote under false names.”
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The close of the campaign was marked by the usual charges of in-| 3 timidation and misrepresentation. |
“Any person who votes under a false name must have his signature compared to that on the registration list,” Mr. Waggoner said. “Thus the deception will be detected and the vote challenged. Any person who contemplates casting an illegal vote should carefully consider the penalties attached to such action.”
G. O. P. Literature Confiscated When Lieut. Col. H. Weir Cook began distributing Republican campaign literature from an airplane yesterday, Police Lieut. Edwin Kruse went aloft in another plane, followed Mr. Cook to the ground and took him into custody on the charge of violating a City ordinance prohibiting the throwing of anything from an airplane. At police headquarters, Mr. Cock was released immediately by Chief Morrissey. Mr. Cook was not slated on any charge. The campaign literature was confiscated by police.
DAVID UMSTAEDTER IS DEAD HERE AT 82
David M. Umstaedter, long an Indianapolis resident, died today at his home, 3637 Graceland Ave. He was 82. Mr. Umstaedter spent 60 years of life in the City. He retired 10 years ago after conducting a meat and grocery business in the North Side. His wife, Louise Gardner Umstaedter survives. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Thursday at the Flanner & Buchanan Puneral Home. Burial will be at Crown Hill.
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