PROVINCIAL! UBF RY - I 1 SORROW'S Ltides- Lay, August 19. 1953 1C stardird nmei g 47 14.3 leet "' 20:25 17.5 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER tf VDcltory "' 2;28 7-3 feet Published of Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" 4 ol 10 6 feet VOL. XLII, No. 192 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS Phone 81 !n!ll!iillH,isiiiil if? Pr iilnirr;nefrTirn.'niainTi VrtUJU e) UUUU UU UJMVUUUUUV?UUU 3 1 I I . --. 5fltsjSi- w' i . M Businessman Given Pardon, Expelled NICKELSDORF, Austria, (AP)-Edgar Sanders, British business man jailed by Communist Hungary for nearly four years as a spy, walked into Austria shortly after noon today a free man. , Troops Set For Attack In Morocco RABAT, Morocco (AP) Fresh tension gripped Morocco today as reports circulated that the Pasha The Red Hungarian govern- of Marrakech's fierce Berber j troops were poised to move asainst French-backed. Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef. inrs of reporters who shouted: "Welcome to Austria." The window on Sanders' sida of the car was kept closed. But he appeared cheerful and continued to respond to the waves and greetings of the photographers, reporters and curious villagers. 1 The pasha, Thaml El Glaoul, j also threateiiid to turn against i the French unless they cracked ! i down on the sultan, titular ruler . Jit- -,J -mM -Ai... . ,.,M M N old SAILOR about a kindly boatswai i s mate who gently awakens his shipmates t whispered announcement that it's 9 o'clock and you'll rate a guffaw of disbelief. But e situation aboard the carrier U.8.S. Philippine Sea, whenever she steams back to u Navy Headquarters after operations with Task Force 77. Under skipper's orders, men ied to sleep until 9 o'clock and the'n th y're invited to rise by a soft-spoken boatswain's nent pardoned the 47-year-old Briton Monday night and expelled him from the country where he and American Robert Vogeler were senteced in February 1950, on charges of espionage and sabotage. Vogeler was released April, 1951. Like Vogeler, Sanders came across the frontier to freedom at Nlckelsdorf, little Austrian border station. Russian tanks on manoeuvres and Austrian farm combines cluttered narrow road on Austrian side of frontier. Sanders was met at the frontier by a party from the British legation In Budapest. He looked pale, wore his customary glasses and grey suit. Shortly after Sanders crossed, the Italian legation car bearing and nominally the spiritual lead- er of the country. j Warning that only French i Union troops guarding this North African protectorate bar the I pasha's path, experienced ob- j Seaman Dale W. Henderson of Oreybu'.l.Wyo., thinks he's still dreaming as he's coaxed Men Rushed To Save s bunk by BM3C Wancy Cole of Los Angeles. server predicted that the climax i nth of J H . mif h LITTLE GREGORY McGRATIl, 7, of Westmere, N.Y., has something quite a few other children would dance with Joy to have ... a model railroad. Greg looks the part of a railroader with his cap and neckerchief as he fixes the 'running flags on a gasoline-powered engine, but It's only a part of the rolling stock his father built as a hobby. Railroad tracks stretch around the McGrath's back yard so it's an easy matter to go for a ride whenever he wants to travel. Rebel Chief Eludes Hunt of the three-cornered struggle between the nationalist-minded sultan, the hitherto pro-French pasha and the French govern-, ment Is yet to come. Gen. Augustln Guiflaume, France's resident general in the 0 m w mm b tva Ste. Therese mucin iuya y FORESTVILLE, Que. 0 Fifty Vincenze Sclotto, an Italian, ! also reached Austria. men, Ilown in from Rimouski I of accidental death cd last nlnht by a Jury were rushed today Into the threatened village of Ste. Therese Jury that Klassen, a local con- TEHRAN Iran (APi Premier seethina protectorate, flew home tractor hired by the company be- Mohammed' Mossadegh's trlum- to Paris Monday to report on cause of a shortage of trucks, nant K0VPrnment continued ar,ne extremely grave situation." had probably driven under the;ound today of suspects inHe took off shortly after de-lopper 100 times the previous Suridays. attempted coup. From ! nounclng the sultan for issuing nuty-Coroner George J. tuning Into the death du Colombier, east of the huge Sciotto was convicted of espionage and sentenced to four years in prison in 1951. . An Italian foreign ministry spokesman in Rome earlier to forest fire burning north of this St. Lawrence river north shore Northland Dairy Bought By Bulkley Valley Group what French colonials labelled a Harold Smith of 1321 -trect, Prince Rupert, was killed Saturday n the dockside of the town. day declined to comment upon Two fires were deliberately set Sclotto. Spokesman said that east of Ste. Therese, Maurice Cellulose plant at Wat- publicity on the case might "call to holy war." . In a communique Issued from his palace here Monday night the sultan urged the country to remain calm even In the face ol v.., "' , hill hideout the fugitive shah's Enterprise began. There were no appolntee, Maj.-Oen. Fazollah s.gns designating the amount of ; Zahed, defiantly malted on army clearance under the hopper norjofflcers ,ay down their Uves were there any specific regula- f th monarchy, lions stating that drivers should i . , v., , I Mohammed Reza Pahlevl drive around the hopper rather Sorayar riieanwhilc, hn .,nrfPmP.h It ,hn i Empress Vezlna, assistant manager of ley Milk Producers Association harm members ol Sciotto's f am and see the sanitary conditions Uy who are still In Hungary. y, convening in the " court, heard Fred The spokesman said the min "sacrilege threatening Islamic Police Protective association said. Provincial police are investigating. , p; W". MoKay; manager of the association in Quebec confirmed flow stevedore with Sheardown Brothers announced today that their entire Interests in Northland Dairy Ltd. have been sold to the Bulkley Valley Milk Producers Association, a group comprised of; the owners of 15 farms in the Biilk-ley Valley district.. . , left Iraq by plane today for istry had known of 8ciottoi arrest and that the Italian gov. laws. Informed persons said the Rome. Earlier, in Baghdad, the under which the milking and processing of the milk was done. The Bulkley Valley Milk Producers have supplied the milk for the Northland Dairy since .the dairy was.started as a new actually loading. To the right of the hopper there was lnsuffl- eminent had sought repeatedly cient room for a truck to make a ;i l , h 7t' tilled i hV Voiaoui "redV to that two fires were set but declined to give details. More than 600 men, meanwhile to have him freed. The spokesman said Sciotto was employed Pacific Stevedoring tell how he, 8mlth and k hitched a ride on a dump truck from the to the dock where the rprlse was unloading 'id that he and Smith by a Hungarian construction " company. -' continued the fight against the main fire raging out of control complete U-turn, he said. Trucks, h and that ; rlde against the sultan whenever had to back up until they could & ' h d vi , t d the , the pasha gives the order, either go under the hopper to ..Xne only thmg standing In load or be driven under and then Unofficial report said police ; wgy French vm, back around when loaded. ; jond pro-Communist troops had forcesv these sources added- , Photos and measurements tak. ?rre,?td H" alleged ringleaders of j ; ; v... .u. Di.i).ii)ih. the palace attempt to oust the! business in Prince Rupert by the Sheardown Brothers., early, ip 1948. ' As the, business 'Vol this dairy .has Increased, the shipments of milk, from .these pro John Greene, whp with his three brothers, owns and operates Meadowbrooke Farms, near Teikwa, one of the largest and finest farms la the interior, wUi be the resident, manager. '' Sanders did not get, out of the car when it stopped at the over the wide area. More than 165 square miles of timberland have been destroyed since the fire broke out 11 days ago 48 iron tier,- Sciotto covered his face plie back of the truck ducers hav'e also, been -booste. J with his hand as he sat in the backs turned to keep back teat of 'the Italian car. at f wind. As the truck niiles north of here. The Association hones ' in Mr.' Greene has-been connect-? c.i u, .v.lc .vv.. o..v,v , , ' mlet FOreiga Minister , f distance between the floor of the ' iHuMeln Fteml admltted 14 were jWWIIWnQ t ..... k. n A ilia hnam at hp hnRp i .J V tempting to avoid, photograph-1 ers ;,i 1 : , ' 11 v ill 11 1 icttucia ; The fire-; is blamed by: officials on criminal negligence on the part of blueberry pickers. To Be Shown Zahedi's declaration was hand Sanders smiled out of the lar ler a movable hopper iddled the dock road, rter of the two men, his hat was skimmed "d by g large beam at i of the hoDDer while of the hopper was 5 feet 2 inches. Smith was 5 feet 9. Members of the Jury were: O. and waved In reply to the greet- ed reporters by a courier in Tehran as troops scoured the countryside for him. The government ordered a ed with the dairy industry prae- crease the herds in the BullUey tically all of his life. Since 1919, Valley sufficiently to supply all he has been part owner of the j of the Prince Rupert area and tarm near Teikwa. This farm eventually the whole of the Kit-Is now distributing milk in'imat area as well. They also Houston, Smithers, Teikwa and j hope to expand the Alaska trade Hazelton. j now enjoyed by the Northland In an Interview yesterday, Mr. Dairy-Greene said the association felt I All farms under the Bulkley that with one of its own men Valley Milk Producers Assocla-ln direct contact, the milk sit-1 tion have been granted either Stokoe, foreman; Carl Thomas, N. Shenton, Robert Armstrong, Y 'lung to the floor of 'hen his head was Boat Missing From Cow Bay Forestville, with estimated population of 1,000 persons, although only six miles south of the fire which Is slowly advancing in a wedge, Is not In the path of fire. Both Ste. Therese find Canton Lasour are in the fire's path but flames are still about 10 miles away. "It will take an act of God to stop this fire." one official said. There has been no rain In Ste. There.se since June 5 and trees W. C. Johnston, Robert Player, i special frontier watcn to prevent RCMP Const. Gordon conducted j Zahedl from slipping across to the Inquiry. Join the shah In Baghdad. Committal of Seven Persons !he beam. and Miss Elizabeth 8.RN., Columbia Cel-said they had diffi-"ig a pulse on Smith l,e "ist have died al- Two more films In the Red Cross Water and Safety series will be shown free of charge at the Civic Centre at 7:30 Thursday night, Pat Forman, chairman of the Prince Rupert board of Park commissioners announced today. The films, showing safe swim-nilng practices and also instructions in methods of swimming and life saving have been brought here by popular request i DiKannearance of a lB-fnot the standards set by the B.C. cunker-built inboard motor in Prince Runert and the pro duccrs in the Bulkley Valley can ; Department of Agriculture j launch from Cow Bay floats was fn-diatcly. Smith was" In 1951 and 1952. the Bulklev , reported to RCMP this morning be vastly improved when both rimre fhmprt r.nr,,ii On Assembly Charge Deferred 143 Ninth an(i bushes are very dry. H Was dead nil Qi riu-jl sicies understand eacn otner s , valley Producers supplied the i by Larry Stanwood problems. I major needs of the Alcan ProJ- Avenue East. At dawn the men began work Committal for trial of seven off in the direction ol beconq At the same time, he extend- : ect out of Burns Lake and Van- I The boat, powered by a 6-horse on a fire break four to five miles 'f the tnu k. James J. 11 new Canadian from after the success of the first nri'Minn churned with Dartlcl- Avenue aim mat ii. urn uu assisted in his evi- pating in an unlawful assembly strike him as strange that this film two weeks ago. All swim ed a standing invitation to all j derhoof. Even under the severe Wisconsin engine, painted light long six miles north of here. A residents of the Prince Rupert ; shipping conditions from rail-1 blue with a brown tarpaulin on It fire protection official said the area to visit any of the 15 farms ' head to camp, loss due to spoil- was left tied up by Mr: Stanwood I fire break will be made as "wide KtMP coast. Oroene-Mted as interpreter. 88 told the r-oiirt. I,, August 2 . was deferred until was in tne opposite airecuon io Friday at the close of the pre- j the ' Belmont hotel. Although represented In the Bulkley Val- ', age was at a minimum. ' at 8 o'clock last night. 1 as possible." Nies that he riirin-i mcrs, non-swimmers, parents of children who want to learn to swim and any interested persons are warmly invited. Second annual Parks Board swimming gala, scheduled fdr last Sunday afternoon and iminary hearing yesterday be- the witness had been watcning rore Magistrate W. D. Vance. I McKenzle earlier, he said he The action was taken at re-' had not seen him on the fender lucst of crown counsel T. W.'or hood of a car as another Cassiar Bright Chapter in Story of North hlllS had happened in "' the truck until after ;hod back to the plant we request of the men the truck. Brown, QC. Those charged are i witness naa lesunca. by Mr. i washed out by rain, will be held John Graham McKenzie, Earl Under questioning declared this coming Sunday at McCly- Batt, Grace Green, Oeorge Fie- Brown, Const. Miller use his own words, he was "double-crossed" not by Con- a''y upset last night, he 'Jry that he hart import in, Clayton Jarvis, Simon Mor- i he had also seen the defendants rison and Arnold Mervln Jon- ', Flewln, Jonascn and Mrs. Green they have done far back into another age. But all this time asbestos has been lying around on the moun mont Park. Starting time of the meet will be at 2:30 p.m. weather permitting. f the trilflf onH iUt h , "" asen. Testifying in the final period r ". nerved that he had West but by one of his friends. There was apparently a handshake agreement which did not stand up when the. money started to appear. look more In character with a Tyrolean horn, herding goats in the Alps. It seems that Bardel was one of a trio who recognized the deposit's value md staked claims. That, apparently, was the beginning of operations and the end of the story for Bardel. To tain tops as glossy and plentiful ; le spot. He didn't 'her thinir i,. u of the hearing, Const. Miller, in the crowd that night. He said he had seen a tear-gas shell thrown from the vicinity in which Jonasen was standing. Under questioning by defence IL..:. " "l "WIS! UIH.ll f''"i! assisted lnin thn oom by two men w RCMP, Identified the defendant, McKenzie, as one he saw "shuffling along" after the crowd in front of the city hall 'counsel Mrs. Wllla Ray, Const. I aw no clearance signs ' ou no signs which w-helher he should as snow. The Indians have known about It, and so have the mountain sheep who used to make beds of it before man disturbed their resting place. REMAINED INDIFFERENT When more became known about the nature and value of asbestos, some of the old prospectors In the area went to look at the Cassiar deposits But they remained indifferent because Miller said he had seen Flewin near Frizzell's corner and later running with the crowd after tear-gas was used. He said he had known the accused before. w under the hop. (John MRor. DHlly News publisher, accompanied R. O. Moore, election clerk, on his recent flying trip throunn northern B.C. This la the last of bis three articles on life and development In that enlraordin- I ary area.) In northern B.C. a town is being built out of rope. It is not ordinary rope but white, corded stuff with fire-resistant qualities which has made its name In the world as asbestos. The town is Cassiar, named after the mountain range in which it lies. At present barely more than a clearing in a valley wilderness, Cassiar is another of those points like Tulsequah and Alln which are adding a chin to the east-west profile of Canada's population. It will be a big chin, symbolic of the determination which is movinz civilization into a coun- - snv mere was only 111 back of the truck, -WEATHER- Synopsis A weak storm which is remaining stationary to the west of the Queen Charlotte Islands is cast In ' Another witness, Const. Gra-iham, testified he had assisted was dispersed by tear gas. Told to move along, the witness said, McKenzie replied 'that "you can't arrest me as long as I'm moving." Const. Miller declared the accused gave his name as "Clifford Mahone and said something about the Behnont hotel." He said the defendant was definitely not Intoxicated. Under cross-examination by fDl Cellulose told the ing layers of clouds and a few Such an experience would normally embitter a man. Not so Bardel, who has picked up a rare philosophy in the solitude of the mountains. He figures the opportunity of immediate great wealth is not a fair challenge to anyone and concedes he-might have done the same thing In his friend's position. "How do you know what you d do until you have to do it?" he asks. RICHEST OF LOT Bardel still lives close to the scene of his disappointment because, after gaining an intimate acquaintance with minera: hunting-grounds through the length and breadth of Canada, he has concluded that this area showers over most of the coast. In the arrest of Earl Batt and had also arrested Simon Morrison. He said the latter was "dru'nk" and was working his way against the crowd after ? Complete s Y 1 1 y t 1 1 f f I ' ( I f0 Dnlll .. defence counsel Doug Hogarth .B wuons ol Some cloudiness from this disturbance has penerated into the Cariboo. Weather conditions are quite static and the weather on Wednesday will be about the same as today. Forecast j dispersal. I A third witness, Const. Hill. I declared he had arrested Jarvis the fibres did not seem to be of the required length. There was a story current that they had to be at least a foot long, which was more than the measurement of the Cassiar asbestos since established as of excellent quality and comprising perhaps the richest find in the world. Just what started the big in .. r island were I Const. Miller stated he had seen if a? . y and fnal McKenzie earlier that night "UkMlVT in , ' and Flewin. Answering Mrs. Ray, he said Flewin appeared have bZ; 'eera talklng to groups on both sides of Third Avenue in the vicinity of the Royal hotel and that he i try as menacing and magnifi ' cea ing offi A gale warning continues in cent as the glaciers whict the north coast region today and sculpture it. terest In that fire proof head As one finds so frequently !n BHr ar iile Dald Cassiar moun- Wednesday. There will not be much change in temperature and southerly winds U5) will be thls northern development, the ! tains js a story that is probably real wealth around Cassiai- was to be circulating and talking to people at Frizzell's corner. He stated the accused gave him no trouble when he arrested him later near the city hall. The witness denied trying to release Jarvis after he had been taken to the police station. All of the accused reserved statement at the close of the hearing. Committal for trial will h; ir.adt ,dt ill so a m., Friday. WII.BERT COFFIN, 37-year-old Gaspe prospector, has been detained as a material witness in' the case of three Pennsylvania hunters, slain iu the Gaspe bush about June 10. This photo by the Toronto Telegram shows Cotfiu, as important witness at the coroner's inquest in his prospector's clothes in Giijjpti. "appeared to be inciting something." He sid he did not stop him then because there were orders not to start anything. The witness said that later when he found McKenzie shuffling along. It had taken the accused 15 minutes to move half a block from the Empress hotel to the 555 taxi stand. He said Mint McKenzie then went in the northeast corner of B.C. is richest of the lot. He is working several of his own mines there and has tempered the lonely habits of his earlier life by getting married and setting up house on the shore of attractive Hope Lake. Se CASSIAK Fane blowing in protected waters. Gales up to 30 m.p.h. will occur In exposed waters, decreasing to southerly during the afternoon. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy, Bandspu ua friiice Kiiperr,, si! and 8z. known only to the Con-West Exploration Company which is now removnig it. One who claims to have had a part, however, is John bui del, a prospector of Austrian extraction who fan-I'R'f expt'tisivr nigar hut would ignored for years while men turned all their efforts to ftiid ing gold. Even now one can see shaggy, out mudt-d prospectors thue, hopefully panning strenms kW with ana Min-