Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1935, Page 6

CHARGE OF P.W. A GRAFTIS QUASHED D. C. Court Throws Out Indictment Naming Seven in Texas Case. One of the first major charges of graft in connection with the spending of P, W. A. funds was thrown out of court yesterday with the quashing of an indictment against seven men. Justice Jesse C. Adkins,of the Dis- trict Supreme Court ruled that the Government had sought to charge two offenses through a single indictment of seven men allegedly interested in the $4,000,000 Willacy County, Tex., irrigation project. This grouping of charges, Adkins ruled, could mot be done. Secretary Ickes, saying P. W. A. was going ahead with the project, added of the Government's try for convic- tion: “I suppose they submitted their strongest case.” Engineer Among Seven Named. Named in the indictment were Charles R. Oldberg, engineer for P. W. A. on the project; P. Elwrath of Corsicana, Tex.; Note the Tailoring 241 Imported LINEN SUITS 8795 Sport backs, plain backs. Single and double breast- ed models. 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