LIBRARY VICTORIA, B. C. n Largest Circulation of Any Semi-Weekly Ne £ per in British Columbia Vol. 36; No 3 Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, January 12, 1953 $4.00 per year" 5^ per copy LABOR CRITICAL OF S. C. GOVERNMENT VANCOUVER, Jan. 12 (CP) — British Columbia Federation of Labor Saturday demanded the Labor Relations Board be retained as a full time board. Sawmills tributary to Prince George marked up a record T*e CCL, organization passed a • .. . lnrO -T . . I i r «¦> a i ,nnj-rr? i . resolution to that effect at its con- product.on year in 1952 with a total cut of 341,608,475 board . vention here just a few minutes feet, or on increase of 11 percent over the 1951 total of after Labor Minister Lyle Wicks Gtf 74% Of Record Output .308, 305, 909 board feet. Production in plants in the Prince George area accounted for 74 per cent of the total cut in the Fort George Forest District which includes the Quesnel and Peace River areas.. Total production in the district of 483,255,289 board feet is just short of the half billion mark and represents another 11 per cent increase and a new all-time production record. Another new record was the production total for November in the entire district which totalled 40,449,554 board feet, or an increase of 53 per cent over November productidn a year ago. Mills tributary to Prince George scaled 20,614,414 board feet in November this year compared with 22,579,289 board feet in the same period in 1951. Both , the Quesnel and Peace River areas set new production marks in 1952. Quesnel operations produced 71,462,12? board feet while Peace River mills scaled an annual cut of 53,917,022 feet. During only two months of :--------------- j had addressed the Federation say- 1952 did production fall below ' ^ a change to a part time Labor that for the same period in the Relations Board, effective Mon-previous.year. ' ! day- was tne The new production marks tfet in the district are said to be the result of fine logging weather during 1952, more modern mill equipment and a fairly firm market. MAYOR SCORES TAX SPLIT FOR CITIES I Prince George is in a unique | and unhappy position in the Valemounl Boy Dies From Bullet Wound sphere of social seciyity and municipal aid tax returns, His Worship Mayor Garvin "Dezell said at the inaugural meeting of the 1953 school board on Friday evening. In a short address he described Prince George as being in the most unfavorable position of any municipality in B.C. in the matter of municipal aid. While other cities offset their costs of education from S.S. and M.A. tax monies and still have some left over, Prince George must put up thousands of dollars over the amount it receives each year from the Provincial Government. "Even in Victoria they recog-the fact we are in a class by A 13-year-old boy died at his family home a short distance east of Valemont on Friday when he ourselves- ne told the board of bwas struck by a bullet from a truces- ;gun'-5ccldemall/-discharged by He saW'that the divisor fig- his 15-year-old brother. , ures used to determlne the S.S. Royal Canadian Mounted Police and M A< ^ 8plit were set m m here said that an inquest held on arbltary fashion and that they Saturday at McBride brought in had not heen amended to keep fv/^m? °f ,ac°Identy J?eath in pace with increased populations, the killing of Howard Raymond H________________1-1------------ Holmin. . I The boys' parents were awav.*3,o3y MHid» Moveo at the time of the shooting. Police state that the death' weapon was in the hands of Conrad Holmin when it was accident-1 ally fired. Details of the accident are still not fully known here. j day, was the answer to how to improve the present set-up. Mr. Wicks said the staff of the board will be reduced and that Labor Relations Board committees in Vancouver and Victoria will be eliminated. The new board will determine its own procedure, he said, and will meet chiefly in Vancouver. The minister, defended $20 a day salary to be paid board members. y "There are still people prepared to serve Canada," he said. The Federation also/passed resolutions demanding^ lower hospital insurance premiums, abolition of co-insurande, and immedi- j ate implementation of BCHIS inquiry committee recommendations. George Home, Federation secretary, charged the Social Credit jjoverriment was elected on a hoax in regard to hospital insurance. Paratroopers Face Robbery Count VANCOUVER, Jan. 12 (CP) — Four paratroopers, on draft to Korea, appeared in police court Saturday on charges of robbing a motorist after he had given them a ride. They were remanded to Tuesday, Charged, are Pfuil JSallinger,, 2L Hamilton; Alyre Cornier, 2tf, Montreal; and Williaik Climie, 27, and James McPhee,L26, both of Halifax. Accused were picked from a parade of 200 soldiers. Lost hone and wagon in Canadian National Express service last week became a memory as "Frank", the veteran dobbin, was retired. The gas age finally caught up with the 18-year-old chestnut gelding as a new truck appeared on the streets of Melfort, Sosk. In the early days of Prince George a wagon and team of horses owned by Rush Transfer was used to make local express deliveries. Tracks took ever in 1920. 'No Blame Attached' New School Board Takes Office Freight Traffic Soars To New Peak On Northern Line With the handling of 43,639 revenue carloads, an all- ^ j^est which^sterteT"iast time record in freight traffic movement over Smithers division! October 28 after John Kowal was of Canadian National Railways was set in 1952, and one rail I killed when two trains collided Coroner's Jury Recommends Clearer Train Orders H re -- Finds Sectionman's Death Was Accidental A 63 year old railroad section worker died here last October 27 as a result of on accident for which nobody was to blame, a six-man coroner's jury found on Thursday after deliberating for almost two hours. The jury brought in a verdict recommending that in future the Canadian National Railways assemble trains so that bunk-cars are at the rear and that train orders be made more clear. The verdict was brought in after a day long continuation of Large Family Mourns Peter I. Arnell, n A 1'amily of eight sons and four daughters was bereaved here hortly after noon on Thursday with the death, of Peter Irwin Arnett, . a resident of Prince eorge for 25 years. Mr. Arnett, who was 73 years of age, collapsed on the street in ront of the CCF Hall, Fourth Avenue, while" walking downtown. He was assisted into a nearby officewhere a doctor later pronounced him dead. / native of Owen Sound, Ont., Mr. Arnett came west in 1913 with his wife and young family, and operated a farm south-east of Regina for 15 years. Coming to Prince George in 1928, he was employed as a logger in district camps until retiring from active work five years ago. He was a member of Loyal Orange Lodge, and while in Saskatchewan served a term as county master of the Orangemen. Surviving are his wife and eight sons, Melville, Laverne, larence, Carl, Harold, Raymond and Kenneth, all of Prince George and Irwin, of Niagara Falls, Ont.; four daughters, Mrs. R. D. Cann and Mrs. Herbert MacMillan of Arcola, Sask.; Mrs. Wesley Go-heen, Houston, and Mrs. Carl Wedemeyer, Prince George. There are 39 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Burial will take place in Prince eorge cemetery Tuesday following services in Knox United Church at 2 p.m. Six sons of the deceased will act as pallbearers. DOMINION BANK OPENS THURSDAY Fifth Canadian bank to be represented in Prince George will open its doors here at 10 a.m. on Thursday a few doors west of the Prince George Hotel on Fifth Avenue. The Dominion Bank of Canada will conduct business here for the next year in temporary quarters recently vacated by Superior Laundry and Dry Cleaners. Manager of the newest branch bank here will be John S. Cava-ghan, who came here from eastern, Canada. ._;,..„,,... ,i. . '"'... .,.,, Working with him when the branch opens will be Mrs. Frances Jarvis and Mrs. Adele Danyliuk. Ultimately the Dominion Bank will be quartered in a large addition to the Prince George Hotel facing on George Street. otfictai^updtbeline^^ Board of Trustees for School - ,. . , , , ^ . .. District Number 57 was officially Prince Rupert the most profitable stretch ot track on the en-sworn in on Friday night by His tire system. Worship Mayor Dezell. Elected again to the chairman- .56? j moved ship of the board was former ™lvL,nd mayor Jack Nicholson. tabtoouna. Taking the oath of allegiance and the oath of a trustee were During the 12-month period 26,-the division stbound. While these loads consisted mostly of forest products from *«,-,,,. ir, *«¦ „. . , j the shipping centres of McBride, Will am Rees, Mr.Nicholson, and ™ ™J Vanderhoof, Burns rura trustee William Buxton Smithers and Terrace,,a All three were returned to the ' number of other commodi- board after their previous terms expired at the end of 1952. Mr. Rees and Mr. Nicholson were returned by acclamation in the city. The board appointed the chairman as a publicity committee of over one for the coming year. ties consisting of frozen fish, pulp, canned salmon and fish oils made up a considerable portion of this heavy traffic. In addition to eastbound loads, d Alaska Gulf Tremor Tickles Continent VANCOUVER, Jan. 12 (CP) The 5,000 empties were moved off the division eastbound, consisting mainly of coal cars, tank cars and other types moving back to be loaded again. Westbound traffic was even more impressive. Records show Gulf of Alaska was named that 5,590 carloads of grain were Sunday night by a Canadian seismologist as the birthplace of an delivered to the Prince elevator, most of which Rupert has al- earthquake which tickled seis- ready been loaded into boats for mographs from California to Mas- export. Grain deliveries continue to be received on the division at* the Dominion Astrophysical Observa- rate of 35 cars daily. Much of this tory at Saanich disputed a Berk- is needed to fill orders for a 1,-eley, Calif., estimate which plac- 350,000-bushel shipment of bared the quake in Mexico's Oaxaca ley to Korea. In addition to grain, records indicate a total of 4,585 carloads sachusetts earlier in the day. W. G. Milne, seismologist at the State. Mercury Dips Tonight Weatherman Warns of other commodities moved west over the division. These consisted largely of heavy shipments of There Is no sign of a break in coal to the Columbia Cellulose Co. the weather. "Continuing very plant at Watson Island, near cold" is the weatherman's fore- Prince Rupert, and consignment cast, with a lew tonight of 30 be- of cement, steel and heavy equip-low, and a high tomorrow of 15 ment for the Kenney Dam project below. south of Vanderhoof. There will be a few clouds These figures do not include today and tomorrow, and a north- the movement of 6,897 carloads y erly wind of 15 miles. of logs from Terrace to Watson Island for Columbia Cellulose. To take care of the heavy volume of eastbound shipments in 1952, of which about 32 per Cause of the collision, the inquest brought out, was misinterpretation of train orders on the part of the five-man crew of Extra 1440 running westwards to work between Hulatt and Van- cent was loaded at Prince George,! derhoof. it was necessary to move about j Three memDers of the work 15,000 empty cars westward from!train.s creWf all of whom were Red Pass Junction. The balance dismissed from the railroad, tes-of the eastbound traffic was mov- tified at the hearing. They said they had examined the orders given to them at Prince George and were convinced by them that Extra 1440 would meet Extra 2496 East at a point between Hulatt and Vanderhoof after 5:30 a.m. on the morning of the collision. The head-on smash took place an hour earlier and resulted from If mam Tw%ff! m. Uauimm ' the crew of Extra 1440 running flGGD lluIllC PiOYIIgQ on orders upon which they were ed in empties returning from unloading grain at Prince Rupert. CNR freight officials state the open winter experienced until the end^of the year greatly aided free movement of this heavy traffic in both directions. Plows Struggle To Highway , and railway snow-plow crews toiled on a round-the-clock schedule over the week-end as heavy snows accompanied by at the inquest. to work after they had arrived at Hulatt. Gerald Garden, conductor of Extra 1440, was the key witness occasional brisk winds threatened to block traffic. He told the packed courtroom 'that he received his orders at Nearly 11 inches of snow has prince George and had checked fallen since Wednesday, and with tnem with the engineer and with temperatures ranging from 5 to 20 degrees below zero, motorists struggled to keep their cars rolling. Several cars were abandoned in downtown Prince Sunday as chainless George wheels bogged down in the soft snow. Some drifting was reported in the vicinity of Woodpecker and Hixon where traffic was delayed on the Quesnel highway. So far this month 18.9 inches of snow have fallen in Prince George, which is 2.8 Inches more than the normal precipitation for the entire month. the other members of his crew. One of the orders he checked against his rule book to make sure of its intent, he said. This order read "Work Extra 1440 at Hulatt care of Cndr Garden. Work Extra 1440 clears Extra 2496 East between Vanderhoof and Hulatt after five thirty." "From this I believed it was impossible for the extra east to leave Vanderhoof before 5:30," the youthful conductor said. Other orders he identified as (See CORONER'S JURY, Page 8) Firs! P.G.E. Freight Due Here Tomorrow First freight train over 'the Pacific Great Eastern extension between Prince George and Quesnel will arrive here around 4 p.m. tomorrow, a rail official declared here today. On board the train will be press representatives, the Hon. Ralph Chetwynd, Minister of Railways, and officials of Kelly Douglas Ltd. and the W. H. Malkin Company, as well as P.G.E. personnel. A welcoming delegation from Prince George will include His Worship Mayor Dezell and other city notables. The train will be hauling a cargo of mixed freight and express and will probably utilize its interchange arrangements with the C.N.R. to come right into the city. Frost Breaks Rails; 32 Cars Off Track Train movements over the Smithers division were curtailed on two consecutive days last week when derailments near Prince George accounted for 32 cars off the track. Both derailments were about 10 miles west of Prince George and both were caused by broken rails. A C.N.R .official said that sudden sub-zero > temperatures last week accounted for the fracture of tracks. No sooner was service resumed over the division after an eight-car derailment near Miworth on Wednesday night, than 24 cars left the rails not far from the same place. Friday's westbound passenger was held up here for nfore than 14 hours while wrecking trains wrestled to get the line back into service. Constable Tells P-TA Of New Traffic Safety Plan The parent's role in teaching children traffic safety was outlined by Constable W. MacLean of the RCMP at the January meeting of Central Fort George P-TA Thursday. Constable MacLean told of a plan of attack on traffic problems, made necessary by the continued growth of the city, whereby parents' would be informed of the instructions given the pupils at school. This will be accomplished, he said, by lectures and showing of films on the subject to parents at P-TA meetings. FAMILIARITY In this way both parents and teachers will become familiar with all aspects of the traffic situation and would then be able to co-operate fully, Constable MacLean pointed out. The constable presented two films on traffic safety. The flrst,-entitled "Safety Patrol" showed the value of school boy patrols. The second film, "Short Stops," explained the operation of- hydraulic brakes and how to obtain the best service from them. This film also explained the relationship between speed and stopping distances. BRIDGE PARTY H. Hewlett, chairman of the entertainment committee, announced there would be a bridge and canasta party In the Central. Fort George School at 8 p.m. or* January 30. Prizes will be offered!, and refreshments will be served* The book prize and pennant for\ attendance of parents was won b£ Mrs. M, Engstrom's class. lift-spite of cold weather the meeting was well attended, and there haW been a further increase in menl-bership.