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...first decade (1924-34), Manhattan's municipal WNYC existed largely as a sort of rehearsal hall for singing firemen, whitewing bands, etc., a public address system for Tammany functions. But in 1934, when Fusion, LaGuardia & Reform took over, WNYC got a thorough house cleaning. It went in for more symphonic music, civics, education programs that now reach some 350 public-school classes, a daily market guide compiled by a staff that tours the markets from...
Robert was the serious one, a solemn child who vainly tried to interest his chums in chess. Chess, and the fire-horses of old Engine Company 10 were his youthful diversions-and No. 10's firemen eventually gave him a complete list of fire signals when the family sailed for the Philippines. (Returning home alone from Manila for school, he made himself a nuisance aboard an Army transport trying to get up chess games...
...worst Harvard fires in recent years raged in the Kirkland House room of Milton B. Josem '40 and Bernard Rivin '40 for 45 minutes at the noon hour yesterday, and was finally put out only by the combined efforts of a score of firemen and over 50 students...
Their feelings were understandable. Fresh in their memories was the scene when the torpedo struck: oil spurting into the air from exploded tanks; the bodies of firemen hurtling through a hatch; seasick, half-naked passengers rushing for the decks; and later, when the lifeboats were launched, passengers and crew picking their way over bodies toward the rails, slipping on oil and filth. They had been ten or twelve hours in the boats, some of them foundering. They had waited anxiously for rescue. And, when rescue was at hand, they had seen one boat swamped and most of its occupants drowned...
...thing that might worry Berlin is a retaliatory raid. When the first "raid" occurred last week thousands of Berliners were hurrying home from work. Red flares, black flags, and roped-off streets indicated places that were "hit." Anti-aircraft guns blazed at imaginary targets with blank shells while firemen sprayed make-believe fires and first-aid crews bandaged the sound arms and legs of placarded "wounded." The tests were intended to last five days, but sleep-loving Berliners found one night of alarums and excursions more than enough. Officials declared they were satisfied and called off the rest...