SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Bruins summon farmhands in attempt to get out of NHL basement Toronto Ala pie Leafs place three men on NHL all star team Andy Dathgate appears to be man to beat for scoring title See Pages 4 and 5 METEOROLOGISTS Walt Maruk and Eric Paget check over a completed surface weather map from Vancouver reproduced by a newly installed fac facsimile � simile machine The weather office maintains reports MACHINE SENDS WEATHER DATA More Accurate Weather Forecasts Now Possible A new mechanical device at the meteorological office at the airport here is expected to improve weather forecasting here by providing weathermen with more up-to-date information The machine can bring in comprehensive reports of weather conditions from Alaska to Europe within 17 minutes Called Hie Mufax reproduc reproductions � tions of the geographic outline of the northern portions of the continent arc ovcrlaycd with weather fronts and various types of conditions whteh are important to air lines ifnd Coldest overnight reporting points were Smith River BC with a -17 leading and Watson Lake YT with -1G It was -19 at Yellowknlfe The local forecast calls for mainly clear weather and cold colder � er temperatures overnight Winds will be northerly 15 Low tonight and high tomor tomorrow � row at Prince George and Ques ncl -25 and 0 at Smlthers -15 and 5 Peace River Clear and colder Light northerly winds Low tonight and nigh Wednes Wednesday � day at Grande Prahlc -35 and 15 Last 21 Hours HI Lo Pice Prince George Terra co Smlthers Qucsnel Williams Lake 1 11 1 Kamloops Whltehorse Tort Nelson Fort St John 2 Dawson Creek 7 1 -22 03 17 9 10 3 -3 03 2 -IS OG -19 12 10 -2 01 -0 -15 12 10 -37 Tiojan Manor Boss man Clar Clarence � ence Short would deaily love to know w ho boosted the upright ashtray from the apartment block lobby during the weekend Hes been phoning tenants in the hope somebody did it just for a joke Retail Merchants Association of Canada BC Div writes And then there was this husband who learning his wife was ex expecting � pecting a baby started saving trading stamps for a crib and carriage Made it too except by the time hed saved enough the baby was in its first year of school At the risk of being over critical we wonder why so many people moving hcie from the coast find their furniture arrives later than the delivery date promised Some movcis help to defray living cost- to the furniture less householder But wouldn t they be smarter to sharpen up their schedules and deliver on time For Forestry � estry PR man Bill Edwards sez the Captain Kidd routine is not the lesult of a swat in the eye Sez hes got something called a corneal cyst or some something � thing like that Interesting to many here who know them will be the move of Mr and ground operations These come in from Vancouver Officer in charge of the Dc paitment of Transport weather office at the airportEric Paget said there are 46 possible wea- therfax schedules available to them a day Nine are now re received � ceived here Previously maps had to be hand drawn requiring about three hours each and one was flown in daily from Vancouver he said Most of the weather data ne necessary � cessary for forecasts for this area can now be received on the Mufax in 13 minutes Included with the expansion of service the new machine provides us with a uniformity in maps said Mr Paget A spare Mufax is beside the machine in operation in case of breakdown By reducing the amount of time required on drawing up weather maps the meteorologists will now be able to spend more time on briefing weather crews and observing the weather changes Regional inspector for the DOT J C Jamieson of Vancou Vancouver � ver has been in Prince George during the final installation of the two machines Maintenance is being handled by the Canadian National Tele Telegraph � graph crews here With the operation of the map maker here a total of SG stations thtoughout Canada are using the Mufax for up-to-the-minute weather mips Now Hear This Mrs Gordon Funnell of Burns Lake to Kclowna Still at Burns Lake Town Clerk Tom my Forsyth the gleeful Gael thinks that because Scotland fathered the sport of curling any Scot can win at it To prove his point he has challenged Federal Veterinarian Doc Bill Saunders to a game the losers to treat the champs to a feed of clam chowder wi all the trimmings If Mrs Margaret Gagnon wants a German Shepherd-type puppy to replace the little pet dog of her daughters which was shot during the weekend she can phone Mrs Shirley Golinski at LOgan 4 8913 after 6 pm today Most Honorable Ken Chang and his pool playing mother are won wondering � dering why we have been so quiet lately Not bugging us any more you fellows Ken asked So try living on your own reps you da-da-dits Now this might rot your sox It has been estimated there are more than 30 million laws in the world trying to enforce the Ten Commandments T h a ts what the Farm News Letter issued by District Agriculture ist Art Donald sez Is it possible lies counted them THE CITKEM The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia Phone tOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 No 11 and briefings will be kept more up to date and condition changes will be known sooner with the new service Fujikawa photo Boy 13 Admits Setting Fire Which Killed 95 CHICAGO IT The Tribune says information that a 13-year-old boy has confessed setting the Dec 1 fire at Our Lady of the Angels school which claimed the lives of 92 children and three nuns was given Monday to a family court judge The story says the judge promised an investigation of the report that the boy signed an eight page confession under questioning by an expert on lie detectors The Tribune says the boy set the fire because he hated school rebelled at the authority of teachers and liked to hear the sound of ire sirens and watch fire engines race along the street The story added that the boy1 admitted setting at least 12 other fires RCMP Carry Hysterical Women from Court NELSON CP RCMP offi- cers carried several hysterical women from a court room here Monday after two Sons of Free Freedom � dom Doukhobors were convict convicted � ed of planting explosives un under � der an Anglican church Pandemonium broke out af after � ter Freedom tes Fred Jmaeff 37 and Alex Barisoff 24 were found guilty by a BC Supreme Court jury Theyre not guilty If theyre guilty then were guilty about 20 Freedom to women shouted from the gal gallery � lery Mr Justice Norman Whit taker ordered police to remove the women but they refused to budge Some were jostled out of the courtroom while others were lemoved bodily Jmaeff and Barisoff sched scheduled � uled for sentence at the end of the assizes are among 78 Free domltcs ariested in an RCMP crackdown following wide spread bombings and arson In the Kootonay district Many of them will stand trial on tcirorist charges at the spe cial assizes expected to last a month The session resumed after the dlstuihances with the trial of two more Freedomltes charged with planting a bomb at a grain elevator last April at Wynndel -15 miles southeast of here The trial of Leon Legebokoff and George Kinakln continued today The uproar ln olvlng the Froedomite women continued after they had been forced out of the courtioom Three swooning women were carried from a courthouse hall- GOVT EMPLOYEE WAGE TALKS END VANCOUVER CP The lie Government Employees Association says It has com plctcd negotiations for wage Increases with the Civil Service Commission anil ex poets to hear by the end of tho month whether the In ci eases will be granted The association represent in 10000 civil servants has asked for inci eases ranging from five to 20 per cent to bring government workers wages to parity with those In federal and municipal seivjce PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY JANUARY 16 1962 way to the sidewalk and a doc doctor � tor was called to attend one of them Youve killed her a by bystander � stander shouted at tho police officers Why dont you kill us all She was taken to hospital by ambulance and later icported in good condition The doctor said her pulse was normal One RCMP constable held a police clog on a leash through throughout � out tho incident 2nd Drug Famine Expected at Coast VANCOUVER CP The Province says illicit supplies of narcotics will soon run out for Vancouvers 1500 drug addicts The newspaper said Monday capsules of heroin which al almost � most doubled in price after the arrest last week of 31 drug tiafflcking suspects arc from stocks on hand at the time Quoting sources close to the illicit drug trade it said con contrary � trary to earlier leports no new supplies of heroin have been shipped into the city City police anil RCMP nar cotics squads allege that the arrest of the suspects broke up two drug syndicates one of them said to bo tho largest ever to operate In Western Canada CATTLE THEFT CASE Judge Wont OK Separate Trials Wife In Mental Home After Island Heir Shot VICTORIA CR The frail and pretty wife of the unofficial heir to most of peaceful Saturna Island was admitted to the provincial mental hospital at Essondalc Sunday after her husband was shot to death it was learned today The body of William Money 23 was found Friday night Police said two 38 calibre bullets had passed through his body IN COURT OF APPEAL Contributions Ban Said Infringement on Rights VICTORIA CP Provincial labor laws which ban contributions from union dues to political parties conflicts with federal statutes Vancouver lawyer Tom Berber charged in the BC Court of Appeal Monday He told court that amendments to the provincial labor laws were a sweeping unlimited prohibition of a right granted by federal law Mr Berger said the clause in the labor relations act was de designed � signed to Impede tho growth of tho New Democratic Party Outcome of tho action launched by the 1G0 members of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Woikcrs Union CLC is con considered � sidered of vital importance to trade unions in BC At stake is a system of collecting dues running into millions of dollars through payroll deductions The oil workers are asking the appeal court to declare its contract with Imperial Oil bind binding � ing despite the new law The oil company discontin discontinued � ued the dues check off last year when a union official fail ed to file a statutory declara declaration � tion as required by tho new act stating that the dues would not bo used for political pur purposes � poses Mr Justice Norman Whit taker last August ruled against the union of this point Arguing ithat the provincial legislation was ultra vires Mr Berger said the ban not only barred use of union funds for provincial political campaigns but in the municipal and fed federal � eral field as well The only source of legisla legislation � tion over political rights is sec section � tion 92 of tho British North America of 18G7 he said He said the amendment to bill -12 also conflicted with the Dominion Elections Act which entitles aiTy Individual corpor corporation � ation or association to make contributions to election ex expenses penses He said the mention of asso ciations In the federal act in dicated that parliament had contemplated contributions from trade unions 18 MISSIONARIES KILLED IN CONGO LEOPOLD VI LLE CP Eighteen Roman Catholic missionaries wcie killed by Congolese soldiers in north Katanga Jan 1 authorities reported today A dispatch from an Asso Associated � ciated Press conespotulent at Bukavu a Klvu province town 225 miles northeast of Kongolo said missionaries who escaped the massacre icported the violence to the bishop of Bukavu STEELWORKERS FIGHT WANING 125 TRAPPED IN BIG FIRE MELBOURNE Reuters Some 123 fhefighteis were report cd trapped today as Australian forest fires raged out of control in an arc of 100 miles north and north northeast � east of here The fires racing before a 50 mlle-an-hour wind were sweeping across hilltops 30 miles cast of here Police evacuated several villages At least 48 homes have been destroyed in the fires which have beenburning for 48 hours- Total of Jobless Up Across Nation OTTAWA CP Unemp-loy-ment In Canada at mid-December was 413000 an Increase of 01000 from mid November but 115000 under the record total a year earlier the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today Tho December jobless total rcpiesented Gl per cent of the labor force the lowest Decem December � ber unemployment rate since Iflifi Thr inhlnt c rntr In Wnr- An application for sep separate � arate trials for three of four men charged with theft of cattle from the Dominion Experimental 7c a Copy Farm last May was re rejected � jected in Assize Court Monday by Mr Justice R A Wooton Defence Counser C A Ed Edwards � wards applied for separate trials on behalf of his clients Albert Johnson Fred Carpen Carpenter � ter and Edward Ross They arc being tried jointly with a fourth man James Bourquc However Mr Justice Wootton directed the all male jury to note that certain of the evidence would apply to only one of the defendants The men are charged with stealing four calves from the government farm A fifth man Robert Stewart will be tried for possession of stolen prop property � erty in connection with the in incident � cident The judge also rejected a de defence � fence objection to the identifi identification � cation by police of certain Crown exhibits by attached tags Mr Edwards contended a tag attached to articles of clothing and vials containing what was purported to be ani animal � mal hairs was absolutely no proof of identification Mr Justice Wootton retorted He the police witness picked them up looked at them and recognized them Dr J W Saunders veterin veterinarian � arian here with the dominion government said he concluded entrails found by police on a log jam in the Ncchako River 100 yards downstream from the Island Cache home of Carpen Carpenter � ter were from two animals of the bovine family under seven months old Cpl Gordon Rasmussen who found the entrails agreed with defence counsel during cross examination that the Island Cache is heavily populated and that Carpentefc had denied any knowledge of the cattle theft during questioning Sgt Alex Borodula testified when he went to the Edward Ross home June 1 some four days after the calves were dis discovered � covered missing he found a quantity of meat in a deep deepfreeze � freeze and a refrigerator He said he found two bundles of rolled up blood soaked news newspapers � papers and four blood stained boards in a stove The trial was continuing to today � day ST PETERSBURG Fia AP ember was 51 per cent It was S2 per cent in December 10GO For tho fifth month in a row unemployment declined from the corresponding period of 10G0 following 17 successive months of increases in the year- to year comparison For the third month In a row the winter decline in em employment � ployment was described as less than seasonal Tho De December � cember employment estimate was G0S2000 three per cent higher than a year cailler Tho picture In brief with estimates in thousands Doc Nov Dec 100 1 1001 UHiO Labor force 5115 G501 fi 130 Employed G0S2 0155 5102 Unemployed 113 319 52S The bureau said employ employment � ment declined by 73000 be tween November and Decem December � ber a small decline for this time of year An armed guard has been posted at old Indian mounds to keep out thieves Somebody got into the digging area last week and made off with three skele skeletons � tons possibly 3000 year old BT GAMMER vl so er Montfc POSTAGE STAMPS GIVEN OUT TOO VANCOUVER CP Post Postage � age stamps arc featuring in one supermarket chains cam campaign � paign in favor of trading stamps Customers at Supcr Valu stores who sign postcards ad dressed to Attorney General Bonner supporting use of trad trading � ing stamps arc given a post postage � age stamp to mail the card The card urges the attorney general to oppose any attempt to deny trading stamp plans as undemocratic and uncon unconstitutional � stitutional Mr Bonner earlier promised he will do everything possible to outlaw trading stamps PARTY TALK Lazy City Staff Irks Alderman VANCOUVER CD Aid Earlc Adams says the staff at city hall is always huddled around discussing last nights parly The human waste he said makes me sick Aid Adams voiced his com complaint � plaint after being named by Mayor Tom Alsbury to the citys budget - cutting committee for 1962 Adams said of four man road working crews One is the foreman and hes like a lance corporal in the army He does nothing Another stands and watches traffic an another � other stands and smokes and the fourth is the only one working At city hall he said empkecs arc taking two coffee breaks a day totalling 30 minutes and they should be getting only one totalling 20 minutes Hammarskjold Plane Viewed NDOLA Northern Rhodesia Wl The reassembled wreckage of the aircraft in which UN Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold and 15 othcrc were killed last Sctpcmbcr was to be viewed by a Uhodcsian fedcial government high court commis commission � sion which was to open its in inquiry � quiry into the crash here today A federal government spokes spokesman � man said the wreckage under wraps in a hangar at Ndola Airport was reassembled to the last bolt and nut dug out of the ground at the crash scene A Rhodesian police official said almost 100 witnesses in including � cluding 20 from overseas aio expected to give evidence to de termine the circumstances and cause of the crash Included in the witness list arc three Americans who arc serving six month jail sentences for looting the wrcckacc of the aircraft Hint of WCB Probe Dropped by Peterson VANCOUVER CD L a b o r Minister Peterson hinted Mon Monday � day a royal commission may be appointed by the provincial gov government � ernment to investigate woik mens compensation regulations The minister told the conven convention � tion of the International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union Ind its submissions requesting such a commission have not been forgotten nor have they fallen on deaf ears Mr Peterson said he could Mine Mill Head Sees Sudbury Win VANCOUVER CP Ken Smith national piesidentof the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Ind haid Monday an attempt by the United Steelworkers of America CLC to raid Mine Mills local at Sudbury Ont Is beginning to wane The red baiting appeal of the Steelworkers is begin beginning � ning to fall he said Steel is selling Its raid mostly on this basis Mine Mill was expelled In 1050 from the CIO in the US for Communist domination In Canada it was kicked out of the ok Canadian Congicss of Labor In 1910 on several charges Including vilification of CCL leaders and raiding Mr Smith addressing Mine- Mill a western district conven tion said major activity at the unions headquarters centres around the present jurisdic jurisdictional � tional dispute with the Steel- workers to represent 22000 em- ployccs at the International Nickel Co in Sudbury He also said activities Include a battle with the Steelworkers for control at Mlnc Mllls local at Incos plant Jn Thompson Man Tho Sudbury dispute began when a Mine Mill group jc volted against the uarional lead ershlp on the grounds it was Communist led Mr Smith warned that the Sudbury trouble Is likely to go on for some time We may have to appeal to you for con continued � tinued financial and moral support Donald MacDonald beerc- tary treasmer of the Canadian Labor Congress said on Inter view however Mme Mlll will lose the Sudbury struggle and members will be icpiccntcd by the Steelworkers before the ncu CLC convention In Van comer In April He is hcie arranging th Apiil CLC convention Wo havent the slightest doubt the members will get a certification vote befoie April and that Sudbury will go the way Port Colborne went he said Last month the Steelworkers won the right to represent 2000 workers at incos refinery in Port Colbome Ont Mine Mill had represented the men The Sudbury local voted In a union ballot to transfer to the Steel workeis but Mine Mill still of fidally holds the bargaining Jilyhu KEN SMITH red baiting fails ive the convention no further details With the legislature opening Jan 25 Mr Peterson said later he is restricted in what he can say Any necessary announce ments must go befoie the house in session The executive board of the union Monday forecast more antl union legislation b y BCs Social Credit government Presenting a report to the districts convention the sec secretary � retary said anti union legisla legislation � tion results from well organized anti labor lobbies financed by big empoyer organizations func functioning � tioning in every province The report criticized the gov government � ernment for utilizing all its energies to cut recipients from unemployment benefits but do doing � ing nothing to put them off tho unemployed rolls An official of the union Mon Monday � day accused the Canadian Labor Congress of injuring the Cana dian labor movement District Secictary Al Kin said in a report to the annual convention of the unions west western � ern distiict It the CLC has done very much to increase not only tho divisions within the tiade union movement but to bring the labor movement into public disrepute All workers are paying the price for this treachery and betrayal by the official leader leadership � ship of the trade union move movement � ment