Kennebec Journal from Augusta, Maine • 1

AMj'V' 1 1 i vi i i a i 1 'i''- s--i' I 1 II -V- 4- It 1 VV vi n- V- v' -8- A a- -r-w '5- us A -V 4 Mp7 7 I i -J I 4 -i 'fV- 5 77 fA '1 I -T- '-s 'Jf 1 Mil-s' WARMER Son Rise 9u Beil 7:21 P3L Day's Length 15:33 5 Job 23 O-Jun 29 Jiy ANNIVERSARY Day's Increase i'i I': -t I1 PRICE FIVE CENTS AUGUSTA MAINE TUESDAY MORNING 'JUNE! 201950 FOURTEEN PAGES ESTABLISHED 1825 VOL- NO 145 TsXl '( i i i i ouian -i (i) 'PbrtlkridJune 19 Democratic Natijo Commltteewoman won comm pJrstf District congress! inal" iTomination in the enniaj Primaries today DefeaU Scolten iMlssJ Lucia Mi Cormier an tractive bi- tegctlve 33 year old brunette Rumford defeated Drv Adrian 57 a Kansas-bOrn Pnt- Scoltf land siiin spieclalist Wtthl thei votes from 152 of districtjs 154 precincts Unofficially tabulated Miss Cormier had 4A88 to -8col As 8' 1 MLw Cormlnvsaid that haturilly imvery happy xB She aJked-those- who ivoied for for kupport in September? She ill oppose Riep Robeti Hale (R) lnjthe Sept' 11 general election Hale ftron renomlnatlon to terpvoVer Rajj Stetsbn 496-Both arf Portlanders In a three-way fight in ond Congressional dlstilet a fifth 20138 he sec John Maloney Jr 6f Lewiston 4ppearfd to have defeated two 6 the candl also" Df Chiax s- John Fortunate Lewis to njand Antonio vallotl Jof Dryden 1 Earl Grant apparently land' Currier for the: Debiocrsjtlo gubernktorial nomination Grant a Portland business collgs president was a Republic ir uitil Uvea at try 11 months sgo Currier wh 1 Litchfield made his iblnl the nomination Missing was the vote fr Democratic Lewiston Grant polled 970 Votes 'to dir-' 5150 li 582 of the precincts With 193 of th Mcond district's' the vote '209 piyclncts ibiatedJi was 1 Maloney 387 Chlarai Chlaravallotl i 187 and Fortunato 726 reported Vote wavrepresen tive Of the entire state In Induced iWell as u- numerous city wards as: A- 7 'J M-' -t WINNERS The the' Kennebec Journal happy faces office on r- r- I- i Photos' and Foster Tsbp of Gardiner who at Lower pheo' Ralph Farris the GOP ci at his Gardi: ty attorney nom-home while Mrs if-i I Miss Cormiers Victory Statement Portland Jons Lacia Cormier' nominated to CMicress by first dis- trlet Democrats today an "alert and yenerai election campaign Her victory statement: "Naturally very happy at the- outcome of -today's election1 "To those who voted for me wish to express my sincere thanks and 1 ask them i for continued support in In return I promise an alert and aggressive campaign" The 33 year i old Deayicratie national commltteewoman I tl contest reelection of Rep Robert Hale (R) Sept 1L Hals wonj re-' nomination to a fifth term fiver Ray Stetson in' the primary's only major GOP 'contest Dr Adrian HJ Seolten pilas Cormier defeated issued I this statement: If As I have-said before I am a 1 doctor and not a politician Many of my patients have been afraid that I win this election' I was well trained for my' si of dermatology and that field of service to which devote my -time at -least fori the next two yearOi-'1: 'i: a Jiffy! GENERAL'! -f I f- COMMUNISTS DEFEATED SOUNDLY in Ruhr elections P-8 BILLION MORE FOR FOREIGN ARMS okayed by committee P-3 MUST CUT FARM SUPPORTS House 1 told P-14 GAMBLING KING ipleads I ulljy lh nationwide crackdown1 P-9 PEACE NOT WAR must bet dked tov save free world Hoffman Governors- P-9- BULLETS FELL hitch-hike dit in Ohio P-5 LOCAL AND STATE SEARCH FOR i West Gan liner boy musing from home since Monday P-51 -1 THEWEATHERr 5 WARMER jj Mabu New Hampshire cloudy and wanner Tues day folloaed by a few ahowes or thihiderstonna during: the afternoon I Clearing Tuesday- night Wednesday fair- and seasonably wai Augusta and vicinity- Firtly cloudy and warmer Tuesday 1 igh-cst temperature in! the middlf70s with moderate southwest 'to winds A thundershower poisible late Tuesday- afternoon Cle iring Tuesday night Wednesday falxf seasonably warm June' Maximum tempera tares for 13: hoars ending at 7:38 and miaimum tempera-tares 1 for IS 'hours ending at In Albany -4 Boston Burlington Vt Chicago t-1 Kansas City "Los Angeles Miami 1 Montreal New York Phoenix Portland Ore St Louis jv IS Max -IS -60 Min 39 46- 53 42 52 60 58 79 47 57 64 55 65 i 64 :69 -68 73 85 69 62 104 80 79 i -'t 1 1 esso fmsflii HEAT AUGUSTA FUEL CO Farmer ly Angwsta-Ice-Ca TEL 3198 i- grtfisiT 8 Upset nto tion for Regls- receive GOln ter of Deeds Boost Higher lase Washington Junle 19 Two Senators a Republican and a Dein-ocrat Joined today in a' to Increase the amount of workers annual earpings on jwhich social se- curity taxes are' collected Senators Alexander Smith (R-N-J) land Murray! (D-Mont) argued thatthe" present wage -base of $3000 does allow higher paid workers to earn corresponding retirement benefits-: f-r Social security taxes are now levied only on the first of a annual earnings no matter how high the'yf go 1716 House has passed a bill which would broaden coverage and raise to The Senate Finance Committee approved a similar bill but made no change in the 33JOOO figure That theij measure is now before the Senate It would add an' estimated 10000000 (Continued on Page Col 2) Augusta In an Augusta three-wgy contest for the -GOP nomination for two legislative seats Robert Martin lawyer and member of the -84th Legislature seeking denomination led his legislative with 2515 votes -v Taking the second nomination was Henry Albert political riewcomfer Augusta Contractor with 2507In thirl place was Tnonuuj Glynn business agent for a Ideal labor union with Gabriel Bisson and James Johnson were Unopposed for Democratic nominations Gardiner' Arthur Gosline GUrdiner milk diealer won the GOP nomination for the city's single legislative seat with a total of 591 votes a decisive wvu vwawwf mvwmiivv WIN TOP PRIMARY Miss Lucla: Cormier top left de tested Dry Adrian Scolten for the first district ljemocntic Congressiona nomination in the highlight 6f primary Top right Robert iA L- Hale encumbent Republican dongressmari had ft easy defeating- Ray Stetson for renonjinstion in the! first district Lower left EsrlWS Grant a took an early- lead to-defeat 'Currier: for gubernatorial nomination Right JOhn Maloney Jrj Lewiston who took a wide victory In the three-way' fight for the second district Demp-Cratic "Congressional -1 1 the! Democratic 1 in thej night of primary election where several took- advantage of the 7 tabula ting crew to get their Top photo left to right Arthur Gosline Gardiner winner appeared -in 'm A A 'ii i i i Wi Weeks Russell 'i j- County wide contests in Kennebec- Monday Raw five individual races close -the rap into narrow victories for the offices' of iRerister of Probate and Deeds 'County Attorney and County Comipissloner and for the State 'Senate RosaeU Wins' Ethel Augusta defea Mra' Kathlyn Watts wife of veteran politician! and ex-sheriff Char leu A Watts by 307 votes to Insure re-nomination RusaeU' Watts 5043' I fi' A r- Present State- Senator Burton 1 Crocs Au usta flM-Ist led hla 0 ticket the Bens terrace by -James- Reid county: attorney zy- Foster Tabb Gardiner cfarfner cornered the -Uilrd Senate nomination over two other opponents leading: Plympton Kent Randolph by over a thousand vote? Closest In number of fliial votes was immissloriert race which ran nip a id tuc until thefinal vote was tsllii Russell Foster Au-gusta dai yxnan crept into the lead early: thh( niomlng with 3600 votes against 'Harry Greene engineer 2 a diff eireiKe of 88 VOtes Ralph IL Farris Gardiner prominent in state Sride circles assumed the only comfortable: lead among contests defeating his closest rival Oharles jA Pelrce-Hallowelli by 1421 votes Farris 4A61 Peiffe 3140 Charles N'Naw-fel Waterille City Clerk ran third with! 2409 i Most rarprising to 'i county-wide attorneys and1 politiesns waa the Register of Deeds vote Bdha Weeks Chhia scfciunulated a lead over the encumberjt jEdwsrd Wjuton Fsrmingdals toY win 5239 ss against A805- The possibilities of ut -untJyC the Cpunqr race was eliminated towards the end of the vote Russ- Foster has88 more Jvotes than 1 have wish hlni good: luck and offer him Five otjfier candidates Competed against Foster and Greene to-split the- vote! sectionally Candidates from several of the southern sections of the 'county split what- is normally xmsidered a SUfe election of any Augusta Gardiner or Hallo-well candidate 1 1 Two Augusta men vied toe the position irith Foster-f-Cliarlcs ape Robie Davisi MaVlsnd Jewett' Manchester HnVxJt 1 Coombs Gardiner and HiEllsWorth Blodgett Pittston alsoUfigured i in the vote-ipllt-V'-j! Charles -Davis received 130 Coombs- ip99 Jewett Blodgett 958 and Rpble Davis 672-i jl mfr Althoi gh the interest lriLihe when Greenefssid selection of 3 State Senators 1 naturally stemmed from thetop 'leVel down cons derable county-wide (speculation wi strong over1 who- would garner ith third iow Occupied by Ts i l-' The Gar liner man member of the 93rdLegisature and father of the Labor-defi a ted Tabb Billwoni des-(Continued an! Page Colll) ed were Af Raymond Carttr' retired school ''superintendent' who polled 294 fend Arthur Burns state Highway fjomml'ssion' employe whose votes totalled 205' Gmline Carried evjtry ward hisbest being Ward 4 here he garnered' 1S1 to 4i The closest Vote was in Ward On where Gosline had 76 tojal was 59 and Carter polled 42 Winthrop -In the I Winthrop Mi Litchfield class tdwns Robert Maxwell of yvinthropj with361 vbtes won the GOP nopiination Jiandlly In i a four-way contest- defeating Cyrille Chretien of Grange official who polle winning-from two fellow-John Andrews whose ydte tallied wwsus A iiuuiiiTB nsivov vw wtnw a and HJ Frederick Fish with 19 Topia -'go- egls at ture from' Augusta ROBERT ticket for -li-v -i boost 'in jthe was voted bythe! Holise Ways rr by July 31 an excise cutting that the President will sight II) the bill becomes -iaw1 the excise levies will be probab-lyT fur coats jewelry' movies luggage travel tickets baby bottle! warmers and scores of: other'' Vo VToday corporation tax hike vir? tustlly meets' all thej Te-q'uiremehts that if he Is to sifen jhe bill the excise cuts i must be Offset by larger' taxes elsewhere The committee by 10 per cent withholding- on corporation- dividends loophole plugging' and varl-r other tax changes already has fpund ways to pick up $465 jOOOOOO in addition to the $433000 ODO from corporations' I V- j- 'i Here is the new corporation tax plan 'voted vby hel cjommittee: i i 1 A fla't percent normal tgx raite pn all corporation earnings flat surtax on corporation taxable $M)00 'lyy: iThia means a tax cent the first $25000 and 41 per cent! on: all -over $25000 'The! new rates' if approved by Congress- and- the President Would beief- fective on the taxable year begin-1 Det ning after: Dec 3l j' 1949 That means the present year-1 yvV' Under present law the-' cqrrfor a-tion income tax' rate is' 21 perjeent on the first! $5000 of earnings 23 per pentml- the- next $15000 1 25 per cent! bn the next $5000 53 per cent from" $25000 to $50000 and 38 pektent Jon all oyer $50000 (Continued on Page Col 3) IVtlXIAM 4 -Tops hot GOP legislative race In Hallowell-Manchester Gardiner class jBurton- ral communities' Westbrook first city to report! a votek went for Grant 124 to 61 Two years ago when Currier was defeated 1 by May Dr Lausler for the saihe non i-nation Lausler carried WestbrO ik 88- tdi72' 'j Payne Unopposed Unopposed were Gov Frederick Payne (Ri Reps-Charles Ne and Frank Fellowsnlso Repub cans land John Heenan of Maks HiU' who will contest Fellows' election in the Third District September i (Continued on Page Col 1) r-- tr'i VakhingtonJ June Lriytax on big corporations year! and Means Committee today in a bid for presidential proval of a proposed $1010000000 excise tax efit Biggest Firms' lilt py after democratic jlcadersfleavinK sljiertti ss wiH If the new corporate becomes1 law' the normal tax rate a 1 conference with mari predicted Congress Ivl argrn: tle School District at overwhelming 848 vtofes' j' L'ii The School Distjrict calls for a borrowing capacity S300000 administration of i which Jwlll remain solely in -the hands-1 of -district trustees i -Despite a reported litfit vote fdr candidates parents and others Interested in schools made it a point (Continued 'on Col 2) (Political ''Advertisement) topped the GOP senatorial ticket ran third to take the last senatorial Jr? successful in a tlire-way race lnatlon listens to the Farris looks on happily good news Gardiner Primary Monday against 386 Carries All Wards Yes" votes for the-Schi trict 'carried every' ward majority r1 The School District win a seven-months long battle parents 'and PTA a citizens school survey committee' school-: board nd fact finding committee entered I Acceptance of theJBchool District established a new precedent The School District means that reno-1 vations -of all school buildings and future school construction will be in the hands of thj-ee district trustees (to- be appointed) rather than in the hands of the schoolboard -After the trustees are appointed they an raise money by issuing bonds as needed to proceed with school! improvements Citizens a onday jeas 1 in the jjiega' Yards --s -c You thosq who supported I HENRY ALBERT Representative-Elect I Blaine 1 v- accejpted ting an v-j Rule Iii Educatidii Needed j-1 Gorham Juoe 19 0 1 1 the guidi lg autonomy must i principle of equal educational oppdr-tor of tunities the direc citizens commission Henry Toy Jr addressed thefifi annual New England conf erence rural llfe and education the national Merlin: Bishop membe: SVSbSUia Ml II1CIIIUCA Hi I Governor Connecticut it a ct1 finding commission on educatlc discussed his work Puririton Bros Co If Buy Bread A-i By Nibm ii 1 BUY: BUTERE6 Always Floorer Fresh MAC0MBER FARR INSURANCE 1 -v 1 -KIND- ANY JfUERE 7 AMOUNT 1 Depositors Trust' Bldg Aug'usti phone i3 (Political Advertisement) TT Cpngratulations To the' winner Miss Ethel RuSsell Thanks toalr my friends wl ti on the biggest corporations i would be stepped up rom 38 'per-cent to 41- I At the: game time the bill' would cut the tax load of small corporations earning from $5000 to $167000 year- The committee vote twas not iin-noupced officially Ohe' source- said the! 15 committee Democrats voted for it! 10: Republicans against 1L Another report sajd the vote was i4cto 11 with ope Democrat siding with the Republican corn- siding with the Republican committeemen "I The committee action came short- p- votes For the Democratic William Abelli of Win-thropV was Hallo-well William Vaughn of Hallowell rnrn oipr World -War Two air force veteran and prominent dairy farmer snowed under' his opponent Robert M-Shepherd by 'better than athree-to-two margin the tally being 661-401! shepherd! is a contractor Daniel Cronin was unopposed lot the Democratic-nomination -'VM1 In the Albion-Clinton-Bentoq Class Carroll of Clinton won: the Republican nomination man from a fellow townsman Edgar Sprague 524 to 124') Waterville rj Perley CastongugyJ member of GO (Continued on Page CoL2) the 94th Legislature seeking VGOP HENRY Glose second for Legislature frcrni Augusta'-: I Thank I -vV I wish tothftrik all i -i- I 1 ipe in yesterday prima I H' "-tt Signed: 'V I 1 's' s- victory in a three-way race Defeat-(70 lit: i '-V I featured Republican primary elections yesterday in several Kennelc bounty Legislative cities and clahs towns with recount forecast foi fhe Wayne Mt Vernon Class viiere Rrnest Brown of Wayne member of the 94th Legislature and a candidate for renoininatioit ted his opponent Fred Wadleigh of Mt Vernon by the slender margin of one vote 159 to 158 according to unofficial tabulations i i Brown active In the 94tk Legislature hag 'said 'he 'would be a candidate for Speakership of the House If nominated reelect- ed Other towns" jin the) class are Fayette Readfield Rome and Vienna Curtis4 B1 Taylor1! of Mt Taylpi1 of Vemon was unopposed for the (Democratic nomination! -GOP JAMES Senatorial Second on ticket French Cord Stitchers Turners We have openings for several experienced French cord stitchers and turners 'Working conditions are excellent and oar piece rate prices possible above average earnings V' Apply to Arthur II supported me in yesterday Primar 1 i 7 I I SUSS ETHEL GOP nomination "Probate Hallo well Cr i KATHLYN WATTS Gets for Register of -A 7 7 r- sv y-s 7-: i tijsoiv-Y -I--- '-v-r v-I: 'J A' i I I -y r- 1 i i it 'j'1-- t-.