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To
Free
Prisoners
January
22
PANMUNJOM,
Korea.
United
States
"envoy
Arthur
H.
Dean
told
the
Communists
today
thai
repatriated
war
prisoners
will
be
freed
Jan."
22
unless
a
peace
confer
By
STANLEY
JOHNSON
TUCKER'S
TOWN,
Bermuda
(AP)
Presided.
Eisenhower,
Premier
Lanlel
and
Prime
Minister
Churchiil
gathered
in
this
resort
village
today
f(,r
conferences
they
hope
will
forge
Allied
unity
again
Red
aggression
and
toward
.world
peace.
.....
it.
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As
the
Big
Three
talks
open--
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ed
at
the
tommy-gun-guarded
Mid-Ocean
Club
here,
Bermu-J"ns
took
a
holiday
and
wel
Restoring
The
Wreck
comed
Eisenhower.
The
U.S.
chief
executive,
accompanied
JSEIS-BV
TKE
A
SECOND
look
when
they
see
21-year-old
Arthur
W
j
r.
rw.
by
State
Secretary
Dulles
and
on
a
light
airplane
In
his
garden
at
Hatch
End.
Ennland
Rr
th
dad
..
dvisers;
arrived
by
air
this
U-fitter
know,
what
he's
doing
as
he
re
rtores
what
wa,
once
junkyard
wreck.
He
'
has
bed
many
evenings
and
week-ends
to
thi
task
over
a
two-vear
n.HH
a
morning.
.
4
Churchill
and
Laniel,
already
Wtii
craft
In
shape
for
take-off.
'
'
'
on
hand
for
the
meeting,
es-
ence
decides
some
other
course
"and
no
human
hand
or
mind
or
debate
can
change
it."
"We
are
never
going
to
agree,
under
any
circumstances,
to
a
change
in
that
date,"
he
orted
Eisenhower
to
the
club.
Dulles.
Foreign
Secretary
ferenclum
Seeks
Continuation
Fden
and
Foreign
Minister
Bi-dault
met
at
3
p.m.
to
get
the
'"My
formal
talks
under
way,
with
thir
chiefs
gathering
around
the
table
immediately
Special
One-Mill
Park
Levy
v
The
group
will
dine
tonight
f
k
llir
xsiMiit
In
rli-
Dean
and
Communist
diplomats
conferred
for
almost
three
hours
on
plnnn
for
a
peace
conference
while
a
few
miles
away
30
more
South
Korean
war
prisoners
unanimously
rejected
pleas
to
return
home.
vlHln
r)ilMhihiK
Hit
rrtrr-
m
!
bf
iiltuiMl
liHuri
the
:
Bt
ThurMlu).)
place
where
the
senior
citizens
n
sit
and
enjoy
fine
weRther.
hty
more
often
than
not
are
'
n
err-Hionsl
centres
where
the
.city's
youth
can
indulge
in
competitive
sports.
When
looked
penrled
uolcly
for
the
devrlep-ment
ol
the
Aloina
Park
area."
Actually
the
"adding"
of
such
a
one-mill
levy,
.
if
approved,
U'niilH
ha
nhln
K,nti
i
t-
J
DICK
AVRF.S
with
governor
Sir
Alexander
Hood
at
Government
House.
The
conference
is
the
first
juch
meeting
attended
by
an
American
president
since
Pots-'
dam,
eight
years
ago.
:
j
There
have
been
four
oneet-mgs
since
1942
of
the-
governing
heads
of
the
United
States
nd
two
other
major
powers
IltRt'S
ONE
HIGIIWAX
sign
few
motorists
are
likely
to
ignore.
It
is
one
of
many
such
warnings
set
up
in
the
neighborhood
of
the
Kansas
State
Prison
at
Lansing,
with
light-reflecting
letters
that
transmit
the.
same
message
after
dark.
?
i
Allied
persuaders
in
threat
d:iys
have
talked
to
90
South
Koreans
who
chose
life
under
the
Communists
and
not
one
fhJ"!!"!!
eping
at
'the
city
hn
and
mi.
use
raurauon,
are
Ny'i
business.
The-v
Me
,
'
J
to
.
the
V,"
HUM
does
not
boost
the
tax
rate,
as
attractiveness
of
a
L
the
one-mill
levy
approved
by
city
taxpayers
five
years
ago
for
Jig
no
dry
can
do
wittily
form
o.i.,es
In
the
"tn
of
both
business
and
;
"ial
zones
in
gi,wii
Winston
Churchill
is
the
only
jne
who
has
attended
all
of
Radio
Operator
Rewarded
F.or
Returning
Lost
Wallet
has
changed
his
mind.
South
Korean
olficers
whisked
through
30
interviews
before
noon
today.
The
United
Nations
command
asked
to
Interview
40
prisoners
Saturday.
Tb
Yepat'1
ii
Ion
commission
said
the
request
for
an
extra
10
was
the
Roosevelt
Park
reserve
fund
expires
this
year.
It
would
be
a
continuation
of
a
one-mill
levy
for
another-five
yeaw...w
them.
.
Bidault
and
Eden
had
a
hush
uy
The
rcferrndum
proposed
by
the
pirk
board
will
auk
ulinlier
the
vote
"Is
in
favor
of
a
special
one
mill
levy
to
'
be
adilf
d
to
the
tax
rale
ench
year
for
a
period
of
five
years,
the
sum
so
derived
to
be
ex-
r
provide
a
lamer
nlav-
i
P
rKtoftirtW
the
hush
two-hour
meeting
last
night
during
which,
it
was
re
Jvd,
they
serve
as
a
rest-!
I
While
a
,
referendum
is
not
j
binding
on
the
council,
council
I
A
former
Rupert
resident,
Mrs.
ered
her
loss,
but
did
not
know
set
for
1
the
fontwc.ii
v.
i
ULY
GRAVE,
17,
recent
winner
of
a
contest
sponsored
by
a
film
company
working
in
Djakarta.
Indonesia,
Is
r,t,
called
"The
Outdoor
Girl
of
Indonesia."
Lily,
the
offspring
of
a
Russian
father
and
a
Japanese
mother,
lives
ln
the
''Paris
of
Indonesia,"
liably
reported,
they
discussed
a
new
oint
approach
to
Italy
filed
too
late,
but
tonight
the
r,
EN
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.
"
WRnts
to
know
if
taxpayers
will
cgree
to
that
amount
of
money
being
set
aside
for
the
develop
ina
Yugoslavia
on
the
question
commission
p.pproved
it.
The
preliminary
peace
talks
are
in
recess
until
Monday.
ment
of
the
Algoma
-Park
area
In
the
sixth
year,
the
levy
ls
Ljn
asked
that
a
Saturday
ses-
oi
disputed
Trieste.
It
is
believed,
however,
that
Britain
and
the
U.S.
'Will
not
go
back
on
their
Oct.
8
declaration
they
will
eventually
quit
M.
Beaton,
has
nothing
but
until
she
came
back
last
Satur-praise
for
a
young
radio
operator
j
day
that
her
wallet
had
been
at
the
Dlgby
Island
wireless
found.
station
and
he
has
been
given
a
',
Hrehorka
came
over
from
suitable
award
for
his
honesty,
i
Digby
with
the
billfold.
While
boarding
a
train
here'
"I
was
so
happy,
I
could
last
week
for
Burns
Lake,
Mrs.
I
hardly
talk,"
said
Mrs.
Beaten
Beaton
dropped
her
brown
lea-I
today,
as
she
completed
a
shop-tber
wallet
containing
a
large!
ping
tour
prior
to
leaving
to-sum
of
money,
personal
effects
night
for
Kitimat.
and
a
return
ticket
to
Kitimat,
j
FAST-TALKING
CONVICTS
WIH
DEBATING
TROPHY
SVCKLAXD,
N.Z.
(CP)
Auckland's
top
debating
trophy
will
safekeeping
for
the
next
12
months,
in
the
local
prison.
n
of
prisoners
won
the
trophy
in
comDetition
aeainst
the
zone
they
administer
and
cancelled
from
the
tax
rate.
lslon
De
callea
011
ecause
ne
The
plan
for
Algoma
Park
as'111
be
ln
eoul
for
conferences
envisaged
by
the
parks
board
is!'1
South
Korea's
president
a
long-range
plan
aimed
main-
Synpmnn
Knee,
ly
at
providing
a
more
suitable
He
r,efused
to
divulSe
the
sub-outdoor
recreational
centre
for
ect
of
tne
talks
and
would
not
Egyptians
turn
it
over
to
Italy.
Eden.
and
Bideault
also
were
reported
to
have
touched
on
French
ratification
of
the
European
Defence
Community
treaty.
debating
teams,
winning
the
final
by
388
points
to
313.
conu.iern,
on
rumoiea
amer-tnces
between
the
UN
commund
Shell
U.S.
Ship
tnd
the
South
Korean-
government
over
plans
for
a
peace
conlerence.
Snowfall
Follows
where
she
now
resides.
She
did
not
know
of
her
loss
until
early
the
next
morning
after
she
had
finished
breakfast
aboard
the
train.
Meanwhile,
John
Hrehorka
found
her
wallet,
notified
Mrs.
sy
Weekend
Planned
Here
'
Antigonish,
Due
Today
w
reserve
navy
person-
officers'
wardroom
at
HMCS
By
The
Associated
Press
CAIRO.
The
Unitec
the
youth
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
board
hopes
to
develop
the
39-acre
site
west
of
McDride
Street
lnio
a
combination
football
field,
baseball
diamond,
lawn
area
with
shade
trees
and
perhaps
in
the
future
a
golf
course.
,
The
board
believes
Algoma
is
a
more
centrally-located
park
for
these
purposes
and,
with
McClyinont
Park
and
tne
swimming
pool
on
the
other
side
of
Mr
Bride
Sireet,
will
form
a
hiine
recreational
area
of
which
Living
Cost
Index
Drops
Half
Point
1'eaton's
daughter
and
kept
the
I
Earthquake
wallet
until
she
returned.
A
wireless
onerator
nt
niirhv
City
Building
Drops
Sharply
In
November
fV
were
preparing
a
wel-;
Cha
I
ham
and
will
meet
civic
States
embassy
announced
today
the
U.S.
freight
er
Albion
reported
sh
for
the
Dast
vear.
he
had
come
'
Chilled
uniuea
by
Dy
the
tne
report
report
of
an
mnvie
onH
earthquake
north
of
the
Queen
to
Rupert
to
see
a
"d'W'ors
and
men
(if
(he
(,mrlals
tomorrow
at
10
a.m.
frigate
Antii.nnUh
'
Tours
of
points
of
Interest
in
OTTAWA
(CP)
Ending
a
steady
noticed
the
wallet
on
the
station
;
riiarle
Islands
the
weather-
rl
to
nrrlve
her,,
o.
:,,u
ci
are
beln8
arranged
for
five-months
rise,
living
costs
de-clined
during
October,
with
the
platform
as
he
was
taking
aman
cnaneed
this
mornings
A
sharp
decline
in
construc
sp-teut
to
the
theatre
n
usiumary
arizzie
into
a
pre
Prince
Rupert
can
be
proud.
No
ik.
;
tomorrow
and
a
public
dance
course
of
a
training,;
w.m
be
staged
tomorrow
night
In
about
consumer
price
index
dropping
He
rear!
the
"Inst,
anrl
fmmrt-
Christmas
snow
storm
ts
11
more
convenient
"for
tion
work
throughout
the
city
only
reflected
by
the
small
'
coiumn
in
the
Daily
News
to
P."1-
toaa.
.
.
L
arm
nan
in
nonor
oi
was
jCimtnams
pubjlc
access
but
the
area.bor.
uy
one-nan
point
10
118.2
irom
1167.
The
decline
was
due
almost
riererl
hv
McBrlrle
Ninih
Avr
-.
amouni
oi
?,e
o
worm
oi
ouuq-
find
the
owner
i
ogetner
witn
tne
ngnts,
tin-
Mrs
Rentnn'
telenhnneH
h.r
spl
anrt
Yuletide
motifs
already
Mdork
this
ufteriinon
was
ceeds
earmarked
for
a
Christ-F
Norman
Jermyn
with
aSmas
party
for
youngsters.
entirely
to
food
price
drops,
the
nue,
Wantage
Road
and
the.
'"8
Permits
taken
out
during
mountains
is
more
sheltered
j
November.
from
the
wind,
members
staUd.
i
Of
the
total
of
permits
applied
daughter
here
after
she
discov-
j
bein8
erected
by
city
merchants
the
brief
snow
storm
with
its
!
oureaut
statistics
reported
to
"!part'
j
Chatham
also
is
planning
a
schedule
has
been
lined
rfie
competition
to
which
Antl-
andday'
rhe
consumer
price
index
The
board
is
hoping
that
use
!
for
during
last
month
$3,000
was
:
T
A
,,iJnr,i
linre.
Hree
flakes
flakes
provided
provided
trees
trees
and
of
city
garbage
as
a
sanitary
I
for
an
apartment
project.
The!
I
erruCe
MCClQeilt
buildings
with
true
Christmas
i
uaocu
uu
iati
prices
equalling
Vi.SllmiT
r,ffi..
.,1
...111
k
l..l
1
v-
100
fj,,.
.
wnn
ri.-s
iiu
i
.(iuisii
men
wiu
uc
iiivticu,
iw
lc'a'S
Will
be
pnt.prt.nln.
h.,hlu
Rimrlnv
nnr!
thp
vlsltnrs
1
.
a
i
i
decoration:
iill
will
enable
the
city
to
dis-1
remainder
was
for
minor
repairs
-!M
at
a
Dartv
in
theiuill
lis
lnull,H
ti
tjike
nnrt
in
n
pose
of
its
wastes,
reclaim
hith-!
to
homes
and
buildings.
Last
month's
permits
repre
trto
useless
land
and
rid
the
Egg
prices
dropped
sharply,
along
with
most
meats
and
grapefruit,
sllJlng
2.1
points
from
the
food
column
which
dropped
to
113.4
from
115.5.
VICIim
MWurOeCI
A
strong
earthquake
believed
L
rN
to
have
occurred
beneath
the
VaruSn
VGmageS
i
ocean
north
of
Queen
Charlotte
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Damages
Islands
was
"corded
by
the
totalling
$29,721
were
awarded
!
University
of
Washington
seis-James
:
mograph
today.
The
shock,
R.
Revnnlds
of
Terrae
hv
had
been
fired
on
Thursday
by
Egyptian
shor-batteries
while
in
th
Gulf
of
Aqaba,
east
ol
Egypt's
Sinai
Peninsula.
The
ship's
message
did
no
say
whether
there
were
nir
casualties
or
damage
to
the.,
vessel.
.
,
The
embassy
said
it
has
mad.
"uigent
representations"
to
tlv
Egyptian
government
and
tha
the
government
gave
"assur
ances
that
action
would
b,
taken
to
facilitate
the
ship',
passage
through
Aqaba
Gulf."
The
Egyptians
also
promisee,
en
immediate
investigation
into
the
shooting.
Lloyd's
register
lists
the
A1-,
bton
as
a
7,255-ton
vessel
own
ed
by
Drytans,
Inct,
out
of
Wilmington,
Del.
The
shjp
was
reported
en
route
to
the
Jordan
port
of
Aqaba,
that
Arab
kingdoms
only
port
at
the
head
of
thy
gulf.
pee
Board
nivy
badminton
tournament
on
Sunday
afternoon.
Commanding
the
Antigonish
Is
Lt.-Cmdr.
H.
R.
Beck,
CD,
and
executive
officer
is
Lt.-Cmdr.
D.
M.
Howltt.
DSC.
The
ship's
com-
Petition
starting
at
6:58
a.nv.
today
was
ine
sneuer
column
rose
to
a
new
high
of
125
from
124.5
reflecting
higher
rents
and
home
ownership
costs.
The
miscellaneous
column.
rated
at
an
Intensity
of
8
on
a
scale
of
1
to
12.
This
would
be
city
of
the
rat
problem
at
the
city
dump.
The
park
area
was
originally
laid
out
by
the
Midland
Regiment
of
Ontario.
It
was
improved
by
American
army
units
when
they
were
stationed
here.
After
the
war
it
fell
into
neglect
and
was
selaom
used
until
public
Interest
was
revived
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Little
League
Baseball
Association
last
TaII
Iplement
Includes
nine
officers
iQii
and
120
men-
sent
the
smallest
amount
of
building
in
one
month
in
Prince
Rupert
since
January,
1S52
when
only
$5,560
worth
of
permits
were
taken
out.
In
November
last
year
permits
to
the
value
of
$31,425
were
taken
out.
The
eleven-month
total
for
1953
now
stands
at
$338,511,
eon-siserably
lower
than
the
total
at
the
end
of
November,
1952
when
permits
for
construction
amounted
to
$457,952.
O
I
Koad
had
about
the
same
force
as
the
1P4!)
ouake
which
caused
much!ca"ed
"othr
commodities
and
Mr.
Justice
J.
M.
Coady
in
Su-
i
preme
Court
for
Injuries
receiv-.j
ed
Sept.'
2,
1951.
Reynolds,
an
electrician,
was
struck
by
a
truck
on
the
Skeena
River
highway
30
miles
west
of
Hazelton.
His
rfght
leg
had
to
be
amputated
and
Tils
left
leg
was
injured.
'loThe
DMI.kW.
Tne
Antlgomsn
iraveueu
irum
Esquimalt
to
Rupert
on
the
trainine
cruise.
She
will
weigh
damage
ln
the
Puget
Sound
and,
services
also
edged
ahead
by
t:..
"
one-tenth
of
a
point
to
118.3
CE
-Full
Vancouver
Island
areas.
I.
"w1
OI
"
.anchor
nere
ai
o
a.m.
iwunuay,
B
"
.
"le
e
Rovernment
government;
;
returnii
returninn
to
Esquimau
via
Port
i?"
imi
'hthe
AloTni
from
116.
However,
the
household
operations
column
eased
to
117.4
from
117.5,
reflecting
scattered
Digby
Island
weather
station
reported
this
morning
that
the
radio
operators
there
had
been
in
radio
eommunlr.Etinn
with
'
ton
,m;e
oeo
Be:
'W.yipW!IW!llWM
!
jr'"WWMl''''W'i
ln
various
household
logging
camps
on
the
west
coast
!
changes
H
ft
mnnti.,..
of
the
Queen
Charlottes
and
1
uems-
L
and
District
Board
of
that
no
signs
of
an
earthquake
!
"jon,
sponsored
by
B.C.
had
been
reported
there.
Snow
also
fell
in
the
interior
today
blanketing
the
lower
slopes
of
already
snow-capped
peaks.
Final
Blast
Clears
10-Mile
Mountain
Tunnel
at
Kemano
l
10
start
thp
n,u
..,i-
Of
1
uiiuri
-rm(
Whl(h
Provides
I
;
1
Att'
NDrml.
.K
al,art
from
'-'luiai
planning.
Six
Men
nurt
As
Rival
Unions
KEMANO,
B.C.
(CP)
A
mite
blast
deep
in
the
heart
of
M
Terrace-Kitimat
,
miBht
provide
a
solu-
h
m7
111
needs
of
the
Clash
in
Frisco
SAN
FRANCISCO
(AP)
Rioting
erupted
on
the
San
Francisco
waterfront
Thursday
but
thl
'"I"1
will
be
H,"
matter.
anfl
O.
McAda...-
k,
k
Ti
!i.
"
V
'
prompt
police
action
prevented
The
job,
which
entailed
removing
2,300,000
tons
of
rock,
was
completed
on
schedule-Numerous
world
records
for
tunnelling
were
set
by
team-working
drilling
and
blasting
crews.
The
accomplishment
was
described
by
Alcan
Officials
as
a
"nr
Ui".
toward
completion
of
the
vast
"Project
British
Columbia"
which
will
eventually
cost
more
than
$500,000,000.
-
The
first
shiny
aluminum
ingots
are
scheduled
to
be
loaded
aboard
deep-sea
ships
for
world
markets
lute
in
the
spring.
Pth
k
mlne
the
POssl-
a
mountain
Thursday
completed
the
main
artery
of
the
giant
power
project
which
will
generate
electricity
for
the
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
development
at
Kitimat.
The
blast,
fired
by
Alcan
vice
president
McNeely
DuBose,
shattered
the
final
barrier
of
a
10-mile
tunnel
through
the
solid
rock
of
the
Coast
range.
It
marked
the
end
of
21
months'
work,
24
hours
a
day,
six
days
a
week,
to
drive
the
tunnel
through
Mount
DuBooe.
vk
vj
'
;
a
major
riot
Detween
some
1,400
Csff
i
backers
''
bitter
labor
rivals
H
lc,lng-
w-
Wcll-CS
of
Montreal
manager,
Marry
i.unaeoerg
ana
Harry
Bridges.
-
Six
men
were
hurt
in
the
clash,
fought
in
a
drizzling
rain.
"McAdams
and
Jim
cle
namerl
no
'
Hie
John
McNeill,
a
neighbor,
caught
these
samples
of
the
kittens'
antics
as
they
cavorted
in
a
minnow
pa.il.
FIVE
KITTENS
in
the
home
of.
Freda
Dufresne,
North
Bay,
Out.,
schoolgirl,
folio
her
wherever
she
goes.
Photographer
Five
men
were
arrested,
one
Irt
carrying
a
concealed
pistol.
iiim
cmmittce
for
the
e'ectiou
of
of
ik
MS.
!