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Alex Jay said...
A Google search located a book, "Scripps-Howard News: Volumes 3-4", which was published in 1929, according to the search information. Searching within the book, the year 1929 is mentioned 21 times, and 1930 is mentioned 11 times. Examining the snippets of text involving 1930 show that the events were from the past. So the book contains material published in 1929 and 1930.
"San Francisco News" is mentioned 44 times. And there is this line:
Pen and ink sketches of persons off the regular news paths form
an interesting series of human interest stories that Dennis McCarthy
is doing for the News.
The feature did exist but only in the San Francisco News.
by Alex Jay
Dec 14, 2010, 9:58:22 AM
Posted to News of Yore: More E&P Mystery Features

