Word: furred
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...board acted on behalf of two companies. The first was Herman Lowenstein, Inc., a leather manufacturer of Gloversville, N.Y. The company asked the board to hold an election to decide which of two contesting unions might represent its workers. One of the unions was the C.I.O. Fur & Leather Workers, whose president, Ben Gold, is an avowed Communist and naturally has not signed the affidavit. That ruled out his union as far as the election was concerned...
Died. Lieut. Commander Allan Ramsey Wurtele (rhymes with "fur tell"). U.S.N. (ret.), 54, pioneer in mechanized cane-farming; of a heart ailment; in Mix, La. Wurtele invented a mechanical cane-harvester, and developed a process for converting sugar into synthetic rubber, attracted wider attention in 1939 when he proposed a plan to appease Hitler by buying him Danzig and the Polish Corridor for $70 million (Wurtele offered...
...scrappy Bruin Cub quintet lost its fur to a dead-eyed Freshman five, 54 to 48, Saturday night in what turned out to be an open season on bears in the Indoor Athletic Building...
...winter, but it was wise enough. The people are tired of sadness, they need a party; they are tired of hate, they need to think of love; they are tired of evil, they need to think of goodness." With shrewd economy she appraised the guests: "shabby top hats, shabby fur coats, fine and disciplined faces . . . the people that open bazaars," the bride, "white as marble," the groom, "like many a bridegroom before him, greenish white in complexion . . . almost podgy with solemnity." She thrilled to the fanfare of trumpets that heralded the bride: "like a shower of shooting stars...
...vacation, were met by 50-odd reporters and cameramen, but refused to be stampeded. Said the Duke: the wedding-invitation thing was "purely personal and a family matter." The Duchess-in navy blue coachman suit with a compromise-length coat, a blue-and-brown turban, beige gloves, a mink fur piece, a pearl necklace -answered the other big question quite frankly. She thought that "people should wear skirts at the length most becoming...