-KOVJNCIAL LIBRARY P20VINCIA ORROW'S VICIOHIA, TIDES- August 27, 1053 s4 surdird Timet ' L LlBHART, Doil, VDeiirery Phona 81 21.7 feet 22.3 feet 2:43 15:06 8:54 21:22 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest 2.1 feet 2.3 feet VOL. XLII, No. PRINCE RUPERTB.C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS i m St u Young Girl s Body -v! . -. J5r -- Vf i. HMfn,fcAfcdfcr-l IMUl m Hi, i i -' - '""rOTV-.iUM6 3 ' ! i 1 i t p : ' " ' ' , V V, - ' J Found Shot, Slashed NEW YORK (AP) A sobbing Massachusetts Klenoftrapher, after hours "of protesting her innocence, early today admitted the slaying of her former boy friend's teen-aged sister, Massachusetts police officers said. f" " Detective ' David Murphy, a ' ,: Monday afternoon. Massachusetts state trooper,! 'In'.' officers said they found s.ii.1 prcity Mildred McDonald, 'in h possession a gun of the 2ft, had signed a written state-1 lpe used in the Massachusetts incnt admitting she snot Mary j kllllnG- knife, loaded cartrid-di Kocco, 11, in 'the di Kocco ! e83 and discharged cartrid- Laborites Warned By TUC LONDON (Reuters! Britain's 8,000,000-member Trades Union Congress has soft-pedalled some ' of ihe official Labor party's new nationalization plans and warned against the incidental risks of extending state control. In a report to members Tuesday, the general council, ' the governing committee of the i UC, made it clear to the Labor party, whose purse-strings It controls, that it Is not prepared to leap boldly Into new nation fclY PRIVATE doesn't suffer any fray :d nerves from having to buck traffic on Call- ways when he s on week-end passes from his station at Camp Roberts. Pvt. Thomas h of Wichita, Kan., Just takes off In hs private plane (above. Sanders has more time ion, too, since plune travel saves time. Police said Miss McDonald ad-iiUi;d going to the di Rocco home to taik to Joseph's mother about him. .liowefer, Murphy said. Mary ard for tost Plane Extended Search in North Continues home in Somcrville, Mass., Monday. ' Mi.ss McDonald, also of Soin-crville. was taken into custody here Tuesday night near Times Square. Police in Somerville started a search for her soon after the body of the teen-ager was found Monday. The slain girl had suffered five bullet wounds, her tluoat was slashed, and her clothing was covered with oil. Police said the slayer apparently had tried to set the body afire. MAKR1F.U ANOTHER GIRL Miss McDonald had been dat alization ventures. Ihe case for public owner AN, Alaska (API but there never was any radio i extension of the reward offer ship and control should be constantly related to the over ar.ging from murky report not even a reply to the would bring additional private Irene rs of two na riding need to improve out riicrs Into the search, which already is one of the north's was the only one home and she commented on the happy marriage of her brother. This comment angered Miss McDonald, Murphy said. Minutes later Mary ordered Miss McDonald from the house and threatened to call lor help if she stayed. Incensed, Miss McDonald suddenly drew her gun and made the teen-ager a virtual prisoner, watching oht her as she twice answered telephone calls from a cousin. STARTED SHOOTING rrated on northern economic position In the world," mbia Tuesday in the the council said. irial hunt for a miss- William Cutler, Albuqueroue It backed the Labor party's. clearance over Annette. (Locally, Doug Hague and J. S. Burns In an Aero Club Taylor-craft spent all yesterday afternoon combing the area east of the Skeena River between Terrace and Woodcock with no success despite the fact that weather proposal to nationalize water supplies, but called for caution airline operator who taught Hall to fly 30 years ago, was reported to be bringing one or two Dlanes. xico plane and the aboard. I finding some trace ed for three years by one of the ana further investigation cf his wile, two daugh- plans for major Industries, in- eluding aireraft and chemicals. and an assistant, north to join : slaln eirl's brothers. Joseph. He the search out of Prince George married another girl last April, and Smlthers. j New York police said Miss Mc-By coincidence, coast guard ; Donald said she came to New planes which have been search-! ' n-ycor-old Patrick j conditions were good and the tied to the Smlthers, j terrain below could be plainly n the basis of three 1 scanned. MAJOR CLASH SEEN The report ioreshadowed a fcithcrs is about 200 1 No other planes from Prince Then, fearing Mary had managed to give the cousin a warning, Miss McDonald started shooting when she thought she hoard someone at the door. major clash when the Labor from the Annette , Rupert were out on the search ! m8 Ior lne Ha" family along the; F WEATHER- projects some of which reflect off field I yesterday.) i coast rouad an Alaskan family developments in- As the search centre shifted j their downed plane this morn-1 Forecast The suspect also recalled cut I miann, iwo members or the 43rcr '"B- ' nreiiuun was lorcea norm coasi region Jiouay'tnz Marv's throat and rjourini! SOME CHILDREN profess the desire to become firemen, policemen or even movie stars, but three-year-old Gregory May (right) wants to be a jockey one day. He even has a .two-year-old filly, wr in the coastal air rescue squadron para-rescue , " oj a u snoriage on a ana cooler on inursclay with on the bndv and ienirine it ihe influence of Ancurin Bev-an's left-wingers are debated at the party's annual delegate coniernce in.lieptembet, Earlifct. the TUC membership will Irave a discussion on the proposals at all clues have been j team at McChord air force base, j fliRht with his wits and two owaaioiial light rain bsii!nitig j6 She said she cot some water Orielle, with which to practice. Greg's sister, Mary, 4, shares his , t0 ennaren trom Juneau to Ketchi- about noon. Winds light. Lowun the kitchen later and at- put heavy clouds kept i Wash., were flown north pes on the ground ; Prince George, B.C., to be near love for the "sport of kings" as she poses with him during- a pony show in London. ' pnormng In northern! the scene for emergency action. Kan. orennan new nis piane u corugni ana nign inursaay at tempted to douse the flames Annette after refueling. A coast Port Hardy, 50 and 64; Sandspitl .. . . , D r guard vessel picked up his family, 'and Prince Rupert, " 50 and 65. Bc .f6 t"e,i"?dyJ Ioun9 L , . , . , I Miss McDonald had left her u job A search for a second plane is its own annual delegate conference. The Labor state-control proposals were announced recently ilrom two Canadians ' overlapping the Hall search. It at the Somerville office at the fc idcntiiied airplane i was flown by John Petersen, At- state employment security, idiv lo Pet. iihnvo a cir,n I Hn HP hu.kh nilnt. Fie vanished Reds May Return More PQVVs j.ialon, saying s)ie was ill. ; been considerably modified be- iii'rs area the eveninn i while flying alone last Thursday. Her supeaior. William V. Ward,' Mother Role for Fighter Planned for Big Bomber w. - V V nniiii5 Kiinig, hen the Hall plane i A ground search party remained jsaid Miss- MuDpnld , "opuld opy But the Industrial, wing which.1" Than Originally Promised i.d then seemed to ! Isolated In trie northern viids -on be described as a girl of the w storm. a trip to check on a report of highest type." rum a loggor that he ! Possible plane w reckage, origin- saw a twin-enirliip ! a"y rcportea Dy iwo prospectors. WASHINGTON (API The The fighter is lowered out of the B36's bomb bay on a tripod represents ive-sixths of ' the Labor party's e,000;00D membershipstill Is not satisfied. Tuesday's report said "!t would not be true to say public opinion is strongly prepared for the transfer of further industries to public ownership." n a break In the "f Smlthers at about Big Work Bee Needed at Rink Searchers discounted tne possibility that, if located, that it would be the Hall plane. There were reports here that pme, 7 D.m.. on the Several of eight Canadians released Tuesday said they knew of at least three more Infantrymen and possibly two fliers still in the Red stockades. They said they had not seen the other Canadians, however. Peiping radio said the Communists have been "adding to gear before Its engine is started. It is not released until its engine has been started. fliat the sound died ' minutes later. United States Air Force says It has fitted the long-range B36 bomber for a new role: Taking off with an F84 jet plane in Its cavernous belly, carrying it to within striking distance of a target, releasing the fighter for a strike, at more than COO miles an hour, and then recovering it in mid-air. The air force Tuesday released report of slRhting a PANMUNJOM (API Another 400 United Nations soldiers returned from North Korean stockades today amid indications the Reds will send back some Americans handed Jail terms and possibly more prisoners than they originally promised, Two of 133 Americans who crossed Into friendly hands today said some fellow Americans sentenced to prison for "instigating against the peace" were awaiting repatriation, possibly in a day or two, at Kaoson;?. A large working bee is needed at the Prince Rupert Curling lowslidc on a moun- Swim Exams Set Tomorrow the prisoner list newly-captured ; club tonight, President Jack 'irthern B.C. "n of a $:i0.000 re- i s associates beyond Junior swimming examinations lfl-dav deadline ifnr iiMiliirK u'ill tukn nlwre nt. th! Laurie said this morning. There is plenty of work to be carried out yet and the pipes have to be levelled tonight. There Is also an executive prisoners, including men captured in the final days of the war. The broadcast did not Indicate how many more would be returned, but noted that one for the first time photographs ?lw twlay. j ciyro pool at MeClymont Park ilane vanisheri after tomorrow afternoon, Miss Murl-f 4 27 P-ni. on Aug. Ilyn White, instructress, said to- meeting at the rink tonight, he to fly hy iMNlru. iHciv Thn Rrherluleri in t.:lke K.'iesonir. illxt. north nf P.'inmun ROBBER PHONES PAPER TO CORRECT NEWS ITEM VICTORIA tt It seems even robbers want their press notices accurate. . . Tuesday night the telephone on the Daily Colonist news dcskran8- a The voice at the other end of the wire was calm, quiet and a bit indignant. "That report on the Butler Brothers robbery in Tuesday's ' paper is not right," It said. "We didn't take any shovels, or cheques or clocks." "This," the voice added, "is one of the robbers." While the reporter was thinking what to say next, the telephone went dead and the conversation was over. man, captured a day before the said, at which matters extremely armistice, had been sent back Important to club members will f-C. Interior to Bel- Irxains should be there without i jom, is the Red holding point of the B36 In its mother role. Other sources pointed out that if the big bomber can launch a fighter plane it should also be able to launch guided missiles. Moreover, both the B36 and the F84 have been described by the defence department as capable of carrying atomic bombs. be discussed. n. hmithers Was to fail, nrnvidlnir the weather is i for Allied PoWs. Tuesday e first check point, I suitable. The apparent switch In the Communist attitude toward these prisoners followed protests in Transfers Scientist by the UN command that the Ki ds were holding back dozens So the combination seems to provide a formidable merger of of men on trumped up charges. speed, range and killing power Avoid Russian Blackmail At the Allied base camp at The six-piston engines, and four jet engines of the B36 give Mutioan, UN command spokesmen said there would be no 'APi The British Dr. Boris Davison, 42, has been comment on the reported re transferred one I given a year's leave of absence it a speed of more than 435 miles an hour and an overall range of 10.000 miles, assuming a 10.000 turn of the jailed Americans. Boycott by South Korea Threatens Peace Conference with pay from the highly secret Harwell nuclear fission labora Along with 133 Americans, the a mmsts, whose "'her and British 11 tllP Soviet. Ilnlr.n tory, lie will spend the year Reds returned 17 British and 250 South Koreans today, the 22nd day of the big exchange doing research at Birmingham pound bomb is dropped midway, or a combat radius of 4,000. The swept-wing F84, with its speed of more than 600 miles an hour, has a combat radius of 1 as Britain's chief ''h laboratory. flCIlt announcement University. British newspapers said his ,ll'st, Russian-born post was changed because the UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) A South Korean boycott cf the Korean peace confernce is threatened the United Nations. Syngman Rhee's representatives said they couldn't attend cabinet feared Soviet agents I k It !" I1 i tmmmmmmmmmmmmm ni m i n I i HgonrvlM f"" j M I & -v .r. ".l I IK j 1 I I &jp 4 i A'i i " 1 1 V h I I I l M 1:1.11 I i j; r - ii ... s r I "7nn - 1 of war prisoners. And 150 Americans and 250 South Koreans will be handed over Thursday, the Reds said. The Reds have promised) to return 12,763 Allied prisoners-including 3,313 Americans but Red Peiping radio hinted they might send back more. might try to blackmail him with threats against his parents In about 850 miles. The air force said its new development was the first known arrangement for flying a full size combat plane from a mother aircraft, although small experimental planes have been so flown. the Communists but Intriguing with them to make the free world look contemptible." India's candidacy for the conference Is backed by Britain, Canada and two other Commonwealth countries, Russia and most of the Arab-Asian bloc. The United States opposes India at the peace table, arguing that to admit her would discriminate against such other neutrals Interested in Korea as Japan and Nationalist China. Russia. The Daily Express said the cabinet feared "if Dr. Davison were kept In his job, extreme anti-Communists In America J Editor i CrasA : B-C, cp, KrneRt wiilliwack, B.C., a k'y newspaper pub-ln an automobile l''r hrre Monday ;in Kiniberley for a lwn his car might use the fact as 'proof that British security Is bad. That might ruin negotiations to widen the interchange of atomic secrets a parley with India present unless the Indians sat on the Communist side of the table. Foreign Minister K. T. Pyun and Col. Ben C. Limb, South Korea's permanent observer at the UN. said Monday night: "The Republic of Korea finds it Impossible to collaborate with India on the same side." "If India wants to sit on the Communist side, all right," added Pyun. "We are not vetoing who will be at the peace conference. But we certainly can say whether we will be there, and we certainly may walk out or boycott the conference If the UN goes ahead and votes to sit India on our side." Pyun earlier had bitterly at- with Britain." The Conservative Daily, Tele graph added that Davison's "re liability has never been In ques tion." Sawmill Fire Fourth in Month VANCOUVER (CP) A sawmill along the Fraser river here was destroyed Tuesday night by a lire which apparently smouldered undetected for more than an hour before bursting Into, flames. Damage is expected to exceed $40,000. Destroyed was the Sunset sawmill, operated by the Mielke Elijah Pollard Dies Aged 75 One of Port Simpson's oldest residents, Elijah Pollard, died in Prince Rupert General Hospital last 1 night. Born at Port Simpson in 1878, Mr. Pollard was a fisherman all his life. In a will left by him he bequeathed his estate to his Immediate family. A widower. Mr. Pollard Is sur f MIOUIlli uer seven of he :'re and rniierf 11 ar embanltm.,r,t Davison was an early associate of Dr. Klaus Fuchs and took I" as brought.- over many of the latter's duties after Fuchs was sentenced to four years imprisonment as a fx until his retire. Airmen's Death Ruled Accident A verdict of accidental deatfc was returned yesterday by a Jurj inquiring into the death of FC R. S. Sharp of Courtenay, Vancouver Island, who died in the hotel fire at Sandsplt Monday Coroner Donald Watt of Queen Charlotte City conducted the Inquiry. An Lnvestigaticn into the cause of the blaze is continuing. Communist spy. The Daily Ex press said British security offi vived by a daughter, Mrs Violet . . moss was IL e t ?e to British Kimberley r.J. Wesley and a son, Larence. Bros. Trucking Company. It was the fourth Fraser river sawmill to be swept by fire in Just over a month. Cause of the fire was not determined. In the other and " . . cers screened Davison closely after Fuchs was arrested and Funeral services will take place JUSTICE TRIUMPHS at the Buffalo (N.Y.) Zoo as two youngsters, aged 10 and 12, find themselves behind bars for throwing stones at the zoo's penguins. The boys were kept in the monkey cae for a short period to teacli them and other mischievous children a lesson. Later, the lads said they were sorry about the whole affair and promised to tell their friends how to behave properly at the zoo signs shown were placed in front of the cuge to put across the v hole point, of then let confinement. at Port Simpson with Rev i tacked India before the UN as- of ph I 80 again after Dr. Bruno Pontecorvo, Greenaay officiating. B.C. Un- sembly s political committee as three, police and fire depart ! 'n Kimh 'mineriev i pen' another Hartwell scientist, fled ciihiite of at i an appcascr of tr.t Con.mun- Hf i-w-j i ........... ,, ment offtcals are Investigating deriaKers nave rangements. ! lsts "not. only trafficking with - uwiimii x,,,v ii ...i mi i n ii, u 7g ,fl j Ifgo. tlit po:.)ll)itlty of arson.