Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1947 — Page 2

Exlosives

Guarded Northwest Flank of Country

By HAROLD GUARD . United Press Staff Correspondent ABOARD A BRITISH] NAVAL VESSEL, April 18. ~The British navy blew the tiny German island fortress of Helgoland into the «North sea today with a shattering blast from 6700 tons of high explo- . sives, "The explosion was touched off by an electric impulse from a cable ship eight miles away. It smashed the fortress which had protected Germany's exposed northwest flank through two wars. . Omdr. Frank Mildred aboard | cable ship Lasso flipped the detohating switch when he heard the first gong of the hourly B. B. C.

time &ignal at 1 p. m. (5 a. m. In- , dianapolis. time).

‘Haven for Fishermen

The blast was intended to change the red, rocky island—one mile long and one-third of a mile wide which stands off the river Elbe estuary 28 miles from the German mainland ~from a fortress into a harmless little haven for North sea fishermen. Clouds of smoke rose 8000 feet. Submarine pens, anti-aircraft guns, and radar installations were ripped apart. Debris peppered the sea for hundreds of yards. around the island.

(A B. B. C. correspondent flying over the scene said the island shot into the air “like the skyscrapers on the New York skyline.” He said the smoke column looked lize “the Bikini mushroom.”) n Concealed in Tunnels

The island was blown up by 3500 tons of explosives hauled to it by German engineers under British direction. There were 3000 tons of. explosives left behind by the Germans when the war ended and an undetermined amount of ammunition concealed in the tunnels

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Hickman Attacks Machine Politics

Candidate Opens New Headquarters

eeping a “crowd of machine od from getting control of city h

all and the police department” is

{a major issue in this campaign, |

declared Roy E. Hickman in a’ statement today on his candidacy | for the Republican mayoralty. “This primary campaign is much | more than just a personal contest |

nomination for mayor,” he said. | “It is a continuation of the campaign begun last year to break the hold that the Republican ma- | chine had on the law enforcement | offices. We succeeded then in| nominating and electing Judson L.

{Stark as prosecutor and Albert | Magenheimer as sheriff, !

Seek to Hold Ground

headed by associates of County Chairman Henry E. Ostrom and James L. Bradford, former chair-| man. “Don’t be deceived by the change!

whom you repudiated last year,”| Mr. Hickman said. “It's the same gang using the same methods. The! only difference is that they have

honeycombing the miniature Gi- selected a new candidate (William |

braltar. The first in the ‘series of explosions was small, to scare away the island's teeming bird life. Approximately 2000 inhabitants had been evacuated to Hamburg for eventual settlement on another German island. German newspapers and radios had warned residents of all coastal towns within a 100-mile radius to open their windows to prevent shattering. A movie camera was placed in a concrete pillbox on the tiny island of Duna half a mile from Helgoland to record the blast. British naval experts believed its pictures might rival those of Bikini.

U. 8. Observation Posts

Dr, John V. Atanasoff of the U. 8. naval ordnance laboratories said in Frankfurt yesterday he believed the explosion would displace the earth's layers as far south as Udine, Italy. Ten American naval observation posts were set up from the North sea to Italy to record the effect. Admiralty officials said the fortress was blown up under the Potsdam agreement for destruction of! German fortifications. There had] béen moves by both British and]

respectability. Stark Attacks Machine Speaking at a campaign rally opening the new Hickman-for-mayor headquarters at 40 N. Pennsylvania st. Prosecutor Stark bit-| terly attacked the "Bradtord-0x- | trom machine.” “Last year I was forced to fight and defeat the Republican machine |

he said.

to steal elections, it becomes a machine.” “It (the machine) is worse than | it was last year because it is unchanged and unrepentent. Believing that it has full newspaper support it is worse than unrepentant,

said. Few Charges Made

set, up to do the same thing this year,” he said. “A few’ changes have been made, but mostly to consolidate power and arrogance.”

| Publican machine threatened to “stack my grand jury” and resulted

German quarters to delay or call|!n delaying its work for three

off the destruction. The German base on the island has been source’ of trouble to the| British, navy since 1914. kaiser’s grand fleet showed its teeth

in the battle of Helgoland bight and then retired behind the island’s|——————————

breakwaters. Prey on Shipping

During the recent war submarines

and E-boats based there preyed on North sea and English channel shipping. Radar installations signalled the approach of British and American aerial fleets coming to bomb Germany. Concrete walls 20 feet thick protected the island's coastal batteries and submarine pens, were hewn into rock 180, feet underground. -

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EVENTS TOMORROW

Indi Home Show, state fair- Boys 0 | At St. Franels—Richard, Margaret Rowley. - distriet recreation conference, | At City—Donnle, Carnelia Young, and Hotel Antlers. Virgil, Delores Arnold. Kappa PPA sorority convention.| At Met hodis t—Joseph, Iola Carter: Robert, Mildred Carmichael: Lowell, Helen Ut-

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to investigate election frauds,” he said. “Should I ‘wait until after

One-Fourth of U. S. Synthetic Rubber Lost

ST. LOUIS, April 18 (U. P.). One-fourth of the nation’s synthetic | rubber supply was wiped out when | the Monsanto Chemical Co. plant at Texas City was destroyed, Mon- | santo officials reported here yester- | day, ' i They said the plant had provided |

lof styrene, an essential synthetic ( rubber ingredient,

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BIRTHS

Girls Mildred Arthur, | At Methodist—William, Leola Compton: ®,| Wilford, Mary Pierce; Hilbert, Mf dred | Rust, and Irving. Ruby VanOsdol. At Si. Vincent's—Kenneth, Charlotte Dou | thitt; Jones, Naomi Halsey, and Charles, | Beryl Jones. At ome-—~Charles, Bernice Jake, 445 Ages; 4 Argpold, Elsie Sosbe, 470 8. Pine; | Opal Thompson, 11 MoCord, | ad Henry, Evelyn orthington, 1087 W. |

At City—Lyle,

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; DEATHS Bettie Sear, 95, at 2540 Sangster, oarwilliam i. Weist, 85, at 687 Holly, cardio Calvin H. - ocel

Ben, 53, at 1500 State, corusion, Dalby, 58, at Long, cerebral Eun, 47, at 15156 EB. 18th, Bruce, 74, st Long, coronary

PLAN DANCE—Committee members for the St. Mary's Academy Junior-Senior Prom to be held May 6 in the Indiana Ballroom are (left to right) Rosemary Burkert, Dolores Udovich, and

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H. Wemmer) to give their repudi-| ated character the appearance of

it' is arrogant,” Prosecutor Stark!

“This Republican machine stole! thousands of votes last year and is

Mr. Stark charged thdt the Re-'

the horses are stolen before locking the barn doors?” A large crowd overflowed into the streets at the Hickman headquarters for the opening ceremonies. County Clerk A. Jack Tilson was master of ceremonies and Harry O.

|Wemmer Outlines [=

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‘Warns Against Vote Frauds

Warning against vote frauds in the May 6 primary election, William H. Wemmer outlined the salient points of his campaign for the Republican mayoralty nomination today. “I would like fo be mayor of Indianapolis but I am sincere when {I say that I would rather lose the {election than be nominated by fraudulent vote tabulations,” Mr. Wemmer said. He referred indirectly to Prosecutor Judson L. Stark's grand jury investigation into alleged wholesale irreguldrities in the 1946 balloting a year ago when Mr. Stark charged that the regular .G. O. P. organiza-

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Welcomes G. 0. P. Support In an obvious effort to clarify his position in relation to the regular organization, Mr, Wemmer said: “I was nat picked by the regular Republican organization” and then added, “but I welcome its support.” In a major speech opening his campaign headquarters at 33 W. Wi st. last night, Mr. Wemmer pledged that if elected mayor he would appoint a “topnotch” staff of city officials and employees. He further promised: ONE: Development of the city's health program beyond the mere emergency functions. TWO: Improved care of under. privileged citizens in order that none might suffer undue hardships through no fault of his own. THREE: Unrelenting war on juvenile delinquency. FOUR: Rapid improvement of the Indianapolis housing situation. FIVE: Elimination of the smoke

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crossing elimination system. SEVEN: Increased efficiency and improved morale of the police and fire departments. “The police chief must assume full responsibility for enforcement of the laws under the board of safety,” he said. “Above all, the city must have ag honest, capable and efficient police force.”

Ee a Plans Civic Auditorium

Construction of a civic auditor- |

ium was listed as a major platform plank by John A. Schumacher, president of the city council, in a statement today on his campaign for the G. O. P, mayoralty nomination. “I believe that our city should arrange for a civic auditorium to meet the growing needs of the city,” he said. “There is no. question that certain other needs should be fulfilled first, Such a building should not

a present, But unless such a building is planned now a civic auditorium will never be anything but a dream.” Mr. Schumacher said that as a result of lack of facilities it is necessary for opera companies to travel to Bloomington and Lafayette instead of Indianapolis for performances, “This city cannot afford to be without an auditorium and something constructive must be done about it at once,” he said.

Dawson to Keep Up Fight on Utility Rates

A “militant fight against excessive utility rates” was pledged by James M. Dawson, candidate for the Republican mayoralty nomination in a speech at 1518 W. New York st. last night. He also pledged to eliminate “graft and corruption and restore the police department to respeéctability.” “I will order the discharge of all city employees who accept bribes

be built under conditions that exist

of any kind,” he said.

Heads Hickman Club

Mrs. H. P., Dillwerth, 471 E. Riverside dr, has been elected president of the Women's Hickman for Mayor club,

Other officers are Mrs, James B. Malone, vice president, and Mrs. Everett _H. Maxwell, secretary. Executive board members are Mrs. George F. Kleder, Mrs, Nellle Martin, Mrs. Mary L. ‘McDonald, Mrs. I. R. Yeagey and Mrs. Ruth Weaver. : The club will organize women voters in support of Ray E. Hickman for the Republican mayoralty nomination,

Dawson Talks Tonight James M. Dawson, a Republican candidate for mayor, will speak at a political rally tonight under sponsorship of the Butler university chapter of the Am: Veterans committee. He will talk at 8 p. m. in the 38th st. branch, Merchants National bank. «

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