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No.
37
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, September 9, V948
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idance At Fall Fair tats AH Previous Records
Showmen, Businessmen, Visitors Express Great Satisfaction With Results Achieved
PALOMINO HORSE WINS AWARD
Jthough it got away to a showery start, Prince George :-U fair was easily the most successful ever held. This pinion of T. B. Tobiason, Treasurer of the Fall Fair jon The Fair was honored by the visit of James G. j Dominion Minister of Agriculture. More than 2,300 pid for admission on the first day of opening compared
last year
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dines wore marred by tots, but happily neither mere fatal. A little girl's caught in the ferris jaud a woman was burned jstove exploded. In both [cases the two-way radio op-
iG.Gardiner, Dominion ster of agriculture, com-Jai on the splendid array aJgrown flowers in front [platform when he visited �Fall Fair. He prophesied ]lie fair would improve in k few years because of i building.
�province, said Mr. Gar-r,produced only 75 per cent [foodstuffs it consumed. |federal government, realiz-tneed for helping farmers up new land and as-! was being given them. Dgh' disappointed in the )ck show, he said the of animals exhibited |6lr. There was need for � interest in a boy and alf club.
I by the Cariboo Amateur � Club was instrumental in immediate medical at-�for the injured. �Wr was officially opened lH. Patterson, the former d only freeman in th� '� a short address he I
members of the fair IwUrultural society for [Wmliri work in the pr�. He also commended ^ricultural and Indus-lexldbJts.
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Fair Prize Winners
The following were .some of the prize winners at the fair:
For Doc's Radio Clinic display, Miss J. Lockyer, Box 570, Prince George, won a General Electric Kettle.
Jack Van Sqmer, Box 165, Prince George, won a large battery pack.
For Williams' Furniture Store display, Mrs. J. A. Boyd, S23 To-field St., won a Torchiere lamp.
Alleged Murderer To Face Jury
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VA NCOUVER�2 l-year-old Gus-tave Weigner of Dayton. Ohio, arrived here tonight from Pouce Coupe, B.C., under police escort. He will face trial for the murder of a fellow Dayton resident, John McComas. 52. Wiegner was committed to trial at preliminary hearing Tuesday u\ Pouce Coupe. He will be held in Oakalla Prison until trial, date of which is not yet fixed.
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TEL AVIV�The new treasurer of the Jewish Agency Executive las announced a budget of Sl!)2.-000.000. Dr. Israel Goldstein, executive official, said half of tMe budget would be used to bring at least 10,000 immigrants to Israel each month. He said most of the money would be raised in North America.
Rejects French Protest
BERLIN�Russia tonight rejected the French protest at the kidnapping of 19 western Berlin policemen. The protest, made by the deputy French commander here, demanded the release of the 19 Germans snatched at dawn on Wednesday while travelling under a Soviet safe conduct guarantee from the besieged city hall. Witnesses said the trucks evacuating them were ambushed by Soviet-controlled German police backed by Russian troops. The Soviet deputy commander said he told the French command that the n-cident was not the responsibility of the Russian command in Berlin. He said it is a question for Germans to solve through their city government "or other appropriate administration offices."
Fire Dying Down
EDMONTON�Encouraging reports are coming from the Leduc oil fields near here. The flames are said to be lower over Rogue Atlantic number three oil well which has been burning out of hand for the last two days. Officials said they hope the measures to check the fire are finally having some effect.
Violate Denmark
COPENHAGEN�Danish naval authorities said at least 50 Russian planes violated Danish territory In flights off Bornholm Island in the Baltic and one group flew low over a Danish navy unit.
Elect President
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS � Mayor Percy E. George, Victoria, was elected by acclamation as president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities at the convention here. He succeeds Mayor William M. Mott, New Westminster. Council members include Mayor Nora Arnold, Prince Rupert.
Many Jobs Here In Spite Of Coast Lag
Though a recent bulletin by Ar-tur MacNamara, deputy minister of labor, warns Canadians in the eastern provinces that there is a shortage of jobs at the coast, employment is still available in the Prince George district.
Officials at the employment office state that there is no danger of unemployment in Prince George at the present time.
Mr. MacNamara made his warning in issuing a report on the unemployment situation in the Pacific region. The report showed that there were 17,183 unplaced applicants registered with the employment service and only 4,337 infilled vacancies.
P. G. Delegates At Municipal Talks
The Central B.C. Municipal Convention met in Vanderhoof September 3. The convention was formed three years ago in order that the cities and towns along the Prince George and Prince Rupert line could have a chance to get together on their local problems and thereby be in a better position to take1 up their problems jointly at the provincial municipal convention.
Delegates attending the convention were Aldermen F. Hale, H. Assman and G. Hadden from Prince George, Mayor N. Arnold and W. Thain of Prince Rupert, G. White from Burns Lake, ,T. Haugland, Terrace delegate, R. C. Steele from Vanderhoof and Stin Gould, representing Smithers. New officers were elected with . Gould, president; R. C. Steeie as vice-president, arid W. Thain j re-elected as secretary-treasurer. Mayor Arnold suggested that :he organization meet twice a year,
nice in June and once just before the provincial municipal convention.
The convention was opened by President J. Haugland. Sixty-three resolutions were dealt with and members felt that much good had been gained from the various discussions.
The convention adjourned at 3.30 p.m. after which a drive through the farming area, arranged by the Vanderhoof commissioners, was enjoyed by all. This was followed by a banquet in the derhoof Hotel.
Loggers-Operators Meet On Wage Talks
The conciliation board which wil adjudicate on the wage dispute be tween lumbermen (I.W.A.) and the logging operators began its hear ings at the Canadian Legion Hal on Tuesday.
Chairman of the board is W-T. Moodie, with J. C. Munro as employers' representative. Present for the I.W.A. were Bob Range, business agent and Bert Melsness, international member. Witnesses put up by the union: to substantiate the claim for a wage increase were C. H. Webb John A. Bailey, John Codoruk Mike Tadich and Ross Ketter.
Present for the employers were: Cecil Clare, Upper Fraser Saw mills, W. Dobson, president Prince George Planing Mills; R McGUlivray, Standard Tie and Timber Western) Ltd.; Hans Rojne, Roiiic- Planing Mills: I. Mo-Queen, vice-president, Western Plywood, Quesnel; Clint Geddes, Geddes Lumber & Contractors Ltd.; W. B. Irvine. Sinclair Mills; Martin Caine, Caine Lumber Co.; J. H. Ruddock, industrial relations officer, Vancouver; Pat Robertson, secretary-treasurer; A. Bragg, and H. J. Paisley.
The I.W.A. bases its wage Increase demands on the increase \n the cost of living, the increase in prices of lumber and timber products allegedly received by operators, their allegedly increased profits and the increased productivity of the industry.
Tuesday's proceeding were devoted to the hearing of I.W.A. witnesses. On Wednesday these witnesses were cross-examined by the operators.
Operators* witnesses were then called and after giving their evidence, were cross-examined by I.W.A. representatives.
The board was still sitting at press time.
The board should complete its proceedings as regards witnesses
today. Summaries of evidence by both sides will be heard at a later date in Vancouver.
W. T. Moodie, the chairman, will hold sittings in Nelson, September 15, and Kelowna, September 21.
Mr. Ruddock of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association would make no statement to the Citizen representative as to the probable outcome of the meeting.
Corporal Norman DeWitt has returned from his vacation in the east.
Dire Financial Straits Are Revealed at Meeting
Bank Refuses To Extend Overdraft
Prince George Hospital is in grave danger of having to close up. This crisis in the hospital's affairs was revealed by Clive Hoskins, Secretary Treasurer at a meeting of the Hospital Drive Publicity Committee on Monday night.
"Unless further local financial
aid is forthcoming, I do not see how we can continue for more than another three weeks," said Mr. Hoskins.
Members of the Hospital Drive Committee attending the meeting were Gordon Nicol of W.M. Motors; E. Straw, committee secretary-treasurer; Alec Moffat, Mrs. Bernice Knight. Mrs. S. A. Cuu-liff. Hob Range of the I.W.A., E. C. Jones, A. T. Cross of the Bank Montreal. C. H. Hoskins and Harry G'regson, editor of "The .'itizen." >