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...takes it upon himself to encourage a romance between a pretty acquaintance of his. Evelyn Venable, and his bashful bank clerk Kent Taylor. He accomplishes his purpose when he discovers the balking horse he has sold Miss Venuable can trot if coaxed by singing. After persuading kent Taylor to bet on the horse, he does his share on the singing end of it. While the plot is weak. Will Rogers makes David Harum an enjoyable evening...
Relentlessly the resolution to depose Leader Curry was read, and the vote taken. The clerk was almost half way down the list before a Curry vote was heard. When the outcome was inevitable, one tearful lady leader bawled: "I can't vote against Mr. Curry! He's been so good to me!" Her male chief released...
Each layer last week had to employ a clerk to register bets, a cashier to pay winners, a runner to carry wagers from the clubhouse. To belong to the betting ring was expected to cost about $90 a day. Total bets on the opening day, in which the feature race was the Paumonok Handicap which Sgt. Byrne won at odds of 3-to-1, amounted to $500,000. Estimated revenue to the State at the end of the racing season in New York State...
...declared that the Bishop had collected $65,300 for campaign purposes from Edwin C. Jameson, president of Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Co. (taken over last year by New York State's superintendent of insurance); that he and his secretary had reported Mr. Jameson's contribution to the Clerk of the House as only $17,300; that he had not only tried to conceal the amount of the contribution but had converted part of the money to his personal use-did not report it because he could not account for its spending. Next day the Bishop took a greater...
...foreign currency, preferably gold and silver, which Russia badly needs to buy goods abroad. But a foreigner may turn in his money at a Soviet bank or at Torgsin and get paper rubles and a booklet showing how many rubles he has bought. When he pays a Torgsin clerk with rubles he must present the booklet, have his ruble total marked down. Thus a Russian may not buy at a Torgsin store unless a relative abroad has sent him a money order through Torgsin. Nor may a foreigner use rubles bootlegged or earned in Russia. Founded in 1931, Torgsin last...