>LINES AGREE ALCAN FLIGHTS ,,,.;, N, Columbia airlines, F Iivinc licences for north-r romposcd their differen- (i-,v it hearings before Spo'"! Board in Van- ap Charlotte Islands, which pplying for a licence-to the Nechako area, at Central B.C. Airlines l withdrew its applica- fl / eed that both Central f / ,crreed aII,f-QCA could operate prof- th Kitimat; Kemano, Prince Giprge Citizen ______ An lndePe"dent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Dev< q o the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia Vol. 34, No. 64 Prince George, MONDAY, August 20, 1951 $4.00 per year 5^ per copy fction [n effe. |s should the hii'h now operates non-nights from Vancouver �Carnano, wants to start services on that route pIu'A. ^'Ills t0 extend its ,nt Prince George-Terrace op-1 l^ to Kitimat-Kemano. the two companies id that Queen Charlotte Air-1 � continue to fly north routes' west of the, ,1 CBCA should re-j nt position east off ; with an extension j >nn ;irea. IM'A is opposing an Skyways Ltd. to lying school and . at Burns Lake. At irings Skyways of-ied that its Burns te service would probably lead i i direct competition with" central1 If. Airlines May Avert MillworUers' Walk-out District Mill Gets Top Safety Award in? an presc jntains 'VII p.N. Freight Movement [ontinues Record Pace Ipreieht loadings during July long the Red Pass-Prince Rupert fee'of. the C.N.R. set another re- '-,1 with more than 2000 cars novir.tr off the division during month. Bulk of the shipments consist- of lumber and originated in he Fort George Forestry District Ikirt-ing the railway. Westbound freight movement up considerably over last year, reflection of the activities of Mu rr. in urn Company of Canada Ltd. in the Vanderhoof and Burns Lake areas. Roy McGillvory, left, manager of Standard Tie and Timber (Western) Ltd., Penny, proudly accepts from Ron Hewat, Workmen's Compensation Board inspector, a special plaque awarded his company for "meritorious safety performance." The award reads in part "for the best accident frequency rate in Group 'D' operations in the logging industry in British Columbia for me year 1950." The award in in recognition that the firm's safety performance has resulted in an active interest in industrial safety on the part of both monogernent and ^c^bor, and that through this accomplishment, there has been a conservation erf human life and a lessening of distress for the loggers of B.C. Said Mr. Hewat following the presentation, "This commendable example will serve to inspire others to greater achievement and result in immeasureable benefits to t+iose engaged in industry." The scroll is signed by a number of high Workmen's Compensation Board officials, including Adam Bell, chairman, C. W. Pritchard, E. V. Ablett and Arthur Francis, chief inspector. �Bancroft's Komera Kraft STOP PRESS! Otto Krone, (see story below) is reported in "fairly good" condition in Vancouver General Hospital where he was flown yesterday in a Central B.C. Airlines aircraft. Capt. Harry Taylor piloted the mercy flight plane. Compromise Hinted In Weekend Strike Talks Possibility that 1951-52 contract negotiations between district lumber operators and the International Woodworkers of America may come off without a strike was emphasized �here this morning by a union official. � Four Hurt When Car Hurtles From Road Broken Neck For City Mill Worker Four persons were hospitalized, three of them seriously injured, on Saturday night when the late model sedan they were riding in failed to negotiate a sharp corner one mile south of Prince George Airport and plunged from the Cariboo Highway shearing off. a heavy telephone pole. 110,000 BLAZE HITS THREE CITY FIRMS Kimona-clad housewives, passers-by, work-bound laborers and a handful of anxious employees watched city firemen quell one of the biggest fires seen here in recent months on [Friday morning when flames gutted a portion of a Second Ave. ond Queen Street building occupied by Gordon Nicol Limited, local distributors for Allis Chalmers equipment. Blaring sirens prodded the city into wakefulness just before eight o'clock only a few seconds after an early-arriving employee of the equipment firm had seen flames break through a wall at the rear of his office. All three businesses with headquarters in the building suffered heavy damage, with an estimated total of about $10,000. Employees of Cordon Nicol Ltd. arriving on the scene shortly alter the fire was discovered, J>ve in among the names and PUHM1 to safety more than $12,-(l(l� worm of machinery. Rob WcKinnon, shop foreman, assisted by Hugh Doch-xiju' fl"OI1<-''ii(l supervisor and "y I'aoholok, (Unlged falling ��>Prs .UK! choked on stifling ""k(> <0 move out tractoi-s and wationary power units. ^ aoholok, -as pump attendant. '.'" lu ' t_n discover tho fire �^ must have been blazing for ��' iwhile," ho told newsmen, u ii<'n I got to the front xv flames shoot through ;' behind our front of- tlopi i! W ffce. ''' fl|cent an hour cost-of-liv-ing-bonus which they publicised as their offer before negotiations opened. The bonus was turned down by IWA as their first step in (See MAY AVERT, Page 6) 33-Mile Gap All That Remains On PGE Tracklaying Contract Cousins Reunited Here First Time In 25 Years Cousins were reunited here after 25 years when Miss G. Larson arrived from Seattle last night to visit Mr. and Mrs. B. Jensen. Miss Larson is Mrs. Jen-son's cousin. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen arrived hero a month ago from Denmark. They last saw Miss Larson in 1925, when she made a trip to Norway. to Canada before Christmas under of a rotation plan announced here Sunday. They were jubilant men. Industrialist's Son Car Collision Victim VANCOUVER. Aug. 20 (CP) � Harold S. Foley, Jr., 20. son of a prominent British Columbia industrialist, was killed Saturday night in a traffic accident here. His father is president of the Powell River Co. Ltd.. giant newsprint manufacturing concern. Young Foley, injured in a two-oar collision, was pronounced dead on arrival'at hospital. Proprietor Ltd-I and Bob Seeds am! FU, -�r Northern Magneto couv6r v'Cl Wero both in Van' Owner* r th� firo took Place-Rf,bort j. "l Cariboo Woolsulate, chopo, from �n hand and Don Wau-the firm last April, were helped save some of to their Althn *t about $2000 '8h temporarily out � 'he two men said >r>K until of nes not be hn H om " unul they get motors isheri in I11?16"31 stocks replen-"Peratimr insulati�n machinery . ,lg again. n lr<*ic thing abont the firo Record Sale Involves A/can Lake Timber VICTORIA, Aug 20 (CP) � What would likely be the biggest timber sale in British Coltu is under consideration, lumber circles )ias timber-rich history said Sunday night. It is a vast forest block, holding 1,600^000,000 board feet of timber, which lies in the Aluminum Gsr\pany of Canada watershed, stretching J30 miles from the ___ Lake to the Nechako River dam, 100 miles west of Prince George. The areo will be flooded during the next four years as part of Alcan's $550,000,000 power-aluminum development. Lumber men said the sale would be under government supervision. Under an agreement signed between the company and the B.C. Government, the government may remove any timber on lands to be flooded. Biggest Crew Yet Pushes Rails Southwards Only 33 miles of trackless grade and two yawning bridge-less canyons stand between Prince George and Quesnel along the P.G.E. grade, said Frank Jamieson, vice president of the Jarnieson Construction Company, today. Mr. Jamieson said that track now stretches south from this city as far as Woodpecker, , a farming community about 35 miles from Prince George. With two-and-a-half to three months of good to fair construction weather left, the construction man estimated his company could complete their contract to Ahbou Creek this fall. Jamieson Construction Company now employ the largest crew they have had since they started work on the rafl line two years ago. About 30t) men are employed in1 the firm's warehouses, offices, truck crews and concrete crews. Mr. Jamieson said that his contract on the huge Ahbou Creek bridge sub-structure is now about S5 percent complete. The bridge is second only to the Cottonwood Canyon bridge in size. It is about 1000 feet long and 160 feet high. Javnieson's have the contract to build 20 concrete pedestals, two abuttments and one "pier, a total of about 4500 cubic yards of cement. The sub-structure should be pJeted next month. Meanwhile, steel work got under way for the Cottonwood Canyon bridge late last week. Dominion Bridge Company hold contracts for superstructure of both the Cottonwood and Ahbou bridges. At the rate work has progressed this summer, construction men are anticipating that the first train to cover the Prince George-Quesnel route should be able to get up steam by the middle of the 1952 construction season. Many believe that a joint ceremony heralding the ; first train and sending the first auto convoy over the Hart Highway may be possible. Mrs. Carter On Air For Fair Tomorrow Third in the series of broadcasts designed to arouse interest in and give information on the Fall Fair will be aired tomorrow night at G:15 on radio station CKPG. Speaker this week will be Mrs. R. B. Carter, secretary of the Prince George Agricultural and Industrial Association, who wiD discuss the history of the fair in this district, describing a number of highlights of fairs of the past. Work Starts Revamping First Avenue Powerhouse Jamieson Construction Company Ltd. commenced work Friday on foundations for the first of two huge 1,600 horsepower diesel generator installations to be set up in the city powerhouse before peak power loads commence this winter. the �~ ~ ........ ' In addition to installing two big Fairbanks Morse opposed piston units, power and construction crews will completely rearrange the existing generator instailations. James A. Hodson, powerhouse foreman, shouted to a Citizen reporter over the din of whining power units this week that the new system of installing all engines para/lei to one another will greatly reduce maintenance time and will present more orderly quarters for his men to work in. Ultimately there will be fivo units producing power at the / First Avenue installation, but ' by that time the Army Power riant in Central Foil George (See WORK STARTS, Page 7) Summerland Man Faces Murder Charge SUMMERLAND, B.C. Aug. 20 (CP)�George Frederick Clark was committed for trial Saturday ort a charge of murder in the gunshot death June 30 of his brother-in-law, Harold O. Tavender. Defence Counsel, Harold Mc-Innes and John Aitkens, moved that the charge be reduced to manslaughter. Tavender was found lying on a road, fatally wounded. Clark, police SciiO, was standing a few feet away with three wounds in his left arm. He said Tavender had shot him. -^