Mythical Baker Will Fraud Costs Heirs Million
Post Office Inspectors exposed a Philadelphia based scam promoting the mythical Baker Becker estates. Promoters claimed vast properties including Independence Hall and the U S Mint, selling enrollments and genealogical charts to thousands, with trials leading to 24 convictions. No Baker estate existed.
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James A. Farley
Post Office Department
United States
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Philadelphia
Baker
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware River
State of
Pennsylvania
Wil
Jacob Baker
Ecker
Becker
Martin Yates
War and Navy
Treasury Department
Treasury
Community notes of visits and gatherings in Hickory Shade
Hickory Shade residents share Sunday visits and meals with relatives and friends. Numerous families from Liberty, Aberdeen, Stamps, and Holly Grace are mentioned visiting, hosting, or spending time with local households during the week. Hershey Open golf tournament to award $5000 in prize money runs September 2 to 5 at Hershey Country Club.
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Charlie Carnes
Lacey Terry
Jim Downs
J. D. Allen
Allison Crouch
C.D. Neal
Dexter Wilson
Aberdeen
C. Rogers
Elmer Calhoon
Liberty
Omer Rowe
Ellis Bradford
Stamps
John Robison
Clark
Holly Grace
Hershey Hershey
Ag Tasual
Little Hershey Country Club
Hot Weather Warning and Calo Tablets Ad
In hot weather digestion slows with gas belching and irritability. Bilious symptoms include headache nausea coated tongue and sluggish bowel. Calo tabs claim to mimic calomel with Salts for quick relief. Trial size ten cents, family pack twenty five cents, at drug stores.
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Strive to Make Television Fit Pocketbook Of Average Looker
Morris Gilbert argues television must overcome high receiver costs and limited short-wave reach to fulfill promises. He surveys potential transmission methods, program design shifts, and the British BBC model as context for a future profitable, nationwide system.
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New York
England
Philadelphia
Clean Burlesque Dies As New York Shows Falter
AP report on New York burlesque shows, noting the decline after city bans on striptease. The Minsky brothers and Allen Gilbert struggle to revive interest with partial success, while audiences sense burlesque’s lost identity and linger in nostalgia for Gypsy Rose Lee era.
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Charles Norman
Newyork
Valiant
Minsky Brothera
Allen Gilbert
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Thespis
Gypsy Rose Lee
Minsky Brothers
Oriental Theater
Hafey Wields Big Stick for Reds in Big Swing
Cincinnati reports Chick Hafey, the bespectacled Reds outfielder, swings a 42 ounce bat as the heaviest club in the majors. Cards favor Daytona $1. LOUIS Cardinals dislike the transfer of their training camp from Daytona Beach to St. Petersburg.
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Cincinnati
Chick Hafey
Reds
Daytona
St. Louis
Daytona Beach
St. Petersburg
Tommy Farr Training Aims For Joe Louis Fight
In Long Beach New Jersey Tommy Farr trains for the August 26 Yankee Stadium bout with Joe Louis and is credited with running 100 yards in 10 seconds.
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Long Beach
N. J
Tommy Farr
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
Hope Ark Ordinance Amends Speed Limit Provisions
City of Hope amends Section 10 of Ordinance No 355 to cap motor vehicle speeds at 25 mph within city streets. Emergency clause declares immediate effect after passage, with publication in the Hope Star on August 18, 1937. Mayor Albert Graves officiates. City Clerk T R Billingsley attests.
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City OF Hope
Ark
Arkansas
Hope Star
Albert Graves
Paris
Ordinance to Buy Equipment for Hope Inspection Station
Hope Arkansas adopts Ordinance 515 authorizing purchase of equipment to install an automobile inspection and testing station. The measure cites Act 300 of 1957 and sets a 2000 limit. It declares an emergency for public safety and repeals conflicting ordinances. Passed August 17 1937, approved August 18 1997. TR. Billingsley
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United States
Alexandra Palace
British Isles
New York
City of
Hope
Arkansas
City OF Hope, Ark
The
Hope Star
Albert Graves
Ordnance for Auto Traffic Inspection in Hope Arkansas
Ordinance 516 establishes semi annual motor vehicle inspections in Hope Arkansas. It defines terms such as motor vehicle driver owner and state and city police roles and sets up testing stations within the city with certified stickers for vehicles passing safety tests. The police chief will announce testing readiness and station location with newspaper notice at least five days prior.
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City OF Hope
Ark
Department of State Police
State of
Arkansas
Police Department
States of
Hiwail
Sais
Wents
Amy Covitiin Omy
United States
City Motor Vehicle Inspection Ordinance Adopted 1947
The ordinance establishes biannual vehicle inspections from March 1 and September 1, 1937, requiring certificates of inspection displayed in vehicles. It outlines inspection scope including brakes lights signals wipers and more, penalties, and enforcement by the City Police Department in Hope. The measure aims to improve traffic safety and authorize fines up to 500 dollars for repeat offenses.
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Orville W. Erringer
Hamilton Trust Fund
Hamilton Depositors Corp
Roper
America
Harry W. Shiver
By Morris Gilbert
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Elizabeth Rethberg
Metropolitan Opera
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Apollo
Ann Corio
Uleltime
Miss Corio
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T. R. Billingsley
Billingsley
Karin
Carter
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Herndon-Cornelius Burial Association
Hope Furniture Company
Nelson-Huckins
Penn
Wan
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Tol-E-Tex Oil Co
East
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Robison’s
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Hope Nashville
Prescott
Auto Accident Insurance
ROY Anderson & CO
Hope, Arkansas
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