Sam Rayburn Seen as
Compromise Demo
Candidate Next Year
Lawton, Okla. (UP.) House J
Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.)!
may emerge as a compromise
Democratic nominee for presi
dent next year, Lyle Wilson, a
United Press vice - president and
general manager of the Washing
ton bureau told Oklahoma edi
tors Saturday.
"There are Southern conser
vatives who would balk at Adlai
Stevenson, but who likely would
go along with Mr. Sam," the
veteran Washington correspon
dent said in a speech prepared
for delivery to an Oklahoma
Press Association meeting.
"These conservatives do not
want Harrima.i (Gov. Averell
Harriman of New York). There
is no enthusiasm among them
for Sen. Estes Kef auver," Wilson
said.
However Wilson said "another
Eisenhower-Stevenson contest in
1938 seems more likely than
not" although speculation has
arisen about a possible Rayburn
compromise.
Stevenson Opposition Meeting
"Opposition to' the renomina
tion of Stevenson by the Demo
crats is melting," Wilson said.
"The strategy of some other
Democratic hopefuls seems at
this time to be wait-and-see. Gov.
Averell Harriman of New York,
for example is firmly and public-
Truman Will Not
Campaign in 1956
Unless Requested
Cleveland, Ohio (U.R) For
mer President Truman said Fri
day night he will not campaign
in 1956 unless requested by the
Democratic National committee
but will support any presidential
candidate selected by the nation
al convention.
Mr. Truman indicated he will
support unsuccessful 1952 Dem
ocratic candidate Adail E. Stev
enson for the nomination.
May Have Influence
"Maybe I'll have some In
fluence on the choice," the for
mer Chief Executive said. He
was in Cleveland to address a
$100-a-plate dinner to raise funds
for his Truman Memorial Li
brary at Independence, Mo.
"Will a duck swim," the 71
, year-old former Chief Executive
countered when a newsman ask
ed if he still favored Stevenson.
Then he quickly added that
"I'm not going to do any cam
paigning . . . unless asked."
Declines Comment
Mr. Truman declined com
ment on most political questions,
never mentioned politics at the j
dinner, but said earlier that
"partisan politics might" be be
hind the confused anti-polio vac
cine program.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman were
guests of industrialist Cyrus S.
Eaton, and visited his Acadia
Farms at nearby Northfield Fri
day afternoon. Eaton announced
at the dinner that the subscrip
tion had exceeded $75,000, top
ping the previous high of $70,
000 for the library set in Philadelphia.
lv committed to Stevenson's re-
nomination.
"Harriman's declaration for
Stevenson is not regarded as
taking the New Yorkers out of
the race. Instead it seems more
likely to have been designed to
maintain the very best of politi
cal relations with the Stevenson
elements of the Democratic par
ty." the Washington newsman
told the 250 editors registered
here. ;
"Then if Stevenson did not
choose to run, Harriman would
be in a good position to seek and
perhaps to gain Stevenson's sup
port for his own nomination."
"Sen. Estcs Kefauver," Wilson
continued, "hints that he is not
seeking Jhe Democratic nomina
tion. This is believed to be the
same brand of strategy.
"Sin Lyndon Johnson, the
young Texan who is Democratic
leader of the Senate, is not an
avowed presidential candidate,
but he is not endorsing anyone
else so far, and Washington ex
pects him to be among the 1956
starters.
Russell Won't Run
"Georgia's Sen. Richard Rus
sell who led the lost conserva
tive Democratic cause in the
1952 nominating convention says
he will not try again and
evidently means it," Wilson told
the Oklahoma newsmen.
"All this adds up to rapidly
clearing field for Stevenson if
hf- wants to run. He is telling
people confidentially that the
idea is beginning to sound good
to him."
Wilson said that on the Re
publican side, -it is up to Presi
dent Eisenhower. He can "have
the nomination on a silver plat
ter," Wilson said.
Mr. Eisenhower says he will
announce his plans in the spring
of next year, Wilson said.
"The pressure on him to run
already is tremendous," the cor
respondent reported. "It will in
crease. The chances now seem to
be that Mr. Eisenhower will run
again especially if he is reason
ably confident that he can win."
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BUT OTHERS KNOW ALL Details of the new, superfast F-100 Super Saber are
super secret in the United States. But these facts, as masked in an American magazine
were published in detail in a Japanese magazine. In Washington, air force officials are
investigating how Japanese obtained and published the drawings.
Dynamite Explosions Blast Hopes of Men
Seeking, To File Claims on Uranium Mines
Bakersfield, Calif. (U.P.)
Dynamite explosions which
rocked the uranium-rich Kern
River Canyon all day Friday
blasted hopes Saturday of pros
pectors seeking to stake claims
on established mines.
By federal order, all previous
claims had been invalidated and
2940 acres opened to reclaiming.
The area includes two proven
uranium mines, the million-dollar
Miracle Mine and ttxe Ker
gan Mine.
Warnings Posted
Dynamite was set off at in
tervals on properties already
being developed by the two min
ing companies. Officials said the
charges were set off for "de
velopment work" and denied
they were designed to scare off
prospective claim jumpers.
Warning signs had been posted.
The federal order was viewed
with disgust by many prospec
tors who had filed claims earlier
in the area some 35 miles north
east of here.
"This is just a government
inspired claim jumping rush,"
declared J. P. Sands of Mojave,
Calif., a grizzled miner who
claimed he had spotted uranium
in the area several years ago.
No Serious Trouble
Nearly 75 sheriff's officers
stood by to keep the scramble
under control. No serious trou
ble was reported.
Kern County Sheriff Leroy
Galyen reported a few angry
words and "some blows" were
exchanged by uranium hunters
shortly before the rush as they
jockeyed for favorable positions
on the craggy hillsides.
However, he said, "In most
cases we have received splendid
cooperation. We asked all of
them to leave their guns locked
in their cars. So far, everyone
has complied with our requests
to 'take it easy.' "
Heavy Traffic
Traffic into the high Sierra
area was described by California
Highway Patrolman as "bumper
to bumper." Special units were
dispatched to keep traffic mov
mg. Officials estimated more
than 2,000 hunters and sightseers
were present.
More than 300 claims were
filed at the county recorder's of
fice, each covering 20 acres.
Since this number is twice as
much as the average opened to
claims, court action appeared
certain in many cases.
George Buck Held
On Two Indictments
Portland (U.R) Multnomah
county- sheriff's officers Satur
day arrested George H. Buck on
two secret grand jury indict
ments charging manslaughter by
abortion. Bail was set at $5000
on each count.
Buck, an unlicensed physician
was accused of performing ill
egal operations on a 17-year-old
girl and a married woman April
9 and April 12.
Sunday. June 3, I9SS
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'Bad Situation' in
Wheat Storage at
Inland Points '
Spokane (U.R) A "bad situa
tion", at harvest time in regard
to wheat storage space at inland
points was predicted Saturday
by Pete Stallcop,- executive sec
retary of the Pacific Northwest
Grain Dealers Association.
Stallcop said there actually
will be "storage space for a crop
as large as last year's" but that
it will be in the wrong place
to be of any value at harvest
time."
He warned inland grain ele
vator operators "to make plans
now either to provide some
emergency storage facilities or
make arrangements to dump
grain on the ground at harvest
time."
Inability to move grain from
country points to terminals and
the mothball fleet is the reason
for the predicted lack of inland
storage space, Stallcop said. He
estimated it would take about
45,000 box cars to move the
amount of grain necessary to
make room for this year's crop.
"We are far behind schedule,"
he said, "and I cannot see much
possibility of ever catching up."
He blamed the situation on a
general shortage of boxcars in
the Northwest, ; congestion of
cars at terminals where unload
ing is behind schedule for a
variety of reasons and on the
arrival at terminals ahead of
schedule of large shipments of
Montana hard wheat and barley.
Infant Dies Hours After
First Believed To Be Dead
Houston, Tex. -U.R) An in
fant who was pronounced dead
at birth but later started moving
in a funeral home, died early
Saturday.
"Baby Girl Dupree," who doc
tors were hopeful would live,
died in an air lock at Jefferson
Davis Hospital. She was born
four months prematurely Thurs
day to Mrs. M. C. Dupree.
Dr. Robert P. Kelley, an osteo
path who delivered it, said the
baby gave every appearance of
being dead at birth.
Pronounced Dead
After working over the child
for 30 minutes with respiratory
stimulants and artificial respira
tion, Kelley could find no heart
beat and pronounced it dead.
Later, a funeral home took
the supposedly dead baby away.
Some time after that, J. Robert
Corry, the funeral director,
walked into the room where it
lay on an embalming table.
He saw her move, listened,
and discovered her heart was
beating. She was rushed to
North Houston and placed in an
air lock.
Late Friday, she was moved to
Jefferson Davis Hospital. Her
doctor said early Saturday that
her condition was good. At that
time, she was given "better than
a 50-50 chance" to live.
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Lebanon Man Killed
In Freak Accident
Reedsport (U.R) Twenty-eight-year-old
Charles Franklin
Simmons of Lebanon, an em
ployee of the Firshau Logging
company, was electrocuted Fri
day -when a power shovel struck
a high-voltage power line on the
Loon Lake-road near here. ,
The accident occurred when
Simmons stepped off a truck
which was carrying the shovel
to check the clearance! The
shovel touched the power line
and Simmons was killed instantly.
Jackson County Bridge
Contracts Awarded
Salem (U.R) The State
Highway commission has award
ed a Jackson county bridge con
tract to Columbia Empire Con
struction Inc., and P. S. Lord
Mechanical Contractors of Port
land on low bid of $91,258.40.
The job calls for construction
of a double 12 by 6 foot rein
forced concrete box culvert and
a 204-foot and 224-foot reinfor
ced concrete bridge to replace
existing structures on the Valley
View road near Talent over
Wagner creek and Bear creek.
There were four higher bids.
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ad section of Milwaukee Sen
tinel: "Swap Spinet desk
for 1 Braves' opening day tick
et." Mrs. Bernard Norman, who
placed the ad, said her husband
will be at the opening game.
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