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...murder last night on the steps of Widener Library a little after 7 p.m. Sergeant Toomey, who was forced to stand by helpless during the killing, described the assasin as "a two-tone brown owl, about 14 inches tall, weighing around 10 pounds." His victim was an unidentified gray pigeon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fowl "Whoo-Done-It" Flusters Sgt. Toomey | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

...which Toomey said was "the most monstrous bird I've ever seen," was discovered clutching the inert body of the pigeon in its talons not far from the Chinese Memorial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fowl "Whoo-Done-It" Flusters Sgt. Toomey | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

...three years and feels strongly that there is such a thing as overdoing tradition. On the other hand, his bell is certainly the most accurate by which to set your watch. The bell itself is housed in an immaculate white alcove under the spire, a strong contrast to the pigeon-besmirched campaniles of Memorial Hall and St. Paul's Cast in Loughborough, England in 1926 and presented to the University by an anonymous donor, it is inscribed "In Memory Of Voices That Are Hushed...

Author: By A.r.g. Solmseen, | Title: It Tolls for Thee | 11/3/1948 | See Source »

...down the killers in lawful and orderly fashion. Gambler Raft, like all shady characters, is faithful to a code which scorns help from a copper. They argue this difference of technique, in a friendly way, until Raft's enemies, seeing them together, conclude that Raft is playing stool pigeon. That puts him in real trouble. There are also two girls, Marilyn Maxwell and Gail Robbins; both are easy to look at and one turns out to be treacherous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 27, 1948 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...what was happening to Britain's "last chance" empire was a recent scene in the slums of Accra, Gold Coast colony. A young native sprawled sullenly in the shade of a tin-roofed shack, cluttered with goats, baskets, buckets and children. Out of the dry dusty litter a pigeon loft reared up ten feet into the hot air. "I fight in war," said the young native. "I discharged. Money gone. No work. No go back up country." He slumped farther back in the shade of the pigeon loft. Said a white colonial official: "There's food for Communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Not Fine Pass Kerosene | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

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