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THE OTTAWA HERALD Vol. 60 No. 201 OTTAWA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1956 TEN PAGES Withdrawal of Kef auver Ups Adlai's Stock STEPHANIE JEAN Ottawa's lollipop crowd in The Herald's series of Calendar Girls. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Gillette, 1410 S. Cedar. Stephanie is better known to her pals as "Stevie. (Herald Photo by Lamar Phillips) Swipes In Day's Ntwt Marriage Hcenses for July reached the 20 mark today, beating by three the record of 17 set in 1948, just a year after the new law requiring a three day waiting period and a health certificate went into effect. The next mark is 20 licenses issued in August of 1953.

The 20th license was issued to Earnest L. Stewart and Maude F. Tipton, both of legal age and from Ottawa. An 80-year-old woman formerly of Ottawa, a circus fan since she was six years old, is saddened by the news that the Ringling Bros, and Barnum and Bailey Circus has folded. She is Mrs.

Aldyth Keller Chase, born and reared at Ottawa, who has been a resident of the Masonic Home in Wichita for more than a year. Mrs. Chase estimates she has seen the Ringling show at least 20 times; the last time in Chicago in 1954. "It was the most magnificent performance I ever saw," she said of the Chicago show. Mrs.

Chase's love for the circus dates back to her childhood in Ottawa. She recalls that she was about six years old when she saw her first circus come to town. She says she didn't see the performance that time, but did see the circus wagons pulling into town through the muddy streets in the pre-davvn hours. She recalls the event vividly: "My.younger brother, William had been sleeping back of our home in the "old smokehouse which had been converted into sleeping quarters for him and bis brother. "The noise made by the caged animals awakened him and he came into the house and roused the rest of the family.

I'll never forget my first glimpse of a circus. I guess that made me a circus fan. "The animals must have been hungry for they were making a lot of noise." From that time on she was a Ipver of the circus. After she. was married and her husband sometimes did not find time to accompany her, Mrs.

Chase would go to the circus by herself. She believes the highlight of her circus experience was the time she attended the Ringling show at St. Louis, and an incident occurred involving the noted clown, Emmett Kelly. "As I entered the tent, he took hold of my arm and walked in with me like clowns frequently do to delight the crowd from the embarrassment of the woman," she recalls. "I did not jerk away like a lot of women do in that.

I just walked proudly beside him. -What a laugh the crowd gave us, so he didn't stay with me very long. But he kept his eye on me all during the performance." Mrs. Chase, who doesn't look her 80 years arid says she "does not feel it," is looking forward to seeing the Shrine circus in Wichita in November. Won't End Draft LONDON, proposal to end the drafting of young Britons for two years of military service has been rejected by the House o.f Commons 308-240.

Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd was reported to have denied that Britain plans to 1 make large-scale troop cuts as an economy move. State Seeks More Land For Wellsville Road Job Birthday Cake Came Too Late ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Four-year-old Chris birthday cake came too late. The brown-haired, blue-eyed boy with "a smile like the littlest angel" died just after midnight of cancer of the blood.

His mother was more or less reconciled to it. A few hours before, while Chris was receiving his eighth blood transfusion, she quietly observed: "He's a very sweet, very affectionate little boy. I feel he belongs to God and I feel privileged to have had him even for such a short time." Mrs. Doris Barnes learned only 30 days ago he had the disease Chris was in an Albuquerque hospital about two weeks. The nurses took to his bright smile and likened him to "the littlest angel." Mrs.

Barnes, a schoolteacher with three other children, said doctors told her they had seen few such cases develop so rapidly. Chris would have been 5 Friday, but his mother decided to hurry up a little birthday party just in case. It was to have been today. Found Guilty Of Trespassing Richard was found not guilty of disturbing the peace of Floyd Moldenhauer, but was fined $25 and costs in county court yesterday for trespassing on the Moldenhauer property June 9. Moherman appealed the fine to district court, just as did another defendant, Jimmy McGaugh, also of Wellsville, who appealed a $50 fine for trespassing on Moldenhauer's property to district court.

So far Robert Miller of Ottawa, and McGaugh and Moherman have been found not guilty of disturbing Moldenahuer's peace by using vile and profane language and threatening him with violence. Two other defendants, Wayne Leach and Scott 'Moherman, both of court dates have been set. Miller also has filed a $10,000 damage suit in district court against Moldenhauer as a result of the charges and publicity. Civil War Vet Is Weakening DULUTH, Minn. UP) Albert Woolson, sole Union Army survivor of the Civil War, appeared early ioday to be weakening, attendants at St.

Luke's Hospital reported. Woolsoiij suffering from lung congestion, went into a coma early Saturday and has been unconscious since. He has been hospitalized several times since celebrating his 109th birthday on Feb. II. He has been in the hospital this time since before Memorial Day.

Lamb Ambulance. Phone 380. tt The Weather FORECAST Fair to partly cloudy (his afternoon, tonight and Thursday; a few thunderstorms; a little cooler northeast this afternoon; warmer north and west Thursday; low tonight 65-70 northwest, mid 70s southeast; high Thursday generally in the 90s. High temperature yesterday 100 at 3:20 p. low today 72 from 4:30 a.

m. to 6:00 a. high year ago today 100; law year ago today 71; record high this date 107 in 1934; record low this date 54 in 1925 and 1898; hourly temperatures 24 hours ending 8 a. m. today: 9 a.

85 9 p. 81 10 a. 88 10 p. 81 11 a. 94 11 p.

81 Noon 97 Midnight ....81 1 p. 99 1 a. 81 2 p. 96 2 a. 77 3 p.

99 3 a. 75 4 p. 95 4am 73 5 p. 91 5 a. 72 6p.m..

88 6 a. 72 7 p. 86 7 a. 73 8 p. 85 8 a.

75 Yesterday's sky clear; yesterday's wind S. W. light; yesterday's precipitation river stage this morning .62 of a foot. July Bows Out In Heat Wave Ottawa had typical summer weather again today. The predicted cool front did move across the state last night, but made only.

a small dent in the heat. Same points in the state reported good showers, the heaviest being 1.05 inches at Rexford, which is in the northwest part of the state, near Colby. Ottawa received only .01 of an inch in'a brief shower which fell about 9 o'clock last night. Other rains reported included: Oberlin Kirwin Neosho Rapids Lawrence Tribune Stockton Lebo Florence Burlington Topeka .21. The month of July, 1956, steamed out of the picture yesterday with a top temperature of 100 degrees during the afternoon.

There were five days during the month wibh temperatures of 100 degrees or higher. Despite the hot weather during the month, the rainfall was in excess of normal. Rain totaled 5.20 inches, which is 1.64 inches above the nonhal of 3.56. This brought the total moisture for the first seven months of the year to exactly 20 inches. More than 10 inches of the rain fell in the months of June and July.

The assured a big corn crop for the county, but 1956 is still short on rainfall by 1.23 inches. Milk Regulations TOPEKA to revise and study present regulations on the production, handling and sale of ungraded milk was authorized yesterday by the State Board of Agriculture. A land condemnation suit for improvements and new construe tion of K33 north from Wellsville to the Douglas Franklin county line was filed in district court yes terday by the State Highway Com mission. Proposed improvements include widening the highway southeast Wellsville 1.74, miles jiprth to the Douglas Franklin county line, a overpass 'ove the Santa Fe tracks replacing ar old wooden structure, and a smal reinforced concrete bridge acros: a creek near the county line. Twenty three tracts of land in volving 20.94 acres are listed in the petition filed by the commis sion.

Luther Stevens and Warren Weien of Ottawa and Clarenc Coffman of Wellsville have beer appointed appraisers of the prop erty by the district court, and ar to report their findings August 16 C. A. Foose, resident enginee for the State Highway sion, said only the overpass, bridg and earthwork on K33 were in eluded in present plans. He sai surfacing would be determined la ter, when contracts have been le and plans are more definite. The overpass would be 160 fee long and 28 feet of driving spac wide.

It would extend north from the southeast corner of Wellsvill and would be reinforced concret slab. The present overpass is old wooden and narrow. The wooden bridge over creek near the Douglas Frankli. county line would be replaced bj a reinforced concrete box-typ bridge, 36 feet across. Sections of K33 in this projec start one-half mile south of th overpass and extend north to th county line.

Owners of property on which right of way is sought by the com mission and the amount of Ian are: Mr. and Mrs. Dennis F. Becket .10 acres; Harvey G. Brecheisen Mr.

and Mrs. Roy E. Bur bridge, Mr. and Mrs. Thero: E.

Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Irwi Crawford, estate of John Day, Mr. and Mrs. John Foulkrod, .73: W.

Foulks, 1.79 Mr. and Mrs. Ross W. Gau'lt, .05 estate of W. Guerin, 1.09; Mr and Mrs.

Arthur D. Hill, Mr and Mrs. Minor Larrick, Mrs. Jessie E. McGill and 1.97; Mr.

and Mrs. R. R. Massen gale, Richard A. Maul, .25 Mr.

and Mrs. L. L. Murphy Mr. and Mrs.

Merle New ton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Wa ter Revey, estate.of,E.

Seyler, 3.30; Mr. and Mrs. Ro E. Shannon, Dr. D.

R. Thorn 4.90; estate of Clinton Wade, 2.76 The largest block of land ove which the highway comimissio seeks a right of way is owned D. R. Thorn of Kansas City Mo. the only one of the 23 wh is not from Wellsville.

The com mission has also asked the cour for the right of channel construe tion on two pieces of property, on owned by Dr. Thorn and the othe by the estate of E. H. Seyler. The state asks condemnation its power of eminent domain authority to appropriate land fo public use providing reasonabl compensation is awarded.

Fried chicken Ice cream Richter Church, Aug. 3, 6:3 WASHINGTON OP! Sen. Estes withdrawal appeared oday to have heightened Adlai E. itevenson's chances to win the Democratic presidential nomina- ion again on an early convention allot. Gov.

Averell Harriman of New ork, however, maintained a show confidence and some of his )acker-j contended that his had been improved despitp (efauver's appeal to his support- irs to switch to Stevenson. Kefauver, in a surprise- move, withdrew from the race late yes- erday and said that in the interest of Democratic unity and vic- ory he would support Stevenson at the party convention opening in Chicago a week from Monday. Stevenson said in Chicago he hares Kefauver's hope "that we 3emocrats, united by a commoi purpose, can soon close ranks and get on with this fateful cam paign." Harriman said in New York that Kefauvers withdrawal clears the air, and he added: 'His delegates are now free I've asked them to join rne in thr cause I stand for. Many al ready told me they will do Harriman contended he will ge. more than half the delegates whc lad been pledged to Kefauver Michael' H.

Prendergast, New York Democratic state chairman and one of Harriman's campaigi managers, said the New York gov ernor's prospects are "brightei than ever." "The many supporters of Sen Kefauver who backed him for nomination will now be for Gov Harriman," Prendergast said. Stevenson himself made r.o pre dictions but his campaign mana James A. Finnegan said Ke auver's withdrawal created very strong chance that Stevenson will be nominated on the first bal Several other supporters the former Illinois governor saic such a victory was "close to a certainty." Both Stevenson and Kefauve said in response to questions there lad been no deal between them Kefauver said he is not a candi date for the vice presidential nom ination' but he' did nor close tfie door to accepting it. Few Local Contests For County Primary Tuesday School Merger Is Voted Down The proposal to consolidat Lane, Princeton and Rantoul Ru ral High school districts failed yesterday by large margins in Lane and Rantoul. Only Princeton, which voted 126 to 71 in favor of consolidation was in favor.

The measure wa defeated 109-48 in- Rantoul, anc 138-79 in Lane. The total vote was 253 in favor of consolidation and 318 against. Defeat in on district would have been enougl to kill the proposal. "There's nothing I can say a this time," said John A. Flem ing, county superintendent schools, "consolidation has failed and that seems to be that." The overwhelming defeat consolidation probably means further action will be taken a least in the near future.

This is the second consolidation effort to fail recently in Frank lin county. A few months ago Appanoose, Michigan Valley an Pomona residents defeated a sim ilar proposal. Ice cream social, New Hope Church, August 2, 6:30 p. m. Y.

F. 10 mi. east on Logan St 201-C-21 Only three contests of a local nature face voters of Franklin county in the primary election to held next Tuesday. The primary will see voters nominating party candidates for the general election November. Republican voters will decide contests for county commissioner nominations in both the north and south districts, and for sheriff.

There are no contests for Democratic nomination on the county ticket. There are four candidates for one county commissioner position and three for another on Republican ticket. For the second, or south, dis- trict commissioner the candidates are: L. L. Griffith, Rantoul; Ben Haney, Rantoul; A.

L. Lingard, Princeton; and J. A. Van Valkenburg, Williamsburg. For the third, or north district, the commissioner candidates are: J.

H. Button, route 1, Pomona; Howard Kalb, route 2, Wellsville; and Earl Sink, route 4, Ottawa. There are two Republican candidates for sheriff, Jay Brown, present sheriff, and R. C. Cowdin, both of Ottawa.

Several contests will be decided at the August primary at the district, state and national levels in both parties. These will include: United Eisenhower Refuses To Say Choice For Vice President WASHINGTON Eisenhower said today Vice President Nixon is perfectly acceptable to him but he is not going to foreclose Republican convention action on some other possible vice presidential candidate. Eisenhower declined at a news conference to state any preference for a vice presidential nominee. Eisenhower said he himself has not been renominated and he is not going beyond what he already has said about Nixon as a member of the administration team. In previous exchanges on the subject Eisenhower has said he would be "delighted" to have Nixon on any ticket with him.

He has praised Nixon's contribution to the administration. He declined specifically to say whether Gov. Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts would be as acceptable for second place on the ticket. Harold E.

Stassen has proposed that Herter be substituted for Nixon. Stassen, Eisenhower's 'disarmament aide, contends' that an Eisenhower-Herter ticket would be 6 per cent stronger in November than an Eisenhowef-Nixon ticket. Eisenhower was noticeably a bit thinner than when he held his last news conference June 6. But he replied to a barrage of questions during a 30-minute session in a sure voice and seemed to be in a confident mood. Asked if he would prepare a list of possible vice presidential candidates as he did in 1952, Eisenhower said he hadn't made any list yet.

If he did, he added, he would not give it to any but the most confidential friends. He said he wasn't going to be drawn into any naming of candidates who would be acceptable. Eisenhower said that if he got into such a position of naming names he might be asked about someone about whom he had reservations. He said he doesn't want to express public reservations about any potential Republican candidate. A reporter reminded Eisenhower he had once said he would raise a commotion if anybody ever suggested to him that he dump Nixon.

Eisenhower said nobody has ever proposed to him that he dump Nixon. He said very little was said between him and Stassen when Stas- sun told him in advance of Stas- scn's July 23 announcement that he was backing Herter. Stassen didn't come to him for advice but only to tell him what Stassen expected to do, Eisenhower said. Eisenhower said he firmly be- lieves in the right of any citizen to express his preference as to political candidates. He added that applies to the President himsell as well as to the vice president.

Eisenhower said he told Stassen he had the right to express his views but must make it perfectly dear he was speaking as an individual and not as a member of Eisenhower's official family. Stassen has said he is doing that. Eisenhower said Stassen found his original statement backing Herter had stirred up more of a storm that he anticipated, anc came to the President to ask for leave. Eisenhower said he personally thought it was wise for Stassen to take such leave. Tent Quarters For Guardsmen (By SP-S Robert Loyd) Camp Ripley, Minn.

Headquarters battery arrived in Camp Ripley Sunday at 9:30 a. m. and the truck convoy two hours later. Our living quarters are different from those at Camp McCoy. Enlisted men live in six to twelve man tents, while officers live in one and two man tents.

Some our tents leak when it rains and it did, and are hot when the sun comes out. The battalion participated in a formal guard mount Tuesday night Headquarters battery participatec with Lt. James A. Richardson, Sgt Gene E. Mildfelt and M-Sgt.

John L. Humerickhouse as officers the guard. Today we will participate in a field artillery test which is to check the teamwork of the entire divi sion. Food and morale are good, and we sdept under a comforter Monday night. Keep the mail coming, we tire of receiving mail from home A light drizzle and temperatures in the 60s greeted us at Camp Ripley.

Raincoats and field jackets were the uniform of the day Sunday. Maj. George Burg of Kan sas City, Mo. said all men ar rived safely and reported unevent ful trips. Kansas Farm Prices Down TOPEKA WPl Kansas farmers received an average of two per cent less for products they sold it mid-July than a month earlier Shaw Exchange Blasts As Campaign Nears Wind-Up (By The Associated Press) Gov, Fred Hall and Warren W.

Shaw, fighting for the Republican nomination for governor, traded sharp blasts again Tuesday night. Hall, in a televised speech at Great Bend, said Shaw "has carried on the greatest campaign of deceit and dishonesty that Kansas has ever seen." Shaw charged in a TV speech at Topeka that "the turmoil in state government results from the action of one man." He referred to Hall. Hall accused seeking to bring disfavor on the state's spending program but that Shaw himself "is only paying lip service economy." Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, Harry Woodring, Candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, said at Olathe "an apparently highly-organized racket the right of way racist has been built up in Kansas." He said the highway department offers landowners low prices for the land heeded for right of way, then the case goes into the courts with lawyers drawing "fat fees" for their services. James Putnam, campaigning for the Republican nomination for attorney general, proposed in a speech at Manhattan that volunteer National Guardsmen be used on holidays to help enforce traffic laws. PARSONS OB A switch in rural vote which gave Warren W.

Shaw an edge over Gov. Fred Hall in their race for the Republican nomination for governor was noted today in a preprimary poll of Labette County conducted by the Parsons Sun. Final results, the newspaper said, showed Shaw with 52.2 per cent of the poll vote and Hall 43.8 per cent. Two other candidates divided the remaining vote. In the Democratic contest for the gubernatorial nomination, the poll gave Harry H.

Woodring 62.8 per cent against 37.2 for George Docking. The poll 1 showed Woodring's strength to be rather uniform among all voting groups, the Sun reported. Truth Patrol" of Kansas legisla tors visited Emporia today am branded Gov. Fred Hall's descrip lion of Warren Shaw, one of hi: opponents for the Republican nom ination for governor, as an ab sentee legislator a "smear" and i "gutter maneuver." Rep. Richard F.

Allen of Law rence said the governor's state ments are false and are proved so by the House Journal which lists the morning roll calls each legis lative day, EMPORIA Mi-James Putnam candidate for the Republican nom ination for attorney general, to day charged that contributions ordinarily sent in by-check to Re state headquarters are new, by orders of Gov, red Hall, being paid directly to the governor's office in cesh. A spokesman for the governor, when informed of the charge, saic "that's a laugh" and said Hall would have no comment. EMPORIA UB The "flying Hear Gov. Ffcd Hal! tonight WDAF-TV, Channel 4. 301-e-lt States senator, governor, lieu- enant governor, justice of supreme court, secretary of state, attorney general, commissioner of nsurance, and state printer.

In the race for state senator, William Bowers is unopposed at he primary on the Republican There are two Democratic candidates, John Gaynor and John B. Pierson, both of Ottawa. Among'those seeking Franklin county offices, who will go through he Republican primary unopposed are: Bruce Spears, for county clerk; Roselyn Whirley, for coun- treasurer; Opal Letchworth, for register of deeds; Christina Woke, 'or clerk of the district court; Milo j. Harris, for probate judge; Donald L. White, for county attorney; Jay J.

Scott, for county superintendent; Dr. R. S. Roberts, for coroner. Olin Minckley, of Ottawa, who is seeking the sheriff position, is the lone Democrat running for a county office in Franklin county.

Lloyd Stafford, of Ottawa, running for state representative, is a candidate on the Democratic ticket, and is unopposed. Others who will be unopposed at the primary are: Floyd Coffman for judge of the district court; and Robert A. Anderson for state representative, both of Ottawa, and both Republicans. Attracting much attention is the primary race between Gov. Fred Hall and Warren W.

Shaw, for the nomination for governor. Also running for the office on the Republican tickets are Francis Holton of Horton, and John 0. Stewart of Kansas City, former Ottawan. For United States Senator, Waiter I. Biddle of Leavenworth is opposing Frank Carlson on the Republican ticket.

Congressman Errett P. Scrivner is unopposed for congressman, second district, on the Republican ticket. John McCuish, Newton, has as his opponent on the Republican ticket, Lester C. Arvin, Wichita. John Anderson, Olathe; Frank Eckdall, Emporia; and James Putnam, Emporia, are Republican candidates for.

at-. torney general. Running for the unexpired term, attorney general are Anderson, Wm. Butters, Topeka; and John E. Lancelot and John W.

Sowers, both of Wichita. All are Republicans. Ferd Voiland, state printer, is opposed by John Darr, Topeka, for that office on the Republican ticket. Other Republicans seeking nominations include: Justice of the Supreme court, position 2, Harold R. Fatzer, Kinsley; position 5, William Wertz, Wichita: position 6, L.

F. Cushenbery, Oberlin; L. L. Morgan, Hugoton; William S. Norris, Salina; Alfred E.

Schroeder, Newton; and Paul E. Wilson, Lyndon; position 7, Robert T. Price, Topeka. Secretary of State: Stephen N. Lawrence, Hillsboro; and Paul R.

Shanahan, Salina. Auditor: George Robb, Salina. Treasurer: Richard T. Fadely, Topeka. On the Democratic ticket the following candidates will be on the primary ballots for national and state offices: United States Senator: Paul L.

Aylward, Ellsworth; George Hart, Wichita; Fred Kilian, Wamego; and Marlyn Korf, Burdett. Congressman, second district: Newell A. George, Kansas City. Justice of Supreme Court, position 2, unexpired term: Rice Lardner, Olathe; position 5, Frank J. Theis, Arkansas City; position 6, F.

F. Wasinger, Hays; position 7, Joe Henbest, Columbus. Governor: George Docking, Lawrence; and Harry Woodring, Topeka. Lieutenant Governor: Joseph W. Henkle, Great Bend; and Ewell Stewart, Topeka.

Secretary of State: Verne H. Aronhalt, Kansas City. Auditor: John J. Williams, Arkansas City. State Treasurer: A.

L. Wolfe, Ft. Scott. Attorney General, unexpired term, no candidate. Attorney General, regular term: Harry G.

Wiles, St. John. Superintendent of Public Instruction; Ronald T. Ramsey, Monument. Commissioner of Insurance: Rei Alien, Kansas City.

State printer: Lillie Wasba- baugti, Natoma. Wellsville High Registers Aug. 7 Wellsville high school students will register from August 7 through August 10, said Ed Beatty, superintendent, today. The schedule: 7, Sophomores August 8, Juniors August 9, Seniors August 10. Students who cannot register during the above period may; register Saturday, August 11.

Registration wffl be in'the high school.