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Word: wallets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pursue him further and he continued on to his home at 29 Reservoir Street. He was unable in the darkness to determine the appearance of the number of his assailants. The apparent purpose of the attack was robbery, but the men did not succeed in getting at Magoun's wallet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Magoun Escapes Allack by Gang in Common | 7/26/1946 | See Source »

Interest & Principal. In Kansas City, George Walling, hunting for a dime in the Union Bus Terminal, lost his wallet containing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 15, 1946 | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

Henderson informed police that he had been followed along Memorial Drive by a gang of 12 youths, who heckled him and his College affiliation before they seized him, and took his wallet, which contained a small amount of cash and numerous personal papers. He was later treated for cuts and bruises on the face...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Progress Made in Search For Gang Who Beat Student | 7/2/1946 | See Source »

...former Army mechanics who did not feel they could support their war brides on the salaries offered to them last week decided to risk their meager savings in a repair shop. Their motto: "We tackle anything." Principals in the firm: ex-Staff Sergeant Skeezix Wallet, and his friend Wilmer Bobble of Frank O. King's famed comic strip Gasoline Alley. In their first week, Wallet & Bobble spent most of their time repairing Christmas tree lights. Total take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMALL BUSINESS: We Tackle Anything | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

Light Touch. In Sacramento, Anthony Swinkunas robbed a man of his wallet, examined it in the glare of an auto's headlights, discovered too late that the auto was an occupied police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 2, 1945 | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

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