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Founded 1903 Bennington FIFTY-THIRD venmg YEAR NO. 15,994 PBICE FIVE CENTS anner BENNINGTON, VERMONT, FSIDAY, APRIL 20, 1956 WEATHER Cloudy with occasional snow flurries and cool this evening. Partial clearing after with little change in temperature. Saturday partly cloudy and little Seems to be Sort of Ironic That Even the Highway Employes, State Police and Officials Always Refer to That Stretch of Road on US 7 as 'Death Valley'. More Than One 'Death Valley' It Too Butler Fears Money Crisis Facing Dems WASHINGTON UP) National Chairman Paul M.

Butler said today his party is facing a i financial crisis'' which if not solved quickly will seriously en danger its chances for victory next November. He said fund raising should be given "No. 1 priority" if the party is to be able adequately to present the issues to the people. He said those issues include "what it means to them to have a part- time president Butler, opening a two-dav meeting of the national committee to discuss convention and campaign plans, said in prepared remarks the Republicans now have five million dollars in their campaign i chest. Against that, he said, is a Democratic bank balance of a mere 50 to 1 advantage for the GOP.

To emphasize his point, he sale the $100,000 Democratic balance enough to purchase time and produce a hplf-hour program on a major nationwide television network." "There is no use kidding ourselves," he added. "The Democratic party is confronted with a financial crisis. If we don't find a way to solve it prom otly we are faced by the very real danger that the 1956 election will be won not by the party with the best issues but by the party with the most money." Butler said sizable funds will be needed to "drive home to the people the full significance of the President's veto of the farm bill." 'We have to show the voters how our foreign policy and defense programs have vacillated and drifted to a point where our security is in grave peril," he said. "We have to drive home the lack of leadership in Washington. 'We have to show the people what it means to them to have a part-time president.

We have to tell the people how this administration has fa rored the wealthy few at the expense of the rest of (Banner-Barschdorf) NAMED TO FHASMACY BOARD--Kayraond C. Quinlan, 61, Bennington druggist, receives papers from Municipal Judge John B. Harte who took Quinlan's oath or office. Qwinlan received appointment to State Board of Pharmacy from Governor Johnson yesterday. Term ends March 1, 1961- Quinlan has operated a drug store in Berinington for 40 years.

Store was founded in 1898 by his father. Kay's son Edward, the third generation, is now chief pharmacist at the store. Ray Oiiinlan To State Board David E. Wilson HI of Rocldng- harn was named a justice ''of the peace to replace Rudolph. Witmore who resigned.

MONTPELIER Five a pointments, including the naming of a Bennington man to the State 3oard of Pharmacy, were a Governor, Officials Discuss Aged Care MONTPELIER Vermont's position with respect to care, nounced by Governor Johnson yes- treatment and rehabilitation of Securitv Council to secure compli- terday. the aged were discussed at a meet- Raymond Quinlan of Bennington in here today called for that-pur- was named to a six-year term on Pose by Governor Johnson. Alaskans Go To Primaries For First Time JUNEAU, Alaska (ffl--Alaskans, who don't have a vote for president, will get a chance for the first time Tuesday to mark their preferences for the nominations. The names Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver will be on the ballot President Eisenhower and Sen. William F.

Knowland will be on the Republican. The California senator's name was entered before the President signified his willingness to run again. There was no chance to remove it. All the names were put on the ballot by Alaskan supporters. Consent of a candidate was not required.

The main interest will be in the Kefauver-Stevenson contest. Neither has been in Alaska to campaign, but both have proved popular on previous visits. Clubs in support of each have engaged in only moderate activity. National interest in the territory's elections has been increased in recent years by the accuracy of the northerners' i i a adage: "As Alaska goes, so goes the nation." The preference primary part of a long and involved ballot on candidates and issues is being held for the first time under an act of the 1955 Legislature. The presidential preference ballot also includes candidates for national committee members, so each voter will have to ask for the Republican or Democratic ballot.

Presumably it will check a "jumping" of voters to the other party in an attempt to help or sink a favorite. The delegation from Alaska the Democratic National conven- the pharmacy board to replace the 'late George Phelps of Newport. appointments including the naming of Mrs. Annie Taylor of Brunswick as town representative to fill a vacancy created by the death of her husband, Richard W. Taylor.

Sally N. Taylor, also of Brunswick, was named a justice of the peace to replace Nolan Richards who failed to qualify. Dr. Howard D. Slack of Burlington was named to six-year term on the Board of Dental Examiners to replace Dr.

Francis Reed Windsor who, by law, cannot succeed himself. Denies Motion New Hampshii State Sedition CONCORD, N.H. (ffl-- The New Hampshire Supreme Court in the nation's first test of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on state sedi- laws yesterday denied a mo- Ion by a magazine editor for a rehearing on his contempt conviction. New York editor Paul M.

Sweezy, in asking for reconsideration of his conviction for refusing to answer questions during a state investigation, cited the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling. The state court's action, al- no opinion was issued, ap- eared to have the effect of up- lolding the legality of the investigation which was conducted under Hampshire's Subversive Activities Act. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "congress has occupied the field" of prosecuting seditious acts and state laws have been superceded by federal legislation.

Sweezy was cpnvicted after he refused to answer questions about a lecture he delivered in 1954 at The governor said the session was exploratory in nature. Attending h-e session were Health Commissioner Robert B. Aiken, Dr. Robert Smith, re'habil- itation advisor; Rupert' 'A. Chittick, State Hospital superintendent; and Social Welfare Commissioner W.

Arthur Simpson. The governor said he had hoped Rep. Wayne Sarcka of Cuttingsville could be present, but that he had not returned from a trip abroad. Sarcka a been extremely critical of the governor in recent months for what the legislator claims is neglect of the aged i Vermont. re Court Says Laws Are Valid ecution to reluctant witnesses.

A DcGrygory, the first granted immunity under the law, invoked the Fifth Amendment when he refused to answer ques- tions of New Hampshire Atty. Gen. Louis C. Wyman. Three State Papers Win Ayer Awards The Rut- land (Vt) Herald has won its second N.

W. Ayer Cup for excellence in typography, makeup and printing. The newspaper previously won the top distinction in 1947 and also won honorable mentions in seven earlier competitions Judges of the 26th annual contest conducted by N. W. Ayer Son, Philadelphia publishing house, an- nounced the results yesterday.

Dr. Gavlord p. Harnwell. pres- i ident of the University of vania, Raymond Dag Confers With Israeli Chiefs Today JERUSALEM (fft U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold set a last round of talks with Israeli officials today on technical Palestine border questions before leaving for his Middle East headquarters in Beirut.

The U.N, official was pushing to improve border arrangements after the announcement of a new, unconditional cease fire agreement between Israel and Egypt The technical issues up for discussion included proposed new i regulations for N. investigators working in the border area and the itinerary and timetable of bor-' der patrols. Israeli sources said Israel was ready to make certain concessions on these points "provided they are reciprocal." Only one incident had been reported since Israel and Egypt agreed not to shoot across or pass over the armistice demarcation after 6 p.m. Wednesday. An Egyptian military spokesman in Cairo said an Israeli patrol fired yesterday morning on an Egyptian post near Delr el 3allah, in the Egyptian-held Gaza coastal strip.

He said the Egyptians suffered no casualties and did not fire back. The spokesman added that Egypt had complained to the Mixed Armistice Commission that Israel had violated the armistice. Hammarskjold announced ye.s- tcrday that Egypt and Israel had told him they had issued orders to their forces to abide by the new cease-fire agreement. Both more than a week ago but had reserved the right to act in self- defense. Hammarskjold was dispatched to the Middle East by the U.N.

anceVith the 1949 armistice agreements between Israel and Egvpt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria and to reduce tensions along the demarcation lines set out in the agreement. He is to- report to "the council on his mission bv May 4. 'Hammarskiold's talks here with Premier David Ben-Gurion and other Israeli officials airoarently also touched on issues with other Arab states, although the Israeli- Egyptian tension had been considered the major threat to peace. From his temporary headquarters in Beirut, Hammarskjold will go on to Damascus and Amman for conferences. He met with tian leaders in Cairo before coming here.

Israel and filed complaints with their mixed armistice commission, each blam- ine the other for a clash Wednesday. Military spokesman in the Jor- (Banner-Barschdorf) DEMOCRATS SHAKE--Kichard Corcoran, left, welcomes State Sen. Frank E. Branon of Fairfield at public meeting held at high chool last night. Looking on are: left, Alexander B.

R. Drysdale of Bennington, and right, John R. Finn of St. Albans, Democratic party organizer. T-Men Raid Gaming Dens In Five Cities Bif BILL BAKSCHDORF The Democrats will gel i the win column on the state ticket in State the Sen November elections Frank E.

Branon Fan-field, Democratic candidate for governor in 1954, predicted last night. Speaking before some 50 persons at a non-partisan meeting a the high school, Branon said challenges anybody to contradic Jordan yesterday tion leans toward Stevenson. The the University of New Hampshire 1952 delegation stuck steadfastly to the Kefauver banner, but a poll of the delegation this year shows six delegates (with half a vote each) favoring Stevenson; two Kefauver. The other declined to list a preference. Only one said positively he would change his support- if the preference vote goes the other way.

He listed Stevenson as his first choice. ELKS CLAM CHOWDEK FRIDAY DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT in Durham. The 47-year-olfl co-editor of "The Monthly Review" declared he was not and never had been a Communist but claimed the questions violated his rights to freedom of speech under the First Amendment. The state court, in an earlier opinion, declared the questions asked Sweezy, a former Harvard instructor, were within "an area in which the interest of: the state justified this intrusion upon civil liberties." In another decision yesterday, the court rejected a motion for a rehearing by Hugo DeGregory, 41, of Hudson, who sought to challenge a new state law which grants immunity from state pros- dan sector of divided Jerusalem said an Israeli patrol entered southern Jordan near Kharas village in the Hebron district and opened fire after being challenged. He said two Jordanian national guardsmen were killed, one was woundpa and one Israeli soldier was killed.

An Israeli army spokesman said Jordanian force entered Israel near Nechusha village in the La- chish area, exchanged fire with an Israeli unit and fled with an Israeli vehicle. He said each side lost one man killed. Cairo sources said Hammar- major task now is to assure that the new Egyptian-Israeli cease-fire is carried out. They said he Jiones to get both sides to agree pull their troons back from the frontier and to allow an increase in the number of U.N. observers.

Fr. Bresnehan Is CHS Asst. Principal The Rev. Paul M. Bresnehan, new assistant to the pastor at the Sacred Heart Parish and who has been assistant principal at Cathedral High School in Burlington, has been appointed assistant principal public printer of the United States and Bradbury Thornnson.

art director of Mademoiselle magazine, judged 804 daily English 1 newspapers on the basis of their issues of March 9. Newspapers reaching the finals of the judging include: Less than circulation-The Barre CVt) Daily Times- The Caledonia-Record, St. Johnsbury, and Valley News, Lebanon, N.H. B.P.O.E. 567 We regret to announce the death of Brother William LaRoche.

Meet at the club at 730. HENRY RYAN, Exalted Ruler GEORGE CAMPBELL, Sec, of Bennington Catholic High School effective immediately. Fr. Bresnehan's appointment by His Excellency the Most Rev. Edward F.

Ryan, D. Bishop of Burlington, was made known today in a letter received here by the Rev. Gerard Brennan, principal of Bennington Catholic High School and assistant at St. Francis de Sales Church. Fr.

Bresnehan, whose home is in Proctor, was assistant also at the Cathedral in Burlington before being assigned as assistant at Sacred Heart. The priest succeeds the Rev. Francis Holland as assistant principal and assistant at Sacred Heart. Fr. Holland has been appointed as assistant at St.

Aloysius Church, St. Johnsbury. PITTSBURGH Iff) Cracking down on what they called a "cross country syndicate of gamblers," Internal Revenue agents a raided alleged gambling places in five cities. The almost simultaneous raids were kicked off here yesterday under the direction of Malcolm Anderson, S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania.

Before they were over, IS persons were arrested and the government said at lad confiscated "valuable" records. Anderson said the places were part of a nationwide syndicate that had a "layoff" headquarters in nearby New Kensington, which was out of business when the raids came. Agents armed with search war- rants also hit establishments in Chicago, Fort Worth, Tex Boston and Newport, Ky. Eight persons were seized in Chicago, three each in Pittsburgh and Fort Worth, and four in Newport. Most were e'Targed with violation of the Federal Wagering Law of 1951.

Anderson declined to say whether more raids will be conducted but he said he would seek a grand jury investigation locally into the syndicate's operation. He said he expected similar inquiries would I became generally known. State Will Go Democratic In Fall Elections that prediction because the r- centage shows it. While he was confident that the I sought for all the agencies but is Propaganda Funds Cut By House Group WASHINGTON The House Appropriations Committee today cut 25 million dollars from President Eisenhower's request for the government's overseas propaganda program. It also refused to approve money sought by the Justice Department to build two new prisons and criticized a State Department proposal to buy an unspecified number of "executive vvastebas- kets" at $27 each The committee said it "would be a wasteful abberation" to give the U.

S. Information Agency the entire 135 millions requested for July 1. The 110 millions it recommended for USIA--which handles the propaganda program--is $22,663,370 more than the agency received this year. The committee approved the lull amount sought for USIA radio broadcasting programs, known as the Voice of America, but specifically rejected a request- for $3,790,500 to fit out an aircraft carrier for use as a floating theater equipped to show Cinerama, a new movie technique. The USIA funds were included i a $453,367,372 bill to finance the State and Justice departments, the judiciary and the USIA.

The committee's recommendations a subject to action by the full House and Senate. House consideration is scheduled for next week. The total recommended is 802,448 less than Eisenhower Still Missing With No LOS ANGELES (ffl--Where is Mrs Evelyn Throsby Scott? The question has kept the Police Department, the district attorney's office, the newspapers and an assortment of lawyers in a dither for more than six weeks since the disappearance 11 months ago of the wealthy, 63-year-old matron be started in other cities. Revenue agents got their first clue to the operation when more than 3,000 long distance telephone calls were traced to the alleged "layoff headquarters" at New Kensington, Anderson said. A "layoff" point is used as a safety device by bookmakers who accept more bets than 1hey feel they can handle safely.

The original bookmaker passes part of his bets to the "layoff" point, which then accepts responsibility for paying off winners or collecting from losers. GOP Caucus Will Convene Tuesday Eve Election of 12 delegates and 12 alternates to the state convention of the Republican Party will be the mam item of business facing Bennington Town Republicans when the party holds a caucus in the Benninglon Armory at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Town GOP Chairman Roy C. Denley has announced that the caucus will elect 1 delegates and alternates to attend the State GOP Convention on May 26 in Montpel- A second item of business will be rhe election of members of the Bennington Town Republican Committee.

The caucus will be asked to determine the number of members and they will be elected for two-year terms or until their successors are elected or appointed. Denley said today; "In accordance with recommendations of the state committee, any voter who intends to vote and act with the Republican Party at the approaching November election is invited to attend the The case and the position of her husband L. Ewing Scott, 59, in it are coming to some sort of climax in a grand jury investigation beginning next Tuesday. A. conference to go over information and evidence is scheduled today among Dist.

Atty. S. Ernest Roll; his chief deputy, Adolph Alexander; other D.A staffmen and investigators; Deputy Police Chief Thad Brown, in charge of the police phase of the inquiry; and detectives. There is no charge against Scott, who has repeatedly been questioned and requestioned and says he does not know the whereabouts of his wife. Her estate is reckoned at $600,000, with the bulk of her income from apartment house property in Milwaukee.

i Is Mrs. Scott dead or alive? The investigators say they have been proceeding on either or both Democrats would win this year, Branon was silent about his own plans. He said the party first has to show it wants him and second, he has to decide himself whether he wants to run again. In making the prediction of Democratic victory, Branon pointed out that prior to 1950, Democratic candidates for governor polled only" 25.5 per cent of the total votes cast for that office. In 1952, he said, Atty.

Robert Larrow of Burlington polled 39.8 per cent of the votes for governor and in 1954, Branon received 47.7 per cent of the total votes for governor. "That leaves only 2.4 per cent that Democrats have to gath- er this year to win. This is the trend," he said "and the people a indicated they a a liange." Branon declared that "if lad a top Republican administration, this trend might change, but we don't have any Ernest Gibson in office. At best we've got a 546,794,137 more than they received for the current year. The State Department's budget was cut 59,700,548.

Included in its allotment of 5171,506,737 was $33,830,875 for payment of the U. S. share of expenses of international organizations, mainly the United Nations; 51,906,000 for the U. Mexico Boundary and Water Commission; and two million for work on the Rama road linking Central America with the United States. The Justice Department was allotted $215,965,000, a cut of $19,915,000 from Eisenhower's requests.

The FBI was granted the entire $95,510,000 Rejected were it requested, requests of the routine ion." Republican admimstra- Immigration Service for funds to build 34.3 miles of fence along the Mexican border and of the federal prison system for 17 million dollars to build a close custody reformatory for youthful offenders and a maximum security prison for more hardened criminals. The committee said it wasn't convinced that the new prisons are necessary, lishment of a saying that estab- new youth camp and the opening of a women's section at the Terminal Island, prison will increase total inmate capacity. Funds were approved tc increase by about 100 the capacity of the Terre Haute, prison. For operation of the federal courts, the committee approved 535,395,635, a budget cut of dollars to air condition and court offices. theories.

They'have not come up nfl the enthusiastic job being with the answer, at least publicly. done bv Jonn Finn ol st A1 bans, Democratic partv organizer, who was also on hand last night. Several Bennington County men were commended by Branon their efforts in helping the Democrats to carrv the Countv in 1954. He cited William E. D'ailey of Shaftsbury, Robert Cummings.

Alexander Drysdale, George Fienberg and James Nelson of Bennington. Branon touched on the platform He charged that the present administration isn't interested in pro- for the state. "They're mak- ng a better case for us than we're making for ourselves," Branon "and they'll all be used as ssues in the campaign." The state senator said the best reak for the Democrats came ivhen Lt. Gov. Consuelo N.

Bailey tepped out of the picture. He described the lieutenant gov- trnor as "unscrupulous." Point- ut that Mrs. Bailey drew some 0.000 women's votes in the a lection, he said "The Republicans gomi? to miss Connie and miss ler bad." Branon, who has spoken uently at all types of Democratic neetmgs throughout the state dur- ng the past year and a half, said the democrats are rising up? He cited the interest shown i a made yesterday by Gov- Democrats throughout the slate, Johnson. he fund raising dinners featuring! The governor told newsmen sal- nationally prominent Democrats, Some State Officials May Get Pay Hike MONTPELIER (ffl Salary increases for some state officials may be in the offing, according to The date of May 16, 1955, has been fixed as the day Mrs. Scott disappeared Scott said he went out that day to buy some toothpaste for his wife' and when he returned to their home in the Bel- Air section she was gone He said she haa lelt before for short periods.

The authorities say he did not report her disappearance. Friends went to the district attorney's office last July and asked for a quiet investigation. It was kept quiet at their request, although D.A.'s investigators questioned Scott last August and again last February. The case became public knowledge March 6 when Mrs. Scott's brother E.

Raymond Throsby, 53, petitioned' the Superior Court for appointment as trustee of her estate. There followed a hue and cry, with Police Chief William H. Parker inquiring acidly at one stage as to how come the district attorney had not previously informed the police. There was no evidence of a crime having been committed, Roll retorted. Now, however, the prosecutor says there is evidence to be laid before the grand jury, relating Tuesday caucus and is permitted to Scott's handling of Mrs.

Scott's to participate in the caucus." Ifunds. only briefly, saying that it was as yet incomplete. He said platform is ultimately progressive. "We favor highway bonding state aid for schools and taxation according to the ability of the individual to pay," he said. He added that the Democrats are against a sales tax.

Most of these items were part of the Democrats' campaign in 1954. See BRANON SAYS Continued On Three MOOSE CLUB TONJGHT Steamed Clams ary increases for some department heads would be considered before the legislature convenes next year. Some rumblings of discontent have been heard in some quarters since the State Emergency Board set the starting salary for William Poeter, new state highway commissioner, at 58500 a year. Poeter is the second highest salaried department head in the state, topped only by Health Commissioner Robert B. Aiken who is in the bracket.

GOVERNOR TO SPEAK MONTPELIER W) A speaking engagement will take Governor Johnson to Concord, N.H., the capital city of the Granite State, tomorrow. The governor will be the main speaker at a noon luncheon being held in connection with annual meeting of the New Hampshire Sons of the American Revolution. MOOSE SOCIAL Tonight 8 p. m. PUBLIC INVITED A I.