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...middle of a press run, A.F.L. pressmen at Portland's afternoon Oregon Journal (circ. 195,150) had climbed out of their ink-stained overalls, changed into street clothes and struck for a $2.50-a-week raise. At the morning Oregonian (circ. 218,400), the pressmen also walked out. By last weekend, Portland (pop. 363,141) had been without daily papers for nine days-and it didn't like the strange experience...
...Palladium, he found a new girl, a dark-haired, 24-year-old ex-Toronto schoolteacher named Betty Ritchie. Little Betty Ritchie succumbed to his line and his dark good looks, moved into his apartment. To Betty, the life they led was idyllic; Dennis insisted that she keep her $40-a-week job, but he gave her a wedding ring and an old mink coat...
Handicap. In Redwood City, Calif., Theodore A. Fischer explained to the court that his $40-a-week alimony payments would have to be reduced, now that the police had closed down his bookmaking business...
...Honor. In Norwalk, Conn., the city council, considering an increase in Mayor Irving Freese's $48-a-week salary, took note of the fact that he makes $2 less than the garbage collectors...
Boston in 1920 was money-mad, and Ponzi had created the madness. Six months before, the 5 ft. 2 "Wizard of Finance" had been a $16-a-week clerk; now he was a millionaire. Ponzi promised to make everybody rich by paying 50% interest on investments in 90 days, or "double your money" in six months. His offer was incredible; but there were satisfied customers who seemed to prove his good faith. Thousands more pushed, scratched and fought their way into Ponzi's Securities Exchange Co., crying: "Take my money...