Word: newporters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Near Newport, Vt., Lawrence C. Parminter's house straddles the Canadian border. For papering the Canadian wall of the house with undeclared U.S. wallpaper, a Canadian magistrate fined...
...Chandler '41, Portland, Ore.; Allen R. Clark '42, Laconia, N. H.; Clayton J. Clawson ocC, Madera, Calif.; Stuart H. Cowen '42, Coventry, R. I.; John B. Crume '42, Louisville, Ky.; Joan E. de Valpine '43, Kirkwood, Mo.; James J. Doheny '41, Chicago, III.; William H. Drury, Jr. '43, Newport, R. I.; Walter R. Eberlein '43, Shawano, Wis.; William T. Ernst '41, Canton, O.; Sherldan S. Evans '41, Iuka, III.; Howard H. Ezell '42, Sparianburg...
Married. Pretty, blonde Virginia Lee Newport, 19, of Beverly Hills, Calif.; and Joe Leroy Brown, 21, handsome son of gulf-mouthed cineclown Joe E. Brown...
Last week the U. S. boomed toward defense production at wartime levels. But the U. S. already had signs of another housing shortage. Worst shortages were at and near shipyards (Bremerton. Wash.; Norfolk, Va.; Newport, R. I.; Mare Island. Calif., etc.) where workers flocked by thousands. At Bremerton (Puget Sound Navy Yard), State patrolmen, harried by reports of "stolen" and abandoned cars, wearily retorted: "Hell, there's guys living in them-Navy yard workers...
Last month Ship Lover Franklin Roosevelt visited Boston and Newport, tingled inwardly at the sight of the ancient wooden ships. Constellation's commander, Lieut. John Davis, who returned from retirement last year to take charge of his revered relic, remarked to the President that he would like to see Constellation back on the active list before he had to retire again. Salty Mr. Roosevelt understood, had Secretary Frank Knox restore both Constellation and Constitution to "in commission" status...