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Word: parolee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Mr. Clemmer asked his convicts what they admired in their leaders, he obtained a great range of answers, including: "courage, generosity, modesty, education, an interesting vocabulary, personal cleanliness, clever gambling, the ability to 'con' (fool) officials, a reputation for holding liquor, possession of money ... a large body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Leadership in Prison | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

What Convict Mooney's appearance last week amounted to was merely one more milestone in the weird marathon of his effort not to get out of jail-since he undoubtedly could get a parole-but to prove his innocence. The Assembly had subpoenaed Mooney because its strong labor bloc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADICALS: Mooney Marathon | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

Most interested listeners when J. Emory Duskin, onetime head of Alabama's real estate association, broadcast from Manhattan on Sanka Coffee Co.'s We, the People program were 1,300 convicts gathered around the radio in the model dairy of Montgomery, Ala.'s Kilby prison. Reason: Mr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

In the Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, Inmate James Mason climbed the prison's 150-ft. water tower, remained on its catwalk 17 hours in a "sit-up" strike for parole. His reward: psychoanalysis.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Arrest | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

A special reception awaits Flyer Dahl in Los Angeles where two deputy sheriffs announced last week that they had warrants for his arrest on three counts of forgery allegedly committed in October 1936 while he was still on parole for a similar crime in February 1936.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Reprieve | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

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