Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1950 — Page 4

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Counterfeit vil Growing Indiana 3

Bogus Bill Passing

Hits Highest Level Since Peak Year of '35/

By DAVID WATSON The counterfeit racket is grow-| gin Indiana with the dwindling ®f lush post- -war—salaries. | ¥ Secret Service agents today #aid bogus bill passing has! feached the highest level since!

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~4he peak year in 1035. when T-|

men operating throughout the mation confiscated nearly $1.5 Taillion in counterfeit notes and Stamps.

“ During the war years and im- | :

guediately after, the Secret Serv-| ce office here received only one| or two phony bills a month for

Jnvestigation. Today, bills with] a face “value” between $1000 #nd $1500 are received and] hecked each month. Most are]

ome-made 10's ahd $20's. * “Manufacture” of counterfeit Fuoney usually increases as wages, Fo down, George B. Loy, agent 4n charge of the Indiana Secret Service office said. «

n Duplicated Stamps ¥ Most counterfeiters were quick 3n spotting the possibilities of higher gains during. the war by. duplicating ration stamps and woupons and dropping the money | dine. Good income in other lines! Slowed counterféiting’s rise after %he war until about two REO.

Srertile market for iistribution of!

%hogus money, has been acquiring “manufacturing” plants, Last ace or eri

agents - nabbed| Wayne ring

%ear, however, «operators. of a Ft. fore more than 100 $20's were Printed. | 5 Coin duplication is almost non-| sexistant here, the agent said.|

ost coin counterfeiters operate! jailer,

“only in recession years, turning Pout merely enough to care for, Immediate needs. ually made from babbitt removed

groom old auto engines, and are; He was dewomparatively easy to detect, lteated inthe ReAgent Loy sald. publican sheriff 3 City ‘Cased’ Kh esi two x +. Growing Indiananolis has been, Mr. Gasper

She. target of feelers sent out bY| edged

Tounterfeit rings who favor an populated areas for their Swork. Since last year reports of dogus money passing have beome more frequent. 2 Intricate counterfeit organizaZions often operate on a nation=wide scale, Mr. Loy sald. Idenjecal bills may appear on ‘the ast and West coasts and in the iddle West at the same time, Bank tellers and cashiers are he first line of defense against arge scale operation, the agent «leclared. Their knowledge of dooney leads to rapid detection. Y The war years weakened the rst line when many experienced rashiers and tellers left thelr jobs} pu service and took up new occut

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tions on their return, Mr. Loy

” was high. : Total Amount Seized 3 Last tionally seized $1,354.88 In unterfeit notes. Of the total, $651,445 had been passed to vic4ims. .In 1948 seizures totaled 5513, 961 in comparison, and losses Swere only $190,133. Convictions Jotaled 273 in 478 arrests, ¢. In Washington, D. C., alone, $150,000 was confiscated when a fro of four -men-and a woman a

8s cracked. There were 174 new | ounterfeit issue son the market Jast year. ¢ Another ring responsible for| manufacture of six million phony S-cent stamps was broken up in New York City. The gang also Produced $400,000 -1n counterJeit American \n_ Express travelers’ hecks.

kounterfeit bills made in foreign Fpuntries.

eee irae 2 emer iene | FRATERNITY TO MEET Beta Upsilon Chapter of Delta un. Alpha... station: A ty, will meet at 7:30 p, m.| Thursday at Butler University | The 1950 forum series will be! . roses : at the meeting. ’

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OPEN FRI.

50th Anniversary Potato Relief Sought For Palestine’ Refugees |

Mr. and Mrs, J. J. Weber

PLAINFIELD, Feb. 19-—-Mr. | and Mrs, J. J. Weber will receive friends. from 2 to Bb p. m. tomorrow in Plainfield | Christian Church as they observe their golden wedding anniversary. Mr and Mrs Weber resided until 1933 In Rushville, whege Mr. Weber was superintendent

{ of Ennis-Plerce Furniture Co. for 30. years. They have resided in Plainfield 16 years Mr: and Mrs. Weber have four children Mrs. Arthur

Gammon-and- Russell V. Weber, |

both- of Indianapolis, and For rest J. and Richard Weber, Plainfield, and six grande hilren.

Ex-Chief Jailer Seeks GOP Nomination

Otto W. Gasper, former chief announced yesterday he would make a second attempt to win the tepublican nomination

May 2 Primary

a pro-

|forcement with “special attention to the rural districts in cooperation with federal, state authorities.” He is a veteran of nine years, in the U. 8. Army, serving in Mex- | ico, France and Germany with | the First Divislofi in World War L.| While a deputy sheriff during | the administration of the late Otto Petit, Mr, Gasper was execu tive deputy, then chief jatler and later was made captain of the ‘road patrol. Previously he was a| police officer assigned to the American National Bank for 13

Mr. Gasper city nd)

A Jislong resident of Indlan-| apolis, Mr. Gasper lives with his| family at 1124 Broadway. He is|

the Secret Service a member of the Trinity Lutheran!

Church and the Fraternal Order |

of Police,

X-RAY 1 FOOD- "00D-HANDLERS { LOGANSPORT, Feb. 19 — All food-handling . establishments in| Logansport and Cass County have | been requested to have their employees x-rayed, when the mobile X-ray -unit-sponsored by the Cass’ {County Public Health and Tuber-| culosis Association visits here! Mar. 27 ta 30.

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Buy o Hoover, Model 102, made in 1919 complete with gttachments. Modernized in -1950 ot United's. factory ,with-_ mew United ‘parts including Wheels —Hose—Cord— Bumper—Bag: Write or phone Yodey, -

on the idea,

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the suggestion yes-

$27 million for ald to left homeless by the

Cadet Teachers Gain Experience

Students from Butler Univer- ninger, John Murphy, Robert ‘Welfare State’ WASHINGTON, Feb, 18 (UP)! {gity, Indiana Central and Indi- Schuman, Caroline Shaddy, Rob-|

reation.

sel, Paul Coleman, Helen Davens Kenneth Harding. port, Nancy Forbes, John Giles, William Glickert and Fred Hale, Others from Butler are William iHardman, Catherine Hart, Curtis’. President {Kyvik, Jean Merrett, Ellen Mig: (hell, Thelma Miiler, Jack Mon-| American Day.”

DIANAPOLIS TIMES sere

SUNDAY, FEB. 19,1950

‘Forum to Discuss

James

Student teachers from Indiana|Ch cl 1453 N. Alabang, at, id Tharpe, {Central are James Bennett, Wil-' discuss. the topic “Should Wei ogtorqay. Willlam McFrath Fear the Welfare State.”

{ Blackwell, Johnand Harold Schutz and from In-| Participating in the forum will yo. oo 0 org

| the University of Notre Dame,’ | Stephen C. Noland, former edi-: {tor of‘ the Indianapolis News, WASHINGTON, Feb, 18 (UP)| {John Bartee, international orTruman has pro-| ganizer of the UAW-CIO, and,

{SETS AMERICAN DAY be entered.

4 Legion.

[Expect 1000 Dogs

The Hoosier Kennel Club's All-/ Representatives of four organi-| will attract ap-| §| Rep. John M. Vorys (R. O.), ana Btate Teachers Colleges arelert Straub, John Thomas, John | zations anti Breed Dog Show wil has proposed that surplus U. 8.! {serving as “cadet teachers” at Thompson, 4 toods such as potatoes he used’ {Shortridge High 8chool to add and Thomas McClain. 2 {instead of money for the relief of practical experience to their edu~| -Palestine- refugees.’ | The Btate Department frowned, Butler Untdhrsity ‘cadets” in- liam Kinder, but Rep. Vorys said clude Justyn ne will try to put it across any- Bond, Marjorie Carr, Lucille Cas: Ww. He made terday at a House Foreign Af{fairs Committee hearing on Presi-| {dent Truman's request for an ad-/ ditional refugees

The show, to be held in the Building at the diana State Teachers College, be Prof. Joseph L. Scanlon of Be rate. Gronhddocl experiod to be the largest in history. Dogs {valued at from $200 to $2500 will

Co-chairmen of the event are |claimed ‘May 21 as “I Am An Charles Bronson of the AmericaniAlbert G. Meyer and W. E. Van {Talge. Dan Henderson is ‘chair- ters,

Sgt. John Kinnaman,

9th St.

® Store Hours: Daily, 9:30 to 5 P. M.; Sat, 9:30 to 6 P. M.

In Apr. 2 Show man of the trophy committee, G. Ernest Staples, exhibitors com. mittee and R. L. Brown will head Warrenbur will gather at 8 p. m. 0-| hroximately 1000 dogs to the an- the booth committee. € day in the All Souls Unitarian ,..; exhibition Apr. 2, Harold B. president, announced tomorrow.

Soldier Transferred . 230 E. has been transferred fo Headquarters 1st Calvary Division, Camp Drake, near Tokyo, Japan. He has been serving with the Finance Section, Headquarters, ‘Ninth Post, Sendal, Japan.

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