Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-11-04
Lights Of New York
by IL. STEVENSON


Workers are forgetful about money.
They open bank accounts and for
get all about them. This was re-
vealed again during the last few
weeks when the bank advertised
their lists of unclaimed accounts.
The accounts advertised were all
of $40 and more. They don't amount
to chicken feed either since the to-
tai in the state was $5,413, 100.
Fifty-one thousand persons made de-
posts in 440 banking institutions Is
years or more ago and then did
nothing about them. Of these ST.
600 accounts, more than half have
been dormant for % years or more.
That means that, unless claimed by
the end of the year, $2,807, 906 will
be paid over to the state. 1t prob
ably won't be all clear gain, how
ever. At any time in the future,
provided proper proof is made, the
owner of the account may claim it.
In the past, the banks advertised
dormant accounts year after year.
In memory is one that went back
to 1872. Under sinplifcation Of
banking laws, banks now need adj
vertise accounts dormant for Is
years or more once a year for five
years. Also they no longer state the
amounts that remain unclaimed,
merely supplying a list of names
and addresses. The lists are long
and are read with interest-much
interest. I discovered that num-
Der of years ago when I wrote
paragraph about unclaimed bank
accounts and mentioned names of
some of the oldest. Many persons
wrote from here and there believing
that they were relatives of the ac-
count owners.
One night down in Chinatown, a
friendly detective from the Eliza
beth street station pointed out a
rather plain woman who seemed to
be about sixty years old. That
guess may be wrong since she dis
appeared around corner too quick
ly for a good look. Apparently,
she was merely a white woman
passing hurriedly through that Sec
ton, possibly bent on some errand.
When the detective spoke the name,
Rose Livingston, enlightenment
came. Indeed, she was on some
errand. Rose Livingston is known
as "The Angel of Chinatown.
Thirty years ago, Rose Livingston
took up war against vice in China
town. Single-handed, she waged her
battles with white slavery. How
many girls she has saved is a mat
ter known only to Miss Livingston
and to the little group that supports
her and her work-at total outlay
of $500 year! How many threats
she has received and how many
times her life has been endangered,
is a matter known only to herself.
Slight and rather frail looking, she
continues to successfully defy the
underworld year after year.
RecenIly, Mrs. y. sergeant cram,
founder and director of Peace
house, Fifth avenue and One Hun
dred and Ninth street, announced
awards of silver cups for deeds
of courage without violence. On
the list was the name of Rose Liv-
ingston. Difficulty was encountered
in notifying Miss Livingston of the
honor. That was due to the fact
that her place of residence is
known only to those closest to her.
She lives in utter obscurity in tiny
uptown East Side flat and her neigh
bors are ignorant of her identity.
A radio executive related to me
a bit of a yarn dealing with the re-
sourcefulness of those young wom-
en- who make their living as stew
ardesses Of airplanes. He was fly
ing out to Salt Lake City and when
over the mountains, a storm broke.
Having been raised in that section,
he knew what would happen should
the plane fall so despite himself, he
became worried. Noticing his con-
dition, the stewardess got a book
and, sitting down beside him, read
chapter. That chapter was en-
titled, "How to Quiet Nervous Pas
sengers" And it worked perfectlyI
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