Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1951 — Page 2

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Warns Local Firms On Cashing Checks C. Os C. Secretary , Warns Merchants As bad checks are-a constant headache to the merchant, Walter Ford, secretary of the iOhamber of Commetce warned local firms today to observe the following cautions when castling or accepting checks: f < “Do not be afraid to ask questions about the cheek you are asked to cash ... Afier all it is your money that is being paid out— Never pasha check for a stranger until positive identification is established. Insist on local references, then check tbein careful lyd - Do not rely on lodge cards,:social security cards, auto licenses pr letters of reference from loiit-of-town firms as positive identification. These can be forged or stolen. —-Remember that the check passer always works fast.\so take your tithe and investigate each check presented.—lM’ not cash pay checks or any other checks out of business or banking hours on Saturdays or holidays without i investigation. Do -adt cash checks that show any alteration.— Always demand that

DON’T HESITATE TO APPLY TO OS WHEN YOH MEED A IOAN We will make a $25 loan just as quick as we will' a jarger one. >°ur signature and income are the chief } j security requirements. - A small part of your income each month will Uepay A loan. Special f\ > terms are Available to farmers or other persons with seasonable m--1 i "come. 1 ' . , ... loans quickly and privately made ’ usually on same day you apply. Let i us tell you more about it—no obli- r gation. Call, phone or write—•fl ' i • 7 ■: j X" LOCAL LOAN . , COMPANY Ground Floor 1.3 S N. Second St., Brock Bldg. Phone 3-2013 Deeatur, Ind.

SALE CALENDAR JUlIy 19—Heirs of Armind* Miller, 3Vi‘miles S;, 2’ 3 E. of Monroe. 2a acre farm, 5 room house. 7 p. m. Jeff aucl. JULY 27—7 30 p in. Max Fell and Donald Bilter, 6 miles west of Celina. Ohio on mud pike road; 5 miles south' pf Chattanooga on 49 then 4’<2 miles east; miles east of Durjiin store. • registered-Angus cattle. Roy-& Ned Johnson and Melvin Liechty, Au*«r - J ( Q,.

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the person presenting the check endorse Mt, in y° ur P ies * nce - EveD though the check has already been endorsed, insist that he endorse it again—Refuse to easijf. checks If they are on out-of-town firms or banks, unless yob are absolutely, certain of the presenter's identity and the validity of the checks themkelves.r-Just because a cfaecji appears to be a raster's check does not mean that is. Use as much precaution before cashing a cashier s check as you would; with a personal check.—The same bf true of certified checks Certifications are often ' forced and the checks may be stolen; Be just ai careful in accepting certified as you would be in accepf jpg a personal check.i— Do not eqdorse a check for a person unless he is well known to you, and yo|i know ne is responsible.—Do not leave your signature wherie tt is accessible to the forgefci Your bank signature should be different flom yqur correspondence .jignature. As an illustration of the manyclever stunts used in schemes i Os this sort. Ford cited tfce bad check artist who orders merchandise fc> be sent to his home. A cheeky is presented for more than tho amount of the purchase Mrith the bearer receiving the difference in cash When the merchandise is delivered, however, the address is found to be In his statement Ford reported that the files of the national better business bureau reveal many of merchants sw’indle<| of considerable sums by these bgd check artistsl in view of this Ford stronglyurged all businessmeij to heed the precautions outlined Shove in the cashing of checks for strangers, j DISPUTE ' (Continued From I*«Be On *‘ > ' | cease-fire conference[ city of !<[&«■- song ran into two enemy platoons ’and polled back after a short bbl sharp exchange of fire., . - Some enemy units struck at UN outpoits-in the Kumiiwa-Chorwon-Pyonggang iron triangle zone wrested from the Communists but were ireaten back.' Other UN patrols in the same area fought three hours with Red units before If You Have Anything To Sell Try A Democrat L/ant Ad —lt Pays.

■HSt* x J i ifri i\ZT Bl f* ■ K ’ • - IMMff [ - STOCKYARDS COWBOYS haze cattle through flood in Kansas City, Mo., after It receded sufficiently to per S? rescue of theTbealts. Many hundreds of head met dehth leekihg high spots in the which these reached. Bulldozers are clearing debris from beneath knee-deep water. (InterMOt flowidphotd

Two Youths Cnght In Act Os Theft Both Youths Are Now Out On Probation \ Two’ iuzzv-cheeked youths —one of them 12. the other 14—were nabbed today while in the act of stealing some razor blades, among other They were foiled in their attempt to take money when th£ coke machine they broke open was \found empty. \ I The boys, noth of whom are on probation at the present time, will be taken into juvenile court to answer charges of breaking into and entering the Reppert auction school, in Bellmont Park. Max Ayres, caretaker of the place, observed the\ boys in th« Vicinity, then caught them in the act. He immediately called sheriff Bob Sbi’aluka, who questioned 4he boys and obtained written statements from them. - The : admitted taking a dozen or m°re| packages of blades, Bromo-Seltzer and ihindaids. They admitted breaking into • the soft-drink machine hut found ( it empty, . , . County probation officer C. H. j Muselman was called to Decatur where the ma,tter was discussed by Severin Schurger in company with the sheriff.

■■ - r j K iLltmir'' J i IA- *■ A NEW MILITARY TRUCK capable of hauling a fiVc-ton load at 58 mph •' is shown in te§t in Pontiac, Mich. Now in mass production, the GMC I has six wheels, each powered; hydramatic transmission with eight | snecds forward, two reverse: can travel submerged.

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-- r - —n *1 4W'" •\ r s ? | i.u WITH LADY LIBERTY towering ovei them. Ourania Kaphiropoula (left) and Visilios KoLsou, two DPs of s group of 32 freim Greece, kiss the soil of their new land, and thks, with 30 others, become the first imniigrants in U. S. history to set foot on American soil at Statue of \Bcdlo|c’s island, N. Y. Group was granted this special request on arrival on the trans»»r,rt Npa Hellas flnicrnatinnall Further Setion was scheduled for \juvenile\court, week.

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u ■ K.C. Stag Picnic Slated For Sunday The Nixfh annual Stag picnic of the Decatur KnlghtH of Colum--I.UB will 'be held at HuriHet park Sunday.Dlnjmr will be nerved starting at 12 )u»n, and a varied program of out< rlalninent will be offered throughout the afternoon and evening. Bril Brentlinger Is j Awarded Scholarship Bill Brentlinger, son of Mr. and Mr». Lionel Brentlinger of route two, has been awarded a $409 scholarship from Adrian College. Mich., it was learned here \ . ’ A *&SO graduate of Monmouth high school, Brentlinger wh awarded the scholarship on his scholastic ability. lie will enter the college this fall prepare for the ministry. Adrian College is the Methodist church. About 25,000 babies are b?rn in Nebraska annually.

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Si ' I *l* ’ r DISCUSSING FLOOD RELIEF megsureit in Washington are (from left) i Gov. Forrest Smith Os Missouri, Deputy Housing Administrator B. T. i Fitzpatrick, Mayor Clark Tucker or Kansas City, Kan., and Housing and Home Finance Commissioner Per,’ Seward- flntc natiowl- 1 , —•-W’* . ’ TRADE IN A GOOD CITY—DECATUR -

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1951