Stars Turn Earnings Into Business Ventures
Hollywood stars diversify after fame to avoid ruin. Gary Cooper and Sydney Greenstreet invest in ranches and farms, while Jimmy Durante and Fred Astaire launch publishing and dance ventures. Others run schools, theaters, stores, and manufacturing while names like Gene Autry and Bob Hope are noted among ventures.
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Gary Cooper
Idaho
Sydney Greenstreet
England
Joel McCrea
Fred MacMurray
Walter Brennan
Ginger Rogers
Victor McLaglen
Hollywood
Jimmy Durante
Humphrey “Bogart
Fred Astaire
Anita Louise
Dick Powell
Andy Devine
Frances Langford
Jon Hall
June Haver
Paulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
Kathryn Grayson
Johnny Johnston
Alan Hale
Maureen O’hara
Binnie Barnes
Charles Bickford
Irene Dunne
California
Gene Autry
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Daily Crossword Clues Puzzle Listing
A compact crossword clue set with across and down entries. Includes definitions for terms ranging from Cougar and theater attendant to public notice and vend, plus short down clues like playful trick and not suited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird
Cryptogram puzzle clue list with a final quote
A cryptogram puzzle presents numbered clues and a quotation to decode. The page includes theme hints and the note Yesterday's Cryptoquote credits a King Features Syndicate distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Yellow Kid Weil from Chicago swindled millions then reform
Hal Boyle profiles Joseph Weil the con man known as the Yellow Kid. Weil from Chicago built a half century of confidence games totaling about eight million dollars while posing as a mining engineer author and broker. He details scams from fake tapeworm cures to rigged horse races and oil deals and reflects on why swindlers prosper and how he finally found a quieter life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Joseph
Yellow Kid
Weil
Chicago
Indianapolis
Continents
Turtle Trap Finds Hungry Snapping Turtles On Refuge
Wildlife refuge crews set traps after turtles killed and partly eaten ducks and Canada geese. A goose pen near headquarters drew eight turtles in nets, including several large snappers weighing 30 to 40 pounds. Refuge Manager Lawrence S. Givens notes surprise at the ducks and geese being captured and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence S. Givens
Veterans benefits Q&A from the VA in Decatur Daily
The valley veterans column answers common questions on disability compensation finality employment effects, automobile aid limits to World War II veterans, NSLI structure and fund, and how to obtain further VA information from regional offices. US gas customers totaled 21 590 000 by end of 1947.
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Veterans Administration
Decatur Daily
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
National Service Life Insurance
NSLI
National Service Life Insurance Fund
U. S
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Bob Thomas
Tippee
NEW Plan Books
The
Southland
Cape Cod
COST
Decatur
Daily Crossword
Symbo
Vend
United States Senate
Bank
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank St
An Valley Veterans
Nice
J. R. Daniels
Insurance and Financing
Walnut St
Moody’s
Leonard Moody
Lawrence
Julian Moody
Phillips
Plymouth
New Plymouth
Amola
Hotchkiss
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
Charles Price
H. Ryan Appliances & Furniture
East Moulton
Dr. Quiz
Gui Young
Ay A
Alia Teh Th Ie
Strakend
B. Palmolive
Jergens
D. Ipana
A. Gizeh
Ghezzi
C. Guizatì
Gaza
Piatures Adv. Co
Garrison Cleaners
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