Word: robber
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Author. Karel Capek, 40, dark, slender, wiry, hesitating in manner but incisive of speech, is chiefly known in the U. S. as a playwright (The World We Live In written in collaboration with his brother Josef). He has written other plays (R. U. R., The Robber, The Makropoulos Affair), novels (Krakatit, The Absolute at Large). In Prague, his home town, he is known as a student of philosophy, principally American (William James, John Dewey), play manager and producer. Onetime Art Director of the National Art Theatre of Prague, he is now manager of the Vinohradsky Art Theatre, where he produces...
...insurance policy (adopted also by other surety companies) provides against losses through kidnaping robberies. Robber-kidnapers go to the home of the bank cashier, or other official, compel him to accompany them to the bank, to open the safe for them when the time-lock runs out. By the payment of a small extra premium, banks and businesses can protect themselves from such kidnap losses. National Surety Co. also wrote last week a suicide policy, said to be the first of its kind. A manufacturer (unspecified) wished to borrow $25,000 from his bank. As the business depended largely upon...