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Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
180.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGU8T
3,
1049
PRICE
FIVE
CENT3
Ti
IFnnmn
and
JJor
tml
Shot
To
Death
GEN.
WEEKS
IS
RETIRING
OTTAWA
Major-General
Ernest
O.
Bunny
Weeks
is
leav
STILL
LURED
BY
GOLD
AFTER
HALF
CENTURY
OF
PROSPECTING
Any
mining
booms
in
Western
Canada
or
the
States
in
the
last
40
years
which
Bill
Hanrahan,
now
an
Alice
Arm
prospector,
has
not
attended
must
havo
been
very
insignificant
indeed
because
he
claims
to
NTO
(CP)
The
body
of
23-ycar-old
ay
was
found
today
in
the
trunk
of
an
iii
west
central
Toronto.
She
was
the
hcrt
S.
(Red)
McKay,
aged
25,
whose
ImkIv
was
found
yesterday
in
a
gully
in
ing
the
Army
at
the
age
of
53
to
make
room
for
others
because
he
remembers
when
he
came
to
the
conclusion,
after
12
years
as
a
captain,
that
brass
never
quit
or
died.
i
have
been
at
them
all.
Sorth
York
township.
ivisi
mated
Tor-1
Gray-headed
hut
still
optimistic,
Mr.
Hanrahan
plans
to
work
his
Alice
Arm
,rder
in
a
week.
ASYLUM
COSTS
ire
-
-U
'
t
V
tlio
young
wo-
FOUR
MILLION
sliot
In
the
11
4,
band
had
been
s
After
38
years
of
soldiering
that
brought
him
four
awards
for
gallantry,
took
him
through
every
rank
from
private
to
major-general
and
saw
him
as
a
key
figure
in
the
reorganization
of
Canada's
postwar
army,
Weeks
is
going
on
retirement
leave
as
adjutant-general
August
15.
id
and
heart.
DENY
AMETHYST
SHELLED
RED
SHIP
IN
ESCAPE
SAN
FRANCISCO
Chinese
Communists
in
a
propaganda
broadcast
last
night
accused
the
Royal
Navy
sioop
Amethyst
of
1
i
3
VICTORIA
Ti.e
800-bed
mental
hospital
planned
fur
Colquitz
will
mean
an
outlay
of
$4,500,000
and
will
be
one
of
the
largest
and
most
costly
projects
to
be
undertaken
in
Victoria
in
many
years.
Provision
will
be
made
for
a
two-wing
ANTS
CIION
claim
for
the
next
year,
then
head
north
for
Yellowknlfe.
He
came
to
town
yesterday
on
the
Camosun
Ko
have
a
tooth
extracted.
The
Yellowknife
country
where
he
spent
a
few
months
several
years
ago,
he
believed
to
be
the
richest
mineral
belt
on
the
continent.
-
"The
last
time
I
was
up
there,,
'
I
caught
pneumonia
'and
had
to
be
flown
out,"
he
said.
"But
I
plan
to
go
back
next
August,
a
year
from
now."
1
The
urge
to
tap
new
rock
with
a
hammer
at
Yellowknlfe
Is
the
one
which
inspired
him
to
follow
gold
strikes
from
Nevada'
lo
The
C.C
F.
na-
administration
block,
A
dan-
TvX.
;
11-
:4
kV
'
f
'
t
vestrrday
called
,
frous
patient
wing,
a
wing
for
trai
government
l"a""
paunus.
ooner
CHURCH
TRYING
TO
START
WAR?
ivo
full
effect
to
house,
kitchens,
bakeshop,
din
imlses"
of
social!
i"g
room,
laundry,
stores,
rec
shelling
a
river
steamer
and
drowning
several
hundred
Chinese
In
Saturday's
dramatic
escape
down
the
Yangtse.
In
London,
the
Admiralty
Immediately
commented:
"categorically
denied."
Hie
broadcast,
from
Nanking,
was
the
first
communist
reaction
to
the
Amethyst's
escape.
ASBESTOS
BOARD
HEARING
IS
ON
rh
It
promised
I
national
therapy
block,
nurses
linn
ramnaicn
home,
farm
units
and
other
.
PRAGUE
Oi
Rude
Pravo,
HAMMER
AND
SICKLE
HANDLED
WITH
CAR
E
As
tenderly
as
they
would
handle
the
Stars
and
Stripes,
the
United
States
guards
on
duty
at
the
four-powers
control
council
building
in
uer
in
respectfully
pull
in
the
hammer
and
sickle
emblem
as
night
falls
In
the
former
German
capital
The
guards
comprised
of
VS.,
French,
Russian
and
British
personnel,
take
their
turn
in
tours
of
duty,
and
In
lowering
the
colors
of
the
four
nations
at
dusk.
r"
;
1
:
.
nil
cniployment.j
buildings,
l
insurance
anu
ins
tor
the
aned.
idrd
immediate
linn
in
the
mat-
LESNEVICH
OUT
THIS
JULY
WET
MONTH
Nome
since
he
first
started
mining
and
prospecting
at
Nelson
54
years
ago.
"I've
made
a
few
good
strikes
in
my
time,
but
haven't
hit
anything
real
good
In
the
last
few
DRAMATIC
TALE
OF
RESCUE
Czechoslovak
Communist
organ,
yesterday
accused
the
Vatican
and
the
Roman
Catholic
hierarchy
of
trying
to
provoke
civil
war
In
Czechoslovakia
over
the
state-church
strike.
The
newspaper
seeks
to
Implicate
Cardinal
Francis,
Spellman
of
New
York
and
what
it
calls
"American
organisation"
In
the
alleged
plot.
ns
low
rental,
wl.'u-rd
that,
so
THETFORD
MINES,
Que.
FOR
KNOCK-OUT
Sitings
of
tne
arbitration
uncut
was
only
board
to
settle
the
asbestos
vpars
"
he
sairt
"But.
In
this
busl-
FROM
COMMUNISTS
REVEALED
VANCOUVER
Curiosity
about
a
placard
with
Chinese
More
Rain
Than
Since
1943
Sunshine
Below
Average
mil
.scale
experi-
labor
dispute
today
moved
to,
t
'
,.
SUMMIT.
New
Jersey
Confidence
oozes
from.'
Gus
Lesne-
three
Thetford
Mines
Co.
prop
Born
at
Renfrew.
Ontario,
67
f
of
finance,
Mr.j
Prince
Rupert
this
year
had
vich
as
he
trains
for
his
title
erties
to
investigate
asbestos!
years
ago,
Mr.
Hanrahan
went
dust
conditions.
irged
with
tying
its
rainiest
July
since
1943.
Pre-niiy
to
that
ot
cipitatlon
for
the
past
month
!cs
and
cchoins
totalled
7.0
inches
on
sixteen
to
Nelson
with
hid
parents
as
a
youth.
'
He
knew
the'Boundury
about
a
week
fcence
with
Ezard
Charles.
Natlorthl
Boxing
Association
heavyweight
champion.
Workers
staged
a
4Vi
montfhj
characters
on
the
cabin
wall
ot
tin
Italian
freighter
today
unravelled
the
dramatic
tale
ot.
the
rescue
of
200
starving
Chinese
who
hearly
drowned
whlWlleelng
from
the
Communists.
A
grim
tale
of
a
race
against
time,
weather,
sickness
and
engine
trouble
came
from
Capt.
Gulseppe
Lubrapo
of
the
steamer
Lulgl.
This
is
the
first
major
port
the
vessel
has
entered
since
she
ctril.il
fchriiapv
1
1
f,.r
1
Kn
an
i
;
ii
I
LUUIIHY
ill
IV
a
uciuaj,
i"
'
hour
"I'm
going
.to
beat
him,"
said
wage
uiL-rcaae
wj
unuS
wic
.
,,
.
tj.,
,
Ul
age
vj
basic
wage
rate
to
$1
an
hour.
days
compared
with
5.16
Inches
in
the
same
month
last
year
and
7
53
Inches
In
July
1943.
So
far
this
year
precipitation
here
mufftn-Iacrd
Ons.
"I'll
go
for
a
knock-out
If
I
can."
financial
inter-
BOAT
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
Vancouver
Bayonne
05
Vs
'
BruJoriie
9.80
B
R.
Con
.03
B.R.X
06
UittUs
ti
l
tnchuH
as
agativt
40
$7
answered
feeble
distress
calls
In
the
China
Sea
July
20.
The
S.O.S.
was
from
the
stricken
Llao
Hal,
one
of
the
last
refugee
shiT-to
leave
Shanghai
before
the
Communists
captured
-the
city.
'
The
Luigl
towed
the
damaged
and
listing
vessel
213
miles
to
Keelung,
Formosa.
-'
.
The
placard
was'a
card
of
thanks
from
the
men,
women
and
children
whose
lives
were
saved.
Inches
during
the
first
seven
MERE
JAIL
BREAK-IN
MEXICO
MELIA,
Mexico
m
Police
early
today
battled
72.
prisoners
REX
BEACH
IS
SERIOUSLY
ILL
'
5
',...'
Rex
Beach,
'tie
.-novelist
seriously
111
at-
his
home
months
of
1948
and
46.4
Inches
in
the
corresponding
period
of
1943.
I'm
Trader
ical
llry
Dock
Thursday,
August
4,
1949
High
:.
10:20
15.9
feet
''
i
1
'
21:54
19.4
feet
Florida,'
where
he
has
lived
for
who
escaped
from
the
city
jail
FUNERAL
OF
USK
MAN
AT
TERRACE
last
night.
Six
prisoners
were
tow
......
.......
.,...
3:54
5.1..eet
Sunshine
'this
July
was
below
normal
at
98
2
hours
compared
with
116
hours
in
the
same
month-
last
year.
The
sunshine
so
far
this
year
has
been
538,3
hours,
far
below
last
year's
740
rs
and
rudder
when
she
skld-'imcrRfd
reef
In
killed
in
fighting
and
eight
15:47
9.8
feet
the
pa.it
forty
far.s.
Mr.-
Beach,
who
was
in
Pmice
Rupert
years
ago
In
the
course
of
an
.Alaskan
trip,
waa
through
the
Klondyke
Stampede.
It'
was
his
novels
of
northern
life,
notably
"The
TERRACE
Funeral
.
services
f
at
the
week-end,'
Cariboo
Quartz
1.15
Congress
03
Hedley
Mascot
,
24
Pacific
Eastern
05
Pend
Oreille
5.25
Pioneer
;
3.25
Premier
Border
03!
Reeves
McDonald
2.35
Reno
.06
Sheep
Creek
1.18
Silbak
Premier
.'.
40
Taku
River
(ask)
.30
Vananda
15
Salmon
Gold
10
Vi
Spud
Valley
08
hours.
we
captured.
Ope
policeman
Is
dead
and
two
are
wounded.
Escapees,
armed
with
rifles,
side-arms
and
other
weapons
from
the
jail,
are
surrounded
on
a
small
hill
outside
the
city
tenter
Western
into
port
here
for
the
late
Buckley
Shannon
were
conducted
in
St.
Matthew's
Church
on
Saturday
afternoon
with
Rev.
P.
H.
Mallett
officiating.
Many
friends
of
the
de
Spoilers,?
"The
SUvrj
Horde,")
i?
to
receive
re-'
Mean
temperature
this
July
56.5
was
the
same
as
July
1948
Rent
Index
Takes
Jump
(lock
on
which
The
maximum
temperature
this
The
six
are
listed
as
danger-
yesterday.
THE
WLATHEtV
'
'
Synopsis
i
The
weather
disturbance
which
is
moving
across
the
British
Columbia
coast
today
Is
bringing
with
it
a
return
of
cool,
cloudy
weather.
Showers
which
are
occurring
over
the
north
coast
today
are
expected
over
the
south
coast
tonight
and
into
the
interior
tomorrow-Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
tomorrow.
Little
change
In
tempera
ceased,
a
mining
man
of
many
ous
convicts
"The
Iron
Trail"
that
first
made
him
widely
known.
!.';
,
WINNIPEG
GIRL
Trader,
bound
July
of
72
compared
with
75
and
j
the
minimum
41
with
47.2
a!
years
standing
of
Usk,
crowded
o
southeastern
A
later
report
said
that
most
of
the
prisoners
had
surrendered.
No
other
details
are
with
a
general
Oils-
year
ago.
Weather
summary
for
this
July
is
announced
as
follows:
Maximum
temperature,
72
on
KELOWHA
CHAMP
I
n
g
provisions,
!
le
of
rock
which
i
me
rivets
at
the'
el
hull,
wrecked
the
church
and
the
funeral
hymns
"Abide
With
Me"
and
"Rock
of
Ages"
were
sung
with
Mrs.
C.
J.
Norrlngton
at
the
organ.
Following
the
service,
interment
took
place
at
the
Kalum
cemetery,
Ihe
pallbearers
being
W.
McCrae,
.Dick
Adams,
Percy
Skinner,
Joe
Bell
and
Mr.
KELOWNA
!
Victories
in
the
senior
women's-'
half-mile
and
200
yards
free-style
fell
to
kid
damaged
the1
U.S.
BOOSTING
EUROPE
STRENGTH
Cost
of
Llvinf
Will
be
Known
Tomorrow
OTTAWA
Ol
The
unpredictable
price
barometer,
the
government's
cost-of-living
Index,
Is
expectd
to
show
at
least
one
major
change
when
It
makes
t3
monthly
appearance
tomorrow.
The
rent
lactor,
which
makes
up
nineteen
per
cent
of
the
total
Index,
Is
likely
to
showman
upward
climb
but
it
ls:
not
known
what
this
will
do
ta
the
udder.
ture.
Wind
southerly
(20
miles
Winnipeg's
Vivian
King
in
July
12.
Minimum
temperature,
41
on
i
July
27.
I
Mean
temperature,
56.5.
1
Maximum
barometer,
30.25
on
July
8.
Minimum
barometer,
29.66
on
per
hour)
today,
(20
m.p.h.)
to
highlights'
of
the
two-day
water
show
accompanying
the
43rd
'.night
and
tomorrow.
Lows
to-
'
the
vessel
was
air
rate
of
speed
't
bow
to
plane
Her.
Is
rmrillort
LONDON
V
Present
United
States
armed
forces
In
Europe!
annual
retratta
of
this
Okan-tnieht
and
hiehs
tomorrow
At
will
be
maintained
ready
for
Port
Hardy,
Masset
and
and
Prince
Rupert
50
and
60.
Anglo
Canadian
3.10
A.P.
Con
.16
Atlantic
:.
.65
Calmont
31
C.
&
E.
..'
4.30
Central
Leduc
72
Home
Oil
9
50
Mercury
,
10
Okalta
:.
132
Pacific
Pete
2.40
Princess
20
Royal
Canadian
06Vi
Toronto
,
Alhona
13
Aumaque
16
Beattle
63
Bevcourt
...
25
Bobjo
15
apan
centre.
In
both
events
the
Winnipeg
mermaid
bested
Vancouver's
emergency
and
will
be
strength
Precipitation,
7,03
on
sixteen
'
(ai
b
ui
niaup.
The
kip
Prince
George,
Bulkley
Valley,
ened
by
an
all-jet
fighter
aid
E
low
Htr.ir.li"
M.
I
ayS.
Kay
McNamce
In
a
reversal
of
,
Northern
B.C.
Regions
Cloudy
defence
In
Germany,
American'
98.2
on
seventeen
Currently,
the
Index,
ealcul-
Sunshine,
days.
form
.compared
to
last
weeks
with
showers
today.
Cloudy
to-
military
chiefs
disclosed
today.
ated
on
the
basis
that
1935-39
8
the
damage.
Vancouver
Empire
Games
trials.
morrow
Little
change
in
tem-
Maximum
wind
velocity,
south-
Trader's
clrlmf
The
United
States
Joint
chiefs
j
pricf,s
equai
100i
stands
at
an
of
staff
gave
out
this
news
in
;
an-tlme
high
of
160.5,
having
The
regatta
opened
yesterday
DCratUre.
Wind.Iisht.
Lows
to-
CANADA
JOINS
IN
PROTEST
OTTAWA
)
Canada
has
joined
with
the
other
Commonwealth
countries
and
the
United
Stales
in
further,
protest
against
the
governments
of
Hungary
and
Romania
regarding
alleged
breaches
of
their
peace
treaties,
the
external
af
Grafenwoehr,
Germany,
shortly
Cox,
found
tha"east'
19
mlles
per
lM)U
Ju
y
"d
slowly
north.!
a,ld
30'
a
full
point
during
advanced
May.
with
16,000
people
in
the'
city
;
nignt
and
highs
tomorrow-At
for
the
event.
The
city
presents
i
prlnce
Ocorge
50
and
70.
Smith-a
gala
appearance
which-
wasprs
5
anfi
68
Xelegraph
Creek
required
to
com-
r"
'i
10
to
inn-
u.uuilnru
uy
a
hiluiul-i
anu
j
gjj
Buffalo
Canadian
10VZ
Trader
CHrriro
a
lightning
shower
yesteraay
ai-ternoon.
"Queen
of
the
Lake"
was
nsslsfed
In
opening
the
re
Blood
Clinic
Response
Good
Consol.
Smelters
1)8.00
Con
west
106
Donalda
60
five
apureiitu.'
The
first
Indian
trading
establishment
made
by
the
British
was
in
Madras
In
1611.
'
fairs
ministry
announced
last
gatta
by
the
mayors
of
Vancouver
and
Kelowna.
night.
The
Dominion,
along
with
before
flying
here
for
the
sec-end
stop
of
their
military
factfinding
tour
of
the
North'
Atlantic
countries.
MAKE
CANADA'S
MUSEUM
GREAT
OTTAWA
(fi
To
turn
Canada's
National.
Museum
into
"one
of
the
world's
great
museums"
was
proposed
today
In
a
brief
presented
to
the
Royal
Commlsion
on
arts,
science
and
AIR
PASSENGERS
(C.P.A.)
To
Vancouver
Mrs.
A.
1
V.
Blackburn,
Miss
J.
Blackburn,
J.
Bouchard,
K.
N.
Pettersen,
Mrs.
C.
Moraes,
Mah
Kate,
G.
Wing,
Miss
J.
Piatt,
W.
H.
Day.
To
Sandspit
G.
Fowler,
G.
Veale.
From
Vancouver
M.
N.
Stevens,
Miss
D.
Mackay,
Miss
D.
Aschoff,
T.
J.
Connelly,
J.
Knight,
B.
Swanson,
J.
Leary,
A.
I
L
SCOURS
I
SUAY
Australia
and
New
Zealand
is
Practice
of
using
volunteer
nurses
to
look
after
blood
donors
after
they
have
given
blood
has
.
mpt
with
the
unqualified
'"Mean
i-st-ni
lilarlclphla
4
5
Washington
1
I
approval
of
professional
work
associated
with
United
Kingdom
notes
delivered
yesterday
to
the
governments
of
the
two
countries.
The
action
was
touched
off
by
religious
and
political
persecution
in
the
Balkan
countries,
Including
the
Imprisonment
of
'
Cardinal
Mindsi
enty
of
ers
on
the
Red
Cross
transition
unit
which
is
currently
operating
a
clinic
here.
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68
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Sullivan
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Lake
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Lake
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McLeod
Cockshutt
1.08
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According
to
Col.
M.
D.
Rob
S.
Fleetham,
G.
Lowe,
B.
Hooker,
Miss
M.
Merrick.
,
(Q.
C.
A.)
To
Masset
N.
Choquette,',
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York
2
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Chicago
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11
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2
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Louis
7
ertson
director
of
the
service,
Prince
Rupert
is
the
first
city
letters.
The
Commission
opened
an
investigation
Into
Canada's
cultural
growth
and
needs
for
expansion.
The
probe
will
take
it
through
five
weeks
of
hearings
Under
the
peace
treaties
V'llcrnalinnal
i
"
lauoni
signed
with
the
Balkan
coun
where
volunteer
nurses
have
been
employed
In
this
capacity
and
It
is
working
out
very
well.
tries
they
pledged
thmesclves
to
Yakima
3
p'ictoria
0-1
protect
human
rights,
such
as
in
the
capital
and
a
seven-
1
Prior
to
the
present
occasion.
1
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i;di
1
ii;
s
;irir
:V'.'V
freedom
of
religion
and
politics,
month
tour
of
Canada
s
prin
tmerton
6
the
nurses
and
aides
attached
l
ti
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11
cipal
cities.
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S
to
the
unit
have
accompanied
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the
donors
from
the
donor
beds
to
the
rest
beds
where
they
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0
TERRACE
Shortly
after
9
Sacramento
Communion
Wine
Is,
Taken
By
Thieves
TERRACE
Police
were
notified
last
week
that
St.
Matthew's
rectory
had
been
broken
into,
entry
having
been
presumably
made
by
breaking
a
window.
Communion
wine
and
a
quantity
of
Guide
cookies
which
had
been
stored
there
were
reported
to
have
been
taken.
;
00900
o'clock
this
morning
the
fire
department
was
called
to
the
blacksmith
shop
of
Little,
Haug
'Jutland
4
1
3,
San
Diego
2
spend
a
10-mlnute
period
after
giving
blood.
The
practice
according
to
Col.
Robertson
will
be
continued
In
other
places.
Yesterday
at
the
Civic
Centre,
Mrs.
T.
W.
Blackburn'
and
daughter,
Joan,
who
have
beer,
visiting
in
Prince
Rupert
for
a
fortnight,
left
by
today's
plane
for
their
home
in
Vancouver.
They
were
the
guests
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
F.
Saunders,
Fifth
Avenue
West,
Mrs.
Blackburn
is
a
sister
of
Mr.
Saunders.
LouvlcourJ,
,
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Pickle
Crow
:
2.07
Regcourt
05
San
Antonio
4.25
Senator
Rouyn
41
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.15
Steep
Rock
170
Sturgeon
River
,
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Silver
Miller
34
Vi
PANDIT
NEHRU
GETS
AROUND
Pandit
Nehru,
Prime
Minister
of
India,
recently
flew
over
some
of
the
highest
mountain
ranges
in
the
world
in
a
plane
specially
fitted
with
oxygen
apparatus,
to
visit
the
monastery
of
Sankar
Gomps,
near
Lch.
The
Head
Lama
of
Ladakh
(second
frbm
left)
is
shown
welcoming
Pandit
Nehru
on
his
arrival
by
presenting
him
with
a
shawl,
the
traditional
gesture
of
welcome
among
the
people
of
Ladakh.
Standing
at
left
Is
Brigadier
Atal.
land
&
Kerr
on
Lakelse
Avenue
where
a
heating
iron
had
fallen
to
the
floor,
dry
grass
underneath
the
floor
being
Ignited.
No
damage
was
dor.e
PO
DATE
the
smooth-working
unit,
aided
nf
o
ii.
ocounnri
voc
by
volunteer
helpers,
received
!
"BO,
(Continued
on
Page
2)