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...sprightlier activity. In Los Angeles one Jim Moran, who had once sold an icebox to an Eskimo, was sitting on an ostrich egg. He wore a feather headdress, a pair of "hatching pants" and thought he would bring forth a small ostrich in 25 days. Newark had a "pants burglar," who came in through windows like a wraith, left a penny on the floor for his victims. In Ellensburg, Wash, an ex-cowpuncher named Larry Hightower was preparing to push a wheelbarrow around the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Super-Colossal | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

ATLANTA. NEED A CHECK ON STORY THAT A BURGLAR RANSACKED GEORGE WORD'S HOME, TOOK ONLY A COPY OF FOREVER AMBER, LEFT IT UNDER THE PILLOW OF NEXT-DOOR-NEIGHBOR SALLY CARTER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 27, 1946 | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

Required Reading. In Atlanta, a burglar ransacked George Word's home, filched a copy of Forever Amber, left it under the pillow of next-door Neighbor Sally Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 20, 1946 | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

Briny Deep. In Tulsa, a burglar moseyed around a market, stepped on a weak spot in the floor, dropped into a. 60-gal, pickle barrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 13, 1946 | 5/13/1946 | See Source »

Dorothy Lamour, like Hedy Lamarr a week earlier (TIME, April 29), got debaubelized. While she was visiting Baltimore, an auto burglar got away with some $26,000 worth of her jewelry, a $1,500 fur coat, 36 pairs of stockings. Unmolested: 15 other pieces of luggage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 6, 1946 | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

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