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Word: grainman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Super. In Kansas City, Grainman W. J. Haynes, who had always had trouble with his soup, invented an automatic soup bowl that took care of everything. A thermometer on pulley and chain dipped in & out to register temperature, and turned on a bulb cooler when the soup piped too hot. Other gadgets dunked crack ers, sprinkled salt, swabbed the last drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 19, 1941 | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

...Democratic primary. Burke had antagonized the farmers by voting against parity payments; Labor, by attacking NLRB; Czechs and Poles, by lauding Hitler; Germans, by voting for repeal of the arms embargo. The Republicans had turned down a New Dealer within their own ranks, Arthur J. Weaver, in favor of Grainman Hugh Butler of Omaha, who probably won because he spent enough money to get a professional organization. The Republicans confidently expected to beat Governor Cochran with Grainman Butler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: G. O. P. Trend | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

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