Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...issue of TIME is an article captioned "Ecuador. Just Short of a Miracle." ... It is a miracle...
Backfire. In Chester, Ill., an underwriters' association inspected the city's firehouse, found it was a fire hazard. In Corte Madera, Calif., Assistant Fire Chief George Menke, his house gutted by fire, finally discovered the cause: a short circuit in the automatic fire-alarm system...
...Short Wave. Near the Scilly Isles, England, BBC Announcer Edward Ward and his engineer went to lonely Bishop Rock Lighthouse for a three-minute broadcast, were marooned by high seas for 27 days...
Stuck Pig. In Mobile, Ala., a housewife, short of cash, guiltily broke into her baby's piggy bank, found only a note inside: "I.O.U. $5. (signed) Daddy...
...Angeles police searched for the person who had killed black-haired Elizabeth Short, then defiled and butchered her body and dumped it in a vacant lot. Friends had nicknamed her the "Black Dahlia," which made the crime more piquant. Portland, Ore. was having a crime wave. Taxi drivers, tired of being robbed by patrons, carried guns. A woman was knocked on the head as she entered her automobile. Murders averaged one a week. Three youths were arrested for killing a sea captain and dumping his body over a cliff...