Forgery in Gold: Nation's Busiest Forger Near Prison
Mild mannered James Jordan, 24, labeled the busiest forger in the country, operates a counterfeiting scheme blocks from Iowa's state penitentiary. He has forged more than 5,000 signatures, including those of Herbert Hoover and General Douglas MacArthur, duplicating about 20 each day since October 1, 1950, with no legal trouble so far.
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Iowa
Walla
James Jordan
Herbert Hoover
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Jim
Jordan
Sheaffer Pen Company
Fort Madison
Sheaffer
Tim
San Francisco
Kansas City
Sheaffer's
Ambrose Zeigler
Zeigler
State Penitentiary
Red Skelton stars in new TV show amid film and stage links
IEZ GERHARD ICHARD "RED" SKELTON debuts a television program ten years after his radio rise, with David Rose and the Skyhirks backing him. Benny, Cooper, and Betty Hunton are named among the era’s notable stars. the piece also profiles Jordan the engraver at Sheaffer Pen.
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Ichard
Red” Skelton
All in Fun Ends in Bitter Rivalry at Box Lodge
Barney Craig and Dan Chester feud over initiation pranks that spiraled from a joke about ears into escalating outdoor bouts. After months of humiliations and fights, their rivalry culminates in a long, groggy confrontation with a tense, mocking vow to keep the peace.
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Barney Craig
Dan Chester
Barney
The
Box Lodge
Dan
Chesterhead
Brother Craig
Brother
Loring
Herbert Hoover Seen as Greatest Modern Statesman by Public
Wright A. Patterson notes that days before Hoover left the White House, readers hailed him as the greatest living American statesman. The piece recalls Hoover’s near-nomination at Philadelphia, GOP hopes, and a public trust in his leadership to curb inflation, cut taxes, reduce bureacracy, and deter war with Russia without appeasement.
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Wright A. Patterson
Herbert Hoover
White House
Palo Alto
Calif
America
Joe Martin
Capitol
Washington
Philadelphia
Joseph Martin
Hoover
House of Representatives A.st
Willkierp
Willkie
Cleveland
United States
Russia
Stalin
Queen Elizabeth of Hungary courted by Polish king at 72
Historic note claims Queen Elizabeth of Hungary, keeper of the original Hungary water recipe, grew so beautiful through use that at age 72 she attracted a marriage proposal from the King of Poland.
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Elizabeth
Hungary
Poland
Huron Cook Wins Four Prizes At South Dakota Fair
Mrs. W. H. Bayles, the husband watching, shows a scrapbook of blue ribbons from the South Dakota State Fair. Entering six years ago at her spouse’s urging, she has since won multiple first and second prizes, praising Fleischmann’s Active Dry Yeast for quick reliable results.
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Huron Cook
South Dakota
W. H. Bayles
Fleischmann
Fleinchmann
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Betty Hutton
Miss Seeley
Moira Shearer
Hollywood
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Ludovic Kennedy
Danny Kaye
Farley Granger
Lampre
Island In
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Burlington
Nea
Great Britain
the Fiction Corner
Kinson
Brother Dan
K. O. McManus
K. O
Post-Office Department
Saineh
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Weal Adams St
Chicago
Prin
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Ison
Nors
Clarice
Joe
St.Joseph
Sioux City
Hop
Bishop's
Mayfair
Pancho
Rinning
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