Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Scandals. George White has clapped together the best revue since he initiated his series to relieve visiting buyers and firemen of the Summer doldrums. More, he has presented one of the best revues of a season that has not been without its high-water mark in this aspect of our civilization...
...crowd that got in the firemen...
Mabel Normand, famed cinema beauty: "Fire swept a group of buildings in the rear of my Los Angeles home. Roused from sleep, I rushed out, beseeched the firemen to save my limousine from its blazing garage. Said the newspapers: 'Mabel's pink pajamas hampered the rescue work, because the crowd that turned out got in the firemen's way to get a peek at Mabel...
...failure of the final Deficiency Bill, the President undertook to see that various measures, authorized by law but not appropriated for, be commenced. These included work preliminary to payment of the soldier bonus, increased salaries for government "field workers" under the Reclassification of Salaries Act, increased salaries for firemen and policemen of the District of Columbia. The expense was to come out of lump sum appropriations for the fiscal year 1924-25. This practice would later result in a deficit, but Congress would be able to provide the necessary funds in December. It seemed, however, that no method could...
From the terraces of the Villa Savoia, on the outskirts of Rome, King Vittorio Emanuele, Queen Elena, Crown Prince Umberto, Princesses Malfalda and Maria watched a big fire, took many photographs. Next day they praised the courage of the firemen who put out the fire...