Prince George Citizen
An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central and Northern British Columbia
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ing Planes
Airport
�nth's End
tors Rush Work on fcunway to be Ready I American Planes.
Halls, Aldinger, itractors on Prince new #400,000 air-received orders this ash at least one main completion before )f August.
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of giant airplanes will |[or refuelling and servic-[as it is possible for them
of the new 'airport. suit the contractors are Lting their work on the th-south runway, 4200
as it is the one near-etion.
uen have been taken on Drk, and every available
piece of machinery is ^ployed on this part of
of the eight-inch sur-bilized gravel is being ear-by a double stream of [the northern end of the grading and consoli- southern end is being
1200 tons per day of gravel t and an equal amount {�inch asphalt topping and hot seal coat will be laid |as soon as the gravel is
gh to permit laying of
�lace layer.
w'ered doubtful if the i be ready for use as soon
orities desire. Hovrever, [Prince George may well hunder of big planes mer-efore mid-September.
Anderson in Crash
tior accident at West Lake Sunday, Jimmy, son of R. R. Anderson of this lived leg injuries which his confinement at ;e Hospital for several
riding on the running-car driven by his brother, the car ran off tlhe side and hit a log. The door-abbcd approximately three the muscle of the boy's in he was thrown forward creating a nasty wound, was given by W. H. James W. Alward, who were at STilliams' nearby camp, and immediately driven to his brother. He was at-Dr. E. J. Lyon and is pro-vell.
of
LLABUS FOR EXAM
Department
released a revised sylla-ithe government" assayer's don.
syllabus outlines the the standard of the n, both of which en altered this year.
candidates should se-new syllabus. Copies are fe from the Chief Analyst, of Mines, Victoria. B.C.
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, August 21, 1941
#2.00 a Year
Construction to Begin at Once
Duke Meets U.S. Leader
War Contracts Cause Delays East Pr. George
Sinclair Mills and Red Pass Work Will be Rushed�'Leary Inspects District�No Equipment Available�Dominion Governments Holding up Right-of-Way East of McBride..
Priorities enjoyed by war contracts, equipment monopolized by defense works and delay of the Dominion government in allowing the province right-of-way over the old Grand
Trunk Pacific Yellowhead Pass road-bed have been respon- his old post here instead of moving ible for holding up work on roads at Sinclair Mills and Red to Prince Rupert in charge of fed-�> r~< ^i u r* c t ..... f I i. ' eral unemployment insurance.
fass, Q^apt. the rion. L,. �>� Leary, provincial minister or public . . . ' . �, c... .
works, declared as he passed through Prince George today' August 7, Mr. Whiting had accepted after a five-day inspection of Fort George district roads. J tne offer of the latter post from the
Not only will the Sinclair Mills and Red Pass jobs be put . , u. , , . . e,, , . .
� � � i j� i i � � i a resigned, his relief appoint-
n hand at once, he stated, but also his department and the \ ment. However, aftor his acceptance,
Department of National Defense are "hammering at Ottawa" i or immediate construction of the Prince Rupert-Jasper road, i
During his recent tour of Western Canada, His Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent, spent three days at Jasper Park Lodge. A guest at the Lodge for the summer was Charles Evans Hughes, former Chief Justice of the United States. During the visit the Duke invited Mr. Hughes to dinner and this picture was taken in tftie Duke's cottage.
Through North Area
Camps and Mills May be Closed as Men are Taken to Fight Blazes Encircling Prince George to North, West and East�No Relief Expected Till Heavy Rains Come.
At least 20 serious blazes are raging through forests with in 150 miles radius of Prince George, B.C. forestry official* here stated today, and the entire Fort George and Omineca districts north of the C.N.R. line are shrouded � with dense smoke, so that the actual limits of the many blazes cannot be determined.
Manpower to fight the many fires is unobtainable, and mills and camps in this district may be closed and their employees impressed to fight the fires, declared E. Gregg, head of the B.C. Forest Service operations branch, who arrived in Prince George Tuesday night to assist local officials in their tremendous task.
Relief Officer Victimized by Civil Service
E. V. Whiting May Remain in Prince George � Salary deduced Without Warning.
Relief Officer E. V. Whiting, for several years administrator of provincial unemployment relief for the
Prince George district,
retain
commission arbitrarily reduced
"This is one of the most sary roads in the province," Mr. Leary, "both for defense and for the travelling public. "The Department pf National De-ense is anxious to have it built, and we are working together to se-ure it."
EQUIPMENT SCARCE
Associated Engineering Co., Ltd., only construction firm in a position to take the current road contracts in the Fort George area. hr�ve been swamped with war contracts, said Capt. Leary, in explaining why work See RUSH ROAD WORK, Page 4)
Visitor Gets Big Stuart Lake Fish
W. H, James of Williams rneatj �market," well-known Prince George fisherman, returned from Stuart Like last week-end with a 14'4-pound rainbow trout, largest fish taken from the lake this year so far. The fish was caught by F. J. Teufel of Seattle who, with Mrs. Teufel and Mr. James, formed one of several parties fishing at the lake during the past fortnight. Mr. James stated, however, that the fishing was exceptionally good and he and other anglers had taken many fish of 12Vi pounds apd over.
Marion Off Alone, J2500 Miles to Daddy
Marion Bowman, 8, who has I been staying in Prince George ; with her aunt, Mrs. V. Morgan, for the past three months, left Saturday by C.N.R. train to travel alone 2500 miles to Petawawa, Ontario, to rejoin her father and mother.
Her father is Sapper W. J. Bowman. Royal Canadian Engineers, formely of Vanderhoof, who is stationed at the eastern training centre. Mrs. Bowman left here three months ago to join him.
� Marion, clutching her doll and a pack of cards to keep her ! amused on the long trip, was confided to the care of the sleeping-car porter, who will look after her for four days.
No, she wasn't scared�just "so excited" at the prospect of seeing daddy and mummy again that she could hardly settle down for the 2500-mile ride.
MINOR OFFENDERS SERVE SENTENCES
Among minor cases dealt with in courts here and at other centres in
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Efforts are being made to combat the many fires south of Manson Creek, but north of that point "we don't know how many big fires there are, but there are plenty." declared R. D. Greggor. district forester. CIRCLE OF FIRE
North and west of Prince George there is a veritable semi-circle of fire. Chief blazes are: 1. Great Beaver Lake �100 square
miles. 2 Kloch Lake�two biff fires.
3. Tchentlo Lake�big fire on the north shore.
4. Nation River watershed � big-blaze.
blaze on west
Fair Enlarged; >re Livestock Classes
George Fall Fair, scheduled to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 2 and 3, r and better than ever, if hopes of fair officials are
h b ted
in the
bigge
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bigger and better than ever, if hopes of f L New swine and poultry classes have been created, stock, flower and home canning divisions have^been
will have the largest prize l^ years.
new features of special rtiich will be on display will "? exhibit by the Prince 5rimental Station of the ent of agriculture, superintendent of the ^arranging the exhibit. pAl& PAIR, Page 4 )
Mothers Rebel
Residents on Fourth Avenj�,es-oecially those with young children, S� becoming alarmed at the prevalence of speeding motor cars along Shat residential thoroughfaie. It authoritative
McLeod shore.
6. Trembleur Lake�fire under control
7. Stuart Lake�fire under control.
8. Muskeg River � 400-acre fire, "touch and go."
!). Near Crooked River and Davie
Lake�three new fires reported. 10. Around Tatuk Lake � at least three fires of unknown size burning.
Beyond these, north and west of Manson Creek and the Omineca River, forestry men will make no effort to estimate the number and seriousness of the fires, and state that the whole country is shrouded in smoke. AERIAL SURVEY
Mr. Gregg flew over the Kloch Lake blazes Wednesday afternoon. All men available were flOT/n in to these fires Wednesday.
"We just haven't got enough men
(See FOREST FIRES. Page 4)
of
S�d�?ca� and reportj the police if the practu*
Joseph Wagner, Beaverley, Dies
Joseph Wagner, pioneer firmer of Beaverley, died Tuesday, August 19, in Prince George Hospital, after a I brief illness.
Mr. Wagner had resided at
Beaverley for the past 24 years.
He was taken ill two weeks ago
and brought in to the hospital
by Constable A. Taylor of the
provincial police.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 2:30 pjn. from the Catholic Church, with Rev. Father Gilhooley officiating.
Many visitors were at the lake the 'district during the past week during his stay, which extended over were: J. Fairfield, causing a dis-10 days of "perfect weather." Most I turbance in Prince George Wednes-
of the parties there were from' the United States and were enthusiastic over both the sport and the beautiful surroundings. Among others at' Nakalak Lodge,
day, August 13. $15 or 15 days; Johnny Paul, under the influence of liquor fn Prince George Saturday. $15 or 15 days; Thomas Prince, Fort St. James, liquor in possession ille-
at the northwest end of the lake, | gaily. $50 or four months, and Adan-where Mr. James was, were G. A. C. \ as Donald of Fort Fraser. theft corn-Weil-, retired Victoria banker, and j mitted at Vanderhoof, $20 or 30 Mrs. Weir. Mr. Weir also had good ! days.
sport, but was reported to have been somewhat confused by the local piscatorial terminology, on one occa-
All are serving their time. Prince and Donald were brought in from Vanderhoof. where they were tried.
sion visiting the lodge search of "sows."
pig-pen in i by Constable F. Cook of the pro-. I vincial force.
Nazis Drive on Leningrad
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6000 Paris Jews Sent to Concentration Camps
Dnieper Dam Destroyed by Reds
British United Press�Thursday, August 21 (Special to The Citizen.)
BERLIN�German forces driving victoriously at northern and southern ends of the eastern front have taken the key towns of Novgorod, Narva and Kingisepp on the path to Leningrad and have captured Cherson, the last free Russian Ukrainian port west of the Crimean peninsula, asserted the High Command, German forces driving on Leningrad from Estonia in the west have captured Narva, 80 miles west of Russia's second city, and !ha,ve proceeded on to take Kingisepp, 150 miles to the east, according to a communique from Adolf Hitler's headquarters. Picked shock troops of Hitler's personal bodyguard stormed and captured Cherson, 90 miles east of beleagured Odessa.
VICHY�French police and German troops rounded up 6000 Jews in a five-hour raid on Jewish quarters of Paris today and sent them to concentration camps. The arrests followed drastic warnings by German occupation authorities against demonstrations. Demonstrators in Paris last week, described as Communists and Jews, caused police to fire into their ranks before they dispersed1. It was learned that since the armistice at least 30,000 alleged communists have been arrested in both occupied and unoccupied France.
LONDON�Russia, prosecuting its "scorched earth" policy to the limit of sacrifice, has blown up its gigantic Dnieper River dam, pride oi Soviet industry, as the last of its main army of (Continued on Page Five) -
The original offer was made to Mr. Whiting on August 1, carrying a definite salary of $1800 a year to begin with, and prospects of work-; ing up to $2100 a year. Mr. Whiting accepted the offer, which demanded a return acceptance or rejection by wire, on August 2.
He resigned his provincial position, W. G. Dixon, of the welfare field service, was appointed his successor, and Mr. Whiting turned over his duties to him.
On August 7 the civil service, without warning, telegraphed Mr. Whiting that the Prince Rupert position had been reclassified and the salary reduced to $1500 a year, an amount below that which he had been receiving from the province.
It asked his acceptance of the position on that basis. Mr. Whiting at once refused to accept the cut, in spite of the fact that he had left his previous position at the request of the commission and was now unemployed, and protested the unjust action of the commission.
He also at once applied to the provincial department for re-in-statement as relief officer here, which has been granted.
Nothing more has been heard from the civil service commission.
Red Cross Fete At Nukko Lake Attracts Many
Varied Features Entertain Large Crowd at Picnic as Civic Benefit is Staged.
Several hundred citizens of Prince George travelled, to Nukko Lake Wednesday afternoon and evening to attend the impressive picnic arranged there for the benefit of the Canadian Red Cross.
Outstanding attractions of many types, including games, sports, fireworks, water rides, wheels of chance and others kept the crowd busy from early in the afternoon to late at night, and realized a substantial sum for the Red Cross fund. FIREWORKS
Perhaps the most favored feature was a tour of the hike in a 25-passenger motor-boat, which practically everyone at the picnic patronized at least once during the day
or evening. ^^-^^
Spectacular exhibitions of fireworks in the evening made the night blossom with many-colored fires (See LAKE PICNIC; Page 5)
O. Williamson Dies After Long Illness
Ole Williamson, 60, resident; of Prince George for more than 20 years, died in Prince George Hospital Wednesday night after a long illness.
Mr. Williamson leaves his wife, five sons. Harry, Raymond, Robert, Ralph and Ivan, and one daughter, Mrs. John Wiseman of Kenora, Ontario, to mourn his passing.
The funeral will be held from Assman's Funeral Chapel Saturday afternoon at-2:30 p.m.