Word: pennington
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...think of banking," said Bank President Tony Burton in John P. Marquand's Point of No Return, "as . . . the most basically human business that there is in the world." Last week, Tony Burton got some backhanded support for his assertion from the FBI's Inspector Lee R. Pennington, who investigates bank frauds. Addressing a conference of the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks in Washington, Pennington said that most of last year's frauds (total lost: $3,000,000) were traceable to some fairly common human failings: gambling, drink, women. High living, big debts, bad business management...
...Pennington did not think bankers had done all they could to forestall thefts; in many cases, he said, even a cursory check would have shown that the employees involved had been living far beyond their means. The FBIman suggested that bankers make a practice of giving their bookkeepers and tellers their vacations "during the period when statements are forwarded or passbooks balanced"-and check...
Class of 1952--President--Phobe Crampton, Jean McCollum, Claudia Wilds; Vice-President--Carla Friedman, Folicia Roed, Loretta Valtz; Secretary--Joan Abrams, Natalie Dosick Faith Gowen; Treasurer--Maryalice McArdle. Judith Robison, Ernostine Sadotti; Council Representative--Barbars Kagan, Clare McWilliams, Rachol Mcllingar, Connaught O'Council, Mary Pennington...
...Evans, the cellist, distinguished himself particularly in the first number; his instrument literally sang with feeling and beauty. The first violinist, Mr. Pennington, also gave a flawless performance. Unfortunately, the second violinist and the violist did not measure up to their colleagues in clarity or smoothness, but the all-important ensemble, which faltered slightly at the start, was impeccable thereafter...
...PENNINGTON (SGT.) A. E. COOK Keesler Field, Miss...