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A Paper The Home or SUNDAY INDEPENDENT CloudyShowers Higrh today ««.«« Monday: Warmer. 48TH YEAR ~ NO. 26 — 108 PAGES .^rZ^,^ WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY APRIL 25, 1954 DNITEDrREBS Wh* News HrrviM PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS French Relief Column Nearing Besieged Fort Only 3-Day Supply \^<"'v'"^ Of Ammunition Lett; Reds Add Pressure HANOI, ludo-China (IP)—A French Union column puahed through the Jungles Saturday night to within 32 miles of Dien Bien Phu where the embattled garrison wa« running ,ow on ammunition. | The advaincing French force was beiieivied too small to break the, siege on the encircled French fortress, but It BW>e«'red atxle to pos-' sibly relieve the preasupe on Dien Bin Phu by slashing at the Com¬ munist rear. An urgent appeal (or supplies radioed to Frenda headquarters ihere said the defenders of Dienj iBien Phu had ammunition for only I ton**'"' of the French Union de- three more davs of combat. ; fenses girding the battered fort- Th6 column of French and i^Jr^ssJn nortiiwestern Tndo-Ohina.; •tian troops reached the bend in,J*»« ^,?^ rnena^ was strong on the Nam Ou River .^2 mik-s to the^^'' ""[^h and northwestern sect- southwest of Dien Bien Phu, °f» ^-''^^ "'?¦'=* ^F^''^ , '^f''?": I # ] strong-points have been loS't in iConfi8cal« Huge Stores jthe pa.sl week. Observers here bo- The force, led by Col. Jean de'if^'Pfi tii'it one moro deterniin- Creveco*ur. pushed up northward I drive might carry the Red hordes through the jungles and nioun-|'nt" the midst of the weary de-, tains of laos from tlie roval cao-l^^'^dcrs. 1'hI of Luang Prabang. In theiri Military circles said de Castries iiiive, they reported confiscating large weapons and ammunition stocks cached by the Red 308th Division in its abortive Invasion of Laos this winter. The French high command an¬ nounced Communist pressure re¬ lentlessly building up on the was down to three fighting days of cx>mt>!tt supplies and radioed urgently for more. French pilots, firing Ami>rii:an-»upi)'';pd C-ll'. Flying Boxceirs, roared off from Red River delta airports, to at¬ tempt to parachute in the urgent¬ ly-needed supplies. .1. i M, , .;R«d» Block Airdrop north «iid northwestern flanks o .j^ Communists already hold Uie ever-dwindlm>,'defense ring at.t^^ northern half of the main Dion Bien Phu, Sources believed airstrip used as Uie dropzone and Subpoena All Texts of Phone Calls Won't Be Used If Felt Likely To Kill Legality Of the Hearings Red Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap would hurl his 40.000-man army into a their guns control virtually the cn'Ure runway. The fate of the (Be sure your clock has been set AHEAD one hour) supreme effort to overwhelm theju ooo.^a«i French union garrison pa mnt defenders before the open-|jjj^i,m,(jLy depends on the suc- ing of the Geneva Conference ^g^^ „, failure of ailr drops., s(-heduled for Monday, : communist 81-mm. mortara and Panyushkin Identified ^f.fr!'''Z!!^'''l,^ri*'^"-.**.' fr:l'5 and'".](»-mni h'owiUCTS^ /".P-i^J i4SS0SSf flOtf Off PiottCT $600,000 Fire Destroys Old Cutlery Works Plant Now Used by Walter C. Williams, Standard Equipment formation Emile Hughes said theipjj^ (,y Bed China, pounded the' situation was "extremely grave." I defenders now compressed into ani Bed Spearhr«dR Near Urea les« ihan a mile in diameter.! Co.mmum.st spearheads were rf^-:l}'\"TT^-^ ^^ mm'f/nU^-h^k' ported within WO >-ards of Brig |bl*ck-c ad r^t* Commun.st i*ock. Gen. Christian de Castries, under-]troops teamed up Pnday to sm-ash; ground comimand poat. "t>raiii (C/ontinued on Page 8, Section 1) , Former Ambassador Here From Russia Now Police Official State, city and lUiurante offrcials yesurdJiy continued to comb the wrockage in the'char¬ red and twisted Walter C. VVilliam.^ building on Horton strett that was swept by a paint anid lacquer-fed fire Friday nwniing. causang damage ewimated at more than $600,000, Ul>per photo shows the rear of the large, rambling two-»tory brick structure—once a eutlery works—tlMt covered a triangle area bounded by Horton and Warren streets and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Greater part of the building was occupied by Walter C. Williams Co, manufacturers and fabricators, and the eastern end was utilized as a main office and warehouse of the Stan¬ dard EJquiiMnent Co., a heavy machinery sales firm. Lower picture shows one of the 16 high v<rf-ume atreaflns used to control the fire still In action. In the group to the left of the hose crew are Fire Chic* Ambrose Saricks, State Fire Marshal Michael Ryam, Public Safety Director Wiiiiam D. Jones and Al J. Wilson, Investigator for National Board of Fire Un- derwrRera, heading tlie investigation. No cause haa been determined as yet, Fir« Chief Saricks •aid. Horton and Warren street homes facing the building were aoorched by the intense heat created when the flame exploded con- tsine-rs of paint, varnish and lacquer used by the Williams finm, whioh was working on g^f>v- ernment contracU, Including metal lookers for the Marine MCorpa. First companies on th« scene found the rear of the buikling in flames, which soon spread through the entire structure. Pending arriv|d of six engine companies, three hook and Btdder truck.s and five hose wagons on a ge*leral alarm, manned by 100 duty and ofl- sbift firemen, the first oompaji'ies had to turn streams on houses to kee?) them from being ^inited. Klngaton, BdwairdaviUe and Hanover town¬ ship also sent units to the scene and at th« heiglit of the fire 16 stream* poured over two millilion gallons of water Into the inferno. Two city firemen, Arthur Fou»t of Kngin« 7 and Thomas Jones of Engine 1, the first companies on the scene, suffered injuries from falling bricks. They were returned to duty yesterday after treatment. Ten other firemen were given treatment for heat ex¬ posure Willjani C. WttUams, head of the connpany bearing his name, set the replacement valu* of the building at 1300,000 and said the com¬ pany loss in stock and machinery was In rx- oe«i of $100,000. Standard Equiipznent Oo. kias waa ectlmated •t upwards of $200,000. Both firana reiported most loasea oov«r«d hf tnsurance. In additloa to the loas of six company v«- hdoles, several of which can be seen in upper photo, the Standard EJquipment officials re¬ ported that a new piece of macliinery vahied at $13,000 and scheduled for delivery to Hones¬ dale the morning of the fire was destroyed by fire and falHng roof and wells. [ milNIWl FOR Al SEEMS Pastovorov in Japan. Kremlin Upset The Petrov oase so upset the Kremlin that Russia on Friday l.r»cTjTVT.r^m^-»T ,,.... , brokc Off diplomatic relations WASHINGTON (IP» - Alexander ^-nu Australia, S Panyushkin, former Russian Experta here predicted that ambassador to the United States, "'O^^ . ^"ssi*" *^'^''*'- Poli^ie WASHINGTON (W.—Senate 'n- vestigators i.vmed subpoenas Sat¬ urday for texts of monitored dis¬ puted telephone rails In the Me- Carthy-Army fight. But temporary chairman E^rl E. Mundt said the transcripts of ths talks between the principals in the controversy do not constitute the hub of the whole investigation of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy sTead witii the military. "We can establish the facts without the transcripts if lawyers believe they would destroy the le¬ gality of the hearing*," Mundt told newsmen. "We don't want to do anything that later would allow some law¬ yer to destroy the case." To Renume Monday The big televised public hearings were in recess until Monday, when Army Secretary Robert T. Steven* will return for more questioning. Mundt (R,-S.D.l said the Senate Permanent Investigating Subcom¬ mittee law>-ers as well a.i Its own specinl staff to decide whether It would be legal to put the tran- rair Petrov In Australia and Yuriiscripts into the record. So far. he said, the only clearly legal way to introduce the calls into the record is to get the con¬ sent of the parties on both ends of the wire. The calls In quMtlon are In¬ volved In the Army's charges that McCarthv, regular subcommittee counsel Roy M. Cohn and exet^u- |haa been identified by U.S. intelli- jgence as a high-ranking Soviet se- Will follow the tive director Francis P. Carr put Khokhilov, andi, - - lOWCCINE Sponsors Certain It Will Stop Humans From Getting Disease NEW YORK <lPi —AU wa* In readiness Hunday for the nation¬ wide polio vaccine exp<«rim«nt with more than 1,000,000 ohildrem ALREADY 00010 signed overseas l«ad of Petrov. ivnoRraov, anoipressure on the Army in trying to ...... .„ „ ^. „ Rastovorov. They based tins fore-i,-, _ . <, i ,i cret police official whose current'cast on the belief that thcer hasp*-"""""^'^ °" ^"^^^ *• S^ctJon 1) wide spread uneasineas ' MVD agents sine the new been Soviets' Demands For Chinese Reds Endanger Talks duties inohide plotting assassina tions and other ecuted secret police chief Lavrentl Convincing evidence of Pan- P. Beria yushkln's pola as a masber-mlnd 'special a/^tion;^'^^f.„ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^„^ ^^. tasks for Red foreign agents. of the dread MVD haa been culled Reds I.,eavlng Australia f,vv.>, . K„ii,„ -i™^— K 41* . u CANBERRA, Aujttralia (IP» — from a bulky dosier built up by _ ., , , ' ., .,, , .v,.,.!. ... *^ -"iRussian diplomats burned their their exhaustive interrogation of^pap^rs yesterday, preparing to' IMVD Oapt. Nikolai E. Khokhlov.i leave the country as a result of JKhokhlov sought asylum In Crc--|the Soviet severance of diplomatic GENEVA <IP.— Communist audi many last week after refusing to'"^'**^'""' ""'^^^ Australia. Western foreign ministers eame-carry oi«t a Moscow-ordered as-j * '"°""^ °f ^f^^"?"«."'». ^^ '*!' .. ..!,,. .„. . Isquare binrned briskly in the back here Saturday for next week's!»*ssination of a Russian refugee ^^^ ^ ^^e Russian embassy. A wMch begins In the South Mon-jAaiatlc peac* conference, which;leader, Georgi S. Okolovicii, In day. jalready waa threatened by an'Frankfurt, Germany. The coming •ummer wlU tell|Ea«t-Wieat battle over Red China's! Talked of Assassination whether the vaccln* oan prevent human-beings from catching polio. EJvery preliminary indlowblon was that the vaccin* can. But on* Im¬ portant matter waa certain be¬ yond douibt—th* vaccine cannot possii'bly Infec.t any child with ] polio or harm him otherwise. JSO.800 in New York City ! The kick off are«s u'ere In Vir¬ ginia. Florida. Alabama, Louisiana,!Molotov Give* Demand part In th* talks. In •pit* of th* waomlnc that th* U. a deJegatlon will walk out M th* Chinese Reds ar* al- low«d to take th* cihaiT during the talks, Russia renewed her de¬ mand last night that China be at the session*. Soviets Told Communists To Win World Struggle MOSCOW (IP)-Deputy Premier among the top Soviet official* hi labar Kaganovioh toid the Soviet the audience »a Kaganovlch Parliam«.nt Saturday that thespoke. Communists will be victorious in .j,^y^^ ^, -Encirclement" the struggle with the free world ri.,i^„ rn,)n. jind because -all th* advantage, arv' ^^e Soviet U"^,<^' ^Siina and •n our side" '*^'^*^'" countries still must reckon Kaganavoch .poits before the "'ith "capitalist encirclement,'' h« Biorning •e.ssion of the Soviet of *«'¦>„ ."I^'-'LT"'''* '^'^Trn.w Z' the Union one of the two lous.s th«- United States, are unaWetO; of the Supreme Soviet Parlia-»'«"? P«f ^""J" " t^*''**^* ?* "^! ment, which opened its ourrent •constantly growing economies of: •ession on Tue»dav. the Democratic Communist coun-i Premier G«»i«l Malenkov was tries, he aided. FHA Scandal May Probe Appraising Of Homes Communist Chinese Premier P AND R CLOSES DOWN ^.^^^^^TiL^:. Believe It or Not Penna. Has Governor Candidate With Whom Crops Come First WASHINGTON di'J-Sen. Fnfd- icrick G. Payne, R-^Malnc, said (Saturday Sinate housing scandal investigators shouid find out whetlicr there has been "manipu-, laUon" of government loan ap-i Pottsville, Pa. UP—The '"•'»- praisalt on one-family homes 'delphia and Reading Coal and Hearings by the Senate Bank.ng![- ^"^.f J^rJel o^Aprim Afkansas, and Texas. On TucsKiay New York City will vaccinate more than 30.000 of iU children, and from then on through the rest of April and May ohildren will be vaccinated practically dally In 43 of the 48 states. Dr. Jonas E. Salk, of the Uni¬ versitv of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Injected 3.000 children of the Pittsburgh area with the commerciftily prepared vaccine without the slightest trace of "side effects," suoh as hives, fever, or stomach upsets. WeH over 1,000,000 "shots" of vaccine were in readiness and had passed 27 separate testa that'toric lakeside city, where the ill- proven tiiem incapable of causing fated League of Nations was born polio. and died, agreed there was little - - jhope of the conference reaching peace In NBC Gives up McCarth y TV Show WASHINGTON (IP>—The Na¬ tional Broadcasting Company discloaed Saturday it has de¬ cided to stop televising th* An.iy-McCarthy hearings. NBC said It will present film¬ ed excerpts of the hearings t^ch night next week from 11:15 ^m. to midnight EiDT. but will no longer broadcast "live" TV coverage. The American Broadcasting company here said it planned to continue live telecasts. Columbia Broadcasting Sys¬ tem will coratinue its policy of presenting filmed excerpt*. One television news editor, who did not wish his nam* used, said "ail those long wrangles aimong the lawyers" have made tne hearings some¬ what of a flop for TV. A spot cheok by the United guard .stood by with a garden j hosg to Ueep the stiff wind froini spreading the flames—and to dis-l Khokhlov «id h. was recelved,-^^^ tTT^'Lt^ge^^^- several ttmea by Panyushkin" in' rounding the yard. Moscow to discuss the planned as- i Th« break in diplomatic rela- sasaination of Okolovlch. The tions was announced in Moscow murder was to have been carriedion Friday after Vladimir Petrov, „.,,.._., , , ! former Soviet secret police chief r«,eH ^. f »h ,«.f ««««.,.. ^ ^^^ ^'^*'^' '*'^>n Australia, "chose fr^dom" and listed as one of the great powers filled with poisonous potassium'hu, wife Evokiya wa, rescued cyanide pellets or with a specially, irom Red guards who were try-i press in several major cities silenced, electrically-fired pistol. ;!ng to hustle her out of the coun-; Saturday showed that the hear- Khokhlov vras one of three So- try. | ings • were not attracting any- and Foreign Minister Chou En-|viet agents who have recentlyj Petrov gave Australian author-: thing like the television aiidi- Lai wa* the first delegate arriving broken with Communiam to seek'ltles information about a Sovleti ence that watched the senat* for the talks. He was followed twola.sylum with the West The other ispv network when he asked for; crime committee's hearings two hours later by Russia's Foreign i defectors were MVD agent Vladi- political asylum. ' years ago. Minister V. M. Molotov, who «"""' issued his demand for China, U. S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived later and Britain's Foreign Secretary An¬ thony Eden will be here Sunday afternoon. French Foreign Minis-1 ter Georges Bidault will arrive [ Monday, shortly before the talks' are scheduled to atart. Western observers in this hiS' MINE NEAR WIT. CARMEL for gov- PAXINOS, Pa. il?> Ohamberiin Is not a flustered over running •mor. Chamberlin U a MS-year-old Northumberland county farmer wiio la a candidate for tlie Repuo- Ilcan nomination in the May 18 primary — "but th* crons come first," Await* Last We<4( "I'm not coing to do, any cam¬ paigning until the la-st week— •Sien VW give 'em the works," Chamberlin said. Chamberlin, the father of two married daughter.<i and one son lost in World War II, says he was prompted to file as a gubernator- •»! candidate "because hunting and fishing conditions in the state *re so poor, "I thought maybe I could do »<w;elhiag «rbout"n^" be said* "Then, too, taxes are too high." Rigiit now Chamberlin is plow Committee, of which Payne is a member, have brought out charges that the Federal Housing Admin istration iia.nded apartment house Gordon F.| Chamberlin doubts that. If nom-|bulldors "windfall profits" total man to be inated and elected, serving as thejiing more than SOO million dollars , . , ... ,„:„„j „, „,„fi, v^i . ,..„„m r,^t h. «n ..n,..! governor of the Commonwealth'by insuring loans far in excess of ^¦*"'•^'^°""^ '"',^T'"!l^' "fn? fhei^ *^» pIt ^^ u, R^,f ?h^ ln«n.frii^,v„ „,,„(= was jTven as the reason for the the ^ar Ea.st talks. But the Ro li'Ioslng. Iviots recently changed their tune. ; company vice president George J. "lark announci>d here today The colliery, opened In icm'ilnvrrl :inO mrn. Red China Main Problem The greatest problem facing the conference, even before it opened, waa the question of Red China. Dulles has rtated flatly that under no circumstances will he agree to the Reds' demands that Commu- 1873,'nist China be treated as an equal. At the Berlin meeting In Febru- Evhaustion of coal reserves ary the Russians agreed Red would ciiange liim. j construction costs. It won't change me one bit. I;Keoeived "ComplaiiitH" Payne udd a reporter there is a '-poasiibillty" that the &ame sort won't allow it to go to my head Won't Tiike Much Time "I don't think tlie governor spends much time In the capitol, and I don't think I'd have to spend any more time at the Job than he doe.s," Ghamberlin said. The farmer-candidate said that when his-campaign gets underway it will be free of personalitiea "I'm not going to sling any mud, because I don't know my oppon¬ ents tco well," he said. IIi.2 opponents Include Lt. Gov. Lloyd H. Wood, himsplf a fnrmer and GOP organization candidate, end Tliomas S^ Stephcn.son, Al¬ toona. Chamberlin concede* he Is a hig wiien the weather's riffht be- dark horse in tlje race, but he cause 'a bird In th* hand is worth predicts th* vot* wiU b« very •w^ la.tttft.b-.Hh-"..^_^,^- 'close." ll Of thing has been happening on! INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT fol^^^S^h lr: ^Uau't?t"he"^Vr'^« ^l^^ f^^ ^-^T ^/T"" V^ """^ heart of the fedeival housing pro-i ^^ ^^^V ^oney for Easter Gifts. Section 4, Page 8. A'ifr.' i''?*»f"'^.*"''.?^ ^f'«¦¦»"» IfobTY FOBT Hm t\>n MASS X-RAY-Campaign Geared to Coves- Administration together insured; ^ Resident. Section 4, Page 9. loans that financed about 40 peri cent of all ncw home* built In E.VOELS WITH ONLY O.VK HAND—Lhipont typist-stenograipheT this country last year. ranks high despite loss of right arm. Section 1, Page 14. Payne said he has received i _¦« *• ^ • ia.a ¦«# • «# ii f 4% a a. "complainu" from some lendingj Section Page 1 S««tion Page^|f|||||Sts Irt MfS. VwVOniing ¥0116/ WOnteSt —v/Vo* HsMnna Inistitutlons that the FHA's ap-j Amusement Two praisajs of one-family homes have; Around the Town Two been overly-generous. city Hall Seven To Probe Appraisals Classified Five He said he will urge the com-'county - Seven mittee to "Inquire jnto the basis 1 Crossword Puzzle - Six of FHA appraisals" with particu-JDy^^y Pearson Two lar attention to "the possibility of Editorial Two manipulation between FHA offi-Urp-ink Tripp Two (Continued on Fa«;* S, Ueution 1) Obituary -...On* 8-fliHome Builders Five 3 6 11 7. Politics Two 6|Radio Two 2-7lRobrrt C. Ruark _ Two 7 V;Sports Two 1-5: 8'State Capitol One 23i BjState News On* 22i 61 Thomas Stokes Two 7i 7,Television _.._ Two loj 8'Women's Section Tbr** 1-I2i -.«#' Here are the fouT finalists for this year's "Mrs. Wyoming Valley" contest spon.sored by the WUkes-Barre Jay-Cettes in conjunction with the Wiikes-Barre Junior Chamber of Commerce and their Pa.'ade of Progress to be heid at the Kingston Armory Monday through Saturday. They are left to right: Mrs, C WiUiam Mook^ Mrs. Charle* A. Bbar^ey Jr, Mrs. Woodworth B. Allen and Mrs. Robert Maturi. These women will be entertained at a tea on Wednesday afternoon at Hotel Sterling and will appear at the P^,iyi» jnf Progre** Wednesday night when the winner will b« announced. For details on th* flnaUsta' backcrouiw^ •e* Womien'* SeetloOk i
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 26 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
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Date | 1954-04-25 |
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Month | 04 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1954 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 26 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1954-04-25 |
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A Paper The Home
or
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
CloudyShowers
Higrh today ««.«« Monday: Warmer.
48TH YEAR ~ NO. 26 — 108 PAGES
.^rZ^,^ WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY APRIL 25, 1954
DNITEDrREBS
Wh* News HrrviM
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
French Relief Column
Nearing Besieged Fort
Only 3-Day Supply \^<"'v'"^
Of Ammunition Lett; Reds Add Pressure
HANOI, ludo-China (IP)—A French Union column puahed through the Jungles Saturday night to within 32 miles of Dien Bien Phu where the embattled garrison wa« running ,ow on ammunition. | The advaincing French force was beiieivied too small to break the, siege on the encircled French fortress, but It BW>e«'red atxle to pos-' sibly relieve the preasupe on Dien Bin Phu by slashing at the Com¬ munist rear.
An urgent appeal (or supplies radioed to Frenda headquarters ihere said the defenders of Dienj
iBien Phu had ammunition for only I ton**'"' of the French Union de- three more davs of combat. ; fenses girding the battered fort- Th6 column of French and i^Jr^ssJn nortiiwestern Tndo-Ohina.; •tian troops reached the bend in,J*»« ^,?^ rnena^ was strong on the Nam Ou River .^2 mik-s to the^^'' ""[^h and northwestern sect- southwest of Dien Bien Phu, °f» ^-''^^ "'?¦'=* ^F^''^ , '^f''?": I # ] strong-points have been loS't in
iConfi8cal« Huge Stores jthe pa.sl week. Observers here bo-
The force, led by Col. Jean de'if^'Pfi tii'it one moro deterniin- Creveco*ur. pushed up northward I drive might carry the Red hordes through the jungles and nioun-|'nt" the midst of the weary de-, tains of laos from tlie roval cao-l^^'^dcrs. 1'hI of Luang Prabang. In theiri Military circles said de Castries
iiiive, they reported confiscating large weapons and ammunition stocks cached by the Red 308th Division in its abortive Invasion of Laos this winter.
The French high command an¬ nounced Communist pressure re¬ lentlessly building up on the
was down to three fighting days of cx>mt>!tt supplies and radioed urgently for more. French pilots, firing Ami>rii:an-»upi)'';pd C-ll'. Flying Boxceirs, roared off from Red River delta airports, to at¬ tempt to parachute in the urgent¬ ly-needed supplies.
.1. i M, , .;R«d» Block Airdrop
north «iid northwestern flanks o .j^ Communists already hold Uie ever-dwindlm>,'defense ring at.t^^ northern half of the main Dion Bien Phu, Sources believed airstrip used as Uie dropzone and
Subpoena All Texts of Phone Calls
Won't Be Used If Felt Likely To Kill Legality Of the Hearings
Red Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap would hurl his 40.000-man army into a
their guns control virtually the cn'Ure runway. The fate of the
(Be sure your clock has been set AHEAD one hour)
supreme effort to overwhelm theju ooo.^a«i French union garrison pa mnt defenders before the open-|jjj^i,m,(jLy depends on the suc- ing of the Geneva Conference ^g^^ „, failure of ailr drops., s(-heduled for Monday, : communist 81-mm. mortara and
Panyushkin Identified
^f.fr!'''Z!!^'''l,^ri*'^"-.**.' fr:l'5 and'".](»-mni h'owiUCTS^ /".P-i^J i4SS0SSf flOtf Off PiottCT
$600,000 Fire Destroys Old Cutlery Works Plant Now Used by Walter C. Williams, Standard Equipment
formation Emile Hughes said theipjj^ (,y Bed China, pounded the' situation was "extremely grave." I defenders now compressed into ani Bed Spearhr«dR Near Urea les« ihan a mile in diameter.!
Co.mmum.st spearheads were rf^-:l}'\"TT^-^ ^^ mm'f/nU^-h^k' ported within WO >-ards of Brig |bl*ck-c ad r^t* Commun.st i*ock. Gen. Christian de Castries, under-]troops teamed up Pnday to sm-ash; ground comimand poat. "t>raiii (C/ontinued on Page 8, Section 1) ,
Former Ambassador Here From Russia Now Police Official
State, city and lUiurante offrcials yesurdJiy continued to comb the wrockage in the'char¬ red and twisted Walter C. VVilliam.^ building on Horton strett that was swept by a paint anid lacquer-fed fire Friday nwniing. causang damage ewimated at more than $600,000,
Ul>per photo shows the rear of the large, rambling two-»tory brick structure—once a eutlery works—tlMt covered a triangle area bounded by Horton and Warren streets and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks.
Greater part of the building was occupied by Walter C. Williams Co, manufacturers and fabricators, and the eastern end was utilized as a main office and warehouse of the Stan¬ dard EJquiiMnent Co., a heavy machinery sales firm.
Lower picture shows one of the 16 high v |
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Page | 1 |
FileName | 19540425_001.tif |
Month | 04 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1954 |
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