INSIDE EDITORIAL ........................ Poge 2 SPORTS .............................. Poge 4 WOMEN S SOCIAL .......... Poge 7 CLASSIFIED ...................... Poge 10 COMICS ............................ Page 11 WEATHER Mostly cloudy today and Tuesday, showers tomorrow, snow flurries in northern parts. Low tonight and high tomorrow 28 and 35. Dedicated to the Progress of the North Phone LOgon 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 202 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1959 BY CAKRIBH 35c PKR WEEK J. L Dampier Elected Head PRINCE GEORGE last week-end was host to a group of B.C. newspapermen when annual meeting of the B.C. Daily Newspapers Association was held here Friday and Saturday. Photographed as the group from the lower mainland and Vancouver island emplaned for,t Vancouver. wu�e,W. T. Robinson. PacificuPuass., Vancouver; Cordon Crockett, Prince George Citizen; M. D. . Whidden, Pacific Press, Vancouver; J. L. Dampier,' Vancouver Sun; Stewardess Miss Marie St. Louis; S. R. Halton, Victoria Colonist; E. E. Pearlman, Victoria Press and A. R. Williams, Vancouver Province. ,000 Objective for Prince George CARS Tonight's the niglit . . . for CA'Rijpanipaigntng; Tojmght will see the 35 team es and their teams go pill tlii! city and siart the sol-1.: of iiuul.-. SrThcy will Ijg visiting homes and businesses throughout tlie city in a drive to reach their objective of $3000, Hut, cautioned Bob Harking tlic committee chairman ,this amount is only to maintain the physlolhcra; 1st, but we would like to be able to send mure than that amount to add a contribution to the ri eanii committee. Anyone who would be interested in donating to this worthwhile cause Is asked to leave their porch light on as the the ne of ilie campaign this year is "The Porch-Light Blitz." Kaeh team captain will have four helpers who will each be responsible for about five city blocks. [�� there is any person who does not have a canvasser call on them, and would like to make a donation they are requested to send the donation to J. T. 11. McConnell at. the Royal Bank of Canada. The president of the association also added that if Prince George did not reach the objective then other centres in the province would have to raise more than their quotas. The money is all turned in to the main office in Vancouver and is then distributed to the various outlying centres. The Arthritis Research hoard is continually trying out. now and improved methods but the life blood of the organization is still the people who make donations during the yearly drives. Coast Logger Killed 3y Failing Snag CIIII.I.IWACK (CT) � Fred 1'oion, 50, of Agassiz, an employee of the Larson Logging Company died In hospital from injuries suffered in a logging accident at Harrison Lake. He ! was apparently hit on the head by a falling snag. The Prince George Lions /.adies are holding a fall fashion show on Wednesday, October 21, in the (\C\l-\ Hall at I S:00 p Tb re to- Lack of fntepest has left the Central Fort George 1'TA without a president for the present lime, W, Kimmel was elected as vice-president at the first meal- Members of the i-i.C. Daily Newspaper Association converged on Prince George last Friday for their annual t w o - d a y meeting and Climaxed the sessions by re-electing J. L. Dam-piere, assistant publisher of The Vancouver Sun, as president. Also re-elected were Publisher Stuari Keate of the Victoria Times as vice-president and W. T. Robertson oi i^acnjc I'le.-u. Vancouver, as secretary. Meetings of the association are moved about to the various cities of member newspapers to give tne publishers a more intimate knowledge of the key centres of the province. Out of ousiness sessions, visitors were conducted on tours of Prince George and the district. In meetings, discussions were held on labor problems, me law of libel and contempt, policy concerning reporting of criminal eases and other common problems. it was decided to bold the semi-annual meeting at New Westminster early in I960. Attending were Mr. Dampier, Mr. Robertson. E. E. Perlman, Victoria Press; S. R. Halton, Victoria Colonist. .M. D. Whidden, Pacific Press; A. It. Williams, Vancouver Province, K. P. MacLean, Kelowna Courier, ,]. G. Rowland. Penticton Herald and Gordon Crockett, Prince George Citizen. Men Awarded $8,271 Damages totalling $S,271 were awarded Friday in Supreme Court to two Prince George men injured in a traffic accident at Willow Point, Vancouver Island, three years ago, The crash, which killed the driver of the car, Murray Allen Tuple J.r., was caused by,Toole's gross negligence, Mr. Justice P. K. Collins ruled. He gave Charles John Kelly $5,100 and Ronald L. Ruttig' $3,-]71 for injuries in their suit against Toole'.s estate, which was represented by Toole's father, Murray Allen Toolc Sr., of Kingston, N.S. Toole, Kelly and Ruttig were leading aircraftsmen stationed at Comox when Toole's car missed a turn onto a bridge on the Island Highway. of 1059-60 school year, I In the school last Thui'si- ing hel day. Other by Mrs of the Teache wards the Senior Citizens Home. After several delays Prince , Peter Weins, will also be start-Gcorgo night school is going j ing his Interior Decorating ahead with classes for 1959-00, i course this evening with regis- Tonight at 7:30 the first regi; - I tration in room 202: These class-will be held every Monday Iration will be opened with the Typing Class to register in room 20!) of Duchess Park junior High School. This registration will be i'ov the Monday night class. If there is an overflow the next class will he held Wednesday night. evening. There are also two probables, Films and Learning and Public Sneaking. Both of these will go ahead if the required number of applications are received. The course about film's will be an ap- Golfing will also be started to- | preciation course with" a little bit thrown In about the operation of a liimm. projector. The Public Speaking course is designed to improve the pupils' night, with Harold Pretty as the instrucor. Pretty Is the golf pro ;it the Prince George and l>is-trict Golf Course and thus has , the qualifications of an excellent / teacher. >TA members installed A. K. Short. President 'rince George- Parent Council were: vice-president, YV. Kiniinel: recording secretary. Airs. I3rotherstori; corresponding secretary, Mrs, K Mel.eod; treasurer, I. '.Moss; social. Mrs. Dunning; and Mis. Warn'ick; publicity, Mrs. l. Paulson; program, Mi's. E.warl and Mrs. Chad wick; safety. Mrs. R, Yardley; hospitality. Mrs. Alc.Vut; membership, Mrs. T. Willson; ways and means, Mrs. Spirling; council Mis. A. K. Short; and Airs. K. Johnston; historian. Airs. Torgerson. Airs. [J. Johnston, past president, gave a report on the past years activities. The 'principal, Airs. Fisher thanked the retiring executive on behalf of the members for their work and efforts of the past year. Following this, he introduced the teaching staff to those present. Ali-s. Crcuzot gave a brief outline on the forthcoming PTA usable clothing sale and asked for volunteers to help at the *ale and for canvassers for the Central area. Wage Talks Three Thousand Fighting Fire LOS ANGELES fA'P)�A new brush fire, believed set by an arsonist, added its destruction today to that of a giant blaze till raging out of control through a valuable watershed, Authorities reported that, a motorist was spotted speeding away from both the new fire, which spread at a terrific rate, and a third which was quickly contained. Fresh firefighters were summoned, bringing to 3,000 the numijer of men fighting the two fires in Angeles national forest. The original fire, which started last Tuesday, has destroyed 12,7(10 acres from the northern outskirts of Los Angeles foothill Communities northward for several miles. A force of 2,100 men fought today to throw up fire-lines in front of the fire as it crept northward. Twenty aerial tankers helped. The new fire swept over 3,500 acres in the first 21 hours after it was discovered at noon Sunday about 20 miles northwest of the larger blaze. Six hundred men were thrown into the battle. mannerisms when speaking before a group of people. PEXTICTON (GP) � School teachers here aiv seeking wage increase's to lift their wage scaic to S2.!)!)0 for elementary teachers and SS.010 for secondary in. structors. Present scale is $2,570 and $7,2S0. The school board has offered a fiat $J00 increase and a sharable medical plan. All AM I .Fla. (CIM �Tropical storm Judith raced north-eastward in the open Atlantic ocean today after leaving Florida wet but practically unscathed. The storm, which developed unexpectedly in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday, created about its only excitement before it hit�when it was described for a few hours as a small hurricane. There was hardly any excitement during its passage. This morning, Judith was about -550 miles east of Day- tona Beach, with highest winds estimated at 60 to 70 miles an hour. Mile 10 of the Hart Highway was the scene of a motor vehicle accident in which a car driven by James Stelmoek of 20.J0 Pine Street hit a small child. Norman Wall, aged 5. was struck clown Sunday afternoon when he left a car travelling south and darted onto the road in front of several oncoming vehicles. It is reported that the child left the car he was riding in and ran around the back. The first oncoming car had little or no chance to stop in time and Wall was struck down on the road. The driver of the involved car will not be charged R.CMP reported. The youngster is in Prince George and District Hospital suffering from miscellaneous head injuries. At press time the patient's doctor could not be reached but it is believed the child is not seriously injured. CARS Receives Donation Of $500 from A.C.T.A. Stalling the CARS campaign out on the right foot is the Associated Canadian Travellers Association as they presented a cheque for $500 to the campaign chairman Bob Harkins. This $000 is part of the proceeds taken from the Sunday night charity shows at the Star-time Drive-in Theatre. The A.C.T. have been putting on these shows every Sunday evening to raise money for charily campaigns that they have arranged. They recently presented a cheque to tine Senior Citizens P.G. Oldtimer Dies ai Coast Prince Geprge old-timer .Joe Devlin, 77, passed away in St. Vincents Hospital in Vancouver last Thursday. Joe Devlin has lived in the Prince George area since 1914 and left for Vancouver for medical treatment, September 15. He is survived by one niece presently living in the Um'ted States. for the furnishing of one of the apartments. According to Bob Beech, C.A.R.S. has peen one of the main charities that the travellers have had under their wing. "We wanted to start this year off right so we made the first donation.1' Beech also said, "credit should be given to Herby Stevenson who is the manager of the Star-time, for all our show times were donated." When asked when these shows would be finished he said, "Well we don't plan any stops until the snow flies. However until that time the shows will go on." The A.C.T. would also like to ask the citizens of Prince George to support C.A.R.S. because they arc supplying aid to the arthritis sufferers in this town free of charge If need be. Bob Harkins also mentioned that the official opening of the campaign was 8 a.m. this morning. identify the witnesses but one of them is believed to be a Canadian who worked as a special agent for the RCMP and American federal (police agencies. The FBI has had him under close guard since the ease broke in Montreal and his sealed testimony will l.j opened by Air. Justice Lazui'e during the trial. At the preliminary hearing Patrick .!. liiase. a U.S. narcotics agent, testified lie' and the secret witness gained the confidence of Cotroni and Robert and bought six kilos of heroin from them, supposedly for distribution in the United States. MONTREAL (CP) � The final episode in a true detective story which rivals the best fiction has to offer opened today in a Montreal courtroom as a restaurant owner and a night-club waiter went on trial for trafficking in narcotics. Giuseppe Pelpi Cotroni, 45, the restaurateur, and Itene Boll Koliert, 31, the waiter, were arrested last July 8, climaxing months of undercover work by United States treasury agents working closely with the KCMP. After they were hauled In in .i ore dawn raid on a Mohtr'ea motel by nearly 20 RCMP officers and treasury men. it was announced that undercover agents posing as mobsters had bought raw heroin in the Mont real underworld worth !>S,0<)0, 000 on the illegal market. Cotroni and Robert have also been tied in with a ring dis posing of bonds stolen in multi million dollar robberies at lirockville, Out., and .Montreal and face charges in this connection in Chicago. To handle the prosecution the Canadian government appointed Joseph Cohen, a well-known criminal lawyer. KAIL OPPOSED When Cotroni and Robert were arraigned shortly after their arrest Mr. Cohen opposed bail. 'The operation," he told the court, is so big ami extensive that any bail would not ensure the presence of the two accused at the time of the trial.". If convicted on the charges of trafficking between April 28 and July H, 1050; and with conspiring to traffic with unknown persons" the two accused could get II years and the lash on each count. The trial itself has been de-ayed by the difficulty of obtaining evidence from witnesses who feared for their lives if they came to Montreal to testify in open court. To protect them a rogatory commission � a kind of travelling court � went to New York last week to collect testimony in highly secret hearings, SKCKKT TESTIMONY The RCMP have refused to For Power Co. The British Columbia Power Commission has been having trouble with one of the transformers in the 1200 block on Third and Fourth avenues. About 5:10 p.m. Friday the power was cut off to the south side of Third Avenue and the north side of Fourth avenue for about 15 minutes. This difficulty was fixed and the transformer was working, again . . . but only for 10 minutes. The power was cut off to this same area for a'bout twenty inin-jltes more while (\ ere"- flurried around getting everything back-in shape. The Power Commission announced that final repairs would be made today. Tickets Available For those attending the Trafalgar Day Ball to he held October 23, and wish to be in a group, please contact Uud Saw-ley at LO 4-4481 lo be sure that table is arranged with place cards. For any who did not receive in invitation and wish to go, there are a few tickets left. For any who are going and have not answered the invitation, please do so by Tuesday. - HANDING OVER the check that will add $500 to the C.A.R.S. campaign is Bob Beech of the Associated Canadian Travellers Association. Receiving the check on behalf of C.A.R.S. is campaign chairman, Bob Harkins. Standing to the right of these two men are Jim Fairley, of Transwest Theatres and John Haw-rish, member of the A.C.T. This check was the first one received to start the Porch light campaign for C.A.R.S. � �Citizen Photo itz and Your Porch Light