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00100110.1111.1.111PMPIMIEMIPorlinwanne 110 fl9LuJflfl UjJUbvdcj WEATHER (Latin CLOUDY eff7Tail TONIGHT I reverts on back pate.) I WEATHER I --I -11 ..1 cif PVIJ IIE V. CLOUDY 0 4, 0 0 ET 'n1'ssilg-: PIJEIU'' ru 101 at NrIeGool rts1 en 1 roisomF4 A 1 1 JP I back pe.) ib I 11 I tiret-di r-L possibility 1,4 1 JO I NI. Well-founded reports at the State House today raised the possibility that Registrar of Motor Vehicles Rudolph F. King may ask Gov. Tobin to withdraw his appointment as Commissioner of Public Works, The appointment of the former Republican House Speaker, which hit the Executive Council and party lead Well-founded reports at the State House today raised the that.

Registrar of Motor Vehicles Rudolph I t'l Pri A the possibility that a. 13.11,,A A a of Motor Vehicles Rudolph 4a We. la lo foa A U.1 a a. go a ink Gov. Tobin to withdraw his appointment as.

may as pp Commissioner of Public Works. The appointment of the former Republi House Speaker, which hit the Executive Council and party lead- Red Streak Final (Closing PricesNet Changes) IN Tommirs GLOBE Comics .10, 11 'Radio 11 Cross-Word Story 10 Culbertson Society la Deaths 171Sports Ed2torial 14 iTheatres 6 Financial 161Women's I Gangplank Red Streak Final Prices Changes) (Closing Net IN Tommirs GLOBE (Closing PricesNet Changes) Tommi IN rs GLOBE comics .....10 11Radio 11 Cross-W A ord O. Serial Story la Culbertson Society 1Z Deaths .1145 Theatres Echtorial Financial 161Women's Gangplank ers with bombshell force last Wednesday, has caused consderable consternation in O. P. ranks.

Although King had assured the Governor he would accept the post from which Herman A. MacDonald, another Republican, was ousted after a public hearing, there was talk today that he has had a change of heart after mature deliberation. King on Page 5 en with bombshell force last Wednesday, has caused con- sderable consternation in O. P. ranks.

overnor he would Although King had assured the Gld a ik.fs, aa S.F... aa a IA 6, 10 -1J 0 sderablle consternation in O. P. ranks. though King had assured the Governor he would Republican, was ousted after a public the post from which Herman A.

MacDonald, another lc hearing, there was deliberation. considerable talk today that has had a change of heart after mature King Continued on Page 5 MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1946 20 PAGESTHREE CENTS in5nrsgggr (Copyright, 1946, by the Globe Newspaper Co.) 4 1 1 CL1 1::, icu he i ifli PI 1 U. S. Pat. Off.

(Copyright, 1946. by the Globe Newspaper Co.) 310NDAY, APRIL 29, 1946 20 PAGESTHREE CENTS in5Mgrear? I lenN rrTi Nt'll 1 nr--1 I. 1 rent to Greece She Sent to Greece it (')Q-1 Gets Thanks for Dress Gets Thanks for Dress idu -1 lu 1J 1 IL- LI A 1 ii, f' i I I 14 I tt HI Li LI ki ,..,.) Lj Li Li 'Li i 4 t- if i I I 1 Ilk i who pinned note in sleeve of dress she sent in Greek Relief bundle two years ago, and has received an answer from an 11-year-old in YillageKinieria, Xanthi. who pinned note in sleeve of dress she sent in Greek Relief bundle two years ago, and has received ar answer from an 11-year-old in Kinieria, note in sleeve of dress she sent in bundle two ears ago, and as received an nswer from an 11-year-old in rillage Kinieria, Xanthi "Red Hogan" Accused Judge Says Records Show He Is Already. 'Under Bonds in untried Three-Year-Old Case "Red Hogan PP Accused Judge Says Records Show He Is Alro Under Bonds i.n ntried Three na, ear im Old case Frosty Week-End Not Too Severe on N.

E. Crops FrostyWeek-End Met Preset cxxvizisz, 1 1 11.0 LP hat 110 IL, On N. E. Crops Rystery Bullet Hole Probed Lynn Viet's "Natural" Death Mystery Bullet Ho Probed In 9 igicf 99 in Lynn et natural Death I -1 I I a fs er. 7:.

"A l- mars," (Photo by Paul Maguire, Globe staff) (Photo by Paul Maguire. Globe staff by Paul LYNN, April 29State authorities joined local police today in an investigation into the dea: Clifton O. Bragdon, 51, veteran of World War found dead in the cellar of his home in Saunders road yesterday. A death certificate signed by a local physician had listed the cause of his death as a cerebral hemorrhage. LI.111,J1.

LAcISC R. Moritb, state pathologist, to assist him. Police said Bragdon was found dead in the cellar of his home yesterday by members of the family. Detectives planned to search the cellar this afternoon to search for the weapon used in the death of the victim. Bragdon, who was a bill collector, was a native of Au- burn, Me.

He is survived by his wife, Mildred a son, Clifton three brothers, Percy. of Auburn, Ernest of Norway, William of Los Angeles; two sisters. Mrs. Alice Newhall, Lynnfield, and Mrs. Earl Smith of Los Angeles.

Heat or Huthidity? Neither It's Your "Comfort Zone" Heat ol It's Yol The frost in New England over the week end was not sufficiently severe to cause appreciable damage to fruit, the Weather Bureau reported Cranberries, which at their present growth can withstand a temperature of 20 above, were safe in the reading of 25 degrees reported from at least one locale, Norton. While there was general frost in northern New England, growth there is not advanced far enough to have been seriously harmed. in the opinion of the forecaster. Frost waslight and spotty in inland territory, the forecaster saidk Cold Continued on Page 12 Terming. Dominic ciambelli, alias "Red" Hogan, 33-year-old former boxer and bodyguard, of Salem a "menace," Judge Elijah Ad low today held him in $20,000 double surety for a continuance to May 9 in Municipal Court.

He is charged with assautl with intent to murder Jacob Cutler, Chelsea boxing manager, by shooting last Saturday night near Copley sq. The judge's verbal lash at the defendant came when he was reminded by court records that Ciambelli had been held by him for the Grand Jury in connec- tion with a double shooting at -i-, are Latin Quarter three years ago; that the defendant was in- -t. dieted for assault With intent to --'t murder; that he was held in is, $22,000 bail by the Superior Court, but never went to triaL e'T A In this episode, Joseph "Lit- i tie Beans" Pallidino and Joseph, Guerriro were wounded. Last Saturday's shooting Cutler, is in critical condition at the Massachusetts General HospitaL He stepped Shooting DOMINIC CIAMBELLI Continued on Page 12 Alias "Red" Hogan nic clam') ell aii 0 Tane m3i 3n former boxer guard, of Salem a it i menace, 9 J1.1 Adlow today held him in $20,000 double surety for a continuance to May 9 in Municipal Discovery of a bullel, hole in Bragdon's head by a local funeral home while preparing the body for burial to the Dr. Hugh P.

Broderick, associate medical examiner, ordered an immediate autopsy. He called in Allan I A 0, HEAT-STROKE .4 A 4 1111111111r' A SUN STROKE ie 1 4 ALWAYS VER ippir 7" OPPRESSIVIA Adi ,1,4 P411 VOSPOrOM 0 AggrArnio 1 I A A Ad Ami AaVt .4 (doe, ARM imp 2r PP' ENEHE licr 0 ip 40,,. -411 .1, A A Fr El Is OP At A A 0 cOsA A 41 Alli dii .4 .460111031111111 mop io VOL. CXL1X NO. 119 JOSEPHINE MARINO, 11-year-old Sixth Grader in Eliot School, North End, 0 imoommemm 1 1 PERCENT 100 70 0 El ilb Beg.

VOL. CXL1X NO. 119 JOSEPHINE MARINO, 11-year-old Sixth Grader in Eliot School North End, 100 90 0 et co me it 70 2 al 60 "i 1: PERCENT 4Ci .7 do.r.,, ,,,,,,,94 4101, mk, Am, a q( I (119rece a I Beg. 170k.09C11.61X JOSEPHINE 11-year-old. Sixth Grader in Eliot School, North End, CC's (fe1.14zt, 13, Italian Colonies Ali By -TED 'ASHBY The individual effort of 11-yearold Josephine- Marino, shah grade pupil at School, to bring the stricken people of Greece to their feet Was 'rewarded today when Josephine got a letter of thanks from 11-year-old ConstantinosPourtsidis, Vi11age Kinieria, Xanthi.

It had been two years since Josephine brought to school thoSe three dresses for shipment overseas. Orders were that no notes or messages' were to be attached to the dresses. But Josephine simply couldn 'resist tucking into a sleeve of that red printed frock -with the puffed sleeves, a. note which pleaded: "Whoever' receives this, please write to Josephine Unity North She was pretty disappointed when months passed and no word came. It was one of her nicer dresses, and her widowed mother made it.

Then the postman brought a letter which none of the. Merinos could read. Translated for them, it said something like this: "'Thank you very much for the dress. It is the first one I have had for a long, long time. Our family is in great need.

Our home has been bombed. Now we have none. We were taken prisoner and they took Hungary; The dress just fits me. When I get enough money, I will hai7e my picture in it and sent you 1 1111 1 NE um- Add MEE OWE rrOr Adi 011- IDITY AO A Lard 40141 Elmn. 0 op, polosioupp, mum 1 4 COM Ad Adill 11- '0.

11111111111 PaCA MI tOt4 I 6to DRY BULB TEMPERATURF RELATIVE HUMIDITY DRY BULB RELATIVE HUMIDITY a't, KEE qb.c, vangelist- on of Boston rintster Going Into NEW ORLEANS, April 29 (AP) A handsome dark-haired old evangelist is. going into the -y 4-''' movies as soon as he flnishes'a two week revival here becausd he want to take his message A I the people are Bron Clifford of Philadelphia. ,,1" .1 conducting a meeting at the .:4 5 First Baptist Church, said he had 1 signed a seven-year contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer, beginning June 10. N' Clifford turned down a Hollyvyood i' offer a year ago: because he didn't ..:.,:.7 think screen acting was compatible with "that thing which I was called to dopreach the gospel." I "But after much consideration and prayer," he says, decided that I could broaden my sphere of infiu I ence if I went into Evangelist Evancelist Soi Used Boston Bank Account I in $500,000 Credit Fraud 1 I 1- I I TEMPERATURI I I I I 40 50 60 70 BO 90 100 110 HUMIDITY CHART shows sensations of normally clothed persons at rest at various temperatures and humidities. Relative humidity means the amount of moisture in the air in comparison to the maximum the air could hold at a given temperature.

A wet-bulb thermometer is one kept moist so that evaporation cools it. On a damp day evaporation is less and so a comparison of wet and dry-bulb thermometer readings shows humidity. tc1. 40 50 HUMIDITY( persons at ro Relative humi in comparisol given tempera moist so that oration is lea thermometer Up for Discussion at Big 4 Parley PARIS, April 29 (AP)--The four-Power Foreign Minister? conference ran into its most crucial session today, with the future of Italy's colonial possessions in North Africa and the Dodecanese Islandi in the Mediterranean on the agenda. It was on these questions that Russian Mediterranean interests and Britain's Empire communications were expected to clash directly.

There were indications that discussion of the Italian colonies, particularly the disposition of would take up most of the session. The Russians have asked for a trusteeship over Tripolitania, but British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has declared such a grant would cut directly across Britain's Mediterranean communications to the Middle East and India. The United States has proposed a United Nations trusteeship for Libya, which includes Tripolitania, as well as for Eritrea on East Africa. (- Bevin's discussion with -Empire leaders in London over the weekend was believed to have been concerned primarily with this problem. Although the Foreign Ministers agreed to put all phases of the thorny Italian peace problem on Letter Continued on Page 5 Continued on Page 5 BRON CLIFFORD Although the Pawtucket firm had no knowledge of this transaction.

Benjamin's subsequent ability to sign and cash checks in the name of the company was a major factor in establishing the credit which enabled him to borrow the huge sums he squandered on gambling and high living. The manner' In which the suave. 36-year-old factory owner piled debt upon debt was reminiscent of the operations of Charles Ponzi and F. Donald Coster-Musica. Swindle Continued on Page 7 A Boston bank and a Pawtucket manufacturing concern both legitimate businesseswere unwitting participants in the schemes by which William B.

Benjamin defrauded credit firms of more than $500,000, an assistant to New York Dist. Atty. Frank S. Hogan told the Globe today. Benjamin.

whose home was in Newark, established an account with the Stabile Bank Trust Company of the North End last Summer in the name of H. and B. Machinery Company of Pawtucket. Suggests OPA Use Vets to Wipe Out Black Market WASHINGTON (AP)--If you feel below par some day this Sum-Vier, it may be neither the heat nor the humidity. Your "comfort zone" may be your problem.

The Department of Agriculture, in Its authoritative book, "Climate WASHINGTON feel below par so Trier, It may be nc the humidity. Your "comfort 2 problem. The Department Its authoritative and Man" gives this explanation as to why weather. conditions may be a headache to John Smith may fill Joe Jones with. the Joy of living.

One's comfort zone is an atmospheric condition-that is, the combination of temperature, humidity, wind or sunshine under which a given man is comfortable. Differences in comfort zones arise from various causes; heredity, diet, clothing habits, sex and age, ra-e and other factors. Comfort I Continued on Page 5 Brewster, Noted U. S. Jurist, Dies Lewis and Coal Operators Resume Negotiations -WASHINGTON, April 29 (AP) The Labor Department said today negotiations between John L.

Lewis and the soft coal operators, broken off April 10, will be resumed immediately. Speaking on behalf of the department, Les Eichel, press representative, said the joint conferences will be resumed in the Labor Department conference rooms at 2:30 p. (E. S. with Special Mediators Edward F.

Mc Grady and Paul W. Fuller sitting in. Coal Continued on Page 5 Asks So Ions to Smooth Way for Cathedral Housing Teacher Dies in $150 Fire in Brighton A retired Syracuse, N. schoolteacher visiting friends in Brighton was suffocated early this morning and five persons forced to flee when fire swept the 212-story wooden dwelling at 16 Leicester st. Dead was Mrs.

Esther Phipps, 50. a widow, who retired from the teaching profession two weeks ago and had been visiting friends in Brighton since that time. Forced to flee were Mrs. Marjory McCarthy, with whom Mrs. Phipps was staying; Frances McCarthy, 17; Marjory McCarthy, 13, and Mr.

and Mrs. John B. Cahill. The family occupied part of the second floor. WASHENGTON, April 29 (AP)--Senator Murdock.

of Utah, proposed today that the CPA use veterans in a strong enforcement arm to stamp out black markets as the A. F. of L. urged Senate rejection of House amendments to price control laws Murdock's idea was called "a very good suggestion" by William Green, president oi the American Federation of Labor. Green told the Senate Banking committee, at hearings on legislation to continue price controls, that some House-passed proposals on CPA would "amend price control to death." MWitaalla6 It" Continued on Page 5 Truman Asks Flags Flown Mothers' Day TO SAVE WHEAT EAT AfE EA Tfl Runner's Scorching Start Cools Off ALBUQUERQUE: N.

April 29 (AP)--Young- Al Esquibel, cornpeting in a high school track meet literally shot into the lead at the start of the 100-yard dash. OPA Continued on Page 7' Former Federal Judge Elisha H. Brewster 75, who served 19 years in the Massachusetts district before his retirement in 1941, died today at his home in Springfield. His resignation was accepted by the late: President Roosevelt when Judge Brewster reached the retirement age, of 70. Among the important decisions he handed down during his long service on the bench here was his ruling that $7,000,000 paid by 70 New England firms in "processing taxes" under the A.

A. A. should returned to the taxpayers. Brewster 'Continued on Page 5 Gov. Tobin this afternoon asked the Legislature to eliminate a tory obstacle in the way of construction of a 15.000.000 Federal housing project in the South Encl.

near the Cathedral. It has been blocked by a technical requirement In the Boston building code. In a special message to the Legislature. the Governor sought to rescue the 500-family project from abandonment by seeking enactment of a pending bill which would permit the construction. subject to approval of the state Board cf Housing.

Housing Continued on Page 12 Fire Continued on Page 5 U. S. Spending More on Good Times Now, Tax Returns Show 1 oiI WASHINGTON, April 29 (AP)-- pw President Truman today proclaimed Sunday, May 12, as Mothers' Day 1 and called for its nation-wide observance. He called upon officials to display the American flag on all govern, ment buildings. In another document, the Presim 'dent proclaimed the week comI mencing July 21, as National Farm I Safety.

Week. His coach, Dave Tomlinson, rubbed his in gratified surprise. Later he learned the flash of the starter's gun had scorched Esquibers back. 46But Al didn't win. By Appointment ST.

LOUIS, April 29 (UP)Sign in the window of a St. Louis tavern: "Beer by appointinek only." YOUR GROCER HAS IT YOUR GRO innow Jo Cautious Musician Packs 60 Shirts for 42Day Tour PHILADELPHIA, April 29 (Al') First trombonist Charles Gusikoff took precautions toward laundry difficulties as the Philadelphia orchestra today started its first transcontinental tour since 1937. Before leaving for a solo at Montreal, he packed 60 shirts, for the tour. Gusikoff and Conductor Eugene Ormandy planned to fly to Buffalo. for the orchestra's first performance, A special train carried the 108 musicians and their 61,000,000 worth of instruments- with a special car for well-packed wardrobes.

WASHINGTON. April 29 CAP) The tax collection yardstick provided a new measure today of America's swing to a peactime mood. Receipts from admissions to night clubs, theatres, concerts and the like jumped $5,729,400 in March over the same month of wartime. 1945, and yielded Uncle Sam $36,374,650, the Internal Revenue Bureau Taxes Continued on Page ATTENTION! E. H.

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