victor foters OX .Change In B.C- Liquor Laws VICTORIA, Aug. 4 (CP)�British Columbia voted 304,243 to 198,121 jn favor of changing the province's liquor laws in the June 12 (election. This was indicated in jthe final result released Saturday Ifor all ridings except Rossland-tTrail and Vancouver-Point Grey. Largest Circulation of Any Semi-Weekly Newspaper in British Columbia Vol. 35; No. 61 Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, August 4, 1952 $4.00 per year 5^ per copy 11� I* ml ; 1 \ � � 1 !: #' i � # \^t � * V # \ v i ; 'K \ 'i/iii i �r--:,v \ .,. />.., Mfji [y.f ' �'� .i . \ Zl \ 1 \ \ ^� 7OHM. j I j i ^. \ \ \ i \ \ \ *9/ _.��'� ��'� "iv'v.v;,y �;; *. � �4*^ � �.. ._ �- /-'�,�� '<� .� '"civ"--.....,. r 1, r � � & ' � ?-H c* I 1 �4 f � Tt .HTICTOH. _Ai^-'--#c�� %cou 5�ER. ***"** C^STUEOKH. TOP, a plone's-cyo view of a new Convair-Liner which .will go into ttrvice on Canadian Pacific Airlines flights in and out of Prince George around December. The new passenger planes have fully pressurized, cabins and with two 2400 h.p. engines, can attain a top speed of almost 350 m.p.h. They can also take-off and maintain 10,000 feet altitude on a single engine. BOTTOM, new times for the present Canadian Pacific Airlines flights when the Convair-liners go into service are given here beside each leg of the Western Canadian runs. Approximately 30 minutes will be cut from the present two hour and 20 minutes flight time between Prince George and Vancouver. Runway Contractors Rush To Finish Before Winter An estimated 50,000 cubic yards of material have been moved so far by City Construction Company Ltd. and its affiliates in an efforfto get the $560,000 Prince George Airport runway improvement project finished before winter. At work on the project are more than 20 dump trucks, many of them locally owned, four crawler tractors, two power shovels, scrapers, a gravel crusher and screen arid a huge roller. The contract, let to the Vancouver firm over si-month ago, calls for moving $taout 300,000 cubic yards of material to provide Prince George Airport with a main runway capable of handling some of the 'largest types of planes;' Contractors at present are working on the -preliminary lift on the main runway and on the sloping aprons 'from the sides of the runways down to existing ground level. According to plans, a 20-inch fill goes on, the runway first, followed by nine inches of crushed gravel/ a layer of asphalt primer and a final-coat three and a half Mrs. McArthur Wins 'Hidden r Hold' Event Mrs. 'Jack McArthur was winner of the "hidden hole" tournament, held by ladies of Prince George Golf-and Country Club on the local links last � Friday. Owing to the hot weather, turnout was not as large as usual but an enjoyable afternoon of play was�climgxednRrttii-tea^served~at tne clubhouse. _ Senior 'Central Fort'Resident Backs Amalgamation Move Amalgamation of the/'fringe" area as part of the City of Prince George should meet few serious obstacles if a majority of residents both inside and outside the city share the views of A. B. Moffat, president of Northern Hardware and Furniture Co., Ltd., and resident of Central Fort George for .29 consecutive years. COAST WALKOUT MAY PROVE COSTLY VANCOUVER, Aug. 4 (CP)�Two Vancouver lumbermen are flying to Great Britain in a last ditch attempt to extend the September 15 deadline of the 600,000,000-board-foot contract between the British Timber Control Board and B.C. lumber exporters. Lumbermen were warned Friday that Britain may not accept lumber shipped after the deadline. B.C. lumber shipments to Great Britain were halted for a month as a result of the recent strike of coast I.W.A. members. Said Mr. Mof fat in a statement to The Citizen today, "amalgamation is the only thing for us." He said that he had little confidence in any proposals to make Central Fort George a separate municipality and added that the need for public facilities is beqpm-ing greater each day. He is an executive member of the Central Fort George Ratepayers Association, one of the bodies which will swing considerable influence over "fringe" area residents in the;r choice to join, ,or not to join, the city. Mr. Moffat said he believed a large majority of outside residents are in faiKn- of amalgamating with the city, but added that a "few diehards are strongly opposing it." Such advantages as adequate electric connections, watermains, sewer development, reduced insur- Cariboo M.L.A. Gets Two Portfolios Socreds Name Rookie Cabinet As Hew Regime Jakes Office VICTORIA, Aug. 4�A Social Credit government was sworn into office in British Columbid Friday night and Premier W.A.C. Bennett immediately ftoYried Only two of the 19 Social Credit members have previous Legislative " experience � Bennett and Tilly Rolston�gained when freshman cabinet. they were Progressive Conservatives. Two of the cabinet members named by Bennett are not members of legislature�the Attorney General and Finance Minister. Bennett made the unprecedented suggestion that two Vancouver Island members resign so these two cabinet ministers would have a chance- to* run for seats in by-elections. The attorney-general and finance minister will be able to sit in on cabinet meetings but will not sit in the Legislature. __New members of the cabinet inches thick of "hot mix" asphalt paVing. The side aprons wll drop in elevation from the 32V�-inch new runway surface to the . existing (See RUNWAY, Page 4) Anscomb May Quit; Socreds Take Over VANCOUVER, Aug. 4 (CP) � Herbert Anscomb Saturday announced plans to resign as leader of British Columbia's battered Progressive Conservative party. His decision, he said, could be reversed by a political tide. Meanwhile, the minority Social Credit government premier, W. A. C. Bennett, held his first cabinet meeting after cabinet members had triumphantly marched two-abreast intp the Legislative buildings at Victoria. News of the Anscomb decision was released following a quarterly meeting of the provincial Progressive Conservative executive. Anscomb said his resignation would be tendered at the next full-dress convention- of the party, which had its strength slashed from 11 to three members in the June voting. Anscomb was defeated in naif Ray hy Liberal RA. Gibbs. are: Attorney-General," Robert W. Bonner, 32-year-old Vancouver lawyer. Minister of Mines, Lands and Forests, R. E. Sommeys, Rossland-Trail, 42 - "year - old 'elementary school principal. Minister of Finance, Einar Gun-derson, Vancouver, chartered accountant. Minister of Agriculture, Ken Kernan, Chilliwack. operator of garage and service station in the Fraser Valley. Minister Of Public Works, Rev. P. A. Gaglardi, Kamloops, 39-year-old minister of New Calvary Temple. Minister of Railways, Trade and Industry and Fisheries, Ralph City Family End 9000-Mile Auto Tour , Mr. and Mrs. John Gosling and two children returned to Prince George Thursday following a two-month auto tour of eastern Canada and the United States. They spent a month at Mr. Gosling's home town of Lockeport, N.S. Mr. Gosling, who is a steward at the Canadian Legion and a member of the Legion softball team, waited two days in order to see the Detroit Tigers in action. However, he cancelled plans to attend a big league game in Boston when he learned the temperature would soar above the 100 mark.' Worst piece of road the Gos- Chetwytid, Cariboo, railway employee Minister of Labor, Lyle Wicks Dewdney, 40, bus driver. Minister of Health and Welfare, Eric Martin, Vancouver-Burrard. Minister of Education, Mrs. Rolston, Vancouver-Point Grey. Provincial Secretary and Municipal Affairs Minister, W. D. Black, Nelson � Creston, school teacher at Creston. Special Committee Plans P.M/s Visit A special committee of the Prince George Board of Trade will be struck this week to plan a reception for The Honorable Louis St. Laurent, Canada's Prime Minister, who will visit thisjeity on or about September 8. Features of a proposed reception discussed so far include a luncheon, tour of the city and a public address, Norman D. Napier, acting president of the Board of Trade, said late last week that the committee could do little until definite dates and times have been released concerning the P.M.'s visit. George Murray, Cariboo M.P., assured Mr. Napier that the Board of Trade would be advised of all details of the visit as soon as they are settled. ance rates and proper fire protection were mentioned by the senior resident as strong inducements to join the city. He sees Central Fort George as one of the future major residential areas here and predicts that once again a commercial district will spring nap there. Recalling that when he first came to Prince George there were about 3500 people living in Central and doing business at solid blocks of stores along Central Avenue, Mr. Moffat predicts that the district would really come into its own once it is provided with the facilities which -the amalgamation would ensure. He pointed out also that the present municipal aid tax and motor vehicle license returns to the municipality would be almost doubled by taking in the "fringe" population which he estimates at 3500 to 4000. Another inducement to many of the present "fringe" residents to join with the city is that municipal building regulations would MILL MEN LAUDED FOR CO-OPERATION A forest official here lauded district mill operators this morning for their co-operation in fire prevention and said that as long as such co-operation continues to exist, forest closures will not be necessary. He said that although the hazard early today was considered high, a favorable forecast of cloudy and cooler weather has been received. Nearest fire to Prince George today is two .miles west � of Muir-heads Sawmill in the Salmon River region. The blaze was caused by a lightning strike and so far covers less than an acre. A patrol commenced fighting it today. A B.C. Forest Branch' spokesman said that mill operators are showing great willingness to cooperate in keeping forest fires to a minimum. Mills have been wetting down their open burners and spark-chasers are . kept busy around sawm.ui installations; ^ and unsightly shacks being erect- Kpil Workers Dispute Goes To Conciliation put'a stop to the squatters' cabins 1 ect- , ed there under uie present ^'^ up. .Real estate Values would probably rise immediately in the regulated area around the city if amalgamation were entered into. Tomorrow night the Ratepayers Association will hold a meeting to get expressions of opinion from South Fort George residents. Long Record Cited In Theft Conviction Sentence of $50 fine or 40 days in jail was passed on G. A, Firth, 42-year-old transient, when he was convicted in police court this morning of theft from a car. Firth was arrested early yesterday morning and was charged in connection with theft of a jacket and sweater from a parked car. Before sentence was passed' by Police Magistrate' P. J. Moran this morning, a list of 13 previous convictions was read into the record by the prosecution. They include four previous convictions for theft, one for false pretenses, two for possession of stolen goods, one for breaking and entering and one for attempted suicide. OTTAWA, August 4 (CP)�Appointment of a Conciliation Board will be recommended as the next step in attempts to settle multimillion-dollar wage-labor negotiations affecting 125,000 non-operating railway workers, Arthur Mac-Namara, Deputy Minister of Labor, announced today. 1 . MacNamara, the government-appointed conciliator in the labor dispute, expressed optimism over the trend of negotiations and said he believed a "compromise agreement" will be reached on the remaining differences." Negotiations opened July 22 on workers demands for a 45-cent-hourly increase. Americans On Top As Olympic Ends HELSINKI �, The Olympic torch was extinguished today and the great white Olympic flag with its five interlocking circles was hauled down�the end of a brilliant international sports festival in which the United States came from behind with a sensational rush to snatch the unofficial team leadership from Russia. lings encountered was in the vicinity of Sudbury, Ontario. However, they experienced no car trouble until the return trip over the unpaved 'Cariboo Highway, when the oil pan was punctured by deep gravel while running in second gear. They averaged 400 miles daily Wring the 9000-mile trip. City Boy 'Improved' After Freak Mishap Gilbert "Corky" Moffat, 19-year-old city hockey player and son of A. B. Moffat, president of Northern Hardware and . Furniture Company Ltd., 1386 Third Avenue, was reported in "much improved" condition in Prince George Hospital this morning after a freak tractor accident Saturday evehing. Young Moffat was helping a brother, Earl, to build a house, when the tractor which he was operating pinned him against the side of the building. It is believed he may have put it in reverse instead of forward gear while operating it. Extent of the young hockey star's injuries will not be known fully until X-rays have been taken and examined. "Corky" Moffat has been a member of Prince George's intermediate hockey team, the Sham-rockSr-for several years. Unit Formed Here Studies Rail-Truck Competition Some 60 employees of the Canadian National Railway gathered in the C.C.F. Hall Friday night to.form a unit of the Ship By Rail Association and hear a provocative address by its national president. R. W. Sidney was elected president' of the new organization here, with W. Kelly, vice-president; W. J. Trubyk, secretary treasurer, and R. M. Cann, business agent. Mr. Sidney was named delegate to conventions with Mr. Trubyk alternate. Purpose of the Ship By Rail Association of Canada, which boasts 100 local organizations, is "the protection of all those engaged in the railway industry from all forms of unfair competition." W. J. Meagher of Niagara Falls, Ont., national president, told members: "It is not our intention to pick a dog-fight with another form of transportation, but the Canadian taxpayers, of which the railways and their employees are the largest group, are building and maintaining roads for a few individuals to make a livelihood �namely, the heavy truck transport companies�and we intend to object to this state of affairs." In New Jersey, Mr. Meagher continued, a commission had ruled that private cars overpaid $6.29 a year in licence fees. "It is easy for the trucks to compete with the railways when the taxpayers supply the facilities for them to operate on," the speaker stated. TESTS Describing effect of heavy trucking on highways, Mr. Meagher said he had witnessed a road test at La Plata, Maryland, instituted by 11 States and the District of Columbia at a, cost of $245,000. It took place on a measured mile of concrete pavement, nine years old and in good condition, in June. The test revealed that after six months use by trucks of only 32,-000 and 44,000 pounds capacity, the cost of repairing the one mile will be $28,000. "You can see from the location of the test and the time of year that frost was no factor," the* speaker noted. . He also quoted from a recent issue of the Toronto Globe and Mail which said heavy traffic through that city gives many of the main arteries a day and night pounding which would eventually reduce even the strongest pavement to dust. .