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SKIPPER DESCRIBES, EPIC RESCUE OF SWEDISH FREIGHTER

French ApirForce Hammers Vietminh Invaders

Rousing Maori Reception Given Queen And Duke

Report Danish King Soriouly Ill

King Frederik, 54, of Denmarl: is reported seriously ill in Copen- hagen as the result of complica- tions following a severe throat inflammation. His brother, Prince Knud. took his place at a public audience which, under the Danish constitution, is attended by the king.

Faces Charge Of Manslaughter

SYDNEEY. (C-P) -- John Lester Hennesscy. 31. of nearby Glace Bay, was charged with manslaught- er Monday in the Christmas Eve highway death of 13-year-old Marv Maclvluilin.

The girl was crossing the high- way with Christmas gifts for an aunt when struck by a vehicle which police said did not stop. She died enroutc to hospital.

British Author is Found Shot Dead

HlliN'l..EY. Eng, (Reuters) Capt. Evan John Simpson, author and a leading British intelligence officer in Greece during the Sec- ond World War. was found shot dead near his farm Sunday. A rif-le was found nearby. Simpson. so, w-rots historical novels. politi- cal books. biographies and plays under the name, Evan John. i

OTIIAWA. (OP)- The Dominion Drama Festival is seeking s ro- placem ..t by Jan. 11 for Evan Jqhn .Simpson. the British play- wright who was to have judged regional drama festivals acnoas Can- ada in the next three months.

WHANGARDI, N. Z. (Reuters).. A private picnic lunch amid the quiet of the Maori countryside to- day offered Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh is brief respite from public ceremony.

Crowds lined the rolling wooded northland to see the royiil couple drive to Warlcworth. where mother tumultuous welcome was in the making even before the Queen ar- rived.

The picnic at Puhoi beach pre- ceded their return to Auckland. where the Queen will award med- als and honors at the town hall.

The couple spent the night in a suite of the small commercial hotel here after a program-packed day and wildly enthusiastic greetings.

Monday's schedule included pres- entation of colors to the Royal Now Zealand Air Force nt Whenunp: airport near Auckland. lunch in the small town of Kalkohe. and a cere- monial welcome from 5.000 gi-as.-. skirted Maoris at Waitangi.

Broke Through Cordons

Thousands of school children cheered the Queen and Duke when they arrived at Kcnglngton park. The reception on arrival at Whang- arei-the county capital on North Island;-nwas even less restrained.

Many of the town's 10.000 popu- lation. chanting: "We want the Queen." broke through police cor- dons as the pair drove up to the hotel.

Hundreds clambercd up the rail-.

way embankment Opposite the ho- tel. keeping up the chant.

When the Queen and Duke did appear on the balcony the crowd cheered and waved, then burst into song as the couple retired to their second-floor .xear suite.

Such songs as "It's a Loni: Way to Tipperary" wcllcd up from the darkened town while floodlights flashed through the palm trees and colorful decorations.

Monday marked the first day of a phase of the Commonwealth tour that will take Elizabotli utmost 2.500 miles by air. road and roll through the Dominion's north and south islands in the next. fivn weeks.

The Maori rituals at Waltancl were the most impressive event. Monday.

Warships in the beautiful Bay of ' ' c' "undered out a royal aa- luts as 5.000 Maoria. daubcd with war paint and waving spears, whirled in a ceremonial dance of welcome and acclaimed the Queen as "our chief. our lord, our sov- erelgn."

The ceremony took place before the old treaty house where. in 1840. the Maoria ceded New Zcaland sev- ereignty to Queen Victoria.

Magistrate I-lone Rankin. Maori

Coming Events

"Card Party. New London School. Wednesday, December 30th.

"Crokinole and Card Party. Mar-shfield I-lall to-nigiht.

"Annual meeting New Haven Farmers District, December 20th.

"Legion dance Belfast Hall. Thursday, Dec. 3 t.

"Dance. Fort Augustus Hall.

Wednesday, Dec, 30. Burke's Or- chestra. Lunches. "Croklnole Party. North River

Hall. Tuesday. 5 p.rn.. Admission 35c. Everyone welcome.

"Dance. Fortune Hall. Tuesday. December 29. Mcllwenk Orches- tra.

"l4st dance of the season at ggtanley Bridge rink Tuesday. Dec.

"Box social and Dance in the credit Union Hall. Sun-unerfisld, Wednesday. December soul.

”Ofokinols and Oard Party. Dunataffnage school. Tuesday. December 30th.

"Card Party and Dance. Hope ml Credit Union Hall. December

"Come to the Dance in at. Marya Parish Hall. scurla. to- night. .

"M-C-M Moviu. Fredericton Hall. Thursday. December Slat: Shows I and 10.

"Di and Dance in Vernon Riva all. Tuaadgv.

Iith.

"Dance at Long Creek. Wed-

C .. December Ioth. In aid of

Long Creek Rovbra Hockey 19am. on: music and tefrdunanla

commas said my"; first I be dslpmant of barley.

, renewed his ancmtoi-5' pledge.

" a thank God for a. centu y and more of British rule." he a ti. Highlight of the ritual came when the Queen stood on a sacred flax mat to receive one of three sym- bolic stlcks as "Goddess of the R.-.. ,

A second stick was presented to the Duke as "God of war” and Prime Minister Sidney Holland retained the third, which signified the mystical parents of the ancient Maori race.

Hotel in Truro Gutted Byjire

'I'R.UI7lD. (GP)-Fire gutted the three-storey Stanley I-folal here Monday causing an estimated 350.- 000 damagc. All cupants of the building escaped without injury.

The blue. believed to have startod in a linen closet on the top floor. was brought under control in about an hour.

The building also contained a grocery store. I children's clothing store and a restaurant on the ground floor. For a time during the fire nearby stores prepared to re- more stock and furnishings.

The hotel. operated by Truro Hotels Ltd. was haavlly damaged in a fire about 10 years ago.

rs.-he Shipment or Iarlay For Korea

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UITAWA. (OP)-First four car- loada of a 700-ton Canadian con- tribution ef "lat-lay for Korea" will be tripped today from Bas- katoon. the Unitarian Service

Monday. This

for hungry Ru-can children will be followed Jau. ll be a second consignment mm Petsrborough. out. The Unitas n Service Oom-

mittoa launched ts "hrloy for Korea" appeal in September.

is Seen lltelude To Counter Attack By Grountjorces

By Max Cloa

ssrcqpi. Indo-China. (AP) - French planes pounded the Viet- minh inlvsders of Laos Monday in what appeared the prelude to a ground counter-attack against the Reds who knifed across the little state last. week, slicing Indo-China in two.

While bombers and fighters ranged up and down enemy ter- ritory. French ground forces were reported massing south of Thak- hek. Vietminh-held Laotian town bordering on Thailand which has mobilized troops along its frontier.

French reconnaissance units. probing northxward from their base at Seno. said they have been un- able to make contact with the Reds. who made the 100-mile thrust from the Annam coast.

The Rreiich said the enemy is avoiding combat, and has faded back into the jungle in an appar- ent effort tc regroup for an as- sault on Seno.

"Laotian: Deserted"

A French force under Gen. Andre Franchi is entrenched at Beno awating the Vietminh assault force cstimatcd at a division.

While southeast Asia nervously watched the Red invasion. the rebel radio broadcast a call from Viet- minh chief Ho Chi tMinh to his troops to "make an assault that will destroy the enemy."

The radio declared the "greater part" of the Laotian forces under French command had deserted and Joined the corrununist side.

The French admitted that they had lost about a company of their own and North African forces in the Vietminh thrust. but reported they were rounding up units from for- mcr garrisons in the area which

had fled into the jungle when-the :

Reds attacked

The French also acknowledged they are faced with a. grave supply problem. The Vietminh advance

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Judge Reserves Decision In N. S. Election Case

HALIFAX. (GP) .-. Mr. Justice MscQuarrie reserved decision Mon- day on a petition asking that elec- tion of Liberal Alfred Reid in liants East in last Mayts Nova scotia general election be declared void.

Election day returns gave Ern- est Ettlnger. former Progressive Conservative member. a majority of one vote. A recount gave Mr. Reid three additional votes and Mr. Ettinger one to reverse the earlier decision.

Evidence during the hearing cen- tred around complaints of unquali- fied persons casting vote and al- legations that ballot boxes were opened between election and de- claration days.

Present standing in the House is Liberals 28. Progressive Conservat- ives l2, and CC? two.

Arrests Made In Czech Train Crosll

VIENNA, (Reuters) - Prague radio announced Monday night that "a number of arrests" have been made for "negligence" in connec- tion with the Christmas Eve train wreck which killed 103 persons at Sakvice. Czechoslovakia.

The Czech ministry of the in- lerior blames the wreck on "serious negligence" on the part of rail- road workers. the radio said.

The government announcement said special pensions and allow- ances will be granted crash victims and their families.

Eighty-three persons are reported injured in the crash.

U. S. Reduces lose Forces in Britain

LONDON. (AF)-Pour thousand American servicemen at United states Air Force bases in Britain wul be replaced by British civilians within the next six to 12 months. an air force spokennan said Mon- day. The airman will retum to America. America will save std.- 0ll).000 annual-ly and the British treasury will be paid the dollar equivalent of the clvilians' wages.

PIINCELY LUM'llil!4AN

VICTORIA. (CP)-Prince Alex- andre de Liechtenstein, 24. who studied forestry at.VIenna. la pil- ing lumber in at Victoria mill. "Wood is wood." he. said. "but here it is bigger.” He depends on-

tirely on his weekly wage. '

" Activity

On Local

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The heavy movement of potatoes this fall and winter is well illustrated in the above pictures showing two large freighiers being loaded with the Island product at the Rail- way Wharf. Both ships were' in port last week to take on many thousands of bags of Prince Edward Island's famous seed potatoes which have become so popular, particluarly through the southern United States, where the loads above are headed.

--Photo by Barter's Film Lab.

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By WILLIAM C. BARNARD I PANMUNJOM. (AP) - Two ver- sions of how prisoner expliinailonsi were wrecked - one blaming Bouth' Korea. the other the Ccmmunistsi -were studied today by the United; Nations and Red commands. .

Authoritative observers hero ex-5 pected the reports by the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commissloni to.

I. Make no change in the UN commands stand that the explana-) tiona are over.

2. Step up Red demands that. tho explanations be resumed. I

3. Draw new fire from the South Korea government against lndin.! whose officials had supervision of; the explanations and guard the prisoners.

Blame South Korea

The breakdown of explanntionsp to more than 22,000 Chinese and- North Korean prisoners refusing to return to communism was blam- ed on South Korea in a molorlty report to the commission.

Chairman India and delegates of Communist Poland and Czechoslo- vakia agreed there was evidence that a general headquarters in Seoul. directed by south Korea's provost marshall. controlled all 55 compounds housing anti-Red pris- onera.

Sweden and Switzerland in a minority report blamed tactics of the Red explanation teams. partl- cularly in dragging out Individual interviews for as much as five hours

Both reports. released Monday. wound up by referring the problem of what to do with the prisoners back to the opposing commands for "consideration." -

Insist on Release

The UN command was not ex- pected to deviate from its firm,

' explanations ended

stand that the 90-day period for Dec. 2: andi

Prisoner Repatriation Reports Study

that unless a political convention can be convened and deal with the. prisoners by Jan. 22 they must! be released to civilian status.

An Indian command spokesman said if the two sides can reach no agreement by Jan. 22 on the pris- oners "we do not appear to have any legal right to hold them." He expressed belief the matter might be brought before the military ar- mistice commission and the UN General Assembly.

The Reds could be expected to use the malority report in support of demands that the explanations he resumed until 90 days of actual interviews have taken place. They

insist that "agents" of South Korea and Nationalist China in that anti-Red compounds prevents-.d'

Communist teams from making ex- planations except on 10 days.

The Reds got backing in the majority report which concluded that not even the few prisoners who rlid show up for the explana- tions "were completely freed from force or threat of force."

Record Holiday U. S. Death Toll

CHICAGO. tAPl-Automobile ac- cidents took 522 lives in the United States during the Christmas week- end, exceeding the prediction of 510 traffic fatalities made by the National Safety Council before Am- ericans took the roads last Thurs- day for a heavy session of holiday travel.

A total of 71!! Americans died in accidents during the period from 0 p.m. local time Thursday to mid- night Sunday. This toll included as dead in fires,

The U. S. faces another bout with

French Strike Ties-up iyl

PARIS R.EU.'I'l'.R5-Key French post office workers decided Mon- day to continue indefinitely the

strike which has for six days tied

NEW YORK. (AP) - A quiet. tea-as account of victory over sea and storm was told Monday by the kipper who dlrcctedthe rescue of 36 men from a broken Swedish freighter off Newfoundland. ,

Capt. Dunward J. Larson. mas- ter of the US. naval supply ship Blue Jacket. radioed the first com- plete account of Sunday's dramatic early morning rescue in the At- lantic area headquarters of the military sea transport service.

He called his crew's teamwork "remarkable" and singled out for particular commendation two of- ficers who helped locate the sink- ing freighter Oklahoma after re- scuing craft. had been given an erroneous position.

The men praised were 2nd of- ficer Clarence L. Rlddell of Brook- lyn, and Radio Officer Ted 1''. Cruze of the Bronx.

Provided Beam

The text of Capt. Larson's mes- sage said:

"First message received indi- cated position of 85 Oklahoma as 51'I0"N, 4s5'O0"W. Blue Jacket had passed through this area and sigh-ted nothing.

"New position of Oklahoma ob- tained by triangulation with the assistance of British 86 Liarla. Automatic alarm radio signal of 88 Oklahoma provided guiding beam.

"Lifeboat: sighted at a position 50'20"N and 46l4.l"W by means of lifeboat flashlights and flares Heavy swells and winds made ms.n- oeuvring difficult for Blue Jacket and lifeboats.

"Casting lines thrown to lifeboats were used to haul lifeboats along- side. While floodlights illuminated scene each survivor was tied sec- urely around the body under arm. pits and hauled from pitching lifeboats.

"Aboard Blue Jacket all avail- able hands from all departments

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Britain Receives Fourth Shipment Of Soviet Gold

LONDON. (AP)-A special plane brought into London Monday night another shipment of "hammer and sickle gold bars" valued at 34,200,- 000. Official sources disclosed last. week that Russia has secretly flown 385,000,000 in gold into Britain this Winter.

The latest consignment was taken in closed trucks from the airport to the London branch of the soviet State Bank.

This is the fourth Soviet gold shipment this winter. Financial sources said the gold is being bftukht by the Bank of England in sterling.

The Russians want to sell, these

up mail which usually moves by.wm-cgs said, to hplp nuance prime

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Representatives of Communist- led and independent unions, which called the strike. met again Mon- day nlght to discuss further ac- tion.

The walkout. which has disorgan- ized holiday mall and left great mountains of letters. cards and parcels piled up at all but one of the capital”: stations. threatens to spread to other branches of the post office. There were stoppages Monday morning at two suburban post. offices.

The unions. demanding bonus and wage increases. are not sup- ported by the socialist Force ouv- rlere and Catholic labor groups.

Meanwhile. air security men went back to work Monday after a nine- day strike.

The airport control and commu- nications workers decided to call of their strike after receiving tem- porary increases pending further negotiations.

Minister Malenkov'.s drive to step up the living standard of Russians by boosting imports of consumer goods.

This is the first gold deal be.- tween the British and Russian cen- tral banks a.ince,l938.

Former Islands: Dies in Ontario

MILTON. Onl., Read Wright, sales and advertis- ing manager of Preston Wood- work Machine Company at. Pres- ton, 0nt.. died Saturday. He was

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Mr. Wright was a former man-

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British Cabinet -

To Meet Today On Berlin Talks

LONDON. (Reuters)-Prime Min- ister Churchill returns to L0lll'.i0n' today for an afternoon cabinet session which is expected to ap- prove ihs Jan. 25 date pi'npos."ri by Russia for a Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Berlin.

He may also report on his dis- cussions last Wednesday with Sov- iet Ambassador Jacob 'Malik.

Malik left by air for Moscow Monday. A Soviet embassy official said he has going home on leave, .but diplomatic quarters said he undoubtedly would report to the Kremlin on his luncheon discus- sions with Churchill.

The London Evening News says Churchill probably gave Mnlil: Britain's attitude toward both the Big Four meeting and President Eisenhower's atomic plan. It pre- dicts that Malik will appear at the conference as a top ariviscr to the Soviet delegation.

Churchill spent last neck - rid studying the new Soviet. note pro- pcsirig Jan. 25 for the meeting in. stead of Jan. 4 as sought by tits Wutern powers. ,

New Year Meeting '

Britain is believed prcpai-rd to agree to the new date as well ml to accept Russials suggestion that the conference site be selected as a meeting of the four high min- missions in Germany.

Diplomatic sources said reprrva antatives of the British. Unilrd States. French and mission hirzla commiaiotns will meet. early in the new year. They said the Western cl.elega'tcs will plump for the con- ference in be held at the four: power allied control council blllifii-i ing in West Berlin. I

To avoid protracted negotial-tong on this issue. the West may agi-rt to holding one out of four sessions in the Soviet sector of Br-rim. thj -4

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aging editor of Canada Lumber- man and Canadian Woodworker. He worked with Hugh C. Lean publications for 31 years.

Born in Charlottetown. P. E. l. he was spending Christmas In this town 20 miles north of Ham- ilton when he died.

Canadians In Korea

Have Merry Christm

OTTAWA. (OP)-It was a merry Christmas and a busy one for ca- nadlans serving in Korea this year- especlally for the four Red emu girls who danced with more than it!) soldiers at the men's canteen behind the lines.

Army heldquartera. describing the holiday festivities of the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade, said that after the girls finished danc- ing with the soldiers In the canteen they visited other men on duty in

death next week-end when ' this New Year's holiday will again step! up road traffic.

the line. Decides the. X g. and relig- ious services. soldiers found enough

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time to put on Christmas parties for four Korean orphanages and to present a gift to each of about 150 young or-phi:-.s.

Officers and Ncos took turns in serving othcr'ranks their Christmas turkey and trimmings. including beer and clgarets. Gifts were dis trlbuled in the men who had not bean rememba ed with parcr.-is from home.

A touring Oanadlan variety show played to large audiences and the Royal Canadian signals band split

itself into three parts in ontertain. as pod-i

nu many groups of men

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HALIFAX. (CPV-The Dominion Public Weather office here save poor weather is expccvvrl in cor.- tinue Tuesday as disturboiiros from the west, and tho snuiliwest move toward the Mantimcs.

Regional forecasts:

Prince Etlwarrl Island. en.-zit-rrl N.B. counties. lower St. John river valley: Intermittent rain; mllrler with southwest winds l.'v; low-high at Charlottetown 32 and 40, Blanca ton 32 and 40. Fredericton 35 and 10. Saint John 37 and 40.