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wT1 --'TV Ti --Conrad tt-ri- Vyv- Mk wr w'" i-iW: wra i--ii'i-it-viv-3' vs tl 71 -W' -w-ew wr if wisr tonight tab 18 PAGES -LEWISTON-AUBURN RlAlNfe WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19 1947' LAST JEDlTION PRICE five cents yar' i- Bates President Raps Union Policy1 In El However No Closed Shop at Bates And No Intention of Having One-Praises Maine Labor By Hal Oouelin A bright future for textile industry was forecast today by Herman Ruhm Jr president of the Bates Manufacturing Company in an address before the Auburn-Lewiston Rjwanis club at the Auburn YMCA Rnhm however attacked the strategy of-Near textile union4eaders for weakening New England by raakibg it unattractive for the capital necessary for He also declared the textile union in New England decided on a short-term mind the policy of get it-while they can wherever they can erven if it eventually wrecks this Declaring he was speaking only for Bates be asserted believe in the self-reliant qualities of the Maine citizen We have no closed shop nor nnion shop and we intend tq have See RUHM Page Col 1 20 Die When Plane Crashes Near Salerno ROME-JP-A chartered Swedish freighter plans carrying SO persons including SO Swedish military airmen crashed today In the mountains near Salerno and Swedish diplomatic sources said 20 persons were killed The plane was enroute home from Addis Ababa where the SO military men and four others- had delivered a group of B-17 planes sold by Sweden toEthionia The Swedish Foreign Office In Stockholm announced the death toll adding that 10 were Injured The military airmen on board were four saptains nine lieutenants three noncommissioned Officers two mechanics one electrician and a maintenance engineer An official of the plana! owner the Traffic-Touriit-Transport Company of Stockholm said the plane also carried six other persons and a crew of four far as we he said "an were Col Ingvar Berg leader of the Swedish ferry squadron was not aboard The flag at the Swedish legation was dropped to half staff and a representative left for the scene The American consulate at Naples said 19 were dpad and that five of the injured were in serious conditions See FLANK Page Col 4 Committee to Begin Hearings On Cost of Living Program Sends Noly jtn New Blast At Red-Dominated Bucharest Regime WASHINGTON -IP- The Unite Slate in a ijew note to Romania today aaid charge's that American olii-ciala plotted to overthrow the Bucharest regime were based on -political motivation and insincerity1 The accusations were made during the trial ot former Premier Jtiliu Maniu who was sentenced" to life imprisonment this month upon conviction of treason The-U note said this government declines to "dignify by specific refutation" the charges which falsely insinuate" that American representatives advocated or lent support to any attempt to overturn the Romanian government In a new blast at the Communist-dominated Bucharest regime the note said that the United States ha never condoned the "unrepresentative character1 of the regime nor the bv which it attained and has perpetuated its authority" This government's views are well known the note stated concerning the of human rights ana fundamental freedoms to large sc fits of the Romanian population contravention of international commitments made by the Romania government" Delivered Friday The note published today by the State Department wax delivered Friday in Bucharest by Rudolf Schbcnfeld United States minister Charles Bohlcn State Department counsellor told a news conference -that the department is considering what further action might be taken against Romania Three rotes ts were made during the ummer against arrests of Romanian political opponents The United States charged the arrests were rep -waive The has blocked thus far Romania's membership in the United Nations along with the entry if other satellites of Soviet Russia Sc NOTE Page 9 Col 7 BlumAgrees To Form New French fARIS-JP-Leon Blum veteran Socialist statesman has agreed to try form a now government a So-kesman announced today France writhed in the grip of Breeding Communist-led strikes Military truck rushed flour to Paris to assure toe capital of Us bread supply endangered by a mill-era walkout All 114000 coal- miners were on strike Mediterranean ports were tied up by transport walkouts The nationalized automobile industry eras paralyzed by fsarintoppage An sought increased iT The govt i government of Socialist WASHINGTON-JP-Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) caid today the Senate-House Economic Committee will begin hearing Friday on point In President Truman's cost of living but proposal for limited and price control will not Tift told reporters the committee has decided to exclude from its agenda at least for the present the rationing and price control points "1 think that if we are going to get anything out of this special session of Congress we will have to leave those points until the regular lut said lift earlier had told a reporter credit and export controls are the tom iw fimmrnilstinns by lir Tinman meet likely to win approval of Deal With Six Taft said the heariites will debt with six points of Mr Truman ten-point program They arc pro- mu to: 1 Restore consumer credit eon trols and restrain creation of inflationary bank credit 2 Authorize regulation of macula tive trading on the commodity exchanges 3 Extend and strengthen export control 4 Authorize measures to indue marketing of livestock and poultry at weights and grades whin encourage most efficient use of grain A -Enable the agriculture department to expand Its program of an-See TAFT Page 9 Cot I Congress in a program to combat inflation He also raid a modified rant control extension law might be passed by the Republican-controlled Congress Tlie Ohioan an avowed candidate for the Republican presidential nomination has denounced the price-wage controls and consumer rationing proposals' as "a step toward a completely totalitarian In a broadcast last night AFL president William Green said organized labor also is opposed to price and wage controls except as a last resort in case of "national crisis Secretary of Agriculture Anderson will be the first administration witness 'before the committee at 3 PM EST Friday was furthered ordered to pay $20 per week for the support or these minor children Among other terms of the settlement Lowit agreed to keep In force a (10000 term life insurance on his life until August 16 1056 on which his wife the beneficiary Mrs Lowit charged her husband with utter rtascTtinn tor three consecutive years next prior to the filing iff the libeL The mother was awarded custody of the children See DIVORCES Page JCoL4 oth- two Grants 68 4 Divorces 3 Annulments Aid For France Austria in Co Maine Man Escapes Calif County Jail NEVADA CITY CaliLJP-Ji Hardy accused sex-tara 1 wss tflT a fugitive today whfle an-thorHcs -attempted to Arid out how the North Klttery Me youth era from the county Jell here' verything was locked" arid Sheriff Richard Hoskins "Than was no way out Ifs one of hear about but 1 things you see Hardy sscapod soma time 1 dinner Monday night and to go on trial i 21-year-old HuntoHardy yesterday He was due next Monday with his common-law wife Lob I 'r 1 1 yfe -U This is the home of Robert on Street Lewiston who appeared before the Lewiston Planning-Zoning Board last nght to to complaints about his being ip a residential zone Local Veteran Says Infantry Never Like This One of these specified that the act not imply any obligation to give assistance to any of -toe countries mentioned nor shall it imply or guarantee toe availability of any specific commodities" Vandenberg said toe amendment WASHINGTON -P- The Senate Foreign Relations -Committee today approved legislation to provide emergency aid for France wr ana Austria Chairman Vandenberg (R- Mich) said tlwVota was 13-0 Paul Ramadter waa the tar- vandenberg told a news conference that the--committee also voted unanimously to place a number of amendments in the bill -which had been submitted fay the State otheconctrtodattack Beyaaad Tessas In Towel sources said Paul Rey independent who waa the last of the Third Republic had placed i in the hands is intended to answer criticism "SSteSKnhalf had our own economy is In short supply jt however that with respect to many of the com-1 thnaXfh modi ties outlined in the bill I accordance with the direction of The admniistratbm has asked President" ommittec had-placed admlnis- tbs coi tratlon of the of the State Rudolph Lowttof S3 Tampa Street awiston was 'ordered to pur Us rife Charlotte a lump sum of -fS- Lewiston wife Charlotte a lump 000 for alimony today and week also iHmony SShls awarded an uncontested divorce eg the ctoeing day of the November term of Superior Court Justice Frank A TiiTrilJfi the presiding Justice granted Mr total of 88 divorces and 3 annulments' TTie Lowits' were married at Munich Germany on May 3 1929 They have two children Paul age 16 yean and Alfred age 15 Lowit Marshall Lambastes Russian Propaganda Attack fill I outlining toe terms of theem-icy aid Dill Vandenberg said ergency fhw he said the Uhitod-8tates will work to the creation of to provisional central authority to a federated German- stateZLas a-stap toward the final framing of a tor-mal treaty Fori himself said too mat ter what the provocation" his only purpose at London will be to end the present "tragic stalemate and to-apeed the advent of a new era of peace and hope to Europe and the However' Marshal aaid toe American 'people-have- been goaded into-toetfve resentment" by the a at and dis-ofAuieriten motives to Sea MARSHALL Page 19 CdL 4 Relatives Over Local War for the alaytaa of McClain 46 of Burbank Calif In a forest giro near ttuclwfc Sheriff Hoskins said Hardy had escaped from federal authorities fly times He described the 24-year-old fugitive as- feir-complrxionad 126 pounds weering army trousers and field Jacket ana a blue hat Hardy imey nave dyed hb hair Mach toe Tiherlff aaid and-rnay Jm Wgarfog dark glasses Hodons allowed no-one to see Lois nerntiy suad for divorc by Arthur Corliss Berwick Ma tanner In a statement signed after their arrest last Augustin Las Vipi Nev Lob and Hardy fold how she held McLain in a pmilonata embneo-whlle Hardy shot him 1 nth head KneeCdlegs) To Say -No Concession B08TON--Tk weO-sxgaaed ffrtssHwm 7 the Vsnlshfag exhibitor at tta NsW shra awrket weak ah 61s-- efesei today- CaaM Bprlag the -faa waarfa taa less fratgaar with asset ef ita dta eat rat they forecast Aadtonwka'up foe laek ef meek foe spike and wedge-shaped Ms and era straps iwU-We-fo each brilliant safer epiak sapphire pi faraoM and pfet naak' Daa wUl'inewBrrto Tariff Cuts Assailed By Rep Knutson WAfUIINGTON-iP-Rep Knutson (R-Minn) said today too State Department in its tree trade" tariff cuts has sought to tie the hands of Congress against protecting American agriculture and Industry from foreign imports The statement by Knutson chairman of the House Ways and Means committee Indicated a bitter' battle in Congress when the reciprocal law comes up- for next Spring In his attack upon the new trade accord Knutson said In a format statement: "The President and the State Department have announced the most See KNUTSON Page 1 Cot 1 Son Dies in Fire Thieves Taka Mm Thieves Take Money DBS MOINES--Mra I 9L fonlto whsse 14-yett-rtd kerned to death wwniri yeatordaf after vfcftfag get Informed naud premier given up his effort to form a cabinet because he could not muster sufficient Socialist strength without alienating sectors of the extreme ight needed-for his voting strength in the national assembly -The announcement of Blum's defai-sion was made by Guy Mollet Secretary general ot the Socialist party Ha- declared that France had per- Bce FRANCE Page 9 CdL JSlizabeth Rehearses For LONDON JP- Wedding eve excitement pervaded the rain-chilled air -of London today as Princess Elizabeth preps red for a twilight rehearsal ot her marriage tomorrow to -Lieut Philip Mounthatten Even tha wadding ring fashioned eta nugget of Welsh gold wlllbe eafcthalwSmtasteLAtffiSr tn the custody oftoe yoi vouch- of Milford Haven Jgounbattan's best maa a bhto ndUp afao gave up his posltioa as a fjTince of Greece and Denmark to become a British- citizen and thud dmrjetth fbr ro romsnee ha would raceiv a PutaSmMtel King's personal wedding gift and there-was speculation that the title would be either: Duka of Clarence Duke of Edinburgh positions in the peerage that Jiave Vopen The announcement was expected to' officiai-London Gazette Weather Weather forecast 'or Portland and ieinity: Fair and raitinued cold to-Jght and Thhrse -lowest teih-eraturf tonight 6 dejcrees high-at Thursday 45: ght winds -Lowest over-ight tampfrz-Jres: Lewiiton 31 33 Almanac 640 AM seta 4fl9PJ of day -9 nrxS9 mins hra 4 mtos PORTLAND-ff-A federal wto determine whether (he tether iff an Lewiston youth- who died In World War or an- undo and aunt wfafr claim tteyactod as bis parents should Mean the service man na-tional servlw life inauranoe David BourbaaK Jr died leaving bis "estate" as bsoeflpiaryof the lnsiinhcSTTlML ftartato yf ttelh however la not tochidad In beneficiary offtteuT allowed under the tosuranee act Bourbeau's tether asked the court to decide krBs favurThe deHnp itacjfofnd-Mrs: Alfred Fortin icfelmd epnt of the younger Bour-beau contended threugh thrirrcoun-1 "the bwieficiary should he the last persons who acted In the capacity of "patent to the deceased See" INSURANCE Page CoL Tha Army was never like ItWs better by far After enduring the hardships of war trudging through North-Afrlca and Europe sitting and eating-in -cold wet foxholes Robert Simard a former infantryman sometimes wishes tost he were back In uniform He had a bard time finding home when he returned? and who didn't And so he moved Into an unfinished structure that he started building before the before he was handed a gun and fold to defend his country he declared my Job at 1 And now -the neigh bora on Lynn Street object to his in a 'residential zona Simard appeared last night before too Lewiston Zoning and Planning Board to explain his position After listening to the former soldier the stantlal improvements oh it The man was SS when the Army rabbed him' nine months before tori Hmrtbr The foundation -be id for -hi homo was left throughout too war It was still Just a foundation (Is very poor shape) when -ho got back And See SIMARD fair'll CeA I- that the assembly postpone action dew up legal points raised by too countries This Arab indefinite delay on solution i Would mean an final Batagtine the Palestine -prab- ltanbe dnnipod from the current asHihbJys agenda- Four major- lead points' wera -raised: 'Who letality of League qf Nations mandate the validity of the Balfour Declar partion Tfar report-said: refusal to submit fbare hues-tlons for the optafbn of thetoter- tea Uhited-Nationb -or deterhad to make recommendations to a certain direction- not heteuae tiMsb Tseqta-nwndatibns an hr: accord wito tot of toternatkmal lustics but becauM the enges of United ivision st of it WASHINGTON- IP -Secretary of State Marshal- injected a new element of toughnen today this country's patient-but-finn policy ana tQWfl Charging that Soviet officials and their Communist allies an brand know lying to a and contemptuous" ganda barrage against his Euro an recovery program Marshall and "it u'tune to call a do not propose to stand' by and watch the disintegration of the International community to which we the cabinet of-' asserted-on" toe 4ve-of his rture for face to fate meet--wlUrRUHtiirTfikelkn Minister Molotov But while his' speech hi Chicago last night was his toughest jret-- as a cabinet officer Marshall tjt er-theleM pledged that 'his sole aim at -next Big Four Foreign Conference in London wfll lte to find a-pound basis to European peace-settlement zoBECtanr omitted any mention of the idea of making peace with Ootwij -without shsw 'girl dg sues efHta fata Ejh DARTMO u-n Three masked menaX pistoL-point stole 120000 in Jewelry' from the former edfo of the late' Damon Riinydn and her young huabadd last -night ini their Palatial Mlshaum point -bomev Richard- Coffnvex-show gHfwhg wag ivraced from the famed newspapermahnuul author related that Mm and her husband wealtbjpNew Btatford Job printer encountered the robbers upon their New-hu SbN mii Lftfkhtr 3obPLJpS Stolen at Des 3Ioi DES MODrES-iP-Keiiqetfa Son- derlriter had a day He repai Me harking lot 'iff a pole The thieves dug It up It away-- I Rescue Of Shipwreck Marooned on Isle 6ffNewfonndlandfor5 Days Fashionable Dartmouth HomeaiidFIeWithaOOOOO JAKE SUCCXSB-VPAiLjeight-na" tlOn sub-committee on-Palestine today formally challenged to authority of' the United Nations In any Btempt to partition foe Holy Land Into separate Arab and Jewish countries -challenge was tartaf Afib Vtawpf to ths 57-nation Paleattoe comutittee of toe general assembly All of this sufab from)' mrinbership I Arab Moslem or both The report wee submitted a a 9-nation sub-committee put toe fln- wen exrlectod to bo ready to da group recommenOed nauh to oaiiiiaf'l dbuvSrs oi run aboard' jurw Elm Street ChurcfeTFafr: Wednesday NotT HALIFAX 8-JP-The British Empire HacCklum rwrt-had begun taking of Jhe ship- Udgleecnif after ordeal jot boing ma Sacred Island-off of -Newfoundland lum Kfo HfTJ TURKEYS )ixw aouaeropf TXfe-u-sz 'JgyS'S-KBSt: 'knk of four ships which plunged through heavy seas toward the island on rescue mbslou reported she arrived at A 1L Ntam staadard time and stood 'by until daylight to taka aboardiha3nwuiffl-jrhr Langjeecrag Jriso wap a British ihipr five days tba sramen---yari- ously -e8tihuitod-jt from 20 to 44 In -Pv ic co and btiffeted by giant bfkrts while their radio opwatpr seM out foratie jMssagefetbultime wm rnn-tog mitj Ontar-wM: lost When the dteptaiMdtBlhi BUZEKTISF serlbed as elsveato' Isnesl la the world sad worth 9MM99 was ratal $S4H -to Jewelry reported stolen- at last ataht-hy- throe from -Mrs' Ikhirl tiapon OfdlfsTtaken how for Thanks- Deliverea ip 2 CStlSi Blais DaityISto5178 6PJtBU IflijL'Daeihs'DpeiiM PM Roast Turkey Suppstv (11.