Stolen Checks Highlight Fraud Prevention Efforts
Police inspectors emphasize guarding checks to deter professional passers and forgers. Stolen payroll checks from burglaries, plus a new method using bank statements, drive warnings to merchants and bank tellers to verify signatures and known customers, stressing vigilance at cashing and processing stages.
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Grolen
Poice Department
F. L. Oberg
R. G. Kortz
California
Bellevue
Navy Colony News Covers Enlistment and Officer Shift Trends
The Navy reports many officers rising from enlisted ranks and notes a 46 percent figure of active duty regular officers previously enlisted. It details transfers, appointments, and new assignments including limited duty officers and reserve rosters. Also highlighted are celebrations for Lt. Felleman and a gathering of former shipmates.
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Topeka
Colleges May Get Housing Through University Control
Washington June 2 college officials seek to shift control of thousands of temporary housing units to colleges and universities if Congress approves. Veterans’ wartime housing on campuses would be converted from barracks dormitories and trailers to college managed units under a plan backed by Sen Cain Wash and supported by banking committees in both chambers.
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Sen. Cain
Pi Cain
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Banking Committee
Truman Proclaims June 14 Flag Day Observance
President Truman called for observance of Flag Day on June 14. He urged display of the Stars and Stripes and citizens to reflect on their responsibilities under the flag as a symbol of freedom and the world’s ideal.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Davis Memorial Fund Created For Lehigh Students
Lehigh University president Dr. Martin D. Whitaker announced the creation of the John R. W. Davis memorial fund to aid worthy Lehigh University students. The fund is supported by a gift from Mrs. Ethel M. Davis of Seattle in memory of her husband.
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John R. W. Davis
Lehigh University
Martin D. Whitaker
Ethel’ M. Davis
Seattle
Eisenhower Memoirs Tax Rules Spark Amateur Writer Debate
The Internal Revenue Bureau announced rules for amateur writers affecting taxes on memoir sales by former Army Chief Dwight Eisenhower. Amateur writers may pay a 25 percent capital gains tax, while professional authors face higher income tax rates, potentially up to about 77 percent, reducing Eisenhower’s tax by roughly $520,000 on a $1,000,000 sale.
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Washington
Internal “Revenue Bureau
Dwight Eisenhower Aga
Army
Eisenhower
Rafael Sax
Rober
Irvin Berlin
One Window Just for Good Lookers
In San Francisco on June 2, a store remodeling fence features three windows labeled long lookers, good lookers, and short lookers. The middle window contains a mirror, inviting curious passers-by to browse the scene.
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San Francisco
Taft and Clayton clash over tariff standards in trade bill
Senate hearings opened on a House trade agreements act as Sen. Taft argued Congress must set tariff standards in the law while Clayton opposed prewriting standards. Clayton testified before the finance committee that standards cannot be fixed in advance and warned against limiting presidential tariff powers.
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