Grand Jury Indicts
May and Garssons
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (AP)—
Attorney General Clark announced
Thursday the indictment of Rep.
Andrew J. May (D-Ky.) and three
officials of a wartime munitions
combine on charges of conspiring
to defraud the government.
Clark said those named with
May in the indictment, returned by
a grand jury here, are: Henry M.
Garsson, Murray Garsson and Jo
seph F. Freeman, all former offi
cers and employees of the Erie Ba
sin Metal Products, Inc., Elgin, 111.,
and of Batavia Metal Products,
Inc., Batavia, 111.
He said that one count charges
that May, wartime chairman of the
house military committee, “did
agree to receive” from these firms
“a total of $53,634.07.”
Clark said that a conviction
under the conspiracy statute pro
vides for a maximum of $10,000
fine and for imprisonment of not
more than two years.
The senate war investigating
committee inquired at length last
summer into relations between the
Garssons and May. May was de
feated in last fall’s election after
a campaign in which his relations
with the Garsson brothers had fig
ured. He had served in congress
since 1930.
Coup Nets Coop
NEWBERG, Ore., Jan. 23 (AP)
—Three young Newberg residents
decided to go out to get their own
chicken dinner Sunday. The chick
ens they got turned out to be two
hens and a rooster valued at $100.
Convicted of the theft, Gene
Wilkins, Robert Gates and Mrs.
Lois Parks Thursday were fined
$00 each and sentenced to 30 days.
Sentence was suspended for the
woman.
Police said the chickens were
stolen from poultryman H. A. Per
kins.
We Was Robbed, 120-5
KNOXVILLE, la., Jan. 23— (AP)
—Melcher played the “swan song”
for little Swan high last night—to
the tune of 120-5 in a county tourna
ment basketball game.
Swan’s eight-man squad wore
overalls for warmup suits and late
in the game one of the substitutes
played in overalls.
Though some discussion centered
about calling off the game, or short
ening the quarters, the boys battled
it out the full distance.
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Governor's ' Funds
Tied Up by Bank
ATLANTA, Jan. 23—(AP)—The
Fulton National bank of Atlanta
announced Thursday it would re
fuse to honor checks drawn by eith
er claimant of Georgia’s disputed
governorship. The bank said it
would begin independent court ac
tion to settle the controversy.
The bank’s announcement came
only after a few hours after State
Treasurer George B. Hamilton dis
closed that conflicting claims over
the governorship had tied up state
revenues, and all operations of the
state highway department.
In effect, the bank’s action pre
vents Lieut.-Gov. M. E. Thompson
from drawing any funds for opera- J
tion of his “governor’s” office. Al
though $97,000 was turned over to
him by retiring Gov. Ellis Arnall,
Herman Talmadge, the other claim
ant, also is without funds.
Concentration Camp
Operators Sentenced
DACHAU, Jan. 23 (AH)—me
sentencing of 15 Flossenburg con
centration camp operators to hang
has brought to 221 the number of
Germans given death sentences by
American war crimes eourt, trial
officials said Thursday.
Of the 40 convicted of partici
pation in nazi cruelties at the
Flosenburg camp, where more than
25,000 prisoners died of starvation
and abuse, 11 were sentenced to life
imprisonment and 14 others to
prison terms ranging from one to
30 years. More Flossenburg camp
operators are scheduled for trial
soon.
A total of 755 Germans have now
been tried by American war crimes
courts. Of these 660 have been
convicted', with 221 sentenced to
die and 439 given prison terms.
Only 95 were acquitted.
The list of convicted war crimi
nals includes operators of the Da
chau and Mauthausen concentra
tion camps and 73 SS men guilty
of the Malmedy massacre of cap
tured American soldiers. Many
were convicted of murdering allied
airmen shot down in Germany.
Sinking Probe Begins _
PORTLAND, Jan.' 23— (AP) —
An investigation of the sinking of
the Drexel Victory, which foundered
off the Columbia river mouth Mon
day night, was begun Thursday by
a six-man board representing the
coast guard merchant marine in
vestigating unit.
Port Director Capt. D. J. McGar
ity expressed concern that the ship
wreck would hurt local shipping.
Some crew members testified they
thought the ship hit a shoal while
in the regular channel, but the dis
trict army engineer said charts
showed no shoal.
The board, which will hear wit
nesses selected by a preliminary
investigation which ended today,
probably will not return its findings
for many weeks.
Marshall Names Aide
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—(AP)
—Secretary of State Marshall re
viewed major foreign issues with
President Truman Thursday and
made his first appointment to a top
position in the state department.
Marshall named John E. Peuri
foy, a veteran of nine years admin
istrative work in the department,
acting assistant secretary of state.
Peurifoy replaces Donald Russell,
who resigned with Secretary
Byrnes.
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Friday night. Snow in mountains.
Strong to gale force southerly
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