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...decided to marry, advertised for a wife. Will grew up in the heavy-lidded town of Galloway, and settled down to the job of night clerk in the hotel. He did not drink or smoke, and never had much to say. He proposed to a complaisant girl named Opal, who let him (and others) sleep with her, but she turned him down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: That Lonesome Road | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

...Criminal Mind. In Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Opal E. Caughell told police, that when the burglar who entered her house was assured that she had no money, he settled for a ham sandwich. In Kansas City, Mo., police were looking for a youth who kidnaped 59-year-old Mrs. Sadie Crosner, took her money and car, then kissed her gently on the cheek with the observation that she reminded him of his mother. In Redding, Calif., Dick Farnsworth found a note on the door of his rifled store: "Get a new lock; this one is too easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 11, 1949 | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...York had two bigtime holdups within 24 hours. In Boston, Alfred Parkhurst, son of Harvard University's assistant business manager, went to jail for two years for stealing G.I. students' checks from mailboxes. In Des Moines, pretty Mrs. Opal Dixon was caught after she held up a bank by waving a hypodermic syringe and yelling that it was filled with explosives. It was filled with mouthwash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The News | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

...Will Opal marry Joe, or will the dead hand of the past reach out to prevent the match? War or no war, such dread questions-dear to the hearts of soap-opera buffs-remained the favorite daytime stimulant of 35% of U.S. radio's listeners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Woman's Home Companion | 1/10/1944 | See Source »

Most exciting moment occurred Monday evening when late diners and hangers-on at the mess hall were privileged to witness the geyser of water which burst forth from the starboard coffee urn.... A loud cheer went up in admiration of Miss Opal Bowers, of the Cowie Hall staff, who, heedless of losing that new curl, rushed into the torrential shower and closed the offending valve...

Author: By John Collins, | Title: THE NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL | 3/5/1943 | See Source »

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