TTS IEE pee “a VOL. XLVI, No. 234 ar? B.C... ROUNDUP 5 000 bail for two _on mortgage fraud charges _ NEW WESTMINSTER (?:—Ball was set at $15,000 cach for two men. who appeared in New West- minster police court Wednesday. charged with fraud Involving nearly $32,000 in home mort- gage money. The two, Homer A. Scobic, 59, and Frank Dawson, 29, are ‘directors of «Western United Construction Corp. W. Av Price, a salesman for the firm, was refused bail on a similav charge. All three were joanded without plea. to Dee. VANCOUVER, (~The three- week search: for two Americans Missing near Kamloops In a ight plane is nearing an end, “RCAF so reseue co-ordination centre In Vaneouver sald Wed- vekday the Kamloops search base is belngy’ closed and future senrehing will be done by alr- craft: based here,’ ‘Missing sinco Nov. 6 are Fred KE. Royce, 36, pilot, and Cc, 7, Janik, 42, businessman, both from ‘Cadilng, Mich, nl meee VANCOUVER = Robert. Mranels Joseph Murray, 36 0 logloss Vancouver, motorist was sontenacd to savon days in jal Wodnendoy by Magistrate Lorne Jiiekson for drunt driving. Mure oe Was arrested Mriday follow- ore lsions of Mr, and Mrs, Walter A ing a $2,100, two-car collision on: a city street in which three people In the other car suffered minor injuries. -CHILLIWACK ®—~Fire of un- determined origin ‘Wednesday destroyed the home and posses- Bell, on the Mount Baker Trail near the Chilliwack River. Loss was estimated at more than $3,000, COURTENAY, B.C. @—Dr. L. 8. Anderson, district medical health offleer, said tests at the University of B.C, have cleared n dead squirrel. suspected of having rabies, and added that tests are continuing on the body of another squirrel sald to have bitton a girl in Westview. steeee CHILLIWACK Below freezing temperatures and high winds hampered ffranen fight- ing a blaze In Yarrow Wednes- day. o Tho blago resulted’ in several thousand dollars damngo to n vacant machine: shop ewned by Mrs, Blivaboth Marder, VANCOUVER «PA cualomer was tikeon to hospital aftoy a gunman alapped him with his “Wednesday woapon during a holdup of a Davie Strect supermarket late afternoon. Police said the holdup man _ escaped with a small quantity of money. The gunman struck two cus- tomers, ‘but only one required hospital treatment. CHILLIWACK @—Band Ser- geant John William Carleton was admitted to hospital here Wednesday with lacerations and shock suffered when the car he was driving went out of control and crashed into a ditch. VICTORIA @—Labor Minister Lyle Wicks said Wednesday the provinelal overniment © lacks power to appoint Supreme Court judges as Inbor dispute arbitra. tors. Tho minister's statemtnt came after the 26th B.C, Federation of Labor convention here backed -|Frank. Hall, ‘chief.n 130,000: no is worth: gan $50,000,000 _{ereases- in “their. wage {total $67, 800 ,000. when’ directors ‘government is launching an: in- _| vestigation. into railway prob- a fruit growers request for legis- lation by whieh a judge could enforce a settlement and thus avert a stvuiko where harvesting and processing of perishable farm products Js involved, Mr. Wicks snid also that Jus-! tice Mintistor Fulton, in Wne with long-term = juatice — dopartinent policy, had declared opposition to uso of Supreme Court Judges, in labor arbitration, _ Dog at Williams Lake observes proper procedure at symphony. Jven the dogs’ at WiHlinme Taiko know (he seare whore sym phoity conerarta are coneorned, Aythiy Amith, personnel mane nder and Muslelans, Union rope repontutive In the Vancouver OTE Orman: _ DRUGS LTD. DIAL . 215). Fa ay SoS a a Symphony orchestra sald Nore Monday want, ‘Mr. amith, who nlnys tho trambona In tho symphony are choatra- and also (oaches music to aliidron, sald that when the Vancouver symphony played Williams Lako Inst your tho original hall schoduled for the conaort proved too amnall Tho whole symphony and the crowd had: to bo moved ta tho agricultural building in tho xtampede grounds, "This had a dirt floor which dandened the mule and the people hilatlod nround and nid clown bn doors so the orchestra could be up off the floor,” Mr, Smith sale, All through tho cancert on dog sit In one of tho atslos Istentng raptly with dls head cocked on one aldo, ‘ “Whon wa played God Save tho Queon nt ihe ond of tho con- cont, the cog arose, with everyone vlae and stood without moving," Mr, Smith anled, Mr, Smith was here with Jan I, Dobbin, nuannagor of the Van- couver so ayimphony — archostrn, which has offered ta came to Prince Ruporl ding the middla of March to play two children's wonvorty and ove eventing otro, it “$e “The strike is off, Similar “compenéation i The railways estimat ihe railways actually: agreement. . — He also announced the federal ‘Jems generally, aimed especially it removing “discrimination” in freight rates in some parts of]. the country. ‘He sald “representatives of the provinces made it clear that their chief request is for a com-. plete revision of the. freight rate structure... .” SOUGHT SUBSIDY The appealing provinces had suggested the rallways be sub- sidized from the federal’ treas~- ury to enable them to meet wage demands without undue freight rate increases. H.-H. Hannam, president of the Canadian Federation of Ag- riculture, sald long-haul traffic such as farm products and farm supplies would be hit hardest, The boos would place “an In- creasingly heavy burden of transportation costs on ngricul- tural producers , .. its impact Upon farmers will be unjust and unreasonable." * R, P,:Walrod, general managar of British Columbia Tree Fruits Limited, said “our clreumstances ~ mt 1, "Harellng toclay tllod nomi ilon papora for a aont on District 82 Sehuol Bonrd in the fortheoming Civic olaction Dovembor It, Mr Warding will sock one of the dhyree two-yonr sonta’ vacated. @o wha pro- posgd by Goorgo i, Mila of §07 Wioventh Avenuo Bast and Orme G. Atuart of 3010 Atlin Avonuoe, Mr. Harding aa mie ager of tho Prince Rupert Wahormon's Co-opornative ng- Anolation and will ond a two yoar torm on thy board WDo- vombor a, made. a free city ‘to end the: four power