State Police urged to curb bank robberies nationwide
James E Baum of the American Bankers Association argues for extending state police protection beyond the nine eastern states to combat modern crime aided by automobiles machine guns and airplanes He cites bank robbery figures comparing eastern states with California and Ohio and insists state wide protection reduces losses and can offset costs through fines and recovered property
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James E. Baum
American Bankers Association
American Bankers Association Journal
Association
Mr. Ba
Kansas
Baum
Connecticut
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Illinois
California
Ohio
Banking Education Expands Across 42 000 Students
The American Institute of Banking operates 223 chapters in as many cities with about 6 000 students in one large city chapter and thousands more in others. About 42 000 bank employees take courses combining theory with practice. Plans push rural access and require some employees to study for promotion.
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American Institute of Banking
American Bankers Association
Illinois Fire Loss and Industry Report Highlights
The state logged eighteen forest fires sparked by farmer brush burning and five started maliciously. Illinois manufactured goods exceed Canada’s output by 2.0 billion dollars. There are 113,190 Sunday School officers and teachers, and 14,314 farms receive central station electric service. Coal production reached 54,023,337 tons, up 9,208,562 from 1927.
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Illinois
Canada
Central Station
Boners Bookits Laughter From Schoolboy Answers
Howard Vincent O'Brien quotes from Boners a collection of schoolboy misdefinitions and witticisms. The piece highlights entries like Matrimony defined as souls suffering and monotony as Christianity’s single wife, noting some lines soar to innocent absurdity.
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Acropolis
Turkey
Pyramids
France
Spain
Moscow
Howard Vincent O’brien
Chicago Daily News
The Sharper Card Sharpers Foiled by Marquis Visit
Don Marquis went abroad to study card sharps by spending a hundred dollars in a smoking room. He played evenings, S grew from sixteen to seventy six dollars profit as the organizers raised stakes. The next day a woman whispered of a sharp who had cleaned Wallace out of eighty three dollars.
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Don Marquis
Marquis
Cost of Creation: Artist’s Thematic Restoration Bill in Belgium
A church in Belgium paid an itemized restoration bill totaling 67 dollars and 30 cents for humorous spiritual touchups. The entries name biblical figures and scenes such as Noah's Ark and Job, with items like renewing heaven, touching purgatory, and replacing devil parts.
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Belgium
Hell
David
Pontius Pilatenis
St. Peter
Tobias
Sarah
Shem
Bankers Favor Gradual Change in Branch Banking
The Economic Policy Commission of the American Bankers Association urges gradual, state initiated expansion of branch banking in the United States. It warns against federal imposition of nationwide branch powers and favors evolution through state action rather than a sweeping national mandate.
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United States
Washington
Economic Policy Commission
The
American Bankers Association
Turn for the better in business marked by confidence
Robe C Stephenson argues that the economy is at the turn from a low mood to recovery driven by increased production and investment. He cites banker insight that signs emerge three months after a turn and urges public confidence to become a dynamic force for growth.
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Rome
C. Stephenson
American Bankers Association TV
New York
Sale and rental notices from Patoka and Vernon column
Classified style items list farm produce fruits and vegetables for sale including Jonathan apples blue plums peaches cucumbers with prices per unit and contact names from Zera Farmer Selby Binnion and Mrs O H Gray plus a rental for three rooms down and two up with garage at six dollars monthly a soil fertility ad from Wm Ehrat with Robin Jones Phosphate Co and a used car lot in Centralia Illinois listing model A Fords late model Chevrolets and trucks with trades and terms.
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Jonathan
Elmer Berry
Zera
Patoka
O. H. Gray
Selby Binnion
Vernon
Iil
State of Illinois Publication Notice in Marion County
Publication notice in the circuit court of Marion County Illinois alerts R R White that Jennie May White filed a Chancery Bill on August 26 1931 with a summons returnable the fourth Monday in September. The notice orders appearance and pleadings to avoid a decree by default. Salem Illinois August 26 1931 Frank C Hensley Clerk S N Finn Complainant's Solicitor
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A. D
Jennie May White
R. R. White
Salem
Illinois
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S. N. Finn
Ford Motor Company
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REX Motor CO
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the Sanitary Milk Producers Local
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