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Joseph B.C. Van Ausdel (1896-1955)

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Sousa Fund Benefit Put Off Indefinitely. Fete to Aid Memorial Auditorium Was Set for Next Wednesday. A benefit entertainment to raise funds for a John Philip Sousa Memorial auditorium in Washington, scheduled for next Wednesday at Carnegie Hall, has been indefinitely postponed, it was announced yesterday at committee headquarters in the Hotel Delmonico. ... which led to the discovery that a former salesman of the committee, Joseph Van Arsdale [sic], had a criminal record and was wanted in Illinois for swindling.

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New York Times; June 5, 1941