Buy ICTORY PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN * A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central British Columbia Vol. 24; No. 24 Prince George B.C., Thursday, June 12, 1941 #2.00 a Year Weather Forecast Generally fair and warmer. ice George Area iring Loan Quota p, Subscriptions to Noon Wednesday Amounted to J22OO Out of £200,000 Quota—Eagle Lake Sawmills Us List with #25,000-—Mac 8C Mac Take #5000 Here quota of #140,000 plus a special names list of making a grand total of approximately #200,000, ions received at Prince George headquarters up to terday to Canada's Victory Loan 1941 amounted to included #34,500 in the special names list. * The largest subscription so far is that of the Eagle Lake Sawmills of GLscome in the special names class of $25,000, but the big lumber company's splendid contribution was equally matched by the citizens of Giscome who have subscribed about $13,000 headed by A. R. Spurr. The lumber town of Sinclair Mills also made a grand contribution of laces *5000 inking Fund ctory_Loan In of Bleachers to be \d at Athletic Park for lion Day Celebration. jmous resolution in reg-ing last Monday evening fand aldermen of the Oorp 1 the City of Prince George 5000 of 1941 sinking funds r Loan bonds, and gave ex-the hope and wish that citizen would follow the [ the corporation and sub-I Victory Loan bonds to the Went of thtir means, as by ¦they would help Canada's Vfort in preparing to stop I his gangsters. The reso-! moved by Alderman A. B. seconded by Alderman \ motion by Alderman A. B. «pnded by Alderman J. N. unanimously adopted, the Parks committee to nediately with the erec-section of bleachers at ark on First avenue so ats would be ready for the | Day celebration, dcation from the Prince nen's Institute complain-" cess of loose gravel' at a fbtersections of residen-l|and the matter was re-' COUNCIL, Page Pour) Ire Fund irted by i(t Marys 'of Prince George and ne Make Contribution -• Fund to Buy Plane. of the central interior vince are not going to al-|name-sisters in other sec-"a to get all the credit the Empire's flying [Spitfire fighting planes. plscome Mayor A. M. Pat-ts received a substantial towards the provincial PMire Fund. The lumber "tributors are listed as fol- , Mary I. Wun-Mary Wunderlick, Mary S. Mary Gobler, E. Mary fary Struthers. Mary L. Mai7 a. K. Miller, Mary ¦ton. Mary j. Hubbard, £ substantially to the into Mayor Patterson jj&raed to headquarters are w nce aeorKe Marys: r°es. Mary A. Travis, Mrs. Mary Mallis, Mary Ogg, .McMillan, Mary E. Mac-McLeod, Mary Dam-Checkley, Mary Por-E. Robertson, Mary Jane Crocker. Mary Perkins, Mary A. y Campbell, A. Mary ^uglas, Mary Range, ¦Mary Keller, Mary Paschal. Mary Richards, ~eyer, Mary C?ahoon, Mary Lindsay, Mary Patterson is holding the one week from today Other who are Marys who a wish to contribute. 'Yukon Emperor" Here Sunday on inaugural Flight around $14,000 headed vy Don Mc-Phee. Some of the larger subscriptions filed at headquarters included those of A. R. Spurr, Giscome; Don Mc-Phee, Sinclair Mills, Dr. C. Ewert, W. J. Pitman, Dr. R. W. Alward, W. L. Hughes, J. T. Cowart, John D. Gillis, Andrew Norby, E. H. Fulmer. I. B. Baird, V. M. Morgan. Northern Hardware & Furniture Co., H. B. Hanson (Bend). A. McLeod (Sinclair Mills), Alexander Scott (Giscome), Corporation of the City of Prince George. Prince George Hospital Society, and also others who dealt directly with the banks. A subscription of $5000 was received by the local campaign committee from McLennan, McPeely & Prior, the big B.C. wholesale hardware firm of Vancouver, who stated they wished it to apply to Prince George district quota as a gesture of j goodwill to their many valued cus-omers in this area. But although many four-figure subscriptions are rolling in, the men and women of smaller means are giving grand support to.the Victory Loan, and in the aggregate are running neck and neck in total dollar value with the larger contributors. Prospectors, trappers, laborers and people from every walk in life and of every nationality are meeting the canvassers half way and contributing liberally. One out-of-town canvasser reports that in a camp he visited he got 11 subscriptions, practically everyone from the foreman to the Chinese cook taking a bond. In the headquarters office. Third avenue, many are coming in and signing up for bonds without waiting for canvassers to call. The committee under the chairmanship of Mayor A. M. Patterson is sanguine of reaching the total of approximately $200,000 by June 21, and Prince George will have once again proven that her reputation as "the best town in north central British Columbia" is not a mere figure of speech ________o------------- Local Station Will Improve Radio Reception All Programs to be Available Day or Night by Means of Repeater Radio Equipment. In a wire to the Citizen from Ottawa yesterday J. Gray Turgeon. ML.A (Cariboo) states that a step forward in radio facilities for Cariboo is being arranged by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CB.C. proposes to instal repeater stations in Pr. George and at other Oariboo, centres, according toMr. Turgcon. By using the Dominion Government Telegraph wire system from Ashcroft north an all-day radio service of CB.C. programs will bP boosted by the repeater stations so that Al reception of these will be possible at all periods of the day-01 night. In addition to the installation of repeater stations, the C.B.c. is installing a 100-watt short-wave station in Vancouver which will aiso improve daylight reception. Diversified Program For Domininion Day Bathing Beauty Contest One of Highlights Planned for July 1 Celebration—Entries Expected from Surrounding Communities for Wide Range of Track and Field Events. Courtesy Vancouver Sun. Prince George citizens turned out in force last Sunday afternoon to welcome the inaugural flight of the Yukon Southern's new Lockheed Lodestar plane on its arrival at the civic airfield. Among passengers on the plane was Grant McConachie, president of Yukon Southern, show at the left above, chatting with Captain .Sheldon Luck, chief pilot for the company, who was at the controls of the ship. The Yukon Emperor and" its sister ship, Yukon Empress, augment the company's fleet of three twin-engine Barkley Grows and other planes. The fastest commercial planes in the world, the Lodestars will run out of Vancouver and Edmonton for Wlutehorse three times weekly, going north one day and returning the next. The fact that Mr. McConachie and Captain Luck are both over six feet tall gives an idea of the siae of the new skyliner. Mr. McConachie states more people are flying to and from the North than ever before and he looks for exceptionally heavy traffic this summer. Airport Contract Awarded Carter, Halls 8C Aldinger Successful Bidders on Federal Project Near This City. Tenders for the development of Prince George's new federal airport were opened at Ottawa on Tuesday last, and a telegram from J. Gray Turgeon, M. P. for Cariboo, to the Citizen yesterday morning brought the information that Carter, Halls & Aldinger, one of Canada's largest contracting firms, had received the contract for clearing, stumping, grading drainage and construction of trie hard-surfaced runways and taxiways. Although no representative of the comapny is at present in the city as far as could be learned up to press time, it is expected one will arrive on tomorrow's plane. Work will commence as soon as the necessary heavy machinery can be transported from Vancouver. Registered at Prince George Hotel yesterday were S. Gifford, Vancouver, of the federal Trainsport Department, and Mi", and Mis. T. A Tait of Penticton. Mr. Tait is a civil engineer and it is understood he will act on behalf of the Transport Board in carrying out the work. ----------o---------- Ferry Construction Delayed J. W. Miers. district engineer, has been advised tliat delivery of special dimension seasoned coast lumber required for the new Miworth ferry will take about six weeks. Plans were made some time ago and it 's regrettable delay must occur, which, however, is unavoidable. -------------o------------- Annual Meeting Of District "C" Unit of Farmers Minister and Deputy Minister Agriculture to Attend Conference at Fort Fraser. The annual convention of District "C" Farmern' Institute in to be held at Fort Fraser next Wednesday and Thursday, June 17 and 18. ' Hon. K. C. Macdonald, minister of agriculture, and J. B. Munro. deputy minister, will be the chief guest speakers at the gathering. In addition to these, -a representative number of members of various boards of trade, chambers of commerce, and federal and provincial houses of parliament' throughout the district are expected to be present. Farmers' Institute delegates from Chief Lake south to Strathnaver and east and west between McBride and Smithers will be in attendance to take part in the discussion of farmers' problems. Election of officers for the ensuing year will also be one of the highlights on_the agenda. Visits are to be made to the Lejac Indian residential school and possibly other well developed farm properties in the vicinity during the two-day convention. A banquet and dance on Wednesday evening, June 18, will be the closing feature of the gathering. Those desiring to attend and wishing further information should get in touch with R. M. Blackburn, secretary, or J. E. Manning, district agriculturist, at Prince George. All girls, married or single, 17 years of age and over, who aspire to the title of "Miss Prince George" should fill in the entry form for the bathing beauty contest which will be one of the feature attractions of the Dominion Day celebration here. Each entrant will receive a pair of silk stockings and the winner will receive the grand prize of $25 and be crowned "Miss Prince George" at the annual ball in the evening. Special consideration will also be given the other contestants. Entrants will be judged on a basis of contests held elsewhere. All1. entries must be sent in as soon as possible and will be kept strictly con-idential. Entry forms are printed n the Dominion Day sports program being circulated by the committee and in the advertisement of the day's program printed on Page 4 of this issue. The committee lias prepared an. entertaining progrum of sports, in-luding boxing and wrestling bouts, horseshoe pitching, tug-of-war, bicycle races, greasy pole contest, ptu ow fight, novelty races, and a full program of track and field events. The Yukon Southern will have planes on hand to give jitney rides all during July 1. Many new features are being added to the midway attractions which will be on the most elaborate scale yeb attempted in the city. To those who enjoy dancing two have been arranged, one in the Elks Hall on Monday evening, and the celebration will wind up with a grand ball in the Princess ballroom on Tuesday evening. U.S. Army Airmen Here A flight of six U.S. army bombers landed at the civic airfield at noon yesterday to refuel while en route from McChord Field, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska, and remained overnight. Jn command of Major D. W. Titus, the planes carried some 48 airmen. British Drive on Damascus it -it ir ft it Soldiers' Fares Reduced to One-Third ft ft ft ft ft ft ft -ft ft h ncrease in L03 Scale Pes sJ^k/or the month of Rs a slight increase over y. May, 1940, while the *e footage has been seal-May 1941 ...............-... 6,399,005 ¦.................. 18,915 11............. 5,870 ......... 13,654 ......... 513 .-..-».. .71 ed up to this date in 1941 than obtained in 1940 for the comparative period. The figures just released by K D. Greggor. district forester foi Fort George division are as follow*. 1941 May 194° " Total to Date 1940 31,987,645 5,409.841 112.825 31.865 93 258 44,444 47.931 11.982 7,912 2.173 161 31 Bennett Goes to House of Lords ii it ft ft ft it ft it ft it it DAMASCUS, June 12—The Allied columns driving toward Damascus were attacking heavily east of Kissque, ten miles from the city last night and were encountering bitter French resistance. Vichy aviation took an important part in the day's fighting and attacked large British formations. OTTAWA, June 12—An arrangement to reduce railway fares to soldiers, sailors and airmen proceeding on embarkation or annual leave to one-third of the present fares was announced in the House of Commons by Defence Minister Ralston. LONDON, June 12—Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, former prime minister of Canada and lately a resident of England, was yesterday created a viscount by His Majesty the King, taking the title of Lord Bennett. He will take his seat in the House of Lords at once. Total to Date 14.463.134 •54,890 77.196 84.433 4.037 . 65 BRITISH DESTROY AXIS LIBYAN COLUMN CAIRO, June 12—^British Middle East R.A.F. headquarters reported today that British fighter planes destroyed about 300 Axis motor trucks described as mostly "large tankers" in an attack on a convoy between Barce and Derna, Libya. U.S. NAVY SECRETARY WARNS COMMUNISTS WASHINGTON, June 12—Nacy Secretary Knox said today that subversive and Communistic elements using labour union activity as a "cloak to attack American freedom and lib-erty<> from now on will be "prosecuted as enemies of the nation." ROOSEVELT REPORTS LEASE^LEND PROGRESS WASHINGTON, June 12—President Roosevelt, reporting that a little over $75,000,000 of defence materials have been transferred under the lease-lend Jaw!, told United States Con-oress "we'll help Britain to outstrip the Axis in munitions." Victory Loan Movie Shown In addition to the regular show: on Monday and Tuesday evening Manager Levi Graham in co-operation with the Prince George Victorj Loan campaign committee ran a film entitled "Victory Loan 1941." The picture outlined the necessity of raising funds to equip our army, navy and air force, and was highly appreciated by those fortunate to view it. Throughout the picture addresses were delivered by G. W. Spinney, president of the Bank of Montreal; Major-General Crearer, Admiral Nelles and W. D. Matthews. Judge H. E. A. Robertson delivered an address on Tuesday evening before the film was shown. ________o------------- Joseph Thorson Gets Cabinet Rank (Special to the Citizen) OTTAWA, June 12.—Joseph Thorson member for Selkirk. Manitoba, has been appointed Minister of National War Services succeeding Hon. J. L. Gardiner, who retains the agriculture portfolia. Radio, tourist business and films are being transferred to the War Services department. Mr. Thorson's father was born ! in Iceland. -------------o------------ Many Attractive Innovations for Victory Loan Ball Junior Chamber Commerce to Defy "Friday the 13th" Hoodoo Tomorrow Night. The Junior Chamber of Commerce has everything in readiness for the Victorj' Loan 1941 dance to be held in the Princess ballroom tomorrow night, Friday the 13th. "Doc" Ferguson's popular dance band win furnish the music interspersed with items of entertainment by several of the city's favorite artists. Dance music will include many of the old-time war melodies. New and novel ideas In decorating and lighting have been arranged, the outstanding item being a "blackout dance" complete in every detail with realistic .sound effects. There will also be a booth for the sale of Victory bonds, and every person buying a bond or paying their deposit will find that buying a bond on Friday the 13th is one of the luckiest deals they ever made, as they will become honored guests of the J.C.C. and receive a refund of the price of their admission. Refreshments will be served from an air-raid canteen carrying out the theme of the dance—Victory Loan. School Students Aid in Victory Loan Campaign Compose Essays and Draw Posters Stressing Necessity for Canada's War Effort. The local Victory Loan committee headed by Mayor A. M. Patterson sponsored an essay competition and poster contest open to pupils of Baron Byng high school, King George elementary school and the schools of the surrounding district during the past week and judging was completed last Tuesday. One prize consisting of a $5 War Savings Certificate was offered in each class. The subject of the essay competition was "Why Canadians Should Buy Victory Bonds." There was a splendid response from both the Prince George schools. In the high school essay competition, out of a large number of entrants. Miss Georgina Patterson was awarded first prize, second prize going to M3ss Nancy Pitman and third to Walter H. Pettis. In the elementary schools contest Alex. Annan of King George was awarded the $5.00 War Savings Certificate for the best essay; Brian Fisk, also of King George, was placed second, and to Lyle Woodley of Red Pass school went third award. In the poster contest there many excellent examples of the poster art submitted by both high school and public school pupils, all dealing with phases of the war and stressing the necessity of buying Victory Bonds. Miss Marion Boyle was awrded the $5 War Savings Certificate, while second and third awards went to Miss Ariel Carmichael and Miss Marie Guay respectively. In the King George elementarv school poster contest the $5 War Savings Certificate was won by Emma Russman of Cranbrook Mills suburban school, and second prize went to Billy Carmichael and third to Bobby Ewert. both of King George school. Presentation of prizes took place at Duchess Park during the Prince George track and field sports Wednesday afternoon. Mayor A. M. Patterson doing tlie honors. ------------o-------------• Futile Plane Search for Missing Smithers Main Pilot R. Goldie of the Y.S.A.T. Prince George-northern B.C. services, in company with B.C. police constable Frank Cook of Fort St. James, returned Tuesday from a flight into the Chukuehida Lake country in northern B.C. near the headwaters of the Skeena and Sti-kine rivers, after several days search for traces of Ben Nelson, Smithers trapper, who has been missing for the past six weeks. No trace of the missing man was discovered.