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Word: handtruck (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...preferential hiring and a five-day week for clerks, left 6,000 guests stranded without food or heat, room, telephone or elevator service. At the Palace, Cinemactor Jean Hersholt lugged his bags down eight flights to the lobby, where he was met by the manager with a handtruck. Best prepared for the emergency was the Metropolitan Opera's Tenor Nino Martini. Gallantly manning an elevator, he explained that he had learned how during New York City's elevator strike last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Strikes & Settlements | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

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