Word: broking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Canada could claim that they were spurning C.I.O. and U.A.W.'s "international" officers, while Oshawa's U.A.W. local would remain just as firmly affiliated with the Union and C.I.O. as ever. But hardly had the Toronto peace conference begun when Premier Hepburn abruptly broke it off, charging that the Union's Canadian spokesmen were double-crossing him by consulting off-stage with U.A.W. President Homer Martin and C.I.Organizer Hugh Thompson. G. M. of Canada stood fast with the Premier...
...Unanimously the hoboes voted to lobby for benches and cots in railroad boxcars and a special 1?-a-mile hobo rail rate, applauded King Davis when he thumped for enforcement of the 14th Amendment "so that a hobo can go anywhere in this country without being pinched for being broke." Keynoted he: "We're not spittoon philosophers. . . . We got 815,000 American members now. . . . Half have got jobs and are making dough. A hobo isn't a stemmer; he begs only when he has to. He don't hit the smoke like floaters do, and when...
First they tried squirting water down a Telephone Company manhole, the hose wouldn't reach to their own, then one of the boys tried putting his finger over the end. Wheeeeee! You should have seen the water fly. But all good things must end and finally the engine broke and everyone went home...
Harvard's first try came in the middle of the first half when Ned Whitney broke away and passed to Jim Field who crossed the line in the corner. In the second half Harvard kept the ball down in Long Island territory and Tony Cockins crossed the line for Harvard's second score. Bill Watt shortly afterward plunged through several opponents to score after receiving a pass from Jerry Desmond. Hayden Channing added the final three points on a penalty kick. All during this second half Harvard was in Long Island's half of the field, and crossed the line...
...hour, five timid souls poked their heads furtively from Yard windows, let out a few tentative whoops, and ducked back to safety. Then a group began to gather between Thayer and University Halls. Striding manfully into its midst an "unidentified" proctor broke up the gathering and was boasting of his prowess to a number of disappointed news hawks when the same eight guys loudly began to reorganize around the corner, sending the proctor scurrying after them again...