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...Well. In Houston, police pieced together the evidence, concluded that the burglar who broke into the Hi-Lo Oil Co. building 1) tried without success to open up the cash register, the cigarette machine, the soft-drink machine; 2) tried to drive away with a trailer truck which jackknifed; 3) placed two long distance telephone calls and found nobody home; 4) quit in disgust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

...safe was opened by combination, indicating that the burglar was either a professional operative or "on the inside," according to Lt. Breen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Crimes Mar Football Weekend Joy | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...with a Future. In Long Beach, Calif., the Clara Lane Friendship Center reported that a burglar had made off with a file listing the names, addresses, telephone numbers, physical specifications and incomes of over 100 unattached women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 26, 1950 | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...North African campaign; after suffering major reverses in Greece and Crete, he was transferred to India (1941), where he organized the defense against the Japanese invasion threat. A soldier's soldier, he once said that the combat infantryman, should combine the arts of "a successful poacher, at cat-burglar and a gunman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 5, 1950 | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...Hard Feelings. In Flint, Mich., burglar left a note in the Genesee County Savings Bank: "Thanks very much, didn't get a damn thing, but thanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 3, 1950 | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

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