‘ORROW'S IDES— y issued to-| Harold §. Storm Passes: Most Coastal ‘| to be very} est so far in the} or the tele-| Points Rainy An hoth of | ue to Be h _ {the B.C nert,” His Wor-| and will reach Alberta by eve- ning A active storm passed satin good fall of rain was re- left vacant] ported at most coastal stations. | | i f Alderman Raymond intant, and retary of cal of the Allied Abbotsford was highest with 87 hundredths of an inch. While Vancouver had only 36 hund- redths Prince Rupert with 54 hund- redths received jess than Sand- 'spit on the Queen Charlotte Is- lands with 74 hundredths Today the rain in the of showers will spread to interior of the province | Fairly rapid clearing followed the storm in many coastal areas | but some showers activity will jdevelop during the day. In the interior the clearing should take AnG by- of a to re- set- ephone form the llation tem ibsolete ng on the by-law, jen said, “It will ackward step if we this by-law, Our over | coast during. the night | stem is badly out- | place tonight maintenance costs Forecast g daily.” For Sunday clouds will con- the people/ tinue along the west coast of mbers to ind I hope idgment in Vancopiver Island and the north region but the east coast | and southern mainland will be | coast the alder-| sunny. The interior will be sun- ny but will have a few afternoon | lames on the} showers | Cloudy and cool with showers TT today and Sunday morning, a ) Country j few sunny intervals in the after-| | noon. Winds southwest 30 in the) TBALL |}morning, slowly decreasing to} westerly 20 by cvening, then/| | westerly by Sunday. Low tonight esults land high tomorrow at Port Har- SH LEAGUE dy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert nil 48 and 60 1 Villa - Wanderer ve Burnley 2 oo ales 24 AVM Shearer 2; Ports- . “ onited’®” Dies Suddenly Shetreii| MERRITT, B.C. €P—Body of Dy, ( ton Athletic | Alt Vice-Marshall A, B. Shearer ; liddleborough of Vancouver was found in his , Derby County | °@! Friday near here h purs‘2, Car- Death is believed due to a verhampton heart attack. A.V.M. Shearer nal 1 (tle) left his home Thursday for a | fishing trip A veteran of two world wars, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1914 and was one of the first military-trained pilots jin Canada tts Coane Tl In 1943 he was appointed Di Plymouth Are! rector-General of Economy with United g:| the rank of Air Vice-Marshall. ae | a il eit are 5 G4 3. Leeds | MH retired on March 15, 1944, Town 1, Ling} inthan tue "| Famed Stage Actress Dies lrienonians 3,| Celtic 5, Fal-| !, Motherwell 0 NEW YORK (CP) — Gertrude Clyde 1; Hi-; Lawrence, whose ability to do { the South} almost anything on the stage 1, Aberdeen| made her the toast of two con- , Rangers 3;|tinents, died in New York hos- Hearts . 3. | pital today at the age of 51 a ~ | Miss Lawrence, top star for e NOT COLDS | more than 25 years left her pS RG (CP) Many, Broadway role in “The King kK they are suf-|and I” Aug. 16 for the treat- are actually) ment of yellow jaundice. s, Says Dr, D However, a family associate South African! said jaundice was not the cause ‘i research. He!of death. He said an autopsy person in 10, would be performed in an ef- etajor allergy. |fort to determine the cause. Opens with Downpour, nglers Plan on Sunday aeeeee and a downpour met the opening of Salmon Derby today and while few—if any— Shing today, many are making plans to go out oe rain or shine. 7 r . Will be available Sunday at the Yacht Club, | Fisheries at Hunt's Float. A judge will be on i “\ the Hunt's Float weighing in station. ““, Merchandise prizes are being donated by city ‘a fervor that has overwhelmed the Derby Brentford 3, Doncaster Everton 3 I 0; Fullham Huddersfield r 0 ah) Are Sure ¢ ; ‘ ; ” f reoy coming across with some fine prizes,” two & voday Fr wor of all prizes tagged with names of the daily Weg: next week, Meantime, a list is being DY will i ea of tickets, amount of which at the end Bic soa the prize money. 8 for more on the Salmon Derby. ores rs City Set for Arrival Of Canadian Premier The weatherman won You are cordially invited and 6 p.m served Officers of Naval Reserve } of Canada tomorrow, Sunday, between the hours of 4:30 p.m. | at H.M.CS. Chatham’s Drill Hall. to meet the Prime Minister Tea will be From Loss of 1952 19.6 feet : 9 fee ; 2 os pa NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA’s NEWSPAPER eHOVINCIAL 3.8 feet Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—'’Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest’ . oe VOL, XLI, No. 210 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1952 TEN CENTS (including comic section) : = t rT ' 4 ‘ . i Lotteries | : Or For Charity | ‘Recommended a ni e VANCOUVER (—-Lotteries for : § | charity Friday were recommend- led to the Canadian Bar Asso- jciation in its annual meeting here | e ® r | Recommendation for legaliza- ‘ tion of lotteries came from the |administration of criminal jus- tice section ' if Voters | It was suggested the Criminal 1. ' . | Code be amended to permit lot- . . : ‘ ; -Election | terles for prizes having a value ® ° e : |of not more than $500. At pres- P, bi / t, t / d b electors tO ent prizes for raffles cannot be i U I nvi a fon SSUE y 1 + more tha, enn polls NCXL| AAS aes aM Blood A 26-year-old Port Simpson native, James Dudo- ward, this morning was charged with murdering his HM.C.S, Chatham is situated at. the foot of McBride companion, Wilfred White, here late Friday. White, about 49, a Port Simp- PRIME MINISTER ST. LAURENT 't promise anything too Street on First Avenue. Signed— On Early Electi ++ + Coming tomorrow VICTORIA.—Premier to comment on the -possibi Tanker Split Commanding Officer H. M. C. 8. Chatham Bennett Declines Comment By The Canadian Press election but contended he has every right to ask for the dissolution of Legislature -and a new election. possibility of a general election on Rumor Bennett Friday declined lities of an early general The premier stressed that at no time has he said there is the in the near future. At the same time, though, he ing to Prince George. | bright for tomorrow but everything else is settled ifor the visit here of Canada’s Prime Minister—the it. Hon. Louis S. St. Laurent. The 70-year-old leader of the: Liberal party in Camada and Secretary of State for External Affairs until his appointment as; leader of the Canadian govern-| ment in . November, 1948, is| scheduled to arrive here by air} about 2 p.m. from Powell River. | He will permet ab the air base! by E. T. Applewhaite, Liberal! Member of Parliament for) Skeena and after inspecting | Boy Scouts at Booth Memorial | High School will make an offi- | ‘ial call on Mayor Harold Wha- | len and city council in Council) Chambers At 4:25 p.m. he will inspect the Captain Cook Sea Cadets in the Drill Hall and will then at- tend a public reception under the auspices of HMCS Chatham at the navy drill hall. All those intending to see the inspection | are requested to be at the drill hall at 4:15. At least half a dozen promi- nent native chiefs will be in attendance at the reception and representatives’ from all local service. clubs..-will. meet. the} Prime Minister. The general public are invited to the recep-| tion and also will have an op-/} portunity of meeting him | The drill hall and annex at} HMCS Chatham has beer com-| pletely redecorated. There will be no speeches at} the reception, but Mr. St, Laur-| ent will address a public meet-| ing sponsored by the Chamber | of Commerce in the Civic Cen- tre auditorium at 8:45 p.m. ° He departs for Smithers by train at 10 p.m. and will spend an hour in that city before fly-j| Big-3 Agree — To Meet | Russ Demands | MOSCOW (P)—Britain, Unit- led States and France Saturday {proposed to meet with Russia lin London Sept. 29 to discuss | the new draft of a peace treaty |for Austria. To meet Russia’s demands, the Big Three western powers agreed to limit Austria’s armed forces to 53,000 troops and po- lice once the four-power treaty is signed. The three western govern- ments also agreed to Russia’s insistence the specific guaran- tees be included in any treaty providing for basic freedoms, free elections and dissolving of any Nazi-like organizations. The British-American-French propesals were delivered in in- formal notes to the Russian foreign office. The western |move represented a joint effort | ther | a.m. Sept. 6, one hour before the }gines and a fire squirt dating) At Sea, 13 Feared Lost | CHARLESTON, S.C., | Honduras tanker, | Star, (®—The Foundation | battered by heavy seas |split in two about 130 miles | southeast of here today with the | possible loss of 13 men. , Coast Guara reported that the First Baby Born Over Pacific Ocean VANCOUVER, ©) — Flight 306) Bmu. came in today from Hong Kong| At Miami, with an extra passenger-—a Chi- | said it had accepted a navy of- nese baby born over the Pacific | fer to divert four destroyer- Ocean. type ships to assist in the search A barrage of exploding flash for the missing men. bulbs welcomed the baby girl Two crew members refused as she was carried in a wooden} to leave the wreckage, the Emu box makeshift cradle from the | reported , big Canadian Pacific Airlines Under Maritime law, a wreck- plane ed ship can not be claimed as Her salvage prize as long as crew members remain aboard. Birthda y | Of. 30 men, It said 17 had been picked up by the Norwegian ship Chinese mother and fa- and 24 other passengers followed her into the immigra- tion office. She was born at 9 international dateline but the plane landed at Shemya airport in the Aleutians at 12:50 a.m. Sept. 5 Born to Wong Yuk Tong, 21, wife of Danie] Yuk Kai, 31, of| Railroader Heppner, Ore., the log showed | the baby’s place of birth as “co-| A_ life-long railroader, who ordinate 48 degrees north, 162} has spent most of his years in degrees east at 9,000 feet aboard | British Columbia, Bernard Al- C.P.A. flight 306.” len, today received birthday The crew claimed a new honor| greetings from old friends in the tiny Chinese girl is the| Prince Rupert. first, baby born over the Pacific.; Manager of Canadian National - _— re | Railways lines in B.C., and man- - sani _— |ager of the drydock here during nena an fe tg ctr Fire | the last war, Mr. Allen reached "ia : a ,.| his 65th birthday today. Brigade Museum, which traces y the growth of fire risks in the| He is leaving the CNR at the city from early times, will be| end of this month to assume his open to the public soon for the|N€W post as a member of the first. time since 1933, Exhibits|board of directors of the B.C.- will include wooden water mains,|OWned Pacific Great Eastern old-time hand-drawn fire en- | Railway. a His appointment was announ- from the great fire of London in|ced several weeks ago by Pre- 1666. |mier W. A. C. Bennett. BULLETINS Atomic Weapons for NATO PARIS — (CP) — Gen. J. Lawton Collins, United States army chief of staff said today at Supreme Headquarters of Allied powers in Europe that North Atlantic Treaty forces in Europe eventually will be supported by atomic weapons. He said a discussion is under way for intergrating weapons, including artillery and guided missiles into European forces. Bridges Conviction Upheld SAN FRANCISCO (CP)—A federal appeals court today affirmed the 1950 perjury conviction of longshore leader Harry Bridges. It also upheld an order revoking his United States citizenship. Bridges, a native of Australia, Was convicted of swearing falsely at his naturalization hearing in |to prod Russia into agreeing to {the Austrian pact. \$.£00-ton tanker. carried a-crew Wishes to answered his critics who say he can’t ask for a dissolution be- cause he has no legislature to dissolve. “There is no doubt at all} about whether or not there is a legislature,” he said. “Electors| Who has gained three degrees voted in a new legislature June 12. “Forty-eight members were duly elected and election writs are in certainty. We have a regular constituted legislature therefore, legislature could be dissolved. I’m not saying it’s ;going to be, but I say it could be the Coast Guard ‘Plywood Plant Announced For Prince George | | PRINCE GEORGE (CP)—Plans |for construction of a $400,000 |plywood plant four miles west ;of here are in the final stages. | The announcement was made |Friday by representatives of W. |R. Zeidler Co. Ltd. of South Ed- smonton following week-end consultations here. Negotiations now are under way with Paci- fic Great Eastern Railway for the purchase of land. Al Injured In Bus, Truck Collision BORDENTOWN, NJ., — @ — Night express bus running from New York to Washington collid- ed with the rear of a truck today on the New Jersey turnpike, in- juring all 41 aboard as well as two persons in the truck. Police said the bus left the) road after the collision, rolled down a 10-foot embankment and into a field. Front of the bus was rammed back to the third row of seats. : Pilgrims Perish in Indian Trek NEW DELHI (CP)—Newspapers reported today at least 350 pil- grims perished and many oth- ers are missing in .a_ fierce storm that caught them on a trek toward the Sacred Seat of Hindu gods on the high glacial slopes of the Himalayas. A spokesman for the Indian government said he doubted if an accurate count of the dead was possible, however, because pilgrims were scattered over many miles of mountain trails when the post-monsoon snows overtook them. They were struggling toward the headwater region of the Holy Ganges river for the an- son fisherman, died in Prince Rupert General Hospital last night less than three hours af- ter he was found aboard ac- cused’s boat with his face se- verely mutilated. Police imvestigation disclosed five person were aboard the small fishing boat, Laura Louise, off the Shell Oil Dock when an argument took place between the two men. RCMP found White, his face covered with blood, in the cabin section, They took him to hos- pital. TERRIBLE GASH He was suffering from multi- ple lacerations. He had a “ter- rible” deep gash on the left side of his face and back of his head although the cuts were not con- sidered dangerous. His general condition was reported “good.” After doctors took restorative measures he was placed in a RESEARCH SECRETARY—Dr. John Cameron Clutie, 34, of Sarnia, Ont., has been named secretary of the Defence Re- search Board, the scientific arm of the defence depart- ment. A chemist, Dr. Clunie is a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University since the war. He joined the board in 1951. (CP Photo) PGE Nears Completion PRINCE GEORGE (€P)—The Quesnel-Prince George exten- sion of the Pacific Great East- ern Railway will probably be completed by Sept. 18, an in- spection party said Friday. George Murray, “member of parliament for Cariboo and Alderman. Harold, Assman. of Prince George said only 100 feet of uncompleted bridge and sev- eral thousand yards of gravel stand in the way of the first official Prince George-Quesnel train. Just returned from a survey of the extension, the two men said a 100-foot gap in Abhau Creek bridge about 60 miles; south of here needs to be closed. Tracks will not be ready for regular traffic for some months room under observation. He died shortly after 5 p.m. and an autopsy report said death was caused by loss of blood. Dudoward, who also was in the cabin, was taken to police headquarters and held for in- vestigation. After White died he made a | statement to police. Appearing before magistrate } W._D.. Vance this in a maroon shirt and * trou-” sers, he stood solemnly in the prisoner dock to hear the charge of murder read to him. A. Bruce Brown, who appear- ed for the Crown, sought and was granted an adjournment until September 13 to give de- fence counsel and the prosecu-~ tor time to prepare their case. While no weapons or exhibits of any kind were,displayed in court, a broken liquor bottle is reported te be among objects gathered by police in the cabin of the boat. Police investigation so far has not disclosed reasons for the argument. The three others aboard the boat at the time were juveniles. RCMP said there were signs of a rumpus in the cabin al- though it was not badly upset. Gashes on White’s face ap~- peared to have been inflicted by a broken bottle. yet, they said. It will take that time for a crew to level and line the tracks. Dudoward will be held in jail here pending the preliminary hearing. White was married and is MEXICAN FORCES ‘survived also’ by a brother and The peacetime strength of the! his mother at Port Simpson. His Mexican army is 51,000 and she| body was taken to B.C. Under- also has a small navy and air! takers pending funeral arrange- force. | ments, Famed British Pilot Killed In Supersonic Flight Crash FARNBOROUGH, Eng., A De Havilland 110—Britain’s new wonder jet fighter—exploded in a supersonic flight before 120,000 spectators at Farnborough air show today, killing its famed pilot, Seven spectators were also reported killed. Pilot was John Derry, first British aviator to exceed the speed of sound and live to tell about it. After three violent blasts apparently occurring as the plane broke through the sound barrier, it blew to pieces in a blinding flash directly over the crowd. Dozens of pieces spiralled to the earth. The fuselage crashed into a hillside and police said both Derry and a companion not identified were killed instantly. Shaw Refused Merit Order; No Need For Publicity LONDON (Reuters)—George Bernard Shaw, the late Irish dramatist and socialist, was “more than once” offered one of Britain’s highest distinctions—the Order of Merit—but re- fused it each time, his former secretary said today. “I need no publicity . . . either I shall be remembered as a playwright as long as Aristophanes and rank with Shakes- peare and Moliere, or I shall be a forgotten clown before the end of the century,” Miss Blanche Patch quoted him as once ~ remarking. , The order is limited to a living membership of 24 Britons, plus “honorary members” of foreign countries. | 1945 that he wasn’t a Communist. nual Mani Mahesh festival. vs