Sucker List Grows As Fraud Losses Hit Record
New York reports show $1.4 billion lost to swindlers in the last year while total investor losses in financial and commercial frauds reach about $1.5 billion. Bankers American association and credit men warn crime in business runs parallel to violent crime. Men dominate victims. real estate booms lead to high losses in scams and dubious promotions.
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New York
American Bankers’ Association
Better Business Bureau of New York
The
Business Research Bureau
New York University
National Association of Credit Men
New
America
Coolidge
Association
Better Business Bureau
William B. Knox
Harry Daniel
Barnum
United States
Tregoe
Matterhorn Is a Wasting Away
Washington DC reports from the National Geographic Society that the Matterhorn is slowly eroding due to weather and rockfall. The bulletin notes ongoing avalanches on the upper and lower slopes, with caution that the summit could topple in thousands of years.
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Washington, D. C
Switzerland
Germany
Washington
D. C
National Geographic Society
Mount Cervin
Matterhorn
Zermatt
Cold Gas Powers Texas Oil Field Pumps Without Fire
In Snyder Texas a vast reservoir of cold non inflammable gas is used to operate pumps and machinery. The gas, about 93 percent nitrogen, reaches 125 pounds pressure in two minutes and is distributed through steam lines. It enables profitable operation for small wells, yields three to five million cubic feet daily, and even cools items by pressure release.
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Snyder
Texas
Dinuba Wife Seeks Divorce Over 40 Day Silence
Mrs Kattie White of Dinuba petitions Tulare County Superior Court for divorce from John F White on cruelty grounds after a 40 day period of total silence during which he allegedly spoke to her never.
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Visalia
Cal
Kattie White
Dinuba
Tulare County
Bobbed Hair Helps Los Angeles Charities
Goodwill Industries collected over fifty pounds of discarded bobbed hair in one week. The hair was transformed into wigs and switches sold to raise funds for aiding the poor in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Good Will Industries
New York Wealth Widely Scattered Across States
A 1920s highway association report traces ownership and location of railways and steel properties to states far from New York. It notes Union Pacific and Southern Pacific earnings originate outside New York and argues western states should claim federal tax income from 1923, while United States Steel shows most stockholders live outside New York. The piece concludes that centralization of business is natural and wealth flows to cities with cheap power and transport links.
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Washington
Railway and Steel Corporation
New York
American Association of State
Union, Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Omaha
New Orleans
Western
Federal Treasury
United States Steel Corporation
States
Alaska
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
Pennsylvania
Association
United States Treasury
New York City
New York State
Earliest U S Industry Glass Factory Near Jamestown
The first industrial enterprise in the United States was a glass bottle factory built in the Virginia colony shortly after 1607 about a mile from Jamestown. A second glass house followed in 1622 for making glass beads to trade with Native peoples.
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United States
Virginia Colony
Jamestown
Red and Blue Bills May Line Pockets
A special Treasury committee studies changes to U S currency to curb one dollar note demand. Proposals include larger denominations, silver dollars, color changes, and possible new note sizes while weighing counterfeiting risks and public superstition about two dollar bills.
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Washington
United States
South
Pacific Coast
Publilc
Treasury Department
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Baltimore
Boston
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
U. S
Madrid
Morocco
Kudia Tahar
Calle de Alcal
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