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Word: slayers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...given 24 hours, later 48, to produce the killer or else suffer "further measures." The Czech Unity Party, only Czech political organization still existent in Bohemia and Moravia, declared such "acts of force are a crime against the entire Czech people," called upon Czechs to cooperate in apprehending the slayer. The Czechs wanted it understood that murder was not in their plans. While Kladno wondered what further punishment was in store for it, in Prague it was feared that the next German move would be to take away what little autonomy the Czechs retained after Adolf Hitler moved in last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Crime and Crime | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...similar producing venture attempted by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur five years ago, T. P. T. P. will release four pictures through RKO* next year. The four, picked by Towne for their story value: The Swiss Family Robinson (published in 1813), James Fenimore Cooper's The Deer slayer (1841), Tom Brown's School Days (1857) and Alfred Batson's contemporary African Intrigue, dealing with the Agadir incident of 1911. Producer Towne will stress his stories rather than his stars, hopes for big names but will insist on actors to suit his roles. His idol at the moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Play's The Thing | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

While all Peoria scuffled and scratched to get into the courtroom, suspense hung on whether the defense could make the State produce Thompson's diary listing the 83 women. Headline: RIOT TO HEAR SEX SLAYER'S LOVE DIARY. Peorians tore down the courthouse doors. Headline: NAMES OF 83 GIRL VICTIMS WITHHELD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Midwest Murders | 8/12/1935 | See Source »

...catch the floating fireballs, a hammer and anvil to smash them with, and "even in this hot weather we had to keep the windows closed to keep the fireballs out." When Mrs. Matilda Waldman shot and killed Mrs. Cooper last week, headlines ran NO MORE FIREBALLS FOR WITCH SLAYER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Midwest Murders | 8/12/1935 | See Source »

Such an attitude could only mean that Major Fey considers the Nazis down but not out in Austria. The fact that he remained Minister of Interior after thrice in effect calling Chancellor Schuschnigg a liar was significant. Finally Austrians noticed that although the actual slayer of Dollfuss and the Nazi gang leader were promptly hanged fortnight ago, President Wilhelm Miklas of Austria commuted to life imprisonment last week the death sentence of another Nazi. Said Chancellor Schuschnigg: "Few if any more of the remaining Nazi prisoners will be hanged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Shush-Shush Schuschnigg | 8/13/1934 | See Source »

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