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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
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 COnADAEg1-In this city, Aug. 1ith l9Aa, Mrs. Louisa (3roggial Cora doxEl. of 7i Pilgrim Avenue. Funeral Monday at a. m., from I.a- I'orta Funeral Home, G7 Holmes Avenue. to St. l.ucy's Church. al g:O0 O'clock. Burial in family plot in Calvary cemetery.
 WESSEssY-In this city. Aug. Ilth. i9ia, Thomas HenDessy, of ii3 Oak Street.
 Funeral Monday at slg a. m. from Mulville Funeral Home, s70 West Main Street, to Sacred Heart Church, at 9;0e o'clock. Burial in Calvary cemetery.
 kEvgNAs-In thls city. Aug. ilth, I9at, Mrs. Elizabeth Kevinas, of da7 Highland Avenue,
 Funeral from Dellniks Funeral Home, i7 Congress Avenue, time and other arrangements later, OnLANOO--ln California, Aug. Eth, lstt. Michael Orlando, of Brawiey, Funeral from MlaOrano Funeral Home, es Willow Street, time and other arrangements later, HgGgALLg-In New York, Aug.
 lth. lstl, Mss Bessie Mullaliy, of Funeral Monday at ga6 o'eioek, from Mulville Funeral Home, e50 West Main street, Io fmmaeulate Conception Church, at 2 o'clock,
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iD Savannah. Ga. Survivors Include 8 son, James B, sheldon, JTY Greenwich. formerly of Waterbury, and these grandchildren: AIC James R. sheldon sd. usNR, Irving c, sheldon, Mrs, James R. Anderson, JT,, Mlss Elizabeth sheldon end Miss Louise sheldon.
 TAHgI0R-E Edward Tayl0F, Bethel, died yesterday at the Danburv hospital Survivors include his parents, MT, and Mrs, Robert Tey, l0T, 1929 Th0nastaD avenue, this city; . brother, Leroy Taylor, nesheli hls wife. Mrs, Mamie Tayl0r, . daughter, dWend0lyn aild e sen, Robert, Funeral arrangements gre incomplete,
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FDR Will
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FUNERALS

The funeral of Joseph 6ayaikis, l6l Washington avenue, will be held from the Stokes funeral home, e9a Riverside street, Monday at . q. n. to st. J0seph's church at e:30. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow from 2 to 10 D. ni.
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New Anti.Jop Blows Seen

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The funeral og James Richard Brennan, II. 56D 0akyille avenue. who died Thursday after his bicycle collided with . truck. will be held Monday at B:i5 from the Mulyille Funeral Home, 2T0 West Main street, to the Church of 6t. Mary Magdas leEe for a solemn high Mass at Q Burial will be sn Calvary cemetery, Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow from 2 to 70 D. m
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Reds Drive To Trap Men

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Private funeral services for pr, John Sinclair Dye, e6 Hillside aye- nue, physician and surgeon in Wa teTbuTy for nearly 30 years. will be held today at 2 D, Ea. Burial will be at the convenience Of the family and t Is requested that floweTs be omit ted,
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Metz Yards Are Pasted

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Allies Close
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Govt. Seizes Strike Co.'s

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AIeutions To Be Bostion

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sWEE.D0N-AGFs. James Rhoaen l@heldom diod Aus z at her home
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SenOte Fcces
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kRVINA6-MTs. Elizabeth kevs lnas, wife 0f Peter Kevlnas, 4el Hlgbland avenue, alaa late lakk nlght ~ her home following q lellg illness,
 4 native Of RAssiDlai, Litbnanla, she cane 70 this country 70 years ago residing lD Waterbury since then, Mrs, keViRas Was Q eQinllllnls cant Of st, J0seph's church and was wellsknewn in the Brooklyn section 0f the ebty,
 Besides her bushsnd she ls aalFs Vlved by three dallsbiers, Mlks MaFs aels ANdFlkis, Mrs, Donald Maes nnFnAy and Mss Gladys kevlnes, Rll 0f WateThuFVi one s0n, g0nn AndElkls, tbls Gltvi one grandson, Glen MaeIlnFnev, this city, several sisters in LithuAniai All9 seveFa! nlAees and nephews In Chicago end Waukagan, Ell,
 me funeral VII bs held from the Dellnlks funeral home, iT congress avenue, time and etheE arrange. Inents 10 he announced, Friends may cell at the funeral home thls eyes nlns from [ so 70,
 DRVBMR Patrick Devlne, Cen gFeas avenue, New HaYen, aied We9s nasday at hls home, Among the survivors iA . brother, Mlohsal Devlne, Waterbury, The eBneFnI end hllElai WeFe held yesterday in New Maven,
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Hitch-Mannering

Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Elizabeth S. Hitch,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
II. Hitch. of Cranston Heights, Del,
and Mr.. HERNIA NIB. Mannering, OF
Elkton, son of the late Mr.. Herman
G. Mannering.
WThe ceremony took place on March
"a in the Marshallton Methodist
Church, with the Rev. Brooks Rey-
nolds officiating. The attendants were
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Vickers of Phil
adelphia, cousins of the bride.
A reception followed at the home
of Mrs. Lulu e. Krauss of Elkton.
The bride is a graduate of the
Henry c. Conrad High School. Mr..
Mannering is graduate of the Will
mington High School and attended
Goldey College. He is an employee of
the P. r. r. Co.
After short trip to New York,
the couple are living at their home
in Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Easter Observed

All the churches were we'll filled
for the Easter services, beginning at
700 A. M. at West Nottingham,
where over 500 worshipped at the
beautiful sunrise service, many 9TH
ers not being able to enter the
church. DR.. Welliver. of Westmins-
ter Theological Seminary, gave
fine address. The music was inspiring
and the flowers and lighted crosses
added much to the service. At 10:45
at the Rising Sun Methodist church,
Rev. ]. r. Bicking preached from the
text, Declared to be the Son of God
with power, according to the spirit
of holiness, by the resurrection from
the dead" The Senior choir sang
This Is the Day" and "In Joseph's
Lovely Garden" The Junior choir
sang Come We Meath Shrouded
Skies" At the evening service, the
pageant 1.-THE Easter Promise" was
given by the M. Y. F., directed by
Mrs. Alvin Lucas. The Reader was
Prof William Graham. The Senior
choir sang Easter music between the
parts of the pageant, with solos by
Miss Anna Ryan and Mr.. Claude
Buck. The church was decorated with
Easter lilies and potted plants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Census Shows Increase
In Population Of State

Between July /, 1910, and July l.,
1912, the population of Maryland
rose from 1,S26,515 to 1,996,691
persons, an increase of 17O,176 res
idents, the Census Bureau reports.
During the two-year period, pppu-
lation shifts, including both civilians
and service men and women, added
more than 100000 residents to the
South and West, while the North and
Northeast lost 100000 persons.
The continental United States as
a whole gained 2,101,225 persons to
attain total population of 133,77O,-
500, or an increase of 1.6 per cent.
The new census estimate exceed
ed Marylands 1910 population by
nine per cent.
The Census Bureau reported that
the population of the District OF CO.
lumbia had increased from 6S5,134
to S65,2S0 persons, gain of over
80 per cent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Farm Draft System

Under the Tydings amendment
the farm draft system has been chang
ed, and the judging of farm work
ers by the unit method ABOLISHED. A
farm worker must show that he is
irreplaceable and regularly engaged
in an agricultural endeavor essential
to the war effort.
State directors were instructed to
make certain that the local boards
understand that the urgent need for
men under 26 for combat, a need
which President Roosevelt and the
armed for ces have stressed
Under the war unit system" a
farm workers was supposed to pro-
duce 16 units before earning defer
ment. An elaborate scale of war
units, in terms of various crops and
kinds of live stock, was worked out
by the War Food Administration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Marriage BUSH
ness Brisk At
County Seat

Elkton's marriage mill continues
to grind at the 1943 average rate
of $50 weddings month, despite
State legislation effective last Febrd-
airy W hich bans the use OF advertls-
ing by marrying parsons"
Ralph r. Crothers, clerk of the
Cecil County Court, estimates that
more than 1900 couples will be mar
ried there by the end of 1914, if
business continues at its present rate
and that 71O licenses were issued in
March, more than in any one of the
preceding four months.
According to marriage license rec
ords on file at the courthouse, the
number of licenses issued during
each of the last five years is as fol-
lows: 1939-4,535; 1870, 525;
1941-14,9O5; 1942-24,000; and
1943-7,945.
A total of $50 licenses were issued
during October, 1913, and CTS in No
vember and 634 in December. Five
hundred and eighty were issued in
January, 1914, and SIS in February
and 10 in March.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
OctOrarO Branch
American
Red Cross
Annual Meeting---Oficers
Elected For Ensu-
ing Year

The regular annual meeting of the
Octoraro Branch, Cecil County Chap
ter American Red Cross, was held in
the Fire House recreation room, Ris-
ing Sun, Maryland, April 3, 1914.
Reports were very favorable
Treasury has balance of $18O.53
with all bills paid
Production chairman reported
fine number of garments sent out
and shipped $50 garments in all.
90,110 surgical dressings were made.
About IT'S workers active in Rising
Sun g groups), Calvert, Zion, West
Nottingham, Ebenezer and Hopewell.
The knitting chairman reported
80 army sweaters, 38 navy sweaters.
and 80 scarfs shipped out, many
others in the making.
The War Relief and Roll Call
Drive during March has not vet been
completed. Reported $1,868.95 so far
handed in for the Octoraro Branch.
The canteen groups from Zion and
Calvert served lunch to the Blood
Donor unit at cambridge last spring
and expect to assist in the same ca
pacity this month at Elkton.
Expenses were $40 for the use of
Rising Sun Recreation Room and $40
for the Zion Community House for
the Surgical Dressings groups. This
was just an expression of apprecia-
ton as there is no charge for the use
of the buildings.
Election of officers followed with
these results:
President. Mrs. Iva Mckinney;
president, Miss Lorraine Fassitt;
secretary, Miss Jeanette Reed;
treasurer, Mrs. J. B. Fassitt.
Chairmen of all committees were
reappointed as follows:
Production: Sewing, Miss Lorraine
Fassitt. Knitting, Mrs. William r.
Cherry.
Home Service: Rising Sun, Mrs.
II. c. Dodsun; 9th District, Mrs Nor
man Touchton; Sth District, Miss
Frances Taylor.
Canteen Committee: Rising Sun,
Mrs. Norris Reynolds; Calvert Mrs.
Miller Hall; Zion, Mrs. Norman
Touchton.
Disaster: Mr. William Graham, Jr.,
Rising Sun as center.
Volunteer Service: Mrs. Charles
Crothers, Miss Helen Shepherd
Preparedness and Relief Commit
tee: Mr.. Everett Johnson.
First Aid Squad Leaders 9Th Dis
trict, Mrs. Robert Cameron; 9Th Dis
trict, Miss Frances Taylor; 9th Dis
trict, Mr.. George Clifford.
Julia p Touchton,
Sec'y., Pro Tenn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Shore Hospital
For Wounded
Veterans

Federal funds for constructing an
Eastern Shore hospital and rehabili-
tation center for wounded veterans
of World War ii from the nine East
ern Shore of Maryland counties will
be one of the first official acts of
former State Senator Dudley G.. Roe,
of Queen Anne's County, If Eastern
Shore Democrats send him to Con-
gress this year.
Senator Roe announced his plan
to aid Eastern Shore veterans of
World War ii at a conference held
Saturday night.
He is one of four candidates seek
ing the Democratic nomination for
the House of Representatives from
the First Congressional District of
Maryland at the Primary Election on
May 1st
Under the plan as announced by
Senator Roe, the idea of building a
hospital for wounded war veterans
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
with Federal funds obtained under
an Act of Congress would greatly
benefit wounded and physically ham
dicapped service men who will return
home when this war is over.
Such an Eastern Shore hospital
would not only care for wounded SER
vice men whose homes are in the nine
Eastern Shore of Maryland counties,
placing them close by so their FAM
lilies could see them, but would pre-
pare them upon recovery for place
in community industry through a
training course and detailed re-
Mobilization program, declared Sena-
tor Roe.
The cost of such an institution will
run into thousands of dollars, it was
added Senator Roe declared, the ulti-
mate location of such war veterans
hospital could be decided after sur
veys of suitable locations proffered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Chamber Of Conn
merce Reorganizes

which for a number of years was a
witch for number of years was a
very active organization, but which
for the last two years has been DOR
mant, was reorganized Thursday
night at a public meeting held at the
Howard Hotel in that town, with
Henry Pippin as temporary president.
A committee was appointed to
draw up present and postwar plans
and also to increase the membership
so that the interests of the town
would be more generally represented.
This committee was as follows: ].
Davis, S. w. Moeckel, DR.. j. L.
Trone, Harry d. Barnes, and State
Senator James H. Hughes.
Mr.. Pippin will act as president
until officers are elected at the next
meeting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Sunny Skies
Greet Easier

Easter sunrise worshippers were
favored with sunny skies, but as the
morning wore along it became over
cast. with a few drops of rain that
threatened new Easter finery as
ladyfair wendell her way to eleven
o'clack Worship. Happily, the rain
proved only a threat, as the day turn
ed out to be a beautiful one, with
summer temperatures prevailing.
In fact, the mercury climbed up to
seventy-six degrees by mid-afternoon
All churches drew large congre-
cations to listen to the impressive
Easter services. The Sunrise Service
at West Nottingham was held inside,
despite the good weather. The large
auditorium of the Presbyterian
church was damned to the doors with
worshippers from all sections of the
county. The crowd was so large that
a number of persons could not get
into the church at all, and were COM
PEELED to listen to the services from
the outside.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Interstate Farmers
Council

Representative of SO farm organ
izahons in Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware, Virginia, and West Vir-
ginia will gather in Baltimore on
tuesday, April Is, for the second an
nual meeting OF the Interstate Far
mers Council, P. c. Turner, president
mas announced.
The program will get under way at
10 O'Clock Tuesday morning and will
conclude with an evening session at
which Quentin Reynolds, general
manager. Eastern States Farmers
Exchange, West Springfield, Mass,
and Milo K. Swanton, executive Sec
rotary, Wisconsin Council of Agri-
culture, Madisan, Wisconsin, will be
principal speakers. Others will ap-
pear on the program.
The Council, a non-profit correlat-
ing organization of major farm
groups. was oganized two years ago
with one of its announced purposes
as the protection of "the individual
rights OF farmers to prosecute their
business in their own way"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
Convicted Tri-
umph Executive
Kills Self

Joseph Ben Decker, for merexecu-
tive vice-president and general man.
ager of Triumph Explosives, Inc,
committed suicide early Wednesday
morning at his Elkton home a few
minutes before Deputy United
States Marshal arrived to take him
to the Federal Penitentiary at Lew
isburg, Pa.
He died from a shotgun wound in
his heart at the Elkton Hospital. DR..
Richard c. Dodson of Rising Sun,
medical examiner tor Cecil County,
gave verdict of suicide
Decker was convicted last August
in the United States District Court
of defrauding the Federal Govern
ment on war contracts in using US
ing the mails to defraud and violat-
ing the Renegotiations Act by con-
cealing production costs and falsify-
ing records of the company.
Decker fired the gun as Deputy
Marshall Harry H. Hopkins neared
his home at A. M. to take him into
custody. Decker was taken to the
Elkton Hospital, where he died short
ly before noon.
Hopkins reported what had occur
red to United States Marshal August
Klecka, in Baltimore.
Decker appealed his conviction
and sentence of three years in the
penitentiary, but the conviction was
upheld by the United States Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals. The case
was then carried to the United States
Supreme Court, which refused to
hear further appeal last week.
The House Committee on Naval
Affairs started an investigation of
Triumph Explosives in 1912 when
it was learned that a number of Con-
gressmen had been entertained ex-
tensively by Decker at his home. Tes-
Jimmy at Decker's original trial indi-
had been distracted wilfully from
the company's funds and covered
by false false entries on it's books.
Convicted with Decker was Gus
tav H. Kann, former president of the
AdHh was SSuLCACSu "
three years Imprisonment and fined
$4,000. Thep rison sentence was sus-
pended on condition that Kann pay
the fine and pay back about $4,000
to the company.
Funeral services for Joseph Ben
Decker were held at 1880 o'clock
Saturday morning at the Elkton
Catholic Church, and interment made
in the Newark. Del, Catholic ceme-
terry.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Miss Gertrude Willis of Newark,
daughter of Victor Willis, former
National League pitcher and Mrs.
Willis; and two children, First Lieut.
Joseph Ben Decker, Jr., U. S. Army
Air Forces, stationed near st. Louis,
Mo-, and Mrs. Decker Hunt. of Will
mington, wife of Pfc. Thomas Hunt,
now stationed at Aberdeen, Md. Mrs.
Decker's father now manages the
Washington Hotel, Newark, and her
brother, Victor Willis, Jr., is super
intendent of the Triumph plant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14

Among those graduating from the
Delaware Hospital Training School
for Nurses last week were Miss
Pearl Minker, daughter of Deputy
Sheriff and Mrs. Harry A. Minker,
of Elkton land Miss Annette, of Ches-
apeake City.
Mrs. Irving Page left on Saturday
for San Francisco, California, where
she will spend some time with her
son, who is in the U. S. Navy.
Ann Durham, St. Gertrude's Aca-
deny, Ridgely, Md, was the guest of
her mother, Mrs. Virginia Durham
during the Easter vacation.
Miss Betty Pickard, St. Louis, is
the guest of Lieut.. d. 81 Robert
Pickard and family at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Ely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Biles and
daughter Ruth were recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Robertson,
Freehold, New Jersey.
Mrs. Mary Thomas Owens, of Bal
timore, spent Easter with her par
ents, Mr.and Mrs. H. K. Thomas,
Cherry Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Knowles and
daughters, Boothwyn, Pa, were
Easter guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
M. Duyckinck.
Miss Ann Robertson, Washington,
D. c., spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Rober-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Doolittle were
weekend guests of Wilmington,
Del, friends.
Miss Anne Lane Wilson was the
weekend guest of Miss Eleanor Jane
Slaybaugh.
Mrs. Charles Reynolds, Coates
VILE. Pa. was the weekend guest
let Mys, Jennie Taylog,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14
u. S. DRAFT TAKES
MORE YOUNG MEN

The following young men have
been INDICTED into the Armed Forces
of the United States:
Army-Robert c. Morris, North
East; Clay c. Adams. Conowingo;
Farley A. Miller, Elkton; Mitchell
Lloyd, Chesapeake City; Domenick
Saponaro, Perryville; Francis B.
Reynolds, Port Deposit; Trevlyn o.
Mcclellan, Elkton; Melvin C. Savin,
Chesapeake City; Ralph S. Atkinson,
North East; Luther H. Hoffman,;
Port Deposit; James E. Biddle, Will
liam B. Coulson, Charles w. Roth
we'll, all of North East; Harvey E.
Heath, Principle Furnace; Archie c..
Bramble, Chesapeake City; Frank P.
Hopkins, Harry e. Shifflett, North
East; Richard L. Steinhilber, Port
Deposit, Lowell l.. Howard. Edgar
r. Mckinney, North East, James r..
Cameron, Russell G. Ruth, Elk Mills;
Frank Rinaldi, Port Deposit; Mel
bern M. Meadows, Elk Mills.
Navy-Anthur M. Biddle, Virgil
A. Stevens, Elkton; Morris ]. Kane,
Jr., Chesapeake City; Robert T. Nc
Dewitt, North East; Vincent w. Tay-
lor, Cecilton; Raymond B. Weed,
Manley P Rowland, Alfred Caldwell,
Elkton; Francis H. Gibson, George
G. Arc, North East; Harry A. Van
Den Heuvel. William T. Booth, Jr.,
Arthur Murphy, Charles H. Williams,
Harry V. Stubs, William H. Cross,
Melvin A. Smith,
North East.
Marines Richard R. Hensel !,
Charles l.. Sprout, Robert M. Brown,
Charles F. Jones, Newark. Delaware.
Army-John D. Ritzel, Elkton;
Amos j. Husfelt, North East; Char
les H. Dennison Charlestown /;
George M. Boulder, Elkton; Glenn
G. Edwards, Jr., North East; Joseph
Mann, Perryville.
Army-Colored: James E. Hinton,
James w. Beck Perry Point; Clos
ter r. Gobbs, Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-14

WOMAN'S LIQUOR
LICENSE REVOKED

The license of the fourth largest
wholesale liquor dealer in Maryland
was revoked by j. Millard Tawes,
state comptroller, after an all-day
hearing on charges of failure to keep
proper records, failure to perforate
state liquor stamps and operation on
the same premises used by retailer.
Although Mrs. Mildred L. Alagia
of Main Street, Elkton, had been in
business only since last October, 1t
was testified the volume of business
she did was the fourth largest in
the state.
The comptroller told the woman
her license would be permitted to
run until April 80 to give her an OPP
portunity to dispose of 700 cases OF
wine in stock, but denied her the
right to make any further purchases
in the interim.
Testimony by Roger V. Laynor,
chief of the State Alcoholic Bever-
age Tax Division, showed that in the
five months Mrs. Alagia had been in
business she had sold nearly 10000
gallons of whiskey, more than half
of which was shipped out of the state.
Affidavits from several ret |
liquor dealers were read into the evil
dence, stating that they had paid
nearly double the ceiling prices in
purchases from Mrs. Alagia. Other
dealers testified that they had been
offered whiskey at $45 case, al
though the ceiling on the brand in
volved was $24.75.
All of the whiskey handled by
Mrs. Alagia was a 19-month-old
Bourbon, distilled in Kentucky, it
was testified She had purchased GER
tificates for IT'S barrels, or $3.50
gallons, shortly after obtaining a
wholesalers license last October and
obtained delivery early in December.
Nearly 5000 gallons of the whis-
key were not accounted for at all in
the evidence submitted at the hear
ing.