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...before he got into the service, He was a bum when all is said and done. He would beat his ma and dad For suggesting it was bad To be a burglar on Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Revue in Manhattan, Apr. 29, 1946 | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

...Janeiro, 36-year-old José Lourival de Santana had no such luck. José's nose had been neatly amputated by a burglar's well-aimed razor slash. He was rushed to a hospital. A tidy policeman dropped the nose into a garbage can. Young Dr. Paulo Marques de Souza thought José's nose could be saved. First it had to be found. It was-after six hours among the garbage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: As Plain As . . . | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

...Surgeon de Souza explained: too much time had elapsed between the injury and the operation. Hopefully, he offered to carve a new nose from José's hip and graft it on his face. José shook his head, he murmured: "Perhaps some day I will kill that burglar. When the judge asks me why, it will be as plain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: As Plain As . . . | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

Second Helping. In Dallas, because of a crime wave L. T. Busby craftily hid his bedroom doorknob in the refrigerator, later was amazed to find his door wide open, radio and clothing gone. Reason: hungry burglar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 25, 1946 | 3/25/1946 | See Source »

Taker. In Louisville, a burglar took at its word the Guaranty Finance Company's window ad: "We Have the Money, Come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 24, 1945 | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

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