. _..........---. The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia 'hone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 193 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1960 7c a Copy BY CARRIER 11.50 per Month Opening Xtnas Presents Illegal Sunday Sport? VICTORIA iCPi � Archbishop Harold Sexton says he is going to enjoy Christmas Day in the traditional manner despite the fact it falls on a Sunday this year. The head of the Anglican Church in B.C. said the British �Lord's Day Observance Society's magazine Joy and Light seems "to be carrying rigid ideas of Sunday observance too far." The magazine appealed to Britons to postpone all Christmas merrymaking to Boxing Day this year. LORD CHANDOS DECLARES: $600,000,000 Peace Project Can Be Financed VANCOUVER (CP) � Lord Chandos, chairman of the board of Associated Electrical Industries in Britain, says he is certain that the proposed $000,000,000 Peace River power project in- northern British Columbia can be financed. "I'm certain it can be financed, although it's 'hot peanuts," Lord Chandos said in an interview Monday. "I don't see anything No Further Reports Due On Mrs. Dief SASKATOON (CP) � Dr. David M. Baltzari Monday said there would be no more bulletins released on the condition of Mrs. Mary Florence Diefcnbaker, 87-year-old mother of Canada's �prime minister, unless her condition changed seriously. Mrs. Diefenbaker Sunday was reported in critical condition in the University of Saskatchewan hospital suffering from a. severe lung infection. During Sunday night she reached a crisis in her illness and Dr. Baltzan, her personal physic-ion,- reported she' "responded perceptibly. The Prime Minister and Mrs. Diefenbaker arrived in Saskatoon Sunday evening. The elder Mrs. Diefenbaker has been confined to a wheel chair since 1957 and about 18 months ago suffered a stroke. Mr. Diefenbaker says the length of his stay in Saskatoon will depend on his mother's condition. He was scheduled to make a second appearance at the United Nations in New York and have official talks with Prime Minister Macmillan of Great Britain about Wednesday in Ottawa. CAPTAIN JOSEPH JEFFERY of London, Ont., today was elected president of the Canadian Clumber of Commerce at the national business organization's 31st annual meeting at Calgary. that could stop it (the project) now. I don't see any insuperable difficulties." CLOSED MEET Lord Chandos, who as Oliver Lytteltoh served in the wartime cabinet of Winston Churchill, made the statements before a private meeting with Vancouver businessmen. Apparently referring to Peace and Columbia river hydro-electric power development, he said he is surprised to hear talk and concern about a power surplus in this region when "it is clear there's a danger of a shortage." "It used to be sard that trade follows the flag; in the 20lh century trade follows cheap power." SEVERAL DAYS Lord Chandos had been visiting British Columbia for several days and meeting, with executives of the Peace River Power Development Company and the Pacific Northern Railway, in which Association Electrical Industries holds as interest. He made a trip north in B.C. during the weekend to see the Peace River and he said it is sad to see such huge reserves of power sweeping wasted. down river, PUT LABOR FEUDS BEFORE COURTS CALGARY ICP) � Prosecutions for unfair labor practices would go direct to the courts, without being subject to ministerial discretion, under a recommendation approved last Monday by the policy committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Under present federal legislation the minister of labor's consent must be given before companies can bring actions against unions, or unions bring actions against companies. Delegates were divided on the proposal but it carried with a substantial majority on a show-of-hands vote. Many of the 50-man committee abstained. i IT MjKaWT A LUNG TiilP but the smiies of these successful hunters show it was worth it as they display their fine bag of 10 geese and 35 ducks. Pete Skalicky and son, Pete, Jr., travelled to Lake Lenoe, Sask., about 65 miles northeast of Saskatoon, to do their hunting. �Hal Vandervoort Photo. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Distinctive Flag Sought CALGARY (CP) � Strong support for a distinctive Canadian national flag was given Monday night by the policy committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Denial Technicians Gel OK (or Teeth VANCOUVER ICPI � Forty-eight -dental technicians have been granted licences allowing them to bypass dentists and deal directly with the public, a five-man board set up by the provincial government to issue the licences reported Monday. The move ends a long battle by the technicians who have been charged a number of times with bootlegging false teeth to the public. Clayton Willson of Prince George, one of these, didn't know today if he was one of the 48 to be granted licences. The licences were issued to technicians with at least 12 years experience, the last seven in an establishment dealing with the public. Those who,.qualified will be able to make, repair and sell full plates but will require a dentist's prescription to make partial plates. The last session of the legislature agreed to grant these special licences. A board spokesman saici about 130 had applied for licences and that besides the 48 granted, another 30 are under review. The executive committee hac recommended that chamber dec larations on the matter be de lcled, on the ground that the request had been passed on to parliament and the government STRONG TALK In what seemed a unanimous decision, however, the policy committee rejected the rccom mendation following strong state ments on behalf of various cham bcrs. A spokesman for Sarnia, Ont., s?id the statement .should be retained "u'ntii such time as we do have a flag." Regina moved the retention and St. Boniface, Man., seconded it and Victoria gave it support. No one expressed opposition. NO DELETION The committee also overrode an executive recommendation to delete a request that the federal CAC Wl WAR ON STAMPS QUEBEC CP) � A campaign against trading stamps by the Canadian Association of Consumers in the last year met with mixed success, a report to the association's annual meeting said today. "Progress can be reported in the eastern and western provinces." the report of the national executive committee said. "Ontario and Quebec still remain the stronghold of the firms promoting their use." S. Africa Whites Vote Wednesday On Question of Forming a Republic CAPETOWN (AP) � South Africa's white minority votes Wednesday on whether to convert the country from a constitutional monarchy under the British crown to a republic with a The outcome could have fateful consequences for the white supremacy government of Prime Minister Hcndrik Verwoerd. president. Now Hear This.. Sportswritcr- Barry Ilamclin and Civic Properties Boss Bill Woycik were chatting at the Coliseum last night when the PA started hollering for Bill. Wonder what they want, he said. They want to sec you about the ice condition, replied Barry. What do they expect me to do about it, moaned Bill . . . Well, if the ice was hot, the hot dogs certainly weren't. Neither was the coffee, when there was any . . . Most disappointed fan at the game was the youngster who nabbed the first puck that flew up into the crowd. Just as he was about to put this fine memento from professional hockey in his jeans, he saw two big Coliseum Gestapo converging on him with the obvious intention of tearing him to bits and tossing him out. So he tossed the puck back onto the ice. Apparently neither the kid nor the Coliseum management realize that grabbing pucks that fly oil' the ice is as much a part of hockey as snagging foul balls is of baseball . . . Photog Hal Vandervoort says folks who don't get their moose around these parts must have their eyes closed. He saw a big one loafing along the old Summit Lake Road yesterday about four miles from town. Youngsters of Mr. and Mrs. Vickcrs, and their dogs, chased it across a field . . . Prince George Hotel Co-manager Harry Brown's son Don has returned from two week's vacation at Vancouver and has joined the staff at Radio PG, where it won't be long until he's spinning discs on regular assignment. A lad of talent, is Don, and we wish him well . . . Biggest dance orch to play in Prince George will be the 16-piece ensemble being assembled by the local Navy League of Canada branch for the annual Trafalgar Ball, Oct. 21 at the Civic Centre , , , A decision to create a repub lie might lead to South Africa's expulsion from the Commonwealth and further isolation a world already condemning its harsh race segregation policies. RACIAL VIOLENCE These are among the reasons why the long campaign preceding the republic referendum has been one of. the bitterest in the country's history. The campaign came after months of racial violence throughout South Africa and as a wave of nationalism continued agitating other parts of the African continent. 5 Impaired Driving Cases Before Court Five charges of impaired driving came before the magistrate here at the weekend, resulting in a total of S700 in fines for three of the men charged. Kenneth Schwcndiman was fi>�d $300 after he pleaded guilty to his second offence. Police said his car narrowly missed several vehicles and utility poles before he was stopped on Sec- ond. Fined $200 was Emil Rosen- treter. His car was found straddling a sidewalk on Dominion, with the motor running and the lights on. Carl Stermer was also fined (Continued on Page 3) See "POLICE COURT" Verwoerd's own National party launched the drive for a republic. Composed entirely of Dutch-descended Afrikaners, the party lias been in power for the last 12 years. The anti-republican forces arc composed chiefly of South Africans of British descent, who claim the Afrikaners have been discriminating against them since taking control of the government. They argue that if Verwoerd gets his republic, he will assume near dictatorial authority and further infringe on the rights of the English-speaking population. Nearly 2,000,000 whites in South Africa and its neighboring mandated territory of Southwest Africa are eligible to vote in the referendum. The 12,000,000 non-whites can't vote. VERWOERD FAVORED Since Afrikaners outnumber British-descended whites by bet-lor than 55-45 per cent, Vcr-wocrd is favored to win. Verwoerd argued that South Africa must become a republic � with its own head of state replacing the British monarch � in order to unify the white population. Such a move, he continued, would preserve South A.frica as the last bastion of "Christian and white democracy" in Africa. He promised that his government would "respect the rights of our English-speaking people as we have during the last 12 years." * government adopt an officially-approved version of "O Canada" as a national anthem. The executive committee recommended the deletion on the ground the request had been passed on to the government, but again the committee � with midnight approaching � decided that the recommendation should be retained. Fire Takes Life QUESNEL�John Lome Cousins, 65;*was burned to death Saturday night when fire destroyed his cabin at Wells, 40 miles cast of Qucsnel. Police say they believe the fire began from a kerosene lamp. Cousins was a former prospector who lived in the area since 1933. DRIVING LAWS OTTAWA ICP) � The constitutional validity of provincial careless-driving laws was upheld today by the Supreme Court of Canada. PUBLIC HEARING Show Your PNR Tells VANCOUVER (CP) � The Pacific Northern Railway said today it is up to the Public Utilities Commission to show that it has the power to decide whether the company can operate. Walter S. Owen, counsel for the railway company, told a PUC hearing that the company is governed by the B.C. Railways Act and this takes precedence over the Public Utilities Act. The PUC is holding a hearing to decide whether it has jurisdiction over the railway. NO QUESTION "There is no question that the Railways Act is a specific regulation of an industry," Mr. Owen said. "The Public Utilities Act is a general statute." He added that "The rule of interpretation is that if there is any repugnance between two such acts the specific regulation prevails. The Railways Act, be ing a complete code, takes precedence over the Public Utilities Act." Mr. Owen said unless the com mission could find clear language in legislation it has no power to consider the matter further. Dr. Hi F. Angus, commission chairman, said the PUC view has been that a person or company becomes a public utility if two conditions are satisfied: the owning or operating of equipment or facilities and the intention to use the facilities for serving the public. FEELS STRONGLY "The commission feels very strongly that any other interpretation of the, act would defeat the clear purpose of the act by enabling-any new construction to take place and to precede to some indefinable point � per haps even to the completion of construction and readiness for operation � without those provisions of the Public Utilities Act that relate to construction being applicable," Dr. Angus said. "The commission cannot willingly acquiesce in any interpretation of the act that carries with it the complete frustration of some of the most important purposes that the commission has hitherto considered the justification for its existence." Outlook Darkens as K Shatters Meeting Hopes UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (CP) � The outlook for top-level talks on the cold war, or any significant East-West agreement during the current UN assembly, faded today after Premier Khrushchev raised his price for a meeting with President Eisenhower. The Russian leader's terms Included a demand that Eisenhower confess guilt for "treacherous acts" and "perfidy." He said in letter Monday night to the heads of five nations who tried to sponsor the meeting with Eisenhower: AX APOLOGY "A clear admission is necessary that it (the increased tension) has been occasioned by the unprecedented treacherous acts of the United States government which chose the way of carrying out provocative aggressive acts against the Soviet Union." Previously,! Khrushchev had demanded simply an apology from Eisenhower for the flights of the U-2 and RB-47 planes brought down by the Russians. Meanwhile, .two sponsors of the resolution prepared ?o leave New York today. A third is scheduled to depart later this week. President Tito of Yugoslavia was to sail for home this morning. President Nasser of the United Arab Republic prepared to board his special plane, bound for Cairo, later in the day. OX FILE XOW . President Sugarno of Indonesia is due to leave Thursday for Parfs to soc President de Caulk: of France. On file with the UN was an Vustfalian amendment "to he neutrals' resolution railing for another summit conference by the Nig' Four "at the earliest practicable date." Prime Minister Robert Men-zics said he did not know whether the United States would support his proposal. American liplomats indicated they would. However, the words "at the earliest practicable date" left the situation ambiguous. Meanwhile, "Khrushchev was driving hard on three other fronts, trying to attain iu$ ob- jectives in this session of the as-SLinhly. First, he lined up a phalanx of speakers Monday lo support his demand for seating Communist China. Most of them cen-ti ed their fire on the United States. Second, Khrushchev kept up a drum-fire attack on Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, trying to force him to resign and threatening that the Communist bloc will disregard him if he doesn't. Hammarskjold, in a cool rejoinder, told the assembly be has no intention of knuckling under to Khrushchev. Third, Khrushchev worked harder than ever at lobbying for support outside the UN. He whirled from luncheons to cocktail parties to receptions and dinners, glad-handing delegates, cracking jokes, smiling, and playing the soul of sweet reason. B.C. Has No Lleut-Gov.; Ross Left Post Monday FRANK. ROSS . . . term over VICTORIA ICPI � British Columbia is without a lieutenant-governor today. Lieutenant-Governor Frank M. Ross, retiring after five years in office, and Mrs. Ross said farewell to maids, gardeners, chefs and office staff and left Government Mouse Monday. An announcement is expected shortly from Ottawa on a successor. Until an appointment is made, Chief Justice A. C. Des-brisay of the B.C. Supreme Court will perform the viceregal duties. Record High Point Hit By Canada Living Costs OTTAWA (CP) -rr Canadian living costs reached a record high point Sept. 1 with n 0.4 per cent advance in the consumer price index during August. The bureau of statistics reported today a half-point rise in the Number Killed In Atomic Attack Wi Hinge on Readiness . ARNPRIOR, Ont. ICP) � The number of people killed by an atomic attack, in Canada will depend onrhow ready for the_attack the people in the targeParea' were. Federal experts estimate that if a five-megaton bomb were detonated over each of the 13 major ditics in Canada with no warning �v and with no civilian preparation � more than 3,000,000 people could be killed. But civil defence officials also estimate that in these same hypothetical explosions the toll would be reduced "very greatly" if people were prepared � if they knew where to go and what to do, and if they had treatment facilities and teams ready. Sixty mayors and other municipal officials from the Atlantic provinces arc here today and the rest of the week to learn, and pass on to others when they get home, what they can do if and when a national emergency occurs. LADY CHATTERLEY BORED MAUGHAM LONDON (AP) � At .86, author W. Somerset Maugham talked today about women, literature and death: "As far as I can judge, with women it's all take and no give. There must be some women who are not liars. I know a few women I am extremely fond of, but at my age, one's attitude is rather different "I am a rationalist so I can face death with absolutely equanimity. I don't believe in after-life. I don't have to face the prospect of eternal boredom in paradise. "I read Lady Chatterley's Lover when it first came out and, to tell the .truth, found it rather boring. I read the first 74 pages of Lolita and was too bored to go on. Shocked? It takes more than that to shock me. Nothing shocks me � except cruelty." consumer price index to 128.4 on Sept. 1 from 127.9 a month earlier. The main upward pressure came from a 1.3-per-cent advance in food prices during the month. This helped move the index lo a level one per cent above the year-earlier level of 127.1 on Sept. 1, 1959. The index, yardstick of consumer living cpsts, is based on 1949 price levels equalling 100. The previous high point was 128.3 last Nov. 1. The food index climbed to 123.3 from 121.7- between Aug. 1 and Sept. 1 with a sharp increase in egg prices and hjgher prices- for Jjats, oranges^ jsomet beef cuts, Dacon T�nc!""canned salmon. Most fresh fruits and vegetables were cheaper. There were fractional changes in other components of the consumer budget � most of the changes being upwards. The August rise in the consumer price index followed a rise in- industrial wages during July. The index of average industrial wages and salaries at Aug. 1 was 1.77.6 compared with 176.3 on July 1. The index is based on 1949 average wages equalling 100. The index for miscellaneous commodities and services declined to 137.6 from 137.7 in the month. Prices of 1960 model cars declined seasonally, and gasoline prices went down as a result of local price wars in several cities. These more than offset higher prices for tires, auto repairs, lubrication and batteries. WEATHER Mostly cloudy Wednesday with showers in the Bulkley Valley region. Little change in temperature. Winds light. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Qucsnel and Prince George, 35 and 55; Smithers, 30 and 50. Peace River Kcgion Cloudy Wednesday morning, becoming sunny in the afternoon. Little change in temperature. Winds light tonight, becoming west 20 tomorrow. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Grande Prairie, 30 and 50. Lust 24 Hours �Lo Hi Preblp. Prince George.. 35 48 .55 Qiiesnel .......... 40 52 .07 Terrace .......... 37 54 .01 Smithers ........ 25 -IS .10 Kamloops ....... 48 59 � Dawson Creek 34 5G .07 Fort St. John.. 34 52 __ Fort Nelson.... 30 54 __ Whltehorse...... 32 43 __ WITH RIFLE FIRE Family Fights Eviction HULL, Quc. CD � Rifle fire blazed Monday night as farmer Jean Robert Chenier, 44, and three of his family resisted eviction. South Hull police lifted the siege early today and escorted the Cheniers away under the eyes of an invading group of neighbors. . Police said they counted five shots. The scene was a 10-room farmhouse near here where dairy farmer Chenier lives with his wife and nine child-rca. Ibey were evicted last Tuesday on a court order obtained by owner Mrs. Bessie M. Davis of Ottawa who started a $7,000 court action last March for non-payment of rent, alleged property damage and loss of livestock. Monday morning, on the advice of lawyers,. Mr. Chenier said, the family moved back in. He said the first move to evict him came in the afternoon from about 20 men who got into the living room. They left when Mr. Chenier went for his rifle. Tiiey were ideuiilitsd by Chenier as "volunteers" rounded up by Mrs. Davis. He said they came back about 10 p.m. when � he fired shots from an old .303-calibre army rifle. Rocks were thrown through the windows and a piece of timber used on the front door, he said. South Hull police stepped in when the force of would-be evicters prepared for another assault.' Mr. Chenier said he plans to lay charges of attempted breaking and entering. His family is staying at a neighbor's bouse.