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Four counts in the indictment charge Miss Burroughs with willful failure to report the full amount, and Bishop Cannon with "aiding and abetting'' her, which if proved makes him equally guilty. Four counts charge mere technical, unwitting violations, implicating the Bishop in the same manner. The remaining two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Indicted Bishop | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

The old fellow made shift to enter and was warmly greeted within by his old and loyal followers of years past. They bade him sup with them in their large and paneled dining room. All unwitting he accepted. Hardly had the little group sat down before one of the young...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 5/26/1931 | See Source »

Then ensued what observers described as "an orgy of baccarat." Itinerant gamblers for miles around, learning that Dashing Jack was at the "shoe," flocked to and swamped Frank Jay Gould's place. They came in morning coats, they came in knickers, some came in trunks, bathing suits, beach robes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Dashing Jack to the Rescue | 8/25/1930 | See Source »

Such last month was the shrewd method employed by one Cornelius J. Donovan, 54, confirmed criminal, to effect a swindle in Manhattan which even the police praised for its ingenuity. The great man whose name, town house and butler played unwitting parts in the crime was New York's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shrewd | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

The train stopped, and the Boy Scouts rushed forward to greet the man who stepped with sure tread from the car. Cameras clicked jerkily; the young shouted their welcome; reporters, notebook in hand, mused on childish love of deifying. The Bremen flyers were hailed with more ceremony, but with no...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HEROES AND HERO-WORSHIP | 6/5/1928 | See Source »

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