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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...through the corridors of the big building. Soon five other rope-bound, writhing watchmen?the whole force on duty at the Depot?were jammed into the brig with the gate guard. To them came muffled clanks and booms from above. The commanding Naval officer on duty, yanked from his bed, remembered that in the big safe on the top floor was $84,500 pay for the 300 Depot employes. For five hours robbers held the Navy's great supply base out of U. S. control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Jobs oj the Week | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

Coach Knute Rockne thought Southern California might be too strong for his boys. He kept them on defensive work all week, but when, from his movable bed on the sidelines, he saw them scored on, he decided the best defence was attack. Carideo and Savoldo did what was expected of them after that and Southern California's Musick missed the extra point that would have tied the score. Notre Dame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Nov. 25, 1929 | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...built in 1825. But today most of the inmates live in new cell blocks on the hill above the Hudson River. The sizeable cells are equipped with modern sanitary apparatus. In each is a desk and chair. At the head of each bed is a, radio headphone. Prison-wise felons would rather go "up the river" to Sing Sing than to other New York penitentiaries. Most famed Sing Sing inmate is Charles E. Chapin, onetime city editor of the New York World, serving 20 years as a wife-killer. He has charge of the prison bird house, cares for Sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Stone Upon Stone | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...must be for her. every day the same and every night the same as the day!" Said Clemens: "You're damned wrong there; blindness is an exciting business, I tell you; if you don't believe it, get up some dark night on the wrong side of your bed and your house is on fire and try to find the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mencken's Huneker | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...little early to talk about Yale, games, even to think about them. In fact the Vagabond was so pleasantly surprised with the news last evening that he lay awake all night listening to the four faced clock tick just over his bed in Memorial Tower. After this warning against undue premature excitement there is no reason for not going now into a few details...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 11/16/1929 | See Source »

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