Word: bus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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About thirty-five men from the Banjo Club, Gold Coast Orchestra, and Mandolin Clubs with a few of the specialty men will leave for Williamstown at noon on Saturday, March 14, by bus and private car. Upon arrival, they will be received and entertained until the performance in the evening. This is to be a joint concert, sponsored by the Williams Musical Clubs, and the program will be identical with the selections played at Roxbury, with the omission of the vocal club numbers. The group will spend the night in various dormitories and fraternity houses, before the return on Sunday...
...would probably make up for any loss such as this. The airplane certainly will not affect us in the same degree that the automobile has done. In 1920 we handled approximately 15,000,000 passengers-in 1928 approximately 4,500,000- the decrease being due entirely to automobile and bus. In the case of the automobile its greater flexibility and convenience is responsible for its vogue-in the case of the bus the cheaper fares. Neither reason will apply to the airplane...
...choice for president, knowing profitable White policies would be continued. The first statement of the new president confirmed this, saying, "The White Motor Co. is enjoying prosperity at this time, as a result of Mr. White's able leadership. . . . Our position of leadership in the truck and bus field has been strengthened...
...against threatened Heimwehr-Schutzbund riots he suspended all military furloughs, ordered all Austrian troops to be ready for immediate action. In Vienna he suppressed an edition of the Communist newspaper Rote Fahne, arrested its editor "for inciting troops to mutiny against the new government." In the country he sent bus loads of soldiers careening over dusty roads to remove guns and munitions from rural arsenals lest they be seized by rioters. Only then did he sit down, wipe his pink brow, and rest. He needed the rest. Worried friends last week reminded each other that for many years Policeman Schober...
...also president of the American Water Works & Electric Co., Inc. When 2,300,000 people in 195 communities in 16 states turn on their tap water, when 1,900,000 people in 1,275 communities in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio ride on trolley car or bus, these people are using water power or electricity provided by Mr. Porter's company. Stock holders in Mr. Porter's company know that its outstanding common stock value has risen $196,000,000 this year, that the total stock market value of those shares was worth last week...