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Show 3 NOVEMBER 2 7, 1 9 8 3 C Significa By IryingMlace, David Wtllechinsky and Amy Willace Nevadas Woman Sheriff Australia Honors Forger Dunham Crowell, America's first woman didn't like to arrest In nearly two years in office in Lander County, Nev., she put only one man in jail. former waitCrowell. ress. got her badge in March 1919, when her sheriff husband died and she was appointed to complete his term. Word soon got out that she was tough, according to Phillip Earl of the Nevada Historical Society. Sheriff Crow ell gained the reputation of breaking up saloon fights singlehandedly and galloping out of town alone to catch horse thieves and cattle rustlers. It was all public relations. She never laid a hand on anyone. Nor did she chase anyone. She did. however, leave town three times once to care for her ailing mother, once to visit San Francisco for treatment of a nervous disorder." and finally to accompany a deadbeat back to Lander County. This single arrest occurred in November 1919. when she took a train to Battle Mountain, where the constable was holding a man charged with Clara Australias not paying "defrauding an innkeeper" his hotel bill. Sheriff Crowell took her prisoner back for trial. He pleaded guilty and spent 30 days in jail. With relief. Clara Crowell turned HUer welcomes Iron Cross winner Hanna Reitsch: Her advice wasnt welcome Nszi KLnikszes tried to organize a squad to foil an invasion of Europe. The idea was born of despair and involved nearly 40 Germans who believed desperate measures were necessary to avoid defeat. In February 1944, the Nazi test pilot Hanna Reitsch the only female recipient of the Iron Cross in World War II presented the kamikaze idea to Adolf Hitler. He was against it. Kamikazes had no precedent in German During history, and Hitler was unwilling to admit that Germany was losing the war. Later, he reluctantly gave permission for an experimental program. By then, nearly 80 people were interested in flying a manned missile to certain death. They settled on the V--l buzz bomb as their weapon. The military mismanaged the program, however, and the Allies landed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, before die project could get off the ground. Idea submitted by Victor Marshall, Lancaster, Pa. A Francis Green way on front of $10 bill worked on some 40 buildings, a few of which still stand. Headstrong and cocky, Greenway later fell out of favor with Macquaries successors and Exorcism of Wells Fargo Building In Clan Crowell before badge days over her badge to the newly elected sheriff in January 1921. She later worked as a nurse at the county hospital and was its administrator from 1936 to 1940. She died in Reno in 1942. Idea submitted by Joseph Forbes. Pittsburgh. Pa. 1855. executives of the Wells banking and express sanctioned an exorcism their San Francisco headquarters. The Chinese ritual was to rid the structure of evil spirits. Adams & Co. . a rival banking concern and the first tenant of the fortresslike building, had incurred a demon problem in 1852. The building's granite blocks had been hew n in China and bore instructions in Chinese for their proper assembly and street location. The American contractor, however, ignored the advice of Chinese exorcists and insisted upon erecting the building on a different comer of the street. Adams & Co. eventually went bank architect, and a tale. Francis Greenway was a practicing architect in England when, in 1812. he was put on trial for forging an endorsement on a contract. It was not so much an attempt to defraud as it was to force a client to pay his bill, but Greenway was sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted, however, and Greenway, at 37, was sent to the penal colony in New South Wales, where he presented letters of recommendation as an architect to the governor, Lachlan Macquarie. The governor was try ing to turn the settlement at Sydney into a real town, so he decided to let Greenway prove himself. In 1817, Greenway completed his first commission a lighthouse and was rewarded with a pardon. He went on to lay out the streets of Sydney and a42-year-o- ld World War II, a group $10 bill depicts a forger. But he was rupt. supposedly because of demons. Wells Fargo, on the other hand safely situated across the street enjoyed Chinese patronage and prospered. When the structure became vacant in 1855. Wells Fargo decided to buy it and relocate. Company officials believed that their good fortune might be transferred intact if Tsoi Pah Shing Kwun. the Chinese god of wealth, was propitiated by an exorcism. Evidently the god was. The structure was unscathed by the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. It was finally razed in 1926, giving its demolitionists a devil of a time in the process. Idea submitted by Robert W. Cosgrove, Honolulu. Hawaii. lapsed into obscurity. Nevertheless, this convict imposed his architectural vision on a continent settled by convicts. Idea submitted by John M. Cummins, Santa Clara. Calif. iMvnxnoH to oua reusers Know an unusual factfor Significa? If so, send it to us with the exact source of your information. If we dont already have it and (f we print it, we'll send you $50. We enjoy reading any other comments. Because of the volume of mail, we cannot answer letters or return material. But thank you. Write: Significa, Parade, 750 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. CtW.InmfWalUn.DWWaUtrkmuIrr.AmyVimUact WfiC M NOVCMBOt ZJ, 1M3 PMUK MMUZBC |
