1d ws if. i, Daily from 9 a.m, till 9 p.m, - Sundays and Holidays. _ 3 pam, till 7 pom, ~ Dee $ Pharmacy Limited Ormes Drugs Limited Drug Store Hours| ree Ww Mp eee eee eer ee aS Be We oe dire BO EE A ES Og Tg) OTos. “ABOVE show pupils ‘of. Buddy: Taft both in and out:of action, during 49- act display ged: in the Civic: ‘Centre: gymnasium Friday night. Top, photo shows some of the younger boys girls patiently: walting for their turn,. They were praised by Mr, Taft for being good in trast to some older. pupils: who were running about during show. Bottom photo shows beau- ‘ifuliy- dressed: dancers during. number called “Ballet, Variations,” , : VANCOUVER (CP) —Mr. Justice A. ul Manson Friday told : an Assis Cat j jury after it acquitted a man of rape: ft this man is not guilty 1 don’t know what guilty is.” The judge disagreed: with the verdict of a 12-man Jury In the trial of John Douglas Dean, 24, of Vancouver. He was charged with raping a 10-yoar-old girl on- Lulu Island Sept, 6,°1950, _ The judge also sald ‘ho disa- proved of the action of one jur- or who patted defence counsel James Sutherland on the back and of anothor who winked at the defence lawyer, I disagree with thelr verdict and I do so most emphatically,” sald His Lordship, ‘May I tell you Mr, Sutherland, It Is about the second or third thne in my pemenpreene same erent oc ine Eo: 1 RTE PORE ESC ED 21 Killed On Highways Over Weekend By The Canadian Pross Twenty - one persons were killed in highway ‘rashes and 12 were drowned during the weekend in Canada, Six more died In othor accl- donts, bringing tho total to 30, The fatalities wore counted by Tho Canadian Pross from 6 pan. Jounl : Aline Wriday to mldnight Auncliy: Tho worsh mishap Win tho. drowning of flvo persons during’ a: fishing expodition in. Take Helo, Ono olhor-porson. drowned 1, Ontario and 10 low ‘on tho #lihways, Tho lolwl, 16, war the highvst of any province, . -In-Quebos 15 dled = violontly, Manitohn’s three (alalition ware all Uitte. viens, ryelttaly Columbia, Alborta, Kinwkaleliown Novi. Seolln and Hew Urunswiek rovordod =n Hew fatally onel,, Prinea Md ward Taland and Nowfroundiand wore treo from ylolont dontha, “Now” Drinawiek'a Jota viotin wid Peyonreald Mrodarlek Slate for, killa! whon a: olga maoay anuned non to ornsh Into B. Cs NEWS, ROUNDUP: 7 21 years on the bench I have had occasion to disagree with a jury, PRINCE GEORGE, BC. ® ~ Ferguson Lake , Sawmills Ltd, owned and operated by Ivor Kil- ly, has won the western logger and Jumberman trophy for racking up 101,226 recident-free man-hours since 1056, “Tustad Bros, and Co, Ltd, ind Prince Ceorge Planing Mills Lid, won awards for man-hours worked without a compensable. accident In the over 100,000 class, In the under 100,000 class awards were presented to Stable Lumber Co, Ttd,, and Fort George Limber Co, Lid. VANCOUVER o a A $i, 000 fire that ag one Lime Lhrontened the public brary was fought bo a standstill Saturday morning within 30 minutes of the alarm, Vardost hit by the blaze was the Mandarin Gardens caharot where damnge to the building and furmishings was estimated at $30,000, Tnelusled In the es. tinate wore about $1,100 worth Gof Instruments bolonging to a band, A drugstore suffered about $2,000 damage from smoke and witor and-n flordst's wos pong. brated by smoke and windows wore broken tn the {ght (o con Wal tho blndo, je etneanaarORT Sun on City . 132 Hours During May — In splte of 10 rainy anys and nh otal of more than five Ineles of rainy Inab month, there wore AUT 192.2 hours of brant ans ahina In May, Tho hablest day of Miy wos loat Thursday, whan tho tomporatura wos 78 dogroos, nivel ba lawyoat lon yoraluro, 30,1 tog taar, ani at tho hoglnntyg of the month on May vs Mean maxlinun tompornburo for May was :00,8 dogroda:and enn mininiuns 44 dogroos,, Tho . lon dn “very eritient condle 1 Spalyacher “Daily News Photos patch To 19 Cents| Halibut prices reached a new high at the Prince Rupert Ex- change today when 19 cents a pound was paid ‘for 500 pounds of large halibut -by Booth Fish- erles Canadian Limited.” A total of 510,000 pounds of halibut was landed over the week-end by 16 Canadian and one US, boat. Landings, with prices for me- dinm, large and chicken halibut jn brackets, are as follows: Munroe (U.S,)--32,000 pounds (18, 16.5, 10); sold to Ain Fish- erles Limited, Anthony J — 27,500 pounds (18.3, 19, 10); sold to Booth Fish- erles Canadian Limited, Teeny Milly~-24,000 pounds (17, 16.6, 10); sold to Paelfle Fisherics Company Limited, Capella I-~19,000 pounds (16.5, 16,5, 10); Babcock Fisheries Limited, Island Queen—18,000 (17.6, 17.7, 10); BC, Limited, Tho remaining 32 boats sold their entehes to the Co-Opera- (lve Association, They wore: Fredella JI 36,000; Advanee II 19,000 pounds; Capa Spencer 23,- 000 «pounds; Viking I 27,000 pounds; Dovre 13 30,000 pounds; Margaret I 65,000 pounds; Pare nin 67,000 pounds; Strafen 18,000 pounds; Taplow 68,000 pounds; Oslo 38,000 pounds; Primrose 7,- 000 pounds; FL W. G. .7,000 pounds, Demme eeareay ory swe werenge Three Killed In Hotel Fire WORCESTER, Mass, —Throo porsons wero killed and olglt athors were soverly Injurod to- flay Ina fire that swopt the fives storey wood and brick Molol Plonsant, AL Jonat: 12 othots ‘woro loss sovorly Injured, Five of tho olght porsons hold at hospital wore ro- pounds Packers Jon," «| Actress Back HOLLYWOOD it~Ava Curd. oe 1s back in town ot her flrat visit to Hollywood: in almost bhroo yorra, Tho. dotross arriy. od Sunday by alr from Moxico Gity and gnid alo plans to vialt fronds here for govern! wooks, Thon, aho anid, Way back homoenwnyefromn Hollywood, Jn Moxico « Mlaa Qnvcnvor was on lountjon for tho {vy Tho Bun Also «Rigor, ania adaptation of: ‘tho, », Momingway , PLAC ‘| yeh at of the sun ne ice 2 J every way.” to] RR BS Gg PBMB UO . ye oot and. set an: island. ablaze William Cook, : chief scientist for the British nuclear tests in sion was'a “complete successs in The ‘heat. generated, Cook: told 10,000,000 . degrees The average heat of the’ sun’s surface is figured at 10, 000 de- grees Fahrenheit, — The bomb, equal: to 5,000,000 tons of TNT, bomber and exploded about two" miles high, near the small: Pa- cific atoll of Malden, 400 miles south of Christmas Island, 2 to be about half the size of the, H-bomb the United, States: test-! ed at Bikini: last year, tf" SET TIMBER: ON FIRE?" the Pacific.said Friday's: explo-| reporters Sunday,’ was rated at centigrade, |" (16,666,666. degrees Fahrenheit:) | reported to. be| was dropped ‘by a Valiant ‘jet |: The British bomb is believed 4 “snipUS GROUP. of yoting men above all seem to..be. ‘stepping . ain time: but “show business” smiles foraudience appear lacking Boys | were taking part: in Civic € Centre School of al _Maldén'siieft * ‘our. ours 1 still asd he added. “Even pieces of wood washed blazing,” Cook ‘said. The explosion, recorded by scientific instruments placed on Malden, caused. no radiation contamination on the Island, he said. This finding led to speculation the British may have perfected a “clean” bomb that could be used for land or sea warfare, Inquest Reset For Saturday The female body found Satur- day noon by children near Pipe. line Road has been identified as that of Miss Margaret Johnson, about 35, of Kilwanga, =~ At an inquest called by Cor- oner George J, Dawes Saturday at Ferguson Funeral Home, Arthur J, Willlams said he rec- ognized the body as that of a woman who has been living in the clty for the last two years; The cnuso of her death will bo established when the Inquest Js reconvened next Saturday, An ROMP offleer sald no “foul play” Js suspected, Miss Johnson js survived by hor parents, Mr. and Mrs, Fragl- oriek Johnson of Kitwanga, Sho Is also sald to havo a sister lve Ing In Prince Rupert, Tho Inquest was adjourned after the jury viowed the body and heard Mr. Willams’ bostl any, Jurynion sworn in are! Aor! Edward Dickens (foreman), Sbuarl Wainwright, Jean Bride eau, Prod Nardy, Edward Koehn, John Stack and Harold Lovorott, Only 12 Calls For Firemen; During May Miy was. relatively qulot month for tho Prince Ruport Miro Department, Fire Chiof Marl Bookor reportad today, Wo antd a total of 12° onlls wore nnawored) bub none, waa NONots and no npprealvblo dime igo was dono, Two of tho culls woy'd fnleo Marna and two wore Jaugh ¢ Won, ORASIT KILLS 18 ': BOMBAY, India (Roulors) = Dightoon paraona wore killod and nt Jonab 18 Injured Suncday whan putionger train ran into a alationnry train botwaon stations snothor ant, Tho - maoke waa | monthly monn ‘tompoentura wna killed, . a ' A ‘ . ' mt “4, 4 1 abo “" a . oo | : _ ‘ Aa ‘ ‘ / . \ . ; bo ‘ dunkentpnctatinndl i ' we ees m4 fashy\ Henk an Sek ene pees Snead aii tie ay ed aineaneiiia! yf iv mm sae Wie , Ae “ee novels na Boruhay auburd, up.on the shore appeared to be : life,” Capt. J. W. Kittinger, 28, bet- tered by nearly four miles the frevious manned-bafloon altl- tude mark of 76,000 fect, set over Rapid Clty, S.D,, by two U.S. Navy commanders last November He described ‘the trip, from takeoff at 6:23 a.m. at Fleming Field here to the landing near Weaver, Minn, about 80 miles South at 12:57 pu, as “completely successful." The flight was a forerunner to another ascension set ‘for Mrs, Lundstrom Of Stewart Dies Aged 73 A former elty businesswoman and a restdont of Stewart for 27 years, Mrs, Charles Luildstrom, died Sunday Jn Prince Rupert Genoral hospital ator a lengthy ness, Sho was 73! Mrs, Lundstrom at ono thine owned the Wee Tob Shop’ in Princo Rupert and bofore that hold an Intorost In Star's Stylo« Wort, Mts, Lundstrom was born In Norway and camo to Canada in 100%, Sho was marriod to Wil» Ham Hanson in 1912, with whom sho sottled in Stowart In 1020, Mt :Hankon dled tn 1033 and In 1088 sho matilod Charles Lundatrom, Tho Lundstroms have beon In buslnona in Stowart over since, Mra, Lundatrom was a friendship member of the Mooso Lodge, Ohaptor Qit, She ls survived by hor husband, two sons, Tryghy Hanson of Olympin, Wash, and 'Waltor Hansen, of Spokane, and five grandohildron, Both song will ar tive In tho ally Wednonday, . WEATHER Moatly sunny over tho land (vis afternoon and again Tune dy aflornoon, Extonslve fog Jand low clouds over the wator it WghE and ny the mornings, Lite change in tomporaturo, Light winda, Low tonight. and high tomorrow at Port: Hardy and Pringd Ruport 62 and 05, Sanit $0 and 00, Sy smn e oe fm ds es setorane “Daily News. Photo cials said -they, will probably issue Fis) : “statement today, ¢ on. ‘a: “truce present . contract “expires. SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)—A daring us.| Air Force test pilot, sealed in a metal capsule at- tached to a huge plastic balloon, rode to ‘a record- breaking ! 96,000 feet-—18 miles—Suriday i in a flight he said was “inspiring . - the proudest moment of my some time this summer, A manned balloon is. scheduled to be sent to an altitude of more than 100,000 feet for 24 hours, The U.S, Alr Force has indi- cated some of the findings may prove valuable in rocket and possible manned, satellite flights of the future, — NO CLAUSTROPHOBIA Killinger spent about 12 hours jn the cramped capsule, enters Ing the craft at 1 aun. to begin instrument tests and checks, Asked whether ho suffered any 4feellng of claustrophobia, ho told reporters: ‘T'vo spend six days in ‘that cnpsulé and it feels just lke home, Actually, the capsule was more comforlabld than I an Veht now” He sald ho was. nob nervous during the flight and that the ascent was made jn 78 minutes, Ho remained at 96,000 fect, tho batloon's maximum, for an hour ancl 50 minutes before holng sunimoned down, Kittlnger said the tompora. turo romalned at a comfortable 65 degreos inside althotgh tt was 70 below outsielo, A medical report following a physical oxamination on his re» burn came up will a vordiet of aan, and hourty," Kituinger, said ' ‘ YORK, ngland (tlt, Alfred Blunt, the Anglican churchman whoo spoech In 1086 is croditad with sparking tho abdiention orlala, died Sunday on the ove of tho 20th wodding annivorsnry af the Duko and Duchoss of Windsor, Dr, Blunt rotlved two yonty ngo as Bishop of Bradfold, Ho was 17, A rolund, fresh comploxtoned clorle, ho told f dlocosnt cone foronco tn 1086 {1 fh speoch on tho symbols of the coronnlion coromony tint King Bewrrd VIIT would abundantly neod God's grnco If ho wore to-do hla duty falthtully, MOT AWARENESS : Ho added} “Wo-hopo.ho ty aware of he nood, Some of. Ws proposal. plans, Co quitlam Crs Ship announced here’ today. writers and newsmon . will abonrd. tho flrst crulso, The vessel will enll in: SCIENTISTS APPEAL: blochomist announced today, wish that he gave mare signs of such awareness,” sholl" and wrote: hn to any agains pldato MedInto offoct was to shatter hopos “ot aatiling ny one way or tho othot by pasalvoly os a ee 30, 000 Be. coastal. woodworkers, ¥ oh “Mr. ‘Wismer, a former attorney. ‘, {general oft British Columbia, re-. “commended that a wage dispute} “| between : lumber. operators’ and 1 -|the International ‘Woodworkers | . ae (of America be put. off-until Oct ‘|1, He ‘contended any. wage ‘in- : crease ‘negotiated. then’ could -be|- retroactive to June 15, when the |: His secommendation was. based’ on| union ‘claims that lumber:condi-| "= wy: | tions will improye this.fall-while| A Employers have: said ‘conditions ae may. deteriorate. : oe key anid red’ spring, 34 (30) 3° ‘hoe, steelhead and white sprin . ‘Union officials s iat the Work: representing the opérators, made su no comment, on Mr, ,Wismer’s Chairman of a three-man con. cillation board, Mr. Wismer fail- ed in earlier. talks with Joe Morris, B.C..president of the IWA and John Billings, head of For- est Industrial Relations, to get them 'to come to an agresment, The union fs working out strike The Union . Steamship ‘Com pany is inaugurating a Scattle to Alaska crulse, the company | Watch, The bridge handlos CNR ad Tho first ship to make’ the crulse will be the Coquitlam which will arrive here Friday, June 7% The ship has boon chartered by the Alaska Tour Company, of which Charles 8, Wost is the prosident,’ Mr, West and 30 travel agents, trv Ne ab Princo Ruport on both tts north. hound and southbound voyages, & company spokesman sald horo, PASADENA, Callf, in ~ Two bhousand American — sclenttats have signed an appoal urging ine ternational agroament now to stop the ledting of nuclonr hombs, a Nobel Prizeswlnning Tho duko in Ws momolrs pub- lished in 1081 roforrod to tho Inoldent na the “Bradford Bombe “What the tahe of Bradford mo 14 yours ngo'may today appear Innocuats |: to sone, Novertholoss, it was oritlelam of tho King and In that ohiarged atmosphora,- ib proved tho apnrk Ahab onused tho Xe alon Tho “tuko added that the ims his problom private “Tnogotlations with my mintstors, T could no longor at ord ad val hours after the barge broke aw Stream,. Tugs freed : the barge after earlier attempt’ failed when the Some smaller’ tugs. narrow! escaped being crushed betwee the bridge and the barge during operations, The. barge, loaded ° with wood chips, was pulled ‘free soveral times only to smiash back into ithe span, A-few minutes: tor It was freed, it had. to.be pulled loose from, a sarid bar, | Spectators and, Tubber-necking motorists Jammed ‘the. area, ito ae ‘ Groat Northern. Rallway bralns,. Impaired Driver Fined it: Nf Vey, "You are forbunato you're nob hero on a chargo of manslaugh: tor,” sald Magistrate HW; F, Glas« soy, before fining Michaol 2Zu- kowsky $76.and costs on an {m= pared driving charge in olf police court today, The accused, of no. fixvod addross, ploqdod guilty to the charge, « Zukowaky. wos. arrested last night on Highway 16 by a nollee officer alarmed. by seolng Zu. kowsky's car swerving from ane cs aldo of the rond to the ot Ve Bishop Who Sparked Abdication Crisis . | Dies on Windsors’ 20th Anniversary Eve’ poaltivo ty Pilonds of ‘tho bishop sald : Intor the clergyman know of ¢ 0 King's, Trlondan Na Almpson, nd made his speoch, although: had nover hoard of hor when’ he proparod the. tox noarly, months hofora, Dr, Blunt iniimaolt: -omiphiaal thot. his romarky wore nob:4 tencod aa a robuko to the Kin but wore almod ‘at Ldward's in arent lavk of: culate cones oy rollg , But until he: outthore had heen no ino Ho In tho Britian “proas about the romaneo,” and hls Pomarka: brought tho matter. to’ n'olimay Meward abdtonted and married Mr, 8 Simpson in rane from two tugs and. crashed: ‘into: ca o thé bridge which had been swung. ~*~. open : to let: dt ‘Proceed’, down- : slack tide late. Saturday. “An river ‘current proyed too Strong, - an. with Mra, Wale: vordoo, who: Ww - - + - Tene Pa a RE ne PE TI eT Ea SS Seis ere ses © sage