Bond Stores Accused Of Phony Heirs Scheme
The FTC charged Bond Stores Inc of New York with running two dummy firms the Goodwin Roberts System and National Inheritance to pressure delinquent customers for clothes payments. The agency alleged others, including Surety Investigating Co and a faux government research bureau, sought debtor data under misrepresentation. Bond must respond within 20 days.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Bond Stores, Inc
FTC
New York City
Goodwin-Roberts
Bond
Commission
National Inheritance Bureau
Bond’s
Rou
Surety Investigating Co
Fidelity
Research Bureau
Local Groups Incorporate in Idaho
Boise reports three new incorporations filed with the secretary of state. The Southeast Idaho Medical Bureau, Inc. of Pocatello seeks non profit status with 28 member certificates at $100 each. Incorporators include W L Olsen and others from Pocatello. Rupert Case, Inc. and Rupert Auto Service, Inc. both formed in Rupert with capitalizations of 17 370 and 19 740 respectively. incorporators are Walter Asson Ray Robbins and Dell Giardell.
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BOISE
Secretary of State
Southeast Idaho Medical Bureau, Inc
Pocatello
W. L. Olsen
W. R. Hearne
E. V. Simison
R. P. Howard
F. H. Howard
R. B. Hegsted
M. Graves
Rupert Case, Inc
Rupert
Rupert Auto Service, Inc
Auto Service
Walter,Asson
Ray Robbins
Dell Giardell
Magnavox Slashes Radio Phonograph Prices Across Models
Magnavox trims prices on several radio phonograph models by 15 to 161.50 dollars, with Roy Boscow, sales manager, announcing the cuts will take effect Monday. Television sets remain unchanged. The Regency model leads with a cut from 460 to 298.50 dollars.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Magnavox
Circus Crew Fire Victims
Three circus band players were near death from burns after their truck crashed into a tree near Los Angeles. Percy Cayuga age 60 from Ontario and Joe Willis 47 of Los Angeles were in critical condition while Lowney P Harris 41 of Kansas was serious. Cayuga’s son ate 21 and was less seriously burned. The Beatty caravan was en route from Burbank to North Hollywood when the truck struck a tree and its butane gas tank exploded after a can of gasoline ignited just before the crash.
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Los Angeles
Percy Cayuga
Okasweken
Ontario
Canada
Joe Willis
Lowney P. Harris
el Dorado
Kan
Cayuga
Beatty Circus
Burbank
North Hollywood
Bell system opens two new TV network channels
The Bell telephone system announced two new television network channels between Philadelphia and Chicago. The expansion increases east bound to one and westbound to three channels. Two westbound channels will run 24 hours daily. the eastbound and a third westbound channel run evenings Monday to Friday and 24 hours on weekends. The move aims to give Midwestern viewers more program choices from eastern studios.
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New York
Bell Telephone System
Philadelphia
Chicago
Singer Plant Struck After Negotations Collapse
About 7,000 Singer Manufacturing Co. employees in Elizabeth New Jersey walked off at midnight after five day talks failed. The walkout halts work of 2,000 supervisory staff barred from crossing the line by Local 401 CIO and ends the plant's 78 year strike-free record.
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Elizabeth
N. J
ULP
Singer Manufacturing Co
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
Treasure Fever Ships Searched For Brownie Master
The American Radio Association telegraphed over 1000 U S ships to locate the master of Brownie a shaggy dog stranded on Linden New Jersey docks for two months. The appeal urged radio officers to spread word aboard ships and at ports urging crews and locals to pass the message.
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Shaggy Dog
New York
American Radio Association
CIO
U. S
Linden
N. J
ARA
Faithy
Brownie
Bergman Lindstrom Rossellini Linked In Sicily Rendezvous
Italian film sources say Ingrid Bergman Peter Lindstrom and Roberto Rossellini may meet in Milazzo Sicily to discuss rumored romance amid Bergman’s film work with Rossellini. Police and hotel staff note Lindstrom’s unregistered stay and separate reports link the trio to the ongoing triangle tale.
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Rome
Italy
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Roberto Rossellini
Sicily
Rossellini
Lindstrom
Milazzo
Stromboli
Miss Bergman
Hollywood
Sicilian
Art Cohen
God’s Earth
Moderno
Milazzo Re
Ingrid
Hungary
Marcella
Potato Growers to Nominate Members for Idaho Committee
Boise Caldwell meeting Tuesday will nominate members and alternates to the state potato administrative committee. The panel will regulate Idaho and Malheur county Ore marketing for the coming year. Harry C Brandt of the Idaho production and marketing administration committee described the committee under federal act and its powers to set size and grade limits and other marketing duties.
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Boise
Caldwell
State
Idaho
Malheur County
Ore
Harry C. Brandt
Idaho Production and Marketing Administration Committee
Movie Showings At Chief Theatre And Rialto Theatres
Listings detail weekly programs at Chief Theatre and Rialto Theatre with films starring Cary Grant Diana Lynn Franchot Tone Dick Powell Jane Greer John Wayne Barbara Hale Burl Ives Eddie Dean Gary Cooper Paulette Goddard Boris Karloff Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy and others. Drive in Theatre adds animations Melody Time and feature films including Robin Hood and Naked City across multiple days with dates and show slots.
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Chief Theatre
Cary Grant
Franchot Tone
Diana Lynn
Station West
Dick Powell
Jane Greer
Powell
Burl Ives
Bill Williams
Barbara Hale
Rialto ‘Theatre
Yvonne DeCarlo
Dan Duryea
Jeffrey Lynn
Aruba
Jungles
Brazil
Ace
George Raft
Sylvia Sidney
Paulette Goddard
Michael Wilding
Barry Fitzgerald
Donald Duff
Dorothy Hart
Don Taylor
Brian Kent
Ralph Bellamy
Gary Cooper
Howard de Silva
Boris Karloff
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Jerusalem Enforces Curfew After Air Raid Sirens
A curfew and security blackout were imposed on Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded at dusk and explosions were heard for about 45 minutes from Bethlehem. Reliable sources said Arab irregulars on a Judean hilltop refused to hand over a cache or surrender.
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Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Strike Tightens Metropolis Transit Standoff
Atlanta 1,400 trolley and bus workers walked out Sunday after talks at the federal mediation service failed to end a strike that could disrupt business as negotiations resumed. The union seeks a $1.46 hourly wage and improved conditions, with the company citing costs above $1.5 million yearly. Georgia Power holds most transit franchises in the metro area of about 500,000.
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Atlanta
Federal Conciliation and Mediation Service
Georgia Power Co
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Soroptimist Parley Ends Rocky Mountain Convention
A four state Soroptimist convention at Sun Valley concluded with over 100 delegates at the ninth annual Rocky Mountain meeting. The three day session opened Friday with a Challenger Inn party and featured speakers Sophie Reed of Ogden Utah and Marilyn Lewis federation secretary. Representatives from 17 Rocky Mountain clubs attended.
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SUN Valley
Rocky Mountain
Challenger Inn
Sophie Reed
Ogden
Utah
Marilyn Lewis
Soroptimists’ American Federation
Soroptimist International
Business
Truce Yields Rail Relay to Israeli Forces and Unrest Ends
Reports say Arab legionnaires handed over the rail line south of Jerusalem under the truce terms while a small irregular group refused to honor the accord and was cleared. Arab and Jewish May Day parades ended abruptly as sirens sounded.
Thieves Take Time and Drinks in Haberdashery Heist
In New York a group of thieves paused to drink Scotch after breaking into a haberdashery and then into an adjacent restaurant. They carried away $5,560 in cash and $33,100 in endorsed checks from a safe, plus $260 from registers and $100 from the haberdashery, before fleeing with cuff links.
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New York
Haberdashery
Rainfall Aids Fire Fighting In Minnesota
Rainfall across Minnesota aided fire crews fighting forest peat and brush fires in the north woods. Fires stretched to cover about a quarter of the state, with Canada also reporting blazes as rain was expected to reach the northeast Arrowhead region by nightfall. Seaplanes ferried crews and equipment into Superior National Forest where a new fire, starting Saturday, threatened major damage.
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Duluth
Minn
North Woods
Minnesota
Canada
Weather Bureau
Arrowhead
Superior National Forest
Barkley Leads Loyalty Rally Against Communism at Polo Grounds
Vice President Alben W. Barkley urged Americans to keep Communism out of the United States during a Loyalty Day rally at the Polo Grounds. About 30,000 people attended in light rain as Francis Cardinal Spellman presided, with Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen among speakers.
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New York
Alben W. Barkley
United States
Barkley
Polo Grounds
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Fulton J. Sheen
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