An Independent Weekly New en 24: . No. 47 spaper Devoted to the Interests of Central and Northern British Columbia Prince George, B,G, Thursday, November 20, 1941 unter Shot at Isle Pierre #2.00 a.Year rancouver Man Hit Leg by Comrade Ln Miller Talcen for Bear by L. A. Lewis—Right Leg telly Mangled by Shot—Mist Obscured View and Victim Pas Thought Still to be in House as Partner Fired. John Miller, about 40, of 4438 West Thirteenth Avenue, Louver, lies in Prince George Hospital today with a badly Lied right leg, victim of a hunting accident near Isle Pierre [Wednesday morning. He was shot in mistake for a bear by Vence A. Lewis, of 3992 South-West Maine Drive, Van ver, a hunting companion. b- — --.......- -¦ $er Lewis and Ronald Perry, fcljWest Sixteenth Avenue, Van-is arrived at Isle Pierre Satur-I having driven from Vancouver |t week's hunting. T WEATHER stayed at the home of Jack -$ and over the week-end had [hick, though much animal sign sseen.' . '." „ . a.m. Wednesday, Lewis left [house, hoping to find a bear or > before breakfast. He left Mil-land Perry at the house, and stood that neither of them In— i to go out before breakfast. [ He crossed a field and ap- ichcd a willow thicket, and a black object near the .itt. The weather was misty, it he was sure it was a bear. thicket. "He looked exactly like a hear," declared Lewis, "and we knew there were.beans around there." It WOULDN'T Be Nice Most recent story to come out of England is concerned with the address Secretary, of War David Margesson made to some Canadian troops when they landed in the Old Country recently. Mr. Margesson paid the usual compliinents to the "fine body of men" from the Dominion, then waxed a bit sentimental adtout Empire ties. "Some of you/' !he beamed, "may-even marry our fine English girls and have children—little Canadians bom in Old England. Wouldn't that be a nice bond between our countries?" "Bond?" rumbled a subdued and regretful voice from a rear rank, "Hell, no—bigamy. . . ." KILLED OVERSEAS War Weapons Drive Short of Objective Pledges Reach 90 Per cent of1 Goal at End of Four Weeks—Campaign Extended Ten Days to Permit Final Canvass—Committee Hopes to Pile Up- Big Surplus. .ready to fire again, until (beard groans and realized he had Uzm. [IB LEG ll* Miller, who had left the similar errand at The fourth and final week of the War Weapons Drive closed today with Prince George still 10 per cent short of the 'tod,'and the supposed animal amount needed to contribute one Universal Carrier to Can-into the thicket. He wen; ncja>s war effort each montn. to fire again, un'il • ¦:.¦-,-,. , it) ir 1 r It will be extended to the end or next week to permit of the goal being reached, E. F. Little, chairman of the Prince George War Savings Committee, announced today. *»,a omuww cnuiu ,u ....,., However, the canvassers are con-*. ,*Ang occurred, at 7:30 a.m fident they mU reach the total re-| riras hit on the right fie knee. ,' giving him what help hp ! lewis returned to the house, I & quarter-mile away and re-id iith Abery and Perry. They i : their car as near the injured i as possible, bandaged and | his leg and carried him on i |pail cot to the car. RATFOX |Be was driven in to the Prince ^Hospital and Dr. Lyon oyr;-°n his leg Wednesday afuv- is hopod to save the leg if Miller, in Vancouver, has notified of the accident, and jer will -be flown home lat-er this ' if possible. ¦ kffis. interviewed following l«f accident, said, "Thank Cod ¦j *w a poor shot. Think what li*°Uld have felt like if 1 had ¦WDed him. It's bad enoug-h this Iwy." U(stated that MUler was in dark and had evidently been while moving around the quired by the end of next week. 100 PER CENT So far .six local firms have signed up 100 per cent of their employees for the drive. Mr, Little's statement today said: "The fourth week of our drive for War Saving^ convinces us help is still needed to put Prince George over the top. and we will have to carry on to the end of the month. as we have only attained 90'per cent of our objective. "A concerted effort will have to bo made to make our campaign for one Universal Carrier every month a success. "There are, however, several bright spots in the campaign, as the following firms have been signed up 100 per cent during the past week: M. S. Caine Lumber Co., Prinot' George Citizen, VV. .1. Pitman 3Iusio Store. II. II. Douglas & Co.. Lars Strom Planing Mill, Northern Hardware and Furniture (both stores.) -These people are being presented with honor rolls fo> their wonderful that other firms and employers of labor will be signed up before the drive is over." uryluk Committed On lanslaughter Charge McBRIDE, B.C.—The preliminary hearing of the charge against Howard KuryJuk of McBridc.in connection with death of Mike Hutrak Thursday, October 30. took place ¦fore Stipendiary Magistrate D. W. Hay in the Police Court e on Friday. l8^, George Clark acted for the and P. E. Wilson. K.C., re-,. ted Kuityluk, who was not re-i»re but had been * t > but had on th« «oor by Hutrak of husky bull^ Beach testified as to « n of "the deceased man. would not necessarily be any 'severo pain at once, witness said. It was several hours before Hutrak was taken to the hospital, and on the following Tuesday Ae was fully qualified to make t.he statement he h'"' "l.:'|!'' to Mr. Wilson, witness MANSLAUGHTER. Taf-V 8) Perry Returns; House to Meet On December 4 H. G. T. Perry. M.L.A.. returned to Prince George Tuesday from Vancouver, where he was called shortly after the election to meet with other leaders of the Liberal party and plan for the coming session. While in Vancouver, Mr. Perry .strongly supported proposals for a coalition government, a signed article of his in The Vancouver Sun making his sentiments public. Premier T. D. Pattullo's determination to "go it alone," however, appears to have postponed . realization of this 'move until after the Legislature meets, though the defection of all the "strong men" in h.is cabinet indicates that, his future is insecure. Mr. Perry would make no statement of a political nature on his return to Prince George. He brought the information, however, that the session has been called for December 4, and that a Liberal caucus will meet in Victoria on the morning of December 3. Pool Car of Hogs Nets Farmers $1600 The pool car of hogs shipped from tihe Central Interior to Edmonton on Nov. 6, as reported in last week's Citizen,,netted the farmers contributing animals, a total of $1600 for the 88 hogs included. Another car is being shipped today, and a third will be sent on December 4. Farmers from Vander-hoof to Red Pass contribute Japs Jitter on Brink H Mm again M,. —**• ritst admission of a German ridory at Kerch._________ al Australian reinforcements for the British n^M^e ..day. The new tr«»» included teehai- cians and Air Force personnel.________ STOCKIIOLM-Swcdish newspapers reported in dispatches from Ber-(Continued on Page Four) Boy's Hand Mangled By Dynamite Cap Edwin Peterson "Lit Firecracker" Found in Woodshed While on Visit to Grandmother Here^—Loses Several Fingers and Has Narrow Escape from Being Blinded. Edwin Peterson, 13, grandson of Mrs. P. Smaaslet of Eleventh Avenue, lost two fingers and part of the thumb of his left hand last Thursday, when he tried to light a "firecracker" he found in Mrs. Smasslet's woodshed. It was a dynamite cap. < Several fragments of the cap penetrated his face when it exploded, but fortunately missed his eyes, ON HOLIDAY Young Peterson, son of Mrs. E. Peterson, formerly Miss Smaaslet. were on a visit to Mrs. Smaaslet from their, home on the prairies, and had been here about two weeks when the accident occurred. The boy stated later that he had been playing in the woodshed and found the.cap. It was evidently one of the type used with an electric exploder, as 'he said it "had two strings on it." "FIRECRACKER" ¦ He thought it was a firecracker, and when he tried to light it with a match, it exploded. It was possible to save all but the first and second fingers and part of the thumb. \ • --------------'-----O------------------- Truck Rate On Hogs Asked At Old level Woodpecker Farmers Seek Concession from Utilities Commission — Perry Aids. The following open letter from E. J. Down of the Woodpecker Agricultural Association to H. &. Perry, He was rushesd to the hospital at! M.L.A.. reveals tnat the fanners RIFLEMAN HERMAN H. RITTER Member of a famous Western Canadian rifle regiment, Herman H. Rit-ter of Giscome~was the first man ¦from the Prince George district to be killed overseas with the Canadian Army. Here he is .seen while training in Victoria, before going overseas to fall victim to a Nazi bomb, as reported in last week's Citizen. once and attended by Dr. C. Ewert. Although at first it was feared that he might lose his left hand entirely, Duff Takes His Stand On November 15, Premier T. Duff Pattullo of British Columbia decided to "go it alone" in the forthcoming session of the Legislature. He issued the following statement: "Not one of the three parties in the House has a mandate from the people to coalesce. The people elected us as we are, and I believe they expect us to carry on during the war period. "I was elected with the largest group and I think I have the right to expect the co-operation of the two op]>osition parties as well as of the Liberal members in the House under existing war conditions; and I see no reason for changes in party alignment in the Legisature merely because vicious and powerful minority interests wish to accomplish their own purposes." south of Prince George hope to regain the one-cent-a-pound rr.te on hog shipments to Vancouver Dear Mr, Perry—You will remember that at your meeting at Woodpecker you were asked if you could^ help to correct a change which had' been made in the freight rates and which change had the effect of prohibiting further shipments of livestock by truck from the Cariboo As a result of your immediate attention to this matter, the officers of the Public Utilities Commission were notifed by wire from Victoria to take the matter of freight rates up at a meeting. A resolution was passed: "Resolved, that one farmers ask for a rate of $1 per 100 pounds on hogs, with a minimum of 10 hogs; $ 1.20 - per heatr ¦ on sheep, ¦ with a minimum of 15 sheep, and. $1 per 100 pounds on clover seed, with a minimum of 5000 pounds." You will notice that this brings us back i,o where we were before and to where apparently everyone was perfectly satisfied. Including the truckers, the only difference being in the minimum number of head or weights se-t. British Smash Libya Defense "All Depends on Coming Battle; Decision in Matter of Hours" —Churchill LONDON (BUP) Thursday, Nov. 20.—Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons today that a British Army, equal in arms and equipment, including U.S. tanks and planes, to Axis forces, had smashed into Libya on a broad front and gained "positions of marked advantage." "It all depends now on the battle which follows," said Churchill, in explaining that the British offensive was designed to destroy Axis forces under the command of Germany's noted tank leader, General Erwin Rommel. perhaps already The battle, p progress somewhere between the be-seiged British bastion at Tobruk and the coastal town of Derna, may be the biggest in desert history. NAVY AIDS British naval forces are shelling Axis units and communications along the coast and aiding mechanized desert colmuns and the Air Force in the attack. "Our offensive was long and elaborately prepared," Mr. Churchill declared. - "We waited nearly five months in order that our army should be well equipped with all the weapons which have made their mark in this war." , The British were well supplied with U.S. lease-lend equipment which for months has been pouring: into Egypt by way of the Red Sea. The American equipment is known to include the latest type tanks and Maryland Tomahawk and Douglas planes. "We don't know yet whether a trial of strength has yet taken place between heavy armored forces, but it cannot long be delayed," the statement said. The avowed intention of the offensive was to destroy Italian and German forces commanded by Tank Corps Gen. Erwin Rommel. DESTROY ENEMY "The object of the British and Empire offensive is not so much to occupy this and that locality,, but it is the destruction of an army, primarily the armored forces of the enemy," Churchill's statement said. 'This is the first time we have met the Germans at least equally as well armed and equipped." (See LIBYA, Page Eight) Commons End Session The House of Commons adjourned on November 14 after a short session which was chiefly confined to the report of the government on war activities. It will meet again-on January 21, when it will prorogue and open again immediately as a new session. Night Woodwork School to Open The Prince George School Board will open a night school in woodwork as soon as a sufficient number of applicants sign up for the course and suitable nights can be arranged, Mrs. Jessie S. Munro, secretary of the Board, announced Tuesday. The instructor will. be P. Sharpe. Classes will be held in the Con-naught School. An average attendance of 10 persons is necessary to keep the night school in operation. All persons interested are asked to make application to Mr. Sharpe. Board Endorses Council's School Survey Request Trustee Raps The Citizen— Chairman's Letter is Subject of Row at Friday's Meeting. At a session full of minor tiffs, the School Board on last Friday night endorsed the suggestion of the City Council that the Department of Education be asked to sen^ an expert here to survev the existing school situation before plans :or a new school are compleoaJ, There was little or no comment on the Council's acij.i in refusing to endorse the sketch plans sent to% it from the School Board a week previous before the resolution asking the Department to send a capable man here to make the survey^ was passed. CRITICIZES CITIZEN However, immediately afterward. Trustee Mrs. D. Boyle read an extract from a Citizen editorial of . October 30. which stated that, from a practical viewpoint, the Board had approved the plans without proper deliberation, and that the local inspector and principals were not given an opportunity to examine the plans and decide if they were satisfactory and suitable. Mrs. Boyle stated that the editorial was wrong, and that the inspector and principals had seen the plans and approved them. Later in the evening. Inspector H. D. Stafford arrived at the meeting and was questioned by Board members on his opinion of the plans. He stated that he had little opportunity to examine them, and declared that if the Board would give him some basis to go upon — an idea of what the Boao-d was prepared to do in the way of a new school— he would be glad to go into the matter and aid in determining what would be necessary for local requirements. (See SCHOOL BOARD, Pagw Eight) ¦--"