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Britain Says It
Will Withdraw as
U.N. Force Grows
CAIRO, W)—The commander of
the British-French forces in Egypt i
announced today that Britain will i
withdraw one battalion “almost ,
immediately” from the Port Said j
area. This evidently is the token |
withdrawal which the British had 1
promised U.N. Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold.
Gen. Sir Charles Keightley, who
commands the allies’ headquar
tres on Cyprus, said in Port Said
that “as fast as U.N. troops arrive,
“the British and French will get
out.”
The French have announced j
they have already withdrawn j
about a third of the forces they j
landed in the Suez Canal zone.
Despite Keightley’s assurance,
Britain’s acting Prime Minister
told the House of Commons yes
terday that the British and French
would not pull out of the canal
zone entirely until they regarded
the U.N. Middle East police force
“competent” to carry out its mis
sion. That includes re-opening the
canal and keeping it open to ships
of all nations, Butler said.
The commander of the U.N. po
lice force moved quickly today to
get his headquarters here in oper
ation. But there was further de
lay in sending his troops to sta
tions to reduce the danger of a
renewal of fighting in the canal
zone.
DEAR SANTA CLAUS . . .
VANCOUVER, B.C., Oft—Three
little girls sat down the other day
and wrote three little letters.
They put aU three notes into
one envelope, wrote their address
on the back, and addressed the
letter to Santa Claus, North Pole.
Thursday the letter came back.
Stamped across the envelope was j
“Returned for better direction.”
1,500 Seattle Bus Co. Employes
Strike in Dispute Over Wage Boost
SEATTLE, lff>—A strike tied up
Seattle’s city-owned buses today.
The Street Car Men’s Union
(AFL-CIO) struck in a dispute
over the amount of a wage in
crease in its new contract for
1,500 employes.
The immediate impact on this
city of 550,000 was lessened by
the fact that Boeing aircraft plants
and some other industries were
closed for the full Thanksgiving
holiday weekend.
Private cars and a general
share-the-ride policy of motorists
met the morning get-to-work
emergency.
The strike started after buses
ended their night runs, with the
union and the Seattle Transit
Commission 12 cents apart on the
wage issue.
The system is operated by an
independent, appointed commis
sion, free of control by elected
city officials.
The commission has stood firm
against granting more than six
cents an hour increase on the con
tention that any larger amount
would necessitate another in
crease in fares, with a resultant
loss of business by the hard
pressed bus system.
The basic existing fare is four
tokens for 75 cents, or about 19
cents for a ride within the cen
tral part of the city. There is a
zone transfer charge of 5 cents
which makes the cost of a ride
about 24 cents from many resi
dential areas and about 29 cents
for a cross-country ride across
two zone lines.
The union, when contract ne
gotiations opened, asked for a
raise of 20 cents an hour, to $2.38.
Their present hourly rate is the
second highest in the nation.
The strike came the day after
Thanksgiving on what is tradi
tionally the heaviest shopping
day of the year. A year ago the
T ransit System served some 250,
000 shoppers on the day after
Thanksgiving.
Over 100 Killed When
Express Train Derails
BOMBAY, India, lib—A passen
ger express train rocketed off an
embankment weakened by flood
waters in south India today and
reports from the scene‘said 104
.people were killed and 65 hurt.
Officials said the final death
toll in the accident, 175 miles
south of Madras, might pass 150.
Railroad ' officials said at least
six coaches and the engine had
plunged into the river. The offi
cials denied earlier reports that a
bridge collapsed as the train was
crossing it.
Nation Celebrates
Thanksgiving Day
By the Associated Press
Americans brushed aside na
tional and international problems
yesterday to celegrate Thanksgiv
ing with feasting, prayers and
special entertainment.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
marked the holiday in typical
fashion. After attending church
services in the nation’s capital,
they motored to Ft. Belvoir, Va.,
where they ate a turkey dinner
with their son and daughter-in
law, Maj. and Mrs. John Eisen
hower, and they young couple’s
four children.
American servicemen and citi
zens abroad observed the day and
had turkey dinners. Some hotels
in England and France had turkey
on their menus.
Across the nation there were
football games, parades, and pray
ers in churches for world peace.
In thousands of communities
the needy were remembered and
sat down to a good meal.
Individuals as well as charit
able organizations provided tradi
tional Thanksgiving fare.
Colorful parades sponsored by
department stores attracted hun
dreds of thousands of spectators
in New York, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Detroit and elsewhere.
Local AYA Drive
Started Today
The local Alaska Visitors Assn,
drive starts today under a special
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce headed by James
Walsh.
Local business houses as well
as individuals will be contacted
by the committee for member
ships.
There are three kinds of mem
berships from which to choose.
One hundred dollars is a voting
membership; $10 is a sustaining
membership, and $3 is an individ
ual membership.
The committee hopes to com
plete the drive in a couple of
days if possible. Their slogan is,
“The Visitor’s DOLLAR helps
ALL business and ALL CITI
ZENS.”
Board Speeds
Report to Halt
East-Gulf Strike
WASHINGTON, (fl)—A presiden
tial inquiry board raced today to
finish a report on the East-Gulf
Coast waterfront strike so the
government can apply before the
weekend for a court injunction to
end the walkout.
The board operated in high gear
under the national emergency
provisions of the Taft-Hartley
Law, invoked by President Eisen
hower in a Thanksgiving Day ex
ecutive order.
The strike, in its eighth day,
has idled 60,000 longshoremen on
the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and
tied up an estimated 200 ships to
cripple ocean trade.
Under the national emergency
provisions—which are the gov
ernment’s toughest weapon against
strikes—the three-man inquiry
board named by the President
must file its fact-finding report
with the White House before the
Justice Department can move for
an 80-day back-to-work court
order.
The striking International Long
sroemen’s Assn, said in advance it
will obey such an injunction when
issued. This seemed to insure the
resumption of port activity next
week.
Freedom Flight
Of 74 Welcomed
At Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE, IAV-A flying Ti
ger DC-4 -carrying 74 Hungarian
refugees arrived at Gen. Billy
Mitchell Airfield today on a free
dom flight from Austria.
A cheering crowd welcomed the
refugees. Many in the crowd wore
the red, white and green arm
bands of free Hungary.
The four-engine transport left
Vienna Wednesday with 40 refu
gees who fled from revolt-strick
en Hungary. It took on 34 addi
tional refugees at Munich, Ger
many.
This was the third freedom
flight plane to arrive in the Unit
ed States. The first touched down
at Camp Kilmer, N.J., Wednesday
and a second arrived there this
morning.
Yugoslavia Protests to Hungary
That Imre Nagy Has Not Appeared
Since Leaving Embassy in Budapest
BELGRADE UPl—Yugoslavia to
day protested to Hungary that
Imre Nagy and his associates, who
left the Yugoslav embassy in Bu
dapest yesterday under guaran
tees of safety, have not returned
to their homes. The Yugoslav an
nouncement said nothing about
their fate but the protest indicat
ed this country fears they are
under arrest.
Nagy is the moderate “indepen
dent” Communist leader whose
brief premiership during the early
stages of the Hungarian revolu
tion was ended by Soviet guns.
He and his associates took refuge
in the Yugoslav embassy in an ef
fort to avoid arrest.
Not at Home
Dobrivoje Vidic, Yugoslav un
dersecretary for foreign affairs,
called on the Hungarian charge
d’affaires this morning and told
him the Nagy party, which left
asylum in the Yugoslav embassy
in Budapest voluntarily under an
agreement that none of them
would be persecuted, were not in
their homes.
Vidic said that if they did not
return this would be “a flagrant
violation of the existent good re
2nd Planeload of
Hungarians Reach
Camp Kilmer, NJ.
By RUSSEL H. MULLEN
CAMP KILMER, N.J., UP)—A
second “freedom flight” today
brought 75 more Hungarian refu
gees to America, including an eye
witness to last month’s Budapest
bloodbath.
Less than two hours after a
Transamerican DC-4 landed at
McGuire AFB, a one-time postal
inspector told newsmen here that
the Oct. 23 revolt began as a
peaceful student demonstration
and was turned into a mass slay
ing by secret police and Russian
tanks.
Speaking thru an interpreter
for himself and several others
the inspector, who declined to
give his name, said at lease 400
men, womep and children were
mowed down by the tank cannon
in the main square of Budapest
on Oct. 24. Several died at his
feet, he added.
Before talking to newsmen, the
inspector and the other passen
gers ate their first meal on Amer
ican soil—oranges, bacon, scram
bled eggs, toast, marmalade, hot
chdcolate, coffee and milk.
After a fast medical checkup
and a speedy trip thru the cus
toms, they went to catch a few
hours of sleep before their proc
essing by immigration and wel
fare agencies began.
The group as a whole looked
young, with most of the adults in ,
their twenties and thirties.
They were reasonably well
dressed, with many of the women
wearing slacks and leather boots.
lations between Yugoslavia and ^
Hungary and a violation of inter
national laws.’’
Personal Visit to Budapest
Vidic said Nagy anti his party
left the embassy in a bus which
was put at their disposition by
the Hungarian government.
Nagy had been in the Yugoslav
embassy in Budapest for 18 days.
Reliable sources here said Vidic
went to Budapest to negotiate
personally with the Hungarian
government on the status of Nagy
and the others in the Yugoslav
embassy.
Vidic spent Nov. 20 and 21 in
Budapest, and the Yugoslav-Hun
garian agreement on the embassy
refugees was concluded in an ex
change of letters on Nov. 21, these
sources said.
Written Guarantee
It was noted here that Yugo
slavia specifically asked formal,
written guarantees.
Some believe that the Russians
and not the Hungarians have pre
vented Nagy and the others from
reaching their homes. Others ex
press oubt that the Hungarian
government would make an
agreement with Yugoslavia on
Nagy without first obtaining per
mission from the Russians.
Workers' Demands Not Met
Meantime, it was reported in
Vienna that the Budapest Work
ers’ Council had called off its
strike after “partial agreement"
with the government of Soviet
backed Premier Janos Kadar.
The effect of the new back-to
work call remained to be seen.
The “partial agreement” men
tioned in the broadcast listed none
of the strikers’ main demands.
These include withdrawal of
the Russian troops and the return
to power of Imre Nagy, a “nation
alist” Communist who became
Premier briefly after the bloody
anti-Soviet revolt erupted.
AUSTRALIAN, 87. FLIES
5,000 MILES TO MARRY
COLOMBO, Ceylon, OP—A. C.
Kay, an 87-year-old Australian
grandfather, flew the 5,000 miles
from Melbourne to Colombo and
five hours after his arrival yes
terday was married to a 48-year
old Ceylonese nurse.
Kay and his bride met recently
while she was holidaying in Mel
bourne.
The bridegroom got permission
to sit down during the service in
a Methodist church but insisted
on standing up for the exchange
of marriage vows.
THANKSGIVING TURKEY
FLIES THROUGH WINDOW
CAMDEN, N.J., OP—The way
the police heard it, Mrs. Asa Red
row decided she’d had enough
husbandly advice on how to roast
the Thanksgiving turkey. So she
threw the bird at her husband.
Redrow ducked. And the turkey
crashed thru a kitchen window.
Redrow faced a hearing today
on assault and battery charges.
Mrs. Redrow said he struck her.