.'Horse Is Cattle1 Says Caslillpu, G j He's Dead Right Too Is a horse a cattle? This question was posed in County Court nere Saturday when a man convicted of assault challenged the wording of a previous conviction against him. Crown Counsel P. E. Wilson cited a previous conviction alleging the accused, had been found guilty of "theft of cattle." The accused man said he had stolen no cattle and that it Was a horse which was invoiyed. County Court Judge Henry Cas-tillou said "a horse is a cattle." And proceeded to explain .that under B.C. law cattle and horses are one and the same. Webster's backs him up on the statement including under the definition all "domesticated quadrupeds." Four Sentenced At Heavy Court Session A 28-year-old miner was sentenced to one year in Oakalla here on Friday, the longest sentence handed down at the current session of County Court being presided over by Judge Henry Cast-illou. Earl Sutherland pleaded guilty to pilfering goods worth more than $25 from a parked car in a lane east of George Street. He was jointly charged with Hugh Smith, a transient laborer age 33. . j Faced with the charge and the necessity to enter a plea, Smith indicated he would throw himself on the mercy of the court Jnit stated he was drunk at the time of the theft and could not remember anything. Judge Castillou interjected at this point to refuse accused's plea . of guilty on the grounds that the story of intoxication constituted a defence. The case against Smith was put over to the next sitting. Given suspended sentence of one year and forced to put up a Si000 bond to keep the peace was W. J. Sande, a Sinclair Mills resident charged with making a false declaration. Sande pleaded guilty to the charge which arose when he branded a cheque signature a for- ery, leading to the arrest of J. G. _WMle, a~transient.-��:>*- � Sande laid a complaint against White after the latter had cashed a cheque for $200 signed with Sande's name. The complainant later admlt-' (See FOUR SENTENCED, Page 8) Ball Teams Beaten At Northern City Northern bats were too potent for Prince George ball teams who motored to Dawson Creek for games Salurday and Sunday and they managed only to win one start in ?he four-game series. Prince George Lumbermen used three hurlers in a five-inning game Sunday night but were beaten 11-6. Don '. McKechnie pitched and batted the locals to a 12-9 triumph in the first game Sunday.- His three-run homer Was the margin of victory for the Lumbermen. With Berndt, Bigelow and Thompson toiling in vain for the tourists, the Peace River team came back to take the final game -8-5. Airways girls' softball team never got untracked in their game with the Dawson Creek ladies. They were guilty of 16 errors and dropped a 13-7 decision. City Priest Leaves For New Post In East Father D. L. Redmond, who has been assistant to Father' A. Mac Donald, priest in charge at Sac red Heart church here, left last week for Ottawa where he will ,be attached to one of the religious houses.- A member of the Oblate Order, Father Redmond came here last August 31, a recent graduate of the Roman Catholic Seminary in Ottawa. He was previously a graduate of. Dalhousie university, Halifax. Legion Soitballers In Last Ditch Stand . Leading by two games, Airways girls' softball team is favored to win the final encounter of a three-game series for the city championship Tuesday night. Winning team will meet Wells gnis here at the week-end for the right to travel to Vancouver -Is-Jand in the provincial Senior B Playdowns. en Largest Circulation of A 3emi-Week!y Newspaper in British Columbia Vol. 35; No. 63 Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, August 11, 1952 $4.00 per year 5^ per copy ners Flee Women's Bastile Police Comb City For Missing Pqir Prince George district motorists with an eye for female pulchritude can save themselves a hassle of trouble if they just leave any hitch-hiking damsels beside the road today, especially a couple of comely brunette damsels in their. 20's. A full scale Royal Canadian Mounted Police dragnet is out this morning for two beauties who last night "flew the coop" at Prince George Provincial Women's Gaol. All members of the R.C.M.P. detachment here have been alerted and concerted efforts are being made to locate the two escapees. In addition, police detachments from here to Vancouver have been notified to watch for them. Both girls were transferred here from Oakalla Jail to serve sentences for illegal possession of narcotics, and both are said to be confirmed addicts. They are Ruth Rissanen, age 25, and Valorie Creanza, 21. Both are described in official dossiers as being attractive, and a Citizen reporter who viewed their pictures said he was inclined to agree with the opinion of officialdom. Jail officials said that first indication of an escape came last night when a 9 o'clock count disclosed two prisoners missing. Further investigation resulted in identifying the pair. Police checked city hotels and rooming houses last night, but the Igirls had enough of a head-start to be well on their way and today they may be in Vancouver, Both are married, one to a Van- ion, five feet five inches tall, 140 pounds, dark hair and brown eyes. Valorie Creanza, age 21, fair complexion, five feet three inches, 114 pounds, dark hair and brown eyes. It is not known what clothes the girls were wearing when they made their escape. A jail official said this morning that it has not been definitely ascertained just how they managed to get away, but it is conjectured that once outside the main jail building, they scaled the barbr ed-wire topped wooden fence at a point where their actions coulc not be detected from Montreal Street on which the front of the institution faces. Car, Truck Collide; Three In Hospital Three persons hospitalized Saturday evening when a car and a truck collided at a downtown intersection are reported, in gopd condition at Prince George Hospital this morning, although full extent- of their injuries has not yet been determined. A fourth person hospitalized after the crash has been discharged. Suffering what are -described as "multiple injuries" are Mr. and Mrs. John Castonguay and Mrs. Olaf Lundmark. All of those injured were passengers in a late model sedan driven by Gerald /Brockman, Prince George. Mrs. Brockman was admitted to hospital suffering cuts and bruises but was later discharged. � � The accident took place at Fifth Avenue and Dominion Street when a four-ton truck driven by Herman Barthel collided with Brockman's auto. According to police the truck was travelling south on Dominion Street and the sedan was going west on Fifth Avenue. Receiving only minor lacerations and bruises in the accident were Brockman and Mr. Lundmark. Neither was admitted to hospital. City Beaches Menace To Health Says Unit Head At least three popular beaches around the city are a serious danger to the health of anyone bathing or swimming in them, Dr. H. M. Brown, director of the Cariboo Health Unit Sport-Loving City Resident Passes After Long Illness x One of Prince George's best known sport fans and residents died Thursday at New Westminster after an illness of three months. He was Cyril E. Dupre, city painter and decorator. The late Mr. Dupre came here in 1920 after immigrating to Canada from England in 1911. His first stop was in Montreal, and later- he moved to Rudell, Saskat-. chewan, where h�i homesteaded for a time before turning to the occupation of painting. He lived in Moose Jaw where he was past noble grand of the Independent Order of Oddfellows and where he attended the grand lodge. An ardent curler in earlier years, he was the first secretary of the Prince George Curling Club and. was one of its first ice-makers and presidents. More than once he skipped or was a member of rinks which won the coveted Kelly Cup, and in recent years he helped make the club's annual bonspiel a success by taking complete charge of draws in all events. In recognition of his work for curlers he was made a life member of the club, a distinction held by1 only five other players. He was a devoted hockey fan and for many years has been a director of the Prince George Hockey Association. �. He seldom missed a senior hockey game here and' his face was a familiar sight to hockey spectators in the role of official score-keeper and timekeeper. Mr. Dupre was the first president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles here and was a charter member of the Northern Rebekah Lodge when it was formed in Prince George in <1921. When he arrived here in 1920 he formed the firm of Dupre & Gardner, and later took it ovar by himself. A few months ago he was named returning officer in the provincial election but was unable through illness to complete the duties of that position. Born and educated at Richmond, England, he was in his 61st year when he passed away. Besides his widow he is survived by two daughters, Marjorie and Jeanne, the latter now Mrs. Gordon Sales, of Prince George, and. a son, Owen, also residing here, and five grandchildren. Funeral' services will be held in the Odd Fellows Hall at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and interment will be in Prince George cemetery. revealed this week-end. The Kinsmen beach in the Cache, the beach iri the Fraser couver man and the other man living in Whi^horse. ' Descriptions of the" two11 escaped beauties are as follows: Ruth Rissanen, age 25, dark complex- t0 a River by the CNR bridge and the P.G. Soft bailers Oust Burns Lake Comets Displaying plenty of power at the plate, Prince George Chevies moved a step nearer the Central B.C. softball championship by eliminating Burns Lake Comets in two straight games here at the week-end. Scores were 10-5 and 21-5. Chevies now meet Williams Lake Stampeders on Saturday and Sunday ,ahd the winners will travel to Kamloops in quest of the Senior B. title. Skalicky's booming bat was the main weapon in Chevies' first game win. He pounded out a triple in the seventh and a three-run homer in the eighth when the motormen scored five runs. Doug Simms, Chevie shortstop, provided the fielding feature when he speared a liner to halt a dangerous Comet rally in the sixth. The winners were never headed after they scored three runs in the first inning on three hits and two Burns Lake errors. Johnny Kelto opposed Chevies' Len Fitzgerald on the mound. A barrage of-hits and costly errors sent the Comets to the sidelines Sunday at Duchess Park as the Chevies breezed home by a 16-run margin. . Old-Timer Passes AwayAMnveimere . Wesley Beckley, a well known former resident of Prince George, passed away at Invermere, B.C. on Saturday. Mr. Beckley was 68 years old at the time of .his death. He is survived by his widow, living in London, England, and by a son, Herbert, of Prince George, and two grandchildren. Two years ago he was employed as groundsmen and caretaker at Prince George Golf and Country Club, but was In retirement when he passed away. Funeral services are. being held at Invermere today for internment-at Windermere Cemetary. beaches in South Fort George are all contaminated by cUyjsewage, the health officer asserted. "Youngsters bathing at these places could get something pretty serious from the germs carried in the sewage," he stated, 'and elaborated, "Swimming there is likely to result in severe entric infections such as dysentry." "Typhoid could also be contracted," the unit head warned. Lake beaches in the district, Local Truckers Boycott City Airport Work Trucking operations on the half million dollar Prince George Airport runway improvment project are almost at a halt today following a decision of the District Truckers Association to boycott the job until truckers can earn their regular filed rate. The decision resulted in about, 12 locally-owned trucks being taken off the project and the only gravel being moved today is being carried by a small fleet of vehicles owned by Campbell Cartage Ltd,, Vancouver, sub-contractors on the job. " An official of the Public Utilities Commission here said this morning that an intensive survey of trucking operations at the airport revealed that truck, operators were not earning the recognized $5 an hour rate for this district. He said he advised a spokesman for the truckers that the Public Utilities - Commission did not approve their action in staying on tlje job on less than the filed rate. "Negotiations to -have the rate increased reportedly became deadlocked Friday when the sub-contractor refused an increase. The P.U.C. man said that the employment of trucks from outside this district, other than those operated by, Campbell Cartage, would not be given permits to work on the project. A top official of the sub-contracting firm will arrive here by air today in an attempt to settle the dispute. In the meantime operations are almost at a standstill. such as the Gyro beach at Nukko Lake, offer no menance to health he reassured. West Lake also offers a safe swimming location where two beach sites could be developed.' �' � - r "Some other places in both the Nechako and Fraser rivers could be- made- into uncontaminated beaches," Dr.. Brown added. He said that above the Nechako bridge, f6r instance, a good swim ming site could be made if a barrier of some type was erected to prevent children from getting into the main current. The far side of the Fraser River is also free from contamination, the health officer suggested. "But the beaches at present are polluted with sewage and highly dangeous to health." he concluded. Young Bride Dies In Highway Accident VANCOUVER, Aug. 11� A 23-year-old bride of only a few hours died in. hospital here Saturday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on the Hope-Princeton Highway Friday night. Victim was Mrs. Jean Bedeau of Vancouver, injured when the honeymoon car spun out of control and rolled over several times. Mill Operator Fined Under Labor Code A Fort St. James sawmill operator, Tex Schumacker, of the Pioneer Sawmill, was convicted in Police Court on Thursday for failing to pay wages semi-monthly as required by the Semi-Monthly Payment of Wages Act. Charges were laid in respect of two workmen and Involved $295 wage arrears. Prosecutor was A. H. Erdahl, Inspector of the Department o� Labour. The case was tried before S/m Stephen Holmes. Pleading guilty to the charge the accused was fined $25.00 and costs, or in default of payment of fine 15 days in jail. On the second charge payment of fine was deferred. Thieves Wreck Truck On West Highway Damage running to several hun dred dollars- was sustained by. a truck belonging to Ferguson Electric, 1495 Third Avenue, yes terday when it was turned over b3: a thief who had stolen it early Sunday morning. Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables recovered the truck capsized in a ditch beside the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway between Prince George and Vanderhoof. ; Cab of the truck was smashed out of shapfe and considerable damage was done to the front end. The . vehicle was abandoned when found and no arrests have vet been made. City Woman Injured In Fall From Fire Escape An indirect victim of Prince George's heat wave, Mrs. G. M. rlughey, Fichtner Apartments, is in Vancouver today receiving further treatment following a fall "rom a fire escape Friday night. Mrs. Hughey went on to the fire escape at the apartment house to enjoy the cooling air but missed her footing in the darkness and fell to the ground breaking her leg. She was flown to the cqast Saturday. Baseball Fans See Plenty Of Action Prince George Merchants and Vanderhoof Cubs split a two-game series here at the Civic Centre park on Sunday, the visitors winning the opening tilt 9-2 and the Merchants eking out, a narrow 4-3 triumph in the twilight game. Meantime at Quesnel the West Lake Loggers were humbled by the home-town Lumbermen in one of weirdest exhibitions of the Central B.C. Baseball League season. Score was 20-3', after the Loggers had captured the opener 2-1. Three Perish As Boat Upsets Near Damsftc Swirling waters of the Nechako River claimed the lives of three people a few miles upstream from Nechako Damsite late Friday evening when the boat in which four persons were crossing the strong current capsized. Cooler Tuesday Prince Georgians can look forward to cooler weather tomorrow, according to the Airport forecaster. Predictions state variable cloudiness and a little cooler Tuesday with light winds. Low and high temperatures expected are 42 and 74. . . Only occupant of the ill-fated pleasure-craft to survive was, ironically, the only person who could not swim. Dead are Mr. and Mrs. Alec Lindsay and Fred Sunquist, all residents at the Nechako Dam project. The three drowned were members of a party of seven which had gone about three miles upstream from the damsite on a combined picnic and fishing trip. It was on their return that the disaster took place. Sunquist had ferried one lady and two children across the river and was making a second trip with his wife and the Lindsays. Apparently the boat overturned, but its occupants were able to grasp it and were carried downstream hanging onto it. It commenced to sink and one by one the fear-stricken four abandoned it in an attempt to reach the shore. Only Mrs. Sunquist reached safety, flailing her arms as a person does when they must learn to swim, or perish. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay and Mr. Sunquist were residents of Saskatchewan and were employed by Mannix Ltd., .contractors on the Alcan development. Empire Forestrymen Assemble At Ottawa OTTAWA, Aug. 11 (CP)�Forestry experts from 18 Commonwealth countries tomorrow open meetings designed to pool their knowledge of tlje forest industry and its problems. United Nations observers will attend. Open sessions will be held during the first three days in the Senate Chamber. Delegates then will start extensive tours of Canada's forests. Some delegates will tour British Columbia forests after September 13 and may visit the Fort George district. Americans To Pay Extra For Liquor VANCOUVER, Aug. 11 (CP) � Liquor stores here yesterday, started changing 5 per cent on American currency. This is a change from the last announcement' from the Liquor Control Board which said American money presented by Americans would be accepted at par. There has been no formal announcement of the. change of policy.