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GEORGE CtTIZEN
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central British C
Vol. 23, No. 42
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, October 17, 1940
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WAR
SAVINGS
'CERTIFICATES
be Improved ar Measure
�arty
"Close Inspection and ieeded Improvements.
-~"~~~ field
was a
/transport plane and the outhern Air Transport Co. s Gng" were all warming up bffS at ttie same time, "ukon King" dropped in en om SVhitehorse to Vancou-full load of passengers |f and tooK off as soon as ' was completed and the [il business transacted. (American army's medium lin charge of Captain Over-ad a crew of six men and [route to Fairbanks, Alaska,
\t..... the night here. Oap-
[Iracker. in conversation with reporter, expressed the {that the B.C.-Alaska high-jd be a necessary adjunct [$35,000,000 expenditure the .States government is making | fka on air bases and landing the present time. Ho hope-' >ked forward to an early de-to the actual route to be by the highway, and be-soon as that was settled tould be a further develop-many landing fields along
H.C.AJ. transport plane also L night at the airfield, tak-[shortly after the others, for Rupert. The party consisted C. Dobbin, Lethbridge; , Victoria; L. G. Dickenson, tBay. and Mr. Proctor, air-Wtect for the R.C.AP. facials spent some time in a ction and check of the field in company te A. M. Patterson, and ners Go to Westminster
the conclusion of the fall J on Thursday a general clear-of Prince George jail took [Friday when six prisoners 9rted to New Westminster to in Okalla and the peni-
Prisoners were Taras Kraw-I found guilty of murder and be hanged on January �: Leo Scarff arid Raymond "" found guility of steal->W from the placer property of Co. at Slate Creek, and [sentenced to four months in Whhard labor; Frank Web-1 Joseph Berghamer, convict-stealing 120 gallons of gaso-
C ?fc?er supplies from the Ka Mines, Ltd., near Fort a�d sentenced to two
CANADIANS GUARD NORTH AMERICA'S FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE IN ICELAND
officials in which
found
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Up at
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Guarding the doorway to a continent is the. assignment of Canadian oeuvres with Bren guns and armored carriers. While they hold this north virtually impossible for any ambitious European power. Training their schemes take shape, these soldiers are prepared to make the island's bleak regional director of the Y.M.C.A.. the Canadians are urgently in need of
troops stationed in Iceland, a detachment of whom are shown on man-Atlantic outpost, invasion of Canada and the United States by sea is Runs at the sky. whence the first attack will come if Hitler's grandiose and unfriendly coast more hostile still. According to Charles Box. the magazines, books and indoor games for the long winter nights ahead.
Build Alaska Highway in 1941
RECOMMENDATION BY JOINT DEFENSE BOARD
Canadian Federal Government Expected To Approve Construction at Early Date So Start Can Be Made Early in New Year
OTTAWA, October 16. � Early government approval of the Alaskan highway project through British Columbia was forecast in informed circles here Tuesday, who said they believed a start would be made upon actual construction of the road early in 1941.
The highway scheme was studied by the permanent Canadian - United States joint defense board during its survey of Pacific coast defenses. It was understood authoritatively here Tuesday that the board recommended construction of the highway in its interim report to the Ottawa and Washington governments.
The Canadian cabinet was said in parliamentary circles to be prepared to implement the recommendation
as speedily as possible, o-
Two Golf Cups Won Last Sunday
The Prince George Golf & Country Club ran off two club cup competitions oh Sunday last at the local course. They were the Ewert
Lyon cups. H. Clelland won Ewert Cup with a score of While Bruce Parker captured
and the 144. the
Lyon (handicap) Cup with a score
of 168. The players and their scores in
the 36-faole matches were:
H. Clelland ........ 36 36 38 34�144
H. Pettis .............. 35 38 37 40�150
H. Brown .............. 41 36 39 39�152
H. Pennington .... 35 40 39 38�152
J. James .............. 38 34 44 39�155
F. Shearer........ .. 37 42 40 40�159
R. Anderson ...... 40 41 43 44�168
B. Parker ............ 40 41 42 45�168
E. Newman ........ 46 43 43 41�173
rt George Sawlog Scale For Sept. � Large Gain Over Sept. 1939
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aistrict as re-Forester R. D. for last
five million
species
same period in September
1940 .......... 13,233,264
cords
feet
1,754
2,541
12
19.724
1939 by over seventeen million feet. In all other species scaled a slight falling off is registered, except in cordwood, which shows a gain of over a thousand cords for September and two thousand cords for the year to date.
The details are as follows: Total to Date Sept. Total to Date
1940 . 1939 1939,
57,897,454 8.774.177 40.269,042
158,109 48,075 264.550
6,483 596 4,51<5
118,776 27,955 , 140,606
190 12 191
158,366 43,453 262,185
Up to noon yesterday the membership drive of the local branch of the Red Cross Society had netted a total of $1716.47 with several points | to hear from. Mayor A. M. .Raster-j son. chairman of the campaign ' committee, is highly pleased with j the success of the drive, not only in 'the city proper but in the outlying communities throughout the dis-! trict contiguous to Prince George. ' I The Canadian Red Cross Society has realized $3,755,000 to date in its nation-wide campaign for $5,000,000. Dr. F. W. Rountley, Toronto, the national commissioner, announced recently. Alberta did not begin its campaign until October 14. and the appeals of many towns and cities in other provinces have been delayed to meet local conditions. So far the amount is well over that received during the same period last year. Dr. Routley expressed confidence the
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Today's News
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The news items under this head are received by special wire to the Citizen from British United Press and -will appear each week. These bulletins arrived just before this page went to press this morning ana provide our readers with authentic up-to-the-minute news as gathered by this world-wide organization.
Annual Seed Fair At Prince George On November 22
Association and Individual Growers Preparing Display of Local Grown Crop Seeds.
The central British Columbia annual seed fair held under auspices of the provincial and federal departments of agriculture will open at Prince George on November 22.
The exhibiting of quality seed at the various local and national fairs offers one of the most efficiemt means of advertising the ability of an individual or a district to produce seed of outstanding excellence. Seed raising has bacome a major farm enterprise in central British Columbia, and growers are gradually building up sources of stabilized revenue. In order to bring the outstanding quality of northern-grown seed forcibly to thr attention of the Canadian wholesale seed trade, local seed growers' associations and individual growers plan on preparing and exhibiting at Prince George on November 22 a representative display of various seeds grown for commerce in central British Columbia.
The propect deserves the support of our growers since any success achieved locally and at the larger fairs will undoubtedly benefit everyone through the publicity secured for the district. The provincial department of agriculture will defray the shipping charges on approved e"xhibits to the fair.
Readers should keep a lookout for further announcements and advertisements. Anyone who plans exhibiting should get in touch with the district agriculturist at Prince George or Smitihers.
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CHINESE JUBILANT AS BURMA ROAD OPENS
LASHIO (on Burma Road) Oct. 17 (BUP)�Five thou-sand singing, sweating coolies loaded 2000 dark-grey American trucks today which will start a flow of supplies along China's lifeline of supply at midnight when Britain, defying Japanese anger, reopens the Burma Road. The trucks are being loaded with 100,000 tons of goods accumulated during three months Britain kept the road closed at Japan's demand. The Chinese crews had fuelled the trucks and were ready for the zero hour and prepared to brave the threatened Japanese bombing plane attacks all along the Chinese section of the vital route.
BAD WEATHER HALTED LONDON BOMBING LAST NIGHT LONDON. Oct. 17 (BUP)�German plane formations, balked throughout the night by bad weather, pressed stubbornly toward London today in attempts to resume "hammerkrieg:" raids. Pedestrians scurried for cover as successive air-raid alarms sounded during the morning: as high above thick clouds the drone of motors was heard. During last night German bombs struck two south-east English hospitals, killing a nurse and wounding many patients. Thick, low hanging clouds, mist and a driving1 rain gave Londoners their first real sleep in a week. Air and Home Security ministers said only slight damage and a small number of casualties were caused in last night's raids.
BRITISH AIRMEN INTENSIFY RAIDS ON NAZI BASES LONDON, Oct 17 (BUP)�The Royal Air Force caused extensive fires at German's Kiel naval base and bombed naval docks at Hamburg, Cux-liaven and Bremen during last night. Other Brtish squadrons made concentrated attack on a synthetic oil production plant at Leuna, and scored direct hits on munitions factories and power stations in Saxony. The raids were made despite unfavorable weather. Five planes failed to return.
Cattle Company Makes Shipment
The Frontier Cattle Company shipped 173 head of cattle in six cars from Vanderhoof to Vancouver stockyards last Thursday.
This is the first major shipment from the company's big cattle spread running: west from Batnuni Lake along: the 53rd parallel and bordering the southern boundary of Tweedsmuir Park.
There were 193 head of stock in the drive from Batnuni Lake into Vnnrierhoof. which was handled by six cowboys who were nine days on the trail. The shipment was a mixed lot of Hcrefords. Shorthorns and Polled Angus ranging from yearlings to -eight-year-old steers.
The company is reported to be culling their herds with the inten-tioiv of handling only Hereford type cattle in future.
WARN FRENCH FAMILIES CONCEALING BRITISH SOLDIERS VICHY. Oct. 17 (BUP)�Minister of Agriculture Pierre Caziot used the press and radio today to warn of a whispering campaign against the Petain government and said it was designed to cut French agricultural production. He blamed elements hostile to Petain for circulation a rumor that when harvest time came the government would requisition agricultural production and forbid farmers .to sell crops. The German radio in occupied France warned all French families hiding British soldiers to denounce them to Nazi authorities. The announcement was said to have followed the discovery of many British soldiers who. unable to leave France after the collapse, were hidden in French homes.
RUSSIAN ARTICLE SAYS GERMANS HAVE FAILED MOSCOW, Oct. 17 (BUP)�Red Star, the official organ of the Soviet army, said today that German's air offensive against Britain had failed. The Red Star said not only were the British able to continue to defend themselves, but also were able to effectively carry the battle into Germany. "In spite of experience with surprise attacks on enemy air fields, the German air force has been unable to repeat this experience in England," the Red Star said in today's article.
GERMANS HASTEN CONSTRUCTION BLACK SEA BASE BUCHAREST, Oct 17 (BUP)�Germany was reported today to be accelerating construction of submarines at Galatx, Rumania's big Danube port, and giving special attention to development of Rumania's Black Sea naval base near Constanza. German naval experts are said to be in charge of work at both Constanza and Galatz.
BRITISH NAVY PLAYS HAVOC WITH GERMAN SHIPPING , LONDON, Oct 17 (BUP)�An .Admiralty communique said'today the navy had destroyed a complete German convoy of three supply ships and two escort vessels, and another German vessel of about 7000 tons was hit by three torpedoes.
No American War Materials to Go to Enemy Countries
U.S. Allocates #100,000 for Preliminary Work on St. Lawrence River Power Dam.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. � President Roosevelt Tuesday night moved to prevent vital American war material from falling into the hands of unfriendly powers, and pushed ahead with his drive to solidify the Western Hemisphere's potential defences. He revealed he has:
1. Issued an executive order providing for compilation of a list of war materials sold to foreign pow-rs but not yet delivered, and hence available for possible requisitioning in the preparedness program. He indicated such materials consigned to friendly powers will not' be requisitioned unless they a/e needed in the United StatesT
2. Allocated $100,000 for exploratory borings as a preliminary step towards construction of a power darri on the St. Lawrence River, whose output would be used by botSi the United States and Canada.
Lord Lothian. British ambassador to the United States, left New York for London aboard the Yankee Clipper. Some observers regarded his departure as indicating an easing of the tension in the Par Eastern situation.
Sixty Big Bombers For Great Britain
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.�Today Clarke Eichelberger. national director of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, outlined a five-point programme of additional aid to Great Britain, including supplying the Britons with "flying fortress" bombers.
Eichelberger said the programme for the winter was: Furnishing1 Britain with as many as 60 "flying fortresses" immediately to bomb the munition plants in eastern Germany; permission for training Canadian and British pilots in Texas and California; dispatch of the first month's production of new American tanks to Egypt for service and testing there; extending of all necessary credits to Great Britain and recognition of China* as an ally so assistance in imoney. munitions and aviation may be given beyond that which Great Britain mav need.