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Crime in the Afternoon. In Venice, Calif., a burglar intent on robbing the home of Mrs. George Blackmer: 1) tied up Mrs. Blackmer and two visiting ladies, 2) answered the doorbell and bound Neighbor Kenneth Thompson, 3) untied one of the ladies to quiet a squalling baby, 4) answered the doorbell and tied up a salesman, 5) walked out, muttering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 2, 1948 | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

Tattletale. In Harlan, Ky., police hunting a grocery burglar had no trouble trailing Claude Large, who had spilled the beans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 26, 1948 | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...insists that musicians get the lower berths when traveling with dramatic troupes. He hates the greens on golf courses, and when playing, simply skips them. He is eternally suspicious of lawyers. He believes "they can steal without getting put in jail" and habitually greets them with the cry of "Burglar!" He is against John L. Lewis, amateurs of all kinds, and the custom of eating lunch. He is convinced that the legislative process was conceived for only one purpose-grilling Petrillo like a frankfurter. When annoyed by an opponent, he screams: "Tell him he's nuts-he oughta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Pied Piper of Chi | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...Communist daily, the name-changing Tribuna Popular, got the treatment a few hours after President Dutra signed 900-A. A police detail appeared with a two-week suspension order from the Minister of Justice. Gingerly trying Tribuna's metal door, they set off a burglar alarm, and then started shooting. For half an hour they fought it out, until police machine guns and tear gas ended the brawl. Score: four Communists seriously wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Reds on the Run | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

Hippocrates. In Los Angeles, a burglar, climbing into the office of Dr. J. Lewis Bruce, slipped and fell through the transom, cut himself, telephoned the doctor, who came on the run and patched him up, refused to prosecute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 5, 1948 | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

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