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PRINCE GEORGE CI1\ZEN
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central British Columbia �
Vol. 23; No. 49
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, December 5, 1940
#2.00 a Year
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SflVINGS
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view of Beautiful Christmas Gift Goods
Merchants Will be Hosts to Citizens of City and Ijstrict on Wednesday Next from 7 to 9 p.m.
VALUABLE ATTENDANCE PRIZES
jy jN PRINCE GEORGE FOR CHRISTMAS"
outstanding slogan of city merchants on December
me 30 stores will be hosts to the public in a �
/not sell �you cannot buy �just
"hristmas Preview between 7 and 9 o'clock on Wed-Inning of next week. A U 1
Prince George Board or lrade and the Junior
best dressed window
ront.
ion to these prizes each
will give an attendance liat in all some thirty odd
be made available which combined total of ap-$60 or $70 in cash and
the Decorated Store antest:
in the city are eligible open Preview
must be stipulated by a it stating "In Competi-
&nd the name of th� win-
�esser.
ne window may be entered, in for three days, In-the 11th December. lighted on th<* evenings
nd 11 until 10 p.tn. must be seasonal-must be at leas! six feet
feet.
[not be arranged by a pro-window dresser.
st prize is $12.00 cash and
prize is $8.00 cash. dges will consist of one of the Board of Trade and of the. Juztfor.'Ohamber who will choose a lady them, and, needless to Incisions shall be final.
in town and district, la prospective buyer or not, I to visit the stores between i of 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. is necessary to have a
chance of winning one of these attendance prizes is to visit the stores participating in the Christmas Preview between the hours of 7 and 9 o'clock on Wednesday evening next, sign your name on a sup of paper and drop it in the ballot box provided by each merchant.
The names of the prize winners will be published in the December 12 issue of the Citizen, and prizes can be picked up from the merchant at any time whether or not you were in the store when the drawing was made.
The Prince George merchants participating in this preview are endeavoring to make Christmas shopping for you a pleasant and convenient task by inviting you to have a peek at the choice collection of holiday merchandise they have put in stock.
Remember�this preview is staged for the sole purpose of enabling you and your family to get advance knowledge of what is for sale in town. There will be no selling, no buying. You just make a note of what appeals to you and place your order next morning while tihe variety of stock is still at a high level.
Just think of the worry you always have in choosing your Christmas gifts. This preview will give you the opportunity to find out just what pleases the children, mother, father, wife, sister, brother, friend or sweetheart. So make up a family party and see the "show," and meet your friends and neighbors amid surroundings of glamorous hoiliday confections and the joyous friendliness of Christmas greetings.
Mayor and Other Civic Officials Up For Election
Terms of Mayor, Three Aldermen and Four School Board Members Expire.
Monday, December 9, is nomination day and Thursday, December 12, is election day and Prince George
G. Turgeon, M.P. Suggests Hew Plan Of War Finance
Member for Cariboo Would Have U.S. Advance Gold to be Returned After War.
A suggestion that the- cost of the Dominion's share in any joint defence works entered into with the U.S. might be covered by a United States gold credit to Canada, to 1
oday's News
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BRITISH LABOR MEMBER APPEALS FOR PEACE
N, Dec 5 (BUP)�The House of Commons by a vote of 341 to .ejected a peace proposal by the Independent Labor Party after % Seal Clement R. Attlee had expressed government opposition, a peace conference to "bring this tragic and devastating to an end" was made by J. McGovem, Independent Labor Party ' of Glasgow. Attlee rejected the proposal, saying "alternatives " country are not war and peace bnt war and what kind of peace,"
will be called on to elect a mayor, | be covered
rhree aldermen and four members to the school board.
The present incumbents of these offices are:
Mayor�A. M. Patterson.
Aldernien-^J. N. Keller, C. C. Reid a,nd H. J. Hocking.
School Board �A. M. Patterson. Frank Clark, J. Roberts and Win. L. Armstrong.
As far as is known at present all of these civic officials are open for nomination for the offices they now occupy, except W. L. Armstrong on the school board, who has been transferred to Prince Rupert and is no longer a resident of the city.
The only likely candidate so far mentioned to the Citizen reporter is Prank Clark, who is willing to qun if an election is necessary or if any of the present' aldermanic incumbents decide not to put their names up for renomination.
If no further nominations are made on Monday next election vail be conceded by acclamation, and the mayor will then automatically serve for another year, and the aldermen for two-year terms.
One member of the school board will be elected for one year and the others for a two-year term.
[Royal air force continues to bomb turin
E. Dec. 5 (BUP)�British planes flew over Switzerland during t and attacked the northern Italy industrial center of Turin, the "Eh Command said today, asserting there had been no damage objectives. The communique said Greek attacks and Italian attacks continued on the Albanian war front with Italy's 9th and my corps bearing the brunt of battle. In East Africa, it was said, niethanized units which attacked an Italian outpost near Tesseru Pulsed with losses on both sides.
RUSHING BACKWARD AT GREAT SPEED "ENS, Dec. 5 (BUP)�Greek armies battled to encircle the entire a* uu ta Albania. today while Greek dive bombing planes ham-1 Italian communications In an effort to prevent stabilization of ?my defence line. A government spokesman said Italian barracks diwTi!1OW the main Italian base in the extreme south, were hit by "? "OTObers. The barracks were said to have been crowded with e th ?rrcmente rushed to the front in an effort to stem the Greek J^t previously had restated in the occupalon of Premcdi and "reek troops to the outskirts of Port Edda and within a few ^Tyrokastron. According to Greek reports, isolated Italian unitsi
Bob McCorkell Opening Lode Mine
R. C McCorkell, who is interested with his brother, Bert, in the opera-
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Increase in B.C. Timber Royalties
Timber royalties on logs cut in the Vancouver forest district, which covers the lower mainland coast and Vancouver Island, and Prince Rupert district, will be increased January 1 under an amendment to the Forest Act brought down in the B.C. legislature by Hon. A. Wells Gray, minister of lands.
In setting up a new schedule the bill wipes out a prospective new royalty scale which was to have gone in effect ten years ago but has been postponed from year to year because of conditions.
By the new scale royalty on grade 1 logs in Vancouver district is increased from $1.35 per thousand feet board measure to $2. On grade 2 it is increased from $1.35 to $1.50, and on grade 3 and ungraded logs the rate is unchanged.
In the Prince Rupert district the royalty on grade 1 is raised from $1.10 to $1.65, on grade 2 from $1.10 to $1.25, while other charges are unchanged at 60 cents.
The bill also makes a small alteration in the royalty on Christmas trees by lumping all trees under 12 feet in the same class at % cent per tree. Previously four-foot trees, eight-foot trees and 12-foot trees paid different royalties.
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High School Students Hold Red Cross Carnival
City Business Houses Donate Valuable Prizes to be Contested for at Elks Hall Saturday Evening�Grand Prize of Five-Dollar War Savings Certificate Will be Drawn.
by allowing Uncle Sam certain percentage of Canada's gold output after peace was signed, was made at Ottawa last Friday by J. Grayj Tur geoni (Liberal, of
Carsiboo). J. Gray Turgeon, M.P. His sugges- (Cariboo)
ted loan
would not bear interest, and since it involved only physical transfer . f gold, he believed it would not be in violation of any United States' neutrality legislation.
Mr. Turgeon did not go into details of his project to use Canada's potential gold production to repay a United States loan of gold. He expressed belief the United States "having gone with us part of the way" would be glad to go the whole distance in providing assistance.
On December 7 the Baron Byngi> high school will present- a supercol-ossal entertainment in the form of a "Penny Carnival." All the proceeds go to the Red Cross. The affair is to be held in the Elks Hall and will be open to the public at 7:30 p.m. The admission charge of 10 cents also gives patrons a chance to win a $5.00 war savings certificate. From there on you can play Bingo, Housey-Housey or the Wheel of Fortune; you can Bomb Berlin and Italy; Hit Hitler and Muss Mussolini.
Prizes are on display in Hughes & Drake's from Wednesday to Saturday.
Besides these attractions there will be jitney dancing, fortune telling in the oldest method in the world by Hu Shee, beautiful Chinese claivoyant; a novelty counter of desirable articles made by the high school Red Cross Club; a fish pond guaranteed nothing fishy); a candy counter which will cater to your sweet tooth, and a hot dog stand which also supplies coffee and lemonade to feed the inner man.
At 10.45 p.m. all prizes which have not been won will be auctioned off, and the winning ticket for the war savings certificate will be drawn by Mayor A. M. Patterson.
As a grand finale, at midnight the Students' Council will officate at the Burning of Hitler.
Local merchants have been very generous in the donation of prizes
Mr. Turgeon was speaking in the address in reply to the speech from the Throne. He said it was true industries largely were being concentrated in central Canada. None had come to his British Columbia riding, but if the concentration were dictated by necessity for speed in production, he was in favor of it.
He pleaded that no one in Canada should do or say anything to lessen enthusiasm of the United States people in their aid to Britain. Unity and co-operation are essential at this time, said Mr. Turgeon.
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FREIGHTER IN DISTRESS AND SENDS SOS. ciehT^1**' 5 (BUP)�Mackay Radio reported today that the h Ati!HJayffelos to ** distress and in need of immediate aid in is � �!C Several hundred miles v*st of England's Bristol Chan- i!1*5 S*ner�l vicinity where German submarines have been shipping during the past three days.
S KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH AT CHICAGO
D; 5 tetTP)�Eight are dead after the crash of a United iri�? ln bad TOJaAher ^ ^�ht within two blocks of the fr�!j\rEl�ht others are in critical condition. The plane had ad fa, v �ffee.
C.N.R. Cafe, 10 sandwiches and cups of coffee.
Bluebird, 10 sandwiches and cups of coffee. Evie's, stockings. Fraser Hardware, 2 pitchers. Douglas, book-ends, bon bon dish. Karl Anderson, $50.00 novelties. Guest's, ash tray, pen and pencil set.
Leith's, cream pitcher, plate. Pitman's, Hohner mouth organ. Baird's, ties. Patterson, ties. Izowsky's, 2 pairs mitts. McKenzie's; handkerchief, ties and socks.
Sam Falvo, ties. Blair's, ties, socks. Mrs. Chapin, shampoo and finger wave.
Maisie, shampoo and finger wave. Vera McGinn, shampoo and finger wave.
Ted Knibb, one hair cut. Mickey Brown, two hair cuts.
Member for Omineca Advocates More Aggressive Land Settlement Policy
Hereunder is reproduced, in part, a speech made in the British Columbia Legislature by M. M. Connelly, M.L.A. (Omineca), on November 18, in which he advocates the adoption by the provincial government of a policy whereby suitable lands in the central interior of British Columbia be set aside for the rehabilitation of our soldier boys when they return to civil life:
Tariff Changes On Non-Essential Luxury Articles
Importation of Autos Practically Banned�Permit Is Needed for Some Imports.
Mr. Speaker, as the hour is late.I will try and be very brief in my address. Lincoln once said. "The world will little know or long remember what we say here." So, Mr. Speaker, in addressing you today I wish to associate myself with former honourable members in regrets in the passing of our former colleague. Mel Bryan of MacKenzie, and sergeant-at-arms Mr. Weston, and at the same time, Mr. Speaker, I wish to welcome to this chamber the honourable new member who was so successful at the bye-election. With his knowledge pi the affairs of his riding and matters in general he will I am sure be an added strength to our government and to the MacKenzie riding.
Mr. Speaker, the otie great question that overshadows everything today is the winning of the war. As there has been so much said by former speakers it is not necessary for me to enlarge on it, and I will only say that the people of Omineca are doing their share in every way possible as they realize no matter where you are located it is up to each one to do his bit. I was very proud indeed to meet several of our Omineca boys here in Victoria serving king and country.
Mr. Speaker, we all know these are the most difficult times the world has ever known. In fact, in a period of 77 days since the start of the war there has been more alterations in this world of ours than in the previous thousand years. So you can see, Mr. Speaker, it would be very difficult for this government or any other government to make proper arrangements for the rehabilitation of our returned men, although I do think we should make all preparations possible, and in doing this I feel that on the land is
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Drastic curtailment of luxury imports, mainly from the U.S., increased excise taxes on domestic and personal conveniences, and reduced customs duties on United Kingdom commodities were among the tariff, changes announced in the House of Commons at Ottawa on Mtondajy last by Hon. J. L. Ilsley, minister of national revenue.
Importation of automobiles from non-sterling countries is to be prohibited.
Excise on lower-priced automobiles is to be increased from 10 to 20 per cent up to a. value of $700.
A 25 per cent excise tax is to be imposed on many electrical and other appliances, including cameras, radios and vacuum cleaners.
A long list of semi non-essential commodities will be imported only by permit on a decreasing scale, including all petroleum products.
No action is taken on the importation of fresh vegetables.