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Show I President Truman Speaks In Springville . . jSs. Huge Crowd Greets Presidential Party Introduced by Governor Maw, President Truman Paid Tribute To Fertile Valley; Flayed Republicans In Brief Campaign Speech U. S. President Harry S. Truman, second president of the United States to visit Springville, greeted trie huge throng of students and townspeople here Tuesday afternoon Jwith the words, "I am intrigued with the fertility of this valley, and I understand it is one of the most fertile" and from there on launched into a typical campaign speech urging support of Democratic Demo-cratic candidates in- the November 2 election. His unscheduled stop in Springville, Spring-ville, though of only 5 minutes duration, attracted approximately 2000 students and townspeople. As the second section of the presidential presi-dential special slowed down, the high school band ceased playing and the president stepped out on the rear platform of the car and addressed the audience over a loud speaker. He was gracious and very informal as he smiled his greetings to the crowd. An interesting highlight of the brief 5-minutes was the informal in-formal introduction by the . president of his wife and daughter, Margaret. Also during dur-ing his stop, the president accepted a large bunch, of celery cel-ery from the Utah Growers Cooperation association with presentation being made by Mi,ss Ellen Prestwich, an employee. em-ployee. Occupying a prominent place in the president's party traveling with him from Price was Maurice Anderson of Springville, member of the House of representatives from this district, and Mrs. Anderson. Ander-son. Throughout the president's short visit, broadcasts were made directly di-rectly over station KCSU and cameras clicked incessantly as photo fans took advantage of an opportunity to get first hand pictures pic-tures of the chief executive. As the train moved slowly on, the crowd cheered and a sea of waving hands bid the president farewell, many realizing that the brief 5-minutes past had made history in Springville. |