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MIAMI OKLA WEDNESDAY APRIL 1 1 1956 DAILY 5 SUNDAY 10 CENTS' RllAMI AH TEWS Lv I I A IXJl JAA uuuuw tvery evening (except Saturday) and Sunday UOlxL I CAlXj MV TT Morning by Miami Newsnanera Inn Tulsan Elected Head Delegate By Republicans i Bryan Unanimous Selection in 0 OKLAHOMA CITY turtis Bryan a Tulsa oilman today was elected chairman of the Okla homa Republican delegation to the national convention next August in San rancisco Twenty of the 22 delegates were present for the election which was by acclamation Earl Wells of Henryetta was elec ted vice chairman and Gene Alex ander of Oklahoma City was nam ed sergeant at arms Reuben Sparks of Woodward a former candidate for governor Bryan Sparks was nominated for the chairmanship by Ken Gray of Tulsa but withdrew favor of Bryan Bailie Vinson of Tulsa was re nominated for national committee man by unanimous vote of the delegates Mrs Connie Brand of Oklahoma City was nominated for the post of national committeewoman from Oklahoma Two other women were seeking the post Mrs Mary Ruth erguson Oklahoma City and Mrs i Sutherland! Hominy but Mrs strength gave her the post without a contest The selections of the national committeeman and committee woman are indicative i of the dele feelings but can be chang ed by a majority vote anytime before they are approved by the: Republican National convention at San rancisco Aug 19 24 The expected fight over the com mitteewoman failed to develop when it was determined ahead of times that Mrs forces had enough votes for election An attempt to postpone any action on election of the committeeman or committeewoman was defeated and a motion was passed that the election be' by secret ballot Notes from Your Town fTHE Lewis Maples pas A tor of the irst Baptist church will Divinity degree in May from the Linda Vista Baptist Seminary in San Diego He will deliver the commencement ad dress at the spring con vocation on May 14 and recceive his degree at that time Mr and Mrs Maples plan to visit Mrs parents in Pas adena before returning to Miami May 17 Stevenson Clings To Slim Margin Estes Is Trounced CHICAGO (AP) President Eisenhower moved out ahead of Adlai Stevenson today in returns from the' Illinois presidential preference primary By CARL BELL CHICAGO (AP) Adlai Stevenson snowed under the write in bid of Sen Estes Kefauver and clung to a narrow margin over President Eisenhower as late returns trickled in today from presidential preference primary It appeared significant however that while nor mally Republican the downstate area enabling Eisen hower to close the gap is i JOHN WILEY Illinois agricultural area Stevenson who had called for a large Democratic vote in home state as an expression of dissatisfaction with the 'national farm program owed his edge to industrial Cook Chicago The over all voting yesterday turned out light as expected In dications were that the total would not exceed million compared to nearly five million registered voters The difference between Steven son and Eisenhower narrowed from more than 144000 votes shortly before midnight to ap proximately 26000 eight hours later Democratic returns from 7732 of the states 9511 precincts gave Stevenson without opposition on the printed ballot 607557 votes Chamber President Wiley Elected President Businessman To Succeed Carter Druggist John 'Wiley today was elected president of the Miami Chamber of Commerce during a board of directors meeting in the Hotel Miami Ivan Estus president of North east Oklahoma Railroad was re elected vice president for a second term Howard Essary was elected treasurer arid Carselowey as sistant treasurer Wiley who served as chamber president in 1948 succeeds Dr Bruce Carter His term of of fice is for one year Wiley haslieml'SMiami Resident for the past 22 years He managed the Crown Drug store here for seven years before going into the drug business for himself 15 years ago Previously he had managed a store in Jefferson City Mo and was associated with the Crown company in Kansas City The 48 year oId druggist gradu ated from tire Kansas City School ol Pharmacy in 1930 He operates Kefauver received 23863 write ins in 7576 prennctsx Eisenhower with only tokeKop position in theRepublican bahnt ing got 580577 votes in 7799 pre cincts Sen William Knowland who is supposing the President and did not campaign received 27601 and Lar Daly Chicafo a frequent ice seek er 7944 On the basis of the average vote per precinct Stevenson received 49 per cent of the total vote: Ei senhower 46 per cent This compared to 55 per cent and 45 per cent in Illinois in the 1952 general election The Kefauver write in vote fell far short of expectations His sup porters had expressed hope of re ceiving 10 per cent of the Demo cratic vote With returns still com ing in he had slightly less than 4 per cent This was best pri mary showing He stressed the importance' of his endorsement by the homefolks especially after his setback by Kefauver in Minnesota last month How Eisenhower and Stevenson stacked up against each other in (Continued on Page Two) Two Men Killed In Blazing Crash At Rail Crossing a was not defini lockup Rexall drug store Mr and Mrs Wiley live at 327 street northwest They have married daughter After a couple of wet chilly days Miamians were treated to a return to springlike temperatures today with the mercury standing at the 57 degree level at noon The temperature got up to only 45 for the high reading yesterday Low last night was 33 weatherman John Gray reported SINGER LEAVES SOUTH BIRMINGHAM Ala Nat (King) Cole who was attacked on the stage by a group of white men during a concert here last night today canceled scheduled appearances In three other South ern cities ORT GREEN la Two persons died today in the flaming crackup of a passenger train and a gasoline transport truck that collided with explosive force at a crossing in this small west lorida town Adams of Tampa an ex press messenger on the train and Clifford Ledger of Tampa the truck driver burned to death Two hours after the spectacular crash workmen were still trying to get their bodies out of the smoldering wreckage Taken to a Wauchula hospital in serious condition from bums were the conductor A Kolster man of Tampa and the Negro porter William Crosley of Tampa Only one passenger Isom Hampton of Ona la was on the small train which runs over a branch line between Tampa and Boca Grande He suffered only slight burns A ort Green resident Arch Al britton said he saw the truck ap proach the crossing and tried to flag the driver but Ledger hit his brakes too late Six Texans Die as Plane Hits Volcano JALAPA Mexico Six Texans were killed when their ynall air craft crashed into the slopes of an extinct volcano about 25 miles northwest of jiere last night Lubbock Tex police identified five of them as: Ray Watson Lev elland sport store owner Paul Lawrence pharmacy owner from Big Spring Morris Davis co own er of a Lubbock prescription lab Charles Coffee well to do Lubbock farmer and Quinn Hen ry of Lubbock a professional pilot The sixth man nitely identified but Weldon George part owner of an aircraft dealership at the Lubbock airport said Arthur Chase of Lubbock told him he was to be the co pilot on the plane with Henry Get Away So Prisoners lood Jail HARLAN (ffl Harlan Coun ty jail may hold prisoners but it hold water Six prisoners flooded portions of the jail' to protest their confine ment to cells for attempting a break The water seeped through the second floor: down to the first floor lobby and into the office of the circuit court clerk The prisoners stopped the drains in their lavatories and turned on the water full 'force after being denied freedom of the area ESTES TO CAPITAL NEWARK Sen Estes Kefauver left for Washington early 'today after a'five day campaign' in New Jersey for the 36 votes in the Democratic Convention Weather Oklahoma Likelihood of show ers and thunderstorms in central and east portions late today and Thursday (temperatures generally mild Kansas Increasing cloudiness tonight and Thursday occasional light rain mixed with snow north west late tonight and Thursday and scattered showers or thunder storms east and central Thursday afternoon or night warmer south and east tortight Missouri air tonight with scattered frost southeast Thurs day increasing cloudiness: warm er southeast turning colder north west low tonight southeast to lower northwest: high Thurs day east and north to southwest New Attempt To Abolish Poll Tax Opens in Capitol WASHINGTON Iffl A Southern sponsored drive to outlaw the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections gets under way today before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee Sponsors of the proposed con stitutional amendment include signers of the recent calling for Southern resistance by all lawful means' against the US Supreme Court decree outlawing segregation of" Negro pupils in public schools Sen Holland (D la) a leader of the sponsors called the con stitutional procedure sure way and the only to wipe out the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in general and primary elections for president and vice president senators and rep resentatives The proposal would not elimi nate the poll tax as a requirement for voting for local or state of ficials in states wishing to levy it Holland said only five states still collect a poll tax as a re quirement for voting Virginia Alabama Mississippi Texas and Arkansas To become effective the amend ment would have to pass by two thirds majorities of those voting and be ratified by three fourths of the states Arson Suspected as Tulsa Horses Lost TULSA Okla A dozen rid ing horses burned to death in a midnight fire that destroyed The Barn in the northeast part of the city ire Capt Robert Phillipe said the horses were valued be tween $150 and $200 each and esti mated the stable loss was $4000 It was said to be the property of Church Phillipe said the fire marshal would investigate the blaze He said he was informed no one had been at the stable after 7 A second bam filled with feed caught fire in the same area about 3:30 a the fire captain said He added he was sure sparks from the first blaze did not cause the second fire No estimate was available of damage from the sec ond blaze StS Miami Boy Dies ollowing US6 Or I OODS Seems Remote Crash of Cars and Scooter Bond Deals in Marine iw Senate's Lens EVEN I STARS SHINING News Record Circula for advertisers than beforel the first 23 1950 5 ROOM 3 bedroom ape $50 ap the the Three More Deaths On State Highways our over Toll Cowboy Pink Is Likely Candidate or Mike's Job CADDO Okla Lt Gov Cowboy Pink Williams said today "the possibilities are he may seek the Democratic nomina tion for the Senate post now held by Sen Mike Monroney but he added he is not ready yet to announce his plans Williams at his home here in dicated he may make no announce ment until the final day of the state filing period April 27 got my support right now and I want them to get their machine going until the last min Williams said best ad vantage would be in a short Williams indicated he thought William 0 decision not to enter the Senate race had made his own prospects brighter He said when he was elected lieuten ant governor in 1954 he bet ter in the Coe counties than I did in the Gary counties the Coe supporters were my support The lieutenant governor said he thinks Monroney vulnerable be cause of his absence from Con gress during the current session looked bad him running out when the farm bill came Williams said (Photos by Orrick Sparlin) SCENE ATAL These pictures were taken shortly after two automobiles and a mo tor scooter collided here this morning inflicting fatal injuries to I5 year old Edward Greenwell Police said the car the foreground (top photo) ran a stop sign collided with the taxi shown in the background and veered into the scooter Young Greenwell was thrown into a tree His battered scooter is pictured below CHARGE YOUR WANT AO YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD Dial 2 5507 homes have storm shelters and more are being built There is a big one under the new high school want to get caught asleep by a storm ex plained Wayne Keeley city mar shal as he described the warning system Watchers in the tower can touch a button that sets off a screech ing siren Residents then can dive (Continued on Page Two) Martin Concedes GOP aces Tough arm Bill Battle WASHINGTON Rep Martin (R Mass) today conceded House Republicans an uphill to save the Eisenhower adminis farm program Martin GOP House leader con ferred with Republican strategists in an inconclusive last minute huddle before the House squared off over a compromise farm bill pronounced unacceptable by Sec retary of Agriculture Benson still fishing for a few Martin said He told reporters GOP floor leaders would continue seeking ways of softening up 'controversial features of the farm bill 'right up to voting time later in the day The measure provides for a re turn to rigid high level farm price supports and contains other sections which would raise sup port1 levels on crops already in surplus The administration op poses those features but 'has lost the backing of a number of Mid west Republicans WASHINGTON ffl Sifting through a web of alleged bond deals investigating senators called more witnesses today in a hunt for evidence of possible graft in the buying of army uniforms The Senate Investigations sub committee summoned former asso ciates of Joseph (Joey) Abrams a New York garment maker for questioning about $138000 of bonds it contends Abrams bought in their names and millions of dollars worth of other bonds al legedly bought under phony names The subcommittee identified the witnesses as Jack Schwartz a one time business partner of Abrams in New York and Atillio Musto another former associate The subcommittee has placed in evidence records it says show Abrams bought $20000 worth of bonds in the name of Schwartz and $118000 in name Chairman McClellan (D Ark) said yesterday the subcommittee intends to show whether bonds were used as payoffs to Army Quartermaster Corps officials or in some income tax evasion scheme Abrams could not be reached for comment Nathan Rosen a Brooklyn NY wholesale meat dealer testified that was used for a in some of the bond deals He said Abrams set him up in a garment business in 1951 and put up all the money for the oper ation Rosen said he never knew when he signed checks totalling $116442 that year that the money was to purchase government bonds and other securities (Continued on Page Two) Goes On Rifes Set for Youths for fhe Miami News Record Want Ad Girl Conditions Might Worsen However WASHINGTON ffl Officials dis counted today the likelihood of President asking Congress for authority to use US armed forces in the Middle East unless the Israeli Arab conflict grows much more critical They said nowever that with border clashes end retaliatory at tacks building up as they have been the situation could become extremely grave in a matter of hours American officials said the ma jor administration effort now is to prevent that kind of crisis from developing by using every re source of diplomacy a The 'purpose behind Eisenhow statement on Monday warn ing against aggression by either side was described as being to back up the peace mission of United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold The possibility of a request by Eisenhower for congressional ap proval of the use of American forces in event of Middle East war was discussed yesterday when Secretary of State Dulles met with congressional leaders Several congressmen said there was no request for action at this time When Red China was threaten ing an invasion of ormosa early (Continued on Page Two) By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1956 highway fatal ity toll was pushed to 148 with the deaths yesterday of three men injured in state accidents At this time last year the toll was 144 The latest fatalities: Alton Andrew Wilson 52' Sayre Jesse James 45 Wilburton Tony Paltonivich 65 Red Oak Wilson was fatally injured when his car sideswiped a bridge and overturned on State Highway 73 northwest of Sayre He died five hours after the accident in a Sayre hospital James and Paltonivich were killed when the pickup truck in which they were riding overturned into a water filled ditch east of Wilburton on a county road Patrol troopers said the driver Brown 60 Wilburton was critically injured Edward (Eddie) Greenwell 15 of 200 Circle Drive died shortly before 1 pm today of injuries suf fered this morning when the motor scooter he was riding was in volved in a crash with two cars at the intersection of Third avenue and street northwest Greenwell son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Greenwell died in Miami Baptist hospital without regaining consciousness after suffering a compound skull fracture a com pound leg fracture and a broken arm The death was traffic fatality within city limits since Sept according to Police Chief A Masterson Police said a 1955 Mercury driv en by Ernest Mathens Mahanes 35 of 2028 A street northeast ran a stop sign and collided with a taxi cab driven by Roy Clarence Seay 215 street northeast Mahanes told officers he was driving north on street and failed to halt at the stop sign The cab traveling east on Third avenue struck car on the left side whipping it into the path of the west bound scooter City officers who investigated the accident reported the boy was thrown some 50 feet from the point of impact into a tree The scooter struck the Mercury near the right rear door and was thrown into a yard at the north east corner of street The youth officers said parently struck the base of ticc head on and landed on sidewalk Mahanes was not held Mas terson said he planed to talk with Assistant County Attorney Bob Gee this afternoon concerning the possibility of a manslaughter charge Mahanes and Seay both escaped injury Damage to ve hicle was estimated at $400 The damage was set at $100 The scooter was demolished Young Greenwell in addition to his parents is survived by his pa ternal grandmother Mrs Dottie Tipton resno Calif and ma ternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Elder Clinton Mo The body was received by the Cooper uneral home Cardin Home Badly Damaged by Blaze CARDIN (Special) ire which apparently started from a faulty gas stove gutted the interior of a four room frame house here Tues day afternoon Mr and Mrs Bob Williams owners were away at the time of the blaze All their furniture and personal belongings were de stroyed Jerry Williams Picher fire chief said the house was insured A shower for the family which includes three small children will be held at the Cardin Baptist church Thursday afternoon at I Anyone wishing to con tribute may telephone the Baptist parsonage (245 W) or Mrs Bill Crawford (502 W) in Cardin Bill Coe Decides Against Campaign OKLAHOMA CITY ffl William Coe has decided not to run for the Senate and Sen Mike Monroney still is without an "an nounced opponent for the Demo cratic primary July 3 Coe an Oklahoma City attorney who has been unsuccessful three times in seeking the Democratic nomination as governor of Okla homa said yesterday afternoon he has "considered and running against Monroney In his prepared statement Coe gave only one concrete reason for deciding not to run He said practicing lawyer should not run for public office too often and by all means cannot let it appear that it is his principal Youth Hurled Against Tree Driver Cited Hammarskjold Nasser Huddle Initial Action in Peace Bid CAIRO Egypt Dag Ham marskjold talked with Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt for 75 minutes today in his first major move to restore' peace be tween Israel and its Arab neigh bors As the Secretary General began his talks with the Strong Man of the Arab nations a Jeru salem dispatch reported an easing of tensions in the Palestine area The dispatch reported only two minor attacks last night by roving Arab suicide squads which had struck in: a series of raids and sabotage missions on the three previous nights Asked by reporters about pub lished statements that he had pre sented a six poirit compromise pro posal to Egyptian oreign Minis ter Mahmoud awzi shortly after his arrival here yesterday the sec retary general said: newspapermen are all too The published statements con tained some features known to have been advocated previously in the UN effort to avert the danger of war A Chicago Tribune dis patch reported Hammarskjold pro posed: (Continued on Page Two) Little Want Ads Make sales Put each user i In big dough! When you send a Want Ad out door to door among the News Record's 20000 readers you can expect QUICK ACTION Several of our readers are bound to wantwhat you have for sale 20000 readers can be reached lor as little as 50c (That's what fhe advertiser above paid) 20000 readers and tion is going UP UP UP every day More value ever "One 50c Want Ad Rented Our House Quickly" This advertiser He ran the following ad just one tirrie the News Record: Udall Will Be Ready Hext Time All Night Tornado Guard Posted UDALL Kan (AP) Smashed to pieces by a tor nado while asleep last year this revived town is post ing an all night guard to make sure an alarm is sounded if another tornado appears An observation tower has been built southwest of the town and is being manned from 6 to 6 a daily with 114 citizens taking turns at two hour shifts in me rower It was in the black night of last May 25 when a tornado slashed through the sleeping town killing 79 Udall residents injuring more than 200 and splintering nearly every building With the help of the Red Cross and neighboring cities Udall shook off the debris and began a vigorous rebuilding program that is expected to be completed next September About 75 per cent of the new PARRIS ISLAND Six flag draped caskets containing the bodies of Marine recruits who drowned on a forced march Sun day night were placed in 'the US Naval Hospital at nearby Beau fort' today A guard of honor was posted local attorney over tnem as a marine court 01 inquiry continued its investigation of the deaths Military services will be con ducted at the post chapel of this Marine recruit depot tomorrow Last rites for Donald rancis 18 of Brooklyn Roman Catholic are scheduled for 9:30 am The services for the others will begin one hour later They are Thomas Curtis Harde man 20 Vidalia Ga Charles rancis Reilly 18 Clyde Jerry Lamont Thomas 17 Alex andria Va Leroy Thompson 18 Brooklyn and Norman Alfred Wood 17 Bay Shore The court of inquiry meeting in closed session was ordered by Gen Randolph Pate Marine Corps commandant It will re commend whether action should be brought against Sgt Matthew McKeon of Worcester Mass the drill instructor who ordered the platoon of 78 to make the ill fated march About 20 of the survivors were (Continued on Page Two) Disaster Loan Program Aired Victims Here May Apply Through SBA Tornado victims in Ottawa county can obtain federal loans if unable to negotiate loans privately according to rancis Peek re gional advisor with the Small Busi ness Administration Peek was in Miami Tuesday to confer with bank officials Appli cations for the SBA disaster Ioans may be obtained at the Security Bank Trust Co irst National bank and Miami Savings Loan Assn Peek' emphasized the program is for any victim who is not able to obtain a bank loan or finan cial help from some other source The federal loans carry an interest rate of 3 percent per annum survey indicates no more than a persons will need SBA assistance in this Peek remarked owners busi nesses churches all are The regional official also left ap plication blanks at Baxter Springs banks Bill Landers of the local arm ers Home Administration said his office offers similar loans for farm victims of the storm Meeting with Landers and Peek were Mullendore executive vice president of irst National John Burford president of Secur ity A White president of Sav ings Loan and John Wallace MW JT JMeJ 11 1 1ST.