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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Surprised and happy was the Hoffman household last week when Craig Hoffman, wealthy New Jersey farmer, was brought home from jail. Brooding and resentful were the Polish mill workers of Manville, N. J. when they heard of Hoffman's release. Six weeks ago (TIME, Sept. 2) four ragged children from Manville's Poletown, two little Kolesars and two little Klementoviches, made an expedition to Farmer Hoffman's cornfield to snitch a few ears of corn for a "roast." As they crept through the tall corn rows a gun was fired close by. Johnny Kolesar, riddled with shot...
Laurence Stallings, author (Plumes), playwright (What Price Glory?), is now a planter in Caswell County, N. C. Last , week he took his first lot of tobacco, some 400 Ibs., to Danville, Va.; sold...
...activity in the bond market, there was tossed last week the biggest single bond issue since 1926. It was $100,000,000 of 5% convertible debentures of the famed Texas ("Texaco") Co. Just as the big 1926 issue of $120,000,000 of 5% Standard Oil Co. of N. J. bonds was oversubscribed immediately, so last week's Texas offering was sold between its release in the late afternoon and 10 o'clock the next morning...
...Middletown, N. Y., one Fred Segda drove his car head on into another car driven by one Charles Weis. Mr. Segda was catapulted through his own windshield, over the hoods, through Weis's windshield, into Mr. Weis...
...Nutley, N. J., John Harris, 25, Negro care taker, took a joy ride in his employer's limousine, was spotted and chased by traffic cops. For five minutes he sped, the police shooting at him. Then he bumped a light in front of a gas station, caromed into an alley, demolished a tree. In the darkness he slunk home, where police found him huddled in a clothes closet, popeyed, a rabbit's foot in each hand. He had also swallowed his tongue...