PROVINCIAL LIBRARY ie Citizen An Independent Weakly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest. *%. -.tral end Northern British Columbia For Shave; f$ Up Prices .,,. the snip of the Ctesor's and the scrape L blade. Ices effective immediate-Lnts for adult haircuts, [for shaves. get off witn tne old f50 cents fora, haircut.- ^.jCes compare with 65 tlult haircut and 35 ta shave formerly charg- iicing the increased � tar-EV Brown, assistant sec-,ule Barbers' Association echoed the remarks of felt union secretary, that wage (if the barber is 0 a week. Increased bouid bring the wage to lanson, Former deader and Trade kr Dies at 69 was received yesterday leath of Hon. R. B. Han-kitne leader of the Pro-;onservative party in the Commons, and a former of trade and commerce overnment of the late Vis-ennett from 1934 to 1935. bon died in Fredericton, inswick, at the age of 69. leceasecl statesman repre-JYorkSunbury riding in (from 1921 till 1935, being that year, but was re-1935. He was chairman banking and commerce in the Commons in the Bank Act was re-nd the Bank of Canada passed. rs Call Special Ing For Tonight Special meeting of the George Curling Club is held in the Elks* Hall this at 8 p.m. when all rs are asked to attend. meeting has been called iss further plans for the shment of the new rink in the civic centre, ways and means of rais-necessary money for the Prince George, B.C., Thursday, July 15 \ $2.50 a Year R. H. ROBERTSON Recently named superintendent of Kamloops-Jasper division of the C.N.R., succeeding George A. Glay. W. Irvine, M.P., To Speak Monday Night William Irvine; M.P. for Cariboo Federal Division, will address a public meeting in the C.C.F. Hall Monday evening at 8.30 p.m. An outline of the last session of the House of Commons will be given by the member, who will deal with much of the recent legislation and with important current topics. All members of the public are invited to attend and hear Mr. Irvine in his report to his constituents. Harry Ponhak Gets Two Years Sentence In Stabbing Affray Charged with stabbing a woman in the throat, Harry Ponhak last Thursday was sentenced to two years in the B.C. penitentiary when he appeared in court before Judge E. D. Woodburn. after being committed by Magistrate P. J. Moran. The incident, which took place on July 3. was performed with a knife. ' Receiving immediate medical attention, the woman is reported to have recovered fully. Corporal N. DeWitt escorted the assaultant to the penitentiary. $20,000 Addition To Prince George Clinic A $20,000 addition to the Prince George Clinic at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Dominion Street, to be completed next week, will contain some of the most luxurious apartments ever seen here. The addition to the present one storey McArthur Building was begun in October last year by John Mclnnis and one of his problems was to build the roof to the second storey and remove the original roof without inconveniencing doctors and patients. In spite of the wet weather, this difficult feat was accomplished without, in John's words, "a single drop of rain coming through." The three suites, all let, on the .second floor embody the latest in design and color schemes. All electric stoves, Pembroke baths, built in sinks, draining boards and cupboards, steam radiator heat, varnished fir floors which can be waxed, combine with cream-colored walls to provide a housewife's dream of what an apartment should be. Paintwork was done by Bill Peckham with two assistants. They used 40 gallons of paint and varnish in the four to five weeks they have been on the job. Moving into the apartments will be Dr. L. B. Maclaren and Dr. T. Patterson, both of whom have hitherto stayed at the Prince George Hotel, and W. C. Timco, clinic secretary. New cement paving is being laid around the building. N. Vancouver Hospital Administrator to Speak Over CKPG Friday Sponsored by the Prince George and District Hospital Campaign Committee, a radio broadcast will be given over CKPG tomorrow evening at G p.m. by H. F. Garwood, administrator of North Vancouver General Hospital. His topic will be 'T'he Hospital Administrator." Mr. Garwood, who is a well-known authority on hospital administration in British Columbia, has previously held the posts of secretary of St. George's and Alert Bay Hospital, secretary of Zebal-los Hospital and administrator of the Vancouver Children's Hospital. Rail Strike Averted; Men Get 17c Increase Labor Minister Mitchell Announces Compromise Settlement 15 Hours Before Strike Dead-line Had Demanded 35-Cent Increase lAMING MORTAR BOMB AIMS CHILD VICTIMS Boy Badly Burned, Two Children Hurt ?wing Excursion to Old Artillery Range Ernest Baloski in Dangerous Condition rtar bomb picked up by �n the old artillery range with a blinding sheet of njured three children and [caused the death of many * Tabor Creek on Thurs- er>lng last. fnjured are Ernest Baloski, ^brought to Prince -t Hospital in a Gierhardt Furs'nick in the ankle by a ~"t-and Erna Sanoff, left shoulder. Gier-mo whose left ankle is , )Vse left ankle is and bruised is going on 2L nff noff did did bringing her to the to t0 the artillery of berries. r ski and I set out rie�sn, OU1' bicycles to look i afd fi e f a*ed Gier Interviewed in the a brI*ht ob- ground'pIcked to take it back and and got off our bikes. Baloski was showing it to the children When he dropped it. There was an explosion and I don't .-remember much except seeing flames and sparks all around. "I was very frightened.when a piece hit me.'' Gierhardt said that Mrs. Sancff took the two injured boys to her place and then went back to attend to her daughter, who had also been struck in the shoulder. A boy went off on a bike to tell the Neighbors and Gierhardt and Ernest were taken in a car to the hospital at 6.30 in the evening. PHOSPHOROUS BOMB The mortar bomb picked up by the two boys was of the phosphorous type. Gierhardt Furano says it was similar to another found by a neighbor in Tabor Creek not long ago. He said it weighed about 15 pounds. According to Gierhardt there is now no notice on the former artillery range warning trespassers of danger. "The notice was taken away two years ago," he said. Ernest Baloski hovered near, death with bad burns and shock until Monday when the hospital matron announced that he had taken a slight turn for the better. He is, however, still on the danger list. After the accident, the artillery range was inspected by a constable of the provincial police in the company of Charlie East; city engineer. VICTORIA NOTIFIED Application has been made to the authorities in Victoria by Inspector G. Clark that the military make a thorough search and clearance of the area for any ammunition which may remain on the site. Mr. East, city engineer, is of the opinion that the mortar bomb was found' by the boys in an old barn. "I think.somebody picked it up, didn't know what to do with it and just put it there, where the boys found it," he said. The artillery range, covering an area four miles square, is an extensive place to clean up. The military did their best when they handed it back to civilian use, but while fields are easily tackled, half of the land is bush-covered and difficult. The army even had sappers with mine detectors on the job. It is thought by some authorities that the only way to make the area thoroughly safe is to burn off the bush and then search and mine-sweep for stray ammunition. Efforts are being made to induce the army authorities to do this. Just 15 hours before the deadline for. a strike which would have paralyzed the whole of the industrial life of Canada, and would have put out of gear the economic machinery of everyday affairs, Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, minister of labor, announced that the railway companies and the 18 brotherhoods of railway employees had arrived at a settlement. The demands of the railwaymen have resulted in acceptance by them of a 17 cents per hour increase. They had originally asked 35 cents, later reduced to 28. The railway companies had offered 10 cents increase. The settlement was arrived at after a series of conferences between the labor minister and the cabinet Tuesday and Wednesday. It appeared up to yesterday morning that there was little prospect of a settlement, but there were still hopes in the minds of many that the strike would be averted and Canada saved from an excessive hardship which would have spread throughout the Dominion from coast to coast. Consequently Canadian trains, telegraph services, hotels and other departments were operating normally today and Prince George, as did other cities, towns and villages, heaved a heartfelt sigh of relief as it heard the news. At thys same time as the settlement was announced, the railway companies cancelled their embargo on the acceptance of perishable goods, and freight and express services go on without interruption. "It is all right," announced Mr. Mitchell, as he emerged from the cabinet sessions. "There will be no strike." KING THANKS MITCHELL Prime Minister Mackenzie King, in complimenting Labor Minister Mitchell on his achievement in bringing the employers and employees into line, pointed to the gravity of the situation had the strike been allowed to take place. There had been no pressure applied by the government on either parties, Mr. King emphasized, and no dictatorship. What the strike would have meant to the peoole of Canada is left to conjecture, the prime minister said. It was obvious, he added, that the Dominion would have been hit hard. While it was pointed out that Ontario and Quebec would now have suffered so much owing to the excellent roads to the United States, the sparsely-populated country 100 miles north of the border had been almost complete-' ly dependent on the railways. It was stressed by union leaders that in accepting the 17 cencs increase they had settled for less than one-half of the original de-fna'nd of 35 cents. The union spokesmen appeared, however, well pleased. Besides the possibilities of freight rate increase to meet the new rates of pay, there was some hint of government subsidy to take care of the added costs. Prime Minister King said, however, that the government had made "no commitments." John Bracken, Progressive-Conservative leader, declared that the railway employees had won only a temporary gain, as he feared prices would again rise in the costs of living.,. Had the strike taken place. Prince George would have been considerably affect**.*; as this :rom the east would have remained here, Truman Choice Of Democrat Party (By Canadian Press) PHILADELPHIA�U.S. President Harry S. Truman was nominated Wednesday night to be Democratic party candidate, first ballot with a 947V*2-vote majority. His chief opponent, Senator Richard Russell of Georgia, received 26 votes, vyhile Paul V. McNutt of Indiana received half of one vote. The running mate is to be Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky, former Democratic party Senate majority leader, elected by acclamation at the convention. Truman, accepting nomination, said: "Senator Barkley and I will win this election and make the Repub-licans like it." Truman said he was calling Congress back into session July 26. Disallows IWA Strike Vote VANCOUVER � Attorney-Gen eral and Labor Minister Gordon Wismer refused to sanction today an I.W.A. proposed strike vote. Wismer said such a vote woulc be in direct contravention of the pifovincial labor code as there ha; been no government conciliation process in the wage dispute. The union, representing 27,000 B.C. coastal workers, was demanding a 25-cent-hourly wage boost. Jet Planes Cross Atlantic "HALIFAX � Six R.A.F. jet planes landed at Goose Bay, Labrador, Wednesday night, completing the first Atlantic crossing by jet-propelled aircraft. The British jets made the historic flight in three jumps�Scotland to Iceland to Greenland to Goose Bay to continue to Montreal and New York to take part in an air exposition. Striking Seamen Wounded SARNIA, Ont.�Violence was increasing Wednesday in the Seamen's dispute on the Great Lakes. Five members of the striking Canadian Seamen's Union were shot and wounded when they attempted to board a freighter near here. Shot-gun blasts, said to be fired by the captain and chief mate of the Canadian Steamship Line freighter, Lethbridge, struck five as they attempted to. board at Pointedward. Canada Steamships, one of four Great Lakes shipping companies, and the Canadian Seamen's Union, are in dispute over contracts. Two men were seriously injured. The secretary of the Canadian Seamen's Union, T. G. McManus, wired a protest to Prime Minister King, demanding morning's CN.R. V (See STRIKE, Page 8) the immediate arrest "of the captain and mate on charges of attempted murder. STOP PRESS Berlin Situation Grave The Berlin situation is expected to deteriorate rapidly. Mr. Bevin is to see the king, which he does only in grave emergencies. British, U.S. and French representatives are to meet at the Hague on Sunday-A direct approach is to be made to Stalin -by the Three Powers to ease the tension. Irvine Urges Control Restoration to Defeat High Uving Costs Cariboo Member Addresses I.W.A.; Mclnnis Gives Talk The restoration of price control and return of subsidies , where* necessary are the remedies for price inflation, it was suggested by William Irvine. M.P. for the. Cariboo, on July 11, when he spoke before a congregation of some 50 members of the I.W.A., C.I.O. Local' 1-424. at their annual meeting in the C.C.F. Hall. A member of the prices committee during the last session' of he House of Commons, Mr. Irvine gave some pertinent fact? concerning the evidence uncovered by the group. Statistics show, he said, that the �ost of living has risen 60 per :ent in the period from 1939 to> 947. The average weekly wage n Canada, he emphasized further, s $37.00, yet it costs an average amity S50.00 per week for a min-mum standard of living without any extras or luxuries. Corporation profits in 1939 fop he whole of Canada, with taxes leducted, totalled $468,000,000, it was advanced by Mr. Irvine, vhile in 1947, the profits stood at $1,017,000,000. an increase of $549,000,000 over the figures forwarded eight years ago. vThe removal of controls, together with the rise in prices, he said, brought increased profits to a number of large corporations as well. A commission, Mr. Irvine an-lounced, has been appointed in Ottawa to carry on a prices investigation. Bread, it was ascertained by he committee, is two cents higher than necessary, while llVfe cents profit is made on some but- Legion Band to Give Open Air Concert An open-air concert will be given by the Canadian Legion Band on Sunday evening. It will take place in the bandstand in front of the city hall and will commence at 9 p.m. An excellent program has been arranged by the band's director of music. Andy; Man-zinoja, who will conduct.' As this is the first of its kind to be given this season, a large attendance of the public is hoped for so that they will hear the splendid performance of this local musical organization. er sold from storage. The consumption of milk, it was also revealed, has dropped IS per cent after the removal of the subsidy. The rise in external prices, increase in cost of production, and expansion of purchasing power. Mr. Irvine intimated, are some of the causes of rising prices. A standard system of bookkeeping was suggested as a means of curbing the inflation condition. In this manner, he said, excess profits could not be hidden under reserves which are sometimes in excess of original capital. Also addressing the gathering, John Mclnnis, M.L.A. for Fort George constituency, stressed the necessity for consolidating, the ranks of the union in preparation for .more stringent times in the near future. He commented, also, on Bill 39 in the legislature, which, he stated, was not favorable to labor in many ways.