Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

v1--'- r' a' J- J-' J'-' U-''-' 1 1 -j- 'S T- i 1 v-V 1 Makes Gam --Vr-w vs I Bjr WESTBROOK PEGXJSR I believe it is my journalistic duty to publish the much discussed so-called Guru letters I also believe' Henry A Wallace owes a duty to the Voting public Of the United States of America in eon neetion with (bose letters 1 have insistently askeV Mr Wallace to affirm or deny whether or not he wrote those letters I have called personalljthree times at Mr office and tried to get a persqnal answer from him read those lettetoand that Mr Wallace owes those voters a duty to say frankly whether or not he wrote them' The voters of this country are entitled to know whether or not those letters Were written to a Russian whose followers regarded him as almighty God and to members of this Oriental political and pseudoreligious eult by a man now running for the office of President of the United States with a following composed mostly of Communist traitors I have telephoned repeatedly requesting an appointment for thq purpose of confronting him with those letters seating that this was my purpose I have written Mr Wallace requesting acbnf on his philosophical beliefs All to no avail I am now going to publish those letters and publicly demand that Mr Wallace state publicly whether or not he wrote them I believe the voters of this country are entitled to I believe it would be a violation of the obligation of a reporter of our free press to withhold information which may bear on the mentality of one who in eon-eeivable circumstances might become President next Jan 20 1 have had for some time photographs of aset of correspondence the author of which seems to me to have been off-center mentally I do not know who wrote it PEGLER Pace I Col I JOURNAL IND1X LEWISTON TOMORROW'S ALMANAC Sun rises 6 AM: sets 8:88 PM Length of day 11 hrs 88 mins Itay incresse 8 bra 48 mine Moot new XMes 1 Portland 11:15 PM VOLUME LXXXVII 12 PAGES LEWISTON-AUBURN MAINE 1948 Clarification of Religious Education Ruling Awaited TUESDAY MARCH 9 HAVE TO BE Local School Head Sees Possible Confusion Will Continue Until Ruling Clear FIGHT" By Margaret Mitchell Even the singing of a hymn by the musical organizations of through strict interpretations of religious education in the public eWucatos everywhere t-- The possibility of confusion which may arise from the ruling possibility of may arise from was voiced this morning by A Alden Woodworth superintendent of public schools in Lewiston when questioned is to the effect of be ruling on schools In his iurisdiction The interpretation of the ruling and its bearing on the State Depart ment of policy will undoubtedly be clarified Mr Wood- worth said and until that la done schools will continue to operate on the present which allows a child to be dismissed from school one hour each week to take religious instruction of his choice Questioned on the matter this morning Commissioner of Education Harlan Ladd of Augusta said the policy on the matter cpnforma with the present ruling at the Supreme Court and is which has been handed down the Attorney office Commenting upon Commissioner statement however Attor-General Frank Farris said that the State policy in ibis dictated tone Attar matter Is not ney office but the Maine statutes which it rather by ich provide al the nub- that shall be in i Uc schools of the State daily or at suitable Intervals readings from the scriptures with to Maurice (Lefty) Lachance of Lisbon well-known Maine boxer told Justice Arthur Sewall today ha was too weak to Rig ditches but have to be strong to He asked Justice Sewall (center) to reduce his payments for his support From left to right Lachance Justice Sewall and Judge Adrian A Cote attorney for Mrs Lachance LAST EDITION Baked Spuds ShrinkOff Jail Menu iked mds are fa seed served ta the eemate he served in the ays Chair bert ef the esenty The matter earn ap at tha weekly meeting revealed that a qsaatity af smaller tat cheaper Jail was destined to ta served tha way I enght to bay foam for taking1 Laafoert llli with bin Ha waa tha tha apnds Twe against sac it lacks like the prisenen wUl be retting wily boiled potatoes in tha fa- they Substantial Deeding In Grain Prices NEW fORK-Jr-Pricea er on major commodity markets today after axon Grain lid substantially aa the pita opened Weakly at Chicago then rallied to regain some of foe low- The commodity markets were Jittery over unfavorable international news and th- blooming domestic political situation Government rejection of most offers on large quantities of flour for export because it considered prices too high affected grain trading at Chicago where there was a heavy overnight accumulation selling orders Cotton dropped and then on mill buying is -s' Chicago were off as the 8 cent daily limit at one time Cbm waa aa much as 7ft cents a bushel under day's prices ir early tra ling at one time wai down 8ft from previous figures Top grade butter droned a cent to 75ft cents a pound the price this year at Nu Rubber hide: cocoa and coffee were down varying amounts in New York markets ALLEGED MURDERER CONYERS WITH PFC George LaMothe of Lamberville conferred today with his attorney George 0 Larochelle in the Androscoggin County Law Library LaMothe held for the Thanksgiving eve murder of Rene Browne of Lubec near Wiacasaet is expected to be committed to the Augusta State Hospital for observation tomorrow IS4T SSI LaMothe la expected to be taken to Augusta tomorrow He is being held in the Androscoggin County Jail Justice Sewsll signed committal papers today after they had been presented by the soldiers attorney George LaRochelle of Lewiston Immediately after the petition papers had een signed LaMothe was taken to the Androscoggin Law LjbrarjMjrhere he conferred with In his petition the Lewiston attorney said he would enter a pies of insanity for his client at the murder which will take place in Lin-Coui trial which will taka coin County Superior LaMothe and Pvt Edward Wodarski of New Britain Conn will be arraigned on the murder charge then JFodarski is 1 now being held in the Kennebec Jail at Auguste Wlacasset authorities are expected here early tomorrow to accomnaiiy LaMothe to Augusta They were notified of foe order today AVrested At Dow Field LaMothe and WodanM were ar- SccLaMOTHE Page Col 8 Vice President Maine Plumbers Mas His Troubles PORTLAND- JP -Philip ben viee president ef for Association ef Master Plain 41 minutes late today 55th ai for leaking pipe In flu offru- LaGhance Says He May Not Bp Able to Fight LaMothe Ordered Committed To State Hospital 4a nin Market Pass 8 8 Social 8 Editorial 4 4 Marlow Pass 4 State Chat 4 Comics Puzzle 0 Radio 0 Sports 18) PRICE FIVE CENTS Billy Taylor Of Rangers Is Expelled Pair Charged With Being Associated With Gamblers LANSING Midi -JP- National Hockey League President' Cterento Campbell today expelled Billy Taylor New York Ranger hockey player and suspended Dm GaHingri of the Boston Bruins on charges of being associated with gamblers npbell reported the punitive ac-to Governor Kim Campbell had returned to Michigan to announce hia decision be cause Detroit police on Siglers instruction! fast week had given the president information pointing to a link between gamblers rofesnonal hockey players Tha Haekey Lesgae president nqMUed Teller tor eeadaet te and agaiait foa Taylor Campbell i formal statement to interested with Tamer in on the outcome of a tote wager waTtfiatV authorized lmr to place for him a bet of $500 on the CMcao Boston however won the game Jn question by a 4 to 2 aeon Michinn prison whew he talked wlth Tbmef a tatown gambler and convicted tank robber who waa returned to foe Institution two weeks 80 to i parole violator Cnpball sai ibler said hfa to my satisfaction that no dther In tha national hockey involved in any gam- Tha and reports as he may deem aufztojanr or on any act or conduct of nwtrffl player who has been "dishonest nrjudi-cial to or against the welfare at the game or tha league to out fines nr suspensfaos A rdayer has violated tha rides of hockey bv bettingor being interested fo any pool or wager whether or not he has any cnnec-tion with the gahta Campbell' salo Charge Denied By Hebron Head Lester the Hebron day charges bv State Senator Roger Dube that food at foe Stale institution wai not properly prepared Adams said foe food ly handled hia opinion fiharid He had conferred with Harrison Greenleat Conmiaaioncr of Insti tution about Dube's charges and that ha was reparing a written re port which he would Greenleaf shortly Adams tiso denied Adams i are prepared for them He said Dube was known to have been the institution about a week ago Ha added Dube had neef conferred with him on the matter Cemgbfai Te Governor In a statement last night tha State Senator said ha would complain to Governor Horace Hildreth wl the Executive Council about the food situation at Western Maine Sanatorium at Hforon Tha senator said a personal investigation by him had revealed they (the patients) declared tlun food at the institution was not wog- erly prepared He said he had i tion signed I 56 patients authoriz- See DUBE Page 8 Col I UPHOLSTERING rwo weeks' ssrvice ta largest re-uph-sterera fhe best ta guaranteed workmanship We make your parlor furniture just tike new For free estimates 1 UPHOLSTERING 0Lf Lewiston Mechanic Fklla or the playing of sacred mnsie a school might be condemned the Snpreme Court ruling on schools under study today by on the Ten Commandments the Psalms of David the Proverbs of Solomon the Sermon on the Mount and the Prayer It is provided further that there shall be no denomination 1 or sectarian comment or teaching and each student shall give respectful attention but shall be free in his own forms of wor- It further states that each city or town may authorise and complete a survey of the religious affiliations of pupils and once each week shall excuse such pupils at least me hour for the purpose of attending their respective places of worship or some other suitable place then to receive moral instruction in accordance with the religious frith of such Maine opinions support the Su Court decision announced In yesterday On September 141 tbn lata them i lGewan then serving as Atteney General la-eplalen waleh stated: achat heart In any rnaaM-party af state eaaast Jew fnily permit fos ses af a pablie Sheaf baiM lag by any graap tor any partlealar type af re-Ilgieea training Rash I be- Sce SCHOOLS Page 7 Col 1 he released unharmed after two Captured at gunpoint Frederick Kellogg was sentenced on minor charges and police mid he would face sc-fous in Lax Chief George Bernier aid Kellogi confessed orally to Md- naping Lincoln Martin Me wife and iunday light him after they laid they i act of robbing in the act of robbing their home Before Ws-eapture State1 bet-tive James Ccnniff reported Kel logg had bean identified by foe Martina from police photographs Conniff aaid the youth was foe son of v-ealfoy socially prominent parents and had a police record hack to his grammar school He was Imown as foe Conniff mid because in several instances of earlier crimes as well as the alleged kidnapln-he insisted on telllnghta victims all about himself Sea EX-CONVICT Page Cd ByEd Kisonak have to be strong to The words came: this morning from a fellow who ought to know he having been in the fight game for quite a few years Maurice (Lefty) Lachanee of Lisbon prominent boxer' ap Maine Parolee Held In Kidnaping Of Three at Lexington PFC George LaMothe of Lamberville alleged killer of Rene Browne of Lubec was ordered committed to the State Hospital for observation today by Justice Arthur peared in Whqt may be his last fight this morning at Superior Court as he gsked Justice Arthur' Sewall to modify a court order which has him paying his wife $10 each week for the support of the child Jean Lachance the ex-wife was at court and the session took on the appearance of a pretty good battle at times Lefty Jumped up wd say something in a ring than In the chambers more dignified But beck to foe mysterious remark about a fighter not having to be strong the boxer explained experience and vpu have to use your head See LaCHANCE Page 8 Col 8 triever was owned by Donald Car-roll of Lake Street Auburn It was five months old and therefore not licensed The story as told by Carroll tether of the owner of the dog is that this dog owned by his son was left ln his ears on Sunday while the bov was away The dog was let out Sunday evening and went across lots to damage Avenue A woman seeing dog called the colic asking that it be picked up and eared for According to story the dog was picked up in the Patrol Wagon Carroll reports seeing the Patrol car on Carnage Avenue at tha time he was searching for the dog but that ha connect the two incidents See DOG Page 2 Col I Auburn Man Says PoliceDestroyed Valuable Deg HOTwtfoSiffiSrf New Fork Tax Cut Will Boost Prices liamman JP -Secretary of Commerce Harriman todsv opposed tax reduction at this time saying its chief effect would be raise demand and thereby But the United States Chamber of Commerce contended that tax cutting la best insurance at hand against a business slump Harriman and Ellsworth Al-vord representing the chamber gave their views to the Senate Finance -Committee It is nearing the close of hearing! on the House- approved $8500000000 tax' cut bill The Senate Committee is exoect- ed to propose a smaller possibly around in an effort to win democratic support See TAXES Page Col 8 Weather Weather forecast 'or Lewiston and partly -loudy and not at old tonight: low st temperature 21 town IS In the iburbs Wed net sv fair and cold with highest 29 luch colder Wednesday night Winds gentle outhwoeny shifting to northwest Wednesday afternoon Lowest overnight temperatures: Lewiston 0 Caribou -15 East port 10 Greenville -12 Bangor -10 Rumford 22 Portland 15 Extended Forecast BOSTGN-iP-Extended forecast for New England for the pbriod Wednesday MSrch 10 to Saturday March 14 inclusive: The temperature during the rest St the week Wednesday through Saturday will average close to the nnl normal Colder weather Wednesday and Thursday will be followed by moderating' tempera turer towards the end of the weef Some normala for this period are a follows: Boston Providence New Haven and Nantucket 84 Portland SOL Eastport 38 Greenville 88 lue isle 22 Burlington 27 and 29 degrees precipitation for this period be two to five tenths of an Inch in northern New- England and win occur as mow toward the end of the week Precipitation will average even-tenths in southern New-Eng land and occur probably rain -to ward end of Lexington family of three whijm hours of talk about himself Britain Badly Li Need of US Aid-Cripps LQNDON-JP-SIr Stafford Cripps told Parliament today British econ- omy will collapse unless substantial aid comps this year The Chancellor of the Exchequer said in a White Paper that only foe Marshall Plan can prevent wholesale unemployment distress and dislocation of production The summary predicted Britons would get leas food and elothing It said that without the Marshall Plan there is prospect of a decent standard of living for The severe cold of the Winter of 1946-47 and the Summer drought woe blamed for impending reductions The White nper estimated net national income for foe year at £8000000000 (838000000000) and said Britain is likely to borrow another £250000000 ($1000000000) from abroad Imports from the western pam-'sphere will be cut still further lr foe first half of 1048 to save grid and dollars The White Piper said tbs Imports will be 'no more than sufficient to maintain foe nation in health and working efficiency See LONDON Page 7 Col 1 did Wltaf ffoought was yUM Hu machines are there for the convenience of foe He went into his explanation Part a the money he mid went to prisoners who left the tail On other occasions ha helped out the fa flies of prisoners And he used foe See GENDRON Page 8 Col 4 WAITED Experienced Secretary POLAND SPRING HOTELS Yegr Around Employment TeL Poland 80 Internal Revenue Bureau Under Sharp Fire from House Appropriations Committee BY RALPH WHRTUK The Auburn Police Department on complaint of a stray dog on Gam-age Avenju Aubunykked up foe dog and lime night or Monday morning art the bare foete of The dog a valuable Labrador Ra- 8 £77 £88083 in general and special appropriations This boosted Uwgross total to $11173174863 The trust general and apodal funds include such items as interest on the national debt and foe old-age insurance fund Over these Congress has only nominal control The committee leveled most of Its fire at the Internal Revenue Bureau Jt made WhW Iti i own Investigators' complaining of ineffleien-citing a case where no action led to prosecute an individual ed to owe $804 £00 in taxes and oenaRieg See APPROPRIATION Page 8 Cel Mattresses MEW A JUOUD1C Couture Mattress A UPHOLSTERY CO Td SSI Ltaaala at Bias for floors at to Charity Gets the Money From Candy Ggarette Machines In SheriffOffice Says Gendron Senate and House Leaders Fail To Reach Agreement on How to Speed Foreign Aid Legislation the Hog rices steady Chicago ffigbuy with close tile usd and cattle lower CHICAGO-JP-Grain prices were sharply lower in early trading today Wheat was off as much to 6ft cents a bushel corn 7ft cents end oats three cento Soybeans declined the permteible daily limit at See PRICES Riga 3 Qri4 Others whflutttended foe meeting sl- were House Republican Ipader Hal leek of Indiana and Chairman Eaton (R-NJ) of foe House Foreign Affairs Committee Eaton's oommitte has voted to wrap up all foreign aid proposals in a single bill The meeting was called hr Chairman Elton (R-NJ) of the Foreign Affs'rs Committee at the urgent pies of Secrearr of State Marshall for enactment of the European recovery nrovram by AprilL iir went to the ca' terday to press hia eaai Speaker Martin jCR-MaisL Sea MARSHALL FLAN PMl 8 Col 2 WASHINGTON -JP The Internal Revenue Bureau came under Sharp fire of foa House Appropriations Committteo today The committee said the political patronage system of picking federal tax collectors should be abolished The recommendation was made tie providing ft treasury and postofllca departments ir starting Ji' funds for for the tear darting July 1 But the committee made only a 17 percent cut In the President Truman had asked for the two departments- It proptoed a totaNof in cash appro-Priitioni Of this the treasury would receive $190453100 or a OO percent cut and foe noatofflee or a 11 percent reduction The President had asked $300981700 for the treasury and for postoffice department Left completely out of the was the customary appropriatta tax refunds Tha committee to to put off action that until pending tax legislation la out of the wit in addition to tha new cash the committee recommended 430 in tru toad appropriations i WASHINGTON-JP-Senate and House leaden tried but failed to reach an agreement today on how to speed up foreim-s'd legislation After a meetins with Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mlch) of foe Senate Fareign Relations Committee Rouse Speaker Martin (R-Massl told reporters there probably wfl ha further dlscutokms Martin said the conferees met exchange He said there is strong House sentlment for a single bill embodying aid to Europe China Greece Snd Turkey all in one age Tha SenatMW is considering Unsavory rumors as to where foe monev from foe ctndv end cig-arette machines In the Sheriffs office was going were stilled today when the matter was brought up at a meeting of foe County Commla-rionere Sheriff Louis Gendron explained to the satisfaction of foe Commissioner! that he used the monev for charitable purposes only men as giving departing prisoners a little monev to get started on again The matter was up at the ting by Chairman end of flu meeting Edmond Lambert Sheriff Gen dron was called in Said the sheriff you have to do is takte them out of there i A'1 tk.