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262. COLUMBUS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1956. PRICE FIVE CENTS C2 Columbus Comment Br BOB GORDON I 1 i I f- 7 i- Mil I I KEPUBL ro) a prof? I i i-! 1 it-. i i ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL -2. i 4 1 i 1 '1 I I AgIiDOs i' i i II 1 i i- 1 I 7 1 LONDON (UP Britain and France launched an Suez Canal Zone today, i 1 broadcast on its domestic outside volunteers.

In the Ko- j-Sji 1 amphibious invasion A few hours radio Egypt's a rean War Russian plunteer forces, i I iThe United States Britain and France were irt urgent consulta tion to woek out a common policy to cope Russia's moves, a French Fclreign Ministry spokes- man said. They are givti rig "aeri- ous consideration" to a for a Big Four! confere ing Russia, he added. jSwiss call lnclud- Commandos and tanks swarmed ashore in the seaborne invasion at Port Said i under cover of planes from aircraft ciarriers. a Some units were ferried from ship tlo shore in helicopters I Claim Port Said Cat Off The Anglo French command inked up said the commandos quickly with paratroop units who had been taking a furious pound- ing from Egyptian forces. It claimed Pprt- Said had Miow of the Russia ppeal for 1 i "i si' 1 4v ARMFTX OF BALLOTS Voters creek township where thevf vote 1 1 SB I -44-' i a 1 i -t i I I if I I I I .1 1 "V- A get on been-kg .1 I a real fist full of five ballots In six a school merger.

Others get only worry of the clerks like Mr. Joseph T. Essex and Mrs. Joseph Strietelmeier shown here loaded down with ballots In the South Fiat Rock township poll at the Clifford school. Balloting May Top 60 Million pilots jflewi with Red Chinas i i I UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.I (UP) Britain in-formed thej United Nations today that a cease-' fire by British and French troops in the Middle East will be effective at 6 p.m.

CST today. j. and mankind is pushed back into chaos when Israel and the United Kingdom are carrying put'j a. treacherous attack pn Eg-ypt and defiantly carrying the banner pf lawlessness and shame, Egypt is addressing a request for help in the form of arms and other meani to aU those who throughout the world stiH respect human dignity and the lawfulness of International -relations. i "The people of Egypt are waging a struggle for their life and honor.

The Egyptians' I-are fighting not only for, themselves and for: their country but equally for the whole fContinued on Page 2). peal: I Hussein delivered two eommw ni cations to Hoover the appeal for help and a communication from Egypt; to, the effect that British and French bombardments of Egyptian cities is continuing and "casualties I are very heavy." He said: he presented the "Egyptian appeal to the State Department in an effprt to get United States help in any way to "stop this dishonorable war i i Confer at Wblte Hons i Earlier "today, Hoover and CIA Director. Allen W. Dulles went! to the White House to discuss the i situation with President Eisenhower. Meanwhile the White Rous branded Russia's 'call for- joint action to.

stop aggression in) the Middle- East as 'fan -obvious attempt to divert worldat-tentioni 6 the Hungarian tragedy." I 'i- i i -1 I I WIESE SELLS RESTAURANT i I Austin and Homer Sylvester Buy Business on Road 46. j. Don Wiese has sold his. service' station and restaurant on Road 4S-west of Columbus to Austin and Homer Sylvester; who operate Sylvester Brothers I grocery at 1851 State! street, The Sylvester, brothers tentatively plan to operate a supermarket i on the property which they are purchasing. The sale transaction will be completed.

i. j- Mr. Wiese and the late Brown, state! trooper, operated the Brown-Wiese business for 19 years. They began in business together originally at the; 2-mile house location! is now operated by Harry-' Boegaholtz. Nine years ago they -built the new service station, restaurant, and living quarters which are now being sold to the Sylvesters.

The-new owners will take possession on the: first of December. i Wiese announced today that he plans to build a new garage, and confine his; business interest to garage work, 4 election day has arrived' and it appears npw that "when the 'polls close at p.m. DST tonight Bartholomew county will have set a new record. More Bartholomew county citizens are expected to ballot today than ever before. HEME MB THE POIJLS o'clock.

If you will be open 'til 7 haven't voted yet do it now. FIRST COUNTY RETURNS are not expected jbefpre or 10 o'clock. The county board of election commissioners will be on the job at the courthouse throughout the night to receive and canvass the official returns. IN lot A TOTAT. OF 19,306 votes were cast for, the presidency in Bartholomew county.

Eisenhower' received 11,462 and-. Stevenson 7,844, Ike winning: by, a margin of 618. Bartholomew county vote for president Jn 1948 totalled 15,764 with Harry Truman receiving 7,960 1 and Dewey" 7,804.... In 1944 the vote total for president in the county was 14,828, with Dewey 7,689 and the late President Roosevelt 7,139.... Political leaders expect the vote total in the-county today to top the i 20,000 mark.

1 REP. EARL Wn-SON CAR-. ried the county 'in by 2,378 votes, outpolling Edward Lewis 10.829 to i 8.451... In 1954 defeated Wilfrid Ullrich, his 1956 by a margin of 1,056. Wilson received 9,191 and Ullrich 8,133.

SOME POLITICAL OBSERV-ers believe that jthe county vote total reaches President Eisenhower's margin of victory over Adlai Stevenson will be as great as it Was four years ago. I IN 19t PRESIDENT EISEN-hower carried the strong Republican third precinct by a margin of 616 to 142 and the big 16th precinct 876 to S82. He lost the strong Democratic first precinct; in' the southwest section of the city 231 to" 146 and thi Democratic 18th precinct on the east side 247 to 196. He lost north German township precinct by a margin of five votes, and Jackson township fWaymansvllle) by' 31. He.

carried all other precincts In the county. FOR A NUMBER OF-. TEARS the county has witnessed less straight voting and more "scratch ing." In 1954 a Democratic county candidate won by 2,445 votes and a Republican by 1,056. In the GOP landslide jof 1952 victory margins in the county ranged from the President's J5.618. to 757 indicating heavy scratching in -that big GOP THE EVENING REFITBLICAN will use virtually Its entire staff plus- "extras.

in collecting the lo cal election information tonight, For state and national returns it will have all night service of the vast facilities of the United Press On the local scene the staff will contact the precinct polling; places, the Republican and Democratic party headquarters, and the central canvassing board at the courthouse. Precinct inspectors and watchers are urged to, phone in information to The Evening Republican as soon ss they have any results tabulated. PERSONS CALLING THE Republican for returns are urged to make conversations brief. Remember that countless others will be calling for the Information at the same time.3 THERE IS STILL TIME TO vote. If 'you haven't visited th polls, do it now, Poison Pen Letters Sent to Negroes LANSING, Mich.

(UP) Gov. Meiyien Williams has ordered state police to try to discover the source of an poison pen letters sent to Negro neighborhoods during the weekend. The governor, declared the cir culation of such letters was "an obvious violation of the state elec tion- code which prohibits, the cir culation of such material unless the author and, source of the material is identified. Williams said the letters, mailed from a fictious address in Atlanta, were "designed to -influence Negro voters to vote Republican on Tuesday. THE WEATHER INDIANA Clearing and cooler tonights Wednesday partly cloudy and rather cooL Low tonight In i the 40s, high Wednesday 54-60.

i TEMPERATURES Monday high 70. Last night low 5L Reading at 7 a.m. today, 82. Reading at 11:30 a.m., 6L SUNSET, 5:38 pjn, sunrise neone(uy 7:20 NEW ALUT1ME HIGH' VOTE EXPEG ED 1 ii Many recincs Report 40 Per Cent of pal ots By Nooni Voters jwere i)0urinp; into Bartholdntew pounly's balloting; ulaces I tddavf I in record jiriumber and, barring; a Ia.st-rhln!ute cOJlarjse. local totals iWitihe (119561 1 presiden tial election were ue x6 set new; an-xime nigns.

A spoticheck kf precinpts In the Columbus area through the noon hourj shpweti many! witn 4U per cent lor moije of registered! Vote already lin-fi-in spite of the1 one houf lost tms rnojrning due to. i i i Light raii from ,11 e'clock to noon failed to I dent tins turnout The sun shining brightly iar- still threatening! cloud that could cut the ilatp vte totals if they turhed into downpoilrsJ Election observers, however seia that ap peared th only ipossibllitir of keep the total county from a new record. I A I 1 1 i 1 I Mud; Temperatu Mild teinperatures Continued for election dayf-r a sharp cpntrast to two years ago when he mercury failed to get above the 32-degree mark! all day. At 11:30 olclock this mompg thej official reading in Columbus was 61. The low hast night was 51, Icbnnpared ito la flow 20 degrees for the sariie night preced ing! the 11954 election.

Thel noils do I close until 7 o'clock, daylight; i time, tohightl and a heaw Hate fvote is expected Couplfd itft the preiinet reports through Irtotin this turnout Is (ex pected to send the total rvote over the 2q.0OQ This praiAd better the! record" 19,793 votes cast in Baj-thblomfe- county ini 3952 when President Eisenhower (first ran; for office In 1354 thej vote kotal jwaa 17,326, Record for off-presi- dential yearj The coyrity election; board: re ported the nal loting I vija goi ng "very well." By I nooni the county clerk's of fide had: filled put II 15 certificate! of error in registration a normal jnumbef oi eijrors. (- I lines jVoters Wait. Balloting ln lumber of the rural precjnets got off rto a slightly slowed start than it did in the Co-lumbus area. Three pf the four township pre. -incts reported approximately Ion of their registered vote I was in by 11:30 o'clock.

Many fl the local precincts reported I lipes kf voters waiting for thej ppefeing of the polls at am. i Also indicated inj the spot check of local precincts was an i abnorm ally large vote by men. Many women I were on hand for the much of opening of thejpolls and the mid-morning, ballot posed, of women. i was com- The sppt.f check through the fol- noon houif here; showedj the lowing: it Second precinct, i88ivoted otit of 499 registered; Third,) 338 out of 769 250 lout cif 621; Sixth, 225 S.oiit jNinthti 307 out I of 728; ISTorth 13th; 308 out of 15th. 196 put of 564; 17th 214 out of 806; 18th.

214, ouf of B50. 1- Sixteenth, 'mtre tha 1,279 by o'clock; out of-602i North J4tl 831; SE Hawcreekj bi 600 out of seventh, 285 409 put) of 1 11:30 a.m 200 out of 651 i NE Hawcreek out' of, 417; 1 West! Hawdreek, 129 114 out:) of 314. i-'n I Dr. George jDavii; rector of the division 1 pf i adijlt education! at Purdue universltyi hai announced the appointment- fof Frame as commjunity Harold! B. cojordinator for itlie Bartfcoldmew CcjuntyiRe- tlrement" Study! Foundation.

I Mr. Frame fwill mow his family to Columbus land will! assume his duties here ipecljSj The newf comtnunity to-ordina- ton" has been) general becjretaryi of the Racine jYMCA brl thie pastj 15 years, and jreslgneid thac position to accept a position oii the Purdue university staff in the division of adult education. He la the director of the first pilot jstudyj in) the field of gerontology, the i scientific 'study of the psychedogyr of old age which is being made here, I n' To Have Staff (of 2L This Is (a (communijty-tiniversity project, and I Is the! first pne ppen-ed by Purdue jin ithis field. (Mr. Frame will have a staff of 21 and will directi a study into problems of tpersons nearing! retiremeni age and: those; already ttired.

Tie-searchers will be assigned to I his staff by the university 1 1 In: addition to his YMCA leader ship in Racine, he alsp was active In the civic and church life! of the communities ln whichj he lived and i- j- 1 i Ik Ini Racine, 'Mr. jFairM the Welfare Forum, CSvic Music, Com- ociation, Cbamtxr cif COUNTY Election Night Information Voters I Willi be provided all kinds of election information after the polls close tonight. First returns from the eastj are expected, shortly after 7 o'clock, first returns from the state around 7:30 and! first returns from the county' around 9:30 o'clock. jFor your( information: DIAL 44 The Evening publican news staff will be on duty throughout the night to collect and give election results from the county, state and nation by phone! and window bulletins; i i i- Ii I i 1 RADIO AND TV Most radio stations and television channels wilj report the election returns throughout most pf the night. PARTIES Election night par ties to receive the returns I will be held at both Republican and Democratic downtown.

party headquarters VFnUU The; official ean- vass of the returns will take place at the courthouse through out the night. For complete election retjurns read your Wednesday edition of The Evening Republican. ELECTION SIDELIGHTS Awjiiiig up as Rain Stops Light, rain late in the morning drove many precinct workers in-doors, but at the Third precinct voting place on Fifteenth street an awning was erected. "They got the last stake down ju; as it quit City Attorney: Joseph Thompson. And the Third's outside workers also hadj a' stove they must have been thinking of two years ago when the; temperature never got above the freezing 5 -11 I Onlyj a small amount of rouble was 'reported from the precincts i this morning.

Several said there; was confusion or the national ballot, persons marking both the Circle for a straight) ballot land the one square opposite tire candidates', names. In some precinetsj it i appeared- these would be' accepted without question) as long as he two were in the column lor tne same Snrprlslngly, perhaps? the polling places reported voters were having little or no trouble with the time "They've read It enough they know: what they doing," said nej worker. Joe Anderson, the insurance man, was exhibiting a-piece of literature) from the Abe Linjeoln presidential campaign this morning.) The slogan "'Victorious Pros ecution the War No Com pro- mise. Those f'l Voted Today" rs being worn by citizens leaking polling places were made avail able by the Khvanis club. I r- i Ti past years, the! banks elbsed on! ialmost every holiday.

Rut it isn't so any morei Thev ii Were fContinued on Pajre 2). Jr. HAROLD B. TRAME "A'' -I i merce, the Racine County Tuber culosis and Health association, the Racine Council Churches, and had: been ia member, of the cousin Layman's conference Wis- aind Just 1 1 -I 1 -jutw I if- i -I 9 -r I 1-1 a i 1 i 1 i I t- if -q. in.

i ii. a I completely cut! off and Egyptian forces The government of Egyptian President Abdel Nasser ap- pealed to all the nations of the British. world to eelp her re French and Israeli ilitary ag- gression." This afternoon Mos cow Radio broke into its broadcast with an It said: unscheduled news bulletin fin thi historically hour, whei thej greatest decisive values of mankind's inheritance a re at stake WASHINGTON Egypt appealed to he United States today foj- help "by voluiniers, arrns or otherwise "-4 in i resisting what it descrijoed as dishonorable and brutal aggression. The formal appeal was contained a note delivered by Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed Hussein to Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jij. I fl 1 The note said the Egyptian peo pie "are fighting a battle of survival and of are fighting i not only for themselves! and their! country but equally jf the! civilized world," tiU I note said, 'i Reports Heavy Casualties Hussein I eaidj he' did not whether similar appeal had been made to Russia or elsewhere.

I He also declined to g5ve reporters Hoover's reaction jto his ap um Jfgg, 1 UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) Secretary General Dag Harhrriarskjold today presented plans for Middle East police jforce occupy Egypt from jthe Suez Canal to the Israeli border once peace his been restored. Hammarsk'joid presented his report early todajy so delegates could study it and act on it Sat another emergency- session of tlie General Assembly late today pr tonight. The plan hinged on Ailglo-French acceptance of a cease fire and Egyptian perinission to station troops in Egypt. iThe police force, to be made up of volunteers.

Would exclude all of the permanent representatives pf the Security (Cpuncil Britain, Frances the United States, Soviet Russia and Nationalists China because of he big shakes they have in the Middle East. The secretary general said he already had pf fers frotn Canada, Colombia, (Denmark, Nok-way," Pakistan and Sweden to supply troops and expected further joffers. He asked that some of forces be organized jin battalion strength, He made these suggestions: 1. It would go into action once hostilities come to a halt. 2.

It would be para-military and not a force with military objectives. He indicated it would be armed but gave no details. 3. The force have no rights other than those! necessary for the execution of it facilities. It would be more than jan: observers corps put ta no way a military force temporarily controlling the territory in which it is stationed.

4. Its functions would cover an area extending rpughtl frpm the Suez Canal to jthe Egyptian-Israeli border. fj --v I 5. It woyld "be made up: of self-contained units to avoid inefficiency caused by mixing of different nationalities i 6. Each nation would finance its own troopf.

7. The assembly would decide how long the police force would t- i 4 I 4 Republican I'hoto precincts of Flat Rock! and Haw four. "Writer's cramp" Is the chief Ii major upset if Mr Eisenhower does not win i reelection. His running mate is Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon, who has emerged this year as man to be reckoned with In the future course of the Republican Party.

JOHN FOWLER DIES SUDDENLY Stricken at Home in Hope Monday Night Funeral (Thursday. John A. Fowler, 67. died suddenly at 4:45 o'clock Monday night at his home in Hope, Born Sept. 21.

1889, in Bartholomew county, he was the son of Augustus and Mintie Shepherd Fowler. Mr. Fowler khd lived in Hope i since 1935, previously residing near Taylorsville.i I He was married in 1908 to Hester Ervin, who survives. i Other survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Cora Bullard i of Hope, Mrs.

Pearl Talkington of Taylors-ville, and Mrs. Gerusha Berry of Brenham, and a brother, Grayson Fowler of Danville. i A brother, Ieander, preceded him in death in 1902. j. i Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Norman funeral heme in Hope by the Rev Ray BorelL Burial will be at Hope Moravian cemetery.

j- Oasket will be open at the funeral home after noon 'Wednesday until time of services. 1- Ike Wins High School Voting EDINBURG President Dwight D. Eisenhower won a 2-1 victory in a special Edinburg high school election. School Principal Richard annuonced this afternoon. He said other; Republican candidates also had; been carried into office by the votes pf the! pupils.

The school previously iaid the results would not be. released until, Wednesday, but Principal Mopmaw said that it was not believed a late announcement Of the Eisenhower triumph would affect local voters' opinions. i t-! 'i i ii -I- Minor Blaze at Poultry Market City firemen were called at 7 o'clock this morning to extinguish a minor blaze in an attic room of the Brownie poultry market pn third street. There was no damage. i ji Firemen said the blaze was caused a vent pipe on a gas scalding tank became overheated and ignited timbers in the attic.

unmans Study You Problems th Kiwanisielub met Monday! night at Donner center and elected four new board of director mernbers. Elected to fhe board jwere Pjchard Baker, assistant treasurer of JUnion Starch and Refining company; Wil-btii- Clark, supervisor of employment at Cummins Engine company; Perry Doup, farmer; and Ben Walkr, junior: school principal, if' Speakers were Miss Josephine Armuth and Noel Genth, deans of girls and boys at Columbus high school. Wade Bosley was in charge of the program. iliss Amjuth reviewed the; problems of JuVienile dellnquencyjwhich have pecurred here! in the past and reported steps taken by school authorities toward correcting the situation I i She "also discussed the trpe of teenager I ''Jio becomes delinquent and joints iiindeeirable gangs. Contributing 'factors to ithis situation as! pointed out by Miss Annuth include ba4 relationship with parents and jan undesirable 'neighborhood, broken homes, economic insecurity, and the marginal! situa- tioh in which the teenager feels that he is not a part of home.

community. or school. Situation Improved Miss Arrhuth stressed that al though the situation has improved and the curfew has had a desirable effect, the complete answer ito the i i 'I i (ConUhued on Wge 2). the Rotary He was honor that club. I-awarded i the highest layman can come to i in his religious denomination.

He was elected moderator of the Wisconsin Congregational conference in 1949 while a deacpn at Plymouth Congregational church. He also served jfive years on a national committee of his church, the Congregational Christian commit ted on church Other Activities. Sir. Frame was president of the Racine Civic Music association in 1944 and i has been a member of the board pf directors for many years. He Is president of the Racine County Tuberculosis and Health association, has been secretary-treasurer of the Racine' Rotary club for more than 10 years and secretary-treasurer of districts 209 and 2101 of Rotary International (years, i In 1945, he was elected president of (the YMCA secretaries pf Wis-ennsin.

i Prior to going to Racine he" had served as general secretary, pt other YMCA chapters In Wisconsin and Iowa. He also had extensive experience In boys' work, To climax his work as general secretary of the YMCA, during the past year he helped in the taislng of ia 2-million dollar fund for the erection pf a new building, i He was born i of Quaker parents lia "West Chester, Pa. Vote At mencans in mosphere of Crisis Ike or Adlai. on WASHINGTON (UP) Americans voted in an atmosphere of world crisis today on whether Dwight jD. Eisenhower or Adlai E.

Stevenson should, lead them in the next fourifateful years. Heavy i early (voting supported estimates that the total vote would hit around 60 1 million. In sqme areas balloting was running ahead of At issue along with the presidency is control of Congress in the next twp years. Voters are picking 35 senators, 432! House members, 29 and thousands of local and state officials. Dallas reported the vote "running ahead of; 1952" in the major cities of Texas.

Atlanta, said the Georgia vote was "heavy," but about the same as 1952. Both Minneapolis and Duluth reported a "bigger than usual" early turnout. Detroit said voting ln the first few hours in key-state Michigan's larger cities was "very heavy" and indicated a record was in the making I Trickle Becomes Torrent In Indiana, the Fort Wayne! and Indianapolis balloting was "heavy" in all A. similar report came from Pittsburgh. i In the Far West, the early Utah turnout was running well ahead of 1952's.

In the East, Maryland saw signs of a possible voting record. The big city vote swelled quickly from a trickle to a torrent. New York's five boroughs reported that 20 per cent of the registered voters had cast their; ballots by 10 a.m. Philadelphia1 voting was "very heavy." In- the first 3V4 hours about 25 per: Cent of the total registered votes; had been cast. In Chicago indications pointed to an "extremely large vote." In the first 21-, hours 528,920 ballots had been marked.

I Perhaps significantly, 99 per cent of those seeking instructions at Chicago polling i places- wanted to know how to split their tickets. Predict Eisenhower Victory Political pollsters have predicted an Eisenhower triumph, with the Democrats perhaps hanging on to control of one or both houses of The first scattered returns, too few to have much significance if ny. gave Eisenhower 48 votes and Stevenson! 16. They came from tiny precincts in North and South Carolina, New Hampshire and Michigan. I President and: Mrs.

Eisenhower drove to Gettysburg, Pa. to exercise what he called the American's "priceless; privilege" of, voting. i Stevenson voted at Half Day. a village near his Libertyville, 111., cpuntry borne, Former President Harry S. Truman voted at 7 a.m.

in Independence, MO. I Fight to Final Gong Whatever the heavy early voting portended, it will be counted a Liner Tries out i Its New Prow NEW YORK UP The liner I Stockholm underwent sea trials today! In the Atlantic Ooean off the "New Jerseyi coast. The liner put to sea Monday for the first time since its collision with the Andrea Doria July 25 off Nantucket Island which took i 50 1 I 4 i Stockholm' 1 icebreak prow, smashed in the crash, was, repaired a cost of The Swedish American Line, owners of the Stockholm, said the i trials would test tbe new prow. 1 remain oni duty, 1 i.