Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...admired in their leaders, he obtained a great range of answers, including: "courage, generosity, modesty, education, an interesting vocabulary, personal cleanliness, clever gambling, the ability to 'con' (fool) officials, a reputation for holding liquor, possession of money ... a large body of knowledge about a particular technique of crime, a fund of vulgar jokes or songs, the possession of attitudes against the judiciary, the prison administration, the parole board and God, demonstrable sophistication in female companionship as evidenced by suggestive letters, the dignity and poise that come to some men after long years of prison life, participation...
ACTS OF BLACK NIGHT-Kathleen Moore Knight-Crime Club...
Following the lead of The Thin Man (TIME, July 9, 1934), There's Always a Woman puts on a cheerful but exciting air of informality by making crime detection safe for the younger married set, plays prankish variations on the traditional theme that the police (Scotland Yard excepted) are always baffled. Best scene: Detective Blondell undergoing a third degree at the hands of her worsted cop competitors, ending up a fresh & dewy pink in a roomful of wilted bluecoats...
Collegians in many parts of the U. S. during the past few months have come to the aid of state and federal crime-fighters with voluntary fingerprinting. Thousands have added their prints to the millions now on file in the crime laboratories in Washington and the state capitals...
COLLEGIATE DIGEST here presents a picture-and-paragraph story of how the job was done on the Butler University campus, when 300 students and faculty members joined the nation's fight on crime...