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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1953

GOViT PLANS TO REHABILITATE DISPLACED SEAMEN

French Pour Troops Into Central 'Indo-China

Dulles Warns lihinese communists Against Any Intervention In lndo-china

By John scald

Wsl-i:INGTON, (AP)-State sec- retary Dulles hinted broadly Tues- day American air and naval power might strike at the china mainland it Red Chinese troops openly in- tervene in lndo-Chins or resume the war in Korea.

He gave this warning at I press conference while at the same time minimising the military import- ance of a new Communist thrust across the narrow waist of Indo- China.

Duiies' remarks reinforced a similar warning he issued in a speech before an merican Legion convention in St. Louis last. sept. 2.

At that time, the secretary said

any new Red aggression would cause grave consequences "which might not be confined to Indo-

China" and which would strip the communists of their "privileged sanctuary" in Manchuria.

Growing Strength

in recalling this warning Tues- day, Dulles specifically noted the growing merican navy and air force in the Far East as possible weapons of retaliation.

Any renewal of hostilities in X0- rea or a Chinese Communist at- tack in fndo-China, he said. would oring an American reaction "not necessarily confined to the part- icular area the F '-u r to make the theatre of their new aggression."

Dulles stressed that President Eisenhower's decision to withdraw two American divisions from Ko- rea will not lessen American mil- itary might in the area. He eon- ceded that in terms of nuiber of foot soldiers it would mean a de- crease. but implied that new weap- ons which would be sent. to this area would actually increase Am- erican fire power and capacity to retaliate.

Turning to other world problems. the secretary said in answering re- pox-ters' questions:

1. Russia's proposal for a three- week postponement of the Berlin foreign ministers meeting is dis- appointing. But he indicated the United states would accept the Jan. 25 date since the west ob-

Coming Events

"Card Plrty. Clinton Hail. Wed- nesday. December 30th.

"Auction and dance in Vernon hail. Thursday. Dec. 31.

"Legion dance Belfast Hall. Thursday, Dec. 31st.

"Dance in Miliview Hall, Friday. danuery ath.

"Dance. Thursday night, Belle River Legion Hall.

"Y. P. U. Crokinole Party to- night. Cherry Valley Hall.

"Dance. Kell;s Cross School. Wednesday. December 30th. sale oi lunches,

"Canadian Legion Dance at St. Peters. December dist. Modern and old time dances.

"Big New years we Dance in uoreu Hall. Thursday, December list. Good music.

"M-G-M Movies. llrederielaon run. Thursday. Deeemht list. lhowa I and 10.

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West Royalty Hall. 5:15 Wednes- day. Dec. 30. Admission 35c and Ice. In aid of bail.

"Our store will be closed for stock taking from New Yearia Janus, 5th. store open uradayt evening. R. l. Dieltieson, ew Glasgow.

music and refredimeats.

"Annual Meeting L 0. L. and 1;."O. I. A. Hartsviile loll. Wed- nesday. nth. All teem- bua of both i requested to at- tend. Supper a ,

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viously can't meet with Russian officials sooner than they say they will be there.

2. He hopes representatives of Israel and Jordan will meet, as provided under terms of the arm- istice agreement. to try to clini- inate some points of friction be- tween them. .

Numbing Cold in Midwestern United Slates

CHICAGO. (AP)- A numbing cold wave-worst of the winter-- hit the northern fringes of the midwestcm United States Tuesday sending temperatures near zero levels.

Afternoon temperatures slid to 21 degrees below zero as the cold wave surged across the border from Canada. The U. 8. weather bureau in Chicago warned that overnight temperatures would dip to as much as 35 below in northern Minnesota.

Cold wave warnings were issued for the entire midwest and as for south as Kentucky westward to Colorado and eastward to Ohio.

Expect Successor To Adiudicalor 0' Pramyjssiival ..

OTTAWA, (CP)- Richard Mac- Donald. aecretary of the Dominion Drama Festival. said Tuesday he expects a successor to Capt Evan John Simpson will be named with- in la hours as adjudicator for the forthcoming regional drama festivals across Canada.

Capt. Simpson was found dead near his farm at Henley. England. Sunday. A rifle was nearby.

Mr. MacDonald said the British Council will recommend a suc- ceuor to Capt. Simpson, but that the final selection will be up to the Dominion Drama Festival. He added that four or five persons had been txansldered before Capt, Simp- son 'wss given the assignment.

-HENLEY. ENGLAND, (Reuters) -Capt. Evan John 8impson-novel- lat Evan John--committed suicide, the coroner decided here Tuesday.

Simpson. 52, who was to have officiated as regional adjudicator for the 1954 Dominion Drama Fest- ival in Canada, was found shot in A Wood near his home Sunday.

The coroner said he had "tried to find a loophole so that a suicide verdict shall not be recorded-but I cannot."

Mrs. Dorothy Elsie Simpson said her novelist-actor-playwright hus- band had auffered from periods of extreme idepression.

Simpson. a British intelligence officer in Greece during the sec- ond Worid War, wrote several books under his "Evan John" pseu- donym. They included "Time in the East." "Kings at Arms," "The Dark Path,” "Crippled Bplendo " and his latest. ,"Atlsntic Impact."

He is survived by his widow and two children. - .

Price of Tea To Increase In Britain

LONDON, (Reuters)-The price of tea in tea-drinking Britain will be increased generally by about four pence (4 U2 cents) a pound on Jan. 4, leading suppliers stated Tuesday. They said the rise in price was due to the all-around jump in world prices. a general shortage of tee and poor crops last Year.

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counter - Offeneive Already oponsd Against Rebels

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HANOT. Indo-China. (AP)-The French poured troops into central lndo-China Tuesday to reinforce : counter-offensive already open- ed by planes-against the Viet- minh rebels who split the country in two.

The French concentrated at the Laotian air base at Sena. about 40 miles south of the lines that Communist-led battalions sliced westward across Laos from old bases on the seacoast of neigh- boring Vlet Nam to Thailand's Mekong river frontier during Christmas week.

Fresh men massed at Seno with survivors of French Union garri- sons withdrawn or overrun dur- ing the lightning offensive. To the north lies the ruins of Thak- hek. A town of 10,000 the French regarded as a trap and abandon- ed to the Vietminh. Twenty miles to the southwest lies Snvannak- bet. a Mekong river port to which French civilians of Thakhek have been evacuated.

Pilots flying B-26 bombers and Benrcat fighters strafed long trails of cooiics carrying in sub- plies for the rebels.

. Minimise Rebel Successes

High French officials mini- mized the rebel successes. Com- missioner General Maurice Dejesn declared in Cambodia. a sister state of Laos and Vlet Nam, that French Union forces "have the situation well in hand."

Looking to the future. authorit- ative French sources said they expect. Vietminh Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap to launch his main attack in northwestern Vlt Nam against the French-held fortress of Dion Bicn Phu.

They said the rebel drive across Laos gained a propaganda value 'was cut in two, but apparently did nothing towards winning a war. Although the drive cut a land supply line, the French said they had long been supplying the affected area by air. i

There was considerable specula- tion that Ho might use the new line as a demarcation point there are armistice talks as wide- ly suggested.

N. B. Teachers To Tighten Up On Membership

SAINT JOHN. N. 3.. (CF)-The executive of the New Brunswick Tcachers' Association decided Tue- sday to take action aimed at ex- cluding from its membership all persons who are teaching under "iocal licenses" and have not taken a teacher training course.

At the first session of its annual two-day meeting. the executive also decided to request commis- sion administration of the teachers' pension fund. Membership of the proposed commission would pre- sent equaliy the provincial educ- ation department and the teachers' association. '

Queen Elizabeth And Duke Resume Tour

AUOKLAND, (Reuters) - Queen Elisabeth and the Duke of Edin- bmgh awoke early today to con- tinue their tour of New Zealand with a slow ceremonial drive to Hamilton, 70 miles to the south.

After the welcoming ceremonies at Hamilton, the royal cotutpic plan- ned to split up for one first time on their Commonwealth tour. The duke will fly tomorrow to the cap- ital. wellington. to attend a mem- orial service for the 146 persons known dead in New Zealand's dis- estrous Christmas Eve train wreck.

The Queen will visit the fam- ous Waitomo underground caverns without him.

Last night. Elizabeth honored d0 New Zeaiand men and women at an lnvestiture ceremony at the town hall. the first investiture held by a British monarch of New Zea- land soil. It was her last official function in Auckland. where she and her husband arrived a week

ago.

The ceremony, attended by 1,800 spectators in a floodlit flower- decked town hall chamber, came at the and of an informal day spent in picknioking and driving through the rolling wodlsnds outside Auck- land.

The Queen dtomged quickly from a short - sleeved green-and-white frock into a stiffly formal ice-blue evetninr gown with diamond tiara, necklace, bracelets and earrings.

She had I. handshake and a few words for each of the 60 persons honored. including officers and men decorated for gallantry in Korea and Malaya fighting. Most of the awards were Orders of the British

ire.

Earlier in the day the couple had a picnic at quiet Puhoi beach. Elimbeth rested under a scarlet blossomed pohutukawa tree while the duke swam and canoed in the blue bay.

McDowell 050,000 Ransom l

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9-Year-Old Girl Fatally Injured

AMHERST. N. S., (CP)-Nlne- your-old Joan Comeau died early Tuesday morning. several hours after being shot through the stomach by a shotgun whilr: play- ing with her brother Philip, 12.

Police said the guwhad upper,- ently been TETFTB (Te9'tiii'n' an up-' stairs bedroom and the children were playing with it. An inquest was ordered.

Fire Thriiens Famed Ml. Wilson Observatory

LOS ANGELIB, (AP) - Tired firefighters, gaining in their battle ngainst flames tthreatening famed Mt. Wilson observatory and nearby s4,ooo.ooo television installations. heard an ominous weather bureau forecast Tuesday.

Winds of 25 to 35 miles em hour and even stronger gusts were antic- ipated late Tuesday night and early today. A slackening of winds Tuesday greatly aided the firefight- ers.

Fingers of flame reached over the crest of Mt. Wilson to within 200 yards of observatory buildings before being beaten back by crews.

Homes in foothills communities of the San Gabriel mountains. east of the Mt. Wilson section of the fire. are believed to be out of danger. The blaze. with a I2-mile perimeter, has blackened 10.000 acres. It started three days ago.

Newsman Finds Shopping Tough Job In Soviet Union

How do people live in the soviet Union? Russian-speaking William L. Ryan, back from a three-month news assignment in the Soviet Un- ion, provides an insight in this report on the shopping problem.

By WILLIAM L. RYAN Anoeisted Press

Foreign News Analyst A soviet department store is a good place to go to lick on an ice cream cone and rubberneck. It's

not a good place to go to buy

Danish Jet Pilots To Be Trained In Canada

OOPINXAOIN. (lantern)-Dam ish jet lists will be trained in Canada or the first time during 1000 and 1050. reliable sources said here Tuesday.

Canada will bear the estimated cost-0l.O0Ii.0l!l to 0'l.000.000-Ilnder the Dosniniesrs 0000.000.000 defence aid program. Denmark will have to provide only for the alt-men's pocket menu and transportation

ly. banish pilots have been trained in the United States. navigators and observers in Can- ada. some too Danish Jed pilots

already have been trained in the United States.

It is expected that the Danes going to Canada-probably around 100-will learn to fly the latest British jets.

A0 Ottaws. an R. O. A. F. spokes- man said Danish pilots have been trained in Canada since the NATO air training plan started.

Up -to now. these pilots have trained only on Second World War Harvard trainers. They now will also fly '1'-08 t trainers at atom and Portage Prairie in Man- tloba.

anything.

The aystem of merchandising, more fantastic than the prices. make: shopping often a nightmare.

Boviet stores-both the big gas- tronomea which tell the groceries and the univermsgs which are the Russian version of a department store--are perpetually clogged with people.

Many go about; the stores look- ing at goods. but not buying.

As explained earlier, the ruble has no exact equivalent in dollars. only its purchasing power means anything to the Russian. any way. The working man in a factory is likely to receive 700 rubles for a month of four dd-hour weeks; thus the price of an lee cream cone is equivalent to about a half hour's DIV-

leriea of Queues

Those who must buy go through a diaaying series of queues so frus- trating that the system has led to a peculiarly soviet racket.

Militiamen are on hand in many a soviet department store to guard against chiselbrs who prey on the frustration of shoppe .. 'n1e chis- eler patiently waits to get to coun- ters and buy up items In demand. He then circulates through the store and on the

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ected hoax

TORONTO, (OP)-A crude note demanding 550,000 for the return of 17-year-old Marion MoDovrcil was disclosed Tuesday but author- ities consider it a hoax and the writer a crank.

The letter, signed "the kid- nappers" was writen to Ross Mc- Doweil, father of the blonde jun- ior typist missing since Dec. 6. it said Marion is alive and safe,

Harold Sanders. county crown attorney. said the note was received five days ago. cf-le said'fnstructiona' T "in" the two- pege, crudely-pencilled letter were compiled with but no answer has been received.

"There are about 99 chances in 100 that it is the work of a screw- ball but we have to take that single chance," he said.

"It's not likely that n kidnapper would let so much time go before sending a ransom demand.” said Chief Constable Wilfred Molsllan of Scarborough township police.

Asks 350,000

The ransom letter said in part:

t'Mister McDowell: This is not another joke being played on you. Your daughter is safe, you can be sure. she has not telephoned you like you said in the paper. She would do it if I would let her.

"The question is I haven't let her get close to a telephone. You see I have always been a poor man. All I want for her is 050000. Re- member just fifty thousand dol- lars. -

"When you have raised the money let it be known in the To- ronto Star..."

Chief McLel1an has supervised one of the most intense police hunts in Toronto area history in the search for the missing girl. It began wiien James Wilson, 19. stumbled dazed and bleeding into suburban Scarborough township police station 33 days ago and said his girl friend had been kidnapped. He said a hooded gunman hook Miss McDowell as the two were parked in a lover's lane.

No trace of her has been found.

Begin Fundlior Parents of Triplets

VAL D'0R. Qua, (CP)-- Mayor on Tetrauit announced Tuesday that the town will contribute 525 to Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphe Todd, parents of triplets born here Sun- dav.

Mayor Tetrauit said he would add his personal cheque for S to the fund and would accept other citizens the family.

Mr. and Mrs. Todd have eight children besides the two girls and a boy born Sunday. The ma- ther and babies are in good health. The two girls weighed

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Believe g 600 Men involved: lndusirLAlarmed -

OTTAWA, (OP)-The federal gov- ernment is planning measures to provide new trades for deep-sea sailors displaced in the transfer of some Canadian ships to the Bri- tish flag.

informants said Tuesday no final decision has been reached but it is probable the government will meet the cost of training them for new Jobs and pay them a living allowance while they are studying. The ship transfers, disclosed Mon- day. are being permitted to al- iow financially-pressed vessel oper- ators to take advantage of lower running costs under British regis try. This involves manning the ships with British crews, who work for considerably less than Canadian seamen. 3 Two transfers have been appro-: ved so far by the Canadian and! United Kingdom governments, and!

another 15 applications are underl

Canadian flag deep-sea fleet of 620 are regarded as in financial dif-l ficulties, though a. good proportionl of these will be retained under ihcl Canadian flag.

Uncertain Future

H. F. Angus. president of thcf Canadian Shipowners Association,! said in Montreal Tuesday that an) estimated 600 seamen will be laid) off if all pending transfer appli-, cations are approved. In addition.) Ushore staffs would have to be cutu Mr. Angus. whose association! represents about 65 per cent of. the deep-sea fleet, said he has nol idea what the men will do to getl work. i 0They'll be on the beach," he said. "Theylil just have to look. lfor new jobs." The 10,000-ton vessels of the; type already transferred carry an average crew of 34. Smaller V25-L seis, fut" which there are sumai transfer applications, have about 27 men aboard. 1

Shipping quarters said that the! general rule in the transfers-cfj which there were 92 in 1950-151 that practically all the crew is paid : Continued on page 5, col. 3

Five Killed In Highway Collision

KlRKi.A.ND LAKE. Ont., (OP)- Five persons were killed and five. injured. one critically. when two automobiles collided Tuesday on an ice-sheathed highway 12 miles north of this northern Ontario gold-mining community.

Dead are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hagar of Timmins, who were mar- ried within the last year; Mrs. James Eastman, about 32. of Tim- mins: and two girls, aged between

eight and 10. believed to be daugh- ters of Mr. and Mrs. James East-

man.

Severely injured and not expect- ed to live is Mrs. Paul Kunce of Little Lake near Barrie. Also in- jured was her husband. Patti, about 38; their children. Pauline, 13. and Roland, 9. and Mrs. East- man.

Police said Hagar is believed to have been 29 and his wife 10.

Police said they believe the Kunce car passed another vehicle, and then collided with the oncom-: lug ilagnr car. A light snow was; falling and the highway was cov- ered with ice.

Missing Boy Scouts. Seoutmesters Return

CALGARY, (OP) - Five Boy Scouts and two scoutmasu-rs, re- ported missing during a week-end, mountain bike about 75 miles westi of here. walked into their destin- ation at Lake Kananaskis Tuesday. All were reported unharmed.

The seven were picked up by a truck and taken to Exshnw. Alta.. to await A bus for Calgary.

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WASI-IJNGTON. (At?) - The customs bureau was directed Tues- day to investigate reported Can- adian marketing agreements guar- anteeing a set price for potatoes. to determine whether countervail- ing United States duties should be imposed on imports.