Word: zagreb
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...offender at once recognizes the appropriate justice of this punishment," said Zagreb's Police Chief. "The embarrassment of having to pump up his tires proves a great deterrent...
...Zagreb, second city of 11-year-old Boy King Peter's realm, proud Yugoslav police announced last week that their new and ingenious system "for disciplining motorists without arrests or fines" has been fully tested, adopted as a huge success...
...system: Whenever a Zagreb motorist is caught breaking a traffic rule by a Zagreb policeman, the officer then & there deflates all four of the motorist's tires...
...Orient was approaching Zagreb, six masked men ducked from a vestibule into the mail car, trussed its French guardian, locked him in the cabinet, and methodically went through eleven sacks of mail. What, if anything, they abstracted remained a mystery. When the Orient reached Zagreb the Frenchman kicked loose, raised an alarm, but the bandits had vanished...
Like the assassins of King Alexander, Artist Vanka is a Croat. Born in Zagreb 44 years ago, he wears a soft brown beard, likes to paint in an embroidered blouse and a black trilby hat. He is easily Yugoslavia's best known portraitist. His painting is workmanlike, able...