Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dress Rehearsal. In Bristol, Pa., Fire Chief Clifford Hagerman was inspecting a fire box when he accidentally set off an alarm, was on hand, red-faced, when 20 firemen in three pumpers and one ladder truck screamed to the scene...
...over Michigan, dailies have been publishing pictures of unusually tall sunflowers. Last week the Saginaw News ran a "sunflower to end all sunflowers": 75 feet high, being watered by a hook & ladder fire truck (see cut). "Firemen," said the News caption, "were called out when observers thought frankly they were seeing a stalled flying saucer." But the dozing Detroit A.P. bureau didn't read the fine print, missed the gag and sent out the picture over its wirephoto circuits as an authentic shot. Later, red-faced A.P. flashed its clients: "A kill is mandatory. Make certain the picture...
While Governor Byrnes was being harried with questions on the loyalty pledge, smoke and flames rose from among the tightly packed crowd of delegates. In short order, the firemen put out the flames. Jimmy Byrnes rose to say dryly: "I want to announce that I did not set the place on fire...
...August 1950, the President seized the nation's railroads to prevent a strike. Four months later, the policy boards of the four brotherhoods involved-the trainmen, conductors, engineers and firemen-rejected a settlement proposed by Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman. Truman accused the union officials of acting like a bunch of Russians. He stayed...
...five hose companies from nearby towns and lots laid blankets of water over the area, managed to shield nearby film vaults and buildings. The firemen had plenty of help. Actors Burt Lancaster, Ray Bolger, Steve Cochran, Gordon Mac-Rae, and studio Vice President Jack Warner dashed about like real-life heroes, saving whatever they could from the burning shed. In three hours it was all over. The fire (cause undetermined) had destroyed $1,500,000 in buildings and equipment over an area of eight acres. It was the biggest studio blaze in Hollywood's history...