Word: stole
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sensational, more blatant because of Chicago's shocking newspaper history. Wherever seasoned newsmen gather, tales are told of the Herex's famed exploits. There was the time when the late "Hildy" Johnson (TIME, April 20) got an exclusive tip on the conviction of one Norman Cook for murder; he stole into the vacated jury room, wrote "not guilty" on a dozen bits of paper, scattered them on the floor where he knew a Tribune newshawk would find them. Next morning, before the verdict was returned, the Herald & Examiner was out with COOK FOUND GUILTY while the duped Tribune blazoned...
Fifty harps twanged Mendelssohn's "Wedding March." Imposing, the Cathedral of Palermo had been hung with rich tapestries, decked with carloads of flowers and on view was the Cathedral treasure: a sacred stole blazing with Byzantine gems which once studded the mantle of the Empress Constantia. But as he knelt at the altar beside Princess Isabelle last week the Count of Paris was garbed in a mere cutaway, his richest ornament a gardenia...
...coarse epithets and unscrupulous behavior, he does so with surprising success, without even removing his boutonniere. In order to retain the services of a reporter who wants to leave town for a more respectable position, he arranges for police to arrest the reporter. "The son of a ?* stole my watch," he says...
...Less respectful last week were burglars who broke into Dr. Einstein's summer home at Caputh, Germany, drank his wine, stole a piece of Japanese embroidery...
...Syosset, L. I., Robert Ruvinstein, 14, put on motor goggles and cap, stole an automobile. He had difficulty starting it, asked passersby for a push. He rode until tired, then slept. Apprehended, he explained that he had an aunt two years younger than himself who got all the attention in the family, that he wanted some excitement...