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UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUNDUP FOREIGN FOREIGNGeneral General De Castries Didnt Die in Fall FallPARIS PARIS France May 8 Brig Gen Chris ¬ tian de Castries heroic commander of Dien Bien Phu did not die in the fall of the flaming fortress the Communist Indochi nese Radio disclosed today todayCatch Catch Two Red Attaches in Espionage EspionageLONDON LONDON England May 8 Britain dis ¬ closed today it had caught two Soviet air attaches in attempted espionage and had given them 10 days to leave the country Maj Ivan Pupyshev 35 and Maj Andrei Gudkov 36 were no longer acceptable as members of the Soviet embassy here the Foreign Office announced It handed Soviet ambassador Jacob Malik yesterday a re quest tantamount to an order in diploma ¬ cy for withdrawal of the majors majorsFrench French Boo Premier Defense Minister MinisterPARIS PARIS France May 8 Frenchmen an ¬ gered by the sacrifice of Dien Bien Phu booed the Premier and Defense Minister today bombed a Communist newspaper in Nice and tried to blow up Red Party head ¬ quarters there Boos greeted Premier Jo ¬ seph Laniel and Defense Minister Rene Pleven at ceremonies marking victory over Germany in World War n City after rlty canceled celebrations because of a defeat in Indochina that stabbed deeper than mem ¬ ories of liberation nine years ago agoChaves Chaves Reported Under Arrest ArrestBUENOS BUENOS AIRES Argentina May 8 De ¬ posed president Frederico Chaves of revolt torn Paraguay was reported under arrest today in Asuncion Air passengers arriving here from Paraguay told of his arrest after he was reported deposed by an Army revolt that began on Tuesday TuesdayChurchill Churchill Speech Well Received by Reds RedsMOSCOW MOSCOW Russia May 8 British Prime Minister Winston Churchills April 30 pro ¬ posal for closer ties between Britain and Russia has aroused a positive reaction in leading circles of the Soviet Union the official Tass News Agency said today Ob ¬ servers here saw in the friendly answer a clear call to the British to join in breaking the present international deadlock by launching a foreign policy independent of the United States StatesGeneva Geneva Conference Opens OpensGENEVA GENEVA Switzerland May 8 A nine member conference opened here today to seek against overwhelming odds a set ¬ tlement of the war in Indochina The Com ¬ munists came to the conference table ex ¬ ultant over their victory against the French at Dien Bien Phu The French came in grief over their loss lossMove Move Prisoners From Dien Bien Phu PhuHANOI HANOI Indochina May 8 The French reported columns of prisoners moving out of fallen Dien Bien Phu today bitter re ¬ minders of a hopeless stand but evidence that at least some of the defenders had lived through the last moments of holo ¬ caust French tcominander in Indochina NATIONAL NATIONALMay May Bargain Early With G E EWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 8 President James Carey of the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers said yesterday his union would try to hold a bargaining session with General Electric Co earlier than the scheduled date of May 17 17President President Salutes Gallant French Forces ForcesWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 8 President Eisenhower high administration officials and congressmen joined the free world to ¬ day in saluting the gallant French and na ¬ tive forces who fought to the end at Dien Bien Phu Mr Eisenhower led the nation in paying tribute to the heroism of the gallant garrison which he said will for ¬ ever stand a symbol of the free worlds de ¬ termination to resist Communist agres sion sionExpect Expect Seaway Bill OK This Week WeekWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 8 President Eisenhower is expected to sign the St Law ¬ rence Seaway Bill early next week to end the long fight over the project The senate yesterday approved two minor changes made by the House Thursday and sent the Seaway Bill to the White House HouseBridges Bridges Brands Political Veto Story False FalseWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 8 Sen Styles Bridges R N H has denounced as completely false published reports that he is exercising a political veto over assign ¬ ment of diplomat John Muccio former am ¬ bassador to Korea to a new diplomatic post Nothing could be further from the truth Bridges who is Senate president pro tern pore said in a statement yesterday I feel impelled to respond to these ridiculous charges and to cite how unfair they are in order that there may be no uncertainty in the public mind mindBig Big Three Turn Down Reds NATO Bid BidWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 8 The United States Britain and France last night formally turned down Russias surprise bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza ¬ tion The three nations branded the Com ¬ munist proposal completely unreal and said it was designed to give Moscow a veto over western defense strategy strategySays Says Czech Army Wont Aid Reds RedsNEW NEW YORK N Y May 8 John Hvas ta American student who was imprisoned by the Czechoslovakian Communists told Congressional investigators today that the Czech army cannot be depended upon to fight for Russia In testimony before the House Committee on Communist Aggres ¬ sion the 26yearold Hillside N J man estimated that 90 per cen of the Czecho ¬ slovakian people are antiCommunist and would fight for freedom if they had the means and opportunity Gen Henri E Navarre disclosed that spot ¬ ter planes had seen the prisoner columns but he was able to give no clue as to whether the garrisons heroic commander Gen i Christian vdei Castries twas among them
