Word: parkas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Without Bars. From remote Cambridge Bay last week came an account of the trial. It took place in a Quonset hut normally used for recreation. To the black-robed judge (who sat under a movie screen), the black-robed lawyers (who sat at a ping-pong table) and the parka-clad jury, Eeriykoot and Ishakak again explained how Nukashook had died. The defense argued that assisted suicide was merely part of the Eskimo's way of trying to "match his harsh environment." But the judge said the excuse was unacceptable. Eeriykoot was found guilty; Ishakak was acquitted...
...prevalence of GI clothing, the comparative scarcity of civilian garb, and the popularity of parka jackets made the move advisable, according to William C. Bradford, secretary of the Union...
Adjustment of Union dining hall rules to conform with veterans' clothing problems and changing styles has been effected by the Union Committee in a move permitting any field jackets and other parka-type garments to be substituted for suit coats at morning and noon meals...
Last week the Marvita chugged into tiny Hebron, most northern of bleak Labrador's mission-trading posts. Parka-clad voters padded aboard to mark ballots, picking one of the five candidates-a fisherman, a clergyman, an ex-Ranger, two wireless operators-as Labrador's lone representative at next month's national convention in St. John...
...Company had a new fur-trade clerk. Rupert Brace Tinling, 21-year-old Royal Canadian Navy veteran from Winnipeg, had signed for a three-year apprenticeship. He liked fishing and hunting; he would have ample opportunity for both. Besides, his mother said, "he'd rather wear a parka and old trousers than the best dress suit...