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DOUBT ABOUT ARMS SHIPMENT NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 20. Doubt that F. Donald Coster, who shot himself to death after being unveiled as swindler Philip Musica, shipped arms to warring countries was expressed yesterday by Saunders Nor-vell, former chairman of the board of McKesson and Robbins. Detailing how Coster handed over a ,000,000 certified check to obtain control of the 105 year old drug firm September 26, 1926, Norvell said, "I do not believe he could have obtained arms for shipment. Where could he have gotten them? Munitions makers in the United States have no stock of military rifles or ammunition. No manufacturer of munitions here would deal with a foreign power because an order must be submitted to the State Department for approval before its filled, even in the case of nations at peace."
