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Henderson informed police that he had been followed along Memorial Drive by a gang of 12 youths, who heckled him and his College affiliation before they seized him, and took his wallet, which contained a small amount of cash and numerous personal papers. He was later treated for cuts and bruises on the face...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Progress Made in Search For Gang Who Beat Student | 7/2/1946 | See Source »

...former Army mechanics who did not feel they could support their war brides on the salaries offered to them last week decided to risk their meager savings in a repair shop. Their motto: "We tackle anything." Principals in the firm: ex-Staff Sergeant Skeezix Wallet, and his friend Wilmer Bobble of Frank O. King's famed comic strip Gasoline Alley. In their first week, Wallet & Bobble spent most of their time repairing Christmas tree lights. Total take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMALL BUSINESS: We Tackle Anything | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

Light Touch. In Sacramento, Anthony Swinkunas robbed a man of his wallet, examined it in the glare of an auto's headlights, discovered too late that the auto was an occupied police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 2, 1945 | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

...basic character. . . . One man started a fight with a guard, knocked him down and thereby risked being shot." The somnambulant men fell down stairs, got burns, cuts, bruises. One walked many miles cross-country looking for his uncle (his father was dead). One stole his best friend's wallet. They dreamed of snakes, of being chased by men with knives or by rabid dogs. Some dreamed that their fathers saved them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Lady Macbeth's Children | 6/18/1945 | See Source »

...year-old Negro confessed to holding up the laundry of Hyman Ostrow seven times since 1939, explained, "He was a soft touch." Happy Landings. In Cleveland, Restaurateur Joseph Sinjur tossed out a drunk, discovered too late that helpful customers had innocently thrust on the drunk a fallen wallet containing $200 - all Sinjur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 7, 1945 | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

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