ALL SEAT3 firSERVED 12 1.1 Prmce Rupert DaMy News Thursday, May 29, 1952 lAmalcur Radio Operator Links Arctic TUTrP'TT!"MM THE 1 XJ.l Weather Man With Families and Friends Alberta May Supply Coke To Kitimat FVal One "l. te S,w ThlrMl Boors open 8: p m ' I EDMONTON (CP) Almost daily ! Charles H. Harris of Edmonton breaks the monotony for seven j men at a weather observation ! station on Prince Patrick Is- land in the Arctic. Except for Mr. Harris th" Firemen Halt London Fire OTTAWA '(Pi Alberta is ex . ANNOUNCEMENT FRED E. DOWDIE Optometrist, wishes to announce Unit lie lias acquired the Optomctric practice of k MISS MARGARET McLEOD at No. 10. SI niie Building, Third Avenue and will continue thy practice at the same address and phone number. (P Firemen battling j weather observers' only com-the night had this ! munication with families ami LONDON throughout fRANCOISI K0! SIMON! SIMON VISION TRAINING EYE EXAMINATION morning controlled London's bluest blaze since wartime air raids. ' The fire, sweeping through a five-storey warehouse in the heart of the dock area, at one time threatened dozens of other warehouses and factories. Hundreds of persons living nrnrhv uvre evacuated, manv in OPTICAL REPAIRS 10 Stunc Building, Third Avenue 0N t,,es.'r.k,i:; Phone Blue 593 Vs4s Order To Kill Issued By Reds In Revenge BERLIN -f-- Communist East (iermany has tightened its squeeze on blockade-threatened Berlin another notch. Orders went out to Red polica to shoot to kill anyone caught without a proper pass in the Iron Curtain's new three-mile no-man's-land along the West German border. Shooting order was the latest in a series of revenge moves against the Bonn government's alliance with the west. It all but scaled off the Communist-girt former capital, which trembled in lear of a resumption of the 1948-49 sei.e. Russians continued their ban on allied military patrols travelling the 110-mile Beiiin-Helm-sledt autobahn, sole highway link between the isolated city and the West. Regular civilian traffic continued to flow normally. In Paris, Big Three western powers said they would regard the aggression against Berlin as a threat to their own security. For quick results try a Daily News Classified! I their night clothes. pected to be the source of coal and petroleum coke for the niulti million dollar aluminum project ul Kitimat. an executive of the Aluminum Company of Canada told the Senate transport committee. A. W. Whiraker, vice-president and general manager of Aluminum Company, said that was one reason the company wanted the Canadian National Railways to build the 48-mile rail ine from Terrace to Kitimat. Mr. Whltaker wan one of three witnesses heard as the committee studied In detail the bill to authorize construction of the $10,000,000 rail link. O. H. Paler-son and A. B. Rosevear, both of Montieal, appeared for CNR. Mr. Whilaker said the company hopes to buy petroleum coke m the Edmonton area. Petroleum coke Is one of the necessities f or manufacturing aluminum from aluminum oxide which, will be brought in by boat from Jamaica. Some petroleum coke was being bought already In the Edmonton area. Company is trying to convince oil companies to produce more as a by-product of their refinery operations in Alberta oil fields. menus come wuri air mail deliveries and pickups twice each year and a special mail drop at Christmas. Mr. Harris, a retired railroad engineer, is an amateure radio operator. From his radio set in the dining room of his home he talks direct with the weather station men nearly every day. The station, one of those operated as a joint project of tin-United States Weather Bureau and the Canadian Department of Transport, is about 1500 miles north of Edmonton. In signing up to go to tin-station, the m-n agree to remain for one year, l'i years or two years. Mr. Harris first made contact with Prince Patrick Island In November, 1951. He was asked to relay a few messages to the men's families. FAMILIES REPLY Letters from friends and relations, containing messages for the men, came to- Mr. Harris from all parts of the U.S. and Eastern Canada. He has been Wallaces Everybody Loves These Typically Feminine : PIQUE DRESSES, j m handling the personal messages:- - sM!I!!m ki r.7,.,. jxnm, k JEFFREY ')) taiiMw mm JUDY HOLLIDAY f!rfT for the men and their families i ever since. ! lie arranged a schedule for! daily contact. He communicates with the weather men every j afternoon that radio conditions are favorable. He has received 149 messages from the outpost and sent 125. I Mr. Harris first became inter-! ested in radio during the First World War when he served in an army signal company. It was not until 1926. however, that he received his amateur radio licence and began communicating with other "ham" radio en-'. thusiasts around the world. Mr. Harris estimates thai over tnc years he had made about 8G00 contacts with other ; amateur radio stations, picking PRICED SO LOW! ; STYLED SO LOVELY! Only $5.95 I WORTH MUCH MORE Your c h o i c c of all those fetching, soft pastel colors. MADOf KINMBf TODAY to SATURDAY ('JlltT(M)N' . NEWS Evening Shows 7 - 9:05 Saturday Matinees 2-4:25 UCHNICOL0H ; COMING NEXT MONDAY Here's a chance for the" larger figure too. An excellent choice of becoming styles. Buy several. They'll be ideal for your summer holiday trip. ' " ON THE SAME PROGRAM Evenings 7: - 9: p.m. Matinee Sat., 2: p.m. "Accrue on ISalancc" 'I'ri-his' ir'c Perils" up calls from New Zealand, Europe and South America. He has also spoken with qther weather stations in the far north, including Alert, a small outpost 350 miles from the North Pole, He Is, a member of the American Radio Relay League and is secretary of the Northern bcrta "Radio Club. TOTE A MMMI'K I'l .lVKRSlHL Sizes 12-18, 16V2-24V2. 40-44 NEW FASHION FROCKS SPECIALS EFFECTIVE iUfiii m ur iMH'ii i hMihii mi rnr iririTiiinJ TOP QUALITY LOWFST PRICES I Mi HOLY SERVICE 1 ttl 'I I MM) Til KM All. AT O', I i:U AI M I I I). Woodworkers, : Operators In : Conciliation at mm MAY 30th to JUNE 4h Not 42 Gauge Not. 45 Gauge Not-51 Gouge-'-,-. - BUT for the 1st time in Prince Rupert ... f'Yh 1.29 60 Ga. Nylon Subs And Oh So Sheer CORN O f or 3 Tf J STEAK and VEGETABLES 3 5 CHICKEN fhQc STEAK and ONIONS 37 I ,.i i.H-i r . Noliii Tack, 7-.. 0 M V iM.k una) lit : 1 Mi. CHICKEN AQr STEAK and GRAVY 39 Ji'llv ln l. I aniiriTlle, 7-0 ,T Jf St iiii.k Iim ' ., I Hi. im SOCKEYE SALMON lQr RAISINS 45 raiatiiwuiit, I hik v. 3-H. 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