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to-date bank building on the same site. Until its new home is completed business will be carried on as usual in the Tweel building on Kent Street, east of the Burke Electric.

Friday and Saturday were movingr days for the Charlotte- town branch of the Bank of Montreal, its former premis- es on Grafton Street have been vacated as the first more to- Ward the erection of a new up-

Known Facts Rec

Behind Invasion Of Cuba

“Place yourself on a Work

Wednesday, April 17, marks 5 the second anniversary of the ‘status. Urgent_ Bay of Pigs Invasion. Here is And so the invasion by 1,500 the story behind all that is armed Castro opponents on known of the operation by April 17, 1961, was doomed. Associated Press specialists i, Survivors of the invasion at- ln military and Latin Ameri- itempt, claiming betrayal by the can affairs. iUnited States, assert:

By BEM PRICE A U.S. aircraft carrier code) inamed Santiago was within 20

and ‘ THEODORE A. EDlGER ,miies of the invasion beach with For the w atc hfiil Cuban jets and propeller-driven fight- troops of Premier Fidel Castro. Lars aboard painted with the blue' the sudden appearance of the’stripe of the anti-Castro brig-I U.S. warship in the Bay of ade. Pigs southeast of Havana was the final tip-off.

While some of these airplanes: were air-borne during the critiw The long - awaited invasion cal assault phase. none was about to begin. Cuban ra-‘tacked. Qualified sources in dios began drumming out the Washington identify this car-

used. gunfire support available,

o_ - Itars—had escorted the invaders’ Iconvoy from Nicaragua to Cuba. I Neither the invaders' mission Lnor immediate objectives had

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Here truckmen manhandle one of the small strong boxes into . the temporary quarters. under . the watchful eye of armed police guard. Ciist. Lloyd . Archer of the city police.

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l troops in Pinar Del Rio prov-i incc. it was apparent Castro know an invasion was about to take place. though uncertain as, to precisely where or when.

On April 15 three rocket-fir- ing B265 struck at three Cuban air bases, two just outside iIa-. vana and the third at Santiago‘ dc Cuba.

The planes were to have knocked out Castro‘s air force. consisting of U.S.-made T-33 jet trainers. British Sea Furies and bombers,

They failed. There was no fol- lowup air strike April ifs-and

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Diplomats and correspondents from the. iron Curtain countries reported April 19 that. Cuba had been attac. ed by planes an troop-carrying ships. ‘

Late that same day. Havana, iradio said Castro had reported1 ‘an invasion attempt and was now mopping up survivors. This ‘was followed by the announce- ment that two Americans and seven Cubans had been executed as U.S. agents.

On April 20 Havana radio an- nounced the invasion attempt

had been crushed Meanwhile. a dragnet was out for anyone suspected of harboring the slightest anti-Castro sentiments. 1n Havana be 200,000 were rounded up.

CRUSHES UPRISTNG

Any possible sympathy upris- ing was thus crushed at the out- set.

What had happened?

On April 10-11 the brigade had sailed from Puerto Cabezes on

:Greal Com Island. Nicaragua.‘

a tiny port to which they had been ferric rom Gua mala.

Dagoberto Darias, 49. once wealthy Cuban businessman and a coffee expert. was chicf of~ fit-er of the Rio Escondido. one

of the ships in the invasion

force. In an interview in Mi- ami. Darias said:

“We left Puerto Cabezas on April 12, Five Liberty - type transport vessels. the Rio Escon-

and Lake Charles, The Lake Charles was the ‘Operation 40' (code name tor the command

Fnliipl ShiP- It remained behind I who went 46 hours without sleep. 1 45.000 men and was to land later for mop-i

up operations.

“Aboard the transports were Americans stepped in to relieve ; less fight. They were out of am- two small boats. the Biagar with i some of them. The Americans ; munition and Castro's planes 14 machine-guns and the Bar. i in two B-26s were the ones from dominated the air

hara J. with nine. These were small converted coasters. “Seven lending

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4 The Guardian. Charlottetown, Mon. April 15, 1963.

Teachers from all parts of[ Prince Edward Island will ga-f _____.—_-.——————--———I

i tanks aboard were escorted mi 8 point near the Cuban coasti by an American-type ship. Thati was the evening of April 16. 2

By the time the small land-II ing beach was decided upon.l the enemy had time to getl ready for us. I don't know why[ the spot wasn‘t selected before-! hand.

“The Houston went in first.. It was received by artillery fire.» directed from the Bay of Pigs‘ airfield. There was a crosn fire which was marvelous , .

(The Houston with the com:

damaged and beached). ‘ , . . ' en discmbarkation“ began it was under an aerial ’battie between our planes and :Fidel’s. ,

“Then Sea Furies hit the‘ iwooden bridge of the Rio Es-i icondido. Our ship blew up andl isank in five minutes. . . _ Wei i swam to the Blagar. i‘PROMISED PLANES’ i “On April 18 we received a Iradiogram from the AmericanlI iaircraft carrier Santiago, tell» ling us that at 2:30 pm. that ‘day we would get air supportl ifrom six P-51 planes (Secondl World War fighters) . . . 1

“At 2:30 we saw two planes;

Vcross. A minute later two others went towards Cuba. Immediat-

ely afterward the first two; planes returned . . . the othersl followed. i

i “From that moment we knew‘. the war was lost. for us and that, fwe had oeen the victims of a? great betrayal. ; ' “We had 16 planes. It tooki them three hours to fly froml Puerto Cabczas. They wouldi ifight for about three-quarters of

didn. Atlantic0. Caribe. Houston an hour and then fly back {oi-iby

Then they would coma was most gruelling. 1‘ I-had a friend. Joaquin Varela.I

supplies. bac

“On April 19 when the Cubanl pilots were play out. fourj

IAiabama who were shot down.

3 They were killed." .

craft were i As for the para troopers. there and the remainder arrived back resent for the invasion __ threeiwere 185 of them. Darias said. 1 in Nicaragua full of holes.

LCU‘s Ilanding craft. uniityiiand they Captured the Bay 0% and four chps (landing craft. Pigs airstrip, but couldn't hold , vaders managed only to vehicle-personnel). Also 30 out-

,it because of strafing from Cas-

board m o t o r communication 5 "0'5 aircraft

launches. six aboard each (Lib-I

erty) ship. Also five tanks. “The landing craft with the

KENNEDY SAYS N0

, Were the Cuban invaders over ipromiscd air cover? Attorneyv “General Robert F. Kennedy,‘

Ieachers’ Convention ‘ScheduledWednesday.

munications gear aboard was? a

Montague Regional High Plans Classes

MONTAGUE—It is expected the Montague Regional High Schorl will hold classes today.

Highway authorities said most roads in the area had been

plowed oil by H but whle plows were widening main high- ways. Work will continue today. Some secondary roads were. narrow and muddy but most were passable.

It is expected classes will be held in the high school here to- day and tomorrow. Then for three days the school will be closed while teachers attend the annual convention in Charlotte-

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ther at Queen Charlotte High School this week for their an- nual convention, Wednesday through Friday.

The convention, which actual- ly gets underway Tuesday af- ternoon with meetings of the P. E. 1: Teachers’ Federation board of governors at Federa- tion House, will see a wide var- iety of subjects discuSSed.

The major address will be 3' ven by Dr. Floyd G. Robinson director of research. Canadian Teachers Federation, on the sub- ject “Stars on the educational horizon: new light on the role of the teacher."

The teachers will also hear it address by Education Min- ister L. G. Dewar and they will be welcomed to Charlottetown Mayor A. then Gaudet. Social activities will include a

brother to the president. said in a magazine interview this year that at no time had the United States ever promised military air support.

The key word is "military." that is, uniformed pilots in U.S. marked planes.

r. Enrique Llaca. those leased. said. , there would be air cover. Not officially But it might as well have been official. We all knew the United States had a hand in the matter. We were trans- ported to the training area in U. planes. We were trained by Americans. Our weapons and planes were American. tWhat else could our conclusion e.l'

one of

The invading troops were landed on Giron Beach. which is approached by land via a sin- gle road, ﬂanked on both sides impassable marshes and mangrove swamps. There was only one way to attack and that was straight ahead into Castro's

By the morning of the 19th, the men were given up the hope-

Of the 16 pienss'in anti-Castro operation. eight were shot down

Llaea reported that the in- . no» gress from the bcachhead to a, :road junction designated a3‘ “‘central Australia." This was‘ 10 to 12 miles inland.

That was that. It was a total disaster. i

dinner at Montgomery Hall Thur- sday night and a social evening at Parkdale Junior High School Wednesday.

President of the teachers“ fed- eration is Frank Costello. prin- cipal of Parkdale High School.

CARDINAL AILS.

VATICAN CITY (Api—Vale- rio Cardinal Valeri. 79-year-old Italian-born member of the Vat- ican Curia, was in 3 Rome hos- pital Sunday. Vatican sources did not sa what his ailment was. but said his condition was satis- factory after an operation Sa- turday. Cardinal Valeri is pre- fect of the Vatican Congrega‘ tion of Religious.

P.M. Ross,

G-eo’town Dies.

GEORGETOWN — The death occurred at his home in George- town, Saturday, April 13. of Peter Melville Ross in his 92nd year. He was the son of the late Peter Ross and Margaret Weatherbie. His wife the form- er Havillah Graham. prede- ceased him in 1939.

The late Mr. Ross was a life- long resident of Georgetown and in his early life he sailed on the SS Enterprise on the Georgetown- Pictou run and

later served on the Georgetown -Lower Montague ferry boat. He was also a successful farmer and an expert black. smith, a trade he learned from his father. He was a life mem- ber and past master of st. George's Masonic Lodge which he joined in 1920. M r. Ross was a former town coun. cillor. and a former steward in St. David's United Church. He is survived by two sons; Gordon at home and Melburn of Clyde River. Two daughters. Lydia and Winnlfred. preae. ceased him. Also surviving are three sisters: Mary ( rs. Dan. iel Phillips” Jessie ( rs. At. wood). and Minnie (Mrs. Blan. chard) all of Brooklyne. Mass; also three haif— sisters and two half- brothers: Myrtle (Mrs. Babineau of C h a r1 0 ttetown). Ella (Mrs. David Levers, Georgetown), Eleanor (Mrs. James Llewellyn, Georgetown). Oliver of Charlottetown, and

V Sheldon of Halifax.

The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm from St. David'l United Church. The Masonic service will also be conducted.

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alert in Morse code. }rier as the Boxer. 3 among the U.S. warships withm‘ sight of the landing beach. These ships—a cruiser, at least defined. They just hoped w‘ the U n i t e d states “vould STUDENT HOME lstraigiiten things out once they

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dent at Prince of Wales Col- The attempt 905‘ the “Yes 0' Iege, spent the weekend at her 3.31 0f the Invaders- not melud‘ .ing four American flyers who

home in Brooklyn. _ , lpiloted two 13-26 light bombers. m STCRGEON Iand resulted in the wounding of Wendell Ceilings, who is em-‘ played in Halifax. returned to that city Sunday aftcr spending the weekend With his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Ceilings. Sturgeon.

It cost $45,000,000 to execute. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Lyman Lcmnitzcr, is reported to have told a Sen- ate committee.

, it cost upwards of $53.000.000 ito pay the fines of the invasion survivors and release them from Cuban prisons.

it has cost $75,000,000 to date to support 200,000 Cuban refu- gees whose homeland now is iciosed :0 ]them because the 1n-

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Mr. and Airs. Malcolm Pat-IREPUTATwN DROPS terson and their famiiv of 0r-‘ n COSt the “PM Inmn“ 4 omocto. .\‘.B.. are spending thelge.nee Agency' WhICh master'

holidays with Mrs. iminded the operation. a. good

Patterson's ' parents. Mr. 5. R.

FROM HALIFAX Miss Shiriev lllacGrcgor of the Bank of Nova Scotia. Hali- fax. spent the weekend with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sell MacGregor, Montague.

deal of its reputation for com- Clemems' -\Io:t:£]eMr K‘lpetence. And it tarnished the ’ "‘ ' image of the United States. SPENDING HOLIDAY The invasion scheme appar-. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wig” ently began. germinating some-t man, Halifax. .\'.S.. are spend.tlme ,early m ‘ , ‘ ing the hoiidavs with Mrs Ar! A ’9‘” later F‘lﬁ'cadm rem”) " ' gees were training in Guate-1

chibald Hume and Mr. and ~ “6 .maia. During January 1961, un-l 2:116 AmOId “Ichtmanv Mon'imarkcd planes began carrying.

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Mrs. Melton Frascr has re-,

turned homo foilowing surgery’f0

at the Kings County Memorial Hospital.

volunteers from Clewiston and) IOpa-Locka. Fla.. to Guatemala. And it “as in January that 1 ur members of the Alabama: [National Guard, all former 13-26 jaymllziel“; pilots of thetSecond' , , or ar. were recrui ed.

DAPGIHER HOME I In all, apparently. about 21

Mrs- .G‘ll's For?“ H1“ has 35‘ pilots were hined to train Cu‘ he? hOhdalylgUeSI he? daughleri bans. Governor Orval Faubus of! Evelyn Glllls 0f Hallfax- Arkansas said most. came out, of his state's Air National‘ Guard. i

The infantry was being’ trained under the over-all direc-. tion of a man identified by the refugees as a Filipino who went by the name of Col. Vallejo.

There were U. S. officers too; men known by the cover: names of Frank Jimmie andl Charles. 1

From May 1960 to November. the anti-Castro Cubans were given guerrilla training. In No- vembcr the training was shifted to straight Second World War infantry tactics.

A fer the invasion Lemaitzeri and Eisenhower said the opera-i tion was intended primarily as a guerrilla mhﬂmment. 1E‘éifscgil‘igvvei:I said that when he

t ce an. an. 1961. no firm

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‘9 “7h” ,mended “‘9 refugee Cuban force had been ﬁlm for Winston HI rry detmhal - This fact goes to the heart or a the mission. what the invaders m SRumHMﬁuLeod‘ to accomplish

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