Fraudster Preys On Homebuyers In FHA Loan Racket
Edward Pryne and wife were urged to borrow through an FHA representative named Booth who promised quick funds to build their own home. After paying a $100 deposit, they learned the card and contact number were bogus, exposing a classic deposit racket in a new guise.
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Edward Peyne
Edward
Pryne
Mrs. Pryne
Prynce
Booth
Peyne
FHA
Prynes
Bank
Iine
Edward Pryne
Farm Bill Clears House by Narrow 268 129 Vote
The House passed the crop control bill 268 to 129, prompting administration leaders to hope for early Senate approval. The measure continues payments for conserving practices and may impose quotas on wheat corn and tobacco if producers approve. Debate centered on production controls and farm aid during low prices.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Barkley
Senate
Anderson
Rep
Minn
Agriculture Committee
PAH Eros
Berkley
Kentucky
Democrats
Congress
When You Buy Indian You’ll Know It New
In Gallup New Mexico Indian officials report approval of a tag plan by the Interior Secretary to certify Indian made goods. The labels promise that articles use Indian produced materials and are crafted by Indian workers with traditional tools. The aim is to curb pale shallow goods and protect a trade worth hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
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Gallup
N. M
Iskus
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Seating Etiquette
Question set on proper social behavior asks if a man may ride in the back with two girls and sit between them, if a woman may sit between them in a theater, if he may walk between them on the street, and whether a man should let a girl take her place first. It provides answers: Yes, Yes unless the aisle seat, No, he keeps on the curb side, Yes, Yes. Copyright 1937 NEA Service.
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Ghureh
Hureh
Elthey
NEA
Goodfellows Club to Open Drive for Christmas Funds
Emmet High School senior girls basketball results feature a 14 to 4 win over Stamps and a loss to Walkerville. Chambless and Crabb led scoring while Crank was sidelined by a shoulder injury. Bodcaw Badgers beat Mt Vernon 56 to 15 in boys action. Malvern games noted with Emmet and Palmos coverage. The Goodfellows program resumes under American Legion and Ministerial Alliance guidance to aid needy Hope children with toys and clothing, targeting church partners and sublists for next week’s committee assignments.
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Emmet
Walkerville
Walkersville
Redeayn
Agalin Bodcaw
Bodcaw Badgers
Mt. Vernon
Badgers
Mk Vernon Boys
Badger
Cameron
Bodcaw
Frazier
Mt Vernon
Bodedw
Mt. Vernon Lacs
O. Butler
Tubb
Borcaw
ML Vernon
Pullig
Oglewn
PT. Butler
Mattison
Badean
Allen
Kinet
Malvern Emmet
Emnet
Malvern Central
Crauhb
Chambiass
Crinnk
Crank
Malvern
Emmet Boys
Milevern Central Boys
Thompson
Hasley
Malveer
Leslie Huddleston Post
The
American Legion
City of Hope
Goodfellows Club
Hope
Ministerial Alliance
Legionnaires
Legion
Arch ‘Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Goodfellows
Isaac Lane Negro Bishop Dies at Age 103
Isaac Lane retired Bishop of the Negro Methodist Episcopal church died last Sunday at his home in Jackson Tennessee at age 103 He had served as bishop for more than 69 years and founded Lane college in Jackson Tennessee Also noted is the death of Bishop Elias Cottrell age 80 founder of M college in Holly Springs Mississippi and announced by G W Young presiding elder of the Prescott district of the Negro Methodist church
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Isaac Lane
Negro Methodist Episcopal Church
Jackson
Tens
Lane Vollaye
Tenn
Bishon Elias Cottrell
Holly Springs
Miss
G. W. Young
Prescott
Negro Methodist Church
Different Kind of Animal in Texas Mail Mixup
A package addressed to the University of Texas in Austin was stamped Pet and misrouted by postal workers. It went from zoology to petroleum engineering before finally returning to its rightful department.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Zoology Department
Hiv Department of Petro-Leune Ehgingering
Five Deaths From Fires Reported in Arkansas
Arkansas fatalities from fires rose to five as an elderly Black woman and a infant died locally. A 20 year old farm boy saved three children from a burning house near Tupelo, earning praise and a possible Carnegie medal. A theater fire at Corney caused major loss, with about $20,000 in damages.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Frank Lind
Rilytheville
WPA
Maury Irene Williams
Jessie Lee Willams
Ita
Otis Glasgow
Parker Stover
T Heir
Tupelo
Newport
Corneyhig
Arlington Brugh Named After Nebraska Town
Arlington Brugh, later known as actor Robert Taylor, is linked to Arlington Nebraska through his father’s youth in I Aplington. Urey notes the townspeople’s claim that the future star’s name was inspired by the Arlington home town.
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Arlington, Neb I
Aplington
Arlington Brugh
Robert Tayl
Aaylor
Urey
Price Fixing to Follow Labor Bill Debate
Congressman McClelland warned during the house farm bill debate that price fixing is dangerous but may follow if wages for industrial labor rise. He argued higher manufacturing wages raise farmer costs and stressed not to ignore workers who produce the food.
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Washington
McClelland Dem
Congress
Strike Called at Ford Kansas City Plant
The United Automobile Workers called a strike Friday at Kansas City's Ford assembly plant after protests over police protection. About 150 police arrested 49 strikers as 300 workers stayed at the plant and planned not to report back Monday. Plant manager H. C. Doss said the plant would reopen after the weekend and dismissed strike claims as hooey. The union alleged discrimination in recalling workers after a seasonal layoff.
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Kansas City
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Assembly
UAWA
Committee For Industrial Organization
Caie
H. C. Doss
California's Big Trees May Emigrate
BERKELEY Calif. In time California may lose the distinction of the sole habitat for the big trees. Prof Woodbridge Metsalf of the University of California reports sequoia gigantea and sequoia sempervirens can be transplanted and are thriving abroad. They flourish in Australia Japan New Zealand Malaysia and parts of France and England.
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Berkeley
Calif
California
Woodbridge Metsalf
University of California
Australia
Japan
New Zeatwich
Maly
France
England
Cotton Prices Hold Steady in New Orleans Market
New Orleans spot cotton closed steady at 8.14 a pound after a Saturday session. Trade showed activity in B21 grid with December futures noted amid light demand.
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New Orleans
Gotton
Spot Cotton
Severe December blizzard grips Buffalo area and beyond
The Buffalo region faced the severest December blizzard in years as 150,000 residents received aid from Red Cross and New York officials. Freezing temps tightened around the Great Lakes, delaying land and water traffic. deaths rose to ten in Buffalo and 33 in Pennsylvania. Landslides closed the Sierra Nevada rail line. Detroit vessels freed by Coast Guard as ice jams trapped freighters.
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Pyre Associated Press
Red Cross
New York State
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Florida
Louisiana
California
Panama
Canal Zone
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Detroit
Coast Guard
Cleveland
Chicago
Christmas Is Here For the Page Boys
Washington report notes 68 page boys in Congress, paid by the day, earned extra during the latest special session. Each boy, ages 12 to 16, received $4 per day for running errands, totaling $12,784 for the period.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Headline Quiz and Hidden Questions on Classified Page
A playful quiz asks four prompts about geography and history: location of the Dominican Republic, a country with no deficit and no unemployment, battlefield sites at Antietam Cowpens and Kennesaw Mountain, and which holidays states observe. It also asks whether Vice President Garner has children.
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Dominican Republic
Antietam Cowpens
United States
Garner
Hasten Action on Freight Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission signaled it will speed up action on the railroads freight rate petition by advancing closing testimony to January 17. Closing arguments will begin three weeks earlier than previously scheduled, shifting from February 7.
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Washington
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Blevins Man Home From California
A Hempstead county resident, E Lee of Blevins, Ark, visits Hope and shares his California trip experiences. He toured San Francisco Chinatown, crossed the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate, rode the Oakland Alameda tube, and traveled by truck to Los Angeles. He travels with comments on markets, foods, and scenery during his month long visit.
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the Star
Hempstead County
E. Lee
Blevins
Ark
Lee
Hope
R. F. Lee
C. R. Lee
Qak‘tand
Calif
Bay Region
California
San Francisco
Chinatown
China
San Francisco-Okland Bay Bridge
Oakland
Alameda
Los Angeles
Barney L. Lee
San Joaquin Valley
Jon Pass
Liner Hoover Is Reported Pounding Near Manila
A German freighter Preussen reported the liner Hoover leaking badly after going aground on reefs near a small island circa Farm Mess, about 500 miles from Manila. Captain E Stepbach was aboard the damaged vessel with a skeleton crew while most passengers were transferred to the island.
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Manila
E. Stepbach
Preussen
Hoover
Farm
Port of Wuhu Occupied by Japanese Forces
A Japanese army spokesman said the seizure of Port of Wuhu would block Chinese retreat from Nanking along the Yangtze south bank and place Japanese forces in a favorable position for a potential march on Hankow if a campaign against that government seat were ordered.
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Nanking
Wuhu
Japany
Yangtze
Hankow
Mrs. J. A. Cofield Dies East of Hope
Mrs. J A Cofield aged 83 died at 10 oclock Saturday at her home ten miles east of Hope after about two weeks illness. She lived in the community nearly 60 years and is survived by three sons T H Cofield G H Cofield and P H Cofield of Nevada county six daughters Mrs W A Pickard of Nevada county Mrs C E Swindell of Texarkana Mrs Roy Mahoney of Champaign Mrs E Hy Weaver of Prescott Mrs Jess Pickens of DeQueen and Mrs Henry Martin of Prescott Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Sunday at Forgest Hill cemetery conducted by Rev J W Erwin.
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J. A. Cofield
Hope
Forgest Hill Cemetery
J. W. Erwin
T. H
G. H
P. H. Cofield
Nevada County
W. A. Pickard
C. E. Swindell
Texarkana
Roy Mahoney
Champaign
E. Hy Weaver
Prescott
Jess Pickens
DeQueen
Henry Martin
Ashes Ale Heavef Sale On Christmas Day
Fragmentary note suggests a superstition driving regional ash and fire rituals on Christmas Day in parts of Europe aiming to avert divine judgment or misfortune.
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Europe
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Department of Justice
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Une
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Darwin Jones
Mrs. Brown
Doyle Mayton
Catherine Hammon
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Mina Marie Hubbard
M. Beck
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Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
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