“Judge” Mary Whiteis (left) is listenig to the plea of Dr. E. R. Balthazar, bachelor, arrested by women police of Aurora, Illinois , U.S., as he tries to explain away charge that he is confirmed bachelor. Unable to satisfy his custodians, he was clapped into gaol along with several hundred other young men. City was in the hands of the women, in keeping with the traditional Leap Year Day custom, and women “police ” collared unattached males on streets, in stores and in factories. “Magistrate” Miss Whiteis received scores of proposals, which she turned down, quite flustered.
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Northern Advocate, 27 April 1940, Page 10
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95“Judge” Mary Whiteis (left) is listenig to the plea of Dr. E. R. Balthazar, bachelor, arrested by women police of Aurora, Illinois, U.S., as he tries to explain away charge that he is confirmed bachelor. Unable to satisfy his custodians, he was clapped into gaol along with several hundred other young men. City was in the hands of the women, in keeping with the traditional Leap Year Day custom, and women “police” collared unattached males on streets, in stores and in factories. “Magistrate” Miss Whiteis received scores of proposals, which she turned down, quite flustered. Northern Advocate, 27 April 1940, Page 10
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