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TWO MEN CAUGHT IN YARD FOR FRAUDULENT CHARITY DRIVE

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Wigglesworth Hall was the scene of one of the first Christmas rackets yesterday afternoon when two men dressed in uniforms very similar to these used by the Salvation Army began soliciting monetary aid for a so-called "Christmas dinner for the poor."

The men would knock and greet the unsuspecting students with an extended money pan and a sentimental story. But they didn't get far, for after they had collected a sizeable amount and were about to make their escape, the due met a squad of Yard police who immediately escorted them out of the Yard.

This was an old trick to the Apted men who warned students to beware especially of a pseudo pipe salesman and a sailor with a hard luck story, reported recently to be working the College dormitories.

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