Word: jerseyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week along the Jersey coast the rain fell and the grey Atlantic heaved in a 15-ft. swell. But some freighter crews, some fishermen, rolling under bare steerage way, saw a sight that made them forget the dull, grey weather. They heard the thunder of engines, saw the mist ripped open by a trim, broad bow, saw a tiny boat skim by, skittering off the tops of waves, pelting through others in a burst of spindrift. On her bridge they caught a quick glimpse of hooded men, goggled, drenched with spray, hanging on behind a tiny windshield...
Last week in Caracas official Venezuela considered what to do. Some Venezuelans favored expropriating the oil wells. To forestall this, the oil companies (chiefly Standard of New Jersey and Royal Dutch Shell) were arranging to throw more business Venezuela's way. Venezuela also might join other South American countries that have asked the U. S. Export-Import Bank for credits. The nation was learning the precariousness of a one-product economy...
Having lost his race for U. S. Senator from New Jersey, James Henry Roberts ("Golden Boy") Cromwell seemed to have lost his rich wife too. Day before election, Doris Duke Cromwell, whom he said he last saw at his birthday party in June, flew off en route to Honolulu. At Los Angeles she confirmed news of the separation, commented on Jimmy's election defeat: "It's a great pity, for he worked so hard...
...Memphis, Tenn.; George E. Hill 2L, Burlington, Ia.; William Jordan, Jr. 2L, Forest Hills, L. I., N. Y.; John V. Kean 3L, Washington, D. C.; William C. Know, Jr. 3L, Winchester, Tenn.; Arthur L. Krenzien 2L, Omaha, Nebr.; Leonard E. Kust 2L, Madison, Wis.; George M. Lehr 3L, Jersey City, N. J.; Nathanael A. Lemke 3L, Milwaukee, Wis.; Laurence S. Locke 2L, Woodmere, L. I., N. Y.; Robert H. Loeb 3L, Birmingham, Ala.; Stanley M. Mansfield 3L, Waukegon, Ill.; Theodore Miller 3L, Cambridge, Mass.; John G. Moskovics 2L, West Los Angeles, Calif...
...exact time of occurrence of the earthquakes, and also of the time of arrival of the various wave forms at the observing stations. The earthquake most important to the study occured in New Brunswick September 30, 1937, recorded on six stations. Other quakes observed took place in Canada, New Jersey, and various New England states; seven occured within fifteen miles of Times Square, New York City...