Bootlegger Says Money Was for Church Organ
PITTSBURGH Wl � When Mrs. Octava Jones, 53, went before Judge William F. Cercone Monday on charges of operating a speakeasy, he asked her why she had sold beer and liquor illegally.
"The church needed an organ, and I wanted to make some money to buy one," she explained.
She was fined $300.
I!)(j2 LICENCE PLATES will soon be required for an estimated 1:3,000 Prince George and district vehicles. Mrs. Brna Ftord fans out four of (the plates received here by the Motor Vehicles Branch. They go on sale Jan. :; and must be on all vehicles by midnight, Feb. 28. A spokesman said 'the number issued 'here has been increasing at the rate of 400 �to 600 per year. The new plates reverse the 1961 colors, with pink numbers on a dark background.
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NATIONAL SURVIVAL
A public demonstration following completion of ijio first> six-week national survival course will be presented "hero Wednesday at the Armory.
The special military training plan open house will show what more than 80 men have learned in the intensive program.
Demonstrations, which are planned to get underway at 7 p.m., will coyer national survival training methods, first aid niiil rifle training, and will conclude with a final parade at
PGE RUNS AGAIN AFTER WRECK
VANCOUVER (CP) �Regular traffic was expected to resume on the Pacific preat Eastern railway line today following derailment of five units and lour cars of a freight train early Monday near Garibaldi.
The company said the derailment w a s apparently caused by a split rail.
7:45 p.m.
Major Alf Strom, officer commanding local RMRs, will make an address following an inspection.
Various teams have been lined up to participate in the public showing. Tables will be around   the   hall   with
pieces   of   equipment.
set   up
various
Trainees   will   be   on   hand   to
explain them to the public.
In charge of the training, Major Harry Gourley said, "The men are now available for natural and national disaster work."
He said they have been prepared as a nucleus of men to take direction and aid in emergencies. "Who knows, for instance, when the Nechako might overflow flooding? will be able to help."
its   banks   and   cause 1 he said. "These men
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81 MEN OFF JOBS
A r hit rat ton Underway In Cariboo District
VANCOUVER Ci1) � Arbitration began today in the South Cariboo  school  district  teachers'   salary   dispute.
The district is the only one in the province which has not reached agreement on  19G2 salaries.
A Terrace dispute has been settled without arbitration.
AGAINST CITY
Four dog owners could make claims for dogs that
TOWN  HIT
Tshombe's Home Bombed by UN, Katangans Report
BRUSSELS (Reuters)�United Nations planes bombed t!�c residence of President Moise Tshombe of Katanga in Elisa-bcthville today, the permanent Katanga delegation here announced.
The Katanga mission said its direct contact with the residence was interrupted by an operator's message saying "we arc being bombed by the UN."
were  asphyxiated   at   the  city  pound   Nov.   28,   city council was told Monday night.
There were seven dogs in the pound at the time. Three were to be disposed of on the morning of Nov. 28.
However, dog catcher Rhys Thomas said the other animals, a setter, a weimaraner, a Norwegian grey elk hound, and a Labrador, were not to be destroyed. Some were being boarded.
City Manager Arran Thomson said, "The owners, with the exception of the three dogs to have been disposed of that morning, have been asked to contact our adjusters."
The matter will come before council again once more particulars are obtained by the adjustors.
"Out of this incident, I feel more rigid rules will be set up," said Mayor Garvin Dczell.
Aid. Spike Enemark added, "If we are going to make a practice of boarding animals, we should be sure we're not liable. The onus should be on the owner."
In his monthly report, Mr. Thomas said 72 dogs and eight cats were collected during November. Of these, 33 dogs were claimed, 36 were destroyed, two were dead on arrival and one was sold. In the cat collection, six were destroyed, one was dead on arrival and one was lost.
Pound fees for the month amounted to $153. Licence fees totalled $4.50.
Aid. Harry Loder noted that, as of the first of the year, Mr. Thomas will go on full time as dog catcher. His part-time duties with the parking division will be handled by another city employee.
There will be no interruption of service to natural gas consumers in Prince George as a result of a strike at 'the Pacific Petroleums Ltd. plant at Taylor, near Fort St. John.
R. M. Wiggins, manager of Inland Natural Gas Ltd. here, said his office received the following message from the company's head office today: "There will be no interruption of service, nor do we anticipate encountering any difficulties whatsoever."
There are some 1,700 natural gas consumers in the Prince George area.
Meanwhile, key company personnel today kept natural gas pumping through the McMahon j plant   to   Prince   George,   Van-
GRANT NAMED LEGION PREXY
,e�oBity Questioned
Members of Branch 43, Royal Canadian Legion, elected a new president Monday but there is some doubt of the ballot's validity.
Retiring President Dennis McDonald said today lie is writing to the provincial command for confirmation of the election, which resulted in Doug Grant becoming the new president.
Doubt of the election's legality arose in this manner, according  to   Mr.  McDonald:
The ballots were printed with the names of three presidential candidates, Mr. Grant, J i m Brown and Geoff Richmond.
Mr. Richmond withdrew from the election GO hours before voting was to start. A line was drawn through his name on the ballots before they were given to voters.
"T li e r e were some w h o thought striking his name off might invalidate the ballot," said Mr. McDonald. "But 6G per cent of those at the meeting last night figured the ballot was valid."
Mr. Grant, building inspector with the Department of Municipal Affairs' Community Planning Area No. Seven, was declared president.
Now Hear This...
Newspaper Carrier Boy Barry Middlefon learned the age-old lesson Monday that honesty pays. Bui he also learned it sometimes doesn't pay very much. Walking along First, Barry found a wallet containing $355. He went inside t li e nearest building to see if he could find the owner, and the wallet was claimed by a guy in army uniform. This big-hearted type must be very proud of the huge 35-cent reward he so generously doled out. Big deal . . .
A benefit dance held at Fern-dale last weekend netted $158 on behalf of Judy and JoAnn Schofield, who suffered severe burns in a car accident last fall. One of the little girls is still in hospital here, and both require additional skin grafting . .
Chamber of Commerce Secretary Robyn  Webster, according
to her new bulletin, will do some sort of a world premiere at the PG Hotel Thursday, Dec. 9. At least that's the way the bulletin reads, and what it's supposed to mean is impossible to tell because Dec. 9 has already passed and it wasn't a Thursday. However, we think it must be Robyn's way of announcing that the chamber will elect officers for 1902 at a meeting at 6:14 p.m. Thursday in the Hotel Prince George. It also will be past presidents night . . .
Canadian Legion Branch Manager Johnny Eisbrenner warns members who wish to attend the ciub's New Year's Eve shindig to get their tickets early. There is a limited number, and Legionnaires have only until Dec. 25 io pick them up before the remainder are put on sale to the public . . .
"We are writing provincial command simply to confirm the validity of our action," Mr. McDonald said. "We have no precedence to go on."
A record poll of 123 voters also elected:
Jim Walsh, first vice-president; E. G. (Robbie) Robertson, second vice-president; Dave Whyte and Bill (Doc) Saundcrs to two-year executive posts, and Al Wick and Dave McLeod to one-year terms.
Architect Lynden Fonseca unveiled preliminary plans and sketches for the proposed new legion building in the 1300 Block Seventh during the regular monthly meeting attended bv 88.
CP from   Reuters-AP
ELISABETHVILLE � United Nations jet fighter planes today were reported to have riddled Katanga strongholds in new strafing runs aimed at breaking the resistance of the defiant secessionist  province.
Informed sources said one air attack was made on Jadotbille, a big copper mining town 80 miles northwest of Elisabeth-ville.
The jets, believed to be Swedish SAABs, struck at the city's railway terminals and installations of the big Belgian-owned Union Miniere Mining Company, the sources said.
A UN spokesman in Leopold-ville said unidentified aircraft attacked Elisabethvillc Airport four times before dawn today, dropping 26 bombs without damaging any United Nations installations.
The UN headquarters in the Katanga capital also came under heavy attack during the night, the spokesman said, from Katangan mortar batteries located on a ridge west of the headquarters building.
Two Indian Gurkha troops were killed and one wounded in the attack on the UN headquarters.
B.C. People Back
SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP) � Justice Minister Fulton said today there has been a crystal; ization of public support in B.C. for Ottawa's side of a dispute with B.C. over sale of Columbia River power rights.
He said that despite a "propaganda offensive in favor of the power sell-out" he was convinced the people of B.C. had grasped the principles supported by federal authorities.
He said Columbia River power is the cheapest the province can obtain and it would be unwise to sell Canada's share of downstream power benefits to the U.S. as recommended by Premier Bennett.
cpuvcr and Northwestern U.S. centres as 81 workers went out on strike to back demands for improved safety regulations and higher wages.
The strike began at 10 p.m. Monday at the Taylor plant, 10 miles south of Fort St. John. Natural gas travels from the plant to southern centres via the Westcoast Transmission pipeline.
John Curtis, president of local 16-686 of the Oil, Chemical.and Atomic Workers Union (CLC), said he will issue a statement on the strike shortly.
He said last week, after the local voted 67 to 14 in favor of strike action, that the basic issue was that of improved safety regulations.
But workers also sought a 16-cent-an-hour increase in the basic rate of $1.97 an hour.
The company has offered an increase  of 10-cents  an  hour.
Dressed in heavy parkas and some carrying placai'ds, the workers established picket lines Monday in 20-below weather.
There was no indication whether company - union talks would be resumed. Negotiations during the last year have failed to resolve the issues.
ALEX   CLARK .'. . prexy choice
VOTE THURSDAY
Cowell Declines To Seek 2nd Term As Chamber Head
Prince George Chamber of Commerce will elect a new president and executive at a meeting Thursday in the Prince George Hotel.
George Cowell, who headed the organization since last June when he was appointed to succeed former city lawyer Bill Ferry upon Mr. Ferry's elevation to the bench, declined to run for re-election due to pressure" l)f "business. He is president of a city lumber firm.
The chamber's nominating committee will recommend the following slate of officers to the meeting:
Alex Clark, president; Bob Borrie, first vice-president; Chuck Lees, second vice-president;   Dcs  O'Brien,  treasurer.
Gordon Bryant, C. L. Burton, T. Ray Cullinanc, Art Murray, Tony Radford, Harry Ramsay, Gordon Stenner, Jim Wood and Roy Yip, members of the executive council.
The meeting will open with a reception at 6:14 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m.
Reds Ask West German Be Delivered for Trial
MOSCOW (Reuters) � Russia today called on the U.S. to hand over Gen. Adolf Heusing-er, a West German NATO chief, for trial on "extremely grave war crimes" against Russia.
The request, contained in a Soviet note issued at a press conference here, asked Washington to take steps to arrest and surrender Heusinger, a former general under Hitler and current German chairman of the NATO standing committee in Washington.
The note said Russia had proof of Heusinger's alleged military crimes and his crimes against peace and mankind.
The note said that under Heusinger's direct orders Nazi forces "carried out mass annihilation of prisoners, shootings of hostages, including women, children and old people and razed villages and hamlets."
The note said the case of Heusinger came completely under the 1945 agreement of the U.S., Britain, Russia and France for the trial and punishment of German  war criminals.
Mikhail Kharlamov, head of the Soviet foreign ministry press department, read the text of the note at the press conference.
He said the accusation was based on documents from Nazi army archives and an invesi-gation carried out by the Soviet commission investigating Nazi crimes.
Valentina Grizo dubova, a member   of   the   investigating
commission, read out the commission statement listing Heusinger's alleged crimes.
It said the plans of Hitler's aggressive wars were worked out by the general staff of land forces. The decisive role in this was played by its operations section.
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Vanderhoof Bear coach Dave Wall continues �to lead CTIL scoring race.
Toronto's Frank Mahovlich jumps to upper bracket 'in scoring.
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Warren Spahn takes earned-run average title for 19G1 season. (See Page 4).
FLIGHT SET FOR DEC.   7 9
Now in Its Last Stage
The magic dale for 1N2 youngsters of the Indian Residential School ait Lower Post, B.C., is Dec. ID. Santa Claus arrives that clay.
Through the efforts of 918 Squadron at Baldy Hughes and the Prince George Lions Club, presents, huge bags of candy, oranges and Santa will be flown north to bring Christmas to the children.
Sgt. Warren Dale, secretary-treasurer of the project, said today, "We are in the last stages of preparation. We have
purchased all the Christmas presents and tomorrow we will wrap them."
A wrapping bee will put the trimming on the parcels and place them in boxes for the flight.
Working on a Lions committee collecting candy, nuts and oranges, Bill Ridd said, "Next Sunday morning, we arc having a work bee to package the goodies. Our ladies have already tied all the bows for the parcels. "
When the flight lakes off Dec. 19, commander of the 25th Air Division, General Von R Shores, and commander of the Seattle Sector, Col. Robert A. Gideon, are expected to be aboard. The general was to have 'gone last year but had to postpone the trip at the last moment.
Sgt. Dale said of the planning, "It has run so smoothly, it is amazing."
More persons will be going on the trip than during the last several years.
The original trip north to Lower Post four years ago was started by Rev. Yvon Levesque at the school. He asked that something be done to bring Christmas into the hearts of his little children. Many of them are unable to return to their homes during the holidays.
Plans are to fly in on Dec. 19 and return the next clay. Landing at Watson Lake, 24 miles from Lower Post, the airmen, Lions and members of the press then go to the school by road.
ALDERMAN QUITS QUESNEL COUNCIL
QUESNEL (CP) � Alderman J. F. Lindsay resigned Monday night in protest against council's failure to act on any of his suggestions.
He said he apparently had nothing to offer council and that it would be unfair for him to serve out the year remaining in his term.
Council set Feb. 8 for a byelection.
BCPC Shareholder
VANCOUVER (CP)�The B.C. Power Corporation will be permitted to hold a special shareholders meeting to approve distribution of about $90,000,000 of the amount it received from the provincial government for the takeover of the B.C. Electric Co.
Mr. Justice J. O. Wilson of the B.C. Supreme Court Monday disallowed an application by the Royal Trust Co. for an order prohibiting the meeting until B.C. Power's suit against the provincial government �a settled.
Alternatively, the trust company asked that the rights of holders of $40,000,000 worth of scries B debentures in B.C Electric  be protected.
D. McK. Brown, appearing for B.C. Power, said an amount sufficient to cover the debentures is being held in the corporation treasury.
BOY   FOUND   HANGED
AUDUBON, N.J. (iW � A 14-year-old boy police said was sent to his room for arguing with a younger brother was found 15 minutes later hanged by his belt in the closet of his
TEMPERATURES  DIP TO -30
Cold Grips Much of
EDMONTON (CP) � Sub-zero temperatures today gripped Northeastern B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba for the third straight clay.
Overnight temperatures fell as low as 30 below in such centres as Edmonton, Swift Current and Medicine Hat and 25 below in Fort St. John, Rcgina, Brandon and Winnipeg.
And there was no sign of a break in the cold snap.
Brilliant sunshine today again gave a deceptive impression of warmth on the snow-covered Prairie.
At Taylor, 10 miles south of Fort St. John, 81 workers went on strike and 'established picket lines in 20-below zero tempera-lures at the McMahon natural gas plant.
The cold weather failed to stop more than 500 Edmonton residents from attending a community sing-song of well-known Christmas carols.
And in Rcgina, Dr. M. K. Dehncl of the rural health unit, said the cold weather may have helped to break a three-week outbreak of influenza that has stricken an estimated 30,000 Saskatchewan residents.
CHICAGO (AP)�A blanket of bitter cold weather lunged out of Canada and sent temperatures reeling downward below zero today in the western mountain country.
The thermometer registered 31 below zero at Havre, Mont.
Temperatures were below freezing from Oklahoma northeastward- through northern Missouri, Iowa and into the upper Great Lakes area. South of this line, the readings moderated with rain, sleet and snow.
The unruly weather started out of Canada early Monday. Snow fell all day long over portions of Kansas and Missouri, depositing   up   to   10   inches   in
DOUG  GRANT > .  .  record  vote
CONDITIONS REPORTED 'ABSOLUTELY DEPLORABLE'
Teacher Not Fired; School to Reopen
OTTAWA cn � Simon Flinn has agreed to reopen the Doig River Indian school in Northern B.C. following a misunderstanding during which he thought he had been fired, the federal Indian affairs branch said today.
Mr. Flinn felt he had been dismissed from his post after he wrote a letter to the Alaska Highway News, a weekly newspaper in Fort St. John, 30 miles southwest of the Doig River reserve. He deplored conditions on the reserve and complained  that Indian  chil-
dren were being hired by white farmers at low wages instead of attending school.
After receiving a visit from an official of the Indian affairs branch, Mr. Flinn closed the school and went to Fort St. John. He said he had been fired.
Officials of the Indian affairs branch denied Mr. Flinn's allegations. They said children attend school during the day and what they do after school hours is up "to them and their parents.
The    officials    said    "t h e
whole Uiing has been a misunderstanding." Mr. Flinn was never fired and he now has agreed to re-open the school.
The branch, they said, was not aware of any problems on the reserve but was willing to discuss complaints with interested parties.
A report Monday from Fort St. John said the Indian affairs branch representative at Fort St. John and the chief of the Beaver Indian band at Doig River had been asked to
attend' the next meeting of the Fort St. John Chamber of Commerce to discuss conditions at the school. The invitations were issued after a chamber delegation visited the school and described conditions as "absolutely deplorable."
Officials of the Indian affairs branch said that if there is anything wrong at the school or on the reserve "we will be more than happy to talk it over with interested persons."
North-Central Kansas and from three to eight inches in I h e western portion of the state.
At Des Moincs and Waterloo, Iowa, six inches of snow had accumulated by nightfall and seven inches wore recorded on the ground at Omaha, Neb.
Three tornadoes were reported Monday in Alabama and Louisiana with total damage of about $100,000. There were no injuries reported.
FORECAST
The   meteorological   office  at
the    airport weather   for
forecasts    cloudy Wednesday   with
intermittent light snow, occasionally mixed with freezing drizzle. Little change in temperature and light winds. Low tonight and liigh tomorrow at Prince George, 5 and 15; Qucs-nel, 10 and 20; Smithcrs, 15 and 25.
Peace River � Mostly cloudy, with little change in temperature. Winds will be westerly 15. Low tonight and high Wednesday at Grande Prairie, 0 and 5.
Last   24   Hours
Hi   Lo Prec.
Prince George	6	4	.13
Terrace	21	17	.02
Smithcrs	15	14	.02
Quesnel	12	7	.11
Williams  Lake	9	-5	.16
Kamloops	14	12	.39
Whitchorse	19	18	.13
Fort   Nelson	-8	-14	.16
Fort  St.  John	-3	-8	.07
Dawson Creek	1	-15	.04