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...officials told an amusement-park operator to dim his lights, he was unperturbed. Said he: "We'll have dimout rides now and I believe the young folks will like that." This was no news to Coney Island, for the past month dimmed beyond recognition. "Coney Island," said a cop, "is just one big tunnel of love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVILIAN DEFENSE: Wartime Loving | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

There's a movie which is almost worth sitting through. Its title, "Butch Minds the Baby," should man something. It concerns a gangster, Broderick Crawford, who is reformed by minding a baby, and a cop, Dick Foran, who is a bit too faithful to his part. Faning Virginia Bruce fades in and out occasionally. The picture is a little too long, its plot a trifle illogical, but its dialogue can't always get away from the fact that it was adapted from Damon Runyan, and is consequently good. If the omission of the "Harvard Blues" is considered an unpardonable...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 4/23/1942 | See Source »

Repentant. In Seattle, police received $2 from a follower of Father Divine who wrote that she repented having talked a cop out of a parking ticket. She signed herself "Beautiful Lily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 13, 1942 | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

Andrew Baggaley, of Shaker Heights, Ohio and Hollis Hall, swept through the Freshman ping-pong tournament without losing a single game to cop the championship last week. Baggaley defeated John White of Andover and Weld Hall in three straight games to take the final match and the title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undefeated Baggaley Cops Yardling Ping-Pong Title | 4/8/1942 | See Source »

Enormous Al Blozis (Georgetown) holds the world's indoor shot-put record (57 ft. ¼ in.). But enormous Jack Torrance (former Louisiana cop) is holder of the outdoor record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Right Put; Wrong Time | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

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