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M JVI IWnV M Y UVL LmlLl'LCLmL& Ji . 'Loyalty Pledge' May Bring Fight On Floor Tuesday Stevenson Makes Plea For Harmony Convention Hall, Chicago (U.R) Feuding and rudderless Democrats opened their 31st na tional convention Monday with little apparent hope of prevent ing a factional split that could jeopardize their chances of keep ing the White House in Novem ber. The party's 1,652 delegates, flanked by alternates and thou sands of guests and spectators, trooped to the big meeting hall by the stockyards for the angri est and most confused Demo cratic convention in 20 years. Stevenson Makes Plea The man many of them would like to draft for the presidential race, Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, delivered an impas sioned plea for harmony in the main address of the opening session. But harmony hopes seemed certain to explode Monday night or Tuesday in a name-throwing floor fight over a proposal to write into the convention rules a '-'loyalty pledge" aimed at anti- Truman Southerners. Democratic National Chair man Frank E. McKinney gav- elled the convention to order at 9 a.m. PST, 30 minutes late. Delegates Warned Stevenson, who doesn't want the nomination but hasn t said "no" to a draft, told the dele gates to forget personalities and concentrate on principles. Above all, he pleaded with them not to repeat the. hate-breeding "car nage" which characterized the Republican struggle two weeks ago between the camps of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen Robert A. Taft. Something . was inserted into the schedule when the 52-year-old Illinois governor stepped to the speaker's lectern and faced the delegates in this big arena by the stockyards. That "something" was a tre mendous five - minute demon stration which had all the ear marks of a sponaneous salute to the man whose friends hope to draft him to head the party's ticket in November. Stevenson's friends, among them some of the party's most powerful leaders, saw the re ception for their man as support of their contention that a move ment to draft the governor would gain momentum. OWE HEMES 'IMJY' 'VICTIMS CALIFORNIA Tehachapi, Calif. (U.R) A violent earthquake bucked through California like a wild bronc Monday, leveling this little prison town and leaving "many dead and injured" in its wake. Ray Cloud, United Press Correspondent and one of the first persons from the outside to reach this stricken community of 2,500, counted 11 dead and 35 injured. "And they are digging up more bodies as fast as the rescue crews can break through the debris," said Cloud, who is news editor of radio station KVAL at nearby Lancaster. Another report from the scene, received by a ham radio oper ator in San Francisco, said "at least 12 dead" had been recovered. "All the dead and injured were in bed at the time of the quake," Cloud said. Most of the dead were in the two-story brick hotel in the center of the business district. "The entire business district is flat," he added. "There is not a building standing." He described the town as "a scene of horror" with residents gingerly picking their way through the broken bricks and twisted metal looking for relatives or friends. People Not Sure i Lad, 5, Unharmed After Wi Hours In Wilderness Area BULLETIN Portland (U.R) Ben. W. Olcoll, former Republican governor of Oregon, died Mon day in Physicians & Surgeons hospital. He was 79. What Hit Them "It still is all confusion," he added. "The people are not sure what hit them even yet more than four hours after the quake." The quake, described by Dr. Joseph Lynch of Fordham Uni versity, as "the second most powerful to ever hit California," rolled across the Mojave Desert shortly before dawn and was of ficially clocked at 4:55 a.m. The long, rolling waves of the quake were felt in diminishing strength for the next 45 min utes. It was felt as far north as Santa Rosa, Calif., 60 miles above San Francisco; south to Ensenada, Mex., 200 miles south of Los Angeles, and east to Reno, Nev., and the Arizona border. Prison "Unusable" The waves which twisted , in every direction rendered the; beautiful Tehachapi California' women's -prisen --"unusable''' and' forced the inmates to scurry from the buildings in fear of their lives. While the Mojave Desert area caught the brunt of the recurring quakes, the rest of Southern California was jolt ed out of bed and in most cas es onto the streets in terror. Two huge oil fires were start ed, at a refinery 25 miles south west of Bakersfield and in an oil field near Newhall. Two Southern Pacific right-of-way tunnels were collapsed and eight' miles' of track twisted in to a metal web. A half dozen downtown Los Angeles buildings spewed their plate glass windows onto the nearly deserted streets, while the jarring set off hundreds of burg lar alarms and set church bells to chiming in Pasadena. Four planeloads of Red Cross doctors, nurses and rescue per sonnel were flown to Tehachapi. By ERIC ALLEN JR. Mail Tribune City Editor "Mummy, I'll bet you can't guess where I've been." This was five-year-old Ernie Leffler's greeting to his weeping mother yesterday afternoon. He had just been found by search ers after spending 29V2 hours Medford United Press Full Leased Wire Tribune ked Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 14 Pages MEDFORDOREGON, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1952 No. 104 Mrs. Raymond Clark, moth er of Ernie Leffler, called at The Mail Tribune office this morning and asked the news paper to convey the family's thanks for "all the wonderful ,help we had iniijdjLns. Ejrnje." ,-, Mrs. Clark, whose husband is with the Army in Germany, is living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jones, 1985 Or chard Home drive. She said she, her parents, and the boy's father, Herman Leffler of Kla math Falls, wished they could thank the hundreds of search ers and others helping, per sonally. But since they can't, she wanted the newspaper to convey her message of appreciation. Drama Demos Lacking As Seek Unity BY R. W. RUHL Chicago This is Hamlet with Hamlet left out. There is plenty of ham, of course, but to date no mustard. Governor Stephenson's welcoming speech was excellent. But it was delivered not in the tense atmosphere or tones of the night before the "Big Game." But rather a temperate and discriminating appeal to the Democratic football squads. In other words, this to date is not a bare-knuckle fight between the party-champ and his young challenger with bitter feeling and homicidal aims on both sides, rather it is a get-together meeting within the lodge, to gain unity and quell inner conflicts, so, instead of increasing excitement, and suspense as time goes on, there promises to be less of both, and eventually a nominee who will not represent the result of victory of one faction over another, but the accommodation of all factions to a compromise candidate. This is a perfectly natural and legitimate aim, but it does not contribute to the dramatic or human interst of the gathering. lost in the wilderness near Four mile lake; east of Mt. Mc- Loughlin. Ernie was fine. He had a lit tle patch of poison oak on his neck, and a couple of scratches. And he was hungry. 'Other than that he was unharmed. The youngster was found by six members of a volunteer crew of Medford Corporation employees, part of an amazing search effort which was organ ized a few hours after young Ernie was reported missing. On Hillside The men Bill Harris, O. R. Abbott, C. A. Capello, Jess Fran ces, Ansel Connelly and Bud Tungate said they found the boy oh a rough hillside about a mile from Fourmile lake, and a mile and a half or two miles from the lakeside spot where he was last seen Saturday morning at 8:30. ne tittle boy aidn t seem particularly scared when they found him, they said, but he was a bit confused. Hearing their voices, he started to run, but in the wrong direction. They had to chase him before they could carry him back to camp in triumph. The boy's mother, Mrs. Ray mond Clark, 1985 ' Orchard Home drive, and his father, Her man Leffler, an employee of the FATHER GREETS SON At left above, Herman l effler, Klamath Fails, is shown hugging his son, five-yeap$ld Ernie Leffler, after he was found about 2 p.m. by six members of the search parties who had been looking for the boy all night. The boy's grandfather, Earl Jones, Medford, looks on.. The youngster was unharmed, except for a couple of scratches and some poison oak, and was mostly concerned about "my Mickey Mouse sweater" and a cap pistol he had lost during the 29i hours he spent in the rugged, forested wilderness near Four mile lake. At right, Mrs. Raymond Clark, who lives with her parents, the Joneses, is shown as she appeared at the camp yesterday afternoon about an hour before her son was found. As the picture was snapped Mrs. ClafXwas reading the story of the search for her son in Sunday 'J fail Tribune. 11 Oregonians Lose Lives in Mishaps; Automobile Accidents Account for Five By UNITED PRESS Accidents claimed more lives in Oregon during the past week end and Friday than in the three day Fourth of July holiday week-end. Eleven persons died either in mishaps or of injuries suffered earlier in the week. Eight per sons were killed over the Fourth Portlander Killed Latest fatality was Arthur E. Grebe, 50, of Portland, who was dead on arrival at a ' Seaside hospital after an accident Sun day near Cannon Beach junction. Donna Cox, 16, and JoAnn Steen, 16, both of Albany, died in a crash on Highway 99W 15 miles northeast of Eugene. William LeRoy Brownlee, 55- year-old logger of Castle Rock, Wash., died Sunday at Oregon City from injuries suffered earl ier in the week when a flying cable struck him on the head. Thirteen-year-old Harry Rich ard Cooper was killed Saturday afternoon when he fell 110 feet off an abandoned water tower in the old Vanport City area of Portland. Hillsboro Man Killed Percy Thayer, 51, of Hills boro, died Friday in a Portland hospital of injuries he suffered in an auto accident near North Plains on the Sunset highway Thursday. Mrs. Barbara Moody, 30, was killed in the accident.' Patty Drysdale, Beaver Creek, arownea in tne Moialla river near Liberal arid a Portland girl, Ann Benedict, 12, drowned in Bellingham bay in Washing ton. Lavy Fulmer, 31, of Rock Springs, ' Wyo., drowned while swimming in the South Santiam river 30 miles east of Lebanon. Fire Claims Two A fire claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee Rauch, Springfield, Saturday. Their bod ies were found by firemen who were called to battle the blaze in their home. A crop - dusting plane struck a 12,000-volt power line near Jefferson Saturday, killing .the pilot, 25-year-old Jack Lind Lar sen, Salem. ... Fluhrer bakeries in Klamath Falls, were at the search camp headquarters during most of the search. At 2:10 yesterday after noon, a member of the Klamath County Sheriff's posse came can tering into camp, saying the boy had been found and was at the other end of the lake camp grounds. Mrs. Clark,, Leffler and Mrs. Leffler, accompanied by their friends and the boy's grandfather, Earl Jones, Med ford, began a running dash to ward where Ernie was. Perched On Shoulder . The boy's father outstripped the other runners. He saw little Ernie perched on the shoulder of a burij logger. He swept him down and into his arms. Soon Mrs. Clark arrived weeping with thankfulness. Em ie told her he'd been in the woods, and then said: "Mummy, I didn't want to do it, but I lost my Micky Mouse sweater and cap pistol.' The crowd, which had magi cally gathered as the quick word, "He's been found he's all right" swept through the camp area, sighed and laughed hysterically. Ernies grandmoth er, Mrs. Jones, who had been lying down, came to the edge of the crowd calling . softly. "Let me through, please, let me through." Moved By Experience "Red" Capello, one of the six Butte Falls loggers who found the boy, was moved by the. ex perience of finding the young ster, miraculously alive and well. Taking a swig fro A a bot tle of beer someone had thrust into his hand he 'said, "I'm al most too shakey to talk." A physician who was at the camp then examined Ernie, . and found nothing seriously the mat ter. He'd been given a couple of Hershey bars by the men who found him. The boy said he had slept some, and appeared fairly fresh, despite his long ordeal. The search, from frantic be ginning to successful end, was a story of cooperation and volun tary work. It began early Sat urday! The Joneses had taken their three grandsons - Earl, who will be 7 tomorrow, Ernie, i SEARCHERS AWAIT WORD Shown above is the search -headquarters established over the week-end at Fourmile lake, high in the Cascades on the east slopes of Mt. McLoughlin, where the search for Erffie Leffler was directed. The car at right is a state police vehicle, and the one in the center is owned by Elk Lumber company. It is etQpped with radios, and was the means of comjjjunication between the camp and Medford. At tire time the picture was taken, about a half-hour before the missing youngster was found, the boy's family and friends and resting searchers were gathered around the car listening to a radio report from a "walkie talkie" with one of the search parties. The re port said that what sounded like a boy's yells had been heard. The youngster was carried into the camp in triumph shortly thereafter, and the entire group shown ran about a quarter-mile, where the boy and his anxious family were reunited. Ranger Bob Cooper of the Forest Service ranger station at Lake O' Woods or ganized and directed the successful search. 5, and Lloyd, 4 to the lake for a week end camping. trip. At about 8:30 a.m. they were ready to go out in a boat to fish The boys had to visit the toilet house before they left, and the three went together. The older and younger were through first, and told Ernie they'd meet him at the boat. j- : Last Time Seen ' " That was the last anyone, saw of him until Sunday afternoon about 2. Somehow the young ster had become confused, per-! haps because the toiletjfcouse j faced away from the. Iake With in moments Jones said perhaps five or possibly ten minutes Mrs. Jones became tired of waiting, and went to hurry Ernie. He was gone. There were many campers and fishermen at the lake Saturday and a search, of sorts, began It was late morning before word was gotten to the U. S. Foresl Service Ranger station at Lake O' Woods. Ranger Bob Cooper, who has conducted other sue cessful searches before, includ ing the one for elderly Camille Bowles last year, took charge. Cooperation Begins . Here is where, the story of co operation begins. Before night-, fall, more than 100 men were al the lake men from Klamath Falls and men from Medford and Butte Falls. A commissary was --grganized, and food was supplijjil. The radio network of the EYhern Oregon Conversa tion and Tree Farm association did vitally important work in calling for volunteers,' and get ting the news of the boy's dis appearance and the need for volunteer searchers to the news papers and radio stations. Some 27 scouts from Camp McLoughlin patrolled the shores of the lake, on the- chance -the boy could have fallen in. Other Executives Found Bound and Shot; FBI Called In Details of Killing Unavailable Late Today Two motor firm executives, missing in Crater Lake Nation- " al park since Saturday vera found dead this afternoon, ac cording Jo Park Superintend ent John B. Wosky. They had been tied and shot to death, Wosky said. No other details of the double killing were available at press lime. Wosky said he is getting in touch with th Federal Bureau of Investiga tion immediately. There are "absolutely no new clues" regarding two men who have been missing under "mys terious circumstances" in Crater ' Lake National park since Satur day, park officials reported this morning. The two-A. N. Jones, 56, Con cord, Calif., west coast sales manager for United Motors Service, and C. P. Culhane, 55, Detroit, Mich., general sales manager of UMS are the ob jects of a search near First Overlook, a viewpoint on preci pitous Annie Creek canyon about six or seven miles from the park entrance. Car Found Parked John B. Wosky, park superin tendent, said the men register ed at the south entrance to the park about 1 p. m. Saturday. Their car was found parked at the viewpoint at First Outlook shortly thereafter by two Klam ath Falls businessmen, with whom they had an appointment. Those who found the car were F. W. Everlein, of Specialized Service garage, and John A. Vaughn, an auto parts dealer, both of Klamath Falls. They had planned to meet Jones and Culhane, who were on a fishing trip at a cabin near the lake when Everlein and Vaughn rec ognized the UMS-owned green Pontiac sedan as they drove by, and stopped. . There was no sign of the two men, but all their personal ef fects, including clothing and briefcases, were still in the car, as were the car keys. Everlein and Vaughn waited for a time, and when the others did not show up, reported to park headquarters. A search party was organized at once, and made its way to the bottom of the canyon, some 350 to 500 feet below the view point where the car was park ed. Four searchers spent the night on the canyon floor, us ing sleeping bags which were tossed down to them from the canyon rim. The search contin ued all day Sunday, and re sumed this morning, with 15 men taking part. State police were notified, and aided in the search Sunday. Park officials are operating on the theory that the men fell from the canyon top, or had been involved in some other sort of accident. The search is being conducted in a fairly circum scribed area. There is no spe cific evidence thus far that there might have been foul play, rangers said. One party of rangers entered the canyon by ropes today while others searched the forest area on the other side of the road. Park authorities said that be cause of the "mysterious cir cumstances" involved in their disappearance, the FBI had been contacted and another executive of General Motors was leported en route here by plane to investigate the case. They declined to elaborate, but said it appeared most likely the pair had halted their car to look at the scenery and then lost their footing at the side of the canyon. crews patrolled the irrigation ditch which runs from Fourmile lake to Fish lake. Later it was drained and searched, and later a boat was taken down it, just to make sure. By Sunday morning, some 150 men were among the active searchers. Ranger Cooper esti mated. Later, as men became exhausted in the struggle over the rocks and logs, and through the brush of the heavily-forested areas, fresh crews replaced them. Some 75 were actively looking for the boy at the time he was found. Weathe FORECAST: Partly cloudy and slightly cooler Monday nlfht and Tuesday. Temp. Highest Yesterday - 91 Lowest this Morning 56 could a 0,
