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U.S.
Ferries
Troops
1
Court
Hears
Evidence
Of
Great
Provocation
A
28-year-old
Houston
logger
today
was
acquitted
of
a
manslaughter
charge
after
Mr.
Justice
J.
M.
Coady
directed
the
Assize
Court
jury
that
"there
is
no
evidence
before
you
on
which
you
can
reasonably
convict
this
man."
For
French
Planes
Landing
j
Away
From
War
j
PARIS
(AP)
The
United
States
Air
Force
is
ferrying
i
French
para-j
troopers
to
Indo-China
for
j
dropping
into
besieged
Dien
Bien
Phu,
authori
'
Aw
which
missed
accused
and
hit
a
car.
"Then
they
were
on
the
road.
I
saw
Woloszuk
keeping
Carlson's
arms
down
so
he
couldn't
swing.
Next
I
saw
Carlson
fall,
very
hard,"
Westgard
said.
"He
fell
straight
back,
his
full
length.
I
heard
him
fall."
Didn't
Woke
tip
The
Pldherney
brothers,
saw
"
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Then
Anton
Woloszuk
stepped
from
the
prisoners'
dock,
a
tree
man.
Wolozuk
had
been
charged
in
connection
with
the
death
April
2
of
Alman
Orvllle
Carlson,
another
logger,
following
a
fist-fight
between
the
two
the
day
before.
Crown
Prosecutor
T,
W.
Brown,
QC,
opened
his
case
with
a
brief
summary
to
the
jury
in
which
he
said:
.
!,MITIS,
19-ycar-pld
Lebanon
High
S
;hool
senior
of
Lebanon,
N.H.,
doesn't
claim
to
jry
Kurds
inventive
genius,
although
he's
come
up
with
a
horseless
carriage
of
his
jted
at
the
"controls
'
of
his
junkyard
Jalopy.
Dupuis
points
out
the
contraption's
o
a
group
of
skeptical
students.
Among
other
things,
Dupuis
assembled
the
vehicle
i
old
bicycle
frames,
three
bicycle
wheels,
a
washing
machine
motor,
and
a
kitchen
ilieve
it
or
not,
tt
actually
runs.
i
t
'
,
;used
Found
Guilty
tative
sources
said
today.
i
These
sources
said
the
VS.
pilots
will
land
the
troops
in
ai
I
non-combat
area,
where
French
;
pilots
or
U.S.
civilians
will
ferry
i
them
on
to
the
northwest
Indo-
Mrs.
Petrov
Changed
Woman
mill
operators
and
employers
of
Carlson,
said
they
picked
the
man
up
from
the
ground
and
put
him
In
their
car.
He
did
not
awake
when
they
arrived
home
'
later
that
night,
and
thought
Carlson
was
still
drunk.
When
the
unconscious
man
did
not
come
to
the
next
day,
he
wa
taken
to
hospital.
China
fortress.
The
paratroopers
were
flown
Has
Right
of
Trial
"It
may
well
be
that
the
Crown
will
not
ask
you
to
convict
this
man,
but
he
has
the
right
of
a
trial,
having
been
charged
with
a
crime."
,
...
Mr.
Brown
called
10
witnesses,
all
'
but
two
of
whom
testified
that
the
deceased
man
had
been
the
aggressor
In
a
continuing
quarrel
and
fight
near
the
Houston
Hotel
beer
parlor
on
the
Reckless
Driving
ith
manslaughter
in
;
Crown
prosecutor
T.
W.
Brown,
of
hit
sfctor-ln-law;:
qc
charged
that
"gross
ncgll-
jKSEMii--
wia-
..-cUeM
driving
aivi;iam
Md
caused
the
deceased
ijor
sentence.
"
I
woman
to
fall
out
of
the
truck
jiun
assize
court
jury
,
and
under
Us
wheels,
and
that
fl.r
reduced
verdict;
she
died
as
a
result
of
wounds
1
ciWtetl
lor
45
mill-!
sustained
in
the
accident.
from
Paris"
Orly
airfield
Tuesday
in
U.S.
Air
Force
transports.
They
have
not
yet
arrived
in
Indo-China.
1
Dr.
Leignton
of
Smithers
said
Carlson
died
after
an
operation
performed
to
relieve
pressure
on
the
brain.
X-rays
showed
a
fractured
skull,
he
said.
The
doctor
said
Carlson
was
at
least
six
feet
tall
and
weighed
230
The
number
of
jumpers
being
ferried
and
the
route
followed
are
secret.
DARWIN,
Australia
CP)
Mrs.
I
Evoklya
Petrov
laughed
and
joked
today
in
the
grounds
of
this
northern
Australian
territory's
Government
House,
lcss!
than
48
hours
after
Russian
guards
had
hustled
her
onto
a
plane
at
Sydney,
a
frightened
woman
with
eyes
red
from
crying.
Her
guards
now
are
en
route
back
to
Moscow
after
the
wife
of
the
defecting
chief
of
Soviet
secret
police
in
Australia
was
snatched
to
safety
by
Australian
evening
of.
April
1.
Finally,
witnesses
said,
Wolos
pounds.
Queen
28
Years
Old
As
Ceylon
Tour
at
End
The
U.S.
Air
Force'
provided
the
air
lift
at
the
request
of
the
French
government.
The
U.S.
government
considers
this
action
compatible
with
policy
and
its
military
assistance
zuk
struck
a
blow
which
sent
Carlson
falling
backwards,
prostrate
on
a
frozen
gravel,
road.
He
did
not
regain
consciousness
Woloszuk
is
about
five
feet
ten
inches
and
of
much
slighter
build.
-
Mr.
Brown
told
the
jury
he
would
move
that
"his
Lordship
and,
according
to
medical
evi
program
to
France
and
Indo-
open
car
as
the
Duke
of
Edin-
Several
crown
witnesses
gave
evidence
that
accused
had
been
drinking
and
was
in
a
state
of
Intoxication
shortly
after
the
accident
which
occurred
about
one
mile
east
of
Telkwa
around
9:15
p.m.
'
"
Defewe
counsel
Lawrence
Perry
of
Smithers
claimed
trw
accident
was
caused
by
state
of
disrepair
of
truck
and
crowded
condition
in
the
front
.seat
which
didn't
allow
driver
to
steer
properly.
The
only
defence
witness,
the
ourgn
new
an
umbrella
over
police
at
the
airport
here
Tues-
her.
"
':
"
dence,
died
the"
toUowing
day
from
"cerebral
compression,"
as
a
result
of
a
f
ractore
on
the
back
of
his
skull.
V
Defence
counsel
Lawrence
Perry
called
no
witnesses
and
only
cross-examined
a
few
wit
day.
The
Soviet
embassy
In
Can
COLOMBO,
Ceylon
(
The
fuwn
today
cejebmtfld
her
28th
birthday
on-
the
homeward
leg
of
her
Commonwealth
tour,
surrounded
by
greetings
and
messages
from
all
parts
of
the
world.
Her
apartment
at
the
governor-
Soldiers
led
the
singing
of
direct
you
to
acquit
this
man."
He
said
the
,
reason
,Jhe
case
had
reached
the
assizes
was
that
a
coroner's
inquest
had
been
called
off.
"A
coroner's
jury
probably
would
have
cleared
this
man
jtor
maii.sluughler
fcc
Irom
the
March
8
Jeeelia
Holland,
25-ycar
f
of
two
children,
after
William
was
driving
iMhway
16
near
Tclk-imics
of
Prince
r"".''
'
ie
J
M
Coady
in-ttic
jury
before
it
roil
i
aceuwd
was
tound
a
fcrimlna!
negl
Igence,"
tilkee
verdicts
should
be
3
depending
on
degree
ot
c:
manslaughter,
recking,
or
driving
in
a
man-jtruus
to
the
public.
irv
f.n(i
the
accused
.w.h1
negligence
,k
11
ol
Urt
.chiele.
he
berra,
meanwhile,
came
through
with
Its
expected
charge
that
nina,
competent
u.s.
sources
said.
It
was
learned
that
the
U.S.
Air
Force
also
will
ferry
French
troops
from
North
Africa
to
Indo-China,
though
U.S.
sources
here
consider
the
France-to-Indo-China
operation
a
"one-shot"
affair.
Although
officials
would
not
say
how
many
troops
are
being
ferried,
Pierre
de
Chevigne,
French
Army
secretary,
addres
Vladimir
Petrov
had
stolen
"Happy
Birthday
to
You."
The
50,000-strong
crowd
joined
In
enthusiastically.
From
the
saluting
dais,
Her
Majesty
turned
to
acknowledge
the
shouts
with
a
wave
of
her
"large
sums"
of
embassy
funds
accused
himself
denied
any
vfi-
by
forgery.
This
charge
had
been
of
responsibility
for
the
other's
death,"
Mr.
Brown
-sarid,
adding
that
accused
had
the
right
of
a
trial
after
being
nesses
briefly.
Deceased
Quarrelsome
Bulk
of
the
evidence
dealt
with
the
fight
started
by
Carl
llgence
and
said
his
ability
to.
awaited
ever
since
the
Australian
arm.
drive
was
not
impaired.
After
the-military
review
the
fcharged
with
such
a
crime.
,
son
in
the
beer
parlor
at
Hous
ton,
It
disclosed
that
the
de
royal
couple
returned
to
Government
House
for
an
investiture
for
the
people
of
Ceylon
Hexaid
thr't
were
thr,.-
adults
ani
t-o
'''.:
A'
-
ft
W"A
ics
himself
riding
the
front
.
He
was
Sre
RECKLESS
DRIVING
Page
6
government
announced
last
week
that
Petrov
had
fled
the
embassy
with
a
mass
of
documents
exposing
a
Russian
spy
ring
in
Australia.
In
a
note
to
the
Australian
government,
the
embassy
said
ceased
who
had
been
drinking
ai-qtilUrd,,.'TuriKt
beer
with
other
members
of
sed
the
7th
battalion
of
French
commando
paratroops
Sunday
and
told
them
they
were
leaving
immediately
for
I
n
d
o-C
h
i
n
a
without
the
month's
leave
usu
their
party,
became
quarrelsome
general's
residence
was
a
mass
of
flowers,
mostly
bouquets
of
orchids
presented
by
the
people
of
Ceylon.
.
Birthday
telegrams
and
letters
poured
in.
There
were
cards
from
Prince
Charles
and
Princess
Anne
and
special
messages
from
Queen
Mother
Elizabeth
and
other
members
of
the
Royal
Family.
.
Government
House
prepared
a
magnificent
birthday
cake.
The
Ceylon
cabinet
gave
her
a
silver
tray
with
a
traditional
moonstone
design,
like
the
one
found
at
the
entrances
to
Ceylon's
old
palaces.
It
consists
of
lions,
elephants
and
bulls
in
one
row
and
patterned
scrolls
of
and
picked
arguments
with
sev
Two
Taximen
Remanded
Two
Prince
Rupert
taxi
drivers
who
were
given
honors
last
year.
Later
the
Queen
unveiled
a
plaque
naming
Colombo's
new-quay
before
going
aboard
the
liner
Gothic.
eral
persons.
Petrov
s
story
of
a
widespread
Soviet
spy
plot
was
without.
iliminary
Investigation
pn
Into
Sinking
of
Tug
foundation,
and
the
mass
of.
were
each
charged
with
keeping
"espionage"
documents
he
had
givetj
Australian
authorities
liquor
for
sale
in
a
car
this
morning
in
city
police
court,
and
bcVER
OAn
"infor-1
where
officials
will
decide
1'iiry
has
opened
into
,
whether
a
broader
investigation
remanded
for
hearing
Friday
afternoon.
In
both
cases,
the
cars
were
impounded.
ul
the
Vancouver
tug
is
necessary.
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When
he
reached
Woloszuk,
he
hit
Woloszuk
in
the
face
while
accused
was
sitting
down
with
his
hands
in
his
pockets.
Both
were
asked
to
leave
by
the
management.
Edward
Westgard,
a
sawyer,
who
had
been
with
both
men
during
the
evening,
told
of
the
fight
outside:
"They
were
both
swinging
and
both
went
down.
Then
Tony
(the
accused)
told
the
.
other
fellow
(Carlson),
'I
don't
want
to
hurt
you
and
I
don't
want
to
fight.'"
!
hich
foundered
In
!
raters
lust
Thursday
flowers
in
rows
above
and
ally
granted
before
overseas
duty.
"Xpu
leave
in
exceptional
circumstances,"
Chevigne
told
the
troops,
"which
have
forced
us
to
call
on
you
for
sacrifices.
"To
aid
our
comrades
at
Dien
Bien
Phu
we
are
putting
into
the
battle
all
our
forces.
"You
yourself
may
have
the
glory
of
fighting
at
Dien
Bien
Phu."
The
U.S.
already
Is
supplying
the
French
with
fighters,
attack
bombers
and
transport
planes
for
their
fight
against
the
Viet-minh.
Some
200
U.S.
Air
Force
ground
personnel
have
been
stationed
in
Indo-China
to
help
maintain
these
planes.
Picks
Up
Barge
Straits
Towing
Co.
Ltd.
vessel
Charlotte
Straits,
under
command
of
Capt.
John
Bruce,
arrived
here
from
Kitimat
yesterday
to
return
to
Vancouver
with
an
empty
lime
rock
barge
picked
up
at
the
Columbia
Cellulose
plant,
Watson
Island.
VANCOUVER
(Pi
The
1954
traffic
death
toll
in
Vancouver
rose
to
five
Tuesday
when
three-year-old
Ronald
Alexander
Bir-nie
was
struck
by
a
car
while
Today
was
also
the
Queen's
Only
body
rec6vercd
so
far
was
Identified
Tuesday
as
that
of
25-yeur-old
Frank
Hykaway
of
Vancouver.
Although
the
tug
and
its
barge
sank
In
relatively
shallow
water,
Captain
E.
W.
Suffield,
Marine
superintendent
of
Union
Steamships,
owners
of
the
Chelan,
said
might
be
lorgenes,
Mrs.
Petrov
slept
soundly
In
a
luxurious
guest
room
of
Government
House
Tuesday
night
while
heavy
police
patrols
stood
guard
around
the
grounds.
Only
200
yards
from
her
bedroom
window,
she
heard
an
artillery
troop
fire
a
21-gun
salute
honoring
Queett
Elizabeth's
28th
birthday.
Today
she
laughed
happily
as
she
strolled
through
the
grounds
with
security
guards.
She
smoked
continually
and
joked
with
security
officers
who
had
flown
to
her
side
from
Sydney.
The
security
officials
fear
that
last
day
in
Ceylon.
Great
crowds
turned
out
in
driving
rain
to
watch
her
inspect
the
island's
armed
forces.
,
f
en
aboard.
ir
J
C.
Barber,
super-fcminer
of
masters
and
the
British
Columbia
on
Tuesday
in
Van-frat
he
had
begun
a
pre-
Investigation.
His
re-$
be
sent
to
the
Depart-
James
Thomas
Moran,
who
drives
his
own
car
for
99
Taxi,
and
Burton
Loucks,
driver
for
70
Taxi,
were
arrested
early
this
morning
and
charged.
Neither
entered
a
plea.
The
cases
were
remanded
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vanca
on
request
of
the
crown,
despite
protests
by
Moran
who
wanted
his
car
released.
1
,
"I'll
plead
guilty
to
selling
liquor,
but
not
to
keeping
liquor
for
sale
in
my
car,"
he
said."
-"Magistrate
Vance
silenced
the
DUKE
HOLDS
UMBRELLA
Accused
Attacked
iransport
in
Ottawa
Wearing
a
lavender
and
white
organza
dress
she
drove
up
and
playing
near
his
home
in
the
Later,
"witnesses
said,
another
fight
flared
between
the
two
down
the
lines
of
troop3
in
an
South
Vancouver
district.
it
was
not
likely
salvage
attempts
would
be
made.
The
tug
and
barge
represent
a
loss
of
$400,-000.
The
ore
concentrate
cargo
was
estimated
to
be
worth
about
$200,000.
'
Youths
when
Woloszuk
was
again
"Carlson
was
swinging
at
Mrs.
Petrov,
who
was
a
cipher
d
Guilty
Tony,
but
Tony
wouldn't
fight;
Charge
Follows
Truck
Mishap
A
charge
of
driving
with
ability
impaired
will
be
laid
against
J.
H.
Klrnbauer
of
this
city
following
an
accident
in
which
a
truck
crashed
into
the
side
of
the
Civic
Centre,
police
said
today.
The
charge
will
be
heard
The
U.S.
Coast
Guard
Is
continuing
an
air
search
for
victims.
A
ground
and
sea
hunt
for
survivors
was
called
off
Monday
night.
clerk
at
the
Soviet
embassy,
may
be
in
the
same
"real
danger"
as
her
husband,'
so
elaborats
precautions
will
be
taken
to
keep
their
hideout
secret.
hit
Counts
pal
youths
pleaded
gull
driver,
saying
it
would
be
to
his
own
'advantage
to
save
his
remarks
for
a
later
hearing.
The
case
was
remanded
because
the
Crown
wished
to
retain
counsel.
Gerry
Pettenuzzo
appeared
for
Loucks
and
applied
for
release
of
his
car,
but
the
magistrate
refused.
Westgard
continued.
"They
were
between
two
cars,"
the
witness
said.
"Carlson
kept
shouting,
"You're
yellow,
you
don't
want
to
fight
In
the
open."
Westgard
said
he
then
saw
Carlson
swing
a
hard
blow
f
Me
euurt
this
morning
Ps
ol
thefts
und
brcak-
l"8
back
to
February
28.
In
police
court
Monday.
The
accident
which
occurred
at
4
o'clock
this
morning,
saw
the
truck
mount
the
sidewalk
on
Second
Avenue
and
crash
Quota
of
$2,000
Sought
Here
In
Cancer
Society
Campaign
I
"Win,
were
charged
with
"fts
under
$25,
two
thefts
and
three
breaking
and
nd
theft
counts.
They
f
n
Gained
and
remanded
I
08
charges
of
theft
of
Into
the
shingled
walls
of
the
Centre.
Damage
to
the
Centre
V.-..
::
r-
f
-
'
r-
i
t
wf
7g
1
has
been
estimated
at
$300
but
'
A
group
of
104
canvassers
hit
damage
to
the
truck
was
com
Plrato
w
n
Vam-p
re
paratively
slight.
thc
boys
until
Friday
APRIL
BARLEY
SHIPMENTS
MAY
REACH
MILLION
BUSHELS
Close
to
1,000.000
bushels
of
barley
will-have
ben
shipped
out
of
Prince
Rupert
In
April
when
the
next
freighter,
the
Nicky,
arrives
Thursday
to
take
on
a
part
cargo.
At
present
docked
at
the
Dominion
government
elevator
and
loading
the
biggest
cargo
so
far
this
year
Is
the
freighter
Audrey,
of
Greek
registry.
She
Is
taking
on
more
than
452,000
bushels'
Just
finished
loading
and
departed
was
the
Ceasar
Baptlste,
bound
for
Japan
with
435,000
bushels.
,
Since
the
elevator
resumed
operation
here
latef
in
1951,
grain
shipping
has
been
a
major
operation
here.'
First
year,
two
vessels
took
on
660,000
bushels;
in
1952,
twenty-eight
ships
loaded
12,300.000
bushels,
and
in
1954,
a
record
40
deep-sea
freighters
loaded
12,000.000
bushels,
mostly
wheat.
With
few
exceptions,
cargoes
were
bound
for
the
Orient.
So
far
this
year,
six
vessels
have
taken
on
grain.
At
'
present,
240
carloads
of
barley
are
waiting
to
be
unloaded
into
the
elevator.
.
f
tnpi
the
oonortunity
to
WEATHER
wutisei
on
the
more
arje
of
breaking
and
u,i.i?n't0ttS'
region
Cloudy
itl
one
not
contacted
is
asked
to
leave
a
contribution
at
any
of
the
banks
in
town,
Ormes
Drug
Store,
Rupert
Tobacco
Store
or
McKay's
Grocery.
Ronald
Allen,
chairman
of
the
Rupert
Cancer
Society's
campaign
committee,
today
praised
the
many
volunteer
canvassers
undertaking
the
projects,
and
said
that
if
the
response
in
donations
Is
as
good
as
the
response
of
canvassers,
"we'll
go
over
the
top."
Last
year's
campaign
here
raised
a
total
of
$2,300.
cloudiness
'"'areescovored
thefts
of
the
streets
of
Prince
Rupert
today,
seeking
donations
for
the
Canadian
Cancer
Society.
In
a
door-to-door
campaign,
started
in
some
sections
of
the
city
this
morning,
the
volunteer
men
and
women
canvassers
sought
to
raise
a
total
of
$2,000,
Prince
Rupert's
quota
in
the
province-wide
campaign
underway
throughout
this
month.
Residents
not
contacted
this
morning
or
this
afternoon
were
asked
to
stay
at
home
tonight
to
receive
the
canvassers.
Any
f'lllCs
'rum
the
Commer-
light,
occasionau,1?'
"
westerly
20
in
,
L'ncrenS
to
jjuis,
several
items
from
cai's.
some
binoculars
I
n
in
Mi
"in
"""
rarinnn
vi
"1
rr"
-
-
"
Low
tonight
and
hiih
-?k
"T'
at
Port
Hardy.
40
.1
Ahursday
,v
"c
articles
from
a
prl-
cash
and
cigarets
spit
and
Prince
Rim-.
,.?an
AMBER,
LADY
III
in
her
Chicago
home
has
a
furrowed
brow
as
she
contemplates
the
problem
of
feeding
her
litter
of
10
pups.
The
healthy
young
boxers
look
all
ready
to
go
a
few
rounds.
48.
1
00
awi
e
ouir
Grocery
and
cash
Andy's
cafe.
Give
Generously
To
Caricei
Drive
Canvassers
Tonight