Word: policeman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...automobile moved swiftly down Livingston St., New Haven, Conn., one morning last week, crashed into and wrecked another automobile which had appeared suddenly out of a side street. Two men got out of the first car. Came a policeman, who was surprised when one of the men handed him a driver's license reading: "John Coolidge, age 21, height 6 ft., residence 21 Massasoit St., Northampton, Mass." The other man was William Cunningham, chauffeur of Governor Trumbull of Connecticut. But John Coolidge, returning from a visit to his mother and the Governor in Plainville, Conn., had been driving...
Schemer. In Philadelphia a policeman's berth is rapidly becoming a mare's nest. Mayor Harry A. Mackey, who has hitherto expressed many wishes to be of more momentous service to District Attorney Monaghan, gloated over a choice scheme. He ordered a complete transfer of the city police. About 4,800 officers found themselves detailed to new precincts. The order came suddenly; no policeman knew beforehand to what station he was being assigned. Before the transfer each Captain submitted a report of conditions in his precinct, a resume of the reports of sergeants and patrolmen under him. Following...
...Oklahoma City, the restless tension of the packed streets was punctuated by pistol shots as a policeman shot down a pickpocket. When the special pulled in, there was yelling and tumult from the railroad station to the hotel. The Nominee shaved and received newsgatherers in his bathrobe...
...policeman and a fireman died in a plane crash at Melrose Park, Ill. Two planes collided during a race at Binghamton, N. Y. Val Miner, manager of the Southern New York Flying Club, Inc., was killed instantly...
...name of the late Calvin Coolidge Jr., a Mrs. A. Mildred Odalivitch, of Seattle, Washington, last week, begged Mrs. Coolidge to intercede for Mark Dowell, her son, who was sentenced to hang at San Quentin, Calif., for killing a San Francisco policeman. Mrs. Coolidge did what she could. She asked President Coolidge to act. He in turn asked Attorney-General Sargent to tell Mrs. Odalivitch what course to take. The Sargent advice was to appeal to a justice of the United States Supreme Court, to review the case. That had already been done unsuccessfully. Mark Dowell was hanged...