Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

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II 14 -14 14 13-12 VOLUME XCII IMI IMf in PAGES LEWISTON AUBURN MAINE WEDNESDAY APRIL 1 1953 UST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS TED' Aid i Will orlc For Armistice Based On Chinese Proposal 1 writiv 'i: V-' RhHin mm It iiRRffni 14 hmmmim i suit rtioto ar wuu ITS A FAMILY Mart ha Belle left and Jane Libby right are third generations at Gareelon grandfather the late Fortunat Bellean attended the school and hia sister Miss Eglantine ia the principal father John Libby went to school there and her grandfather Milton Libby waa in the very first class Jacqueline Tardif center had an nncle at Gareelon Gareelon School Days Over 2 Bowtloinlinm Men Missing in Mcrrymccting Search crew were still combing the awltt hlieh water of Mcrrymreting Day this aftfmoon In an rlfort to find two men missing alnre yesterday Koyden Drown 32 and Martin Mitchell 22 a junior at Pawdoin College and both of Itowdolnham aet out yntrrday in a 14-fnot out hoard motorwerrd boat to calher driftwood and Horn! itebrte They have not been heard from since AU Night Chant Guard rrewa nrarrhrd all but night for the pair and this morning the hunt waa pirked up by a private plane Dowdoinham neighbors of the pair and rnidenta of the hay area alao were out Effort were being concentrated in the Brown' Point area where the two men art nut It la understood that the parents of the pair who are not related are down In Florida and that ef forts are being made to locate them High Water Problem for Fishermen SEBAGO LAKE A Bna Ionian was one of the first anglers to pull a salmon from Sebago Lake today as Maine's fishing season opened Elliott Hall's catch weighed lour pounds two ounces He hooked It In Jordan's Bay near the hig lake's mouth -Fishermen found more and an grier water than they wanted In virtually all the streama afferted by the season's opening Those who ventured out to whip the usual habits of trout and salmon found warm and waterproof garb a must Aside from the roistering currents and brimming-over water -els the season dawned with a host of fishing spots technically "open" because the mild winter and early thaw annihilated Ice Spacious populous Sebago Lake in Southern Maine hardly froze over Of all of the State's pools Monsehead Lake the alone appeared shy on water At Greenville the big lake was reported four feet below normal for lack of snow runoff Molotov Wants Korean UN Representation MOSCOW IB Foreign Minister Molotov pledged Soviet assistance today in trying to bring about an armistice In Kara the basis of proposals by Chou En-zd the Chinese premier Molotov's statement was the first official Soviet comment on the lest Korean developments tt ap-seared In tha form of a Foreign lfntetry announcement Isiuad through the official Soviet newi agency Tasa and broadcast by Moscow radio Beade To Help Molotov aald tha Soviet government "recognize the complete Autlce" of the new proposals "and expresses its readiness to folly assist" in realizing them There have been two proposals- one from North Korea forth of sick and wounded pria- uHI1 anoher from Chou or repatriation SL wu- Under £5)pol Prione1 un-return home would be handled by neutrals UN Kepreaea lotion Un Molotov "tangly suggested the Chinese and the North KOieano United Nations He declared this would greatly amtet In aettllng all taauc! of Jho Korean War i-f obvious the U5Sft Intorvdn to continue Its fight for Qtlneae Communist and North Korean representation in thouTlL See MOLOTOV Pace IS Col I Indications Russia Really Means Business By The Associated Press The latest cold war developments strongly suggest that Moscow means business concerning a Korean truce The Kremlin appean to have tumbled to the notion that It has much to gain by an apparent halt In the cold war The developments also suggest that Joseph Stalin lost control of the Soviet government long before he perhaps longer apt than last October when the Soviet Communist party called Us all-important Congress May Bel lev They An Strong The Ideas behind that Comma appear to have been those of the rautioua Georgt Malenkov now Stalin's successor as prim minister Tha words attributed to Stain then reversed Stalin's doctrines in a number of outstanding Instances leaving the Im that much touted "rconom Irma of socialism In the which came out under Stalin'! name just before the party waa written or dlctaU Malenkov Why a truce In Korea? In "eronomic problems of socialism" this view Is attributed to Stalin: la the United States the contest for maximum profits leads I to militarization of the economy If the economy depends upon militarism and thus upon continuing world conflict then Kogea by that premise la a prop to the American economy The same treatise advanced the See INDICATIONS Page 18 Col i p-: i JEi Suff fWna ba Wistb IN THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY the Journal cameraman thought it was about time to burn down City Hall Just like the ma gieian who pulls rabbits out of hats the camera fellow dove for negatives and with a bit of dark room magic came up with this graphic conflagration scene April Fool 1 Closing Brings Buck Memories To Many Folks By KOK O'BRIFV Garccion School goes out of business today 13 223 bright eyed pupil more Intent on April Fool jokes than on history little realized the history they wen helping make today They will always be the "last classes" to attend that school that still Is called by plenty of people in these two cities "the old Davis Corner School1 Its alumni are far flung today All over Lewiston-Auburn "graduate" start remembering when they realize the primary achoorl do on are closing for the last time on pupils this afternoon" "1 went to school here said Its principal Miss Eglantine Bclleau "All my brother and listen did too In those days there wren only two rooms in the school these two that face East Avenue think it was around 1915 or along through there that the two room facing Sabattua Street were added It See SCHOOL Page Col House Turns Down Proposal To Slash Appropriations Bill mr HC' Truce Bid Now Becomes More Convincing WASHINGTON donement of Red Korean Juce bid waa regarded here aa SSfrAuft But officials noted that critical points of a workable armistice plan must still be nailed down government waa reported determined to stand firm on the principle of no forcible repatriation of warprlaonera to the Comma ntets Informants said this is a criu leal point on which the plan put forth for Chinese Communist Pre-niter Chou En-Lal must be spelled out In detail Qrnu'a plan w-aa generally assumed here to have the support of fof Krfn'lin In fact tt had not originated there Some officials speculated that with Joseph sttn ctead and a new boas In Moscow the Chinese Reds might have decided to strike off and reach a pejjfc In Korea on their own This speculation though highly Interesting did not find wide sup-port ww i And -today Soviet Foreign later Molotov pledged his govern ment a support of Chou's plan He went on to add that the Chinese and North Korean Communists should be represented at the United Nations In order to make tt eaidcr to reach an agreement from the In effect a Appropriations hearing department needs Rep Al-bee Senate al-reaily approval bill saying within this House aak "confua- AUGUSTA The House today rejected by a 104 to 37 roll call vote a proposal to cut the $68000000 appropriations bill by about 828000UO bringing the tt tal back to the original sum proposed by Gov Cross Although one speaker called the vote "the acid frit of whether the budget will be reduced" several Appropriations Committee member said the committee's record-size bill still may be mt Item hy tern If the members wish As aomr as the roll call the first of the legislative session completed the House aunched into discussion of a series of amendments to the committee's bill Moat of them were designed' See HOUSE Page Col to cut various amounts total The amendment which would have meant rejection many weeks of work by the Comm'ttee In heads state their was offered yesterday by (R-Portland) The had given preliminary to the committee's Albee quoted Cron as that the State "can live budget" Confuting Snjrs Jacobi Rep Jacobs (R-Aubum) chairman of Appropriations Albee's amendment was Pbsta Sy VhMI LENDING A Little Irene Labbee and John Marcous of junior primary are helping their teacher Mrs Margaret Costello Murphy pack up dan belongings Mrs Murphy is a member of the Gareelon School alumni once went to kindergarten iu the very room where she now teaches Trn Androscoggin Receding at All Points By CIJFT 1IODGMAV The raging Androscoggin River was going down at all points today and barring no tremendous -amount of rain the threat of a recurrence of Saturday's destruction is fading away Paul Bran Union Water Power Co river engineer said this artemoon the river was going down "slowly'' all along its route toilay At 1 pm this afternoon Bran reported the flow at the Gulf Island dam waa 48400 cubic feet a second a far cry Iran Sat Unisys 90000 But this flow is greater than the 2 mark on Monday when the river had dropped to41600 CFSa Bean said he could not See any further danger and the river would continue to return to Its normal banka slowly It would take a lot of rain to do much rising now" he said -Left Kean The raging river Ivit scan In the Twin Cities as well as up country that will long he remembered along with those fearful days of 1936 Today's recorded 1 pm flow of 48400 CFS is a 4100 drop from yesterday's high point See RIVER Page 18 Col 1 Court Costs Bill Approved By Committee AUGUSTA-Payment ef the court costs In Lewiston and Auburn by the county of Androscoggin has been approved by a legislative committee At the present time the twin cities are the only ones In the state which pay the entire expense of their municipal courts In all other communities the salaries of court officials and rental for municipal court quarter are paid by the respective counties The Towns and Counties Committee of the Legislature today reported to Pass" on a bill Tiled by Rep Willi A Traf-ton Jr of Auburn whereby the county will pay the salary of the twice the cleric clerk-hire and $1500 per year In rental for the Auburn court room The committee made the same report on a bill filed by Rep Albert Cote of Lewiston whereby See COURT Page IB Col 7 At Lawyer Says Client Has Only Short Time to Live In Plea at Pardon Hearing mer Lewiston Controller Albert A- Parent has but a short time to live hte attorney said here today as he sought pardon for him Attorney Edward Hudnn of rwteton told Gov Burton Cron and the Council that the 62 year old former City official suffers from IU health as a result of hte Imprisonment and pleas for clemency The medical examinations at the prison show that Parent's life expectancy "la very short" Hut Ion declared He" the Council a tetter Chaplain of the State a pardon No one else spoke for or the pardon petition Parent waa imprisoned of last year after he was in superior court for to defraud the city He thousands of dollars See PARENT Page 8 Col Senate Tables Net Purchase Bill on Care" AUGUSTA The so-called net purchase bin on cam was tabled in the Senate today pending disposition of the biennial appro-iriationa measure now In the louse First Sen Chase (R-Cape Elizabeth) won adoption of an amendment limiting the bill's application to passenger can rather than all motor vehicles The measure would levy the two per cent sales tax on the net or trade-in price of a car rather than the gross aalea price If it covered all motor vehicles it would cut sales' tax revenue about $900000 a year Chase did not tell the Senate the fiscal effect of his amendment limiting the application to passenger can Sen Broggt (R-Sanford) tabled the measure "to ace what happens to the appropriations bill Ike Taber TalkOvcr Cost Gutting WASHINGTON Ul President Eisenhower and Chairman Taber (R-NY) of the House Appropriations Committee today talked over prospects for cutting federal spending Taber and Rep Wigglrsworth (R-Mass) a member of the committee had breakfast with Eisenhower at the White House Asked afterward whether he and Eisenhower were In agreement about the extent of reduction pf spending "We have very much to quarrel about" Asked whether the new administration will be able to trim die $78600000000 budget which former President Truman proposed for the fiscal year starting July 1 Taber smiled and said: The administration If in the process of cutting that now" He declined to speculate to what extend it may be reduced saying "there are two or three big Items they haven't finished reviewing Ike Signs FSABill WASHINGTON (ft-President Elsenhower today signed legislation creating a new Cabinet rank Department of Health Education and Welfare effective April 1L The new department win be headed by Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby now chief of the Federal Security Agency This Is In accordance with Elsenhower's plan to reorganize the FSA and give It Cabinet status The House and Senate each pissed apeclflcmdUitlona approving the reorganization plan Attorney read to lee Page Col from the Prison favoring against June 22 convicted conspiracy had obtained from Churchill Sees New Of Korea Churchill told the -today Cbmmuniat -'itf mm rt r- Cross Asks Highway Coin To Postpone for Final Action Reclassification of Roads Adverse Report on Measure Banning of Comic Books and Magazines Hope Peace Prime Minister House of Common China'! latest proposals "seem to offer a new hope" for ending the Korean War He said the new Chinese formula appears consistent with principles long held by Britain and the United that there should be no forceful repatriation of war prisoners "These developments if not xuted certainly constitute a considerable event" he said "They seem to otter a new hope for the solution of the prisoner-of-war difficulty and for a cessation of the fighting in Korea for which we and our this government and the late one have striven so earnestly and ao king" But Churchill turned thumhs down on any three power talks with Russia now He made clear Britain -wanta to test further tha sincerity of the Soviet eact AUGUSTA JP-Gav Cross today asked the Highway Commission to postpone for two years any final action on reclassil (ration of roads an proponed tow n-by-towi discussions of the controversial plan In conference between state and town official The House accepted the report Milk Control A similar report waa returned by theAgrieultiire Committee on propositi to limit milk control and minimum price setting to the producer level -The unfavorable report was la bled in the House One or the few measures reported favorably waa one cutting from one year to six months the time a divorce seeker must have lee REPORT Page 16 Col 1 Weather In a letter to Commission Chairman Lloyd Morton Cross by Implication gave up for the present hte recommendation that son 2500 miles of state-aid road be even hack to the cities and towns i maintain Pierre Oppmltioa The plan has met fierce opposition in the Legislature although Cross has said repeatedly that the overall plan is designed only to relieve a state administrative burden and probably wouldn't cost the municipalities more for roads than they pay now Several bills to curb or ev abandon reclassification are pending in the Legislature The Mite drew strong support In public hearings although numerous speakers suggested study of the plan for two mors yean fee ROAD Page IB Col 7 AUGUSTA JP-A bin outlawing "block tales" of comic books magazines and other publications to retailers got an adverse' report from a legislative committee today Rep Seth Iow'a measure provides fines up to $50U() as much as a year In prison or both for any distributor forcing a retailer "to take all or certain groups" of such publications Low a Rockland bookseller cla'mrd at a committee hearing that retailers have to buy Indecent smutty literature In order to get the hooka and magazines they want to sell Sen Broggt (R-Sanford) who la a distributor aald that wasn't so The Business Legislation Committee reported that the MU not to pass" Weather forecast for Lewiston and vicinity: Partly cloudy wd cool tonight A-ith a low tern wrature of 35 legrees Showers md cooler tomorrow with a high tempera ture of 48 Gentle southerly wlnda tonight becoming moderate southeasterly tomorrow Lowest overnight temperatures Lewiston 34 Caribou 36 Eastport 38 Grrrnvillt 36 Old Town 4Z Rumford 3d Portland 39 Mt Washington 27 Concord 36 Boa-ton 37 New York 45 Washington 47 Miami 59 Chicago 40 New Orleans 70 Denver 36 Lot Angeles 49 Halifax 39 Montreal 42 not by Wiriws LAST PUPIL Because David Ramicb Grove Ave has to tha bna" to school he won the unique honor of being the laat pupil on the last day of Gareelon School SORRY! we will be CLOSED this week-end on account of flood For Your Easter Shopping Convenience will ba OPEN Friday Night 195 19 BAIN or SHINE 1 COATS 5 Beautiful Styles and Materials 110 Lisbon SL Lew Tha Office of DR ROBERT A FROST Win Ba Closed Prom April 1 through April 12 IMS George Rosa Ice Cream Order Ahead For Easter Individual Chocolate and Vanilla ICE CREAM BUNNIES ALSO LILIES foe EACH Dm SL Tal 54889 Law Open For Business Live Balt and Worms BOB'S Tackle Shop 41 Nawbury St Auburn I I.