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Show JURY FINDS OLD PENSION CHIEF GUILTY WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (U.R) Dr. Francis E. Town-send, Town-send, elderly retired physician who rode to fame on his $200-a-month old age pension program, pro-gram, was . convicted by a federal court today on charges uf contempt of the liou.se of j representatives. , The jury of 11 men and one woman decided that Townsend; placed himself in contempt when, he stalked out of house investigating investigat-ing committee hearings and re-1 fused to return for lurther questioning. ques-tioning. The technical charge was wilful failure to comply with aj committee subpoenae. , Two former lieutenants 01 , Townsend, Dr. Clinton Wunder j and John B. Kiefer, pleaded guilty on similar charges two weeks ago , and were fined $100 and given, one year suspended sentences. I Townsend's conviction made-him I liable to a maximum penalty ot , $1,00Q fine and one year in jail, and a minimum penalty of $auu j fine and one month in jail. Elisha Tlanson, Townsend's at- j torney, immediately moved for a, new trial. The court deferred sen- ; tence for three days to consider, the motion. "I rather expected the verdict, ; Townsend said calmly. Asked what effect the conviction convic-tion would have on his old age pension movement, he replied: |