Word: francisco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...door, opening from the rear of the cellhouse to the prison ballfield. They captured Guard Walter Neil on the way. At the ballyard door, Guard Neil was sent out first, then Guard Gorhanson. Before the convicts could follow, Guard Neil flung his weight against the door. Tony Brown, San Francisco thug, the convict with the "roscoe" (pistol), tried to shoot Neil's foot out of the way, but the lock clicked. The cursing convicts retired to secure the rest of their guards as hostages and hold a council...
...understood to be the minimum the convention city would have to meet in expenses. San Francisco was said to have offered $200,000 "or more...
Oakland, Calif. Orlando, Fla. Phoenix, Ariz. Portland, Ore Port Newark, N. J. Redondo Beach, Calif. St. Louis, Mo. Tex. Seattle, Wash. San Francisco, Calif. Savannah, Ga. Spartanburg, S. C. San Antonio, Tex. Salt Lake City, Utah Stockton, Calif. Tampa, Fla. Tacoma, Wash. Wilmington, Del. Wilmington...
...impugn sterility. The barren woman must hang her head; the fertile woman is praised, yet not glorified. Her labour is not pitied. However, the Protestant churches have begun to examine the problem. High prelates of the Church of England have advocated control. The Protestant Episcopal Church, at their San Francisco general conference last June listened to sane expositions (TIME July 4). Their viewpoint is, of course, ethical. They would balance a moral equation-their dogmatic injunctions versus the daily practices of their members...
Many large U. S. cities have similar tanks within the corporate limits. New York tanks contain enough gas for 15 hours service, Chicago's for 16 hours, New Orleans' for 9½ hours, San Francisco's for 11 hours.† They cannot explode under any circumstance which gas engineers can imagine...