Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

1 a i1 I- -j--V -5 0: Uncalled for Excuses Are Practical Simmons V-J 'j i- vv-'T-- I TONIGHT VOLUME LXXXVn wwdtr IM1 lain 16 PAGES LEWISTON-AUBURN MAINE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25 1948 LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS O' £gu UK Kit Hrarch Organist Fails To Find Chord9 rLXMuimt MUb-A'-raiM-Ossrga CewSrey ran te the rie first Chareb PmlUrtaa iiae ha heard the hells play- Pres Benes Yields To Demands To At Toledo September 18 Refuses Warrants In Shooting of Two Prized Local Dogs Opens Drive In Shoe Shops Night Game Arranged With Glass Bowl Foe-To Open Bates Schedule Bates College and University of Toledo have agreed to meet in a night football game at Toledo Sept 18 Bates' Director of Athletics Ernest (Monte) Moore announced the game today stating sentiment for a return meeting between the two colleges had been high since the first annual Glass Bowl game in 1946 In that game Toledo beat Bates by a 21-12 score Sixteen Bates men will be playing in the Toledo stadium for the second time and for Art Blanchard Bates triple threat back it will be a third official Blanchard attended the second annual Bowl game last Vail to receive the Toledo Blade's trophy awarded to the outstanding player in the IMS eon- Coach Ducky Pond and his assistant Ed Petra will be returning to Toledo for the second time The game win open the schedule for both teams the two clubs starting practice Sriri 1 according to Moore The contest will precede the game between Bates and University of Massachusetts by one week by circular this morning organizing so that you may be in a better position to bargain for better wam better work and greater security1 Hie organisational drive at Clark Shoe will be conducted by the Maine and New Hampshire division of the USWA (30 whose headquarters are in Manchester New Hampshire Enjoying (laiea Wages Worked were told this morning that over SMI shoe workers in New Hampshire were In the union rad union wages under 31 factories throughout the state" The CIO representatives pointed out that the average earnings of hoe worked In New Hampshire compare favorably' with the average earnings of shoe worked in any state In the was accomplished" Clark workers were told every instance without trouble loa of time Of gtrifo" The shoe workers were told that they would shortly receive application cards toC fill out sign and mail to untdh headquarters is to the advantage of each and everyone of you to sign spplica-cards as soon as possible they tkm the CIO United Shoe Worked of America announced today an attempt to organize ahoe worked in thie area Circulars stating wen distributed at the Clark Shoe Company in Auburn This la flie second try by the CIO in the local shos 1 field In 1937 a trike was called and most of the hops wen dosed as the union tried to Jet in The lengthy- strike grew disorderly National Guardsmen wen called and at one time police dispelled strikers with tear gas Nine union officials ana organised wen tailed after a Superior Court Jury found them guild of conspiracy as a result of the strike An election wee ordered and the CIO lost out to the Lewiston-Auburn Shoeworked Protective Ass'n The latler now has contracts with all but three shope in the Twin Cities The shops an the Clark Shoe Com-pany the Koss Shoe Cognpany and the Knapp Shoe Company Say Many Beqeesta Hie USWA representatives declared they had been notified that many Clark Shoo worked wanted to be organised union now stands ready to Extension Of Rent Controls Gets OK PRAGUE-JP-Conamunlst Premier Element Gottwald took over eon trol of Czechoslovakia tonight with a new cabinet made up almoat wholly of his aupporteis President Eduard Benes who held out for five days -against the Communist battering ram yielded -to demands Gottwald said wap whipped He told a dense throng In the business center SitoeS had in that was in complete uccosdunce with his Accepts Resignations The President accepted the" ree (nations of 14 ministers from the ormer coalitkT13 who resigned last week in the deepening crisis and two Social Democrats who declined to go along today with the left wing Tha new cabinet retained Jan Masaryk non-party man and son I of Thomas Masaryk the nation's first preaidant as foreign minister Masaryk has preached cooperation with toe west But his retention was viewed here largely as an astute Communist move trading on file name of the beloved father of his country The new cabinet Includes llofb- Communists besides Gottwald two National Socialists two Catholic Peoples' Party members and one Slovak Democrat all of them friendly to the Communist pew- gram Thus -the opposition in the1 i noi actuaUy rep- Sea PRAGUE Page 9 QoL 9 Western Czech Border Closed Says US Army ntANKFUBT (MwvJp The Army said tedsy a heavily armed CMCh gaardfeas tightly aspleg Csaefeasiovaklang western border eslevafc seeartty pellsd la eemelato central ef tfest Aseh Aera are ML" vsa train erewn A prodamatioa-ven to Bavarian border polios by Creche at tha frontier said no Gmchaatevak' citizen permitted to leave that cofin try any circumstance Army headquarters said Germafi border control officials reported only it foreigners had -managed-to leave Czechoslovakia legally wttb-in the last two days Ita war Dutch diplomats Amerlcing ambi to bt boo oeacfully leaving Czechoslovakia tho army said Sea BORDER Paget CoL 6 Her two prize dogs shot to death a Lewiston woman today asked authorities for a warrant against tha person who shot them she was refused One of the dogs was a poodle who could do 27 different tricks and had won several prizes in dog hows throughout too South and in New York Mate The other was a St Bernard whose parents had been champions The former was worth over MOO and was bourtit by Mr and Mia Gerard VcrMlie nwssflrtcvsrt was a year and a half old at the time and considered too young to enter doc shown They were shot Monday evening with a U-guage shotgun loaded with buckshot oy the owner of a Lewiston dairy who claimed they had been Hiifag his chiritenaMii Verville tridauthoriteT js warned one but Clark worked were "told- gee SHOE SHOPS Page II QoL 7 wed WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate today passed by a voice vote the House-approved bill extending rent controls one StrongCircimistantial Evidence in 11 c1 I (Jt JHayer-lramDler -I- lClip Oflys Hockey League President The measure now will he flown to the Caribbean for Presi- den Truman'S expected signature Mr Tumtui is vacationing The extension through March win gve the legislators additional time work on a bill to continue controls for a long period The Senate pamad and sent to tha House last "night a' measure to keep controls for 14 months until the end of April 1949 This bill changes the present law in several ways 74House Democrats i to Oppose Civil Rights Plan See BOWL GAME Page CoL Senators Barpley (D-Ky) and Tfeft (R-Ohio) told too Senate they hope tha longer extension will be passed within toe next 30 days Taft said he ha been given by the House Banking Committee that it will give speedy consideration to the Senate bill See BENT CONTBOLFUe J1 Col 3 Set out that the act gave tha five-man board authority to delegate to its general counsel the power to institute such a suit Judge Swygert'a opinion said: "The fatal weakness of toe union's contention that too section violates the due process principal is twofold" respondents argument valid is applicable to any and every exercise of the power of a court of equity to grant interlocutory in-iimeuve relief to Diesel the status quo pending an adjudication of the merits of a controversy maintenance would cast a presumption of lack of due process upon every equitable- proceeding which undertake to grant such relief sum the proceedings would be tested for due process not at its See ITU Page 11 Col 4 wasted and literally given to war contractors" Warren renewed his request that Congress repeal the contract settlement act Ha has opposed it on the ground it did not give the general accounting office ample power to stopfraud) See' Wbr Contracts Page II Col 4 US Court Rules Against ITU In Injunction Fight 6 heard the carffiea pealing It LMhLBtaca" Edward Ward who later was given yeart far Igtexteirtten Complain Turnpike Traffic AUGUSrA-JP-Azsuraiice that motorists entering Maine at Klttery will be given a Tree choice" of ton or public highway was given today by the Maine Highway Commission In a hearing attended by about 100 reakienta of York County coastal communities the commission was tOld that the present design of the entrance to the Maine turnpike driven into the toll ugh- iomplaiiits were that the entrance to US route 1 leading through shore communities is too narrow that it is down a steep grade and that it is ao poorly marked that it goes unnoticed by driven unfamiliar with it way it la now adequate it last fair it said A Dale of York of the most beautiful sections of the state are hiw by-passed" Alpheus Spiller York Beach restaurant owner mid that have no Quarrel with the toll but warned assurance that motorists will be guided to Pie public highway If they want to visit chore points Emphssiihit that tha Maine turnpike authority had agreed to make the necessary changes In See TURNPIKE Page 11 Col 1 USToSeek Quick Action On Palestine LAKE SUCCESS -JF- The United States decided today to press for Argent action on its project for a Mg five power group to cope with the Palestine crisis Informed American quarters said iief a Delegate Warren Austin planned' to submit a formal resolution to tha United Nations Security Council this afternoon It embodied suggestions bo made yesterday in thgbjtatemeht of the Austin said tho miimB want to formalize his proposals In lc resolutioni this early his speech before that he did not It was learned however that toe 8 delegation went to work on the resolution immediately after Colombia had submitted a proposal last wight that the council consider calling a medal Palesine session of tion said Aust'n considered the situation called tor immediate action but was against reconsidering partition bv the assembly Despite toe New American move it apeared likely that partitioning would be delayed fay council discussions There is a possibility tho plan may even be revised Theu- resolution was said to follow toe three prints laid down fay Austin yesterday: See LAKE SUCCESS Page 11 Col 1 Seven Children Periskln Iowa Fire BURLINGTON la -JP- Seven children in a 14-member farm tom- perished-to fire early today lyantic efforts of tho parents Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Waterhouse wen futile as the flames flashed through too two-story frame' dwell- chUlJren who died ranged In aga from 18 months to 16 years All ere deeping in upstairs noma The parents three aona and the wife of one of tho latter escaped All tha' survivors had downstairs bedrooms Two other children wen away from home Tho dead: Bettor Jean 16: Helen Maria 11 James ADai 8 Doris Ann 6 Thomas 4 Mary Kay 3 David 18 The Waterhouse farm is near Prame grove a small community 16 miles northwest of hen 000 tor persons guilty of participating in a iynchhx 9 A fine of and five yean imprisonment tor peace officers guiRy of negligence Compensation tor survivors of a lynch victim This could from 93JOO to $10000 thru (if they lived) or their de-would get tho money toon city or county when the lynch lag occurred However no payment would be due of then was on negligence by peace-officers in efforts to protect the victii The bill was Introduced by Rep CaSe (R-NJ) The vote by which the MU See CIVIL RIGHTS page II CoL 9 DETROIT-lP-Praaldent Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League! here to investigate reports of player betting said today he bad found circumstantial evidence of a player-gambler tieup1 He added however that there was hint of a fix of any league Campbell made the statement to reporters after an conference with Detroit police commissioner Harry Toy who previously Edited two unnamed players in reported wagers through an fr-convict The NHL president went into immediate conference with Toy upon his arrival this morong from Montreal for his investigation Earlier Campbell called reports of a possible bet fesaional hockey same time ho rjuiry Toy Issued a statement yesteraay associating two professional players with an ex-convict in the reported bets He did not name tha rinksmen 1 but said one was a member of the Boston Bruins and toe other played withe the New York Bangers See HOCKEY Page 8 Col I Truman Yacht Encounters eie WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN- IN THE CARIBBEAN IP President Truman had rough going today the Williamsburg pitched and tosmd her way toward the Guantanamo naval base The presidential yacht encountered the worst weather of toe cruise about 100 miles south of too Cuban base some 30 miles east of Capo Dame Marie Haiti around 730 A EST Sailors said the sea was moderate and the swell average but eye watching toe Wi her escort the i Greenwich Bay thought an understatement He is scheduled to reach the baas oh toe western tip of Cuba at-about 1330 PM (EST) for luncheon: and Inspection and expects to take off in his plane tha Sacred Cow at about Florida The rchedule calls for his arrival at Boca Chica airport st 3:40 PM The presidential vacht Williamsburg and ita escort vessel the plane tender Greenwich Bax switched positions during toe night the latter taking over the lead when toe Williamsburg's radar broke down The switch was made to iosure greater safety particularly going past Cape Gravels on Hatl's south coast INDIANAPOLIS-JP-The International Typographical Union today lost ita fight to block Federal Court injunction proceedings brought against it under the Taft-Haruey Act by the general counsel of the Labor Bel Judge Luther Bwygert denied the motion to dismiss the injunction suit which was brought as a temporary stopgap to prevent toe printers-from engaging In what attorney for the NLRB say are unfair labor practices Refusal of the court to dismiss the injunction suit dean the way forahearing to be held hen at 10 AM (CSTTVarch 3 on tha injunction petition Judge Rwygerfa Unpegs opinion: I Upheld toe consttranodauurof section 10-J of tha Taft-Hartley Act which permits toe NLRB to seek Near Tears Mrs Verville was almost in tears this morning as she appeared at Lewiston Municipal Court asking that the one who killed file pats be punished Recorder Harris ftaasaan refused to isaaa a warrant against the killer however eUhntar that It ceald net he prevea the dogs were killed The law reads as folliwr wilfully or maliciously kills wounds maims disfigures or poisons any domestic animal or dog or exposes any poisonou substance with intent tost the life of such animal or dog shall be destroyed thereby or steals or entices away or confines or harbors such animal for the ihirpoM of obtaining a reward or tor any ether illegal purpose shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20 nor more See COURT Page Col than WASHINGTON -JP- Seventy-bur House Democrats have signed the southerners' pledge to to the President Trtiman's program for anti-lynching anu-poU tax and anti-race segregation laws The count in this tgg war against his mm urea was disclosed today as soi Dixie party rebels talked of broadening their campaign Then want not only to beat Mr Truman's program but to keep him from gening the Democratic presidential nomination The first test of what they can do mjCongreasmay come iPonA House today legislation to muo lynchi a federsT offense The full comm toe may consider it tomorrow Approval would send it on to the Howe floor for an eerLVote See POLITICS Page I Col 9 Big Three Await Benelux -JP- The United States Britain and France suspended their talk on western Germany for 34 hours today to await arrival of the Benelux delegations and theicyiews on expanding German production under tho European recovery pro- Officials said it is reasonable to asiuma the Big Three have gone mr as they can in figuring out Germany1! role baton getting the opinions of Belgium the Netherlands and Luxemburg The three low countries wen invited earlier this week to participate in the dianisstons Their delegations an expected to bo present when the talks resume tomorrow poueiMe diplomatic of flelc's intend to ask Russia for a detailed accounting of what the Soviets have takes out of Austria since the war -These informants -said such a list is essential a for by Big Fbur dfcputy foreign mini-ten now trying to reach aome agreement on terms tor an Austrian peace treaty See AUSTRIA Page 3 Cri3 ment in the milk industry since the commencement of tha program of the anti-trust division to prosecute llleml conspiracies to fix the jntoee of food clo thing and Clark also has ordered Bend jury Investigations of local milk prices in Chicago and Washington Tho program was started lest Au- lOark n'i that a Frtferali grand jury vriiich has been sitting tho last several werics at St-Loulsreturned PevDai SeelNDlCTiaCNTSPUtn Refused Kiss tUef Steals Pocketbook tts tor They arrested a fgyaar-eld an an a woman's eomyUlwt that ha stole her handbag when she refnsed to let Mai steal a kiss Investigation Illegal Says ense Maj Gen tended today mlttee Tacked legal right last year to invemgate Meyers' business IP- Counsel for Meyers eon-a Senate aubcom- Mmrs 63-year-old former' Army Air Farces purchasing agent to on trial fa Federal court He la Aargad with inducing Bleriot Lsmam to testify falsely to the committee regarding alleged war contract profits The government put William Bogan chief counsel of the Senate War Investigating Committee on the witness stand Through Bosm it sought to show that Lamane first tried to cover up Meyers' business connections but told truth" later to- tho Senate committee Meyers chief attorney Robert BushneU questioned Rogers closely as to how toe full Soiate committee authorized a subcommittee to conduct the Inquiry into Meyers affairs The subcommittee was headed by Senator Ferguaon (R-Micfa) BushneU contended in erosa-ex-aminafion of tha witness that them no ubcommli tee However Rogers testified tho toll committee gave Chairman Brewster (B-Me) powers as a matter of practice to name subcommittees for apodal Inquiries at any time BushneU also indicated the defense wUl cpntend that Lamarre's testimony to toe Senate committee 4bout Meyers was consistent and that Lamane did not commit perjury See MEYERS Page 11 Col 7 specific authority to the ilttee by the full commit- Czech Crisis Termed Start of New Red Moves WASHINOTON-j-Ferene NafF former Hungarian premier sees the Czech crisis as only the start of new Communist moves in Europe Ho thinks tha western nations can now expect a series of MoeeowdnspirM threats against the governments of Austria France and Italy -Nagy fled Us country last May after a Communist eotm similar to the one in Czechoslovakia HesaidtodayAt tote of Chechoslovakia shows how indefeasible tha other natione weft whose govern- ments were unseated by Moscow Czechoslovakia wee the only middle European 'nation not occupied! Russian tram and yet nothing could nva her Nagy also said the events In Czechoelovekia should once end for all prove the falsity of Russia's 3 claim that she wants on her borders but naano desire to dominate them was tho first nation in Central Europe to seek friendly relation with the Kremlin Nagy said 1941 President Beam -signed a zeem fiteudahlp-pact With tiie Soviets can do nothing if he atm in- Czechoslovakia but serve the Soviets The Buaeians plairtoeoni-munlze Czechoslovakia in order to further penetrate western Europe may be that they will usejnrtr threats sgaiost Austria Italvand nnee a blackmail weapon to rca the western world to recognize their right to dominate central Europe Or they may attempt this Sum-' mer to overthrow tho governments of those three See OGECH CRISIS Page 9 CoL 6 Woodrow Was Here CHARLESTON C--FaUet today wars tasking for Waad-raw ama who Ilka CMdiloeks feds perfectly at ham in ether' Themananitlred a Yeuge Mead heme this week white the family was away He helped himself te a toll naked the dishes set the ten west te feci Dleeovered by a ey the tmtrader departed with a piste! aad SI say Weedrew was 1 and that III fee back" fee told tod Mother Three Children In Fire -IP- A mother her three small children perished early today in a fire which swept nine of a row of 16 homes The victims were identified as Dorothy Evans and her ehil-Joan three George two and Tommy one Two firbmen were seriously burned The body of the mother was pulled from the ruins of her home about an hour after flames broke out about 1:30 A Twenty-five minutes later the bodies of ah three children were found Mrs Evans' husband George was reported to bo a patient in the Philadelphia naval hospital Firemen said they believed the of the other homes in the row of two story brick and frame about 43 persona all had fled shortly after discovery of the fire Alexander Lustlnla who occupied 3008 Watson Street in the row-next to the said he awoke to hear an infant screaming Dreoing hastily he ran to the ir door of the Evans home1 where met another neighbor Bud Trux-Tlamea and billowing smoke them from going inside two firemen Raymond Bam ford and Willard Duffin were burned a backdraftfrom one of the blazing structures wrapped them in flame They were taken to West Jersey- hospital with first and second degree burns over moat of their bodies Firemen mid the bins broke out in the Evans apparently from an oil stove explosion There was no estimate of ago The homes not swept by flames were damaged by anoke ana water Weather Weather fore-ast for Lewiston nd vicinity: Jloudy and mild onight with light gin tempera-tores remaining ibove freezing to light Thursday wrtbr cloudy and Uldhighect tem-erature 43 Moderate southwest and west winds LowJ juvemight temperatures: Lewiston S3 Caribou 13 Eastport 31 Greenville 13 Bangor 19 Rumford Portland 33- MORROWS ALMANAC rises 634 AM sets 333 PM of day 10 hrs 39 mins increase 3 his 9 inns Ltingth i Days in Evidence Of Fraud Brings Promise Of Investigation Of War Contract Settlements House Judiciary Subcommittee Approves Legislation To Make Lynching A Federal Offense WASHINGTON JP A General Accounting Office report of evi-dench of fraud In war contract settlements brought a promise today of a prompt congree-tonal Invaatiffitiofi Bap Bender (B-Ohlo) chairman of a House Expenditures Subcommittee studying war contracts announced puns for tot inquiry after the GAO reported "one out of twenty" settlements have bam baaed oh The report was made to by Lindsay Warren heed General Accounting Office Bender said toe report coincides with information obtained by the committee He added that it la line with what I have prevously claimed that millions of dollars of the money has been Russian cl Weir de- land "I say that a serious depres-lon in die united States is tha aim in die Uh XnTowSfsuri fear" sure to comet he said if huge sums "wasted through inefficient jpendlng abroad" are piled See FOREIGN Alt) Page II Col 1 If come back get yoanything yon want HARBY Steel Man Says Marshall Plan Might Lead to Depression Here More Serious Than Red Threat Two Dairy Companies And Six Individuals Indicted For Price Fixing Comspiracy Rve Italian Bandits Arrested For Stealing Steel Bridge ROME-P -Five rebest beadlle were arrested yesterday at Tar-rite Tiberias sw Baeze Tha ware dragging away the Mat ef the Umn steal bridge wfekfe they had beta aystemsHeally die-enafliag for several days il Let Oor Factory Expertl REBUILD Mtmmm DAVSIBEDplNfQj 'Vi? otattiiit WASHINGTON -JFn Legislation to lynching a federal offense received a Boost Judiciary Sub-mmitteeii approval today Ita action sends the measun on to the full Judiciary Committee which must approve toe Mil before it can be voted on by the House The legislation part of the chnl rights program advocated by President Trtunan and opposed by southern Democmts The southerners contend the problem of dealing with inidUngsmoidd be left to tha states They arm too that toe number of lynchings is ifeirmesiiif The measun woudl let tha federal government step in when there was a lynching People accused of taking pert in it could bo triad in federal courts Trials might be moved to place tor a Way tram thf'etita-munity The legislation provides: 3 A maximum penalty of 10 yean imprisonment and a of WASHINGTON -JP- The Justice Department today announced the indictment of two dairy companies and six individuals conspiracy toflx the prices of fluid milk ln-the St Louis Mol Attorney General Tom Clark said tha artfon the first major indict- Aftbuxn WASHINGTON IP Steel man Ernest Weir said today the Marshall Flan might lead to a depression here -more serious than any threat of and Communism in Europe Yet the chairman of the National Steel Corporation contended the Iminlstration is using tremendous propaganda to tty to win quick approval tor ita mum-billlon dollar European recovery IfST outlined his views in a statement prepared for House Foreign Affairs committee hearings on the plan those who an alarmed by tha prospect of an expansion of Vrvw iAA- Inflation Smashed Sale FLANDERS- Moon 17 days old High Wes Tomorrow Portland PM 62 Court St i.