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Show Midwest Man Faces Fraud Count 8T. PAULfMlniL, Sept. 14 (UP) Ingwald g. Steensland, 6, was under federal indictment Wednesday Wednes-day for allegedly swindling 1100,-000 1100,-000 while using the names of the lata President franklin O. Roosevelt Roose-velt and former prime minister Winston Churchill as "coms-ons." Assistant V. 8. Attorney Howard How-ard Oelb said that at least IS persona la midwestani states were among Ma victims. - Oelb said that Steeaslaad dalmed to bead a corporation under the "Canadian secret corporations corpo-rations act" The firm was called the "Prince Rupert Development Co," ha said. A check of Canadian Cana-dian statutes failed to disclose any such act, Oelb said. Brochures claimed that Steensland Steens-land and his firm were la the good graces of Mr, Roosevelt, Oelb said. They claimed, be said, that aa e result of ths wartime deal whereby Britain received 60 American destroyers. de-stroyers. Churchill was anxious to "do something" for ths lata president presi-dent "i ns brochures "mid,- nccwdtng ta Oelb, that Churchill and King Oeorgs VI succeeded In persuading parliament to bring pressure on the provincial government of British Brit-ish Columbia to cede a vast tract of coal-rich and timber-laden land to Btsensland's syndicate, Oelb said Steeaslaad told victims vic-tims that the land would produce 10,000 tons of coal and 1.000,000 board feet af lumber per day. |