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Good Customer. In Butte. Mont., Shoe Repairman C. E. Miller surprised a burglar entering his store, let him go after the man assured him: "I trade here all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 5, 1952 | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

Several years ago the daughter of the president of Colby College and her escort were walking by the spacious Observatory grounds, when a burglar jumped out of the darkness and snatched her purse containing $1.35. Shortly afterwards another man was robbed and the culprit again escaped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shapley Reign Spurs Observatory To Lead World in Research | 4/12/1952 | See Source »

Delicate Operator. In Milwaukee, when Patrolman William Klippel slipped up behind a burglar and murmured "stick 'em up," the burglar gasped and fainted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 24, 1952 | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

...strength along the way, his next obstacle will be Georgia's Richard Russell (in the two Florida votes May 6 and May 27) and Illinois' Governor Adlai Stevenson (in Oregon May 16). Kefauver's prospects are (in this respect only) somewhat like that of a professional burglar: a good average isn't enough-he has to win every time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Rise of Senator Legend | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

...shows. From an "overstocked surplus warehouse," the listener has been offered "at laughably low prices, sweaters in two styles-turtle or V-neck. Just state what kind of neck you have." Or how about a ten-day course on "How to Become a 97-lb. Weakling"? Or a Handy Burglar Kit, containing jimmies, canvas gloves, crepe-soled shoes and "aliases you can use over and over again -for example, Benjamin Franklin and Mary, Queen of Scots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Spoolers | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

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