Check Your Checks Christmas Fraud Warnings and Odd Notes
A context filled column warns of check fraud during the Christmas season citing Todd Company data that daily illegal takes may rise to two million dollars. Advice covers identification, avoiding rubber stamps, avoiding out of town checks, and verifying endorsements and bank legitimacy. It also briefly references National Inventor's Council items, including a gunlike device and a skunk odor detector.
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Todd Company
Rochester
N. Y
Meck
George W. Adlam
Adlam
National Inventor's Council
Pentagon
Army
Editorial Digest: Tax Policy and Marxist Warnings
The piece cites IT Coleman Andrews criticizing the graduated income tax as class warfare and cites Marxist excerpts predicting state control of production. It compares per capita tax burdens in 1932 and 1956, noting high income tax impact on the wealthy and urging reader concern about taxes.
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The
Dallas Morning News
Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue
Karl Marx
U. S
Army seeks rapid invention drive with bold ideas
A call to patriots to submit novel weapons and transport ideas for quick Army adoption. Examples include a cheap death ray and a method to drive a truck through snowdrifts, signaling an urgent push for wartime innovation.
Romeo school board expels student over Elvis style hair
The Baldheaded school board in Romeo Michigan suspends 16 year old Robert Phernetton until he shaves sideburns and docks Elvis Presley hairdo. Critics say conformity erodes liberties while praising youth individuality and barber shop rights.
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Dallas Morning News
Romeo
Mich
Robert Phernetton
Robert
Davy Crockett
Elvis
Christmas concert attendance at Handley High School
Star files note 1.59 percent attendance at the annual Handley High School Christmas concert directed by Miss Gwendolyn Haynes. Also listed are obituaries, births, political appointments, and local society items including Miss Mary Sewell becoming Mrs. Hyde.
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Handley High School
Gwendolyn Haynes
Dorothy Dix
Elizabeth Gilmer
New Orleans
Lewis Hyde, Jr
Traditional Chinese Medicine Finds Role in Peiping Hospital
In Peiping a hospital blends Chinese herbal remedies with Western diagnosis. Doctors cite tiger bone pills and dried bugs as effective, while acupuncture and massage aid neuroses and paralysis. Traditionalists train under village masters, sharing knowledge with Western staff.
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China
Christ
Peiping
Wei Ching-ming
Hospital of Chinese Medicine
Wei
Tang Chun-San
Dr. Tang
Bride Entering Home Protected From Evil Spirits
The old custom arose from Roman beliefs that evil spirits guard the threshold of a new bride. The groom would carry his bride to bypass the guardians and bring good luck for the marriage.
Please Start Feeding the Birds
Food places urged to feed birds regularly to help sustain flocks through the winter. Animals officials emphasize consistent feeding to prevent starvation during harsh conditions.
Strength For The Day Earthquake Analogy And Moral Tremor
A traveler shares Asia trip photos as vast rocks blanketed a region after a major quake peeled rock from a cliff. An elder notes earthquakes bring a unique primordial noise, unseen in other events, and the quake’s terror tests courage as foundations shake. The piece argues modern life and global relations endure a similar moral tremor.
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Asia
How's Your I Q Memory Quiz From 100 Questions
A list of ten questions presents an IQ style scoring plan and daily prompts for 10 days. It asks about Bastidas discovering Colombia, Roosevelt marriage, Bible name meanings, Chicago Harbor location, exercise timing, a war instrument with retractable landing gear, the feudal tenant vassal, Hitler's Mein Kampf collaborator, the origin of the word Saxon oak and corn, and a Catholic slur question about Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion.
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Bastidas
Columbia
South America
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Attu
Aleutian Island
Hitler
Rainfall totals and monthly averages from 1912 to 1985
Past 48 hours rainfall ends today at 8 30 am. December rainfall to date 1 46 inches. 1956 rainfall to date 37 75 inches. Average annual rainfall for 43 years 36 96 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 43 years 1912 1985: January 2 45, February 1 95, March 2 98, April 3 10, May 3 90, June 3 90, July 2 69, August 3 99, September 2 65, October 3 22, November 2 57, December 2 46.
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Naa
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Southern Newspaper Association
Jerry Cather
Madison College
J. B. Cather
John Anderson
Charlottesville
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Carpenter
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Lin Sen
Nationalist Party
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Gary Cooper
Kay Johnson
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Harry Green
James Kirkwood
William Phillips Son
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Hugh White
Hugh M. White
Kernstown
Byrd Fugitt
George Mayhew
Crystal Cafe
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Imayl
J. Scott
Ellis Poultry Farms
Hill's
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Electric Tree Stands
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Mohawle
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