Movie Grafters Get Rich Quick Victims Do Not
A vigilance report accuses motion picture promoters of a widespread swindle draining hundreds of millions from investors. It details fake schools, high commissions, 27 arrested school owners, and bankrupt or vanished firms. It urges public warnings, tighter stock laws, and authorities to act.
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Women’s clubs plan push for Industrial Home aid
Mrs. EB. Larson of Yakima, newly elected president of the State Federation, vows no stone unturned to secure support for the Industrial Home at Medical Lake. She also aims to back the county library bill in the next legislature, with officers elected including Mrs. N. Walton, Mrs. Coffman, and W. W. Walk.
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Aberdeen
W. M. Kern
Walla
Baptist Women Elect Officers In Columbia District
Following a three day jubilee session the Columbia district of the Woman's American Baptist Foreign and Home Mission society elected officers at First Baptist Church. Mrs W L Thompson of Seattle was re elected president with a slate including Mrs W M Liv Seattle as home administrative president and Mrs A M Petty as home mission vice president. Others named: Mrs W B Hinson Portland recording secretary Mrs Pegelow Seattle recording secretary Mrs F A Knight Portland executive correspondent Mrs G F McLynn Portland foreign correspondent H A Calender Portland home treasurer Mrs Rose K Tacoma world wide guild W W DeForrest Seattle children world crusade secretary and Mrs Burton Centralia college r a.
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Confessed Killer Says He MurderedPal in Centralia Case
Walla Walla June 3 Authorities hunt for the body of Mark McCoy’s companion. McCoy, an escaped convict, says he shot him after a safe robbery in Centralia last winter. He buried the victim in a gulch two miles west of Galvin Lewis County.
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Galvin
Lewis County
Man and wife drown near Grants Pass in cliffside crash
The bodies of William Childers and his wife were found following a car accident on the Rogue River road near Grants Pass Oregon. Childers 42 Gold Hill motorist died when his car tried to pass a truck and plunged into the river. Mrs Childers was recovered two miles from the crash site.
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Lessons in First Aid This Afternoon
The first of seven first aid lessons will be held at 3 p.m. today in Moose Hall under the State Department of Labor and Industries. About 100 industrial workers are expected to attend.
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Unfolding film fraud schemes sweep across cities
The report details losses totaling millions from stock sales and fraudulent film ventures. It cites $900,000 in subscriptions lost, more than 7,000 victims, and numerous arrests. A $2,000,000 venture collapsed after misused funds, with promoters ruined investors and hundreds of thousands spent on a prologue. A Los Angeles religious pitch and a $100,000,000 motion picture syndicate plan are noted, with about $2,000,000 taken from Americans. French police hold and say the man confessed to forgery amid roughly 100 other fraud cases uncovered to date.
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