Word: foremans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pending its investigation. Meantime the Mercer County Grand Jury headed by one Allyne Freeman, longtime Republican office-seeker and supposed good friend of Governor Hoffman, was weighing the charge of murder against Wendel. At 8 p. m., 20 minutes before Hauptmann was to be led to the electric chair, Foreman Freeman asked the prison warden by telephone to delay the execution until the jury had made up its mind. The warden, a Hoffman appointee, announced a postponement of at least 48 hours...
...Tell me where you stand,' Göring said turning to a grey-haired foreman. I have been a Communist for many years,' was the reply. 'And are you still a Communist?' 'Yes.' 'And are there many Communists in this plant?' Göring pressed. 'Oh, only about 30% of the force.' 'What are the rest?' 'Well, approximately 50% of the total are Social Democrats,' someone volunteered. 'And the remaining 20%?' Göring asked hopefully. 'They are Christian Socialists.' 'Then...
...trainee's first responsible assignment is likely to be as section manager, which means supervising a group of sales clerks as a sort of foreman. The term floorwalker applies...
...shipyard, a foreman asks for a wedge. Chaplin knocks one out of a cradle, thus launching an unfinished boat. He goes back to work in the steel factory. The workers go on strike. He gets a job as night watchman in a department store where he enjoys roller skating through the corridors at night. When three old cronies break into the store, Chaplin is constrained to share a snack with them in the wine department. Next morning he wakes up on a counter under a mass of lingerie. He goes to jail...
...against the mine wall. Young John had just enough time to spike Pete between the eyes with the point of the sprag of his coal car. To avoid imminent fine and dismissal, the young mine worker rubbed clay over the prostrate Pete's fatal wound, explained to the foreman that the animal had just dropped dead of natural causes...