POLICE UNCOVER TRIPLE SLAYING INSIDE EDITORIAL .................... Poge 2 SOCIAL .........;................ Poge 9 CLASSIFIED .................... Page 10 SPORTS .......................... Page 6 WEATHER Cloudy with sunny periods. Scattered showers. Low tonight and high tomorrow 45 and 70. DIAL LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 2; No. 112 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1958 PRICE 7 CENTS BY CARRIER SRC PER WEEK Lumberman Taken III It. \V. •Itci4" Hilton, president of i1il> Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association, was taken to hospital yesterday suffering from blood poisoning. He was reported to be recovering satisfactorily this morn Ing. (JEORGE HENRY, curator of (he city museum, displays iw<> recent acquisitions of the museum. Henry, himself, donated these two life buoys, which come fmni early river boats, lie worked on the boats for many years. A mim whose memory constitutes a living history book of the district has donated 17 relics of historical in- terest to the city museum. Bill Christy of Six Mile Lake, acquired tho relics in the 10 or more year,-; thai ho has home-stoaded In the district. Must, of the objects have been of use lo him at one .time or another. A veil;vr cuss Among these Is a fine collection of ancient guns', Much at-tenlIon in the museum has been attracted by the huge-"bored French l"> rifle and an equally formidable Springfield buffalo gun. Both pieces have a bore of about half an inch. A relic that dates back to the days of the Barkerville.gold rush is an iron mortar designed for assaying fine rock. Minors used to assay their own ore by pounding it, in the mortar and separating out the gold manually. Another item connected with pioneering activities is an adze used for making sluice boxes from logs, or for hollowing out work in general. The adze dates back to about 1900. Items in the collect inn Other include fry p.m. Items arc on display public from 2 p.m. to KIVKK KOAT KKI.MS Other donations are gradually being added t>> the exhibits at the museum' The curator of tl museum, Georg< nated several it< to his years of si i vice on the river boats here, Ship la nps and a pair of life buoys arc the most notable of these. .\ fine rcccnl don ition < ame from old-timer I.. C. Gun i, i irsi white man in Fort George, It Is the marble slab used for rolling candy in the first candy store in Fort George. The- shop, which started about 1910, and was n\n by JJillio Thorno ami .lack Grattern will be remembered by many old-linicrs. Ever ^n-w a tenth of a cent? This item, in Chinese money, is on display, with other money donated by Joe Shuen of Prince George- Trade Board Meeting Tonight Last board of trade meet-inu of the current season will be held tonight in the banquet foom of tliu Prince George Hotel. ¦ Natural gas distribution issue in Prince Georgp along with a plan for the city to adopt a <¦il.v-inan.igri1 form of government will he discussed. It will begin at 7 p.m. and an Interesting agenda is planned, said secretary manager Bill Sli.Mke.v. Ten Convicts NORTH BAY, OnUCP)— Ten convicts, manacled together, took over a prison bus near here Wednesday night and fled into bush country infested with black flies. Five were caught shortly after the break. Roadblocks were set up to cut off escape routes for the others. Police didn't bother to pursue the convicts into the bush because the black flies are fierce at this time of year. Said one officer: "if anything drives them out, It will be those flies." William Bolger, bus driver fro McJsaac Transportation company, said he and two unarmed guards were transferring 12 convicts from Haileyburyv Out., to Kingston penitentiary. They were to have spent the night here. Near the junction or Highways 11 and 17 in norfli-ceiural Ontario the prisoners took over. "They hollered for me to stop but I wouldn't" the driver said. "Then one of the young punks got his arm around my throat and pulled me hack, i nearly ran on to the rocks on the side of the road 'but 1 stopped okay." 'the guards refused to hand over the keys to the handcuffs and chains. The convicts sacked fled. the bus tool box ran- and Family Of Three Slain In Vancouver Home VANCOUVER (CP) — A department store janitor, his wife and their 12-year-old daughter were found slain Wednesday afternoon in their home in Vancouver's south end. The victims were Mr. and Mrs. I). H. Pauls and their daughter, Dorothy. For some hours after the bodies were found police worked on the theory that all three had been beaten to death. Then late Wednesday night, following an autopsy, it was disclosed the parents had died of bullet wounds in the head. The daughter died of head injuries inflicted by a blunt instrument. Police deduced two possible motives: Robbery and intended criminal assault on the young girl. Neighbors described the family as "well-respected people." They were devout Mennonites who took a keen interest in their house and garden. Their freshly - painted home was tho smar>'st on the block RCMP On Summer Accident 'Purge' Traffic offenders have filled the police court dock recently as Royal Canadian Mounted Police launch a concentrated summer-long accident prevention program. Charges against drivers against drivers for having a faulty muffler to speeding were heard before .Magistrate P. J. Moran this week. Raymond Truman of Prince George was fined $100 and costs Monday when he pleaded guilty to careless driving. Edwin William London was also fined $100 and costs for driving contrary to restrictions on his drivers licence. A speeder apprehended on a district highway was fined S60 while five others nabbed in the city paid $25 for the same offence. Three pleaded guilty to speeding through a school zone and were fined $2u. Two others who were driving cars equipped with faulty mufflers were fined S2o, a man who failed to yield the right of way paid a $75 fine and another who did not stop at a red light was fined $10. However, police court has not been jammed with traffic offenders. Monday morning six persons who were intoxicated In public places over the weekend were lined $10 and costs each. Also on the docket were one male and two female Indians who were apprehended intoxicated off a reserve. wheads ami a hand to the I p.m. Henry has do- ms dating back City of Prince George may be able to blacktop more miles of stret than it expected following a statement in Victoria by Premier Bennett yesterday. •¦'I he government is prepared--------- ilitics a definite ad and highway to pay mumcii percentage of v costs within their borders and completely drop the per capita grant system," he said. "Prince George will be in a good position and it may have as much blacktopplng as lower mainland centers equal it.s size," comptroller C, A. Jeffrey said. The plan was presented to the A Quesnel housewife was fined i provincial government on' many S7fj and court costs in Prince George Police Court Wednesday. Mis. Dorothy . Skands was found guilty on five charges of misrepresentation against the Unemployment Insurance Commission by Magistrate P. J. Moran. The charges allegedly took place over a three-month period in 1956. During that time she worked arid at the same time collected unemployment insurance, was unmarried at the time. •Misrepresentatiqn against the UjLC is punishable by a maximum S500 fine and six months in jail on eacJa charge. occassions in recent years by local civic officials. Prince Imw-c- collects $130,601) a year from the provincial government through the per capita tax grnat anxl increases in the amoun^will depend on what percentage the government decides to pay to the municipalities. The percentage systein would probably be me'asured by the amount of ijrovinci.il tax collected from gasoline sales in the She pities. The abolishing the slide scale and making payments on a straight per capita basis. The scale at present ranges from 516 per capita grants for the first 3,500 people in a community to §6,50 for those in excess of 42,000. Tuesday's announcement followed a meeting between cabinet members and Vancouver city council representatives. The premier said thai if the definite percentage payment was i adopted it would • have to be maintained ""for a considerable number of years and not just for a .year or two." BUT HO MONEY in middle-class residential dis-front. trict. The lawn was neatly trimmed and the big flower garden was the pride of the neighborhood. Mrs. Pauls worked in the garden at least once a day. Concern over Mrs. Pauls' failure to report for work led to discovery of tho triple murder, believed the first in Vancouver history. Edward Polowy, proprietor of a sausage factory, asked police to check when he was unable to get an answer when he telephoned the Pauls' residence. She was to report for work at li p.m. Mr. Pauls worked nights at a downtown department store. The girl was in grade (i at Thomas Moberly elementary school. Police said they believe Mr. Pauls met his wile in his old truck when she returned from her job at 11 p.m. Tuesday. Neighbors said this was his usual practice since Mrs. Evelyn Roaehe was murdered April 4. The 39-year-old woman was stabbed 10 times in a lane near her home and her murderer is still at large. Mr. Pauls apparently drove around to the back of the house after lcttiiiii his wife off in It was believed the intruder struck him down as he entered the back door. It was not known if the others were dead then. Mr. Pauls' body was found in the basement where it appeared to have been dragged. Blood was found on outside steps leading to the basement. The mother's body was found in the hallway and the girl in her bed. There were no signs of a struggle. Mr. Pauls' wallet was missing and bis wife's purse contained only six cents, indicating a possible robbery, police said. The girl's panties had been removed and her clothes disarranged, police said, but she had nol been raped. Mr. Pauls is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Pauls of Clearbrpok, Alia.; a sister, Mrs. William Kriesen of Brandon, Man., and seven brothers, Henry of Clearbrook. George of Kelo.wna, B.C., Peter, John, Cornelius and Abraham, all in Saskatchewan. He was born in Russia. Ills family came to Canada in l!)2a and settled in Saskatchewan. In liill Mr. Pauls moved to Chilli-wack, I!.('. Natural Gas Pipeline Break 'Sabotage7 Sabotage today was blamed for two explosions which ripped apart sections of the West Coast Transmission Co pipeline south of Williams Lake Saturday. RCMP superintendent, K. YV. Wonnacott, of Kamloops, said officers found remains of wire and a battery near the explosion scone, 55 miles south of Williams Lake. L. E. Duddloston, superintendent of West Coast's operations in the northern interior who has his offices in Prince George, stated today, however, his company has not been officially notified of the police findings. "We have called in pipeline experts; ..and metallurgists ,and they will ehe'ck' the .scene ove'r very carefully," Mr. Duddleston said. • ' He stated investigators will probably come from the United States. The 30-inch natural gas pipe- line whichc services the BX\ lower mainland and the Pacific Northwest, states was torn apart by two blasts about. 1:10 Saturday just before naother explosion ripped up CPR tracks near Princeton. Duddleston said West Coast was not prepared to confirm the RCMP statement that sabotage was connected with the explo-soin until the company had been officially notified by the police ehd it hail-concluded its own• investigation. ; "As far as we know there was outside interference but we do not have any concrete' evidence linking the blast with any particular persons or groups," lnsp. Winnacott stated. Will Princess Come July 17 Or 19? Details of Princess Margaret's visit to Prince George in July Continue to be veiled in mystery. And determination of protocol-bound palace officials to let nothing out has created similar confusion throughout British Columbia. Most information in the city is either unofficial or semi-official. Onlly solid evidence is a call made by centennial committee chairman L. J. Wallace on June 1 to president of the local association, Alex Bowie. 'RUPERT BUS SERVICE STARTS A daily bus service connecting the two "Prince" cities of B.C.'s central interior will be inaugurated from Prince George tomorrow. However, the occasion which will mark the first through bus service between Prince George and Prince Rupert, won't pass without fanfare and celebration. A busload of board of trade mqinbors and representatives of press and radio will leave Prince George Friday evening on the 16-hour journey. The ;!7-passengor coach will stop al centers along the way to receive the greetings of residents of the communities scattered along iIip length of the 185-nille Northern Trans-Provincial highway. The service, which will make its first official, paying run Monday, is the first to use the road between the two cities. It will offer express as well as passenger service. Muses will leave both Prince George and Prince Rupert at 8 p.m. daily. Three coaches will be used by the company, Western Coach Lines Ltd. Regular stops will be made at every center along the way for passenger and express. A reception will bo held Saturday night in Prince Rupert for the inaugural run. It will probably lie sponsored by the city's trade board and the bus company. Prince George Host To Pro-Con Meeting Progressive Conservative executives from five provincial ridings met. in prince George this:' week for a pre-provincial donvention mooting. '.• Main Hem. of business, discussed was the selection of .delegates for the provincial leadership and policy convention to be held in Vancouver in Septem'bor. offer followcif ari announcement Tuesday .that the government was prepared 'to investigate ravaniping of its system of granU, to municipalities, Kiwanis report they are still $'2,000 short lo target on their retarded school project. . . "With oiily a Few more days for collections to go IIh'.V appeal to citizens who luivo not already ilouated (o get their cash, cheques, or money orders Lit quickly. Ball fans who arc blinded by dust at the Civic Center park area have to rub their eyes and choke for some time yet. The city has no money to do anything about it. Softball and baseball leagues have complained to the city and Parks Commission about dust I conditinos at the parks. They say spectators are discouraged from attending the I games because of the dust and | players find thomslves coated ] with dirt after every match. However, no more calcium-1 | chloride which was sprayed on I city streets this spring is avail-i able and neither the city nor the parks commission has money to buy another shipment of the compound. Park Commissioner Bill Fleming advised a meeting of the body last night all ball parks are in the same dusty condition. Chairman Mrs. John Ewing said "this is the worst year yet tor dust." Mr. Wallace said then the visit would take place July 17. But newspapers on the Lower Mainland state 'Victoria sources' give July for the Prince George visit. Mayor Gray says', "I've heard so many conflicting stories I don't know what to belive." It seems certain that the visit will be a short one — about half-an-hour — but lack of official conl'irmataion on this and other points is making it impossible for the local centennial association to make a definite plan for the occasion. They have been reduced to devising three different schedules to cover the various possibilities of the situation. All plans have to receive official approval before they can be ptlt in to effect. George Thorpe; co-ordinator of the local centennial committee, sent proposals to the central committee on June Ji. K1VK WlciOKS TO «O Nothing has been heard since, and the local committee, with barely five weeks to go to the visit, is planning in the dark. Provisional plans for the air-portreccpllon are as follows:- '.V Company Rocky Mountain Hangers will welcome tho I'rineess with (lie National Anthem and ;i contingent if roni the Hangers will form tin honor guard. Mayor Gray, and mayors from (owns to (lie cast and west of Prince George will lie presented to the princess. A bouquet will lie presented. These appear to be the more certain items in a misty program. Doubtful items Include presentation of Mrs. Margaret "Granny" Seymour and city oofc-tagenarian barrister Peter Wilson, to the Princess. A suggeptoin has been made that the princess be given the opportunity to pan nuggets of gold for herself from a ceremonial rig at the airport. TOUR OF TOWN The nuggets would subsequently bo presented her in a suitable inscribed contained. : J'Yjtlowing Uio airport recc-n-tipn the princess may drive-straight to the PG1<; station.-, or. thove.rnay.be time for' her to tour the'town. Routes of various lengths have been submitted by the local centennial committee. Plans are in hand to stage a large celebration at. Fort George Park on the evening of the visit. [A semi-formal "Queen's Ball" in honor of Aurora I, Queen.of the Evergreens will aslo be presented that night by the Rotary annes. Catholics In FOUR PLANES are moored with their .South Fort Ceorge. Basin is inadequate wingtips nearly touching in this con- and dangerous tor traffic. (See story gested part of the seaplane basin at Page 3.) Ninety members of the Prince Rupert Diocese Council, Catholic Women's League met at Prince George recently for their annual meeting. The delegates represented nine of the 10 Prince Rupert subdivisions. Miss Mary McDoncIl of Smith-