FULL TEXT: Sheriff B. G. Farmer said today evidence had been
uncovered that an undetermined number of Negro women in Dothan are receiving
dependency checks from more than one soldier and investigation is being made by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation which might lead by wholesale arrests.
The first evidence that women are following the practice of
receiving checks from more than one soldier was revealed when the sheriff reported
the arrest of woman identified as Edith Ray Clark, Negro, on a bigamy charge
and subsequent information that she was receiving dependency allotment checks
from at least two soldiers.
Shortly after the sheriff reported the arrest of the Clark
woman, information reached his office that other women are doing the same
thing. The sheriff said he had passed the information on to the FBI
investigating the Clark woman’s case.
The sheriff did not say whether any white woman were
reportedly involved, but he expressed the belief that a thorough investigation
will likely terminate in breaking up a wide-scale racket.
“Because this is out of our jurisdiction we are turning the
matter over to the FBI,” Sheriff Farmer said, adding “Federal officers have
access to certain records which will reveal the names of persons in Dothan who
are receiving allotment checks from more than one soldier.”
[“FBI Investigating Dependency Frauds, Says Sheriff Farmer
Says,” The Dothan Eagle (Al.), Jun. 7, 1944, p. 1]
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