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Pow- + « « plays anywhere! Light, powerful, fine- Novel, fascinating, instructive! Lets toned. Low 95 you chart each play . . . helps you drain. Com- — understand the game better. Come plete with bat- fm for your FREE copy. teries, WOLF FURNITURE (0.8 BARNESBORO, PENNA. THE UNION PRESS-COURIER, Swindler Hooks Four Britons in Fake Dope Ring Respectable Citizens Led To Put Up $7,500 in Imaginary Trade. who pretended he was running an | illicit drug traffic business with huge profits were criticized by Justice Charles at Gloucester court recently in England. In sentencing the author of the | swindle the judge remarked: “You managed to find four people who session of | were willing with you to enter upon | the foulest trade known just to make a little money. “These four were willing to be- | lieve some of their money would go to bribe the police who were also | conne cted with that foul trade. . “For these four men I have noth- | | ing but contempt. honest blackguards would enter into such a contract.” The trial resulted in five years’ penal servitude for Hartley George Grail, 44 years old, described as an engineer, { more, but not nimbly enough this | | No one but dis- | and formerly proprietor | | of a guest house, The Hawthorns, | | Eastington, near Gloucester. There were 11 charges of fraud $7,500. They comprised obtaining by false against Grail involving a total of | | pretenses $5,600 from John Good- | win Morley Headlam of Marlbor- | ough House, Montpellier, Chelten- { ham, a company director; $625 from Joel Coupland, a lorry driver of Hill street, Stroud; $530 from An- drew Douglas Gordon, a retired ma- jor of the Indian army; Reginald k Rymer of Church- am, near yucester, and attempt- | ing to ob 00 from George Hen- _ $200 from | ry Hill scroft road, Glou- | C cester, g: e proprietor. | In each ¢ , said Prosecutor A. J. Long, the false pretence was sim- | ilar. It was to the effect that Grail | in a position to execute illic in drugs, that he was carrying on a drug trafficker’s business, and that | there was vast money to be made by | people who went in with him. Judge—*‘‘These were not ordinary | medical stores, but heroin and co- | caine?’’ Prosecutor Long—*‘‘Yes.” | Another pretence put forward by | Grail, which the prosecution regard- | ed with exceptional gravity, | that quite innocent police officers were in this business, were conniv- | ing-at it and profiting by it. | On another occasion, Long, Grail brought in a number of | Scotland Yard officials and said they had put money in this wicked traffic. was | | young man wh | er class tir continued | There was not a vestige of truth | lin that. It All Comes Out. It came to such a pitch that In- spector Berrett, a retired Scotland Yard officer, received a letter from solicitors t Cheltenham when he and his friend Lord Tren- chard were going to wind up the business and ide the profits. A more preposierous suggestion it was difficult fo imagine. | of Gordon, Grail told him he could | make money on heroin deals. Various sums were obtained from | Gordon, and in all he lost about { $530. i ‘1am glad to hear it,” | the judge. Long said Grail told Coupland he { was carrying on traffic in cocaine, | morphia, and ether, and that the police were in it with him. | Inspector A.V. Hancock revealed | that Grail was born at Lydney, Glou- | cestershire, and was for a time in the army. | He was divorced in 1936. He had been convicted of fraud several times. It was stated Grail had made a clean breast of his frauds. observed { Merchants Can’t Change Bills, Broke With $2,800 STOCKTON, CALIF.—He couldn’t eat. He couldn’t sleep. He couldn’t even buy a package of cigarettes or even a postage stamp. In other words, he was ‘‘flat broke.” And yet he had $2,800 in currency. This was the quandary a Mr. Wal- ters found himself in, so he went straightway to the Stockton police department and unloaded his prob- lem on their shoulders. “I got some money, but I can’t use it,” Walters reported. | Accustomed to all sorts of mooch- | ers, the police officers prepared to | | give him a chill reception. “Sa fact. 1 got lots of money.’ Thereupon Walters displayed the contents of his wallet. It contained: Two $1,000 bills. One $500 bill. “I sold a horse in Agua Cali- asking | S——— | marking blandly, “of which it is—" LONDON.—Victims of a swindler | A Suit of Clothes By MARY KEELING (Associated Newspapers—WNU Service.) HERE are certain tempera- ments,” the professor was re- | | “Look out, daddy!’’ cried Pat. The professor nimbly sidestepped to avoid the string of motors that suddenly started when the green light changed. “There are temperaments, my dear, of which it is—"" “Oh, daddy, do please look out!” Pat cried again as a car whirled around the corner. The professor sidestepped once time to avoid a splashing of muddy water as the car passed through a puddle close to the curb. “Oh, daddy,” wailed Pat, as she mopped away at the professor's coat tails, “whatever will mother say? And your second best trousers are quite too—too unsafe for wear in public.” “There are temperaments, Pa- tricia,” began the professor. “I do wish, dearest,” said Pat reproachfully, ‘‘that you'd try to re- member your own temperament— how careless you are about crossing streets and spoiling clothes and—"’ - . * “Henry,”’ remarked the profes- sor’s wife at the breakfast table the Aerial Moskotesrs guns, photographer. PAGE SEVEN. Don F ighting Togs Bound for an observation flight over enemy territory, these three British musketeers of the air head for their bombing plane. includes oxygen masks, telephone apparatus, parachutes and machine In addition to the gunners, the plane carries a pilot, co-pilot and Equipment PORTAGE FIREMEN SET Portage.—“Any Portage resident de- next morning, ‘‘you simply must or- | der a new suit of clothes at once. | Your appearance is a disgrace to | the family.” “That reminds said the profe have a distinct impre ordered a suit of clothes “Why, daddy!” i astonishment, ome to order a suit certain, however, that it was cloth- | ing he wished to sell.” “Henry Porter!” cried his wife despairingly, ‘‘do you mean to say that you gave an unknown sales- seeing what they were like?” i cugh council voted that | ing the pla siring a fire must have same before Members of the Portage Volunteer | Fire Company placed this warning on their bulletin board outside of the Mu. | * nicipal building last week after bor- “lights be put | out and the truck and engine room | locked up at nine o'clock. Motions were also carried prohibit- ing of bingo in the engine | ney Blankfeld, W. J. Bortman, Joha DEADLINE FOR HAVING FIRES | T. Cline, Florence A. Dale, Lillian Da= | vis, Schuyler C. Davis, Herman Dish. art, Charles Goeboro, Mrs. L.. L. Hoo | ver, Amos H. Kirkpatrick, Peter E. | Johnson, Harrison M. Mannion, Nellie room and a ruling that the fire com-| pany must hereafter pay its own light bill. TURNPIKE PAYROLL IS $69.50 EVERY MINUTE Harrisburg — { and night— | the workers building | ween Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. “My dear, you quite distress me,” | contractors on the Turnpike have been expostulated the professor. ‘‘The young man seemed of a most su- | perior type and now that I consider the occurrence I remember mention of a club. It appears that his firm is most particular whom they admit to its membership. I was selected in order that a name somewhat fa- niliar in educational circles might | head their list.” “How much did you pay down?” asked Mrs. Porter. “Only $2, yy’ " «And when is the rest to be paid?” | asked the business manager of the firm relentlessly. The professor squirmed a little in his chair just as the doorbell rang thus relieving him of the necessi | of making an immediate reply. Fate In the case | | aggressive was pursuing him, however, for Pat returned to the dining room with demanded of t stallment due “May I acl with great dig: Porter ‘when my hus- ty, | band’s suit will be gli A 1 | | | | | ment of character. ente, Mexico, and this is the way | they paid me off,”” Walters com-| ! ! i | Three $100 bills. plained. No one in Stockicn Walters had contacted had been able to make change for the large bills. Police then contacted a hotel man- ager who was able to ‘“‘break’ a $100 bill into smaller denorainations and the stranger loft town well fed and happy. store was extremely fastidicus. He took sample bites from at least dozen cakes and pies before ony ing two pies to take with him. Choosy BOSTC ON —The thief who entered Mrs. Margaret Davis’ provisions | { Mr. Salter. i } | | E | te i daddy, | “Oh, most any time, ma'am,” said the collector with a sly wink at Pat. “Some one is chosen each week to get a free suit and the old gentleman may be the next lucky one.” “Daddy,” whispered Pat as she opened the door for the professor, “there’s a perfectly beautiful young man waiting for you in the library.” The professor adjusted his near- | sight glasses as the young man rose from a chair. “You'll not remember me, Pro- fessor Porter, but I'm the man who induced you (to sign up with that suit club. I've found out that they are a bad lot, but I want you to be- lieve that I honestly thought it on the square. If you'll tell me how much you’ve given them I'll be glad to pay you back myself. You were so white to me that I can’t bear to see you fleeced.” “I see no reason in the world,” replied the professor, mildly, “why 1 should allow you to be the loser. The amount is inconsequential, for I ascertained some weeks ago that the plan was fraudulent. However, I am exceedingly glad to have you re- store my belief in my sound judg- I confess it has been somewhat shaken of late. This, my dear,” he added, as Pat en- tered the room patiently for the pur- pose of meeting the caller, “is Mr. Samuel Salter. You may perhaps recall my mentioning him in con- nection with the purchase of a suit of clothes. My daughter, Patricia, ” a “Dad y, darling,” said Pat, squeezing the professor’s arm rap- turous sly after the young man had reluctantly taken his leave for the ig id, “it's no wonder, poor dear, that you fell for that suit club.” rg » re- mie now that 1 Annee of 01's the ait once c , X What a fiony old pet you are, » crooned Pat, kissing the soon-to-be bald spot on (cp of the professor's head. if I remember correct- | an | sort of young man who | | paid wages totaling approximately $5,000,000 since work began last fall. In the same period more than 1500 | engineers, designers, inspectors, legal | and accounting personnel, and office S. Morey, Frank Mulligan, Steve Pito, Lorrie Ross, Antonio Rotondra, F, X, Stoltz, Joseph Strassler, Albert Thom- as, W. L. Thompson, Joseph Tomallo, Jacob Warner, M. A. Donnelly, B. O, Duffy, Ladies Golden Eagle, John Pal- chko, Jr. The above named persons are Tre- quested to call at the Receivers of fice in the Grange National DBaak Building, Patton, Pa., for their prop- erty. PARK M. WriMER, Receiver, The First National Bank of | 3t Patton, Patton, Pa. Every minute—day | —an average of $69.50 is paid | the PWA-RFC | nN : financed Pennsylvania Turnpike bet- | man an order for clothes without S y : I | The 12,000 men employed by the 55 | | workers have earned more than $1,500. | 000.00. LEGAL NOTICE. According to the records of The | First National Bank of Patton, Pat- | ton, Pennsylvania, there appears to | be undelivered the following Safe- keeping items and for Safe-Deposit Boxes, | same are delivered before the sale of the assets they will be turned a successor custodian who m ly complicate delivery. 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