Word: jailings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Flunked Out. In Baltimore, Librarian Ruth Jacobs hunted & hunted for the borrower of Practical Course in Modern Locksmithing, a long-overdue book, found him serving a jail term for burglary...
...Octopus. He heartily dislikes actors and always insists that musicians get the lower berths when traveling with dramatic troupes. He hates the greens on golf courses, and when playing, simply skips them. He is eternally suspicious of lawyers. He believes "they can steal without getting put in jail" and habitually greets them with the cry of "Burglar!" He is against John L. Lewis, amateurs of all kinds, and the custom of eating lunch. He is convinced that the legislative process was conceived for only one purpose-grilling Petrillo like a frankfurter. When annoyed by an opponent, he screams: "Tell...
Detectives got their first hold on the racket when a Canada-bound "Scotsman" at Prestwick airport, Scotland, pulled out a passport bearing the name of a criminal then in a Glasgow jail. Police arrested the masquerader, were soon hot on the trail of a passport forging and smuggling ring...
...Lonely Heart. In Windsor, Vt., Prisoner Harry Priest asked the warden please to delay his forthcoming release two weeks: he wanted to appear in the prison minstrel show. In Stanton, Mich., Parole Violator Harold I. Davis, a fugitive, came back to jail from Texas, explained: "It's better to be in jail where they know you and want you than at liberty in a gay city where they...
Crime Pays. In Springfield, Mo., Clerk Harry Nicholson announced that hereafter guests of the county jail could pay for their meals, if they had the price, and thereby shorten their terms...