Word: hosed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dacron in hose is valuable as protection against the holes created by the many brands of loafers which are again popular this year. The most practical shoe, however, is still the plain-toed cordovan. Contrary to common belief, cordovan is not a brand name, but refers to any shoe constructed or horsehide, the toughest of leathers used in shoemaking...
...Self-Propelled Sprinkler. A lawn sprinkler that propels itself over any prearranged course at the rate of 17 feet an hour will soon be marketed by the Reel Sprinkler Co. of Toledo. With the hose laid out in any pattern on the lawn, the Reel Sprinkler (a rotating sprinkler at-'tached to a hose reel on wheels) moves forward under water pressure, winding up the hose as it goes, then shuts off automatically. Price...
Volunteer firefighters made the mistake of turning a hose on the blaze, only helped to spread it. Soon a blazing oil tank set a tar roof afire, sending a shower of burning tar on fleeing workers. Firemen came by scores from half a dozen towns, but were helpless. Three workers and one fireman perished* and 40 others were injured. Solvents, cleaning compounds, acids and gases burst into angry, hungry flames that were whipped by a brisk west wind. Steel columns twisted and dipped like trees bowed by an ice storm. It was the worst fire in the history of Detroit...
...Good Will. In Pawhuska, Okla., firemen who had raced 28 miles from Bartlesville to help fight a $50,000 blaze arrived after it was all over, discovered that they had lost their fire hose en route...
WOMEN'S stocking makers are engaged in fierce competition to get sheerer and sheerer hose on the market. Manhattan's Bergdorf Goodman cut one line of 66-gauge, 12-denier nylon hose from $2.50 to $1.15 because the manufacturer had been forced out of business. With a new knitting machine to make super-sheer, 72-gauge, 10-denier hose now on the market, many hosiery makers may have to scrap their almost new 51-and 60-gauge machines...