19 feet 43 feet 9 feet 12 feet br-Old Mother By Fireworks ket ise iy e eri at { ve 4 an het h Te a y 4 . Hi AT CONVENTION Prime Minister St. Laurent receives his badge for the annual meeting of ne advisory council of the National Liberal Fe leration of Canada 4t Ottawa Huguette St A r 1 ‘ Ami : 28, of Hull, Que., pins the badge on his lapel. At right is Allan L. Woodrow of Toronto, who presided at ‘he meeting (CF PHOTO) « German Man-Wife Journalist Team Tours pan man and wife free- trate | le people in West Ger-|boat for the site of the new] : , t * ‘ ; ; ¢ ’ i yurnalist tea currently’! many by our articles in news- Alcan project where they expect | 1 @s-month tour of Canada papers and magazines radio | to stay for a few days —E i intry is th foret t | lectures } ic pe ust Their tre is at cake Bog foremos et and meetings jus : Their trailer is at’ Edmonton, De uty.” what Canada is like irom where they made the cir- But Mr and Mrs. Vitalis Pan- ‘I mean,” Mr Pantenburg add- cuit of the Alaska highway, re-/ STBALL enburg of Cologne, who stopped | ed hastily with a grin, “what we Lurning to Prince George via the | briefly Prince Rupert yester-|can see of this huge country in| new Hart highway, then to Van-| lay en route to Kitimat and/ our short trip of six months couver Kemano Bay, deplore the prac- The Pantenburgs, t i Q t t anten » both auth : bens “ce of transportation companies!ors of many literary works in TAKE MOVIES we paint “wo rosy” @ picture|German, are widely travelled. As Well as taking many notes of Canada They are in Canada under a! their impressions, the man Many'of the pamphiets put out hipping companies lead us 0 Helteve that Immigrants can ick dol off the street in this intry said Mr. Pantenburg t night an interview at the une Of Hugo Kraupner, city > an nur ar intention to illus- Che vou XLI, No, 257 Special permit of the Deps artment of external affairs They are making their cross- country tour by ear, a four-cyl ¥ inder German-made Ford, fol lowed by a trailer The car they left in Vancou ver, arriving here by plane yes- terday. Last night they left by NO ACTS OF VANDALISM REPORTED “City Celebrates Witches’ Night Safely and Sanely Che youth of Prince R all the upert received praise from sources today for safe, sane celebration of Hallowe'en. ? rhere were no reports of van At one time during the fire- he fire department eracker lighting stage in the oo ve se downtown section, one RCMP " alied out all night.’ constable spotted two boys rl bulance remained soaping a windew. He sug without receiving ‘ gested they clean it off, and to his surprise they agreed taken to hospital) siightiy taken aback by theit ' police did not have to wiijingne he drove ‘them to ‘ a est one juvenix the police station where he ob Only activity at the police sta~-| tained bucket of hot water ‘ n concerned arrest of tWO anq cloths and returned to the men on charges of over-imbib- cone to watch the boys clean Qo it ing two others for selling | tne window Call a, Rocks bombs and _fire- Otherwise the city celebrated crackers of all shape and sizes appily with dozens of parties were set off from early evening tri e ng dances until early this morning BONFIRES Window-washing boys had a A The Kinsmen Club bonfires busy and protany day today 7 atl were huge success, As one ~ a was;member said: “There were so em-{|many kids, I don't know what The rk On} happened. All I know is we lit off a lot of rockets and aerial WEA THERMAN un bombs and still they clambered yakery for more.” i Most noticeable sign that Says vage | Hallowe'en had been enjoyed by . They|the young citizens were the Synopsis in in-/|soap-marked windows all along Storms and gales are develop- nd the | Third Avenue and many places ing on the north coast. These on Second strong winds herald the ap- Bs Decide Winner in F lug-of- War Draw A ant jungle tug-of-war between a giant drew villagers from miles around ‘nchik forest reserve near here, tribes- clzed the elephant by a hind leg and, ree, started a fight to the death, ed for hours, ion “swallowed” the elephant’s leg ck. The elephant couldn't move and ‘OW any more hacked the python to pieces and freed ‘go in the same forest, villagers watched ‘ar between a giant python and a fully ‘utcome Was the same that time. proach of an active Pacific storm. Rain will spread slowly southward along the British Co- jumbia coast today, reaching the ‘lower mainland early tomor- row. Cloudiness will decrease throughout the but will return tomorrow as the storm moves inland, Tempera- tures will be somewhat warmer tonight in most regions, with little change expected in maxi- mums tomorrow. Forecast Gale warning in effect. Rain today, cloudy with show- ers tonight and Sunday, Little eae in temperature. Wind | suutheast 20, except 35 in ex- {posed areas, shifting to south- west 25 by evening. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Ru- PRINCE BUPERT, BC., migrants to the country interior today} PROVINCIAL | LIBRARY Dai NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBLA's NEWSPAPER Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—"P rince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” GAT USEST, NOVEMBER I, me Link Com , wife team ion pictures. This particular) ~| canteens is taking 35 mm mo- | A ets TEN CENTS (including comic section) PROVINCIAL LIBRARY are *TORIA IcTOR she . een Nee: DAILY DELIVER » Phone 81 "OR DRU' Loggers Want Drink In Camps Call For Canteens, | All-Night Liquor Stores VANCOUVER -~-A brief pre- | Setited Friday to the Liquor In- quiry Com mission by the “Log- | gers Local,” 171, of the IWA, | asked for all-night liquor stores, |liglt lunches in beer parlors, | lig r in cafes and canteens in | mast logging camps. | It was read before the com- | mission by union secretary Fred | Fidber, who said he spoke for 1 5, 060 loggers. "The loggers drink in excess, ; no} because they are loggers, but | bedause they are isolated for long | perfods from access to liquor,” he said | WANT CANTEENS For this reason, loggers wanted serving liquor in all except specially isolated camps. | At these camps, they believed . the question of canteens should | be studied by management and | | labor ' “All-night liquor stores are essential, Mr. Fieber said, be- cause “loggers often arrive in town after the liquor stores are ; | native but to go to the boot- leggers. “Canteens in camp would cut down the logger’s tendency to | overindulge when he hits town,’ | he concluded. NO NEW LICENCES in Victoria, the provincial gov- ernment announced it will not issue any new club liquor licen- closed and they have no alter- 1 Att TORONTO PUBLISHER —| Harry Comfort Hindmarsh | started as a reporter with the »| Toronto Star in 1911 and Tose ‘| to become president on the death in 1948 of the paper’s founder, Joseph E. Atkinson. He began his career with the | Detroit News and was with the Toronto’ Globe before joining phase of the trip is sponsored by } ces-until after the new liquor | the Star. Made city-editor. in the department of education of West Germany and the films! will be shown in that nation’s schoois, 4s well as public theatres to show graphically how you people live.” IMMIGRANTS Mr Pantenburg said West Germans are “very keen” on migrating to Canada “We believe that Canada is in the forefront country of ievelopment It reeds as a 5 &@ young country which much more population People of northern and central Europe are especially fitted to be integrated within the present Canadian tiation,” He said, too, that immigration authorities should be very care- ful to get only the best of im- people of high standards of edacation and living Mr. Pantenburg ooKs much younger, has recently published two books for boys, one being fantasy-realism story of the Arctic, translated title being “The Shortest Paths Across the Pole.” ROBUST WIFE who is 51, but Mrs. Pantenburg, who writes under her maiden name of Kat- twinkel, is a big, robust woman | who started a career in medicine but gave it up to become a jour- nalist and work with her hus- band, to whom she has been married 15 years. Neither of, them have ever worked for newspapers, but have written for many of them. “We are free-lancers and we enjoy our freedom,” Mrs. Panten- burg said. “We travel together as much as possible. We have no children.” The authoress said that during the Second World War, the two were separated most of the time; following war's end, “there were such hard times that we were mostly starving. I lost 60 pounds in a year.” LIKES B.C. Mrs. Pantenburg, who with her husband has picked up a very understandable English in their four months’ stay here, has her beart set on British Columbia. “We hope very much to be back here. We love your moun- tains and tall trees, the moderate climate.” ner’s home included J. C. Gilker president of Prince Rupert Citi- zenship Council and J. A, Me-! Naughton, inspector in charge of | immigration here, Both found it easy and most | mteresting to converse with the! Pantenburgs, The couple will tour Vancouver | Island before heading east on/| |pert, 40 and 50. the last leg of their journey. The gathering at Mr. allo | legislation is framed at Attorney-General Robert Bon- ner said the ban on issuance of club licences will continue. The | | ban was instituted in April, 1951, | by the former government. “Until the new liquor legisla- | tion is framed, the government feels it would be Roe te to grant any further licences,” Bonner ee Power Lack Shuts Down B.C. Smelter TRAIL, B.C. €P)—Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company uid off 120 men Friday as a direct result of low water in the Kootenay River which has cut power available to the smelter. The company announced a 25 per cent reduction in zine pro-| duction and reported mines shipping zinc concentrates to Trail have been advised a simi- lar cut in concentrates which will be accepted The company expects the power situation to remain seri- ous for several months. Man Who Joined Police Here Returns to Head Detachment A hefty six-foot man who joined the old B.C. Police force in Prince Rupert 20 years ago} returned today to take over as head of the city detachment, RCMP, He is Sergeant H. L. (Harry) | Norman, who arrived on the} Princess Louise to take over from | ‘Cars Derail, No Injuries VANCOUVER @® — An engine) and two passenger cars of Cana- | |dian National Railways train | ; were derailed with Vancouver | city limits Friday. Company offi- | | cials said no one was injured. Derailment occurred where the CN and Great Northern lines join ‘/on a Single track used by both/ little town of Margate, Isle of lines between Vancouver and New Westminster, | HOCKEY SCORES WIL: Tacoma 6, Vancouver 3; | Saskatoon 3, Edmonton 6; Seat-| tle 4, Victoria 8. | OSHL: Vernon 3, Penticton 6.) next year’s session of the Legislature. | >| | weeks ago, 1913, he became managing editor in 1928. He was born of Canadian parents in Bismark, Mo., Jam. 13, 1887, and lived for a time in St. Thomas, Ont. He was educated at the University of Toronto. ed Photo) Convicts Riot “On Hallowe’ en, | COLUMBUS—Six hours of neu | |}on Hallowe’en — an $1,000,000) I ‘bad food” riot by 2,000 convicts | |—swept the century old Ohio| Penitentiary last night Eight buildings went up in| flames, furnishings and equip-' ment savagely beaten into wreckage A state highway patrolman, mstaken for an escaping con- vict, Was wounded slightly in the | head by a quick-shooting guard. | No one else Was injured. i No prisoner escaped, | No hostages were taken. The milling convicts, courte to madness by needling of ring-| leaders, threatened for a time! to attempt a Mass escape over | the prison’s 30-foot high north | wall, Thirty-five guards, armed | with sub-machine guns, stood | their ground. Somehow, the es- cape attempt never jelled. Sergeant Ross Clayton, who has | been acting head of the city force since Opl. W. W. McLeod retired last Saturday. | Sgt. Norman had been reliev- | ing as patrol sergeant in Chilli- | wack until his transfer here. After joining the Provincial police here in 1930 he was sent to the Peace River country where he remained four years. He then went to Vancouver and later served in Ashcroft, Ocean Falls, | Campbell River, Port Alberni and }in Burnaby before returning to | Vancouver office two years ago. ENGLISH-BORN He was appointed a sergeant jin the B.C. force in 1949 and }when the RCMP took over in 1951 he kept his rank. Sgt. Norman Was born in the Thanet, England, and came to | Canada 30 years ago. He is mar- ried and plans to bring his wife jhere as soon as he obtains a | Set , Sgt, Clayton, patrol officer in lena sub-division here since his arrival from Cranbrook a few will return to his post, jat the court house, connection started 40 years ago | kets. | |W. A. C. Bennett, his cabinet, |J. A. Kennedy, general manager | |of the PGE, and a crowd of more _ | SILVER SPIKE ;erson Fraser, 86-year-old Ques- {nel resident, and L. C. Gunn, an r 40 Old-Time Home Sil Years rs Drive ver Spike Giant Celebration Tops Prince George Ceremony Special to The Daily News PRINCE GEORGE.—The last spike was driven today in the government-owned Pacific Great East- ern Railway to link Prince George with Quesnel. The ceremony took place at Ahbau Bridge, tiny flagstop named after an old Chinese placer miner. Completion of link brought to realization a the 82-mile and brings closer the day when the grain and oil riches of the Peace River and the coal and ore of northern B.C. and the Yukon will pour through this city on the way to world mar- On hand to witness the his- tory-making ceremony by two colorful pioneers were Premier than 500. The $13,000,000 link was com-| pleted when smiling John And- exploratory engineer who has lived in this district since 1907, hammered home a silver spike | to make the link official. A special train carrying 300 speech of welcome. There were special floats in the parade from Quesnel and Williams Lake and oldtimers from all parts of the interior rode in a fleet of taxis. At the Civic Centre, official guests and speakers mounted a special platform. Principal speakers were Mayor Garvin Dezell and Premier Ben- nett. Three official banquets will be held tonight. Oldtimers will dine at the Prince George Hotel; another banquet for selected guests will be held at the Central Fort George camp of the Jamie- son Construction Company, PGE contractors, and the third ban- quet, planned for the general public and a number of officials here for the celebration, will be at the MacDonald Hotel. A huge fireworks outside the City Hall will the banquets and later a free dance will be held in thé Elks Hall and, weather a street dance will take oldtimers and city residents i for the “last spike” ceremony | and joined the government of- cials at Ahbau. | “Mr. Fraser, who camé to thé Cariboo 61 years ago, is a for- | mer member of the B.C. Legis- lature, serving two terms as a Progressive Conservative party member. After brief speeches at Ahbau ~—~| following the spike-driving rit- ual, the two trains—one bring- ing the official party, the other | with oldtimers and other “PGE | fans”—returned to ‘this city to join an estimated 10,000 citizens in a giant celebration. GIANT CELEBRATION More than 1,000 visitors were in the city. There were three brass bands which met the in- | augural train at the CNR sta- tion here. Premier Bennett and his party were first to alight and after a | Spontaneous welcome, the Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce- ; Sponsored parade moved up First Avenue: and headed through the centre of town to the Civic Arena for the official Miners Sign New Contract WASHINGTON @® — John L. Lewis and hard coal operators signed a new contract today rais- ing the wages of 65,00 anthracite miners at $1.90 a day, effective Nov. 16. The new contract is subject to approval by the Wage Stabil- ization Board which recently chopped 40 cents off a similar agreement reached by Lewis and the soft coal industry. Welterweight Fighter Scores NEW YORK (CP)—With blood streaming from his left eye, Johnny Bratton overpowered Joe Miceli in a sizzling welter- weight brawl last night to score a technical knockout in 18 sec- onds of the eighth round at Madison Square Garden, Brat- ton weighed 148; Miceli, 146. This Report on Has Authority, MONTREAL @—A man without sound. They were up about 10,000 of the telephone. brother-in-law in the air force. left here early this morning i at George Street and Avenue. Visitors ‘to the celebration wae made the'trip via the ina train will board their cars for the return south at 9 ' All busifiessess” Pm. ‘the. die’ Were closed between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to allow everyofie a@ chance to meet the train. Longshore Workers Get Pengion Plan 4 VANC ER (€P)—A pension plan for British Columbia long- Shoremeng believed to be tne first in CAnada, was announced here. i i" The agfeement between the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Unton ‘CCL) and the Shipping Feder- ation of B.C. provides a pension of $60 a month at 65 for maxi- mum of 30 years’ service, The monthly pension starts at $30 after a minimum of 15 years’ service and is graded upward to a maximum of $60. The scheme will affect nearly 1,200 longshoremen at Vancou- ver, New Westminster, Port Al- berni and Chemainus. Jack Berry, International Un- ion representative, said cost will be borne by the companies with pension fund contributions based on tonnage handled on a yearly basis. The plan will become ef- fective early next year, he said. Effective Oct. 1, longshoremen won a five-cent hourly increase to bring their basic pay to $2.05 and a welfare plan _ providing death benefits and weekly In- demnity for sick leave, Sailors Vote Strike Action SAN FRANCISCO @ — Four thousand members of the Saflors Union of Pacific voted yesterday to strike next Tuesday noon un- less the Wage Stabilization Board approved a pending five per cent wage increase and other benefits. Flying Saucers Says Relative telephoned the Montreal oe today to report seeing five flying saficers at 7:45 a.m. They were flat, shiny and travelling like jet planes but ms feet “Have you ever flown?’ asked the reporter on the Star end “No, but I can judge height,” came the reply. “I mat a.