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...Unsightly Iraqi national headdress, resembling oversized U.S. Army fore-&-aft caps, known to Westerners as the only headgear a man can) leave on a Middl'e East hatrack without fear of theft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: Hashimite Huddle | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...F.B.I, announced that crime in 1946 broke all records for the past decade. The totals: murder and manslaughter, 8,442; manslaughter by negligence, 4,701; rape, 12,117; robbery, 62,782; aggravated assault, 67,512; auto theft, 229,920; burglary, 357,99!; larceny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Mar. 17, 1947 | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Their stated dilemma : if they entered a burning building, they would be accused of theft; if they did not, they would be accused of negligence and bribery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Burning Issue | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

...Chet pecks out "Doings," a paragraph of gossip for the local Commercial, and "straight stuff" for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Making his rounds, Chet is easy to spot: in winter by his coonskin hat and wolf coat, in summer by a flat fedora which he once had insured against fire, theft and collision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Bumpkins' Biographer | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

Arraignment, a plea of guilty, and sentencing by Judge Paul G. Kirk followed almost as speedily as the rapid disposal of the U. S. Government's 119 theft and forgery counts against Parkhurst. The accused again waived defense and jury trial, this time against the three indictments of the country grand jury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State Adds to Prison Terms For Parkhurst | 2/5/1947 | See Source »

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