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3. vvcciv ui muuuaj-7 »nd 677.-6t on er*l -6ttln-LU.oney400.-7mil-Be-C«U 6Ex-G/ Fined $25; Used Firemen for Collection AgencyIt cost a discharged Fort Belvoir soldier $25 yesterday for calling out the lire department to recover ^ some money belonging to him. ld b Ransom Scarborough, 19. col-ored. of Philadelphia, pleaded sold guilty to a charge of turning in a 6at‘ false lire alarm. His attorney ex-io6t plained Scarborough had been dis-—7[charged from the Army in July ium. and went to Washington to cele- (°tnnd■ brate.-6 Returning to Fort Belvoir the court was told. Scarborough tried'— to get a sergeant to return $20 and Sti. a watch he had promised to keep: -73-, for him. The sergeant refused— *°i£: ignoring Scarborough’s threats to— call out the lire department of !icek which he formerly was a menjber. I Scarborough summoned the fire-\2?. men. and got his money back butsubsequently was arrested (or the09''call.
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Evening Star

Washington, Washington-DC, US

Tue, Dec 06, 1949

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