pMCTOHIA. B. G. j ORMES ' Vi i, provincial li:a?.v. Hi DRUGS VICTCSIA, 3. C. .. ... 1 t DAILY DELIVERY ' Phone 81 1 CABS SV J NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLI, No. Ill PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1952 TEN CENTS (Including comic section) I.ISPATCHED on LZ I r-i n 1 N n n n n n' n 1 i i ... - r One Dead, Two Hurt I f X ; ! Collapes da Reduces Flying ave Aviation Gas As Ramp GOVERNMENT PLANS MEAT BARTER DEAL NATO Army Strength of One Million AWA (CP) Sharp curtailment of flying i TV '. 1..., U.. t, - ivifil'nmflnt k r S2AVCk OTTAWA (CP) The Canadian government announced Friday H has negotiated a barter arrangement under which a minimum ,!ine. Other gasoline uses will not be cut. Ic A sudden and tragic accident early this morning at Kemano Bay took the life f of one of Central and Northern British Columbia's best known newsmen and injured two other well-known Prince Rupert ' men. , Dead is George Alexander Vancouver in charge of a nurse i Alex l Hunter. 54. managing I Dv CBCA for treatment. He has editor of the Prince Rupert ! a broken ankle. Mr- to arrive in Daily News - ' Ma&or was due Injured, but not seriously, are! Prtin; Rupert this afternoon. He h- si .., - 1 f '1. 1l lu PARIS (CP) Six wastem European countries on Friday night initiator! a rlraff nf n t.rpat.v ected at present that the oil industry strike of 40.000,000 pounds of surplus Canadian beef and will pork beaimed at pooling their mllitary sited States will affect them seriously. 1 l r., 1 i ! lv, 1 ! shipped Into the United King To conserve high octane avia ic View John- F. Magor. who recently su''",lwu w ul Surviving the editor, besides became publisher of the News. resources in a unmed army o: more than a million strong. Tlhs army, intended to include 408,000 West German troops, is to be at the disposal of the North Atlantic organization on the western front against aggression. It will come under command J. I). MiHAE dom market this year. This Anglo - Canadian - New Zealand exchange deal was given In some detail to the Commons by Minister of Agriculture Gardiner. It Is ah emergency move to rid Canada of the mounting land J. D. McRae. ex-MLA and ; ,c J. F. MAGOR dating' well-known business man of,! vtt"l-uu"j """""" I tey. a nurse. in Nanalmo: his Douglas McDon Prince Rupert. I mnthur Mrs -WEATHER- liberal due tO' ald Humer, and a brother, Sid tion fuel largely made in the United States, the cabinet declared it essential material. Suppliers will deliver to customers only 65 percent of their April purchases during the. 28-day period from May 8. Minister of Iradc C. D. Howe, in an announcement In the House of Commons, did not mention the RCAF specifically, but a spokesman said later the RCAF understands it is included. -The air force had already ordered halting of all but high priority flying. Scanty information bad communications meat stockpile sparked by the of Marshall Aphone Juiu, 62. reacning ! nev both of prince Rupert: a; unnea btates eniDargo ana ine!French military hero, in his here today said Hunter, McRae j slstert Mr8 j. R. Mcllraith, of j Synopsis A low pressure centre 700 south Saskatchewan foot andjcaDacity as chief of NATO's .'VER A Liberal . the June 12 election interior Woodsmen Ask Hike ana Magor were caiapuuea 10 ; cobourg, Ontario. rocks 29 feet below a collapsing predeceased him ; miles southwest 6f Vancouver j moutn disease. ; central ground sector. ' Island is " " drifting slowly toward I Canada will ship a surplus of General Dwight D. Eisenhower h.pht in a campaign His father T11I1, 1 1 1041 ramp on which they were walk- "" 7 .r. -o Koof a-H!.,.. Roman Catholics are intimidate" candi-x province's separate j ing. i Ramp .s reported to have led 1 from Kemano Eeach Camp floats ' Known throughout Central' the coast. Cloud from the dis-l""" "T'. L naleQ lne aT? ' aS a, rea' -. receive New Zealand frozen meat stone" In the of 1 development rt nri most nf the north as an ' , , ., otand lS SlWly spreadins in payment. This she will sell ; Europe-s detences. CfKffSta this ng into the province from the to the United States and If she i 1 KELOWNA (CP) About 5000 . noch.i Simultaneously, Minister, of ! Transport Mr. Chcvler sent out I y Miller, candidate RCMP said uue was out, baring citv lr,1920 beKlnnmn- as a re-! southwest. "Light showery are i obtains a fairly reasonable price, ! Interior lumber workers will de k cfPuiii! Grey, ques i . v. I, . i . ' .1 ' ... . . if . ' - -5 . ' " . St-1' iv H ... f. 4. - t :' ' f ' . . .1. - i if !- '" 1 ' i b I' ll T ',; ' s, - -sV - 1-fV If' 1 1 t . -t it' L...J g, 'f r -t t f '"'If !,' ! i' t" v ' i ' ' : ' , 1 ., " i . . t.1- 'C I . ., i " '. .J ' i ' i ( I ;,j ' . . !' 4v IF notice to civilian aviation, urg agged rocks below. The ramp porter on the staff of The Daily expected In most coastal regions mand the concessions on with New Zealand. rmmmm lum- in. It to reduce all nneceary - same i COn act as the flyint, st compulsory action be bcr Qn the coast tman Catholics In who said tht-y want-statement from him - so they would know are Newt-, then published by the late.y and there will be a few Harry Pullen. , M of J; He. became managing-editor; .. ,iotv, r,f tv,o nnhiuhor Thp morrow. , taken GM Takes Easy Because of Britain's lack of! dollars, Canada has been unable to enter the United Kingdom Meanwhile, In Washington, the dP"if"d'"? The wage conference of the newsDaDer was curchased shortly There will be some breaKs in oeel marKet since i8 ana me . Tntirnat nna Wnnrittnrkprs nf Win From CYO vote for him. r replied : everybody is entitled il and every minority But don't take this collapsed. Hunter died within half an hour at Kemano Bay hospital, due to fatal head injuries. RCMP at Kemano Bay are investigating the accident. An Inquest will be held in Prince Rupert, said RCMP. The party, which included Mrs. Hunter, Duncan McRae and Mrs. Norton Youngs, were enroute to the Nechako Dam opening, with ceremonies today by Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd. In last night's football game. afterwarat, by Harry G. T. Perry, the cloud tomorrow and at least United Kingdom park market but managed by Hunter. ' ..... sunshlne is expected In ' since 195- Mr Gardiner said Besides being an excellent : tne arrangement but the Cana-early the victim of this newspaperman, remain mild except in extreme morning tragedy was great-; aortnern B.C. There, a thrust ! " government greatly appre-lv active in community work in!, i f th v.,unn will i elates the helpfulness of the General Motors played a de bulk gasoline plants, terminals '"-',"' .. America here declared Fnday it in 32 and large filling stations k for a wage increase "at of sutes and In the District least equivalent" to 35 cents an of Columbia, to reserve supplies motor gasoline for possible, alio- hour Increase asked by the coast cation - to maintain essential loggers. transportation. The IWA contract In Interior Petroleum administration for camps and mills expires Sep- defence, which Issued the order, tember 1. estimated it may effect about' , f 'kc the mat ter to the f t and wv will deal cisive win oyer CYO, the newcomers to the league. Score was 6-1. Prince Rupert, where he was ; cause a snarp drop ln tempera. j British and New Zealand gov- jirness. : aviour is not in keen- eaucaiea ana naa uvea most, vi ,.. nuiucuu. ; luic. his life. N He was a Mason, past presi- I Forecast All six leti on a Central -B.C Airways plane this morning at 6. dent of Prince Rupert Chamber ; North Coast Region Clgudy shortly The seaplane arrived pi commerce, an acuve uyro m the soutnern nan wnn a iew Club memberand member of i light showers today. Few clouds SANDS RETAINS TITLE BY KO one half of all filling stations in the covered area. Bruce K. Brown, petroleum administrator, announced tbe action as another move to con-siinnlien affected bv the airways after 7 a.m., said an TIDES Sunday! May 11. 1952 (Pacific Standard Time) i First Presbyterian Church. CYO started off with a fine goal by VerHaar but from then on motor men did all the scoring with Matthews and Pat Wilson each getting two goals and Glen Olsen and Tait one each. CYO showed neat forward combination but found the Motors defene too strong. Winning forwards, backed up by a strong; halfback line, easily bested the CYO defence for whom, how- f-c high ideals of the jM you siand for." portal last week, the f 'it, uflietal organ of jbcese. advised mem-J-' church to examine pate seeking election. ' would not come out I; aid to Roman Cath-T- It said, will receive P1 votes. in the northern half. Little change ln temperature. Light winds, occasionally east 15 miles official. Body di tne newsman was on its way at 2 p.m. today to Prince Rupert with Mrs. Hunter in a i Mr. Huntei was educated in ' Prince Rupert schools and at i University of British Columbia per hour in exposed locations MELBOURNE (CP) Dave Sands, British Empire and Australian middleweight champion, country-wide strike of oil work- High 1:43 22.1 feet ers, which has shut down roughly j 14:7 18 9 feet one-third of the petroleum In- , Low , 8:27 15 feet dustry. 1 S03 71.feet Queen Charlotte Airways plane, normal school. He spent several j Lows tonight and highs tomor Mr. McRae Is being flown to ! years as teacher in the Kooten- ; row At Port Hardy, 44 and 55; retained both titles ies r Friday nu night avs and at Alice Arm. His family i SandsDit. 42 and 53; Prince Ku- ourke of i ever, the goalie played a great for! by knocking out t"1 B Bifth round, game. Melbourne, in the ie came to Prince Rupert in 1910, : pert, 42 and 57. Outlook and he returned to reside here ln ; Monday Little change. 1919. . ' ' ' ! k SINCE RUPERT GENERAL HOSPITAL He lived at the Currie Apart-j ments, 434 McBride Street. . f j THEN W Institution Has Indians Oust Boston Reduced Verdict by Jury In Lorraine Tait Killing 'Ifigh Service Record lo Head League I NEW YORK (CP) The highly .regarded Cleveland Indians took A reduced verdict of manslaughter w as' returned by a Supreme Court assize jury here yesterday against Harold Ryan, 33-year-old Port Simpson fish- Porty-Ycar-Old Institution of Mercy ,Ias Paralleled City's Progress i( Unpen General Hospital had its first over first place In the American League without swinging a bat. j Cleveland replaced Boston Red Sox at the head of the class by ; half a game. Red Sox dropped a 7-4 decl- slon to the stumbling New York : Yankees, while the Indians scheduled night game with St. Louis Browns was rained out. ' In the other came little Bobby erinan. inrn,.H th mitmsi. told the ''eception with the formal opening of in 0" February 24, 1911. Another rec I. ? -,.HJ -'" - Jaj 11,1 'i Monday, May 12, when the institution tution,!" afternoon of December 23. - A drinking bout ensued on the boat, with arrival at Port Simpson about 8 p.m. The killing took. place on ths boat, which was drifting in the hafbor, between 10 and 11 p.m. Defence Counsel T. W. Brown. QC, asked the jury for a reduced verdict "if yoa can find this man did after all kill the unfortunate woman," because of accused's state of drunkenness. But he called for an acquittal on the basis of "four mysteries In this case which may never be cleared up and to which no solution can be suggested in this court."- MYSTERIES pace with the times in capacity and He had been sentenced t court: hang a year ago, but was grant- j j aye nVer seen a so ed a retrial when It was re- bad)y heaten." He described In-vealed in an appeal last year's numerat)ie WOunds. scratches, jury had opportunity to com- bruises .second and third degree municate with .the public. j burnS ani a deep gash on the Ryan was charged with the back of ner head' as definite Pecember 1950 killing of his ; cause of death, common-law wife, Lorraine Tait. j crown evidence produced a The 12-man jury returned Its ' soft-drink bottle as the alleged ,-J Shantz pitched Philadelphia " sei've, opens its doors to the public on the f National Hospital Day. Atnietics to a 9-3 victory over the Washington Senators. In the only other day game, Chicago White Sox shaded the Detroit Tigers 8-5 in 16 innings, the NOW ;; many friends will ls't' the nrpmu. verdict in one hour, 55 minutes, i murder weapon. Bottle was cov- F'ty be a f Pu, Wh' . IV. .. 'u"r.'"e After listenimr to two days of ered with a dark stlcky sua produced the first unit of some thirty beds which was fomally ouened on February 24, 1911'. Mndav who am wigni, 01 me ea oox aiiu; . ..J J", : . ,i,.k ihoHHori Finlnttc.rrnn.: o; k ".tj. out rill 'lenianv nn.mu Johnnv Sitn nf thp Yanks were crown ana ueienue cvwcuic. w.i.i-i. Iockedyin 2 2 Sfel Joing tatol Mr. Justice H. S. Woods re- j fingerprint, and strands of hair. Li Swt, Kk.7L thJmandPd RCMP fingerprint expert John th ia f Rvan to end of the as-: Those were booming railway! buildine days when the city was i sizes for sentence enjoying its first frontier heyday I able c!oyen of th h l'tr'ty here, the es-J. p- Cade, who-was V JJ. medical Go d k 1 n testified fingerprints were those of Ryan. Dr. H. H. Pitts, Vancouver pathologist, said hair ."was similar"' to that of Lorraine 1. Burns on the deceased's body which could only occur on the small fishing vessel due to contact with a hot exhaust pipe. Yet all evidence given by crow 4 witnesses showed the en- Red Sox infield sabotaged the former Yankee lefthander, as third-baseman Johnny Pesky and shortstop Jim Piersall committed errors to hand the Yanks and soon it became necessary 10 add to the structure. So In 1912 a wing was appended to the east. More than 20 witnesses Vfere called and more than 30 Items entered as exhibits. "It was .a most diabolical, fcnith y aays and I." tpn calls to lend JS)' .-ill .i,5P6P-t3 Known as the Connaught Wing , . v (it was nffirlallv onened bv the'fo U ; Tait. 1 three iinparnpri runs and the ! fiendish killing by whoever; ...... , iiv.iuit. ..'- J . - . Prosecutor Gilbert jgine of the boat was not run- Mr OM, . . name. ' viuwn -w. Winers no m i.m i this ui woman," ,nmnn " said coin Mr. - killed Jillieu tllia wuuiou, flww ning during alleged time of the asked the Jury "to 0. ; . Minnie Mlnnm KmVo nr thu I ...... tit 1.. 1 .... itOgg, oinpson and M. Duke of Connaught, then Gov-ernor-General of Canada. It doubled the capacity of the In- fc; atltut.inn This was tO serve Until ho I U'fi,. ' ILI. - -jm ;h',sn; ', ,c memDers of truth in the case, the ascertain marathon at Detroit with a two- tne case a for the J jury. y , the accused run triple off Hal White. Eddie,"6 ! "I am convinced Robinson followed with a single ' BRUTAL KILLING killed this girl,' he said in his 1 '7t the Prince Ru- 1936 when a brand new per- P t killing. 2. Mystery of the dead worn an's" purse it was torn and contained only one nickel. Np money was found on either the woman or on Ryan Yet evidence 4 pital has oaral manent structure was erected to en insur-' The battered body oi tne jury auareas. . score; Minoso with th i ance run. woman was round floating In Crown aiiegea Kyan ana xAjr- replace the old which was soon i. demolished. During the war a military hospital was built im- jl-,,; In the lone National Lcagua Port Simpson harbor at about raine Tait, in company witn an-contest, Cincinnati Reds defeat-: 11 p.m., December 23. other man, left Rupert on 3d St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 Dr. L. M. Greene, who per- Ryan's fishing vessel Westerly 2 Lin rporated 0,1 nn of Flrth Ayenue and finally was iCuiltinuea i" Win i mediately adjoining u 4 - ' (Continued on Page 3 - . )- i -