.4th. Civilian To Be-Killed... Terrorists Shoot British Official NICOSIA, Cyprus (Reuters) — Cyprus terrorists, armed with automatic weapons, shot dead a British colonial official and severely wounded his Cypriot Turkish driver in the south coast city of Limassol Wednesday. The victim was Thomas Mylrea, 28, an official of the Cyprus education department and father of a two- months-old boy. out WEATHER FORECAST Kootenay: Cloudy with a few showers Thursday. Continuing cool. Light southerly winds at times reaching 20 in the main valleys. Low and high at Cranbrook and Crescent Valley 40 and 55. Gunmen shot him down from behind as he got out of his car at a Greek school, the Limassol gymnasium, to conduct an English examination. Mylrea is the 40th Briton — and the fourth British civilian — killed in Cyprus since terrorist activity began 14 months ago in support of a Greek Cypriot campaign for union of the island with Greece. ENTERTAINMENT SPOT8 CLOSE Troops cordoned off the area where Mylrea was shot and launched an extensive search for the Cypriot gunmen. The closing of all entertainment places owned by Greek Cypriots was ordered from dusk to dawn until further notice. Troops enforced a strict round- the-clock curfew in the "black spot" village of Khlorakas after terrorists flung a bomb at a truck- load of soldiers enforcing a nightly curfew. No one was hurt by the explosion. In Nicosia, the capital, two Turkish Cypriot policemten were charged with murder when a Greek Cypriot watchman in the west Cyprus town of Paphos died of bullet wounds received last Saturday. NELSON, B.C., CANADA-THUHSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1956 Not More Than 6o Dally, 10c*Saturday No. 39 1 ^^^>anadians Win Top\>erby Prizes By The Canadian Preu The click of a camera shutter seitled a small fortune on'a trio of Canadians Wednesday as a startling Epsom Derby photo-fin- is..i decided the luck of the Irish sweepstakes draw for $5,896,000 in prizes. A Montreal theatre manager and two Toronto ticket-holders, an employee of an auto-wreek- Ing firm and a federal laboratory technician, won $140,000 each, stakes which yielded $19,300 to because they drew Lavandln, I George Philips of St. John's, Nfld. I Stratford, Ont, and Peter Flocco,' Montreal. Altogether 105 Canadians drew horses but .some of them didn't show ,up at the post. The least they will get,, however, is $1341 each and Canada's share of the 8500 minor prizes should boost the na- toinal winnings to byond $800,000. Also based on the derby outcome was the Quebec Army, Navy and Air Force Association sweep- the wliiner In the field of 27 starters. The second-place spot awarded Montaval when the photos were examined provided windfalls of Officials said the incident was #6,000 for a Saskatchewan miller I F. Kert of Montreal won $11,500 for his ticket on Montaval and the third' prize of $7700 went to Harry Oliver of Winnipeg who held Hoi- star. not connected with recent Gerco- Turk Cypriot rioting on the island. Commons Adjourned ... John L MacDougall Coast M.P., Dies By DAVE MclNTOSH Canadian Prets Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) — The Commons bell rang for the last time Wednesday for John Lome MacDougall, The 67-year-old Liberal member for Vancouver Burrard died suddenly, apparently of a heart aeliure, at the bell summoned him to Wednesday's 2:30 p.m. Commons sitting. The gruff but friendly-voiced Scot succumbed in a washroom near his fifth-floor office' in the centre block of the Parliament Buildings. At 3:20 a.m. Wednesday he had been in the Commons ehamber for final passage of the pipeline legislation. The Commons adjourned for the day immediately word reached the floor that Dr. MacDougall was dead. LEADERS CONFER Prime Minister St. Laurent sent « noteto.Opposition leader-Drew, wlio walked across the aisle to confer quietly with him. Mr. Drew returned to his seat tnd whispered to John Diefenbaker (PC. — Prince Albert) who was speaking on' Mr. Drew's mo- QUEBEC ELECTION TO BE TWO PARTY BATTLE QUEBEC (CP) — A predominantly two-party fight in the June 20 Quebec election shaped up on Wednesday when 278 candidates, seven of them women, were nominated to contest the province's 93 fonstituencies. In 48 of the constituencies it will be a battle between Union Na- tionale and Liberal candidates. In the remaining ridings the number of candidates varies from three to a high of nine. Nominations closed „ at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The number of candidates nominated was the highest since 1948 when there were 311. But the total * was well below the record of 333 in 1944. In the last general election in 1952, a total of 241 candidates were nominated and five subsequently withdrew. DOLLAR HIGHER NEW YORK (CP) — The Canadian dollar was 1-16 higher at a premium of 1 1-16 per cent in terms of U.S. funds. Pound sterling 5-32 higher at $2.80 9-32. MONTREAL (CP) — The U.S. dollar closed at a discount of 1% per cent in terms of Canadian funds, up Vi. It took 98^ cents Canadian to buy $1 American. Pound sterling $2.77Va, unchanged. tion to censure Speaker Rene Beaudoin. Mr. Diefenbaker appeared stun- ned;;Se.coU^*i;not.say,an*?thisig fflr. several moments and then, in a shaking voice, said: "I move the adjournment of the debate. The prime minister knows why."' Mr. St. Laurent immediately seconded this motion and in a choking voice said: "Many of us already have been informed of the very tragic event that occurred a few moments ago in this House by the sudden death Hon. John L. MacDougall, M.P. of our very esteemed colleague, beloved by all of us.. . . "I thlhk that it would be fitting, in view of the fact that this tragic event has occurred in this very building, at the moment' he was proceeding to come and answer the call of the bell to take part in our deliberations this afternoon, that we might adjourn the House as a tribute to his memory and as an indication to all his friends of how terribly shocked we are." Dr. MacDougall, a dentist who had to give up his practice because of First World War disabilities — he was wounded three times — had complained of not feeling well during the last two days. He had suffered a chronic heart condition for years and was a diabetic. Dr. MacDougall, a native * of Tiverton, Ont., was born Nov. 18, 1898, of Scottish parents. He was first elected to the Com- j mons in the 1949 general election and was returned in 1953. His Commons speeches were noted for their humor. A Baptist. he was fond of Biblical references. He was British Columbia Lib- eral whip In the Commons and former chief organizer of the B.C. Liberal Association. and two more Ontario residents. Four more Canadians in the West, Ontario and the East won $28,000 by virtue of Roistar's third placing. $800,000 JACKPOT Canadian winnings for the first three horses, all told, should reach $800,000. The big winners: L. H. Fleming Montreal; John Moler, Toronto, and D. H. Beaton, Toronto. Montaval — ($56,000): Colleen Martin, Toronto; John Parr, Moose Jaw, Sask.; and S. Curtis, RCAF station, Edgar, Ont. Roistar — ($28,000): Mrs. Irvin Weiner, Vancouver; Mrs. C. Beag- ley, Toronto; Mrs. Fred Kennard, ThreatofWar Vanishes. Says Bulganin LONDON (Reuters) — Russia's Premier Bulganin Wednesday hailed an era of world peace with a Moscow radio statement explain-1 fensive FRENCH PLAN BIG MOP-UPS Seal OH Mountain Area in Move To Flush Out Rebels ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The French 7th Mechanized Division sealed off a section of the Kabylie mountains in north central Algeria Wednesday in the stepped up campaign against nationalist rebels. The French are trying to dupli cate their "iron gates" encircle, ment of last week in which it was claimed 500 rebels were killed or captured. Six thousand troops backed by Alpine units cordoned off the big mountain area, 55 miles east of this capital city. The troops then converged in a giant sweep aimed at flushing out rebel bands based in the region. The operation closely followed the pattern of the "iron gates" of* the greatest French vic ing that Russia now is disarming because the threat of war has vanished. "There is nowhere a possibility of war breaking out," the broadcast said. ,.. ^uig-minjofferel^this-afi* tbje- -«••** planation for Russia's recently announced intention to cut the Red army* by 1,200,000 men without awaiting an international disarmament agreement. "In Europe, Britain will not start a war, the French do not want it, the Germans cannot make it," he said. "We hope that the Western powers will follow our example and do likewise. If clear indications of understanding are given and there is goodwill, the results will be positive." (jJcdsA. (JslosIa. Wed. Tues. 1948 NELSON ... .... 18.00 17.98 17.02 Hope ... 27.33 27.19 33.10 Mission . . 19.24 19.04 24.21 Prince George 25.46 25.95 30.81 Trail 42.80 42.30 43.08 Revelstoke 29.05 29.13 30.76 Wardner .... 11.62 11.97 11.90 Creston ,25.01 25.10 23.50 tory o£ the 19-month rebellion—in which the 7th Division supported by the 19th Infantry Division trap, ped a big rebel force In the Riban mountains farther east. MOPPING UP OPERATION ■■*.. With' almost ;«»,00(Hft>Bi*nows Decline In May; Permits Total $1JrJW Building permits issued ' at the Nelson City Hall during May showed a considerable drop in the amount of money being spent on construction and repair from the previous month's figure. A total of $17,719 was recorded for May while $37,979 was recorded for April and $191,042 for March of this year. The May figure was also considerably less than that of May last year which totalled $53,681. The total for the first five months of 1956 is much greater than that for the first five months last year. This year's total to the end of May is $212,736 while the 1955 figure was $98,826. The following permits were issued during May: Nelson Transfer, Hendryx Street, to build an office on the West Transfer parking lot, estimated at $900; Gladys A. Ewing, 423 Silica Street, to remove partition and install bath, $900; H. D. Moir, 524 Gore Street, to replace kitchen and add two bedrooms, $3500; W. W. Bennet, 711 Nelson Avenue, to enlarge bedroom and install washroom in basement, $800; Laurence Simpson, Nelson waterfront, to demolish a wood frame garage on the West part of the property and re-erect East of Cedar Street, $500; Andre Orbe- Pythian Rites For H. John Graveside services were conducted Thursday by Salmo Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 59 for Henfy John, Salmo village clerk and former well known Nelway customs officii figure, who died in Kootenay Lake General Hospital Sunday. He was 65. Salmo Memorial Community Church was crowded for services conducted by Rev. Allan Dixon of Nelson and there was an abundance of floral tributes. Hymns sung were "Rock o{ Ages, and "Abide With' Me." with Mrs. W. Milburn accompanying at the organ. Honorary pallbearers were B. C. Affleck, Dr. N. E. Morrison,. R. H. Getchell, H. E. Doelle. A. Newman, S. T. Dawson and Mark Roberts, while active pallbearers were R. McCameron, W, Hearn, J. Hutton, O. Smith, W. Benton and J. Fraser. Interment was in Salmo cemetery. Hani, 624 Victoria Street, to Improve the attic room, make a second issue from the rear, install a bathroom and sink, make a walk way and install a separate power meter, $700. Provincial Government, to re- erect a house from 908 Nelson Avenue on 815 Third Street, $1500;' IOOF 302 Baker Street, to Install a fire-door and fire escape, in the IOOF building, '$894;, Mrs: C. Scally, 402 Observatory Street, to reshingle roof, stucco house and1 make minor repairs, $1300; D. S. Webster, 609 Second Street, to change the position of the kitchen, windows »and doors, $150; J. Mferas, 606 Front Street, to build a fire escape, $100; R. L. Duncan, 904 Silica Street to enlarge windows, $150. Louis-Coletti, 911 Fourth Street, to build a concrete foundation, floor and fireplace, $1900; F B. Pearce, 620 Kootenay Street, to stucco house and build new porch, $600; Neil Derby, 510 Cottonwood Street, to reshingle South side of house and renew the durold, $75; J. H. Johnson, 204 Chatham Street, to close off one door and line one small room, $40; Edith M, Brown, 904 Stanley Street, to close in verandah, $75; Elmer C. Douglas, 1124 Stanley Street, to replace plaster with plywood in three rooms, $300; George R. Stewart, 504 Lake .Street, to install footings for construction of a shop, $350; J. C. Waldi,e, 1707 Kootenay Street, to build garage, $200; Grace Reese, 612 Fifth Street, to build a garage and side shop and move the front " porch, $450; Mrs. J. Milne Sr., 618-A Victoria Street, to refinish the exterior of the house with imitation rock siding, $200; Enrico Laurino, 620 Victoria Street, to re-side the building with duroid siding, $650; James Bureau, 604 Sixth Street, to remove existing mullion frame and check rail, windows and replace frame. V. Civetta, 709 Gore Street, to build garage and tear down woodshed, $100; C. J. Boettger, 519 Latimer Street, to reside house $1085; C. E. Bambrick, 307 Car. bonate Street to build car port. $50. ' Community Chest "Bite" Tonight Eighty Community Chest canvassers in Nelson will conduct a "blitz" or residential areas tonight. Donations may be made by cheque, cash or Instalments through banks, employers or direct. Canvass of the business area is being conducted by 18 canvassers. Goal of the campaign on behalf of 19 beneficiary agencies id $20,000. i Chest agencies this year are Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Easter seals (Lions Club), Knights of Pythias Cerebal Palsy fund, B.C. Cancer Society, Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society, camps Koolaree, Lourdes and Galilee, Auxiliary to Mount St. Francis, Beta Sigiria Phi, Soroptimist Club; Kokanefe chapter; IODE; Nelson Ministerial Association, St. John Ambulance Society, Boy Scout Association, Air Cadet League, Navy League, Ladies' Auxiliary to Nelson branch of the Legion and the Kootenay Lake General Hospital Auxiliary Plus CARTOON.and SHORTS HISTORIC GAME Old records show that cricket —then spelled "creckett"— was played at Guildford in Surry, England, about 1550. mmuim ■&** THE NEW The Weather Synopsis: The Pacific storm track has settled down over southern B.C. and the forecast is for the present cool and cloudy weather to continue today. Cloudy skies Wednesday kept temperatures down to 57 at Vancouver. Warmest spot in the province was Penticton with 66 degrees. NELSON 39 52 .02 Montreal 50 73 - Ottawa — 45 77 _ Winnipeg 60 69 1.05 Regina _- 49 69 — Calgary 34 59 — Kimberley _ 38 58 — Crescent Valley 38 58 .11 Vancouver 49 57 .08 Victoria 48 60 .01 4 Coffee Spoons In the new „„. ~ % pattern JlftMJ Jittlfi* Only $1.25 Regular value $3.00 Three Months For Dare GUELPH, Ont. (CP)— Two men who police said stood on the Canadian National Railway tracks and dared a locomotive engineer to run them down were sentenced Wednesday to three months in jail ■Tohn Stakey Hamilton and Edward Breese were convicted on charges of being drunk on railway property. On 48-piece service for 8 In Bountiful New Cherrywoed Chest Includes: _ . 8 Teaspoons, 8 Dessert 0nly or Soup Spoons, 8 <>TAQ5 forks, 8 Salad Forks, */7 8 H.H. Stainless Knives, 2 Tablespoons, 1 Butter Knife, 1 Sugar Spoon, 1 Cold Meat Fork, 1 H.H. Pie Knife, 1 H.H. Salad Serving Fork, 1 H.H. Salad Serving Spoon. Regular Open Slock Price.... $110.00 REMEMBER . . . "NOT AN PENNY MORE FOR CREDIT" AS LOW AS $1 Down $1 A WEEK. Use Your Credit The Olson's Way. Mrs. Jamieson To Speak Hep .:„. Mrs. Laura Jamieson, who ls speaking in this district on behalf of the CCF Party, is one of B.C.'s outstanding women, prominent in many of the province's most progressive organizations. Widely interested in education and in social problems, her activities have embraced such active fields as lecturing at Vancouver night schools, president of the B.C. Parent-Teacher Federation 1925-26, and member of Vancouver City Council 1948-50. Intensely interested in co-operatives, she organized the first co-operative residences for girls in Vancouver, and was house mother at one of these for several years. She is president of the New Vista Society, a Coast group dedicated to the building of housing units for elderly citizens. For nine years a Juvenile judge for Burnaby, Mrs. Jamie- son's experience with juveniles will be at the disposal of local groups 8unday night when she will meet people Interested In this problem at the home of Mrs. F. W. M, Drew at a non- polltlcal meeting. Meetings have been arranged for Mrs. Jamieson in Creston tonight. Nelson Friday and Kinnaird-Cast- iegar area early next week. Mrs. Jamieson has been active in the CCF for many years and represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislature from 1939-45 and again in 1952-53. 24 Write Theory Exams A total of 24 Nelson and district students wrote Toronto Conserva tory of Music theory.examinations Friday and Saturday. Four of the students wrote a total of 14 grade five examinations, the largest number of upper grades exams ever written in Nelson. The exams were supervised by Mrs.' Elva Kettleweil, representa tive of the Toronto Conservatory in Nelson. From June 21 to 25 inclusive, total of 78 Nelson and district students will take their practical examinations in piano and singing ! at St. Paul's United Church. Piano examiner E. J. Farmer and voice examiner G. Lambert of Toronto will examine three shr dents in solo performance for the | ARCT, four grade 10 piano' stu- j dents and two grade 10 voice stu^ dents, as well as numerous others in the earlier grades. The Nelson branch of the Reg istered Music Teachers Associa tion will hold its third and final recital of the year at Trinity United Church on Monday night. Over 20 students of high school age will participate in the recital, featuring both voice and piano,. Several of the performers are winners of the recent Kootenay Music Festival in Nelson. I Funeral at Coast for Trailite's Brother TRAIL —.Funeral services will be held in Vancouver today for Stanley William George, brother of Mrs. A. H. Brewer of Trail. President of the Canadian In- 40 Mining Cerlificaies Issued Here A total of 40 mining certificates were recorded and 56 certificates of work were issued at the Nelson Mining Recording office last month. Sixteen of the certificates of work were taken out by Lewis Simpson; 14 by F. J. Brady; six by Nels Noren; four by C. Senesael and E. H. Carlson; three by J. Sapples; two by D.R. Terzian and John Stoochnoff Jr., and one each by James Turk, H. J. H. Yarbury, Charles Mayerall, Guy Gregg and C. Gallagher. The following mining certificates were recorded: D. Atkinson and F..G. Allen of Haney, "Robson" Nos. 4, 5 and 6, situated Northwest of the cemetery at Deer Park; Edward Arnot of Nelson. "Sunset", two miles North of the junction' of Beavervale Creek and Beaver Creek and one mile East of Beavervale Creek; Peter Vrkljan of Nelson, "Connie" Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, on the ridge between Swift Creek and Hellroaring Creek in the vicinity of Salmo; William Koncewicz of Castlegar, "Bil-Mecky", 2000 feet from Bear Creek and 300 feet Northwest of No. 3 highway, also "Copper-Gold," "Good Faith" and "Phey-Luck". all on Bear Creek. G. P. Beatty of Nelson, "Fluke" Nos. 1', 2, 3 and 4, two miles North of„Deer Park; William Rozan of Nelson, "Sunset" and "Sunset" No. 1, on the West side of Copper Mountain at the head.of Hall and Forty-Nine Creeks; D. J. Enders- by of Fruitvale, "New Look" Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, on a tributary of Boulder Creek about two miles above its mouth; A. R. Grams of Nelson, "Firestone" No. 1, five miles West of Deer Park on the Lower Arrow Lake towards Broadwater, B.C.; Ronald Tjader of Trail, "Birch," "Gimpy" and "Rummy," all in the vicinity of Meadows, west of Salmo; J. G. McMahon of Nelson, "Marlene," and "Marlene" No. 2, "Joan" and "Joan" No. 2, all at Beasley; D. R. Terzian of Nelson, "Job" No. 2 at Beasley; Alfred Derdall of Nelson, "Rusty." at the confluence of Hall Creek and Salmo River and one half mile South of the highway bridge. Salmo-Trail Gun Club Plans 33-Acre Project TRAIL — Trail Rod and Gun. Club voted unanimously to back a proposed development of com-' bined rifle range and park situated near Ross Spur. It is'to be a joint effort with the Salmo Rod and Gun Club. Thirty three acres is to be purchased and a rifle range developed, fitting in with dominion marksmanship specifications. Bruno Relmerm, president of the Trail club said that it is hoped to have a West-Kootenay shoot as an annual event. The Trail club elected three members of the executive for the new organization to be known as the Salmo-Trail Gun Club. Al Parslow was elected president to serve a one^year term; Fred Edmunds, secretary-treasurer, one- year term; Don Allen, director f6r a two-year term. The executive will proceed to Salmo .Monday night where the remaining three executive members will be elected after the Salmo club has approved the plans. John Welton gave a report on the provincial convention held in ince George. The zone conven- on will be held in Kaslo on June th. ' Short Circuit Causes Power Interruption A fou^-minute interruption in electrical power in Nelson and along the North Shore at 11:32 Tuesday night, was caused by a severe short circuit on the 12,000- volt system. The short affected the main station at Nelson and caused a complete blowout. Father's Day: June 17th Jv ^LcuUm (bad USE fydfJMifL Oil You cannot go wrong by making our store your shopping centre for FATHER'S DAY From the inexpensive gift for the little guys to give, to the more luxurious items for the larger folk, we offer a large and varied selection for your choice. Godfreys' PHONE W*V}&1>\ BOX ! stitute of Sanitary Inspectors and I International Interim Committee j for three years, Mr. George died J at his home in Vancouver Monday . at the age of 67. Besides his sister in Trail he is survived by his wife, Mildred; ' one son, Stanley E. of El Cerrito. [Calif, one daughter, Mrs, Cathe rine Bennett Elliott of Boundary Bay and five grandchildren. Kaslo Residents Flooded Out KASLO — Several Kaslo residents have been required to move to higher ground as Kootenay Lake at Kaslo is reported at the 25-foot level. Kaslo ball park is completely covered and 800 feet of A Avpnue is flooded while 600 feet of B Avenue is under water. The basements of the homes in this area are also flooded. Kaslo Creek dropped four or five inches Tuesday night-but the lake continued to rise Wednesday. Hear About Modern .Miracles