The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-12-28

insuii, 'r., - That a bookkeeping
error of $10,O00,OO0 was purposely
made to deceive the Indiana public
service commission and justify high
rates for service. .*#~
That huge expense accounts for GER
tain officials, covering trips to Cali
fornia and Atlantic City and the send
ing of vast quantities of flowers to
hotels, were an unjustified charge
against Northern Indiana Public
Service. >:..5 :.- @-
That properties, in many instances
worthless, and without exception worth
far less than the value charged, were
transferred to the treasury of Northern
Indiana through system of inter-
locking directorates. This was done,
the report declared, to milk Northern
Indiana Public Service Of surplus
earnings"
That the funds and assets of the
operating company are still being
constantly depleted by the domina-
ton Of Midland Utilities and other
parent organizations Of the insult
group" .-a ~
The investigation was given it's start
when Howard w. Duncan, former as
sistant treasurer of Northern Indiana,
confessed he had embezzled $4,000 Of
the company's money and lost it on
the race horses. Duncan pleaded
guilty to the theft of $500. He Of
fered to tell the inside story Of the
insult high finance and was allowed
to do so. The investigators then fol-
lowed out the lines he laid down for
them to follow.
THE government of Greece notified
i Samuel insult that he would have
to leave that country when his resi-
dence permit expired on December 81,
but when the American fugitive plead
ed Illness he was granted an extension
of the permit to January 81. insult
has no consular status as an American
citizen, his passport having been re-
voked. Where he can go with safety
is puzzle, for the United States has
extradition treaties with all countries
bordering on Greece and presumably
he would be nabbed in any Of them.
The government in Washington has
Instituted proceedings to collect from
insult, his wife and his son $22l,OOO
in income taxes.
vxIHEN President R0osevelt's pet
w project in the Tennessee valley
is far enough advanced to manufacture
electric power it is going to produce
lot of il. and consumers will be need
ed. So, to create market for this
energy the President has set up
million dollar mortgage loan corpora
ton, using public works funds, and d.
rected it to finance electric appliance
purchases in the Tennessee region.
Cbean credit will be extended to all
home owners and residents within
the Tennessee Valley Authority area
for this purpose. Ia. Il,
Manufacturers Of electrical house
hold goods are enthusiastic over the
prospect of having the government fur
nish funds with which their products
can be bought, Stephen 7. Early, Sec
| retary to the President, said in an
| official explanation of the order.
TIBETS supreme religious and civil
l. ruler, the dalai lama, died in
| Ihasa. and a Bengal correspondent
saws it is reported he was poisoned.
This powerful priest was regarded by
| Buddhist Asia as the reincarnation
of a long dead Buddha and was wor-
| SHIPPED as a deity. In his sixty years
he had many adventures. When the
British opened up Tibet in 1904 he
fed to Mongolia. Five years later he
returned to Lhasa but was quickly
driven out by the Chinese and took
refuge in India. In 1912 the Tibetans
ousted the Chinese and established
their independence and the dalai lama
vent hack and resumed his place as
ruler of the country.