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Sinking Fund. In Pasadena, Calif., Horse Player Johnny Bowler had $14,690 in his wallet when arrested for stealing a 71? tube of toothpaste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 9, 1953 | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

There's the Rub. In Arlington, Va., Summerfield McCarteney, 60, told police that a woman had stopped him to ask directions to Falls Church, offered to cure his limp by massaging his back, taken $265 from his wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 2, 1953 | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

Robber's Mite. In Detroit, Norbert Schroll, protesting to a gunman who had lifted $56.10 from his wallet that he was on his way to church, got back $1.10 and a growl: "That ought to be enough for the collection plate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 26, 1953 | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

Victim. In Mineola, L.I., Dennis Mc-Knight, arrested for drunk driving, was held in $500 bail after he told the judge that two men had held him up, taken his wallet, forcibly plied him with so much whisky that he couldn't remember what they looked like or where it all happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 19, 1953 | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

...this,' he said, shoving an imitation wallet at me. "I got the worst present of all." He nudged one of the other children. "I'll show you," he said to me. "Pete, isn't this the worst present of all?" Pete was reading a comic book and didn't answer. "And look at this." The fat child pulled a polo shirt from his pocket and held it in front of his chest. "See," he said, "it's too small." He ran over to another child and began comparing polo shirts...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: The Underprivileged | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

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