Word: neb
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Omaha, Neb...
Sleeveless Errand. Near Chadron, Neb., a truck sideswiped another truck, sheared an arm off Truckman Ross Thompson, who searched for it along the road awhile, finally drove into town, stopped, fainted...
...President. . . ." Bulky Bill Jeffers (5 ft. 11 in., 220 lb.) knows nothing about rubber but knows a lot about railroading, his only interest for 53 of his 66 years. His Irish immigrant father, William J. Jeffers, was earning $55 a month in the Union Pacific shops in North Platte, Neb. when Bill (one of nine children) was born. Bill finished a year of high school and went to work as a U.P. call boy at $5 a week (for seven days' work at up to twelve hours a day). "I can't remember when...
Gifts. In Osceola, Neb., county fair officials offered a free permanent wave to the champion woman chicken-raiser, a free haircut to the man who bought the most bonds. Winners: curly-haired Addie Carter, bald Al Nicklaus...
Eimer H. Taylor, Frederick, Ill.; Richard N. Thomas, Omaha, Neb.; Loster H. Tobin, Linu; George W. Varn 2d, Jacksonville, Fla.; High G. Voorhies, Jr., San Diego, Calif.; Norman M. Wallack, Derchester; Harry H. Wdise, Jr., South Bend, Ind.; David B. Williams, Bronxville, N. Y.; and Richard Wincor, New York City...