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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Seattle, Al Lindberg stole some turkeys from his pal, Axel Quist. Axel Quist thumped Al Lindberg. Al Lindberg had Axel Quist haled into court. Ordered to pay a fine, Axel Quist said to Al Lindberg; "Say, old pal, lend me $25 to pay my fine, will you?" Al Lindberg then loaned Axel Quist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Record | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

...Shanghai, Dyung Kyong-Sung was discharged by his master for failing to wash behind his ears. Enraged, Dyung Kyong-Sung killed his master's dog, stole his clothes, was sent to prison for six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Record | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

...Cambridge, Mass., James McArthur, eager to have a sister, stole small Vivian Mercer whom he found asleep outside a doctor's office. After being trundled about in her baby carriage, Vivian Mercer opened her crossed-eyes, stared at James McArthur. Disgusted, James McArthur abandoned Vivian Mercer in a backyard, where her mother found her, weeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Roomer | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

Arthur Cutten, Chicago broker, employs detectives. Eight years ago nine men broke into his mansion at Downers Grove, Ill., bound his family, stowed him in a basement vault to smother, stole $20,000 worth of jewelry, $500 in cash, 25 cases of whiskey. Last week Mr. Cutten's detectives caught the eighth of his 1922 assailants, one Simon Rosenberg, the gangleader, in Cleveland. Gloated Mr. Cutten: "Number eight! When I get number nine, this one's brother, I'll be through with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 14, 1930 | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

...Great Eleven lapsed after the imprisonment of May Otis Blackburn ("Heel of God"). From one Clifford Dabney it is claimed she stole $40,000, having promised to reveal universal secrets. Mr. Dabney declared that she told him he was the Christ but could not prove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: California Cults | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

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