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The Penn's Grove record., 1923-01-12
Annual Election
Of Officers
Changes In Bank Directors
Some In Fire Company
BANK DIRECTORS ELECTED

The second Tuesday in January the
stockholders of banks and trust COM
panies elect directors. The following
were elected:
Penns Grove National Bank
Newton H. Barnart, president; Jos.
S. Flanagan, vice president; Thomas
E. Hunt, Robinson F. Willis, Hildreth
D. Turner. Mr.. Turner succeeds
Samuel NJ. Hunt. ]. Milton Featherer
is cashier.
Peoples Bank of Penns Grove
Frank j. Gaventa, Preston p.
Sweeten, Clarence Doughten, w. P.
Denny, Asa G. Justice, Meyer D. Pc
land, Hamilton G. Pedrick, Harvey
Gaventa, Frank r. Locuson, Edward
NJ. Summerill, William Hannah. Mr..
Hannah succeeds John L. Corson.
The Board organized Thursday
night by electing Mr.. Doughten presi-
dent; Mr.. Gaventa; vice president;
Asa G. Justice, cashier.
First National, Pedricktown
William NJ. Burk, William F. Hunt,
Hamilton G. Pedrick, Frank ]. Ga
venta, Preston P. Sweeten, Benjamin
w. Strengthen, Harry NJ. Green, Jacob
J. Hunt, George s. Justice.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-01-12
. High School Loses Good Game

The Penns Grove High School lost
the fourth basket ball game at
Woodstown. on Tuesday evening, by
the score of "a to Is. Turnout the
first half, which ended 7-6 in favor of
Penns Grove. and into the last the
Penns Grove boys led in the score.
As the game was by intercollegiate
rules, Holton and Brooks were taken
out for making four personal fouls,
and it was necessary to use Straughn
as a substitute. altho he was unable
to play on account of previous INJURY
to the knee.
The lineup: FOrwards-Boyd
Smith. Brooks: center, Folton;
guards. Wood and Remsburg. Sub
stitutes-Wright for Wood, Straughn
for Holton, Wood for Wright, for
Brooks.
officers of the Methodist Episcopal
Sunday School. Superintendent. Wm.
Cunard: Assistant. Mrs. Layinia jus
tice: Secretaries. Fred kregler and
Vernon Hewitt; Treasurer, Mrs. Jacob
Hunt: Pianist. Miss Thelma Waters.
Rev. Francis Beherns. D. D., Of
PHILADELPHIA. IS assisting Rev. George
Tryon with the Revival in the Bap-
tst Church.
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been some objection to this but the
Board felt that under the existing
state of the county's finances 1t would
not be well to construct this part OF
the highway with concrete.
1t had been expected that a dele
cation from Elmer and Pole Tavern
would be present to present their
claims for a hard surface road be-
tween those two points. The delega-
ton did not materialize but it is un-
derstood that if sufficinet State aid
can be secured this road will be given
the attention of the Board this year.
There is a project that this road may
be taken over as a State highway and
in that case there would be no delay.
The Board was asked to take over
the AZ miles of Pole Tavern-AOnroe-
vile road and maintain it, but mas
much as it is not yet completed, this
could not be done. Supervisor Patrick
was, however, instructed to furnish
scrapers to put the road in good con
dition.
There are ten inmates in the county
Jail, but only nine at the county road
camp. The cost of maintenance at
the Jail for the month was 28.3 cents,
and at the camp 55 cents. There had
been talk of reducing the wages of the
men employed at the road camp but
Mr.. Ward was opposed to this, saying
that no money could induce others to
take that kind of a job under the eX-
listing circumstances and the Board
voted down the motion.
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Two Exceptional
Games Played
Labs Win Out Close Match With
Penns Grove Five
Mechanics Smoker

On Thursday evening the Mechanics
smoker was held in the Y. NJ. c. A.
auditorium with a goodly varied pro-
gram which was enjoyed the more the
members gave opportunity for.
"Hick' Wright and Jimmy" Walker
were given an opportunity to take
part.
John Charsha led a group of seven
men thru some work on the side horse
and parallel bars. This was followed
by seven two-round boxing bouts by
boys, which were thoroly we'll done by
all. Those who boxed were Paul
Grouse VS.. Nelson, Harkins VS.. Sny-
der, Russell VS.. Jones, Keats vs.. Paul
Dillon, AinsWorth vs.. Williams, Bas-
tel vs.. Allen. Grant Swartz refereed.
A game of broom ball was then
played by teams Of seven selected by
Charles Brooks and Richard Parker,
and the latter won out by y to 8. In
cidentally, the floor was first sprinkled
and the game was good.
Director Crockett kept the fourteen
men on the floor and showed how four
informal games could be played in
doors, and they were so we'll done
that they were enjoyed by the on
lockers as much as if not more than
those played or at times worked. The
one in which a tWo-hit-and-run was and
the volley ball was tossed and then
caught and banged into anyone else
within reach became as hilarious as
any good act of any show.
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Trolley To Wildwood

That air castle trolley project from
Wildwood to Penns Grove has scared
again and captured able officers. A.
D. Snellbaker, Woodstown boomer,
has been elected president of the
Colonial Power Company, formed to
build the high speed electric railway.
Other officers are, Vice President,
Warren D. Ham; Secretary, W. c.
Smith, Mayor of Wildwood; Treas
urer, j. E. Dubois, of Wildwood, at
one time a resident of Elmer.
Undoubtedly the next move will be
to sell stock to those who have faith
in the project. Then the county
boards of freeholders may be asked
to give a free right of way over roads
on which the counties and State have
spent hundreds of thousands of dol
late in grading. Fastening to land
this air castle will wake up business,
and above all, advertise Wildwood,
where companies have begun to ask
for money to invest there.
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Birthday Social

Miss Mabel Ford celebrated her
18th birthday, on Thursday, 18th, by
giving a party, at the home Of her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. Charles Ford,
on John Street.
The evening was pleasantly spent
in playing games, after which refresh
ments were served.
Those present were Elizabeth Ho-
man, Hazel Roberts, Elizabeth Bodine,
Evelyn Bader, Anna Gairn, Leonora
Fearn, Rebe Fearn, Emma Trumbu!l,
Sylvia Rosenbloth, TriXie Rosenbioth,
Lillian Livingstone, Mary Blinn,
Edith Biddle, Dora Davenport, Jean
cite Ford, Mabel Lord, Harry Rhodes,
Lawrence Guest, Phillip Sheridan,
Norman Stradley, Ronald Warren,
Bradford Fisher, Hollis Blinn, Howard
Ford.
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P~edricktOwn Personal
And Local Items
Interesting Happenings of Old
mans Township

rrsH
MI ana MRS. William Huber will
ave TINS wee to spend the remain
ger o. the winter IN Miami, Fla.
MI. ana mrs. Jaeop Hunt spent
part u last week WITH tnelF son, oscar
Huht' VINO IS Ill at ms home, IN
"~edeaDoio
Mr.. and Mrs. William Burk, Miss
-uaItI@ b4tk ana MIS-. Johh burk,
SIteAaeq the funeral OF a cousin,
MISS Mary Hadlet, IN Philadelphia,
On SATURDAY.
Lewis new moved n week INTO
winner III mousse on railroad
'eaUe Nj. mas 0 onto
iIe farm, near centre square that ne
oOHshe Oh me Al0efJ Hlshef estate.
lo"aIo 1alloWa. mas installed q
new faalo.
revival services are BENG heIc
Lngn1iy IN Doth Cndfcnes. ke John
Nayiof Is Deihg assisted by helghborlng
eIgthoalst pastors. KEY j. Decker, OF
9aIeIl, occupied me pulpit on Mednes-
uaS HeHJ ana re-. fahcls L. Pun
eel, OF Penns Grove, on Thursday
lIgHe. IN the baptlst Church, the
pastor, heV. george dryon, Wall preach
heAV sunday, at IV.5O, on The Power
Oh liberated Llfe. Sunday School
az Z +. VI. At I. NJ, preaching
service. SUBJECT Hung on HIS Own
1aIIoWs'
harvey dawson passed away early
Iohda morning I ms nome, on
one OF tne 4ioeft Rlsner farms, near
Gehtfe square after a snort illness,
tle result OF olooq poisoning, follow
ing an INJURY 70 ms hahd when m
1ected the entlfe system. n de.
ceased was 81 years o. age the son OF
Mr. ana MRS. rank Dawson, OF Cen
IRE square n leave a WIDOW. who
Was me daughter o. the late wesley
Funeral services viii be held from his
Iate nome TINS Friday with burial IN
the centre square Cemetery
WI, ana Mts' gilbert carmen, OF
Raulsboro' VISITED Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
waters; on sunday.
Mrs. Hamilton Pedrlck a returned
from Che cooper Camaeh'
greatly improved after a recent
operation .,,
Mr.. ana mrs. William were
guests on sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Chafies Fedflck OF Fenns Grove.
MLs. EMMA oHuIe, WIDOW OF 0alauel
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Library Association Grows

The annual meeting of the Penns
Grove Library Association was held
in Borough Hall, Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Howard D. Miller, president, pre-
sided.
Mrs. Albert Naylor, treasurer, re-
ported S58.96 on hand. On Memorial
Day SIS were cleared by selling ice
cream. From a movie benefit so
were cleared and $28 by Miss GllIs
recital. ~
During the November drive, SO
new members were acquired.
Mrs. Ethel Snyder, librarian, re-
ported 1903 books in the library,
1928 being the property of the IL
brarv and 375 State books. During
the wear 6139 books have been taken
out. an average of 40 each time the
library has been open, and Sl2l.!9
has been taken in fines, membership
Mrs. McKinstry, of the State Ii
brary Commission, visited the library
on Thursday of last week, and gave
valuable suggestions.
The following officers were then
elected to serve for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Howard D. Miller
Vice President, Mrs. Julia Lands.
Secretary. Mrs. ]. F. Darling.
Treasurer, Mrs. Albert MAYOR.
Board of Directors, Miss Emma
R. Summerill, Mrs. Paul W. Carleton,
Mrs. H. H. Cramer.
The following are chairmen Of the
committees: Books, Alice Grey;
Housing. Verna Hunt; Entertain
ment. Mrs. Richard Campbell; Social,
Mrs. Ralph Willis; Ways and Means,
Mrs. Robert Jarrett; Property, Mr..
George Jefferis; Membership, Mrs,
Frank Hall.
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FIoners Return Happy

Chester D. Speicer and Alice
Troupe. of Carueys Point, eloped TO
Elkton. Nd, Saturday, the 9Th, and
were married by Daniel B. Lockerbe,
the aged marrying pastor.
Both of them are well known resi-
dents. The bride is the second daugh-
ter of Nj. and Mrs. Charles Troupe,
and the groom was a pitcher on the
Dye Works base BAH team during the
past season.
They told their parents they were
going to attend the New Years
parade, in Philadelphia, but as is
some times customary, switched the
track and went to the Gretna Green
two and came back one. They will
make their home on c Street, CarAeys
Point.
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The finest game Of basket ball
played here this eason was that by
the Labs and Penns Grove, on Tues
day evening, IN the league contest, at
the Y. NJ. c. A. 1t was very closely
played and every nan worked his
hadest and the Labs won out by II
to 10.
1t was a game Of the finest quality
and the thanks must first 60 to the
referee, George Hollett, Of Whining
ton, for he missed nothing, never hest
tated an instant in judgment. SO
there can be no cause for any regret
in any way as to the victors III the
most clean-cut fashion. After the
game Mr.. Hollett complimented the
players by saying: There was no
apparent reason to believe that any
foul committed in that game was in
territorial" So the game was an en-
joyable one for the good number Of
persons there to cheer n OF the
other five.
1t was a game in which a team OF
individual play and fairly good team
work opposed M of less individual
but of stealing team work and the
latter won out when it got to work
in @ well in the last period. Both
teams fell short in throwing for fouls
and very few scored. 49,,
The scoring was led off by Bill
Jones throwing a foul and then Frank
lin made an exceptional throw Tor a
goal, but before the half ended Emil
Altwegg seemed to hit his normal
stride and scored twice, putting the
Labe in thelead. AS the half ended
Warren Smith tied the score, / to J.
So little scoring was done, due TO
the opponents breaking the plays OF
the others. Time after time the LABS
threw for goals but could not make
scores. The same was to happen for
Penns Grove in the second half. So
s~upporters of both teams often said:
"If they would only get them IN.
Jones again led off IN the second
period, but this time with a good leld
goal. Fullertan then tied the score
and Engle game the Labs a lead
which was later tied by a goal by
Harold Huber. 1t was then IN the
middle of this half that the Lab hVe
became able to pull off their team
work long enough to score four goals
which gave the winning lead. In the
last few minutes OF the game ful!er
ton demonstrated for the first time
that a Lab man could throw at least
one foul goal and it was greeted with
applause. Then, near the end, Edgar
Holton scored another goal for PennS
Grove.
Altho the Labs five Won their mar
gin nv the team work, which must be
/ credited to Meyer, the Penns Grove
players, each individual one, car
certainly be said. to have played the
finest and hardest yet shown. AIthe
a mature player, Meyer met his equal
if not superior, in Edgar Holton anC
he was covered by Holton at all time
babe" Huber may have been SLOW
previously, but he was surely speed
ed up" for this game and must b.
credited for work as a guard VII,
guarded and broke up attacks, Fr'
lerton may be said to have been th'
Lab star by his clever work at scor
ing. Fngle. too, stood out. particu
Continued on page 4
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Live Wire News
From Carneys Point
DOings of Dye Makers And
Powder Workers Worth
While Knowing

The weekly meeting of the ladies
of the Parish Guild was held at the
home of the newly elected president.
Mrs. Josph Hubert, on Wednesday
aftrnoon.
Mrs. y. Evan Bonyun is now recu-
perating well after being confined
since Christmas with bronchitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Butcher entertained
informally, at their home, on Broad
way, on Thursday evening, Misses
Camilla Hawkins, Ella Burdick, Helen
CIonch and Messrs. James Townsend.
Clarence Foulk, and Royal Butcher.
Announcement is made by Director
Joseph Crockett that the second an
nual athletic dinner will be given in
auditorium of the Y. VI. c. A, on
Thursday evening, January 18th, for
football and basket ball men and any
Y. NJ. c. A. man. Speakers for the
occasion will be Prof. Donald Spayth,
Of Princeton University, or DR.. Fisher,
former athletic head of the A. Z. F.
The tickets are limited to 125 and 90
on sale Saturday for fifty cents each.
Those basket ball games scheduled
for last date will be postponed until
the scheduled eason ends and then
pLayad.
Chester D. Spicer, p, and Catherine
'. Troupe. went to Elkton, Nd, on
Monday, and were legally tied for
connubial bliss. Egbert J. Finn, 30,
Gloucester. and Alma NJ. Bash, Pauls-
boro. were also married there the
same day.
Mrs. j. Benjamin Myers returned
on Saturday, after visiting for sew
eral days with friends, in New York
City.
Mrs. Nettie Thompson, of Hudson,
y. y, is visiting for a week, her
daughter, Mrs. Frank R. Alger.
Mrs. Charles B. Russell spent Fri
day in Wilmington, attending a meet
ing of the 20. and D. Sewing Circle, =
of which she is a membre.
Mrs. Howard D. Miller attended
the funeral, on Tuesday, Of Mrs. Mar
tina Hartsell, mother Of Mrs. P. A.
Cooney, a former resident here, at
Brookline Manor. Pa.
Mrs. Lawrence Henry and son,
James, of D Street, spent the week
end in Philadelphia, with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gerald en-
tertained over the past weekend, Mr..
and Mrs. William Bell, of Swedesboro;
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank James and
daughter. Minerva. of Lakewood, \.
J.. and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gerald,
of Cape May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheatley moved this
week from Avenue H to 122 D Street.
Mrs. Frank Seaman spent the
weekend in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pierce enter
tanned the members of the Dramatic
Club. on Monday evening, at her
home.
Adrain Berry and son, Ralph, spent
Sunday in Camden, as the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hammond.
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Moman,s Club Meeting

DR.. Laura H. Cornell, Dean Of
Temple University, Philadelphia, will
lecture before the Woman's Club, In
the High School auditorium, on Tues
day afternoon, at 8 o'clock, January
10th.
Subject, "The Art of Renaissance;
What it received and what it gave"
1t will be with Illustrations. This
meeting is open to the public.
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WILMA NJ

daughter of Charles r. and Justeno
Humphreys, at Churchtown, died Jan
uary 2, 1928, aged 7 months. Burial
was in Emmanuel Cemetery, last FRI
daV.
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OBITUARY
ELLA SPARKS

daughter of Mrs. Earl Davidson and
the late James Sparks, died in Phila-
delphia, Thursday evening, 18th, very
suddenly. with influenza.
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The conference of statesmen and
sales demonstrators of dupont dye
stutfs. was given an elaborate eXhl-
bitioq. at the Technical Laboratory.
on Friday. Samples of all dupont
dves we're shown on cloths as well as
samples of the tests which such nave
been put thru before being sold.
The y. NJ. c. A. has organized a
QUOT club, at the dupont Plant, for
noon hour recreation, and the men
are taking good interest in the horse
Secretary Duncan has developed in
terest in men getting advanced edu-
c~ational work al the "Y" and present
ed things by a noon hour talk at the
Plant. On Monday classes will be
started in mechanical drawing and
arithmetic and continued ten weeks
being held twice a week. The cost a
course is $500. NJ. Evan Bonyun,
Cornell University graduate, and now
efficiency engineer at the Dye Works,
is to be the instructor.
The third membership concert at
the y. VI. c. A, on Friday, was at
tended by an audience which hlled
the auditorium. The entertainers were
Misses Johnson and Florence Arm
strong. of the Lillian Johnson Com
ranv. and they gave an ent~ertallnglE
varied program of recitations and
varied musical numbers. Miss John
son rave some selections in costume
of Dutch. Italian and Irish girls. The
most enioved were the old songs OF
Familiarity. such as "Annie Laurie
II .1.,;oI rOrrc IN final SEptch
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That first half of the s. & E
Operators game, Tuesday, was
one with q "cladue or a game
to the acc OF me
--1 l-~-ms without the flies,
III j SQUAD of Operators had
drums sticks which they used on
chair seats.
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Edgar Holton played two
basket ball games Tuesday
evening After playing with
the Perns Grove High School
team. in Woodstown, he was
rush by Harold Huber, IN Us
automobile. to the Y. NJ. c. -,
in time for the Penns Grove
Laboratory's game.
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Tuesday. Service-EngiHeers. %;
Operators, 10. Labs, II; Penns Grove.
10.
Evening star., 1923-07-25
BY HERBERT COREY.
peciaI Correspondent Of The Star.


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 25.-.
Bratt says there should be no rela-
ton between rum and religion.
They have no more in common, he
says, than pigs and knitting needles.
Unfortunately, he says. rum has
gotten into religion, or religion into
rum.
"Prohibitionists In Sweden" he said.
have become religious fanatics.
Total abstinence has been made a
condition of salvation. They believe
that no man shall enter the pearly'
gates who takes hot schnapps for a
cold in the head. This As too bad.
The liquor problem is one of, civic ad-
ministration. 1t must be Considered
as 1t relates to economies and the
police"
religion into the situation there would
be today no question of prohibition in
Sweden, says Bratt. He does not be-
lieve that Sweden will ever have pro-
Swedish people are in the main salts
fed with the present strict resula-
ton. But the fight for prohibition
will continue indefinitely, he thinks.
Easy to Make Change.
eff we ever have prohibition" he
said. I'VE will have more trouble than
you have now. We have too many
frontiers and too much sea. Snug
Cling would be too easy. Fortunately
for US, if we do not like the expert
ment we can go back to regulation
in a year. Your system is too cum
bersome."
For fifteen years Ivan Bratt was a
physician in the city hospitals of
Stockholm. specializing in social evils.
He became a convinced anti-alCohol-
ist. If he could he would take alcohol
away from his people.
drinking is a habit" he told me,
"and bad one. 1t is not a disease,
as some say. The abuse Of liquor is
responsible for all the Ills charged
against rum.
When he began his fight for temp
erance Swedish men were notoriously
hard drinkers. The severe climate,
the huge meals of meat and fish ha-
btually eaten. and their superb con-
they can, upon occasion drink hard
now. A host at a recent affair, who
rs in a position to get all the alcoholic
supplies he needs, told me that they
can drink like horses and with no
more bad effects.
Regulation His Aim.
My woman guests" he said. hard
1y drank at all. Yet the per capita
consumption showed that each guest
pagne and three-quarters of bottle
Of whisky. But no one was even
jingled'
Bratt determined to do two things.
If possible. First. to eliminate the
element of greed, which led to the
licans. The second was SO to regu-
late the supply that while the drinker er
Evening star., 1923-07-25
Making Liquor Hard to Get,
S,ueden's Temperance Policy
Price, Ho,veper, Is Kept Lo,U Enough to
Discourage Bootlegging and Snug
CLING, Official Explains.

could get enough brandy to get along
on. he would find it difficult to get
drunk.
II believe that we have practically
accomplished these objects" said he.
Our effort today is to restrict the
pose to move right up to the line
of practicality. When we make rum
so hard to get or so costly that
smuggling and moonshining is en-
couraged, we defeat ourselves
Sale Under Monopoly.
Without following the fight for
temperance through all it's ramifica-
tions. the right to sell liquor in
Sweden today Is vested by law In the
monopoly of which DIR. Bratt is the
head. This corporation must turn
over all its profits in excess of 5
per cent to the state. In 1865 the
states revenues from liquor amount
ed to 50.7S2 kroner, or about $4,000.
Today they are 3.o1S.4S7 kroner. in
a slightly longer period the consump-
ton of alcoholic liquor has decreased
from approximately forty quarts per
person annually to less than five
quarts.
We put the price as high as we
can" said DR.. Bratt, without too
greatly encouraging the industry of
smuggling"
For The same reason it is made COM
paratively easy for citizen to obtain
a mot box or stampbook, on which
he can obtain his four liters of brandy
to take home each month. The law
requires that the possessor of mot
box shall have paid up his taxes, and
in this particular is lived up to. 1t
also demands that the mot-bok owner
shall be person of good character.
not an alcoholic, and shall not have
come too recently on the public for
aid This provision is. l suspect,
rather blinked at. Otherwise the per-
Evening star., 1923-07-25
NINE JAPANESE SOUGHT
IN COUNTERFEITING PLOT
Scheme in Honolulu Largest Ever
in United States, officials
Charge.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, T. H, July 25.-Fed-
eral warrants were issued here today
for nine Japanese charged with par
ticipating in a counterfeiting pldt.
Nearly a quarter of a million dollars
in bogus bills are in the hands of
federal officials.
Takejiro Yamasaki. charged with
being one of the counterfeiters, was
released under $4,000 bond ;sensaku
Gchibori, charged with passing $1,000
spurious bills. was released under
$1,000 bond. The others are in Jail.
Hikogore Yonekura. an expert en-
graver, formerly employed on a local
Japanese newspaper, charged with
superintending the printing of the
bills, is preparing a confession, he
told Federal Judge Joseph B. Poin-.
dexter today. Yonekura said be did,
not want to be released from Jail be-
cause he had not finished his con-
fession.
Federal officials said they had dis.
covered two plates for manufacturing,
bogus bills. They said they believed
the plot to be the largest counter
feiting scheme ever discovered in
American territory. It has been op-
Grating about two years, they said.