The Barre Daily Times from Barre, Vermont • 1

SAVE WASTE FATS There Is Still a Great Need THE BARRE DAILY TIMES BUY ANOTHER Depression Buy Bonds PRICE THREE c0TS BARRE VERMONT SATURDAY MAY 4 1946 VOL L-No 43 Boats Patrol As Alcatraz Convicts Riot CheJ5Man Is Democrat For Governor Berthold Coburn Of Chelsea Gives Assent At Montpelier Troops Will Be Cleared From Levant Areas Security Council Told British And French Are Out Of Syria Some Really High Pressure Politics Boston May 4 Police conducted a city-wide search today for men who allegedly took a candidate for the Democratic nomination for council from his home yesterday and compelled him to sign a withdrawal of his candidacy Thomas McDonough reported to state police that two or tjiree took him forcibly from his home after telling him they were investigating irregularities in his nomination papers He said that after forcing him to sign the withdrawal they drove him back to his Dorchester district home State police reported filing of the withdrawal and questioning of a man who presented the McDEVITT SEEKS PLUMLEY'S POST LEBANON FORCES MOVED BY JUNE 30 Several State Candidates Listed At Informal Party Meeting Iran Deadline For Reds Near Belgians Complain About Franco Half Million Fire At Woodsville Great Lumber Conflagration Was Stopped Last Night After Aid Came From Other Towns Woodsville May A $500000 lumber fire that threatened seven homes forcing the occupants to flee and which at one time ignited a wood lot was under control here today Firemen and apparatus from six neighboring communities in New Hampshire and Vermont were called in to battle the blaze which destroyed the building of the City Lumber company and more than 1000000 feet of stacked lumber The fire fanned by the wind raced through acres of piled lumber and spread to nearby woods but by an unexplained freak a homo surrounded by the lumber yard escaped damage When the fire was at its peak a row of seven houses were in such danger of being ignited that furniture and household belongings were removed An acetylene tank exploded and flew several hundred feet in the air to crash in a street 400 feet away which at that time was crowded with spectators No one was hurt Fire departments of Ryegate Wells River and Groton Vt and Lisbon Haverhill and Littleton sent assistance to the Woodsville firemen and close to 200 men and many water and chemical i pieces of apparatus were used The fire is said to have started I from an overheated motor and workers who attempted to put it out with extinguishers were forced back by clouds of dense smoke Robert Brown superintendent said that the company would probably rebuild The entire plant was destroyed and he estimated the damage in excess of $500000 MacArthur Rules Out Hatoyama As Jap Cabinet Head While roast guard boats and other craft circle the island convicts in Alratraz federal prison stage a riot in which several guards were wounded by gunfire and one was killed Arrow points to cell block where violence occurred The San Francisco water front about a mile from the island Is at the right in background is the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge (A wirephoto) Maine Senator Seeks Commercial Air Peace Brewster Urges Stale Department Action To Head Off Rivalry Among Big Three Pow ers Farmer Union Seeks Ouster Of Anderson Surrender Of Alcatraz Men Believed Near ers wounded One guard was brutally kicked to death Others were herded into a cell where frenzied and cursing convicts pumped bul- lets into them The surviving guards and the bodies of the dead men were rescued by a gallant group of prison offiicals who braved a hail of gunfire to remove their comrades from the hands of the desperadoes Berthold Coburn of Chelsea is the choice of Vermont Democrats for the office of governor it was disclosed last evening at Montpelier when assents of candidates for all-elective state officers except auditor of accounts were presented to George Stackpole secretary of the Democratic state committee for filing with the secretary of state About 50 persons attended the meeting held at the Montpelier Tavern coming from various sections of the state It is expected that an assent for auditor and possibly additional assents for other state offices will be filed Candidates presented last evening were as follows: For governor Berthold Coburn of Chelsea a member of the state committee For lieutenant governor George Maine of Athens For secretary of state Mrs Grace Witters of St Johnsbury wife of Harry Witters St Johnsbury attorney and former WPA administrator in Vermont For treasurer Peter Hincks Middlebury banker For attorney general Frederick Bedard jr of St Albans a former member of the state legislature For senator Charles Mc-Devitt of Pittsford chairman of the state Democratic committee and former Rutland county state senator For representative to Congress Matthew Caldbeck St Johnsbury attorney MERCIFR Forces Politicians To Resume Fumbling For New Cabinet Setup Tokyo May 4 General Mac- Arthur today tumbled down political house of cards by disqualifying Ichiro Hatoyama from public office forced the politicians to renew their fumbling efforts to form a new cabinet and gave the government a verbal spanking for dereliction of duty MacArthur obviously was tired of the fruitless two-week political deadlock which was heading toward the naming of Hatoyama as premier The supreme headquarters issued a scathing statement which branded the president of dominant Liberal party as tool of ultra-nationalist said Hatoyama once publicly lauded the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor as a extensively cited his pre-war public record as one stifling all opposition to the rise of the military clique and bluntly noted that action by headquarters was necessary because of government reluctance to take the initiative Reinforcements Land Today For Attack On Mutinous Convicts asliington Goes On Brownout To Save Soft Coal Calls Join FIGHTS New York May 4 The United Nations security council had assurances from France and Britain today that the bulk of their forces in the Levantine states would be withdrawn by June 30 Separate announcements that British and French forces had already abandoned Syria and would shortly quit the Lebanon were laid before the council as it faced up to a new crisis next week over the presence of Soviet troops in Iran beyond a March 2 treaty limit Russia now has promised to have her troops out of Iran by May 6 The British and French statements handed in last night to chairman Hafez Afifi Pasha were expected to circumvent any mention here of the Levantine squabble which was aired at the London sessions of the council last February The week end hiatus shut off most comment on the Iranian situation but some delegations were represented as optimistic over prospects of an amicable solution of the problem on the basis of dispatches from Tehran declaring red army troops were pulling up stakes in Iran after a round of farewell parties Protest Franco Acts The Spanish situation under examination of the council's first investigating subcommittee was enlivened by a Belgian government announcement that it would complain formally that the Franco regime refused to extradite Leon DeGrelle leader of the Rexist party outlawed as Fascist There was meanwhile no official request for the attention to the situation in Palestine but the Arab office in Washington said the question might be laid before the council in a move designed to block any implementation of the Anglo-American inquiry recommendation for immediate admission of 100000 European Jews to the Holy Land Washington May 4 Senator Brewster (R-Me) today advocated an American-British-Russian agreement on world commercial aviation as of the principal keys to peace" Brewster told a reporter he considers it imperative the state department act at once to bring the Big Three togethes for an agree- PRICE CONTROLS ment which will head off the kind of economic rivalry he said may lead to future conflict As an example of what he has in mind the Maine senator noted that the United States is especially interested in establishing and maln- On AFL And CIO To In Drive For New Agriculture Head CONTINUED Follows Truman Announcement He UNCERTAIN HOW MANY ARE ALIVE Barre Man And Hardwick Young Woman Married A very quiet wedding was solemnized at the rectory of St Nor-bert's church in Hardwick Thursday morning at 9 when Miss Lucille Mercier daughter of Mr and Mrs Emile Mercier of Hardwick became the bride of David Moore son of Mr and MrS Roy Moore of Barre Miss Edith Moore of Barre sister Shortage Hitting Wide Area Word From Lewis On Talk Progress Washington May 4 (Ah Wartime regulations were ordered back in effect today for the capital as government con- Uprising Favors Policy Proposed Quiet Night Follows Fierce Struggle Fought All Day Friday taining airways to South America I0 tbe bridegroom attended the San Francisco May 4 Mu- HENEY WILL RUN whiie Britain has critical interests couple accompanied by Gerald in the Mediterranean and Russia Beaudoin of Williamstown as best (fl-The 'Tev Arthur LeVeier performed the single ring ceremony The bride was: attractive in a blue wedding gown with hat to match and a shoulder length veil She wore a corsage of white carnations The bridesmaid wore an aqua gown with a corsage of pink carnations After the ceremony 14 people cilialors sought to keep the stymied tinous convicts held out in silence soft coal negotiations in session mu1 over continued price controls The senate commerce committee Rout Communist Ariliv today in their Alcatraz stronghold throughout the week end With no £or meat waxed hotter today as the yesterday called on the state de- 'as guards waited for dawn and a Sunday recess National Farmers' union called on fhaf Heavy Cult In Battle Near 1 die uU-j eonaemUen move I "ffL A ffii QnrTneW 1 District of Columbia commissioners cul tu Srson its overall aviation policy issued instructis £or mediate charges of murdering two guards curtajment 0 street lighting and and wounding 14 others in a blazing display lighting in commercial es-not that already hag continued a tablishments The orcWr is expected (By the Associated Press) Washington May 4 tu- knsTn'Ifartsth Middll EMU 11 j- President emphatic Brewster said he hopes this will declaration that the the way to Amertcan-BnUsh- iil1 stda firmly £or i represented meS went to the Eagle hotel for a boun- day and a half but never once got to cut of one-third Tn thi iVrlce eonttysto ahdlive-1 cwfWraSd by tifui wedding dinner The couple I capital electric power consump- apparently dampenin TransconUnentaTandWelfer? Mr I cut a four-tier wedding cake made cellblock in which they made their Chinese army headquarters in Mukden said todgy government forces have routed 60000 Communist troops in a two-day battle for Penhshihou main Communist stronghold southeast of Mukden It said national troops inflicted 5000 to 7000 casualties Gen Tu Li-Ming government commander at Mukden said the battle began Wednesday and that occupation of Penhsihou was com- pleted yesterday He said the na- Barre Town Man Accepts Backing Of Democratic Town Committee A formal announcement by Francis Heney today of his candidacy for town representative on the Democratic ticket assured a contest for that office the fall election Heney will oppose Donald Smith Republican candidate The formal statement of the Barre Town man follows: To The Voters Of The Town Of Barre I wish to acknowledge my endorsement as town representative by the Barre Town Democratic committee As the Democratic candidate for town representative I wish to submit to the voters of the Town of Barre the following information: I was born in the Tpwn of Barre I graduated from Spaulding high school in June 1926 and I attended Albany Business college for one year I served the Town of Barre as auditor for eight year I am a veteran of World War II having served in the infantry for two years and I served in the European theater of operations I wah honorably discharged from the army at Camp Devens on March 26 1946 If elected as representative to the General Assembly from the Town of Barre I shall perform the duties of that office to the best of my ability Francis Heney tinv i stand TiL -i The Union claimed that £nc- Linee Aero ltaliane Drae Tne Tho The city experienced a partial 1 pnrniiraccH a "tre- has criticized that contract on the Dn je The cell block was quiet early njht as thpatres anrf Anderson naa encouraged a ire- 1 useful gifts SS12Lth? was consulted or given an RigBianchf'and1 the bridMsem- wh the local power company aP- pr tor opportunity in 1L the country current food short-Lxpresw the opinion ffiat reside at Farwell Mr Truman said Anderson saw method deaIing An informant at Alcatraz said at which have been forred'to' Yueh arl i eye t0 eye with him on the LfHwS' in riairic I i wmen nave been lorced to such ac- git for continued controls but on I we get involved in rivalries inrinKtrv nil Capitol Hill s0 lawmaker de-1 ofUiJa we don know where it I Industry Hit Ulared the secretary of agriculture will end declared think we Similarly sharp effects from the had given them the impression he ou8ht to have an agreement so that 34-day strike at bituminous mines favored removing meat ceilings if tle major allies will not cross each in 25 states showed in almost ev- the black market situation does not other UP and so there wl11 be no ery phase of industry particularly ciear up in 9o days suspicion that Britain and the in steel production and on rail- United States are ganging up on roads The government has ordered Seek More Sympathetic Head a 50 per cent cut in coal-fueled rail Representatives of the farm or- Because of protests the British passenger service by May 15 with ganization said they are seeking to have raised this senator said it is an embargo on all but the most es- have Phillip Murray of the CIO and likely the state department may sential freight I William Green of the AFL join with ask that the contract be changed to Those close to the strike negoti-! James A Patton the un-! give the British a half Interest in ations talked increasingly of a pos- ion president in urging Mr Tru-lthe 40 per cent share TWA would that some'wTre killed and womided government move though no- man to replace Anderson with hold in the internal Italian line in the fierce battling with machine-! body professed to know what it more sympathetic with guns rifles pistols hand grenades would be Past government mine the of the administration and tear gas that raged for hours I seizures under similar circum-1 The union already has made then slackened into last stances have failed to get the miners public a letter Patton sent to the Hg by the mother and a sister of the bride They received many lovely a- m- a- i1- eastern daylight jjon President Truman Signs Navigation Lifelong Randolph Resident Passed Away This Morning Randolph May Miss Eljen Amelia Stewart 83 died this morning at 7 at her home following an illness of two weeks A lifelong resident of this community Miss Stewart was better known by her nickname Nellie than by her baptismal name She was born in Randolph June 11862 the daughter of Dr Chester A and Jane Fales) Stewart She is survived by a cousin Will Reed of Somerville Mass and by another cousin Mrs Clara Cooper who had resided with Miss Stewart the past few years tional forces had thrust northward from Liaoyang Meanwhile Gen Chou En-Lai number two Chinese Communist reported in Nanking that the Russians had withdrawn their diplomatic and railroad representatives from Manchuria recognizing the futility of attempting to operate the Changchun railroad jointly with China while the civil war was raging A Communist spokesman at American executive headquarters in Peiping reported that five American news correspondents including Tom Masterson of the Associated Press were scheduled to be evacuated from Changchun tomorrow Funeral services will be held at the Stewart home on School street Monday at 2 (DST) Dr Kendrick Grobel will officiate Burial will be made in the family lot in South View cemetery And Flood Control Bill Washington May 4 (iP) A 000000 money bill assuring TRAILER KILLS ONE Toronto May 4 One mo yr wuc PARENTS SAW ART $333-1 their pits President in which he blamed the Conciliators Edward secretary of agriculture as being and Paul Fuller told "principally responsible for the they wanted to keep John failure of the United States to pro- head of the striking 400- duce enough and procure enough of his United Mine food to fulfill its responsibilities sun1Pl0n of peacetime navigation union and the mine own-: abroad" sessions today and also to- A spokesman for the farm or-morrow ganization told newsmen Ander- neither McGrady Full- testimony this week with re-er nor the operators gave a gard to price controls on meat had any progress in the talks I persuaded Patton it was time to smiling as he spoke with re- withdraw his support from the food said: also serve who chief and flood control programs has been signed by President Truman he disclosed yesterday The money is for use by the army engineers during the year beginning July 1 The Vermont flood control calm Warrant Officer Charles Buckner of Memphis Tenn who led a detachment of marines to the island for guard duty volunteered to join the fight He mounted the roof and cut holes in it with an electric drill He dropped 150 fragmentation grenades into the cell block Screams were heard from the trapped men and then a rifle shot No more screams were heard About 10:30 last night (PST) Warden A Johnston ordered only wait guards who had been attempting to creep within gunshot of the rebels to withdraw back in Government McGrady reporters Lewis 000 members ers in Nobody Lewis sign of Lewis porters man was killed and at least 55 persons were injured last night when a runaway tractor-trailer collided with a crowded street car and swept the trolley with a searing blast of fire at a busy Toronto intersection Police said the huge brakes failed to hold and it careened down Bathurst street with the driver and his helper shouting warnings to persons on the streets before it rammed the street car The gasoline tank exploded and a sheet of flame scorched the 100-odd passengers inside Forty-two persons were projects included is the Union Village reservoir $1309000 Advance planning on Vermont flood control projects included are West River reservoir $230000 North Hartland reservoir $70000 North Springfield $70000 East Barre reservoir $34000 Wrights-ville reservoir $20000 Waterbury reservoir $8000 Mr Truman's statement declar- ing that controls on stock and meat will be firmly main- HERBERT SHORES Former Barre Photographer Died This Morning St Johnsbury May 4 Herbert Shores 71 former Barre photographer for many years died this morning after an illness of several years The funeral will be held at the Calderwood Memorial chapel in St Johnsbury at 11 o'clock (DST) Monday morning Burial is to be made in the family lot at Mount Pleasant cemetery St Johnsbury CLARENCE HOOK tained was issued by the White The desperadoes already had the Chelsea Resident Died Suddenly yesterday Foreign Ministers Turn To Italy Case Demilitarization Of Borders And Pre-war Treaties Up For Discussion Paris May 4 (P) Still unable to agree on any major questions the four-power foreign ministers shied away from the tougher items on their agenda and turned today to the relatively uncomplicated issues of the demilitarization of Italy's frontier and the status of her prewar treaties Conference sources said the ministers would decide whether boundaries with France and Yugoslavia should be demilitarized and the manner of effecting such demilitarization No decision was expected towday on the location of these frontiers old bilatral agreements most of which are economic or trade pacts are slated to be examined to ascertain whether any of them may be allowed to remain valid tri-partite alliance with Berlin and Tokyo and the are considered abolished and will not be studied Pessimism Rampant An atmosphere of pessimism has settled over the conference partly because no agreements are in sight on the troublesome Italy-Yugoslav border issue disposal of Italian colonies or the question of Italian reparations The ministers are reported to be as far apart on these matters as they were at the beginning of the conference a week ago Edward Kardelj Yugoclav deputy premier urged the ministers yesterday to give Trieste and virtually all of the Istrian peninsula to Yugoslavia This request was identical with the Russian recommendation Premier Alcide De Gasperi of Italy asked that Italy be allowed to retain Trieste and that the Itali-Yugoslav border be along the old Meanwhile a committee of naval experts appointed by the ministers heard claims for Italian the total number of claims exceeded the ships which Italy has afloat Cloture Move May Cut British Loan Debate Senate Called Into Special Session Today Opponents Of Measure Sponsor Petition Washington May 4 (jp)-Putting on pressure to speed a showdown on the British loan the administration today summoned the Senate for an unusual Saturday session with a formal move promised to curtail further debate The move to cut further talk after three weeks of general debate originated not with the administration but with two Republican senators Ball of Minnesota and Smith of New Jersey both outspoken advocates of the long-term $3750000 credit agreement with Great Britain blood of 16 men on their hands Two guards had been killed and 14 oth- Yesterday Morning Chelsea May 4 Clarence Hook 61 died suddenly on hjs Chelsea west hill farm home Friday morning He complained of not feeling well in the morning and during the forenoon told his wife SCOTT RESIGNS POST Republicans Named Buck As New Chairman The resignation of William Scott as chairman of the Republt Negro Survives Electric Chair Says It Tickled Problem Arises he was going to bed for a while and can city committee brought the election of Delos Buck to suc- that in the afternoon they would go 1 fishing A few minutes later he Seven Orders For Trees Total 109000 Biggest Is Of White Pines For Chelsea More than 100000 seedlings of four tree varieties have been ordered this year for planting on land owned by silc individuals and one institution in the two counties of Washington and Orange The largest single order was that placed byGeorge Milne of Barre Wallace Whitcomb of 34 Elm street assistant St Martinsville La May 4 (IP) A negro who sur- jPed away vived being strapped in the electric chair and having the switch and thrown said that tickled a little but hurt i SOn8' riends and relatives The 150-pound youth Willie may' call at the Hook home Sunday and Monday until the time of the Visited City Schools Exhibits Last Evening A large number of parents and friends viewed the annual exhibition and demonstration of art in the Barre city schols last evening which was on exhibit in all of the graded schools in the city and one room was devoted to the exhibit in Spaulding high school These exhibits represented the cross section of the work The pictures on exhibit from the lower grades showed Illustrations of home life feature scenes in lands across the oceans the study of early pioneer life in the United States modern United States geography and South America and Mexico were the sources of some of the drawings These were unique in water colors and paints Among the interesting features at the exhibfcs were the murals designed and painted by the students In the high school classes floriculture drafting farming the granite industry and salesmanship are the title of murals made by five high school students A highlight of the art exhibit was a mural representing a ballroom which was painted as a background for the two puppets Cinderella and Prince Charming Miss Helen Cate art supervisor of public schools in the city was in charge of the exhibit REELECT MRS HILL Saratoga Springs May Mrs Daniel Hill wife of the pastor of the Hedding Methodist church of Barre Vt was reelected as recording secretary of the Troy Methodist conference here yesterday The conference went on record as vigorously opposing the continued use of grain for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages while the conditions of world wide famine exist Among the new deacons ordained as supply pastors by the conference was Mrs Orville Sangorn of Jhetford Center Vt hurt a when the switch was funeral which is to he hold from thrown and that he had difficulty the home at 2 o'clock DST Monday in breathing with the straps and afternoon The Rev Wadis hood over his face will officiate Burial will be marie Sure Glad About It ln th! hill cemetery Masonic services will be given at the grave Asked whether he considered the failure an act of God Francis replied sure know but I am sure glad about He said he felt all after he was removed from the chair and that he was sorry killed a He said go to and then added wonder how it Is in hell" In Baton Rouge Attorney General Fred LeBlanc said there was one of holding that if a death sentence was not carried out on the date set it could not again be attempted He added however that he could not attempt an off-hand opinion bizarre case Federal Aid Bill Earmarks Sum For Airports Washington May 4 UP) The earmarking of $356250000 for airport construction in the states under the federal aid bill was announced yesterday by the civil aeronautics administration The amounts earmarked for New England were: Connecticut $2807-506 Maine $3103678 Massachusetts $6326381 New Hampshire $1213277 Rhode Island $1036577 in and Vermont $1052284 No funds will be specifically as- ceed him as the result of a party organization meeting held last night at the city council rooms Other officers elected in the re-organization movement were Mrs Anita Vanettl as vice-chairman Archie Buttura as treasurer and Jose Monte as secretary Appointed to serve on the Washington County Republican committee were Mrs Vera Winters Delos Buck and Gelsie Monti Added to the city committee were Ruth Monte in ward one Ateo Brusa in ward four and Lena Galll In ward five Republicans to serve as chairman for the various ward committes included William Scott ward one Vera Winters ward two Marjorie Conzelman ward (hreo: Ateo Brusa ward four Silvio Cardi ward five and Mertofi Towne ward six MAHARAJAH EXAIINED Under Observation By Lung Specialist At Boston Boston May 4 (IP) The Mara-hnjah of Indore was under observation by Dr Edward Churchill noted lung specialist today at the Phillips House of the Massachusetts General hospital Francis today was in a death cell in the Iberia parish jail at New Iberia while state legal authorities wondered whether another attempt could ever be made under the law to electrocute him The negro was strapped in the chair yesterday and the current was turned on He squirmed and then astounded attendants by yelling under the hood It off! Take It off!" Francis said Lord was with when he was taken from the faulty chair and later in a death cell interview said that he was of going to heaven" when the switch was thrown Governor Jimmie Davis granted a six-day reprieve Sheriff Leonard Resweber said he would attempt to have the execution carried out next Thursday In the interview Francis who was convicted of slaying Andrew I Thomas a St Martinsville druggist answered questions readily and even discussed the slaying He said he thought would Montpelier sergeant-at-arms at the State House in April ordered 3000 balsam fir to be planted in Montpelier George Shirley of Marshfield also ordered 3000 balsam fir aged five this year to be planted in Marshfield Prices of these seedlings to ordinary buyers are $650 a thousand for three-year-old seedlings $750 a thousand for four-year-olds and $850 for five-year-old seedlings Prices are slightly less when trees are sold to soil conservation districts Each applicant for tree-planting in cooperation with the Winooski Soil Conservation district must agre to clear the planted area and all ground within 900 feet of the buslt of foreign growths such as blackberries Planters must also agree to submit reasonable reports on the condition of their planted areas for 45000 white pine to be planted in Chelsea These were ordered in April Second largest order in this vicinity was placed by the Ward Lumber company of Moretown which in April ordered 25000 white pine and 10000 white spruce all to be planted in Moretown The Winooski Soil Conservation district in January ordered 10000 red pine three years old to be planted ln Waterbury on land owned by the Vermont State hospital The land which has a sandy soil has been idle The Soil Conservation district also ordered for Don Camp of South Barre 5000 red pine to be planted In a South Barre pasture of sandy soil Mrs Abbic Orne of Cabot ordered 8000 balsam fir five years old In April to be planted on land owned by Badger in Cabot He pointed out however that the signed for cities and communities sentence probably said until Congress votes money for be Francis should until dead" i planning and CAA engineers determine local needs CAA said I.