Practical Joker Hid Embezzlement Secret Of Hoffman's Death
Frances Lewine reports on Harold Giles Hoffman, former New Jersey governor, who for over two decades concealed embezzling $300,000. The confession emerged after his death, shocking colleagues who knew him as a witty public servant with a spotless record. He died June 4 in a New York apartment, after a career spanning banker, legislator, mayor, governor and briefly involved in national attention during the Lindbergh case.
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Frances Lewine
Ark, N. J
Harold Giles Hoffman
New Jersey
Hoffman
South Amboy Trust Company
New York
Circus Saints and Sinners
State Employment Security Division
Plants in atomic garden aid drug tracing study
Chicago researchers grow opium poppy foxglove and may apple in glass chambers fed radioactive carbon dioxide to trace drug action. Digitalis excretion via kidneys is mapped up to 70 days. morphine and carcinolytic agents in tumors are under study with radioactive plants, yielding preliminary results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Kitch
Chicago
University of Chicago
M. H. Geiling
Department of Pharmacology
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Two Collins Radio accountants publish NAC A articles
Edward A. Williams and W. L. Neiman of Collins Radio Company had articles published in the June issue of the National Association of Cost Accountants Bulletin. Williams wrote Income Reporting and Price Determination and Neiman wrote Accounting for Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contracts. The NAC A Bulletin, sent monthly to 36 000 members, carries six or seven articles from cost accountants nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
Association
Edward A. Williams
Collins Radio Company
W. L. Neiman
Collins
N.A.C.A
Company Health Checks Boost Executive Wellness
The article notes a rising corporate trend to fund voluntary physical exams for executives, ranging from half a day to two and a half days. Participation rates reach about 90 percent, with firms aiming to detect and correct health issues before they worsen and to improve adherence to medical advice.
Coin Flip Promotes Police Sergeant in Camden
In Camden New Jersey Sgt George Haegle of the Delaware River Port Authority police department was promoted to lieutenant by a coin flip after Authority members could not decide which of Haegle or Sgt Harry J Mc Erlane deserved the promotion The promotion carries a $524 raise for Haegle.
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Camden
N. J
George Haegle
Delaware River Port Authority Police Department
Haegle
Harry J. McErlane
Authority
Potato King Owns No Land
Twin Falls Idaho AP Joe Marshall known as the Idaho potato king does not own any land yet ships thousands of potatoes yearly. He deeded land to his children about 14 years ago and now runs several farms. Marshall’s name appears on sacks and he began planting potatoes in 1908, later refining seed to create the verusset variety and building a business after a Utah stint.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Joe Marshall
Marshall
Tony
Marshall Seventy Eight Yet Active Benn Testamentary Firm
The fragment notes Marshall at eighty remains active citing a saying about seed land and care. It references a growing crop and a filing cabinet in his home alongside a remark that Britannica describes an ice cap operation size with a small office in contrast to a two mile high estimate.
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Marshall
Greenland
Encyclopedia
Britannica
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Hauptmann
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Life Extension
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Collins Radio
Newmans
Dial
Mary Miles
Newman
Aloes
Deltox Woven
Potato King
Utah
Music Headquarters
Krakauer
Minshall
Martin
King, Reynolds, Olds and
Bach
Taylor Music Co
King Band Instruments
First Avenue SE
Newman's
Dimity
Basila
Rua
Nan Noble
Prs
Pepperell
Peerless
Sed
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