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110
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Peirlhpps
KYO
(CT)
Allied
armored
patrols
today
into
Mun.san,
21
miles
northwest
of
Seoul,
i
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Al
1.1.-11
j?l
i
ii
tilling
out
a
neu
iineat
10
me
iianK
oi
ine
oiu
2
Korean
capital.
Janks
and
South
Korean
ln-nen
hunted
through
Munsan
without
opposi
tion
and
then
withdrew.
Elsewhere
along
the
100-mile
Manslaughter
Trial
After
Train
Wreck
PKINCE
GEORGE
(CP)
The
manslaughter
trial
of
Alfred
John
Atherton
opened
here
yesterday
with
the
suggestion
by
Defence
Counsel
John
Difen-baker
that
perhaps
the
Canadian
N
ationaf
Railways
should
be
facing
prosecution.
i
hi
Landings
Defeat
of
i
Communism
Tide
Turning
Against
World
Domination
Ridgway
i
TOKYO
(CP)-Lt.
Gen.
Mathew'
Ridgway
said
today
that
the
United
Nations
battle
in
Korea
may
have
started
the
defeat
of,
Communism's
efforts
at
world'
domination.
'
'
The
United
Nations
comman-l
der's
comment
was
contained
in
I
answer
to
Lt.
Gen.
James
Van'
Fleet,
Allied
field
commander,
I
front
the
preatest
obstacles
were
cncounlvred
by
probing
tank
patrols
where
mine
fields
were
covered
by
small
arms
fire.
Chinese
amies
are
"willing
on
the
vine'
'because
of
lack
of
sun
Sir-
if
plies,
said
Lt.
General
Edward
M.
Almond,
commander
of
the
United
Slates
Tenth
Corps.
The
Teds
have
withdrawn
to
keep
out
r;f
range
of
United
Na-'on.'s
artillery.
,
J2
Mill
Co-op.
jjnon
Colli
Storage,
irol
H
5c.
2'i.(l('0
Cold
Storage,
and
H
''"
23.
Cold
Storage,
r
mid
IS-'
CANAPHN
a.
18
(Kir)
Bool.ll,
18.1c,
V
;
congratulating
Ridgway
on
his
,
Nevertheless,
Almond
caution-
nomination
to
a
full
generalship
rrt.
tliev
ae
preparing
for
an-!
:
i
V
J
15c.
I
41.0H0
I5r.
ill
45
1100
Atlln,
18.1c,
-
Pacific,
Admired
Music
Festival
Here
KETCHIKAN
W.
E.
Sco'J,
well
known
Ketchikan
music
teacher,
back
from
attending
the
Music
and
Drama
Festival
at
Prince
Rupert,
where
he
had
two
of
his
boy
students
entered,
liked
the
way
the
whole
community
entered
into
the
affair.
The
frank
criticism
(or
praise
I
i
of
the
adjudicators
he
also
ad-1
mired.
The
manner
in
which
the
adjudicators'
opinions
were
de
Atherton,
22-year-old
telegrapher,
is
charged
following
the
Canoe
River
train
wreck
'.if
November
21
last
in
which
twenty-one
were
killed.
He
is
alleged
to
have
relayed
a
train
order
Incorrectly,
resulting
in
the
collision
of
two
trains
one
a
regular
passenger
and
the.
other
a
trooper.
While
Mr.
Difcnbaker
was
cross-examining
a
witness,
Eric-Pcpler,
deputy
attorney
general,
objected
to
questions
regarding
the
use
of
wooden
cars,
saying
that
the
"Canadian
National
Railways
Is
not
on
trial
here.
It
is
the
poor
man
in
the
box."
,.
Difenbaker
replied;
"Perhaps
the
CNR
should
be."
.
Mr.
Justice
A.
D.
MacFarlane,
is
the
presiding
judge.
;
""""
'
"
'!
:
and
15c.
iecr,
5(1.0110-
Cold
Stor-
16
5c
and
15c.
lis,
18.000-
Cold
Stor-
16
2c
and
lfic.
36.0OO
Bacon,
18
lc,
15c.
'
other
attack.
Lt.
General
James
Van
Flent.
United
Nations
ground
commander,
emphasized
this
point.
Van
Fleet
said
that
his
men
were
In
excellent
spirits,
at
the
highest
peak
of
determination
and
"we
are
ready
for
the
enemy
now
or
at
any
time
In
the
future."-
An
Eighth
Army
spokesman
said
that
6,000
North
Korean
Reds
who
had
threatened
to
outflank
Seoul
were
either
killed
or
routed.
Jasper
Park
Given
Plug
NEW
YORK
The
vacation
possibilities
of
Canada
In
general
and
Jasper
National
Park
in
particular
were
stressed
ai
a
national
wide
American
television
audience
by
W.
H.
"Bill"
Robinson
chief
photographer
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
CADET
GUIDES
When
the
Canadian
cruiser
Ontario
held
open
house
during
a
stay
at
Sydney,
Australia,"
sea
cadets
aboard
acted
as
guides
for
a
party
of
Australian
Sea
Rangers.
The
cadets!
thre-;
of
six
chosen
from
across
Canada
to
make
the
trip
with
the
Ontario,
are,
left
to
Tight:
Grrald
Freill,
Montreal;
Edward
Kennedy,
Vancouver;
and
Douglas
Grouse,
Bridgewater,
N.S.
The
girls,
left
to
right,
are:
Jeanette
Merner,
Anne
Parsons,
Shirley
Wilken,
Evie
Freeman
and
Norah
Wadge.
,
'CP
from
National
Defence)
1
II,
30.000
Royal,
18.1c,
I
155c.
livered
before
the
audiences
he
felt
was
of
benefit
both
to
pe-r
formers
and
public.
,
Mr.
Scott
commented
that
the
Prince
Rupert
festival
might"
iot
have
been
so
colorful
ns
Ketchikan's
festival
but,
what
it
may
have
lacked
in
showmanship,
It
certainly
made
up
i
Joan,
9.000
Atlln,
r
and
15c.
Buy.
8.00Q;
Primrose,
rt
B.,
44,000;
Ingrld
JR.,
11.000;
Domino
Suar.
8,000;
Jeanette
Fanny
S.,
7.000;
Roam-Siunal,
47,000;
North-
,40000
-Co-op.
in
a
telecast
originating
In
Nt;w
York-.
Robinson,
described
by
Caroline
Burke
"Vacation
Wonderland"
commentator
as
the
Tito
Target
of
Assassin
j
Attempt
on
Life
of
Yugoslav
Chief
'
.
Tl
All
'
Tk
i
m
I
m
Rough
Time
In
Panama
Imborgo
Britain
Stops
Nearly
Three
Million
Pounds
Halibut
landings
in
Prince
Rupert
up
to
May
9
totalled
2.983.000
pounds
of
which
123,000
pounds
were
landed
by
American
boats.
"fishlngest.
photographer
in
North
America,"
told
of
the
scenic
wonders
of
the
great
Jasper
playground
and
declared
for
In
performance
"and
that's
what
counts,"
isn't
it?
the
local
teacher
added.
j
nuiviii,
(jf)
ine
newspaper
11
Tempo
saiu
last
night
that
Yugoslav
refugees,
reaching
Trieste
from
Belgrade,
said
that
Marshal
Tito
had
been
shot
'EATHEFT
that
American
vacationists
would
receive
a
warm
welcome
in
any
paxt.JiC.Can;u1a
they
an
wounded
in
a
recent
assassination
attempt
at
LONDON
(CP)-Chlna
will
PANAMA
9
Mobs
rioted'
through
the
streets
pf
Panama
City
today,
demanding
the
overthrow
of
President,
Arnulfo
Arias.
One
man
was
killed
and
at
least
112
injured
when
crowds
clashed
with
Ariasa's
supporters.
"
"
Svll(lISUi
weal
her
returned
to
no
more
rubber
from
the
British
his
palace.
.
il
soctnns
of
British
--
...
.
According
to
the
refugees,
11
:
colonies
this
year
because
she
j
has
already
enough
to
meet
her
!
normal
rivllinn
rpmiirpmpnls
Recruiting
f
Going
Well
OTTAWA
(CP)
Recruiting
for
the
Twenty-Seventh
Brigade,
chose
to
visit.
The
Robinson
interviews
was
Illustrated
by
one
of
the
Canadian
Nationals
newest
motion
picture'
films
"Ticket
to
Jasper."
overnight
associated
Tempo
said,
the
attempt
cn
Tito's
life
was
covered
up
by
extensive
area
of
low
i,
Bi,
Marti...
ch.n...
,iao(
Uhich
is
drifting
slowly
Quesnel
Man
!
Body
Located
far
west.
of
the
Board
of
Trade,
told
the
House
of
Commons
this
today.
The
announcement
was
made
Santo
Tomas
Hospital
said
that
86
persons
were
given
first
aid
treatment
for
injuries.
Arnulfo,
having
dissolved
the
House
of
Assembly,
is
ruling
with
the
aid
of
the
army
and
police.
I
:ntrior
of
the
province
destined
for
European
service,
has
boon
Increasing
after
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Chur"-
Laundry
Girls
Win
Jackpot
DAWSON,
Y.T.
The
shrill
blast
of
sirens
last
night
heralded
the
start
of
the
spring
ice
break-up
on
the
Yukon
River.
The
ice
began
moving
at
11:06
p.m.,
only
three
minutes
away
from
their
guess
of
11:03,
laundry
workers,
Kal
Kerteen
and
Jennie
Monk,
who
split
a
$3000
jackpot.
.
fit
the
night.
Shower
i
chill,
opening
debate
on
China
,l
I
s
has
swung
into
high
gear
with
nearly
1000
men
enlisted,
the
Canadian
Army
said
today.
In
the
Western
Command
there
have
been
266
enrolments
and
spread
slowly
inland
QUESNEL
0i
Retreating
snow
j
has
uncovered
the
body
of
a
receht
reports
from
Belgrade
which
said
the
Yugoslav
chief
was
In
hospital
after
a
gallbladder
operation.
The
paper
quoted
them
as
saying:
"Two
young
men
fired
at
Tito
as
he
left
his
car
in
front
of
the
palace.
Tito
was
hit
in
the
thigh.
Belgrade
police
caught
ie
day,
reaching
the
few
section
by
this
af-
trapper.
James
Skokan,
police
407
applications.
nd
the
Okanagan
re-
said
yesterday.
t'lis
evening.
No
rain
Is
'
Little
Girls
Are
Drowned
in
the
KooWnays
until
trade,
demanded
that
rubber
shipments
be
suspended.
The
president
of
the
Board
of
Trade
said
Chinese
Imports
X
rubber
for
the
first
three
months
of
this
"year
had
been
so
abnormally
high
"that
her
civlliati
needs
for
the
year
could
be
regarded
as
fully
satisfied."
Sir
Hartley
said
that,
apart
from
rubber,
our
trade
with
China,
whether
direct
'
or
both
men.
Bride
Given
Arms
Are
Not
Standardized
OTTAWA
(CP)
Minister
of
National
Defence
Brooke
Claxton
said
Wednesday
that
Canada
regrets
"failure"
to
standardize
western
arms
and
said
the
most
discouraging
factor
Is
that
United
States
and
Great
Britain
cannot
even
see
eye
to
eye
on
the
arms
they
are
adopting
for
the
future.
Mr.
Claxtor.
made
the
statement
in
the
House
of
Commons
in
replying
to
a
siege
of
suggestions
and
accusations
thrown
at
i
he
Rockies
strong
nor
"The
would
be
assassins
were
sentenced
to
death
and
shot."
ms
are
driving
another
it
polar
air
southward
Throne
Empty
Peace
River
country
Nd
rain
and
snow
this
They
said
the
body
of
Skokan,
missing
since
early
January,
was
found
by
his
son,
Adolph
of
Es-terhazy,
Saskatchewan,
and
William
Horn
of
Wingdam.
Five
men
nearly
lost
their
lives
in
February
in
a
futile
300-mile
search
for
Skokan.
They
became
lost
temporarily.
One
member
of
the
party
was
burled
In
an
avalanche.
Others
had
to
dig
him
out
with
their
bare
hands.
Another
plunged
Into
a
wilder
Tito's
wound,
they
said,
had
never
been
regarded
as
serious.
Jet
Planes
ire
in
sharp
contrast
to
I
through
colonial
territories,
NANCY,
France
Archduke
Old
Tragedy
Is
Revived
Vancouver
reports
today
re
atternoon's
tempera-1
could
have
had
no
signmcant
Otto
Van
Hapsburg,
heir
to
the
kvie
SPvenlloc
PRINCE
GEORGE
KB
Tim
small
girls
were
drowned
Wednesday
In
the
Anzac
River
when
their
boat
capsized.
They
were
the
daughters
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
New.
.The
tragedy
occurred
eighty
miles
northwest;
of
here.
One
girl
was
four
years
old
and
the
other,
two.
.
Police
said
they
were
riding
in
a
speedboat
with
their
parents.
ieffevt
on
the
military
potential
of
China
in
Korea.
defunct
Austra-H
ungaiian
throne,
gave
his
lost
kingdom
to
his
Empress
today.
He
married
a
blue-eyed
German
Princess
in
a
lavish
display
of
Eighteenth
Cen
I
forecast
City.
Lower
Fraser
f
ait
of
Georgia
regions
'ith
showers
today
and
Lock
Wings
The
minister
said
that
Britain
would
give
her
"full
support"
to
a
United
States
limit
of
trade
with
China
but
pointed
out
that
vived
a
month-old
Masset
trag-
the
government
during
two
days
of
debate
on
the
record
$1,600,-000,000
defence
budget
for
this
fiscal
year.
,
i
edy
story
and
claimed
it
hap-j
pened
last
night.
The
case
was
ness
lake
while
the
temperature
if
"'e
change
in
trmper
itwinck
i
nur
tnnihi
this
proposal
was
not
intended
stood
at
ten
below.
tomorrow
at
Van-'
to
lmPOSe
a
complete
embargo,
iwt,
Abbotsford
and'
tury
pageantry.
Scores
of
Europe's
throncless
royalty
thronged
here
for
double
rites
.uniting
the
38-year-old
Otto
and
25-year-old
Princess
Regina
of
Saxony-Meiningen
whom
he
met
while
touring
refugee
camps
In
Bavaria.
ana
58.
;r,asl
region
Cloudv
that
ot
Irene
Bell,
aged
12,
and
her
small
sister.
Agnes,
who
were
trapped
and
burned
to
death
in
their
homo.
A
"smart"
Vancouver
dispatch
said
it
happened
last
night.
Actually
it
was
over
a
month
ago
and
was
reported
in
the
Daily
News
at
the
time.
Vancouver
Island
Bridge
Collapses
TOKYO
Wi
Two
United
States
F-80
jet
fightfr
planes
locked
wings
In
a
practice
dive
over
the
big
Japanese
industrial
city
of
Fukuoka
today.
One
crashed
in
flames,
killing
the
pilot
and
ten
Japanese.
A
Tokyo
News
Agency
dispatch
said
the
plane
struck
the
home
of
Imakiemi
Konishi.
He
and
his
family
were
burned
to
death.
Far
Eastern
Air
Forces
headquarters
said
one
of
the
jets
failed
to
pull
out
of
a
dive
and
crashed.
The
other
managed
to
return
to
base.
it
Truman
Backs?
Gen.
Marshall
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
President
Truman,
at
a
press
conference,
today
said
that
the
testimony
of
Defence
Secretary
Two
more
American
halibut-ters
unloaded
fish
in
Prince
Rupert
today.
They
are
the
Sea
Lad,
Capt.
Ronald
Leask,
and
the
Jeanette.
Capt.
Bong
Johnson,
both
of
Ketchikan.
TODAY'S
'ts
today
and
Friday.
"l
today
and
southeast
0
arpas
tomorrow.
Lows
1
l
highs
Friday
Port
"I
65;
Sandsplt
and
44
and
52.
LAKE
COWICHAN
Ift
The
STOCKS
centre
span
of
the
Riverside
bridge
collapsed
into
Cowichan
River
yesterday
less
than
an
hour
Alaska
Town
Is
Flooded
FAIRBANKS,
Alaska
01-Flood
waters,
backed
up
by
an
Ice
jam
in
the
Kuskokwim
River,
today
swirled
through
the
town
of
Bethel
near
the
mouth
of
the
river.
Residents
of
the
community
of
five
thousand
prepared
to
flee
to
higher
ground
while
a
foot
of
water
ran
through
the
main
Johnston
Co.
1.1
rt.
i
(liiurlfsjf
8.
D.
after
bearing
the
weight
of
school
buses
carrying
150
children.
IdES
1
Marshall
at
the
Senate
investi-;
gallon
into
Far
Eastern
matters
j
was
the
"exact
truth,
word
for
,
word."
Russia
Selling
Wheat
to
India
NEW
DELHI
Russia
has
agreed
to
sell
50,000
tons
of
wheat
to
India,
Prime
Minister
Nehru
said
today.
The
wheat
Is
already
on
the
way
in
Russian
ships.
,
The
centre
portion
of
the
150-
'lay.Mav
n
.22
,50
.42
foot
wooden
bridge,
constructed
Aumaque
Beattie
..;
Bevcourt
Buffalo
Canadian
twenty
years
ago,
collapsed
only
1051
18.4
feet
16.1
feet
5.3
fet
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3:56
17:23
10:54
22:50
The
President
also
said
there
was
no
truth
to
reports'
that
Secretary
of
State
Dean
Acheson
might
leave
office
within
a
few
months.
.
Consol.
Smelters
147.50
10.3
feet
1st
reets.
Conwest,
3.25
Donalda
55
Kldona
20V2
East
Sullivan
7.95
Giant
Yellowknife
6
25
-God's
Lake
.'
33
Hardrock
14V2
1
V
1
seconds
after
a
truck
driver
had
passed
over
it
for
the
second
time
in
a
day.
Traffic
is
now
being
detoured
over
a
planked
railway
bridge.
Peter
Lamont
Terrace,
Dies
Peter
Lamont,
81,
of
Terrace,
died
In
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
today.
He
Is
survived
by
his
wife,
narncana
.10721
,
1.
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VANCOUVER
(
American
Staidard
25
Bralorne
5.50
.
B
R
X
.3
Mi
Cariboo
Quartz
1.05
Congress
07
Hedley
Mascot
.47
Indian
Mines
27
'2
Pend
Oreille
v
7.45
Pioneer
190
Premier
Border
37
Privateer
11
Beeves
McDonald
415
Reno
'
S'j
Sheep
Creek
158
Silbak
Premier
50
Vananda
19
Salmon
Gold
.03
Spud
Valley
.07
Silver
Standard
.-.
2.26
'
Western
Uranium
1.93
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
6.00
A
P
Con
'
.44
Atlantic
3.25
Calmont
116
Central
Leduc
2.30
Home
Oil
15.00
Mercury
14
Okalta
-
2.65
-
Princess
1.58
TORONTO
Athona
.06
Special
Announcement
MANSON'S
CHINA
SHOP
RE-OPENS
FRIDAY,
MAY
1
1
See
the
wonderful
Gifts
.
.
iust
in
time
for
"MOM"
on
MOTHER'S
DAY
SPECIAL
OPENING
OFFER
With
every
purchase
of
$3.50
or
more
we
will
give
you
FREE
One
FLINT
BREAD
KNIFE
((Retail
value
$350
1
SUNDAY,
MAY
13
'f-ML'MBER
"
"MOM"
ON
HER
DAY
Complete
new
lines
of
c0STUME
JEWELLERY.
WATCHES,
RINGS,
ETC.
member
you
are
beating
the
tax
J'
i"wnt
stock
was
purchased
before
the
budget
You
don't
pay
the
tax
at
Isabella,
who
is
staying
with
the
nevd
.14
Jacknife
..;
8'4
Joliet
Quebec
.50
Little
Long
Lac
61
Lynx
.13
'2
Madscn
Red
Lake
2.03
McKenzie
Red
Lake
45
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
2.37
Moneta
..;
.32
Negus
:
80
Noranda
75.00
Louvicourt
18
Pickle
Crow
1.58
San
Antonio
2.30
Senator
Rouyn
17
Sherrit
Gordon
3.20
Steep
Rick
8.25
Silver
Miller
1.80
Upper
Canada
1.45
Golden
Manltou
8.00
deceased
nephew,
Donald
Mac-Donald,
in
Prince
Rupert;
a
step-son,
George
Peters,
Toronto;
two
daughters,
Susan
and
Edith
are
in
Winnipeg;
a
sister,
Mrs.
R.
MaDonald,
in
Vancouver.-
Mr.
Lamont
came
to
Terrace
three
years
ago
from
Victoria,
where
he
had
been
mink-farming.
It
Is
expected
the
funeral
will
NEW
COUNCIL
HEAD
Mrs.
Allan
Turner
Bone,
prominent
Montreal
club-woman,
is
slated
for
presidency
of
the
National
Council
of
Women.
Mrs.
Bone
will
succeed
Mrs.
R.
J.
Marshall
of
Agincourt,
Ont.,
when
the
'
ANSON'S
JEWELLERS
I
latter's
five-year
term
ends
In
j
September.
(CP
PHOTO)
i
take
place
In
Vancouver.