Largest Circulation of Any Semi-Weekly Newspaper in British Columbia izen Vol. 35; No. 91 Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, November 20, 1952 $4.00 SAN \ FRANCISCO \IOS ANGELES SCANDINAVIAN AIRUMES SYSTEM PSOTOMO U; $. WEST COAST SHORT ROUTE TO EUROPE —m WOTOSH) AJICTIC ROUTE ----HtOPOSH) FA« EAST ROUTE — — BUSTING' ROUTES p'^ year per copy Election Date Hint Surfacing Compete Expected At Ottawa-Bridge Deck Opening Postponed One Week OTTAWA, (CP) — The seventh session of Canada's 21st parliament which opened here last week could be the last before a general election. South deck of the Fraser River bridge here will not be The government's legislative' open for seven days, a Provincial Public Works Department program remained a secret until* engineer said this morning, despite the fact that the final the speech from the Throne was i ~ , . , , , . . . . . , delivered at the opening Thurs-j asphalt surface has been completely laid. day, but if other pre-election ses- j Further delay in resuming | sions were a guide it would not i normal traffic over the bridge is contain much that is controver-, being caused by lack of a wheel-sial, but would hold things pleas-1 guard-rail, ing to voters generally. Installation of the rail is under | Possibly no legislation will, be ( way today- but• will not be com-j awaited more eagerly than the I pleted for about a week. ' 1953-54 budget. It may contain aj Even when the barriers: are definite clue as to whether this \ pulled off the approaches to the EaT\y yesterday a giant D6-6B named "Arild Viking," emblazoned with the SAS dragon insignia' of Scandinavian Airlines System, sped down the runway of Los Angeles International Airport on a history-making flight to Denmark over the roof of the world. The big sky-liner landed at Thule, Greenland, this morning after a stop ot. Edmonton, and will arrive at its destination this afternoon, cutting nine hours and'2400 miles from the regular flight schedule between the west coast and Europe. The plane has a crew of 13 and carries 24 specially invited passengers. j is an election session. Finance Minister Abbott j south traffic deck things will not and immediately be back to normal. Quesnel Woodworkers OK Strike Action * Prince George Mill Employees To Ballot Soon Employees of Western Plywood (Cariboo) Ltd. at Quesnel voted 133 to 83 in favor of strike action yesterday in the first government-supervised strike vote held in connection with negotiations for a 1952-53 contract with the International Woodworkers of America. |------------;-----'------_________ ! other cabinet members have hint- Public Works Department of-led that the time for tax- reduc- ficials will then close the north jtions is aproaching. Progressive' deck for a day in order to re-Conservatives have charged that place a section of steel railing the government is postponing tax' which was smashed when a tfact-relief until just before an elec- or and carry-all plunged through tion. • j it earlier this year. The term of the present Parlia-; After this is" finished, both ment, elected June 27, 1949, does decks will be in use, but traffic not expire until Aug. 25, 1954., interruptions along the north Governments, however, usually j side will continue intermittently call an election, dissolving the ! for several days while a Public house, before the full term ex- j Works crew tightens steel expan-pires and there has been specula- j sion_ plates between spans, tion the election will come possibly on Monday, Oct. 5, 1953. A union official said that similar balloting would commence in Prince George district operations threat tc revert to its original 1952-53 contract demands of 10-cents an hour wage increase, the next week and that eventually, 40-hour week, union.shop and employees in every certified plant five paid statutory holidays an- m the area would, get a chance .to vote on strike action. The Quesnel strike vote took place in an orderly manner. Em-ployees tiled into a''booth under the scrutiny of Labor Relations Board officials to cast their bal-lots in secret. Out of 241 em-pioyqes listed, 215 cast ballots. . An l.W.A. statement released ibis morning said that the company has refused to negotiate and Uiat all direct negotiations will be done at Quesnel and not at Vancouver. The union has carried out its. Legion Will Elect S3 Officers Dec. 8 Nominations for a 1953 slate of officers are being received by a nominating committee of Branch 13 of the Canadian Legion, it was announced at an executive meet-in? Dii Monday. Election of officers will take Place at a meeting of the branch "!i Monday, December 8, and president .lack Bond is appealing for a large turnout of members in order that the choice of incoming officers may be represe-n-tjUive of the membership. As in previous years, .ihe Legion will be forwarding Christmas gifts to aged veterans and widows of servicemen who are in "pod. Any person knowing men or women in these categories are a-kod to forward their names and odrlrepsies to the secretary, Canadian Lepion, in order that they may be remembered at the Yule-tide season-; fruaily. Single bright note in the present picture of gloom came in a union statement which-said the l.W.A. "might consider" a contract of longer than one "year's duration. The l.W.A. has not stated whether, on the strength of its Strike, vote majority yesterday, it will institute strike action immediately. . if votes held here •favor strike act inn. use of the strike-weapon will likely be put off until the in-j dustry is in a period of higher production, IAV.A. spokesmen have stated. Work started on the south deck of the Fraser Bridge almost four A few observers forecast a , months ago, and would have been snap election next spring shortly completed ahead of schedule if a before the June 2 coronation of! shortage. .,¦ of creosoted timbers Queen Elizabeth. But indications ' had not arisen, aro that the session will last until > Costing an estimated $65,000, late April or mid-May, giving members a chance to travel to London for the ceremony. Government Doomed If By-election Lost PENTICTON, Nov. 20 (CP) 4-CCF front. : bencher Randolph Harding said'Tuesday ' night if the Social Credit loses the 'Nov. 24 Similkameeni by-election it should resign immediately. The Legislature member for Kaslo-Slocan told a political meeting: "If the Social'Credit loses here it is the end of the Social Credit government in B.C.; physicians and their staffs. If they lose, and if they, believe in democracy, they should resign right away." the replacement of the south traffic deck surface was thought to be about a 30-day job. ¦Contractor on the timber work but not x>n the supply of materials -' was The W. A. McCaffery Excavating Co., Victoria'B.C. City Construction Company Ltd., Vancouver, was awarded the contract for surfacing. The new deck consists of laminated two-by-fours and about three inches of asphalt. Mrs, D. A. RoberM Again Fair Prexy Mrs. D. A. Rouertson was re-elected president of Prince George Agricultural and Industrial Association, in annual meeting at the city hall last night. R. E. Johnston, Miworth farmer, was named vice-president by acclamation. Returned by acclamation for another year was the hard-working secretary, Mrs. R. B. Carter. '" Resignation of T. B. Tobiagen as treasurer, owing to reasons of health, was accepted with regret, and a new treasurer will be named at the first meeting of the new executive. A pleasant feature of the meeting was presentation of the Ross Cup for most points, and Elks cup for best bull in this year's fall fair, to Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Johnston. Wilson shield for best district display was received on behalf of Miworth by Mrs. W. Haws. • Names of. directors elected _and full report of business conducted during the evening will be published in Monday's Citizen. Cost More Than A Million Good Progress Seen On P.G.E. Yards Here .< The million-dollar Prince'George yards of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway ore how better than two-thirds complete and. will contain some of the most 'modern railroading con-' veniences known, a P.G.E. official disclosed this week. Yards here will have a preliminary plaruned capacity of around 300 cars and will contain around five miles of track. An ultra-modern engine-house completely insulated and practically fire-proof is almost complete and a six-unit employee housing development is planned on a plateau overlooking the railroad's Prince George lay-out. Plans for the station here have not yet been finalized, but it will be modern in every respect and resident engineer, P.G.E. tracks here will ,not actually , connect with the C.N.R. 's main linfe. Instead, a C.N.R. spur will project from the south side of the main line just east of the Fraser River Bride, and P.G.E. connections will be made to this: An interchange yard with capacity for close to 300 cars is being constructed by the P:G.E. a short distance east of the bridge now and tracks will likely be laid on it early next spring. Ground Broken For New Medical Centre Building Work got under way here this week on construction of a $40,000 medical building which will have capacity for nine Folk Festival meeting, Prince George Hotel small dining-room, tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Representatives of all national groups ;\ro specially invited, and all interested persons urged to come and bring a friend. Runaway Coast Steamer Returns To Vancouver VANCOUVER, Nov. 20 (CP) — Canadian Pacific Steamships' 'rincess of Nanaimo. which Location of the structure is at Sixth Avenue and Quebec Street. The building is being built by a group of city doctors whose names have not vet been made public. Complete in every detail, the new medical center will contain crashed into Nanahno's water- j nine examining rooms, four con- sulting rooms, an X-ray room, a laboratory, a darkroom, large waiting room, minor surgical Prince George Retailers Set -ChristmasShopping Hours For the convenience of Christmas shoppers, Prince George retail stores will remain open until front Tuesday night, arrived back in Vancouver Wednesday under her own power. The Nanaimo shattered floats j room and a business office, and fishing boats after over-shoot- j It will be 74 feet long, 50 feet ing her pier by 100 yards. Dam-wide and will consist of a finish-age was estimated at $50,000. j ed basement and main floor. -----:------i----------1 Provision has been made in de- I signing the structure for the | eventual addition of a second ,storey. Exterior* of the building will be stucco, glass brick and Roman brick. Work started today on- pouring „, _, ,, . ,. , , footings for'the building, and a Mr. Bell moved a vote ol thanks concerted effort will be made t0 to the outgoing officers. Ralph Moffat, city licence- in- close the building in before severe winter weather starts so eral Government Post Office Building. A novel feature of the design being used in Prince-George for the_ first time will be steam-heating of front steps and entrance in order to prevent the accumulation of snow and ice. will be served by hard-surfaced roa(ls * ' Already installed is a joint •As explained bv R. A. Harlow,-i water system to. serve and be op- 1 erated by t,he P.G.E. and the Dominion Department of Transport. Present angle crossing of the Cariboo- Highway by the P.G.E. line east of the Fraser River Bridge will be eliminated, Mr. Harlow said, and a right-angle crossing .will be laid halfway between the present location and-the bridge approach. At present .trains will bo turned at a "Y" a short distance south of the yards," but tentative plans | have been drawn up for a "balloon" track which would encircle the engine-house and station. Construction of the railroad's . Prince George terminal will likely cost more than a million dollars and has so far entailed moving close to 400.000 cubic yards I of earth and gravel. I From a ravine-cut shelf crowded on one side against the Airport Hill and on the other against the banks of the Fraser river, (See GOOD PROGRESS Page 8) Caine Brothers Buy Six Mile Lake Mill . One of the best known lumber operations' in Prince George area changed hands recently when T. G. "Fred"" Tesluk and J. Alex-androvich, partners in Prince George Sawmills, disposed of their interests to Geoff. Caine and A. J.' "Bill" Caine of Prince George. Located on Lot 7017 at" the j south-east ''corner of Six Mile. Lake, the mill has been in opera-! rion since the early days of the Second World War. Included in the deal was a por-! Injured Lumberman Flown To Vancouver Injured a week ago in a car accident, William Dobson, Prince George lumberman, is in Vancouver today undergoing' treatment by a specialist for a fractured upper vertebra. He" left by plane Tuesday, ac- 9 p.m. on the three shopping days specter,' was introduced to the j lhat~ construction" can continue on ' table' sawmill, planer mill, timber ' companled by Mrs. Dobson. preceding December 24, close at meeting and spoke briefly. ' ' i ~ .,..,. G p.m. Christmas Eve, and re- Aid. William Ferry, represent- open Saturday, December 27. for ing the City Council, reminded the regular business hours. " ... * .. i ., ._.-.. This was decided last night at the annual meeting which follow-. many matters affecting the retail the merchants that the authority of the council in dealing with the interior. If completed according to schedule, the building will be opened ! ely $70,000. in the spring. The structure is so designed limit and 100-acre farm. Carl Wedemeyer, city painter, ...... i that -the lay-out of first floor ed a dinner in Prince George trade is restricted by the Munici- rooms and offices can be dupli-Hotel banquet-room of Associat- pal Act. -. .. j c?ted in tne basement. Initially ed Merchants and Trades of j "The greatest value of our or- ; . Another activity of the Canad-! Prince George. ';m Legion is the Christmas party ' "".....'......'"" hild f°i of war veterans, Recommendations from the executive regarding Christmas ganization lies in the fact that it j an(j rooms for is set up to grapple with licens- j physicians, but the building will contain offices] Purchase price was approximat-1 was the. most seriously injured of the throe men riding in,Mr. Dob-Tho mill has a capacity of about son's car when it plunged off the 25.000 feet daily and employs 25 men. ^Temperatures more in keepin highway 22 miles east of Burns Lake during a blinding snowstorm. He sustained a badly injured back and nine broken ribs. Uvlth the time of year are fore-! and was in. a partially paralyzed &r«^Tin-lwebk shopping hours came from were read by Sunday^after- ] the executive "and were read by told the^ members. J'WeareJ^. nine. four or five; cast by the weather office for to- condition when removed from the the basement I night," when the mercury is ex- overturned car. ing, hours and other problems asjrdupliqatlqn of the main floor will ; peeled to reach 15 degrees—but His condition at Prince George they arise," President Morrison ; increase the capacity to eight or f still al above zero. High tomorrow Hospital today was reported as held .December 21 Until last Secretary Wally, West and ap these kiddies' parties were j proved by the 35 members pres- in the evening, but thfc hosts f°und that many/of their tiny Buests were unable to keep their e.ves Qpen until Kris Kringle ar-¦>ved to distribute candy, pop, .ice cream and a 'take-home .gift. ' Lepi officers have been com- the Remembrance smoker committee for the l manner in which the *™ was conducted. Thanks J?re al*9 extended to .Comrade "'i Hex-on for his able handling ' the parade to the cenotaph on ° morning of Armistice Day. ent. Elmer Nelson was elected president for the 1953 term, succeeding Jack Morrison, who presided at last, night's gathering. Other officers are: William Walker, vice-president; Rollie Manson, secretary; Mrs. Wadeai Trotter, treasurer. The new-executive consists of Jack Morrison, Wally West, I. W. "Bud" Bell, Percy Williams, Gus Lund, Bruce Scholton, Miss Ruby-Douglas, ¦ Jack Goss, Jim McLellan, Fras.er Taggart and Eric Gamble. [should be 35. to co-operate with the council i Site of the new medical center! this afternoon Clouds expected "greatly improved." should be dear Third occupant of the car. Tom te of the ne medical cete p who have recognized that our is on the opposite side of Block ' again tonight, and tomorrow will Dilworth. sustained a dislocated group is the voice of the retail 103 from the proposed new Fed- be mostly clear. trade in this city."-----------------¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ----------:--- George Locke and Mervin W. i Stade of Valley Credits Limited gave a brief history of their firm, w.hich was organized at Chilli- wack and now has many branches j VANCOUVER, Nov. 20 (CP) — throughout the interior of the \ The chairman of British Colum-province and on Vancouver Is-; bia's Liquor Inquiry Board shoulder. Stevens Charges Some B.C. Hotels 'Disgrace' land. They6" outlined various steps charged Wednesday "a substan-taken by credit bureaus in col- j tial number" of hotels in the protecting delinquent accounts and j vince are "a disgrace to the com- the method of repossessing goods on which payments were in ar- rears. munity, existing only to boost liquor consumption." H. H. Stevens was questioning members of the B.C. Hotels Association after presentation of their brief to the board. "I am not condemning you," Mr. Stevens said. "I am just drawing your attention frankly to the situation. Why have such places been allowed to cari'y on? They are not hotels in any sense of the term. Why hasn't your association disowned them? This has been going on for years. Yotf would have to be blind riot to see it." David Kyle, spokesman for th** association, said his group Has been trying to raise the standard* of such hotels.