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ANTI - EDC RIOTERS ATTACK PREMIER

Rebel Assault On

Attlee Holds Tight Rein 0n_l’ariy ln H-Bomb Issue

(By Tom Ochiltreei

LONDON. (AP)——Clement Att- lea held a tight rein on the Lab- or party today in what Ptlitical informants said was an effort to prevent hydrogen bomb fears from being exploited to harm British-American relations.

Attlee has also talked his fellow Labor MPs out of launching a full-scale assault on the prestige of Prime Minister Churchill.

This unusual political situation has developed out of the U. S. H-bomb tests in the Pacific which have caused concern to all sec- tions of the British public.

In the House of Commons de- bate on the H-bomb today the Labor Opposition will not seek to censure Churchill's govern- ment. Instead it will ask the prime minister to try to arrange a Churchill-Eisenhoweiw Malenkov meeting on the subject.

Attlee will open today's de- bate. Churchill will follow him. Political writers hellcve Churchill well may agree. when the time is ripe. for Britain to take the in- itiative in suggesting a Big Three meeting on thermonuclear problems.

Won Members Over

Attica won Labor members over to a moderate approach at a party caucus Thursday night. Persons present said Attlee de- livered the speech of his life.

The meeting was closed. but newspapers carried reports Aitl-e

had said “We are not going to make party capital out of this issue." He said the party must

avoid the temptation to embarrass the government.

The censure motion originally sought by left-wing Labor MP3 would have called for the halting of further Amcrlrin hydrogen bomb tests. It would have forced I debate in which Britlsh-Ameri- can relations would be an issue.

As newspapers and pictures told of the awesome force of American H-bombs, these under- tones developed both in Parlia- ment and outside:

1. There was a fear that Eri- tain, now closely allied to the United States and,highly vulner- able geographically. had lost con- trol of her own late.

2. There were suggestions. lair-r categorically denied from Wash- ington. that the scientists engag- ed in the tests had unleashed

forces beyond. their control. I Inbor Cry Ciiuri-hill made a aiaicnirnt on the subject. in the House of

Commons Tuesday. and the Labor party then was in full cry against him. Then the Labor members called for the halting of further Ameri- can tests and asked that Britain press for more information from Washington. They also called for a Big Three meeting.

Now the official Inbor party leadership will press only for the Big Three meeting.

Cocos Islanders Hope Fine Weather For -Visit _

IIOIB ISLAND. Cocos Islands. (lteutars) — Inhabitants of these “paradise islands" are hoping for eifir weather and calm seas to- day so they can have a 00-minute visit from Queen Eilsbeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Welcoming ceremonies for the Queen, now homeward - boun across‘ the Indian ocean from her visit to Australia, have been prac- tised for weeks. But if the seas are rough and the seven-mile trip by motor launch from the open sea is considered too hanrdous for the Queen. only a few 1 ,. ‘

ad toward the Cocos from Pre- innntle. The couple attended di- vine servlcea Sunday.

The people of the blue lagoons and waving palm trees were con- fident Sunday that weather con- ditions would let them go through with the simple welcome they have planned for the Queen.

If the bright sun holds up, the Queen also is expected to tour the island by jeep.

The royal couple will leave the island group in the early evening for Colombo. where it is due next Sunday.

tlves of-the 30 islands‘ 1.800 in- hsbitanta will get to see their sov-

ereign.

They will be invited aboard the royal liner Gothic. At their head will be the 25-year-old lnglish "King of the Cocos." John Clunies- Rosa V, who rules the peach of Home Island with his attractive British wife. Daphne.

The ‘Queen and the duke were reported to have spent a restful day Sunday as their liner anam-

N. Y. Mottrlsrs Pay $6,644,519 in Fines

NIW YORK. (AP)—Miabehaving too

motorists paid an all-time high of 00,644,510 in fines into New York Oity'c traffic courts last year. Parking Violations provided the biggest statistical jump, with 87.- 801 tickets being handed out com- pared with 727,910 in 1953,

Coming Events

“Card party Dunataifnagc school lantern.

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“maervs April iith for pre- Poetival Concert in Central Roy- alty I-lsli.

"At Morsll. Thursday April 3th.. Souria K. of 0. present "A Busy Honeymon". A 8 Act Comedy. cur- tain 0:15. ‘

"Double header at North River Rink tonight: North River vs» losj creek at 1.46: Hampshire vs. New Haven 0 pin. Skate after.

"Farmers: Requiring financial help to raise Hogs. chickens. Tur- kaye. do it the Shur-Gain way. Contact our dealers or P. L. flor- ris Shun-Odin Food Mills. xinkora. Summeralde. Charlottetown.

“The Ihur Oain Amateur Cav- alcade. Freetown Hall, Monday. April 12th at. 8:00 p.m.. sponsored by South In-eecovvn Hustle and School. Please send entries to his. Eldon Drummond, Freetown.

"Reserve Eaator Monday. April 10. Emerald Hail. lanevolcni. Irish Society presents the repeat per- formance, a-us comedy areas. "A Little Clodhopper”. cintaln I on Good specialties. sale of candy. dance after. Admission: Adulta I0

May Try Tesi Evacuation Of Some Cily_

O'I'I‘AWA, (CF) — Some Cana- dian city may be asked to test the possibilities of evacuation in the face of threatened attack by atomic or hydrogen bombs. it was learned Saturday.

The United States is consider- ing such a test and it is under- stood that Canada may try one.

'I.'.ha possibility of dispersal of whole city populations comes in

the wake of demonstrated de- atructlve powers of the new bombs.

It is understood that any such initial exercise in Canada would be made by a medium-sized city such as Windsor. Ont.. rather than by centres like Montreal or Tor- onto.

The test probably will not be canted out before early fall.

0'1'1‘AWA. (OP)-Hriance Minia- ter Abbott will announce Tiiesday how the government hopes to raise the money for what are ex- pected to be record peacetime ex- penditures in the next 12 months.

Pew. if any. big tax changes are anticipated in Mr. Abbott's budget speech. his 10th and. he svowa. his last. The policy decisions have been made and the budget address writ- tui. a closely-guarded document whose contents are known to only 0. handful of top civil servants outside the cabinet. Mr. Abbott will start reading it at a pm. I31‘ hieaday. There has been no speculation ebout any major tax reductions. and for an obvious reason. Gov- ernment spsnding in the 1054-55 fiscal year. which began April 1, is expected to match or exceed ex- penditures in the year Just closed. For last year, Parliament as» proved 04.381.030.000 in estimates for government spending. Addi-

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tional outlays for social security

French

iieiendeEoi Dlen Bien Phu Are Confident

By Carley Smith

HANOI. lndo-China. (Reutera)—— The Vletmlnh rebels’ latest all-out offensive against the mountain fortreu of Dlen Bien Phu has col- lapsed. the French high command declared here Sunday night.

A French spokesman said that the rebel troops probably will not be able to mount another attack comparable to their recent five- doy series of suicide assaults. sec- ond ot two desperate attempts to

capture the key French Union stronghold in northwest Indo- China.

The confident statement. that the rebels have failed in their latest attempt was coupled wit.ii s warli- lng they may try a. third or even a fourth assault.

But the spokesman said it def- inite lull in the fighting showed the latest phase of the offensive is :iver—and indicated that the hard- pressed garrison has weathered the worst of its three-week ordeal by fire.

The rebels. originally estimated at 40.000 men. launched their first huma.n wave attacks on the en- circled etrongliold three weeks ago and captured two northern out- posts.

First Thrust Failed But heavy casualties. estimated

at 10,000 by French officers. ended this first attempt to crack French

morale by winning the crucial “prrestlge" battle for Dlen Bien Phu.

The second major ofssiiult, laun- clied last week. biought five nights of bloody fighting and more soar- ing casualties in rebel Gen. Vo Nguyen Glap'a crack troops.

The onslaught showed its first signs. of wsakening Sunday after the-garrison of 12.000 I’-‘ranch Un- ion troopa threw back the yelling rebels in an all-out night attack.

Col. Christian de Caatriea. hawk- laced French commander. reported heavy rebel artillery fire had dim- liilshed to light harassing bomb- arcimcnt by mortars Sunday fol- lowing the costly night assault- which ended at midnight in con- trast to previous night-long in- fantry attacks.

Risk Daylight Runs

Authoritative aourcea said Viet- mlnh trucks now are speeding over jungle roads in broad daylight. leaving themselvu open for French air attack in a desperate gamble to build up the attackers’ dwindling ammunition stocks.

The Associated the French plan to make a. bold attempt today to airlift their wounded from Dlen Bien Phu‘s shell-pocked airfield. Gen Henri Navarre. commander of snncn Union forces in Indo-China. said

Press reported

he plans to land mercy planes marked with red crosses about noon.

Fire _(iuts mags La Prairie Factory

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE. Man.. (CP)—A fast-spreading fire roared through a garment factory here Saturday. causing more than $200.- 000 damage and throwing more than 100 persons out of work.

A skeleton staff of the Delta Apparel Industries Ltd. fled out of the back door as flames mush- roomed through the building and the heat blew out windows. Two persons were slightly hurt. Cause of the fire is not yet known.

Few Tax Changes Looked For In Tuesday Budget

payments. covered by is separate tax. were about ssoo.ooo.ooo.

For the coming year. the gov- errirnentfa snain estlnatas total 04.- 40l.'I5l.00o and with further sup- plementary est' ‘ and social security payments. expenditures could well go beyond 05.000.000.000 in the next 12 months. a peace- time record.

Thua any tax changes are ex- pected to be minor. a shifting of the load among the various groups of taxpayers.

The situation was diflerent in Mr. Abbott's last budget meech. M, .. , the . .. when he made a number of tax cuts. relying on the increase in national productivity to be re- flected in government revenues. _

Then be estimated an 011,000,000 surplus for loss-so and Tuuday night's speech will tell how class he came to the mark. If govern- ment operations ended the year March 31 in the black it would be the eighth aucceasivu annual aur-

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Squadron Leader Stephen Gillls. formerly of Charlottetown. was killed almost instantly Saturday night in a car accident outside Trenton, Ontario, He was 39 years of age.

Squadron Leader Glllis along with his wife and family were motoring from Camp Borden to Trenton for the week-end when their car was side-swiped on an icy road. The other family mem- bera were uninjured.

He is I. aim of the late Dr. S. H. Gillis and Mrs. Frank Sigs- worth of Charlottetown. His fath-

er predeceased him 39 years ago. He attended Queen Square School and St. Dunstan‘s Uni-

versity. graduating from S. D. U. with a BA, Degree in 1935. The

ottetown Man

Killed Near Trenton, Ont.

following year he graduated from St. Francis X.-ivier University with a Bachelor of Science Degree.

In 1940 he joined the 1-7.. G. A. F. and saw service overseas. He also sewed as an instructor at Edmon- ton. Chalk River and the Wright Patterson Air Force base in Ohio. At the time of his death he was an instructor at Camp Borden. Ontario.

In addition to his mother he is survived by his wife. the former Cora Grant of.Montague. a daugh- ter of senator '1'. V. Grant and three children Stephcr 13, Michelle 11 and Paul two_ A half-sister. Mary, Mrs. John Eldon Green of Charlottetown and a half-brother.

Francis in Montreal also survive. The funeral will be held in Onttirio.

Season Lost

Business Block in Campbeilford. Oni. Destroyed

CAMPBELLFORD, Oiit.. (CF) — A $250,000 fire burned through the Wiggins business block in‘ this cost- ern Ontario town Sunday leaving 26 persons homeless and razing 10 stores. One person was injured.

The blaze, believed caused by is short circuit in an ice cream

broke out in or snack bar. Ed Stin- bury. the owner. suffered face and hand burns from the flames when he ran to get. help.

Firemen from the neighboring town of Hastings. Warkworth and

Brighton and is pumper from Peterborough. 20 miles west of here. worked with Campbellford

volunteers for more than two hours to bring the fire under control.

Restoration Work

To Begin On Abbey LONDON. (Reuters) -— Restora-

tion work on the time-worn West-

minster Abbey will begin today

backcd by a fund of $2,710,000

collected by ii Coronation year restoration appeal campaign.

Four—Fami|les Homeless in- Parry Sound Fire

PARRY SOUND. Ont., (CF) — Three buildings were destroyed and four families left homeless

early Sunday in a $1,000,000 fire that swept through a downtown business block in this Georgian Bay community. No one was in- jured.

Firemen. aided by more than 100 civilian volunteers and brigades from neighboring coniinuiiiixes. battled more than four hours to control the blaze. Firemen said the flames at one time threatened to wipe out the whole town of some 6.000 persons.

Burning pieces of rooting mater- ial were scattered over a quarter- mile area when cans in a paint store exploded.

The fire. of unknown origin. is believed to have started shortly after 1 I.m. in the basement of a grocery store in the Masonic buildings. It spread through the ad- joining Gregory and Greek build- ing and the Dariington building be- fore it was controlled around 6 am.

Moniiiii WERE}? Fatally Iiiriied

MONCTON.

burns which fire chief Murrie Mc- Kie said were apparently received when her clothing was ignited by a gas jet while she was preparing a cup of tea in her tiny upstairs apartment.

SENTIY V|'(ll’NDS “'OMAN

VIENNA. flleuterst -A Riissian sentry shot and severely wounded a 54-year-old Austrian woman. Mn- iia Schmidt, while she was walk- ing her dog near a Russian post here Saturday night. The sentry shot Mrs. Schmidt in the thigh after she misunderstood an order to stop and ran aw.-iv She is be-

ing treated in a hospital.

jreoser. or by. star. inter.‘ explosion...

(CPi—Mrs. Caroline. Ritchie. 04. died Sunday night of

Third Sealing Vessel 0f

Off Nfld.

By S'I'EWAl7l'I“ MacL[l()D Canadian Press Staff writer

ST. JOHN'S Nfld.. (CF) —- The sealing vessel James Spurrell foundered without loss of life in gale-lashed seas on Newfound- land's west coast Saturday, the third of her kind to go down in as many weeks.

No lives were lost when the seas claimed the Truls and New- mundlrinder either. but loss of the Spurreli left. only two Ships to con- tinue the hazardous industry which 20 years ago attracted 400 vessels and 13.000 seafarers.

Capt. Bob Kean of Corner Brook. Nfld.. sand his 15 m...-.inbera barely escaped with their lives in dories when the seas and wind pushed the 70-ton Spurrell on a half-submerged ledge at Codroy. The sons pounded her to flotsam.

The vessel. without cargo on her second trip to the icclields. ran into the storm late Friday and dropped both anchors to keep from blowing ashore. But. the lines snapped and. with only her 36- horsepower engine to continue the battle, she was soon on the rocks.

Covered By Insurance

There was no estimate of dam- age but. the vessel was reported to have been fully insured.

Only five sealers went to the "front" this spring and now only the St. John's-owned Terra Nova and Arctic Prowler of Halifax are left. And both of these vessels barely escaped the same late when rafting ice kept them locked in is steely grip for weeks

The 43-ton Newfoundlander, com- manded by Capt. Fred Biackmore of Fort. Union, Nfld. went down in 100 fathonis of the Gulf of St. Law- rence when the ice crushed her hull. Capt. Blai-kmore led his 66 crew members across the shifting pans to safety.

The Truls. with 24 men aboard, went down off Cape Breton after the ice bashed her hull, slid over {her decks and pushed her under. ‘Capt. Kristoflcr More of Lunch- burg. N. S.. and his men leaped to lsafety aboard the acconipiinying lseaicr Titus.

l Industry Hard Hit

l Seven tnousaiid pelts. worth iabout $35,030, went down in each ‘of the ships. Young hood seals, lwhich have A white streak through [their fur. are worth about 89 a ‘hundredweight; the young harps.I a blue-coated scal. are worth a‘ dollar less.

Dwindling oil and skin prices are

Ithe reasons for the rapid drop-off ‘in the industry. I The Atlantic east. coast industry has been hiird hit by tragedies dovi'n through the years. About 15 ships have gone down in little more than is century. The worst disaster was In 1914. when the Newfoundland-owned S o u t h c r n Cross disappeared under the ice and her 1'13 crew members were lost. in the rampaging flocs. In the same year 78 were lost when the Newfoundland went down.

Rumors of Rich Uranium Discovery

KIRKLAND LAKE. Ont. iCPi-— Reports of a rich mineral discov- ery in deep bush three miles north of Seaekinika village. 20 miles north of this northern Ontario gold-mining community. has brought ll minor staking rush to the area.‘ Most persons say the mineral is uranium. However. of- ficials of New xelora Mines Lim- ited, who arrlved in the district two weeks ago and staked more than so claims, refuse to confirm that rcpors

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Slap Fag 0f Defence Minister Pleven

PARIS, (AP) —— A yelling mob. screaming hatred of the European army_ Sunday kioked Premier Joseph Lanlel in the shine and slapped the face and pulled the hair of Defence Minister Rene Pleven.

The rloters burst police lines to attack the French political leaders during a solemn ceremony honor- ing the heroes of Dlen Bien Phu at the tomb of the unknown soldier, l

Stones were thrown but hit no’ one. and as the premier drove oil. rioters attempted without success to overturn his limousine.

Police arrested seven of an es- timated l00 demonstrators. op- ponents of French ratification of the European army plan. and sun- ipnrtr-rs of Marshal Juiri, who was stripped of his Frencli military posts by the government for de- ilvcririg an unauthorized speech last week attacking the European Drvlence Community.

Lanicl. Pleven and a llushcd throng of 1.000 persons had gath- ered at the Arc de Triomphe for services honoring the defenders of Dlen Bien Phu. the Communist- beleaguerod fortress in Indo-China.

Sing and Shrui.

The rir-nionsti'at.m's_ shouting, singing the Marselllaise and play- ing the Last Post. held of physical action until me two dignitaries were signing the "Golden Book" at the shrine. _

Laniel, flanked by a couple of policemen. started to push through to his car. but found his path blocked. As he turned back to the shrine, some one kicked him in the shins. Police formed a flying wedge and got him into ii police car which demonstrators then tried to overturn.

Finally. a. chauffeur rammed the car through the crowd and got Lnlllel away.

,’.>But"PleVen wa’s’;still stranded under the arch.

“Resign. you swine!" the crowd shouted at Pleven. hurling stones. Two or three men assaulted him physically. knocking off the min- lster's hat and glasses. The de- fence minister was pale and grim

The rest of the crowd watched the violence with detachment. They made no effort to halt the attacks on Pleven. nor did they try to take part in them.

Pleven. evidently seething, stood with police in the centre of the crowd waiting for reinforcements which finally arrived almost half an hour later. The crowd then dis- persed.

ree I ren. Th Ch‘id Baby Sitter Die In Fire

GALT. ONT.. iCP)—'I‘hree small children of a Korean war veteran ‘and their baby sitter were killed ‘Saturday night when fire swept through ii second flour apartment here.

The dead: Ricky, eigth months. Mary Margaret. 5, Bobby Dotson. 4. and 12-year-old Mary Margaret Wylie.

The fire broke out while the] parents. Pie. and Mrs. Richard Dolson. were attending a party at the Canadian Legion hall here. Pte. Dotson was visiting his family on leave from Camp Borden, Ont.

Firemen said the four were either burned to death or auf-1 focated by fumes when a coal‘ heater exploded or overheated and set fire to a wall of the apartment]

The children were apparently asleep in their room and Mary Wylie was sleeping on a couch in