Fitchburg Sentinel from Fitchburg, Massachusetts • Page 1

E3TABU3HED FITCHBURG, MONDAY: MAftCH A Of Experts Snowfall 97.5Inches To Rain WilOuiBUst Two flf HWW fcUowtd and rain tetatrd a-owfalT the most ttviag uC :0 tbt 0W season hew last night aai early this; Table mvwfaU ban this win- To 4 Werkmen Factory'! Ruins OMnbed For 2 Two Bodiw Diacovered iU 4 MtcUnf objectipn that it would difficult, if not ira- poatibk, to fet a local commit-! this forenoon quickly MSMdM ditiont, The storm which started yesterday Inchts and set up minimum and mum salariea with annual of now had November total Nerember average Dee. Dae. 7-1 Dec. 19-11 to and favortism Lester L. today SSiaKtotal that the reclaaufication shall be eftton wl faches average pTWlOUS Of UMSnM IW flOJlff DV Jan 2 A to -A i entile winter of IM5-1946 and I of Boston, cn-t tjifc, 6-7 gineers, who are now jj toch I J)ML ing a similar survey at 0 November through Apnl in the'Jan.

17-18 hospital. last quarter century. OJW This concern, which has made a Freezing rain was observed during 11 Jan. 21 potieiea and administration of the ital and is now completing the work of evaluating all jobs and establishing salaries with annual increases, appears to have the confidence of the mayor and hospital as the mercury hovered from freezing point to a maximum of J4 degrees. The slush froze harder during the night and officials searched the ruins a plastics iactory today for two imen missing and believed killed in a 4 00 i Saturday night explosion took i two other lives and injured 20, five critically.

Hie bodies of two workmen charred so badly they could not be 12.00 identified immediately, were re- 31.00"moved from the wreiage of the In- nS jteriake Chemical two-story Dewey Adherents Expect 5JO Instate Ftotiet Lt DaSei Murphy! Governor Of N. Y. To Get 7.09 said a check of hospitals and families 1 See Only Upset At N.H. Primary Offering Trend Bird In Hand Worth $20 of all Vcnonj employed at the plant the missing and possibly dead Jan. 24-25 January total January average 15J8 3.00 ISO 5.03 0.50 6 JO Auburndale.

were: William Brushingham, 52 of 34.00 5 -J mum of 30 degrees andthis awukT vi me utmjw thsitees," Mr. said. "Since they public works crews had; to sand most already in the city it of the city's streets as a safety meas- seem to be wise to take advantage of the fact and if possible engage them to da this job which has long bean contemplated sod which' nearly everyone I talk to, including em- ployes, are in favor of." Mr. Foss pointed out that knowl- ore. Traffic moved at a snail's pace early today and many motorists found it impossible to travel on some of the hill streets until after sanding February total ...20.50 February average 16.06 that such a survey is to be made, with jobs evaluated and mini- mom and' maximum salaries set for' -38 trucks had passed.

an inch in melted snow and Feb. 13-14 Feb. 21 March 2 8.50 of the survivors 1 Of States 8 Delegates WASHINGTON, March 8 Politicians agree that unless New Hampshire's pre season primary brings an upset tomorrow in the Dewey-Stassen contest it probably won't scratch the surface of the GOP presidential race. Forces- of Gov. Thomas E.

Dewey of "Makalot" plastic dishes of Ntw York contending that and novelties a seared mass of gird- ifj, et of the ers and heavy machinery piled eight, state's eight delegates. feet deep. Backers of former Gov. Harold Fire Chief B. A.

Neal said most E. Stassea of Minnesota claim their Louis Scalzi, 23, of Watertown. Nicholas Raimondi, of Waltham. Albert L. Qulnlan, 48, of Newton.

candidate will get up to five. i i vf rr 4 100 blown clear of the building and that Yet an outsider or two might edge March 7 2.0QJsome were shot 50 feet in the air in play entirely away March total'to date 11.50; and 75 to 100 feet away from the iV March average 8.89 Season's total 97.50, building. from both of them, Charles Tobey, son of the senator, is running as a backer of Senator Arthur Vandenberg (Mich). WantDisaisswB Of Stalin ftwty Held At Moscow T-- Sentinel weather station. jSesson's average 5 i lowed, the chief added, by a roaring considerbale influence on for the month totals April average 3i28 fire which immediately enveloped which the council might take on the Boston factory.

It was fol- Also a couple of atdl are bird undej ms CQat he Jeft for work on Basic Agreement Beached In At Brussels; De GauUeAsks U. S. Aid HELSINKI, March 8 cabinet decided to- day'to begin negotiations with Soviet Russia, a member of the government reported. Finland is suggesting that the talks be held in Moscow. No decision was announced on the makeup of the delegation that will go to the Russian capital to carry on negotiations for the treaty of cooperation sought by Prime Minister Stalin.

The cabinet member who available this iniormstion said he Mrs. Joseph Ardanowski of Detroit, holds homing could not disclose whether Finland pigeon and $20 bill which her husband dispatched to her via the, is advising Stalm she it ready to bird so she could do some shopping. The husband, Joe. tucked salary increase petitions which it see no serious obstacle in the wav such a survey. Mr.

Foss said he had met with the objection that there! might be an employe "whose present salary would be in excess of what might be considered a fair maximum for the job. "In such cases," Mr. ax Rate Seen Possible At Lunenburg I even though the'maximum for the job might be less." jMr. Foss said he had also learned la many cases where such a plain has been carried out length of service has bean compensated by Selectman, C. Barney Defeats Col.

T. G. Tousey 87 158 LUNENBURG, March 8. Local residents at the annual town meet- ARC Campaign Quota By March 31 All Pledges Will Not Be In At Meeting Tonight But Other Returns Assured the building. Neal estimated damage at 'about $150,000." exit from the contest.

Whatever happens, the governor and the former governor will do it all over again in Wisconsin on April 6. But in that race Dewey and Stas- 25, said through burned lips: "I still don't know what happened. There was no warning, like a rumbling or anything like that. Just a terrific noise. The side of the office blew out.

I found myself on the floor and crawled outside. don't know what caused the explosion. Perhaps it was plastic dust." Mrs. Ruth Melanson, a nurse who i aided in getting the injured to hospitals, said she was reminded of the Cocoanut Grove night club blaze his wife he'd send the shopping money. Although Fitchburg Chapter, Cross, and its bran-j Boston ialM2 wheanearljt 500 per-j time in this year's campaign.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur hasn't said so in so many words whether he will or accept the nomination, but his name has been entered in the Wisconsin contest. President Truman is alone on ihe Democratic side of the New Hampshire voting. Elsewhere, however, the firing touched off by the chief executive's rights program raged unabated, more southerners joined the umm resjuenui nfc uic i i i loager vacations. "Under the present tag here Saturday voted favorably wilt not reaEw their sons perished, parade of DixieDemocrats Ka said, "employes who totaling inthe 1M8 fund drive which "From the of the inking that Mr.

Truman give way to Electrical Power Buoy Slashed 20 P. C. Used In Rescue In Drought Area tittad to two weeks- vacation with pay. If the new system was set up employes having 10 years of service instance, might be given a three- tonight Bartow to man of the campaign con- 'week vacatson and those with 20 or 'frwsrs of service could be given I year." Mr Foss smid Out he hopes to 1 more definite information lg a 'f- cemiDg bis proposal at the last y. iaeeting of the finance committee i Salaries I (ConHmMd aa Six) die construction of a proposed eight- room school.

The remainder of the funds for the $100,000 school project drawn from available cash So. Asliburnham JT illCU total appropriations are an the sum of greatest figures were removal Of- fidence that the goal will be met by building. the end of the month although it may be by a narrow margin. other nominee, Democratic blown right tmough a ont i Chairman McGrath issued When 1 got "here meni, statement denying "rumors" that were scattered all over 'he place." he and Executive Director Gael A nearby resident, Alan Morley, Sullivan plan to resign. toward military pact as well as a friendship agreement.

This reserve likely was due the desire not to reveal the con. tents of President Jubo Paasikivi's letter to Stalin before the Russian leader receives it. The cabinet met with Paasikivi for 90 minutes today. In approving the negotiations, the cabinet and president followed the of Finland's six parlia- jmtntary groups. The majority of 'these favored with the Coast Guardsmen wu Ae propo-al Sailors from Stranded) originated with Prime Minister Mntnrahin Of StaJin snd becom matter of Motortnip uti CT.

inicr iprestige Anothtr WM the Finng jfeJt it is necessary at least to meet MOREHEAD CITY, N. March Russians to get more detailed 8. Coast guardsmen today puned 21 crewmen along breeches buoy to safety from the stranded Motorship Norfolk. The red-eyed seamen had spent of ve was ex- By Th Across Europe, five democrscm welding together a bulwark a sleepless night aboard the stricken the i url spread of Com. Final reports will be given at a 45, said the heat was "so intense McGrath called these rumors dinner-meeting to be held at that I couldn't get within 150 feet "port of a- plan to confuse and de- o'clock tonight in Guild hall, Christ the plant" church parish house.

stroy the confidence of Democrats "The place was blazJig like a pine in their leadership." Stating that the committee was as-' cone. Men were running around i The party chairman's statement sured the residential and special: with most of their clothing buraedj took specific issue with a broadcast gifts divisions would meet their i ff. Some of them seamed by Drew Pearson. The radio corn- quotas, Mr. Kelly said that returns They couldn't seem to understand' mentator had said that both Mc- Bcials estimate that the from industry, special groups in-'.

direction. I led some ty the hand Grath and Sultan would like to appropriations may mean a $10 boost i clubs and organizations, and to truck to take them to a hos- quit because "no president has ever in the current $40 tax rate. retail divisions -were delaying, Article 69 "to if the town will i the windup of the drive. vote to instruct the proper town offi- The chairman pointed out thet permission for the town to sell to i -national firms and that their I Russell W. Gray for the sum of $250 contribution hsd to come from the 2 Women Slain 1T .1.

Aurele now owned by tile town and'jjjjin office thgt organizations usually. iH 111(10 villllifll fXeSlllt i by it for park purposes on the voted their contributions at sched- north shore of Lake Whalom, adja- meetings which did not always cent to property owned by said within the days assigned to the WM unanimously defeated. ve; i manv A KK. rnl A vacation with pay for industry had not started its solidta- faaw JJ. (town employes was approved and tion of employes for various reasons.

was sppropriated for that p-- up and promoting a lottery. The arraignment of the South Ashburnham resident, owner of the Hub cafe, followed a raid by state police officers and Chief Frank S. Braroan of Ashburnhmm, late Satur- 1 Brammn told Judge A. Z. Goodfallow that he and the state potke offkers in charge of Corp.

Frank W. Geist of the Shirley bar- PARIS, March 8. W-A French An evidence of the vital impor- communique from Saigon announced tance of the Red Crow to community i L0iivc Va A committee composed of gold star jjf was graphically illustrated todsy mothers and representatives from the veteran organizations, their auxiliaries and other civic organizations were suggested to make plans for erecting a memorial to veterans of all wars of town, Total appropriatiobs were noted as follows: schools, $77350; police, $6000; fire department, $8500; welfare, $6500; highways, $3000; snow racks, risited the Hub cafe rs old age when the local chapter received official notification that the Massachu- blood progra mhat been trans- from the sponsorship of the state department of health to the American Red Cross according to announcement made by R. 0. Purves, vice-president of the Red Cross and manager of the North Atlantic area he slaying of two American employed at the U.

S. consulate genera! in Indo-China. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 per cent slash in the use of electrical power by drought stricken northern California farms, industries and 1 commercial establishments went into effect today. The-curtaiteent was watched "over by a 500-man patrol force established by the Pacific Gat and Electric Co. to spy out violations.

The PGE is empowered to halt service to violators. Cattlemen said breeding stock was being butchered or shipped out of the state And gloomily declared it would take, years to build up the herds aagin. Fruit and nut growers said whole orchards may be destroyed by lack of water so that not only this year's crop will be lost but future ones as well. The weather forecast continues a monotonous: "Clear today, tonight and tomorrow." Welcome At N.Y. Given De Valera, i because of darkness and heavy seas 000 reparations, lease Hango.pe- a I fill the ship's electrician, who ninsula in southwest Finland at a JT 1(1118 A VFU.A i naval base, and cede to Russia the (volunteered to be first, was wpi the PeUamo area 'from a rescue line and dashed under and along the eastern boundary.

NEW YORK, March 8 guard boat He Charles Gaulle asked U. S. WASHINGTON, American-born Eamon de Valera. WM aboard help, including aid in the defense lost so much ground in four weeks as Harry Truman." As for another Democratic "rumor," Rep. Rains said in his home town of Gadsden, over that the vessel.

All rescued men were re- murusm. Great Britain, ported in good condition, um Holland, and Luxembourg Seas were stifl heavy near Buoy "anc a mile and a half from nearby Beau- principles for a 50-year treaty, ifort inlet, where the Norfolk was Finland's fateful decision UuVinn a er the cabinet met for hour and leaking. and a half today. The cabinet mem- i One crewman hsd been rescued be not Finland late yesterday. would tell Russia sie is ready to Macon ta aoout military pact.

The majority in parliament has advised against a military link. Finland has been pretty veil at- Russia's mercy since losing two wars to the Soviet Union since 1939. Peace Lifeboats from the Fort and Cape Lookout coast guard sta- tiona brought the men to Fort Macon. i within 60 days. "And," Rains added, "there is a Americans 5trong fMllng to that! Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower will! accept the Democratic civil fight moved to the House with the GOP i The bodies of the women, Jeanne R. Skewes, 32, and Lydia I rebelling Dixie Democrats. by plane today for his first hospitalized with head injuries. visit to this country in 18 years--.

Two coast guarc 5rn jn also were toicT'the" to in plenty of time to take part in ure( James, 30, were found last night i mg a miftor break in their own lines in a dry river bed into which they tn obvious effort to keep the fires had driven a jeep. They had beenj revolt ablazfe in President Tru- get of political circurn-1 Patrick's day celebrations. th 1R the Republicans risk-j prinw ihot to death. man's party. "The two bodies bore bullett The showdown test shaped up particularly in the an anti-discrimination rider to rest of fa crew ectct minbler of Eire, De Valer.

p.ans spend the on the silent, to, of the rescue operations in assume power again when called. Czechoslovakia, latest state to fat! control, banned out flares which told them coaM chapter read in part: "At moh of a telephone call memorial day, $200; library. destruction, $1250; interest. rotvred a ruaul slot machine in an blood products jfti i I i i i i i The message received at the the communique, reported by'the $1,017351,000 labor department- Shannon airport where 3000 well--boats were standing bv in cas- IM upstairs room partitioned off, while Mr, Rofefcbeud "in the act of Otter the dr-ke. by the Aahburn- poliee was to the effect ttwt a offioer played the slot iMchtot, "hk first try netting a return of three akkles and thf aMMd yasd off with six nkkeJs." mvj-ithg French press Agency.

Shooting (Continued on federal security appropriation folWcs (Continued on Seven) him off, was met be- vessel broke up during the night. ifore dawn by an official party at Whipped by a 60-rruIe pfilc and 1 Norfolk SOUght health, $1000; salaries and expenses for town $4430; town hall. $40W; $3371.31: reserve fund, $9000; elections, moderator, $30; num, veierani benefits, $2300; aid Mectistg an Tin) Congrfxtmen From Dairy States' Threaten To Exhibit Cmo, Her CM, Former'i Daughter In Oleo Strife OTWf, vIMHnrflaMi enhibtt arranged br nwtnWrt of the lavoring repeal. UneW Sam's was eaugnt in the trossftrt between and otto. faron knedring out BULLETINS civilian use becomes a part of the blood program of the American National Red Cross with transfer of operations, two mobile owned by the Red Cross and manned by doctors and who are mem- bers of the Red Cross staff, now urfed Speaker Martin today to carrying on the day-by-day aid In nmntntlrtn'e: i.UiWl»C«u (By The Associated Press) State expedite cities until about April 6.

ue vaiDra, new wiuun iuiu The Bulgarian minister to London "to work for the and democracy in my His colleague in Belgium Guardia field. "the storm! lart week. He said be believes his nation'fbe coast guard attempted late "will cooperate with other countries I as far as feasible with its present i Brussels WM to facilitate en and one coast juiarnsmnn oruasris uiv national situation. rt fa unsucceir u) ff prt of the United Sutei into a a newsman's Th then apparently "western military and political biot. 1 .1 In gOflfVSe tflttt power pre-- i Toid that there hat been a report nd hit jj, wa stuck Accompanieil by Underiecretary Lovett and 'that he was offered the wst of ule of vislta to the organiiaticn's i TI i- ta Hreat Britain the of a large school throughout the stMe hr Oe 1 90 of obtaining from tary donors aa uninterrupted flow i-f NewL" I ww Cross headquarters I tary vUited Marti.

i ft the office. JERUSALEM--One Arab WM slaia and an Arab woman dead jn taM, apparent at Barton with Lawrence Luther state director. ICra. Alvah Crocker ton overfcotvi tibf WASHINGTON--Tlw CIO the. Senate today of the blood bank committee is In chatfe of the coming Mood bank April 21-B.

Congress Seen Wringing Data From Agencies by the tKe tax cvtttaf Wll tax ttMl for tke Oe Valera aaid, A .1 ihavt heard nothing about it. Valuable Articles Are LoJitrwutea 1 am now to engagetpentt. De Valera aakl he came to this country "in to an Uon from the linited Irish aocictitsj oi Sett Frantlsco to in, their St day etlcbration. Growr Wnakn, chairman o( mayor's official receptkm WASHINGTON--MUitary aU Ckima WM vrftd Uday Uwtll W. tfct fMrnl HM Na- Belief and WASHMUTOff, ttarth SpealMr MtfUft MM torfar VIENNA--U.

S. arwy today an AMtrkan WM hi teck iMt iksfM ifttt rdwiftf oHkr At w4 fvthw in of hMtMrttt M4d hi the trktvf 2 Buildings Fall In Philadelphia; 14 Persons Flee For Annual Rotary Club Auction To Finance Philanthropic Work 4 Hundreds of Itemi have official receivinc beat, donated lo the lUtary club for rf its annual aoctkin Harch at the Mottl XaynMod for the INM- fit of the clubs O. Chairman sra i. rVtnr. DmsfUt by Walter E.

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