SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Curling enthusiasts busy preparing for the coming season, which will likely be underway Saturday night. Litzenberger stars as Chicago Black Hawks move into undisputed first place by thumping Montreal Canadians 8-4. Vancouver Canucks remain undefeated, edging Winnipeg Warriors in overtime. (See Page 6.) The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 208 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1960 7c a Copy BY CARRIER ' * 1.50 per Month SENTENCE RESERVED B.C. Liquor Just Like Water, Union Declares VANCOUVER (CP)� The Painters and Decorators Union introduced a resolution here Tuesday saying the alcohol content of B.C. liquor "has been reduced to practically the strength of water." The resolution, presented to the B.C. Federation of Labor convention, asks the percentage of alcohol to be increased to its original level. It was also suggested all beverages under ' the Liquor Control Board be reduced in price. The resolution passed with only one dissenting vote. LONG LINE of men at the Salvation Army gets longer every day, taxing the army's facilities and rations here. This line of unemployed was photographed Tues- day evening by Citizen photographer Hal Vandervoort as men queued up for stew. ON POWER STATEMENTS Mam waring Raps Fulton VANCOUVER (CP) � W. C. Mainwarlng, president of Peace River Power Development Company, rapped .Justice Minister i'lilton on two counts Tuesday for statements � the minister made at an Ottawa press confer- Mr. Mainwaring said he never at any time" suggested power from the Columbia and Peace Rivers would cost about the same when delivered In Van-couver, as Mr. Fulton quoted him. "What I have said is that power eventually developed on the Columbia in Canada"�he stressed the word Canada�"would he approximately the same cost as Peace River power." This would exclude Columbia power which Canada obtains from the United States under an international agreement, which federal authorities expect to be delivered at Vancouver at a cost of four mills a kilowatt-hour. Mr. Mainwaring; In .an inter-1 coUver for anything like four view, read a report quoting Mr. niills per kilowatt hour." Fulton as saying: "The best As in the past, he made no price I have ever seen for estimats on the cost of deliver-Peace River is three mills at the | -ing' 1'eace River power to Van-site GOO miles away from' the Vancouver market. If it costs , jjiilj per 100 miles ..at. ..VICTORIA Kf>�Ray. Willlston, mision, that would set the Van- lands and forest minister, Tues- couveiy rate at nine mills�more than twice as much as the Columbia cost. Therefore I ani surprised, when Mr. Mainwaring says they will be the same." Mr. Mainwaring described the statement as "utterly silly," adding: "I would suggest that Mr. Fulton have someone advise him in regard to the transmision costs of cxtra-high-voltage power in the :;ange or 500,000 to G00,-000 volts. These are nowhere near one mill per 100 miles. "In addition, I am quite satisfied that he is going to find that Columbia River power cannot possibly be delivered to Van- day pledged Columbia River power will be "as .cheap as it's entirely possible," and chided Ottawa officials for quibbling on details. Bond Declines Comment City Dick Bond, local CMIIC manager, has declined to comment on statements made by .Mayor (lar-vln Pezc!l and oily council over his charges that there is a shortage of building lots in the city, Mr. Bond said: "I'm in a touchy position as a federal employee and can't say anything." "The contractors and real estate people know what is ",o-iir-i on," he explained, "and they arc tin- ones lo carry it further," WINTER WORK Mr. I!nii(! told the local winter conservative estimate we have 321 home building sites available right now and more can be obtained within 14 days." Tlic Prince George Contractors Association was to issue a statement on the situation today but changed its mind at the last minute. M CITY HA LI, Wayne Thompson, president of the association, said "The directors have decided we shouldn't mrnent on the situation." Mr, Thompson said he visited work committee "It's ridiculous j city hall and "the city appears a city with so much.land;available to have lots of building sites lo expand and build on should be available but most of them aren't laced with a shortage of lots," lie said thai unless lots were ready by next spring $2,000,000 ill construction that would likely have serviced by sewers, "The situation now revolves between CUHC and the city as to whether septic tanks will-be per .started next year would have to,unitted on these sites," he said, be postponed. However, said Mr. Thompson, The mayor, in replying to Mr. i.hc local real estate people are ISond, told city council. "At a I going to look into the situation. Now Hear Thi 11 Die as Blast Levels Building W I N J) S O K, Out. (CD�A downtown department store crowded with afternoon shop ])crs, blew apart with a roa Tuesday, killing 11 person, and sending more than 80 to hospital. Kight bodies were recover ed and three others were known to be under the rubble of the t w o-s tore y Metro politan Stores, Limited, build ing. The seven bodies hlcnti fiei) were those of women. The blast, believed trigger ed by natural gas, punched out the rear wall of the reinforce il-roncrete building on busy Oiicllcttc Avc, Windsor's main business streel, and collapsed the upper storeys into a basement toylanrt. The explosion came without warning. Joseph llalford, 34, store manager, said from bis hospital bed: "I was helping install a "new heating unit. We bad turned on the gas but. nothing came but air. We (hen opened the live-inch valve from the main. More air pushed in and with it must have come gas. We had a small summer heater burning in oiio corner of W � a � ."Man sitting in dining room of local hotel had unexpected shower hath this morning as he was busy eating breakfast. Just as the well-loaded fork reached Ills mouth il was suddenly swept away by a torrent from above. The much-flustered management did its best to explain away the niishap and see that the undignified gcill went away happy while a plumber was given an urgent call . . . Plaudits to two local firms who are helping to keep the stew pots boiling down Salvation Army May. Canadian Propane hnok<'gratis Tuesday, mid Carson Truck Lines brought 123 cases of canned meat up from Vancouver headquarters free of charge . . . Those interested in the early days of this part of Die province tuna In, CHC at tu- night! Sncrr.v ('lino, an c.\ provincial policeman in the Ha/clton area, will fiive the second of three talks on sidelights of north' em B.Q. history. Tonight's "Talcs of the Skccna" will recount the story of Catallne, or Jean Caux, who ran pack trains which .supplied Hie early pioneers with the necessities of life. Cataline was renowned, a ill p jig other accomplishments, for his odd-bill habit of pouring part of every drink lie consumed over his head. The theory: "If you put u little of every drink outside, you won't have a hangover next morning!" Visiting jurists agree Prince Georgo has the host supremo court facilities in the provinee. Hut there are (wo ^liirinn oinis-shins in the lavishly-appointed courtroom; A clock, and Boating accommodation in I he foyer so spectators can sli out snort and lung adjournment* . . , NO REWARD Thieves went unrewarded for their efforts when (hey broke in a rear door and ransacked the 97 Transfer office at 1666 First overnight; The intruders were apparently looking only for money. Nothing was missing from the office. BIG BOMBS BUT LITTLE IDEAS, SAYS TOM DOOLEY TORONTO (CP)�Dr. Thomas Dooley says many Asians think of the West as "having �big bombs and big launching pads, but small ideas." The U.S. doctor, whose jungle" "practice Is centred in a small Laotian valley along Communist China's border, said the West must understand and support neutralism In Asia. He said five years of military and financial aid to the previous anti-Communist Laotian government failed to stem the Red tide hccau.se the assistance was poorly and incompletely given. B.C. LABOR FEDERATION 7-Hour Day Proposed To Beat Unemployment VANCOUVER (CP) � British Columbia's organized abor has voted to press for a seven-hour work day in all future contract negotiations. A resolution to that effect drew unanimous support Tuesday from representatives of 250 affiliated unions at the annual convention of the B.C. Federation of Labor (CLC). It called on all member unions to seek the shorter working hours in forthcoming negotiations. Federation Secretary Pat O Neal summarized the statement of a dozen speakers *who advo cated the resolution when h said: "It is a major way � really the only way � to combat ser ious unemployment which exist and to meet the technologica advances in many, industries in B.C." The secretary of the paren Canadian Labor Congress hac earlier told delegates that unem ployment in Canada is a national disgrace. Donald MacDonald of Ottawa said the jobless figures are a damning indictment of our economic system. He warned there is every indication that 750,000 persons will be unemployed in Canada this winter, and perhaps 1,000,000. AT FISCAL CONFERENCE Tax Sharing � Dief; Job Lack - W. AC OTTAWA (CP)�Prime Minister (ta.x e s and succession duties The federation also adopted a plan to speed up and improve contract negotiations and urged the use of work stoppages if necessary to force the repeal of provincial legislation restricting picketing. LIMIT NEGOTIATIONS The negotiation plan would limit direct negotiations between parties to 10 days. If no settlement were reached within the allotcd time, th,e. .minister_.of labor, on request of either gide, would appoint a mediator. If the mediator failed the union would then conduct a strike vote. The plan would cut out conciliation procedures which unionists claim are unsatisfactory. Lawrence and Yvonne Wade were found guilty in assize court Tuesday on two counts in connection with the near-death from malnutrition of their 10-month-old son. Mr. Justice J. G. Rut tan reserved passing of sentence. The all-male jury deliberated 20 minutes before bringing in its verdict. Wade, 30, and his 22-year-old wife were convicted of criminal negligence and a second charge of failing to perform their duty in such a way as to endanger the life of a person to whom the duty is owed. A baby girl was born to Lawrence and Yvonne Wade early today only hours after the young couple was found guilty of two charges in assize court Tuesday. Mrs. Wade, who was being held in custody in a city jail cell awaiting sentence, was rushed to hospital at 12:30 a.m. in a police car. The child was believed to MRS. IDA MAY WILSON . . . winner? Ticket Holder In Dark Yet On Sweeps Dicfcnbakcr today proposed an end to the tax-rental sytem of sharing the valuable fields of income tax and succession duty iptvecn federal and provincial ;ovcrnmcnts. Instead, he supKcstcd to the 10 provincial premiers, the prov- nces should levy their own personal and corporation income W. A. C. BENNETT . . . attack now rather than look to Ottawa to do it. The prime minister's sweeping proposal, which if adopted would take effect following the expiry of the present tax-sharing arrangements March 31, 1962, was made at the opening of a three-day Dominion-provincial fiscal conference. Another new proposal was the prime minister's announcement that, If the, provinces agree unanimously, the federal government will support a constitutional amendment permitting the provinces to levy an indi-rect sales tax at the retail level. This indirect retail sales tax was sought by Ontario. Seven province's now levy a retail sales tax, but it Is u direct tax collected <>n each retail sale. Presumably an indirect form of the tax would be levied on a retailer's over-all sales. OTTAWA tCPi � Premier Beiv nett said earlier the conference should make an immediate attack on Canada's unemployment problem. He proposed long-range tax-sharing arrangements, to he no-(Continued on Page 3) Man Found Dead From Gunshot Wound A 57-year-old man died early oday in his Fraser Flats cabin rom an apparent self-inflicted gunshot blast in the head. Police identified the dead man s William Baniel. He had no mown relatives in the area. A man living in a nearby cabin old police he heard a shot short-y after midnight and upon in-cstigation found Baniel sitting on his bed with a 30-30 rifle between his legs. A sawmill worker, Baniel had been unemployed since last August. have been born prematurely. Hospital officials refused to release any information as to the condition of the mother .and child. The 22-year-old w o m a n, whose oldest child is seven, sat next her husband in the prisoner's box through two days of testimony. Throughout the trial, she sat passively, rarely looking up to watch the proceedings. At one point Tuesday, a 10-minute recess was called at Mrs. Wade's request so she could leave the courtroom. � *, Sllewas in the witness box some-15 minutes and' gave her testimony in a soft voice without any apparent sign of nervousness. The couple was charged last April after Department of Social Welfare workers found their son, Albert James, suffering from severe malnutrition. The baby weighed nine pounds, five ounces, an increase of only six pounds, five ounces, since its premature birth June 1, 1959. NINE WITNESSES The crown called nine witnesses including doctors and social workers in the two-day trial. Mrs. Wade, the sole defence witness, was the last to testify. She told the court she had wanted to place the baby up for adoption at birth "because it wasn't my husband's." Dr. Jean Izatt, who delivered the child, earlier testified Mrs. Wade had (Continued on Page 3) Prince George's only holder of a possible winning ticket on the Irish Sweepstakes for the Cambridgeshire Handicap run today at Newmarket, England, is in the dark on whether, or not she won anything. Mrs. Ida May Wilson, 25-year-old telephone operator, held a ticket on Extra Time but early returns from the race didn't indicate how the horse made out. However, she'll get about $2,000 for drawing a horse. "I haven't heard how I did," she said this morning, "but I'm not in the top three." A Victoria resident was among five Canadians to hold tickets on the winning horse, Midsummer Night, worth $137,500. A Kamloops resident won $27,500 for holding a ticket on Ides of March, the third place horse. Variable cloudiness and scattered showers Thursday. Little change in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and high Thursday at Qucsnel and Prince George, 32 and 50; Smithcrs, 30 and 45. Peace River lirgion Cloudy with sunny periods Thursday. A little cooler. Winds light. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Grande Prairie, 25 and -15. Last -I Hours Lo Hi Preclp, Prince George.. 32 55 trace Quesnel.......... 33 Terrace .......... 30 Smithers ........ 30 Kamloops ...... 45 Dawson Creek 24 Fort St. John.. 23 Fort Nelson .... 14 Whitehorse...... 36 59 43 .57 It 60 � 55 � 40 -.02 25 .16 41 __ INVESTIGATION ASKS: Wko Buzzed Queen? ]\y Reuters LYNElIAiM � A joint ISril-Ish-Gcrman Investigating commission assembled at this .southern English town today as angry headlines told Britons the Queen and Prince Philip narrowly missed death Tuesday. Two NATO Sabre jet fighters, believed to he West German, buzzed an alrllnor carrying I he royal couple home from a private visit to Denmark. West Gorman defence officials .sent two llcutoiiant-colonols to tiikc purt in the investigation at un liAF biivo u�.�r b�r� following Hie incident over Hie Dutch-German border. Co-pilol LI. Frank Stevens said the two S;ibre jols "with damn groat Iron Crosses on their wings" � the markings of the West German Air Force � passed 50 feet above the royal plane, an RAF Comet jel-liner. Several European NATO members use Sabre jets of U.S. design. "Wlin nearly killed the Queen?" headlines The Dally Sketch, "JJow could II happen'.'" do* mauds Tiiu Dally The Daily Express says: "A feeling of utter horror followed by a sense of incredulity thai this could have happened, And finally a mounting mood of anger." The Daily Mail claims the two jet fighters "were deliberately buzzing the aircraft." It quotes a Luftwaffe colonel at Oldenburg, West Germany, as saying throe West German planes were on a target practice mission with one of them acting as target for movio com* eras, "It iH posslblo they niuy have (Continued on Pago ii) TOP OFFICIALS of the Soo Line ftallr oad, which opened an office here earlier .this year, held a dinner and cocktail pa rly Tuesday night in order for local lumbermen to meet executives of the li ne. Two of the lines' vips are, seated from left. James T. Ilarlnett, freight tr afflc manager, and Ftpsa L. Thorflnnsoni vice-president of traffic. Doth are from I lie line's head office in Minneapolis, Minn. Standing are, from left, Glen Nightinga le, coinmerciul agent, Edmonton, and W. Stuart Gregg, general agent, Princ e George. �Hal Vandervoort photo