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Word: calif (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tongue-Tied. In Berkeley, Calif., police heard over the phone a feeble, gagged "Help!", traced the call, rushed to the address, unhooked Mrs. Gertrude Gumbs's tongue from under her lower plate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 8, 1946 | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

Claptrap. In San Jose, Calif., a new electric rattrap was demonstrated: the rat walked in, the door banged shut, the machine buzzed threateningly, the door opened, the rat walked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 8, 1946 | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

Hollywood, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 1, 1946 | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

...Angeles, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 1, 1946 | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

Died. Vice Admiral Howard L. Vickery, 53, wartime vice chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission; of a heart attack; in Palm Springs, Calif. He steered Henry Kaiser into shipbuilding, plumped loudly for a long-range program to make the U.S. a postwar maritime power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 1, 1946 | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

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