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The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
Bad Check Passers
Usually Are Persons
Without Records

More than half of check crooks
are amateurs. the nations first
comprehensive survey of check
crimes revealed today.
The survey, made with the CO.
operation of police departments in
98 cities of over 10000 population,
showed that 54 per cent of delib-
crate bad check passers in this
S400 million year business
are persons without previous po-
lice records.
An average rise of at least 5
per cent in losses due to fraud
ulent checks and an IL per cent
increase in arrests was also re-
ported by police in the survey.
Conducted by a New York firm
the cooperative survey is being
used to provide police of 800 ma
jor US. cities with never before
available facts and figures on
what investigators call the fast
est growing crime in the United
States.
Number one culprit behind this
rising rate of check fraud is care
lessness. Check crooks aren't SO
smart. reporting police chiefs were
agreed, but the public m k S
their job easy by failing to exer-
else m n m m precautions in
cashing checks and through 9TH
er forms of laXity in check hand
ling.
According to the survey returns,
only a third of the merchants in
the 98 test cities exercise proper
care in cashing checks - and on
~ about a third even cooperate
fully with police in attempting to
get back their own stolen money.
In a majority of the reports,
police maintained that only a
fraction of the actual check fraud
losses by merchants are ever re-.
ported for investigation. Most are
apparently charged off to "over-
head
Other significant findings:
/. The three favorite methods
used by the check crook were:
passing completely bogus checks
(mostly yroll checks, with
phony signatures or endorsements
Oh both, drawn on non-existent
or collapsed bank account, and
sometimes on a nOn-eXiStent
bank forging the signature of
the maker or endorser on legit-
innate check; and counterfeiting
legitimate check.
Less frequent but still account
ing for a significant percentage
of cases reported to police were
these three methods: thefts of
company checks by employees;
thefts of company checks by nom
employees; and raising the a.
mount on a legitimate check.
Any one of these techniqueS
can be fatal to a bank balance,
police warned. The crook merely
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
TV viewers here.
ANNUAL LICENSE

TV viewers here.
ANNUAL LICENSE
The British must pay an an
rual license fee to give BIC op-
Grating revenue. The fee recently
was upped from $3.50 a year to
$8.40. BIC must provide pro-
grams for a month for about what
single big one-hour variety
show costs in this country.
Britain and her neighbors can
exchange programs on a network
basis, despite differing technical
standards, for big events. Coron-
alton telecaStS were networked
across the English Channel to
France, Belgium, the Neither
lands and West Germany. Those
countries plus Denmark, Switz-
erland and Italy will operate an
eight-nation network exchange
during the coming summer
The Russians have stations in
five cities and about 250,000 sets
in use, according to latest word
through Soviet censorship, and
hope to have a million more sets
within a year. The Moscow sta
ton operates six hours a day, six
days a week. With all entertain
ment under government control,
Russian TV on occasion is per-
mitted to pick up top plays, bal
lets and first run movies.
SATELLITES EXPERIMENT
Other iron curtain countries
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
Ice Cream And Hot Dog
Supper At Hebron Church

There will be an ice cream and
hot dog supper at the Hebron Me-
thodist Church on Saturday night,
June 10. beginning at O'Clock.
There will also be an auction
sale of household merchandise.
Proceeds will go for the purpose
of building a new church. The
North Brook band will be present
to provide entertainment. TIL e
public is invited.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
DOES GOD KNOW?

A small boy, visiting New York
City for the first time, went in an
elevator to the top of the Empire
State Building. AS he shot past
the 62nd floor at breath-taking
speed. he gulped, turned to his
father. and asked. Daddy. does
God know we're coming?
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
INSECTS AND DISEASES
START VACATION

A salesman held up in a small
Wyoming town by bad snow
storm. wired his firm. Stranded
here due to storm. Telegraph in
StructionS.
Back came the reply: S a 7 I
summer vacation Immediately"
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
; Truck Crop News

percent complete in the piedmont
counties.
SOYBEANS AND PEANUTS: !:
Cultivation of these crops also
varies considerably due to varied
planting dates. Farmers have
made good progress in cultivating
both early and late paintings, and
most weeds and grass are under
control
INSECTS AND DISEASES
Favorable weather enabled crops
to get the Jump on most insects
and diseases during the week;
thus. less damage was reported.
horn worms, bud worms, army
worms. boil weevils and blue mold
we're causing some damage IN
various areas, but this is not gen.
eral.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
CROP CONDITION

TOBACCO: Most weather-cropS
correspondents show the tobacco
crop TO be in good condition. How
ever. a number of reports of only
fair were received from all areas
of the state. The warmer weather
last week brought about some
growth improvement even though
many sections needed rainfall for
optimum growth. The crop seems
to have overcome most of the blue
mold infeStation and is generally
on schedule throughout the state.
CORN: The corn crop made
some improvement during the pre-
ceding week. as the number OF
fair reports dropped and reports
of good increased The crop is
generally in good condition in all
areas except the southern pied
mont counties. Although retarded
considerably by cool weather and
insects earlier, the crop has made
excellent growth during the warm
weather and is now generally on
schedule.
COTTON: The condition of the
cotton crop changed very little
during the week and is still in only
fair condition. Very few reports
/ of good were received from coun-
ties. while the number of poor re-
ports made up about 25 percent
of all reports.
! PEANUTS: The young peanut
crop is reported to be in fair con-
dition. especially in the north
( eastern commercial count tie S.
! Stands are far below average on
earlier plantings. and the later
plantings are still very small but
progressing satisfactorily.
SOYBEANS: The condition OF
this crop ranges from fair to good
in most all sections of the state.
The reports are equally divided
between fair and good. with the
largest number of good reports
coming from the coastal counties,
HAY CROPS: Hay crops that
are still to be harvested are gem
orally in good condition. Some
reports of only fair we're received
from the piedmont counties. Fav-
orable weather during the past two
weeks has enabled producers to
make excellent progress toward
completing hay making opera
tionS
IRISH POTATOES; This crop
is still reported in good condition
for all sections Of the state. especl-
allv in the eastern commercial
counties where digging operations
we're in full swing during the week
APPLES: The condition OF this
crop dropped slightly as the NAL
oritv of reports showed the cror
to be in only fair condition COM
pared to good week earlier. Some
reports of poor were receiveo
from a few scattered localities.
PEACHES: There has been very
little change in the condition OF
this crop for the past severa
weeks. as the crop is still in fall
to good condition for most areas
of the state.
COMPLETENESS OF
CULTIVATION:
CORN: Favorable weather con
tinued during last week, and mos
farmers made excellent progress
cultivating corn. In general. cul'
tivation was about IS to 80 per
Ii 1-%N ~ n a
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17

It's proven fact that you can't
spend more than you make and
get away with it.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17

Folks who sit around waiting
for an opening are very apt to
end up in the hole.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
GOOD FIGHTER

Theodore Roosevelt once own
ed a scrappy bulldog named Pete,
who went around with chip on
his shoulder. Frequently he pick
ed fights with bigger dogs and
was mauled severely. One day,
when his master was chatting
with the French Ambassador on
the White House lawn. Pete came
limping through the gate. obvi-
ously having come off the second
best in scrap.
Il see your dog is poor fight
er," said the Ambassador.
mo. he's a very good fighter. y
Roosevelt replied. Hes just a
terrible judge of dogs"
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17
COMPLETENESS OF
CIVILIZATIONS:

CORN: Favorable weather con-
tinued during last week, and most
farmers made excellent progress
cultivating corn. In general, cul-
tivation was about IS to 80 per-
cent complete in the coastal
plains, and about so to 55 percent
complete in the piedmont coun-
ties.
COTTON: Cultivation of the
cotton crop ranges from is to IS
percent complete for the state.
The planting period was consider
ably longer than usual, causing
cultivation to vary within each
locality. In general. cultivation
was over so percent complete in
the coastal counties and about 30
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17

picks the one he believes will
work the easiest and safest on
each lob"
2. Favorite spots for passing
phony checks are department
stores, supermarkets, liquor stores,
taverns, and independent grocer
les. Restaurants. gas stations. ho-
tells, drug stores and banks are
far down on the list.
3. Amateurs passed more phony
checks than pros.
4. Almost fifth of the pass
erS we're women.
Brown: You say Whimple is a
man of mettle? Brave, eh?
Whyte: No. l said he was a
man of metal. iron gray hair, steel
blue eyes, copper complexion
and lots of brass.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-17

Better start saving for the va
cation trip right now or you'll
never get away with it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11
Homemaker Meeting
To Feature Talks on
Juvenile Problems

Causes of Juvenile Problems
will be the subject of talks and
discussions i'm a number Of Home
maker club meetings during the
next week, according to Miss Ethel
Grove, home demonstration agent.
She listed the following dates:
November Is, Hoyes and McHenry
clubs at Hoyes church, 1880 p. M,
Mrs. George Hanst, speaker.
November II. Casselman Valley,
Grantsville. New Germany, Mars
Hill and Mt. View clubs, at the
Grantsville school, s p. m. a panel
discussion on the same question.
Each club mas a speaker including
Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty, Foster
Riggs, Mrs. Edwin Robson, Rev.
II. Edgar Suite, Mrs. J. w Whit
acre. Mrs. d. W. Klotz will be in
charge.
The Bittinger Homemakers club
will meet at the home Of Mrs Rob
crt Bucket, November II, at 1880.
Pastor J. m. Allan, Of Bittingei
Lutheran church, will be the speak
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11

are Mrs. Harold Bittinger, Mrs.
George Porter, Monte Vista; Mrs.
Raj lh Bucket, Mrs. o. c. Glotfelty,
Bitlinger; Mrs. Vane Iden, Loeb
Lynn; Mrs. Ross Speicher, Mrs.
CLARK Schlossnagle, Mrs. Marvin
Calls, Accident; Mrs. Rudolph
Bectman, Mrs. John Beachy, North
Glade.
Miss Grove said Garrett county
people had been invited to attend
a luncheon at 1890. November IS,
at the Fort Cumberland hotel, in
Cumberland, featuring Community
Safety. Contracting people here
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11

new books for circulation and to
decorate the library for Book
Week. They have made souvenir
bookmarks to be given to each
child visiting the library during
that week.
Books and magazines have been
given to the library during the
past week by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Stanton, the Garrett Branch Of the
American Association of Universe
ty Women, the Christian Litera-
ture Depot, and Mrs. George
Hanst.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11
Commissioners Meeting

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
That the Board of County Com
missioners for Garrett County
Maryland, will be in session fol
the transaction of all routine bust.
ness that may properly come be.
fore them on
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
NOVEMBER Is AND l6, 1854
BY order of the Board.
GERTRUDE ARONHALT,
Acting Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11
IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory Of my dear
wife and our darling mother, Ms.
Edmund Harvey, who passed away
5 years ago, Nov. 9, 1919.
A token of love and remembrance
Of a mother we shall never forget,
Her memory to us is a treasure,
Her loss is a life time regret.
Though days rush by and busy
years
Speed quickly on their way.
The grief we hold within our
hearts,
Lives on from day to day.
Sadly missed by her Husband,
Children and Grandchildren
ADV If
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11

States and Canada. He is the
author of The Intimate Problems
Of Youth" "Christian Family
Life" and For Fathers Only"
and his articles have appeared in
numerous periodicals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our sincere
thanks to all our friends and
neighbors for their Kindness and
helpfulness during the illness and
following the death of our sister,
the late Miss Anna Thrasher.
We also want to thank all who
gave flowers and contributed the
use of their automobiles for the
funeral service.
Sisters and Brothers.
Adv If
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11

will be Mrs. +. /. Baumgartner for
Oakland, Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty for
P.-T.A., and Mrs. Ralph Bucket
for the Homemakers clubs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11

Arab statesmen have started
new moves, with strong British and
US. support, to set up mideast
defense system against Commu-
DiStir aUopaSsioO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11

Book Week, November 1920, will
give adults and children an oppor-
tuni.y to see many of the new chill
dren's books. The Oakland Girl
Scouts are helping to prepare the
The beacon of Dillingham., 1954-09-18
"NUFF SAID"


Humor often crowds unexpected into tho
corners Of very serious bu sinesss
"Blacky" had been asked by Mr.. ca11a-
way (new teach or for Dillingham; to move
his things from the school to his new
home. Henry SMITH house. at his Garlic ST
convenience. Correction. B1acky was ask
ed by someone else to do this for Mre
Ca1laway.) B1aoky arrived at the school
and as he vert in. bumped in5o
young man just coming out sets 90 sad,
"Are you the teacher that waits to pc
roved7" Receiving an affirmative en- swer
they went to the basement ard began Load.
:.ag provi sions into the truck
81 acky then proceeded to Henry Smiths
and upon arriving asked the man if ho
:ea,lted the supplies pleced N the base
sss:It. A little bewi red, the mem said
oa1ys "A-a-ae" to waica Blacky quickly
remarked, "Wiay sure you doo enry ell
WAYS keeps his stuff in the basement. Tt &
Ii a2od basement. Hunt"
The teacher, still he sitant, said slow
1ys "Well. Age1fenga1 didn't sey anything
soout thiss"
This stopped Blacly. Nuff said. He
looked hard at his passenger; then at his
capplies and say the Nushagak Slipping
LABEL s--a thing that he'd SO aped him in
The DARKNESS Of loading.
Well, he had teacher all right--but
the wrong one so he put the few unloaded
items back on the truck and took teacher
end boxes to the dock, put them on boat
end got them headed to their proper de s.
'>inetion. (DTS almost got IL teacherst)
The beacon of Dillingham., 1954-09-18
N-PAr1ENr BECOMES BIG PROBLEM

The case which put the medical end
legal fraternity in tizzy Is that Of a
so year old woman with tb who (unti1 esns
~ this monthly was patient at the Kun
akanak Ho spita1. She was Judged insane y"
a jury and committed to Mor.tagside.
While in Anciacrsgs ewaiij14zsg passage to
the states. thu ;ail didn't want &c 4ceer
her for her illness had gotten woree enl
the Anchorage ANS woald not take her be+s
ce:.sa they had no contract to hold such
cases.
Physic3ei :; at Providence Ho spita1 IL
the ctvy whsre she was final 1y adm tilted
diagno sed bar insanity symptoms 70.
sul5ing from some Of che rsw drugs used
in the treatment OF s!asrculosics
Now the problem Is, low TO return a
patient &C hospital care fer t'5 whor nc
rat.en+ hos already hoen mistakenly
judged "3asaae" by a jury $40 committed
Cali legaa-like) to Morningsidse
Complicating this case is tho feet
that the patient is a native woman end
therefore euppo sed1y ward Ct tbs feaens
al governner+e
"A11 r1gars all right" snapped tn,
wife TO he: hUsoends Vt like to spera Ter
eys but nome enc other ex5ravegarcco"
The Seven ages Of Womsn,
The inf ant, the little girl. the
SIS. ths young woman. the young woman,
the young womans and the young woman.
Some girls are working girls--and
some are working menI
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
INVESTMENT
CITED In SPEECH

There are great oppor-
|unities for investment
Preferably American invest
hent = in the Philippines,
according to Teofilo D. Rey-
Is, Manila businessman and
kice president of the Philip
pine Chamber of Commerce.
Speaking before the Philippine
american Society. the World Trade
&lub, and the world trade division
the Seattle Chamber of Com
herce on February 8, Mr.. Reyes
zonted out that the flow of Anne
Jean capital in the last few years
Pas as expected. but still insignifi-
hnt.
The Hulk problem, according
Mr.. Reyes, has been reduced
70 the minimum, and President
Nagsaysay is going to solve 1t
Pot by force of arms, but by pro-
fding economic aid.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
PRESIDENTS
LETTER SHOWS
Hts HUMILITY

Presidents of t h Philippines
have, in the past. gloried in the
salutation of your Excellency.
Not with Ramon Magsaysay. He
does not take much liking to it.
In a familiar letter to Eddie vi
loria, his high school chum, and
now president of the Sons of Sam
bales here, Mr.. Magsaysay sug-
gests: Lets cut the Your Ex-
cellency' stuff, shall WEI"
Here is more hint on the Presi-
dents humility. al assure you,"
he wrote to Mr.. Viloria, "the Presi-
dency hasn't wrought any major
innovation upon me. There will
be none of this hiqhbrow air -
that much | can promise you.'
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
Pres. Eisenhower in
Wash. Lights Trade
Fair Prevue Night

Both the President and the Vice
President of the United States par
ticipated in the Washington State
Third international Trade Fair,
February S-24, in Seattle. From
the White House President Dwight
D. Eisenhower lighted up the stage
of Ambassadors Prevue of the In
ternational Trade Fair through the
Golden Morse key and used for the
first time in the Eisenhower adj
ministration.
Vice President Richard Nixon
spoke in the International Garden
of Friendship at Trade Fair on
Government Day, Saturday, Febru-
airy 10 and visited many of the
% Nations merchandise booths.
He flew to Seattle for "a hours.
Top notch officialdom attending
the opening of the Trade Fair in
cluded Secretary of Commerce Sin
clair Weeks; His Excellency Tran
Van Kha, the Ambassador from
Wet Nam: The Honorable Ryuji
Takeuchi, Envoy Extraordinary &
Minister Plenipotentiary from the
Japanese Embassy; The Minister
and Consul General of India, M. A.
from the Consulate Gen
eral of India in San Francisco;
The Honorable Abdul Hamid, Con-
sui General of Indonesia from the
Consulate in San Francisco, and
others.
Fifteen men and two wives flew
to the Trade Fair in Seattle from
the Philippines on the first leg of
a three-months Trade Mission
iaunt through the United States
and Europe. All paid their own ex-
penses and were officials of the
of Commerce and Indus
try. The delegation was widely en-.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
FILIPINO EDUCATOR
HERE TO OBSERVE
VOCATION SCHOOLS

There is at present intel
lectual unemployment in the
Philippines, according to DR..
Francisco Dalupan, president
of the young and progressive
University of the East in Ma
Mia.
DR.. Dalupan was here early this
month as a member of the Philip
pine Trade and Goodwill Mission
that will tour the country for the
next two months.
In an interview for the FORUM,
DR.. Dalupan expressed his firm
belief that what t h Philippines
needs today is more men and wo-
men with vocational and technical
training. And that is what the new
government under President Mag
saysay will attempt to stress, ac-
cording to DR.. Dalupan.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
EOnulO Speaks AT
'Ortland March 9th

Carlos p. Romulo, formerly
'nllppine Ambassador to the
.llted States who Is now on a
.cture tour in this country, will
Teak at the City Clubs annual
.nher in Portland, Oregon on
|arch 81.
mr. Romulo was the campaign
aaager of Ramon Magsaysay be-
the 1853 elections in the
filippines.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
BUSINESSMEN AT TRADE FAIR
TRADE FAIR
ENTERTAINED

From the time they landed
at the Seattle-Tacoma Air
port, the members of the
Philippine Trade and Good
will Mission found no dull
moment during their five
dav stay in Seattle.
Met at the airport by a Hospi+
talitv Committee, headed by for4
mer Mayor VIM. F. Devin, the
Philippine delegation to the Wash
ington State International Trade
Fair were lionized and entertain
ed by various groups and organi-
cations.
The series of courtesies and en-
tertainment began with a reeep-
ton by Seattle-Tacoma Airport
Manager Bigler at his office, Mon
day Feb. 8.
The next day, they were guests
at a luncheon given jointly at the
Chamber of Commerce by the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Society, h e
World Trade Club. and the World
Trad Division of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce.
Guests of Consul BrllIantes
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, Consul
Hortencio J. Brillantes honored
the delegates with a cocktail-din-
ner at the China Lane.
On Friday, Feb. II, they were
again guests of the Filipino Com
munity of Seattle at a dinner and
/ dance at the Frye Hotel.
Besides being group-guest Of
various organizations. the delegat-
es were individually entertained
by close friends
Mr.. Juan 2. Bagazan, being the
only U. of w alumnus among the
delegates, was given a separate
dinner by the University Filipino
Alumni Association on Sunday,
February IA.
The delegates were also guests
en- masse at the Ambassadors Pre-
vue of the Trade Fair on Monday
night, February s, the day of their
arrival.
Call on Mayor and Governor
vi TIE udy VI THEIR arrival the
delegation paid their respects to
Mayor Allan Pomeroy, and on the
next day, they were received by
Governor Arthur B. Langley at his
suite at the Olympic Hotel.
The delegation, or what remain
ed of it, after some left earlier for
other parts of the country and
with the exception of Juan z.
Bagazan who chose to stay longer.
left for San Francisco on Saturday,
February 10.
Members of Delegation
The members of the Philippine
Trade and Goodwill Mission who
arrived in Seattle were Teofilo D.
Reyes, chairman president of
Triple A Battery Co, and vice
president of the Philippine Cham
Der of Commerce: Mrs. Teofilo D
Reyes; Jose Teodoro, Jr., com
Continued on Page 4
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
GOES TO EUROPE

From Seattle, DR.. Dalupan will
visit vocational schools in Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and New York;
and thence proceed to Europe. He
will observe the modern techniques
in ceramics in Amsterdam, and in
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
ADVICE TO STUDENTS

The Filipino educator would ad-
wise Filipino students in the United
States who are thinking of return
ing TO the Islands to forget the
purely academic part of the cur
riculum and TO give more consider
alton to vocational education and
technical preparedness.
DR.. Dalupans University of the
East has the biggest enrolment
in the college level among all col
ieges and universities III the Philip
pines.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-02-01
Alumni Officers
Installed Jan. 16

Newly-elected officers of the U.
w. Filipino Alumni Association
were installed by Philippines Con-
sui Hortencio ]. Brillantes at a
dinner-meeting at Kiang Nam cafe
on January 16.
The officers installed were Fer
nando Ferrera, president; Frank
Montilla, vice president; Phil Ca
da, secretary; Sergio Acena, treas
urer. Remigio A. Pascual, bust
ness manager; and Pete Filarca,
director.
These officers were elected on
January 8, and will serve for one
year.