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VICTORIA, B.C
 An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted tot the Interests of Central and Northern British
Company Captures itfalion Honors at .R. Track Meet
hes Three Ports Ahead 'Company�J. Muelll Is
[idual Champion.
1 000 persons were ;ndaUnceat Mhletic Park fesday afternoon when the 1 of Wales Rangers (AF) ieir field day. Under ideal [ions the events were sptr-contested before a mixed of soldiers and civilians. ompany champions had been Uie previous week, and the card included ail final
jiy, under command of |A Craig, took the battalion mahip trophy by finishing in A Company by three points. il champion, for the meet j Muelli of A Company. nary of taie events will be in next week's
Trapped
iFlames Die
'ancouver
(Special to The Citizen)
>irvER, sept. � (BtJP)� flerly man and women were and burned t*> death, in a Here yesterday.
ctinw were  Florence   Mary 63, and Frank Kelly, 7S. |flames spread so fast through frame house the victims were to  death   before   firemen sli the scene.           "*>�^
Jackson's body ;wa� found in room.   Kelly, who was  trapped in bed. occupant of the house. Golden, escaped with a pet by climbing to the roof and for firemen to raise a ladder
ier Material Army Training ientral B.C.
aver radio  and  newspaper army press liaison officers i Prince George last Friday on of Central British Columbia sr r.iatorlal on soldier train-broadcast and news feature
party, with the exception of t, city editor and columnist Vancouver News-Herald, left by early Saturday train, Jrte to Prince Rupert and the Mainland, On Sunday Mr. lew to Whitehorse with Russ
ers of the party who prd-I west vfere William J. Herbert^ [announcer and head of the
events department of radio
1CBR; Gordon Boot, feature for the Vancouver Daily Prov-Ueut. Loui^. LeBourdals and 1-Ueut. M. M-   Dean,   press
Ciry Cadets
Third in B. C.
Rifle Shoot
Marksmanship of Prince George j Cadet Oorps rifle team won for J Lihe local unit third place in this province in the Dominion inter- I I school rifle competitions for high \ school cadets.
The 10 best targets of 20 were submitted .and averaged 82.
H; R. Penndngton, high school principal, was in. charge of the shoot held in the basement of the old C.OF. Hall.
Native Son rted Missing
. Stanley Lloyd G. Buchanan, * son of Prince George, who d school here before -moving  Vancouver,   was   reported  aft�r air operations ' In   a  list issued this week by the Canadian Air Force. " �i   son! ol M.S. "Scottie" . a   traveller: for   Scott-ate Oo.
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*>8: officers will receive ap-��the i.egton Hall here from ^ on October 9 at* all day
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Sale of Lots Brings $1544
Fifteen lots were �old for a total of $1,54427 by the City Council at its last meeting.
Following are the properties with names of purdhasers and purchase prices: Emll Strochein, Lot 13. Block 28, $71.46; John Mclnnds, tot 21, Biock 175., $101.14; Samuel Henry Senkpiel, Lots 19 and 20, Block 133, $762.05; Lars E. Strom, Loj& 36 and 37. Block 17, $125.76; Daniel Bonder-anko. Lois 9*and 10. Block 50, $105.55; Agnes Edith Clapperton, Lots 1 and 2, Biock 75, $102.10; Aaphonse Pro-vost. Lot, 9. Block 196; $85.39; Edward Klontz. Lot 3, Block 139, $35.80; Archie McLarty. Lots 15 and 16, Block 76, $107.62; C. M. Harrett, Lot 15, Block 55. $47.40.
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PREMIER JOHN HART
Who is visiting Prince George today on a bour through Central British Columbia. He plans to go to Vanderhoof this evening en route to Prinoe Rupert. Premier Hart travelleJ to Quesnel over the P.GJ2. in company with a delegation from the Vancouver Board of Trade, which was studying the physical condition of the railway.
Extend Period For Registering Till October 3
National registration of women born between January 1, 1918, and December 31, 1922, will continue un-till October 3 in the Selective Service Office, Governmerit BuUding.
Approximately 200 have registered so far and there are still a number required to do so.
Inmates of institutions such as 'hospitals and mental hospitals and members of religious orders need not register! Neither do those in posses-elon of either of the two unemployment insurance cards Form 411 or 413 and those wfto ape now employed in ins-unable employment.
rince George, B.C., Thursday, September 24,  1942
Brothers Serving Overseas'
.$2.00 a Year
KELOWNA�The Pc*t-"W*x Rehabilitation Council of B.C. held a hearing in Kelowna recently.
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Two popular young soldiers from South Fort George, Signalmen Leonard and Wilfred Peckham, recently arrived in the British Isles, according to word received by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pecfc-ham. Leonard left the Prince George Hospital staff and Wilfred left The Citizen mechanical department to join the armed -services.
Court Fines Reach $663 for Month as Police Work Mounts
Department Recovers All Stolen Property, Amounting to $577, During July�Major Crime Absent in District
Russian Tanks Drive Foe From Positions In Stalingrad City
Bis Offensive Breaks Through First Line Gerrnan Defences Northwest of Stalingrad; Japs in New Guinea Lashed � ���'--?,.,,.,,;,,..,
Grades hiave yet to be put }n along this northern road which will form the- supply line for the great Alaska Highway.
The highway will be 40 feet wide and hard-surfaced, and will run in a practically straight line.
U.S. Army engineers apparently had no creat trouble with muskeg, which they found to average four feet. This they gouged out, then filled the trenches with. olay. To make fills to carry tiie roadJbed, the engineers pulled down great 'hills with thousands of giant-size trucks and machinery.'
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Alaska Highway Ready December 1
WASHINGTON � Senator A. B. Chandler, Dem., Kentucky,:chairman of a Senate mllibaxy .affairs subcommittee which has just returned from an inspection trip to Alaska, revealed September 1 that the Alaska highway will be completed December 1.
The highway is now about half completed, he said, and by Christmas time supplies for Alaskan outposts will be rolling over the new route.
LOST t$ SEA
SMITHERS�Advice has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Monk-ley, that theix son, A.B. Harry IP. Monkley, 25 years. R.C.N.V.R., was "missing, believed lost at sea."
A Royal Canadian Navy casualty list released at Ottawa showed A3. Monkley as one of the crew of the patrol vessel Raccoon, lost in convoy action. His wife lives at Prince Rupert.
Alberta Starts Work on Road To Boundary
Completing Another Link in Prince George-Peace River Highway System.
I            (Special to The Citizen)
PEACE RIVER, Alta,.�A road outfit, including bulldozers and other machinery of the Alberta department of public works, started work this week on the Alberta, section of the Worsley-Rose Prairie road.      '";
The expenditure of $4,000 on the project this year has been authorized and, according to a statement by District Engineer J. H. Johnston, the work will continue until after the freeze-up.
When this work is completed a road will be available to the Alberta boundary requiring completion or* the British Columbia side of the boundary to provide citizens of B.C. block north of the Peace River with an Improved outlet to railhead and a link in the Peace River-Prince George road system via Hhlay Forks^ MansohpCreek and Vanderhoof..
Hon. W. A. Fallow, minister of public works for Alberta, has stated he will provide a standard highway to the boundary as soon as the British Columbia government provides a standard highway on its side of the boundary.
Earlier Closing
CBC radio stations now close at midnight, but beginning Sunday September 27, the day's broadcasting will end at 11:30 pjn.