Opening of Dog Derby, March 9, Yukon Winter
Carnival held at Whitehorse, Yukon Derritory.

Labor Board

Dismisses

Py. a. a

Yukon Wage Application
Pe yEIGEMORSE, YI. March 12 — News items and
‘atemients were issued in rapid succession at Union. Head-

Wiarters here today. As the
\ a clese and everyone hoped to
ritle te normal life once more,
decially at union headquarters
‘iere the hall had been turned
ser to the A?l Union Committee
5 onsors of the carnival and by
i: the busiest place in White-
"ese for several weeks. How-
7, instead of becoming nor-
| 1 the place became 4 center
| activity as people streamed
and out spreading the news
‘t the National Labor Board
sl rejected submissions made
| the Hotel and Restaurant
ployees’ Union, Local 884, for
| ze increases.

Bihe application for wage re-
=tons for local waitresses had
| 1 made by the union early in
vember and the decision of
Board was received early to-
t The union has just recent-
been certified as the bargain-
= agency for the three largest
i taurants in Whitehorse.
Eotographers and free lance
irnalists from Edmonton and
‘ttle who had come to White-
se for the carnival found the
on headquarters the biggest
\rce of news in the Yukon.
» P. Belanger, secretary of
fal 884, business agent for the
: anton Committee and Gen-
*l Secretary of the Yukon
wide Union Council, charged
= National Labor Board with
§ indifferent to the needs
}! weifare of labor. He stated
»t local waitressess were re-}
Ang $90.00 per month plus
board and room, while Jap-
se employed as waiters by the
ikon Consdlidated Gold Cor-
Jation Were receiving’ $167.00
" Month plus board and room,
the same work. and yet the
onal War Labor Board in its
ings had failed to notice
ifind any gross injustice or
quality.

anger also announced that
preliminary arrangements
_ been made for the organiza-
1 0f a youth labor movement
the Yukon and that already.

Yukon Winter Carnival came

a large group of young people
aad signified their intentions of
becoming part of the movement
which will have for its aims so-
cial and legislative reforms in
the Yukon which would make it
possible to comparé with other
provinces of Canada, a postwar
program for the Yukon and at
the same time the organization
will provide special recreational
activities for the young people
of Whitehorse and area.

Many people had great faith
in the future of the Yukon. Just
a few days ago a letter was re-
ceived from the president of the
O’Harra Transportation GCom-
pany at Anchorage requesting
that we help them with obtain-
ing from the Canadian govern-
ment the right to operate buses

in Canadian ‘Territories from
Fairbanks, Alaska, to White-
horse. Mr. Kenneth O’Harra in

his letter stated that his com-
pany was at present engaged in
building a group of lodges and
tourist camps in Alaska to ac-
commodate passengers along
their bus routes. The recent
hearings in Washington on the
air transportation franchise in
Alaska definitely proves that the
Canadian Northwest and Alaska
have unlimited opportunities for
postwar development. -
Announcing the carnival as a
huge success in every way, Be-
| langer said: “We have|set a pre-
cedent in the Yukon, in fact we
have set a precedent in Canada.
This is to our knowledge the first
time that such an enterprise has
ever been sponsored by trade
unions anywhere in Canada. The
Yukon Winter Carnival received
the support of everyone in the
community. It united all the dif-
ferent groups into one and has
received the highest praise from
al] those who attended it. People
are talking of the carnival as a
public institution, as a perma-
nent affair that will take place
each year, Increasing in scope,
jnfluence and prestige.”

WHITEHORSE, ea

close after a week packed with entertainments,
turned out in thousands on the first day of the

they continued to turn out in
large numbers a!l throughout
the week to see the dos derby
and ski meets as well as ice
skating exhibition, hockey games
and snowshoe races.

This is the first carnival to

be held at Whitehorse, it is the
Jargest to have ever been held in
the Yukon. In fact it is one of
the. largest carnivals to have
been held in Canada. The out-
standing fact is that it was spon-
sored by a group of trade unions
who are yet in their organizing
stages. The most significant re-
sult of the carnival is that it has
established recognition of the
trade union movement in the
Yukon as part and parcel of
Territorial activities. It has
done more to make the people
union conscious than any other
undertaking could have done.
Girls participating in the carni-
val queen contest have on sever-
al occasions appeared at thea-
ters, and other packed public
places and in their brief ad-
dresses plunged consistently for
their union. The applause that
they received at these gatherings
indicated that the people look at
the unions ‘with respect and con-
fidence.

The carnival has united the
people of Whitehorse solidly be-
hind its program and for the
first time in the Yukon, business
men, plant managers and labor
worked hand in hand for mutual
benefit.

The earnival came to a close
with a public demonstration in
front of the Post Office where
Doris Lesanko, sponsored by the

The Queen walks to the throne
under an arch of ski poles.

Velume 1,

No, 20, March 24,

1945

» Yukon Labor’s Prestige Boosted
By Success of Winter Carnival

(Special to P.A.)—-The Yukon Winter Carnival came to a

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sport and

thrills. Whitehorse citizens

Carnival to watch the ski jumping events,

Whitehorse Grill Ltd. was
crowned Carnival Queen at an
impressive ceremony. Doris was
driven to the throne by Fire
Chief Stan Dunbrak in the
town’s new fire truck with sirens
hailing her coronation. She was
dressed in white furs and was
escorted to the impressive throne
by the visiting queens, Miss
A’aska of Fairbanks, and Miss
Dawson of Dawson City. Later
she was driven to the ski meet
at the Punch Bowl by a U.S.
Army dog team. Hundreds of
cameras clicked as Doris was
erowned by Miss Ruth Bureglin,
Alaska’s visiting queen. In her
short address Doris thanked her
friends, the committee and her

sponsors and stated that it was
marvelous to see that in the
course of such a short time so
many people could be united.
“It is a splendid demonstration
of what can .be accomplished
when a small community gets to-
gether,” she said. “The same
can be accomplished to help
bring our boys back and to make
sure that when they get back
they have more to come to than
when they left. So let’s get to-
gether and build, support and
maintain our unions. let us
maintain the same spirit that
we have displayed during the car-
nhival in the months to come to
build our unions and prepare

ourselves for the peace to come.”
e

Yukon Carnival Queen Coronation Ceremony

Thousands Witness
Whitehorse Dog Derby

WHITEHORSE, Y.T. March 12—On a bright sunny.

day, before a crowd of two thousand enthusiastic onlookers,

the dog derby began in front
There were six snappy dog: teams

to participate in the contest. No. |

1 team driven by Paddy James,
No. 2 by Andrew Smith, No. 3
by John Smith, No. 4 by Babe
Dickson—the only girl entrant—
No. 5 by Joe Randell, No. 6 by
John Brown, the teams varying
from four to six dogs each.

went off as sche-
o’eclock, each team
starting at intervals of three
minutes each. They ran down
the main street, through to the
river crossing, into an eight-mile
course into the timbered moun-
tain. The teams finished the
three laps on the river in front
of the docks. It was a smoothly
run, keenly contested race
throughout the three days mark-
ed by the good sportsmanship. of
‘the drivers.

The race
duled for 2

The team ot John Brown mak-

of the Whitehorse Post Office.

ing the best time for the first
day, ‘maintained his time
throughout the race and was de-

clared the winner of the event’

and is to receive the prize of

$500.

The second prize is to be a dog
zace sleigh, tow line and seven
sets of harness presented by the
American Dog Derby Associa-
dion of Ashton, Idaho, which is to
go to Andrew Smith.

The Dog Derby was judged
by Fit.-Lieut. Phillips of the
Royal Canadian Air Force, Mr.
fT. GC. Richards of Whitehorse,
¥.T., Mr. Sam Trude and Mr.
Kent Fuller of Ashton, Idaho.

Special acknow'edgement by
the committee was extended to
Mr. K. Fuller of Ashton, Idaho,

for his untiring efforts to make

the Dog Derby a great success.