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Prince George Citizen
ndependent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central and Northern British Columbia
WEEK'S WEATHER FORECAST-  Gentra mi Warm, Light Wind,. Coo!   "
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, August 14,  1941
#2.00 a Year
in Runway Surfacing Under Way
ic Machines Speed .construction at Airport
lay Use New Landing Fielcl by Mid-November�
idle Largest Aircraft in Existence�Work Will be
te at Year-End if Weather Remains Favorable.
�Lonth after work began on the new Prince George) jtree miles east of the city, rapid progress has resulted \ Ition of the north-south  runway to a point where
already under way. hty-two   railroad carloads   of  equipment  and   more
men are now being employed by the contractors, (alls. Aldinger,   Ltd.,  on  the big project.
to Major F. D. Gifford,^>
of Transport engineer
 construction at both
e and  Smithers   air-
k-ork   is   being   pushed
unusual speed.
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of the main runways. tig, is already covered for ndred yards with the Stabilized gravel surface, ps of pieces of  massive
Flower Show Includes Many Beautiful Blooms
Exhibition is Mass of Color and Perfume as Horticultur-,  al   Society   Holds   Display.
Rows of splendid blossoms filled the ballroom of the Prince George Hotel Tuesday afternoon and evening as citizens of Prince George attended the annual flower show of the city's Horticultural Society. . Although quantity of the exhibits was not as large as usual, owing to the unfavorable weather conditions this year, some magnificent blooms were entered. Gladioli, sweet peas, giant zinnias,
are completing the south
and compacting of the
considerable stretch of st-southwest main run-i ready for surfacing.
cleared for and some dy done on the east-�unway joining the two jays at the south end of
he airport began July 10, clearing1 otf .the |te, chiefly by means of 1 bull-dozers. Burning of I large dahlias and a number of spec-
Itimber removing is still
brought   in   by  the dor  the  job includes
tftors,
 mhe-yar<*
io scrapers, one ele-Itr, and a  number  of
tacular bouquets and bowl arrangements caught the eye particularly at first glance, while the perfume of the many less showv, varieties pervaded the room.
Most striking of the exhibits, perhaps,  were  the beautiful spikes of
a   screening'   and    gladiolus   arranged   in   one   corner
int  powered   by   a   35-
tr boiler, sheepsf oot and
el rollers, water-trucks
AIRPORT, Page 5)
with salmon shades most numerous Some particularly fine specimens were shown.
A series of outstanding single varieties of various flowers on small tables at the rear of the room gave evidence of the perfection which can
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[McDevitt, Tipperary-bom ' be achieved by careful gardening, ton newspaperman, and      One exhibit which drew much at-of the Wells Chronicle , tent ion  was a   basket of phlox  of variegated shades exhibited by Mrs. (See FLOWER SHOW. Page 4)
was chosen at Con-andidate for the Cariboo he coming provincial elec-clnsed nominating  con-at Williams Lake last I
evitt's Liberal opponent) en at a convention to be j
fe same centre this coming j Louis   LeBourdais.   the
jemb?r. will seek re-nom-
field Offer \dly Not )
to the Cariboo Ob-jlast Issue, citteens oi the |�f Quesnel now look up-City of Prince  George Je and gratitude as befits pents of a princely gift, their gratitude is some-xed with perplexity. Pears that our own Mayor recently felt his bosom waistcoat   expanding pwonted generosity.   Per-the effect of   the
f rate, he felt impelled to his impulse, and forth-
sPitched to Quesnel by ty's Mails a "free gratis" � George's second-�rt�when the new one
ilon of two airports by a !
size of Prince, George,
he Mayor, would be lit-.
.�.f  rank   ostentation,
�'� not even � a �- �� �i �i � small ohei * �': '7ere welcome to Prince 'second best.
�% one string to will 'have to 30 days after with it. And the strictly Up to Qu^nei.
Leary Will Inspect Highways Here
Hon. C. S. Leary. provincial minister of public works, has telegraphed H. G. Perry. M.L.A., in response to Uie latter's invitation to visit the district, stating ho will arrive Monday afternoon at Prince George on an inspection tour of highways.
He will be accompanied by Arthur Dixon. chief engineer and deputy minister, who was engineer for this district from 1917 to 1928.
The party will inspect the liiffh-way to Hansard on Tuesday and catch  the evening train  at  sonic point for McBride:  They will motor  from  McBride  to  Valemount and Red Pass, if time permits, returning to Prince Georffc by train Wednesday evening. No public meetings are proposed. The minister  is expected to make final arrangements for the highway work on the northern tiv.nsprovm-cial highway which was ptaniied to be undertaken this year an: which has been delayed owing to tiie contractors having their machinery in use to the west of this district. ________o------------
Many Enlist at Williams Lake
The Prince George Recruiting De-not was inactive Wednesday to Ma-
centre for
A   Podkyaailo and I Prince   George:    K Chief Lake, and W. H. slioe.
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Mane Crashes at Telegraph Creek, 'assengers Safe
A light Culver Cadet plane, pilot-d by P. J. Baker, from the midwest United States, and carrying his rother as passenger, crashed in anding at Telegraph Creek Sunday. The plane was totally demolished, nly some of the instruments being aved, but neither of the brothers vas injured.
They had stayed in Prince George vernight before leaving for the �forth.
Wednesday   inquiries   were   made lere by police and press agencies as to the wherabouts of Caroline Iver-on of Wanwatosa., Wisconsin, and Eugene E. Damrow, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, who left here Sunday in light Taylorcraft plane, bound for 'airbanks,   and   were   since   unre-ported.
They  were   located  at Telegraph Creek, where they had been Held up by bad weather. At 5:30 Wednesday hey took off on their interrupted ourney to Fairbanks.
NEW WESTMINSTER�At 3 p.m. Labor Day, September 1, Hon. A. Wells Gray will cut loose a 200-pound steel barrel on a skidway leading into the swirling water of the Fraser at Lytton and the great Fraser River Sweepstake will be on.
Tickets will be held entitling their purchasers to an estimate of the time the barrel takes to float the 161 miles downstream to the Pattullo Bridge at New Westminster, and there will be a $500 cash prize for the closest figure.
The barrel will carry painted on its sides the name of the Queen's Canadian Fund for air raid victims, which will benefit from the proceeds. The barrel sweep�which last year aided the Air Supremacy Drive�is being sponsore d by t he New Westminster Rotary Club.
Last year's time was 70 hours, 37 minutes and 7 seconds, but the keg spent 19 hours of that time hung up on a sand-bar at Cheam View.
D. Ross Injured In Yard Accident
David Ross, well known C.N.R. conductor of this city, was seriously injured at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the C.N.R. yards.
Mr. Ross was uncoupling the steam line on a passenger coach at the time. Unfortunately, the pressure was not completely turned off and the heavy hose, terminating in a massive iron coupling, blew back toward him as the coupling parted, and he was struck in the left groin. There was approximately 70 pounds pressure on the line at the time.
The blow resulted in severe internal injury, and Dr. E. J. Lyon was forced to operate Wednesday morning. Shortly after the operation Mr. Ross was progressing favorably, though naturally not entirely out of danger.
Council Nets $2400 in Property Sales Monday
City Will Attempt to Have Daylight Saving Put on a District Basis�Consider Purchase of Oil to Pave George Street and Patricia Avenue�Engineer's Salary Discussed.
Seven city properties were sold by the City Council fo a total of $2431.80 at the regular Council meeting in the Cits
Hall Monday night.
The Council also decided to prepare a resolution in favor of district
option on daylight saving time, to be circulated   to   all British   Columbia municipalities  preparatory to  presentation to the Union of B.C. Municipalities   convention    at    Harrison Lake on September 23 and 24. OS CRESCENT Top price for properties disposed
Peace Aims Defined as Roosevelt, Churchill _ Meet in North Atlantic
Disarmament of Nazi Power First Step to World Order of Peace, Freedom and Security-No Territorial Chanses Without Free Consent of the Peoples Involved.
BRITISH UNITED PRESS � AUG. 14
(Special to The Citizen)
WASHINGTON�The White House announced today .Hrhat Roosevelt and Churchill had met on the high seas and agreed on a joint Unted States-British declaration of peace terms "after final destruction of Nazi tyranny." The White House statement confirmed officially for the first time that the two leaders had met at sea and held several conferences. The exact meeting place was undisclosed.
Roosevelt and Churchill were accompanied by ranking military, navaPand air advisers.
Lord Beaverbrook was one of the British conferees and is proceeding to Washington for further talks on American war aid for Britain and Russia.
The joint declaration of policy embodied eight separate
points, including disarmament of the Axis powers after the war.
On the immedaite business of the  "-- "��'�--* �-*�-- ----- -.... ,,---- __
prosecution of the war "the whole problem of the supply of munitions of war, as provided by the Lease-
Lend Act for the armed forces of
the United States and for those nations actively engaged in resisting aggression." was further examined at the historic meeting on the seas. (See LEADERS MEET, Page 8)
'of was $1225. bid by Mrs. J. C. Mc-Kenzie  for  the  former  Art   G-agne house  on Eighth Avenue, including Lot 22 and the west half of Lot 21 in  Block   179.   Other   bids  on  this property ranged from $850 to $1116 On McBride Crescent, T. C. Tes-luk bought Lots 34 and 35, Block 115, for S103.30, and C. Neronovies Lots 37 and 38. Block 118, for S145. The   P.G.E.   Stages   successfully tendered S810 for the property on George Street now occupied by the Arnett Tin-Shop.
Mrs. L. Bontez' bid of S148.50 for Lot 13, Block 148, was accepted. Decision to circularize all British Columbia municipalities  was  taken when Alderman C. C. Reid, membei (See CITY COUNCIL, Page 5)
$418 Beaver Pelt
Teddy Pappas, who many year? ago was a large trader in raw furs in Prince George and still retains connections here, bid $478 for a single beaver skin at the Little Bros. raw fur action sale recently in Vancouver. Trappers need not get excited�the occasion was an auction on behalf of the Spitfire Fund. Mr. Pappas has been a prominent worker in Vancouver for war relief measures. He now owns one of the finest fur shops in Canada on Granville Street, Vancouver.
INDIAN CEMETERY NOW RESTORED
Restoration of the historic Indian cemetery at South Fort George was completed this week as far as the ravages of time have left it possible to do.
The Indian Department, inspired by the urgings of the Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce, has fenced in the old burial ground and restored, the old headstones, inscribed in the Indian alphabet composed by the pioneer priest. Father Morice, key to which is now lost.
Safe Robbed of 160 at LeJac Indian School
The safe at the Indian Residential School at Jejac was robbed of $167 at some oeriod between Auenis+ 1 and 11, it was discovered at ttie northern centre last Monday, according to police reports here.
Constable Frank Cook of Fort St. James was called to the scene of the crime at once,, and investigation revealed that two juveniles were responsible for the robbery.
The money was recovered and the culprits are being held for juvenile court. ESCAPER
Constable K. Parker of V3tuler-hoof took two prisoners south to Okalla Jail by plane Tuesday.
"One of these was the notorious escaper, John Zelepuza. who recently broke out of both Prince George and Vanderhoof jaiLs. being at liberty near this city for one day before his recapture,
The other was a Fort St. James Indian. Fred Charlie.
It was considered that Zelepuza would have less cr.ance of escaping if he jumped from bhe plane than
 he should manage to get away on a train. ASSAULTS
W. J. A. Fraser was brought to the city Tuesday by Provincial Constable J. C. Clarke and Constable Ward of the R.C.M.P. from Burns Lake to serve 30 days for not being able to produce a registration, card.
For resisting an officer, Axel Peterson was fined $50 and costs this week. The charge arose from a free-for-all in the C.N.R. Cafe Saturday night when Peterson, under the influence of liquor, decided he could slap down Constable W. Smith.
He couldn't.
Another fracas in the same restaurant Tuesday night resulted in the conviction of David H. Jones of an assault on John Harstad, for which he paid $10 and costs and was bound over to keep the peace for three months.
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Alberta May Refund Bonds
Prince George City is much interested in a meeting between the Government of Alberta and private bondholders held in Edmonton last Friday, at which the refunding of the provincial debt of S147.000.000 was discussed.
Prince George holds $24,000 in Alberta bonds in* its sinking fund. Principal on the bonds has been defaulted and the Alberta government now only pays one-half the specif eid interest.
A joint committee of the government and the bondhodlers will be set up to consider the refunding problem.
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All parents or guardians having beginners starting school in September should register the name, and age of the child with the secretary of the School Board as soon as possible. Pupils from outside points wishing to attend the High School should communicate with the secretary before school opens.