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Cunudlan
Press
SPX)UL
End
of
the
Korean
fighting
appeared
close
today.
A
fateful
truce
meeting
tomorrow
morning
in
Panmunjom
could
almost
write
an
end
to
three
years
of
war
and
death.
Thc
Communists
were
report
ed
to
have
submitted
terms
so
close
to
those
of
the
United
Nations
Command
that
an
armistice
might
be
signed
by
June
25.
third
anniversary
of
this
war
that
has
already
taken
an
awesome
toN.
Minor
details
must
be
ironed
"ut,
but
"peace
fever"
was
in
the
air
here
as
well
as
in
other
w
,
mm
Candidates
Both
File
Libel
Suits
By
The
Jniilmn
Press
VANCOUVEH
A
two-way
libel
suit
is
the
latest
development
arising
out
of
the
present
provincial
election
campaign
and
involving
the
leader
of
the
S
o
c
i
a
1
C
r
e
d
i
t
Allic
dcapitals.
A
high
U.S.
official
in
Tokyo
said
an
agreement
to
exchange
orisoners
likely
will
be
signed
Saturday.
However,
truce
could
not
be
signed
before
next
week,
ne
added.
There
was
one
Jarring
and
bitter
dissent
to
the
optimism,
president
Syngman
Rhee's
South
Korean
Government
has
stub-1xrnly
opposed
truce
terms
al-
DTMAN
IS
SHOWN
carrying
the
train
of
pretty
Queen
Elizabeth
II
as
she
comes
down
the
ii
But
kinghara
Palace
to
the
carriage
whl-h
bore
her
to
Westminster
Abbey
for
her
.ton.
.She
is
dressed
In
an
ornately-embroidered
white
satin
gown.
Other
pictures
of
die
if
ceremony
appear
elsewhere
on
this
pa-je
as
well
as
on
pages
3,
4
and
8.
The
photos
ikon
from
a
BBC
television
screen
and
ru
shed
to
this
city.
league
in
B.C.
and
an
In
'hough
Rhee
has
said
he
would
?o-operate
"at
any
cost"
with
the
U.S.
Oeneral
Mark
Clark,
UN
Far
Sa.st
Commander,
flew
to
Seoul
from
his
Tokyo
headquarters
dependent
candidate.
John
Perdue,
also
a
Social
Credit
-
candidate
in
the
Mac-Kenzie
riding,
took
leeal
action
ina
conierrea
with
Rhee,
in
a
possible
11th
hour
attempt
to
ypterday,
issuing
a
suit
against
Hdlibut
-Prices
up
uj.
tt
.
ii.
xvciitp,
v
niicuuver-
overcome
opposition
of
the
ag
ing,
but
fiery,
president.
Crew
Escape
j
Point
Grey
candidate.
He
seeks
(unstated
damages
for
alleged
slander.
...,.';-",
Dr.
Kemp
charged
a.
a
politi-cal
meeting
that
Mr.
Perdue
had
been
convicted
on
more
than
one
he
Today
THE
-QUEEN'S
PROCESSIONAL
moves
through
the
long
nave
of
Westminster
Abbey
on
the
way
to
Coronation
ceremonies.
Queen
Elizabeth
II
Is
in
foreground
wearing
long
robes
of
state
over'
her
elaborately-embroidered
gown.
,
-
.
-
occasion
or
obtaining
money
pi
it
cs
this
season
were
halibut
on
the
exchange
aiiiuiiK
from
11
cents
for
to
IS
5
cents
for
me-
.iy
a
small
catch
was
tiKiuy,
totalling
131.000
ir
three
boats.
Another.
I
under
false
pretences
"and
similar
crimes"
in
Vancouver.
Mr.
Perdue,
in
a
radio
broadcast,
admitted
he
had
made
a
Jaycees
Again
Urge
Elector:
i
"foolish
mistake"
25
years
ago
To
'Get
Out
and
Vote'
Tuesday
when
he
used
another
s
licence
to
obtain
a
job
for
which
he
said
he
was
qualified.
51
As
Halibut
Boat
Burns
A
skipper
of
a
small
halibut
fishing
vessel
and
his
partner
escaped
injury
when
their
boat
caught
fire
early
this
morning
in
Edye
Pass,
20
miles
southwest
of
here.
,
A
troller
converted
to
halibut
fishing,
the
Myrtle
V
burned
to
the
water
line
and
was
reported
by
radio
telephone
to
be
a
total
loss.
Mr.
Perdue
obtained
a
writ
with
a
total
of
80.000
Mjitl
tO
C0-0J.
Landings:
mi
HI,
33,000,
15.5,
14.3,
:
Twinkle,
28.000.
15.2.
Ryal;
Brooks
Bay,
70,-i.
14.3,
11,
Atlln.
f.
Four-forty
17.000;
Em-40.
Lurry
H
18,000.
yesterday
in
the
B.C.
Supreme
Court.
Last
night.
Dr.
Kemp
announc
ing
of
utilities.
In
Prince
Rupert
George
Hills
is
seeking
re-election.
The
preferential
or
alternative
voting
system,
inaugurated
by
the
Coalition
government
last
year,
again
will
be
used
in
the
June
9
election.
Ballots,
al
ed
at
a
public
meeting
that
he
is
suing
Mr.
Perdue
for
"defamation
of
character
and
libel."
Dr.
Kemp
said
he,
too,
has
obtained
j
Her
skipper
is
Harry
Bricre,
but
a
writ.
ready
printed,
show
names
ol
partner
was
unidentified.
It
was
He
said
he
was
basing
his
suit
jsine
Kivers
not
known
what
caused
the
fire,
i
on
remarks
made
by
the
Social
or
how
the
two
men
were
res
Credit
League
president
when
he
A
"Get
Out
The
Vote"
campaign
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
again
is
underway
to
promote
publie
interest
in
the
June
9
provincial
election.
Circular
letters
to
city
organizations
already
have
been
mailed.
Meanwhile
the
advance
poll
'
will
remain
open
until
9
o'clock
tonight
at
6118
Third
Avenue
West.
It
will
be
open
from
1
p.m.
to
9
p.m.
also
on
Saturday.
The
poll
is
designed
to
allow
voting
by
persons
who
will
be
unable
to
attend
any
poll
In
B.C.
on
June
9.
Monday
night,
on
election
eve,
Jaycees
will
Interview
Scott
McLaren,
returning
officer,
In
a
radio
program.
On
election
day,
a
sound
truck
will
call
on
citizens
in
all
parts
of
the
city
to
"get
out
and
vote"
while
the
city
eUrfew
siren
will
be
sounded
every
hour
on
the
hour
between
spoke
in
reply
to
the
criminal
record
charges.
Polio
Strikes
Five
at
Dawson
ns
ii
i
Rampage
WTon
q,
Rivers
and
'
across
thousands
of
'I
prairies
are
running
'
burstiiig
their
banks
to-h
the
run-off
of
a
three-
that
loosed
up
to
five
11
win
in
so.ae
areas
and
l
evacuation
of
hund-n-Mdonts.
At,
least
two
are
dead.
rt'ls
of
thousands
of
acres
1
prairie
farmlund
have
irr'fl
into
a
soggy
mush,
?
seeainc
and
necessltat-
DAWSON,
Y.T.
Pj
Outbreak
of
polio
that
began
at
White-
il
a.m.
and
8
p.m.
as
a
further
reminder.
;
Most
of
the
local
electioneering,
with
exception
of
newspaper
and
radio
advertising
has
been
completed.
Each
party
running
a
candidate
In
the
Prince
Rupert
riding
Liberal,
Social
Credit,
and
CCF
have
had
visiting
speakers
of
prominence
in
the
campaign.
On
June
9,
it
will
be
up
to
the
voters,
who
they
select.
The
Social
Credit
party
formed
a
minority
government
with
'9
seats
after
the
June
12
election
last
year
and
was
defeated
in
the
Legislature
by
opposition
to
the
"Rolston
formula"
on
education
last
March
24.
The
government
seeks
reelection,
seeking
support
from
voters
on
Its
past
record.
In
Prince
Rupert,
Bill
Murray,
manager
-
of
the
Commercial
Hotel,
is
the
Social
Credit
candidate.
The
Liberal
party,
reduced
to
six
seats
in
last
year's
election
also
comes
to
the
people
with
a
platform
based
on
past
performance
and
states
It
Is
a
"revitalized"
party.
The
Liberals,
too,
are
running
a
candidate
in
all'
ridings.
In
Prince
Rupert,
Arthur
Bruce
Brown,
city
solicitor
and
school
trustee
is
representing
the
party.
The
CCF
party
is
making
its
seventh
attempt
to
form
the
provincial
government.
It
seeks
support
from
labor
and
he
working
class
generally
and
horse,
about
210
miles
southeast
of
here,
has
struck
five
times
this
week.
.
QtKIiN
MOTIIKR
KI.IZABCTII
(left
and
Princess
Margaret
smile
to
checking
crowds
on
the
way
from
Buckingham
Palace
in
"Glass
Coach"
to
Westminster
Abbey
for
Coronation
of
Queen
Elizabeth.
Millions
of
people
jammed
the
route
from
the
palace
to
the
Abbey
and
from
the
Abbey
back
to
the
palace
for
a
look
at
the
young
monarch
and
other
regal
personalities.
Dr.
John
Barker
medical
health
officer
for
the
Dawson
area,
said
Thursday
there
is
one
candidates
in
Prince
Rupert
and
in
Atlln
In
the
following
order:
Prince
Rupert:
Bill
Murray,
Social
Credit;
George
Hills.
CCF;
Arthur
Bruce
Brown,
Liberal.
Atlin:
Frank
Assu,
Social
Credit:
Frank
Calder,
CCF;
W.
D.
Smith,
Liberal.
Voters
will
NOT
mark
their
ballot
with
an
X
but
with
numbers
1,
2
and
3.
In
order
ef
preference
for
candidates.
In
order
to
receive
a
majority
vote,
a
candidate
must
have
50
per
cent
No.
1
votes
of
all
legal
fcallots
plus
one.
If
there
is
no
first
elioioe
majority,
the
ballots
of
the
candidate
with
least
number
of
No.
1
votes
are
counted
for
second
choices
and
distributed
according
to
the
votes
to
the
remaining
two
candidates.
Candidate
then
with
a
straight
majority
is
the'
winner.
In
case
of
a
tie
which
observers
say
is
impossible
-when
only
three
candidates
are
in
the
running
third
choice
votes
on
the
losing
candidate's
ballots
will
be
counted
and
distributed.
This
voting
system
is
said
to
prevent
any
"minority
election"
of
candidates.
Polling
station
in
Prince
Rupert
Is
at
the
Civic
Centre
and
opens
at
8
a.m.
next
Tuesday.
paralytic
case
and
four
non
paralytic.
siodinR
in
many
areas.
t'lba
appears
to
have
been
'"si
u
was
still
raining
c
Purls
of
the
province
''
although
the
'
"'flee
here
said
the
is
over."
School
Policy
To
Be
Aired
At
Prince
George
Meeting
School
board
secretary
Mrs.
M.
Resignations,
were
accepted
M.
Roper,
and
W.
H.
Graham,
j
from
six
high
school
teachers
school
Inspector,
will
represent
and
from
Ed
Matte
of
Conrad
this
district
at
a
meeting
in
'Street
school.
Following
are
Prince
George
June
6
where
the
others
resigning:
G.
E.
McNeil,
nrnvlnclal
government's
n
e
w
I
Fred
Huber,
Miss
Yvonne
Lupine,
1J'hlic
at.
fourteen
ffiiiu..
"'rUiwcstern
Montana
cued.
The
Newcastle
Four,
a
B.C.
Packers
Ltd.
vessel,
reported
she
had
towed
the
burning'
craft
to
shore
and
beached
It
on
Arthur
Island
In
the
pass.
Brierc,
who
was
fishing
for
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Coop,
is
expected
to
arrive
in
the
city
tonight.
Forest
Fire
Uncontrolled
Near
Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS,
Alaska
(CPX
The
division
of
forestry
reported
Thursday
a
huge
forest
fire
was
burning
out
of
control
In
an
urea
between
Ianacross
and
Chicken,
southeast
of
Fairbanks.
The
blaze
is
estimated
to
have
covered
nearly
10,000
acres.
Flames
were
roaring
through
timber
and
brush
in
an
area
noted
for
its
value
in
producing
wildlife.
Officials
said
crews
at
the
scene
have
been
unable,
to
control
the
blaze
which
Is
reported
to
be
jumping
fire
lines
as
much
as
a
quarter-mile
wide.
Interior
Alaska
has
been
scorched
for
several
days
by
a
blistering
sun
that
raised
temperatures
to
85
degrees
an-1
created
a
vast
area
of
fire
hazard.
Bus
Service
Resumes
The
Canadian
National
Transportation
Ltd.,
a
CNR
subsidiary,
resumed
its
bus
service
between
here
and
Smlthers
today.
The
service
was
temporarily
discontinued
last
February.
I'mi'iW'iicy
flood
status
imie
rain-swollen
rivers
lr
tunes
their
usual
IV.
SloplX'd
Thll.rlnv
hilt.
r-AVS'.l
V4
small
businessmen
and
fights
Henry
Miss
Elaine
Maynard,
Pluym,
Ray
Hill.
,IJI'"
mure
felf
In
in'
davs
"big
business
on
the
grounds
that
it
is
squeezing
out
the
small
man,
and
promotes
nationaliz
ail
f
)!)ri2
policy
of
capital
financing
of
school
buildings
will
be
explained.
Mrs.
Roper's
attendance
was
approved
at
a
board
meeting.
The
board
was
also
advised
that
bonds
for
the
new
Port
Ed
The
board
will
investigate
conditions
of
the
Inverness
and
Sunnyside
schools
and
see
what
can
be
done
about
repairing
them.
Inspector
Graham
told
the
board
he
considered
these
afl
Red
Cross
officials
ll"
flood
situation
to
get
r
as
waters
pour
from
land
to
streams.
ward
school
could
not
be
issued
after
the
Prince
George
I
classrooms
"the
worst
on
the
until
V
fx-
Pacific
coast.
meetine
and
until
the
plans
and
P
to
Boston
MUSEUM
HOLDING
TAG
DAY
W
CARRY
ON
THIS
SUMMER
The
Prince
Rupert
museum
board
will
make
a
bid
tomorrow
to
raise
some
$600
by
holding
a
tag
day
in
order
to
carry
oti
'
operation
of
the
museum
this
year.
The
city's
main
tourist
attraction
Is
scheduled
to
epen
June
15,
and
$1000
has
been
budgeted
for
the
season's
opera-
tion.
Funds
In
excess
of
the
budget
will
go
towards
the
building
fund,
now
being
promoted
by
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce,
the
Senior
Chamber
and
the
Trincc
Rupert
Tourist
Bureau.
.
Tenders
will
be
called
tof
general
repair
work
of
all
schools
in
the
district
where
needed.
Douk
Homes
Burned
GRAND
FORKS,
B.C.
JPi
Fire
destroyed
homes,
two
woodsheds
and
bathhouses
early
Thursday
in
the
Sons
of
Freedom
Douko-bour
settlement
at
nearby
Gilpin.
specifications
of
the
school
have
been
approved
by
the
department
of
education.
Similar
meetings
are
being
held
in
various
centres
of
the
province.
Mrs.
Roper
will
also
attend
the
meeting
or
the
B.C.
School
Trustees
Association,
northern
Interior
branch,
while'
In
Prince
George,
also
to
be
held
on
June
6.
,,IXJN
o,
Amng
Foreign
y
Anthony
Eden
left
by
ay
for
Boston
to
undcr'-"!rP
operation
for
a
gall
',
a
inient.
32-year-old
wife
ae-him
and
her
uncle,
Minister
Churchill,
and
Ur'hiU.
saw
the
couple
'
ai
RCAF
plane.
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
flashes
a
radiant
smile
as
she
leaves
Buckingham
Palace
in
the
Royal
carriage
for
Westminster
Abbey
to
be
crowned.
Photo
from
BBC
television
screen.