LIBRARY . s. c. Publicity Personnel Entertained Here Guests at the Rotary Club lun rheon Friday were a large party newspapermen,- cameramen nd radio technicians who arrlv- Jd by p]ane at noon oa tneIr ^y 10 the Kenney Dam naming cere-monv on Saturday. At night they attended a ban-miet meeting of the Board of *Za6i and later were guests at tRe Millar Additfon home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cristall. Included in the group were p J. tyloore, Vancouver Daily province; Paul St. Pierre, Vancouver Sun: Ken Drury, Vancouver News Herald; Ralph Macey, British Columbian, New Westminster; Harry. Young, Victoria Colonist; B. Tobin, Victoria Times; D. Stockard, Canadian press; Dob Hertzler, British" United press; Irwin Baird, CJOR; L. Irving, CKWX; Ralph Beasely, Associated Screen News; Jack Long, National Film Board, and jack McCallum, Productions. Lew Parry Film two Hunns eo; NEW TEAM HERE Central Interior Baseball League has lost two*its its best pitchers, one at the week-end. Despite the fact he was in a local uniform for the first time this season and had pitched in only two exhibition games, big Cliff Jacobson, colorful defense-man for the Prince George Lumbermen hockey team, was considered a top hurler here. Jacobson is reported to have accepted a semi-pro offer of $400 a month from a Saskatoon team and he left after pitching the first five innings of an exhibition game here against Willow River yesterday for Lumbermen. Earlier Red Dodd, one of the most colorful pitchers in the league last year, accepted an offer from the same team. Jacobson' waB to have played this season with Prince George Lumbermen and Dodd was' expected to be back on the West Lake Loggers' line-up. Despite the loss of their top checker with i yesterday's exhibition game just better than half over, Lumbermen won handily 40-L game. Despite the loss of two of the league's best players, the major topic of discussion this week In local baseball circles was the an--nouncenjent that a new city team will enter the circuit. The team is being formed by i / An independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper !> � J to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia Vol. 35; No. 37 Prince George, �.v., MONDAY, May 12, 1952 $4.00 per year 5^ per copy 700 Attend Alcan's Dam She, Ceremony Cabinet Minister Gives Name To Key Project Favored by ideal weather, 700 guests of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited, stood on the steep slopes of the yawning Nechako River canyon Saturday afternoon as the guest of honor, Hon. E. T. Kenney, B.C/s Minister of Lands and Forests, unveiled a simple rock monument and formally gave his name to the huge dam now under construction which will eventually seal the eastern exit of a great upland wilderness watershed and provide a 5,400 square mrle reservoir to provide power for Alcan's west coast aluminum smelter at Citimat. A few minutes earlier Mr. Kenney gave the signal that set off a loud dynamite blast on the opposite side of the canyon and ed to eight trucks dumping the irst load of rock materials into he core of the dam. Press and newsreel cameras clicked and radio recorders vhiiied as the smiling cabinet minister, flanked by Colonel The Hon. Clarence Wallace, C.B.E., ieutenant - Governor; 3yron I. Johnson, and a score of 3.C.'s government and business eaders, told the gathering: "Today we are opening a new hapter in the industrial life of instead of against us." Following the dam naming ceremony, bouquets of American' Beauty roses were presented to Mrs. Johnson,* Mrs. Kenney and Mrs. DuBose. The monument stands just i above the eventual high water mark, 300 feet above the bed of the Nechako River and at the eastern end of the dam's centre Don Young finished the g y Hollinger/former coach of 'fie old Pollard nine which reigned supreme here three years ago. No name has yet been chosen for the squad, but entry date into the circuit has been extended to accommodate it. Two Cars Collide, Bolh Drivers Jailed Two men pleaded guilty to dr'ving while intoxicated in Police court here this morning a�er police arrested them Satur-d3.v night when their cars collid-M at Eighth Avenue and Vancouver Street. " Seven days in jail and loss "of ineir drivers licenses ilhtil Janu-ar-v 1, 1953, were the sentences Passed down on Steve Hekko and sieve Kalinowsky. Hekko and Kallnowski were anvers of two cars which suffer-�a $700 to $800 damage in a >mas.h-up shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday. Neither driver was injured, but wo other occupants of Kalinow-W s car received minor cuts and abrasions. our province, and I am confident other primary and secondary industries will follow in Alcan's wake attracted by an abundance of cheap electrical energy. "We welcome Alcan to B.C. and wish them every success in their venture. "I feel greatly honored that this vast structure will bear my name." Mr. Kenney was Introduced by McHeeJy, DuBos�, Alcan vice-president, who s^id Mr. Kenney had "fought long and tirelessly to bring this industry to British Columbia." He paid a tribute to the pioneers who blazed a trail of expansion of industry in Central B.C., and added: "We are learning to reshape nature and have her work for us j Later tne ts were tatoB Premier b Mannix Ltd. officials on an score of | tour.! tour of the project. They went ^ the ]ower 1(fvelg of the ^on-foot chasm and watched aluminum - helmeted workers threading their way among a maze of hose and pipes to force (See 700 ATTEND Page 12) Rangers Back From Airborne Inspection Three officers and 21 other ranks from "A" Company, Rocky Mountain Rangers, returned here from a 1000-mile airborne inspection trip yesterday. The men took off in two RCAF Canso aircraft around 11 a.m. yesterday and a. few hours later were standing ramrod-stiff in a formal inspection parade before Major General C. Vokes, CBE, DSO, commanding officer of Wester Command. More than 475 soldiers, including both cadets and reserves, participated in the inspection and members of the local unit were included in the general's remarks on the excellent appearance1 and performance of the troops., Vernon was the scene of the inspection of the Interior reserve units. Command of the local unit was in the hands of Capt. A. Emble-ton. Off The Wire Today Canodion Press Thursday, May 12 do� 01 Exploding Meteor Startles Seattle Residents TLB-^A giant meteor swished across western Washington and ex-WHi a tremendous flash and roar over Seattle at 1:26 a.m. Sunday. �� frightened thousands of persons a* It lighted the sky end rattled n ��d wimiews. No pccei were found, however, and the greatest damage seemed to have ""ft inflicted�Douk-hobors at Hilliers on Vancouver Island have stopped sending their children to school. The Hilliers colony was established some years ago by the late Michael (The Archangel) Verigin, who broke away from the radical Sons of Freedom in Kootenays. The Doukhobors operated their own private school, using a basic British Columbia curriculum with the exception of social studies and health which might conflict with their beliefs. The school had 20 pupils. Department of Education officials said a school Inspector will be sent into the settlement this week to invesigate. .The move is being interpreted in some quarters, however, as a protest against the death last year of Verigin, Who died not long after being released from prison. A resident of the Doukhobor settlement said the reason for the school closing is that the "elders'" are slipping away irom ideas instituted by Michaeli" CYRIL WESTAWAY Pro-Con Strategy To Be Mapped Tonight A meeting of members of the Prince George Progressive Conservative Association is being held tonight to appoint a campaign committee and map strategy for Candidate Cy Westaway in the June 12 provincial election. Committee headquarters are being set in a building on Fifth Avenue and the campaign should be in full swing by the end of this week, Mr. Westaway said. He reiterated Saturday that he was as much concerned with local issues as with planks laid down at the provincial Conservative convention. ' One of the most important of these, he said, was construction of a highway between Prince George and McBride. Alex Hunter, managing editor of the Prince Rupert Dally News, was killed and two other men injured when a ramp leading from the seaplane landing floats to the dock at Kemano Bay suddenly gave way. Kemano Bay is 85 miles south of here. John F. Magor, publisher of the News, and J. D. (Jack) McRae, Prince Rupert businessman and member of the last British Co-' lumbia Legislature, were injured. Rocks under the" ramp had been bared by the outgoing tide. BROKEN ANKLES Mr. Magor suffered two broken ankles In the phjnge. He was flown to hospital here late Saturday. Mr. McRae, who received one broken ankle, was flown to hospital in Vancouver. Neither is in serious condition. The three men were among a party which left here by seaplane to attend the opening ceremonies at the Kenney Dam of the Aluminum Company of Canada at Nechako. They landed at Kemano to pick up an official also bound for Nechako. ' From his hospital bed, Mr. Magor said the three men preceded the main group down the ramp when it suddenly gave way, tumbling the men to the rocks below. Mr. Hunter died from head injuries half an hour after the accident. Mr. Magor said Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Norton Youngs, wife of the president of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, were only six feet behind them. MANAGING EDITOR Mr, Hunter, 54, who joined the Daily News in 1920 as a reporter, has been managing editor since 1942 and knew British Columbia's north country well. Born in Vancouver, he was a school teacher before taking up newspaper work. Mr. Magor, son of the late R. J. Magor, president of National Steel Car Corporation, became publisher of the News May 1, before that, he was a director of publicity for the Canadian Pacific Railway at Vancouver. Mr. McCrae, 36, was. Liberal member in the last provincial Legislature and is up for re-elec-tloA in June 12 election' as a member for Prince Rupert. Attempt Revival Of Soccer Football Here Soccer football may be added to the Prince George sports calendar if efforts of several devotees of the round ball game are successful. Walter Springer, city skier and gunsmith, who started playing soccer in his native Austria at the age of 5, and later coached some of that country's top elevens, is attempting to foster interest in the game.- He is hopeful that at least two teams can be fielded here, and lias been informed that a team is now being. organized at Gis-come. The last Prince George football team was disbanded nearly 30 years ago when the game waned in popularity. Players and others interested are asked to contact Mr. Springer at the Sports Shop, or Anton Klotz at The Citizen office. Work Starts June 1 On Alberta - B.C. Oil Line EDMONTON, May. 12 (CP) � Pipe laying on the Edmonton-Blue River section of the $82,-000,000 Trans Mountain Co. oil pipeline through the Yellowhead Pass to Burnaby, B.C., is to start by June 1, company officials said Saturday. Charles Rathgeb, Jr., of Toronto, vice-president of. Comstock Midwestern Co., Ltd., contractors, who has made an inspection of the section, said work will progress both1 east and west from Red Pass Junction. The Weather Cloudy weather, with only occasional suny periods is in store for Prince George tomorrow. Forecasters predict showers in the later afternoon and evening. Little change in temperature is expected, with low tonight, and high tomorrow, 35 and 70. Festival Planned For Fall; Feature Songs of Nations Prince George's growing cultural activity may be augmented by presentation of a folk festival this fall. Cy Westaway, active promotor of the Prince George Music and Drama festival has" revealed plans for a show in which songs and dances of the new Canadians of many, countries new in the district could be exhibited. The affair is slated for September. Though folk festivals are held annually at Vancouver the show would be the first of its kind to be held on a similar scale in B.C. Interior. In addition to songs and dances, the festival would feature displays of national foods and exhibition of national costumes. If the Europeans who are coming here are to be assimilated into our culture, we must understand theirs, Mr. Westaway told a Citizen reporter. The idea of a folk festival, he said,, has been with him for a long tune. Anyone interested in participat- Assize Court Opens Here This Afternoon Spring assizes of the supreme-court get under way here at 2 p.m. today before Mr. Justice A. M. Manson. Criminal cases slated for hear- ing at the assize are three number and involve charges in of theft, breaking and entering, and a morals count. Facing charges of breaking, entering and theft are James A. Razzo, Ed Baker and Donald Hagerty. The three were charge* in connection with theft of merchandise from a South Fort George store on or about January 16. Up for separate trials on statutory charges involving a teen-ag� -fVIl * UllfcJ 111 IL l Ck> ivu iii �**��� *-�*,� �-w�- ��� �^ � ���- o�� �� - �� - �� -cjj -� t w-w w �rj� ing in the festival should write girl, are Amos and Samual Miller, to Mr. Westaway at Box 525. 'Summit Lake.