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An Independent Weekly New.paper Devoted to the Interests of Centr ,   t,, i Northern Bnt.sh Columbia
[29; No. 46.
lice Raid Uncovers  Liquor Cache
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, November 14, 1946
#2.00 a Year
Wife Fined $300, Husband Pleads 'Not Guilty' To Bootlegging Count.
om habitues wistfully eyed of beer,   two bottles of . or four bottles of rye o nd looked disdainfully
ate P. J- Moran by B.C.
Tuesday
'   a sequel of a raid Monda ,on premises at 220 Dominio
br constables Charles Caw
orge Russell. Alf Strom, Ar
"and Ed Rosberg, the latte � in court.                          .
described how five bottles o I were found concealed behln
panel controlled by a sprin he outer side of the wall. Ice were   interrupted in thai. i by knocks on both the fron doors.
gnt-a drink," said one voic
.Iced through the closed fron Const. Rosberg as to wha
nted, the witness recalled |re there but I don't pay any
submitted   L.   D.   McPhee with  keeping   liquor fo i cross-examining Const. Ros
to what occupancy meant entered   a   plea   of "no
[police officer quoted�accused ng declared, upon being tak-
i custodj' at a dance on Mon tit: are the police picking on
| haven't sold any liquor for a
ct examination by Cpl. De-lOonst. Rosberg   stated  tha lhave had the premises under Ttion, noting   a considerable of people going in and ou building on different occa-
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| Juveniles gave testimony re-: a visit paid to the premises ay night.
you want a $10 bottle or $1 one testified he was askec (entering   through    the rear efore leaving with a bottle
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en enthusiasts elected B. C. 3re as charter president Amateur Radio Club on with   Radio   Clerk Jack vice-president,    and B. J. cretary-treasurer. ate advised that quarters in -Kiefer-Ha-ll above CKPG en made available by Cecil manager,   subject to ap-the fire marshal.,  unanimously agreed up-! a working bee on Sunday ' to make the necessary also that code classes for and advanced   amateurs [Instituted possibly the fol-kend.               �
greetings were received �ra Short Wave Club > of affiliation with the B.C. Badi   Association will be
Jbermen Fight fo Tariffs
 a combined dele-en from northern
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Cross-examined by McPhee, the witness voiced uncertainty as to whether accused or Mrs. McPhee had received the money.
An older companion described how they chose the cheaper bottle He expressed doubt as to accused being the man who gave him the bottle, as, he thought at the time the man was clean-shaven, whereas accused has a moustache.
As the last crown witness, Const. Rosberg, was concluding testimony, accused asked for a remand In order to obtain counsel.
Cpl. Norman O. DeWitt, prosecuting, protested the motion. Magistrate Moran granted a remand of eight days without bail, over-ruling protests of accused that he'd be losing time at work.
Mrs. Mary K. McPhee, wife of accused, appeared before His Worship in the forenoon on a charge of keeping liquor for sale Remembrance Day, pleaded guilty and was fined $300 and court costs.
Wire News bullentins
(By Canadian Press)
TRIPLE TRAGEDY AT COAST
VICTORIA�Bodies of John P. Le-mieux, 25, former Canadian Naval rating; his wife, Laura, 23, and two-year old daughter, Carllna May, were found Wednesday In Doncas-ter Cottage and police said it was an apparent case of double murder and suicide. All had been shot through the head and a shotgun was found in the bloodstained bedroom where, the bodies were discovered. Friends said Lemieux had been depressed because of debts. FIGHT DRUG TRAFFIC
VICTORIA�In an effort to com->at drug addiction in B.C., Attorney General Gordon S. Wismer disclosed Wednesday his intention to ask the minister of justice at Ottawa to amend the Narcotics Act to provide for Indeterminate sentences and conditional parole. He proposes that parole be conditional upon addicts not being allowed to return to coastal cities.
WAR INTO BRITAIN
LONDON�Arrest    of    suspected Jewish Stern gang associates as they ried to enter Scotland was disclosed Wednesday and    police maintained redoubled    guard    of    government buildings against    threats    of  the alestine underground to carry the war into Britain.
STORMS CLAIM LIVES
SAN    FRANCISCO�The     death
x)U of pre-winter storms that have
ashed western sections of the Unl-
ed States rose to at least 17 today.
Rain   laden    winds   continued    to
ound   Southern   California   while
Colorado suffered   the    worst bliz-
ard hi years. Fifteen persons are
ead in Colorado and two In Cali-
ornia.
BLACK MARKET RAIDS
FRANKFURT�U.S.  military  po-ce early today raided a Jewish dls- j laced persons camp   at Zeilshcimj
War Boards Aid Sought
A crisis shared with Prince George by other communities in central B.C. is being tackled by dual efforts of the City Council and Board of Trade.
With three-fifths of Prince George's $510,445 building program hamstrung by shortages, emergency measures were resorted to Wednesday night by the City Council.
It decided to make formal application to Wartime Housing Ltd. for at least 50 homes to be built here as soon as possible and for immediate leasing of all Divisional headquarters buildings for a three-year period, coupled with purchase of six army buildings for resale, to veterans as homes.
The emergency shelter scheme will include purchase of the "Other Ranks" quarters in the engineers' compound for demolition" purposes in order to convert plumbing and building materials, for use in the emergency shelters to be leased, as alterations are entailed.
Paving the path of City Council in its move was a telegram sent to J. D. Ritchie of the Emergency Housing Corporation by J. G. Walker, emergency shelter investigator, upon the basis of a study made the past week.
He advocated: 'It is urgent that you expedite this transfer to the city," in detailing the buildings involved by the proposed agreement.
Further assurance was conveyed In a message from Wartime Housing Ltd. outlining the procedure to be followed in asking the company to build here. It stressed in part that the need of veterans "is our basic reason for building."
The two lines of action coincided (See AID SOUGHT, page 7)
Board Seeks To Ease Boom Town Pangs
Four-fold Objectives Developed At Lively Meeting of Busineemen
Board of Trade members rallied Friday to needs of Prince George as a boom town, the 36 present at the dinner meeting in the Shasta Cafe unanimously agreeing upon action toward:
1.  Doubling quotas in virtually every line   of   merchandise and materials governed by edicts of government boards.
2.  Establishing  the local post office" as a higher graded postal centre or having staff increases effected.
3.  Expediting   telephone   service to afford businessmen and citizens   alike   a   better  service than-afforded in recent months.
City Prosecutor Wins Recognition Of Court Chores
Vancouver Plane Damaged in Crash
j Damage approximating $1000 to the undercarriage and centre section of their Aeronca Champion resulted Tuesday afternoon when Jack and Ernie Madill of Vancouver, encountered engine trouble, probably due to icing conditions.
The two Vancouver fliers, who reached here Friday in their newly purchased plane, crash-landed in a group of trees on Dan Gallo's farm upon overshooting the clearing and heading into a bunch of willows.
Neither brother was Injured. They had plans of acquiring a trapline.
Photo by Wally Watt Studio*
IVAN' AASTRUP, nine-year old Grade III pupil of South Fort George, who has ambitions to get into the Mounted Police later In life, got the major Kinsmen-Rotary prize of a bicycle in the Hallowe'en "Shell-Out," by going to different stores about town to collect tickets.
He is. the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Aastrup and attends school in South Fort George.
May Disband City Band
Executive of Prince George City Band is calling a general meeting of bandsmen next Thursday at 8 pjn. in the CCJF. Pali to rr>nf