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BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
of
Conado's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLII,
No.
116
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
19,
1953
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
I
Fp7i0ilGHTODClll
Cite
hi
-
'
'
Pair
Reach
Freedom
Through
Coal
Chute
A
police
dragnet
has
been
spread
across
British
Columbia
for
two
men
who
escaped
from
the
city
jail
here
some
time
Sunday.
The
two"
are:
John
Robertson,
21,
and.
William
Stevens.
'
'
Truce
Talk
Recess
Lengthened
Allies
Seek
Time
To
Review
Efforts
By
The
Canadian
Prewt
TOKYO.
The
Korea
-mVy
-
:r
In
their
daring
escape,
the
two
l
"
men,
who
were
being
held
in
a
Douks
on
The
March
'
'
":
::
7
cell
at
the
rear
of
the
Jail
in
th
city
hall,
had
to
climb-through!
I.
THAN
Mi
YOlTlfS
of
the
Sons
of
Freeiom
branch
of
the
Doukhobor
sect
marched
,ja
the
mum
streets
of
Nelson,
B.C.,
and
tied
up
traffic
for
more
than
an
hour.
The
parade
i
.
protest
against
the
return
of
their
one-time
leader,
John
Lebedoff,
for
which
they
blame
;
MP
They
were
eventually
ushered
out
of
the
city
by
RCMP
and
city
police
supported
by
i
mks
and
citizens.
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a
coal
chue.
Their
absence,
was
not
discov--ered
until
about
7
o'clock
Sunday
morning.
There
was
no
indication
of
th
exact
time
they
made
good
their
escape,
as
their
beds
were
ruffled
truce
talks
were
recessed
for
another
six
days
today
and
an
informed
United
Nations
Com
Asians
Undercut
American,
itish
Oil
Prices
to
Japan
mand
source
said
if
negotiations
collapse,
the
Allies
probably
will
free
and
officers
on
duty
reported
everything
appeared
in
order
on
earlier
rounds..
Police
always
check
the
jail
on
change
of
shift
and
periodic
visits
are
mada
throughout
the
night.
TORE
OFF
BOARDS
The
two
men
ripped
off
boards
covering
a
small
hole
beside
a
0
lAP'
Russia
ha.sicsc
and
British
dLsputed
over
a
government
does
not
formally
iji
M
il
:u0
000
to
OOU.OOU
recent
Japanese
nurcha.se
of
recoemze
thp
mission.
North
Korean
crude
oil
to
Japan
at
a'
Iranian
oil
at
a
price
ju.st
under;
The
Idcmil.su
Kusan
Co.
of
34,000
:i
oriow
mat
O!
nmiTican-
inn
reixrieo
onereo
Dy
Kus.sia.
lOKyo
recently
oougnt
aDout
w,.
ra
w,fiiao
tn
:Ush
oil.
the
economic!
The
newspaper
said
several
j
000
tons
of
iwjsollne
refined
at
1
'"'"-
"
'
v
;ton
K'
izal,
reported
to-!
leading
importers
received
the
the
Abadan
refinery
at
about
return
to
Communist
rule.
I
jotter
from
the
Soviet
diplomatic
one-half
the
International
prlce.l
There
were
reports
in
Tokyo
l!er
came
as
the
Japan-!
mLsslon
In
Tokyo.
The
Japanese;
The
Anglo-Iranian
Oil
Co.,!hp
Allies
were
nrpnarlne
a
re-
water
pipe
protruding
from
the
ceiling,
enlarged
the
opening
and
made
their
w&y
through.
On
owners
or
the
Abadan
refinery
i
vispH
annistirp
nl.-in
that,
mieht
the
opposite
side,
they
dropped
PRETTY
25-YEAR-OLD
CLARE
LANGEN
died
accidentally
in
the
CPA
plane
crash
here
May
11,
a
coroner
s
jury
decided
here
Saturday
night.
into
a
coal
bin
in
the
furnace
MAKFAST
CLUB'S
B00l
Voom
of
the
city
hall
and
got
out
through
the
coal
chute.
until
its
nationalization
by
the
set
a
time
limit
on
the
peace
Iranian
government,
sought
al
talks
Injunction
to
block
delivery
of!
ultimate
disposition
of
North
what
is
called
"stolen
property."
I
Koreans
and
14,5(10
Chinese
cap-Berorc
the
Tokyo
district
court
,
tives
who
also
have
renounced
reached
a
decision,
Idemltsu;
Communist
is
the
last
major
ONLY
CANADIAN
PRISONERS-OF-WAB
released
In
the
exchange
in
Korea
recently,
L.Cpl.
Paul
Dugal,
20,
of
Quebec
(left)
and
Pte.
Arthur
Baker,
31,
Montreal,
are
about
to
set
foot
for
the
first
time
in
months
on
Canadian
soil.
Baker
helps
Dugal,
whose
left
side
is
partially
paralyzed,
down
the
ramp
of
an
RCAF
transport
at
Vancouver.
They
were
flown
later
to
their
homes
in
Quebec
and
Montreal.
All
RCMP
detachments
within
mOHD
BEST
IN
EXHIBIT
the
Prince
Rupert
division
were
notified
immediately
and
the
Kasans
18,774-ton
tanlccr
Nissno
.block
to
a
truce.
Prince
George
and
Victoria
headquarters
were
advised.
Maru
departed
for
Iran
Thurs
day
to
take
a
second
load.
A
spokesman
said
the
precedent
for
freeing
captives
already
had
been
set
by
the
Reds.
-
Road
blocks
were
set
up
along
the
Bkeena
Highway,
.
'
.
Shell
Petroleum,
,
of,.Britain,
No
blame
was
attached
to
anyone.
In
a
rider,
the
jury
commended
the
crew
of
the
Dollina
II,
Vancouver
halibutter,
and
other
fishing
boats
which
rescued
16
passengers
and
two
othrr
crew
merqbers.
nonstable,
Stephen
Kasper
01
the
ECMiv
Ct.
passenger
aboard
the
plane,
Is
still
,
missing.
Continuous
dragging
operations
have
failed
to
find
any
trace
of
the
missing
constable
and
police
resumed
operations
again
this
morning.
closely
related
with
Anglo-J
sfruptxiok.
made
by
patients
at
Miller
Bay
Ho-spital
and
red
by
the
Credit
Women's
Breakfast
Club
of
Prince
t
was
judged
Recond
among
exhibits
at
the
district
ilion
'In
Victoria
over
ike
ttollday
eelc-end.
.
lub
members
here
received-"
word
of
the
award
In
a
am
this
morning
from
president
Mrs.
Jocelyn
Bolton
with
Mrs.
Catherine
Laurie,
represented
the
Rupert
club.
!rs.
Bolton
said
the
club's
monthly
'bulletin'
received
able
mention.
?'The
say
thry
freed
at
the
front
50.000
Allied
prisoners
Extra
police
were
dispatched
from
here
to
Terrace
when
the
Early-Morning
Fire
Razes
Interior
Hotel
they
grabbed
early
in
the
Ko
detachment
in-that
village
re
ported
locating
a
car
stolen
early
rean
war,"
-the
spokesman
said.
"The
14.500
Chinese
prisoners
held
by
the
UN
command
are
another
thing.
They
do
not
want
to
return
to
Communism
either.
Sunday
in
Prince
Rupert.
It
is
believed
the
men
made
'
their
get-away
in
the
car.
,
Iranian,
hits
cut
Its
price
of
Middle
East
crude
oil
by
20
per
cent
In
Its
offer
to
Japanese
refineries.
The
Russian
price
at
a
Sakhalin
port,
according
to.
Nihon
Keizai,
is
about
30
per
cent
lower
than
Britlsh
or
Aaieriean
prices.
For
payment
the
Soviet
Union
wants
Japanese
fishing
nets
and
I.
2-
47:
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CRANBROOK,
B.C.
(CP)
An
early-morning
fire
that
swept
through
the
three-storey
Allan
Hotel
here
Monday
took
two
I'.vcs.
Eighteen
other
guests
fled
in
nightclothes.
THEFT
CHARGE
But
their
future
Is
something
to
Bin
uamoens
empire
uay
Stevens
is
a
Kincolith
Indian
talk
about.;'
.
r
.
-s
:
-
.
The
UN
asked
for
an'
extenr
sion.
until
Monday
,
of
the
three-
Satich
died
of
asphyxiation
when
he
collapsed
inside
a
second-storey
front
window.
Swan-son
was
rescued
by
the
local
fire
brigade
after
suffering
burns
to
his
legs
and
lower
body
but
died
later
in
hospital.
A
restaurant
and
the
offices
of
a
small
newspaper,
The
Townsman,
were
destroyed
In
the
blaze,
which
was
discovered
by
the
hotel
janitor
about
1:30
and
was
being-held
on
a
charge,
of
robbery
with
violence
in
con-1
nection
with
theft
of
a
wallet
Dead
are
George
Sativh,
51,
rations
in
Many
Cities
day
recess
for
"more
time
to
review
past
efforts
.
.
.
and
to
and
Ted
Swanson,
55,
both
Cranbrook
loggers.
boatsi
motors
,
and
,
wire,
me
paper
said.
1
!
!
Police
Catch
Escapee
From
consider
completely
the
present
position
of
both
sides"
with
regard
to
the
prisoner
deadlock.
NT0
9-Twenty-one
gun,
but
were
dampened
by
ruin
in
boomed
out
In
provincial
parts
of
the
east.
Monday
as
Canadians
Travel
was
heavy
and
many
from
a
young
man
in
downtown
Prince
Rupert
last
April
4.
Stevens
was
arrested
April
13
and
was
due
to
come
up
for
trial
thU
morning.
He
had
been
remanded
to
jail
Oath
Returns
New
Highway
Proposed
To
Alaska
TACOMA
Wash.
CP)
A
new
highway
connecting
the
United
States
and
Alaska
through
the
Rocky
Mountain
trenah
was
proposed
Monday
at
the
Pacific
a.m.
The
top
floor
of
an
adjoining
to
allow
time
for
witnesses
to
be
ed
the
Queen's
of
flcial
i
fatalities
occurred
on
highways
y
and
Empire
Day.
land
waterways,
adian
Hi
ess
survey
show-!
A
hot
sun
beat
down
on
the
orations
were
favored
by
British
Columbia
Interior
but
"atlier
in
most
of
the
west
i
driving
rain
that
started
about
Mental
Hospital
sarage
ana
taxi
omce
were
damaged.
The
third
storey
of
located.
-WEATHER-
Synopsis
Cool
moist
Pacific
air
covers
nost
of
British
Columbia
in
the
the
hotel
was
unoccupied.
VICTORIA
CP
A
criminally
nsance
escapee
from
the
Vic
Guests
were
awakened
by
the
Robertson,
no
fixed
address,
was
arrested
in
Terrace
last
April
28
and
charged
with
cash
toria
Mental
Hospital
was
re-
janitor
running
down
the
corridors
and
pounding
on
doors.
;
mid-morning
on
the
lower
mainland
spoiled
many
holiday
out-I
ingf,.
I
Many
residents
of
the
province
wake
of
the
active
disturbance
hie.h
crossed
the
coast
last
ing
worthless
cheques.
He
had
nptured
In
the
Gulf
ol
ueorgii
ten
back
Northwest
Trade
Association
conference
here.
The
blaze
is
believed
to
nave
i
been
remanded
twice
and
was
night.
Monduy
night
as
he
fled
in
a
small
boat.
started
in
the
basement
from
To
New
York
NEW
YORK
(CP)
Associated
Press
correspondent
William
N.
Datis
made
a
dramatic
return
to
'he
arms
of
his
wife
Monday,
iftcr
more
-than
two
yeais
ir.
an
Iron
Curtain
prison.
His
wife,
Laurabelle,
had
12
nlnutes
of
semi-privacy
witri
him
aboard
his
trans-Atlantic
plane
after
it
landed
at
Idlewild
Airport.
Oatls
and
his
wife
parted
June
13,
1950,
only
three
months
nfter
their
marriage.
The
Czechoslovakia
Communist
government
Frank
C.
Landsburg,
Port
Prantrn
headed
south
for
Washington
riGuaiG
I
State
for
shopping
sprees.
ause
not
yet
determined.
An
RCMP
launch
picked
tne
Cloudiness
remains
In
almost
-11
regions
with
scattered
showers
expected
along
the
exposed
-oastal
areas
and
frequent
man
up
in
renier
rasa,
at
n"-
land,
district
director
of
the
Interstate
Commerce
Commission
Bureau
of
Motor
Carriers,
north
end
of
Galiano
isiana.
Coronation
The
man
had
eluded
a
ponce
homes
Included
a
rodeo
at
Clov-eritale
and
a
big
Indian
pow-wow
in
North
Vancouver.
howers
on
the
western
slopes
due
to
appear
for
trial
this
Saturday.
Here
are
descriptions
of
the
men:
John
Robertson,
21
(looks
about
25
or
26),
dark
hair,
whiteish
skin,
dark
thick
mustache,
five
feet
11
inches,
slim,
160
pounds.
He
was
wearing
light
grey
slacks,
black
leather
jacket
with
silver
if
the
mountains
of
the
interior
Forecast
irngnet
on
Vancouver
isiano
since
his
escape
Saturday
with
a
rnmnanion.
His
companion
Violent
deaths
across
Canada
from
midnight
Friday
to
early
PCs
Decide
Not
to
Contest
Rupert
Seat
North
Coast
Region:
Cloudy
was
pi'ked
up
a
few
hours
ancr
JN
(r
The
Quern,
rc-'ty
a
week's
rest
at
Bal-Ca..tle,
returned
to
Buck-i
Palace
Monday
to
pre-'fher
coronation
Juat
over
'eks
away.
odav
and
Wednesday.
Widely
today
reached
56.
warned
delegates
that
present
defence
routes
to
Alaska
were
either
vulnerable
or
inadequate.
"The
United
States,"
he
said,
"does
not
have
a
dependable
supply
line
by
sea
or
air
or
land
to
defend
Alaska
if
it
were
invaded."
He
said
the
Alcan
Highway
was
"inadequate"
in
most,
re
the
break
mattered
showers.
Not
much
The
figure
'was
a
sharp
in
bars
on
the
shoulder
and
a
light
crease
over
last
year's
total
of
33
said
it
was
her
letter
of
appeal
that
finally
won
his
freedom
hange
in
temperature.
Low
tonicht
and
high
Wed
blue
turtle-neck
sweater.
for
the
same
period.
of
.several
hundred
William
Stevens,
about
34,
from
a
10-year
prison
sentence.
He
was
released
unexpectedly
Traffic
and
drowning
accl
Ninth
Atomic
Blast
Felt
(looks
about
25),
stocky
build.
lesday
At
Port
Hardy,
Sandpit
and
Prince
Rupert,
45
nd
55.
rtavru
US
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ll-IL'
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c-,
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.
dents
accountea
lor
a
iec.-.
Saturday.
Three
men
are
seeking
the
Prince
Rupert
seat
in
the
provincial
legislature
in
the
June
9
election.
Just
before
official
nominations
closed
at
1
p.m.
today,
the
five
feet
six
inches,
150
pounds.
-auon
w
niovor
w
Twcntv.two
aicd
,n
highway
accidents
and
10
were
drowned
spects
as
a
defence
supply
route
because
of
its
great
length,
its
vulnerability
to
bombing,
and
the
condition
of
the
roadbed
thick
black
hair,
dark
skin.
He
has
rugged
features,
is
well-:
muscled
and
has
a
very
deep
voice.
"nircsR
Margaret,!
Five
persons
lost
their
lives
In
'
1,1
Lmdon
Sunday
'fi,.P.
anH
in
were
killed
In
two
Progressive
Conservative
party
In
Las
Vegas
LAS
VEGAS,
Nev.
(CP)
The
ijnth
and
ncxt-to-last
atomic
explosion
of
the
1953
spring
test
rin
was
touched
off
in
pre-1
through
which
It
passes.
announced
it
would
not
contest
'f
atteiui'ng
the
wed-
i
separate
plane
crashes.
Mr.
Landsburg
proposed,
as
an
!
I
J
(
Vv
'""'ess
itunliild
in
Nor-
of
the
remaining
nine,
one,
a
irnnrd
at
ft
mental
hospital
In
the
election
in
this
riding,
won
Inst
June
by
George
Hills,
CCF
alternative,
a
new
route
connecting
Prince
George,
B.C.
with
standard-bearer.
Seamen
s
Union,
the
Yukon
railhead.
This
route,
he
said,
would
be
Companies
Plan
dawn
darkness
today
ai
uie
Nevada
proving
grounds.
The
shock
wave
shook
buildings
In
this
resort
community
75
miles
nway.
Four
times
postponed,
the
shot
was
primarily
for
scientific
purposes.
No
troops
participated.
miivinu
day
ror
p,nrc,s,,
.Ontario,
was
killed
by
a
patient.
,r
ami
her
mother,
Queen
There
were
24
deaths
in
Que-l"tth
They
transferred
bee,
16
in
Ontario,
four
In
each
'wiener
from
Buckingham
I
of
New
Brunswick
and
British
Clarence
House,
for-
'
Columbia,
three"
in
Nova
Scotia
,c
"r
Hie
Queen
and
the
'and
two
each
in
Prince
Edward
i
Edinburgh
before
she
I
Island
and
Alberta
and
one
in
",he
u"me.
I
Manitoba.
protected
by
a
range
of
mountains
from
sea
attack
and
would
shorten
the
distance
from
Seattle
to
Fairbanks
to
1,973
miles.
In
the
running
are:
William
Harvey
(Bill)
Murray,
manager
of
the
Commercial
Hotel,
Social
Credit
candidate;
George
E.
Hills,
manager
of
the
Kaien
Consumers
Co-operative
Association,
CCF;
and
A.
Bruce
Brown,
solicitor,
Liberal.
Tinal
Meet
The
present
Alcan
Highway
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
AFL
route
is
more
than
2,900
miles.
Seafarers
International
Unloa
mm
mm
'
it
B
15
!
Jk
and
officials
of
three
major
B.C.
coast
steamship
companies
were
firmr
to
I
rain
l-ourxn
onyuuc
Quartet
Saved
love
Letters
scheduled
to
meet
again
today
in
a
"last
ditch"
effort
to
avert
By
Helicopter.
F
Korea
at
Wainvright
Camp
tieup
of
coast
steamer
serv
Bring
$3,000
ices.
FAIRBANKS
(CP)
The
10th
Monday
night
700
SIU
mem
units
that
went
to
Korea
in
sisted
of
the
2nd
battalions
of
the
Princess
Patricia's
Canadian
Air
Rescue
Squadron
helicopter
bers
employed
on
Canadian
Na
1950
and
1951
are
going
to
Ger
tional.
Canadian
Pacific
and
Monday
picked
up
four
persons
who
had
been
marooned
in
the
Alaska
wilderness
nearly
24
many
in
their
stead
this
fall.
Union
Steamships
met
to
deter
,
"Tll,!
ary
'i
8
thcr
brigade
the
'
dVAif
f0i.
Kflrca
at
1
;
''.'W'iKlil.
Alta.,
train-
is
summer.
(!
known
as
the
25th
i
it
,,!,sade
replacement
will
nnrlovrt
mine
the
strike
deadline
to
back
hours
after
their
private
plane
Light
Infantry,
Royal
canacuan
Regiment
and
Royal
22nd
Regiment.
They
were
succeeded
by
the
1st
battalions
of
the
same
regiments.
ihey
in
turn
have
been
suc-hv
the
3rd
battalions
of
Although
the
formation
in
Korea
has
retained
its
original
title
of
25th
brigade
it
has
actually
embraced
three
separate
crash-landed
near
Chena
Hot
SDrines.
60
miles
northeast
of
up
demands
for
a
$50
monthly
pay
hike,
but
a
union
official
said
no
announcement
would
be
here.
The
love
letters
of
George
Bernard
Shaw
to
the
beautiful
actress
Mrs.
Patrick
Campbell
were
recently
sold
for
over
$3,000.
,
,
".
If
you
have
unusual
things
you'd
love
to
turn
into
cash,r
it's
easy
done
through
Classified
ads
in
The
Daily
News.
It's
a
known
fact
that
For
Sale
ads
find
buyers
for
Just
about
anything.
Phone
748
for
an
ad-writer's
experienced
help.
......
.
6
at
Wainwright
through-
Pilot
Thomas
Golden
said
he
ran
out
of
gas
Sunday
while
groups
ol
manpowci
hptno-
there
now.
The
The
fourth
will
!
the
same
regiments
which
uill
made
until
they
had
talked
with
the
companies
again.
The
strike
vote
followed
a
union
rejection
of
a
majority
report
of
the
federal
conciliation
re"
curt,
nsn
Kniro(
flying
from
Fort
Yukon
to
Fairbanks
and
crash-landed
In
the
2"!
are
the
2nd
Highland
yield
the
front
to
ing
in
Wainwright
this
summer.
It
is
the
original
2nd
battalions
who
are
going
to
Germany
this
fall,
although
many
of
the
wilderness.
He
was
last
heard
"u
lnrantrv
hnt.tnl-
KATHLEEN
KLINGENBERG
of
Saskatoon
makes
a
wish
as
she
blows
out
the
four
candles
on
her
birthday
cake.
Doctors
have
about
given
up
hope
of
stopping
a
growth
which
started
in
her
mouth
and
now
has
spread
to
her
lungs,
Although
able
to
play
normally
during
the
day,
Kathleen
must
be
drugged
at
night
to
ease
her
pain
and
make
sleep
possible.
4
2nd
board
calling
for
a
$30
monthly
r'fle
battalion,
orlg-
start
over
this
iau
wuch
Highland
battalion
will
go
to
Korea.
The
other
two
battalions
will
follow
in
the
spring
of
1954
if
Korea
still
is
the
scene
of
fighting.
25th
brigade
con
i
The
original
increase
on
the
basic
rate
of
from
when
he
took
off
from
Circle
Hot
Springs
on
a
leg
of
the
flight.
.,
,u-a
lor
service
in
Ger-,
"ley
are
belng
swltched
faces
will
be
dinereni
irom
uiotc
which
served
In
Korea.
'"cause
the
original