Twenty Five Thousand Reward Turns Deadly Nightly Scheme
A New York envelope delivers a phony $25,000 REWARD notice linking to Nick Garlatti. A nightclub betrayal follows as BILL, a broker, falls for a femme fatale who aims to claim the loot. In Perini’s, shots ring out. BILL dies. the woman collapses clutching the prize heist, mutely breathing the demand that the reward be hers.
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New York
Nick Garlatti
Belle
Mistah Bill
Bill
Perini
Garsatti
Brynmawr Social Experiment Revives Mining Town
In Brynmawr, South Wales, the Society of Friends launched a ten year effort to revive a coal town facing long unemployment. A study council of 200 locals guided health, education and finance while Brynmawr and Clydach Valley Industries, Ltd. now runs cooperative furniture, woven fabrics, hosiery, and poultry operations. About 300 pairs of miners boots are produced weekly, with 20 women knitting socks. Furniture making, market gardening, and allotments grow, with strong signs of commercial success and renewed social and educational centers across the town.
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Brynmawr
South Wales
Society of Friends
Brynmawr and Clydach Valley Industries, Ltd
England
Wales
Beets Feed Lambs, Boost Sweet Flavor in Meat
Coun try Home Magazine notes a leg of lamb may be exceptionally sweet if from a flock finished on beet tops. Wyoming livestock specialists say one acre of good beets yields tops to feed 1,000 lambs daily, boosting market readiness.
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The
Country Home Magazine
Wyoming Livestock Specialists
Wm. Hamilton
del. Harkness
Snohomish
Wash
Puget Sound
Great Smoky Mountains Rise Above South Dakota Range
Great Smoky Mountains described as the greatest mountain mass east of the Black Hills with many peaks exceeding 6,000 feet. The text notes the range contains over six thousand feet in elevation across multiple summits.
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Great Smoky Mountains
South Dakota
Black Hills
Seeing America First guides summer motoring plans
Akron Firestone manager Henry Dirks advises motorists to prepare for a record summer travel season in 1940. He urges comfort gear, light meals, sunglasses, a compact toilet kit, tire checks, dry ice cooling methods, early starts, and secure tool storage to avert delays on long trips.
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Henry Dirks
Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Akron
America
Mr. Dirks
Firestone
Insurance Department of Iowa Certifies Royal Exchange Fire Coverage
The Iowa Insurance Commissioner certifies Royal Exchange Insurance of New York is authorized to transact fire auto property damage and collision hail marine insurance in Iowa until April 1 1941. Dec 31 1939 statements list assets liabilities and surpluses totaling 4 882 772 56 assets and 3 272 569 28 liabilities with 400 000 00 statutory deposit and 1 610 203 28 surplus as regards policyholders.
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Royal Exchange Assurance
New York
Insurance Department of Iowa
Code of
Iowa
I. Chas R. Fischer
Des Moines
Chas. R. Fischer
Reading Ads From Akron Merchants in Register Tribune
The notice urges readers to cultivate the habit of reading Akron merchant advertisements in the Register Tribune. It promises savings by spending locally and asserts readers can buy with confidence from firms whose ads appear in these columns.
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Akron
Register-Tribune
Register- Tribune
Democratic draft exposes party weakness in 70 year record
A critical view claims the Democrats offer only one candidate, alleging a 70 year mess that doubled debt, worsened unemployment, eroded safety, and sowed division. The piece notes increased patronage and a supporting clique backing the figure, suggesting this is the draft the president senses.
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Democratic Party
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Hawarden, IA
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Elk Point—Smith Service
Hawarden—Geo. Heldt & Son
States
Iowa Rendering Co
Otto Pulscher
Akron Bakery
Ritz Rainbow Garden
Beresford, S. D
Pilley
Miles Warren
Iver
Hilliker's
DIRKS
Tribune
Bud’s Cafe
Sunkist
GM Company
Rchandis
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