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TWO MEDFOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. August 12. 1958 Truman Steals BarrymoreThunder To Plav News Conference To Hilt Chicago (U.R) That noise you hear must be John Barry more revolving in his grave. A little, grining man from Mis souri has stolen the Barrymore thunder. If ever a man played a role to the hilt, it was Harry S. Truman of Independence, Mo., as he stood above a spray of white chrysan themums at 3:30 p.m. yesterday and said benignly to a sweating mob of 800 newsmen and inter lopers: "Please be seated." The mob had gathered to hear the former President s pro nounce of his choice for the Dem ocratic presidential nomination There was a patter of applause when he entered the Crystal room of the Sheraton-Blackstone hotel. His daughter Margaret and her newsman husband were with him. Newsmen Yell Wearing a blue double-breasted suit and a grin as wida as a Missouri barn door, Mr. Truman threaded through the crowd and, spurning a salmon-colored chair, and faced into a phalanx-of nine tripoded newsreel and TV cam eras. Newsmen yelled for newspa per photographers to sit down. The photogs, paying no atten tion, clustered around the grin ning man of the hour, snapping from all angles. The Crystal room is a frou-frou joint decorated in bridal pink and cake-frosting white, and us ed mostly for wedding recep tions. It was the scene of Mr. Tru man's biggest news conference topping by far his White House sessions with reporters. ' I expect to read you a very short statement." Mr. Truman began. 'Those of you who feel like they wanta break a leg to. the telephone may do so and after that. I'll read it again. I don't expect to answer any ques tions, but at a later date I will." The photographers renewed their frantic snapping. "Get through, you guys," Mr. Truman said softly. "I can't start reading with those things snap pin' in my face." Dated Chicago Time Then, savoring every phrase, he began ad libbing: "This i dated Aug. 11. 1956 . . at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon." He looked up. paused, and added: "Chicago Time." Mr. Truman twisted his torso a quarter turn to the right and began reading at a fast clip much too fast for longhand copy ing. When he got to the part about making up his mind on his choice and said he had received thous ands of letters, he eyed his audi ence and ad libbed: "And I want you to get it plainly that I read Weirdly Garbed Man Seized After Kidnap North Branford, Conn. U.R) A weirdlv garbed man, who claimed he was a Russian flyer, was captured near here yester day with the housewife he kid naped Friday night after shoot ing her husband. The man, identified as Ever ett Cooley of New Haven, Conn., was wearing a rubberized suit with a uniform underneath when caught, state police said. 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A great shout of Yea-a-a went up from the audience presum ably from the interlopers, since newsmen have a way of not shouting at anything except at photographers to sit down. Finally, Mr. T. reached the end sentence: "I know you can depend on him." Then he looked up and said easily, "That's the end of the statement." Mr. Truman patted his lapel hanky, which sported three hori zontal stripes and made a natty show along with his pale blue tie. His grin got wider as he held the statement to one . side and another for the frantic photog raphers. "Give me a chance, now, and I'll read it again," he pleaded. After the second reading, he took a big "Harriman is the man" button from a photograph er and fastened it atop his hanky. A reporter asked to borrow the handwritten statement so it could be copied accurately. 'I'm not letting it go out of my hands," Mr. Truman said. He plainly realized the value of a historial document. DEAVER Tractor AND IMPLEMENT COMPANY Your. 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Edwards, of Azusa, and Brenda Howell, 11, of Fort Bragg, Calif., dis appeared after they left on a two-hour bicycle trip Monday morning. Sjx Navy frogmen to the bot tom of a spillway pool below Morris dam in San Gabriel can yon in an unsuccessful attempt to discover any traces of the youngsters. Polish Army Purged After Riots in June Malmoe, Sweden (U.P) The Polish Army was purged after the Poznan workers riots last June 28 and officers with luke warm Communist sympathies were cashiered, a Polish refuge said Saturday. The refuge, whose name was withheld for security reasons, was quoted by the Svenska Dag blandet newspaper that most Polish Army officers now are Russians. In addition, he said that Rus sia now has approximately 200, 000 troops stationed in Poland mostly in the west. The newspaper said the ref- ugee is a former wartime under ground army officer. It said he was smuggled into Sweden a few weeks ago on his second flight to the west. It said he made his first flight in 1945, but returned to his Red-held home land two years later. California Brush Fire Brought Under Control Lancaster (U.R) Firefighters Saturday brought under control a 700-acre brush fire 12 miles west of here near Pine Canyon rd. Chief Harvey T. Anderson of the county fire department re ported a southwesterly wind had calmed down 30 to 10 miles per hour, allowing 150 fire fight ers to contain the blaze. Two Refuse To Talk To Hodge Grand Jury Springfield, 111. U.R) Two alleged racketeers refused to talk before a grand jury which returned 48 new indictments in the phony state check scandal involving former Auditor Or ville E. Hodge. Frank (Buster) Wortman and Elmer (Dutch) Dowling, reput edly East St. Louis, 111., area racketeers, were called Friday before the Sangamon county grand jury investigating Hodges $1,000,000 raid on the state treasury. But they refused to talk and resorted to protection of the Fifth Amendment. Meanwhile, Hodge failed to change his plea to guilty and demand immediate sentencing. His attorney, Arthur Fitzgerald, had offered to send the deposed state official before a judge Fri day, with the guilty plea. The plan was dropped, however, when state's attorney George Coutrakon, said he would block any attempt for a quick sentence. Bamboo Curtain Said In State Department Honk Kong (U.R) The Com munist newspaper Ta Kung Pao said Saturday that the bamboo curtain has been moved from Red China to the U.S. state de parement. Commenting on the state de partment's ban on a proposed visit to Red China by 15 Ameri can newspaperman, Ta Kung Pao said: "These American journalists now realize that the bamboo cur tain is not in China but in the state department. "Certainly, the slate depart ment has its difficulties. For the state department China does not exist and how can it allow American newsmen to travel to a non-existing country." Meanwhile, radio Peiping. the propaganda voice of Red China, said the Communists were pre venting the American newsmen to see "what actually we are do ing." Quoting statements made by Red Chinese Premiere Chou En Lai, the radio broadcast added that "as to how they (the news men) report on their return, that matters little." Political Symbol Shipment Costs Told Los Angeles (U.R) Both po litical parties were informed Saturday the cost of shipping elephants and donkeys to con ventions is the same as it was in 1952. Trans-world Airlines announc ed that a one-ton Republican elephant can be shipped air freight from New York to San Francisco for 60 cents a pound or $1200. The Democrats get off easier. Cost of shipping their donkey from New York to Chi cago would cost only $92. Baldock Freeway. Opened To Traffic Salem (U.R) The 35.7 mile R. H. Baldock freeway between Salem and Portland's southern fringe was opened to four-lane traffic Friday without fanfare. Workmen removed barricades at interchanges near the Salem north city limits and near Wil sonville at noon, opening the way for traffic to move over the $13,200,000 superhighway. At a testimonial dinner in the Multnomah hotel, R. H. Baldock, whose 41 years with the state highway department; were cli maxed with opening of the free way, was honor guest. The state highway engineer's resignation will take effect Aug. 16. After that he will head a U.S. mission to Iraq to direct a highway program there. Biography Endorses Jackson's Candidacy Washington (U.R) The office of Sen. Henry M. Jackson CD Wash.) has issued a new four page Jackson biography includ ing one page of statements, en dorsing him for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Copies of the biography ap peared Friday without explana tion in the Senate press gallery. A spokesman at Jackson's office later said the biography was prepared in response to requests by the press. The spokesman offered no ex planation why 25 per cent of the biography is composed of statements made earlier this year by senators and other po litical figures backing Jackson as a vice presidential possibility. COMMITTEEMAN ILL Chicago (U.R) Dan Shovelin, Democratic National committee man from Nevada, was stricken with an apparent gall bladder attack Saturday. Stassen Says Less Than Sixth Of Delegates Pledged To Nixon Washington U.R) Harold E. Stassen said Saturday that less than one-sixth of the dele gates to the Republican Nation al convention are pledged to re nominate Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon. Stassen, in a statement to the press, accused Nixon's backers of "overstating" their claims that Nixon already has enough support to win the nomination on the first ballot. "As of today," Stassen said, "less than one-third" of the delegates have made any kind of public declaration for Nixon's renomination and "less than 200 of the 1,323 delegates" to the convention are committed to the vice president. Drive Said Gaining Stassen, who took a four-week leave as President Eisenhower's disarmament adviser to try to block Nixon's renomination, also said his drive to nominate Gov. Christian Herter of Massachu setts rather than Nixon is pick ing up steam. "The understanding of my po sition has steadily improved, support for it has gradually grown each day of the week, and realization that I am sincere and that the time is not too late, is becoming widespread," Stas sen said. Italy Opens Probe Of Ship Sinking Rome (U.R) An Italian gov ernment commission Saturday formally opened its investiga tion into the sinking of the luxury liner Andrea Doria. The nine-member Commission, headed by an admiral, was form ally installed by Merchant Marine Minister Gennaro Cas siana and received an outline of its work. It began a study of the Andea Doria's logs and headed a re port on the summary investiga tion carried out by Italian con sular authorities in New York just after the sinking July 25. The inquiry is expected to last several months. It will be carried out partly in Rome and partly In Geno, headquarters of the "Italian Line" and birthplace of the Andrea Doria. The commission planned to question every member of the crew who might have useful in formation. There was no men tion made of attempting to ques tion the crew of the Swedish liner Stockholm which collided with the Andrea Doria. The former Minnesota govern or said he has found that a "majority of the delegates" agree that "the Republican convention is now definitely open on the vice presidential nomination and will remain op en" until time for formal ac tion. Stassen cited the Minnesota and New York delegations as examples of the way Nixon's backers have "overstated" his delegate support. He said statements have been made that the delegation from Minnesota is "unanimously com mitted" to Nixon. The fact is. Stassen said, the delegation is not committed to any candidate for vice president and "many members, perhaps the majority, are waiting until all information is available at San Francisco be fore making their decision." Resentment Expressed Meanwhile, some other Re publicans expressed strong re sentment against Stassen. Ralph H. Bonnell, chairman of the Massachusetts delegation, said the Stassen campaign is "poorly timed and ill advised." "I talked with Gov. Christ ian A. Herter Thursday," Bon nell said in San Francisco. "He still intends to nominate Nixon and I think Nixon will be the Republican candidate." No Re publican leader has joined Stas sen in this effort and I think that it is not a serious move ment." He added, however, that If a drive for Herter develops "lot of Republican strength on a na tional basis the Massachusetts delegation would be for hiin 100 per cent." Republican National Chair man Leonard W. Hall, who also is in San Francisco, continued to discount the Stassen drive. "I would deduct 95 per cent of his claims in the interest of ac curacy," Hall said. 'i CHRISTIAN J 1 SCIENCE J jHEALSJ Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sunday 10:15 A.M. 0l Do you sometimes feel that the quest for Health is more than you can manage alone? That's quite under standable. And there's every reason why you should have help in this all-important matter. Go at once and have a talk with your doctor. Let him bring to your aid the greatly improved techniques and wonderful new medi cines of this modern age. Naturally, too, we arc hoping that you will bring the donor's prescription to this professional pharmacy for careful comoouodina. 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