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September 7, 1940

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Odd Man - II

When Mr. Schuster of Simon & Schuster proposed to get out a "Believe It Or Not" book Ripley said that he was just a two-cent man. Schuster finally obtained…

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a reporter at large

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All Right, I Heard You The First Time

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