Yellow Kid Weil A Con Man’s Self Portrait and Enduring Skepticism
Hal Boyle profiles Joseph Weil the so called Yellow Kid once a Chicago native who swindled the public of about 8 million through phony cures rigged ventures and fake stock deals. Now 70 and reformed he writes an autobiography arguing most victims shared greed and that con men fail when they pursue legitimate ventures. Weil suggests harsher penalties to curb swindling and reflects on his own long career in crime and now charity telemarketing.
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Weil
Ankers
Indianapolis
Yellow Kid
Continents
Frontier Asthma Medicine Free Trial Offer
Free for asthma sufferers experiencing attacks and breathing trouble. Send at once for a free trial of Frontier Asthma Medicine, a temporary relief remedy for bronchial asthma paroxysms. Address Frontier Asthma 0., 48 gad Bidg., 462 Niagara St., Buffalo 1.
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Frontier Asthma Company
Frontier Asthma
Niagara St
Buffalo
German Origin Persons Arrested in Plot Charged
Prague June 19 government radio reports 24 persons of German origin were arrested at Brunn Moravia in a newly discovered plot against the Czecho slovak state. The group was said to be in contact with a foreign power, had collected arms, and sent information threatening state security.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Brunn
Moravia
France relies on Providence and U S aid in split elections
In Paris, Premier Schuman hinges on Providence and the Marshall Plan as France faces five critical months. Strikes, the London pact, and looming elections test a fragile coalition amid wage, price, and inflation controls. American aid and European integration loom large for future trade and western Germany’s role.
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France
United States
Joseph E. Dynan
Associated Press
Paris
Robert Schuman
London
Germany
Council of the Republic
American Senate
Philadelphia
Schuman
Will Pass Sentence Upon Soldier Slayer New Orleans
Judge Hugh B Gillespie is to sentence Dr Levi B McCarty for the January slaying of Staff Sgt Milton McCoy after McCarty changed his plea from innocent to guilty of manslaughter. DA McGowan urged 15 years in the penitentiary while the judge considers the recommendation as the trial record shows the defense challenged the defendant's sanity.
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New Orleans
Hugh B. Gillespie
Levi B. McCarty
Milton McCoy
M. M. McGowan
McCarty
Gillespie
McGowan
Dr. McCarty
McCoy
Swami Santha Open House Showcasing 1947 Parade Films
Swami Santha No 102 of Nomads of Avraduka will host an open house Monday at 8 pm in Castle Hall. Houston officer Mrs T Sink and Little Rock officer Arnold Myers plan to attend to view two film reels from the Beaumont August 1947 Knights national convention parade. Attendees include Nomads of Monroe and El Miro Temple No 187 Khorassan, Stonewall Lodge K of P, Pythian Sisters, Sunshine Girls, and Princess Syracuse with guests expected from Arkansas, Mississippi, Shreveport and Minden.
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Swami Santha
Avraduka
Castle Hall
St. John Street
T. Sink
Arnold Myers
Houston
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
National Convention of Knights
Beaumont
Rani Montez Baur
Monroe
el Miro Temple No
Knights of Khorassan
Stonewall Lodge
K. of P
Pythian Sisters
Sunshine Girls
Princess of Syracuse
Arkansas
Mississippi
Shreveport
Minden
Fudickar Grandson Found Dead in Tulsa Bed
Benjamin Pace Jr aged two, grandson of Fred Fudickar Sr of Monroe, was found dead in his Tulsa home after a fever. An autopsy failed to reveal cause. Funeral held in Tulsa. Survivors include parents and a five year old sister. Mrs Mary Louise Fudickar Pace had traveled from Monroe for her mother’s illness.
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Benjamin Pace, Jr
Fred Fudickar, Sr
Monroe
Tulsa
Okla
Benjamin Pace
Mary Louise Fudickar
Pace
Truman Criticizes Congress During Western Swing
President Truman pressed Congress on the road trip, accusing it of high prices and living costs and urging action on prices housing farm programs and workers welfare. In Gary Indiana Spokane and Kansas he varied his attacks, calling the current body the worst since the reconstruction era and later softening the rhetoric to say only a majority opposes the people. Air brakes for trains were invented in 1869 by George Westinghouse Jr.
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Gary
Ind
Congress
Far West
Spokane
Wash
Los Angeles
Truman
Kansas
George Westinghouse, Jr
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Yellow Kid" Weil
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Republican National Convention
Paul Ramadier
United States of Europe
Paul Reynaud
Assembly
America
Universal Mee Jeep
Louisville Ave
Monroe, la
Fudickar
Aetna Finance Co
Louisiana
Quachita Parish
North 2Nd ST
Curren
Aetna
North Second ST
Calhoun Road
L. P. Cloutier, Mgr
West Monroe
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