Counterfeit Bills Movements Highlight 1949 Ohio Cases
A yearend Secret Service report notes 4205 in counterfeit notes passed in Southern Ohio in 1949, mostly tens, with investigations tracing Lee and Meyers to Springfield area. Other cases involve forgeries tied to Cincinnati and Dayton, with dozens of suspects and arrests across Ohio and nearby states.
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Ohio
A. E. Baughman
U. S. Secret Service
Washington, D. C
Charles
Wayne Lee
Albert A. Meyers
Chicago
Rawlins
Wyoming
Lee
Meyers
Springfield
William A. Ross
W. Lee
Secret Service reports 1949 counterfeiting year of note
The 1949 counterfeiting year was the busiest since 1935, with U S Secret Service seizures totaling 1,354,868 and 631,445 passed to victims. There were 478 arrests and 273 convictions, plus 174 new counterfeit note issues and swift enforcement actions.
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U. S. Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Secret Service
Counterfeiter Sentenced for $20 Note Passing in Cincinnati Area
A man living on Main Street Newport Kentucky was sentenced in Covington federal court on September 27 1949 for passing counterfeit twenty dollar notes in Cincinnati and Newport Ohio Kentucky. A Cincinnati gas station operator alerted authorities and led to his arrest after he passed only four or five bills. The note forgeries appeared sporadic with other reports in adjacent states suggesting transient origin of the passers. No plant found.
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Ohio
John Clay
Armory Ave
Cincinnati
Detroit
Secret Service Office
Dayton
Hamilton
Portsmouth
Springfield
Post Office
Secret Service
Willie McKinney
West End
L. C. Jones
Wright View
Fairfield
Charles F. Browning
Orval Ray Smith
William L. Shaver
Branch St
Rhine
William Shafer
U. S
Charles O. Schumann
Toledo
Allen Hobbs
Indiana
Newport
Kentucky
Covington
Ross
Advent States
Ward's Managers Gather For Regional Meeting
About 100 Montgomery Ward store managers from Ohio Indiana and Kentucky gather in Middletown February 20 21 22 23 to view furniture and floor covering lines for 1950. J C Fraser and assistant Richard Ismourt lead the sessions with model displays and merchandising plans for the area. The meeting marks Ward's first planned national scale event to align field staff with Chicago offices and manufacturer terms. Great Salt Lake Utah contains eight or nine islands with the longest about 16 miles.
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Montgomery Ward Company
Middletown
Ohio
Irdiana
Kentucky
J. C. Fraser
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Richard Ismourt
United States
G. E. Dougherty
Ward
Manchester
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Evolution of U S Censuses From 1790 to 1950 Details
The article traces the growth of U S censuses from 1790 through the 1950 census, noting how questions expanded from basic counts to industrial, educational, illiteracy, pensions, and agricultural data, with staffing plans for Butler County and pay rates for enumerators. It cites the 1791 print edition, rising costs, and the Census Bureau's evolution into a permanent operation by 1902.
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Nnion
Butler County
Harold A. King
North Main St
Dayton
Edward E. Enssey
Hamilton
Srvice
Department of the Interior
Cen
Sus
Permanent Census Bureau
Ferrell Acquitted In Dresden Man Slaying Case
After ten months in the Columbus penitentiary Ferrell won a new trial in the Fifth District Court of Anpests citing new evidence. A jury acquitted the Dresden man. Sheriff Bealmear said the case is closed and Ferrell was the only suspect.
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Columbus
Ferrell
Fifth District Court of Anpests
Dresden
Clarke
B. Barbourgam
Credi
Tri. Con
Harry Bealmear
Mysterious Slaying Trials Touch Ferrell Family Case
Testimony tied a son to Dennison Ohio the night of the murder. He was arrested five hours after in a hotel on his way to Cleveland. Ferrell denied any link to his mother's death while divorce and pension details surface. New trial evidence and neighbor accounts shape the case as authorities note blood stained clothes and a disputed radio claim. The Sheepeater war era in Idaho territory ends about seven decades ago.
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Dennison
Cleveland
Ferrell
Cuyahoga
Jack Longsacre
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