Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1936 — Page 1

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illis KILLING Issi WIDOW AT (IN WERT, OHIO MR g Prisoner Confesses Slaying Wealthy Widow jnU’ert. Ohio, Sept 1-(UPJ-f bonzneiker. 28. Van Wert.i * ‘ d to Sheriff R H Stevens TTt'at he killed Mrs. Mary! wealthy ■ » 5.M ]■,, ■. 11. 1935 ’‘''l " f af'- ' ' '••>* --nt-ne-- 1 .... TOl-.10 WOikhe>ng ftn-.l s2'"' vaster «■„. "" Mrs Rhaail-- .'-• rill Siev.-ns the similarity of the two k "’ Woourutl murder. ■ down after he.uni said in the confession that entrance to the house ,g^K h 3 wrsking bar. Then he ■l^KL|,i w i th.' an.d woman by stnlfami Nothing into her After k ;, l.ne her. he ranthe house. ■L, BI .„ s S Bearn annotinwould probably < all a spegrand jury - ssion Thursday k. r on a first demurder charge. the tniiiiler. Ixmgnecker I been 1 .nite w ith his mother. ■ „ not . nip.-•> •••! steadily but jobs around the city. Hun ■( ker. M-ntenced by MayMerrison yesterday afterhad pleaded guilty to the Mrs Rhoades after she him in an affidavit as ittacker. Ml — - - ■ BULLETIN Indianapolis. Sept. I—IU.P' — rent Franklin D. Roosewill make a brief address Indiana state fair during visit here Saturday for a drought conference, announced today. The p r e s i d e n t will speak in front of the grand at 10:30 A. M. He it ■ scheduled to arrive by special ■ tram at 9 A. ~ and to remain tn |$T TOWNSHIP ■TEACHING staff ■loan Announces Teach- ■ ing Staff For Wash- | ington Township The tea.-h-.g -raff for next year in ■.vu.-hto was annuiiney .l,mn M It .an, township tm>- . hange will he made, Oliver will teach at the < bool located on the pike south of the county inShe has been teaching at. ■btsant Mills. ■ Mists Oliver will replace Clyde who has accepted a teach■O*"' Blue Creek township. ■ Other teachers will be: ■ -A '. Bec.ker, Rudenbush school, ■wwl on the mud pike south of ■hcounfy infirmary. ■ Lewellen. Reinker ■kiwi, one mile north of Monroe. ■ Martha Reippert, Debolt school, ■ l ’° miles west of the Reineker ■Wool. ■ Etta Flemming, Washington ■*'Xil. three miles south and two west of Decatur. I bulletinlihut Was learned here today ■J' 2 compromise adjust- ■ ” “ as been reached out of |j“ ri between litigants in the I f w Ke . . suit of Cloid Ratl' ff - a K ain st Dr. Charllnra a \! or - and Bessie Cay|oSto?. r - Truman Cay,or> Itlie'ia? , ’ le V ase was tried in Itnmo ams , circuit court here |Srned niOnths a £ 0 ’ a i ur y re ' ■ Ritiiff j a verd, ct awarding mA^ age ® in the sum Ibfen'f 3 ’ - ’ The suit had I*?"Jor $75,000. I has h no entrv on records made showing setlentiraii’. *., wa - s reported authI defend V ! hat the plaintiff and is thu nts on $15,000 by R^(]j^ ,oun t to be received County Fanner fort J 8 Suicide Victim ayne ’ ’ nd - SepL t~ <U ’ R) hl M W f° Ver 111 heaJt "' Char ' •hot « nri ' ? ' ‘ arin er of near here. (Htsrday himse,f at his home

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Local Man Accepts Chicago Position Word wns received here that David W. Smith, formerly of the -Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., has ' been promoted to manager of the Illinois Producers association, which will open in Chicago soon. I For four months Mr. Smith has 1 , been located in Carbondale. Ulin'(ols. The family will move to Chicago from their residence at the homesteads. o_ RECEIVE BID FOR NEW ROOM Commissioners Receive One Bid For Remodeling Work The county commissioners Monday night in a special session considered one bid offered for the re- ! modeling of the basement room on ’ the north side of the sourt house. I for the county welfare bard. The | contract will not be let until the regular meeting of the commissioners the first of next week. The construction of a coal bin at the county infirmary has been completed. This bin is of concrete and can hold approximately two , car loads of coal. This is about a winter’s supply for the institution. The construction of the coal bin on the south side of the court house is progressing. The forms for the concrete were completed today and the concrete pouring is expected to begin later today. This bin will also hold about two car loads of coal. Two car loads will carry the court house through an ordinary winter. The court house bin is made of reinforced concrete and will have man holes on top. Trucks may drive over it and dump the coal directly into the bin. Previously the county has had i to pay 25 cents a ton for shoveling the coal from the trucks back into i the old basement room where it, was stored. Contracts for the county’s coal will be awarded next week. At this time two cars will be purchased for the infirmary aud two cars for the court house. One car load will be purchased for the jail. Only one bid was filed for the 1 typewriter asked by the county. Awarding of this contract will also be done next week. o Two Indiana Counties Added To Drought Map Washington, Sept. I.—<U.R)-~Two counties in Indiana were added today to the official federal drought map. The two counties were the first in that state and among the 14 counties of three states added to the emergency list by the agriculture drought committee. The designations brought to 1,092 the number of counties included in 23 states. Eleven counties were added in Illinois and one in Minnesota, making the total drought counties 32 in Illinois and 49 in Minnesota. Clark and Warrick were the Indiana counties added. TEACHERS MEET HERE TOMORROW Annual Teachers’ Institute To Be Held Here Wednesday i x"— * , About 175 teachers of city and township schools in Adams county will attend the teachers’ institute at the Decatur high school starting Wednesday morning. County Superintendent of Schools C. E. Striker announced today that 1 the North Manchester college quar- ’ tet had been secured totprovide music for the institute. The Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor ' of the First Evangelical church of this city will conduct devotionals ’ during the meeting. Speakers for the institute will be Dr. Frederick Gaige, state teachers college, Millersville ,Pa.. and Dr. | Jesse H. White, former head of the i psychology department of the insti- , tute of Pittsburgh. Elementary teaechers will meet Thursday morning at 9 o’clock, and | school principals and teachers will I meet Thursday afternoon at I o'- [ clock. All teachers are required to attend the institute tomorrow. Superintendent Striker issued a welcome today to all persons to attend the institute, whether or not , a member of a teaching staff. He stated that several persons had expressed their desire to attend, but , ■ thought only teachers would be ad- - • mitted. !

PRESIDENT TO CONFER WITH GOV. LANDON 11 - Roosevelt To Hold Private Conference With Alf Landon Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. I—jl—j (UP) President Franklin D. Roosevelt, accompanied by six members and acting members of the cabinet, arrived in the Utah capital shortly after 8 A. M. today to pay final I i respects to his late secretary of war George Henry Dem. Th* presidential special was pre- i ceded a few minutes by the train ' bearing the body of Dem. The President was greeted at Union Pacific station by a large but silent crowd. Mr. Roosevelt previously had requested that admirers refrain from cheering during his visit here to attend Dem's funeral services. Immediately after arrival of the Presidential party, the body of the deceased secretary was removed from the train under supervision of military authorities from Fort Douglas, local military post. Draped in an American flag, the 'casket was escorted to the state capitol. There it will lie in state: until remover! at 2 p. m. to the Mor- j mon tabernacle where funeral eerv--1 ices will be conducted. The body was taken to the capital building in a hearee. The traditional horee-draw gun caisson was abandoned in recognition of Dern’e i efforts to mechanize United Staten army equipment. Aboard Roosevelt Special, en rout to Salt Lake City, Sept. I.— President Roosevelt will not only sit in conference with his Republican rival for the presidency. i in Des Moines Thursday, but will have a tete-a-tete with Gov. Alf M. Landon, it was learned today. Their talk will be on the drought, situation, however. Gov. Landon/ with the governors of lowa. Nebraska. Missouri, and Oklahoma meet with the president Thursday. —one of a group of conferences the president is having on the drought situation with state officials. He plans, it was said, to talk to the governors and the United States senators from their states one at a time. Putting aside all other consider'erations. President Roosevelt ar-, , rives in Salt Lake City today to I attend the funeral of George H. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o GENEVA PLANS DISTRICT MEET Adams, Blackford, Wells Counties Odd Fellows To Meet Geneva. Ind., Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special) — The Fourteenth District Odd Fellows Association comprising the I. O. O. F. lodges of Adams, Blackford and Wells counties will hold their annual fall convocation at Geneva I Friday, September 11. Officers of the association, for the coming year will be elected at this meeting, and it is expected that ■ there will be a large attedance from all 1. O. O. F. Lodges in the three counties. Indiana Grand Lodge Officers who have signified their intention i of attending are; Elmer A. Weeks, Deputy Grand Master, of Columbia City; L. C. Hetan, Past Grand Patriarch. and Fred Major, aseistat Grand Guardian, both of Decatur. All arrangements for the meeting are in charge of the officers of ■ Geneva Lodge No. 634. Claim Confessions From Auto Thieves Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. I.—(U.P.) i —Authorities here today claimed confessions from Dari L. Work- . man, 34, and Omar A. Smith, 29, describing their part in the sixstate "hot car" gang, believed! broken by four arrests here and four in Chicago last week. The confessions, it was report- . ed. also Implicated Louis A. Bohn, ■ 37. and Sam Essak, 26, alleged II leaders of the local unit of the gang. A second effort to have the JlO,I 000 bonds of Bohu and Essak reduced failed yesterday. U. S. District Attorney Janies R. Fleming said he would ask a higher bond ■if he discovered the men could ■ I provide this one to keep them in I jail until they are tried.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 1, 1936.

Young Choir Singer Indicted For Murder Chicago Sept. I—(UP)—A county , grand jury today Indicted Roland Munroe. 15-yt4ar-old foimer choir singer, for the murder laest Saturday of Mrs. Ages Roffies, 65, crippled widow, for JS.OO worth of jewelry ad trinkets. Munroe did did not testify but a confession he made to police was introduced. Sam Hoffman, attorney , who will defend the youth, said he would ipeiition chief Justice Dennis Normoyle later today for a sanity hearing. o POST OFFICE AT MONROE LOOTED Post Office, Grocery Store Are Robbed Monday Night Thieves broke into the post office and Rupert’s grocery at Monroe Monday night, taking loot valued al about $5.82. Entrance to the post office was gained by jimmying a window. The thieves took 41 cents worth of stamped envelopes. They also op- } ened a number of C. O. D. packages, stealing two shirts, valued at $3.41. The yeggs broke into the Rup- ' ert grocery through a rear door. Merchandise, consisting of meats ajid groceries, valued at less than $2.06 was all that was taken. Sheriff Dallas Brown, who inivestigated the case this morning stated he believed the robbery to be the work of “local talent." No consideration has been given to the theory that there may be any connection between Monday's theft and that of a year ago when [ the post office and an elevator office were robbed. The former theft is believer! to have been solved iby the arrest of 1 an escaped convict from Joliet. Illinois. This man was apprehended in Southern Indiana afer he had I told a friend he had "knocked off a little poet office near Decatur.” Rather than stand trial in Indiano, the convict agreed to voluntary extradiction to Illinois, where he is now serving oat his term. Local Student To Enter Heidelberg Tiffin, Ohio. Sept. I—Heidelberg College will open its doors for the | eighty-eixth year on Monday, SepI tember 14. Among those who plan to enter the freshman class ie Robert Ashbaucher, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Aehbaucher, Decatur, Ind. Present enrollment figures indicate a decided increase over laet year. Increase in the registration of out of state students is particularly noticeable. Senator Nye To Take Stump For Roosevelt New York. Sept. I—(UP)— Sen. Gerald P. Nye. R.. North Dakota, has decided to campaign for President Roosevelt, it was learned in authoritative political circles here today. He was exipected to go on tour late in the campaign. Nye was said to be at Oak, N. D. o Tax School Held At Monroe Today A tax school was held this morning in the Monroe Hodel hatchery j building. It was sponsored hy the' Indiana taxpayers association and the Indiana farm bureau. Coal Miner Killed By Freight Train Shelburn, Ind., Sept. I—(UP) — Norval Duckworth, 32, coal miner, was killed instantly last night when struck by a C. and E. I. freight train while walking along the track. Survivors include his mother. | Mrs. Nora McKinney, and a sister, Mrs. Lois Tolan, both of Indianapolis. o—— County Red Cross Will Meet Friday The American Red Cross organization of Adams county will have a meeting at the Winries shoe store Friday evening, September 4, at 7:30 o’clock. All members of the executive board are requested to be present. o Independent Football Team Is Planned Here AU persoe Interested in independent football are aeked to meet at the City Confectionery Thursday night at 7:30. At that time iplans for an independent team here will be discussed. |

REPORT PUBLIC OFFICERS JOIN BLACK LEGION 64 High Officials In Michigan County Members Os Legion Pontiac, Mich., Sept. I—(U.R>— Sixty-four high officiate of city, I county and state government have been or are members of the vigi I lante Black Legion in Oakland I county, the one man grand jury in-; ' vestigating the subversive organization reported today. Included in the list made public by circuit judge George B. Hartrick. were Oakland county prosecutor David C. Pence, state representative Joseph A. I-ang, and po-, lice chief Alfred L. Reynolds of i RoyaJ Oak. the city in which FathI er Coughlin’s shrine of the little flower is located. The lengthy report, climaxing J Judge Hartrick’s three months in-1 vestigation of the night riding order, recommended no criminal ac - tion againot any of those named. "By virtue of the belief that the t public is entitled to know who are its county and city officials and whom it employes with its tax moneys, these names are divulged,” the report said. "Whatever disposition te made of them is a matter for responsible officials and the electorate to decide. "Distinctly the public is the sovereign. "No insinuation is made that j these men are not fit public servants by virtue of the obligation they assumed, for no evidence exists of a failure to do lees than their sworn duty by the public at j large.” The report, embracing the complete history of the night riding order in Oakland county, said that the Black Legion was formed in 1931 in Ohio. The report indicated the Black legion came as a result of dissatisfaction with the Ku Khrx Klan. ‘‘As conceived, the Black Legion was a klan with a vengeance, organized to accomplish its objectives by force and violence if necessary. It was a black klan." the report continued. First 200 members of the rebel order dyed their white klan robes black ajid as a penalty the Ku Klux Klan revoked the chartera of the rebel groups, the report said. The two organizations subsequently became "mortal enemies.” and klansmen were forbidden to be(CONTtNUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 POISON PLOT INVESTIGATED Death Os Two Women, Illness Os Two Men Leads To Probe Medford, Ind.. Sept. I—(UP)—I The death of two women and critical illness of two men were investigated by Lawrence county authorities today on suspicion they were t victims of a poisoning plot. A post mortem on the body on one women revealed she died of arsenic poisoning. Dr. R. E. Wynne. Lawrence county coroner, said. Victims of the supposed plot were , Mrs. Katie Rultz, 50, who died Aug. 128; Mr® Ruth Kern Dillon 25, who died August 23. and Samuel Kern, and John Tuddy, both seriously ill in the hospital here. All of them had been living at Mrs. Fultz’ home. Kern was a .brother of Mrs. Dil- 1 lon and Tuddy was a nephew of' Mrs. Fultz. Wynne said he was attracted to ! the case by the mysterious deaths of' two women in the same home within a short time and the subsequent. illness of the two men. Kern became ill the day after Mrs. Fultz died and and Tuddy was stricken the following day. Wynne admitted he had no clues I as to a possible motive for a mass poisoning and enlisted the aid of i sheriff Lincoln Dunbar and prosecutor David F. Long in the investigation. When Mrs. Fultz died in almost the same manner as Mrs. Dillon, the coroner conducted a post mortem examination and sent her stomach contents to state police at Indianapolis. Informed that she had died of 'poison, the coroner conferred with the prosecutor and sheriff on the possibility of exhuming the body of Mrs. Dillon for a similar examina- . i tion. Relatives of the victims said they had no reason to suspect a mass t poisoning plot.

Raudenbush Triplets Are Prize Winners Roscoe, Robert, and Raymond Raudenbush were the prize winners for being the most Identical triplets ut the twin und triplet re-1 union hel dat Fott Wayne, Sunday. The boys are sons of Mr. und Mrs. Homer Raudenbush. There are five boys and three girls in the j Raudenbush family, Roman, Roger, Ruth, Romaine, Roscoe, Robert, Raymond, and Rowena, all the names starting with the letter R. The boys ure the only known set of boy triplets in Adams county. Upon being asked what their vocation in life is, Bob says he is going to be a bachelor farmer; I Roscoe is going to be a farmer but , not a bachelor; Ray is going to be lan aviator. The hoys were born j on April 1, 1923. THREE AUTOS ARE STOLEN ' I Thief Leaves Chain Os Stolen Cars In This Vicinity Abandoned cars are forming a trail of clues for an automobile thief who last night “borrowed" at least tluee automobiles. The first automobile was located this morning. It had been stolen from a Rockford. Ohio, man and abandoned east of Decatur when it ran out of gas. A half mile down the road he stole a car belonging to Jim Alsman. Sheriff Dallas Brown tracked the car this morning hy the imprints of its tire treads to U. S. highway 27, where it had been headed towards . Fort Wayne. This noon the Van Wert county sheriff notified Sheriff Brown that I the Alsman car had been abandoned near Van Wert. It was undamaged. The thief stole a third car in that city and continued his journey. SEE INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE — Increase Os More Than 11,50(1 To Receive Aid In State liuiianapoiis. Ind., Sept. I—(UP)1 —(UP) An increase of more than 11.500 in , the number of Hoosiers to receive old age assistance during next year ' under the public welfare act of 1936, was estimated today by public welfare department officials. Approximately 42,000 aged (persons are to receive assistance and with about 20,000 dependent and neglected children in Indiana in f’s- ! today of relatives to eventually re- ’ ceive assistance, an increase of more than 15,000 over 1935 will be recorded, officials said. Estimated budgets for 1935 for! all counties combined plan for a I total expenditure of $9,093,165 for old age assistance. Os this total the , federal government will pay 52.5 per ce n.tthe state 28.5 per cent and counties 19 per cent. Before passage of the welfare act. counties paid one half of old age assistance granted. Assistance for dependent child- , ren in the proposed budget amounts to $3,098,747 of which the federal government pays 30 per cent, the i state government 42 per cent and counties 28 per cent. An expenditure of $205,840 is proposed for medical care and corrective treatment of crippled children and for child welfare services, officials announced. An additional SIOO,000 will be granted by the Federal government for these puniwses. Stockholders Meet Thursday Evening The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Citizens Telephone ■ company of Decatur will be held at the office on Monroe street Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. Five directors will be elected for the ensuing year and other business will be transacted. o Athletic Association To Meet October 22 Indianapolis. Ind.. Sept. I—(UP)1 —(UP) j The fall meeting of the Indiana high ■school athletic association will be i held at manual training high school • Indianapolis, Oct. 22, Arthur L. I Tres-ter, commissioner, announced '' today. The coaches’ association will hold a dinner meeting on the same date. '. Dr. Jesse Fiering Williams of ■ Teachers College. Columbia Univer- ; j stty, will be one of the principal • | speakers for the Athletic aasocla--11 tion meeting , according to the an-1 nouncement.

Spain Promises Rigid Probe Os Warship Bombing

BANGS SEEKS JAIL RELEASE Huntington Mayor Seeks Writ Os Habeas Corpus Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. I—(UP)1 —(UP) '—A petition for a writ of habeas [ corpus, to win release from a Hunting county jail cell he has occupied since July 6, was filed with the state supreme court today by Mayor i Clare W. H. Banks of Huntington. The utility baiting editor-lawyer-i mayor challenged the right of Sher- ' iff O. E. Johnson of Huntington ! county to continue to hold him while an appeal is pending before the high court. Bangs, who spent 101 days in jail last summer for his fight against the Northern Indiana power comipany, was returned to the jail 57 days ago for failure to comply with a court order that he withdraw the tiny municipal electric plant from commercial sale of current. Special Judge Huber M. DeVoss decreed that he should remain in jail until customers served by the mu icipal plant in competition with the N. I. P.. are disconnected. Several other city employes who were convicted with the mayor of violating a court injunction paid damages and were released. Banks posted an aippeal bond and took the case to the supreme court but was unable to gain freedom without disconnecting the commerI rial lines of the city utility. o ———-— Blue Creek Township Teachers Announced David D. Habegger, trustee of Blue Creek township, has announci ed the names of the teachers to be employed in the township this year. I They are Clyde Troutner, Eldon Sprunger, Elmer Ehrsam and R. M. ; Houck. Mr. Habegger announced that plans have been practically comipleted for the opening of school. The school houses are being cleaned and some minor repairs made The preliminary school opening will be next Friday. WOMAN KILLER IS GIVEN STAY “Marble Mildred" Bolton Granted Stay Os Execution Chicago, Sept. I—(UP1 —(UP) —“Marble Mildred” Bolton, convicted of murdering her husband, Joseph, was granted a writ of supersedeas (by supreme court judge Francis S. Wilson today, delaying her execution. She had <beeu sentenced to die in the electric chair Oct. 29. The writ was granted to give the supreme court time to study her case. Judge Wilson explained. The court reconvenes from vacation in October. “This woman is under death sentence,” Judge Wilson said, “And I believe any such person is entitled to the full consideration of the law." Should the supreme court refuse to take action after studying the case, it will be remanded to the criminal court and a new execution date set. Mrs. Bolton killed her insurance broker husband during an argument in his office early this summer. She drew the nickname “Marble Mildred” from her apparent lack of remorse over the slaying. o Chicago Aviator Killed In Crash Joliet, 111., Sept. I—(UP)—Cecil F. Delasaur, 40. Chicago, was killed late yesterday when the smal airplane he was grooming for the national air races crashed from 1,000 feet. Trouble had developed previously. hut Deleasaur, department of commerce aviation inspector, ■ thought he had remedied it. The motor failed. WEATHER Unsettled, showers probable central and north tonight and Wednesday and extreme south J Wednesday somewhat warmer Jonight.

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Government Promises To Make Thorough Probe Os Bombing; Planes Rain Bombs On Cities. DELIVER PROTEST Washington. Sept. L- (U.Rk Thft Spanish government has assured the United States that it will conduct a rigid investigation into the bombing of the U. 8. destroyer Kane by a Spanish airplane oft the coast of Spain last Sunday, the embassy at Madrid Informed the state department today. Eric C. Wendelin. third secretary in charge of the embassy, telegraphed Secretary of State Cordell Hull that he hud delivered the vigorous protest which Hull had instructed nim to make to the Spanish foreign office concerning the bombing. Wendelin said the foreign office had promised to make a prompt investigation of the incident anti to inform this government of the result. All American nationals remaining in Madrid have been given a last warning to get out by Wednesday night. They were told that they may he left with no protection or even representation in the Spanish capital if they disregard the order. The embassy staff may be with- ' drawn as a measure of safety, in view of the increasingly frequent rebel bombing raids on the capital. Recall of American warships ! was considered to avaoid a repetition of Sunday's bombing of the . Kane. President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, it was said, were fully cognizant of the ■ international potentialities of the ' Kane incident and were determined to take no unnecessary chances on a similar and more serious in- ' cident. > They also were known to be impatient with the approximately 500 Americans who insist upon remaining in Spain for family or business reasons in disregard of repeated warnings by this government that ■ they should leave the country. In a formal statement, Hull said American naval vessels had been sent to Spanish waters solely for I the purpose of aiding American nationals to leave the country. He indicated he considered it useless to retain the ships there to evacuate Americans who have refused to leave. Horrors of War By Louis F. Keemle, (UP. Cable Editor) Some of the horror of Spain's civil war was brought home today by news of bombing in all parts of the country of cities aud towns, ON PAGE THREE) ALLEGED GRAFT ON APPLICANTS Receive Warning Os Graft On Old Age Assistance Applicants A bulletin was issued today by the local welfare department in conjunction with the state depart- ■ ment warning old age assistance applicants of petty grafters. According to reports received from other parts of the state, the grafters have been calling on the applicants, representing themselves to be from the state department, and asking for a small sum to cover postage for mailing assistance checks. They also tell the appli- ■ cant that he will receive much ' more prompt attention, and have more assurance of the assistance being granted by negotiating through them. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, county I welfare director, advised applicants today to notify local police if any one calls at their homes, representI ing themselves to be from the state • department. She stated that un- • der no circumstances should ' money be given to any one promts* • ing aid in securing assistance. Bulletins notifying the board , have been sent to all county de- > part meats, and cooperation of authorities has been asked in dealing with the grafters. Mrs. Knapp stated that the local county department has not received word of the grafters in this county to date, but Is safe-guard-ing against such au occurrence) here.