Word: safes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Comeback. In Carnation, Wash., four safecrackers, disturbed at work by Town Marshal John Mills, returned and made off with the safe while he was telephoning his report...
...Robert M. Lee on a rock 55 yards from the bank of South Carolina's Columbia Canal. A Navy blimp was flown from Savannah, Ga. to have a go at him and failed. But after twelve hours, two daredevils with an outboard motorboat managed to snake him, safe & sound, out of the torrent of white water...
...hoodwink Hitler into disclosing secret plans, advise General Patton on military strategy and Harry Hopkins on political tactics, and even win the admiration of Stalin. There was almost nothing that Lanny could not do; under the spell of such a hero, anxiety-ridden readers could begin to feel safe again...
Hard Work. In Denver, police reached the scene of the crime in time to arrest Warren McWilliams, who had worked so long and so hard trying to crack a safe that he finally fell asleep...
...John Boyles have got some money in the bank and $1,000 in bonds in a safe deposit box. 'Last year,' said Boyle, 'I bought my coal early. This year, I'm waiting. Prices are slipping every day and if you don't need something there is no sense buying it.' The Boyles also need new clothes, shoes, furniture for the living room and dining room, lamps, but-'We'll just get by,' says Mrs. Boyle, 'until the prices come down...