Word: cranked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After the kidnapper's car was found with blood stains on its upholstery Minneapolis' postmaster received a note (presumably from a crank) saying that the younger Bremer "was by accident bumped...
Pulling up his car in Bonnieres, France, last week, Fulford Patrick Hardy. 22. Ontario socialite, suddenly cracked his mother over the head with the automobile crank, and drove off shouting "I've gone crazy! I've gone crazy!" Such at least was Mrs. Hardy's recollection of what happened before she collapsed. "I can't think why he did it," she added later. "He was such a good cheery boy about the house...
...CRANK IN THE CORNER-Christopher Bush - Morrow ($2). Ludovic Travers, traveling, encounters murder in his own compartment. Himself suspect, he investigates, shares honors with both Surete and Scotland Yard...
...coat which was seen in Fine & Dandy, Comedian Cook picks up his fiddle & bow. The bow has an inflated bladder tied to one end. Mr. Cook plays a few bars, then slaps an attendant across the back of the neck with the bladder. The attendant turns a crank and a small carousel begins to revolve. One of the riders seizes a cardboard milk bottle, breaks it over the ticket-taker's head. In surprise, the ticket-taker heaves a handful of coins on the stage. Some roustabouts who have been holding Dave Chasen above a glass tank of water...
...assuring you that this letter does not come from a crank merely, but that it is written in all sincerity by one who means to see the issue through to a conclusion, I will say that it has been my privilege to deliver Father Divine's message to thousands in the Pacific Northwest since December of last year. During December I visited Father Divine personally and ascertained by observation and experience the exact nature of the work He is doing; and by co-operation with Him and the Principle advocated by Him I have been able to witness...