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B.
C.
KAY
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ohhes
urns
Daily
Delivery
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBLV8
NEWSPAPER
vol
i'l'i"!
0t
Conoda'
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHOtlE
81
In'
Deatli
of
U.S.
Ambassador
iotage'fSeen
8&wU
Are
Expected
U.S.
Envoy
Steinhardt"
Is
Killed
At
Ottawa
OTTAWA
(CP)
A
searching
investigation
was
promised
today
into
the
explosion
and
crash
thid
morning
on
the
outskirts
of
Ottawa
of
a
United
States
embassy
plane
killing
Laurence
Steinhardt
United
States
ambassador
to
Canada,
and
four
other
persons.
Circumstances
of
the
affair
gave
rise
-"c-
r.
"f
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I
A.
-as!?
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OTTAWA
to
The
1950-51
bud-
l
Ret.
expected
to
contain
only
scattered
tax
changes,
will
be
read
to
the
House
of
Commons
at
5
o'clock
(Pacific
Standard
Timet
tonight
by
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott.
Only
Abbott,
the
cabinet
and
top
officials
of
the
finance
department
know
.
.
t0
the
possibility
of
sabotage
al-
Police
Issue
Up
-
'.
j
C.C.F.
Opposed
To
Motilities
CimM
Save
$1,7
.,!,)'
Ter
Tear
Sjys
Atloriiy
Cjencral
VICTORIA
f?
Harold
Winch
ia
cJiptcti'd
to
rutltr
a
C.C.F.
opposition
force
today
in
an
attempt
to
block
the
move
to
hav-;
the
Hoy
ill
Canadian
Mounted
Ponce
take
over
policing
in
P.i
it-tsli
Columbia.
Attorney
General
O.
S.
WLsnier
told
the
legislature
yeaterday
that
lJriti.sh
Columbia
will
save
$1,700,000
by
having
the
niountle3
take
over
policing
from
tue
provincial
force.
Mr.
Wi.smi.T
spoke
for
more
than
an
hour
as
the
bill
authorising
the
i.witchovrr
came
up
lor
second
reading.
.
.
Mr.
Winch,
who
interrupted
tlie
Attorney
General
several
times,
adjourned
the
debate.
Confesses
He
though
officials
would
make
no
statement
in
that
regard.
;
The
flaming
crash
followed
an
explosion
which
was
said
by
tho.se
who
heard
it
sound
like'
dyna-I
mite.
A
trail
of
smoke
was
seen
Was
Bomber
I
HAITtMAN
NAMED
II.
K.
Bate
of
Victoria
has
l;r;a
appointed
chairman
of
Urn
arbitration
board
between
lb
Corporation
of
the
City
of
Pi
'.-
-e
Rupert
and
the
firemen
oi
the
dispute
over
wages
and
othe-
matters.
His
appointment
was
made
by
the
provincial
Labor
Relations
.
Board
aftrr
city
and
firemen's
representatives
failed
to
agree
on
a
chairman.
Mr.
P.ate
hopes
to
be
here
by
April
15
when
the
hearing
will
commence.
Mrs.
Nora
Arnold
is
the
city's
repress
ative
with
M.
O.
Howell
of
Yanrouvr
for
the
firemen.
MORE
AUSTERITY
LONDON
The
British
government
announced
today
plans
to
again
cut
imports
from
i
dollar
eountries
by
25
percent
or
more.
The
object
is
to
slash
Hi
sterling
area's
gold
and
dol-
ni
deficits
by
half
and
for
r!iain
to
square
herself
eciwv-
oioicaily
with
the
world
as
a
wlfole.
Britons
are
called
upon
to'
work
harder
and
more
efficiently
for
the
same
wages.
the
budget
contents
in
advance
and
they
are
all
sworn
to
secrecy.
'
i
As
is
customary
there
has
been
some
speculation
as
to
what
Abbott
may
or
may
not
announce
in
his
budget
but
this
year's
crop
'of
guesses
has
been
one
of
the
slimmest
since
the
end
of
the
war
j
when
the
government
began
unburdening
the
taxpayers
of
their
heavy
war-imposed
load.
Observers
appear
to
be
agreed
;
that
this
wil
be
a
stand-pat
budget,
one
In
which
there
will
be
few
I
tax
reductions
anu
iew
new
taxes,
j
Personal
income
taxes
are
expected
to
be
left
unchanged.
What
weather
can
do
to
a
we
ather
ship
Is
shown
In
this
R.C.N,
photo
taken
in
s.Nfld.
The
St.
Stephen,
on
a
trip
from
her
fetation
In
the
North
Atlantic,
hit
nd
ice
which
damaged
her
gua
rd
rails
arid
upper
deck
fittings.
(CP.
Photo
i
GRAND
FORKS"
to
A
man
before
the
crashing
blast,
who
called
himself
the
"official'
i
Only
one
man,
Master
Serg-bomber
for
the
Sons
of
Free-
eant
Gwyn
Long
of
the
United
dom
sect
of
Doukhobors
yester-
j
States
Air
Force,
survived
the
day
In
court
told
of
the
1947
crash
of,
the
Dakota
aireraft
bombing
of
the
Sunshine
Valley
which
had
just
taken
off
from
!
co-operative
'
store
near
here.
Ottawa
for
New
York
to
take
Mr.
John
Sherstlbltoff,
one
of
six
Steinhardt
on
private
business,
charged
with
the
burning
and
The
port
engine
blew
up,
Long
dynamiting
of
the
store,
con-
saidt
and
the
pilot
headed
the
fessed
at
the
preliminary
hear-
ship
into
a
field
eleven
miles
ling
that
he
was
the
"official"
.
east
of
Ottawa,
bomber.
:
Long
parachuted
from
the
Fifteen
other
Doukhobors
plane
just
before
it
exploded
and
were
arrested
yesterday
i
''as
taken
to
hospital
with
a
broken
leg
and
other
undeter
an
Army
Chief
of
Possible
B.C.
Getting
Lumber
Trade
SEATTLE
fc
Sawmills
in
the
United
States
Pacific
Northwest
ran
a
poor
second
to
Canadian
counterparts
during
the
last
two
months
in
export
lumber
ship-
Prorogation
This
Week
mined
injuries.
The
crash
occurred
In
clear
Mickey
McDonald
j
I
Now
Drug
Peddler
OTTAWA
to-Donald
(Mlckeyl
i
McDonald,
who
tried
everything
In
Canada
from
b"er-running
,
and
brutal
iissault
b)
hi-jacking,
'
I
bank
robbery
and
jail
breaking,;
lias
a
new
occupation
j
An
informed
source
here
said
Canada
Warfare
weather
shortly
after
the
plane
iHigh
School
II
inil
JVIIWVI
took
off
from
RockcUffe
air
sta
tion,
six
miles
east
of
Ottawa.
i.N
(O'l
No
major
military
inva-
mnnus-
iGirls
Travel
VTCTORIA
W
With
Premier
Johnson
now
back
from
his
trip
to
England,
It
Is
expected
the
session
of
the
Legislature
will
I
ims
was
snown
m
a
survey
.
,
,
,
hlounlry
is
exiwcted
by
the
military
iby
,he
Padflc
Nortnwesl
LumbPr
PROTEST
SALES
TAX
I
REDERICTON,
N.B.
Business
men,
labor
people
and
others
gathered
at
a
public
meeting
in
front
of
the
Parliament
buildings
this
afternoon
to
demcmrdrate
against
a
proved
retail
sales
tax
which
third
world
W
ill',
Major
General
M.H.
i
Inspection
Bureau
and
the
West
'
11
ha(1
been
'earned
that
the
42
VP3
r-nlH
rfi
orI
n-n
wit
li
n
I
Eye-witnesses
saying
that
the
1
explosion
sounded
Uke
dynamite
I
and
the
fact
that
it
occurred
j
shortly
after
take-olf
tar'sood
visibility
immediately
stlrted
rumors
of
sabotage.
However,
re-,
!
sponsible
police
and
military
au
prorogue
this
Wednesday
night
or
Thursday
morning.
Two
con
Off
to
Pqwell
River
For
Invitation
Baketba.il
litral
officer
Commanding,
western
Coast
Lumbermen
s
Association.
,
,
.
,
.
r,
,
.
.
'
Less
than
40
percent
of
the
here
last
night.
Speaking
to
the
bcV
.
PXmir,
,l1aI
,
fim
j-.-
uv-Hj..'
l-'l'
l',l.
iiao
!
'
turned
to
narcotics
peddling
in
a
large
United
Stales
city.
Just
Pniw
McNair
.
suggested
Itv-titutc
on
recent
Sweetbrier
Ex-
tinuous
matters
remain
to
oe
Tournament
debated
hospital
insurance
.
and
1
t
,the
takintr
over
nf
th
British
Booth
Memorial
High
School
Washington.
Oregon
and
BritUli
w,lerfl
h
JsJ
'
Unid
KUlea..
.
.
Is
Hill
not
frnrtu.-,!
Known,
an'bfflclaf
an
rf
f
ii;
t'
said.'
p..
,
thorities
declined
to
comment
in
might
be
proposed
in
the
bud
uile
.said
the
j
-
-
the
bell
1,
f
J
'""rTiiees
lanada
uoiumoia
in
.
tnal
period
was
nhipiwd
by
manufacturers
In
the
two
states.
The
over-all
total
was
65,743,831
board
feet.
Columbia
Police
by
the
Royal
girls
left
for
Powell
River
today
this
angle
tiefore
a
full
irwe-stt.
Canadian
Mounted
Police.
.
On
to
play
in
the
High
School
girls
ga"n
J
made"
both
these
subjects,
the
Premier
invitation
tournament
undei
the
.
Killed
were:
is
expected
to
have
something
to
auspices
of
the
Department
of
Laurence
Steinhardt,
aged
57,
say.,
He
will
also
report
on
his
Education.
,
United
States
ambassador
to
trip.
,
,'
Thy
don't
expect
to
win,
but
Canada.
1
'
they
do
intend
to
learn
and,
in-
Allan
Harrington,
20,
son
of
Cherbourg
Only
Port
Working
j
s
ijf
tile
I'T-;cs
ul
As
Example
get
tn
he
brourrht
ii
tomorrow.
The
demonstrators
came
from
all
parts
of
the
province.
t
Hi
iiCiill.I.
sf
KAHS
LONDON
Speaking
on
for-rijrn
affairs
today,
Former
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
railed
upon
France
and
Germany
to
clasp
hands.
He
reiterated
his
propsal
of
high
level
talks
with
Moscow.
He
said
he
did
not
believe
war
was
imminent.
Jaycees
Offer
Street
Signs,
Safety
Lanes
TORONTO
Prime
minis-1
ter
U
S.
St.
Laurent,
address-1
lug
the
Toronto
Canadian
Club,
here
yesterday,
said
that
Can-
ada's
handling
of
raelal
prob-1
Iciils
might
suggest
the
means
Tin"
L;ml
(I
irt
yrs'enlny
decision
ihe
ss
CHIlVU'l
ion
mcrul-M
(
it
Dust
Storms
Sweep
Plains
'cldentally,
they
may
bring
lm-
I
the
United
States
Minister
to
provement
to
local
girls'
basket-
,
Canada.
ball.
A
start
in
the
right
direc-
Capt.
Thomas
Archibald,
34.
1
tion
has
to
be
made,
and
this
may
pilot.
be
the
opportunity.
j
Col.
W.
F.
Trueblood,
35,
Unl-
J
The
team
will
play
their
first
;
ted
States
Army
Air
Force.
Blinding
game
on
Thursday
afternoon
and
j
Lieut.
Mark
Belanger,
29,
Uni-
CITY
KANSAS
duststorms,
whipped
i
PARIS
to'
Cherbourg
was
the
i
only
French
port
in
operation,
i
yesterday
owing
to
the
strike
'
j
ordered
by
the
Communist
Confederation
Generale
du
Travail.!
1
Marseilles
operated
only
par-
i
tially.'
It
was
there
that
the
strike
was
touched
off
by
the
arrest
of
COT
officials
after
a
street
riot,
last
week.
However,
jnmst
of
fhe
regular
union
men
1
there
were
replaced
by
other
men
j
working
as
stevedores.
,
Dockers
at
Clvrbourg
voted
to,!
work
despite
their
membership
in
COT.
'
I
of
ending
international
differ-1
Two
letters
from
the
Prince
t
nces
in
the
cold
war.
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Coin-
before
a
world
In
need
of
utit-
merce
were
referred
respectively
"We
Canadians
stand
united
t0
the
board
of
works
and
traffic,
ty,"
St.
Laurent
told
the
club
committees
at
a
city
council
by
gale;
if
they
win,
will
go
on
to
play
.
ted
States
Army
Air
Force.
force
winds,
swirled
over
wide
j
hi
the
championship
series.
If
1
's
Comniimi.it
aleel
to
the
the
conleii-inist
olficial
'.rial
befure
a
government
federal
em-"
jury
v.hidi
CCF
Motion
Is
Rejected
"and
the
striking
thing
Is
that
n,ecunK
iast
night
this
world
fic.cs
a
problem
of
A
ietlcri
referred
to
the
latter
racial
differences,
similar
to
the
commlUeei
si,d
the
organization
problem
we
faced
in
the
early
fpt
that
ppd,,strlan
ianPS
shouid
areas
of
the
plain
states
yester-
J
they
lose
they
will
continue
play
day.
So
thick
was
the
dust
pall
in
the
Consolation
round,
that
eight
highway
fatalities
j
The
teim
will
be
coached
by
were
blamed
on
the
choking
nincipal
A.
M.
Hurst,
who
has
clouds.
Approximately
fifty
had
the
g.ns
working
out
at
the
persons
were
injured
In
automob-,
civic
Centre,
gym
evety
day
fori
lie
accidents
In
Kansas
and
Texas
the
past
two
v.eeks.
Their
stud-1
VISIT
HERE
IS
RECALLED
United
States
Ambassador
Laurence
Steinhardt
visited
rrince
Rupert
last
summer
in
the
course
of
a
trip
to
Alaska.
Mis.
Nora
Arnold,
mayor
at
that
time,
expressed
shock
this
morning
at
the
tragic
death
of
a
"fine
gentleman"
whom
she
met
officially.
days
ol
our
national
inc.
OTTAWA
By
a
vote
of
143
to
23,
the
House
of
torn-
flHLR
alone.
Rich
top
soli
over
thous-
;ies
didn't
suifei
becau&e
of.
these
be
painted
on
busy
city
streets.
I
The
organization
offered
the
'services
ot
members
and
to
provide
materials.
They
asked
coun-'
ell
to
decide
on
suitable
locations
ands
of
acres
was
blown
awa?.
work
outs,
as
they
were
required
mu"i
,
"
,
Th..,in,i.o!.rfmorfm.lui,
to
i
.,
-i
f
proposal
of
the
C.C.F.
which
Lutheran
ladies
Hold
Tea-Sale
Prince
Rupert
x
nc
niiiws
aipw
-
---
vj
w
wt
a.
if
oviiuui
cavil
infilling
an
would
have
brought
export
sale
I
for
the
lanes.
end
far
ned
7
am.
to
make
up
for
lost
time.
I
The
line-up
for
the
series
is
as
age
to
buildings
prairie
fires.
of
Canadian
farm
products
un
tlminu
the
Coiuuiliiu
A
11
at
a
few
'rl
interior.
'H
Per.si.st
in
I
The
board
of
works
committee
t
Going
on
Air
der
government
control.
-
i
follows:
Many
ladies
called
and
left
be-
and
City
Engineer
Don
Stewar
j
The
C.
C.
F
would
have
set
ud
a
permanent
board
on
farm
Beverley
Matson,
Nellie
Pavich,
Province
dur-and
scat-
TODATS
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co
Ltd.)
"P'
eted
niain-
hind
$100
Saturday
'afternoon
will
discuss
the
matter
of
street
when
the
Ladies'
Aid
of
St,
Paul's
signs
that
the
Jaycees
ask
to
be
Lutheran
Church
had
an
attract-
erected.
The
organization
will
ive
spring
tea
and
sale
of
home
supply
the
material
and
services
cooking
in
the
church
parlors
at
of
members.
They
ask
the
city
Fifth.-
Avenue
and
McBride
St.
to
find
locations
that
would
con;
Authentic
information
regard-
1
lug
local
industries,
service
qltibs
I
and
physical
characteristics
are
I
to
be
compiled
by
Kate
Aiken,
'
well
known
Toronto
radio
coin-1
'
mentator,
for
use
on
Dominion
Leona
Webster,
Mona
Lykegard,
products
but
Minister
of
Agri-Marion
Greenwood,
Margaret
cuitUre
James
Gardiner
felt
Keays,
Doreen
Paul.
Dorothy
this
was
unnecessary
as
there
Mai
shall
and
Enid
Sedgwick.
was
already
machinery
under
I
They
sailed
this
afternoon
on
existing
marketing
legislation
1
the
steamer
Coqultlam.
to
set
up
such
boards
Beattie
.60
1
a
ins.
Frost
W
of
the
in.
miorrow
win
'"'r
hi
almost
''i'Ve.
AHer-
Bevcoui
t
29
.12
Bobjo
i
BROCKVILLE
"SCOOP"
ui
rangij
Buffalo
Canadian
form
to
the
bylaw.
Screened
Out
Of
Film
Board
network
broadcasts.
1
A
letter,
received
by
Harold
:
Hampton,
president,
of
the
Junior
!
1
Chamber
of
Commerce,
asked
for
i
'Information
about,
Prince
Ru-i
pert
stating
that
the
sponsoring
concern
was
asscinblinc
in
forma-
I
The
guests
were
received
by
Mrs.
A.
Ilusoy
and
Mrs.
Earl
Solland.,
wire
of
the
pastor.
j
Mrs
R.
Oiske,
Mrs.
M.
Hctland.
Mrs.
T.
Fossen
and
Mrs.
A,
Wad-dell
were
in
charge
of
the
tea
tables.
Mrs.
H.
Hansen,
Mrs.
M.
,
Johansen,
Mrs.
B.
Kaardal
and
Consol.
93f,
Ontario
Newspaper
Declares
Vancouver
Bayonne
03
Bralorne
8.95
B
R.
Con
.022
B.
R.
X
05
Vi
Cailboo
Quartz
1.30
Congress
31
Hedley
Mascot
24
Faclfic
Eastern
04V2
Pioneer
3.25
Premier
Border
03
Vi
Privateer
13
Reeves
McDonald
2.00
Stalin
Has
Been
Dead
Months
Donaioa
Ji'i
Eldona
.30
East
Sullivan
6.00
Giant
Yellowknlfe
6.15
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Variable
'fred
showers
S''K-
Wear
lo-
i
'!f'"-y.
Littic
f't'iie.
WitvU
(f
Three
minor
M
about
Canadian
cities
to
be
;
OTTAWA
nffirlals
of
the
National
ruin
used
on
broadcasts.
BROCKVILLE,
Ont.
(CP)
The
Brockville
and
Times
yesterday
quoted
a
British
.Army
Board
have
left
their
jobs
as
a
,oif
of
recently
completed
.32
.35
"All
this
material
can
be
work
;
111
the
exnc.si.fi
at
.
various
.-n.,rihv
screenins.
No
official
ed
Into
broadcast.s
Mrs.
L.
Nilsen
loked
after
the
kitchen.
The
cashier
was
Mrs.
B.
Pcdersen.
Mrs.
A.
Dybhavu
and
Mrs.
H.
Helland
sold
the
home
cooking
and
Mrs.
H.
Star.gbye,
the
sewing.
hl-
hows
tn.
God's
Lake
Hardrock
Harricana
Hcva
Hosco
.,
Jacknifc
ennfirmatlon
was
immediately
times,"
the
communication
said
.04
Reno
r'nesdav-n!
74
I
Tiie
letter
was
turned
over
to
,
,J'2
1
intelligence
officer
as
saying
he
has
information
;0o2
i
that
Prime
Minister
Joseph
Stalin
died
seven!
months
ago.
available
but
it
wns
learned
on
il
a'-d
Pri:n:c
.Sheep
Creek
1.07
j
reliahle
authority
that
they
the
rrince
Rupert
Public
Rela-had
been
dismissed
or
asked
Hons
Council.
Ed
Mus.sc
II
am,
The
newspaper's
informant,
whom
declined
to
to
resign,
-
give
his
his
name
name
for
for
puoucauoi
president,
stated
that
all
posib'e
1
data
will
be
forwarded
to
Miss
I
Aitken.
Jolict
Quebec
59
Lake
Rowan
.11
Lapaska
05
Little
Long
Lac
52
Lynx
in
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.
05
McLeod
Cockshutt
3.80
Moneta
-
14
LOCAL
TIDES
I
Wednesday,
March
29,
1950
High
9:55
17.5
feet
I
23:05
17.2
feet
Low
3:56
10.4
feet
Arrested
Alter
Bank
Robbery
Premiers
Sign
Niagara
Pact
TORONTO
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
and
Premier
Frost
of
Ontario
yesterday
signed
a
formal
agreement
handing
over
to
Ontario
the
Canadian
wa-
t.or
rltrVi
o
Iv,
4,V,
Vlacrara
Plvpr
;Wted
II,;,!.
said
the
death
would
not
be
announced
officially
until
la's
in
1951
or
early
in
1952
In
order
to
give
Vice-Premier
V.
M.
Mol-otov
ample
time
to
consolidate
his
position
as
Prime
Minister.
Editors
of
the
newspaper
said
they
were
able
to
vouch
for
the
reliability
of
their
Heart
Operation
By
Way
of
Meek
fa
of
essen-;hi"ss
neces-f"e
Postnonn.
MONTREAL
.
Provincial
arrested
a
16:40
5.5
feet
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
East
at
10:15,
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
on
time.
.siiOftK
premier
.a
Taku
River
.'.
12
Vananda
12
Halmon
Gold
06
ftpud
Valley
-OiVt
fiilver
Standard
69
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
4.55
A.
P.
Con
27
Atlantic
1.60
Calmont
4.55
C.
&
E
7.25
Central
Leduc
1.24
.
Okalta
1.80
!
Pacific
Pete
5.45
j
Princess
39
I
Royal
Canadian
05
'2
i
Roy
alite
11.00
,
Toronto
'
Athona
08
:
Aumuque
14
police
yesterday
f'te
0nenln...
bandit
forty-five
woir
"lone
PHILADELPHIA
O
Tim
Epis-
'h
"I
8
011
Fir-t
.
..fciiw
111
11115
.
,
,
vu
a
1
It
was
the
first
time
in
history
minutes
alter
ne
"au
copal
Hospital
hero
announces
rlirday
Nlpiif
that
a
Canadian
Prime
Minis-
Provincial
Aw"i
Qi
that
three
Philadelphia
arielphia
physic-
physie-
'P
GueSt5
and
CIVIC
CENTRE
BASKETBALL
Negus
1.45
Noranda
69.28
Louvlcourt
25
Pickle
Crow
1.00
Regcoui
t
04
San
Antonio
3.60
Senator
Rouyn
.25
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.12
Steep
Rock
2.55
Sturgeon
River
20
Silver
Miller
,
82
'a
Upper
Canada
3.45
jter
had
paid
an
official
visit
to
brancn
in
udu.
.
!the
provincial
parliament
build-
Plouffe
for
the
third
time
In
iens
successfully
operated
on
a
human
heart
by
cutting
through
"
Members,
iings
at
Queen's
Park
m
xoron-
monuw.
-
less
t.h
than
'
ail
an
1
a
patient's
f
neck,
not
his
chest
to.
The
asreement.
is
an
out-'
but
was
captured
and
unnamed
,0
tnstru
,otr.
CALIFORNIA
MOHAWKS
with
a
new
j"
E.S.L.
No.
07
P
Secry.-M
r.
I
growth
of
an
international
,
hour
later
Police
identified
the
gunman
ment.
The
surgery
was
perform-
Phone
107
for
Tickets
treaty
between
Canada
and
the
175)
Wednesday
&
Thursday
United
States
signed
in
Wash
as
Salvador
Dupuls,
aged
45,
01
ca
on
uonaia
onstaoie
jr.,
aKeu
Montreal
26,
of
Johnstown,
Pennsylvania.
ington
Feb
27.
J
many.