Crash \lls Seven
KBURGH, April 30 R bus loaded wltt
passengers roared down a long hill ied into a concrete
seven persons,
�J)�A church out of
today ..all anc including
wall
of the approximately 65 B aboard were injured, at four critically.
^� said there were no wit-'and the speed of the bus I not be determined. How-l4year-old George Stunda, t the uninjured passengers luse was systematically ransacked. After finding keys to a jeep cept at the ranch they stole the vehicle and headed south.
According to police, the arrested men offered to take Williams Lake constables to the spot where they abandoned the former army vehicle.
Confusion exists as to what the men's real names are, however, they gave the name Booth at the time of their arrest. Police say hey do not know what their Christian names are.
A third brother was arrested earlier as he attempted to drive a stolen car through the U. S. border.
Red Cross Goal Passed
With contributions totalling
development Of Art Studied At Meeting
Prince George Art Society held a special meeting Thursday night to see a highly interesting and in-ormative film strip outlining the development of art from the Renaissance to modern painting. A large number of slides illustrated the topic.
The study was one in a series of lessons in art appreciation and understanding being taken by the local group, under the auspices of the Department of Extension at U.B.C,
Details for the big spring art show to be held in mid-May will be finalized .at a meeting this week.
$4500.59 to their credit, volunteer canvassers are winding up the district campaign on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross Society, although donations are expected to trickle in for several days yet District quota was $4200. " Mrs. R. B. Carter, president of Prince George division, and Mrs. A. T. Cross, campaign chairman, expressed great pleasure over the thorough .manner in which the canvassing crews had carried out their assignments, and of the spirit in which the annual Red Cross appeal had been received by business firms and residents in Prince George and surrounding communities.
One of the latest cash donors to the campaign was Edward Thue of Salmon Valley who handed Treasurer A. M. Patterson a $10 bill.
"This is part payment for some Red Cross blood transfusions I had at Prince George Hospital," Mr. Thue said.
'Other 'Contributions received last week included: Rustad Mill employees, $10; Fyfe Lake Mill employees, $14.25; Mrs. F. M. Riggs, Sinclair Mills, $23; Six Mile Lake Sawmill employees, $11; Kathleen Scoyllar, $7;' M. Bulloch, Shelley, $40.70; Mrs. M. S. Woodcock, $15; Mrs. M. Ar-nett, $2.
Story Of Outrage Branded As Hoax
Police this week discount a story of juvenile sadism told them last week by two eight-year-old city girls, one of which was badly burned when her clothing caught fire in a lane behind their home.
The girls first told police that
three youths had thrown gasoline j George Oldtimers' Association at them and set it alight, pushing took place in the banquet-room of
Banquet, Dance Mark Pioneers1 Record Rally
Highlighting the social season for one of Central British Columbia's most, exclusive yet warmhearted groups of citizens, the twenty-fourth annual reunion! banquet and dance of the Fort
one of them into the resultant blaze from the top of an adjacent lumber pile.
Law enforcement authorities have abandoned a search for the alleged culprits following evidence that the story was fabricated by the two children, to cover up the actual cause of the blaze. Police believe that the fire was set by one of the two girls involved.
Veteran's Official Coming Here Nay 10
War veterans interested in contacting a vet's welfare officer in this district are advised by the Canadian Legion, Branch No. 43, that one will be available at the Unemployment Insurance Commission George Street, and at the Prince George Hotel, on May 10.
H. H. Church, welfare officer, will conduct interviews at the commission's office from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. He will be available at the hotel from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m.
- Brevities -
Miss Lorraine O'Rourke left on the noon plane today for Vancouver, where she will resume her studies at Normal School. Miss O'Rourke has been teaching at the Airport for a few weeks.
Mrs. Roy Yip has returned from an extended stay in hospital in Vancouver.
Pat Baker returned yesterday from the University of British Columbia.
Mrs. Stan Shiels has returned from a visit to her home in Tis-dale, Saskatchewan.
Frank Jamieson, senior, president of Jamieson Construction Company, accompanied by Mrs. Jamieson, arrived from Vancouver on a short visit last week.
Miss Jean Sargent, Miss Eleanor Stewart and Mr. William Fraser of the Public Library Commission staff are leaving tomorrow for Burns Lake on a brief trip on library business.
Mrs. Nick Campbell spent the week-end with Mr. Campbell at Vanderhoof and Fort St. James.
Alex MacN.eil, Hilliard Clare, Bruce Lamb and Nestor Izowsky returned this morning by car .from the Jaycee convention in Kamloops.
Canadians 'Superb'
ON KOREAN FBONT, April 30 (CP)�The 27th Commonwealth Brigade's action last week in plugging a lfl-mile�wide gap In the United Nations lines north of Kapyong was described by United States MaJ.-Gen. William Hoge as "superb."
Hoge recounted during a flying visit to the front the heroic story of the brigade�composed chiefly of Canadian, Australian and British troops.
He said the brigade fought against 'tremendous odds and did not budge an inch."
Not until orders arrived from headquarters did the Commonwealth men pull out after slow
ing the Red advance timetable by an estimated 48 hours.
Australians and Canadians who bore the brunt of the on-slaught had, in Hoge's opinion, killed as many Chinese "as the combined strength of two Commonwealth battalions/'
Curfew Extension
Starting tomorrow (Tuesday) the city's curfew siren will sound at 9:45 p.m. instead of 9:15 p.m. as during the winter schedule. This will give street wandering children an extra half hour to enjoy the benefits of daylight saving.
Britain Buys More Canadian Aluminum
MONTREAL, April 30 (CP)�
Officials of the Aluminum Comp any of Canada Monday announced an agreement with the British Government to increase ship ments of Canadian aluminum to Britain between 1952 and 1955.
Under the new arrangement, the British Ministry of Supply will advance to the company $J0,-000,000 against unsecured interest bearing notes maturing 20 years from January 1, 1954.
In return Britain will have first call on an additional 50,000 metric tons of annual production. This brings its total first call to 250,-000 metric tons out of the company's total integrated productive capacity, expected to exceed 550,000 metric tons per year when the $220,000,000 expansion program announced last week is completed in Quebec and British Columbia.
Prince George Cafe on Thursday night.
A record 132 members sat down to a turkey dinner, preceded by a grand march headed by Piper Dave Ross and the serving of "moosemilk" cocktails.
President Jim Hooker of Dome Creek presided over the merry gathering, and the speakers list was headed by John Mclnnis, Fred Burden, and Alex Patterson, who spoke with a mixture of nostalgia and humor of the eventful early history of Fort George, South Town and Central, and of the then young and ambitious pioneers who laid the foundations for 30 years of progress, punctuated by periods of depression and despair which only served to add spice to life in a frontier country.
Prominent at Friday's rally was L. C. Gunn, first president of the association, which held its first meeting in 1928. Others noticed at the tables were Johnny Manners of Prince George, active and enthusiastic at 87, the oldest member present; Dave Hoy, whose freighting exploits are a legend in the Fort St. James country, and Charlie Pinker, whose appetite and interest belied his 78 years.
Mud River was well represented by the Pickering clan, Mi*, and Mrs. C. B., Mr. and Mrs. A. C and Mr. and Mrs. Bill.
From his Finiay River trapline came Louis Strandberg, anc Prince George's Chinese colonj was represented by Joe Shuen.
Other celebrities from out-of town included Knute Mullen of Salmon Valley, Albert Bierder-man of Chjef Lake, Sam McLean of Shelley, Frank E.ver of North Isle Pierre, Jim Fyfe of West Lake, Mr. and Miss Kerkhoff of
Gardeners Not Hit By Soaring Prices
City garden enthusiasts who are getting down to business with spades and seed-catalogue these longer evenings can be reassured that their hobby isn't going to run them into more money this year.
"Bedding plants, seeds, and flowers are about the only things on the market today which have not soared in price," a local florist told The Citizen today. A dozen roses costs the same this year as it did last year and the year before that, and seeds and plants show the same price stability.
Prince George gardeners tend to buy the same varieties of plants year after year, agree nurserymen. Roses, gladioli, stocks, snapdragons, pefunias, for instance. "People stick to the plants they're sure of," said a greenhouse operator, "They've found some things just won't grow up here."
Merchants who handle garden tools and equipment say that so far they have found no difficulty in getting stocks due to war demands, and that prices have risen only in line with other rom-modities. Demand for tools locally has so far been slight.
Questioned as to whether there are any startling new developments in hoses, spades or rakes this year, merchants say that equipment coming in appears the same as other years. 'Muscular effort seems still a prime factor in raising a good garden crop.
Woodpecker, S. E. VanBuskirk of Buckhorn Lake, and Charlie Allison of Quesnel.
During the evening oldtimers nterrupted their reunion activities to observe a one-minute silence in honor of half a dozen members who had passed on since the 1950 meeting�Jimmy McLane, Bill Graham, Mrs. Jack
Daviles, Tom Sullivan, Andy AI-
en, and Paul Wieland." Congratulatory telegrams and
etters were read from former residents, some of whom had
;aken an active part in the early history of the Oldtimers Associa-
tion and meetings.
had attended many These included Sam
,'ocker of Vanderhoof, Jake Leith of Edmonton, C. P. Deykin of Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnson and Virginia of Palo Alto,
!alif., Mrs. Al. Johnson of Savona B.C., Mr. and Mrs. George Abbott of White Rock, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
�idgeon of Wells, Mr. and Mrs.
larry Perry of Victoria, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Barnes of Haney, eorge Forbes of New Westmins-
er, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Forrester and Mickey Brown of Vancou-
er.
. Christine M. Taylor, secretary
f Prince George District Associ-
tion, Vancouver, forwarded greetings and best wishes from
hat group. Only sobering incident to mar
he occasion came when Secre--ary Bill Fraser discovered that
omeone had pilfered the Assoei-
tion's bell and gavel, both relics
if Fraser River steamboat days. However, members assured the worried secretary that the cher-
shed souvenirs would be in their customary place' when the time
comes rally.
for the next oldtimers
District Nurses Coming For Visit Of Executive
Dr. Lloyd MacLaren will be the speaker when members of Fort George chapter, Registered Nurses? Association of B.C., meet In the nurses residence on Wednesday evening. .
Plans will be discussed for the visit to Prince George of Miss Gertrude Hall, of Toronto, executive secretary, Canadian Registered Nurses' Association, on May 14. Miss Hall is at present on a tour of B.C. chapters in the association. A dinner meeting will be held in Prince George Cafe,
which will be attended by delegates from the nursing staffs of hospitals between Smithers and Williams Lake.
Art Hall Of CKPG Goes To Okanagan
Art Hall, popular member of the staff of radio station CKPG, left last week for Kelowna where he will be employed in the local radio station and make his future home. Mrs. Hall and their child accompanied him.
In addition to his work on the radio, Mr. Hall was also well-known here for his acting abilities, .having starred in several Prince George Players productions.
His place on CKPG has been taken by Miss Kathleen McLellan of Kelowna, who formerly held
Ten Tabjes In Play At Wednesday Whisf
Last but one In the current series, the CCF club held an? other enjoyable whist drive in the hall last Wednesday night. Ten tables were In play, and at the close of the card game refreshments were served by club members.
Prizewinners of the evening were Mike Secora, Maurice Sims, Jim Stillan and Tom Mullen.
This Wednesday's whist will be the concluding affair for the1 season.
Showers Here Tomorrow
This afternoon's expected clouds will clear tonight, says the weatherman, but it will be cloudy again tomorrow with scattered showers. Little change in temper-
the position on the radio station ature, winds light, low tonight 32, there now taken by Mr. Hall. ' high tomorrow 55.
Korean Allies Mass For Bitter Defence of Seoul
TOKYO, April 30 (CP)�-Allied artillery today laid an explosive curtain of fire before Seoul in the path of a gathering Red army intent on seizing the old South Korean capital as a May Day prize.
United Nations forces arrayed before the war-shattered city fired 45,709 rounds of artillery Sunday,
The booming echo of massed artillery implemented an announcement l*y 1A.-Gvn James A. Van Fleet, Allied ground commander, that Seoul would be defended.
Chinese Communists poured down from the North for a mass assault. Airmen, spotted more' than 3,000 Red vehicles moving along the western front. A force
ported gathered as shock troops for the assault.
Only probing attacks were reported in early hours Monday.
of 20,000 Communists were re-1 for a landing.
Eleven Die As Plane Crashes, Explodes
FORT WAYNE, Ind., April 30 (CP)�Eleven mangled bodies were brought out today from a muddy stubble field where a United Airlines plane crashed and exploded Saturday night in a violent thunderstorm. Eight passengers and crew of three plunged to their deaths as the big DC-3 plane twisted, turned over on its back, and shattered in a field between two thickets. The plane had been approaching Fort Wayne Airport