Word: berths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...inquiry of its own. That made three agencies stirring the Self ridge stew; last month the FBI arrested two Wayne County constables, charged them with getting $200 from a Detroit draftee on the promise that friends of theirs at Selfridge could fix him up with a safe, soft berth for the duration...
Self-contained six-year-old Joel Kupperman, youngest of the radio Quiz Kids, took his first long train trip, was spellbound by the porter's berth-making technique. In Manhattan the Chicago prodigy told newsmen that he planned to be a farmer when he grew up. "I want to grow food and supplies for the Army for the next war," said he. This one, he thought, might...
...expected, Dartmouth monopolized the selections. Captain Stan Skaug, smooth-working, often unnoticed Indian guard, received the only unanimous vote. Teammate Bob Myers, who scored 21 points against the Crimson for the Big Green at the Indoor Athletic Building, was named to one forward berth, with Penn's eagle-eyed Chink Crossin at the other...
...Brown has lost "Bunks" Burditt, and the high-ccoring pivot man will be bard to replace Hugh Hyde, "who succeeded Bunks as captain, will start at the center berth, with Mike Fansler and Jack Torgan at the guards. George Dillon and Dean Hennessey get the starting nod for the forward slots...
...domestic front a new crisis brewed in the battle against inflation. The fight over the Army's size still awaited his decision. All these problems the President tackled with the verve of a man to whom travel is a tonic and a Clipper berth as restful as a feather...