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...Banca Popolare Fugazi (one of the foundations of A. P. Giannini's Bank of America empire), was a $35-a-week messenger for the Bank of California in 1916, served as a 2nd lieutenant in World War I, then joined his father's bank as assistant cashier. Climbing the financial ladder, he became president of Pacific National Fire Insurance (another Giannini property) as well as vice president of Occidental Life Insurance and the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, was elected national commander of the American Legion in 1934. In 1943 Belgrano was named president...
Installment Plan. In Winnipeg, Man., Cashier Louis Wigginton, 31, convicted of stealing $10,074.62 in 18 months from a wholesale firm, returned $2,000, was ordered to pay back the balance at $10 a month over the next 67½ years...
Forger Foiler. To foil rubber-check passers, Food Fair's 24 supermarkets in Philadelphia installed DiGiTab, a fingerprinting device. If the cashier is suspicious of a check, he asks the customer To leave a fingerprint which is then attached to the check. DiGiTab's machine takes the print in a few seconds with a colorless, odorless, stainless ink. Where installed DiGiTab has frightened forgers away. In the past five months, Milwaukee's Krambo Stores cashed 108,000 good checks totaling more than $5,000,000. It did get stuck for $250 worth, all cashed by the same...
Lesson for Today. In Syracuse, N.Y., a thief broke into Herman Fehlman's auto repair shop, took $298, scrawled "God Is Love" on the cashier's window...
...Draper was a little girl in Haverhill, Mass., her father, who had promised her a trip to Boston, took her with him to his bank, where he tried to cash a check for $100 that he planned to spend on the trip. After a moment's delay, the cashier announced, "Sorry . . your account won't carry that." Smiling, Muriel's father wrote out another check and handed it to the cashier, saying, "Well, give me ten ones." Then, on $10, Muriel and her father went to Boston...