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...Survivor. In London, Mounted Policeman James J. Goss won a divorce on grounds of cruelty after he charged that his wife Janet had 1) hidden his cigarettes and newspapers, 2) frequently kicked and bitten him, 3) broken a pot on his head, 4) thrown a poker at him, 5) stuck a knife in his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 9, 1953 | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

Seeing they could not save the hero, the still lessening ranks took up the cry of "On to Nate's." Switfly two proctors headed the leaders off. Their spirit broken, the would be rioters disbanded. A policeman shrugged his head and said, "These Harvard guys just can't start a riot anymore...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: "A Real Sock It to 'Em" | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

Shoulders took a key from Hall's pocket and opened one of two suitcases in the room. It was filled with money. The policeman took Hall to the station, where Shoulders opened the second suitcase. When he saw the currency in it, he thought: "This has got to be the payoff on the Greenlease boy." He turned to Hall and said: "Now, mister, you're hooked. We know all about you." Replied Hall: "I know. I knew when you put that gun in my belly it was all up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: A Man with Soft Hands | 10/19/1953 | See Source »

...need street policemen on beats. In the old days these men had contacts and could tell who pulled what kind of a job. Now the policemen don't have any contacts, and the people don't have the sense of security they used to get from watching the neighborhood policeman...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: The Cop on the Beat | 10/13/1953 | See Source »

Died. Frank Munn, 58, Bronx-born tenor, "The Golden Voice of Radio" during the '30s and early '40s; of a heart attack; in New York City. A policeman's son, he learned to sing by memorizing popular recordings, mimicking what he heard. As "Paul Oliver" on radio's Palmolive Hour, he became a nationwide favorite. In 1931 he dropped the pseudonym, and, never appearing on stage or screen, became star soloist on NBC's weekly Album of Familiar Music, Waltz Time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 12, 1953 | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

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