yey pio DISP ATCHED PROVINCIAL BRAR r i ily Nets: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—"’Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest’ PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1952 VOL, XLI, No. 192 PRICE FIVE CENTS ee er PROVINCIAL CIBRARY, 118 VICTORIA, B. C. ns Lake Fire zes 8,000 Acres Firefighter Still Missing; 17 Blazes in forest fire at Tintagel, near Burns Rupert Area to travel over a wide area today| | weather and rising humidity are| officials in are blaze ision emainder in the ry Department offi- , report from the fire of 20,000 f Lid ne estimated b minimum are » many spot in accurate @S vailable.” a re- d much smoke very iguinst| open title and become the first east side| to win the Canadian open and fire hope 4 ruy neat found of who be his crew ud rel fire were com- Ontario Miss Closes in On Golf Open | EDMONTON (CP)—~The Cana | dian women’s open golf cham | plonship came down to a pai jof international semi-finals to | day, leaving an 18-year-old girl | two steps away from a feat un | touched before in Canadian golf Ltitle Marlene Stewart o Fonthill, Ont., needs two victor ies to win her second straigh | close twice in a row lithe quarter-firials yesterday jwith a 3-and-1 victory over |Polly Martin of St. Clairsville, | Ohio US. Maintains Right To Use She smashed her way through | ae te fay Fas. r f t! MISS CANADA—Marilyn Reddick, Toronto, 1 Burlir Her prizes include the right to represent Canada in the Miss America pageant at Atlantic City, a $1000 scholarship and a trip to the Coronation in London next June. The blonde band vocalist’s figure—34-inch bust, 24-inch waist and 36-inch hips--was Judged best in a private exhibition in sun suits and | shorts for the eight judges only (CP PHOTO) British Appear Doubtful Of New Canadian Arms Aid 18, of Agincourt, Ont., near Miss Canada 1952, chosen from 13 contestants at gton, Ont Eden All Smi LONDON @ in a brief civil ceremony. The Prime Minister Churchill of his divorce two years ago today's ceremony could not b * England. Fishermen To Hunt For Missing Girl No Trace Found After Searching Three Days les During Brief Wedding Ceremony Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden yesterday married his boss’s niece, 32-year-old Clarissa Spencer Churchill, handsome groom was all smiles. was witness as the 32-year-old daughter of his dead brother Was united with his 55-year-old political heir-apparent in London’s Claxton Hall. It is Eden’s second marriage and his bride’s first. Because from former Beatrice Beckett, e performed in the Church of. for a 10-cent hourly wage $2.10. BULLETINS Island Carpenters End Strike VANCOUVER (CP)—Carpenters at Campbell River today voted to end their 69-day strike, possibly heralding a break-up of the long con- struction tieup in seven coast cities. Campbell River carpetners voted to accept contractors’ offer increase, boosting rate to e U.S. Marines Stand Ground SEOUL.—United States Mar- ines beat back two fierce Com- munist attacks on Wednesday night and today retained their newly-won hold on Bunker Hill Battalion-sized Red assaults were the third and fourth fu- tile attempts to recapture ter- ritory seized early Tuésday by A United Nations briefing of- ficer said. Communist casual- ties were heavy. By mid-day, he Said, dead enemy soldiers lay sprawled in groups on the scar- red slope of a hill only four miles east of the Panmunjon Club President Invites Support In Trap Shoot Jim Bacon, veteran sportsman per president of Prince Rupert |Rod & Gun Club is hoping for |strong support when he leads a team of trapshooters in Mr, Bacon has accepted the challenge of Jeff Lambie, Ter- race Rod & Gun president, for a contest between the two clubs. Mr. Bacon is urging all sportsmen who can get away over the week-end to become part of the No guns, or shells are requir- ed. They will be provided by the Terrace club, which has recently established the shooting range. For information on transporta- tion to Terrace, contenders are asked to telephone Mr. Bacon, at 948, or George Rorvik, club sec- retary, at 770. The shoot begins Man Committed For Trial Here Special to The Daily News BURNS LAKE—Duncan James Lolly, Fort Babine Indian charg- ed with murdering his wife, in their Pendleton Bay cabin last July 22, has been com- trial at the Fall Assizes opening in Prince Rupert Lolly appeared before Magis- trate Aubrey Fisher and was de- fended by A. Bruce Rrown of Burns Lake to hold a * * ervices tomorrow for ° ae ‘ieee siete Al k B d J Cc h Gordon, firefighter 7 ee jinformation on the announce- a ife attempting Atomic Bombs LONDON A spokesman fg) Perce etre Wednesday by Trade aska ase et rasnes : through the wall of UNITED NATIONS, NLY. CP)—.| the British Treasury said today | Minis er Howe - Ottawa HES ANCHORAGE, Alaska —~ An F-94 jet Inter- tr + Pt d him and The hited Mates warned today nye Foon rr a i . oaeae” teeeer eumanneel cepter fighter crashed shortly after taking off from ler men o ; “ia $i! ),000 ¢ 8 gift rit - oe to we hi she reserved the right to use|* ' years to involve « “new |lurked a’doubt that the Wednes-| | Elmendorf ‘Air Force Base Thursday killing two which up| the atomic bomb and germ war- lf oe aie re ee |day statement goes much far- airmen ed more) fare to suppress aggression un- Be (telet: dialined™ ¢irther | ther than: plans made known six | . i blaze at! ti] suc 108 Ss were inat- 1e =Olliclai > ie a : , } tare 4 the Ae = a seater Pear ~ comment pending more detailed | ™onths ago. ° fires now! Gabaenekinan a ecm: ~ ——-| Some British officials here be- Chief Throws ' ale ee en are work.| eee ore ———— — | ployees, arrived for work. crushed Chinese Communist at- f " are Work~| General will board HMCS Sioux if Dale checked with local union| tacks on Bunker Hill in the lat- to vhs | at 5:15 pan. OO. 26: 708 Verne M D h | president Harry Fisher, who or- est of a series of western-front b| nd an{,.ccompanying him on the eets eat dered him to pull out all union’ battles which the corps said has) city #00 me reported | oe will be hhin nephew and set- employees if the CBC didn’t cost the Reds 3,014 in dead and) -rerrace this Sunday. Rnahhh soca ‘Cl retary, Lionel Massey and aide- A Sk since last Saturday. inder control | de-camp ft €e@lha leave. _ waunted since ; from the} The Governor-General’s hon- ,* ° : cay oat uae eun'nc wise Mine Accident wer Plant iuimat Lt..-Col, Cecil Merritt, V.C uge ‘ io ee week | Sess ~~. y{| Funeral services were held in ; : . fretigna “e | Vancouver yesterday for Mal- Bella 7 - 'colm Pringle McDonald, 63, vet- rvi a in era ion Prince Rupert team, l 1 thunaaee | eran cable car operator at north- _— ~ ae died in hos- ARVIDA, Que.—One generating unit of Peri- bi > eee | pital ¢ 4 . Pi oe der contre = ps | Mr. McDonald was injured in| bonea No. 1 power plant, one of the largest hydro- I, the for- accide 5 : : : i i ment has six bull- poppe” alll, canine Rost | electric projects in North America since the Second i ate mine at Skeena C * ‘ ote : : : en aa ago and rushed to hospital at} World War, was given a trial run yesterday and is a ae age : iring trails grand ue ices at expected to be operating by the week-end. Phone hookup|4 sesh iad agp on8 las | The 350,000-horsepower, $30,- 00 0h: Sanaa > i /kouts and Stewart and Anyox ec ak eke 000,000 plant is located at Chute at 1:30 p.m. y. try officials ious times was ser ns at the A Offi 'Diable, some 60 miles from this progres Granby and Premier mines. rmy icer | Saguenay ‘region centre on the ‘ re Rupert division THER . |Peribonca River, one of the ort ine “ueen Charlotte —WEA — Flying Plane largest emptying into Lake St. on ing in Ge wi ~ . 2 tk Aluminum ,. taking in the sat h D | Owne y the Valley and Dean E SS Pa Variable cloudinems persists Si ot own |Company of Canada, the plant th as fap : : over most of the province this ne d tf enetatin Yuk cdc, the] DOWNS, MIG—Fit.-Lt. Claude rning, however tihe amount of ‘ is made up of five g 8 ‘ukon borders and A Eats oS of lettete- Oe: iécreasing gradually|, CLTAWA @—A Canadian) units which begin operating at cee ville, Que, RCAF exchange |COU4 |S eee ne ain wae. |Atmy officer flying an artillery | three-week intervals. "BC. the red tide re on” sie tiniled’ States With the gener ‘oaths rag With observation plane was shot down! It is expected 50,000 tons of O° destroy forests [ * aD Saad cect ie ee . see day-| ‘WO miles behind enemy lines in| aluminum ingots will be pro- ' = Setting an as. Ss et an ae credited with 6 ee is: od be ‘ ores yesterany and. was shpar- a ee roe! . Weather Go ih L Pen ate Baen toe en aaa . jently taken prisoner, defence} power from Peribonca No. 1 go-| Julie, Were still re rere oR ape age little warmer VORIGETOW. headquarters said today. ing to the new 50,000-ton smel- ol at vy borted| a few miles north of the 38th : * Vernon Lak ; ' . . Forecast Capt. Joseph Michael Liston,| ter at nearby Ile Maligne. mitted for t Isl ake! parallel in North Korea, He ; ce Near Ke-| joined the RCAF in 1947 and Cloudy today and tomorrow. | 32, of Ottawa, a former RAF|} Another power plant, Peri- Venn Said the Ver- served as an instructor at an |Little change in temperature.| pilot who went to Korea two,|bonca No. 2, is under construc-|on September 15. "= 1,000 acres Pp it be- |Winds light. Low tonight and | weeks ago as artillery officer, is|tion at Chute a la Savane, about la S|} operational training unit | ola and Ke-| fore taking the Korean assign- | high tomorrow, Port Hardy, 52| reported to have parachuted to|14 miles down the rivér, and is “Tive over 1,500 ment. (CP from National De- |and 62; Sandspit and Prince|safety after reporting by radio;expected to be in operation fence) Rupert, 52 and 65. | his plane was hit. jearly next year, Prince Rupert. Fears are mounting alive. RCMP Arrest Women Jail Escapees Two women'who escaped from Prince George jail last Sunday night were arrested late Thurs- day at Cinema, 60 miles south of Prince George, RCMP here wera advised today. The pair—Ruth Rissanen, 24, and Valerie Creanza, 21,_ had been transferred from Oakalla Prison in Burnaby to serve sen- tences for illegal possession of narcotics. At the time of their escape, police described both as being at- tractive and confirmed addicts. Both are married, one to a Van- couver man, the other to a man at Whitehorse, Y.T. prisoners missing. which they. had.h ride. Appointment Defended by B.C. Premier VICTORIA ()—Appointment of William Sands of Kelowna as British Columbia’s deputy Jabor minister was defended Thursday by Premier W. A. C. Bennett. In reply to criticism of the appointment by CCL unions in Vancouver, the Premier said he had received numerous messag- es commending the appointment of a man “with wide experience and a good understanding of Police said the two were re- turned to the women’s jail at Prince George “sleepy and tired.” on Porcher Island that 10-year-old Evelyn Doucette may never be found The little girl has not been seen since she left her home at Humpback Bay to go for a walk shortly after supper last Tuesday, Search parties have failed to find any trace of the child, who told her mother she was going for a stroll to a lake near her home. An RCMP dog flown from Vancouver on Wednesday has been unable to pick up her trail and a report that the dog had discovered the spot where Eve~ lyn slept Wednesday night is unconfirmed, An official at the Porcher Island tannery said more than 100 fishermen and can- nery workers left Humpback Bay at 11 o’clock this morning to comb the northern and western sections of the island. They plan a widespread seafch through the heavily-wooded area to Kitkatlah village and as far south as Hunt's Inlet. Two RCMP constables from Prince Rupert and the officer First indication the pair had|®"d his dog from Vancouver are escaped was at 9 p.m. last Sun- day when a count disclosed two heading the party. They are not expected back before dark. FATHER SEARCHING The women were spotted by; Mr. Doucette, a fishe RCMP and prison officials Thurs- a rman for day whle riding in a truck on Canadian Fishing Company, op- erators of the camp on the is- »&) land, is: a mémber“of the search party. Porcher Island is about 25 miles south of Prince Rupert and is 20 miles long and the same distance across. A member of the search party said they were unable to state definitely whether the little girl slept in the wooded area where the RCMP dog led them yes- | terday. He said that are a_ lot of wolves atid cougar on the island and expressed fears that the ;child may have been attacked‘ Fe wandering through the jush. | =TIDES— : Saturday, August 16, 1952 | (Pacific Standard Time) labor conditions.” | High Seunccanadbn ily 11:25 16.0 feet “T have not received any com- | 22:56 18.1 feet munication opposing the ap- Low 2000000000... 4:52 §.5 feet pointment,” he said. i 16:56 10.0 feet owned by Grant Hodgins of Cl Wins RICH RACE--Prince Adios, speedy four-year-old stallion andeboye, Ont., leads the field in the $7,500 Canadian Cup Pace at Toronto. He was driven to both heat victories by the owner’s brother, driver Clint Hodgins. Williamsburg, No. 6, came second in the second heat but was unplaced in the first. States Attorney, No. 8, was third in the: second heat and second in the first. Malcolm Hanover, No. 4, 1951 winner, was out of the money in both events. (CP Photo} |