Word: cranston
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Said Cranston Williams, general manager of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association: "Journalism has grown, as the professions of law and medicine grew. It is now a full-fledged profession...
...shoot with his toy as efficiently as with an ordinary rifle. The Marine Corps and the British Government are considering them for possible use in training. One Marine Corps base has already ordered some to sell in its post exchange. In his small two-story, ivy-covered plant at Cranston, R.I., Johnson has already turned out 10,000 rifles for sale in toy and gun stores. Retail price: $15. With the target rifle he hopes that his company, which has been losing money since the end of the war, will hit the black...
...another execution of U.S. prisoners. A year after the deed, the Imperial Government announced (through the International Red Cross) that it had done to death three Navy men captured on Bataan and Corregidor. Japan named them: Marine Sergeant Joe B. Chastain of Waco, Tex.; Marine Corporal Victor Paliotti of Cranston, R.I.; Seaman First Class Ferdinand Frank Meringolo of Brooklyn...
After dropping a meet to Cranston High early in January, the matboys began to settle down, and won two straight. They edged out Andover with a slim 15 to 11 lead, and trounced Governor Dummer 23 to 13. These results show considerable improvement, but a lot more will be necessary if the team hopes to vanquish Exeter this weekend, or Yale on the eighth of March...
...Yardling outfit seems to be in pretty good shape, and has had a better than even chance against Governor Dummer. Most of the team members have now had intercollegiate experience, and any overconfidence resulting from their crushing victory over Tufts has been dispelled by a narrow loss to Cranston High four weeks...