The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 1

GUIDE TO FEATURES Dr. 14 'Serial 9 Burgess ...14 Churches 11 Comics 8 Editorials .10 Ill iMlfE WEATHER SATURDAY: Cloudy, highest about 62. SUNDAY Little change. Full Report, Page 2. Financial 9 Society ...14 Sports Theatres ..14 Forum ..19 Cross-Word.

8 Herson ...10 Cuibertson.10! Obituaries. 3 81 Women 7 Radio Deaths .14 Re. V. S. Pat.

Off THREE CENTS Copyright 147 By THE GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. VOL. CUI No. 117 BOSTON, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1947 FOURTEEN PAGES "Hell on Earth Only lVz Miles Positive Evidence" of Arson; 18 Dead, 6000 Homeless 99 From Seal Harbor 1 Tin 1M 11) o) o) WW Ik mmyiDii5GBs Tlhirfigiteiniedl mmmmm Truman to Ask Congress Act on Aggression Seeks 642 Millions for Europe; Plan on Prices Not Told 6. ii i.

h-'f mm mm -wow As, v. MMWA jp Supplies Being tehed Into Stricken Areas; Thousands in Ueed All Public Gatherings Banned, Football Games Cancelled as Volunteers Fight On Dozen Bay State Forests Still Ablaze; but UnderControl; Officials Feel Worst Is Over Maine authorities, confronted by the slate's worst fire catastrophe, said last night a search is under way for fire bugs, who are believed to have set a nunrbcr of the forest fires which, in five days of holocaust, have killed 18 persons, made more than 6000 homeless and cost $26,000,000 in New England. The arrest of suspects already had begun last night and more than a score had been questioned, even as most of Maine's 40-odd fires, though checked for the most part, still threatened many more communities. Little or no rain "Si in up1- H'l i in w. 7 i "WASHINGTON, Oct 24, (UP) President Truman told the nation tonight that he called Congress into special session Nov.

17 to draft a double barrelled legislative program that will fight high prices at home and save the hungry peoples of France and Italy from "totalitarian aggression. In a coast-to-coast broadcast, the President said "prompt and courageous action must be taken at the session to meet the domestic and foreign crises; "Our domestic prosperity is endangered by the threat of inflation he said. "The peace of the world is endangered by hunger and cold in other lands." Mr. Truman did not reveal what legislation he woald ask to combat soaring domestic prices. But he promised that his program would be a "comprehensive" one dealing with "inflation, high prices and the high cost of living." On the foreign relief front, he said Congress would be called upon to vote $642,000,000 to provide fuel and food for western Europe this Winter $357,000,000 for France and $285,000,000 for Italy.

See TRUMAN rage 2 COAST GUARDSMEN ABOARD CUTTER. McCULLOUCH APPROACH HARBOR BLAZING BAR 25 Communities Shelter 4000 Homeless in Maine Player Attacks Referee as B.C. Tips Villanova, 6-0 was promised in the next five days. Hardly had Joseph A. F.

Flynn, chief of the Maine insurance department's Arson Division, declared he had "positive evidence that some of the fires have been set," than State Police in the Hollis-Buxton area arrested two men in an automobile loaded with excelsior and matches. A Biddeford man was held by police on suspicion of arson. And in Falmouth, five miles from Portland, two Girl Scouts found a candle behind the stu.np of a forest tree, its wick still warm and placed so it could not be seen. City Will Honor New England Pair First War Dead on Arrival Sunday Among 52 Killed in Plane Crash Boston's Policy on Nominations Ruled Illegal The Election Commission's policy in dealing with signatures appearing on the nomination papers of more than one candidate was declared' illegal yesterday in a Law Department ruling, upsetting a procedure of many years. The ruling had these immediate effects: Ex-City Council Pres.

George A. Murray's name was restored to the ballot in South Boston's Ward 6 contest for City Council. Chairman William A. Motley of the Election Commission declared a change in the election law would be sought next year. The opinion was sought on Murray's protest against the practice of certifying the first signatures to be filed and eliminating duplicates appearing on later nomination papers.

See RULING Paye 3 Vishinsky Makes New Attack on Austin, Dulles LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 24 (AP) Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky renewed his attack on United States Delegates Warren R. Austin and John Foster Dulles tonight and clashed with Turkey in a tumultuous session of the United Nations Assembly's Political Committee. For hours after Vishinsky spoke there was confusion and disagreement over whether he had accused Austin of making 'an appeal for war." Later a formal statement was issued See U.N Page 2 By JERRY'NASON Joe Diminick the B. C.

"meal ticket" from Culpmont, rescued the embattled bird of the Heights again last night with an electrifying 55-yard touchdown sprint over the sod of Braves Field in the third period. Lcs Eagles thus escaped a burly, vigilant and thoroughly angry Villanova team by a score of 6-0 in a contest which was fought to the finish with jungle fury before 40,184 clients (Boston's No. 1 crowd of the season). In the last minute of play one B. C.

representative was exiled for putting the slug on an opponent who had aggravated him beyong his powers of patience. Immediately upon See B. C. Tzt 6 While arson officials and Stale Police did not specify in what areas fires had been set, they were known to be working in the Alfred, Kennebunkport and industrial Sanford district, and were active in all other areas. A nickel box of matches could have destroyed more than in property, they as serted.

Blackened Bar Harbor near which 1500 weary fire-fighters battled last night to save Seal and Noreast Harbors seemed to be finished as the wealthy Summer resort it had been un til Wednesday, especially with present rebuilding costs far in excess of the insurance carried on the palatial mansions destroyed. In that area, as in others, rich man and poor man John D. Rockefeller and plain Joe Doakes still were battling against the leveling flames last night. "Hell on earth was only a mile and a half from Seal Harbor itself," a Globe correspondent reported. See FIRES Page 4 Full military end public honors will be accorded 17 hero dead from Greater Boston when this city's first funeral train arrives at South Station Sunday at 12:05 p.

m.t bringing bodies from overseas. Other trains, carrying caskets of Revere, Everett, Brockton and Fall River dead, will arrive Moniay. At the ceremonies Sunday, Gov. Bradford, Temporary Mayor Hynes and Mayors and Selectmen of nearby communities will participate, it was announced yesterday at City Hall. Following the South Station ceremonies, the remains will be turned over to next-of-kin.

Prior to arrival here, seven bodies will be taken off the train at Worcester and three at Framingham. See TRAINS Page 2 BRYCE CANYON. Utah, Oct. 24 (AP) A United Airlines transport plane carrying 52 persons smashed against a hillside here today, scattering the shattered bodies and wreckage over a wide area. The four-engined craft, trailing smoke and flames for at least 10 miles before it crashed, virtually disintegrated.

A strip of sagebrush more than 100 yards long and 50 yards wide was burned. The engines were thrown 200 to 300 feet beyond the burned area. All the bodies were mangled and burned. Most were unrecognizable. gee CR.SH Face 2 By AM ASA HOWE ELLSWORTH, Oct.

24 Four thousand evacuees from Bar Harbor, driven from home by the worst disaster that ever struck this part of Maine, were bedded and boarded tonight in homes, halls and churches in 25 communities. Ellsworth City Hall, center of the relief system that seemed to be set up almost by magic immediately after the flames swept Mt. Desert Island's swank watering place, actually received more offer of beds and food in 24 hours of operation than it had evacuees to place. Almost all of those who needed this help were not members of the families which occupied the stone palaces of Bar Harbor. The Summer season was over, the.

Summer folk had gone back to the cities. These are the year-around citizens whose livelihoods are the Summer folk. Despite the loss of their own homes, the blackened stone and ash heaps that marked the places where the palaces stood were no less a loss. One elderly citizen of Bar Harbor, who hadn't been evacuated, stood before the ruins of the granite mansion owned by Henry Morganthau Sr. See EVACUEES Page 4 (Full Page of Fire Pictures on Page' 5) Flames Threaten to Trap Hundreds on Mount Desert League of Women Voters Is Communistic Disney 500 Boys, Girls Join in Community Fund Tribute Here Today Tom Breneman, star of the radio show, "Breakfast in Hollywood," arrived at Logan Airport last night to put on his famous pro WASHINGTON, Oct.

24 Walt Disney told the House Un-American Activities Committee today that Communists took over his artists last year in a strike at his studio, but he said he did not think the group had gotten very far in the industry generally. "The industry can smoke them MICHAEL O'HIGGMS FAMOUS IRISH BARITONE FROM DUBLIN, EIRE SYMPHONY HALL NEXT SUN. NIGHT 8:15 Tar Benrflt of ARCHIiSHOF CUSMIN6 FUND FOR CARNEY HOSP. Stilt In Offlci $1, $1.50. J2.

$2.60, Tax Inc. Names of War Dead in Sunday Globe Names of the first war dead brought home from Europe on the Army "transport Joseph V. Connolly, due in New York tomorrow, will be printed in the Boston Sunday Globe. By JEROME SULLIVAN BAR HARBOR, Oct. 24 Four infernos raged beyond this devastated area tonight and fire officials expressed concern for evacuated Seal Harbor find Northeast Harbor.

At both places Coast Guard vessels stood by for possible rescue of hundreds of ail-but-' trapped firefighters. With more than a quarter of this nationally famous Summer colony of Bar Harbor a seared jungle of stone and brick 1500 wearied, blurry-eyed but indomitable battlers fought to save the two satellite communities. out," he asserted, "because it is made up of good Americans." The creator of "Mickey Mouse" and "Donald Duck" agreed, in response to a committee question, that the Communist party should be outlawed as provided in bills now before the committee. However, he qualified his endorsement with two provisions: First, if it can be proven that the party is un-American, and, second, if it can be banned without interf erring with demo- cratic rights. See HOLLYWOOD Page 2 vy 'Unimportant' Rain Due for A.

Today A little rain may fall in New England today, but it will not be of much help to forest fire-fighters, the Weather Bureau said last night. The forecaster described the predicted rainfall as "occasional, light and unimportant. New England has not had any substantial rainfall for 23 days. Winds today are expected to be moderate to gentle south and southeasterly. gram for the Greater Boston Community Fund at Mechanics Hall next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Page 2 All Bay State Fires Curbed, But 12 Are Still Burning See BAR HARBOR mornings.

See FUND Pace i )0elp Conserve Food No Meat on Tuesdays. No Eggs or Poultry on Thursdays. Do your part to help other people. Remember to get your Sunday Globe tomorrow. TICKETS NOW ON SALE cmrsc Hubble Gum Be sure to read the Editorial, Comic, Magazine and Roto Sections in tomorrow's Sunday Globe.

Women, don't forget. Keep saving your Fats and Grease. Keep buying Savings Bonds. Advertisements may be ordered at the Globe office or by telephone. Call LAFayette 2000.

Although a dozen major blazes still were burning in Massachusetts, state officials were able to report last night that for the first time in a week every forest fire in the state was under control. But they warned that with no rain in prospect, the danger still is acute in the drought-parched woodlands. Only a heavy rain will ease the OPENING CONTEST Boston Globe WCOP QUIZDOWN Patrick F. Lyndon School vs. Sophia W.

Ripley School TONIGHT WCOP Gov. Bradford, describing the entire state as a "tinder-box," broadcast an appeal to all citizens for "cooperation and common sense" in helping prevent further fires. He asked "the utmost care in the handling of matches and smoking utensils," and urged that no one start any fire in the open to burn leaves or for any other purpose "until this critical period is passed." See BAY STATE Tage 4 30 thru NOV. 1 1 II ATS. AT SATS.

SUNS. COLORFUL DELICIOUS Made Qnder U. S. Pure Food Laws Only U. S.

Certified Colors Used Laboratory Tested for Purity and Quality Gum Products, Boston 28, Massachusetts VI A NOV. II NO PHONi DIKS IVOIINSf I 30. ICS. SUTf 11.20. SI TAX CHILDREN VNDI.

12. tMir M1CC ALL SHOWS. MAIL 0OCi KtfPTLB. TICMTJ ACM JO.OAN riLINI A.tHA. Free autographed picture of Gene Autry tent te each mail order of children's tickets.

CI i.