Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1946 — Page 2

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ed and fond There IS Little Show of Emotion

iy CHARLES BERNARD United. Press Stal Correspondent

"8~-The first anniversary of the official

heed to the emotions of a year ago. ‘Little glossy military show and few public ceremonies memorated the end of a sttuggle that swayed from the of Moscow to the she of London, and from the Arctic

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Late on May 8, 1945, Feld Mar- |. shal Wilhelm Keitel, German chief | at an dn signed his armies into (pblivion in the Berlin headquarters session of the council. Soviet Marshal Georgi K. Khukov. | 1 signing was before a delegation | official _ American, British, French and © iclals, military leaders. | The existence of American evi-

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of the count itself heightened sus-{?

picion. These peculiarities were: ONE: A count of ballot boxes made ‘by the Times at 4 a. m.—nire hours after the polls closed yesterday and seven hours,after all boxes were to be safely stowed at. Tomlinson hall—showed that 12 boxes containing returns from six precincts were missing. Blection officials could not ac count for the missing ballot boxes, put asserted that their contents probably wouldn't influence the election anyway. By 9 a. m,, officials said all ballot boxes had been accounted for. Reasons Offered

According to the election commissioners’ check lists, seveh precincts were missing at that hour, didn’t know whether their own lists were accurate or not.

Listed as missing on the check

lists were boxes from the 1st precinct of Lawrence twp, the 10th, 11th and 12th precincts of Wayne

| pouncement was made by Soviet) twp. the 4th of the 11th ward, the

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[ ‘Stuffed: Ti Box—And Nobody Rad H. -

sth of the 5th, and the 6th of the 12:15 &. m. this morning. The huge

boxes were missing: The. taxicabs the county hired to

broke ‘down; maybe the cabs were out cruising; the precincts decided to hold the boxes until morning ignoring instructions; perhaps the precinct officials got drunk. Fastened Incorrectly “Who knows?” he said. “It always happens. Nothing to get excited about. It won't influence the election either way.” TWO: One of the delays in the count resulted. from an argument between election officials themselves over what to do about eight more boxes which Mr. Hanrahan thought improperly marked. These were also shunted aside, to be marked later. This made a total of 26 boxes involving 13 precincts which were “in doubt.” The count which was scheduled to

stqrt at 10 p. m. got under way at

counting force then went out to

“avi Klapper, Defriocratic mem-|lunch at 2 a. m. and did not resume ber of the “commission, listed a|the count until nearly 3 a. m, number of reasons why tire ballot

Watcher Issue Mr. Hanrahan made it~ clear at

haul the boxes to Tomlinson hall the start that he was running the

count, and would not brook interference. He assigned watchers to Ltables.. Protests came that the watchers should "be permitted to circulate. “Maybe I'll let them do it later, » he finally compromised.

should watch whom arose when deputy sheriffs arrived from Sheriff Petit’s office. Sheriff Petit’s deputies, it seemed, had been invited to preserve law and order by County Clerk Jack Tilson. Obviously’ suspicious, Commissioner Hanrahan tried to push them out. He said there were enough city police. “This is Marion county, isn't it?” the deputies demanded. Mr. Hanrahan was forced to admit they had him there. They stayed. . Shortly after this battle of wits,

The first altercation over who]

: A Candidate ‘Magenheimer’s watchLers, 35 veterans, showed up, led by|® Robert Magenheimer, the police captain’s son. All had credentials Issued by Clerk Tilson. Mr, Hanrahan tried to show them the door. There were enough watchers present already, he said. He recognized Charles Huff of the citizens’ committee as the group's attorney in fact. After some. discussion as to who would watch whom, the veterans who hadn't gone home in disgust were allowed out on the floor. Asked why he had tried to oust the veterans, Mr, Hanrahan said that it was “that bunch from the citizens’ committee.” “We can't have people running

all over here,” he said. “This count is going to be run legally.”

of the controversy, he said. What was it all about? The counters, meanwhile, were working over the ballots. After a long list of instructions, Mr. Hanrahan urged them to speed up the count in brief “pep” talks over the public address system.

Superficially, the count seemed

Clerk Tilson hadn't been aware

to be going smoothly enough. Arguments over “watchers and ballot hoses were quiet, in contrast to ! er years when lesser quarrels fistfights. “We're doing -tfie best we can,” Election Commissioner Klapper said. “Nobody’s perfect.”

REPORT CONFESSION IN DUCE GRAVE THEFT

MILAN, May 8 (U, P..—Newspapers today publishede#® purported confession of the grave robbery of Benito Mussolini's body, and police announced they had arrested six persons in connection with the plot. “However, both the confession and the arrests left a number of points obscure. The confession blamed the plot on Gen. Enzo Calviati, prominent Fascist militia leader,

‘SNOOZE’ TIES UP TRAFFIC CHICAGO, May 8 (U. P).— Thomas Chandler, 28, a truck driver from Kernersville, N, C., paid a $25 fine today for blocking traffic at a busy intersection. Chandler said he had driven all the way from North Carolina and had fallen asleep when he halted his truck for a stop light.

WEDNESDAY, MAY. 8, 1046>

WARNS MARSHALL'S EFFORTS MAY FAIL

CHANGCHUN, May 7 (Delayed) (U. P.).—Gen.- Peng Chen, secretary general of the northeast bue reau which administers Communist« held Manchuria, warned today that Gen. George C. Marshall's efforts to restore peace in China will fail if U: 8. naval forces continue trans= porting Nationalists into Mane churia. In an interview with five Ameri can and three Chinese Nationalist correspondents just released from house . arrest, Peng also criticized the way in which American lendlease material, including airplages, is being used by the Nationalists in Manchuria, He charged that the Nationalists have eight armies in Manchuria instead of the five to which they are limited by a Jan. 13 executive headquarters agreement.

KEEP CARROTS MOIST WASHINGTON — To hold their vitamin C, carrots must be kept

both cold and moist.

> The next day, Grand Admiral | defce to support Iran's original 85 The Doenitz issued the final Ger-| charges against Russia was learned qoman. communique. It told every from a high authority a few hours . soldier to lay aside his weapons pefore the council reconvenes (at| iisproud and erect and “set to work|3 p.m, Indianapolis Time) for the avin these gravest hours in our his-| frst time in nine days. aMpry with courage and confidence! ogtengibly, the meeting is to hear | +o safeguard the undying life of ..os about Russia's promised our people.” . evacuation of Iran by last Mon- “~~ Today Keitel and Doenitz stood day. on trial as war criminals before the | Left on Schedule tribunal at Nuernberg. | The Russians appear to have left Tp ceremonies were held in Ber- ,, schedule. But the prospects were lin today. that all the council will have when ™ £ Tomorrow a few hundred “rench, ji meets will be: British and American sol-| QNE, Iranian Ambassador Husbo will march through the gin Ala’s qualified report. His govafi a slight reminder to the ernment has beer unable yet -to . | confirm reports that the Russians Choose May 9 'have marched out of the northern was chosen for the Berlin | province of Azerbaijan. ce - because the capitula- | TWO. A continued rebuff by the action document became effective at! Soviet union of the council’s reone minute ‘past midnight on |quest for a report on May 6 that atte Ie, |all Russian troops had left Iran. ; Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Amer- Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gromy- | commander in Europe, sent an|ko already has served notice that | si on message to his occupa- (he will not participate in any . Hon troops stating that three nega-|further council discussions of Iran. objectives of the occupation— Today's council agenda lists only iene de - N a zification | the Iranian question.

deindustrialization—avere near-| After an American-Russian in-

Ay complete. stitute banquet late last night, at|

Gen. McNarney said the American | which he indirectly denounced the

ation still had before it the | Anglo-American countries for try-| tasks of re-education of|ing to impose their will on other]

Germans, restoration of self-|countries. Mr. Gromyko was asked t to the German people whether he would attend today’s meeting. He replied: “I have some doubts.” Other council members do not expect him. Ambassador Ala submitied a a preliminary report to the council Monday night. But in it he repeated Iran's original charges of Russian interference in Iranian internal affairs.

brought German prisoners of | FUSSian : it.

“interferences” in

in Reims, France, 1200 gil 9 ‘sti. | termine whether Russian dents went about their Slaseroom were out of all of Iran. business on the spot where the firs SI

He contended that because of the northern province of Azerbaijan his government was unable to de{forces |

EEE YANG TRY TO SINK

The prosaic building then wagthe, .SHAEF headquarters of Dwight Eisenhower.

Every Day Needed PEARL HARBOR, May 8 (U. P.).|

* JAP ATOM TEST SHIP

Mayor Michel Sicre said Reims! ms U. 8. navy enlisted men at-|

couldnt take a holiday, because | tempted to knock outa Japanese] every day was needed to rebuild Cruiser en route from. Japan to France, | Bikini atoll because they wanted to! The “table on which the Reims 80 home, the navy disclosed today. surrender was signed stands as an| Oapt. Sanford Wood. 14th naval unpretentious shrine. | district legal officer, said the alA few visitors came to read the|leged sabotage occurred April 5-7 nameplates on it, recalling those] aboard the cruiser Sakawa, one of who participated. Two keys to the|the target ships for the forthcomSHAEPF war room, now gold plated, |ing atom bomb tests. were displayed in a glass case. The men were identified as FireMaps depicting the final battle| man 2-c Larry W. La Joie, Chicago; lines hang on the wall. Beside them | Fireman 1-c Stanley Berrent, Bal-| is a casualty chart showing that | timore; Fireman 2-¢ Robert J. Eby, | the western allies lost 122,072 dead! Landsdown, Pa.; Seaman Lloyd E.| and 661,900 wounded in the western | Faulkner, Baltimore, ‘and Seaman front campaign. 2 -¢ William McKinley Lambright

Railway Car Vanishes {Jr., Palestine, O.

In the forest of Compiegne, where Capt. Wood sald general courts-

martial charges were being prethe victorious allies signed the end .;.4 goainst the men and that

of the first great war to end war, | {they may face the death penalty if French peasants gathered wood n'y ic decided the Sakawa is a Slowing. United States vessel. No visitors could pay homage in| Four days were required* for rethe railway car where the Germans| pairs after the alleged sabotage atof 1018 surrendered, and which {ont which occurred off Eniwetok, Adolf Hitler later hauled to Ger-| Capt. Wood said many as Nazi booty. It has vanished, apparently blown | to bits by allied bombs.

GERMANS EVENTS TODAY - ARRESTED IN RAIDS Lions club “funcheon, 12:18 p, m., Clay:

BERLIN, May 8 (U. P.). — The Toor Chamber of Commerce, luncheon, Ametican niilitary government an-|, 131% pm. Washington

Indiana Restaurant association, conven.

nounced today that 20,000 persons tion, Murat temple

were arrested for black marketing indiana Tuberculosis association, conven. tion, Lincoln ‘during recent raids in downtown missionary Education Institute, all day,

Berlin, Central Christian church. Gen. Joseph, T.° McNarne “| or Mesh and Apr evs reo EVENTS TOMORROW German police, working | Advertising club of Indianapolis, luncheon, , Lincol tary authorities, “have ois Re iaiee B ssciation,

many as 6000 arrests in a| tion, Murat temple vy. {Indiana Tuberculosis association,

tion, Lincoln.

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