Portland Press Herald from Portland, Maine • 1

rr r- ir miw WS rt-v- i I he Weather: i Early Showers Clearing Today Fair -Friday' (Complete Report On Pago 2) 1 28 Poger i PORTLAND MAINE THURSDAY MORNING JULY 30 1953 '1' Entered A Second due Mill Hatter PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL' 92 ESTABLISHED JUNE 23 1862 -V i I ear Of Reprisal' Claim- i By May Craig Washington July 29The Federal Communications Commission today granted Portland its first VHF television station It approved the application of the Congress Square Hotel Corporation tp operate 100000-watt itatlod on Channel 6 under the call letters WCSH-TV- William HRines managing direqtor of Radio Station WCSH said he would probably' be-ready to announce his plans sometime Thursday It is believedrthat he hopes to be able to set up the station in five whlqh would place it in operation py the nd of the i Of Arrests Confiscations i i i Berlin July 29 All German relief records were shattered as 200000 eastern needy defied Communist police terror and lined up at 50 distribution points for free West? efn food In West Berlin today Each day the total rises In ell 450000 food packages have been distributed to poverty-strteken East Germans this week Arrests confiscations radio threats and scare leaflets were brushed aside in the trek across the Soviet sector border Tiie 15 million dollars worth of foodstuffs donated by tne trailer It was delayed a total of 6 hours by tha Communist Brunswick' Augusta Sanford and-Kitteryi I Presumably WCSH-TV win seek affiliation with the Nation Broadcasting Company the network with which the radio station has been affiliated for years Studios for the new station be located in the Eastland-Congress 'Square Hotel building where WCSH studios now are Tiie application filed with FCC called for a transmitter on Black for Channel 13 in Portland filed by Community Broadcasting Service Bangor in which he was also interested FCC policy is against granting more than one permit to an applicant in thfc same area and Mt Washington TV signals were expected tq rsch Portland HILDRETH DECLINED to give up hli: interest in Co munity so ''Presumably he will withdraw his application before Aug 8 "That could mean early FCC action on the Guy Gannett application unless another applicant soon Oliver Broadcasting System stockholders are also interested in Mt Washington TV which is the reason for its' withdrawal from the Portland area Portland's first TV-station a shorter radius UHF station is expected to go on the sir the end -'of August strap in Xf it operates on full authorized powerl which would be customary it can be erpected to reach an estimated 60000 TV sets within a 60-mile radius from Portland FCC ACTION followed swiftly on withdrawal of an application for1 the same channel by the Oliver Broadcasting System which operates Radio Station W5POR Commission action bn a second VHP application from the GuylOannett Broadcasting Services (WOAN) for Channel 13 is expected soon WCSH AV could be expeeted to cover a wide semi circle bounded by Kittery in the south to central New Hampshire to near Watervllle in Central Maine and into Rockland on the coast-'! Cities obtaining good recep tion could include besides Greater- Poitlanu Lewiston-Auburn Biddefnrd Saco Bath- 1 TODAY'S ACTION was just one more move In a Jast-break-lng television picture this Summer It started when FCC granted conditional award To i Mt Washington Inc July 8 Mt Washingtcjp TV is headed by former Govt-Iforace A Hildreth now ambassador to Pakistan 1 But it told Hildreth that he'd have to withdraw his application United States for East German relief and scornfully rejected by! Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov will be given out here to 12 million needy in 60 days If the present Irate can be sustained -relief of ft cials ssld ALL OVER THE SOVIET I ZONE the food rush snowballed Every East German returning to a home town in the provinces with arms loaded with Western fats flour and other rare treasures was a signal for more to set out for Berlin Red police arretted" scores of I food-laden East Germans In the Soviet sector of the city At least some were freed later The police toqk away the identity cards of many more The threat of trial las a Western spy shadowed each of the hungry But the food rash grew beyond aU expectations If the vast Senate Passes Foreign-Aid Bill After Ike i Leaders Thwart customs mspectors but- got through wlUiout confiscation Thera were indications that American ood would soon 1 be arriving here In huge tonnages by railind highway as well as air It will be distributed dlreet-to East Germans after repackaging In uebranded containers -It also wlU replenish the reserves maintained here since 949 to protect West Berlin from another Soviet blockade i Red Premier Otto Grotewobl who called the United 8tates original free food offer a "slander against the German went before the Soviet Zone Volkskammer (parliament) 1 today and described the food relief in West Berlin as "American provocation" I We are willing to buy 13 mll-ion or 50 'inllliondollars worth or American food and other goods' if America- will 1 sell it at world prices under equal he asserted The reason Grotewohl talked up paying was obvious He could not afford let the Soviet Un- ion appear miserly by comparison with the United States The Russians -have agreed to 1 set! government more food in return for German manufactures They sra giving nothing awar free a Grotewohl rolled out an old chestnut to the Volkakammer proposal 1 that the East I and West German governments meet in August to draft an election law for unifying Germany It was at best an attempt to draw': voters from Chancellor Konrad Auenauer hr his 1 own fight for re-election Sept Washington July 36 (Thun-i meSslue designed to strengthen Mexico Cadets Welcomed To Maine Salvador Mariscal Flores commanding officer of the) Mexico City Civil iir day) (API Thft senate early today passed $6745318202 foreign aid bill after Eisenhower leaders turned back repeated attempts to slice the total The vote bn passage of the Patrol Squadron and five of his cadets are jwelcomed to Maine Wednesday after- project can bo completed ltwiil noon' by Col Winfield A Ramsdell commanding officer of the Maine Wing CiVll I provided something for two out of three In the foreign nations against communism was 69-10 The Senate theft adjourned at 1234 a until 11 a est THE BIG MEASURE contaAs about 4'i billion dollars In new cash the rest being uncontracted funds from old appropriations The measure which totals roughly half a billion dollars more than the House voted now 4 rv a i 1 I- I- 'i 1 i I I i Air Patrol The visitors will be guests of the Maine CAP for ten days as part of an international cadet exchange program' Cadets left to right are Jose Navarrete Jorge Valencia Adam Romera Caesar- Menendez and Paul Perez The -group came by air by way of San Antonio Tex and Washington (By Staff Photographer Johnson) i i will go to a Senate-House Conference Committee to Iron out differences Senate actioq came at 1230 a to est after a 15-hour session Although the Senate bill was about half a billion less than Eisenhower originally requested his lieutenants in the Senate 'considered it a substantial victory The Senate earlier had re fused to slash 548 million dollars from the program Hie chamber-: after a tide of Impassioned oratory before packed galleries rejected 53-35 a motion bv to slice the rent fiscal year -by more than cries rejected 53-35 Debt Limit Rumor every persons Soviet milUon population With thousands of tons of American foot -already across the' Atlantic the Bonn Government established a food "aid to Berlin today) A regular Pan i American airliner brought in 4400 pounds from Hamburg Morn air cargoes wUl follow Testing the Soviet Zone Autobahn for overland Ship 5 it Sen Taft Rests sim 1 i if For Defense Judiciary Itself Washington July 29 fAP) half a billion This would have 1 speeding toward a week-end brought it down to the figure adjournment Congress today which the House had voted over I stamped approval on bills to run protest the Defense Department Con- The names of ELsenhower end gress itself end the Federal the tiling Senator Taft of Ohio Judiciary were Invoked in the debate Long The Defense appropriation was said Taft now oh a sick bed in I the biggest money bill before the New York had declared the pub- legislators this year It provides lie was tired of the heavy for-1 more than 34 billion dollars for eign aid spending I the Nation's military effort in might be one of fiscal-Jer which ends June one-of the most Important statements he has made" Long said New York July 29 CAP) Ailing Senator Robert A Taft Is resting comfortably" after ral-ying -from Tuesday's? turn for the worse New Yorki Hospital said tonight A brief hospital bulletin signed 7" Dr Claude Forkner at 945 est) said: i "Senator Taft- is resting comfortably There has been no change In his condition since this I A 5 bulletin had reported that Taft a better day today than The next word from the hos pltal is scheduled for 9 a Thursday i -I 1 The hospital said members of the were with him during the evening and that several hundred telephone calls and many telegrams asking about: his -'condition' were received I The other measure calls fori House conference group seeking! ment wmn pood Ministry $96187351 take care of legis-1 to straighten out the difference dispatched 20 tons of American latlve and judicial expenses for between measures passed by both nour a big Diesel truck and the fiscal year chambers 1- Passage of these two bills left! There are other things to bej i 1 1 yii 1 only three appropriations meas- cleired uPi however before Con- I -flAHo I LSanfopH Lharffed ures to be Ironed out before Con- sress can adjourn including kJCMAS Ui 4 wvlUSA gress can quit for the year Tenl Umoer of bills given a ww (l of the billg haver g(me to theUabe! by president Eisenhower Vvlrn MlQITIflnRGPmPnL Chief among these are a series VV 1U1 IiagCmCUl thI aii 1 3 1 compromises which must be I Sanford July Goodall- readily state where Inc wu clwed wlthgnlblllt urltutun 11 one is before a 8enateiof toe Mme bm These toclude' today by the cisions may lie it might be well 1 A BILL to permit more then head of the United Textile I to re-evaluate some of your bast 200000 refugees to 'enter the Workers AFL decisions and the -effect 4hey United Statts over and beyond I have had on the operation of the regular immigration quotasl THE CHARGE came In a let- the established! present law Presi-ter from Herman Ackrbydln A- dent Eisenhower wanted the ftg-reniv to one written by the firm's ackboyd flian explain his ure to be 240000 The i approved 217000 the Senate! presidnt- LWarfl but told a newsman the matter 209 000- i The company's 3600 workers had been brought to the I com- i were back on file job today kfter Psny's attention on numerous 2 A MEASURE to extend-the 1 reciprocal trade authority f6r a Complete text of Ackroyd is my belief ttiat your em-year The President asked fori statement Page 24 ployes realize the Problems an extension which the hftUr work ltmsBe ctured faSn? Senate approved: The certainly they aVe convinced as Police reported that three passengers in the car were not in- Officials Probing Accident Blamed For D6ath Senstor McClellan ID-Ark) arose to support Long's amendment saying that each year Congress hears the same old that any cut wreck our i 4 fl VII 1 1 I I' I I I i I Continued on Page 2: 3rd CoL Death of a coastguardman here Tuesday night was not caused by an automobile the same old scare come-1 dit Medical Examiner Joseph Porter reported Wednesday night a Police and coastguard Intelligence officers immediately launched an Investigation into the death of Englneman First Class Thomas A McKenna 28 of the cutter Yakutat i' Siddall Or Varney? 1 Washington July 29 AP A storm blew up on Capitol Hill tonight over Reports that President Eisenhower may ask Con gress to boost the present 275 billion dollar limit on the Fedr eral debt by -as 'much ss 25 billion dollars EISENHOWER INVITED key congressional leaders of both parties and his own top-level financial aides to attend a White House breakfast conference Thursday at which the debt limit is expected to be a prime topic On the' Senate floor? Senator Byrd D-Vi) hotly opposed any Increase on the -ground that it would-be "a grave mistake an invitation to extravagaince1 called on the President to Government spend-lng and thus keep it within legal bounds -for the next five months until Congres reconvenes next January "The President has the authority If ho chooses to use It to place every agency of the Government on an expenditure ration and- limit the expenditures In -such manner as he deems best'! Byrd said i The Virginia Senator also declared the 8 Treasury has nine billion dollars cash on han general fund and shouk be able to get along without breaking through the present debt ceiling at least until Congress returns next year Other legislators 'including Senators Lyndon Johnson D-Tex) the Senate minority lead- er and George (D-Ga) predicted the Senate -would reject any hike in the debt limit at this time particularly when Congress- racing toward adjournment this week end ACROSS 1TIIE CAPITOL several House Republicans who asked not to be named said they understood the Administration would lay a request for a 25-bil lion-dollar Increase in the laps of congressional leaders Thursday's White House breakfast meeting There was some doubt in other quarters however that' such a larga increase would be sought York County Will Provide New Superior Court Justice Urhe munwm mar anas I however voted to increase the I by Goodall-Sanfords Insistence Jain that the solution Is not oTSS wannartar'Jtartff commission from six to that they take a 20 cents-an- in reducing the union Sfrtrt J-lhour pi cut nrwldcnt wrote torney Frederic Sturgis I Publican a numerical majority The old contract was -renewed I Ackroyd censured Ward for Capt Harold Maguire Assist- BILL DECLARING thatpor two years without the cut Hremarke made before the variant County Attorney Kenneth the pwiaral xovernment has title Declared Ackroyd: one eeririee clubs the clergy and Baird and -two coastguard in- to submerged -lands extending snci1 hmrm nIuaed ihe a public which m-telllkence officera from Boston beyond the boundaries of the pa4f l0 ow SrStemf ih pub-1 posre mea th4t "would even itually start aa i three miles from all i 11 ns need now te go West Coast of operation in ethers Augusta July 28 Maine's eighth Superior Court (Justice will come from York County Gov Burton Cross told his news conference today He said he expected to make the appointment authorized by eengere aa Donald Rasmus Florida where the distance is sen abhipmate of McKenna Nnii miiaa Mrs Justiifa Ives 24 of Fore Street and Mrs Violet Dona i 24 of Newbury Street' I SgnteHoue ment) still exists x' to management in the plant theless 1 am assured workers that it never- lg my understanding that by move In this direction-bad ai- (mismanage-ready been made even' before contract negotiations 1 he continued a compromise agreement on had written-- that -e of union could con- I oi uie union coum twi- the -continental shelf bill lata today knocking out a senate that would require use elude therefore that If the intent in operating Mrs Ives was riding with McKenna in the front seat Maguire said shJrt tliifS tar thgroS? had I tand for dionaJ purposea community of Sanford left a Commercial Street cafe The House quickly passed the Ackroyd replied: Continued on Page 2: 2nd CoL 1 and before you Ward ha MMumeiWiK union ty el -of fromthe ubmerted must make detriments to 1 and THEY QUESTldNED three persons who were riding with ed on the bench Justice Arthur McKenna when the automobile E'Sewall of York Retired March he was driving went out of dbnr He -now holds an actlve-re-1 trol on Commercial -Street land lred appointment I struck two parked cars Binn The questioning continued SIDDALL 59 is a prominent until early this morning Itlwill York County attorney He has be resumed again today In many American Legion Intori posts including Maine depart- Pnrfr thf ment eommeitder Doctor Porter said that Me ul Ad Kenna who died in Maine Gen- Sanfoi d1 edaraHld eral Hospital Wednesday morn- fromhe UnlvmltT ffmiS ha lrctur'1 ofWorld wAVhVI I v4d avd not serious enough to cause tne ried and has two daughters 1 iracture Doctor Porter opined VARNEY 49 is a veteran of daine politics He first was elected to the Legislature as a member of the -House in 1931 He was House speaker in 1941 and went onVto serve In the Sen ate and become Senate president He was elected York County attorney in 1933 He Is a former aw partner of Judge Sewall He is married He is a native of South Berwick a graduate of Bowdoin College and Washington and Lee University Law School thelJJ lt wiU do re gsrdless of any concessions the workers here might tha so AFL man concluded i Stephen Oilltgan theitom-Ipany's industrial relations director! id the firm would have no comment immediately iPolice Handicapped By Delay In Delivery Of New Ambulance Varney Porf- ody and mount it on the new UpTOYtl chassis' said its work will prob-1 ably require ten to 14 days after that The old ambulance was mocked out In an -accident and fire June 21 Portland South land Page 24 Gorham Freeport other Cumberland and County totcnSf Page IS Westbrook Page 6 SlddaU the legislature this year Aug Cross' word that the new judge will be a' York County man strengthened belief that' he will be either Cecil J-Siddall of San ford or George D- Varney of Kittery Sources close to the Governor say definitely that the new judge will be one of the two: i York County is pot represent! On Other Pages A Air force issues ultima-turn to 13000 college Jun-lbrs In its ROTC ake flight training or drop out Page 4 I HOFACKER DENIED that the present ambulance (the panel truck) wee without stretcher when lt made the run for the motorcyclists Tuesday He said) Udtil Portland can get deltv-ery of a new ambulance police be unable to carry more than one seriously hurt person at a time from accidents i DISADVANTAGES of the one-stretcher capacity panel truck ow used as an ambulance was demonstrated again Tuesday en two young motorcyclists ere hurt on St John Street To a complaint that police Itook them to the -hospital one at a -r time Chief Clarence Hofacker replied that the present ambulance will hold only one stretcher Deputy Fire Chief Harry Marr said the fire department's rescue wagon was called 'to the scene but policemen had taken both men to the hospital by the time lt arrived The latter wagon been lied until after police arrived at the scene a fire official explained Delivery of the new ambulance ibably Is at least six weeks Sgt John Davis did borrow a Prniipr For oddU second stretcher from the Maine raycr Vur 1 Central Railroad In- order to God open ear eyes to eeo -have the second youth ready to woaden of life In the easily be loaded into the ambulance rerlooked Shew ns Thy law when lt cot back from delivering household duties In com- the first one to the MilnOfGen- moa courtesies teach ns to The lawyer who successfully defended Dr Sander may get' Tobey's Sena seat Page 12 Scott Named FSTC Head Orono July 29 Ermo Scott former state deputy commissioner of education was named president of Farmington State Teachers College today to replace Dr Errol Dearborn who resigned last month The announcement was made by Earle Vickery chairmen of the State Board of Education' after a meeting of the board at the University of Maine Scott who will assume his new position Sept 1 Is a native of Howland a graduate of the East- eral HospltaL Blaine Davis 17 Horoscope Today Chuckle Classified 26 27 i Clearing House Comics 22 18 16 21 Inside TV Lrtoumeau 25Letters Mary Dunne Quote 1 I don't know what dictated EisenhowecV thinking He perhaps weighed the amount of blood agony tears necessary at that laite date -to win! and concluded the i price was too says Senator McCarthy in telling Nation the suflered a great defeat tn Korea Page 7 Fuse Inventor Checks Model Plane Dr Walter A Good left Bethesda Md famed' phy- know that wg art acknowledg- lng Thy presence Spur us to write today the little note that win: cheer the sick and comfort- the bereaved Make ns faithful in small duties that we may be given responsibility in largo affaire and thereby serve Thee better' We Pray In Master's name Amen Ralph Wmri Pittsburgh minster MIL Lebmnen Methodist Church (Ceprrtht 153 a KaMmal Ownefl et Cbarchc MUswaa Vtatara) Traffic Officer (slopping car with lady at the wheel): the Lady Driver: "In your eyes you great big gorgeous OasrrWi1 Otiml Pastsm Carp fni State Normal School and slcist who developed the artillery shell proximity fuse fr I checks radio-controlled model plane held by his as- wy City Motor Com- the university in 1938 and hS distant William Saks also of BethLsda at WeSSdiHharoT the National Model Airplane Meet at the Naval Air sta- virtually completed his research received a notice of delivery tlne I for a doctorate at New York University He Is married and has two daughters but expect delivery for a -month Hews Body Company which krill repair the old tion Willow Grove Pa More than 1500 persons are participating (AP Wlrephoto).