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133 PRICE 5 CENTS Maryville, Missouri, Wednesday Evening, November 7, 1956 Pounded as the Nodaway Democrat In 1869 10 PAGES Ike Sweeps to Landslide Victory Again Missouri Goes With South To Stevenson ST. LOUIS Missouri Joined a handful of deep aouth states to- i day Adlai Stevenson captured this border state IS electoral votes with a last minute surge of big city votes. It was the first time since 1904 Missouri had failed to vote for the winning presidential candidate. Four years ago President Eisenhower carried Missouri by a scant 29.600 votes and this time it appeared majority would be in the same neighborhood. With only 200 of the 4 500 precincts unreported, Stevenson had 850,054, Eisenhower margin of 25,264.

Hennings Huns Strong Democratic Sen. Thomas C. Hen- lngs, won a second term by more than 225,000 and Lt. Oov, James T. Blair, kept the governor's office in Democratic hands by around 80,000 votes.

Democratic Rep Morgan (Continued on Page Four) Nodaway Voters Give Dems 7 County Offices GOP Possible Two Nodaway countains decreed at the 4- polling places yesterday that they wanted their county government to follow their state and national Democratic selections. There was only one or possibly two, Republi- cans, depending on the outcome of the absentee vote count Friday, named to county The close contest is that between incumbent Republican cleo VIENNA Hungarian who carries a 23-vote lead over, munist ladio stations went off the Charles Baumli. Democratic op- air abruptly today amid signs the ponent A 763-absentee vote could Russians were on a rampage against change the result of the 5,480 rebel holdouts. Radio Blackout Is Set Up In Hungary "ISPiFWMP to 5,457 vote advantage Gregg enjoys in the unofficial returns. The complete township by township breakdown of ail voting in the county is on Page Two of Daily Forum.

The count is unofficial and subject to canvassing Friday and the count of absentee ballots. Pumpkin Center Charlie says the Republicans should blame the garment manufacturers for the GOP vote the nation: coat-tails quite long enough. We can all take another four-y ear aigh of relief. Another presidential election is in the records. Getting the returns from the election soon as possible for local distribution involves quite a lot of work, and your favorite daily kept at its tabulation sheets well mto the wee hours.

The Forum had 20 correspondents scattered throughout the county at voting precincts who called the results as soon as they were added up These were taken over to the county courthouse where the Forum a election party was in progress. More than 300 persons were usually on hand during the evening. Because of an unusually large amount of split-ticket voting, the voting Judges had a tough Job of counting. The last precinct was not reported in hare until 1:46 a. m.

By that time only a few of the more active political personages were atill up and about. Houston Radio and Television supply and service provided the large TV eet which kept viewers at the courthouse with up-to-the(Continued on Page Two) Sheriff Earl Anderson, who was re-elected to his fourth term as Republican law enforcement officer, defeated I. T. Ingels, Democrat, 5,687 to 5,244. for a 443- vote advantage.

He in way can be effected by the outcome of the absentee vote count. County Re-Elected Both C. D. Lane, Democratic judge of the north district, and Roy Moore, Democratic judge of the south district, won handily for their fourth terms on the county court. Presiding Judge Charles Massie, Democrat, was not up for re-election.

Lane dropped challenger Cliudf Cline, Republican, by a 549 vote margin, 2,149 to 1,600. His running mate, Moore, dropped his Republican opponent, 3,892 to 3,246 for a 646 majority. Howard Masters, Democrat, defeated L. M. Eek, Republican, for state representative, by the biggest margin on the county ticket, 1,251, on his 6.079 votes to Eek's 4,828.

(Continued on Page Nine) In London, a British minister told the House of Commons the Communists had imposed a strict curfew in Budapest and were shooting any violaters on sight. A rebel broadcast said Dunpentele, an anti-Red stronghold in the Danube Valley south of Budapest, was under Soviet attack and Russian planes were bombing the town. This report came in a broadcast by radio Rakoczy monitored in Munich by radio free Europe. Then radio Rakoczy, presumably a portable transmitted, announced that it was ceasing transmission indefinitely. Hours before, the Russian-con- troll radio Budapest and stations at Pecs, in southern end at Szombathely, near the Austrian frontier, had mysteriously fallen silent.

Lord John Hope, British under secretary of siate for foreign affairs, told the Commons reports to London indicated fighting was still going on in Budapest late last nighl despite repeated Russian demand for surrender of the Rebels arms. "Some sections of the town were in he said. Weather Data MISSOURI WEATHER Partly cloudy this afternoon and northeast tonight; generally fair elsewhere tonight and over state Thursday; cooler north this afternoon and south and east central Thursday; colder most of state tonight; low tonight upper 20s extreme north, 30s elsewhere; high Thursday upper 40s extreme north, 50s elsewhere. WEATHER RECORD Noon temperature Barometer Temperature at 7 a during nght Headicg yesterday, 7 p.m. Highest yesterday Highest year ago today 42 Lowest year ago today 19 Highest on record, 1915 Lowest on record, 13 degrees, 1951 Sun sets tonight 5:09 Fnn tomorrow 43 80.20 35 4 52 Treasurer's Race Hinges on Count Of 763 Absentees At least one county race 'oday rested on the results of a remora number of absentee ballots will be counted Friday at the courthouse in Maryville.

By 12 noon today, some 763 absentees had been turned in at the county clerk's office, with 70 more still out. They have until 6 p. rti. tonight to arrive by mail. The county treasurer's contest still hinges on the absentee votes.

With all 20 of the precincts in, Cleo Gregg, Republican, held a slim 23-vote lead over Democrat Charles Baumli, 5,480 to 5.457. In the race for sheriff, incumbent Earl Anderson, the only Republican the county to receive a substantial vote advantage, held a 443-vote lead over R. T. Ingels. But Anderson said this morning, still claiming a victory.

1 think the absentees will change it, but they might." Anderson has 5,687 votes to 5,214 for Ingels. Four judges have been selected to count the absentees. They are Walter Smith and William Phares, for the Republicans, and Ellis Cook and J. B. French for the Democrats.

Homer Davis Returns Home Homer A. Davis, Maitland, who has been at the Mayo clinic in chest el for the past few weeks, has returned to his home. Davis is in the fertilizer business in the Holt county town. Still the Champion President Dwight D. Eisenhower Dewey Short Losing Congressional Seat To Democrat Brown SPRINGFIELD, Mo.

Veteran Congressman Dewey Short said today it appeared he had been defeated, but he said he not concede to Charles Brown, his Democratic opponent. With Brown, a television performer and executive, leading in the close race for the Seventh district post, Short said: "It looks as if Charlie is going to congress, and he has my he said. "I won't concede until the last precinct and the last absentee ballot is in from all the '17 counties." Brown, on the other hand, declined to claim a victory yet. better he said. He termed his strong race a Short, veteran of 12 terms in the house, said he could take learned to win without crowing and to lose without he said.

Short attributed Brown's strong race to "five years of drought, a lot of money and a good campaigner." "Our total lack of organization on the state level hurt he acided. Mid-East Shooting Continues Despite Avowed Cease-Fire Threat of Commie Intervention Hangs Over Heads of Two Allies LONDON Reports of continued shooting shadowed a shaky cease-fire in the Middle Ea.d today. Prime iMmister Eden told the House of Commons there had been "some shooting" during the day at Port Said in the Suez Canal Zone. He said Britain had no official confirmation that Egypt accepted a United Nations cease-fire order. The Cairo radio.

In a broadcast reported from Beirut, charged that British-French forces were continuing attacks "in defiance of the U.N. call for a Threats of Communist intervention, and a declaration by Premier David Ben-Gurion of Israel indicating he will refuse to pull back troops from the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula further threatened the hair-triggered peace, only hours old. Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov, in a Revolution anniversary speech in Moscow, declared Russia was ready to send military forces to throw British, French and Israeli troops out of Egypt if the U.N. approves. Two of satellites.

Romania and Czechoslovakia, offered in New York to contribute troops to the U.N. as part of an police force in the Middle East. An Egyptian diplomat in Hong Kong said 250,000 Red Chinese have volunteered for struggle against Soviet reserve officers were reported by another Egyptian diplomat in Moscow to be volunteering. (Continued On Page Four) County Follows State, Nation In Balloting As Maryville and Nodaway county voted, so voted the nation. Residents went to the polls in 20 precincts in the county yesterday and registered their vote favoring the return of President Eisenhower and Vice-President Nixon to the White House for a second term The Ike-Nixon team had a 5,969 to 5,066 I vote over Stevenson and Kefauver, a 903 majority.

Hut their vote was down from the 7,614 to 4.805 advantage secured for Ike over Steveason in 1952. Four years ago the Ike ticket took 61 per cent of the vote in the county. Yesterday their followers amounted to only 55 per cent of the voters, And as ill the rest of the nation, Democrats, ith only one or two ceptions, were elected to national, state and county offices. Dalton Leads Ticket Incumbent Attorney General Jonn Dalton defeated his challenger, Vincent E. Baker, ov the greatest margin on the top of the ticket, 5,703 to 5,168, for a 535 majority.

(Continued on Page Four) "Time will tell but ur friends will tell really Nsurs. William Waters Unseats Allen In State Senate 8T. LOUIS gained two seats in state senatorial contests yesterday. Some races were exceedingly still undecided today. Before the voting Democrats controlled the Senate, 19 to 15.

Up 5,000 Vote Lead Clayton W. Allen, Rock Port, the Republican incumbent, won be returning to the senate. William B. Waters, Liberty, led him by more than 5,000 votes with 158 of 182 precincts reported in the seventeenth district in Northwest Missouri. Waters had 32,829 to 27,172.

In the four senatorial districts in Si Louis incumbent swept to victories, three by imp: cs- sive margins. They were; William E. Hilsman over J. Gordon, 28,973 to Michael Kinney, a senator since 1913, over Edward White, a Negro, 23.967 to 6,016, and Edward J. Hogan, over Thomas P.

Clarke, a Negro, 29,183 to 11,558. Robert margin over Milton F. Napier was 22,391 to 31,410. Napier is a former senator In St. Louis county, Republican incumbents seemingly triumphed.

Hartwell G. Crain of Giestwood edged Maurice Schechter of St. Louis, 44,381 to 41,226, and E. Gary Davidson of Webster Groves led Edward Wright of Brentwood, 34,705 to 33,870 in a race that absentee ballots might effect. Kansas Drops Woman In Kansas City's Democratic 11th district, J.

M. Brancato, upset incumbent Senator Frank J. Wilk- in the August primary, easily defeated his woman opponent, Republican Leona H. Pouncey, 28,925 to 14,689. In west-central Missouri's 31st district, 183 precincts the complete district showed a victory for Democratic Rep.

Kelso Journey of Clinton over Mrs. Allen Bowsher of Clinton. Journey had 27,435 and Mrs. Bowsher 26,206. Mrs.

Bowsher is the widow of the former senator who died last spring. No woman has ever served in the senate, but a number have been state representatives. Five Democrats were elected automatically because of no opposition. They were George A. Spencer, (Continued on Page Four) Voters Deny Ike GOP Congress in 'Scratch'Voting BULLETIN WASHINGTON flinched control of both branches of today despite the avalanche of votes that swept President Eisenhower back Into office In election.

At 1:23 p.m they elected their 49th Alan Bible give them a numerical edge. Earlier, at 12:56 p.m., they elected their 219th representative to assure a majority in that branch. Never before In the historr of the present two-party system had a president failed to carry a election with him at least ona branch of Congress. By The President Eisenhower won reflection with a thtmder- on-i endorsement from tlie American people in yesterday's balloting. But he lost his coveted goal of a Republican Fighting off the tide that gave Eisenhower a victory margin of nearly nine million votes over Adlai Stevenson, Democrats won control of the House, They appeared to he winning the Senate Tn a cross pattern of independent voting, Eisenhower racked up 41 states with 457 electoral votes and had rolled to an popular vote margin over Stevenson at 1 p.m., EST.

But despite this greatest popula vote bulge in any presidential race Cong. W. R. Hull Re-Elected in 6th since 1936, Democrats elected the 219 members they needed to keep control of the house. Republicans had elected 197.

Democrats leading in 14 of the undecided rac- AnlSSOUM DlStflCt es and Republicans in 5. Senate Control to William R. Hull, Weston, wai In tho senate, the Democrat, re-electeri aa Sixth 1 p.m. were assured of 4 seats, nomocrattr contrresaman over Stanley I. Dale.

Republican mayor just one shy of 49 needed for Cf nt control. Republicans had 45 assured seats. of St. Joseph, with a majority of more than 6.000 votes in election. Unofficial The undecided senate races in- from j7 counties in the district volved the re-election bids give Rull 73 9l3 to 67,781.

Congressman Hull carried eight Francis Case Earle Clem ents and Alan Biblef In each instance, the in cum bents were leading on incomplete returns. I Nod a wav The Democrats had proved their party remains strong with the vot of the larger count in the district. with very close la three other counties, Including Hull received a majority of more Nodaway Voters Reject 2 of 3 Amendment Plans Nodaway countlans went along With the rest of the state's voters in election by defeating two of the three proposed constitutional Also approved overwhelmingly was the retention of three Sup; erne court Judges. They defeated the first amendment proposal, which would have, allowed leeislators to increase their own salaries and set dates and length of sessions, by the wide margin of 4,530 to 1,573. The second amendment, which would have allowed the increase of the road and bridge levy from 35c to 50c per $100 valuation, was defeated 3, 518 to 2,513.

But 3,820 voters, as compared to 2,176 voted to empower the state to invest its idle funds in short term U. S. securities. The three Missouri Supreme Court judges on the state non-partisan court plan. Judge Henry West- hues.

Judge Henry I. Eager and Judge Clem F. Storckman, approximately 3,000 to 1.000 in each case, a 3 to 1 vote of confidence for each of the judges. ers-strong enough in this instance than 2.000 votes in his to stem the effect on congressional own county. Buchanan county gave races of a presidential landslide.

Hull 14.80», and the St. Joseph second term vie- mayor only 12,476. Hull carried tory was bv the biggest margin in county, his home county, by v.e irs i more than 3,200 votes. The or.gr ess- The peak of one-sidedness in a man had a plurality of nearly 4 000 presidential contest came in 1936 votes in the heavilv populated Clay when Democrat Franklin Roose- county. Other counties he carried velt topped Republicans Alf Lan- C.inton, L.nn, Ray don by 10.797,000 in the popular ancl Worth.

vote and took 46 of the 48 states, Dale cariied Nodav. county bv A Persona! Triumph 162 votes, much less than the massive victory ap- majority given him in the primary peared to be compounded both governor four years ago. of his great personal popularity Tlie St. Joseph mayor opened and and an inclination among the vot- campaign in this county, ers, arising out of the Suez and locaI politicians had hoped for Eastern crises, against a change majority during the present state of world affairs. There were signs too of swing by negro voters to the Republican party.

Their votes were credited with helping land Louisiana in the Colder Weather Forecast Tonight KANSAS CITY SUctitiy GOP column Such a shift seemed colder weather was forecast for to be reflected also in ryiuced most of Missouri by tonight. Democratic margins in some of it was generally fair today but the big cities. cooler in the north, and the lower Eisenhower was leading in Chi- temperatures were expected to cago, long a Democratic strong- spread over most of the state by to- hold. on incomplete returns. The nighL last time Chicago went Republican The wither bureau said low a presidential election was tonight will be in the per 20s in the extreme north and Rampant Tomorrow.

max- A zig zag pattern was shown by rr- a imum temperatures are expected to Tuesday balloting that pretty well jv nnllti.1 to 408 and was partly cloudy in the demolished the "coat tails" politi ca! theory This is the idea that a (Cont.nued*on Page Two) Joseph M. Phipps. Mutual Fund King Merritt today but no precipitation reported. Last night's low dipped to 33 at Farmington, 34 at KirkaviUft, 36 at 2741 N. Main, Phone 1280, Marv- Joplin and West Plains and 39 at St.

Joeeph. NAMED TO NODAWAY OFFICES IN GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY 6 DEMOCRATS, 2 REPUBLICANS Howard Masters, Democrat State Representative C. D. Lane, Judge, N. District Roy E.

Moore, Democrat Judge, 8. District Raymond Ecklea, Democrat Prosecuting Attorney Earl Vnderson. Republican County Sheriff leo Gregg, Republican Treasurer, Pending Absentee Count Dr. B. F.

Byland. Democrat County Coroner Martin H. Bird. Democrat County.