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...remarked that she was making very good money in munitions and would like to see the war go on for a long time. A middle-aged woman across the aisle hauled off and socked her. The sockee demanded that the conductor stop the bus and get a policeman. When the policeman asked the other passengers what the disturbance was, nobody on the bus had noticed a thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 13, 1942 | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

Pasadena's Rose Bowl looked like a second-hand auto park. In the chill dawn, 140 battered cars and sagging trucks huddled, piled high with furniture, bundles, gardening tools. At 6:30 a.m. they chuffed and spluttered, wheeled into line, and started rolling. Led by a goggled policeman on a motorcycle, a jeep and three command cars full of newsmen, they headed for the dark, towering mountains to the east...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Moving Day for Mr. Nisei | 4/6/1942 | See Source »

Auxiliary-policeman Duhig has, in fact, become almost the official spokesman of a type of student which has become very important in a University noted for luxury. He lacks only rolled-up sleeves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACULTY PROFILE | 3/26/1942 | See Source »

Tires. In Detroit, a sneak thief stole a wheel and tire from a minister's car, parked in front of a hotel. The minister went to get a policeman. When he got back to his car, another wheel and tire were gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 23, 1942 | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

When Cambridge began to organize its system of wardens, fireman, and policeman, it faced the problem of finding a place to drill. The University, undertaking a parallel task, was handicapped by a lack of equipment and trained instructors. They agreed to swap. Cambridge got the use of Memorial Hall; the University was given an opportunity to train its fireman in the station on Harvard Street. Since that first step, plans for even more cooperation have been made and carried to completion. Fire and plane spotters, for example, will be stationed atop Memorial Hall, Widener, and the Houses, for these...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Meeting of the Twain | 3/11/1942 | See Source »

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