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For nearly 40 years, wispy, stooped Billy "Smith" was just another of the wandering fruit tramps who drift through California's central valley, following the crop seasons. Three years ago, Billy settled down at Dingville, a little grocery-&-bar crossroads on Alfred ("Dutch") Montna's ranch outside Marysville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW MEXICO: I Am Nothing | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

In My Story (Hellman, Williams; $2.75),* on the bookstands this week, he tramps boldly through the years (1920-25) when he was king of tennis. "I can stand crowds only when I am working in front of them," he writes, "and then I love them!" He seems to have loved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Catty Reminiscences | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

Boom. In Albany, Governor Dewey upped the New York State allowance for maintenance of tramps in jail from 60? to $1 a day.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 14, 1947 | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

Britain's hobos were haunted this week by the specter of Government planning. A fortnight ago the Berks, Bucks and Oxford Vagrancy Committee was much impressed by a miniature Beveridge Plan for tramps titled: The Rehabilitation of Britain's Hobo Population. Chief points: 1) compulsory medical examination of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Planned Vagrancy | 1/6/1947 | See Source »

During the day, Mrs. Kyner tramps through Rangely's muddy streets selling ads, gathering local news. She calls herself "manager, editor, reporter, errand boy and devil." Often, while writing her stories and editorials, Mrs. Kyner is interrupted by the profane shouts of the town drunks. Rangely has no jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Boom Town Sisters | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

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