1 of of THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1945 LEWISTON EVENING JOURNAL' 11 N. Y. Stock Exchange NEW stalled the stock market today five successive rising sessions highest average levels since 17 1937. City Expenses cashing Show after Sept. to Of $27,027 Backward were, Douglas Aircraft, U.
S. Steel, Chryster, Santa Fe, Southern American Westinghouse, Sears Roebuck. and U. S. Rubber.
Occasional' resistance was shown by Goodyear, du Pont. Woolworth, Kennecott and Allied Chemical. Bonds were steady and commodities lower. Better curb performers were Untted Aircraft Products, Breeze Corp. and Cuban Atlantic Sugar.
Hesitant were Electric Bond Niagara Hudson -Power and Quotations by Townsend, Dabnes ton and Stock Tyson Exchange. Members, 4 N. Park Y. "Strert Open Close Allis Chalmers 39 Am Smelting 411 Am Sugar 533 54 Am Tel Tel 104 Am, Tob. 667 6634 Am Water 9t 878 Am Woolen Am Woolen Pid 109 109 Anaconda 30 Atchison 825 Bendix 481 Beth Steel 687 6914 Canadian Pac 117 Ches Ohio Chrysler 95 Columbia Gas El Con Edison Con Can Curtis-Wright Douglass Aircraft DuPont De N.
158 Eastman K. El. Auto L. 44: F. N.
Stores Gen, Electric 3978 Gen. Food C. 413 Gen. Motors 645 Goodyear R. 523 Hudson Motor 15 15 Int.
Nickel Int. Tel. Kenn Copper 3733 Kresge Lorillard Tob. Mack Truck 49 49 Montgomery Ward 51 Kelvinator 16 16 N. Y.
Central 23 North American North Pac Packard Mot 51. Pennsylvania 311. Phillips Pete 43 Pub of N. 171 Pullman 48 48 Radio Corps 1054 Sears-Roe 10519 Sinclair Oil 10 So. Cal 27 21 Southern Pac.
4.27 4233 St. Brands 283. 29 St. O. of N.
J. 5718 Soc. Vac. 143 Southern Railway 3454 Texas Co. 497 50 Union Bag Paper 1478 Union C.
C. 7978 United Fruit 91 91. U. S. Rubber U.
S. Steel -623 62 Warner Pic Westinghouse Western Union 45 Woolworth Boston Bank Stocks First National National Shawmut Merchants Natl 333 349 Rockland National 57 62 New York Bank Stocks Bankers Trust 51. 53 Bank Manhattan Chase National 45 47 Chemical Bk. Tr. First National 1780 1820 Guaranty Trust 349 357 Irving Trust 7 Manufacturers National City 44 Public Natl.
49 Treasury Balance position of the Treasury Jan. 2: Receipts net balance customs receipts for month $2,608,406.13. Markets BOSTON JAN. 3 Dairy-Poultry EGGS: Large 48.6, medium 43.6. LIVE POULTRY: Fowl Roasters broilers, fryers 31- BUTTER-1 continues very firm with supplies continuing actually short of requirements.
No bulk butter available. Service wholesalers continue to probate meager supplies do the regular trade. at unchanged prices. AA 45.56, A 44.75-44.81, 44.31. CHEESE--Market continues very firm with service wholesalers prorating their limited supplies of bulk, and processed loaf to the regular trade at unchanged prices, Cheddar twins 27.5, flats 27.8, D.
daisies 28.7. EGGS--Market ruled steady today with the undertone. unsettled because of scheduled decline in maximum prices tomorrow. Supa plies were none too liberal today and most dealers found sufficient outlets to consumer grade channels to satisfactorily carry offerings and the volume cf wholesale sales on the basis of wholesale grades was again light. Consumer Grade A large sold in a wholesale mostly from 52-53c and mediway ums 47-486, LIVE POULTRY--Market continues firm with reported prices advancing in, line with maximum price regulations.
Receipts were light and prices were not confirmed on a portion of arrivals. A few dealers were dressing cff for the dressed poultry trade but in most cases supplies were inadequate for this purpose. CREAM--Weighted average cost FOB Boston per qt. can bottling quality cream Dec. 16-31 $23.416, Dee.
1-31 incl. $23.442. NOTE-Calculated minimum prices under evaporated milk marketing agreement for December as follows: Section Section Section Section Section Section BEETS-Bunched 3 doz. Fruits- Vegetables 2.00-2.25. CABBAGE-50.
lb. sacks New York Danish 2.00-2.25. CARROTS- bunched 5 doz. 4.00-6 doz. 4.50.
100 lb -sacks various best 3.00-3:25 mostly 3.10- 3.15 FLA 50 lb sacks Bliss Trisumphs mostly 2.75. TURNIPS-50 lb sacks PEI mostly 1.00-few 1.15. Corporation Reports Remington Rand Net Higher Rand Inc. net earnings after all charges for the cember quarter--third quarter of Welfare Expenses decrease of $4,126,34 "expenses for 1944 over the previous year (Jan. 1 to Nov.
30) was reported by Harold Robinson, Welfare Director for the City of Auburn last night to the Overseers of the Poor. month of November alone comparing: the two years the was $678.98. Mr. Robinson's shows Jan. 1 to Nov.
30, 1944, expenses as in the $199. For the same period year 325.34. previous November figures for 1944 the figure was are $1,542.50. In November of for November of 1943 they 1944 a total of 21 cases were cared are for-15 from Auburn, two from the other towns. A year ago the five State, and fouvember total was 37 cases-31 from Auburn, State, and one from outstolen towns.
meantime the Lakeview Nursing has in operation, and last evening Convalescent been the monthly report of Mrs. M. Hill, head nurse, was also "presented. Health, Welfare Case Information Public, Says Mayor Boucher charges. PWD Gets Building At the regular meeting of the Lewiston Mayor and Aldermen Wednesday night the matter of the Board of Health and Welfare furnishing information on the number of cases now on welfare.
rolls was again discussed. A previous request for such information. had been quoted as refused" the Dec. 26 meeting but information Boucher said that the was public and suggested the Board of. Aldermen insist that they be given the information.
Clerk Lebel was instructed to again communicate with the Board of Health and Welfare, requesting the information on the number of welfare cases. Alderman Ernest Malenfant Ward Three said: "If they are afraid to give the information they must be guilty of something. They have nothing to be afraid The original request for the information made by Alderman Robert W. Bonenfant of Ward Five and he again last night requested the same information. Bonenfant said that he felt the Aldermen had cooperated to the fullest with the Board of Health and Welfare.
feel," he said, "that as municipal officers we should have the cooperation of other boards." Referring to the official minutes of the meeting of the Board Health and Welfare on Dec. Mayor Boucher termed the minutes as "very indefinite and vague." There nothing in the minutes to indicate whether the correspondence referred the aldersaid. Mayor Boucher also referred men's request or not. mayor to the newspaper report of the minutes of the meeting as saying that he hated to base his knowledge on rumors. that wanted to know the fact.
He had been informed, he said, that the Board of Health and Welfare felt that "certain members of this board would use the information for political In Alderman Bonenfant's, request he said that the Aldermen did not wish to know the names welfare recipients, but did wish know the number of cases on welfare rolls. Manser Decision Approved Lewiston Board of Mayor and Aldermen is satisfied with the decision as rendered by Justice Harry Manser of Auburn, giving the Board of Finance final say on salaries undeser time Alderman it came Bonenfant out at the recently seshad informed the Charter Revision committee that the Aldermen' were satisfied with Manser decision and would not appeal to the law court as has been reported previously in the Journal. Remove Automobiles The Board referred the proposed the Public Department ordinance which, would empower move any automobile which was hindering the removal of snow from any street after signs have. been posted to Corporation Counsel Despins. The ordinance was 'requested by Board of Public Works its meeting Wednesday afternoon.
Such an ordinance would enable the snow removal crews to move automobile so that snow might cleared from the street. Many times the city workers have been held while owners of offending cars were located and the machines moved. Portland and Boston have such ordinance on their books, as many other municipalities, and those cities a public garage is called and the blocking automobile towed away. The owner, to get back storage' must pay the towing and The Board voted to turn the condemned wooden building at Lewiston City Farm over to the Board of Public Works for salvage of usable lumber. Alderman Malenfant's suggestion that the building be turned back to the Board of Finance for sale was defeated by a four to two vote.
Alderman Malenfant said that the Public Works Department never has available 'men for work scheduled, but Mayor Boucher and Chief Clerk Maher of the Public Works Department cited the sanitarium building on Scribner Boulevard that had been torn down for salvage, and the lumber obtained from the building offset the costs. The lumber, SO Maher said, had been used in concrete forms on the Jewell Park sewer project. The work on the Lewiston City Farm building will be done in spare time Maher said. The Board referred to Corporation Counsel Despins the request of Father Nonorgue of Holy Family Church for an ordinance creating bus stops on either side of the church on Sabattus Street. The present stop caused considerable congestions because of parked automobiles in the area.
Bus stops on either side of the church would enable the passengers to alight and get on from curb stops. Alderman Grenier of Ward Seven made motion that at the next meeting the Board receive a report of the progress made on revision of ordinances now in the hands of the corporation counsel. Alderman Bonenfant inquired what been done on the work, the question causing Grenier to make his suggestion which was voted by the Board. Appointment of Dominique J. Moreau, 104 Prospect Avenue, by Mayor Boucher for another three year.
term. on the Board of Appeals and Examiners of Master and Journeymen Electricians was approved the Board. Licenses Approved following licenses were approved: Amusem*nt permits: DeWitt Hotel; 40 Pine Street; and John Levasseur, 940-Lisbon Street. Taxi: Gilbert Corriveau, Lisbon Grand Jury Expected to Return Indictments Late in Afternoon Indictments found by the Grand Jury under the direction- of A. F.
Martin, County Attorney first presiding over that body for the time, were expected to be reported in Superior Court at about 4 this afternoon. work of hearing witnesses wash completed by noon today but the indictments had not been completed, and the necessity of passing on Naturalization petitions prevented the County Attorney from presenting findings earlier. It is expected that the list will include several cases of outstanding public interest this term. Today was an unusual one in Court routine because of unusual circ*mstances. Justice Nathaniel Tompkins, pre- siding, arrived early, The formalities were gone through at 9 A.M.
instead of the usual 9.30 hour, and. the Justice-left shortly after for Augusta where he took his place with the other. Justices for the impressive Inaugural ceremonies. -At 2 o'clock he. was back on the Bench, and at 2.30 suspended until 3 out of respect to the late Justice Robert A.
Cony whose funeral was scheduled for 2.30 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Augusta. Dignitaries from all over the State attended the funeral services. At 3 o'clock Court came in again, this time to pass on the petitions of some 40 men and women applying for citizenship. The Grand Jury was expected to report afterward.
Kennebec Medical Society Commends Tyson and Staff For State Hospital Work AUGUSTA- resolution com-, mending Dr. Forrest Tyson and the staff of the Augusta State (insane) Hospital for "the very professional care of the many of our citizens treated that greatly over-crowded institution" was adopted by the Kennebec County Medical Society at a recent meeting, it was announced today by Dr. C. S. Beuman, of Waterville, Secretary of the Society.
Signed by Doctors John G. Towne, Oliver W. Turner, and Leon D. Herring, -as Committee on Resolutions of the KCMS, the resolution read: At the December meeting of the Kennebec Medical Society, it was unanimously voted to draw up the following resolutions in support of the State Hospital at Augusta: Whereas there has been much publicity of late relative to the condition at the State Hospital which without doubt has caused minds great of anxiety many of our citizens who have and suspicion in the Falls, as Central Taxi 5 Bates Street, one car. Beano: Knights of Columbus, Jan.
29 to March 10. Victualer: Nadeau's Lunch, 51 Cedar Street. Joseph Lizotte Gets Probation In Assault, Battery Case "I got to think it over, Joseph Lizotte, 68 Knox Street, told Judge Adrian A. Cote this morning in Lewiston Municipal Court when Judge Cote asked him if he pleaded guilty to the charge of assault and battery brought by his wife, Florence Lizotte. "You are now in court," Judge Cote informed him.
"There is warrant signed against you. You've got to plead one way or the other." Lizotte said that he did not want a lawyer, he just wanted a chance to tell his side of the story. His wife, a small, attractive brunette, had her chance first, however, and Judge Cote had to Lizotte several times that he could only question his wife, that he couldn't argue with her on points in her testimony. Despite the warnings, the pair were on the verge of several arguments that were quelled by Judge Cote. According to Mrs.
Lizotte's story she went to work last night at local restaurant where she is employed, that her husband dropped in during the evening and "I didn't feel much like working, anyway, so I took an hour and a half off and we went bowling." When they returned from bowling, he waited for her until midnight, they went home together, but once inside their apartment they started to argue and he started to beat her She threatened to call the police, but he snatched the telephone from her hands. Finally, after some difficulty, she managed to dress and on the pretense that she was going to the mirror, she slipped out the back door. Her husband started to follow her and she ran down Knox Street. There was- a man on the street and she grabbed him, asking him to hold her husband. "But all he said." Mrs.
Lizotte told the court, "was 'Don't fight. Don't Fears. Husband Mrs. Lizotte ran to the Lewiston Police Station, swore out a warrant on her husband. She told the police that she was afraid to return to her home, but the police told her they would send an officer over to protect her if necessary.
Officer Fred Soucy said that he received word in his cruiser car' to report to 68 Knox Street, that when he reached there he heard an argument going on. He heard a woman's voice say, 'Don't you dare hit me and a man's voice reply, 'I will if I want He then said he heard the man saying 'You're getting and that the woman told him not to touch her clothing. The man replied that he was going to get all her clothing and that she was getting out. Officer decided it was time to step in, but he found the door locked. Mrs.
Lizotte came to the door, opened it for him. Lizotte was in another room. Lizotte said that his wife has a job in a restaurant that takes her out every evening. "All I can do is go to the shows or stay he said. He told the judge that she was "making a lot of money." "She makes $18 a week and she pays her $18 to take care of our two children." he explained.
He corroborated his wife's story of how they spent Wednesday evening, but he could not seem to explain anything about the alleged assault. "Her back is bruised because fell down on Knox Street when she was running," he said. Police Matron Irma Michaud examined the bruises on Mrs. Lizotte's arms, testified that there were bruises on both arms. Judge Cote advised the couple to talk things over, to try to come to some decision.
He found Lizotte guilty, sentenced him to six months, suspended the sentence and gave him a year's probation. relatives and friends, entrusted to the care in that institution, AND Whereas there is an appalling shortage of personnel required to properly administer a place of this kind, AND Whereas we "of the Society know from personal knowledge of the type of treatment given the patients there by Dr. his entire staff, BE IT RESOLVED That the Kennebec Medical Society desires to express our appreciation and commendation to Dr. Tyson and his staff for the very efficient professional care of the many of our citizens treated there in that greatly over -crowded institution with the conscious realization of the many difficulties in the procurement of sufficient personnel and supplies, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That this resolution be spread upon record of the Society the and copies sent to the press, to Governor, and the Attorney General of Maine. Want to Convert Auburn Shoe Factory Into Public Garage In a session of the Auburn City Council last night, preceded by the customary informal discussion, it was revealed that Frank W.
Winter and former councilman Raymond W. Woodman desire to make alterations at the old Wise Cooper shoe cO factory for a public garage. City Manager Safford believed that these could be made in conformity with requirements for a public garage! Mr. Safford likewise read a communication from the Civil Aeronautics Administration advising the City that the Auburn-Lewiston Airport project has been completed. A petition for flooding a skating rink near the H.
A. Given residence at 209 Lake Street did not have to 1 be acted upon inasmuch as the recent rains have taken care of the situation. Approval for placement of a city advertisem*nt in the Sun-Journal annual review edition was given. The cost is $62.50, and Councilman Rosaire Halle of New Auburn suggested that this year the copy explain the improved financial condition of the City. Arthur Ouellette of Rowe's Corner was granted a victualers license, and Blanche Goudreau a boarding house permit.
In the session preceding the open meeting George K. Anthony, chairman of the Board of Assessors, was present. Hildreth's Mother Watches Son's Inauguration Florence Simons of Gardiner was of the proudest mothers in Maine today as she joyfully watched one of her twin sons become the state's chief executive on her 70th birthday. Governor Horace A. Hildreth's twin brother is Charles, Portland buisness firm head.
Mrs. Simons is the widow of Dr. Ralph D. Simons. Rep.
Leslie E. Jacobs. Jacobs (Continued from Page One) (R-Waterville) and Rep. Albert Poulin (R-Rumford), a der Military and Rep. affairs, William Senator E.
Southard Batchel(R-Bangor). Salaries fees, Senator Ralph C. Hall (R- Wilton) and Rep. George G. Downs (R-Rome).
Sea and shore fisheries, Senator Frank P. Washburn (R-Perry) and Rep. Frank L. Baker (R-Scarboro). Taxation, Senator Malcom P.
Noyes (R-Franklin) and Rep. R. Pierpont Jordan (R-Saco). Temperance, Senator John E. Townsend (R-Bangor) and Rep.
Horace M. Coombs (R- Ways and bridges, Senator Dorr and Rep. Lewis H. Lackee (R-Addison). Agriculture, Senator Bishop and "COLD" CASH needs for COLD Warm or -CLOTHES household for FUEL family INSULATION expenses other on terms fitted $30 to ONE $1,000 DAY service.
183 Main Lewiston Phone 3280 YOU over $150 Monthly or $150; on less. charges: balances on MAC Small Loan Statute License 34 PLAN 26 Arrests Made For Intoxication In Auburn During Dec: According to the monthly report of Mrs. Flora L. Buck, Auburn police department clerk, 26 of the 42 arrests made in Auburn during the month of December were for intoxication, seven for drunken driving, and other nine included one each of the assault and battery, assault with intent to commit rape, leaving car on paved road, malicious mischief, non-support, pan-handling, selling property without taking an automobile without the owner's permission, and vagrancy: State police arrest for drunken driving, and sheriff's department cases for assault and larceny. In the 50 accidents a reported, two persons were a Officers disposed of three and five dogs, found 66 doors windows of business establishments open.
In Auburn Municipal court, dispositions were: Probation 13, paid and discharged 10, committed seven, appealed five, continued four, discharged four, and bound over two, Reports on Center Street School Bus Situation The report of Stanley S. Merrill, William H. Gove and George L. Golder, special sub-committee appointed by the Auburn Superintending School Committee to investigate the Center Street school bus situation, was given at the regular meeting of the committee last night. The committee blamed the disturbance on incompatibility, and conflicting personalities, saying in their report, "In cases of this sort involving, as they apparently do, conflicting personalities, it is only natural that some of the charges and counter claims were found to be somewhat exaggerated, and that certain irregularities, in isolated cases, have been given considerable extra emphasis somewhat beclouding the overall situation." They stated that Miss Cora Bumpus, driver of bus No.
3, "has a most satisfactory and maintenance record on safety, oldest bus in our system, and that she is now serving her second year as a responsible driver. She also appears to be willing to serve on any bus route." The sub-committee said that unEder State law, the school bus driver has control over the conduct of children, stressing the fact that the presence on the bus of pupil monitors selected by school principals, whose patrol assistance is helpful and worth continuing, does not relieve the bus. driver of responsibility for and control over duct of the children conveyed. "The driver is always responsible," the report stated, "for the safety and decorum of all children on the bus. including the monitor who, after all, is one of the children being conveyed." As a result of their findings, the committee suggested to Superintendent Ralph W.
Proctor that transfer of bus drivers be made as a quick solution of the problem. one Therefore, Miss Bumpus has kept of her two routes, the Perkins Ridge trip, but swapped the Center Street route with another a driver. Supt. Proctor gave a report of the regional conference at Portland, Dec. 11, with officials of the State Department of when topics of discussion Education, included new school building code, teacher shortage, and school buses.
Florence Allen was teach at Stevens Mills named to salary of school at a $1200 per year, and Mrs. Hazel Bassett at $1400 was named to School. replace Edna Roberts at Washburn The committee accepted the Walton resignation of Harriett Desmond. School physical education he teacher, had been Supt. unable Proctor reported to obtain a reYork placement.
at $1500 Mrs. Virginia Blanchard place Mrs. Helen was Bean appointed to reat Webster School. physical Miss education Florence Brooking, ward Little, will instructor at EdMrs. Gladys Wagg for the remaindbe replaced by er of this school year, at an annual salary of $1700.
The committee approved a plan suggested "by Principal John L. Hooper of Webster School. to remove the partition in his office and erect a counter. The possibility of a team at discussed. Edward Little High School swimming was It was reported that 20 boys had signed up as interested in a team, but that at the two practice sessions held only ten had showed up.
Supt. Proctor suggested that the active of at least 20 boys be required to form a squad, and that at least 15 should show up at each practice. Rep. Keith N. Smith (R-Newport).
Claims. Senator Dorr and Rep. Guy F. Knight (R-Jay). Commerce, Senator Edward B.
Denny, (R-Damariscotta) and Rep. Baker, Counties, Senator Joseph T. Sayward. (R-Kennebunk) and Rep: E. A.
Welch (R-Mars Hill), Indians Affairs. Senator John H. Howes (R-Charleston) and Rep, Edgar F. Cousins (R-Old Town). Interior waters, Raymond R.
N. Gould (R-Lewiston and Rep. Nicholas G. Morrison (R-Rumford). Library, Senator George V.
Brown and Rep. Emmet W. Rankin (R-Bridgton), Maine publicity. Senator Washburn and Rep. Harry I.
Rollins (R-Greenville), Manufacturers, Senator Robert E. Cleaves, (R-Portland) and Rep. Joseph A. Warren (R-Westbrook). Mercantile affairs and insurance, Senator Dow and Rep.
Clarence W. Dutton (R-Bingham). Mines and mining. Senator Carroll McKusick (R-Parkman) and Rep. Boyker.
Motor vehicles, Senator Burton M. Cross (R-Augusta) and Rep. Maurice B. Stillings (R-Berwick). Pensions, Senator McKusick and Rep, Pownal Stillings.
state school, Senator Bishop and Rep. Knight. Public buildings and grounds, Senator Hall and Rep. Dana R. Bowker (R-Portland).
Public Heath, Senator Townsend and Rep. Downs. Public utilities, Senator Batchelder and Rep. Darwin Morrison (R-Winter Harbor). Reference of bills, Senator Brown and Rep.
Payson. State lands and forest preservation, Senator Ralph Sterling (R-Caratunk). State prison, Senator Dow and Rep. Clarence S. Crosby (R-Farmington), State sanatoriums.
Senator Lee C. Good (R-Monticello) and. Rep. Marion L. Longstaff (R-Crystal).
State, schools-reformatories, Senator William T. Smith (R-Thomaston) and Rep. Elizabeth Deering (R-Bath). Towns, Senator Sterling and Rep. Ralph E.
Edwards (R-Oxford). New Bedford Man Pleads Innocent To Murder Charge NEW BEDFORD, A. St. Don, 33, was held without bail for the February term of the grand jury today after he pleaded innocent in District Court to a charge of murder in the stabbing of Blanche Holt, 40. Mrs.
Holt, a waitress, was found dead knife wounds near her home' on December 17, District Attorney Frank- E. Smith informed Judge Walter L. Considine that St. Don had signed a confession that he had known Mrs. Holt about two weeks, that he had walked home with her on the date of the slaying and that after an argument, he suddenly found himself with a knife in his hand.
According to the confession, Smith said, St. Don did not know how he happened to have thirace knife, and, Smith added, no of it had been found since. The alleged confession related that Mrs. Holt had remonstrated with St. Don over alleged attentions to another woman.
The prosecution set. forth that St. Don was arrested in his hotel, room several hours later and his I clothing was covered with blood. Superforts. (Continued from Page One) and Okinawa Wednesday and 400 returned to the attack today.
Both strikes, made largely by carrier planes, lasted nearly seven hours. The Pacific fleet had previously announced the first raid. no Domei, in another FCC recorded broadcast, said the raids were viously intended "to check the Philippines battle and at the same time to attempt to sever our air supply route to the Philippines. XXX "The battle for Philippines is now fast becoming tone of extremely delicate It placed the newest Philippine S. convoy advanced in the bases Sulu in sea Mindoro, south of and U.
Luzon, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's ultimate goal. Tokyo radio said single Superforts. Thursday harassed central areas of Honshu Island, main Japanese island on which Tokyo is situated. One plane was reported to have dropped incendiaries Shizuoka prefecture south of Tokyo, and another to have bombed Nagoya, the industrial city which was heavily raided by the Superforts Wednesday.
The news agency brought Sumatra into the raid picture with a dispatch saying "about 40 enemy bombers and fighters" attacked in the Medan area on the island's northeastern coast this morning. It did not identify the nationality of the planes. Domei said "about 40 B-29s based in China" participated in the initial Formosa attack. Imperial headquarters in Tokyo announced the Wednesday raid. A Formosan army communique nounced today's strike, claiming three raiders were shot down and two damaged.
The first strike was previously announced by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in Pearl Harbor. He said no details were available, indicating the action was continuing. He made no of land based planes reported in the Japanese version. Land-based planes might come from either the 5th Air Force in the Philippines or the 14th Air Force in China, both of which have previously operated in the Formosa area.
imperial communique, broadcast by the Japanese Domei news agency and recorded by the Federal Communications Commission claimed that 17 planes. were shot down and others damaged. The size of the blow, as reported, by enemy headuarters, compared to the devastating raids in October which preceded the Philippines in vasion. Superforts from China joined in. those strikes.
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, ordinated air blows smashed southern along Japan, solid the Rvukus and Formosa through a arc down Luzon, prized island of the Philippines, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur disclosed today his troops made deist new landings on have Mindoro, closest approach to Manila. Helleats, Helldivers and Avengers from aircraft carriers, opened a battering ram Wednesday (Philippines date) on Formosa, which funnels men and planes to the Philippines. (A Japanese communique 500 carrier and land based planes made the raid. It claimed 17 planes were shot down and eight damaged.
(The strategic nature of Formosa as a staging base would require its -neutralization to cover any major Yank moves to its south) Other carrier aircraft ranged into the Ryukus at a point a little over 300 miles from Japan. The same day, the biggest force of Saipan-based B-29s yet to fly to Japan started huge fires at Nagoya, Nippon's airplane center on southern Honshu, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, nounced the Formosa attack a Pearl Harbor communique whose meager detail suggested a radio silence to protest just such a continuing operation as the last previous carrier-based pounding of Formosa in October, the prelude to MacArthur's return to the Philippines. Nimitz also tersely reported the attack on Okinawa in the Ryukus.
MacArthur has not yet reported the air activities over Luzon for Wednesday but today's communique told of bombers and fighters based in the Central Philippines ripping that island from north to south, heavily pounding Clark field in the Manila area, and sinking or setting afire 25 ships a off the west coast. These raids were Monday. On where the Yanks landed on the southwest coast at San Jose Dec. 15 to set up an air base from which bombers now are softening up Luzon; MacArthur reported shore-to-shore landings the east coast and just north of San Jose. The exact sites of these landings were cloaked in secrecy but the one north of the original invasion scene would cut down the distance to Manila, already less than 150 miles.
The landings were unopposed, making unnecessary any preparatory Naval gunfire, The east coast landing was at dawn' Monday, the other at dawn Tuesday. (Tokyo which daily has been reporting American convoys on the move in the Philippines, claimed Thursday that Japanese planes have heavily damaged two transports and a destroyer. The claim was without Allied confirmation.) Formosa is Japan's staging base for men and planes to bolster invasionmenaced areas to the south was the sailing point from which one of three Nipponese fleet groups moved to disastrous defeat in the second battle of the Philippines sea last October. Enemy troops sent from Formosa have been identified among the 121,064 casualties inflicted by now mopping up on Leyte. OBITUARY Algene Frank Tinkham U.
be he ke a- ee or He na ng g- er ew e's ter his nd, in the etar adors tic ute bed LOw es. le er ad ,000 onall be ited don. Ow don! bard ring eets final seat Lewiston city expenses for the first nine months of the fiscal year showed increases in line budgetary expectations, according, to statistics announced by Julian W. Deshates, City Auditor. For nine months, the city spent $1,260,796.49 this year, as compared with a total of $1,233,768.99 a year ago, for 'an increase of 027.50.
In' the period, from same, $1,523,101.62 in 1943 to $1,542.331.45 this year, an increase of $19.229.83. Payment of the State tax December this year, instead of in November, threw the former month's figures out of line for comparisons of the two years. Both expense and revenue figures were affected since State refunds are received at the time of payment of the State tax. Including the $252,662.04 State tax payment, December expenses in 1944 were in that month of 1943. they were $105,969.01.
Revenues for the month in the two, years. were: 1944, 1943, $366,601.96. Welfare Department Welfare expenses for the month of December. 1944, showed a small increase; while for the nine months period of the fiscal year, a drop of nearly was Following is a breakdown of the welfare expenditures for the two years. The city is reimbursed for State and -Outside Town cases.
1944 Month Year Administration $875.01 $7,927.97 State Local Cases 3,015.64 23,545.18 Outside Towns 857.19 4,808.93 133.02 Totals $4.870.86 $33,071.45 1943 Month Year Administration $888.33 $7,072.91 Local Cases 2,848.79 22,667.14 State 815.77 5,764.86 Outside. Towns 119.28 771.77 Totals $4,672.17 $36,276.68 MAINE GRANGES Auburn Grange Auburn grange will meet Saturday evening when reports of activities for the past will be given and officers for 1945 installed by State Secretary Nellie Hascall. There will be a meeting of the Ladies' Circle in the afternoon with annual election of officers. This will be followed by a circle supper for grange members, who will bring pastry. Lewiston Grange No.
2 Lewiston Grange No. 2 will hold a business meeting Thursday at 8 P.M. At that time plans will be made for installation of officers. There will be a program, Pulsifer (Continued from Page One) Among the many buildings designed by Mr. Pulsifer were the Lewiston-Auburn Electric Light building.
the Singer building, the Eoss home that is now the residence of the Women's Literary Union. Mr. Pulsifer came out of retirement for. a short time in the Summer of 1944 to become superintendent-inspector of. an extensive remodelling project at the Lewiston City Farm.
41 years ago he married Maude Lyseth of Auburn who survives him. They had one son, Walter who makes his in Auburn. A nephew also survives. Pulsifer was a member of the Elm Street Universalist Church, had always taken an active interest in all of the Church activities, also a member of the 'Men's Club was and affiliated with it. He had taken the obligations of.
the Masonic Order a number of years ago. DIED In Auburn, January 4, Addison G. Pulsifer, age 69. Funeral from the Memorial Chapel of Dillingham Saturday, January 6 at 2 P.M. Entomb- Son, ment Oak Hill Cemetery.
FDR Welcomes Turkey's Decision to Cut Ties With Japan WASHINGTON President Roosevelt today welcomed Turkey's decision to cut diplomatic ties with Japan as further demonstrating a desire for "a rapid complete victory of the Allies." He issued this statement: "Turkey's decision to sever relations with Japan is further evidence of Turkey's desire for the rapid and complete victory of the. Allies. This action will result in the closing of Japanese government establishments in Turkey which, since the German establishments were closed by the Turkish Government, were the last footholds of the Axis on Turkish soils. "I welcome this action by the Republic of Turkey." its fiscal estimated in the neighborhood year are $1,300,000. This would equal around 63 cents a share on the common stock, and would compare with $1,259,625 or 60 cents a share for September quarter and with $1,050,960 or 48 cents for the Deemeber, 1943, quarter.
On the basis of the above figures net profits for nine months ended December 31 last would approximate $3,900.000, equal to about $1.85 a share on the common. In the similar nine months ago net was reported at $2,825,533 or $1.26 a share. To what extent this trend will be maintained in final quarter of this fiscal year ending March 31, 1945, will depend on year-end ments and provisions. Net in the previous fiscal year totaled 870, equal to $2.01 on the common.Boston News Bureau. First National Bank Of Boston Indicated Earnings Are Larger In line with the general trend in the banking field, First National Bank of Boston last year substantially increased its deposits its holdings of government bonds, and the result was an increase in earnnings over 1943.
For 1944, the bank shows indicated. earnings after all reserves of $6,975,697, equal to $3.13 per share on the 2,225,000 shares stock per share in half standing. Indicated earnings, were land $1.56 per share in the first halfyear. For 1943, earnings had been $6,460,102, equal to $2.90 per share, and for 1942 had been $5,291,055, equal to $2.38 per share. Last year's indicated earnings were calculated 'as follows: During the year the bank paid dividends of $2 per share, totaling capital, surplus and undivided profits of the bank and of Old Colony Trust Co.
(stock of latter is owned beneficially by stoqkholders of the former) increased by 697; total of the two gives the 'inearnings of Boston. News Bureau. Algene Frank Tinkham, 90, died this morning at his home at 837 Main Street, Lewiston. He was born in Monmouth, May 27, 1854, the son of William and Olive Pilson Tinkham, and has lived in Lewiston since 1906. He was a storekeeper and postmaster in Monmouth for 25 years, and for five years ran the store on Upper Main Street, Lewiston, which is now the Vermette grocery store.
Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Myrtle Webber of Kittery. Miss Florence Tinkham and Mrs. Lillian Gallagher of Lewiston: two sons, Wendell Tinkham of Wales and Melville Tinkham of Auburn: several grandchildren, four of them in the service; one great grandchild; and one sister, Geneva Higgins of Auburn, DIED In Lewiston, January 4, Algene Frank Tinkham, 90.
Funeral services will be attended at the Teague and Stevens Funeral Home Saturday at 2 P.M. Interment at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Ac Irene St. Pierre Miss Irene St. Pierre of Lewiston died Thursday morning at her home, 97 South Avenue, after a long illness.
She was 33 years old and was in Auburn Oct. 27, 1911; the daughter of George L. and the late Mrs. Claudia St. Pierre, She had spent her lifetime here.
and was well known, and was a member of Holy Cross Church, Lewiston. In addition to her father Miss St. leaves three sisters, Patricia, Claudia, and Mrs. Hilda Mullens of Lewiston; a half brother, John St. Pierre; and a half sister, Mary St.
Pierre. DIED In Lewiston, January 4, Miss Irene St. Pierre, 33. Remains at the Fortin Funeral Home, 70 Horton Street, Lewiston. Funeral to be held Saturday morning at Holy Cross Church at 9 Remains to be entombed at St.
Peter's Cemetery until. Spring where it will be placed in the family lot. John LeBourdais John LeBourdais, 74, died Thursday afternoon at St. Mary's Hospital where he had been taken Wednesday afternoon. Born in Canada, Mr.
LeBourdais had made his home in Lewiston for the past 64 years. Surviving are his wife, three sons, Albert of Cambridge, Ronaldo and Joseph Edmond, both of Lewiston, five daughters, Mrs. Rosario Caron (Cecile), Misses Imelda, Blanche Eva and Mae, all of Lewiston, Miss Jean LeBourdais of Hartford, three brothers, John of Lewiston, Napoleon of Springfield, Mass. and Wilfred of Lisbon, Portugal, one sister, Sister Marie St. Anne of the Des Urselines Order, Edmonton, N.
B. Elmer W. Rowe Elmer W. Rowe, 58, of Knox Street, Lewiston, died this morning at 8 o'clock at his home. He had been in ill health for the past year and seriously ill for the last week.
Born in Augusta, March 19, 1886, he was the son of Benjamin and Mary Rowe. He had lived in Lewiston 35 years, working for many years at the Stover Broom Co. Survivors include his widow, the former Marie Couturier, a brother, Charles Rowe of Houston, Texas, and a sister, Mrs. Zelia Foster of Youngstown. Mr.
Rowe was a member of Trinity Church, In Lewiston, January 4, Elmer W. Rowe. Funeral services will be held from. the funeral home of Conley and Fahey, 101 Pine Lewiston. Time and date to be announced later.
Entombment in Riverside Cemetery. Friends and relatives are kindly invited to attend. Henry K. Stearns HEBRON-Henry K. Stearns died at his home at Hebron at 7.30 A.M.
Wednesday. He was born at Paris Nov. 20, 1862, the son of the late Is. Porter and Isabelle Partridge Stearns, was educated in the Paris schools and graduated from Hebron Academy. A resident of Hebron many years, he was a farmer by occupation and a retired lumberman, having, been formerly associjated with the Stearn-Whittimore Grain Co.
at West Minot. In December, 1922, he married Lela Chase of Paris, who survives. Other survivors are two children by a former marriage, Mrs. Ora Hylan of Lewiston; a Drew Thompson Stearns of Farmington; two grandchildren, Henry W. HyIan, Lewiston, and Drew Stearns.
of Farmington; a. brother, William C. Stearns of Paris; two sisters, Mrs. Ellery Park of Bethel, and Mrs. Eben Kilborne of Boston and St.
Petersburg. DIED In Hebron, Henry K. Stearns, 'age 82. Funeral will be at the date home Friday at 2 P.M. Rev.
A. E. Kingsley of Saco will be the minister. Burial will be in the cemetery of the Hebron Church. Charles Harold Luce RUMFORD-Charles H.
Luce of Andover, died at the Rumford Community Hospital, about 6 P.M., Tuesday. He suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital Tuesday noon. Born Sept. 21, 1888, at New Portland, the son of William T. and Rozella Gilbert Luce, he was foreman of a wood cutting mill at Andover, where 'he had been making his home for the past five years.
He is survived by his wife, Madeline Knox Luce; two children by a former marriage, Miss Virginia Luce, R. stationed at Corpus Christie, Texas; Tech. Sgt. Richard Luce, U. S.
Army serving somewhere in Germany; eight step-children, Miss Blandine Knox, Dixfield; Mrs. Evadine Best. Oklahoma: Mrs. June Moody, Gardiner; Miss Kathleen Knox, Miss Geneva Knox, Hinkley; Miss Dorothy Knox, Andover; PFC Warren Knox, Texas: and Herbert Knox, 1-c, in the South Pacific; two brothers, Franz, South Portland; and Lawrence of New Portland; five' s'sters, Mrs. Helen Dennett, South Portland; Mrs.
Mildred 'Hutchins, Sweden; Mrs. Marion Moody, Falmouth; Mrs. Erma Luce, Dixfield; and Esther Dunlap, Bryant Pond. Mrs. Winfield H.
Davis BRUNSWICK-Mrs. Hazel E. Davis, wife of Winfield Davis, died suddenly Wednesday morning at her home on the Merriconeag Road, following a shock, Mrs. Davis was born at Bath, July 7, 1898, the daughter of Louis and Inez Bragdon Collins. At the of four she moved to.
Brunswith her family. She married Winfield H. Davis on Dec. 6, 1915, Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Celia Smith, Freeport, Dorothy Elvira and Elmira V.
Brunswick; three sons, PFC Harrison, James USA, and Herbert Brunswick; brother, Corp. James W. Collins; a step father, Samuel Colby; and a step brother, Orson O'Neil, Brunswick. DIED In Lewiston, services will be held the fuJanuary 3, Carl Riechert. Funeral neral home of Plummer and Merrill invited.
Friday Interment at Providence, AR. 1, Saturday. 2 o'clock. Friends DIED.
