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Deadline
Nears
For
Interviews
By
FORREST
EDWARDS
PANMUNJOM
(AP)
A
snarl
of
la.st-minute
delays
today
all
but
snuffed
out
Allied
hopes
for
interviews
with
22
Americans
and
one
Briton
who
stay
By
The
Canadian
Press
VICTORIA.
Harsh
criticism
of
the
Prince
George
local
of
the
International
Woodworkers
of
America
was
levelled
today
by
Judge
Arthur
E.
Lord,
v.'ho
was
appointed
by
the
government
'0
inquire
into
the
13-week-oId
strike
of
5,000
northern
interior
woodworkers.
,
:
'V.
W
"
-
'j
T-
'
"To
my
mind,
it
is
impossible
Mii-'"
l))LLABS
IN
(.KMs
revolves
on
a
turntable
in
Macy's
San
Francisco
tore,
pro
bed
by
a
glass
casing
and
a
well-armed
guar
i.
The
specially
constructed
tiny
Christmas
-has
a
$200,000,
44-carat
star
adorning
its
to
.
Precious
gems,
Including
rings;
necklaces,
and
wlets
range
in
size
from
one-half-carat
to
th
.
impressive
44-carat
bauble,
with
some
of
the
ti
Having
a
historical
or
religious
value.
ed
with
the
Communist3i
Bandits
Net
$26,000
lit
Winnipeg
WINNIPEG
(CP)
Two
bandit.-,
one
armed
with
a
pistol,
today
held
up
two
Winnipeg
Fie
Press
employees
as
they
entered
the
garage
,
on
the
building's
MP-
t;i
iainland,
Vancouver
Island
Phones
Jit
by
Wind
Storm,
Torrential
Rains
to
suggest
the
union
is
a
responsible
union
and
entitled
to
compulsory
check-off
or
union
shop."
said
Judge
Lord
in
the
settlement
proposal
released
today
by
Labor
Minister
Lyle
Wicks.
j
Judge
Lord
recommended
Immediate
5'2-cent
hourly
wage
boost
for
the
woodworkers,
but
rejected
the
union's
proposal
for
union
security
and
a
compulsory
check-off
because
the
union
is
"not
responsible."
The
union
originally
had
asked
for
an
18-ccnts-an-hour
wage
boost,
but
subsequently
agreed
to
conciliation
board
proposal
for
six
cents.
Judge
Lord
referred
to
a
series
of
allegedly
unlawful
acts
cn
the
part
of
the
union.
-
.
"The
affidavits
list
such
a
series
of
uniawful
acts,
includ-
as
Red
explainers
chalked
up
their
best
score
to
date.
Gen.
John
E.
Hull.
United
States
Far
East
commander,
indicated
that
the
Allies
have
given
up
hope
that
any
of
the
23
will
return.
Hull
said
they
have
had
both
'line
and
opportunity
to
change
their
minds
since
the1-
were
turned
over
to'
Indian
.ustofiy
Sept.
25.
-The
Allies
Only
chance
oi
main
floor
and
grabbed
two
satchels
containing
about
$2fi.-
hwOUVFR
(CO
A
howlir'
:
Mi"
l
iM
two
wcvfcs.
roared
In
mens,
vhrre
gusts
up
lo
.80
e.Mew
ilst'lf
out
over
th"
off
the
Pacific
jmd
cut
a
switi
miles
an
hour
were
reported.
000
in
cash.
They
fled
out
the
Imor
6und:iy
after
snappin-;
i
up
the
S'.rait
of
Juan
de
Fuca.
Thi
British
O.lnmbia
Tele-
V
3
A
mtmmmmA
"Times
and
t'ippl.ivi
tir-r,
blinking
torrential
rains
In
its
1
,.
,.
,
.
,v
the
Pacific
coast
Sutur-;
wake.
.
!
phene
Company
reported
thou-
night
and
early
8md-v
I
The
g.ile
apparently
reached
1
fpnds
of
Phones
were
out
on
storm,
one
of
a
s?rles'its
oeitk
over
Vancouver
Island
;
Vancouver
Ltland
and
the
lower
B.C.
mainland.
Every.,
available
tmakimr
contact
with
the
nrls-
;
has
hit
the
west
co
in
i
nd
WaKhlngtun
stam
.
coastal
lront
door
of
the
building.
Roger
Senecal.
21.
cashier,
and
Raymond
McQuin,
17,
were
preparing
to
take
the
newspaper's
week-end
receipts
to
the
bank
at
the
time
of
the
robbery.
...
They
were
carrying
foi;.-satchels-
from
the
mezzanine-floor
business
oflice.
As
the?
moved
Into
the
garage
through
a
lobby
door,
they
said
the
two
thugs
forced
their
way
in
be-
THE
MONARCH,
8.000-ton
cable
ship,
will
lay
the
first
trans-Atlantic
telephone
cable
In
l955v'The
largest
snip
of
its
kind
in
the
world
it
is
named
afteranother
British
cable
ship,
destroyed
in
a
waitime
accident.
"
'
.
.
j
lineman
was
still
out
maktngi
oners
before
the
midnight
Wed-hepairs
late
Sunday.
More
than(Uesday
deadlind
still
appears
to
;
1.000
phones
were
reported
out
j
be
through
delivery
of
a
12-page
ng
violence,
threats
of
violence,
of
order
on
Vancouver
Island
assault
end
damage
to
property
on
the
part
of
members
of
trie
union
as
to
show
a
complete
MRAGEMEN
TAKE
PAY
CUT
US
GIFT
TO
MAYOR-BOSS
'
,y
PRINCE
OEOROE.
B.C.
(CPV-Twenty
employees
In
mayor-t
Cordon
Bryant's
garage
gave
hiiri
his
Christmas
present
letter
addressed
to
each
man.
MIST
AGREE
The
neutral
nations
repatriation
commission
ruled
that
the
PoWs
must
agree
to
accept
the
letterfpont
an
Allied
exolon-r
(and
more
than
1.500
were
out
In
Vancouver.
'
More
than
an
Inch'
of
rain
fell
on
Vancouver,
t
A
sudden
storm
struck
Salt
Spring
Island-.
and.
drowned
27-
disregard
for
the
laws
of
thi;
country,"
he
stated.
j
hind
them.
French
Presidential
Bout
Now
Entering,
Tenth
Round
VERSAILLES,
France
(Reutersi
,
Laniel's
Support
came
almost
The
French
Parliament
failed
entirely
from
the
Conservative
for
the
ninth
time
today
to
elect
,
ranks,
landholders,
wealthy
ln-
:'-rly
this
year.
I
.
tlon
"
Lt-Gv.en-
K-
S'
"
George
Jack
Jack
was
drowned
I
mayya-
ndlan
,nH,"'ma"I
?f
thfi
early
Sunday
morning
when
he
rf
.
.
cttH
1
itnmmiH
nn
no
will
rrv
t.n
The
employees
were
forced
to
face
the
wall
-in
a
tiny
alcove
of
the
garage
while
the
bandiU
grabbed
two
of
the
satchels.
They
left
behind
other
bags
containing
silver.
dustriallsts,
and
rightist
Roman
They
volunteered
to
take
a
one-third
wage
cut
for
the
-ration
of
the
lumber
strike
here..
Garage
executives
followed
up
by
taking
a
50
per
cent
cut.
Business
In
the
garage
had
dropped
50
pee
cent
because
'
the
lumber
strike,
and
the
wage
cuts
will
save
the
firm
;'M0
a
month.
,
'
.
.
Mayor-elect
Bryant
said
"the
whole
thing
was
completely
cutaneous
and
management
had
not
indicated
that
layoffs
'.ht
be
necessary
soon."
was
attempting
to
reaen
nisi
.
.
'
boat
with
hit
nephew
Edward
the
answers
tomorrow,
But
while
dimmed
I
prospects
after
the
storm
struck.
,
,,
I
for
the
Allied
campaign
to
Heavy
fog
blanketed
the
Call-,cn
the
mlnds
of
balk
war
rornla
coasU'
areas
;
Sunday
!
prlsoners,
the.
Reds
won
ck
night
and
eai.y
today,
cosing
i3J
of
250
chlnese
C8ptlves
as
airports
and
forcing
trafitq
AoUntervlews
were
resumea
today
E
crawl-
1
after
a
34-day
stalemate.
Catholics.
Behind
Naegelen
was
an
almost
solid
phalanx
of
Socialists
and
Communists,
representing
nearly
all
of
France's
working
"population.'
a
new
president.
A
loth
ballot
will
be
necessary,
Rich,
conservative
Premier
Joseph
Laniel
went
Into
the
ninth
round
of
voting
22
votes
short
of
victory.
'
.
On
the
eighth
ballot
Sunday
night
here
in
the
people's
assembly
hall
of
the
old
palace
of
French
kings,
Laniel
drew
430
votes
from
the
National
Assembly
deputies
and
members
of
the
upper
Council
of
the
Republic.
A
total
of
453,
a
majority
of
the
He
said
it
would
be
unfoi--tunate
-
to
let
union
members
feel
they
had
"ground
out"
an
agreement
from
employers
as
a
result
of
unlawful
acts.
"Rather
should
they
realize
that
flouting
the
law
Is
only
a
detriment
to
their
cause."
Judge
Lord
said
"lawful
pivjl:-'
etlng
Is
all
right,"
but
wher.
accompanied
by
unlawful
acts
it
Is
reprehensible
and
greatly
to
be
deplored
and
condemned."
"This
union
must
apprectate
that
they
cannot
attain
their
ends
by
unlawful
acts."
Judge
Lord
said
the
union
"would
do
well"
In
the
co'mlng
year
to
attempt
to
gain
support
of
all
employees
and
to
improve
employer
and
union
relationships.
The
judge
noted
that
the
i.nion
claimed
in
a
brief
that
employers
had
failed
to
bargain
in
good
faith
and
had
Marine
tratnc
was
virtually
halted,
and
ships
used
radar
to
j
reach
anchorages.
iedicine
Hat
Widow
Seeks
RECORD
RETl'RN
This
was
the
greatest
number
of
prisoners
the
Communists
had
won
back
in
a
single
day.
In
eight
days
of
interviews
the
Communists
have
talked
to
2
881
prisoners
and
have
won
back
104.
Husband
s
Leqisiative
Seat
Eight
of
13
Escaped
Convicts
Recaptured
DETROIT
UPv
The
last
five
of
13
southern
Michigan
prison
fugitives
two
murderers,
a
kidnapper,
a
robber
and
a
burglar
are
believed
hiding
somewhere.
In
the
Detroit
area
today,
waiting
for
an
intensive
manhunt
to
slacken.
i
ballots
cast,
is
needed
to
elect.
Heat
Wave
Prostrates
Australians
Blizzard
Dims
v
Rescue
Hopes
REYKJAVIK.
Iceland
(Reuters)
A
blizzard
howling
over
an
Icelandic
glacier
today
stilled
hopes
that
even
some
of
nine
United
States
Tiers
who
crashed
there
five
days
ago
may
yet
live
to
see
Christmas.
But
weary
Icelandic
rescue
workers
again
battled
against
a
wall
of
ice
In
their
bid
to
reach
the
wreck.
Officials
have
little
hope
for
the
men,
whose
United
States
Navy
Neptune
bomber
crashed
Thursday
on
a
glacier
near
Iceland's
south
coast,
110
miles
from
Reykjavik.
'
i.
One
rescue
team
early
today
stood
only
a
mile
from
the
wreckage
of
the
bomber
but
the
exhausted
and
chilled
Icelanders
still
had
to
master
Che
wall
of
Ice
blocking
their
path.
EQICINE
HAT
(CP)
Mis.,
was
contested
because
it
would
-
Lyle
Robinson
Is
attempt-1
be
"a
better
thing
for
the
prov-m
a
provlnclKl
by-election
'
Ince
if
the
government
did
not
to
fill
the
Alberta
legisla-1
hold
such
preponderant
power."
Compound
B-3,
rrom
which
j
Socialist
Marcel-Edmond
Nae-today's
prisoners
were
drawn,
i
geien,
also
backed
by
the
Com-tppcared
unusually
docile.
The
j
munists.
still
was
Laniel's
closest
prisoners
agreed
readily
to
per-
competitor
on
the
eighth
ballot
mit
Interviews
with
just
halfWlth
381
votes,
The
other
92
each
day,
something
no
other
;were
scattered
among
various
compound
has
done.
The
second
;
candidates.
SYDNEY,
Australia
(Reutersi
j.
Medicine
Hat
seat,
vu-
Standing
in
the
81-seat
legls-"by
the
death
of
her
htia-i
lature
is:
Social
Credit
51,
Lib
The
other
eight
who
burrowed
'
sired
obiectlve
bv
innuendo,
in
zou
prisoners
go
be
lore
iteu
ex
plainers
tomorrow.
erals
4.
CCF
2.
Progressive
Conservatives
2.
Independent
Social
Credit
1,
vacant
1.
There
are
11.964
eligible
voters.
Polls
opened
at
9
a.m.
and
close
at
')
p.m.
MST.
7(only
opponent
is
CCr
-Aite
Edwin
W.
Home,
de-by
her
husband
In
the
'Jrovincial
general
election.
Adding
to
the
confusion
was
the
announcement
early
today
frewn
Pierre
Montel,
a
57-year-old
member
of
Laniel's
Independent
party
from
Lyon,
that
he
timidation
and
threat
of
reprisal
to
those
who
would
dare
to
oppose
them."
He
said
the
union
declined
to
submit
evidence
to
support
the
contention.
"On
evidence
submitted,
I
can
-WEATHER-
Christmas
shoppers
collapsed
by
the
dozens
here
today
one
of
the
hottest
days
recorded
In
100
years.
Ambulances
raced
through
the
streets
between
the
crowded
stores
and
the
hospitals
as
the
temperature
soared
to
107.5
degrees
fahrenheit.
A
heat
wave
Is
gripping
the
whole
of
New
South
Wales
state
and
several
towns
are
ringed
'.y
bush
fires.
Thousands
of
firefighters
are
by
the
Liberal
and
Forecast
North
Coast
Region:
Qaje
nau
enierea
me
presidential
race.
-Wive
Conservative
partt'-s
iline
contest
prodiru
""pre-election,
activity
i.
'i
'
ftnerally
quiet
cantpnittn:--'e
two
candidates.
make
no
finding
that
such
a
Moniei
saia
ne
tnougnt
ne
could
cet
the
large
majority
he
said
out
of
the
world's
largest
walltd
prison
with
them
Saturday
night
are
back
'
behind
bars.
Seven
were
captured
within
hours
after
the
spectacular
break
from
the
penitentiary
at
Jackson,
Mich.
Another,
cold
and
hungry,
gave
up
there
Sunday
night.
Jackson
is
80
miles
west
of
Detroit.
Gets
3
Years
LONDON
0i
Tehran
radio
said
tonight
that
former
Prime
Airliner
Aids
Disabled
Craft
condition
actually
exists,"
said
the
judge.
was
needed
for
the
president
"to
fill
his
hieh
mission
of
arbitrator
Hp
KllfrtreRtpH
the
nnprglnra
-Robinson,
before
his
Oct.
and
conciliator."
pledge
that
no
employee
will
bel
HONOLULU
(IF
A
four-englned
standing
by,
some
of
them
with
Tath
from
a
heart
attack,
warning
In
effect.
Intermittent
rain
today
and
Tuesday,
north
portion.
Variable
cloudiness
today,
south
portion,
becoming
overcast
tonight.
Rain
Tuesday.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Winds,
north
portion,
southeast
20,
increasing
to
40
in
exposed
areas
this
afternoon
and
be
southern
Tokyo-bound
Pan
A
m
e
r
i
c
a
n
I
wun
rmes
io
put
wauauies
mm
'Presented
the
discriminated
against
because
of
his
strike
activity.
Landlady
constituency
since
So
Stratoeruiser
escorted
two
ais-
i
"8'w
l"
abled
planes
to
safe
landings
at
they
try
to
flee
through
the
Wake
Island
today
in
a
double
,
umng
8t.
Dies
in
Fire
VANCOUVER
(CP)
A
52-ycar-
Many
people
are
preparing
to
Armed
Guards
Greet
British
TEHRAN
(Reuters)
The
first
British
diplomats
in
Iran
sinei
the
oil
dispute
ruptured
relation,
between
the
two
countries
I'
months
ago
landed
today
a
Tehran
airport,
closely
guardet
by
armed
police.
Watched
by
mobile
infantry
the
diplomats
drove
through
th
streets
to
the
14-acre
Britis!
yredlt
came
to
power
in
in
1035.
His
strongest
'n
during
his
term,
dur-Wlfh
he
became
labor
mln-'as
from
I.l!wriil
nnd
In-
coming
south
25
Tuesday.
Wind
Minister
Mohammed
Mossadegh
of
Iran
has
been
sentenced
to
three
years
solitary
confinement
on
charges
he
sought
to
overthrow
the
Shah.
south
portion,
light,
becoming
old
landlady
died
and
two
other
Hder.t-s.
sper.d
tonight
lying
on
the
beaches
rather
than
suffer
the
stifling
night
indoors.
Temperatures
in
many
inland
towns
ranged
from
100
to
115
degrees
fahrenheit.
Man
Remanded
On
Theft
Charge
John
Donovan,
Prince
Rupert,
was
remanded
in
police
court
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
this
morning
until
December
29
on
a
charge
of
theft.
Donovan,
ar-
south
30
tonight.
Low
tonight
and
high
Tuesday
at
Port
Hardy,
Sand.spit
and
Prince
Rupert,
40
and
46.
"rescue,
a
Pan
American
spouts-man
announced.
One
of
the
disabled
planes
was
art
overseas
National
Airways
DC-4
flying
under
military
charter
from
Honolulu
to
Wake.
The
other
was
a
United
States
Navy
PBM
amphibious
seaich
i.i.
h
left.
Wnke
In
answer
persons
were
hurt
today
when
fire
broke
out
in
a
west
end
rooming
house.
Mrs.
Hilda
E.
Vaillstrum
was
killed.
Jr
Hurry
Velner,
unsue-55
Ulieral
candidate
in
the
(
JO
federal
election,
un-that
as
a
"gesture
of
lliy"
Mis.
Robinson
would
LONDON
Wv
Fog
closed
down
embassy
compound,
guarded
b
London
airport
for
several
hours
today
and
reduced
road
traffic
to
,
rested
last
night,
is
charged
with
three
truckloads
of
armed
guard.
a
crawl,
while
snowfalls
brought
stealing
the
sum
or
$95
rrom
,
Iran
and
Britain
resumed
dip
wPTd
hH
pal'tV
UJ
'
to
the
distress
messages
from
the
.
I"
'
t
for
the
memory
M
i
.
beaming
smiles
to
winter
resort
Roland
Dale
Griffith
on
Decern-,
lomatic
relations
Dec
5
after
.
uison.
Prncresslve
Con
ber
13.
owners
In
western
Europe.
13-month
break.
The
PBM
began
losing
oil
from
its
starboard
engine
200
miles
out
of
Wake.
It
radioed
that
It
followed
suit.
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1
Levis
May
Make
Bid
as
Labor
Boss
on
New
York
Waterfront
'"I'CF
niiMi.-
i-n
hiivrd
on
i
might
be
forced
to
make
an
Wlsory
automobile
insur-
I
emergency
landing
in
the
Pacific.
diivcr-t
mining
programs
The
Pan
American
clipper
'
advocated
hospital
instil-!
Nightingale
was
refuelling
at
at
cost.
Alberta
CCF
leader
Wake
when
the
distress
signals
r
Roper
s;i!d
the
election
!
came,
and
left
Immediately.
The
Stratoeruiser
picked
up
the
PBM
one
hour
out
of
Wake
and
flew
with
it
as
it
limped
back
to
base.
The
airliner
then
picked
up
the
DC-4
and
shepherded
It
in
to
a
landing
about
30
minutes
later.
WASHINGTON
t
Mine
union
president
John
L.
Lewis
may
be
preparing
a
bid
to
become
the
new
labor
chief
of
the
turbulent
New
York
waterfront.
It
was
reliably
reported
today
that
Capt.
William
Bradley,
newly-chosen
president
of
the
allegedly
crlmrldden
International
L
o
n
g
s
h
oremcn's
Association
is
due
here
from
New
York
to
visit
Lewis.
Bradley's
visit
appears
obviously
timed
for
its
effect
on
the
balloting
Tuesday
in
a
national
labor
relations
board
election
between
the
ILA
and
a
new
AFL
Longshoremen's
Union.
It's
a
crucial
election
show-
-down
between
the
old
ILA,
ousted
by
the
AFL,
and
the
new
union
which
the
AFL
formed
only
a
few
months
ago.
saying
Its
efforts
to
force
a
clean-up
had
failed.
Crime
probers
havt
accused
the
old
ILA
of
harbor'
ing
criminals,
and
a
number
of
Its
officials
have
been
Indicted.
There
seems
little
doubt
that
Lewis
has
been
working
quietly
but
persistently
In
behalf
of
the
old
ILA
Last
week
an
official
of
the
AFL-ousted
ILA
reported
Lewis
supplied
a
$50,-000
loan-
to
help
fight
the
new
AFL
union.
The
73-year-old
Lewis
has
declined;
comment,
but
It
Is
reported
that
his
brother,
a
top
organizer
in
labor
sectors
outside
the
coal
industry,
A.
D.
(Denny)
Lewis,
had
met
frequently
,
witn
officials
of
the
old
ILA.
The
reported
loan
has
led
to
speculation
that
the
old
ILA
is
destined
to
become
part
of
district
50
of
the
United
Mine
Workers
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Jose
Feirier
Judged
Best
NEW
YORK
ff
Audrey
Hepburn
and
Jose
Ferrer
Sunday
were
named
top
movie
stars
of
the
year
In
the
annual
poll
of
critics
by
the
trade
publication
TWO
HELICOPTERS
are
shown
on
the
reinforced
roof
of
Ste.
Justine
Hospital,
Montreal,
In
an
experiment
that
proved
helicopters
can
be
used
to
transport
seriously
ill
patients.
Three
federal
transport
department
helicopters,
flown
from
Ottawa,
bucked
a
stiff
wind
as
they
touched
down
on
the
roof
of
the
hospital.
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