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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
Greot
Northwest"
MARCH
15th
VOL.
XLI,
No.
64
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
MARCH
15,
1952
TEN
CENTS
'including
comic
section
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Heme
Challengers
Rap
Omegas
In
First
Play-
Off
Game
Grits
and
GCF
Anyway
McRae
9nd
Brett
.
Seen
as
Likely
Candidates
v
In
Provincial
Election
.
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Mcx-r,i
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from
esloijiim
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Gov-c
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on
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titles
are
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Ottawa
and
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county
oi
Ty-r,vi
Alexander
of
Special
to
The
Dolly
News
PENT1CTON.
Prince
Rupert
Co-op
Challengers
las';
night
defeated
Penticton
Omegas
53-52
i:i
the
first
game
of
their
best-of-three
British
Columbia
Senior
A
basketball
semi-final.
-
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-
"
1
An
early
lead
by
the
visiting
Hers
Edge
Athletics
for
One-Game
Lead
Liberals
and
CCF
will
have
candidates
in
the
field
for
Prince
Rupert
riding
in
the
provincial
e'ection
this
summer.
Who
the
candidates
will
be,
of
course,
will
not
be
definitely
known
until
the
nominating
conventions
have
been
held.
northerners
could
not
be
pared,
even
by
a
terrific
rally
by
the
Stars
at
Penticton
ites
for
iyolfson
rc-atiun
of
friends
PORT
ALBERNI
(CP)
Vancouver
Eilers
nipped
Port
Al-bernl
Athletics
62-61
last
nila
to
take
a
2-1
lead
In
the
best-of-five
British
Columbia
Senior
A
basketball
semi-finals.
Fourth
game
will
be
played
here
tonight.
1
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1
relatives
ai
i
i;l
ch
iptl
of
B-
c-
this
afternoon
.
...
.1
rl
frf
r.tts
wne
nt'"
Whether
or
not
there
will
be
more
than
two
candidates
re-1
majns
to
be
-seen.
Possibility
is
that
there
may
be
a
Progressive-,
Conservative
candidate
and
It
1
could
be
that?
Social
Credit
will
j
be
in
the
field
as
well.
There
'
might
ev
jn
be
a
Labor-Progres-:
slvrv
,
CCF
is
the
first
party
to
call
,
its
nominating
convention
which
I
has
been
set
for
April
4.
Concen-
j
?ui
is
that
W.
H.
Brett,
who
sat
as
member
In
Victoria
for
one
I
'
term
and
was
defeated
candidate
,
In
the
last
provincial
election,
!
will
again
be
the
Socialist
can-'
'
didate.
He
has
told
friends
that
he
is
not
too
anxious
about
get-:
;
ting
back
Into
public
life
but
he
l
has
certainly
not
intimated
that
he
would
not
accept
nomination.
1
So
It
looks
like
Mr.
Brett.
Lvolfoi.
pioneer
....
I.'...
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f
a
in.
wunou
;
'X
I
.
r
,-jrlicr
in
the
weel:
home
team
in
the
final
quarter.
Rupert
outplayed
the
locals
m
the
first
half
with
a
score
of
34-20.
Despite
a
small
court
and
poor
lighting,
the
Challengers'
floor
play
was
faultless,
showing
the
result
of
a
season's
constant
practice.
Spring,
Davis
and
Flaten
were
shooting
deadly
and
combined
with
Olson's
strong
defensive
work
on
Haas
(ex-Cloverleaf
,
resulted
In
the
14-polnt
advantage.
.
Penticton.
led
by
high-scoring
Raptis
Stnd
Haas,
held
Rupert
in
check
In
the
third
quarter
anl
with
Olson,
Spring
and
Holke-stad
fouling
out
of
the
game,
the
early
lead
was
whittled
to
three
points.
Last
minute
effort
of
Scherk
and
Carlson
gave
Challengers
the
final
baskets
and
their
six-point
win.
after
a
long
111-
Last
of
Bandits
Captured
Edwin
Boyd
Surrenders
Without
Struggle
in
Toronto
I
TTM1
.
rfffa
j,
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.
W
'JH""
t
this
afternoon's
.-v.
Canon
ou.iu
r
of
St.
Andrew
s
NAVIGATION
SEASON
OPENS
SOON
Lock
fcl
,llt
01
the
Welland
Canal,
the
biggest
single
lock
In
thj
world,
still
has
a
thin
coating
of
Ice
but
ihe
1952
navigation
season
Is
expected
to
open
earlier
than
'usual
because
of
the
comparatively
miid
winter.
The
waterway,
built
originally
in
1829
to
link
Lake
Erie
and
Lake
Ontario,
by-
wsse.
ttj
fall
of
325
feet
on
the
Niagara
River.
The
$130,000,000
canal
was
opened
officially
A
.gust
7,.
1032
In
the
presence
of
a
number
of
fiio
spoicc
appivi-
to
the
wide-
aiilrh
deccaseu
Dressing
comfort
(CP
PHOTO)
world
loaders.
v
or
the
bereaved.
Jf.
D.
McRae,
MI
A,
has
an-nnimrert
that
he
will
run
again
if
he
receives
the
Liberal
no
iGilker
presided
at
o
accompany
the
4
wore
"Lead.
Kindle
"Rock
of
Ages."
.
OLD
Rl'PERT
FANS
1
TORONTO
if.
Edwin
Alonzo
Boyd,
37,
was
captured
in.
bed
,
today
by
heavily
armed
police
who
watched
all
night
and
then
;
stormed
his
apartment
in
a
sunrise
raid.
As
detectives,
'
with
;
drawn
guns,
crashed
through
his
bedroom
door,
the
startled
Boyd'
Peter
Husoy
of
the
Prince
Ru
.the
chapel
service,
mination.
There
is
no
indication
that
there
will
be
opposi-
tlon
to
his
re-nomination
so
he
too
looks
like
a
certain
candidate.
'I
-
-
AN
RAY
SPRING
made
In
the
Odd
Fairview
Ccme-
ctupluin
of
the
rs.
and
the
acting
A
E
Wood,
in
Mercy
Flight
From
Islands
.
Carried
Out
After
Battle
With
Hecate
Sts;
Tempest
The
Koyal
Canadian
Air
Force
Friday
night'
succeeded
on
its
fourth
try
in
flying
an
injured!
sat
up
in
bed
and
quipped:
"Well,
this
is
one
way
to
meet
you!"
He
surrendered
without
i
Progressive
Conservative
in-;
tentions
are
divided
between
two
,
lines
of
thought
one
that
to
run
!
p.
candidate
in
Prince
Rupert
'
against
the
Liberal
would
almost
i
certainly
result
In
the
election
of
!
the
CCF
and
the
other
that
a
r
were
Hubert
Ward,
Joseph
Delorme,
h.
George
Pliillip-
Olofson.
pert
Fishermen's
.
Co-operative
Association
board
of
directors,
'
Don
MacDonald
and
Fred
Leland
accompanied
the
team
to
Pen-:
licton
from
Vancouver.
Many
old
;
Rupert
fans
cheered
and
rooted
from
the
benches,
including
:
Percy
Tinker,
Ed
Jackson,
Stan
;
Dalby,
Pete
Laporte
and
Tony
i
Calderone
and
their
wives.
Travelling
arrangements
are
well
in
hand.
Players
were
en-I
tertalned
at
dinner
in
Vancouver
i
by
the
Co-op
board
of
directors.
Night
siopover
was
made
at
i
Princeton.
At
Penticton,
team
'
'
manager
Angus
Macphee,
Joe
'
Davis
and
Mr.
Husoy
took
part
I
in
a
sports
broadcast.
L,.Xuamb'.
tne
sw.rrad
game
wiU
(
or
(jidteti,
and
fl
third
on
kfon-
Boyd
s
wile,
whom
ne
marriea
i
overseas
during
the
second
giat
,war
where
he
was
a
commando,'
man
to
hospital
at
Vancouver
from
Cape
St.
Jame.
es
were
numerous
i'v,,
i
r
S
"
fit
'
candidate
should
be
run
anyway
,;and,
depending
upon
who
the
i
candidate
is,
he
or
she
might
j
have
a
chance
of
election.
i
Rwial
Crprfll
rn-nvinrMa
1
nrfffln.
and
brother,
Norman,
were
taken
into
custody
as
material
wr
nesses.
.
.".s
were
brought
aboard
the
f.'ninn
otiii
by
the
widow
fr.
Miss
Alice
Fuller.
Organize
In
Case
of
Disaster
:'
ure
from
vancou-
Jim
Gordon,
radio
ensineer
at',,
j
the
Department
of
Transport!
:
station,
was
cranking
an
engine
j
!
Thursday
when
he
slipped
and
i
fell.
The
crank
struck
him
in
i
the
face,
breaking
his
nose.
j
Bad
weather
forced
a
Royal
,
Canadian
Air
Force
rescue
plane
,
j
to
turn
bnck
to
Vancouver
tjiree
i
times
Thursday
and
Friday.
j
The
mercy
call
was
transfer-
j
1
was
held
with
Rev.
nison.
pastor
of
th
;
Capture
of
Boyd
has
ended
the
itotion
has
intimated
that
the
j
party
will
have
a
candidate
in
thmen
wanted
or
a
series
of
hold-ups
linked
with
there
is
every
riding.
However,
Mch
6
wounding
of
two
no
Social
Credit
organization
ilpCHllv
as
yet
and.it
Is
noted
Toronto
detectives.
:
Uhi.'orKnia;r8"whO
have
bei-
'?Vk-
Oi
Mi.
.su.
An.iiU...
:
In
the
interior
have
not
yet
come
wh,le
'aclnB
tr,4i
on
bank
rob-'thls
far
west
i
bery
charge...
'
Th-
nt
a
l.o.f
'
Police
found
a
briefcase
in
his
l-.urrh
at
Blaine.
I
officiating.
'
Hi'
'
An
emergency
planning
committee
which
will
organize
radio
amateurs
in
the
norttiern
and
Stocks
i
one
strong
communistically-ln-
j
apartment
containing
$25,000
and
a
revolver.
rca
to
me
ucpanmeni
oi
imn-
i
central
Briasn
coiumDia
o.snu.v
.
A1,.ndpr
Mackenzie
dined
union
is
seen
as
making
!
it
possible
that
the
Labor-Pro-
DIES
Air
Chief
Marshal
L.
,S.
Bieadner,
aged
58.
former
chief
of
air
staff
and
commander
of
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
overseas
during
the
latter
part
of
the
Second
World
War,
died
last
night
at
Boston.
(Air
Chief
Marshal
Breadrter
visited
Prince
Rupert
several
times
during
the
war.)
sres-ive
party
may
have
a
didate
In
the
provincial
contest.
i
Quietness
of
Boyd's
caputre
was
In
sharp
contrast
to
the
violent
shooting
that
accompanied
arrest
of
his
alleged
accomplices,
Steve
Suchan
and
Leonard
i
day,
if
necessary.
As
a
friendly
gesture
from
one
'
city
to
another,
Mr.
Husoy
will
present
the
Penticton
mayor
with
a
carton
of
canned
salmon
from
Prince
Rupert's
mayor.
s
Score
by
quarters:
Rupert,
la,
18.
12,
12;
Challengers,
9,
11',
12,
20.
'
SCORING
Challengers
Olson
5,
Carlson
4,
Flaten
15,
Davis
13,
Spring
1$.
Scherk
7,
Holkestad
1.
Penticton
Raptis
17,
Haas
Vi,
Powell
8.
'
moivi:k
j
to
take
all
communications
in
,
Ocoan
pa,u
but
galcs
abo
tasc
of
disaster
was
formed
here
hp(.
baok
tnat
Thursday
night.
The
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
,
will
bo
carried
The
program
a
fomth
from
Vancou.
"
f,
vcr
Friday
night
and
got
aiiaarc
.
.28
'
con
rtz
I.IVU
Ul
ItllLl.,
UIIUI
i..
...
through.
Many
New
Canadians
i
f
!
.
11
m
I
JOE
DAVIS
-
'
v
;
6
I
4
'It
s
New
Living
Index
Plan
1.25
43
94
.20
2.15
.30
09
'
.03
'i
1
02
.60
kudcr
j
HALIFAX
Nearly
2.000
new
Canadians
will
have
been
hand-
Russ
Fishers
In
N.
Pacific
No
Particular
Anxiety
Felt
At
Ottawa
.
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Minister
of
Defence,
Hon.
Brooke
Claxton,
said
Friday
that
tentative
information
available
to
him
indicates
no
special
'significance
Premier
Is
Responsible
I'.himcil
IVv
Prosn-wlve-Coiiservatives
I'of
ltrraking
Coalition
'ed
'n
Canadian
National
'
OTTAWA
P
-Cost
of
living
in-
boat
trains
from
dock-I
Railways
dex
is
going
to
get
a
new
outfit"!
side
here
between
today
.
and
Ms
summer
but
it
will
not
make
'ml
Sunday.
They
are
scheduled
to
cms
K
smaiicr
Uer
...,,
,.
:
arrive
In
four
liners,
the
Cunard
Radio
Emergency
Corps,
headed
by
Frank
Parlette,
emergency
.
co-otdinator.
Members
of
the
committee
heard
Civil
Defence
Co-ordina-
:
tor
W.
H.
Hill
assert
the
need
of
keeping
up
local
communications
In
case
of
emergency
and
promised
his
aid
in
every
way.
Several
pieces
of
portable
rad'o
equipment
will
be
furnished
by
the
civil
defence
committee,
he
said.
Those
appointed
on
the
planning
committee
arc
Freddy
McDonald,
Jack
Ooodridue.
Dr
G.
W.
Fldci.'.-,,
Robert
MacArthur,
Murray
Johnson.
John
Stokes.
Ken
Wilmo;,
headed
by
Mr.
Par-,
lelte.
:
Another
meeting
will
be
held
i
within
two
weeks.
-WEATHER-
Synopsis
Skies
were
clear
over
British
Columbia
last
night
and
.
temperatures
dropped
below
freezing
In
all
regions
except
thy
extreme
south
coast.
Victoria
had
an
overnight
minimum
of
42;
Vancouver,
33;
Penticton.
!
"
liner
Scythia.
,.,...
n
m-esent
svstem
the
Zuiderkruis.
and
the
Stock
07
.19',j
.03'
2
.12
'd
2.35
lium
3.70
,1,.i,.
th,.
,nSt
nf
living.
Stavangerfjord
VII
lvmu."'D
v....
.
Instead
of
basing
prices
on
1935-39
equalling
100,
the
Bureau
0
A
-
i
h
26.
and
Cranbrook,
9.
Consider-
sunshine
is
expected
today
f
I
i
able
si
ij
j
and
at
be
In
iteinoon
maximums
should
illC
;Li
the
high
40s.
holm,
from
London.
LeHavre,
Oslo,
Rotterdam,
Gothenburg
and
Copenhagen.
'The
figures
on
the
destinations
of
the
immigrants
show
a
slight
change
In
their
settlement
In
Canada.
The
numbers
going
to
Maritime
and
Western
Canadian
provinces
are
increasing.
In
the
four
ships
there
will
be
approximately
53
for
the
Maritimes,
470
for
Quebec,
878
for
Ontario
and
551
for
Western
Canada.
They
are
going
to
almost
every
section
of
the
country.
will
take
1949
prices
as
a
oase
and
the
new
price
barometer
will
be
called
"Consumer
Price
Index."
The
Bureau
found
that
Canadians
have
changed
their
buying
habits.
Fewer
pay
rent
and
more
own
their
own
homes.
More
use
fuel
and
on
an
average
pay
more
for
food.
The
index
will
come
down
to
around
110
or
120
Instead
of
the
is
attached
by
government
departments
to
the
movement
of
33
Russian
trawlers
from
Singapore
Into
the
North
Pacific.
He
told
Gordon
Graydon
(PC-Peel)
he
had
only
had
time
to
make
a
partial
check
on
the
query
by
Mr.
Graydon
but
the
Information
he
had
Indicated
neither
the
defence
or
fisheries
departments
attached
special
Importance
to
the
movement.
JIM
FLATEN
f'4
VICTORIA
(P
A.
H.
Mac-Dougall
(
rrogresslve-Conserva-tlvc,
Vancouver-Point
Grey)
said
Friday
in
the
British
Columbia
.
Legislature
that
Premier
Byron
'
Johnson
had
"no
constitutional
precedent"
for
"firing"
former
Finance
Minister
Herbert
Ans-!
comb.
Anscomb,
British
Columbia's
,
Progressive-Conservative
leader,
was
dismissed
from
the
cabinet
I
January.
18
bringing
an
end
to
the
coalition
administration,
i
MacDougall
said
that
An-scomb's
chapter-and-verse
recital
of
events
leading
up
to
the
break-up
of
coalition
put
the
blame
squarely
on
the
should-;
crs
of
the
Liberal
Premier,
Byron
(iian
1
tOROXTO
A
weak
disturbance
is
approaching
the
north
coast
;
tbls
morning
and
increasing
cloudiness
and
a
few
showers
are
expected
in
that
region
this
afternoon,
spreading
to
southern
regions
tonight.
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Cloudy
today
and
Sunday,
clearing
Sunday
afternoon.
Intermittent
present
figure
of
around
200.
Railway
Chief
Engineer
Here
J.
L.
Charles,
chief
engineer,
western
region,
Canadian
National
Railways,
arrived
in
the
city
on
last
night's
train
in
the
i
Extracting
Oil
From
Tar
Sands
3Qiiesnn
;
wii
ibiiiiiimi
lamiaii
i
I
n
T--t
4m
iuliiin
ITS
course
of
an
official
business
trip
i
1
More
Prison
Camp
Disorder
rain
this
afternoon.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Winds
to
the
district.
One
of
his
mis
Johnson
"because
tne
coanuon
sions
here
Is
In
connection
with
Southerly
(20)
this
morninb',
tho
nlannine
for
the
new
branch
otherwise
light.
Low
tonight
and
'fan
edmuniun
.f-m...
s.f.
...
,
-
"
a
Darlnprsnlp
0f
Liberals
Mines
N.
E,
Tanner
Friday
an-
P?"'
"conservatives.
is
to
high
tomorrow
ai
rori
riaruy.
line
of
the
railway
which
9
10
.50
1.90
3.50
16.00
.35
385
10.50
25
16.50
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36
50
3.75
.
1
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2
8.25
10.90
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1.90
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280
3f
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79.00
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1.55
2.45
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4.30
7.13
1.15
no
constl-
to
Kiti-
Sandsplt
and
Prince
Rupert,
M
be
built
from
Terrace
nounced
nrst
m.
ge
.
-
,
Johngon
hld
Pj.rL0;.
t
'XtcrrH
tutional
precedent"
i!
and
46.
r
.
.
for
firing
mat.
t
-
II1K
Ull
1IUIII
rtHlilUrtOm
v
w.
Aortr,iVl
AnscomD
,
.ik.o
win
111
TlIirLIirUSLt
1
11
HIU.1WI
Moscow
Charges
Germ
War
TOKYO
(CP)
Twelve
Communist
prisoners
of
war
were
killed
and
26
wounded
in
a
fresh
outburst
of
trouble
in
Koje
Island
Thursday,
the
army
announced
Saturday.
One
American
officer
and
one
South
Korean
civilian
were
injured.
"Quiet
has
been
restored,"
an
Army
announcement
said,
"and
all
prisoners
are
complying
fully
with
orders
of
the
authorities.
The
International
Red
Cross
has
t-cn
Informed
and
will
make
an
Independent
investigation."
Britons
Seek
Higher
Wages
'
'l
Lake
Luke
f
lishiitt
.
'
start
this
summer.
j
The
sands,
strudllng
the
Atha-jbaska
River
about
160
miles
i
northeast
of
Edmonton,
arc
bc-!
licved
to
contain
between
100
billion
and
300
billion
barrels
of
heavy
oil,
constituting
the
larg-:
est
known
reserve
of
petroleum
:
in
the
world.
Mr.
Tanner
disclosed
at
a
press
conference
that
five
Canadian
i
companies
are
taking,
out
leases
;coverlne
250.000
acres
In
the
LONDON
National
Union
of
Mine
Workers
has
decided
to
demand
higher
wages
as
a
result
of
the
derision
of
the
government
to
reduce
food
subsidies
whirh
action
is
expected
to
in-
it':
.
1
ne
latest
uuiureiiit,
me
ai-t-
and
j
crease
the
cost
Of
living
NEW
YORK
(CP)
Soviet
Russia
charged
Friday
for
tlie
first
time
in
the
United
Nations
th'tt
the
United
States
has
unleashed
germ
warfare
in
Korea
and
Communist
China.
She
has
urged
that
a
new
disarmament
commission
call
the
United
States
to
account
immediately.
1
Benjamin
V.
Cohen
of
tin;
:
United
States
termed
the
charge
"false,
unwarranted
and
uneor-
i
roborated,"
noting
that
the
United
states
already
has
called
fur
an
investigation
of
similar
Com--,
munist
legations.
He
asked
j
that
Soviet
delegate
Jakob
Malik
!
help
win
Kremlin
approval
of
the
Red
Cross
for
an
on
the
spot
probe.
'
Mildred
Ruth
Lake
area
.
.
Ka
tUa
nnonlnir
nf
u
Prorogation
At
Month-End
VICTORIA
it
The
current
session
of
the
Legislature
may
end
in
ten
days
to
two
weeks.
The
budget
debate
will
be
concluded
Monday
by
Education
Minister
W.
T.
Straith.
Tuesday
the
House
wil!
begin
consideration
of
the
estimates
and
expenditures
for
the
coming
year.
Estimates
are
expected
to
be
fiifi-shed
the
last
week
In
March
.
and
then
the
House
will
prorogue.
1"iiyn
k
Her
'
v
.
at
..W
,
,,
.,.
,
.
i
a
i
nil
Shave
paid
deposits
totalling
mis
..my
-I
cm"ds
r
oJler
$250,000
to
guarantee
carrying
campaign
out
their
program.
The
five
;
unions
for
higher
wagvs.
:
companies
are
Asher
Oil
Co.,
Pa-
nd
within
a
month,
started
when
a
work
party
of
co-operative
prisoners
of
war
and
a
detachment
of
the
Republic
of
Korea
troops
a
captain,
were
stoned
while
passing
an
area
containing
unruly
Red
prisoners.
A
guard
company
opened
fire.
Seventy-five
Korean
civilian
u'i;e
Hi,.
-".im
maiianer
'"u
reiraieu
a,
vuivm
uiv"
,
mm-
14
.
-
WHO
18,
"c
wiiiiii."-'
I
uusi
tin
tl"""less,
sal
ed
PLAYFUL
ORPHANS
Terry
Walker,
employee
of
the
Saskatchewan
Natural
History
Museum
at-
Regina,
bottle
feeds
two
black
bear
cubs
found
north
of
Prince
Albert.
The
tiny
animals
ar.;
being
:
housed
and
fed
temporarily
at
the
Museum.
i
CP
PHOTO
'
Ull(
'!)
tn
M
!,.,
ada
and
Charter
OH
Co.
Three
;
Sunday,
March
16,
1952
companies
have
undertaken
to!
High.
,
3:43
20.9
feet
start
work
by
August,
one
by
16:25
17.3
feet
September
and
the
fifth
by
Oc-;loW
10:17
4.5
feet
22:08
7-4
feet
tober.
j
.
internes
and
on
American
sol-1
dler
were
killed
In
a
Communist-,
led
riot
at
Koje,
February
18.
n
i
,
"""""
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