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i -u- I- WGAN ami WGAN-FM MS ko rwtkilii 1S1J mo WGUY and WGUYpFM MORE MAINE NEWS- i I la THo PRESS HERALD i i I i I i 34M ko m1 t- hAr f-M 00 'if' PORTLAND MAINE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19 199 VOL 07 ESTABLISHED JUNE 23 1862 filtered Ai Second Out Mall 3E FIVE CENS Horsemcat Ring Is Broken Up Saves Life By Cutting Throat Other Top Items Given Seciet Senators Fail Til Raise Objections Acheson To Pusll Talks TpCompIetion sir" i' Washington Feb IS The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today raldfcd ho objections to Secretary of State Dean going ahead with liegotlations oil the North Atlantic Security Pact after Acheson gave the group a secret preview of the treaty The pact pledges the United States to help meet' aggression should one of the signatory nations be attacked but leaves to this Country the decision on what form the aid wodidj take Committee members wage pledged to secrecy on the closed -door talks but said the secretary Some senators indicated that while the pact promises 8 support in meeting an attack In Unemployment berease Seen No Cause For Alarm Unless JoblessF gure Hits 5000000 Washington Feb 18 (AP) Two hlgii Government of cialsi said' today they see no reason for alarm over the Nation's economic outloik jji i ut one cautioned against the other acknowl-edged that the latest figure of nearly 800000 jobless rep' resents more than just- seasonal unemployment' were the major developments hi iirda tha aiw Governmit busines and labor leaders discussing picture on many fronts: Dr Edwin Noursa top economic -adviser to President Truman said the United States is going through Period of but wamedjthat any trend toward panic might lead to a recession I 1 2 Ewan Clagae the( Government's chief labor statistician said that despite increases to unemployment: he ace any jeause for worry unless the number Jumps to 5000000 Jobless and stays there 3 Several business leaders testifying beforp 8enate-Hopse Economic! Committee spoke out against President Truman's request for standby price-ration controls as an irritant to business 4 But the CIO applafided the economic proposals including Mr request for authority to build steel i -V' trade: "well be able to ten better just where' are going" Clague said his con is ttjat employment will not dip abnormally in the coming Spring I The Federal official noted there was a drop of 1750000 workers In non-agriciiltural Jobs between mid-Decrmbef and Part of this was seasonal he saidj but the over-all decline was gregt-r er than normal Robert Ot Ooodwin of the Bureau of Zknploymient Security reported -meanwhile jthat the number of people receiving Jobles4 benefits -increased by 62000 to toUl of 1784000 during' the: week ended Pep 12 In same week In February 1948 there were 1030000 such claims' New Claims ptop -i waf given general Impression'! that hc'could go-ahead with final negotiations with assurances i pf Senate support 5 The treaty an alliance between the United States Canada Brit- sin France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg' mustfjbe ratified by the Senate before the United States could participate To Meet Ambassadors After' the meeting broke jtfp Acheson told reporters he planned to meet soon with the ambaqdu don of the other alliance members i It was made clear that the- committee headed by -Senator Tom Connally Tex) made 'no formal promise 'of support for the sweeping undertaking but mem bens said there was no wordpf dissent at Achesonls plan topiwi thd negotiations to completion However the number of hew claimants those whq hadnot previously registered for Aid-propped to 334000 during the week This 'Was an Increase of about 81000 (from the peak ef 415000 during the week ended Jan 8 I i Clague explained that new claimants must wait a areek before they rContInurd04 Page 7th CeL Sen Odfjglas Of Illinois To Address Democrats Here plants If necessary to provide enough steel The CIO said if industry is unablS or unwilling to do the Job1 step to I Waite: Spring Hiring Commissioner Clague Bureau of Labor Stalls nt must of the les told tlewsmen that Iwhen March and April Ihlring begins to revive the construction business and Easter ''L'-'-g- 4 i i le a By Press Herald Photographer Roberts Little Beaver Mrs 15 Maine Counties Sjeek: Big ature Bridgton had the- show The gent with the long ean that rso what?" stare: that The well wrapped little package astride King of Bridgton smiling he likes To put this more accurate or We Well he stole It because he stopped V- It happened this way: The parade had Just started to -move and then Little was ambling along In the middle pf it stopped The parade stopped Members of the committee tried to move Little Beaver py tugging aft To no avail Somebody famlllajr with Little BcaverV-pecullai habits saved the day Ills key to the situation was moved forward fo get It That si went well LitUo Beaver slouched Sion march Do you think the carnival wanted to caU him Little Someth parade tried the parade again i qmlably enough munching lazily i-f -i koftmlttee wil mad at LICtlq Beaver? Do you lgse? i connection with its winter carnival And I- I the one who needs a shave! and giving the Little -Beaver I I him tha tV Handy Kinn 4 son of Friday probably should tell how storied of potatoes He proffered one to Little do Little Beaver stole to the end of Estimated Need i Decline Total Requests Are Up Nea $400y000 Europe there la no- pledge of automatic military aid 1 One committee member voiced-fear that bringing Norway into the pact might cause' Russian i forces on her northern border to but he said the State Department does not Share that view He declined to say if Acheson touched upon that phase I Miner Changes Proposed -Other members said several language changes-had been proposed to give-and-take discussion with the secretary but mainly they involved minor issues One senator said reaction appeared to be of three types Firstly a few senators Who expressed outright favor for the strongest kind of an American assurance to Western Europe: second those who asked a more guarded ap-ConUnaed on Page 3rd CoL I- Bowdoin Alumnus Day Speaker Thursday 2 Men Baby Girl Perish In Maine Fires Fire Toll Four Within 48 Hou i Two men and 'a baby slrl died tbday In Maine Gres bringing to four the number of fire deaths In the state within the past 48: hours At Presque Isle two cjigrre bodies identified as Thomas Noe Moulton- 28 a Toblque N-B Indian and Thomas Qulggly (41 Presque Isle were found this morning in ruing of a tin shack that burned during the night on the Presque Isle City Dump Four-month-old Ada fefae Moon perishe: early today and her parents were badly burned in a flash fire that destroyed thelrl one story hone at Bar Harbor Mr and -Mrs Kenneth Moon told Fire Chief David Sleeper they woke to find themselves being burned to their bed and were unable to rescue their child before they escaped through a bedroom window The -Moons were forced to race for more than a mile through the bitter cold i clad only in night clothing to reach Jhe nearest telephone At Wirnn a horse and Cow perished it a fire that destroyed the farm home of Leslie A Pack ard at an estimated loss of 810000 Another hone was led to safety and firemen saved garage outbuildings and two can 1 Warren Fire Chief Morris Lind say said the blaze was started by an overheated chimney Firemen Continued oa Page 2 Jth CoL r- jSeaver Indianapolis Feb lt (UP) Police broke up a "horaemeat hambunW syndicate today and arrested IS men on a chart of violating the atate pure fdod amj drug law Zn three hours of raid on plant a slaughter house anJ cafes police seized evidence which -they said proved: that thousands had been eating! about two' tons of horse meat a week thinking they were eating beef Sullivan atate board of health official said the horse-meat sold as hamburger had gone to hundreds of taverns small restaurants and small Independent groceries Pittsburgh Feb It (APV A i doctor planged a-knife Into the throat of a strangling verstty of Fittsbnrgb freshman' and saved bis life James-: Henry fl collapsed In hos- pltal emergency room Tbnrsday after an extremely swollen throat had closed off bis wind- pipe There wae ne Ume for an anesthetic Dr Lloyd Mayer aelard a scalpel and slashed throagh the windpipe to get air' to hie luge Ila will breathe throagh a to be la hfs throat an til tho swelling goes Fishermen Lost Burlington VL Feb It API-Three fishermen were presumed drowned today when the ice floe which thejr were adrift capsized and toppled them Into the windswept waters of lake Champlain No trace of their bodies was: found after an Intensive search by planes and boats Police said the trio started fishing through the Ice this morning from a shanty In Kellogg Bav Contlnoed oa Page 2 tad CoL BARO METER ON PAGI 2 Weatherman Says: Pair and tvary mild this morning becoming 1 partly cloudy and colder this afternoon with scattered snow Hurries Maximum temperature of 1 SO In the south and 40 in the north today Minimum temperature of 30 In the south and SO in the north to-night- rrtsl) southwesterly winds becoming northwest today Partly cloudy with seasonable temperatures Sunday Eabtport to Block Island Southwesterly winds 2S to 30 miles an hour today shifting to northerly to tho north portion late tonight and over the south portion Sunday Increasing cloudiness today and tonlaht followed by rain or show Visibility good becoming fair to poor in rain and snow Max Min Ontown) 38 17 Year ago (airport) 43 17 Highest and lowest temperatures for Peb 19: 43 In 1980-1930 and 3 In 1923 i 11949) 1949) Precipitation 'trace -p Maine menlmum temperatures: Caribou Greenville 1: Rum-ford 3 Old Town and' Houlton each 3: MUlinocket 7: Augusta 11 Eastport 13 and Caatlne 14 IX Wiilsm Ira far 12 hasra anaina at T3S a aaS ailniaium wmparaturaa far' 24 inan assist at 1 a Mai Mln'Citr Mai MIS 42 21 Lm AniflM 61 41 Miami 77 73 Suffaia wriiioVt 11 Ira Him 42 21 36' Nr Orlrasi 62 ai York 45 26 SO 23 IV Loull 61 36 "41 Saa Pranrtaea 54 46 Waahlnitas- 33 36 Jaafcaaarllla 42iWarecr 40 JMmim tm talsrSar it Sue rtras 6 346'Hlvll 146 3 31 ue arts 1 iTBHih -tida 4 06 P-v6 I'atb im 3ru im iri Moos tlliU Ud6 10166 Mona 6616 1 30el Dev's ISCI6666 47fll fend Contributions To ALDEN SAWYER Tress HEART 1300 PORTLAND ON OAK STREET DAILY SPECIALS SERVED UNTIL MIDNIGHT LOBSTER 1 25 BreOaS Uva Paka Staffed or BaUaS BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCHEONS from Me CHICKEN in the WILD Open until 13 midnight to accommodate the after-theatre groups who Insist on tho best No they and they Just-like -the burro's owner Louis Delano Bridgton Academy pupil they're inclined jo be philosbphlcaUabout him You see Little Beaver's mama and papa were not good solid middle class carnival folk: members of a donkey baseball team which played Bridgton last Summer Mama was sidelined during-Del visit to give birth to Little Beaver The show hsd to move on So fhe management Little Beaver up for sale and young Delano bought him I I1 We asked Delano how much bf paid "Probably more than he was worth' tlhlngi the 11 le of think' they Former Mme Will Be Jackson it i 8 Senator Paul Dousla of Illinois former Maine resident and Bowdom College alumnus will be the principal speaker before Maine Democrats at a Jack-son' Day dinner inr the Oraymre Hotel next Thursday evenlagi Four hundred Democrats -trill pay 3 a plate for a turkey dinner sponsored by the Cumberland County Drmocratlc Comrp Stiff Nearly $500 ft fxpfctcdto come to campaign -coffers Other speakers wUl bo DSVls Clark Milo National James A Mortnf Rahdolph Democratic State Commltte chapman and Mlsa Lucia Cormier Rumford president of -the Maine State Democratic Club Continued on Page Xi fth CpL JM Potato1 Cargoes IT Army To Lod There TnMtrch And April -Frew Herald Boreas I Washington Feb Two eiar- goes of potatoes eight and nine million pounds respectively will be shipped from Searsport the first March 18 and the- second April 18 the quartermaster general of the artny today told Representative Charles Nelson! of Mabie Destination was hot revealed -but it la assumed that the spuds are for the occupied areas of Europe i Col Barksdale informed Nelson of the decision to use the Maine port for shipments of potatoes Nelson has been negotiating for army use of -Searsport for kome time Tt was-' not revealed whether the potatoes will be table hr seed Aurusta Frbll (AP-j-Fifteen Jaine counties asked 1 the Legla-aturei today for a substantial increase In county taxes over those of the past two years Biennial reports' by the counties on the1 money they expect to spend this year and next were liven the Legislature and referred to' the committee on counties i Hancock was I the otlyf county Whose estimated declined Thq data will ie uaedi to 'determine county taxes tha will be authorized Th total requested today was 8172259630 each year Compared to 61JS1A3548 allowed tor each of the last two years Estknates of Annual County tax need-total expenditures less revenue- I from other sources were for 1949 and 1950 (1947 and 1948 In parentheses): Andrdscpggin 8144000' (8115000) Aroostook 8137200 (877609) Cumberland 8314100 (8253750) Franklin 849300 (843450) Hancock $90- I' swer But he gave it with a smile Beaver so far has sf heartily sleeps well and often He in a bored sought of way and the I children of the town love him High spot in his career to dale was Fri day's parade But -his things from him when he is introduced to baseball this Spring! read about that horse Nvho played in the big they ask "Well watch out for Little Beaver in a couple of seasons" no Interest in! applying tea work even pull himself to any a cart He's good admirers' 1 i For $161 000 Need Promised Dollar To Match SJ Grant Before Building New Wins: i i 'i State Commissioner er Paj- Foi Teach Report To jPayne Seeks -f Better Buildings Normal School Aid i I Augusta Feb118(AP)--Mainegimat schools and teacher coleiei education six additlqnxl funds for educatiba of physically 'handicapped children major recommendations today for the ahow thing who carter He hatured expect esta ough treat Clues Lacking In Sanford Safe Break I Nearly $3900 In Currenfcy Stblcn i (Socclol Dmirl) Sanftrd Feb 18 Folic authorities said tonight they "up against a blank wall" in lelxTn vestigxtlon of a nighttime safe break that netted thieves nearly $3900 in curaeacy I Police Chief RslfhtC Rogers said1 tonignt he hadlfound "nothing new" in his continuing probe of the burglary of the Main Street garage earned- by Charles Harlow State Police Lt Robert Marx cooperating in the Investigation classed it as a "tough rase" Safecrackers used a pickax found in the garage to smash open the safe Chief Rogers said The safe primarily designed ai a fireproof storage boxJ would hkve been a "fairly easy fob for an experienced man to crack" he reported The strongbox was con structed of heavy sheet stqel with fireproof filler between-! the metal layers 'j Also taken were' 100 postal stamps some small checka and a portable motion picture projector Harlow told police! Earlier reports said that a larger sum of currency hajd been stolen but a later search by Harlow located' a sizable check originally believed tp have been part of the loot Part of the stolen mor eluded funds collected In ey in-bene-Lodgf CoL fit campaign by the local Continued on Page 3rd Kennebec $99 Knox: r85tOOOl Lliu Din $70000 $47-aioi: oxfordMissoo (seanasi Penobscot 6168790 (fl3919648 Piscataquis $43000 ($30300) Sagadahoc 848529 ($35355 Somerset $74300 Waldo 875325 ($47725) Washia-tonj $92967 JO (S88800) and York $134445f(S118000)- Information Center A bill appropriating 8100000 for i construction of a "State of Maine Information center" at the Kitterjt gateway is beihg prepared for presentation by the House majority leader Represen- tatlve 8 Waldo Burgess (R-Llinestone)1 1 I Hie building would1 be In the triangular plot between the en-x trance to the Maine Turnpike and 8 Route 1 Operated by fho Maine Development Commission it would provide lafor-" Contlnoed onj Fate Sth CeL 940 400J ($93015) (S71800 and a long-range plan designed to Improve qchool facilities in unorganized' territories An increased! birth rate presages a large school population -inihe Continued on Page 4th CoL: UNCLE RAY JOINS FAMILY Hey kldat Hurhr ten your tesiiherl For shell' Trent to meet Tour Uncle Raj too His Journal for Ionian a column turned toj help you and your teacher with your arhuol Work starts Monday as a regular Portland HeraldcSanday -'Telegram fZatura Ifa the i lewrst -addition to -the Fartland Praea Herald- Saadaf Tslerram- Evening 'Express family another of tho reasons you'll always find these papers first nwr In Pledges IW Gets Largest Tax Refund 4275889 Excess Profits Returned I 25 VViitington Feb (AP)- Thf Bath Iron Works Crp Bath tile largest $4-made by the Federal ent' to any New England lq the year ended June It was' for overpayment excess profits taxes The Bath Corporation reeciVed an Income taxi refUnd of $5037 This Was shown today when Cotigress made public as required by aw I the list of tax refunds of $500 more made during tho year: The- Treasury reported the refund to Congress The fefiunds are not 'always in cash Jh some cases the overpayments-are credited to other taxes duel or km anticipated tkxes-- ftinda do not necessarily reflect -or Individual's tax payinetfts for the year- reported Frequently they represent over-' payments in prior years or over a period qf years Continued on Page Xl3rd CoL Farm Trade Groups Urge Free Hand lriiTrade Pacts Brewster Other GOP Senators Ask Against Foreign Directors of Mercy Hospital mador-an urgent appeal Friday to all who have not paid fcuildlng fund subscriptions "to do so at -5" 'Approximately 8161000 In back pledges remains unpaid -towards Mercy's projected 81100000 expansion program designed to make it the most modern! and one of the four largest hospitals in Maine i "Lack of funds la hindering final arrangements to obtain Government funds in the amount of a spokesman for the directors declared i The Federal Oovemment has already bound this amount be said but awaits final assurance that the hospital Itself can raise its share of 8742000 before paying over the 8371000 i Revised expansion plans include a brick and cement wing for the present building rising five' stories above street level and extending along State Street to 8pring i The plans would add 83 hospital beds to an existing 156 provide room for an enlarged children's division and obstetrical department Also included in is an accident ward containing eight beds At present the only accident ward in Portland is at the Maine General Hospital and It la frequently overcrowded These plans represent only a minor departure from plans pre-Contlnued on Page Xnd CoL school improvement including higher teacher The other proposals made by Harland A Ladd in his i biennial report to Gov Frederick Payne and the Executive Council are tor: li -I Better school bulldlngb State aid for 'further equalization of educational opportunities more adequate maintenance for' nor- Guide i Malne To Mosocw -By Bomber P-12 Maine Ski -Championships bhurches SHopper Blaine Dayis 7lKaln -Classified 13lLetourneau Comics 10 lliLetters P-11 8 4 8 6 5 4 78 6 6 Craig I i Crossword Deaths: Editorials Farm Ac Gar-i den Financial Ooren Haworth 6 Radio 23ports 8 Theater i fThompsoh ForFuxL-10 Washington Feb If (AP) spokesmen for farm and foreign trade groups today urged a-free hand- for President Truman in making reciprocal trade agreements as already voted by the Rouse I But Senator Lodge (R-Mass) and Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee' demanded "stop look gjnd provisions to "protect American industry against harmful foreign competition" -V Republican Senators Mllllkin -(Colo) Butler (Neb) Brewster (Me) and Martin (Pa) complained that unemployment and declining sales now threaten such domestic" industries as textiles glass and pottery and watchmaking i-i 1 They fired a aeries of critical questions at William Seringle executive vice president of the National Foreign Trade Council Inc of New Yqrk City Swingle backed the unfettered reciprocal trade treaty extension to June 1951 passed by the House Zt repeals a number of the restrictions which the 80th Congress placed on President power to negotiate trade agreements with foreign hattons These Include a requirement that the Tariff Commission investigate before a trade agreement lrmade and that the President explain to Congress if the agreement cuts a tariff below the recommendations Continued on Page Sth CoL -w i In newt and advertising presentation Make Ray's eoluma your regular reading habit' 1 I- i 4- i'.