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Page Two In The Legislature Obituary Maine To Have of Pioneer 157 t' tleen) Pad and Cover 495 Deaths SA 4 make from Pact Ono) for i MONEY IS 'Ct was 1953 Laundromat 29995 In Memoriam 23555 1953 Dryer Liberal Trade in NO DOWN PAYMENT APPLIANCES STREET LOOR Porteous Mitchell and Braun Co Elevator Service I LOAN METHOD GUARDIAN until 1945 in 1948 in had lived 39 70 18 30 71 27 71 54 33 17 0 41 lAilHDi1 10 15 8 1 3 7 18 33 38 16 39 He Quits On Page 17 Portland Maine Wednesday January 7 1953 Porteous Mitch and Braun Co 33 68 9 15 57 35 48 83 25 5 30 34 WESTINGHOUSE CLOTHES DRYER MARY PROCTOR Senate Republicans named Rob 1 ert Haskell of Bangor floor lead er 19 12 over Samuel Collins of Caribou the only announced candidate Jesse uller South Portland was named House ma ority leader without opposition Democrats replaced Representa tive Louis Jalbert of Lewiston with Irving ogg of Madison as minority House floor leader 13 10 The Republican caucus broke precedent by nominating one exec utive council candidate who had been unsuccessful in votes taken by his district legislative delega tion the senators and represent atives elect of Washington County Lester Crane Machias lum berman was nominated 135 21 over the delegates majority choice Peter Christensen of Machias Crane was placed in nomination after his supporters told the caucus that Christensen had been chosen after the delegates had agreed not to try a third time to break a deadlock Nominated without opposition as Republican council candidates were Councilor Sidney Batch elder Parsonsfleld Leon San born Gorham Horace McClure Bath Arthur Ela North Anson Donald Johnston Jefferson and Harold Owen Milo Batchelder is the only member of the present council Renominated unopposed for State offices were: Secretary of State Harold I Goss State Treasurer rank Car penter of Augusta State Auditor red Berry Agriculture Commissioner red Nutter of Corinna Chester Winslow Raymond Harvey Pease Wiscasset House clerk All candidates for Senate of fices were nominated without op position They are: Leland 8 King jeiierson ser geant at arms and doorkeeper John Parker Richmond as sistant sergeant at arms Howard Kimball Waldoboro postmaster Mrs Lois Beauchaine Augusta and Mrs Ruth oster Winthrop pages These four House officers were renominated unopposed: Mrs May Chapman Belfast assistant clerk Walter Cowan Damariscot ta assistant sergeant at arms Charles A Kavanaugh Rock port document clerk Thomas Needham Orono page Contests for the other House offices resulted as follows: Assistant loor Leader Henry Albert Augusta defeated Repre sentative Ralph Wlnchenpaw riendship for re election 78 47 John Carey Jr Hallowell defeated former Representative Percy Plummer Lisbon alls for sergeant at armsr 65 61 Clarence Chase Belgrade with 65 votes defeated James Readfield with 31 Car roll Black Augusta with 23 and red Spinney Portland with three for doorkeeper Verne Batease Jr Bath de feated Donald Bailey Augusta for the second page job 83 34 Democrats nominated Theophil us A Htanides serving his first term as representative from Saco to be the majority assist ant floor leader 32 5 33 34 37 25 35 35 Jenner (R Ind) said today he will order an investigation of gifts by Henry Grunewald to the 1950 campaign fund of Senator Mon roney (D Okla) But he said he doubts he will look into any Grunewald contribution to Presi dent Truman i Senator McCarthy (R Wis) set off the move to investigate Mon roney yesterday just as the Sen ate elections subcommittee was sending to the Justice Department had been chartered as part of a fleet involved in military troop movements Air rescue squadron planes from Lowry Air orce Base at Denver and civil air patrol planes from Wyoming Utah and Colorado plus other private planes went aloft to help search for the miss ing transport Lowry sent out two SA 16 planes piloted by Capts Sidebottom and Capt Har rington IN MEMORIAM In Lovins Memory of CHRISTIAN DORSCHUCK Wbo passed swst Jan 7 1943 Sons and Daughter COMB RANGE SALE NEW Save 40 COMPARE GAS COAL WOOD SIM GAS OIL 8178 ELECTBIC COAL WOOD 82SO MAINE APPLIANCE CENTER 19S MIDDLE ST 5 1443 Ttenneheft Journal Photo ive members of the Legislature talk things over in Augustas Left to right are Senator Robert Haskell Bangor majority leader Senator William Silsby Aurora Representative Seth Low Rockland Representative Jesse uller South Portland majority leader and Senator Edward Chase Cape Elizabeth date it gathered on McCarthy and his political enemy former Sen ator William Benton (D Conn) McCarthy made public photo graphic copies of letters from Monroney thanking Grunewald for valued and from Truman thanking the Wash ington mystery man for his gen erosity in the 1948 election cam paign He refused to say how he got them Grunewald popularly known as twice in rfecent years has defied questioning by congressional groyps He now is awaiting trial on 31 charges of contempt of Congress growing out of refusal to answer ques tions put to him in a House tax probe Jess Larson the Governments general services administrator disclosed he collected 1500 from Grunewald for 1950 primary election campaign fund Nothing improper was involved Larson ald Monroney said in a statement w' fnr McCar thy's suggestions that he had or reatrai elec tion laws The White House said it could not confirm that Truman had written Grunewald a thank you letter but that if he did it was a routine form sent out to cam paign contributors Panel ToProbe Grunewald Gifts To Monroney Campaign Washington Senator and two other ederal agencies Make every washday SUN day with thi itunningly naw and different automatic Clothet Dryer rea yourself from weather worries foraver Just set 3 Way Dry Dial ALMANAC OB TBURSDAV JAN 8 416 434 Greater Portlanders won the only major contests at last caucuses preceding the conven ing of the 96th Maine Legisla ture1 today Atty Gen Alexander A Lafleur of ortland was renominated by 93 votes to 33 for Auburn Munic ipal Judge Alonzo Conant1 and 30 for State Senator elect rank Harding of Rockland Senator Nathaniel Haskell Portland lawyer was nominated president of the Senate 19 12 over Senator John Ward of Millinocket Their nominations were tanta mount to election as was the House speakership nomination unopposed of Orono Representa tive Roswell Bates com corp other oi a i a naked privilege and subject to more than average observa That observation he said should include examination of the nature and character of indiv iduals He added that the rules and regulations for the commis sion allow consideration of charac er 1 Justice Sewall ruled against admitting the transcripts without any comment irst he ruled against their ad mission where person al character was concerned The State sought a recess and came back into the courtroom to seek their admission where operation of the business was con cerned The judge turned down the ad mittance bid here too Then he signed the decree ordering the commission to issue a license to airview Sole witness was Commission Chairman Sheriff He said he and Commissioner Roland Poulin Waterville had passed on air application and denied it because Sahagian an officer director and principal stockholder lacked the requisite qualities for that corpora tion to have a Sheriff said that there was no criticism of the winery plant and that the denial was based solely on and char acter and course of IN MEMORIAM In Lovin Memory of WILLIAM CAMPBELL Who pawed away Jan7 1949 dona but not foriotten 7 Wife Mary laherty CaapbeU i Son Paul William Campbell VlWaahinston 29 Miami 19 Chlcaro 20 8t Louis New oneana Denver Tampa Los Ancelec Halifax Montreal Whits ROnt Reno Seattle Goldie Payne and her ex husband Verne were divorced three years ago after 34 years of marriage But since their separation they have been living on adjoining properties Yesterday they agreed in Su perior Court that henceforth: Goldie will retain from tossing garbage over the fence into property: Verne will discontinue throwing water on property quit yelling at night to disturb her refrain from entering her resi dence during her absence and will no longer dump advertising ma terial in front yard ing tables HOUSEWARES THIRD LOOR taundrorna airview: (Ceatteaed from Pare One) tling license lawyers pointed out today The case was based on the argument that the liquor commission has a right an absolute obligation to con sider the character of an in dividual and the method in which he conducts his business Henry Heselton assistant attor ney general assigned to the liquor commission argued that character has as much reference to a corporate license as to an indi vidual Ernest Goodspeed sr attor ney for Sahagian countered with the contention that such a ruling the door to discrimination and political He ar gued that transcripts on Sahagi testimony in court and Legis lative Research Committee hear ings should not be admitted as evidence in hearing a view Judge Sewall upheld Goodspeed that the had no grounds for using the character of an individ ual as a yardstick for measuring the eligibility of a corporation for license reoognize that the liquor commission can make rules and regulations as it goes he said them write it out so we can see it Goodspeed also argued that even if an activities were judged there could be no oppli catlon of the judgment to deter mining whether to license a cor poration a corporation has no character xxx only an individual has lawyer also argued that make the charac ter of a minority stockholder an issue in the granting of a license to a corporation nothing to indicate that the corp oration authorized him to suet DIERENT HE SAYS Hesleton representing the mission argued that liquor orations are different from corporations? The holding liquor license said Hesleton is Weather: XCeatlaaed tna Pare Ont) of cold weather This cold High is expected to arrive in Maine to night ollowing the cold weather a complex low will move into Maine with snow beginning to morrow afternoon This system has centers over Oklahoma and on the border between Washing ton and British Columbia The West Coast center has brought rain to the entire 5Vest Coast while the Oklahoma center is causing snow flurries over the plains states and eastward into the Ohio Valley The Oklahoma cell is now moving' east north eastward and will be the center to give us bad weather starting late tomorrow afternoon too far away to tell just how much trouble though irst flcares Indicate lowest teaiaeratare dartnc the Ishii eeeeaA hlcheet teaaer ar ynwriT carisou Eastport Greenville Old Town Rumford Mt Wash Concord Boston Nantucket Buffalo New York Philadelphia 39 Death Laid To Sedative Loe Angeles CAP) Police blamed an accidental overdose of sedative for the death yesterday of 47 year old Barton Sewell II millionaire sportsman who figured 20 years ago in a sensational wife swapping case His wife the former Jane Scholtz Emerson Denver socialite found hi slumped on the bath room floor of their home The sedative had been prescribed for a heart condition Mrs Sewell formerly was wed to Walter Emerson actor and When he sued her for divorce he named Sewell as co respondent Mrs Emerson filed a cross complaint naming Mrs Sewell the former Leah Clampitt oil heiress as corespondent irst fights and sensational charges marked the litigation during which time tne Emerson children were placed in the cus tody of Mrs parents Also burned were Clifford Strout jr and Kenneth Nason Strout raced through the building in' his unde a spreading the alarm Nason and Stsout pulled Emery from ils room which was a mass of flames iremen were hampered by dense clouds of Strout jr smoke and the bounded alarm 1 freezing temperatures A hose was laid across the Maine Central Rail road tracks minutes after a freight train roared by The barn was owned by Wil liam Williams His house adjoin ing the barn was saved by fire men from Brunswick and ree port Williams converted the barn in to dwelling quarters because of the housing shortage here Some of the 16 apartments in it were not occupied Left homeless' by the fire were the four Sauciers Mr and Mrs Clifford Strout Clifford Strout jr Mr and Mrs Parker Nason and daughter Carolyn 12: Harry Stafford George reeze Mr and Mrs John Morin and three chil dren Rite 10 Patty 13 and John jr 15 Perley uller Gerald Leach Eben Emery and Raymond Genthner July 4 1898 daughter of Harry and Martha Kirby Dowling She went to schools in that city She was employed at Drug Store Gardiner She married Mr Bell Portland where she since She was a member Women's organization Eureka i Lodge of Rebekah of Gardiner i B'nai Chapter Portland and also a life member of the Jewish Home for Aged She leaves besides her hus band a brother Harvey Dowl ing of South Carolina a hajf brother Walter Clark Porte land two sisters Mrs Albert Jordan West Gardiner and Miss Mary Dowling Gardiner two nephews and a niece uneral services will be at 2 tomorrow at the Staples uneral Home Gardiner Inter ment will be in Oak Grove Cem etery Gardiner MRS CHARLES REEMAN Old Orchard Beach Mrs Sadie reeman 83 wife of Charles reeman died at her home 22 Hillcrest Avenue yesterday She was born at York the daughter of David and Lydia Briggs Winn She was a member of the Old Orchard Beach Meth odist Church She and Mr reeman would have marked their 65th wedding anniversary eb 25 Surviving besides her husband are six daughters Mrs lor ence John of Portland Mrs Doris Garland of South Portland Mrs Ethel Whitten and Mrs Alice Hay ford of Saco Mrs Eva Pate of Biddeford and Mrs Ruby Whitten of West Townsend Mass two sons Walter of Old Orchard Beach and Everett reeman of Saco a brother Charles Winn of Cape Neddick 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren i uneral services will be held at 2 riday from the Meth odist Church here Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery Bidde i ford MRS BERNICE I BARNES Mrs Bernice Isabel Barnes 75 widow of William Barnes died yesterday at her home 148 Neal Street 1 She was botn in Cape Elizabeth Sept 20 1877 daughter of Benja min and Harriet Chamberlain Knight and Was educated in the Cape Elizabeth schools ollowing her death many years ago she attended a New York school of designing and also studied nursing She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Woodfords Congregational Church She is survived by two nephews Philip Knight of this city and Clyde Knight South Portland and a cousin Harold Norton South Portland uneral services will be held at 2 tomorrow at 11 Mellen Street with the Rev rederick Thompson of the Woodfords Con gregational Church officiating In terment will be in Seaside Ceme tery Cape Elizabeth MRS THOMAS ITZGERALD 5 Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan itz gerald 86 wife of Thomas itzgerald died yesterday in her home 62 Mellen Street after sev eral years of failing health She was bom at East Greenwich I Aug 28 1866 She came here from Providence I in 1938 Surviving besides her husband are two sons John and Jo seph itzgerald both of this city uneral will be from 172 State Street at 815 a tomorrow followed by a High Mass of Re quiem at 9 in Sacred Heart Church Interment will Je caivary uemetery JOSEPH PITTS Harrison Services will be held Wednesday at Huff uneral Home South Paris for Joseph Pitts 88 of Harrison who died Monday at his home after a long illness a Interment will be in Harrison Village Cemetery Mr Pitts was bom here Oct 13 1864 the son of Samuel and Calis ta Stuart Pitts He was a retired lumberman and member of Ori ental Lodge A and AM of Bridgton Surviving are a daughter Mrs Dorothy Robbins two sons Joseph and Samuel Pitts all of Harrison five grandchildren ten great grandchildren and sev eral nieces and nephews MISS MARION MacKINNON Miss Marion MacKinnon 66 of 63 Washbum Avenue and a summer resident of Wayne died suddenly today at local hospi tal She 'was bom at Wayne Jan 22 1886 daughter of John and Alice Wing MacKinnon and was educated in the schools there She was nurse for 27 years in Poughkeepsie and for the past eight years had been em ployed by Dudley Weed Drug Company Inc She is survived by a sister Mrs Gladys Hanson with whom she spent Winters two brothers Robert MacKihnon of this dty and Philip MacKinnon of Vall ego Calif and several nieces and nephews uneral will be at 1 riday at the residence in Wayne with interment in Mt Pleasant Ceme tery Wayne Plane: (Csntlnaed from Part One) started He said the plane flying on instruments awful rugged the CAA control tower spokesman said when asked if the plane might have made an emergency landing The plane was last reported over Malad City Idaho at 358 a It had been scheduled to make a fuel stop at Cheyenne Wyo at 515 a but failed to arrive or to re establish radio contact Its next reporting point would have been Rock Springs Wyo presume the plane is down somewhere in the Southern Idaho Wyoming a Civil Aeronau tics Administration spokesman said The plane under contract to the armed services was owned by Associated Air Transport It LOANS Any Amount Up To $1500 Terms To it Toor Income Come In tfrite or Phone 2 65X1 ANDREW BISHOP Andrew RsBishop 76 of High Street and Peabbles Cove Cape Elizabeth died today in a local hospital after a long illness He was bom II at Cape Elizabeth Sept 2 1876il son I of Samuel and Elizabeth i Parkinson Bishop and was educated in the schools there and at Business Col lege i He was associated with the Ly man Chipman Company for 37 years In he established A Bishop Son grocers at 29 orest Avenue He retired several years ago He was a member of the Red Men and of the Knights of Pythias include his widow the former Lilia Hopkins a son Stanley Bishop of South Port land a brother Malcolm Bishop of Cape Elizabeth a sis ter Mrs Edgar oss of Cape Elizabeth: a granddaughter and several nieces and nephews uneral services will be held at 2 riday at 749 Congress Street the Rev Henry Clarke of ficiating Interment will be in orest City MRS JAMES BELL Mrs Ethel Dowling Bell 54 wife of James (Bell of 1250 Wash ington Avenue died yesterday in a local hospital after a short ill ness Bell was bomi in Gardiner BARNES In Portlind Jn Isabel (Knltht) age 75 years William Warren Barnes of 146 funeral services Thursday at 3 JI at tha Rich uneral Home 11 Mellen Street Interment in Seaside Cemetery Cape Elizabeth i UW In Portland Jan 6 Dowling Bell wife of James 8 BelL 1250 Washington Avenue Portland uneral services wfl! Thursday from the Staplea runerai 1 Home Gardiner Me Interment win be in Oak Grove Cemetery Gardiner Vls itlng hours Wednesday evening at the Staples uneral Hmm BISHOP In Portland Jan 7 Andrew Bishop of the Eastland Hotel and Peab bles Cove Cape Elisabeth uneral riday afternoon at 3 clock at 749 Congress Street Interment In orest City Cemetery South Portland Visiting hours Wednesday and Thun day alternoona and evenings at 749 Congress Street Relatives and friends ir welccme I AIRBANKS In Portland January Suddenly it residence 20 1 Higgins Street Annie Rich widow of Augustus airbanks i I uneral Wedneaday afternoon at 130 at the Central Square1 Baptist Church Interment in Eastern Cemetery ITZGERALD In Portland Jan beth Sullivan wife of Thoma lte gerald of 62 Mellen Street Private funeral from the uneral Home of Richard Duddy Son 172 State Street Thursday morning High Mass of Requiem tn Sacred Jiert Church at 9 Kindly omit flower Inter ment in Calvary Cemetery (P 8) GAGNON In Portland Jan 4 Clempha Gagnon of 37 Saco Street Aiea 83 services from the Roche leau and Son uneral Home 35 Church Street Westbrook at 815 a Thurs day Solemn High Mass of Requiem in St WvaeintiM church at 9 clock In terment in St Hyacinthe Cemetery Members of the Holy Name Society wlU meet for prayer at 730 Wednesday 'at 35 Church Street Wesjr brooit io In Auburn Jn 6 Miss Georglanna Gaudreau aged 85 1 unerit? service will be held at 9 a tn riday from St Church Bruns wick Interment in St Cemeury In Portland Jan 8 Percy Glasscock uneral from hi residence 32 MeghJ: conae Street Thursday morning at 930 o'clock In North Berwick Jan 5 Orvtlle A Goodwin aged 69 year uneral aervtce from the Congregational Church at North Berwick Thureday at 2 Interment In Hillldo North Berwick GRAVES In Brunswick Jan 6 George Graves aged 86 years uneral services from th Berean Bap tist Church Brunswick riday at 2 ACommittal services at Woodlawn Cemetery Clinton Mass Saturday at 1 9 In North Berwick Jan 6 Jennie Hayes aged 78 year uneral service from the Hayes uneral Home North BerwfcS riday at 3 Pm Interment in Hillside Cemtery North Berwick: In Portland Jsn 5 suddenly Emma widow of Charles HlU of North Brideton Me uneral Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the North Bridgton Chureh Interment in ern HUI Cemetery St John 'St John papers please copy 6 In Springvale Jan 8 Gertrude wife of Charles Jowett aged 10 years uneral riday afternoon at 1 clock from the Carll uneral Home Main Street Springyale Interment in Riverside (P 9) Ih Portland Jan suddenly Chester Parker uneral Wednesday afternoon at 230 st his resl dence 132 Ocean Avenu Interment In Evergreen Cemetery (E 7) In Cambridge Mass Jan 4 Mary Bulllyan' (Hart) beloved wife of the late City councilman Michael A Sullivan mother of City councilman Edward Representative Walter James Robert and William Sullivan Mra Mary McMorrow Mrs Dorothy Powers Mr Jean Savery and Mr Catherine Lynch and sister of Thomas Hart uneral from the Lawrence Sullivan uneral Home 21 Putman Avenue Cam bridge Mass Thursday Jan 8 at 8 a Solemn High Mass of Requiem In St Church at 9 Relative and friends are Invited (E 7) In Portland Jan 4 WUac Vance of 21 May Street uneral Wednesday afternoon at at 749 Congrei Street 1 inter ment in orest City Cemstery 7) WELCH In Parsonsfleld Jan 7 Martin JL Welch aged 71 year uneral serviced riday afternoon at 2 at the Stanley uneral Home Kexar alls Interment In Ossipee In Portland Jan 6 Ethel widow of Kaye Whitaker of South Barre Mass and sister of Thorns Brown of 124 Park Avenue uneral riday afternoon at 2 clock at Church South Bstte Mas (P 9) avrY doth Toge'er i "Zedalon" is as scorch resistant as any asbestos type cover and with its stay smooth pad it's per feet ironing surface for steam or ordinary irons its all standard size iron reeport ired (Continued from Page One) tains several meeting rooms the various veterans organiza tions as well as a large hall on the second floor our men were Injured in the blaze one fireman None was hurt badly though Three were burned The fireman George Curtis suffered cuts when he leaped from a second floor win dow reeport ire Chief Guy Rowe said the fire apparently was caused by a defective oil heater in the apartment occupied by Eben Emery Emery suffered first degree bums about the face anc head Suh rises 714 I High i tide Ann 4 21 With i tlria Day's Igh 9 7 i Low tide 1034 Moon sets 1051 I Low! tide 1043 uay increase 13 minutes MOON PHASES (Paaehai nhata ah ffret Jan 8 14 Last O'Jan 1 22 28 irst Jaa 15 31 NewJan 39 eb 5 ull No Governor or I Eleven Hours i Augusta Acting Governor i and Governor elect Burton Cross said today Maine will have no governor except Senate Presl I dent Nathaniel Haskell from midnight tonight until 11 a tomorrow But Haskell given Cross any Indication he intends to take over any duties of governor Cross said Cross became acting governor Christmas midnight when Gov rederick Payne resigned Cross was then Senate president The term of office to which Cross was elected in September start till 11 a tomorrow election to succeed Cross Senate president today thus makes him the acting governor instead of Cross in the meantime "Many good lawyers have ar gued that from time Cross said today what they apparently agree UNWORRIED can assure you not let ting it worry me in the slightest take a vacation but it be a long one" He has heard nothing about the technicality from Haskell he said but very happy to tum uie on ice over nun The question of governor for the moment was i raised by lawyers The Evening Express called Cross He said he consulted anybody about it but that been a matter of chit chat for and he knows what legal opinioii on it is The courts hand down ia definite decision on it he said because too trivial a question The bath of office Cross took when he took over from Payne specified that he would serve as governor my successor Is duly installed" he said you can start he added to whether suc means my successor as Senate president or as constitution says the office of governor shall become vacant xxx the president of the Senate shall exer cise the office of governor until another governor shall be duly qualified Vienna (AP) The society of Communist Hungary really believes in putting people to work During the recent harvesting the Budapest newspaper Szabad Nep revealed the district of Kec skmet ordered as many young Communists as posible to work 110 hours a week bringing in the crops i Laleur Wins Renomination Haskell Named Senate Head MAI HARD pc? i mt Mr A1 JflKSBH 1 I I STORE oi I 4.