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The Ottawa Journal THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1950. Jhe Third Page Recover Body v. Of Boy At Hog's Back ij iR.w,y;;.;, SI 4 i -i i i -j -l I 1 i -1 1 i A i f-xftVl. I i i 1 I i i i THEY CAME; PREP ABED Envy of many who bravery (tuck to their chosen van tage ipoti along the funeral route for at long as four hours, were the three ladies waiting' in solid comfort on camp stools they brought with them to the boulevard on Wellington street The two young ladies at left look longingly, while even the servicemen standing in-front betray their aching feet But for a little girl like the one in the foreground, what's better than a cushion of grass when young legs grow weary? (Journal Photo.) This War Hasn't Any Lines I i. I -'Kvm rj, United Pret staff correspondent Robert Bcnnyhof flew fit) hear bomber missions over Europe as navigator in the 9th Air Force during World War II.

Now covering the tear in Korea, he hitchhiked a ride with 1st Cavalry Division "Flying Grasshopper" and made a reconnaissance light behind enemy lines. turning southward to sweep the valleys in the area where the naval patrol plane and helicopter disappeared. There is a good-sized village ahead with an open schoolyard and it looks like there's a truck parked inside. We're going down now to take a close look. We're at 300 feet now and can see the truck plainly and what looks like signs that there might have been troops stopping there recently.

The pilot says he really wants to take a close look and we're down now to 100 feet "Now we can see Maddox says. "Watch between the buildings with your glasses." They sometimes hide tanks BOBSBT BSNNTBOrr. A FLYING GRASSHOP PER PLANE OVER ENEMY LINES IN KOREA, July 27. (UP). We are flying at about BOO feet over enemy territory, looking for some signs of the Invading army.

We know hes moving forces Into this region around Chonju For The Touch Of A Vanished Hand The Sound Of A bewildered, Pat III mourns his Voice That Is Mill" master at Mr. King's home at Kingsmere. "But at asaui Wday foe mSiri And Alone and leh setter than JoumllTlVrOrtoca idan el the Hone ear ether WOs tbs story or the team UUoa. Bmsx It tauehla ana onrty Fire Clocfc odIUoM.) wmm uim an wiiiw, nanus en smterdnrn hr talk, the SMTewias veM that eSeth ams tu aVThe but American headquarters does not know just where and how much. The pilot of this tiny L-5 spotter plane is 1st Lt William J.

Maddox of Washington, who already has flown 30 such sions since the Yongdong battle began five days ago, -V We took off from a makeshift 1 airstrip at 8.S0 and we save been across- enemy lines now about 30 minutes. Lines bat the proper ward to nse escapes this war besot any lines. It has areas of action. Our Boy Black Gets His Lumps at The "'body of 19-year-old George Smith, ef 51 BreezehlU avenue, woo was drowned In Devil's Hole at Hog's Back at dawn Wednesday morning, was recovered by Ottawa police at 4.20 yesterday afternoon. Coroner Dr.

Harry Dover was summoned and pronounced the boy dead. The body was re moved to Hulse and Playfalra. Constable Leonard Berkley, on holidays and swimming at Hog's Back, located-the-boy's body near the spot where he Is believed to have fallen Into the He aided Constables Dan iel Jamer and Charles Fagsn In recovering the body. Meanwhile, the nature of the bottom of the aqueduct in which a second Ottawa youth, Albert Zhukow, of 99 Booth street lost his life Tuesday afternoon, made dragging operations for his body next to futile. The water flow was reduced early Wednesday morning, but ms timbers and deep muck ide the task of police search squads dragging the aqueduct almost Impossible.

By Any Other Name RCMP Still RCMP Police Group Told The Royal Canadian Mounted Police created confusion and consternation In the VS. when It was first formed back in 1873, and it was still creating confusion in the minds of a good many Americans Assistant Commissioner L. H. Nichol- told American fingerprint experts In Ottawa last night How true his words were was clearly proven at the convention banquet of the International Association for Identification. Called Many Nantes.

Most frequent mistake, said the RCMPs Nicholson, was over their name. "We are called all sorts of be said, "and I don't mean by the people we The force wasn't the North West Mounted Police, nor was it the Royal North West Mounted Police, although at one time or another in Its his tory it had bean both. "Let's get our name straight, It's the he said. Half an hour later Chief R. W.

Nebergall of Iowa state CID, rose in response to the guest speaker. Bald be: "During our stay in Ottawa we. have come to have the high est regard for the North West Mounted Police." Original consternation aroused in- the VS. when Americans, heard of an armed Canadian force, the North West Mounted rues, hearting wards. "I imagine they feared were going to try to wiggle the border a bit further down than it then said the Assistant Commissioner.

To ease the tension Sir John A. Macdonald picked up his pen, struck out the word "Junes snd substituted Stole a Deg. That pacified everyone but the people of Minnesota. On their wty westward the initial force passed through sections of the VS. and on their way through Minnesota one of the first 300 Mounties stole a dog.

"It has never been admitted before, but I'll admit it said the Assistant Commissioner. Speaking in -lieu of Commie- sloner S. T. Wood, who was unable to be present he outlined the history of the RCMP and the Job it did in relation to the pro vincial and municipal police forces of Canada. Therein lay another misconception; the mistaken belief that "we hog the whole show "That is not so at he pointed out "We do not superimpose our force on the other police forces In the country The Assistant Commissioner traced the course of RCMP and its traditions with modest pride, recalled Its semi-mill tary turn which had led it into four wars and hoped lt had still retained "a little of the flavor of a frontier Absorbing 'Bangers'.

He even projected its history into the near future to August 1 when the RCMP will absorb the Newfoundland Rangers and take over the policing of both Newfoundland and Labrador. He also listed a complete Inventory of the force; its IS police service dogs, 150 horses, 3S5 sled dogs and 3,000 men. It also boasted seven aircraft 31 ships, 00 motor vehicles and. not to be forgotten, the Civil Service cirls on Its civilian Stan. Unusual presentation of the evening came as 13 stalwart American police officers stepped on to the dais.

Around the neck of Inspector R. W. (Tony) Wannacott toast-master and convention organ iser, they draped to turn 13 tasteful For each of the delegates the RCMP had a return present designed to while away uneventful hours In shcrurs office or- precinct station twin decks ei playing cards. I 1 i -r- the Track bet $4 on Old Lover. Maea to ay snrprise, Old Lever didat ran last He ran second tost I went into the clubhouse and spent my 65-cent winnings oa a little encouragement Glancing at the entries for the last race, I spotted a sure horse with name like Dental Chair couldn't do anything but win.

I ran to the $3 straight window, shoving my not little hand in any pocket It came out empty. Not a cent left I stayed to watch the race and see Dental Chair stroll sway from the post and bang on to first place, until be ticisid the line. 1 There being nothing else to do, I went out the gate to the bus and asked the driver if he'd accept a cheque. "Oh, I know your he said. "You're all the same." I pretested, bat he had already driven eft ta a dead at tern aari-jnatael tickets, snd I followed eavfoot la a elead ef despair.

tomorrow itll be different BIG SUGAR MILL. KARACHI The largest sugar mill In Asia, situated in the Mardan district of Pakistan will go into production In November. The mill took four years to complete and has a crushing capacity of more than 3,000 tons of cane dally which will yield about 350 tons of fine sugar. Not wanting to keep it to myself I struck up a conversation with a comely wench who didn't seem at all horsey and told her my choice. -Nothing she said.

Tm betting Contortionist Can't miss. First snd last letters are my initials. Sure thing." I went in and put $3 on Contortionist who ran a long and limping last Circus Flag came first and paid $11.05. I decided to take it easy for a while and talk to no one, no matter how beautiful. A while later the girl came back, counting some money.

"I changed, my she said. "Circus Flag had the same Initials as my mother before she was Til bet you've got a duly for this I said. "Same initials as your dentist maybe." she said. "Matter of fact my sister gave me two dollars and asked me to put it on the third horse of the first race I was In time for. I just remembered, but I guess this one's as good as any." Goes by the Experts.

I looked up her horse in the Form. Not a hope. I decided to bet the Form's experts' selection for the day. The experts' horse ran last Horse number three breezed in and the girl collected $27.70. I decided to have nothing more to do with women, and in a moment of self -chastisement only to be Intercepted by a shady character wearing a cheap Imitation panama hat a box-cut gabardine topcoat and a lot of hair.

Friend, It Says Here "Just a minute, he said. "Surely you're not going to bet on this. This is a boat race." "Oh, I snapped back Idly. "And I suppose you want me to bet on Guy Lombardo." "No, no, friend. I mean It's fixed.

I have it straight from the shower-room attendant You haven't got a chance in this race. Look at the horses. Heart Broken will be. Lady Worth is worthless. Btermdrrren Is all wet Castaway should have been.

Pal Doctor needs eae." I told him I rather liked Cain Mark. i "A he said. "Save your dough, friend. I have just the horse for vou. Give me two dollars." Not one to be prejudiced by first impressions, I disregarded his sneaky appearance, gave him the money, and went to watch the race.

Hooest He Says. Cain Mark came In first and paid $17.75. But the pans ma-toting tout apparently was honest He came back. "You're in luck, he chortled. "I have some money for He gave me 65 cents.

For the next race, I figured I had a sure thing in Circus Flag. When one of the toeaker-wiUed members of the reportino sta failed to show no tor work yesterday, some body remembered that things were under way at ConnengHt Park and deduced that the young man had gone out for his maiden fling at the sport of ktnps. A one-man posse teas despatched and found the missing sport sitting on a curb on the outskirts of Hull, raefnllv examining' the steaming remains of a pair of shoes and mattering something about "wait ttntil After bringing him back to the fold and reviving him with the application of soma of Dr. Scholl'a remedies, we persuaded him to write his lament for guidance of the public. By BOS) BLACKBCBN, ef She Je I went out to the track in a light drizzle, which Is cheaper but slower than a cab.

I was armed with a copy of the Dally Racing Form, $10 which I had borrowed from- the little girl with the lemonade stand on the front lawn next door, and lavish visions of a new convertible. I was Just in time to get a bet in on the first race. Close study of the Form, plus an intelligent application of the excellent system known sometimes as "eeny-meeny'V told me that the only horse in the race was Cain Mark, and I hastened toward the $3 straight window. a crash landing near here about the same time and for a helicopter which lefi to rescue the downed pilot and never reappeared The enemy is beginning to keep his troops and vehicles well hidden, probably beeaaae ef devastating fighter plane recast ana stranng attacks. We've passed a dozen small towns suspected of hiding enemy troops which fighter planes hit and which now contain charred squares instead of buildings and tangled wreckage rather than vehicles.

We've just climbed to 1,900 feet because we are nearing Chonju and a plane which came here yesterday caught-some flak Maddox Is looking all around no wand he's saying "did we get hit?" and "did you fee I didn't Then he asks if I see any holes in the wings. I can't i Maddox says eae of the main troablea la flying ever here Is yea eaa't sea the enemy seme-times. Our orders say not to fly directly over Chonju so we are day north of Yongdong. He said that on Tuesday he was with a group of three other prisoners when Red guerrillas brought in Dean and Dean's Jeep driver. "Dean was very cool and the corporal said.

"He told the Reds that be was a Sicilian. After a while they took him and his driver away from our group. I don't know What happened to them." Later the same day the corporal managed to escape. Ray Richards of International News and Cpl. Ernie Peeler of the Army newspaper, Stars and Stripes, were killed south of Chonan July 0.

Wilson Fielder of Time magazine has been reported missing in action since the fall of Tae-jon. JSlu0 I 'nin'nirmi iliii it. lor a lost leader. Uournel and trucks In such places but I can't see anything and neither does Maddox. We've cot some valleys to search and then head for home because the gas Is giving out We bad only a three-hour supply.

So we're climbing again now and I am thinking about how the guy from G-l Intelligence at the field headquarters told us when we took off to take care of ourselves because re don't know where they are down We watched and did our best to find out lust what the enemy had and a full report will be made while we return to the Premier Frost Plans Dates in Valley Premier Leslie M. Frost of Ontario, who attended the Mackenzie King funeral In Ottawa yesterday, is planning to participate in Eastern Ontario events next month. Mr. Frost and Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, are scheduled to open the Ottawa Exhibition on August 31.

Mr. Frost will open the Glengarry Highland Games at Max-ville on' August 8. The Ontario Premier also has agreed to open the Arnprlor Fair on August ZB. Besides looking for some sign of the enemy we are supposed to watch for some trace of a 10-man patrol that disappeared two days ago near Chonju while probing enemy dispositions. We also are looking for Navy carrier plane which made War Correspondent Taken Prisoner EIGHTH VS.

ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN KOREA, July 37. (T A wounded American tank gunner who escaped his Red captors said yesterday that Mike Gigantls, correspondent for the International News Service, hsd been taken prisoner by North Korean forces In the Yongdong area. Gigantls, who wrote under the by-line of "Philip also served as correspondent for the London Observer and Radio Athens. The young tank corporal said he himself was captured Mon 1 a to SUNLIGHT DAPPLES THE SOLEMN WAY Stately rows of elms offer their graceful branches as a beautiful canopy as thousands watch the funeral procession wind froth Parliament Hill west on Wellington street, with only the. whispering leaves to break the silence of sorrow Fbotoj.

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