GIANT U.S. PLANE MISSING IN NORTH SEATTLE, Nov.- 24. (CP) � A P.124 Globemaster is . missing uth of Anchorage, Alaska, with V> persons. The huge four-engine plane, en ,,�(. from McChord Air Force ase- near Tacoma, Wash., to Anchorage; .was the third big tro&P carrying plane to vanish in Alaska in the last 16 days. There Corp 91 Persons ab^Fd the three LIBRARY VICTORIA, B. C. en Largest Circulation of Any Semi-Weekly Newspaper in �, sh Columbio Vol. 35; No. 92 Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, November 24, $4.00 per year Per copy wsm Thcf U.S. military air transport f� irvice.plane was last-reported in |� L radio "at 9:47 p.m. Saturday ^ ver Middleton Island, a rocky, sparsely settled fox farm island 150 miles southeast of Anchorage. The Globemaster, carrying US yr Force and Army personnel, left McChord at 3:30 p.m. Saturday on a 1,400-mile flight which ordinarily takes seven hours. It carried 41 passengers and a crew of 11- Passengers included a doctor and several air rescue personnel who had Arctic survival equipment and clothing. HON. R. W. BONNER (Attorney-General) HON. E. M. GUNDERSON (Minister of Finance) Police Vehicles Gel Two-Way Radio Sets Work started yesterday on installation of a complete two-way radio hook-up for three Royal Canadian Mounted Police vehicles here and both police offices. Receivers and transmitters are being installed in the R.C.M.P.'s district car, highway. patrol car.; and van, as well as in the Seventh Brjjsh Co|umbia ridings to decide whether the Social Credit Avenue police station and at sub- *� divisional headquarters in the Millar Addition. Announced some months ago,. by.elections in Similkameen and the police radio network here Cabinet Ministers Seek Seats InTwo BX.By-elections Today VANCOUVER, Nov. 24�Voters went to polls today in two is to be successful in its bid to seat two cabinet ministers. Six candidates are contesting should be in operation around the. end of this week, an R.C.M.P.!>it officer said today. . The sets installed will be of the frequency modulation type and will operate on voice trans- mission. Either police office will be able Columbia where two Social Cred-members resigned to enable Finance Minister Einar Gunder-son and Attorney-General Robert Bonner to seek legislature seats. They were taken into the cabinet when the freshman Social Credit government found it had no suitable men among elected members to communicate with the radio equipped cars, and cars will be | for the two posts. able to communicate with each other or with the offices. Police believe the radio installation will greatly increase ef-H firjency. of mobile units and will; eliminate the necessity, for ve- \ hides to return at frequent in-! tervals to the police station. Badly Injured Man Flown To Vancouver Suffering from serious back in-iury. fractured ribs and internal injuries, Carl Wedemeyer, Prince George painter, is now being treated in a Vancouver hospital. Accompanied by a nurse, Wedemeyer was a stretcher patient "aboard a southbound CPA plane Friday. He was hurt 12 days ago when a car in which he was riding with two other city men rolled down a 15-foot embankment off "Highway 16 near Vanderhoof, William Dobson, superintendent of Prince George Planing Mills Ltd., is also in Vancouver undergoing special treatment for a fractured vertebra sustained in the same accident. Young Father Of Two Stricken Suddenly A 32-year-old city man, Kenneth D. Ellis, died in Prince George and District Hospital Saturday night following a sudden and brief illness. Mr. Ellis, whose home is at 10-13 Montreal Street; succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage. The father of two children was stricken earlier on Saturday and passed away shortly after being rushed to hospital. ' He is survived by his wife and two small daughters. Last rites are to be held on Wednesday at Assman's Funeral chapel with Rev. G. McL. Booth-royd officiating. Born and raised at Merritt; B.C., Mr. Ellis came here with his family four years ago and was employed for some time with Finning Tractor Company. At the time of his-death he was em- Gunderson is opposed in Similkameen by H.S. Kenyon, CCF, and Joseph Klein, Independent Farm Labor. Both Liberals and Progressive Conservatives decided not to contest the seat. In Columbia, Attorney-General Bonner is running against Chris Madson, CCF, and George Keen-leyside, Liberal. Harold Winch, CCF leader, said at a Penticton'rally Saturday night which wound up his party's j campaign, i either or that if the CCF won ployed" by-Company. the Allen Lumber Golfers F. Wray, Mrs. Hatch lead '52 Titleholders' Parade Winding up one of the longest and most successful seasons in the annals of the city's golfing fraternity,' about 150 members of Prince George Golf and Country Club attended a .cabaret style dinner dance at the Elks' hall on Saturday flight. Colored streamers, .. miniature golf clubs and large balloons '�oaring caricatures of prominent members' decorated tire hall, while-a table heavily laden with trophies and prizes was admired '�>�all. present. Two perennial champions, Ford Wray and Mrs. Connie Hatch, were again prominent as Youthful Cliff Dezell was awarded the Hub King Trophy, a handicap event, with second prize going to Clint Geddes. Mar-jorie Wintemute won second prize in the ladies' club championship. Two ladies' flight competitions were won by Thelma Roine and Rosemary Mclnnis; with J. Field-house and Molly Napier finishing second. Agnes Gauthier led the.ladies in the race for the Bell Trophy, with Blanche Woodhead in second spot. A par board prize for ladies also went to Mr$. Woodhead, prizes were distributed following j while Edith AllertJ was judged a dinner prepared and served by � the most improved feminine Taylor and his McDon-.; player. The Chevron Trophy, for the best two-lTall mixed foursome, y ;||(1 Hotel staff. (Mr. Wray captured the Club Championship trophy fcfr the third year in a row, and also Placed second in the Ford handi- both seats he would demand the resignation of the Social Credit government. There are some 15,000 person eligible to vote in Similkameen and about 3.500 in Columbia.' All 11 Social Credit cabinet ministers, with one exception, saw action during the campaign. Mrs. Nancy Hodges, fo'rmer speaker, led the Liberal fight in Columbia. Both Social Credit and CCF got help from cabinet ministers in Alberta and. Saskatchewan, respectively. Chief issue in the campaign has been the record of the Social Credit government in its short time in office. Result of the vote is expected to be known within two or three days. Alternative voting will again be employed. Teen-Age Girl Rescues Bahi. 14 Homeless When Fire Sweeps Suburban Home A 1 6-year-dld girl was heroine of a raging fire here shortly after noon on Friday when she saved the lives of a baby and two-year-old boy in an inferno which left 14 persons .homeless and with no more belongings than the clothes they stood up in. Dependent today upon the hospitality of friends and the care of the Red Cross" and Provincial Welfare Branch are Mr. and Mrs. H. Carpenter, their four children, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stewart and their two children, Mrs. C. Ar-rance and her two younger children and married daughter. Completely destroyed by flames, was the "fringe" area home at Fourteenth Avenue and Rupert Street in which all 14 persons were living. As flames levelled the frame building, the Carpenters watched thousands of dollars worth of new appliances and new construction destroyed. No insurance was carried on the house or its con- '< tents. Heroine of the blaze was Blanche Carpenter, age 16. Blanche was sitting in a front room of the house when flames suddenly burst from the walls. She rushed to a nearby bedroom and with flames licking around her, took up the baby and two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. She fought her way through the smoke and fire filled house to safety, taking the two youngsters with her. Mrs. Arrance, whose husband died just over a week ago in the Prince George Hospital after a short illness, was with her mar ried daughter in the rear of the house when' the fire struck. Both managed to get outside unharm ed. Although Prince Department fought George Fire the blaze on BLAZE DOES $1000 DAMAGE AT MILL Damage estimated at not less than $1000 resulted from a fire which broke out Friday evening in the boiler-house and fuel storage bunker of Strom Lumber Company's Water, Street planing mill. According to Fire Department officials under whose guidance* more than 1000 feet of hose was laid to fight the blaze, the flames swept into the fuel bunker from the boiler fire. The Strom mill, one of the largest in Prince George's industrial area, is located near the Canadian National Railway's round house, from which an emergency fire hose was strung. Prince George Fire Department men said the co-operation of C.N.R. employees in aiding firefighters at the blaze was outstanding. Fire Chief August* Dornblerer told The Citizen that before his crew arrived at the scene, railroad employees had strung a length of hose for the city unit to hook up with". laminated type wall and a Carpenters Protest Government Edict VANCOUVER, Nov. 24 (CP) � British Columbia carpenters plan to protest a federal bill which they claim will permit courts to levy sentences of 10 years for striking government projects and five years for picketing. At the annual convention here, 70 delegates, representing about 7,000 carpenters, termed the proposed legislation most vicious as far as the'trades are concerned. It was also announced that wage demands for next year-will be set by a special provincial council scheduled to meet in January. . the grounds it threatened property inside the city, the fire was too far advanced to be extinguished. Lost in the fire besides the personal effects of all 14 occupants were a brand new chesterfield and a new washing machine that had been delivered only a few hours before. The Carpenters had recently spent $600 on new siding for their home and had just laid a new linoleum floor in the kitchen. Mrs. Carpenter told neighbors after the. fire that no insurance was carried due to the fact that certain work had to be carried out on the chimney to conform with fire marshal's regulations. The work had already been arranged for and insurance was to be taken out as soon as it was completed. Also lost in the blaze were the complete furnishings from a (See 14 HOMELESS, Page 8) City Boxers Win And Lose In Quesnel Ring �> Two young Prince George boxers won one and lost one on a Quesnel boxing card Saturday night and Tommy Palmer of Golden Gloves fame fought to a fast draw decision with Paul Baurer, a husky West German who came to Canada only three months ago. Young Harold Mann, 102 pounds, was awarded the decision in his three round bout with Jimmy Corbett of Quesnel, while city flyweight Tony Klotz dropped a close decision to Roy Fogarty of Wells. The two city boxers were sponsored by the Prince George Athletic Club, and were accompanied on the trip by club trainer Jack Lamarr, city scrapper Frank "Hooker" Hawkins, Bus Tait and Ron Anthony. Complete round-by-round accounts of both city boxers' bouts will be carried in Thursday's Citizen. 'Mail Early" Warns Postmaster P.O. Staff Braced For Record Christmas Rush Public Can Co-Operate In Easing Congestion In Cramped Quarters Plans for handling an anticipated record volume of holiday mail during the Christmas season with a minimum of delay were discussed at a conference Saturday attended By two Vancouver postal officials, Postmaster Ernie Burden and key bers of his staff. Frank J. Colpman, regional director of postal services, and Inspector R. F. Reid looked over the facilities at Prince George post-office, and admitted there is little that can be done to improve the service in view or the lack of space in the present building. Referring to delays in handling some classes of mail at the city post-office, Mr.. Colpman said facilities were already taxed "'beyond the limit," and the situation is bound to become worse as the peak of the Christmas rush draws, closer. Additions to the staff of sorters and-clerks were discussed, Work Under Way On Water For 'Fringe' Work is already under way ot several points an the perimeter of the city to provide water services to future residents of Prince George, a City Hall official declared today. although it was admitted this would not speed up the service to any great extent owing to the shortage of working space. ; Mr. Colpman said arrange- i'ments had been made to rent �space in two nearby buildings, j one for storing bags and the I other for parcel deliveries. The ' latter will be in" the basement of the Bank of Montreal building. While this method of handling incoming parcels imposes a hardship on the public, the postal officials said, it is the only solution under the circumstances. The situation here is similar to that existing in many other B.C. communities where postal facilities have not kept pace with the growth of the population. "We have every confidence that the new post office will be completed in plenty of time to handle the 1953 Christmas mail," Mr. Colpman said. "Prince George (See P.O. STAFF, Page 5) A start on supplying water to,---------------------- residents of the "fringe" area, ! another branch wil be installed at who will be. residents of the city soon when a proposed annexation plan is finalized,, was authorized at a City Council meeting almost a month ago. The Council changed its policy on permitting construction of water service outside the city with the provisos that no city equipment is to be sacrificed to 'he work when it could be used inside the city, and that residents in each case must pay "in full for the cost of the necessary main. Connections in the areas where �>P event, which was won by G. | President Harry Kennedy, assist Galbraith. , Mrs. Hatch captured the ladies' '"'lib Championship trophy, and finished second in the competition for the Bell Trophy, which |vi? taken home by Marion Cor- was claimed by Al Macey and j corrugated "metai'exterior onlhe ! cily crews are currenUy atjvork Marie Lamb. , Prizes were presented by lei ss. Prize for low net score went to ay Allen. mill buHdimr was largely resppn-: on? the installations cost $100 for sible for the email amount nf damage, the chief said. The fire at thp <3trnm Comn- ed ,by Connie Hatcn, Syd. Perry, Al Macey, Virginia. Ektlin, Bud ^ell and Jack Corless. ' "'ppfcs � aftp�* the f^v During the dinner, Judge Eric repmcpntnMon* t0 f}v D. Woodbum proposed a toast to r\\ gskfri? pornr'^.'^r1 the Queen. pnrhnle^e- tYto "���'" "Scotia Street. In addition, homes on both sides of Fraser Avenue west of the city will have water services made available. A City Hall official said that work on installing new services will continue as long as weather permits. N He estimated that services will be made available to about 50 homes, and that probably" 30 of those will actually be hooked up. Dancing continued until a late hour to music provided by Don he laid between *he rni Douglas' four-piece band. C.N.R.'s water connppHon. building on two lots. Of 'his amount. $50 is a connecn ehp'-cre and $25 for each lot ,vr^: