Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

State Chat 1 On raft VOLUME LXXXVtl 18 LEWISTON-AUBURN MAINE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3 1947 LAgT EDITION PfilCE FIVE CENTS jMissing Brow ne Car Key To Murder Solution Arms 4050000 In Russia Men House Nation-Wide Search For Rockland Sedan uiaeti Is-Told 13 Dead 40 Injured When Paris To Lille Is Derailed Clash in Border Area Linking Tel Aviv And City of Jaffa JERUSALEM -JP-Arabs and Jews fought with gun grenade knives and fire today' in the no-man's land between Tel" AviV and Jaffa and the number killed since dawn yesterday in riots ova the partition of Palestine was unofficially reported increased to 25 Jerusalem was relatively quiet' although' smoke still rose from fires kindled yesterday by Arabs start- ins a thrds-day strike throughout Palestine in protest to the united Nations dednon to carve up the HqIVTarad' The Associated Press's unofficial count showed 12 -Jews and Arabs killed although the Sr listed casualties showed but ewa and five Afabs slain aid know" arid will -not know for several days the extent of casualties Hundred were wounded Forty Jews and 20 Arabs were hospjtalixed with injuries up to noon nut the Arabs took most of their wounded to houses rather than hospital Tight cufews were imposed in some area An informant id Tel Aviv arid the Arab death toll In to battle between there and Jaffa be heavy-" First casualties from the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area were two members of Hagan the Jewish defense fore killed and four others and a uniformed Jewish policeman wounded A Jewish physician was reported slain and his companion was wounded Arab and Jewish forces surged back and forth serosa the boon' between all-Jewish Tel Aviv See PALESTINE tage 11 CoL I Whed Rep- Eaton- (R-NJ) before the rules committee to get right-of-way for the debate tomorrow Rep Cox (D-Ge) a rufes nrmrrmitim memba asked- him: "What could stop Russia from in 24 stop ova ell' of Pas-de-Calais district to the scene who hurried The prefect said that up to 10 AJI1 (4 AJI EST) IS bodies had WASHINGTON- JP -The Foreign Affairs Committee prompt action an $50501 Stop-Communion aid for and Chita said today Russia has 4050J)00 Rouse In a formal report' to the committee said this the Rous estimate strength of Russian military given it by timWar Dartment during consideration of foreignaid tegjglatkxu House debate on tiie committee bill la to begin tomorrow with a vote likely early next week The Senate has passed a 95978008Q0 bill far aid to France Itav add Austri as requested by the hounT a thing" Eaton to craqua the wor tertod Infiltration or bf force of ml He said he believa Russia desires to delay vraetual conquest by arms as long as pooible Prompt Aettan Needed Eaton said there is practical revolution going on" in France now aid said prompt enactmeptlgco AID Page The Foreign said eight have and security faces of free 2875005 tal 2879805 forces in Europe 7 flic 115000 armed 255000 in tills Soviet? a clear ARRAS-JP-At least 13 persons were killed and approximately 40 Injured today when a passenger train en route from Paris to Lille was derailed near hwe in a disaster blamed by some government officials on saboteurs In mid-morning' almost eight hours after the derailment rescue workers still were digging through the splintered wreckage in search of more victims and It was feared the casualty toll might go higher The derailment was the most serious of a number of wrecks which have occufretT oil French railways over which trains been running in defiance of a recent general strike call issued by the Communist inated Confederation of Labor (CGT) Figures oir the casualties in this derailment which occurred a few miles south of Arras iupiiMOnr4Slowing removed from the wreckage The prefecture said it had not definitely determined whether the dislocation of the tracks was deliberate The eraah occurred at about SAJI The locomotive tender and four Coaches of the train which left Paris at about 10 o'clock last night were strewn over the rifjlH of way In indescribable confusion blocking traffic in both directions Railway officials said the line would be tied up indefinitely The prefecture said the train was down in preparation for a stop at Arras when the accident occurred otherwise the wreck might nave been even worse Arras is about 120 miles north of Paris and about 20 miles south of Lille- Brewster Suggests Train Volunteers For Palestine Duty Crowded Classes Menace In Maine Granger- Told PORTLAND-iP-The united States Mould train voluntea forces immediately fir United Nations Security jCouncil duty in Palestine Senator Brewster (R-Me) said today "BWiwtai hiwh-Ahe: vdhnvi tea group trained as a meclsl seg-t of toe tt 8 regula army There is a feeling in Congress fer the immediate preparation of a security fores a foreign legion -for action lathe MMdle East" the Senator mid in an interview While earqute from Washington to ga where he erill address the Maine is the immediate Ppfwtuf nld disorders from United Nstionspertitionof the Holy Land continued between Arabs BULLETIN BANGOR The satire state of Maine State Orange efltoers was re-elected fertwe yean teday taetadtaf Carrell Bin ef Aessta Master: Lewie Geptifl ef Berwick everseeif-Cbarlcs Whiter ef Wtalhrep treasurer Mr Nellie Heaedl ef AekerdOeeretary- By BALPH WHRTUM BANGOR Overcrowded classrooms are a serious menace to education in Maine Harland A Ladd State Commissioner of Education nld In an address before the Maine State Gnnge here Wednesday afternoon as he urged individual members to investigate school conditions in their own communities Pointing in school i birth ntes ted increases due to targer tee past few ysan fem must be while then approached is still time us be time to prepare' have only our own inactivity to blame if catastrophe overtakes of mate education Is successful in dealing only with common needs and Ladd explained However when individual gaps and difficulties an not discovered and met It breaks down to the end that the child's understanding suffer his whole growth pattern is impaired and -ne becomes See ORANGE Page 13 CoL 1 Philip a special investigator fee the State Attorney Der today appealed- to all an twe Maine Cen-wbe dnve Wlscasset mni 329 Thanksgiving eve to affletata Wheeler declared these perrons nay be able to effa vuluubte mfanautim In the marda Investigation BY HAL GOSSEL1N WISCASSET Maine's most baffling murder ease in recent years was no nearer solution today as authorities admitted they must find the 1940 maroon Stude baker Wheel- driven by victim Rene Brown 25 of Rockland In orda to have definite clues as to the identity of his murderer A nation-wide search for Browne's automobile was underway and all and puking lots In the New states wen being checked as yet to nd avail All the-Investigators one talked to today declared if we could find that -ear We probably '( get fingerprints from it and this would give us definite clues but now we have nothing concrete to The esse is the most mysterious in Maine since the 1931 murder of John Penney at his filling station on Minot Avenue Au slayer has neva found: Browne who was en ou te to spend Thanksgiving das with his motha and sister at South -Pbrt-land whetrlurwa slain Thanksgiving eve struggled fiercely boon he met his death authorities told yesterday by two Maine tral Transportation Companj driver One of the driven told investigates he saw two -men fighting on the hide of the car and another standing nearby See RRQWNE Page 9 CdL Seek Legal Way to Trap Communists purchasers of stock by requiring data to be filed with the securities and exchange commission In addition the Californian said he favors a requirement that the Justice Department publish at regular intervals names of -and-izatton determinedby the rBIM be Red front Before committee are various bills to outlaw the Communist partly But Nixon said he these represent -an oversimplifies tint of the program" that outlawing the party would not be ef-way to -eombat Communism So for axposuxe has beaa the-maln emspon the un-American -Aetivities Committee has used against Con-nhmist Nixon said he and many otha members Of Gongresf now are is not enough thst to pass some law foe the next voting large sums of money for stopping Coni' munism-in Europe also con stag and See LEGISLATION Pit 11 CoL Molotov On Treaty Backs Down elmeted Men Alert as Strike Bill Debated PARIS-ff-Five thousand steel kdmeted police and mobile guhrdi were stationed around the Chamber of the National Assembly to-' day" while body continued debate on the five-section strike control bill two sections of which were newly approved Official reports that saboteurs caused a fatal train wreck on the Faris-Lille line sped the indorsement of the first two sections dealing with sabotage and agitators The guards were placed about the assembly chamber before session opened It waa the first time police had worn helmets during the current wave of disorders The Champs Ely see was blocked off at Place Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Rond -vPoint) and in the Place Concorde The deputies were told that sari unbolted sections oftrack thus 1 derailed a mail train Arras shortly after midnight railway official said 12 persons killed -1 After acting on the hwr-sbortly before 9 AM 43 EST) the assembly recessed a session which had continued through- to act on the last three parts of a- five-section anti-strike law demanded by Premier Robert Schu- FRANCE Page 1 Col I Lie Plans Visit 7a Palestine "LAKE'S UCC ESS -JP- Secretary-General Trygve Lie said today that he -planncd to visit Palestine and atthe same time announced me tment of Ralph unc he vise partitioning of the Holy Land Lie said he could stay In Palestine a short time" He there on a trip that wil Europe early in January to survey prospects for holding the 1948 session of the general assembly somewhere In Europe Lie at his weekly news conference also announced the appointment of Victor Hoo of China an assistant secretary-general as head of the Korean Independence Commimion set up by the recently adjourned 1947 aammbly cession (Bunche who will head the aecte-VAfbt attached by the UN to the par-Titian overseer group is an American Negro who formerly worked for the State Department Hoo said he planned to leave for Korea early in January and let up a secretariat staff -of 20 to 25 persons The commission waa delegated to supervise national elections and the establishment of an independent government- for Korea but it will Sea LIE Page II Col planned to i intake him i Chicago Wheat for 4th Drops JWbefct prices on the Chicago board a I trade today dropped foe the fourth conaecuuve day Wheat for December delivery dosed at $319-1320 Saturday a 80-year record Since that tiro however it has declined steadily and at the end of the first hour's trading today wag-quoted at 9308 Absence of government buying and rains in the southwest wheat area were facials In a drop of 2 to 8 cent today Corn and oats were atko fewer December com was down tt-lK mt to $385tt Oats were-JwerJDecember 91-23 Tn New York top grade butter mMfjr IW MHlri PtM weighted price Index of 35 com-resterday- hit- a new all- -of 20587 compered witl base of 105 All-tlme recon -for steers we paid -yester-in Omaha and Chicago In Oma-20 head of prime steers brought $3T hundred pound while in Chicago a feed ad4tric0y''1 Choice mas arete 93550 hundred Pound COttonfinareewere easy-m early itfUim New York today The Chicago hog market waa steady and eggs quotations -hi Chi mixed Weather Weather forecast tar-Lewiston and vicinity: Cloudy and mild tonight light 30 degrees highest Thursday 45: Increasing southerly rinds Thursday Lowest over night teamen tuns: Lewiston 32 Esstport 35 Greenville 27 Bangor 30 Rumford 25 Portland ALMANAC Sqm rises AST AM: seta 4 PJt Length of day 9 In 3 min Days decrease 9 hi 30 min Moon last quarter- Th urda Brockton Mother of Three Held In Slaying of New Bom rin 1945 of the legislation would neip sustain the morale of the people of France Italy: Austria and otha European nations resisting the spread of Communism Affairs Committee Soviet satellite states 1421800-men In their armies force while ground European states total including American including Ami united States has men in Europe and country the report' said and definite- policy men- topreyent CoL 0 Horseman Held In Default Carroll Smith 57 Topahuin veteran Maine horseman was declared in default in Lewiston Municipal Court Wednesday when chareed with cruelty to animals Involving his hone wriWmown paca Judge Adrian A Cow said default would be declared off should the man appear Da 13 The court stated after being informed by County- Attorney A Martin ttuit iomt sort of civil action wasoending in the matte thst bearing mould be postponed until a matter Involving an alleged feed bill has been -settled In a warrant issued upon the complaint of H- Wheda chargea that tiie respondent deprived Plain-field of sustenance' tt was -Hr-duty to provide from Nov 10 until Dec Smith fatha of Maine's only woman harness race driva has been fairgrounds of which Wheeler tt caretska Patrolman Roga WhltinKne of the Maine- State Police arrested smith at Brunswick Tuesday Italian Reds Denounce Die Gasperi Its party roundly denoum AMde De Gasperi tod dared that for him to ROME-JP-The Italian Communist denounced Premier today and de- to keep on barring leftists from his cabinet was a to disorder and civil war" In a lengthy communique issued after a two-day meeting the Communist charged thkt tt would be an fact of open hostility" against workers and intellectuals for the premia sain to ignore the leftists in broadening his cabinet and would mean a division of the nation it called for a nationwide front" to fight De Gasperi Wt in the communique which De Gaaperi'a middle-of-the-road Christian Donocrat party a die-iTtatoamp faeeklng to enslave Italy to the foreigna- was a warning mat the Communists have no intention of abandoning their three-weeks-old war of nerves of the government merited by stiR-eentiauiM strike demonstrations and political violence -The Communists dismissed temptupudy tiie reported efforte br De to broaden his cab Whig of thcjSoclriift party- The Communist! want some their members and members of pro-Communist wing of the Socialist party Included ip the' eubmet from which leftite "wara excluded left lists fraternal and fervent appeal to ell sincere democrats faithful to the traditions pftoe struggle for liberation (from Fascism end the Nazis) to unite to op-the attempt to eateblishja Italy dictatorship of toe Christian i regime of ar-frogance corruption soda conserve? violence and ensla vein joreigna" the com mi eontributiiig to this uncertainty has been the nwtleas Tuesday The proqiect of a consumer demancT for mat resulting from a maafiew day canu palgn- has perhaps Influenced the to market animals at 'lighter weight and callow than usuaL Insofar as the meatless day cam-preant it has paign has influenced the livestock inarketing txehd thorn Uurketed at heavy TBAGE-KDE WABOUSESPACfe AvriiaKio Booil BaTTBS Sun-Jouritel GivlngtoteM'Requireuiente WASHINGTON JP-A hunt for methods of setting legal traps for Communists got unda way in Congress today Rep Nixon (R-Calif) said possibility is compulsory registration of all Communists as agent of a foreign government Nixon predicted action at the regular session beginning in -January on some kind of legislation to stem' Communism in Amato He to chairman of a House un-Ameri-1 Activities Subcommittee together today -4e-for gw right kind of Seek PabUeity 1 titink Nixon told wter -that we should consida gislstion which fa some way would require Communist front TSV would be'entered'for0 hep that might be done ES srssss -1 heeringf protection to potential i 1 1 4 ex til S-year-ipted to of a new-born Illegitimate da lighter in 1945 but her husband jumped up In court to enter a plea of innocence for her Police said remone and1 fear that grew1 over a period of three yean had led Mr Eleanor MacDonald mother of three other ehildrenvol-unttrily to confess slayin 4 he baby District Court Judge William- Rowe ordered her held without bail for a hearing Jan 7 on a charge of murder and set MOO Ml on a of concealing a body Egyptian Student Mob Berates CA1RO-JP-A crowd of approximately 300 students assembled in front of tiie United States embassy today shouting- with' America" and throwing stones si American photographers who tried to take pictures from the roof of tiie building Tlta Mutante forced thelr way Rirough reinforced police lfori to rtach the street before toe Hritiih and American embaasic After houti with England" be fore screamed British denunciations The demonstration be a double-barreled both at American support estine partition and toe of British troopsra tiie al son No damage a wen reported Ealia tar end for' evacuation of Brittth troops from the Sues canal aond mingled with protests against the United States and Busfta aeEgyp-tian demonstrations against toe United Nations decision to petition Palestine continued for toe third day Police shunted the dft-mstrators into aide streets without violence The crowd reformed headed for toe home of toe Wafdist leader See CAIRO Page 12 CoL 1 Truman Arrives Florida KEY WIST Fls-JP-PresidMrt Truman arrived by plane atthe Boca phm naval air ban six mute norin-others at 1 Jt (ESP tody for a five-day vacation md gne at two towns on the outer run of the Uj Truman left Waehfagton at 512 AJCta frtoi rihri srith the Sun ary officers and hand tw greet Tta wai quickly drivno' too eight and one-half mllea from the base to the navy submarine base hoe over the Roosevelt boulevard- Mr Truman will highlight jtia trip rfgRWeayaJi He from hteplan' the Sacred Cow carrying a eana and-weuing hla usual gray suit Sea TRUMAN Pagell COL 8 SANTA AND THE GOOD BOY Hu 'adventure ef Santa Ctaui and rood To ffeyyi titey entwil the wlekad Mr 8taekfadeah and to fenrn aR rt wilt be retated -te etory and written kr few whtoh wtosppea In flte Lawk ton Bvenlng Jrarmd The first inetalbnenl ef Christmas tela wlU he pal Jn-the Journal tarw" and -ethers wm he day (hereafter antll Chrttt- Jr- 18 SHOPPING DATS TO CHRISTMAS and Jew" But audi a security force would be ready should then by any otha need for it" He expressed belief that Rumia would respond with troops if Jews in Palestine asked for help and the Decuritj Council was not ready to eould ibjeet to stepping in at such a time" -he declared The Jewish War Veteran Brew stergald has offered to direct recruiting at voluntea forces for possible duty in Palestine Brewster said he did not believe there be actual ventkm In Palestine by the boring Arab countrim because have go agonised fate" but that will be sporadic rsM1 Still Seek Witnesses In Treason-Case WASHINGTON- JP -The Justice Deportment said today tt will "promptiy" proseeute Americsn-born Iva ncuko Tbguri Aquino for treason if tt can and witnesses to say she made wartime propaganda' broadcasts from Tokyo to GFs the Pacific Mr Aquino tits department said in a statement has sometime been called Rose" air tt hss ho evidence that name The statement she had broadcast as Am" Gantinea Saareh 'The department explained that two witnofea to any alleged act ere required for a treason conviction A two-ymr search has tajto'i tiy thejriteeme the C8P8rou80888gQa 8QQlDSe 'tiuch investisation is however mod the no oStefnedTtiui actnal Aquino or recognised her while receiving tiie programs broadcast by ha era requested to communicate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation-" Mr Aquino 3l is currently applying tor a passport to returnfwm Yokoham a to heriative Las Angela See TREASON WOOL 7 Slhe production Js re-from toe -fact that some wtH -mirfsitnmiiT cattiq which would nonnrily have been onfoed a lot fenmare also cold fa langhta now in- TWhat ara tha differenea in tiw and tha-past few The ussra into befound In toe frriton whlch kd the government to uril for fewer meat i lmateUngA (J) A much pbr Of food mfo ttaeto BLTha-hlgh price of arid (I) Foma talntiras to-future livestock sad it-prk Cut In Spending TaxesAnd P- Ruarian Molotov the Big Four jxnrars ition- of a Garman for two month but down on the proposal at feast: temporarily The Soviet spoke at the Foreign Minister Sion that the united State "ta! Great Britain arid France agree that all' proposals for- preparation of a peace treaty be based upon taken rime Yalta and CQnfferoicMi Ha that the four fovern-it to the council their propoaris for a basis of a German mca treaty within two month RMsett Objects French ForOUte Minister Georges Bkteult just beck from conferences in Paris with -top French official interposed-ru prompt objection He trill the couneil it already had On anda many of thcismes ea- to a Germain treatyvihat they had hem dhmaslng them and that lt wlnsd to accept Molotov'S proposal the council rmigbt just well -go home American Ufonnants and official Brttiahj aourcea said Molotov withdrew ols proposal French informants arid tt remained before the after agreement on pifaia tt the whole question of setting up procedure for a Gemm peaoa treaty Includtng the question at a peace conference would bo tt tat to their dnutia John Foster Dulls Republican to Secretary at State to go to Paris I SeeRIG'FOD'R Page 11 CoL 1 otha which NEW YORK JP Earl Bunting president of National Association maaufeeturer today calUd for Increased productivity 'emergfcncy foreign relief in goods not dollar and reductions Government spending and income taxe His program he said would the administration's proposal to' establish a police static in Amer-tea would assure maintenance of the American living -Andafd and would make possible for-aid Iso asked labor -feeders to demands for general wage Eat More See MOTHER Page 13 CoL 4 Increases without Increases la-pro? duetivity except in eases of gross inequltto feaffier-boddlng rules should be set said as well a "all restrictions mi individual productivity not emential to employe' safety American industry which more than 2800 mdustrislists from all ova the country to the Waldorf-Astoria for athree dor session See NAM Page Col 4 tion goes Up Tt also te the of the yea when appetites for mat tend lo grow shaipa because cblda WCfitoa Meat productjoA by Federally-ln spected slaughterers was running less than 300800X00 pound-a wok when the meatless Tuesdanr' cam-puigirwas started Now if is averaging ana pro The bulk of this increase -is moving directly into consumption As is the rase normally some of the seasonal increase is going into cold TV Venetian Blinds Alia TO DATS Cote Champagne ua-shawAut st uewiargn Than Before Meatless'! market the pint few Men bent on amjywogo in te contained storsfa'taiSTijg'srtan suppltes down Some of the efesssr in meat euliarmuketing of livestock par-ticulariy hogtoan baa been toe intbe past few-year In 's nffects eentinf to of tiils Department WASHlNGtoN-JP-Americana eating more- meat now' than they "Twere two months ago when the government called upon them to eat lea by observing mcetiess Tuesday This does not necessarily- risen y0weva that the racattess day campaign is failing to achieve its principal- a reduaticn in the feeding of min to livestock So Normal mcresaa Tliigdb-the season of the yen when livestock marketing normally Increases and when meat prodife- NOTICE-- 2 Oor plAnt TrBtbordoMd Thurtojf tenxooxv out reapeetfor thnlatc LORIMER TkAFTON Gity-FOr Years To Coma BedroomSets 4 DATS BEDDING CCL 190 Ttirna -Alibi' 467-W DAVIS JGILGGOii.