Word: jailers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Salesman. In Tallahassee, Fla., Bail Bondsman Tony Johnson was ordered to answer charges that he 1) printed the county sheriff's office telephone number on his business cards, 2) had prisoners called to the jailer's office so that he could urge them to let him post their bail, 3) often slept in the county jail to keep tabs on likely new prospects...
...China last week. As Secretary-General of the United Nations, he had flown to Peking to seek freedom for eleven American flyers and other U.N. soldiers captured while fighting in Korea. He brought back some hope for their release and some insight into the tortuous mind of their chief jailer, Red China's Premier Chou Enlai. In time, the gain may compensate for the loss to the U.N.'s prestige by his journey, which was heralded in Asia as a "great diplomatic victory for Red China." Hong Kong's anti-Communist newspaper Sing Tao Man Pao commented...
...graciously guided along Peking's streets, past glowering portraits of Mao Tse-tung, Malenkov. Stalin and Molotov, through the famed Gate of Heavenly Peace into the old Forbidden City. They visited a model jail, well stocked with some 3,600 political prisoners, where they were told by a jailer that corporal punishment was forbidden, and "It is not permitted even to scold a prisoner...
Although his voice is passable in the heroic ballads, it falters seriously in the love songs. However, Arthur Bliss, who amended the original Pepusch score, has deftly arranged the music so that Olivier's limitations are a minor factor. Only one of the other principles--Stanley Halloway as the jailer--sing his own part. Alternately snickering and sneering, his display suggests the humorous charm of Martyn Green...
...jailer-A. J. Allen of Garrett, Ky.: "My relationship on my father's side is that George Allen was my grandfather. Grandmother Allen was the daughter of James P. Patton. My mother was Reuben Stephens' daughter. I am the son of Andrew Allen. My grandmother Stephens was the sister of the late L. Hicks and Jonathan Hicks, of Middle Creek. I married the daughter of Bud Handshoe, of Hueysville, Ky. Her mother was the daughter of Hi Fitch. The deceased George Fitch, of the Mouth of Brush Creek, was her uncle. A few words to mothers: If your...