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James C. Yule, janitor of Kirkland, is confounded by mildness of the House inmates. "I don't know what's the matter with boys," he reported, "they aren't like they used to be. I hardly see a bottle around here anymore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENTS TURN TO LOWLY BEER AS SCOTCH, GIN LOSE GROUND | 1/6/1943 | See Source »

Oklahoma Republicans had beaten him with wealthy Oilman Edward H. Moore, had thus elected their first Senator since 1924 and their third since Oklahoma became a State in 1907. Senator-Elect Moore, 71, is a onetime farm boy who worked his way through Chillicothe Normal as a janitor, taught rural schools, drove his horse nine miles to study law in Kansas City at night, finally struck it rich with a $2,000,000 Oklahoma oilfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Oklahoma's Third | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

...Education. Many a high school has already started its own unofficial victory corps. In Sandy Spring, Md., for example, the principal tore up his old curriculum, got his youngsters busy drilling, exercising, apple picking, bandage rolling, taking care of working mothers' children, doing the school's janitor work, studying flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Victory Corps | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

With an "Honor Roll" of employees now in the aimed forces that is approaching 150, the "News" reports only one casualty, that of former Matthews janitor Yin Rhlerm, who died in April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Home Front News' Scores Hit With 140 Enlisted University Employees | 9/30/1942 | See Source »

...typical U.S. success story (janitor's son to national hero), and Gary Cooper plays it with likable restraint. The film is somewhat overlong, repetitive, undramatic, but the facts stick reasonably close to Gehrig's life. The tone is entirely faithful. Gehrig had a stubborn vigor, a fine sense of sportsmanship, an honest belief in the copybook maxims. Cinemactor Cooper manages to suggest these qualities by being his shy, loping, American self. Cooper's right-handedness faced Hollywood with an appalling problem (Gehrig was a lefty). It was solved by having Cooper bowl, punch a bag, throw pebbles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 3, 1942 | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

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