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...Chelsea, Mass., after a fall in the police station, Police Lieutenant Edward J. Forbes lost his memory. He had 15? in his pocket. Three days later, when he came to, he found himself in Miami, Fla. with $58 and shiny new luggage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Amnesia | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...Wheeling, W. Va., a 16-year-old student rifled a high-school soda shop and took away $4 in nickels. Police easily trailed him to his home, two blocks from the school. Reason: he had a hole in his pocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 6, 1939 | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Natty and indignant, Chip appeared before the committee to defend his fee. He claimed that engineering work on the project had put him $110,000 out of pocket, that he had taken Georgia's Governor

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Organization | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...world's pastimes, Sportswriter Menke devoted 20 years, poked his nose into 2,000 books, spent $8,000. The result is a 320-page history of recreation (covering almost 100 sports from roller polo to aviation), small enough to be carried in a tipster's hip pocket, informative enough to make a sports columnist out of a convent girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pastimes' Past | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

Cornell would seem to have the 50 yard dash and the 300 sewed up in the pocket of Jim Pender, but he will be pushed by Yalemen Bob Owen and Frank Curtis. Crimson bets, but not good ones tonight, are Bob Gammons and Joe Donnelly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL FAVORITE TO WIN TRACK MEET | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

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