Premier Promises Us 'Dramatic Announcement' INSIDE EDITORIAL .......................::. Po^e 2 SPORTS .............................. Page 4 WOMEN'5, SOCIAL ............ Poge 9 CLASSIFIED ........................ Page 12 COMICS .............................. Page 13 WEATHER Sunny with cloudy intervals. Remaining warm. Low tonight, high tomorrow, 38 and 45. Dedicated to the Progress of the North Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 2; No. 203 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1953 PRICE 7 CENTS THE TRAIL OF '58? ^ ' ,V OAT >�} ty> < T : f "->flBa$acsBW'**wi�.'. Mfc�.., EXTENSION of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway into the Yukon and Alaska will go through the Rocky Mountain Trench, the site of the proposed Wenner-Gren development. Cost of the project is estimated at $250,000,000 if construction costs are similar to what they were for the railway extension to Dawson Creek and Fort St. John. Briefs VANCOUVER (CR�Delegates to the B.C. Hospitals' Association convention today will consider a resolution calling for a standardized employees pension plan for its members. The proposed resolution was mentioned during a "problem clinic" held by the Association Thursday night. � � * WASHINGTON � It took thieves about one minute Thursday to break into a fur shop, take $15,000 worth of mink coats ami .stoics, and disappear. Police In a .squad car arrived one minute after the automatic alarm went off. They said one of Lhe stripped mannequins was still wobbling in the window and a display sign was still moving. � � � TOKOXTO----1. Alex While-Jaw, -I:!, branch manager for Burroughs Adding Machine of Canada Limited, died in hospital Thursday. A native of Winnipeg, Mr. Whitelaw .joined the Burroughs Company in � � � AMMAN, Jordan � The government announced today it would start flying civil airplanes over the United Arab Republic later in the day. Koad connections, blocked since the oxer-throw oi' the royal government in Iraq on July J1, will be reopened between J.orcan and Lebanon Saturday. * � � DIJON, France � A sentry at a nearby air base has blamed the fog for the fact that he shot and killed his best friend. The sentry said ho challenged his friend, Jean Carnet, 21, when lie was returning to base with sonic comrades. Unable to recognize the forms, he tired a burst from his sub-machine gun. Youth is Sent to Prison The second of two youths who pleaded guilty to being in possession of a stolen car has been sent to the young offenders' unit at Oakalla. Vernon Arvid Westnian, IS, of Prince George, was sentenced by police magistrate P. J. Mor-an to a nine-month term. West-man's partner, Ronald Joseph Hondo of Fort St. James, was sentenced earlier In the week to eight months definite and 10 months indefinite at the same institution. The pair were arrested here October 17. The ear they were in was identified as one stolen from New Westminster September 22. Jury Rules 'Accidental Death' A logging mishap that took the life of 51-year-old Fred Pin-der has been ruled "accidental" by a coroner's jury. The verdict was reached at an inquest Wednesday night, two days after Mr. Pinder died in District Hospital of injuries suf- fered when he was hit rolling log October 8. by a IN A GRAVEL PIT near Goderich, Ont., Mrs. Kenneth Dickinson, right, was killed by a shot in the abdomen while two bystanders watched. She had arrived at the pit arguing with a shotgun-carrying man who first threatened to shoot her, then when she refused to accompany him further, fired at close range. The two witnesses, Mrs. Fanny Watson and David Cox, grappled with the gunman but were unable to hold him. Police are searching for the dead woman's Husband, left, a Great Lakes seaman. Extension to PGE From. Prince George Proposed Prince George is the news "capital" of Canada today as teletype machines in newspaper offices throughout the country chatter out the latest dramatic stories of development in this area. This is the news that is flashing across Canada: � � A Pacific Great Eastern Railways director has stated that a branch line from the PGE at Prince George to the Yukon and Alaska may be financed by the U.S. ' $f � A hydro development company with a capital of $20,000,000 was registered at Victoria. It will be part of Wenner-Gren's development program in . this area. # Premier Bennett stated in Vancouver that a "dramatic announcement" would come within 15 days concerning the multi-million dollar Wcnner-Grcn development in tli'c Peace River area. The Trail 01 '58 Addressing a banquet of the Auto Court and Resort; Association of B.C. in Vancouver last night director of the PGE Railway, Jack Kennedy, made his forecast about the Prince George rail extension to the Yukon and Alaska. "The Americans will pay the shot," he said. "Now that Alaska is becoming so important to them, they desperately need a connecting railway. "It may take some time because they will have to arrange things with Ottawa. It would be faster if they could work directly with British Columbia because we appreciate the situation. "However, this railway link is certainly coming." Hydro Development A hydro development company was incorporated here Thursday in connection with Wcnncr-Gren Explorations in north-central British Columbia. Peace River Power Development Company Limited, with an authorized maximum capital of $20,000,000 was registered at the government companies office through the Vancouver legal firm of Campney, Owen and Murphy. "This is in connection with the Wenner-Gren Company," said William Murphy, a director of the Wenner-Gren Development Company (B.C.) Ltd. "That is the only statement I can make. "Any other statement will have to come from Bernard Gore, executive of the Swedish industrial firm. He is in England and won't be back until November." Documents related to the registration of the new firm did not specify who would be directors nor name backers. The application for incorporation was signed by two stenographers of the legal firm, listed as one-share stockholders. "Greatest Decade" In Vancouver Premier Bennett gave his promise of a "dramatic announcement" on Wenncr-Grcn development in the Peace River area to 1S00 people at a Social Credit rally. He said the 1900's would be B.C.'s "greatest decade" and that the Peace River hydro-electric project would be one of the greatest of its kind in the world. The Premier threw the promise in during a speech in which he promised expenditure of $1,000,000,000 on B.C. roads during the 1960s and hinted that there might be an early provincial election. Little Change in Temperature Seen Cloudy tomorrow in all regions except the Peace River area. Little change in temperature. Winds southerly 15. Main storm activity continues to be centred in the Gulf of Alas} inlan i. Small storms moving are bringing increasing uds and stronger winds. Cold air remains stalled in extreme northern B.C. and the Yukon, and show no signs of a southward motion. LOW, HIGH TEMPERATURES Prince Gcorgo and Qticsncl, :!0 and 52; Sin it hers, M) and 48; Grande Prairie, ttO aiul 55. SEATTLE � A deadly-poisonous South Pacific stone fish has been captured by a civilian crew neraber of a navy craft and n'ought here. University of Washington biologists say it nay be the only one in the United States. March of Dimes Annual .March of Dimes campaign to raise money for the B.C. Crippled Children's hospital opens in Prince George tomorrow. Organized by the staff of radio station CKPG, it has set an objective of SGOO. This year's campaign won't be merely all radio appeals. A hockey game, dance, hula hoop display and a possible bicycle ride to Vanderhoof will also help raise the money. Marcel Levequc of CKPG said a hockey game on Nov. 23 between the high school Polars, the B.C. school champs, and an all-star team will be a highlight of the campaign. TRICK OK TREAT? � those will be the words of Hallowe'en pranksters as they make their rounds tonight. But getting ready for the occasion three Citizen employees approach classified ad clerk Tammy Lamb who won't be in for surprises when the real thing happens. . �Olt i>hot The Social Register isn't be-in;i (;ilv<'ii seriously in Prince George and includes a city lawyer who is being hunted by the police. "It must be a mistake;1.' declared (direr local residents this morning on learning that their names appear in the directory of Canadian "blue-bloods." First copies of the Social Register arrived here earlier this week and within a few days those whose names appeared in them had leaked out. Mrs. Bridget Moran of South Fort George, whose name is among the (52 Prince George residents selected by arbiters, said "it is just a good laugh." MUST HE A MISTAKE She stated she has been receiving letters from the Montreal publisher^ since early spring and about a month ago a 'note came in the mail asking $2") if she wanted the book. "I haven't answered any of them. It must be a mistakef1 Mrs. Moran commented. She is listed with her husband, who TOM AIXKX, proprietor of Allen's Motel in Prince George has been chosen president of the B.C. Auto Court and Motel Owners' Association. The group is currently holding its annual convention in Vancouver. .Mr. Allen was on the provincial executive last year. works at the provincial men's jail. Mrs. Moran is a former social worker in Prince George and is currently raising a family and managing a trailer court. INCENSED But. the most incensed of all pyeij the publication was Milliard Clare of Northern Hardware and Furniture Co. Ltd. MiVirClare, who last week was declared a life member of the Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce, said ho filed the letters "in the waste'paper basket." "I knew it was 'phoney' when I got the bill for $25," he remarked. "I don't know, somebody must be making fun of me," said Mrs. A. Cassino, 230 George St., when she learned her name is in the neatly-bound volume, which is being hidden by most of the people who receive them. CAR THEFT Lawyer John Meredith Tayler, whom police are hunting on a charge of car theft, is also in the book. All of Prince George's legal and medical fraternity have been given what Lhe editors of the Social Register say is "a place of distinction." Several prominent lumbermen and a handful of merchants are also listed in the register; The person who revealed the contents of the book to The Citi- zen wished to remain anonymous, Ho said he paid the $23 because he knows many distinctive Canadian families and wanted to see if they had made it." The histories of about, a dozen local families arc traced by the register. In all other cases, the names of the husbands and wives, along with their home addresses, are the only social identification. Sentence To $40 Theft An Edmonton man is awaiting sentencing for a break-in and theft from a city service station while two juveniles were slated to be charged today in connection with the same incident. Ernest Lafleur pleaded guilty In city police court this morning to a charge of breaking and entering and theft. He was remanded for sentence in eight days or less. Lafleur and two juveniles were arrested yesterday morning following RCMP investigation of a complaint from ISsau Texaco Service that $10 in cash and some small equipment valued at about 812 was stolen when entry was forced in the station office early Wednesday morn- Governor-General to Attend B.C. Ceremony j Governor-General Vincent Massey and four provincial lieutenant-governors will attend special ceremonies at Fort LJangTey Nov. 19, celebrating the birthday of British Columbia. The four lieutenant-governors are Frank Ross af B.C., Frank L. Bastedo of Saskatchewan, John J. BowjJ-len of Alberta and Campbell L. Macphersori of Newfoundland. It was on Nov. 19, 1S5S, that Sir James Douglas proclaimed the mainland colony of B.C. at Fort Langley and was in turn made the first governor. The fort was restored last year on the exact plan of the'original building. It lies on the Fraser's bank, about 30 miles east of Vancouver. All schools in B.C. will celebrate Douglas Day with a holiday. Commemorative* activities will be held the preceding day.