Oil City Man Foils Swindle In Canton Conspiracy
Arthur Bishop, retired Oil City oil man, traveled with a detective to Canton to place 30000 dollars in horse race tips, narrowly avoiding the switch game. Two men named Allen Hunter and William Wendell were arrested for conspiracy to defraud. Detective Frank Ferris uncovered the scheme and aided Bishop in avoiding loss.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Arthur Bishop
Oil City
Bishop
Canton
Milker Seeks Job Citing Hand Care Lesson
In Denver Colorado Theodore H. Cutler of the state employment service recalls a milkers exchange. A farmer asks for a milker with good hands after a man says he milks 13 cows daily and fears rough work. Cutler muses on unknowns in the employment business.
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Denver
Colo
Theodore H. Cutler
Colorado State Employment Service
Tve
Cutler
Three Of A Kind Alyce And Friends
Three children at Truesdale hospital in Fall River have had upside down stomachs corrected in the past two months. Alyce Jane McHenry, 10, of Omaha Nebraska, was first followed by Jimmy Neilson, 11, of San Jose California and Wallace Bradley, 11, of Buffalo New York. Alyce enjoys walking about the nurses' home.
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International News Service
Fall River
Mass
Truesdale Hospital
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
Neb
Jimmy Neilson
San Jose
Calif
Wallace Bradley
Buffalo
N. Y
Alyce
Wife accused in Denver of attempting to kill husband
Clair Woods filed charges in Denver district court against his wife Louise Woods 34 alleging she sought to poison stab or push him from a cliff to gain his $10 000 life insurance. Five affidavits supported the claim and a court trial was urged to quiet neighborhood gossip.
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International News Service
Denver
Louise Woods
Clair Woods
Woods
Zarlengo
Ray Humphreys
Cat-Stealing Ring Nets Riches for Romanian Tailor
In Galatz Romania Jacob Busic a tailor grew rich by organizing a nationwide cat stealing operation. He hired tramps and hoboes paying three cents per cat delivered dead or alive. Skins were sold to fur wholesalers profits were enormous. A group of cat-loving spinsters uncovered the racket.
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International News Service
Galatz
Romania
Jacob Busic
Clearing House Money Burned In Seattle Bonfire
Seattle Clearing House Association destroyed fifteen million dollars in certificates printed in March 1933. The notes were never circulated and the association decided they would not be needed, consigning them to the flames in a historic act.
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International News Service
Seattle
Wash
Seattle Clearing House Association
Clearing Association
Teen walks 25 miles home after foot wound
Seattle a 17 year old Roland Smith walked 25 miles home with a bullet through his foot after a companion accidentally fired a .22 rifle during a camping trip. He reached home calmly and was sent to a hospital on arrival.
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Seattle
Wash
Roland Smith
Smith
Scientific Law Quoted By Court
Harrisburg The state supreme court affirmed a jury verdict in a Potter County automobile damage case. Justice Kephart cited a physics law about two cars moving in opposite directions on a public highway not occupying the same point at once. The appeal involved J French Robinson and John F Lockatch with a head on collision. Evidence showed Robinson skidded 67 feet after wheel lock.
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Potter County
William H. Kephart
J. French Robinson
John F. Lockatch
Robinson
Government turns goods into cash bargain sale
Two years of abandoned, seized, or unclaimed merchandise at the Philadelphia customs house sold at auction for $520, far below a $2,500 value. Highlights included three trunks of women's wear and a rowing machine set, while a New York dealer bought a box of oil paintings for $51. The high bid of $35 for 20 manicure sets was rejected as inadequate.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Edgar Husband
U.S. A
New York
Fox Customs
Italy
Uncle Sam
Hospital costs in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania revealed
Philadelphia runs 59 hospitals at 45 million dollars annually while Pennsylvania's 290 hospitals spend 250 million dollars yearly to care for the sick, figures disclosed recently.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Monte Carlo Raids Crack Down On Illegal Gambling
Police raids in Monte Carlo target clandestine clubs undermining the casino monopoly. Open gambling remains at the Casino as outsiders attempt to join games and are separated from their bankrolls. Authorities move to curb so called croupier schools among refined gamblers before wealthy tourists arrive.
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Monte Carlo
Ice Cream Cone Rule Bans Double Decker Servings
Seattle Washington dealers face action for selling more than two and a half ounces of ice cream in a five cent cone under state agriculture rules. A price war had pushed retailers to offer two scoops per cone.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
State Department of Agriculture
Hand kissing revival returns to Paris greeting custom
Paris reports a revival of the continental custom of kissing a woman's hand in greeting or farewell. The practice has reemerged in social circles, signaling a renewed etiquette tradition as Parisians respond to a revived gesture from earlier eras.
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International
Paris
Paris etiquette expert says kiss hands wider audience
Andre de Fouquieres, Paris arbiter of elegance and brother of government protocol chief, states kiss hands now extend beyond aristocrats and married women to maidens as well, signaling broader courtly custom adoption.
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Andre de Fouquieres
Paris
de Fouquieres
Mademoiselle
Huge Lake Erie sturgeon nets record catch at Kelleys Island
A 175 pound sturgeon about seven feet long was hauled from Lake Erie near Kelleys Island by small-boat operators. The fish yielded 40 to 50 pounds of roe, enough to produce 40 to 50 pints of caviar at about 3 dollars per pint. Sturgeon steak and smoked meat commanded 70 to 80 cents a pound.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie
Kelleys Island
Woodpecker Returns to Seattle Fire Station
In Seattle Washington a woodpecker returns for the seventh year to fire station No 22 and again tries to bore through tin weather stripping at the base of the flagpole, prompting local amusement and concern.
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International News Service
Seattle
Wash
Fire Station No. 22
Far rington Serves 46 Years as Town Treasurer
Holden Missouri reports A H Farrington has been town treasurer and tax collector since 1889, a record for public service. The article notes a ten year decline in drowning deaths but little improvement in adolescent and early adult mortality.
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International News Service
Holden
A. H. Farrington
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