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Word: troup (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stood John I. Kelley, Assistant Attorney General of Georgia. He pointed to the 250-lb. warden of the Troup County chain gang, asked if his moon face was not "full of the milk of human kindness." He continued: "We are proud of our State and its history . . . not a vindictive people . . . not going to inflict punishment . . . make us the butt of ridicule . . . the people of Georgia need no defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES 6? CITIES: Fugitive Free | 1/2/1933 | See Source »

...again escaped, this time from the Troup County chain gang. Then he wrote his book which was a highly exaggerated account of his own experiences. His publishers and film executives refused to reveal his whereabouts to police. But lately he gave a lecture at Westfield, N. J. in conjunction with the showing of his film. And growing yet bolder, last month he attended a luncheon at Trenton, sat next to Superintendent Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf of New Jersey's State police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES 6? CITIES: Fugitive | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

...concerned," said Governor Richard Brevard Russell Jr. of Georgia, signing the request for Burns's extradition for two Troup County officers to take North, "he will have to take his medicine like any other highway robber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES 6? CITIES: Fugitive | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

...slowly in the shabby dwelling of Jess Oakroyd, a carpenter and joiner out of a job; but it doesn't take long to start Jess on the highway in search of adventure and employment. This deliciously slow provincial Englishman, with his aromatic pipe and pungent quips, wanders into a troup of third-rate travelling players and becomes their stage carpenter and jack-of-all-trades. But besides propping up scenery for the troupe, he sustains the whole show for the Boston audience. The troupe has been further augmented by Young Love, male and female. And when Young Love lapses into...

Author: By G. G. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/12/1932 | See Source »

...Lovely sisters are very pleasing to look at, and, as a matter of fact they are considered to be the most beautiful girls of the troup. There really is no question about that. Why they ever had the name of the Lovely sisters thrust upon them is indeed hard to determine. Will Mahoney's best gag comes towards the end of the show when he dances on a xylophone and plays a tune while doing so. He is, however, entertaining at all times...

Author: By O. E. F., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/15/1930 | See Source »

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