sher eats wire Presidency nt Stake \ Mosher favor year-old ud ended in tehaired president the ent nvention nig hen phold the f execu expe g McGuire, National af the f ne nion M f of 4 4 4 the n ; LU ial Men National Scheme of the VOL. XLI, No. 220 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., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS lL» DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Me a o ee HEE He. a wun Cs SSS SSS RS Canuck Troops Return From VANCOUVER (@®-—A caravan of buses arrived here last | night with 156 Canadian veterans of the Korean war and their mascot The men, members of the First Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, arrived at Seattle earlier in the day ye Mi abord the U.S, Navy troopship Gen. H. L. Howze. HARD AGROUND—The Norwegian freighter Marit, 9,800 tons, ran aground on the St. Lawrence | Shelt regimental Masodt, a Gag named “Petey, Was cna river island of Orleans near Quebec City in a storm. None of the 11 passengers or 35 crew eroned by Lieut. W.'R. Burton-Foster of Vancouver, members was injured. Three days later the vessel was still aground although 700 tons of oil were piped out of it to lighten strain to the hull ~ Boyd Gang Case Moves Into Co TORONTO (CP).—Case of the Boyd gang now moves into the courts for a long round of trials oh charges of murder, bank robbery, attempted bank robbery and escaping custody rhe murder trial of Steve Suchan and Leonard Jackson will open Monday in one court| while a series of bank robbery | trials involving Edwin ,Alonzo| Boyd starts the same morning Suchan and Jackson made a brief appearance yesterday in| Assize court before Chief Jus-| tice J. C. MeCruer and pleaded | V | | | City Museum Threatened With Immediate Closure ‘We're Bankrupt, New Building Only Answer,’ Says Director | The Prince Rupert museum is in dire financial straits and unless some “drastic action” is seen im- mediately, “there will be no other alternative but to elose*it.” ae en The plight of one of the city’s)? us to be the only way the) major focal points for tourists) ™uUSeum can survive. } was described last night by F.| Mr. Anfield said that because E. Anfield, museum director, be-/ of criticism which had been fore a meeting of the Prince/levelled at the museum board, Rupert Junior Chamber of Com-|all charges to visitors this year jhad been’ dropped, as well paid memberships. “We were hoping to operate on donations. But what has hap- pened? “There has been a territic| recession in finances and a big} | | j merce as “The only answer to the problem is a new building. Any plan to make the museum survive in its present location will not be fruitful, the mus- eum board feels,” he said. ;on a busy street March 6 while} | was captured with Bo 'bank robbery and one of at-| (CP PHOTO) | aie Second Murder Case Falls, nat, Lack of Crown Evidence in the slaying of Detective Ed-| e mund Tong. Tong was shot down | Indian Freed of Wife-Killing Sine ok ok ce ae ee For the seeond day in a row a man accused of died March 23, |murder walked from the Court House a free man Boyd's trial opens next Mon-| hocause of lack of evidence. day for the $24,696 armed rob- bery of the Bank of Montreal} Duncan James Lolly, 25-year-| ~ branch in Toronto last March 4,|9ld Fort Babine Indian, was| rifie Two men not involved in the/|Téleased from custody this morn-| " pyidence disclosed the couple escape of Boyd and three others|ing after Crown and defence! haq a drinking party the night from the Toronto Don Jail—| counsel agreed that all evidence prior to Julie’s death. Joseph Jackson and Allister Gib-| “POimted away, rather than to-| One witness, David Addnes, son—are charged with Boyd in| W@rd the accused.” next door neighbor of the the robbery j Mr. Justice Norman W. Whit- | Lolly’s, identified a rifle, which William Russell Jackson, who| taker agreed with counsel and | he said belonged to Mrs. Lolly. yd, Loam) directed the 12-man Assize In answer to a question from ard Jackson and Suchan Tues-| Court jury te return a verdict | Mr. Brown, he said: of not guilty. “Duncan James told me ‘with Lolly had been charged. with sae —— my wite Killed her- murdering his wife, Julie, in : their Pendleton Bay cabin, 28 | INTERPRETER miles east of Burns Lake, last == isto ask for an aequit- ;tal came at 11 a.m. after two tempted bank robbery. Others | members of e aetie tole of deal with breaking pail. going to the cabin, finding the Te ee re | woman dead on the floor and accused bleeding from “what ap- Giants, Tribe ss." sve = Win Games. jy tier ie trectea“Snnnes Pennant Race jury to acquit Vernon Elgin NEW YORK (CP) — Pursuing day night after winning 9% | days of freedom in the jail) break, will get his trial turn in| one of a series of 22 true bills returned against the members| of the gang yesterday. There. are-l1 indictments of! he heard a man shout in the next house.” He said he saw Duncan James inside the door with a rifle in his hand. He was ery- ing. His wife was lying on the floor and their baby was lying on a bed. “I took the rifle away from him and put it outside the cabin. Duncan James was standing up and had blood on his face. I McMaster of a charge of mur- dering Laurenzo Greco at New Hazelton last July 7 because of lack of evidence. With Sam Patrick as inter- pretor for the Crown Addnes| 4 true OOFer. \ald of going to the Loily cabin) ~, jose “friend Of Mr. Calder’s about 4:30 am. July 22 after) from Telegraph Creek, on & visit “holler and The present building housing increase in visitors. .|New York Giants and Cleveland | “We are completely bankrupt.” tdians, refusing to be counted} Thomas W. Brown, QC, de- ied i the museum, while of “fairly good construction,” has been condemned as an unsafe build- ing from a point of insurance, said Mr. Anfield. This precludes us from join Mr. Anfield said he was sure} there was a place for a museum in Prince Rupert. “We have exhibits here of | Indian lore which cannot be out of pennant races clung to} fence counsel, this morning ask- their slim flag hopes Wednes-|¢d Mr. Justice Whittaker to ex- lday but time was getting short-|Cuse the jury after which he |sought a “not guilty’ verdict. a game off| Prosecutor Gilbert Hogg agreed place lead in| With Mr. Brown's request er and shorter Giants _ sliced Brooklyn's first ing any museum exchange be- ry, Cause insurance companies will to not consider giving insurance ire,”’on borrowed exhibits. And by| belonging to an exchange, which | would give us exhibits from all| corners of the earth appears nts Plan Convention eeks to Choose Leader e Canadian Press red pro found elsewhere in fhe world. | We have had repeated re- |the National League, shutting | quests from museums in | out Chicago Cubs 2-0 while tail- Britain, Holland, Buenos Aires | end Pittsburgh Pirates upset the) to mention a few, to exchange |Dodgers 4-1. That left the exhibits. |Brooks with a three-game lead iwith nine left to play. “We are located in the largest 1 Chavelnd whipped “Washing- ethnological area in Canada and | ton Senators 6-1 but remained the museum isthe focal point|o,, jenoths behind the Ameri- = an a re of a [oan League pace-setting New ists eee - = _ese I | York Yankees, who walloped De- I am sure there is a place}; Tigers 12-3. for our museum here,” he re-| 44 pemon became the third iterated, “but it cannot be Op=/| rgian pitcher to reach the 20 erated on nothing.” victory total as he doled out (Hii \ | p> y ry ey will hold a convention “within oose a party leader to replace ron Johnson. Couneil . ifter lefeated ! which pow- hat he “There were no recriminations and critics adhered strictly to a positive attitude.” Organization, leadership and platform plans were discussed eader-/ at the “soul-searching” session ton which looked for reasons why in | the party was bounced in favor whit- | Of Social Credit in. June bal- ed deter- | loting. their treneth legi lature » eXpre m ¢ British Columbia Liberals an-| _ Mr. Anfield said he hoped) ..ven Washington safeties while the Junior Chamber of Com-| his mates were clubbing starter |merce will ponder this problem| waiter Masterson and Randy | seriously.” _.|Gumpert for nine that includ- | Bill Gordon was appointed @S/eq a homer by Bobby Avila. In addressing tne Jury, the Justice said that im the case of murder “as in all other cases, the burden rests upon the Crown.” JUDGE AGREES “In this case I am inclined to agree with counsel that there is no evidence that accused did kill his wife. “From evidence here it seems more likely that the deceased come to her death by taking her own life... “Under the circumstances you could not possibly bring in a verdict of guilty.” | Trial of Lolly opened late yes- |terday and during the afternoon |session, Mr. Brown attempted to put the rifle back in the cabin after another Indian told me to.” All witnesses in the trial— second murder case to be heard at this assizes—told of going by taxi from Pendleton Bay to Burns Lake, 28 miles away, where the group drank beer before returning home. TO CHRISTEN BABY In the group were Mr. and Mrs. Duncan James Lolly and their baby; Mrs. Alice Charlie, mother of Julie; Matthias James, brother of accused, and David George. Mrs. Charlie, first witness, said they went to Burns Lake to have the baby christened but when they arrived they were unable to locate a priest and so went to a beer parlor. Mrs. Charlie looked after the baby while the others drank beer and later she drank beer. Ernest Bader, driver of the | Jaycees representative to the! Karly Wynn and Mike Garcia|prove that Julie Duncan took| taxi that took the party from |museum board of directors. jare Cleve land’s other 20-game ee |winners. * her own life by shooting herself through the forehead with a .22 |their cabin to Burns Lake and | (Continued on Page 4) " __WEATHER— Synopsis | regions of British | | Southern | Columbia will enjoy sunny skies | | for the next two days. Afternoon | |temperatures Will range from 65 | An annual ‘to 70 near the coast to 80 in the|@Ward which will to one of Early morning | memorial leading citizens, nterior valleys. Rupert’s i | fog along the lower mainland | /late Alex Hunter, managing edi-|be established and awarded to tor of the Daily News, is being|other leading citizens to honor them while they are still living.” Mr. Moore said he had dis- cussed the plan with the Daily News publisher, John Magor, who had endorsed the plan and promised full co-opera- tion. When the time came to make Alex Hunter Good Citizenship Trophy Under Study by Prince Rupert Jaycees good citizenship|in this field was the late Alex also be a | Hunter, We harve read in the Prince | paper several suggestions that a the | memorial trophy to him should lection. Money for the trophy would be open to public subscription. A special committee will study the plan and bring in a report at the next meeting, Oct. 11. Mr, Hunter, with the Daily News for 30° years, first as re- porter, then as managing-editor, was killed in an accident May 10 at Kemano Bay in which Mr. Magor and Jack McRae, former MLA here, were seriously injured. His great effort to aid the com- Political circles here are alive with speculation following a statement by the 36-year-old CCF member for Atlin that he was going to Victoria on busi- ness. Mr. Calder, a cannery worker, was first elected to the provin- cial legislature in the 1949 gen- eral election after the Coalition Government of Premier Byron I. Johnson granted the fran- chise to natives. Mr. Calder left here two days ago for Victoria and is expected to meet Premier W. A. C. Bennett either today or tomorrow. While official confirmation of: such a move is lacking, it was learned that CCF members are not too happy about Mr, Cal- der’s political leanings. NOT TRUE COFer It is recalled that when the Social Credit party drew up its campaign for the Jume 12 elec- |tion, Mr. Bennett, at that time | leading spokesman for the party, said no Social Credit candidate CCF Indian Member May Get Cabinet Post Offer Frank Calder in Victoria Korea Accompanied by Mascot For Talks With Premier By ERIC SANDERSON First Indian ever elected ta a legislature in Can-. ada, Frank Calder, may be offered a Cabinet post in the British Columbia government. here, said he didn’t know of any other type of business which would take Calder to-Victoria. While no one would speculate on what Cabinet post would be offered to the Atlin member, it is known that some “double posts” can be split to allow ap- poititment of another minister. At the present time there are 10 members in the provincial Cabinet, including two non- elected members—Einar Gun- derson, Minister of Finance, and rapa Bonner, attorney-gener- If Mr. Bennett should now ap- point the Naas River Indian to his Cabinet, he would set an- other precedent in forming a body to run the affairs of gov- ernment in B.C. Reward Claimed For Boyd Gang TORONTO (CP) — A grocery would run against Mr. Calder. He said he felt the Indians should have representation in the government and in his opinion Frank Calder wasn’t { 18 Red Pa leaders Under — Arrest in US. WASHINGTON @—-The Jus- arrest of 18 midwest and west coast Communist Party leaders on charges of conspiring to advo- cate the overthrow of the gov- ernment by force and violence. Those arrested include leaders of the party in Missouri, Wash- ington state, and Michigan. Karl Larson, a leader in the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America (CIO), was arrested in Portland, Ore. US. Plans To Freeze Coal Supply WASHINGTON @ — The gov- ernment plans to issue an order many U.S. soft coal mines to provide an emergency stockpile in the event of a prolonged eoal strike, John L. Lewis plans call for some members of his United Mine Workers Union to quit work next Monday while othets will work until the contracts expire Sept. 30. tice Department. announced the], today freezing shipments from | day store proprietor Wednesday iaid the first claim to the $26,000 reward money posted for in- formation leading to the cap- ture of the Edwin Boyd gang. Gordon Beauchamp, °, said he p.m. Tuesday to inform them of his suspicions that the quar- tet -- Edwin Boyd, Leonard Jackson, William Jackson and ‘| Steve Suchan—had sought shel- ter on a farm near his home. The bandits were captured Tuesday in an old barn su- burbah North York, Steamship Line Reduces Sailing Here The Princess Norah in the Vancouver-Prince Rupert ser- vice entered drydock Wednesday \for a month’s general overhaul but her run will be served by the Princess Louise making calls at Ocean Falls, Kemano Bay, Kiti- mat and Prince Rupert on her regular run to Skagway, Alaska. Passengers and freight service to all these communities, except freight into Ocean Falls, will be performed by the Princess Louise effective with her sailing from Vancouver. The Louise is due here Satur-' Hl Southbound she will leave Skagway the night of Sept. 22, her regular sailing date, making her regular southbound calls with Kitimat added and arrive in Vancouver the night of Sept. 26 or morning of Sept. 27. Southbound no calls will be Made at Kemano Bay or Ocean Falls. ESS munity in every way is widely ill rid- | The Liberals pledged them-!"*o © > 1 * ay ederal elections, | Tidings in next provincial and | noon ee ina planned by the Junior Chamber , . the west coast of Vancouver 5 K ae | federal elections. Island are likely to persist of Commerce. . , ; a ee party cBiets, in- | nroughout the day. The award would be given feeling | « —, oe or John-|""Cloudiness is confined to: the| each year to the most outstand- ‘ he Lib- ress a) cea Dey eee | opntral regions and the northern | ing resident of the city, chosen f al Gordon S. Wismer, were in areas. Occasional light|as such by popular ballot, th in pw © ©] attendance at the meeting Doce aude peptnbac si i iy glans : ¥ : " In BC. pol-| «waive ¢ f soul- | rain is éxpected in these regions| The plan was discussed last @ cons esaganiaes ow ro a wo | Dut amounts will not be great.| night at the Jaycees’ first mect- back) months,” said the highly-placed | Forecast ing of the new term. me : officer of the Advisory Council.} cloudy today and Friday.| “A lot of work for the better- w °'s of the|“Some of us think we're better! Occasional light rain or drizzle | ment * the community aa > “S!Y chose | off now, with the lessons we've! along the western slopes Fog | and has been done in our = Ster, ge}, G8 and | learned, than before the June 12] patches over the water frequent- s eat who a Pp es house lead-| election. liv drifting over the shorelines. ae n x aay : eet “We're determined to get back! Little change in temperature. | §Tince upert, 58 leeting chaj : ight d| Moore, Jaycee president, as he the alia, iair-|to the grass roots and start| Winds light. Low tonight an roponed cod citizenshi by ym) Session | again where we left off. Liberals | high Friday at Port Hardy, Sand- | aaa a 8 Pp Wy " ‘nd har-|have learned their lesson, and|spit and Prince Rupert, 52 and. oo ‘ they aim to profit by it.” 62 One of the hardest workers the good citizenship ‘award, Mr. Moore said a committee would be chosen of representatives from each service organization and from the city council, Then a ballot form would be printed in the Daily News asking citizens to cast their vote for whomever they regarded as the “pest citizen of the year.” The committee would make the se- recognized. Several letters to the editor appeared in the News following Mr. Hunter’s ‘death suggesting a memorial trophy as a good citi- zenship award be established. G. P. Lyons, a local merchant, also forwarded the suggestion at a Chamber of Commerce meeting last June. ALEX HUNTER Memorial Trophy is planned by Prince Rupert Junior Chamber of Commerce in’ honor of the late managing editor of The Daily News. The trophy is mooted as a good citizenship award for the best citizen each year in the city. This picture was taken shortly before Mr. Hunter’s untimely death May 10 in an accident in Kemano Bay.