Word: glads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Campaigner. Near Newport, Wash., Congressional Candidate Joe Albi buttonholed a friendly farmer for his vote. "Be glad to," said the oldtimer, "only I can't vote in Washington. This here's Idaho...
These are the post-war dreams of railroadmen now that they are making more money than they ever dared hope to make on passenger service. They know that the local accommodation business is lost forever to busses and automobiles, and they are glad to lose it. They expect airplanes to take away most of the long-distance Pullman travel. But they figure they can make big money on fast, low-cost, long-distance coach travel...
...thing the defenders could be glad of was that the counterattack did not come even sooner than it did. By the time it came, the U.S. was in full possession of the excellent harbor at Tulagi. The Marines had the Jap's chief airdrome on Guadalcanal Island. They had driven the Japs from subsidiary airdromes and land bases on the others. Army bombers were already based on the captured airdromes with Naval and Marine planes. Island airports were "unsinkable carriers" and they gave the Americans a great advantage in the air-an advantage which became all the greater after...
...charge. His first step was to tell the workers that as long as the Navy was there they might not get even the 3?-an-hour nightwork bonus WLB had approved. The workers took this in good part. Michael Patrakian, the young strike leader, said: "We are all damn glad it happened. We are all sailors now. We wanted the Navy to take over [instead of an unfair management]. We know Uncle Sam will treat us right...
...spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, As I go ridin' merrily along. And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single!" And that song ain't so very jar from wrong...