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The Weather Forecast: Cloudy probably showers tonight and Wed net day; not much change In tem perature. Temperature Highest yesterday S6 Lowest this morning 33 No Answer A great hilp to veron are the Classified Ads. In ttata news paper. Just how would yon go about tt to reach thousands of homes la any other inexpensive way? No answer expected. MEDFORD Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 No. 233. HKIHEHT MM M Ml IN ones IBS! . The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Ino. TREASURY HAS POWER TO FIX FOREIGN LOAN POLICY . EXPECTED TO SEEK CONGRESS APPROVAL BREAK WITH ISOLATIONISM SEEN IN NEW MOVES WILL STRESS DEFENSE OF AMERICAN IDEALS WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Contrary to the general impression, tho treas ury believes that it now possesses power enough to Initiate the new policy of big governmental credits to South American nations, ine process of elbowing Germany out of the trade of this hemisphere can begin tomor row, apparently, if the president so directs. The issue was confused In two di rections when Secretary of the Treas ury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., disclosed the new policy a existence. First, ne said that it was only being "stu died." Second, he remarked that congressional approval would be necessary before direct lntergovenv mental loans could be made. While doubts of the new policy's wisdom may still exist at the State departments the treasury has long passed the "studying" stage. .. Treas ury officials, led by the secretary, ardently favor the policy. : At Mor- genthau's direction, an administratis set-up to glva the policy effect Is being rapidly Improvised, and Assis tant Secretary Wayne Chatfleld Tay lor has already been chosen as' the official primarily In charge. Always excepting the possibility of a con gressional uproar, the new policy 1. In fact, here to stay. As for the need of congressional authorization, it's quite true that le(..slatlon would be needed for the type of loan of which the secretary spoke. The truth la, however, that the charter of the Export-Import bank and the statute setting up the stabilization fund now contain auth orizations which would permit other types of credit. The credits would have to be extended In complex and roundabout ways. There might be some difficulty In permitting private banks to participate, as Secretary Morgenthau wisely desires to do. But the Important thing Is that the treas- (Contlnued on Page Eight.) 4 WASHINGTON. TC. 30.-r ( AP) Senator Barry (R Ore.) elected to fill the unexpired term of Senator Stelwer ID.. Ore.) who resigned, reached the capital today. He sld he felt there was little he could accomplish In the short per iod before his term expires on Jan uary 8 but he Intended to visit gov ernment officials and urge the con struction of a naval base at Tongue Point on the Columbia river. Barry will be succeeded on Jan uary 3 by Rufus C. Holman, elected for a full six-year term. A citizen who is abroad and de sires to procure a passport must ap ply to the nearest consular officer of the United States. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Chaplain CI it ton Pond unsuccess fully trying to be Indignant with fel low CCC officers Insisting he tell of his recent flight across the conti nent. he burs in g to tell all and in great detail, deplt a desk-load of work. Chester. Fitch giving an lltumlnat In discourse on gold fish, he being inspired by the monster gold fish on exhibit at the CofC. Juanlta Yorton doing a beautiful Job of decorating the CofC silver ttpped Shasta fir Chr.stmsa tree, a gift from the U. S. forest service. Sam Houston pacing up and down the bark room of the postofftce to keep Yule mall moving at fast clip. Cspt. Rregje vitirrnt asking the public to keep the Salvation Army kettles bolting U.S.GMV SEES VIOLATION T American Medical Associa tion and Others Cited As Hampering Group Health . Physicians in Service CHICAGO. Dec. 30. (AP) Dr. Morris Flshbeln. spokesman for the American Medical association, when Informed of the federal Indictments returned In Washington today for violation of the Sherman anti-trust act, said: "The house of delegates has au thorized the board of directors of the American Medical association to defend the case to the limit." WASHINGTON. Dec 30. AP 1 The American Medical association, three local medical societies and 31 individual physicians were Indicted today by a federal grand Jury for violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. The societies named were the Med ical Society of the District of Col umbia, the Harris county (Tex.) Medical society, and the Washington (D. C.) Academy of Surgery, Among the 21 physicians Indicted were Dr. Olln West, secretary of the American Medical association; Dr. Morris Plshbeln, editor of the Amer ican Medical association's Journal; Dr. Arthur C. Christie, prominent Washington radiologist and Dr. Prentiss Wlllson, who recently coop erated In filing a suit against the Washington Group Health associa tion, charging group health physic ians had Injured his practice In fur nishing medical service through the association. Blackball U-crd Others indicted are officials of the American Medical Association, or Its affiliated societies. The department of Justice Insti tuted proceedings against the Amer ican Medical association Inst October, charging It was acting In restraint of trade, In violation of the anti trust act. Specifically It charged the associa tion, some local societies and Individ ual physicians were preventing other physicians and cooperative medical organizations from supplying medical service by refusing membership In medical societies to Individual phy sicians who Joined such groups. Particularly Involved were the af fairs of Group Health association. Inc. This cooperative agency was established more than a year a so, offering medical care and hospitaliza tion to some 2.600 government em ployes for $2.20 each per month. It put lta naff of doctors on a salary basis. The District Society, an affiliate of the A.M.A., promptly attacked the plan as leading toward the compul sory Insurance systems In vogue In Germany and elsewhere In Europe. The society denounced such systems as undermining high standards or medical practice and likely to break down the close relationship of the physician and his patient. Restraint Claimed The association accused the society of hampering Its activities by threat ening exclusion of Its doctors from hospitals and thus restraining their efforts to earn & living. Group Health contended Its pur poses were beneficial to the public and the profession, particularly that tt might reduce illness by Insuring ready access to "preventive" medi cine. In summing up the reasons for the Indictments the grand Jury de clared the American Medical associ ation and the Individual physicians (Continued on Page Nine.) 'There noes Mama' MILWAUKEE. Wis. (AP) A wo man got her divorce decree after she testified that her husband used to blow up balloons and tell their two- year-old son. "there goes mama." Paresis Will Keep Capone In Pen When Time Expires CHICAOO, Dec. 20. (UP) Al (Scarf ace) Capone Is violently and dangerously Insane one week out of every four and cannot be released from custody of a federal Institution for at least a year or until some pro gress In a cure Is indicated, U. S. District Attorney William J, Camp bell said last night. The former overlord of Chicago gangdom Is a victim of paresis which gradually Is destroying his brain. Campbell returned recently from Washington where he conferred with James V. Bennett, director of fed eral prisons. He said a conference probably would be held in Los Atv eles. In which members of the C pone family might participate, with in the next month to determine the prlwnrr's disposition. The government prefirs to keep Capon at AJca.tr because the most Santa Claus Hires Extra Helpers For Yule Mail Torrent SANTA CLAUS. Ind., Dec. 30. ;UP) Santa Claus had to hire ex tra helpers today. Mall sent by persons wishing the Santa Claus cancellation on their Christmas greetings reached a season's peak of an estimated 50,000 pieces today and Postmaster Oscar Phillips and his daughter. Odessa, had to have help. Nearly a dozen persona. Instead of the two required at other tlmee of the year arc necessary to han dle the mall which annually floods this 25 by 15 foot-postof flee at Christmas time. TWO TRUCK LOADS OP REBUILT TOYS READY FOR KIDS Toyland was moved from fire head quarters this morning to a vacant part or the Pantorium at 36 North Holly street. Two large vans were needed to transfer the shiny new toys that had been mode by city firemen from old and discarded playthings. There were 2,436 separate playthings. These in cluded 250 old dolls that had been mended and newly dressed and 165 new dolls bought by the Lady Lions club and 26 dolls made especially for Toyland by Mrs. Tom Bunnell of Jacksonville. The Lady Lions club works Jointly each year with the firemen on the project of converting old playthings Into new Christmas gifts for poor children. The toys and dolls will be pre sented to tho children of about 200 families, tt was stated by .Mrs. Earl M. Miller, chairman of the Lady Lions. Cards have been distributed to the families and presentations will be made by ticket only, Mrs. Miller emphasized. The playthings will be distributed by Lady Lions at the toy depot from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Thursday and Friday. The distribution must be completed on those two doys and parents receiving cards are asked to call for the playthtngs between the specified hours Thursday or Friday. The toys will be on display tomor row so that the public may see them through the Pantorium show win dow. CHRISTMAS PARTY Members of the Med ford Rotary club and their wives, 110 In number, filled the basement banquet hall of the Hotel Medford at noon today for the annual Rotary Christmas party. The room was attractively decorated in Yuletlde greens with tables light ed by candles. Rev. Ernest S. Bartlam. speaker for the holiday meeting, brought to Ro- tarlans and their ladles an Impres sive Christmas message which was enthusiastically received. Carl Jan ouch, program chairman for the club, arranged the details of the gathering and President Mark Goldy presided A splendid musical program fea tured a trio comprising Mrs. Mar garet Huson. yoprano; Mrs. .lean Mc Allister, alto, and Mrs. Catherine Wendt. soprano, In appropriate Christmas numbers. Mrs. W-ndt was piano accompanlest for some of the selections. Mrs. Huson also led the Rotarlans and their wives In a group singing of "Hark the Haid Angels Sing" and "Jingle Belli." y PORTLAND, Dec. 20. (AP) This particular sneak thief was not only mean but he also was audacious. He took a firemen's milk fund bottle containing $7 or 18 in pennies from the counter In the criminal depart ment of the sheriff's office. modern methods of treating paresis are avllable there, Campbell mid. Federal prisons at Los Angeles and 3prln?fieM, Mo., also are being con sidered. Capone was sentenced to 10 year In a frdrral prison and to one year In the Co:k county Jail on two charges of income tax evasion by Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson in 1931. With time off for good be havior he would be eligible for re leae from Al.-ntrns January 10, 1030. It had been believed be wsuld be re turned to Chicago to serve out tht final year. Capone, besides his prison sen tence, still has to pay fines totaling approximately $56,000 assessed In connection with his Income tux evcEl-n. He can avoid payment of the linos by declf.rln.-j nlrr"ll pauper and serving 30 days addi tional la Js4i NAZI CONCESSION LESSENS FRICTION Germany Agrees to Permit Full Transfer to Benefic iaries in United States Is Word to Government WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. (AP) Germany today notified the United States- all inheritance credits due Americans on the estates of persons deceased in Germany' hereafter will be transferred to the beneficiaries in full. The announcement brought to the state department this morning by ur. Hans Thomsen, German charge d'affaires, clarifies one of the lesser points of friction between the two governments. Americans, heretofore, have not been able to collect their full In heritances on German estates be cause of exchange restrictions for bidding money to leave Germany. The matter was discussed by Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, with Amb&s5uor Hans H. Dleckhoff shortly before the letter's recent de parture for Germany. Welles said tt was unfair for Ger many to Impose such restrictions which were not applied by this coun try on the transfer or estates to Ger man heirs. No figures were available her as to how much money is Involved but It was understood to be only about half as much as the value of Amer ican estates transferred to Germany through inheritance which has aver aged about $5,000,000 a year. The German embassy hero had been concerned over a possibility some restrictions be placed on the transfer of money Inheritances to Germany after a court decision In Philadelphia last week against per mitting German heirs to receive money bequeathed them In that city. Before 1,1s conversation with Welles, Thomsen mid he wos not prepared to discuss Austrian debts or reas surances of non-dlscrlmlnatory treat ment towards Americans In Germany. Thomsen's call wss the first at the state department by any of the Ger man embassy staff since Dleckhoff bade officials farewell. It was believed his visit did not Indicate Germany has replied to either of two recent American notes seeking satisfaction of Austrian claims and assurances Americans In the relch will not be discriminated against because of race or creed. The second note carried a broad hint of retaliation should American Jews in Germany find their rights abrogated. EUROPE'S COLD SNAP TAKES HEAVY TOIL IN DEATH AND SUFFERING LONDON, Dec. 20. (AP) Winter rolled up a heavy tall of lives In many European countries today. A ferry boat creeping through the Icy Tagus river at Lisbon struck a dredge and sank, with 25 of the 70 ferry passengers believed drowned. More than 20 deaths were attrib uted to the cold. 28 degrees above zero In England. A violent northeast wind rolled relief for three keepers at Fastnet Rock lighthouse, off the coast of County Cork, Ireland. Paris and suburbs counted nine desd. Hundreds of barges were caught In frozen northern French canals. Rn 11 road signals froze In Scandinavia, delaying continental expresses. Nor way had the lowest temperature yes terday, 25 below zero; Sweden was second with 20 below. In Hungary the cold snapped s rail and derailed a train. Injuring six passengers. Several ships In the Block sea radioed distress signals, snd at least three sailors were be lieved lost. Weather forecasts were continued cold. In' Belgium IS deaths were at tributed to the Intense cold. The mercury fell to five degrees above zero Fahrenheit, lowest in 50 years. Rivers In the southern provinces were frozen, outdoors Induitrles paralyzed and railway and channel boat traf fic greatly reduced. TVo. Glamour Girl Marries Tin Heir PALM BEACH. Fla., Dec, 20. (UP) Gloria Baker, the No. 1 "Glamour Girl'' of 1037, today became the bride of Henry J. Topping heir to a $0. 000 ooo tin-plate fortune, In a cere mony that was "considerably less ex pensive than her $50,000 "coming out party" last year. The wedding was ft simple affair, attended by less than a dozen g .'ebts. Topping 24, was divorced last week by Jayne Shadduck, act few, on ground! of extreme cruelty and habi tual tntempersnoa. SLUGGED Mayor LaGuartlla NEW YORK, Dec. 30. (API Mayor F. H. LaGuardla was punched and knocked down today, as he was entering city hall, by a man Iden tified by police as James Hagan, 48, a former WPA superintendent In the Pel ham Bay shops of the city pork department. Hagan, beaten and subdued by spectators, was taken first into an office in the city hall and later to a police station, where he was charged with simple assault. Investigators obtained no coherent story, but believed, they said, Hagan held a grudge because of his layoff from the park Job. The mayor was unhurt, save for a red welt under the right eye where Hagan's first landed. HEAVY DRINKER FED FROM JUNEAU JAIL TO JUNEAU, Atasks, Dec. 30. (AP) A trapper-guldc released tram a olty Jail drunkenness charge, because he knew the perilous Cape Palrweather country led 18 shipwreck survivors toward Lltuya bay and ultimate res cue today. The Guide, Nels Ludwlneson had served si days of a 10-day sentence here when he was released so he could accompany Pilot Sheldon Sim mons to the scene of the shipwrecked motorshlp Patterson. The coast guard cutter Halda wire lessed that she read, with difficulty. nasniignt code signals stating Lud wlngson and several of the weaker of the marooned mariners were head ing toward a pre-arranged spot on the beach, four mllea toward Lltuya bay, and the stronger members plan ned to overtake them tonight and proceed 13 miles toward Lltuya bay. Thi Halda notified the party It would be following along, outside the line of breakers and Instructed the party to build campflrea along the beach so the Halda could trace lta progress. IS. BERRY ASKS INVESTIGATION OLYMPIA, Wash- Dee. 30. fUP) Pretty Mrs. Elizabeth Berry, 37, one of the principals Involved In the tor ture kidnaping of Irving E. Baker, 87. demanded today that Gov. Clarence D. Martin order a legislative Investi gation into the sensational case. Mrs. Berry, whose husband, prom inent Dr. Kent W. Berry, 54. facea life imprisonment for the rime, made the demand In a letter mailed to the executive this morning. She also asked on Investigation be un dertaken Into reports Dr. Berry al legedly handled narcotics Illegally. It was Mrs. Berry's charge she was raped by Baker that caused her hus band to obtain the aid of three men and abduct and mutilate the former U. 8. coast guard officer. Dr. Berry's confederates. James Reddlck, 28. Robert Smith. 33, and William Macs loon. 50, were convicted with him recently and also face life Im prisonment. 1 Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time Is Eastern Standard) NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, as a radio guest tonight, will tell how the White House la preparing for Christmas. She will appear on Gabriel Heatter'a program on W ABC -CBS at 11 o'clock, prsented as "we the people." Tonight: WABC-CB8--10:45 talk, Wm. McChesney Martin, Jr., presi dent New York stock exchange. What to expect Wednesday: WEAF NBC 1 :15 p.m., Christmas play, "The Wooly Lamb; 0 Our American Schools; fl:30 Siovan Ringing Society, carols. W ABC-CBS 8 music hour; 5:30, "The Visit of fit. Nick"; 3 ora torio "Te Deum" from tferlln, 4:30 Christmas Carols, AID ON PLAN FOR JEW El American Director of inter national Refugee Office Invited to Visit Berlin- Counter Plan Is Seen By the Associated Press The Involved question of getting Jews out of Germany moved a step forward today with Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goerlng's Invita tion to George Rublee, American di rector of the International refugee office, to visit Berlin. Informed quarters said Rublce would present counter-proposals to a Nazi plan, reported to embrace a two-year scheme for trie emigration of Germany's Jews. Pan-American conference delegates pondored mutual defense against aggression today while In Spain ond China wars pushed wearily on de spite wintry weather. IirH7.ll for Compromise A resolution proposed at Lima ex pressing the determination of Ameri can nations to defend one another against aggression was submitted to tho various delegations with the like lihood It would bo acted upon be fore the week-end. Drafted by Brazil's chief delegate, the propose! represented a compro mise between the United States' de sire for a declaration for a united front against any non-American ag gressor and Argentine Insistence that the declaration Include all aggressors Adjournment of the conference by Monday or Tuesday was In prospect. In London Prime Minister Cham berlain, meanwhile, studied com plaints of alleged Incompetence in British defense ministries. Throe ag gressive young members of the gov ernment were said to be demanding a cabinet shake-up. War Minister Leslie Hore-Bellsha and Sir Thomas Insklp, minister for defense coordi nation, we in among those under fire, White Russians lilt. In Paris Gen. Alexis Denlklne, white Russian leader, who headed the final military struggle against the bolshevlst regime, made a sur prising denunciation of White Rus sians who aid Adolf Hitler In op position to the Soviet Union. He denounced by name some whit Russian officers for ' taking money from nasi agents to further Hit ler's dream expansion In the soviet Ukraine and said Japanese too had been successful In getting white Rus sian cooperation against the Russian "fatherland." Bitter weather kept a planned in surgent offensive from developing beyond heavy artillery fire, In the Spanish civil war. In China Jap anese army officers outlined ft five year plan for pacifying north China and cleaning up guerrilla resistance. IN KLAMATH CABIN KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 20. (AP) Chief of Police Frank Hamm last night, out down the frozen body of Carl Meyers, 60-year-old logger, which apparently had been hanging from the rafters of his Broad street cabin since last Friday. Neighbors said they had seen noth ing of Meyers since Friday but that ft light had been burning steadily In his cabin since that time. Hamm believed Meyers was a lut ctde, although nothing wss found to indicate ft motive for his act. ROUTINE BUSINESS ON CITY COUNCIL'S TABLE Only routine business Is on the formal agenda to come before the city council at Its regular semi monthly meeting tonight. The meet ing will be convened si usual at 7:80 In council chambers of the top floor of city hall. Electric Lights or None For Roosevelt Yule Tree WASHINGTON, Dec, 30. (UP) Tlft secret service, which often haa Irked presidents while guarding their lives, won Its second successive klr mlsh with Mr. Roosevelt today when It ruled that the White House Christ mas tree muat be Illuminated with electric light, or not at all. The service rebelled last year against the Roosevelt fsmtly tradi tion of using wai candlea to light their Christmas trees, and tt has Issued similar edict for the oorn- Ing holiday. Except for thLs bit of Interference, the precedent-brenklr first family will become tlx ttvHUw-lftt.lPi Little Girl Dies Under Bus Wheels On Shopping Trip LOS ANGEIJS. Dec. 30. (AP) A bus run over 10-year old Maria Carlllo as she hurried to a neighborhood store, clutching a few carefully saved pennies with which to buy her mother'! Christ mas gift. At a hospital, Mrs. Dolores Car lllo Identified her daughter's body. "I didn't want a present, honey," she cried, "I only wanted you." E THAN YEAR AGO Incoming and outgoing Christmas mall volume Is heavier than It was st the same time s-yenr ago. Postmaster Frank -DeSouza said today. To accommodate the public the pos toff Ice will tematn open until 0 p.m. again Saturday Instead of clos ing at the usual Saturday hour of 12 noon. Mr. DeSouza stated. There will also be two complete city mall de liveries Saturday. The same extra service was provided last Saturday. Carriers will work late Into the night Saturday In an effort to deliver all Christmas parcel mall on hand. Mr. DeSouza stated. It will greatly facilitate delivery of packages If fam ilies will remain at home Saturday night and leave their porch lights on so that house numbers may be seen plainly, he emphasized. A personal delivery of Insured, registered or spe cial delivery mall must be made, he pointed out. Delivery of Christmas parcels arriv ing by train Sunday morning will be made' the same day, the poetmaster said. Twelve extra employes and two large and three small extra trucks were in service today as incoming mall neared the holiday peek. The stafr was efficiently organized by O. m. Houston, superintendent, and, un der his direct supervision, the mall was being sorted and routed as quick ly as It arrived. Four more employes and another large truck will be added to the ser vice tomorrow, Mr. DeSouza said. Mr. Houston and assistants will be at the postofflce early Monday morn ing to make a final clean-uo of any vnriaimaa mall arriving late, PASSES SUDDENLY Orlando Boy Canine, 88, a resi dent of Medford for the put 14 years, died of a, sudden heart attack last night at 10:30 In his home at 822 West Tenth street. Funeral serv- loes, In charge of the Perl funeral home, will be announced tomorrow. Mr. Canine was born January 14. 1880. In Waterlond, Ind. with hla parents, he came to Oregon City In iuj ana later moved to Eureka, Cal. There he waa married to Blsle E. Hogue on May 18. 1009, and from the union were born two daughtera and one aon. He came to Medford with hla family 14 years ago. and since had been employed aa a aaw- Iller by the Medford Corporation. He la survived by hla wife. Blsle: two daughtera. Mrs. Alice Crow and Mrs. John Wood, both yt Medford: one aan, Clarence Canine or Klam ath Palls; three sisters, Mrs. Sebas tian Appolo of Medford, Mrs. Henry Voea of Ashland and Mrs. Cy Miner of Berkeley, Cal., and two grand daughters, Betty and Patricia Crow. COPENHAVER FUNERAL WEDNESDAY AT 2 P. M. Funeral services will be held In the Perl chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Luther Copen haver, World War vet eran who died In Seattle, Wash., De cember 14. Medford post of the Am erican Legion will conduct the rites. Roosevelta at Christmas time this year. Plans for the Vule observance vir tually have been completed down to the smallest detail, Including the hour at which Mr, Roosevelt will render hla eustomary reading of a condensed version of Dlcken'a "Christ mas Carol." Mrs. Roosevelt disclosed that her youngest aon John and his bride, the former Ann Undsay Clark, will bo unable to attend th White House festivities at which most of the Roosevelt family will be present. She Mid that John will be too busy at hla department store Job In Button to com p Eatbjnf to. HOPE TO SALVAGE Four Brothers Collected Mil lions in Commissions On Fictitious Sales of Cruda Drugs, Is Revelation - NEW YORK, Deo. 30. (AP) Fed. era! authorities, delving Into thai fantastic story that Philip Mualca. as F. Donald Coster, respected presi dent of McKesson and Robbtns, Inc., tried to sell 3,000,000 rifles and 100,. 000.000 rounds of ammunition taj some unidentified nation, turned today to a report they might have been destined for the Chinese geM eral. Chiang Kai-8hek. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. (AP) Fed. eral Investigators said today thej were hopeful of salvaging "consider able cash" of the 810.000,000. to 820. 000,000 which the late Philip Muslca la suspected of swindling horn the McKesson 8c Robbtns Drug Corpora, tlon. The announcement followed . statement by Dlst.-Atty. Thomas B. Dewey that he already had uncovered! evidence the four Muslca brothers had oolleoted actual cash commis sions of 83,003,103 through flctltloui sales of crude drugs. Dewey said hla Investigation, not yet completed, Indicated the thefta might go aa high as 818.258.378. Act ing TJJ3. Atty. Gregory Noonan sale! several days ago the lossec might reach 830.000,000. ' , Books Complicated An extremely complicated book, keeping system used by Muslca, allaaj "F, Donald Coster," who killed him. self last Friday, haa .delayed official) In reaching Immediately an accurst estimate of the funds Involved. - Dewey, who obtained grand Jury; Indictment charging the three aur. Tlvlng brothers with grand larceny and forgery, said thoy "milked" the corporation's crude druga department through fictitious, sales to at least five dummy companies. The brothers, Dewey said, paid out huge sums In oommtaslons to th dummy companies for "sales" of crude drugs which Coster listed aa stored In corporation warehouses, Tha district attorney said the money went to the Musics, and the sales, the drugs, and the warehouses all wen non-existent. The deception waa not detected, In. vestlgators aald, because "Coster," president or the firm, told other com pany officials he was using profits from the crude drugs department t expand It. He had forged bills of (Continued on Page Three ) BOYSlLLTACE HEARING FRIDAY The group of youths, ranging tm age from 14 to 18 years, alleged to have engaged In a aeries of petty thefts and misdemeanors the pat three months, Is scheduled to appear In Juvenile court next Friday. According to Deputy Dlstrlct-At. torney Oeorgs W. Nellson. all bava admitted charges, and are at liberty. The officials states the eas 1 on of the most Involved and puxallng ' that haa come to hla attention I some time. There was no leader, as car cm can be determined, and th youths were apparently actuated by a "something for nothing" fever. Most of those Involved have never been In trouble before, and bear good reputations In school and other ae tlvltlea. Among the ofenses admitted, th authorities say. Is tha puncturing of tires on 18 autoa last Hallowe en ' with an Ice pick, robbing 5f parked eara and stealing goods from local stores. 0ALEM, Ore., Deo. 30. (UP) Oov. Charles H. Martin today appointed three men to the tut sanitary au thority, created by Tot at the No vember election. The appoint are: Albert Buroh, Medford, Ore., first congressional district; Blaine Hat. lock, Baker, Ore., second congres sional dlstrlot; Dr. Richard B. Dtlle hunt, Portland, third oongrelonl district. The appointments are for terms of four, three snd two year. The state health officer, state en gineer and th chairman of th health commission are also member of the authority. A sanitary engin eer will be employed, and will t t ItSnrMI to lb uthorlt.
