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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PHOilE
SI
V0L-
XXXVIH,
No,
87.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
13,
1949
pmCE
FIVE
CENTS
.Found.
M
ote
1
Left
Mai
and,
w
r
Trade
T
lie
janaeJa
-
i
Pre-Death
Statement
In
Hotel
Room
Tells
Of
Wife-Son
Slaying
VANCOUVER
(CP)
A
self-confessed
murder
note,
found
in
a
downtown
hotel,
disclosed
.
the
slay-
-
T
-W-
1
1
M
-m
ie
Minister
Pays
it
To
This
Coast
SHOULD
BOOST
USE
OF
FISH
I
NEW
YORK
Consumption
ol
APPOINTED
PROFESSOR
Harry
Daggett,
Jr.,
Receives
Post
at
University
of
British
Columbia
Harry
M.
Daggett
jr.,
son
of
Aid,
and
Mrs.
H:
M.
'Daggett,
has
been
appointed
to
the
siiaff
of
the
University
of
British
Columbia
as
an
assistant
professor
and
will
assume
his
duties
in
Vancouver
in
the
coming
fall
following
a
visit
here
with
hid
parents.
Harry
Daggett,'
jr's
appoint
certain
species
of
fish
in
the
Prime
Minister
L.
S.
St.
fOUVER
(CP)
United
States
and
Canada
could
!;rrivin5'
here
on
his
western
tour,
said
to-
be
doubled
and
proposed
legis-
f
very
angle
of
trade
is
going
to
be
explored
lalive
restrictions
on
fish
tm-
fvi.it
to
London
by
Minister
of
Trade
and
ta
would
not
inule
the
Can-
L
C
D.
Howe
and
the
Canadian
.visit
of
lit.
SSSE"
"
bth
T"
.
woud
embark
on
a
co-operative
t
-i
e
ii.
t
-i'
i
r
i
Wilson,
President
of
the
British
Board
told
to
program
restore
fish
to
its
ing
on
Vancouver
-island
oi
a
mother
ana
her
nine-year-old
son.
The
note
was
signed
"Frank
Stapley,"
50-year-old
husband
and
father
of
the
victims
who
were
bludgeoned
to
death
at
their
home
in
Courtenay,
N.W.T.
.jMJtl
144
mues
north
ot
Victoria."
ment
to
University
of
British,
former
importance
on
the
dining
CITY
INHALATOR
PROVES
USEFUL
jfsald
tliatMr.
nowe,
y!
by
officials,
would
j
important
people
on
a
I
taoies
oi
America,
states
unanes
F
'Sfi'fll
"
lF'
Jackson
general
manager
of
f
I
I
I
1
1
1
1
I
H
II
W
the
National
Fisheries
Instil.nt.p.
,;
foreipn
trade.
Columbia
faculty
follows
a
distinguished
career
of
academic
study.
A
graduate
of
Prince
Rupert
public
and
high
schools,
he
received
his
degree
as
bachelor
of
science
at
Queen's
University,
Kingston,
in
1945.
While
;f
(the
rame
nun-
-
.AU
tendg
f
fc
fc
,
The
city's
Inhalator
was
called
into
use
at
9:30
Monday
night
when
the
ambulance
made
a
run
to
229
Sixth
Avenue
East
where
H.
G.
Lawn
was
taken
to
hospital,
believed
to
be
sufferine
at
vueens
ne
was
awarded
a
Stapley
died
In
a
gas-filled
hotel
room
here
Tuesday,
leaving
a
long,
rambling
note
on
the
dressing
table.
The
body
was
on
the
bed.
"This
will
explain
the
mysterious
disappearance
of
'
my
wife
and
child,"
said
the
note
addressed
to
city
police.
"I
murdered
them."
.
It
did
not
disclose
the
motive
for
the
slay-ings.
'
Mrs.
Stapley,
it
was
reported,
had
been
in
ill-health
for
some
time.
-
Buried
in
shallow
graves,
the
bodies
of
45-year-old
Mrs.
Stapley
and
son,
Dick,
were
un-
scholarship
in
chemistry
and
from
a
heart
condition.
Use
of
also
a
National
Research
Coun-jthe
apparatus
made
it
possible
cil
bursary
of
$450,
on
.gradu-
:
to
move
the
sick
man
with
little
other
members
'
f
f
-
f
,
1
ing,"
he
said,
"point
to
increased
i
will
see
Mr.
Wilson.
I
1
AUfl
I
03
Q
I
'
sales
in
Packa8e
and
Uet
form.
Sat
several
possible
IS
J
I
I
VAUJl
j
Surely
we
will
not
permit
our
being
discussed.
.
!
W(re
United
stateg
consumpUon
t0
i,
to
have
Britain
J"cver.
Jto-
btt,e
laU
below
the
present
200.000,000
i
buy
British
Colum-j
1
eel
It
No
Serious
Damage
pounds
.,
if.
One
proposal
was
(
VANCOUVER
Vancouver,
He
says
Canada
and
the
Uni-fr.
use
more
lumber
Victoria,
Seattle,
Portland,
Ol-
ted
States
have
the
smallest
per
5
construction
and
ympia
an(i
as
far
inland
as
capita
consumption
of
fish
and
pel
to
be
exported
Xrail
fclt
an
earth
tremor
at
shellfish
of
any
of
the
maritime
I
f
11:57
this
morning.
No
serious
nations
of
the
the
world.
Canada
would
stand
j
damage
is
reported.
-.
,
i
ating,
for
postgraduate
work.
He
difficulty.
has
been
taking
a
postgraduate
i
'
,
course
at
Brown
University,
j
Providence,
Rhode
Island,
and
WASHINGTON
IS
r:
iiNUNULiA
ml
wm
receive
his
degree
of
Doctor
WITHOl
TT
PAPCDC
Wi
1
HUU
1
APLKb
of
Philosophy
(Ph.
D.)
in
chem-
r
(A
a
.
istry
this
summer.
At
Brown
he
:
WASHINGTON
)
Washington
'
covered
almost
beneath
the
.back
KING
RETAINS
HIS
DOCUMENTS
was
awarded
a
$1200
scholar-
source
of
much
of
the
world's
!
steps
of
their
hornet
j
ship
in
chemistry
ten
by
the
news,
was
without
a
newspaper.
Police
believe
the
slaying
oc-American
Cyonimid
Co.
for
the
.
of
lts
own
for
the
third
day
to-
curred
about
April
4
or
5.
;,"
,
;
year
1947-48
and
this
was
again
!
day
as
both
strikers
and
pub-1
stapley
came
to
Vancouver
viiDnufii
awarded
him
for
the
year
1948-
.
llsners
retusett
to
make
further
April
5.
He
had
registered
at
the
United
States
j
in
Vancouver
books
and
ob-n
Europe
under
the
jects
were
shaken
from
shelves
fid,
tit'
Prime
Min-
Telephone
service
was
dis
l!
that,
so
far,
there
,
rupted
in
Seattle
and
Olympia
no
concrete
suggest-1
Marble
and
concrete
slabs
Canada's
role.
J
were
dislodged
on
the
state
j.Mrs.
St.
Laurent
ar-
j
buildings
at
Olympia.
by
train
this
morn-
j
a
water
main
was
broken
in
i-A
busy
day,
including
Tacoma
and
chimneys
were
:y
Hall,
Shaughnessy
damaged.
I
..ipilal
and
the
Uni-
Pictures
were
disarranged
In
I
British
Columbia,
Victoria.
49,
concessions.
A
government
el-,
the
hotel
as
"Frank-Davis,
I
fort
to
end
the
-walkout
of
the
Toronto,"
OTTAWA
"There
is
no
truth
in
the
report
that
any
ol
my
papers,
or
records
are
being
allowed
to
pass'
out
of
my
posses
HOW
EPIDEMIC
SPREAD
Tutu,
a
young
eskimo,
is
believed
responsible
for
the
spread
of
poliomyelitis
through
an
area
of
tt
T
.
The
quiet
mild
-
mannered
GOV'T
STARTS
TO
BUY
BUTTER
v...
a,
Ucu
jrwwH-
stapley
was
a
clerk
in
toe
Com
day.
100
miles
radius
on
the
northwest
coast
of
Hudson
Bay
around
Chesterfield
Inlet.
Tutu
who
has
been
identified
as
a
carrier,
left
Churchill
in
September
en
route
north.
He
visitd
Nuaulla
sion,"
said
Rt.
Hon.
Mackenzie
King,
former
Prime
Minister,
tenay
liquor
store.
J
No
suspicion
of
foul
play
at
midnight
for
Vic-1
TODAY'S
"
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Jolmston
Co.
Ltd.)
aros'efrom
";
th"e
disappearance
of
the
mother
and
son.
'Neighbors
believed
they
had
accom
OTTAWA,
CP
The
men!
Jias'stCpped
'Into
'the
butter
market
In
a
move
to
stabilize
prices.
Agricultural
department
officials
disclosed
Tues
when
asked
about
the
accuracy!
and
Eskimo
Po,int
on
the
..coast
tosti&ty!
me&s
of
poUomyelllus
att
of
reports
toat
the
documents
both
places.
.Jimmy
Gibbons,
Eskimo
special
constable
with
the
were
being
disposed
of
to
the
R.C.M.P.
at
Eskimo
Point,
contracted
the
disease
and
both
arms
Rockefeller
Foundation
which
is
became
paralysed.
la
that
condition
Gibbons
travelled
to
Pad-sponsoring
the
publication
of'
lei,
100
miles
inland,
and
seven
cases
and
two
deaths
have,
been;
Mr.
King's
memoirs.
j
reported
from
there.
He
continued
on
to
Chesterfield
leaving
panied
Stapley
on
a
holiday.
Vancouver
SOUTH
SEAS
NOT
SO
HOT
day
that
the
Administration's
butter
price
support
program,
i
iftie
Minister
spoke
at
ixheon
of
the
Van-fcwrd
of
Trade
and
flub
and
will
be
heard
if
meeting
tonight
in
louver.
I'fly
after
arrival
Mr.
:
placed
a
wreath
on
ready
since
last
year,
began
op-
.'
Police
Probe
infection
at
every
community
he
visited.
As
a
result
over
60
cases
have
been
reported,
13
have
died
and
36
Eskimos
are
paralyzed.
.
'
1
(C.
P.
Photo)
"What
it
may
be
possible
for
me
personally,"
said
Mr.
King,
"to
achieve
in
the
preparation,
or
writing
of
memoirs
is
some
VANCOUVER
Sometimes
the
South
Seas
do
not
turn
out
to;
erating
April
1
when
the
government
began
purchasing
all
first-grade
butter
offered
at
58
cents
a
pound,
wholesale.
:
be
what
some
folks
fancy
that
In
Ontario
thing
to
which
I
have
been
CANADA
PRODUCES'
giving
careful
thought
from
my
tvjpyV
IPT
FIPIITFT?
Sph
al
Victory
Square
part
of
the
world
is
like.
Latest
Is
City
Hall
received
1
word
from
"Pip"
Brock
Jack
retirement
from
office.
More
than
this
I
am
at
the
moment
unable
to
say."
Serious
Allegations
Made
Before
Commissioner
BELLEVILLE,
Ont.
0
First
fo
the
city,
also
wit-I
Newfoundland
pagent
I
children.
Bayonne
:
M
Bralorne
8.40
B.
R.
Con
.03
B.
R.
X
10
Cariboo
Quartz
1.18
Congress
1
.04
'
Hedley
Mascot
.28
Pend
Oreille
4.60
Pioneer
3.30
Premier
Border
03
Privateer
17&
Reeves
McDonald
2.20
Renor
.05
'2
Sheep
Creek
.
1.25
Silbak
Premier
.33
Taku
River
26
Vananda
,
.23
Salmon
Gold
:
13
V2
Spud
Valley
07'2
Oils
V
EASTERN
ALLAN
CUP
PLAY-OFFS
ARE
CANCELLED
MIDLAND,
Ont.
W
George
S.
Dudley,
secretary-manager
of
Wells
and
Bob
Fortune,
sailing
the
Pacific
on
the
cutter
Escapee
would
suggest
that.
It
has
just
taken
them
nine
days
to
go
300
miles
near
the
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Skies
were
clcudy
over
most
of
British
Columbia
this
morning
although
clearing
had
taken
place
along
the
southern
coast
by
forecast
time.
Lieht
OTTAWA
Kfi
Production
of
a
newi
jet
fighter
plane'
may
be
started
in
Canada
in
about;
eighteen
months,
Defence
Minister
Brooke
Claxton
said
yesterday.
The
aircraft,
a
single
jet
F86,
among
the
latest
in
the
fast-changing
field
of
.jet
prc-
ASSEMBLY
TO
phase
of
Mr.
Justice
Keiller
Mackay's
investigation
of
Ontario
provincial
police
activities
ls
over.
He
finished
hearing
yesterday
of
more
than
sixty
allegations
of
misconduct
levelled
DA
IS
but
gales
and
rain,
as
well
as
IICfIICC
TPAf
V
I
JVUJJ
UUMLJ
being
bitterly
cold.
All
three
to
NG
The
United
1
pulsion,
is
an
original
An.eri-
NEW
YORK
ffi
tne
uanaaian
Amateur
tiocicey
ram
or
snow
ls
faning
over
the
Association,
announced
today
southern
interior
but
this
will
that
the
eastern
Allan
Cup
be
restricted
.to
a
few
showers
hockey
final
has
been
cancelled
along
the
mountains
-
by
this
and
that
Toronto
Marlboros
will
afternoon.
Clearing
is
expected
enter
the
cup
final
against
the
to
be
general
overnight
with
Nations
general
assembly
late
can
design.
i
by
a
provincial
constable
at
a
crown
attorney
and
seven
police
officials.
Now
Mr.
Justice
Mac-
'l
tP
--Twin
ilrvelon-
were
completely
exhausted,
struggling
to
keep
off
the
reefs
and
keep
moving
in
the
right
direction.
Nearly
everything
went
wrong.
'licting
still
furUier
Int
in-Cunada's
trad-11JU
Wth
the
United
!"(
announced
by
the
ii.t,
Tuesday
decided
to
debate
fully
the
communist
prosecution
of
Joseph,
Cardinal
Mlndszcnty
ot
Hungary
and
15
Protestant
church
leaders
In
Bulgaria.
Thc
vote
was
30-7
to
accept
an
Australian
and
Bolivian
move
for
the
U.N.
to
discuss
the
trials.
Canada
supported
the
move.
Twenty
countries
abstained
from
voting.
LUCKLESS
TURTLE
DOVE
CAPE
TOWN
0!
Cricketers
practising
at
Plumstead
bemoan
the
fate
of
a
luckless
turtle
dove
which
settled
on
the
top
of
a
net
just
as
a
ball
was
fccwled.
The
ball
shot
up
and
decapitated
the
bird.
'
PACIFIC
PACT
NEEDED
MORE
f
Minister
Douglas
Abased
reserves
of
gold
f,(1
States
dollar
had
Anglo
Canadian
3.70
,
A.
P.
Con
.21
Atlantic
..(58
Calmont
40
C.
&
E
6.45
.
Central
Leduc
:
99
Home
Oil
10.50
Mercury
13
Okalta
2.31
Pacific
Pete
2.25
Princess
i27
Royal
Canadian
.08
Vi
Toronto
AJthona
.15
Aumaque
.18
Beattie
49
Bevcourt
..
,
.25
kay
will
make
his
report
tev
the
attorney-general
but
not
for
at
least
a
month.
f
"
John
Ernest
Keays,
-
44-year-old
provincial
constable,
levelled
charges
against
seven
officers
on
the
.force
Including
Its
top
man,
Commissioner
William
If.
Stringer.
The
eight
denied
the
charges
which
Included
maladministration
of
justice,
obstruction
of
police
investigations,
fraud,
perjury,
misuse
of
police
cars,
drunkenness
of
police
officers
in
uniform,
falsification
'
$998,000,000
at
last
to
$1,007,000,000
OTTAWA
Robert
W.
Keyser-
31,
an
increase
of
western
Canada
champions.
This
action
was
taken
because
of
Ure
failure
of
the
Quebec
Amateur
Hockey
Association
tt
have
a
champion
ready
to
meot
the
Marlboros,
who
won
the
eastern
Canada
semi-final,
by
Friday,
April
15.
(The
Ottawa
Senators
won
the
Quebec
Senior
League
championship
last
night
and
they
were
expected
to
-enter
the
eastern
finals
against
the
Marlboros.
However,
the
Q.A.H.A.
ordered
the
Senators
to
play
a
further
series
with
the
Isle
Maligne
team,
which
won
the
Quebec
intermediate
title
.
-
ling,
a
former
general
manger
varying
amounts
of
cloud
for
Thursday.
A
slowly
moving
storm
now
about
one
thousand
miles'
southwest
of.
the
coast
will
bring
rain
to
Vancouver
Island
and
the
Lower
Mainland
by
Thursday
evening.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast,
becoming
cloudy
this
afternoon.
Cloudy
tonight
and
Thursday.
Light
winds.
Little
change
in
temper-ature?
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
35
and
45,
Massett
35
and
48,
Prince
Rupert
37
and
45.
BRITAIN
LOANS
TWO
SUBMARINES
of
the
British
United
Press,
speaking
at
a
Rotary
Club
lun
"
iVK
time
the
Dnnnrl.
DRUNK
BREAKS
INTO
CONVENT
cheon,
said
the
North
Atlantic
pade
and
Commerce
I
Partial
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:
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;
a
Pact
was
something
like
"locking
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tu
brimr
in
9
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(
im
frnnt.
riiinr.
but
leaving
the
D
W
of
police
records
and
failure
of
top
officials
to
investigate
the"
constable's
grievances.
llwre
.
automobiles
audi
cellar
door,
the
oack
door
and
fm
the
United
States.!
garage
door
open.
He
spoke
on
SEATTLE
R.
C.
Berry,
23,
and
married,
crawled
through
a
basement
window
of
the
Sacred
Heart
convent
and
clambered
"
Bobjo
.........
.11
Buffalo
Canadian
.12
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Smelters
........
97.00
Conwest
1.16
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.50
Eldona
.57
Of
greater
significance,
he
de
clared
to
the
people
of
North
America
were
present
events
on
ER
IN
CITY
into
the
bed
of
the
59-year
old
housekeeper,
who
screamed
loudly
the
moment
she
awoke.
A
nun
shoved
Berry
out
of
the
convent.
He
was
under
arrest
within
ten
minutes.
"I
had
been
reading
thc
Bible,"
said
Berry,
"and
saw
where
the
devil
goes
about
seeking
who
he
can
devour.
I
was
teniDted
by
him.
I
wa-'s
drunk."
OTTAWA,
(CP)
With
the
primary
role
of
the
Rbyal
Canadian
Navy
established
as
that
of
an
anti-submarine
navy,
the
British'
Admiralty
will
loan
to
submarines
to
the
Dominion
this
year
for
anti-submarine
training,
Defence
Minister
Claxton
announced
Tuesday.
thc
continent
of
Asia
as
compared
with
what
was
going
on
in
"the
ruins
of
a
weak
and
impoverished
Europe."
"Today,"
he
eald,
"we
are
facing
a
China
where
events
have
taken
place
with
a
rapidity
C'llrxim
SKYHAWKS
LEAD
COAST
PLAY-OFFS
SAN
DIEGO
(P)
The
San
Diego
Sky
Hawks
defeated
New
Westminster
Royals
3-1
Tuesday
night
to
take
a
one-game
lead
in
the
final
play-offs
in
the
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League.
Family
Allowance
Rules
to
Be
Eased,
,
OTTAWAPlans
for
two
important
changes
in
the
family
allowance
legislation
are
'
an-nouncpd
.
by
the
Minister
of
Health,
Hon.
Paul
Martin.
The
first
would
change
from
-
three
years
to
one,
.
the
residence
period
required
as
one
of
the
conditions
of
eligibility
of
an
immigrant
child.
The
second
would
repeal
the
provision
Which
reduces
thc
amount
cf
allowance
to
the
fifth
and
subsequent
children
In
a
family
of
more
than
four.
I
'
"
WtlS
iih,A
the
12
'Ung
a
bandit
&m'
in
Vancouver.
and
also
implication
of
dangci
to
the
Western
World
which
is
,
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5
taff
of
East
Sullivan
3.10
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Yellowknife
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Lake
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Little
Long
Lac
80
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12
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Red
Lake
.
.
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Red
Lake
42
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The
Sky
Hawks
lead
three
games
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
April
14,
1949
High
1:49
23.5
feet
14:27
21.5
feet
Low
8:14
0.6
feet
20:22
4.1
feet
"o
ana
no
:
quite
wcu
known
in
to
two
with
the
sixth
game
of
the
best-of-seven
scries
,
to
be
played
here
tomorrow.
Lou
Smrk
cinched
the
game
for
San
Diego
with
a
third-period
goal.
k.
R
n
n'ornl8
of
the
man-
(the
fina,
ln,
8
Wao
U1
Dark
here.
reminiscent
of
other
events.
The
!
coming
peace
conference
between
Communists
and
Nationalists
in
China
Indicates
foreign
press
will
be
excluded.
It
is
an
important
conference
and
takes
place
"merely
between
the
representatives
of
Moscow,
and
their
beaten
enemies,
thc
Nanking
government.
Moscow
seeks
to
exclude
China
from
contact
with
an
influence
of
the
Western
World.
In
that
way,
one
of
the
main
steps
In
the
attempt
to
draw
the
Iron
Curtain
not
only
across
Europe
but
across
Aola
would
be
achieved."
POLISH
DIPLOMAT
PREFERS
CANADA
OTTAWA
ih
Scrapping
a
career
in
the
foreign
service
of
Poland
for
a
chance
for
a
new
life
in
Canada
Wladyslaw
A.
Zbick,
today
announced
that
he
has
walked
out
as
second
secretary
to
the
Polish
legation
in
Ottawa.
T.he
35year-old
lawyer,
newspaperman
'
-
diplomat
bo-came
the
first
official
to
desert
Poland's
mission
hero
since
the
present
Moscow-guided
regime
took
powttr,
!
h
Mr
P
acquainted
6n
.
m
the
Vanr.nmm,.
CONFIRMED
(-supporters
of
Ernest
Gruening
fcr
reappointment
as
Governor
of
Alaska
have
been
successful
in
their
fight.
By
unanimous
vote
of
the
Senate
at
Washington
a
few
dajis
ago
the
nomination
by
President
Truman
was
confirmed.
Supporters
and
opponents
of
Governor
Gruening
had
flown
to
the
National
Capital
by
special
planes
recently
'
to
present
1.1a
ir
U!.,c:i.
PRINCE
RUPERT
FISHERMEN'S
CO
-
OPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
j
SATURDAY,
APRIL
16,
1949
itegcourt
uiya
r'
Who
s;,Stdnlon-
KENNETH
S
P
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N
C
ER
BASSO
CIVIC
CENTRE
THURSDAY,
8:30
P.M.
Tickets
at
Ormes.
Civic
Centre
I
thiu
'"aea
a
wound
San
Antonio
3.95
Senator
Rouyn
.40
Sherrit
Gordon
2.06
Steep
Rock
1.43
Sturgeon
River
17
tin
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in
u
Wno
after
V
at
2
p.m.
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WIJUal
HALL
SONS
as
OF
NORWAY
5th
Aveune
East
80
to
W;
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i,
2
his
If
h
home.
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son's
(93)
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Miller
Wiuiltj.