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Vol. 63.   No. 215
ST. JOHN'S,, NEWFOUNDLAND, SATURDAY, AUGUST '25, 1956
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Charles Hutton & Sons
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lino than the patrol, plane's "plan-
ncd flight track."
Tho jc-irch is continuing.
MaiUns bady and bits ol wreck,
age from Hie four 'eng-lnc piano
were picked up-by lhe destroyer
Dennis J. Buckley.
It    reported    thai    Uie    initial
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'When the navy-first announced
the attack on the patrol plane it
said the craft was "about. 32
miles' 'oif lhc China coast over
International waters.
That report placed the. scene of
altack af about 160 miles north
of Formosa, which compared wilh'
the 300-mile figure used In Friday night's announcement. *
The 300 mile position would
place-lhc'location of the wreck*
age about 100 miles southeast of
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lands which extend outward from
the mainland for 70 miles.
Violations, Says Red China
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TOKYO—AP—Red China com-
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li-liun.-. ul her territory 'icur Shang*
hai in the American air-sea hunt
for a U.S. patrol plane downed
after it war* iillackcd ilea r tlie
China cohM. But the h-int went on.
Radio Peipinn said "from the
morning  ol  the 23rd  (Thursday!'
b-nlie..' many ships and planes of the U.S. 1 cation."
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"Ur Fleet have appeared in thc
air and sea southeast nf Tachcn
Island and over Taclien Island.".
"Same of the ships penetrated
into ihc waters of thc Chu Shan
Islands on the 24th (Friday)," the
broadcast said. "Fifty*four*planes
have penetrated over Shcng Su 18 j
limes—an  act of military  provn
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John's wile, a Spanish bor-n
former opera singer, maintains
her husband was in fiwt drugged
and kidnapped and while in East
(icunany save no information ol
value lo the Communists.'
The federal court evidently
thinks differently. The charge
agalnsl   him   is   high   treason
; against the external security of
the stale.
If convicted, hc is liable lo a
maximum penalty ol 15 years al
hard labor.
John, alter taking part in the
Hitler bomb plot in 1044, fled to
Britain and worked in a London
law office-until 1949 when hc returned to West Germany to become intelligence chief.
By  WATSON SIMS
LONDON- (AP)-Sovict, Foreign
Minister Dmitri Shepilov warned
Friday night that serious consequences may result in thc Middle
East if the West tries to break
Egypt's grip on thc Suez Canal.
Thc 22-country London conference on Sue;; Is sending a five-
power committee lo propose international control of the canal lo
Egypt's President Gamal Abdel
Masser.
Australia's Prime Minister Rob-
eft G. Mcnzics, committee chairman, called at thc Egyptian Embassy Friday night in the first
formal iriove to arrange a meeting .with Nasser  in  Cairo,
Addressing a press conference
at the Soviet Embassy, Spehilov
said:
"It would be wrong to underestimate the gravity of the situation
that might arise as a result of
tlie activity of quarters in he
United Stales, Britain or France
lo seek to have tbe problem settled from positions of strength."
VIOLATED  CHARTER
He charged that military pre*
parations during the Suez crisis
were "flagrant violation of tho
United   Nations   charter."
Without mentioning" specifically
the preparedness moves of Britain and France, Shepilov said:
"Only persons who have lost all
sense of responsibility would think
of making ultimatums and military preparations. Military demonstrations can be regarded only
Stata Secretary Dulles, chipper
and smiling as he left for New
York, predicted acceptance of
the majority proposal. Russia, India, Ceylon and, Indonesia dissented from the majority.
Other forecasts of success came
Issue
what went on.
'jit is so tremendously import-
antsthat I feel we shall alTbehaVf
like Trappist monks," he said.
The committee is composed of
representatives from Australia,
Ethiopia, Iran, Sweden and the
United States.
Indian envoy V. K. Krishna
Menon, sponsor of the minority
plan that would allow Egypt to
run the canal wilh the help of an
international advisory group, plan
to visit Cairo next week and set
Nasser.
French Cabinet Meets To Map Suez
Policy If Egypt Defies Conference
as an effort to put pressure on
Egypt in violation of her sovereignty,"
"The Soviet Union considers U
necessary to voice a warning regarding the serolus' consequences
in the Middle East that might be
brought about if the position in
the Suez Canal were to bc
changed." (
ANOTHER WARNING
Another warning came from
British Foreign Minister Selwyn
Lloyd—this onc to Egypt. He told
a TV audience that for Nasser to
reject lntenational authority over
the canal's operation would be "a
very serious  matter."
Lloyd was asked what would
happeh if Nasser says no to the
committee in its majority demand from the 22-country Suez
Canal conference calling for an
international operating  authority.
"I hope that that is precisely
the question he is asking himself,"
the foreign minister replied.
Other officials who took part in
the London conference were less
gloomy.
from   tiie   foreign   ministers   of
France and West Germany.
COMMITTEE  MEETS
The committee set up to pre-
sen^ the. plan to Nasser met to decide how to go about its job.
Menzles would give no hint of
By   GODFREY, ANDERSON   .
PARIS* (AP)-Thc French cab*
inct met for three hours Friday
to decide what to do ne?*t if Egypt
defies the London conference and
sticks lo control of lhe Suez Canal,
Although Foreign Minister Christian Pineau said there was no immediate question of using force,
the ministers met amidst growing
signs it might bc used if further
negotiations fail.
These were some of the day's
developments: ,
I. French consuls In Egypt
warned French women and chil*
dren to leave. Men too shuld get
out, they laid, unless they had
compelling cause  to stay.
2. A new staff command was
set up in Algiers by Gen. Andre
Beauffre for regrouping airborne
and light armored units which
could join British forces in case
a military blow was eecided.
France has some 450,000 troop3
fighting nationalist rebels in'Algeria.
READY TO MOVE     .
3. French air force planes, in-'
eluding jet fighter-bombers, were
concentrated    on   several   fields
around. Paris for possible  quick
transfer to the Middle East
4. Units of the French Mediterranean fleet, led by the 33,000
ton battleship Jean Bart, headed
out to sea for what the navy ministry officially called "exercises."
5. The troopship Pasteur and
three freighters were 'standing by
ar Marseille. Sixteen ships in other
French ports were placed at the
disposal of the defence ministry.
Although Paris evening newspapers had bold black headlines announcing Nasser was campaigning -for a "holy war" against the
West, there was little crisis atmosphere as the cabinet met in
the Elysee Palace.
Pineau, looking pale and tired,
.hurried into the meeting 25 min-
ules after it had begun. He had
driven straight from the plane
which had flown him home from
London.
Asked at the airfield if force
would be used if President Nasser
sai'd "no" to,lhc London conference proposals, Pineau replied
in English; "The question of force
is not yet. We will have new conversations."
Jamaican Govt. Asks
For General Wage Rise
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters)
The Jamaican government Friday
called for sizeable wage increases
in line with peak levels of prosperity which the vacation -"isle
convlc- reached during the first six
months of this year.
With thc all • important tourist
trade doing $4,200,000 worth of bud
sincss during that period, lo cite
onc of many examples, Jamaica's
minister of trade and industry,
Wills O. Isaacs, explained thai "if
employers of labor would bc wise
enough in these conditions lo
double the wages of the workers,
the spending power of thc people
would be doubled." .
He blamed continuing low
wages and* unemployment on "a
new wave of un reason ablness and
a desire .lo exploit labor." Almost
one man in five Is chronically unemployed.
Although exports wcrc up by the
equivalent of $9,800,000 for the
first six months this year, Uiere
is not enough to go around lo
feed lhc island's 1,500,000 persons.
up! NEED "VENTURE CAPITAL"
Despite Increased tourist business, which saw 42,732 visitors
come* to Jamaica during the first
quarter of this year, there is not
enough of whai Jamaican Chief
Minister Dr. Norman W. Manlcy
calls "venture capital" lo expand
the Island's cmploymenl.
Tho island's industries, hc said,
including the sic able aluminium
processing plants, "can employ
no more lhan 1,500 -.vorkcrs,"
The tourist industry has doubled
in size during the last six years
and almost quadrupled as a
source of income. But thc number of steady visitors has dwindled
sharply as a result of rising
prices. Last year, for example, a
hotel room wiih meals on Monlcgo
Bay cost in the neighborhood of
$45 or $50, compared to an average of $20 for the same accommodations In Miami Beach, Fla.
Another source of trouble is the
wide gulf between the value of
imports and exports, which has
found the island, thc largest and
most Important British possession
in the Caribbean, spending almost
$10,000,^00. a year more than It
earns.
'One hope for the future Is Uial
thc island, which Columbus discovered in 1494 and Britain' seized
from Spain in 1655, soon will become thc centre of the proposed
British Caribbean Federation.
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.MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - The
pathetic remains of month - old
Peter Weinberger were found Fri
day in a roadside honeysuckle
bower on Long Island. His kidnapper had abandoned him there,
callously dooming him to dcatlr.
A 31*year-old taxicab driver and
mechanic was formally accused
of kidnapping the baby from the
patio of his Westbury, N.Y,, homo
July 4, and abandoning the infant
the nert day.
The man, Angclo J. Lamarca,
bushy-haired father of two rmall
children of his own, was quoted
by police as. saying he 'abandoned
the child in panic after a vain
attempt to collect a $2,000 ransom
to meet a mounting pile of debts.
Authorities said Lamarca
claimed the baby was alive when
hc placed jt in underbrush beside
a heavily-travelled Long Island
iParkway a half mile north of thc
Lamarca home in Plain view,
MAY RE MURDER CHARGE
"Even if the child was alive
when it was placed on thc ground,
it may well constitute murder,"
said district-attorney Frank Gul*
otta.
Under New York law, a person
who causes a death while committing a felony is liable lo first*
who causes a death while committing a felony is liable to first-degree murder charges, punishable
by death in the electric chair.
Kidnapping also carries a mar*
imum-penalty of death in the electric chair.
Lamarca, dejected and with
bowed head, was taken into Nas*;
sau County district court hcrc on
a kidnapping charge, Hc was held
without bail for a further hearing next Friday.
Authorities were trying to determine where Lamarca fept the
chvldmlhe night of July 4. There
•were unconfirmed reports that he
sought sanctuary with friends In
Brooklyn and that new arrests
might bp in the oiling,
SAYS OTHERS INVOLVED
Lantarca'S wife told reporters:
"Someone else is involved bul
he won't say who,'
Little Peter was 32 days old
when he was snatched from his
carriage as he napped after a
mld*morning feeding. His mother
had left him alone on thc patio
while she went Into lhc eight-
room Weinberger ranch home on
a brief errand.
Police said -Lamarca, bent on
kidnap and with a ransom note
ready,- happened along and took
the child merely because it was
available. He did not know the
hc had set' out to seize the first
child he could get his hands on.
, The - all but disintegrated remains of Utile Peter were found
Friday- by FBI agent J. Robert
Bogcr, 38> He recounted:
'"I was searching with- olrer
agents", and detectives organized
for. an Inch by inch'search, I cam*c
upon one of'several tangles of
vines and then I went down; on
my hands and knees anti looked
under bramhlj* and discovered a
safely pin and what appeared to
be clothing.
"Upon close Inspection,   It .ap-
carcd  to  be  the  remains  of  a
body."
STRUCK WITH  HORROR
The parents of thc baby, Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Weinberger,
were struck mute with horror
when they were officialy informed
the body had been found.
The reaction was severe, very
severe/ said a member of lhe
family.
The couple, Beatrice, 32, and
Morris, 46, had desperately hoped
and dtyercet o pnhda iuth' ' .
Morris, 46, had desperately hoped
and prayed to the end for the
childs safe return, even during
the hours when the baby was
known to hc dead but before the
body was found.
The finding of Peter's body
wrote a tragic enri to the greatest
kidnap hunt in thc New York area
in nearly 20 years. The parents'
hopes for the. child's return periodically had been spurred by a
series of cruel "hoax letters and
telephone calls from persons
claiming knowledge of lhe child's
whereabouts and safety.
Several times early in the case
such calls sent lhe mother or
father out into the night with thousands of dollars In cash, seeking
in vain a promised rendezvous
with the kidnapper.
FORMER BOOTLEGGER
Lamarca, described by police as
a former bootlegger, was arrested
at his home at 2:15 a.m. EDT
Thursday.
"He needed money before but
he never did anything like' that,"
Lamarca's brunette 31 - year - old
wife, Donna, told reporters. Their
two children are Vincent, 9, and
Vivian,  6,
As to the guilt or innocence of
her husband of 1Q-4 years, 'Mrs.:
Lamarca said.
"I don't know.'
She described Lamarca, a me
dium-sized man with a thin moustache, as a wounded overseas veteran of the Second World War.
She said he had been "depressed
about our bills.'
Lamarca was quoted as saying
he went to pick up a dummy ransom package when he was frightened away by a horde of police
and reporters in lhe area.
As he drove ont oncarby'North
ern State Parkway police said, he
heard a radio news broadcast on
the kidnapping,
Panicky with the realization
lhat the Weinbergers had gone-to
the police and that a manhunt
was on, Lamarca was quoted as
saying he abandoned tlie baby
about 150 feet off the parkway on
the road that leads to his home.
There the baby's tiny body soon
was encased in a bower of honeysuckle' vines and leaves, apparently a natural crypt formed by
the winds of summer.
Nfld. Skies
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25
(Standard Timc)
Sunrise 5.09 a.m.
Sunset 6.55 p.m.
High
P.34 a.m.
9.49 p.m.
TIDES
Low
3.17 a.m.
3.50 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26
(Standard Time)
Sunrise .. .. ..  .. 5.11 a.m.
Sunset 6.53 p.m.
High        TIDES        Low
10.08 a.m. "3.56 a.m.
10,28 p.m. 4.40 p.m.
Parents   Pray id   and   Hoped   Until   Very
End,   Would   Not   Believe   Baby   Was   Dead
WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP)-Pelcr
Weinberger's parents prayed and
believed until the very end.
\Unlil the final hope - crushing
word that the baby's body j had
been found, the Morris Weinbergers clung tenaciously to their
faith tliat a miracle would bring
their kidnapped son back-to them
alive.
"We are still praying that our
child is alive and well and is. being cared for by someone, somewhere," Mrs. Betty Weinberger
said.
"Wc will not believe otherwise
until  we  hear   to   the   contrary
from some one in authority," shc
said firmly.
Even   after   police' ^grimly
o
searched for the baby's body
about eight miles from their home
Uie Weinbergers continued hoping.
"We cannot put into words our
feeling at Uie present timc," Mrs,
Weinberger declared.
STILL HELD FIRM
Even Thursday when police lold
the parents the details of the
crime, Morris and Betty Weinberger held firm. Friday morning
clinging to their faith lhat has
been -so strong since their child
was kidnapped they went on with
their prayers and their long vigil.
Just five minutes before they
were told their son's body had
been found, Weinberger looked up
at a handful of relatives and close
friends in the living room-of his; told,
ranchhouse home and said:      .   |.   "There was
a profound silence
Lindburgh Case Recalled
NEW YORK (Cf) - The dis-
covery Friday of the decomposed
.body of kidnapped Peter Weinbcr-'
ger in roadside underbrush on
Long Island recalls the pattern of
the Lindbergh kidnapping case of
the 1930s.
The body of the month-old Weinberger baby vvas found Sl* days
after he was taken from the patio
on his parents' home in West-
bury. The spot was eight miles
from* the spot where his empty
carriage still stands.        ■   '
The body was discovered under
similar circumstances to that of
the Lindbergh case, onc of the
most sensational -crimes of the
1330s!
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.
son of thc famed'American flier,
,was taken from the family, home
at the Toot of Sourland Mountain,
near Hopewell, NJ., Mar. l, 1932.
Seventy-one days' later the de*
compostfd body-of the child;. 20-
months-old at lhe time of his.dis
appearance, was found in a. thicket
less than five miles from the Lindbergh home.
TURNED OVER $50,000
Prior to the finding of the body,
John Condon—a New York school
teacher named as an intermediary to, reach the kidnapper who
demarfded $50,000 ransom—threw
a package containing the money
over a hedge in a Bronx cemetery.' He Was told the baby was
alive and well.   .
But the child was never returned. His body was found near
the Lindbergh home, May 12.
Bruno Hauptmann of the Bronx,
N.Y., was subsequently charged
with the crime after $13,000 'was
found -in a garage at the rear of
his home, A bill passed at a Bronx
service station led police i to tlie
suspect. "
JapVmann. proclaiming his innocence to the end, was found
guilty of the kidnapping and executed  April' 3, J33«. ./
"There's no question in my mind ■ and they looked at each other,"
that the baby is still alive."        said one member of tlie family.
Then arrived tlie moment that "There was little any one of us
the( Weinbergers have refused :to could say. Thc reaction was se*
believe would come.  They  werelvere, vcry severe."
Another Surplus For
Canada Last Month
.OTTAWA (C. .P) - The government chalked up a $110,000,000
budgetary surplus in July as corporation income tax yields continued to soar, i
Tne July surplus, $47,600,000
higher than a year ago, boosted
of the 1956-57 fiscal year to $330,-
364,000-almost triple the $131,952,-
year.
Finance' Minister Harris, who
reported climbing revenues1 in his
sued Friday, last April forecast
monthly treasury statement issued Friday, last April forecast
a surplus of $113,000,000 for the
entire year. ,
But informants recently estimated the actual surplus from the
expanding economy may total
about $300,000,000. Last year Mr.
Harris originally forecast a difi-
clt of $160,000,000. The deficit later turned out to be only $33,000,-
000.
Bulging surpluses vin the first
part of the year usuaUy are
trimmed in varying degrees by a
heavy flow of bills towards thc
year end.
SPENDING RISE
In July, government spending
rose by some $40,000,000 inainly
because of higher defer.;* and
public debt charges, but revenues
climbed by some $90,000,000.
Pushed .ahejd to some  extent
by higher corporation income tax
I and  other  yields,   total   revenue
rose to $459,851,000 from $369,807,-
000 a year ago.  ■
This boosted the four-month total by some $28"),00O,OO0 to $1,613,-
332,000 from $1,332,056,000 in the
similar period* last'year.
Yields from the corporation income tax in July ilimbed to $132,-
329,000, up from $31,832,000 last
year, increasing the four-month
take to $445,789,000. This is
roughly $128,000,000 higher than
last year's $317*894,000.
, Revenues from personal Income
tax also rose, increasing to $136,-
726,000 from $123,630,000 in the
month and to $464,253,000' from
$400,504,000 in the' four months.
With imports rising, customs-
Import duties Increased lo $48,-
053,000 from $30,040,000 in July and
to $182,034,000 from $137,973,000 in
the four months,
July expenditures., rising to
$349,842,000 from $307,396,000 last
year, pushed lhc four-month total
to $1,282,968,000 from 51,200,104,-
000. ■ .'    ' /    V»    ' ,
Total   defence   omlays   increased lo $151,838,000 ;frqm; StaT,**.
934,000 in the month-and tn S1S2,-*
283,000   from  $469-944'000*: in   the
four months.
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