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March 6, 1925
The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
The U.S. Department of Interior employs radio broadcasts on stations WHK (Cleveland) and WLW (Cincinnati) to apprehend an imposter in Ohio fraudulently posing as a Bureau of Pensions eye specialist, selling overpriced spectacles to war veterans with false promises of pension increases.
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Department of Interior announces it is using radio to bring about the arrest of an imposter now operating in Ohio.
WHK, at Cleveland, and WLW, Cincinnati, have been asked to broadcast his description and warnings against his operations.
The fraud is said to represent himself as an eye specialist employed by the Bureau of Pensions. He sells spectacles on which he places a value of $40 a pair, but offers them to war pensioners at $22, on the understanding that he will obtain an increase in the pensioner's annuity.
Considering that about one-seventh of our homes are equipped with radio it seems reasonable to hope this newest of detectives will be successful.
Department of Interior announces it is using radio to bring about the arrest of an imposter now operating in Ohio.
WHK, at Cleveland, and WLW, Cincinnati, have been asked to broadcast his description and warnings against his operations.
The fraud is said to represent himself as an eye specialist employed by the Bureau of Pensions. He sells spectacles on which he places a value of $40 a pair, but offers them to war pensioners at $22, on the understanding that he will obtain an increase in the pensioner's annuity.
Considering that about one-seventh of our homes are equipped with radio it seems reasonable to hope this newest of detectives will be successful.
What sub-type of article is it?
Deception Fraud
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Pension Fraud
Imposter
Radio Detection
Eye Specialist
War Pensioners
What entities or persons were involved?
Imposter
Department Of Interior
Where did it happen?
Ohio
Story Details
Key Persons
Imposter
Department Of Interior
Location
Ohio
Story Details
The Department of Interior uses radio stations WHK in Cleveland and WLW in Cincinnati to broadcast the description of an imposter posing as an eye specialist from the Bureau of Pensions, who sells $40 spectacles to war pensioners for $22 promising pension increases.