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The Weatherman Says: MAINE'S LARGEST ATERNOON NEWSPAPER CpS in WGAN Portland WGUY and WGUY Bangor Last 36 Pages IVE CENTS PORTLAND MAINE THURSDAY JULY 30 1953 Radar Spots Migs In Korea Before After Deadline Of Action Now i Korean War ront New TV Here Is Now Bare Of Allied Red Armies Ex Prisoner Urges Cox 6 When Time receive United Nations membership the time is Kittery to Waterville and also reach into Central New Hamp Hangs Up Net since Champ Bug Catcher Quits to Makes Light Of the Man Without A Country inally Gets Ashorfe So American Country May Be Goal yester the Il Lee 82 84 from six Panmun they will ultra using 67 71 An officer said the Communist planes began taking off at dark apparently from Manchurian bases safe from Allied attack and were still landing at North Korean fields after the 10 deadline when all arms and armaments shipments into Ko rea were to have stopped Allied planes have bombed North Korean air bases contin ually but an air force officer said "apparently we leave the fields Meanwhile the joint military armistice commission picked Saturday as the tentative date Xntered A Second Claaa Matter At The Post Office At Portland Glowing Record times using pack mules their equipment out SPECIAL ORCE At the southern edge demilitarized zone the President Recommends An Increase In 275 Billion Dollar Debt Limit Daily Advertiser Established 1875 Evening Express Established 1883 Munsan (AP) Allied radar tracked large numbers of Com munist warplanes southward from Manchuria to North Ko rean bases after the cease fire deadline Monday night It was reported today as the Reds com plained of two more minor truce violations Air orce officers said the Red planes presumably Mig jets were spotted by a big Allied radar station' on Cho Island deep behind Communist lines off North Korea The story was delayed for hours by cen sors London Acting oreign Secretary Lord Salis bury said today Britain believe Communist China should Baltimore The world's champion lightning bug catch er a 15 year old exponent of the free enterprise system is hanging up his net and retir ing from active competition Nov maybe the guys will quit calling him the "Bug Johns I Hopkins University scientists concede they have a sufficient supply of the poster ior of the photinus (lightning bug) and Jimmy Tracy figures he's outgrown his specialty decision means the bust up of quite a corporation He formed it when Dr Wil liam McElroy and his Hop kins associates got interested in what makes lightning bugs glow Some people figured it was pyrophosphate The Hopkins people thought it might have something to do with sex at traction Jimmy care much one way or the other bqt the sci entists offered two bits for each 100 lightning bugs and a grand prize of $10 at the end of the season for the champion catcher Jimmy hired his brother Donald and a bunch of theguys Billy Phipps John Cun ner Donald Rexroth and Billy McManus He figured with all of them contributing to one big catch in his name have a good chance of knocking off that championship prize money 19 22 34 35 16 33 6 2 18 33 18 2L 22 23 25 17 19 18 20 shire The company signed a condi tional equipment contract more than 18 months ago assuring it certain priorities once it received its CC permit That should as sure it deliveries in time to get WCSH TV on the air by the end of the year CAN USE SYSTEM The new station expects to telecast programs in this area It can use it expects the present temporary relay system the American Telephone Tele graph System will install be tween Boston and Portland in cluding the receiving tower on Mount Agamenticus to beam pro grams from Boston stations into Portland Later on WCSH offi cials expectt the telephone com pany will install a standard re lay system between Boston and Portland The new station will seek affiliation with the National Broadcasting Company the net work with which It has been af filiated as a radio station the mid Station WPMT TV an high freouency station channel 53 expects to go on the air Aug 30 It can be picked up by sets changed oVer to receive Its signal which is beyond the range of television sets sold here up to a few months ago Owners of these sets can have a installed to receive this channel dr they can buy a special con Continued on Page 2 3rd Col i AIR Ohio Valley Earlier today thunderstorms occurred from Southern NewEngland to the Ohio Valley Moving in now with cooler dryer air is a high pressure cell centered over Minnesota Tem peratures are not' cold in the high just pleasantly cooler High pressure that gave us good weather earlier this week is remaining stationary over Ber muda usually good slgn for an (Continued on Page 33 2nd Co!) AP Wirephoto Joseph Kuzma 41 right is identified by the BI as leader of the group of alleged Communists it swooped down on in Philadelphia early today At the left is Sherman Labovitz 29 All are being held in heavy bail on charges that they conspired to overthrow the Government (or pictures of others caught in the roundup see Page 36) Hong in Macao Sept! 18 1952 after leaving Red China At Hong 'Kong 40 miles away authorities refused to accept his Red Cross travel papers and let him debark Ma cao also said he was unwanted So he rode and rode O'Brien says an Amer lean He claims he just bother to get a passport when he went to China 25 years ago The State Department denies a citizen And the Justice Department has said he was deported by the United States as a result of assault 1 robbery and burglary convic tions The Justice Department said his true name is Steve Ragan Several Ragans in the United States claimed him for a brother nothing came' of their actions Even a official entered the case with an attempt to determine national ity His findings if any never were made public Latest Washington (AP) Reja Cooper (D Tenh) said today adjournment of Congress scheduled this week end has been postponed until debt situation is He said the House Ways and Means Committee will hold hearings on the matter Monday Cooper Is senior Democrat on the com mittee Chairman Reed (R NY) was not immediately avail able for the first face to face meet ing of Swedish Swiss Polish and Czech officers who will po lice the flow of men and arms into and out of Korea WORKERS GATHER Red Cross workers nations convened at jom to chart the role play in helping repatriate nearly 90000 prisoners of war start ing Wednesday Staff officers handling the prisoner exchange met in Pan munjom to put finishing touch es on plans for the huge oper ation as the first group of Com munist prisoners landed at Inchon en route to camps where they will await exchange Maj Gen Blackshear Bry an head of the five man team on the joint military armis tice commission said Thurs meeting very quite But the Reds accused the Al lies of two more truce viola tions Both Involved air craft which allegedly circled over the demilitarized zone A spokesman said Bryan Continued on Page 2 4th CoL Augusta (AP) A former pris on inmate who said Christian guidance by Arthur Cox of Portland led to his reform to day asked Gov Cross and the Executive Council to release Cox from a life sentence for murder Lester Richardson of Orient said he served 19 months dur ing which Cox helped him study the Bible 1 knew Arthur to say a harsh word to a guard or any one he said "I think he should have Cox a Witness preacher was given life for the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Dean Pray at Windham Aug 20 1940 Attorney 1 Clarence Scott of Old Town making his fourth appearance to seek pardon or commutation 'for Cox reiterated that he believes Cox shot Pray in self defense and in defense of another Witness preacher who was with him "A life sentence is not justi fied by the facts in this he said He added that Cox is now in bis 60s and has served 13 years in prison In a written statement Cox said he believes Ms conviction Continued on Page 2 5th Cot The attornejygener al said he will be presenting a final report on the two year iiquor corruption probe to the Governor and Executive Council sometime today Attorney General Alexander A Laleur said the report will be lengthy and i complete and will end the renewed investigation begun March 17 assumed that investigators working the past four months have come up with nothing that will result in hew indictments Laleur would not make any such new evidence known be fore taking it before a Grand Jury it was reasonqgL Laleur said today he wants to make the report public and he believes Gov Burton Cross will also want to One aspect of the report which is eagerly waited is whether it will clear some persons whose names came out in last hectic legislative hearings Governor Cross has promised that "if there are people who can be cleared they will be cleared by Readers of the report also will be quick to look for results of any investigation of the Gov charges In ebruary that a "slush was being used to prevent the probe's be ing continued If this latest and apparently final chapter in the corruption story is written without any fur ther prosecutions proceeding from it the State may two years of investigation at a cost of as much as $85000 with out much to show for it assistants ih the in zone will be policed by members of the Armis tice Commission at Panmunjom The Allied command Strung signs all along the border say ing limits demilitarized zone Do not The signs are in English and Korean In some sectors American and other Allied soldiers worked fev erishly to destroy elaborate for tifications before the deadline Associated Press Photograper George Sweers said 2nd Division infantrymen were working hastily to demolish the trenches and bunkers on Outpost Harry About 50 Chinese sat lazily on a hill 100 yards away and watched The Chinese spectators occasionally played records over a loudspeaker for the Ameri cans The Chinese brought little packages containing wine and handkerchiefs and left them on the battlefield just forward of one listening post Democrats Mum i ollowing Meeting With Eisenhower Washington Presi dent Eisenhower today rec ommended an increase in the 275 billion dollar Na tional debt limit but a de cision as to whether the Issue? will be pressed in this session of Congress was left open at a White House con ference of Legislative leaders ACTS LIE Both Republican and Demo cratic leaders met iwith the President at a breakfast session which ran 2 hour arid 15 min Ji utes i At the break up Senator Knowland (Calif) acting Sen ate Republican leader said the' President and his fiscal aides laid before them the facts of but emphasized there was no commitment by the legislative leaders of either party He and others said the lead ers of both parties will hold fur I ther consultations at the Capitol before making any decision Chairman Millikin (R Colo) of the Senate inance Commit I tee put it this way: President his secretary of the treasury his budget director believe it is necessary to increase the limit They put it up to the committee chair men and leaders who will can vass There is strong opposition in Congress to a rise jin the debt ceiling and pressirig the issue could knock out plans for the lawmakers to adjourn this week end However Millikin said he thought there was a for a Saturday night adjournment eVen if the debt controversy was fought out AMOUNT LET OPEN The leaders sarid the amount of the increase and the timing of any formal recommendation was left open pending further consultations with House Ways and Means and Sepate inance Committee members and a fur ther conference with' treasury and white house officials Democrats attending tpe breakfast meeting i would not comment at the White House Rep Halleck of lnriana House Republican leader rsaid Secre tary of the Treasury Humphry and Budget Director Dodge briefed them on the prospective fiscal situation up to Jan 11 Halleck said the principal rea son behind the decision to ask for an increase was that if it is not done bor rowing would have to exceed the ceiling or else the working capital would be cut too low Right now the debt stands at 272 Vi billion dollars leaving the Government only bil lions of new borrowing power A large part of that 2Va bil lion will probably be eaten away more or less automatically be Continued on Page 2 2nd CoL Iranian Heat Takes 153 Lives Tehran Iran (AP) An day heat wave along the Persian Gulf in Southern Iran has caused 158 deaths according to an un official count The searing heat eased some what yesterday as the tempera ture dropped to 104 degrees in the shade Newspapers reported the mercury had touched 181 in the sun earlier inal Liquor Investigation Report To Be Made Today of Allied soldiers strung barbed wire and set up roadblocks to prevent anyone from entering Where To ind It This Evening Boyle's Notebook Bud Cornish Classified Comics Cross Word Puzzle David Lawrence Death Notices Editorial inancial Merry Go Round Radio Society George Sokolsky Sports Theaters Walter Winchell We Hear Westbrook Pegler gize O'Brien boarded ttw Hong Kong Michael Patrick finally made it ashore After 10 months and 12 days the 57 year old man without a country today left the six foot brig of the Portuguese Macao Hong Kong ferry Lee Hong traveled at least 12500 the equivalent of a trip half way round the world sailing between the two ports But the ex bartender and marine engineer going anywhere yet Police took him in 1 custody and refused to re veal their plans for His friends said they were trying to get him cleared for an unnamed South American country where his Russian wife and child are reported to have gone from Shanghai A missionary told newsmen was headed for Brazil but no official was talking praying nothing up one policeman said No pictures or interviews were allowed had been in the brig on the Lee Hong since last March when he had words with the captain lost the ar gument and refused to apolo VOL NO 242 i Austrian Gets Warning London (AP) The oreign Office said today Austria has been negotiating directly with Russia without the knowledge of the big western nations! Aspokesman what ap peared to be a warning to the government in Vienna "it's up to the? deputy foreign ministers (of the TBig our) to conclude an Austria state treaty of In dependence Washnlgton The Inter state Commerce Commission to day extended for an additional 22 months the 15 per cent in crease in freight rates it author ized in April The higher rates had been scheduled to expire next eb 28 The action extends the ihcreases until Dec 31 1955 the railroads estimated that the 15 per cent increase amounted to something unde a billion dollars a year The increases are in the na ture of surcharges They are added to freight rates in effect prior to the increases The carriers had asked that the increases be made permanent and integrated injto the rates themselves The commission announced the 22 month extension (in Ja one page notice In issuing the order without an accompanying report ex plaining the action the commis sion departed from its practice of the past It said it did so in order to make possible an earlier announcement But the commis sion said it will issue a report later setting forth the reasons for its action The commission heard argu ments earlier this month on the railroads petition to make the increases permanent and inte grate them into regular rates announcement amount ed to a rejection of the rail roads request It will not however bar the railroads from renewing their re quest prior to expiration of 22 month extension Philadelphia Six shab bily dressed lipped men were scooped up in a ederal Bureau of Investigation dragnet early toda? on charges they con spired "to advocate the over throw of the United States Gov ernment by force and A attorney said all six were members of the district committee of the Communist Party And attorney Joseph Hildenberger also told Comihissioher Henry Carr: "The district committee of the Com munist Party in this area is the hub from which all Communist Party activities BI agents swooped down on the homes of four and the sum mer cottage of another The sixth was nabbed as he emerged from a Communis cell meeting Hours later the six by then sleepy eyed meh were held in a total of $175000 bail and led away to jail cells manacled two by two Bail was set by dawn's early light in the ederal building of 1 fice of Commissioner Hen ry Carr after a series of after dark raids by agents of the ed eral Bureau of Investigation SEIZED AT MEETING Joseph Kuzma 41 identified by the BI as a Communist Party trade union secretary in Eastern Pennsylvania and Dela ware was seized the BI agents said as he walked away from a Communist Party meet ing in Northern Philadelphia He was held in $50000 bail for a further hearing 6 after Assistant Attorney Joseph Hildenberger told Carr he con sidered Kuzma "the leader of this Kuzma identified by the BI as a native of Brooklyn told Carr he remember his home address in Philadelphia and would require telephone book to recall Held for a further hearing on the same date in $25000 bail each were: David Dubensky also known as David Davis1 46 Sherman Continued on Page 2 2nd CoL Solons9 Eardrums Take A Beating Washington: Senator i Neely (D Va) drew a howl of laughter from his weary col leagues early today by protest ing against efuel and In human punishment of being talked to Neely at 78 the second oldest senator observed that the Sen ate had been in continuous session for 15 hours and 21 minutes and he said had spent 50 minutes on action and more than 14 hours on talk He ealled it unconstitutional and in support of his point he read the 8th Amendment which says in part that and in human punishments (shall not be) Red Plane Influx Reported The Wither (U Sr Weather Bureaa Official recast vestlgatlon just ended have been James Archibald Houlton and Harold Rubin Bath spe cial assistant attorneys general and Ernest McLean Augusta retained as advisor McLeah a Democrat was added to the team to make it bi partlsan They will take to the council meeting a report on which La office secretaries in Portland worked long into last night Lights also burned in his office here a long Laleur said and to a question pn whether it would prove sensa tional reading he answered: not afraid of libel afraid of Laleur said the report com pletes the work of his two special assistants McLean and two in vestigators State Police Lt Donald Herron Houlton and Walter Ripley a department In vestigator As the continued probe came to an end it was estimated its costs from March 17 when it began to today was about $15000 The cost of last year's probe has been variously esti mated at $40000 to $70000 The general intention of this final investigation it has been widely understood is to put an end once and for all to rumors counter rumors and speculation arising from aspects of last legislative and grand jury revela tions Governor Cross asked weekly the past four months about the probe has steadfastly avoided any more than general comment He has said that on the conclusion the public Mill re ceive a Seoul Two undefeated Allied and Red walked away from the Korean front today leaving in silence a narrow strip across Korea that only days ago roared in war Armistice terms required all troops to be out of the 212 Mile vyide belt at lO tonight (8 a est) The army said only a handful of Allied soldiers re mained on the long 150 mile front at sundown These were pulling back after working feverishly to destroy fortifications However the army said complete reports from the front would not be In for several hpurs after the deadline BI Seizes Six Accused Red Leaders To Go On Air ByYearEhd WCSH TV expects to be on air before the end of the year its owners said today It will operate on Channel 6 VH which means it can be picked up by owners of most tele vision sets in Greater Portland without outdoor antennas Under plans filed with the ederal Communications Com mission for a television permit several years ago the transmis sion tower will be located at Blackstrap bn land bought for that purpose The tower will be 380 feet above ground on land that is approximately 400 feet above sea level That 780 foot height should permit it to ra diate its 100 kilowatt signal from REDUCE YOUR OOD COSJS Jtin The': MAINE OOD 673 Congress Dial 3 8391 DEENSES DESTROYED Allied scalers Americans South Koreans and other troops of 15 other started leav ing the line shortly aft er the truce was signed Monday morning The guns fell silent Monday night Columns of soldiers walked down from hills they had bought in from battle grounds halfway between the present and history: Heartbreak Ridge White Horse Mountain Old Baldy Pork Chop Hill Bunker HUI The Hook and the outposts Vega? Harry Ber lin and East Berlin Going to the hHls they crept along under blazing Red guns in the wary crouching walk When they came down they walked upright with no shells to fear South Korean troops pulled back in an orderly fashion from the two thirds of the front they held Almost all fortifications were destroyed Bunkers were caved in and trenches filled Timbers were salvaged where possible Across No Land front line officers reported the Chinese and North Koreans were some get This year the firm netted 78 000 bugs 12000 of them per sonal trophies of champ Jimmy Tracy All told Hop kins collected 410000 in this roundup Naturally they won the prize They did last year too Jim my kept five bucks and let the gang split the other Tin The boss treats his employes right Not only do they get half of the prize money but he gives them their full 25 cents for each hundred bugs not pocketing a dime for him self But all over now be 16 Aug 12 and I can Jimmy said I guess I'll have a tough time at Poly (Polytechnic High School) again With the pub licity and all they caU me the and the and names like that But I can take Hopkins will miss Jimmy next year if they continue to probe into the phenomenon of and press their search for the secret of the energy that causes it in fireflies But' a man has to think of his future ICC Extends Increase In Britain To Support Red China In ngnt" He addeMhatit would be and lor him to say now three days after the armistice in Korea that the tiihe had arrived Lord Salisbury made the statement in the House of Lords Russia and maybe India are expected to urge the seating of Red China when the Genei1 Assembly con venes in New York Aug 17 Seating teed China would mean tossing out the Chinese Nationalist Government recognized by the United States Britain recognizes Communist China Lord Salisbury made his statement in answer to questions Secretary of State John oster Dulles said Tuesday that the United States will not buy Korean unity at the price of Red Chinese membership in the He added that America has the right to veto a move to seat the Chinese Communists Portland and vicinity: air 'and cooler tonight and tomor row Low tonight near 60 de? grees High tomorrow 75 Winds gentle northwesterly through out Lowest temperature last night and highest temperature day Airport Intown The low pressure trough and cold front that were expected to ca thundershowers 'over Maine this xore noon has now passed us and Is moving out over the oceaaf At present it ex tends down across Nova Scotia from Eastern Quebec touches Cape Cod and moves Inland to the ijh JUKI I fflli A ''jl A i 'a BL' aMMwi iW 'Mr Iiiifr H1! 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