Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1938 — Page 7

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hla release from federal prison, and knowing full well ut the time of making such affidavit that he wait the owner of considerable funds and property; that after making said pauper's affidavit he assigned and transferred to a trustee, for his own benefit, nil of his Interest In the said funds and property for the purpose of avoiding the payment of his debts. It Is further alleged in the petition that Hawkins is continuing to conceal, assign and transfer his funds and properly to escape these debts. The action was brought for the petitioners by Mr. Wheat and Urban T. Ronifas, of Portland, and Gov. Hutchinson, of Jacksonville, Florida. 0 BRITISH SEND (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Ing Valencia continued to gain ground. They occupied the village of Adzaneta. bombed Fillafames and reported they were driving the loyalists through the hills northwest of Castellon I)c La Plana. Bombardment of loyalist cities continued despite foreign protests, including a new message from the Vatican said to deplore the aerial bombing of civilians by Franco's foreign volunteers. About 60 American volunteers in the loyalist international brigade were nearby and feared to be among 300 casualties at Figueras. near the French frontier, where rebel bombs struck a hospital, a school and an old folks home. Destroying City Shanghai, June 9--<U.R) —Chinese troops began destroying the city of Chengchow today, preparing to ' abandon the junction of the Lungmai railway with the Peiping-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1938.

CONVICTED ON FRAUD CHARGE Insurance Salesman Convicted Os Using Mails To Defraud Chicago, June 9- (U.R) John M.l Minnec, 44, Berwyn, 111., faced al possible maximum sentence of SO■ years in prison and a total fine of 1160,000 today after his conviction by a federal court jury on a charge of having used the mails to defraud in the operating of two mutual benefit insurance societies. The jury reported its verdict last night to Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan after having deliberated only one and three-quarters hours. Minnec was found guilty on each of 16 counts of an indictment which charged he defrauded 2,000 mem- . hers of the Lincoln Mutual Aid , Society of Berwyn and the Cosmopolitan Mutual Benefit Association of Hammond. Ind., of $<5,000. , Sales of the memberships were promoted largely by mail, witJ nesses testified at the trial. I Each count of the indictment car-| . lies a maximum sentence of five , years in the penitentiary and a SIO,OOO fine. Judge Sullivan per- , niitted Minnec to go free under a bond of SIO,OOO pending a hearing , on a motion for a new trial. . Roy D. Keehn. Jr., and Thomas 1 B. Hart, assistant United States attorneys, presented evidence at the trial that Minnec promised liberal death and sick benefits, but r that bis policies carried a clause ) in small print that no one could collect who had not held a policy for from eight to 12 years prior to presenting a claim. More than a score of complainants, many of them aged and ill, testified during the trial. They I said Minnec insured any one from eight months to 80 years of age, I regardless of physical incapacities. He offered each one, witnesses said. SI,OOO worth of insurance, with a return of $3,000 to beneficiaries in case of accidental death and sick benefits of S3O weekly. o—. — i Indiana Farmer Kills Wife, Self — Lawrenceville, Ind., June 9 —(UP) —Joseph Bulach, 55, farmer living I near here, killed his wife while she I slept today, possibly fatally wounded his daughter Dorothy, 9 and then committed suicide. 1 Authorities blamed despondency over poor health for the act. Neighbors said he had been extremely nervous lately and that last night his mind apparently became impaired. —o PURDUE PLANS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ing in calf club, canning and baking work. Hilda Bultemeier has done outstanding work in baking and junior leadership, and Margaret Moses has done excellent work in calf club, baking and clothing and health projects. Not only excellence in club proHankow line. Japanese military authorities said their troops were within a few miles of Chengchow, the gateway to Hankow, despite Chinese - efforts to bait them by cutting | dikes on the Yellow River. I Chinese reports said that Chinese I troops dynamited the Chengchow I station and other buildings. I Repeated Japanese bombings had I already devastated the city and forced complete civilian evacuation, including foreign missionaries. The Japanese reported that the main river dike had been cut at several points north of Kaifeng. The Japanese admitted that a strong Chinese force remains on the south bank of the Yellow River west of Kaifeng and were in a position to damage the dikes disI asi rously. The Japanese continued to bomb Canton today. Shrapnel fragments from Japanese bombs struck Shameen, endangering Americans and other foreigners on the little for-eign-quarter island in the Canton river facing the city water front.

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i jecls, but also leadership ability, cooperation ttnd general under- ■ standing of 4-H club problems are \ considered in the selecting of club members to attend tho round-up. The club members will leave early Monday morning and will return | after the close of the round-up Wednesday afternoon. o SOLONS REJECT ; (CoNTINI i:i• PROM I’Aiii: one) i corporation loaning power to railroads will keep the measure pigeonholed. Another proposed bill— to give circuit courts sole jurisdictions over railroad reorganizations—iprobably will not ibe even introduced. Jesse Jones, chairman of the reconstruction Finance corporation, after a conference with President Roosevelt expressed the belief that there would be no important railroad legislation at this session of congress. Aasked what the next sten would

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be, he replied “wo will just have to keep on scratching and hope for , an upturn in traffic an dearnlngs.” —o • BOYS’ STATE TO (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) fort Tie camp opening June 18. Tho cost of the cmnp Ib sl2 per boy , and all BpoiiHoring groups are asked to get ther lentriea in at the I earliest pssihle moment. Five boys from Adams county ' will attend the camp. They are David Macklin. Carl Miller, James ) Krick and William Schnepp, all of • Decatur, and Rex Riesen of Berne. r 0 SCHRICKER TO ( (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) t Dick Heller, and his most intimate • advisor, Alex Pursley of Hartford f City. Others to attend wore Frank McHale, national committeeman; 1 Bowman Elder and Omer Stokes

Jackson, chairman of the state , committee. Schricker was to be feted at 1 o'clock at a luncheon given by Edwin Wilken of Knox, chairman of tho Starke county Democratic committee and long-time friend of tho lieutenant governor. A small group of the high leaders was to i attend. The grounds, spreading beneath the trees, wher<> Schricker will announce his willingness to accept I the nomination, has been decorated with flags and buntiftgs and a speaker's platform has been erectJed. Preceding tho speaking program, music will be furnished by the i American Legion band of Logansport and the LaPorte city band. Two other speakers are on the program — Homer Stonebraker, Democratic nominee for second dis-! i - trlct congressman, and Robert TilI ’ ton of Fowler, president of the In- | diana Young Democratic club, sponsor of the Bass Lake meeting. i Schricker will be introduced by

Wilken. A dance will follow in the evening Indiana Democratic leaders have been urging Schricker to come out for the nomination for several weeks hut tho lieutenant governor,, desiring the gubernatorial noml-1 nation in 1940, hesitated to accept. I Ho also felt that ho should complete his term as lieutenant gover-1 nor, which has two more years to run. Schricker will be the third announced candidate in the Democratic senatorial race. Besides' Sam Jackson, Alex Gordon, Indian-1 apolis labor leader, has announced. Gordon, friendly to the adminls- | (ration, was to attend today's meeting and it was anticipated that he would withdraw from the race within a few days. Administration ; sources also expect Jackson to | withdraw. o * Magicians May Surprise City Cincinnati, O.— RJ.R) —Cincinnati residents will be skeptical of all

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