Lawton Constitiution (Newspaper) - July 3, 1956, Lawton, Oklahoma Area Weather Forecast Partly cloudy and continued hot through Wednesday chance ol few scattered late this afternoon or early tonight highs both days near low tonight today's low 70 11 reading yesterday's high 103 THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION Matter mt the Fort At Except It's lunny how a head that runs mostly to bone can soak up so many prejudices VOLUME 237 AP UP 14 PAGES THIRD AND A AVE TUESDAY JULY 3 1956 AP WIREPHOTO SINGLE COPY EDITION Local Races Bring Voters Out Early Flock TO Polls Unexpected Heavy Voting For Primary OKLAHOMA CITY UP homa voters swarmed to the polls today in greater numbers than were expected to select party nominees and vote on seven questions From a number of points over I he state came reports of greater in the outcome than pre- earlier Local races ed the turnout in some counties while the 550 million veterans loan proposal also helped to get out the vote The weather was hot and dry Checks Show Gain Spot checks in both Tulsa and Oklahoma counties indicated the lolal vole would top that of 1952 when some persons turned out in a comparable primary 1 i will not approach the total of 1954 when a j gubernatorial race was run j On the eve of the election Leo Winters young state election hoard secretary issued a stern warning that an investigation may he conducted into the handling of Reported By City Precincts By OBSERVER LAWTON Voters were turning out in unexpected heavy numbers today to cast their lots in the primary election con- firming the belief that last-minute verbal blasts in some contests had finally aroused the ate Reports from approximately half of the city's 21 precincts showed balloting comparable to the July 1954 primary election which had the power of the governor's race to set the pace An unusually dull campaign which apparently didn't excite the voter until the closing days came to a climax Monday night when most of the candidates in the major races spoke before a throng of about on the courthouse square Keen interest in the four-way race for the state senate plus the congressional contest sheriff's race and county ey battle could well bring out enough voters to match the 1954 primary when nearly voted Heaviest city vote was reported in Ward 2 Pet 3 the fire station at 17th and Ferris At a total of 182 had voted com- pared with 178 at the ing time in 1954 A heavy vote was also being cast at Dunbar school where election officials reported voters standing in line at to ballot Extremely light voting was re- Father Expected To Die LEADING THE WAY Comfort is the keynote of the new Army summer and short-sleeved Fort Sill's top-ranking officers lost no time in getting into the uniform Above Maj Gen Thomas E de Shazo left post commander and Col R G dall chief of staff display the new uniforms which was approved for wear after July 1 U.S Army Photo School Board To Ask Tomlinson Annexation By CRAWFORD Staff Writer The city planning and zoning board will be asked in the near future to approve annexation of a tract of land in Tomlinson addition which will be site for the new junior high school Board of education members last night voted unanimously to send the request to the planning board If approved by the board the re- quest will be presented to the city council for final action The planning and zoning board about a month ago recommended thar the area not be annexed at the present and the council 6 Added To State Auto Death Toll went along with the tion Aug 6 has been set as date for absentee ballots Winters showin deep concern Tor the heavy demand for absentee slips in eastern Oklahoma sent telegrams to the secretaries of the 77 county election boards ing them to keep a close watch on absentee balloting Text of Telegram The telegram Please check your absentee lots to assure voter is qualified and registered or in the service and exempt from registration un- der the war ballot act Make certain elector casts only one ballot and does not vote both absentee and in person Be pre- pared to prove these matters if your office is investigated Winters said election boards should be certain to keep their ab- sentee voting records so they could prove a person ed only once The present absentee voting law is extremely ambiguous and I want to assure its fair and im- partial Winters said Governor at Home Gov Raymond Gary said day the Legislature should take a new at the law Gary left late Monday for his home in shall county to cast his vote day at Kingston The governor said he would re- main at his farm home near ston over the Day opening of bids for construction of i holiday Wednesday the city's new Tomlinson j Today's election is the first to be held by Winters who took over the secretary's post last May He Bank Deposits Up SI Million Man Wife Savagely Beaten Married Daughter Kidnaped Increased deposits were reported in two of four local banks with the total deposits registering a gain of during the past cal year it was revealed today in answers to state and federal bank calls Loans through the three city banking institutions and the Fort Sill bank climbed ing the period June 30 1953 to June 30 of this year Million on Deposit Deposits in the four banks taled at the close of business for the fiscal year June 30 Loans on record at the end ol June this year showed an gate of as compared with at the same time in 1955 Local banks had following deposits June 30 American National City National Security Bank Trust Co and Fort Sill National Deposits June 30 American National City National ity Bank Trust Co and Fort Sill National Loans June 30 American National City National ity Bank Trust Co and Fort Sill National Loan June 30 American National City National ity Bank Trust Co and Fort Sill National i Junior high Plans Due Soon I Final completed plans of the j new school plant will be finished week architect Gaylord told Board of Education selected the brick type of which the ing will be constructed Building contractor will purchase the bricks Bv UNITED PRESS Oklahoma motorists wrote a members last night preamble to the holiday Board members have driving period which begins at 5 p.m today by recording six and many more injured in accidents Six persons were added to the death toll Monday boosting it to or 34 above last count at this date The Kenneth Wesley Mason 18 nona is appointed by the state Senate The polls will close at 7 p.m in cities and adjacent precincts In rural precincts the polls will close at 6 p.m Top Race on Ballot The top race on the ballot was for U.S senator and Sen Mike was expected to have following opening of the bids next breeze in his bid for renomination month last night also dis- cussed various phases of the new Junior high with the board bers and received their approval on certain alternates for bidding purposes John Richard 60 lina Mrs Willie McLean 55 Quanah Mrs Lela Weiter 53 Calif James Lee Roland 29 Fonca City Billy James Hardy 20 City Mason was killed when his head went through the top of the car in which he was a passenger pr the vehicle had crashed through a dead-end barrier and jumped a bar ditch overturning in a pasture two miels south of Ramona Prichett was a passenger in a tv truck driven by Thomas Gerald Williams 24 Okla on Bids Okayed i to a second term His opponents included pension promoter Ora J Fox and Guthrie supply salesman H 0 Doenges There has been comparatively little campaigning The second race causing the most interest was for corporation commissioner Incumbent Harold See PRIMARY Page 2 a Delaware county road 10 southwest of Jay The er told highway trooper H W Round he tried to gear the truck down when it gained speed going See TRAFIC DEATHS Page 2 Holiday Toll Of 130 Seen addition CHICAGO accidents j Walter D Ford Roosevelt steel may kill 130 persons over the classrooms and Lawrence balance eee SCHOOL Page 2 Justin Kuntz board clerk was j authorized to advertise for bids i July 12 The new school plant is expected to be ready for occupancy at the start of the school term In other action board members instructed Henry Weddle board treasurer to invest of the Junior high bond funds in treasury bills when the money be- comes available An additional 5300.000 will be re- invested in United States treasury bills which became due June 21 Funds Listed Kuntz presented a statement of I States building funds and a statement of It was learned that the valuations for approval of the sion was ordered because kov was accused of espionage State Department Press Officer U.S Ousts Soviet Attache As Spy WASHINGTON Iff The State Department belatedly announced today that Col Ivan A assistant Soviet military attache has been ousted from the United board members Broken down the statements are as Funds Available Bond Building Fund Levy Building Fund Total Contracts Pending Bellinger Construction Co high school auditorium Dowlings Inc high school seating contract Waiter D Ford Jefferson school Fourth of July holiday the tional Safety Council estimates The council and the al Assn of Chiefs of Police said that rigid law enforcement could help hold the toll to no moi e than SO the normal toll for a day in early July The estimate ol 130 deaths is for the period from 6 p.m local time today to midnight morrow It includes only the deaths that occur between those hours and not those who die later from their injuries On Memorial Day also on a Wednesday there were 109 traffic Joseph Reap said had been declared persona non grata Governments use that phrase to designate a foreign lomat who has made himself un- acceptable to the country in which he is serving and must therefore leave Other officials said left by air on June 24 His name was stricken from the diplomatic list at that time Reap said the matter had been handled primarily by the Defense Department Railroads Feel Steel Strike Effect PITTSBURGH Iff Railroads and other freight haulers felt the economic impact ol the nationwide steel strike today as negotiators for the United workers and the basic steel try marked time awaiting talks with the government's chief labor mediator The Pennsylvania and more Ohio railroads posted lough notices yesterday affecting some workers It was more unemployment would follow if the strike continues The railroads dependent on the steel industry for much of their business were forced to cut ations sharply following the out of steelworkers at mid- night Saturday Even as the layoffs were an- Joseph F Finnegan di- rector of the Federal Mediation Service arranged to meet rately here Thursday with and steel industry leaders House Votes Extra Time For Bad GIs WASHINGTON UP The House voted Monday to require all servicemen to make up enlistment time which they spend AWOL or iu the brig The measure which now goes to the Senate also would give men who get into trouble in the j service a second chance to win an honorable discharge It provides that servicemen who by reason of misconduct would get a discharge under present law be given a probationary period in which to win an i Table discharge TECUMSEH A Tecumseh man was critically beaten early today and his wife seriously hurt when they tried to prevent an intruder from their daughter County Attorney Lloyd Henry issued a pickup order for Floyd 30 Harjo who he said abducted Mrs erine Huggans 27 under threat of death Henry said that had been under a peace bond for three months to prevent him from molesting Mrs gans Her husband is a serviceman over- seas Henry said that Dugan 58 is not expected to live He said he was hit in the skull by a hatchet or some other sharp instrument His wife also was en but is expected to recover Three children witnessed the incident including Mrs Huggans 8 year old daughter Henry said that forced Mrs Huggans to accompany him from the house She broke away once the county attorney said but was caught again by who drove away in a car The incident occurred at the Dugan's home five miles south of Tecumseh Henry said that it happened about but officers weren't summoned until 7 He said that the grandparents though in a semiconscious state warned the children against calling authorities However he said one of the children finally called police Henry said that is believed to have a gun and is considered dangerous Officers said they feared Mrs Huggans may be killed Wilson Leaves Critics Guessing WASHINGTON Senate air power investigation came to a temporary halt today with of Defense Wilson leaving Democratic critics guessing about wl ether he plans another speedup in jet bomber production appearance before the Senate Armed Services was marked by hot ex- changes the secretary and the senators but ended on a softer note of humor At one point Wilson was by one Democratic senator of making a false statement In turn the defense secretary re- ferred to the furor raised by his of the word phony and said he was due an apology Irom the senators And in a wordy question and answer duel with Sen Jackson Wilson told Senator you can't put words in rny mouth Chairman Symington told Wilson his testimony was inconsistent and contrary to the sworn testimony of other top defense leaders and military ex- perts Jackson told Wilson he held no bitterness toward him adding that all persons made mistakes or said the wrong thing in the hot Washington temperature Polish Rebel Leaders Executed Purge Looms Million School Needs OK'd Board of Education members last night placed their stamp of approval on a total of as estimated needs for the general fund for the school term Teachers salaries listed at is the largest item on the estimated needs list The itemized account will be presented deaths An Associated Press j to the County Excise board for vey taken for comparative proval poses showed that on a day period from 6 p.m June 19 to midnight June 20 there were 66 traffic deaths The Fourth of July holiday period last year extended over three days from Saturday through Monday and there were 407 fic fatalities Tremendous size of the ing school system's operations is pointed out in an order for reams of duplicator and graph paper and 81 new ers for classroom work Paper will cost Freeman Construction Co ton was successful bidder for a resurfacing and repair job Paul Baty Lawton Ratcliffe the Lawton high school parking lot Freeman's winning bid was The lot will be repaired and resurfaced with coats of Chapman Construction Co Book Store Ansley Paper Co Lawton and Southwestern ery and Bank Supply Lawton Board members originally for reams of paper and last night decided to purchase ton bid for the work reams because of a paper ect McCords of Lawton was the entire shortage The supply will last for ful bidder for reams of the paper at a cost of and homa Seating Co Oklahoma City furnished the other reams at a cost of Other companies submitting bids were Thompson Book Supply Chickasha C P Lesh Paper Co Indianapolis Forty-three new Royal ers were purchased from McCords at a cost of including a bonus allowance of a machine for 43 Thirty-eight new Underwood chines were purchased from Baty Office Equipment at a net cost of See NEEDS Page 2 BERLIN A Scandinavian businessman said today Polish Com- already have executed the leaders of the food and freedom uprising in Poznan A purge of Polish Communist party ranks also appeared imminent because of the bloody uprising last week The official Communist party newspaper warned that heads will roll The businessman who arrived from Poznan today said workers of leading the demonstrators were placed before firing squads and executed as soon as they were caught Others captured with arms in their possession also were marily shot he said The businessman said he was told in Poznan that dozens were executed by the Communist firing squads The official Polish Communist newspaper Trybuna Ludu today at- tacked party officials in Poznan for cowardice during the uprising and said they will answer for their acts The Communists admitted labor unrest elsewhere in Poland and warned that any Poznan type re- volt would be crushed without mercy The Warsaw government said 50 j ported at Jefferson school at 10 but this was an ex- ception It was believed voters may be taking advantage of the cool morning to visit the polling es However a heavy noon hour ballot generally is cast Election officials reported at noon that no trouble had ed at any of the voting places If the heavy balloting continues throughout the day it may be late tonight or early Wednesday before results of some races are known Precinct officials are re- quested to phone results to the Constitution Press news room when counting has been finished Tabulations will be made as rapidly as precincts report Polls will close at 7 p.m in the city and at 6 p.m in rural precincts Voters may or transfer their registration time during the day and vote Turnout of voters in and Cotlon counties will be watched closely for a trend in the state senate race Generally Comanche county casts about four times as many votes as ton and in a close race in this county the one who can roll up a big majority in Cotton county would likely wind up with the advantage A runoff is almost with four contenders campaigning furiously for the office being by Logan Candidates w ere working throughout the area getting their friends to the polls or offering rides lo anyone who wanted to vole Mere is how the voting was progressing at noon today in city WARD I Pet Pet Pet WARD n Pel Pet Pet WARD HI Pet Pet Pel 4 Pet WARD V Pet SS Pet Pel 61 Spy Tells Red Invasion Plot MIAMI Fla A disbarment case witness testified yesterday that U.S Communists in 1948 rot orders to pave the way for a So- viet invasion of the United States The a former FBI un- agent said also that ho joined with Communists in dis- cussing the elimination of cuit Court Judge George E Holt of Dade County as troublesome to the party in Miami Joseph D Mazzei of Pittsburgh said that he was sent to Miami in 1948 by the city of Pittsburgh Communist party to assist in ordination of plans here because j this is a seaport When I arrived I I learned the local cell was much disturbed because a judge named Holt was making trouble for them There was talk of doing something about it eliminating him Holt received national publicity in 1948 when he set bond at 000 for Mrs Leah Adler sky who refused to say whether she was a Communist Later he sentenced 35 persons for contempt in a probe of Communist ties Hot Dry July Forecast Here A hot dry July was forecast day by the weather bureau for Southwestern Oklahoma an sion of the area's worst spring drouth in 45 years The bureau's outlook for the period called for temperatures to be above normal and rainfall to be below normal They said normal temperatures average 80.0 degrees and talion 2.43 inches The immediate forecast was a little brighter There is a chance for scattered thundershowers late this afternoon or early tonight a repeat of yesterday evening's tern Fort Sill was hottest spot in the state yesterday lor the second straight day with another 104 ing Lawton topped the century mark for the fourth day in a row 103 Ardmore registered 102 and Hobart 99 Heavy clouds dumped 25 of an inch of rain in the Saddle Mountain area late afternoon ard Cox lives 8 miles west of reported John Frampton Lake patrolman said no rain fell at Medicine Park however The rain in the watershed did nothing more than wet things down good Cox said Costly UN Action Urged On Disarmament si Violent Storms Strike Over State By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A hot election day was in store for Oklahoma today with the temperature expected to get as high as 105 degrees after a night of violent weather that saw one woman killed by lightning The forecast calls for a repeat of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening Two tornadoes were sighted in Oklahoma last night and heavy winds hit some areas Dead was Mrs Floyd persons died in the which who flared in the big industrial city in West Poland last week But ern estimates placed the death toll as high as 500 Some Polish troops backed by tanks held Poznan in iron grip while other soldiers moved through the city lo flush out els Western businessmen back from the just closed Poznan said at least anti already have been seized in house to house and searches by soldiers with fixed bayonets Still more reinforced guards along the Polish frontier from the Baltic Sea to vakia to prevent rebel leaders from escaping to the safety of the West Western observers said that the large-scale troop movements the Warsaw government was not only searching for rebels who took part in the Poznan uprising but was now determined to crush the underground which has plagued the Red regime since World War II UNITED NATIONS N Y Jl The Western Powers today called upon the UN to speed action on a disarmament program which would halt the stock piling of clear weapons before they passed beyond all hope of con- trol Both British Minister of Stale Anthony Nutting and U S gate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr stressed the need for speed as they urged the 12 member UN Dis- armament Commission to approve a set of basic principles as a guide DETROIT A judge fined I for future arms talks Frank M Powell Jr 42 Monday on a drunk driving charge because he tried to warm up after a cold swim Powell said he had dived into a cold lake to rescue his dog who he thought couldn't swim and afterward he went to a bar to warm up by drinking two shots of whisky and three beers Both rejected Russian demands that they reduce their armed forces independently without for an agreement on ment Lodge renewed his appeal for approval of President er's aerial inspection plan as a part of any arms reduction gram a bolt of lightning near Union City as she worked in a cotton field One tornado was reported five miles west of Union City while another was seen 45 miles west of Gage The areas around El Reno and Manguin apparently were est hit by straight winds which did some damage to power and telephone lines and some ings South of Mangum winds ol more than 75 miles struck last night and inches of rain fell in an hour Buster Snipes a farmer in the area said that winds ed over a large wooden barn on his property and blew down a garage He said it beat down all the cotton crops in this area about 200 acres Snipes estimated damage to hir property at Council Eyes Plane Request The city council tonight will re- a request for permission tc use Lake for seaplane Army Air Guard Slated To Go Coed WASHINGTON UP The House Monday approved a that would make the Army and Air tional Guard co-ed for the first request with the city today asking permission to use Lake for passenger flights student in- operations Chief A Lewis owner and op- of Duncan airport filed the time It passed and sent to the Senate a measure authorizing the ment of women reserve Air Force and Army officers to the National Guard as nurses and women ical specialists struction and charter flights Since this will be the first time the Lewis request has been sub- mitted to the council the matter TOKYO probably will be referred to cil committee for recommendation on future action In other business slated for the council will open bids on six-month contracts for Peiping radio ing the city with gasoline grease Reds Claim Aircraft Flown In Russia claimed today that the first aircraft has tested in the Soviet Union A broadcast monitored in Tokyo said the Russians made the first flight of a plane equipped with an atomic reactor late in 1955 and oil will hear a report from the sanitation committee ing renewal of a dump ground contract with Connie Hill and will receive a report from a special committee on a request to operate a riding school at Doe Doe Park
