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Salients in the Day's News

DIMES EVERYWHERE

Los Angeles, May 2--Evidence that the "dime letter" racket was organized here weeks before Denver's "prosperity chain letter" fad started was placed in the hands of Federal authorities tonight.

A round-up of persons believed to have started the original "dime letter racket" as a modest swindle that ran away and quickly mushroomed into a craze, has been ordered by Federal authorities.

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