B.C. X BLAZES Kffl> I fires kept city i*1*0 !S? on their toes over less than total sirens wail-"sunday morning Z'was reported in a at Athletic Park. Fire-p,i the blaze promptly s^l building containing ' as demolished. last night the Its was i- n m lit si ���e**" ----- 9 ,in en the night air ;agh?firenientotheCom ,�f�7Fourth Avenue Prince George Citizen An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia Vol. 34; No. 35 . Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, May 7/1951 $3.00 per year 5^ per copy pile of waste paper be-and Malkln's xlshed at the rear rf Laundry, iW inira .. destroyed by flames before fire- extinguish t^^ � are investigating tl^e tic Park blaze, js believed the latter fire five been caused by trans-using the building to sleep LIES IMPROVE tEAN POSITIONS 0, May 7 (CP)�United troops advanced both of their Korean battle Itoday in cautious, limited at- Allies expanded their Eehead north of the 38th par-|around Injue in the east, th Koreans advanced the rn anchor northwest of Se-jrfth a limited attack. They [k at North Koreans who had told by one of their officers would be no offensive l,e-i the "war is about over." Reds offered only spotty sition to Allies slogging back the same ground Commum had taken in their costly nine-offensive that began April 22. STILL TO GO CANCER QUOTA fceipts in the Conquer Can-ampaign drive in the district about $1,600 this rnorn-anvassers reported. Quota [reached by May 15 is $2,000. 3. Paschal and W. G. Fraser, been conducting the ss of city business estab-ents, have practically com-' their calls in the' down-and will be proceeding ner Mill Row this week. ults of the canvass to date fere favorably with last year, Ml those in charge of the here are confident that the [�vrfl! he reached without dif- are still to come in [the surrounding district, representatives in corn's and at mills have been official receipt books and �Mig their rounds, donations, which should to Box 280, Prince expected to continue steadily. IWA VETOES OFFER A wage and contract conference of the International Woodworkers of America at Cranbrook yesterday unanimously rejected Interior Lumbermen's offer of a f2V� cent per hour cost of living bonus, and outlined sweeping demands for a 1951-52 contract. Basing their requests on a re cent settlement for Coast loggers the union will demand a basic rate here of $1.29V6, or a cent boost over the Interior's pre sent basic wage of $1.10. Coupled with the basic increase must go a cost of living bonus effective July 1 of 1 cent per hour for every increase of 1.3 in the cost of living index to be pegged at 172.5. The union will also press for a 40 hour week and time and a half overtime pay for all work exceeding 40 hours. J. Stewart Alsbury, district president of the IWA's District No. 1 Council, Informed The Citizen by,wire this morning that if an immediate agreement for a 1951 contract is not reached, the union will start bargaining on July 1, 60.days prior to the termination of the present working agreement. "No contract, no work," the union official threatened. Commenting on the 12V6 cent cost of living offer made by Interior operators, Mr. Alsbury said "There Is no basic inctease, is there any floor to the bonus;" By the latter remark he referred to the fact that operators had not pegged the cost of living in dex in conjunction with their offer and that there was therefore no degree to which it could not be reduced if the actual index commenced falling. Grass Fire Threatens Rusfad Planing Mill A grass and refuse fire beside Rustad's Planing Mill in the Cache mill area brought firemen running shortly after noon on Friday but the blaze was extinguished without damage to adjacent property. Grass, a quantity of broken packing cases and other refuse caught fire along a C.N.R. siding between the tracks and the assembly building of the Rustad mill. Front of the assembly building was sprayed thoroughly to prevent spread of the flames. Train Wreck Trial Open Wednesday Verne Court Session Postponed Jled to oss.ze of the Supreme Court of British Columb ope h ia, sday thk tOd�y' WQS offici'QI|y postponed to - ^en word was received from Mr. t PHnce P �Per tunti. today. first i I here tomor- that he was unable to lb'y first on �he assize at* Alfred train east-bound � age 22, at the,, fcof place' ^lawful W fire- trooper the'assfee ^ Tete Jaune youth accused of killing his brother, Dale Lundberg, with a .22 rifle after a hunting trip last August 28. A charge of breaking and entering against William Roy Thompson, Vanderhoof, is also slated for assize hearing. Thompson was charged in connection with an alleged theft of $20 from Moore's Garage, Vanderhoof, on 6r about November 28. Defending Atherton will be John Dlefenbaker M.P., prominent Conservative Party official and well known barrister of Prince Albert, Sask. He will be assisted by his partner R. N. Hall and by city barrister William D. Ferry. Prosecuting will be Col. Eric pepler, K.C., deputy attorney general for B.C. Fine Gift By Kin To City Hospital Very latest type of equipment in its field, a MacEachern obstetrical table was added at the weekend to the delivery room facilities of Prince George and District Hospital. The table was presented to the city hospital by the iocal Kinsmen Club, which will award a silver cup to the first baby whose arrival is aided by the use of the new equipment. Motion to present the cup was passed at the last meeting of the service club. The new table will meet a long felt need at the hospital, as the one previously used was brought over to the present premises from the old building, and is considered definitely out-dated. Funds for the table were raised by the Kinsmen through their hockey pool last year. Around $800 was turned over to the hospital after the pool, and the hospital board made ufc the balance of the purchase pri& Train Derailment Claims Three Lives VANCOUVER, May 7 (CP)�The engine and 14 cars of an east-bound Canadian ^Pacific Railway freight train snaked off the tracks in the Fraser Canyon Sunday and three crew members died in the twisted cab. The accident occurred between Spuzzum and North Bend about 100 miles northeast of Vancouver. Officials said the cause of the accident was veiled by a telegraph communications breakdown which resulted from the crash. The track was reported clear at the time of the accident. Killed were engineer R. J. Purdie, 55; fireman Vernon G. Mobley, 25, and trainman Henry H. Vickers, 32, all of Vancouver. A brother of fireman Motley, Gordon Mobley, was riding aboard the freight's second section, which trailed the ill-fated train by about half an hour. 23 Airmen Die In B-36 Bomber Crash ALBUQUERQUE, May 7 (CP)� Twenty-three airmen died today in the flaming crash of a B-36 bomber on the outskirts of Albuquerque. It was the fifth and worst crash of a B-36, largest American bomber. The Air Force put its first B-36 into operation in August, 1946. Only two of 25 men aboard the plane survived. They were badly injured. The six-engine bomber crashed and burned in a blinding sandstorm at Kirtland Air Force base. The wreckage was scattered over 1,000 feet, barely two blocks from the municipal air terminal. $2,000 Needed For Mosquito Attack Winston Churchill's famous World War II sfarement 'We will fight them in the air, we will fight them on land, we will fight them at sea and on the beaches" could well apply to the joint Kins,men-City anti-mosquito campaign which will oe launched here in the very near future. Trucks Roll At Midnight On Most District Roads A sweeping clearance of district rodtf' restrictions was announced by the Provincial Public Works Department this morning. All special load and speed restrictions enforced during the break-up period will be relaxed at midnight tonight and commercial vehicles as well as lumber trucks will roll again. Speed and load limits will be lifted on the following roads: the Cariboo Highway from Prince George to Woodpecker, and all feeder roads; the Vanderhoof Highway west to the district boundary, and all feeder roads; the Hart Highway from Prince George to Summit Lake; the east road east to Ferndale School; the McLarty road. On all other roads within the district a 6000 pound gross load limit will be in force until further notice. Trucks will not exceed 20 m.p.h. and cars will not exceed 30 miles per hour. Works department o/ficials believe the roads to be in extraordinarily good condition for this time of year and hope that resumption of traffic will not result in a break-out of frost boils. Bridge Crew Nears End Of Nechako Span Repair Job Public Works Will Repair Airport Hill Slide A $17,000 face-lifting job on the j spring from soaking its way Nechako River Bridge here is complete except for installation of new guard rails, a Public Works Department official stated today. Plans, however, to move the bridge crew right out to Wright' Creek to start work on a new $10,000 span there must be delayed. ^Doug "Welsh, district engineer, said that high water in Wright Creek will prevent them making a start on the project for about two months. A temporary bridge must be built to handle traffic while the j the department. Mr. Godfrey said-new span is being built and high j Included will be a call for ten-�u-ater prevents this, he stated. I ders for surfacing work in Van-Meanwhile, timber work will derhoof, Burns Lake, and be commenced shortly to shore , Smithers. through the roadbed. Continuing an announced project of last year to surface the full length of First Avenue, es~ timate surveys were completed by the Works Department last week and financial and material estimates are now being calculated. A part of the, proposed reconstruction of First Avenue Includes relocating it a few feet south of its present route from. Victoria Street west to the Nechako Bridge. Tenders for surfacing Victoria Street will be called shortly by The mosquito war will certainly be fought in the air, on land, In sloughs, and possibly on a beach if any of the pronged insects are thought to breed there. The war's "joint chiefs of staff" are Mayor Garvin Dezell representing the city, and Norman Napier representing the Kinsmen. Supply minister for the joint chiefs is Claude Heggie, Kinsmen member, who is this week laying strategy to obtain sufficient revenue for the all-out attack. Mr. Heggie is plotting a tag day for Saturday with hopes of raising $2000 for the campaign. Slogan of the project is "Let us Spray." City Council last week decided to join the campaign to the extent of financing one application of anti-mosquito chemicals by means of aircraft, and Kinsmen hope to be able to- pay for a second application and also support a "ground force" for certain localized areas where the insects, are known to be concentrated. Those people who do not eon-tact' any Kinsmen tag salesgirls in town on Saturday may mail their contributions to the Kinsmen Mosquito Campaign, P. O. Box 1000, Prince George. Murder And Suicide Climax Family Row JOLIETTE, Que., May 7 (CP)� Quebec Provincial Police said today a family quarrel is believed to have touched off a murder and suicide near here Saturday in which an 18-year-old youth allegedly shot his step-mother before killing himself. Victims of the double-shooting were identified as Maurice Ma-leau and his 56-year-old stepmother, Mrs. Rene Majeau. Police said Mrs. Majeau apparently was shot following a heated quarrel, reason for which was not immediately apparent Blast Rocks Ont City SARNIA, Ont., May 7 (CP)�A chemical tank "blew" with a tremendous roar at the Polymer synthetic rubber plant last night, rocking much of western Ontario and causing a fire in the building. No one was killed, but three workers were injured by flying glass. The explosion occurred in a tank of butadene steroid, an extremely volatile by-product of synthetic rubber, in a building at the west end of the sprawling 87-acre plant on the southern outskirts of Sarnia. The blast was heard as far away as London, 65 miles to the east, but within an hour of the explosion it was apparent that damage would be comparatively slight. Officials of the Crown-owned corporation, which manufactures synthetic rubber and chemicals and also is working on a secret process for the federal government, said no statement would be issued until later. There was no hint of sabotage. In Blue Water village, a Sarnia suburb across the highway from Polymer, hardly a window pane was left intact, observers said. Polymer's fire-fighting service got the subsequent fire under control quickly. which, following its annual tradition, has started sliding down the cliff towards the C.N.R. tracks. I Mr. Welsh said that piling will' be driven into the side of the, road and timbers will be used to jn a deal completed late last crib new material in place. | M.eeki Bob Baxter, well known The slide this year is in a new | prjnce George outdoor sportsman, location on the hill due to the took over Baird's summer camp Bob Baxter Buys Cluculz Lake Resort fact that piling and cribbing was installed where last year's breakthrough occurred. Mr. Welsh and D. D. Godfrey, divisional engineer, both expressed the opinion that the Airport Hill can eventually be stabilized, but not until a small spring on the south side of the highway is diverted. Mr. Godfrey said that cribbing of unstable places will continue and that eventually steps will be taken to prevent the underground QUAKE KILLS 200 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, May 7 , At least two hundred y persons are reported, killed In an earthquake Sunday in the cities of Jucuapa and Cinameca, about 92 miles east of here. Strong quakes destroyed many homes and public buildings and many New Film Block For Film Council Prince George Film Council have received another block of films from the circulating film exchange and description of the films is as follows: (1) "Accidents Don't Happen No. 5" (Safe Clothing)�7 minutes black and white. (2) "Family Outing" � 20 minutes in colour. (3) "In The Shadow Of The Assini-boine" � 15 minutes, black and white silent (4) "Opening Of Parliament" (Eye Witness No. 12)� 20 minutes, black and white. (5) "Out Beyond Town"�11 minutes, black and white. (6) "Who Will Teach Your Child?"�30 minutes, black arid white. (7) "Why Won't Tommy, Eat?"�16 minutes, colour. Detailed descriptions of the films are available upon request and organizations are asked to make their bookings early. on the north shore of Cluculz Lake, 45 miles west of Prince George. Vendor was George Baird, an American, who took over the 12-cabin resort three years ago from Gus Lund. Mr. Baxter, \mtll recently a partner in The Sport Shop on George Street, will open a grocery store at the camp for the convenience of guests at this popular vacation and week-end fishing and swimming spot. Another improvement will be the installation of electric lights in all cabins, which will be completed this month. Later it is planned to install running water. The new owner is now getting the commodious log-style cabins in shape for what is expected to be a record season for resort op^ erators at Central B.C. lakes. Variable cloudiness with sunny intervals is forecast for Tuesday, with light "Winds and little change in temperature. Low tonight, high tomorrow thermometer read- persons were buried In the ruins.,ings are expected to be 35 and 70. 17-Year-Old Girl Is Egyptian Queen CAIRO, Egypt, May 7 (CP)�King Farouk took beautiful Narriman Sadek to be his queen Saturday and all Egypt celebrated with abandon the climax of the royal romance. From Cairo's ancient citadel 101 salute guns boomed the announcement at 11 a.m. of the signing of the formal marriage contract at spacious Kubbeh Palace � a ceremony which in a twinkling raised the 17-year-old commoner to be queen of Egypt. Six hours later lovely Queen Narriman, wearing a diamond diadem and white Parisian wedding gown with a train 14 feet long and 70 feet around, drove in, regal splendor from her mother's modest home to Abdin Palace for her first public appearance.