J ' 4 fossseessssesme—— § 7 re Al RY ee “ Thursday, April 13, 1939. THA UNION PRESS-COURIER PAGE SEVEN | 17,000 CHECKS OF STATE, LOST, MISUSED YEARLY Harrisburg — More than 17,000 checks of the Commonwealth — or about seven dollars, has declined sharp- course of a year—are lost, stolen, mis- laid, destroyed, or otherwise misused every 12 months, according to a de- tailed study of Department work just announced by State Treasurer F. Clair Ross. Carelessness and petty theivery are chiefly the blame, the study shows, although complanints range all the way from those of an individual who tossed three State checks into a fire by mistake, to the simple and unador- ned “rubber check” nuisance. Straightening out this tangle; track- ing down elusive drafts; rerouting them to proper destinations; bringing theives and forgers to justice; correc- ting honest errors; righting misunder- standings, re-issuing lapsed checks, etc. keeps three reconciliation units and a Bureau of Investigation busy in his Department, Treasurer Ross pointed out. Direct relief checks go astray at the rate of about 500 a month, the report shows. Chief cause is petty thievery— checks stolen from hailway mailboxes, especially in tenement dwellings. But theft of these drafts, which average about seven dollars, has declined sharp- ly since drastic treatment of relief chi- selers has focused attention on re- cipients of these payments. The past nine monins brought In- vestigation of nearly 5,000 checks is- sued in payment of Unemployment Compensation, according to the State Treasurer who disburses these drafts and who is charged with investigation of irregularities. In more than 700 of these cases definite indications of lar- ceny or forgery sent the cases into court; and in all but two, offenders were convicted. The majority of investigations in tnis classification, however, are made unnecessary by honest errors on the part of the recipients, in the opinion of Treasurer Ross. In other cases, how- ever, a wife or child will receive a job insurance check and cash it without telling the husband or father to whom it is drawn. In such instances no legal action is brought if restitution is made and if a release is signed by the payee. Carelessness accounts for the loss of many checks drawn against the Gen- eral Fund. Most of them are to pay per diem. highway workers. Their average amount is about $25 and they usually are mutilated by accident or lost. There is seldom any irregularity in their disappearance and few cases require prosecution. Another duty of the Keconciliation Bureau is re-issuance of lapsed checks. These appear at the rate of about $300 a month, Treasurer Ross says. They range in value from one cent to $3000 and represent checks, given in payment for petty bills of the State, which re- cipients neglect to cash within the 60- day limit fixed by the Commonwealth. They are usually presented shortly after the expiration date rand are re- issued without protest if found to be still in order. The State's crop of “rubber checks” is of the ordinary garden variety. They usually come from misguided indivi- duals who issued them to meet a tax or fee payment deadline without suf- ficient funds in the bank. ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE. Estate of Ella Mansfield, late of the Borough of Chest Springs, Cambris County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of administration on saic estate have been granted to the under- signed, all persons indebted theretc are requested to make immediate pay- ment, and those having claims or de mands against the same, will present them without delay for settlement to the undersigned, residing at No. 1208 18th Street, Altoona, Pa. ADA J. GRIMES, Administratrix C. J. McCullough, Attorney, Mpyres Bldg. Altoona, Pa. 6t. Fost Choice FOR DESSERT HOFFMAN'S Strawberry Cake Roll LIGHT, FLUFFY SPONGE CAKE WITH A CENTER OF FRESH STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM A perfect combination of cake and ice cream—all ready to cut and serve. You'll swear that sponge cake is home-baked—it’s so light and fluffy. And you already know our famous Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream: Ask our nearest dealer: Another April Treat! BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM A smooth, rich ice cream that is chock-full of toasted, buttered pecans. Try it today! 9 | | YES, THEY'RE REAL mr Juliette Marglen, Hollywood beau- tician, is a fingernail expert. She should know her business, as her own nails are between three and four inches long, and she seldom even chips one. Her fingernail hos- pital is a boon to stars who go there for nail repairs to avoid de- lays in production schedule. CORRECTIONAL FEDERAL JAIL WILL BE SET UP | to “kangaroo courts” and inadequate sanitary facilities in county jails, Ben- nett said, that encouraged the federal govenrnment to expad its prison sys- tem. “The average county jail is an an- achronism in our modern social struc- ture,” he said. “It survives through the indifference of the public and be- | cause of a shortsightedness which | would exploit the offender. | “By and large most county jails lack ! proper sanitary facilities; young and | old, the sick and the well, the guilty | and the innocent are allowed to mingle | indiscriminately. | “In few jails is any effort whatso- | ever made to rehabilitate the prisoner | ~— provide him with a modicum of | work or improve his pyysical and men- | tal condition. It was because of these | conditions that the federal government | upon its program of establishing its | own regional jails.” | | — J ARGUMENT OVER | BOUNDARY ENDS WITH SHOOTING One man is a patient in Spangler | Hospital and another is lodged in In- | diana County jail as a result of a| dispute late last Thursday afternoon | over boundary lines of some lands in | Montogomery Township, Indiana | County, between Cherry Tree and | Hillsdale. The dispute ended in the | shooting of Harry E. Walker, 30, a| Cherry Tree WPA worker, who was | taken to Miners Hospital at 7:45 o'clock | last Thurday evening by Chief of Po- lice J. S. Irwin of Cherry Tree. Washington — Some sheriffs make i “handsome” profits by supplying infer- ior foods and medical treatment to prisoners in county jails, James V. Bennett, federal director of prisons, { charged last week in a statement an- { nouncing opening of a new federal cor- | 1ectional institution at Sandstone, Minn. The $826,500 institution, with ac- comodations for 500 convicts will house prisoners whose sentences are 18 mon- i ths or less, principally from the states of Illinois, Minesota, Wisconsin, Iowa | and North and South Dakota. Bennett t said upkeep of the prison will cost The victim was not seriously in-| i jured, hospital attaches said although | | doctors and nurses workea tor hours | removing shotgun pellets from his head | face and shoulders. The prisoner is | | Dempsey McCreary, 57, also of Cherry | | Tree, who is alleged to have shot | Walker for encroaching upon the Mec- | | Creary ground. Orphans’ Court Sale. — | In the Orphans’ Court of Cambria County Pennsylvania. ! In the Estate of Matthew Montgom- ery, late of Clearfield Township, Cam- 1 less than fees now paid to counties |p ja County, Pennsylvania. | for boarding federal prisoners. “The laws in many juricdictions per- mit the sheriff to charge the county a per diem fee for each prisoner held in his jail,” he said. “This fee has no ; relation to the service rendered, and in some cases sheriffs make a handsome profit by depriving the prisoners of reasonably decent food, medical treat- ment, etc., and pocket the amount be- tween the cost of operating the jail and the fee received from the county.” | By virtue of an order of ne Orphans’ Court of Cambria County, | the undersigned will expose to public sale, for the payment of debts, on Saturday, the 29th day of April, 1939, at 3 o'clock, P. 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