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...Dope Seized on New York Dock" --Daily Mirror...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 5/14/1940 | See Source »

Captain Margesson was satisfied. Fum bling in the dark for the door's handle, he soon discovered that there was no inside handle. The Captain heaved his 14 stone against the door. It would not budge. He lit a match and observed that the mirror over the washstand was fogging from his breath. Scared stiff, he grabbed -a razor and forced it between the door and its frame. This admitted a little air, a chink of light. By diligently manipulating the razor Captain Margesson made a big enough hole to keep breathing, then he went to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Cabinet Shuffle | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

...once threatened by gangsters has a permit to carry a gun) saw a policeman blazing away at three bandits who had held up a mid-Manhattan bar. Drawing his gun he jumped from the cab. joined the chase. No hits, no captures. Wrote he in the Sunday Mirror: "The cabbie who picked up two guys on Central Park West didn't get his fare. ... If he will contact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 8, 1940 | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

...Eyeglasses with a rear-view mirror attached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Path of Progress: Apr. 1, 1940 | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...note: A thought For This Week from the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror of March 1, 1940; page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 3/12/1940 | See Source »

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