Word: belled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...great slice of the American Midwest requires not only the expert services of reporters in Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Des Moines, etc., but also demands plenty of travel from Chicago's five-man staff. Indicative of this kind of personal coverage are these anecdotes from Chicago reporters James Bell, Serrell Hillman and Eleanor Steinert...
...Bell was in Omaha examining the Nebraska senatorial race when Chicago telephoned to pick up UNRRA's Fiorello LaGuardia in Fargo, N.Dak., before noon the next day. After badgering two airlines into getting him there, sleepless, by 5:30 a.m., he was on hand to meet LaGuardia at the airport, rescue his hat from the prairie wind, and go with him to Climax, Minn. Bell managed to catch a few hours' sleep in the sample room of a local hotel...
When a photographer tried to get LaGuardia to pose in a truckload of wheat, he refused, saying: "It'll hurt the wheat." "Won't it?" he asked, turning to Bell. "No," said Bell, "farmers often pack it that way." "How do you know?" LaGuardia demanded. Said Bell: "I'm from Kansas." "Well," LaGuardia decided. "I won't stand in it. It'll look silly." So he didn't stand...
...local distributors, this booming business is shared by nearly 200 manufacturers. Among the biggest are Rowe (cigarets), Du Grenier (cigarets and candy), Mills (unrelated to Bert E.) Novelty (Coca-Cola and familiar "one-arm-bandit gambling machines") and Automatic Canteen (snacks). The industry has lately attracted such companies as Bell Aircraft (coin changer) and General Electric (hotdog cooker...
Boxing (Fri. 10 p.m., ABC). Ray Robinson v. Tommy Bell: 15 rounds for the world's welterweight championship...