Was Burning Thirst The Motive Here!
When Royal Canadian' Mount-
,1 police seek the motive for an  attempted breaking and entering jierc on Friday night they may not have to look much farther �tluin a burning thfrst.
[n jail and charged with "shop-breaking" here today after an abortive alleged attempt to gain t,n]rv into the Government Liquor Store at Sixth Avenue ancl Dominion Street is Angus Ctiishbim, a transient.
Acting on^a tip, police sped to .he-cloor of the liquor store short-jv ;tfter 0 p.m. on Friday and jurested Chisholm as he wrestled with the bars on a front entrance.
Police said the glass over the (lowr: had already been smashed.
CJTi.shoim has been remanded  trial.
LIBRARY
fo
New Courtroom ee
Plans are being drawn' up this week to add an adequate courtroom to the rear of the Seventh Avenue Royal Canadian Mounted Police building, it was= learned today at City Hall.
The addition to the building will l/o to solve the problem posed by the. existing courtroom which has been compared in size to a roomy   closet.
The "new .addition would also contain garage space for two police vehicles:
Agitation., to have a new police court' added to the building has been going "on for some months amongst city barristers who must use the crowded little room at,.the west end of the police building.       "      � , .  '
Approximate cost-of the' addition, at the rear of the present structure would be $5000.
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Vol. 35; No. 90
Largest Circulation of Any Semi-Weekly Newspaper in British Columbia
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, November 17, 1952
$4.00 per year         5^ per copy
TradeBoard Thumbs Down On Proposed Toll Road To East
A general meeting of the Prince George Board of Trade Thursday night turned down,.a resolution which would have urged the Provincial Goverhment to permit private capitdl to build a toll road between here ,,,,,    V..I..W...    V..U...U       "We are not taking it very seriously,"   an   InterationaF
Fdday morning for   Henri Char-, Woodworkers of America official said here Saturday of a ru-
Catholic Rites For Elderly Ontario Man
Last rites were conducted at Sacred   Heart   Catholic   Church
gl^^l^ pital .the previous Tuesday, fol-
Howard Webb,  business agent for the union's Prince George dis-
camps
lowing a.short illness.   He had of last year s contract for 1953. .'resided here for the past four years.               A '��_
The late Mr. Charbonneau was loin in Ontario in 1878.    \
Fa'Uier N. Racette conducted the funeral services and Ass-man's Funeral Chapel handled arrangements.
 December 1 if the union will not agree to acceptance
Youths Jailed On Stolen Goods Charge
Two city youths, Conley Hall and Tom Carlton, both age 21, were arrested by Royal Canadian Mounted Police here late last week on a charge of being in possession of stolen goods.
Hall and Carlton allegedly had in their possession 11 cartons of-cigarettes, believed by police to be loot from a recent theft.
The pair were remanded for preliminary hearing.
trict local, termed the operators' talk of an ultimatum "just a bit of-propaganda."
with our plans to hold govern-
 p
ment strike vot^s in jyr^mtjSr of plants and the first of these will take place on Wednesday in Ques-nel."
MAN COMMITTED ON MORALS CHARGE
Glen O. Hogenson,    no fixed
address, was committed for trial ,���,.�, w..vL-,...m-... u, m�u i here Friday, on a charge of being construction of a road eastwards in possession of paraphernalia for, to McBride> as soon, as possible the distribution   f   b      i
as   Mrs.   IngHd   Seeberg,   was taken to the f>rovincial jail at
Said Mr. Mclnnis, "I am very | Vancouver until "the pleasure of strongly against such an idea. \ !he L,!eu^r:ant, " Gove��r � is British Columbia should be able known- �?n$*}* said lne At* to raise the funds necessary, for ; \�''ney-General s Department will such works. If the government is [ de
 of P�ison to seal a suicide
First, Unique Show Broadcast Tonight
take the threat of closure- very j vote would be held at the plant seriously . at this time of year j and camps^ of the Quesnel Ply-when
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when 75 per cent of the mills would be closed down anyway by fall weather conditions.
In fact, .he stated, closure by
wood..Company the day after tomorrow.
He said also that the operator's reported ultimatum has not yet
the operators might be welcomed been presented to the union, by the union because it would enable employees to draw unemployment insurance. They could not draw benefits if they were out on ' strike.
Mtt, Webb said the threat to close mills' if the old agreement is not renewed was not changing the union's plans at all.        �
"We  are   going  right   ahead
the distribution of obscene pic- was then passed by the board, tures   tending   to   corrupt   the     Harry Loder, chairman.of the     ~   . . , .    . public morals.              � Trade Board's traffic committee     ToniSht beSin* a series of six
Hogensen  was picked up by . said about 50 people had replied! �lo&rammes   �   the   Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police' to a newspaper poll on the sub-1 broadcasting   Corporation trans-on a vaerar^v Wt Bnnncn�rt Vw hio ��*,�,�??�� \ Canada network which usher in
new in broadcasting technique�and, of. especial interest to Prince Geoi;ge, Prince Rupert and Williams Lake.
Author is Prince Rupert-bbpr^ Prince  George  "raised"  PioJjert. Haiiow,   who recently recorded
yal Canadian Mounted Policeto a newspaper poll on the sub-12-here last week    on a vagrancy ject sponsored by his committee ICanada ne charge and negatives of obscene and that all had favored a toll 1some hing
charge and negatives of obscene and that all had favored a toll
photographs die alleged to have road:":-
heefi found among his effects.     Most of the replies to the poll,
He .was freed on    S1000 bail he stated, came from the area!
He said the union ^ could -not j   He said also that the operators' �endinP   llls   .trial   in   County east of here and he believed that ke the threat of closure- very i votp wnniri hp hpiri at thp ninnt (-�tirt.                                      ! a showing of 50 returns was not!
Maximum  penalty  under  the adequate "for use as a basis for'
section of the Criminal Code with determining the opinion of the j more than six miles. oJKape dur which he is charged is two years general public .throughout the dis- '"" " ' """ ' "   ' ""   ' in penitentiary.
trict.
Bob Carter Steps Down
B.C. Government Employees fleet L H.Cbugh President
Edwin H. Clouqh,  forrner secretary-treasurer,  succeeded
Rotary Club Aids Stricken Children
Prince George Rotary Club will forward a donation of approximately S140 to the Crippled Children's Hospital in Vancouver next month.
The fund was built'up. during j tlie past two years by withhold1 I ing a portion of the Receipts from J draws conducted by Rotnrians at their weekly luncheon meetings. Another fuiTd accumulated dur-in^ihe saine period has been set aside to aid in hospital ancl medical "treatment   for  any   Prince George boy or girl whose parents are not financially able to
City Men Hurt When Car Leaves Highwby
In "fair" condition in Prince George  and   District  Hospital this morning suffering a severely fractured back, internal injuries and broken ribs is   Carl Wedeme.ver, city painter, who with well-known city mill man William Dobsoii was injured in an   automobile   accident   Wed'-nesdary on the' Priestly hill; 22 miles east of Burns Lake. Also suffering from a fractured back is Mr, Dobson. whose condition    was described by hospital j authorities today as "good".
r'Vnnderhoof  Red  Cross  Outpost Hospital.
He was brought here by train on a stretcher Thursday and Mr, j Dobson was admitted to hospital on Friday after X-rays revealed I the extent of his injuries.
Speed of the car at the time it slipped    over .the edge of the j bank js said to have been only 25 rniles-an-hour.
Sfippery roads in the area where the car rolled over accounted for five other minor mis-
Unscathed in the freak mishap' naPs on tne same day which  occurred   when   the  car!   Tne car in which the trio was the trio was riding in skidded on ! riclmS landed upside-down at the
 . Carter as. president of Prince George branch of the B,i.G. {       ^ the necess;iI.y troatnKinl             in skidded Qn     )anueu upsi(le,down aT t!l(>
Government Employees Association following- elections at me . fol. g serious iuness Or affliction, i slippery mud at low speed and;foot of tne' cIiff aftor rolling over
---:�                      This   fund   now  amounts   to fell over a bank, was Tom Dil-' once-
$233.80, it was reported at Fri- j worth,   accountant   for   Prince
Qnnual meeting Friday evening "In his 1952 report, Mr. Carter
stressed the need for concerted ac*ion in obtaining some form of '"cgulated bargaining procedure ^hereby association problems such as wages, hours of work, J1'1' evaluation and classification ''� Positions could be referred Erectly    to    the    governmoijt
through
a   cabinet. committee,
-the;
otherwise some 8000 government empioyees might- be termed �^'cond-class citizens." He stated "" lights are not denied to any of worker.
[ay maximum 40-hour iected to get govern
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iTTR"" "1"'iJ'uvai at an early date Vn n� d'icctive of the recent co'n-. Vent ion is carried out.   �    -' snnbi increase In'wages is being cn"S   ;it .the Present time as the of living appears to have "e stabilized and last spring R�vernment , gave favorable "nation to removal of ano-and the incorporation- of
salarf"�f"llVin^ bonus   -ln basic '"' !"'h ''^60he~associaTion7
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er with a flexi-glass fishing rod as token of appreciation for services rendered over   the past 10 years,^ OPPI0ERS
George Hamilton was elected vice-president, and Miss Anne Matthews, secretary - treasurer. Floyd Nelson was elected chairman of the grievance committee with William Churchman and^ Ray Arnptt as committee mem* bers. Five elected executive members from a large Slate of nominees were Claude Heggie, Earl Cann, Miss .Shirley Bradford,. A. Er'dahl and Harold'Thorpe.
It was decided to request that northern B.Ci branches be given better representation on the provincial executive and that the numbers be increased to provide, for this in the coming yeaf.
A.n honorarium was voted to
day's meeting of the Rotary Club. Administration of the funds is under the direction of Rotary's hospital and crippled children's committee and forms one of their community service projects.
George Planing Mills Ltd.
The   three -Decker Lake
were bound for where the latter firm had recently purchased a sawmill.
Mr. Wedemeyer i-TTe"ported to
Talent Wanted At Folk Festival Meet
ing a 1,500 mile tourfih an effort to present a tme picture of life in the three caired tonight at 7:30 p.m. DcUjB^of the first of two broadcasts on Prince George will be published later.
Just. what technique to use, S when he walked "cold" into each : of the 'three communities to re-ford an authentic impression,, was a problem but Harlow, regional director of talks .for the ('.B.C. in the province; reported such friendly co-operation in the fishing, lumber and cattle-raising towns that his ta.-ik \vas made easy.
"Emphasis in these programs is on people. rattier than on a physical description of the town and its industries." JLhe' producer states. In each place, he got the townspeople    to tell their own
story themselves
while C.B.C.
engineer Lloyd Harrop got it down with the recording equipment.        �'     '�
 �'F?fry mfmbf�' or
Plane   Disappears; 20 Missing InHorth
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 17 (CP) � A C-119 flying boxcar is missing with 20 men on a flight from Elmendorf Air Force Base to Kodiak, United States Air Force announced Sunday.
have   been   partially "paralyzed .� �'F?fry1 mfmbf�'       l after the car fell over a 20-foot ;ndlvldual lending   the  bank, and he was first treated at                        ^
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Hotel should endeavor to bring at least one more person," urges Fred Black, chairman of the city Rotary club's international corn-Only   a   resident   of   Prince j niittee,  sponsors   of  the   forth-George for the past three months, { coming event
Newcomer To City Dies, Buried Here Saturday
8 p.m.
meeting in    the Prince
Folk ay at George
uli.t oww^.n.^. uu..v.Uv..                    Charles Arrance died in Prince)   "Especially bring people with The transport was on what was    George and District Hospital No-j talent of any'kind, musical, dan-escribed as a routine flight in    vember 11 and funeral services j cing or otherwise, from all the
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described
current    "Exercise
Alaska training manoeuvres.
Aboard were five crewmen, one Air Force enlisted medic and 14 army men stationed regularly in. Alaska.
the Court House caretakers^ for j   Bad weather Saturday curtail-efficient services. (         , Lgd searchi operations, but clouds
At the conclusion of the meet-. cleared   Svfnday-and   nine   Air.
kelson presented Mr. Cart- freshments.
ing Miss Phyl Fisk and her com-Tnltteeof ladies~provided the-re-
Fdrce planes shuttled between here and Kodiail seeking some clue to the transport's fate.
were held 'for him 11 a.m.
Rev. T. D. R\ Allen conducted the last rites, and members of the Canadian Legion    acted as pallbearers for the deceased. * Mr. Arcance, who was 66 years of age, had been ill for' only a short time. He resided at Twelfth Avenue and Vancouver Street, o �He leaves -a-wife, Alvine, a family and other relatives.
groups in this   area, Mr. Black added.
Considerable planning can then be done at the meeting for a possible programme for the festival, to be held in mid-January, when amount* of talent available here is ascertained.
Friday's meeting, postponed from last week, will be held in
the small dining hotel.
room   at the
Golf Club  Plans  For Annual  Dinner-Dance
Final arrangements for .the Golf Club dinner-dance in "the Elks' Hall next Saturday night were made at a committee meeting Friday under chairmanship of Harvey Clarke.
As only 140 tickets are available, Mr. Clarke asks that mem-be�s.^planning to attend obtain their tickets before Thursday. If any tickets are left at that time they will be available for guests of members.
Tickets may be obtained from members of the committee, Harold Fretwell, Harold Moffat, Frank Perry. Mr. Clarke, or at Hughes & Ratledge and Tommy Richardson's.
The Weather
Cloudy   today,   clearing   this tomorrow,
afternoon.     Sunny
clouding over in- the evening. Colder tonight, winds light. Low ^M^                      24
degrees and 38 degrees.