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...Alcatraz Swim...
...TIME for Oct. 23 under the title Crime, 'Hardest Jail." the following statement is made: "Its" rocky sides rising sheer as a battleship, swept by tidal currents too strong for any man to swim, a little island called Alcatraz dots the broad expanse of San Francisco...
Perhaps the currents are too strong for men to swim, but they fail to have that effect on women. Within the past three weeks, three young San Francisco girls have negotiated the distance between Alcatraz Island and the mainland...
...schemes to make his escape. Remember, the Golden Gate does not always see the beautiful sunset but is enveloped in a heavy fog a great number of days during the year. A prisoner with enough "guts'' could on one of these foggy nights plan his getaway, swim a short distance to a confederate in a boat and disappear under the blanket of fog, until he is caught again. Just because a man is a criminal does not signify he is a nitwit. They have just as much brains as the B.H.'s [Big Heads] and although they...
...steadfastly refuses to take money from her half-sister Sylvie. who as the shrewd mistress of a millionaire is riding high on the tidal wave. When Marc finishes school, he and his mother part-she to go to Rumania as companion in a rich family, he to sink or swim for himself in Paris. His Aunt Sylvie tempts him beyond his strength: for a while he joins her roistering household. But he soon has enough of it and goes back to semi-starvation and odd jobs. Annette. who has also had her troubles in Rumania, comes back to Paris...