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FRENCH DEFENDERS GIVE GROUND AT

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By LARRY ALLEN

Hanoi. Indo-China (AP) -— The embattled French fortress of Dien men Phu shrunk into a heart- ghgpod network of defence Monday night as the French fought dea- pg;-ptely to stem onsisughts by fresh waves of Red-led Vietmlnh.

The bastion's crumbling barriers took on this new contour after the attacking rebel legions clipped off the northwest and northeast points of the original Y-shaped fortifica- tions.

The fury of the Vietminh attacks touched off speculation that the rebel a. ‘ rider. Gen. Vo Nguyen Gidp. might be setting the stage for anothermass assault on the northwest Indo-China garrison.

Five of the original eight strong- points held by the French when the siege began March 13 now are embraced in the "heart."

As the weary garrison tried to hold back the rebel tide. Flying Box Cars. operated by American civilian pilots, dropped tons of am- munition and war material into the fortress.

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At the same time French planes ranged low over the surrounding hills pounding at rebel troop con- centrations. They also dive-bombed long convoys of Russian - made trucks rumbling up from supply bases on Red China's border.

Observers feel that if Giap makes a bid to overrun Dien Bien

EN PHI! FORTRESS

Phu he will act soon in order to catch the attention of the East- Wast conference starting at Gen- eva April 20.

The French freely admit that the Vietrninh legions are "fully ready" to launch what has been expected would be their mightiest assault on the fortress.

‘The rebel commander is said to have 45,000 troops ready to throw into an attack. He began his siege of Dien Bien Phu March I3 with four Vietminh divisions——about 40,- 000 rnen—but their ranks have been decimated by savage French resistance. Estimates place their- dead and wounded at 25.000.

French censorship has not per- mitted correspondents to report the number of union troops de- fending Dien Bien Phu, but a rel- iable source has stated they total about 14,000.

Freak Heat Wave Sets New Records

HALIFAX. (CI’)——The Do- minion public weather office reported a freak "heat" wave sent the mercury to 66 de- grees at Yarmouih. N. S. Monday to beat the previous high for April 19 set in 1934 by five degrees.

Sydney also recorded a reading of 66 which equalled

OTTAWA (Cl-'-‘)—External Affairs Minister Pearson and four aides Monday departed for the Geneva

its outcome. The from Ottawa to Montreal in a

Canada Air Lines plane.

Canadian aim at the Geneva

fled Korea where free elections could be held.

But the delegation held out scant hope that Communist China and Russia would agree to convert the

the record established in 1945.

Korean armistice into such a peace

Russians Threaten Boycott

Four lose Lives In Auto Accident

TRURO. (C7P)—Pollce recovered Monday the body of a fourth vic- tim who died when an automobile crashed through a highway gua.rd- rail 22 miles from here and sank in the Stawiacke river.

RCMP identified the man as olayton Lawrence, 20, of Dart- mouth. N. 8.

Lawrence perished along with Shirley Ann Niasclfasey and Ethel Murphy. both 19, and Ernest Otto. 24, when their swerved out. of , _ ' thewroud. .'.-‘» .---.

undies‘: body wiu found float- ing in the river. The others were trapped in the car.

Two Killed In

Brldgewoter. N. S.

BR.IDGE\‘VA'I'l'.R. N. 8.. (GP) - Arihur I-Iaughn, be. was killed and his 51-year-old wile critically in- jured when they were struck by a car as they crossed a highway at ’Iell'b}’ West Dublin Monday night.

The driver was tentatively iden- iified by police as Carl Melbourne Dgilvie of Dridgetwater.

N0 MASK. DIED

rORON'I'O (CPD — Failure to wear a mask while cleaning a fan used to draw out deadly fumes from a chemical plant used the death of workman Kari Pihlakas. 45, Monday. Plhlakas was found unconscio on the roof of the Dominion Tar and Chemical Co. plant and was taken to hospital where he was .,n- nounced dead.

LEGAL AID FOR NEEDY

TORONTO (CP) — The Law Society of Upper Canada disclosed Monday defence ‘ in lo

murder trials and 221 other serious criminal actions acted without pay during I053. Altogether. some 7,000 needy persons have been assisted by the society's Ontario legal aid litllrimsinca the system began late n .

Coming Events

"Runimage sale st. James I-lall, Wednesday. April list, at 2 o'clock.

“Come to dance in Kinkora hill.‘ Tuesday. April 30th. Good mus c.

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y., (CP) Paced by a threatened Soviet boy- cott .the United Nations disarma- ment commisaion voted 9 to l with two abatcntions Monday to set up a five-power sub-committee- the Big Four plus Canada — to 'atart private talks on control of hydrogen and other weapons next Friday.

Britain had proposed the setting up of the sub-committee composed of Britain, the United States, France, Russia and Canada.

The Soviet Union alone voted against its establishment. National- ist China and Lebanon abstained.

The commission rejected a sov- iet amendment to increase the sub- oominittee to eight by the inclusion of Dollixnunlat (;hlina,\_1nqii__and

was 10 to 1 with one abstention (Lebanon).

The sub-committee is expected to begin work rriday. But Soviet delegate Andrei Vishinsky told the commission that defeat of his pro- posal might make it difficult for .'the Russians to participate. Sev- eral delegates said they consider this a threat to stay out of the sub- committee work.

British delegate Sir Pierson Dixon said: "It would be a. very serious matter for the cause of peace if the Soviet Union should not be willing to come to the meet- ing of the sub-committee.

"After all. here is a chance. and it might be a unique chance, to get to grips with the problem of disarmament. The sub-committee may not, of course. be perfect from the point of view of the sov- iet Union. but can they deny that it is a. body perfectly adequate to discuss the disarmament prob- iern-"

News in Brief

ST. JOHN'S. Nlld.. (CP)—Search planes Monday continued the hunt for a U. 3. Navy Privateer air- craft missing oil the Greenland coast since Friday with nine men aboard.

MONTREAL. (C‘P)—-Police Mon- day continued the questloning of two Toronto men being detained in connection with last Thursday's killing of Frank Battaglia.

LONDON. (Reuters; —Australian External Affairs Minister R. 6. Casey said on arrival here Monday that an armistice in Indo-China "would mean the almost immediate handing over of Indo-China. to the communists."

WASHINGTON, (AP)—- Senator styles Bridges Rep.-—N. H. said

“C. W. L. Holy Redeeme Fill a sale, community centre. to-day at 1.80. '

H "Movies tonight. Canoe Cove. Jack and the Beanstock" in col- or. starring Abbott and Costello.

"Cleaning grain at Bonahaw on Tuesdays and Thursdays. begin- “lnl April 20th.. until May 4th.

"Buying pigs Friday forenoon Market Square. paying $38 a pair ("P 35 to 40 lbs and 840 if over so lbs. Willard Prowu, Buckley.

"What's new in feeds? 22% of Bhur-Gain -weetenad calf Starter and Grower. The results are ex- cellent. Get some at E. J. Mac- E°"I'a.ll's Food Service Mill, Ver-

on.

"Wanted at once. number of

Rood thrifty pigs weighing over 38 lhs. each. Paying uo.oo per pair. Wellington MacNeili an Son. lun- l-lln Bell's Wharf.

"Opening dance Beaver Hall Montague. 'hiesday. April 20. Don .\tossar's Orchestra. Admission N (‘Mm Regular dance Saturday.

Monday night the Joint chiefs of staff fear the United States could not hold a defence line from Ha- waii to the Aleutian islands if the Communists should overrun south- east Asia.

ST. JOHN'S. Nlid., (op)-cam. T. A. Atwood, naval commander of the Newfoundland area. aid

Monday a. report that two Russian trswlers are fishing on the Grand Banks "will be investigated". Bur. he said the reports have not yet been confirmed.

SAINT JOHN. N.- B.. (CP)—S'.x week-end breaks here netted thieves more than si.ooo in merchandise and cash The loot included nearly $000 worth of cameras and :15 in cash from the cheat Home Movie Service on German street and about I250 worth of clothing and shoes from a Prime Edward street store.

IDS ANGIE-ES. (AP)——Lewis L

limit! . Monday night plans for a confer- ence of the world's leading scient-

e Soviet Union).

B. C. Seed Spuds Shipped To Maine

VANCOUVER. (CP) — Seed potatoes from British Columbia are crossing the continent to invade the state of Maine, one of the biggest potaio-produc- ing states of the United States.

Two carloads (36 tons) of foundation grade netted gems have been shipped from Pem- berton, gateway to the Carlboo of British Columbia. to the town of Caribou, Maine. the B. C. Potato Growm Associa- tion ann_ounged_Mongay_. ’

Says Russians Showed Way In Hydrogen Bomb

LONG BEACH. Calif. Representative (Rep. - Calif.)

workable by U. S. laior Russian scientists.

"Our 1952 H-bomb needed an entire building to house it." said Hosmcr. in a press release. .“Mc.-inwhile the Russians, using Italian and German physicists

and exploded a smaller H-bomb deliverable as a war weapon.

"They used entirely different scientific principles which our sci- entists had discarded as unwork- ablc.

"Analysis of the Red Ii-bomb debrisiradio-active cloud)‘ was our first positive indication that the discarded principle was good after all. We then proceeded im- mcdiatcly to build our H-bomb along these new stimplified lines and are now testing them in the Pacific."

CAN'T I‘RO\’E DELAY Hosmcr said it “will not be

developing the H-bomb. This opin- ion, he said, was based on the fact that "no congressional committee or loyalty board has the scientific knowledge needed in make a dc- trrminaiion that our scientists have not been follownig their honest scientific judgments."

He said this opinion was rein- forced by the fact that many nu- clear physicists of “unquestioned loyalty" believed science could not develop an H-bomb small enough in size in be deliverable as a war weapon.

Canadian Delegation Pessimistic Over Outcome of Big Power Talks Al Geneva

conference on Korea and indo- China. They were pessimistic about

Canadian delegation flew

transport department plane. start- ing at home. The delegation later took off from Montreal in a Trans-

meeting, opening a week from Monday next, is the same as the United Nations objective—a uni-

(AP)-

C r a i g l-Iosmer said Monday that American I-I-bombs recently tested in the Pacific were developed by methods previously considered un- scicntists but dcvcloped successfully byl

captured after World War 11, built

proved" that there was any delib- erate delay by U. S. scientists in

settlement.

Britain, France. the United States and Russia called the con- ference. Russia invited Communist China and the U. S. invited na- tions which fought on the UN side in Korea. Canada, which contrib- uied the fourth largest armed force in Korea, is unlikely to take part in the Indo-China part of the con- ference.

RECOGNITION ATTITUDE

Canadian recognition of the Com- munist Chinese regime may hinge on Geneva's outcome.

Mr. Pearson and Prime Minister St. Laurent have said that the gov- ernment isn'i considering recogni- tion. at this time but that it might if conditions changed; in other words. if the Reds show a con- ciliatory attitude at Geneva and back that up with deeds. not only promises.

The U. S. chief spokesman for the-UN side at Geneva, is bitterly opposed to recognition and has said it will not shrink from using the veto to keep Communist China out of the UN.

Mr, Pearson's four aides are Chester Ronning, Canadian min- ister to Norway and a long-time China expert; John W. Holmes, under-secretary of state for ex- ternal affairs and a specialist on Russia; C. E. McGaughey of the department's Far East division: and J. E. de Lotbiniere of Mr. Pearson's office, who will act as secretary to the delegation.

British To Test New Guided Missile

ADELAIDE. (Reuters) —— A new

W‘ lulkuil. c M - #4 '11,‘,-'>:‘l° niain ’.. > _' ‘ __ _ vy - V ._ { om bomber fluok'-Mn- test“ He was speaking at a. unit mes

slmultaneously in Britain and Aus- tralia later this year, it was an- nounced Monday. sea tests will I)!‘ held off Britain and land tests at the Woomera rocket range.

CAR PLUNGE CHARGE

OIIILLIA, Ont. (CPl——A charge of assault has been laid against the driver of a car which. police believe, was deliberately plunged into Lake Simcoe Monday night. Police have charged Erwin R. Goerke, 30. after obtaining a state- ment from the car's other occu- oant. Mrs. Jean Ball. The car came to rest half submerged about 20 yards from shore. Neither of the occupants was hurt.

DARWIN, Australia, (Reuters)—Mrs. Evokiya Petrov,

35-year-old wife of a Russian

officials, today followed her cepted political asylum.

accompanied by three Soviet The announcement, which

iers. She was reported to have ——save me.”*

“SEE; Teaching

TORONTO. (CP)—Dr. J. G. Al‘.- house (above) chief director, dc- partment of education, told the secondary School I-Iea’dmastera' As- sociation Monday to do less lament- ing about quality of students and more positive work to imP!‘°\’¢

ing, part of the 94th annual con- vention of the Ontario Educational Association. some 9.000 delegates including educators, parents and school trustees are expected to at- tend during the next four days.

A suggestion to abolish all voca- tional and commercial schools in favor ofaatraighvt secondary schools was giver! by D. A. Lambert, sup- eriiitendqnt of production at Ford of Cana'dp's Oalrville plant. He was speaking-jto the Ontario Industrial Council, , .

He said the plan would be pos- sible if industry would revert to A system of apprenticeship training. He said the loss of skills by in- difference in‘ apprenticeship threat- ens to undermine the industrial future of Canada.

Strangler’: Viclim

SYDNEY (CF)—A brother came forward Monday to identify as Mrs. Bridget Florence Tavern, 27. the brunette who died at the pow- crful hands of a strangler near a secluded lovers’ lane five miles from Sydney.

Police earlier had tentatively identified the woman as Mrs. Flor- cnce Dcverne.

The brother. Ronald J. Rogers. ill. made a positive identification Monday on the basis of an old burn scar on the woman's elbow. He said her family had not seen her since last November.

The fully-clothed body was dis- covered Friday by an eight-year- old boy who was fishing in Grant‘s brook which borders the dirt road favored by couples seeking seclu- sinn.

The womiin weighed 130 pounds and was five feet, two inches in height. She wore a green plaid skirt and a sheer blouse.

An autopsy performed Saturday

is ldenlified; Police Continue Probe

Near Sydney. N. S.

ilrmally strong hands.

The brother said she was born at New Aberdeen. N.S.. and re- cently spent some time in Moni- real where she married A French Canadian at that point still in the army. His full name was not given. They were separated shortly after and she returned to Cape Breton.

Sgt. William Lawrence of the RCMP criminal investigation de- partment was expected to begin working on the case Tuesday. Further medical examination of the body will be carried out the same day by Dr. A. W. Gyorfi of Glace Bay General hospital, one of Nova Scotia's foremost bacteriolo- glsis.

There were unconfirmed reports that police believed the woman was strangled elsewhere and her body thrown into the brook after- ward.

Medical examination showed she had been in the water from one to three weeks and the body was badly decomposed.

showed the woman had been strangled by omeone with excep-

An inquest into Mrs. 'I'avern's death has been called for May 3.

diplomat who fled from the

Soviet embassy and turned spy data over to Australian

husband's example and ac-

Her decision was announced shortly before she was to have taken off from here on a continued flight to Moscow,

diplomatic employees. drew an immediate charge

from a Soviet diplomat that she had been kidnapped. cap- ped a day of drama which began when Mrs. dragged aboard the plane at Sydney by two at-med cour-

Petrov was

shouted: “I don't want to go

The reports that she left unwil- lingly prompted government action and when the plane landed at Dar- win on its first stop. Australian police and government officials were waiting. During a scuffle po- lice disarmed the two Soviet cour- iers ,who carried .32-calibre revolv- ers in shoulder holsters.

PHONES HUSBAND

After the scuffle. Mrs. Petrov talked to R. E. Leydln. adminis- trator of the Northern Territory, who met her as soon as she step- ped from the plane. Following the conversation she returned to her travelling companions.

A second conversation followed and Mrs. Petrov talked to her hus- band by telephone. it was then an- nounced she had accepted asylum and she was taken by car to Gov- ernment House in Darwin.

F. V. Kislitsin. second secretary of the Soviet embassy in Canberra. who was accompanying Mrs. Pet- rov. appeared angry when he heard of her decision to seek asylum.

“Why did you not let me talk to her?" he shouted. "She is being kidnapped.“

Earlier, Prime Minister Robert Menzies had promised that Mrs. Petrnv would be allowed to join her husband in political asylum if she wished when the plane reached Darwin.

CROWD PROTEST!

Menzies made the statement after Russian embassy officials half carried the dazed woman through a howling crowd of east European immigrants at Sydne airport. They ran a gauntlet of jeers and blows to put her aboard the plane.

The prime minister had main- tained there was "no evidence" thai Mrs. Petrov was leaving Aus- tralia against her will. But excited Russian - born bystanders who flocked to the airport insisted that she cried in Russian: “I don‘t want to go—-save me."

The Australian government had taken other measures to assure that Mrs. Petrov would have an opportunity anywhere along the plane's route to seek asylum. it was learned the government had

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Trade Experls To Open Talks

By JOHN TALBOT GENEVA. Switzerland, (Reuters)

More than l00 trade experts from 25 European

countries, including Russia and Britain, will open talks here today aimed at expand- ing the volume of East-West trade. Held under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commis- sion for Europe, the talks are expected to last about two weeks, thus overlapping the Geneva con- ference on the Far East, scheduled to open next Monday.

All the East European i-oiintries will be represented and all the West European countries with the exception of Spain, Iceland and Ireland.

Russia and other Communist countries are bringing with them extensive and detailed iisu of goods and commodities they are

prepared to export and import.

y ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON (AP) -—- Defence Secretary Charles Wilson believes the United States. while vulner- able. is "relatively secure" from atomic attack and that “the Rus- sians have been much more afraid of us than we are of them."

"We are militarily strong enough to deter aggression. and the Rus- sians are not going to start a war by dropping a bomb on us when they know there is going to be immediate and massive retalia- tion." Wiison said. "Also. we know we can greatly improve our warn- ing system and our ability to stop bombers." -

He disclosed that to build up U. S. military might still further

ista later this year to search for

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peaceful uses of atomic energy.

the defence department proposes to spend 03.100.000.000 during the

on the continental defence systm radar wamlng. fighter interceptor and planes and anti-aircaft weap- one.

This picture of U. S. defences was given in recent testimony on the defence budget before a House of Representatives appropriations sub-committee. The censored text was made public Monday night.

"RELATIVELY SECUIIE"

Representative George Mahon (Dem. Tex.) asked the secretary if he didn't agree with him that the United states is "highly vul- nerable to atomic attack at this time." Wilson challenged the 2'highiy" vulnerable. finally said. "We are relatively secure."

The secretary. told his question-

‘ Sees U.SL “Secure” From A-Attack I

[next fiscal year, starting July l.

crs that whether Russian bomb- crs got through or how many got through would depend on what time of day'an attack was started. how much warning could be obtained and “whether they did it now or three years from now."

Wilson listed among new defen- sive weapons the army's Nike antl- alrcraft guided missile and new "superior" interceptor planes in production."

The secretary also mentioned that "we have some new elec- tronic equipment to identify these planes in this early warning sys- tem we are talking about." (This apparently is a further perfection. especially in range. for the eo- called “ill”. or "identification. friend or foe." system which un-