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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11.880
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. AUGUST 7, 1951
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Ridgway
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Demands Red
'Guarantee'
Apology Not Enough for
Communist Armed
Troops in Peace Talks
TOKYO, Aug. 7~(IPl—Gen. Mat
J thew B. Ridgway told the Reds to
day Korean cease-fire talks will not
be resumed until they assure him
they will keep their Kaesong neu
trality agreement.
The Allied Supreme Commander
bluntly acknowledged the Red apol
ogy for last Saturday’s violation of
the neutral zone. Then he told
them that wasn’t enough.
In a strongly-worded message
to the two Red commanders in
Korea, Ridgway said he needed
new assurances that Communists
will keep their word.
Only then, he said, will he send
his five negotiators back to Kae
song to resume armistice negotia
tions.
No “Accident”
Ridgway. who has twice broken
off talks because armed Red troops
violated the neutral area, said he
didn't think the appearance of a
company of heavily armed Com
munists last Saturday was an “acci
dent,” as the Reds stated.
He told Korean Gen. Kim II Suns
and Chinese Gen. Teh-Hual that
he considered the incident neither
miner nor trivial. And, he said:
“It must be clearly understood
that my acceptance of a resump
tion of the armistice talks is
conditional on complete, compli
ance with your guarantees of
neutralization of the Kaesong
af.'a. Any further failure in this
regard will be interpreted as a
.. deliberate,-mwe-on y«»e- part to
terminate the armistice negotia
tions.
* “I await your acceptance, oi uns
condition.”
A company of armed Red soldiers
had marched through the Kaesong
neutral zone while the armistice
conference was underway Saturday
Because of this, Ridgway abruptly
broke off the conferences Sunday.
Generals Kim and Peng replied
Monday that the presence of the
troops was “a mistake and an acci
dent.”
TheWashinglon
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
■Copyright. 1951. ay Bell eradicate. Ine.
Pr ASHINGTON.—Reason behind
the alarming war-warning made
by Secretary of Defense Marshall
and Army Secretary Pace is the
latest intelligence from the Bal
kans. This reports, among other
things, that Communist medical
units have arrived along the Bul
garian-Yugoslav border.
Medical units do not participate
in ordinary troop maneuvers. They
are the last to arrive before mil
itary action begins.
Maneuvers along the Yugoslav
border in themselves may not
mean much. They have been going
on for months, and wlien I visited
the Bulgarian border last Febru
ary, I interviewed refugees who
had just escaped from behind the
Iron Curtain with news of new
Russian concentrations in certain
areas. However, latest U. S. In
telligence indicates that this has
increased.
Bulgaria’s army of around 200,
000 men is now reported equipped
with Soviet combat vehicles, heavy
artillery, and new type of fighter
plane more powerful than the Yak.
The Bulgar army is under Gen
eral Atanasov, a Soviet citizen
trained in Russia, though of Bul
garian origin. His command post
has been moved from Sofia to the
field.
All along the Rumanian and
Bulgarian sides of the Yugoslav
border, a strip of land has beer,
completely cleared and a Siegfried
line of pillboxes built behind it.
This could be part of the war
of nerves against Tito, or it could
mean that the Kremlin is ready
to give Tito the bizzness. Late Aug
ust or September, after the har
vest is in, always has been the
ti.ne when dictators get trigger
happy. .
Crime Probe Stymied
Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona,
one of the most conscientious and
respected members of the Senate
has taken a strange stand regard
ing the crime committee. It puz
zles his colleagues in the Senate.
(Continued on Pftge Four)
Air Search Extends North;
Weather Hampers Quest
for Missing Norseman
Search for the missing Korean
airlift plane, lost since July 20
while enroutc from Vancouver, B. C.
to Anchorage, extended northward
yesterday to near Mount McKinley.
Eight search craft attached to the
10th Rescue Squadron covered the
Cook Inlet area as far north as
Summit, a stop on the Alaska Rail
road, and in 31 hours of flying,
achieved from 40 to 70 percent cov
erage.
Planes attached to other services
n the search at Vakutat, Juneau and
Whitehorse were grounded by the
weather, it was reported by 17th
District Headquarters of the Coast
Guard, which is coordinating the
missions.
The Coast Guard said they had
little hope of weather clearing to
day in the southern districts.
Meanwhile, a wealthy scientist
who came to Alaska three weeks ago
to study glaciers was also- hampered
by weather as he pressed a search
for his wife, their daughter and
pilot, missing since July 27 in the
expendition’s supply plane.
The scientist. Walter A. Wood of
Far Hills, N. J„ learned only Sat
urday of the family tragedy when he
and three others were picked off
Malaspina Glacier by an Air Force
plane in response to a message
they wrote in tire snow.
Missing aboard the supply plane,
a Norseman, were Wood’s wife and
18-year-old daughter, Valerie, and
pilot Maurice King.
Trnth Air Rescue Squadron of
ficials a Anchorage said it was
not knswn until Saturday that
two wi men were with King on a
flight tc the glacier area.
They said the Wood party was
not taken off the glacier in the Mt.
Hubbard area earlier because they
'ierjg Jmown . to. he selL. supplied.
They said no request was made
earlier to remove the party.
Ration Can?
The word “Norseman?” seen in
the snow surrounding the Wood
camp by an Air Force plane, was
made with numerous small ration
cans, it was learned by Maynard
Miller, of the .Juneau Teeean
Research Project, when he talked
I with Wood yesterday.
Miller said King’s plane was
equipped with a stove, gasoline, ra
tions, sleeping bags, four life cush
ions, and probably a supply of
flares.
Note Left
The Arctic Research Institute's
New York office said it had learn
ed a west coast relative had talk
ed by telephone to Wood, who
said that at the Seward Glacier
camp he found a note left by his
daughter, stating the plane was
taking a two-weeks supply of food.
This was interpreted as a precau
tion against hunger in case the
plane was forced to land short
of its goal.
With Wood's return, the search
area shifted. Previous searches had
been south of Seward Glacier. But
Wood said he was advised by radio
from the Seward camp that when
King took off he circled to get away
from a deck of clouds and at first
headed northwest.
Wood himself flew over possible
routes taken by King. A total of 21
planes were available for searching
as weather permitted.
Washburn On Way
In New York, the Arctic Re
search Institute said Dr. A. L.
Washburn, director of the Wash
ington office of the institute, left
yesterday for Alaska to aid In the
search. He is expected to reach
Yakutat late today.
John Case, vice president of Soc
ony-Vacuum Oil Co., said at his
New York office that King was a
very skillful Alaskan pilot who flies
the year around in that area.
Case said he spent about a month
in .Alaska this ..summer.. had .flown
with King and left Yakutat for New
York on July 25, two days before
the Wood tJtmditlon’r supply ■jjtere
Norseman, disappeared.
Case said he received a message
today from Wood stating that the
weather was delaying the search.
236 Allied Planes
Hammer Reds;
Ground Action Dies
U.S. 8TH ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, Aug. 7—A lone
Communist plane combed Allied
lines in Korea today while 236
United Nations planes hammered
back at the Reds in combat sorties.
Ground action quieted so much
: the U.S. Eighth Army omitted its
customary evening communique.
The single Red air raider struck
shortly after midnight. Five bombs
were dropped. There was no im
mediate announcement of casual
ties or damage.
Low-flying U.N. fighter pilots re-/
ported they killed or wounded at
least 200 Reds. A strike led by Maj.
Jack A. Davis of Okmulgee, Okla.,
caught 150 of them near Pyongyang,
the Red capital.
$6,000,000 in Loans
Granted to Date
To Alaska Vets
Almost $6,000,000 in loans has
been granted to date to 1200 vet
3rans of the Territory since the
veterans’ revolving fund program
has been in effect, Floyd Guertin,
territorial commissioner of veter
an's affairs said today.
The veteran loan program was
;et up by a special session of the
legislature in 1946.
During the past month 28 Alaska
veterans of World War II received
5181,200, bringing the total num
ber of outstanding loans at pres
ent to 643 and a total of $2,768,
996.09. Veterans of the First Divi
sion have received 311 loans, most
of which are home loans, totaling
$879,994.
Guertin said _hat besides the
$6,000,000 loaned by his depart
ment, Alaska banks have loaned
an additional million under guar
antees of the Veterans’ Commis
sion.
Bonuses of $1,392,960 have been
paid to 3,894 veterans.
The current seasonal demand
for loans has been met from funds
recently ’’thawed” by the Board
of Administration, Guertin stated
and added that it is expected ap
plications can be promptly pro
cessed during the present quar
ter. i
Carson Will Call
Meeting to Discuss
Tulsequah Road
The proposed Tulsequah road,
up the Taku River valley, will be
discussed at a meeting scheduled
for the near future in Victoria by
Hon. E. C. Carson, minister of
public works for British Colum
bia.
This was the word brought back
to Juneau by Ralph Browne, as
sistant manager of the Alaska De
velopment Board, who returned
from the south Saturday.
In Victoria, Browne conferred
with Carson and said he was set
ting Sept. 10 as a tentative date
for gettting together officials of
British Columbia,' Alaska, the Ca
nadian government and the .Con
solidated Mining and Smelting
Company, which has mining in
terests in the area, for discussion
of construction of the road.
Browne reported Carson was
much in favor of the road and
that Carson added he could for
see no great obstacle in its con
struction. It would supply the
missing link between Tulsequah
and Atlin, which connects with
the Alaska Highway.
Carson also told Browne that
the John Hart Highway between
Prince George and Dawson Creek,
will be delayed in opening on
September IS as was expected.
Heavy rains have hampered con
struction so it probably will not
be ready for travel until early
next year.
CIGAR MAN IS HERE
S. G. Spring of the Spring Whole
sale Cigar Co., of Seattle, Is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
• WEATHER FORECAST •
4 Temperature for 34-Hour Period •
4 ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• At Airport—Maximum, 56; •
• minimum, 50. •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) 4
• Cloudy with light rain •
•showers tonight and Wednes- •
• day. Lowest temperature to- •
• night near 50 degrees. High- •
• est Wednesday about 58. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• * At Airport — Trace; •
• since July I—3.13 inches. •
Largest Log Raft
Delivered to
Juneau Lumber Co.
The largest log raft ever to be
delivered to the Juneau Lumber
Company arrived here Sunday
from Cape Fanshaw.
A flat raft of spruce. It con
tained 526 logs, from 21 to 93
feet long and added up to over
700,000 board feet. The raft It
self was 1,000 feet long.
It came from the Echo Log
ging Company, which is owned
and operated by A. A. McMur
chie who, with Mrs. McMurrhie,
is in town for a few days.
McMurchie said the raft was
towed to Juneau by the tug
Sampson II, owned and skipper
ed by George Baggin and his
son, George, Jr. The tow from
Cape Fanshaw to Juneau took
48 hours.
McMurrhie has been in the
logging business for seven years
and is a charter member of the
Alaska Loggers Association.
Marshal Asked
To Help Locate
Missing Workman
The Juneau Lumber Company
yesterday requested the U. S. Mar
shal’s office to aid in locating a
man they report missing, accord
ing to Walter Hellan, acting mar
shal.
The man is Robert Atwood,
hired in Seattle by the mill and
arrived in Juneau via Pan Ameri
can plane on July 29. Lumber mili
officials said they had verified
his arrival here by a check with
the Pan American office.
Since that time Atwood has
failed to report for work.
Hellan said no foul play is sus
pected but he is of the opinion
that the man may have jumped
■fete-eatrtract -and -gene -to ' TMSffle
other project in Alaska to work.
He is asking the Anchorage mar
abaite cXIfcfe to make a cheek -Of
that locality today.
Juneau Lumber Company paid
Atwood’s fare to Juneau from Se
attle but have no further inform
ation on him other than he has a
sister in Seattle.
Old North Sea
Being Burned
SEATTLE, Aug. 7, Workers have
apparently been burning the
wrecked former Seattle-Alaska
steamer North Sea for salvage,
word from Prince Rupert, B. C.,
discloses.
A clipping from the Prince Ru
pert daily news received here said
that a Canadian National steam
ship captain had reported seeing
flames shooting from the wreckage
as his vessel passed the area near
Bella Bella, B. G.'
Salvage of steel scrap from the
ship had been planned.
The North Sea has lain as a
landmark on the reef between
Idle Point and Ivory Island, 17C
miles south of Prince Rupert,
since she piled up in a storm sev
eral years ago.
Boy Scout Office
Moved to Anchorage
The Alaska council of Bov
Scouts was recently moved to An
chorage from Juneau.
Maurice F. Powers, territorial
scout council executive, made the
transfer, according to Ken Ubbel
ohde, in charge of the Gastineau
district. Powers had made his
headquarters in Juneau since ear
ly in 1948. Miss Dorothy Meyers
leaves for Anchorage next wfeek to
continue as secretary to the coun
cil.
The Juneau office now operates
as field* headquarters for the Gas
tineau area. Ubbelohde leaves this
week to assist in the operation of
a summer scout camp near Fair
banks.
'White Objects'
Seen on Search
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 7.—i*>
—Searchers for the missing Queen
Charlotte Airlines plane today cent
ered the hunt on the shores of Tah
sis Inlet on the west coast of Van
couver Island.
“White objects" were reported
sighted floating in the inlet last
night.
It is in the Tahsis Inlet area that
the plane with seven aboard disap
peared Saturday on a 37-mile flight
from Muchalat Arm to the seaplane
base at Tofino.
Two Cadets Admit Ouster
Cadet Sgt. Harrison Travis (eft) of Atlantic Highlands, N. J„ and Cadet Ilona Id L. Clough (right) of
Waukesha, Wis., two cadets who said they were among the !)0 dismissed from thte Cnited States Military
Academy for aradamic cheating, listen to some words from the father of Cadet Travis, a retired lieu
tenant colonel and a former enginering instructor at West Point. Th'e elder Travis said he thought the
boys got a ‘‘raw deal” and plans to provide legal aid lor as many of the dismissed cadets as possible, iff)
Wlrephoto. )
Air-Conditioned Cub
Bettr Goes on Prowl;
He (or She) 6Wanted Alive9
Non-resident
Cannery Workers
Vote Union Shop ....
SEATTLE, Aug. 7 — (fl) — Non
r? dent cannery workers employed
h-’Jihe Alaska Salmon Industry
have voted overwhelmingly for a
union shop, Field Examiner Julius
Draznier of the National Labor Re
lations Board announced here yes
terday.
A count of ballots in the elec
tion conducted from May 21 to
Aug. 1 showed that of 2,459 eli
gible voters, 1,763 favored the
union shop, 69 were against, 20
ballots were void and the re
mainder did not vote, Draznier
said.
The vote merely means that Local
7-C of the International Longshore
men and Warehousemen’s Union,'
the authorized bargaining agent, can
now' enforce a union shop, Braznier
said. Up to now, the union has had
a preferential hiring system.
Salmon Men to
Confer with Price
Office on Ceilings
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7 — —
Fishing industry leaders will get a
chance to bolster their protests
against new salmon price ceilings
at two meetings in Seattle with rep
resentatives of the Office of Price
Stabilization (OPS). \
The salmon ceilings are sched
uled to go into effect tomorrow.
Packers have protested that al
lowable maximum prices are not
high enough because of the short
age of some types of salmon. The
red salmon pack in Alaska's Bris
tol Bay area is expected to be the
smallest In 50 years.
Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) said
yesterday the OPS has agreed to
meet with a few industry spokesmen
in Seattle later this week, and will
consult there the following week
with the salmon advisory commit
tee. He said the meetings, "will
give the industry an opportunity to
fully present its facts and figures.”
British, Iranian
Meet Begins to
Seek Oil Solution
TEHRAN, Iran, Aug. 7, ——
British and Iranian representa
tives were called to a meeting to
night to begin negotiations aimed
at a settlement of the critical
dispute over the nationalization
by Iran of the Anglo-Iranian oil
company’s holdings. The first ses
sion was to be an exploratory one
seeking a common ground for fur
ther discussions.
Some light tanks patrolled the
streets and other precautions were
taken against possible violent
demonstrations. Today is an Iran
ian National Holiday,
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 7.— Iff) —A
wide search is being made here lor
a Kodwlalc bear not in rug form.
The 60 pound, six-month-old cub
was supposed to leave■'here today
by airplane on the first leg of a
trip that would have put him (or
hen in.,t}i£ ,
ington, D. C., but Friday the husky
cub bent the bars of its tempor
ary 'home in the outskirts ot An
/'Mnr-.-'p its wnv (*>
freedom.
Now the oub is wandering around
the Goose Lake-Campbell district.
The local office ct me Fish mid
Wildlife Service has posted a
“Wanted Alive” sign, giving a
de-parade's description. Besides
listing the height and weight, the
sign descries the jail-breaking
cub as not too friendly, strong for
its age. and reminds would-be
captors that he is a junior mem
ber of a family that produces the
biggest meat-eaters in the world.
Crated and put aboard a North
west Airlines Stratocruiser Friday to
start his trip to Washington, the
youngster did not appeal to pass
engers when the plane’s air con
ditioning system was turned on.
He was removed from the plane
so a bigger, more scent-proof cage
could be built. Meanwhile, National
Zoo officials in Washington are
probably wondering what happened
to their new bear.
17-knof Patrol
Boat, Auklet II,
Due Here Soon
SEATTLE, All*. 7—Iff)—A long
and busy career lies ahead of the
Auklet II.
The sturdy 57-footer, built for
Alaska service as the Fish and
Wildlife Service’s new patrol boat,
has been undergoing engine tests
and sea trials and will be delivered
tv the government agency this
week.
When she heads for Juneau
those aboard on her maiden trip
will include N. J. Blanchard,
president of the firm that built
her here, and William Garden, the
designer. The boat is valued at
about $50,000.
The Auklet II is powered by two
165-horsepower diesels, driving
through a gear box on one shaft.
She is expected to be able to do
at least 17 knots.
Stock Quotations
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—'ffl—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
115, American Tel. <te Tel. 157..
Anaconda 45 , Douglas Aircraft
50 :, General Electric 58. General
Motors 49 V Goodyear 94 ., Ken
necott 771 a. Libby, McNeill & Libby
87», Northern Pacific 49%, Stand
ard Oil of California 50, Twentieth
Century Fox 20‘i, U. S. Steel 42%,
Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange
95.00.
Sales today were 1,810,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 264.94, rails 82.41, util
ities 45.55. j_f _
Russ Brandish New
'Peace' Pact
t
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, —UR—
The United States today rejected
Russia's proposal for a five-pow
er peace pact as " a propaganda
trap.”
The State Department said:
“The Kremlin has violated ob
ligations tp such an extent that
the world has lost confidence In
the Soviet’s respect for treaties.'
—..Russians. Prosldcut..
ernik renewed Russia's ofier—
first advanced two years ago in n
letter to President Truman last
ntgh* Tfi- rejection had been ex
pected since U. S. officials des
cribed it even then as “the same
old chestnut tied with a new rib
bon."
The proposal was that the
United States, Britain and
France join Russia and Com
munist China in a disarmament
program aimed at guaranteeing
world peace.
In the first formal American re
action a State Department offic
ial today challenged Russia to
live up to existing obligations be
fore taking on new promises.
Press officer Michael J. Mc
Dermott told a new conference:
"There is no sense in the So
viet government’s assuming new
treaty obligations until they have
restored the confidence of the
world by honoring existing obli
gations.”
The United Nations charter
which Russia has signed, "consti
tutes a solemn peace pact,” Mc
Dedmott emphasized and added:
“Need exists for the fulfillment
of the United Nations charter and
other obligations which the Krem
lin attempts to sabotage ,rather
than for a new pact of the great
powers.”
Shvernik's message, bristling with
denunciations of western “war
mongering,” was accompanied by n
2,500 word resolution proclaiming
Russia’s alleged “dedication to world
peace.”
This appeared to be Moscow s
answer to a resolution Confrns
passed last June. The American
document expressed friendship
and goodwill toward the Russian
people.
President Truman sent It along
to Shvernik, technically Russia's
chief of state, Auk. 17. Anil he
called on Russia's leaders to make
it public so the Russian people can
learn the "peace aims of the Ameri
can people and government.”
Russia's replying resolution came
from the Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet (Parliament), a small group
which acts when the Russian legis
lature is not in session.
In his accompanying letter, Shver
nik called for an agreement by the
United States, Russia, Britain
France and Communist China tr
disarm and prohibit manufacture of
atomic weapons. He reiterated Rus
sia’s willingness to agree to some
form of inspection as a guarantee
of her good faith.
TIDE TABLES
•
• AUGUST 8
• High tide 4:51 a.m., 14.5 ft.
• Low tide 10:59 a.m., 1.6 ft.
• High tide 5:12 p.m., 16.4 ft.
• Low tide 11:44 p.m., 1.4 ft.
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Leg Bone
Thought Clue
to Airlift
Yakufat Discovery Will
Go bast to FBI for
Investigation
The discovery of a human leg
bone and parts of a pair of green
whipcord trousers on the beach
near Yakutat was held a possible
clue today to the fate of a Korean
airlift plane missing since July 20
with 38 passengers aboard.
Tenth Rescue Squndron officials
at Anchorage said searchers are
now concentrating their search for
the craft along the shore waters
of the Yakutat area. The squadron
was assumed to have considered the
find as a clue.
A message received from Yakutat
late Sunday at 17th District Coast
Guurd headquarters here said that
the bone and trousers were being
flown to Anchorage for investiga
tion. However, U. S. Commissioner
Gordon Gray reported that the ob
jects arrived here yesterday after
1 pin. and were turned over to the
U. S. Marshal's office for investi
gation.
Short, Stocky Man
Three Juneau doctors examined
the bone which they said appeared
to be the left foreleg and part of a
foot front a short stocky human
mnle and has been exposed less
than a month.
Cray said that the leg and
foot bone, with cartilage attach
ed, had first been found on the
beach and the trousers were found
about 20 feet away. The trousers
were from another person, offic
ials in Anchorage said. Further
search revealed a spinal section.
A check of the laundry marks
Tin UMTBbftK 'BOfif bfallS TToaSertf.
fi8G" and “K 1096 WED," was being
made. The pants, size about 30 by
10 inches, had frayed cuffs, It was
eeporl rfc •, > A . \
Gray said that no person had
been reported missing In that area
recently.
U, S. Coast Guard district
headquarters here today made it
plain that it did not associate
the trouser and bone find with
either of the missing aircraft
sought in the Vakutat area.
Across Monti Bay
Headquarters said that the leg
bones and trousers were found on
the south side of Monti Bay, a small
branch to the eastward of Yakutat
Bay, and the spinal section was
picked up qn the north side of
Monti Bay. Both finds were be
tween high and low water marks..
The bones will be sent to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation lab
oratory in Washington, D. C., for
study to determine the size, age.
weight and other details of the
person to whom they belonged. The
Marshal's office said they would
be enroute tomorrow.
9 Navy Men Die
!n Plane Crash;
2 Bodies Recovered
SEATTLE, Aug. 7, —<*>— Eight
Californians and an aviation tech
nician front West Virginia were
aboard a navy patrol plane that
crashed yesterday near the mouth
of Puget Sound.
Two bodies weer recovered with
in an hour of the crash on a low
altitude training flight. The other
six men are listed by the navy as
missing. There was no hope for
survivors as the air and sea search
of the area continued today.
All the men were members of
the naval reserve who had re
turned to active duty, a 13th Na
val District spokesman reported.
The plane belonged to a patrol
squadron stationed at Sand Point
Naval Air station in Seattle. The
plane was a four-engine PB4-Y
privateer.
Ship Movements
Aleutian due southbound Satur
day afternoon.
Denali scheduled southbound Fri
day at 7 a.m.
Alaska due northbound sometime
Saturday.
Freighter Sailor’s Splice in port
from Seattle.
Princess Norah arrives from Van
couver this afternoon.
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive from Vancouver Saturday af
ternoon. *