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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
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North Branford, Conn. U.R)
A weirdlv garbed man, who
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naped Friday night after shoot
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The man, identified as Ever
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was wearing a rubberized suit
with a uniform underneath
when caught, state police said.
They said he also had a swas
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on the left side of the uniform
and wore false epaulets.
The housewife, Mrs. Grace
Drepperd. 27, was not harmed,
police said. The two were found
in a wooded area about a half
mile from her home. Police said
Cooley had a gun but did not
resist.
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and digested those letters."
Finally he got to the climax.
His body rocked forward now
as he accented each word. "In the
light of my knowledge of the of
fice of the President . . ." When
he got to the words "Governor
Harriman of New York," it was
3:37 p.m.
Chicago time, that is.
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.
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French Vigilantes
Blamed for Explosion
Algiers, Algeria (U.R)
Moslem Nationalists charged
Saturday that an explosion
which ripped through the Cas
bah shahtytown killing 16 per
sons Friday midnight was set
off by French vigilantes.
" Another 16 were injured, five
houses razed to the ground, four
others badly damaged and some
150 shanties in the "anthill
district damaged to a lesser de
gree.
All the victims were Arabs.
The explosion shook outlying
districts of this capital and its
population of 600,000.
Police said the blast was caus
ed by the explosion of an am
munition hidden by Rebel Na
tionalists in one of the houses.
Boy and Girl Object
Of California Search
Azusa, Calif. (U.R) A search
party composed of 30 relatives,
deputy sheriffs and volunteers
combed the San Gabriel moun
tains Saturday in a hunt for a
boy and girl, who have been
missing since early Monday.
The children, Don Baker, 13,
son of Mrs. Mary O. 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.
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Police Seek Identity
Los Angeles (U.R) The ident
ity of a brunette beauty who
leaped to her death from a down
town hotel Saturday was sought
by authorities here and Sacra
mento and Washington, D. C.
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