prince C\ti%en An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia 7- wi h M<> tions, he said. theSoutl way fron u.N. tin ps;! ;;¦¦ lion safely in < -draw. as.the <' demanded. ,Cp, — Allied • Communist [Oast-Central three Unit.ec! conferred in M;i!tlie\v, B. i^Ulied com- ¦ move in the : armistice L'uncy report- mlny night in n ithing had .. with Com- [tQ to undue lie said his ,f "wait and VDuld not at- wha) reason isketl for the talks. It was communicate w for instruc- nmarider said rmy is a long ii "where the :ivf the situa-nds and with-munists have y In King Cup Win On 37th Hole Ted Pratt was the winner of I the King Golf Trophy on Saturday; in a replay <>:' the final over i Harry Kennedy, taking the match in the thirty-seventh hole. The two hail played IS holes | to a tie the previous week. Pratt .started out strong Saturday taking the first two holes. They halved the third and Ken-dy then took three in a row to go one up. Pratt took the seventh ; and Kennedy won the ninth to regain the lead. The tenth was halved but Pratt won the next two holes to recapture the lend. Kennedy woa the fourteenth and fifteenth only to see Pratt square the match with a birdie on the sixteenth. They halved tire la?: two holes. On the Nineteenth Pratt was in par, while Kennedy cup with his putt to tiit1 for a rimmei lose the mat Mod;,! gc< Kennedy So en. ires were Pratt 81, WEAKEN Union Officials Say Slump 'Artificial' — Operators Blame U.S. Credit Curbs Inferences by labor officials that the present slump in lumber markets is an artificial recession created by manufacturers as a talking point in forthcoming wage talks were refuted by local lumbermen this "week... Current margin of profit on dry lumber they declare is about $2 to $3 per thousand feet. A cross-section of local lumber operators contacted by a Citizen reporter were unanimous in their opinion that the slum]) was a direct result of American and Canadian credit curbs. As one lumber buyer put it, "The controls were put in effect to make lumber available for defense production by curtailing civilian consumption. The curbs are now doing what they were intended to do, but the defense contracts have not materialized." STOCKPILES He explained that during the intervening period between the reduction of civilian consumption and the anticipated commencement of defense orders, most mills had not cut production and were thus saddled with increased stockpiles. Unloading of these stockpiles at reduced prices in order to acquire operating revenue immediately resulted in a general buyer-resistance.. One mill operator stateuVthat civilian consumers who^ were still in a position tn/use lumber despite the credit" curbs, are now holding back on orders in anticipation of yet lower prices. He said that mills shipping green lumber are making no profit at all, merely getting their money back. Another lumberman said it was becoming increasingly difficult to get rid of green lumber at any price approximating cost. He said that in most cases the cut-back in market prices was not being completely passed back to the bush mills,, While prices in the east have dropped from $12 to $l-r> a thousand feet since spring, prices for rough lumber have dropped only about $10, he added. Rough lumber is now bringing $40 to $45 a thousand compared 500 Picnickers Attend Annual Legion Outing Describ Urge's history ">«>• 'heir uiV( pronged the ol< % f the most success-j a team captained by Johnny Eise-uting in Prince' brenner. 500 ex-service-ami families golf course Sun- Jafternoon for the annual Can- adian Sol £gion picnic. the merrymakers *h had b«in v'Uiout a hitch 2 shone his brightest for and the event, >ostponed from lay due to in- was run otf s groups with frehw"dSKtn lunches^dotted the Picnic 's of children's off. During \ nickers cor Jinks. ]„ Pounds contests were run afternoon the pic-led 50 cases of soft gallons of ice cream, of woiners, 600 rolls, vrere b in the rewarded 5 Pop am addition the con-children's races with chocolate 1 ice cream. chairman of the committee, and Bent aL'l)m Hay were Promi-ne workers, and •mm Wiif V, Frank Bond' Doug Pvoss. th" Jarbe.au and Sandy oftherofrp!llCr bei"g in charSe ^oaci;hll1ent booth- the Auvh¦ .. ™e.re members of Mrs" !>-n r, , Mrs. Halgren, and Mrs. Eve- was won —nry Mer-s nine triumphed over The Legionaires are grateful to CKPG for emergency spot announcements, to Williams Propane Ltd. for the loan of stoves, and to designers and constructors of the women's rest room. 'Citizen' Boosts Subscription Rate Faced with rising newsprint costs and a 100 percent jump in mailing charges, directors of The Citizen Publishers and Printers Ltd., today announced an increase from $3 to $4 in the annual subscription price of The Citizen. The new rates will go into effect at once. There will be no increase in the street sale price of 5 cents. The $1 increase in subscription price is in line with similar moves by other B.C. weeklies in an attempt to combat higher production and distribution costs. U. S. Naval Chief Heart Attack Victim NAPLES, Italy,- July 23 (CP)— Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, 54, United States Chief of Naval Operations, died unexpectedly here Sunday after two heart attacks. He was on a tour of Europe's Atlantic Pact defence area and had planned to leave this afternoon for home. with prices of $50 to $55 a thousand in the spring. A buyer for an eastern firm broke down the overall price on a typical order as follows: Order price Freight Discount. 5rr Cash Discount, 2% Cost Green Total $90.00 $30.00 $ 3.00 $ 1.14 $45.00 $79.14 $90.00 $79.1 1 Gross . Production Net $10!,S6 % 8.oo 2.86 The buyerxleclared that a price of $90 o.n^ary lumber was considered 'worthwhile under the See LUMBER PRICES, Page 7) Man Beaten. Robbed Believed to be the remains of 0 Knutsvik, one of four victims According to police, a'foreign-j of a drowning tragedy at Cluculz born man was beaten and robbed Lake early yesterday in his room at the Mac- was found last October, a body floating on the lake' Donald Hotel, 200 Geprge Street, surface Sunday afternoon. Victim of the attack and owner of a stolen bottle of liquor was Toivo Viisainen. a transient. The find was by Ivor'' Guest only 200 yards from^where Mr. and Mrs. O. Knutsvlk, their 19- Police state that "according to' year-old son.^HTarry, and Art reports received by them, Viisain- BishoP> ^-.Porished in the icy room yesterday water aPfr their sma11 craft overturned. Another passenger, Mrg/E. Johnson, reached shore en went to his room yesterday morning in the company of another man, since identified. Hotel authorities say thev, heard scuffling in the room ami Xone of the other bodies have then saw a man run downline been recovered, stairs and through the lobby. On Vanderhoof police were notified investigation they found Viisain- aml the bo0x Alaska, a coastal strip that/liooks south from Alaska ppoper. Hard Top For First Avc.; Vancouver Firm Gets Job man/irwilfbe"'sunnv\om'o7row,l!icen^ authorizing the sale of beer, to police over the week-end. Police siezed the license for an undisclosed reason following operation of the hotel-beer parlor on Saturday night. Royal Canadian Mounted police officials here stated that they were instructed by wire that the license was no longer in effect after 11:30 p.m. on Saturday and to pick it up. The order came from the B. C. Liquor Control Hospital Insurance Board To Sit Here An informed source close to the B.C. Government disclosed this morning that the Hospital Insurance Inquiry Board will conduct a public healing here on August 1. The Board has been holding sittings at all major points throughout B.C. in an effort to get public ideas on the scheme and spread wider understanding of its accomplishments. It is expected formal announcement of the meeting will come later this week. The public hearing will be held in the Prince George Hotel at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 1. All persons affected by the scheme and all organizations are asked to attend. From here the Board will continue its enquiries in other provincial communities- A contract for paving First Avenue from Quebec Street to the Nechako River bridge has been let by the Provinciol Public Works Deportment to the firm of Williams & Carrothers Ltd., Vancouver contractors currently engaged here in the paving of city streets. Contract price for the 1.2 miles of hard surfacing is about $9,000. Although the First Avenue contract has been awarded, public works officials here state that there has been no authorization for the paving of Victoria Street, the other arterial route through the city. Some time ago the City Council was assured that both routes would be paved this year. Also on the doubtful list of projects for this year, the official stated, is the mooted paving of the Cariboo Highway from the Fraser River Bridge to Prince George Airport. Although E. C. Carson, minis-tor of works, is alleged to have assured a city Board of Trade member that there was no doubt the job would be done this year, no word has been received concerning it by local officials District Engineer Douglas Welsh stated this week that if such a contract were let, there is still time to get the route ready for surfacing before freeze-up begins. He added that a retaining installation in the middle of the airport hill has now reached an advanced stage and should be completed before the end of this month. About 70 sturdy piles have been driven into the outside of the road and will be connected by cross-timbers to prevent another wash-out. Settlement Looms In Iran Oil Dispute TEHRAN. July 23 (CP)—Hopes for a settlement in the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute appeared brighter Sunday night when the Iranian Oil Qommission reported "success is assured" after a meeting with United States Envoy Averell Harriman. Harriman Saturday night presented the commission with a set of proposals as a basis for compromise between the Iranian Government and British interests in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Commission members said last night, "We are in the final stages of negotiations." "If everything goes well at a . further meeting, Mr. Harriman can go home a satisfied man." Board at Victoria. Police state that no reason for the license suspension was given by the board. Nor was there any indication of how long the ban on beer sales at the hotel would be in effect. DAMAGE HIGH AS CARS COLLIDE About S400 damage was suffered by two cars a few miles south of here on Saturday night when a coupe bearing eight people crashed into the rear of a parked and empty sedan. Police are investigating the accident today. They state that no injuries were sustained by the passengers of the moving car. Smart Hurling Fails To Save Loggers From Split Bigelow Chucks Three-Hitter Full Of Errors Smart pitching on the part of big Al Bigelow failed to Death Toll Eight In keep West Lake Loggers on top here early yesterday afternoon San FrancisCO Blaze when the local team dropped the first half of a double-header 4-2 to Quesnel Clippers before taking the second game 7-4. Bigelow allowed only throe spaced hits in the opener but a trio of errors in the sixth inning allowed Clippers to break a 2-2 deadlock and pile in their winning two run margin. Loggers moved into a one run lead in the second inning when Clippers' Nagel walked four batters. Clippers tied the tally in the third when Bigelow walked the second batter and bunt and a single watched a drive him home. Loggers made another bid in the fourth and succeeded in notching their score up by one run off a trio of singles by Maz-urak, Bigelow and Stafford. The local squad, however, started to waver in the fifth and Clippers tied the score when Gail moved to first on an error at short; stole second, and rounded third when pitcher Bigelowr gave second baseman Skalick3r a bad throw. bring in a final run. RAIN i. Threatening skies made a second game look doubtful for a-while but the teams decided that but SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (CP) —At least eight persons were burned to death and 23 injured Sunday in a quickly - spreading dawn blaze that destroyed a four-storey apartment house. Eighteen other persons who lived in the building are missing most are believed to have it wag worth a try due to the been away for the week-end, fact Quesnel would have to repeat their long trip here if the double-header was not completed. Nagle again took the mound for Clippers, while clownish young "Red" Dodd chucked for (See SMART HURLING, Page 7) It was San Francisco's worst blaze since a 1944 fire killed 22. Ten of the injured were firemen fighting the blaze which raced through the 44-year-old tenement-like structure. Damage is estimated at. $40,000. Inga Andersen Here On Visit From N.Y. The girl who has been entertaining the cream of the land in New York's ultra-swank East Side for the past three years is having difficulty finding her way around Prince George. "There's been a terrific change . . . . It's grown so big" says Prince George's famous daughter of showbusiness, Miss Inga An- The fatal sixth frame opened j dersen, here to visit her father when Beckett moved to first on an error at shortstop. Logger Coach Hugh Glazier pulled young Anderson out of the infield and replaced him with Leask. Then Frederick moved on with an error at second base. Kosh-man moved to the plate and was hit by a pitched ball to load the bases, with nobody out. First score of the frame came in after Dagneau- had flied to left field and Williams had laced a grounder which was bobbled by substitute Leask. Al Ray took the count for the second out and then lead- for' a month. Miss Andersen has just finished an engagement at. the Illustrator's Club in New York, where Gloria Swanson entertained a short while before. Other recent engagements have included La Rue Restaurant, recent host to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and the Bouvray Restaurant, famous for its French cuisine. Billed as "one of England's greatest chanteuse," she did a television show with Sarah Churchill, whose famous father she off hitter Kayama singled to I met during the war ("he smokes as much as my Dad"). The singer-actress who entertained in England for 15 years before going to New York, missed her annual visit here last summer when she entertained at the International College of Surgeons Convention in Buenos Aires. As well as enabling her to re-visit her birthplace, the trip was notable for her visit there with Eva Peron whose husband has been the brunt of much unfavorable publicity lately after his banning of the Argentine newspaper "La Prenza." Born in South America and brought up in Prince George, Inga left here in 1930 for Hollywood. She continued to New Y'ork and South Africa before going to London' where she established her reputation as a top recitalist. During the war, she gave 97 shows in North Africa and elsewhere within two miles of the front.