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Evening star., 1952-07-27
Gov. McMath Battles a
In Arkansas Primary
By the Associoted Press


LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 26.-
One of the South's few pro-
Truman governors - Sid McMatt
takes on four opponents Tues
day in a bid to win his third sue.
cessive Democratic gubernatoria
nomination.
Gov. McMath wrecked an en-.
|trenched political machine in 194l
and used it's wreckage as a spring
board to leap into the governor
chair.
He was elected in 194s and re.
peated in 1850.
Opposing him are Chancellor
Francis Cherry; former attorney
general Jack Holt; attorney gen.
eral Ike Murray, and Representa-.
tive Boyd Tackett.
Gov. McMath has been a fire.
quent White House visitor anc
kept Arkansas in the nationa,
party during the 1948 States
Rights rebellion.
He is running with President
Truman's outspoken blessing. Dur
ing a recent visit the President
told a "whistlestop" crowd, 81
know I shouldn't do this but
hope you send your fine young
governor back for another term
Democratic nomination in Ar
kansas usually means automatic
election. Opposing the winner OF
the August II second primary
necessary if none of the five wins
a majority Tuesday-will be JEFF
ferson Speck, a former Democrat
who polled $4,000 votes as the Re-
publican candidate two years ago
Evening star., 1952-07-27

carried four states against Mr..
Truman.
The prediction was freely made,
from Gov. Stevenson and Sena-
tor Sparkman down the line, that
the party's new ticket would win
the election in November. 1t still
has the campaign to make, how
ever. 1t remains to be seen how
strongly the liberals of the North
and West the groups which backed
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee
and Averell Hartman of New
York will support the nominees
neither of whom appealed to
them.
Although they failed to nomi-
nate their candidates and were
defeated in the Virginia, South
Carolina and Louisiana contest
the liberals have the satisfaction
OF retaining in the convention
rules the loyalty pledge amend.
ment. This amendment calls or
all delegates to the national con-
vention to subscribe to a pledge
they will work to have nominees
of the convention placed on the
ballots in the delegates individual,
States. The struggle has only be-
gun. 1t will be continued foul
years hence. a--..
Gov. Stevenson plans to go tc
Springfield Monday and spend a
few days there on State business
He will then go on a vacation. He
is expected to resign later al
Governor, but has made no plans
as yet, it was said. -
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Virginia Delegation
Is NoncommittaI on
Backing Stevenson
By the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, July 26.-Virginia' s
delegation to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention showed off for
home today, favorably impressed
by Presidential Nominee Adlai
Stevenson's acceptance speech, but
not ready to say definitely whether
lit would back his candidacy. p,
"A perfectly magnificent ad-
dress" was the way Gov. Battle
described the Illinois Governors
speech. Gov. Battle said Gov.
stevenson was "an attractive, Ca
|pable gentleman"
But Virginia's chief executive
would not commit himself on
whether he would support the
Democratic candidate.
Hopes for Support.
"How can I sit out here in Chi
Icago and tell what the people back
lin Virginia want to do?" Gov.
Battle asked.
"Of course" he added, II hope
I'VE can support the Democratic
Party in Virginia"
Delegates Baldwin Locher of
Glasgow and George Aldhizer of
Rockingham. both members of
the Virginia General Assembly,
seemed satisfied that the Demo-
cratic Party had made an out
standing choice in Gov. Stevenson.
Mr.. Locher called Gov. Steven
son "a real leader" and said he
was deeply impressed"
Praises Nominees Dignity.
Mr.. Aldhizer praised Gov. Stew
enson's dignity and humility in
accepting the nomination.
But there was no comment on
Gov. Stevenson from other State
party bigwigs aside from Gov
Battle.
Senator Byrd and National Com
mitteeman G. Fred Switzer o1
Harrisonburg left the convention
before Gov. Stevenson spoke last
night and could not be reached
today.
William H. Tuck, Virginia party
chairman and former Governor
and G. Alvin Massenburg, former
party chairman. both reserved
any comment until they learned
more about Gov. Stevenson.
| Collins N0ncOmmittal.
And 1t. Gov. L. Preston Collins
said only:
What happens in the South. in
my judgment. will depend upon
the man himself Stevenson and
his attitude"
Praise for Gov. Stevenson S
speech came also from Delegates
w. Roy Smith of Petersburg and
Sam Pope of Southampton. But
they joined with Gov. Battle and
National Committeewoman Mrs.
John Garland in expressing reser-
Ivations about the platform adopted
by the convention.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Lincoln
Continued From First Page.)

the son of tenant farmer, and
by his own effort had made his
way to the Senate of the United
States. He added that Senator
ISparkman had served with dis
Itinction in the House for 10 years
before he was elevated to the
Senate. and had been assistant
Democratic leader of the House.
In the Senate. Senator Hill said,
Senator Sparkman has had an
outstanding record.
The nomination was seconded
lby Gov. Browning of Tennessee,
Senator Magnuson of Washing
ton, and Representative John
McCormick of Massachusetts, all
of whom praised Senator Spark
man highly.
The new Democratic national
ticket represents the Midwest and
the South. Gov. Stevenson prob
ably is more acceptable to the
Democrats of the South than any
of the other candidates who
sought the presidential nomina-
ton at this convention, except
Vice President Barkley. Mr.. Bark
ley withdrew after a group of
prominent labor leaders had de-
iclared their opposition to him
because of his "a years and their
belief he could not win.
Most Acceptable to North.
On the other hand, of the
ISoutherers mentioned for the
vice presidential nomination SEN
ator Sparkman is the most ac-
Iceptable to the Northern States.
He is a liberal Southerner who
has followed the leadership of
both Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Harry S. Truman. At one time it
had been suggested that Senator
Russell of Georgia run with Gov.
Stevenson, and there were reports
that Senator Russell was offered
the vice presidential nomination
and turned it down.
The South this year left the
national convention in a more
commanding position in the party
than for a long time. It was
given the vice presidential nomi-
nation in the hope that Senator
Sparkman will help hold these
States of the "solid South" against
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Three of the Southern States,
Virginia, South Carolina and
Louisiana, successfully resisted
Signing the Moody loyalty pledge
amendment adopted by the con-
vention. The conservative Dem
ocrats, plus the other Southern
delegates, successfully beat off the
Liberals in their efforts to elimi-
nate these three delegations from
the convention.
In addition, the anti Truman
delegations of Texas and Missis-
Sippi were seated in the conven-
ton after brisk contest with the
so-called loyal" delegations. It
was quite a contrast to the man
ner in which the South left the
1948 convention, when some of
the Southern delegates walked out
and others later set up the Dixie
crat presidential ticket which
Evening star., 1952-07-27
|Spdrkmdn's a Real Sef-Stortel
And Vigorous as Compaiqner

league on the Foreign Relation
Committee.
Senator Lodge, it will be re
called, is the man who headet
the pre-nomination campaign o
Gen. Eisenhower.
President Truman was happ,
in Gov. Stevenson's choice O
Senator Sparkman as a running
mate. President Truman described
the Senator as "a peach"
The President had reason to b,
happy.
Senator Sparkman is consid,
cred far closer to the Truman
Fair Deal wing of the party thar
most Southern congressman.
The Senator believes in sec,
tional campaigning, concentrat
ing on the weak spots. In 1916
he headed the then speakers bu
reau for the Democratic Nationa
Committee.
I'VE expect to concentrate ou
speaking in marginal districts,
he said at that time. In
not at all pessirnistic, and thinl
that the Democrats will retain
control of the House-but we'r,
going to run scared race"
Once Raised Cotton.
The Senator, a lawyer. and i.
veteran of World War I, was borr
December 20. 1899, on a farm il
Morgan County. Ala. He httendec
a one-room elementary schoo
and later high school at nearb,
HartSelle.
In the summers he raised cot.
ton, and saved enough to entel
the University of Alabama. Hi
took a job in the schools power
plant at $4.20 a week. and later
was raised to $525. A 5000 fellow.
ship in his Junior year helped.
He earned a Phi Beta Kappa
key. was president of the student
body. and editor of the universit,
newspaper.
While at the university he mar.
ried Miss Ivo Hill of Albertville
Ala. They have one daughter, Mrs
TazeWell Shepard, wife of a Nav,
commander now stationed at Nor.
folk, Va.
After earning his law degree IL
OF the Chamber of Commerc,
there, a district governor of tn,
klWanis Club of Alabama. ane
was active in civic affairs.
Since his World War I service
Senator Sparkman has been i,
the Army reserve and now hold
the rank of colonel. He is mem
ber of the American Legion.
His church affiliation is Metho
dist. Since he came to Washing
ton, he has taught a men
Bible class at Hamline Methods
Church.
The Senator plays some golf
put says his chief hobby is work
He neither drinks nor smokes.
II he should be elected i,
November, he will be the secont
man from Alabama to rise tina
high IN national affairs.
William Rufus King, an adopted
Alabaman. was the first. He wa
elected to that Office with Presi
dent Franklin Pierce in 1852.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
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Evening star., 1952-07-27
FOUND.

DIAMOND RING, vic. Ga. ave. and Rit-
tenhouSe st. NV, Describe. Call GE
4645. bet. 10 and z:
DIAMOND CAB Lost and Found Dept hat
Seenotype machine; found July LIST Of
-. Cali NO. 0l51.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Upside Down Puintinu

In Holland museum hundreds
admired an ultramodern paint
ing by Paul Klee and not until
two schoolboys came along and
pointed out the wrong position
of the signature was it discovered
that the picture was upside down
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Mon Rides MonhoIe Cover

LOS ANGELES (P). - Warren
W. Camplin had a weird ride on a
manhole cover recently. Mr.
Camplln was standing on the
cover while tending to a small
weed fire. Police said the flames
must have touched off a small
pocket of natural gas in the man
hole because Mr.. Camplin was
blown about 4 feet into the air.
He was treated for burns and
injuries,
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Record School Roll

The intermediate schools of
Auckland. New zealand's largest
city, are expected to enroll a
record 100000 children this year.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Folks on Upton Street
SURPRISED 10 Discover
Sparkman is Neighbor

washington S upton street mao
a surprise yesterday. Residents
discovered the new Democratic
vice presidential nominee is their
neighbor.
Senator and Mrs. John j.
Sparkman have been living at
1920 Upton street NV. for two
and a half years. Yesterday was
the first time some of their closest
neighborS knew it.
The Sparkman home is a sub
stantial one of white brick in an
area of similar handsome homes.
Bankers, businessmen and at least
one lawyer live in the block.
There also are other interest
ing people. Senator Lister Hill,
Mr.. Sparkman's Alabama col
league who nominated him yes
terday, lives on Forty-ninth street.
Senator Kefauver lives four houses
away, at 4848. And two blocks
beyond, at 4801 Tilden street, lives
Senator Richard Nixon of Cali
fornia-which means the neigh
borhood is bound to have the
next Vice President.
Known as Good NeighbOr.
An English couple-Brig. Fred
erick w. Gordon Hall and his wife
are the Sparkmans next-door
neighbors on one side, at 4914.
They moved in about two years
ago. Brig. Gordon Hall is assigned
to the British Joint Services Mis-
sion.
The Sparkmans came and
called when we moved in," said
Mrs. Gordon-H Hall.
And soon after We came he
came over with a long cross-cut
saw and helped my husband cut
down tree in our backyard"
Charles F. Bidinger, a food
manufacturers representative, was
clipping hedge in his yard
across the street. He has lived at
4919-directly opposite the Spark
man's-for two years.
He said he often saw the Sen
ator out working on his lawn. Not
recently, however. The grass could
have used trim yesterday Mrs.
Bidinger. who comes from South
Carolina, said she'll vote for him.
Mr.. Bidinger's next-door neigh
bor, Samuel w. Mcintosh, strolled
past in shorts. He remarked the
Senator is very we'll thought of at
Hamline Methodist Church, where
he has instructed Bible classes.
Surprise Across Street.
1t was on the other side of the
street that the surprise occurred.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert w. Primm
live at 1908. two doors from the
Sparkmans, and next to them are
Mr.. and Mrs. Whelan j. Marsden,
at 1929 Forty-ninth street.
'"I didn't know the Sparkmans
lived there" said Mrs. Primm.
Il had no idea where he lived"
said Mr.. Marsden.
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mans other next-door neighbor,
however-Representative Charles
Halleck of Indiana Republican
StalWart.
The Kefauver house in on the
corner of Upton and Forty-ninth,
across from the Marsdens'.
Nixon House Closed.
The Nixon house was shut up
Mrs. Robert w. Fleming, who lives
across Tilden at 1900, said she
had been over to see Mrs. Nixon a
couple of times in the last week
to offer to do her marketing.
Mrs. Fleming also saw the Sem
ator long enough to congratulate
him." she added.
What do the residents think of
all the celebrities?
Mr.. Bidinger's comment about
the Sparkmans was typical.
Very nice neiehborS :" he sold
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-09
Photo by Westbo, CO

others who are bidding ON repair
Of the radio station at Loggerhead
Key.
Electronics mate, third class,
Leonard Westbo of the .CG also
made the trip Thursday. He was
going down to put the radio tele-
phone at the station in order. 1t had
gone out on Tuesday. The powerful
radio beacons, however, with their
twice hourly signals to mariners,
never go out. The radio beacons
are complete automatic.
Westbo a young man from a
farm near Seattle, Washington
trained at New London Conn. in
electronics and will return to the
University of Washington upon
completing his duty with the Coast
Guard. He enjoys his duty more
than any of the men | talked with
Thursday, chiefly because he car
ries a rollflex camera on all trips
and shouts what ever appeals to
him. had not asked him TO bring
his camera Thursday, but was de.
lighted when | saw him with it
slung over his shoulder. He sat
down and wrote the list of pictures
l wished for the stories on Tortu-
gas, and said The Citizen could use
them. AS the SO footer pulled into
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-09
House Buying
Curbs Eased
By Government

WASHINGTON The govern.
ment today relaxed its restrictions
on how much you must pay down
to buy a neW house
Under the new program, effee-
tive Wednesday. purchasers win
be allowed q make down pay
ments 20 10 50 Der cent less than
thnse required under Regulation
X, which has been IN effect nearly
two years.
On TIE least expensive houses.
down payment requirements were
cut In half On the most expensive,
they were reduced 20 per cent.
The relaxed controls program
means that only five per cent will
he needed in eawn payments on
some houses and that the maxi.
mum required VIII be 40 per cent.
The action was announced today
hy the Fee.erai Reserve Board.
Here is what the board order wlll
do.
On houses costing ST 600 or less.
five per cent dusn payment will
be required !, has been 10 per
cent.
GA houses costing So. 200 or
mole. 10 per cent viii be re.
qulrod IL has been So
On houses between those figures,
q sliding scale fixes requirements
Of = sum between i0 and 10 per
cent q the salc price,
The ortger spplies only 10 new
housing. that is. private residence
built since October 1850. when
Regulation y went into effect.
There we're nt controls Oh houses
built heiTe he effective date al
Population y.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-09
"Dopey Duck"
Promotes Safety
At Harris School

Have you heard about "Dopey
Duck?a
The children at Harris Elemen-
tary School know him quite well.
You see, he is the guy who is
always doing the wrong thing at
the wrong time. He plays out in the
street amongst the heavy automo-
bile traffic. he stands on a rocking
chair to reach for something on a
shelf, etc.
'.Dopey Duck" comes TO the
children in the fern of a cartoon
with scrambled slogan. Prizes
are. offered to the boy or girl who
can lest rewrite the safety slogan
and also submit a good, original
piece of poetry or prose explaining
what ''Dopey Duck has done
| wrong.
The idea was sponsored by the
PTA and Mrs. Lawrenee's fourth
grade at Harris Elementary School
has won most of the prizes. Such
things as bracelets, pens, books,
etc.
Incidently, the contest seems to
be bearing fruit. That green safety
flag you see flying over the Harris
School is suppose to be taken down
for week if child suffers an ac-
cident. 1t wasn't taken down ]
single time during the past year =
pretty good record. huh?
Friday over two hundred chill
dren from the school attended a
picnic on Monroe County Beach.
Highlight of the affair was water
melon party. Dorothy Daniels,
teacher from Harris Elementary
School, spent the entire day with
the 3rd. and 4th. grades.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-09

going or coming. Thursday we
had . dead calm, the water was
CLASSY without ripple save
those caused by flying fish jump
ing. We left Key West on the
SO foofer at 8:20 am. and arrived.
at Losserhead where part Of the.
crew and provisions went off, at
LAS pm. Lunch aboard the ship
was served by Cookie, as fine
chef as ! have run into in
long time. We had meat loaf and
gravy, salad, peas, mashed Po-
iafoe sand radishes.
The Coast Guard boat goes down
every two weeks to take back men
from the Loggerhead station who
have been on leave. and bring back
to Key West on Friday the men
who are going on leave.
This run and that made by the
National Park Service boat to For
Jefferson every two weeks on Tues
days are the only regular trips
made at present to the Tortugas.
Mail, groceries, books, and other
needs 90 down with these boats.
Last Thursday. not only was the
SO footer taking down groceries
and Coast Guard men, hut three
contractors, Steuck who is working
on Rebecca Shoal Light, and two
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-09
Produce Sold

WINTER HAVEN tn~-ssaafngd
growers sesd ii. 90 unns az pro.
duee Tor Sill $50 lasi vcek ard Il
livestock markets sod s.7la head
ci cattle and siass hess. the ii
rcetor cf the Flogisla State Farm,
ers Markets said Sunday.
Director William Il. Wilson sid
IN us weekly livestock report ,has
seven markets crossed SssS So IS.
compared with STA a9s e "a five
nsF6ets the previous week
IN hts fruit ard eesesahle report.
Wilson said Starke moved So
crates a heavy yellow sNees cora
ErAded 4. 5, fancy by federal En-
seeetorss Plat City SID 81 RS
packs SEES for Sga& $50 gs gross
aad 1ss wateFaleaans hsaughe
naafe than SIS 500 81 gmnak lse
AZ ~. FNegn tAe renprt said
] sN aa as of eeE p ssses
HFosssd g ~ Nj il III Bg4ag
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-09

Loggerhead Key harbor, Westbro
true to his promise, took shots of
the crew, and then went ashore to
combine his electronics duty, with
his hobby of photographing the
photogenic key. Skipper of the SO
footer is Ensign William Cline.
Though this was one of his first
runs to Tortugas, he made the trip
like a veteran.
Commander of the Key West
Coast Guard station is 1t. Clemens
Pearson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-09
Visitors Visa

WASHINGTON R-Sen. Smath-
ers (D.-Fla.) said today he has
asked the State Department to is
sue visitors visa to high wire
performer now in Vienna, Austria.
The performer is wanted by Ar
tliro Trostl, 1.-The Great Arturo,
whose daughter Helen died when
she fell while performing in Bal
tim0re last year.
Trostl who lives at Tampa, told
Smathers he needs someone to fill
his daughters place and the only
possibility is his nephew, Wolfang
Weiser, now in Vienna.
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TET RETsuE
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standards included tests Of The accounting records and such other auditing
In the Balance Sheet and accapsnyg Statement Of Ia
March and the ended conformity
the preceding
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Evening star., 1952-12-14
By Roder Wineet
Assoeiaied Press Elnoneiol Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-The
stock market this week rode the
crest of business confidence into
a new high for the year.
There was brief pause fol
consolidation at midweek anc
then the market resumed it's climb
The Associated Press average OF
so stocks closed at $113.90, UP
$3.50 on the week at new high
for the year. 1t was the third
new high for the average during
the week and put it at level that
hasn't been exceeded since June
S, 1880.
In the past seven weeks the
stock market has advanced as
much as it did during the IA weeks
of the summer rally.
Many brokers profess to see no
end to the climb in the immediate
future. while others are advocating
a switch to what they call defen-
sive securities in preparation for
a reaction.
The strongest cross-currents are
being swirled up right now by a
four-Way combination-Selling to
get cash for taxes or to establish
gains or losses for tax purposes,
reinvestment of cash after tax
sales, straight profit-taking, and
switching of investments to squeeze
the last ounce of capital gain out
of the current boom.
This week the railroads have
had an unusual share of buying
popularity and contributed more
than any other major division to
the rise. They had plenty of help,
however, and many characterized
the weeks forward movement as a
rotating advance with first one and
Evening star., 1952-12-14

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER l3, 1852
Quotations furnished by the Associated Press
Evening star., 1952-12-14
Stocks at New Highs for Year,
Rdinq Crest of Confidence

then another OF the major divi-
sions leading the way.
The hard core of all the buoy
ancy has been good business
Earnings and dividends have been
holding up exceedingly well-bet-
ter than eXpected-and individual
business elements are doing well
One development this week has
puzzled many Wall Street obServ-
ers. For the first time since mid
1949 odd-lot sales are running
ahead of odd-lot purchases for a
persistent period of time. An odd
lot transaction is for any number
of shares less than a 100-share
round lot, or a 10-share round
lot in the case of certain higher
priced stocks.
| In the boom days of the '20s
and early '30s, it was saying IN
Wall Street that the market
moved in the opposite direction
from odd-lot transactions. In
other words, the professionals
were smart and the little fellow
wasn't.
It's a little hard to get any
one in Wall Street to admit that's
still true. In fact, some are sug-
costing that the little fellow is
perhaps being smarter than the
professionals at this point.
On the week, only two of the
20 most active issues declined.
Packard Motor Car topped the
list of most active stocks on the
New York Stock Exchange, up 9s
lat 5l2, with 215,300 shares traded.
1T was followed by New York Gen.
Itral. up 1s at 22ss; Pepsi-Cola. up
ia at 1919: Willys-Overland. UP
"a at IL. and Allegheny Corp,
up Il at 4l4,