Word: patrolling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Blackjack Patrol. Fields squirmed at the thought that there might be comedians as he. He even accused Baby LeRoy of trying to steal scenes from him. Once, to get even, he spiked the infant's orange juice with gin, and when it thereupon fell asleep, shouted with glee: "The kid's no trouper. Send him home...
...longshoremen. At The Dalles, Ore., on the Columbia River, one skipper abandoned efforts to unload his cargo after Bridges' men mauled a pick-up crew of local farmers and cowhands. Trucks were smashed, machinery damaged and several truck drivers beaten up. Other longshoremen began an air-sea patrol to look out for other attempts to land the forbidden fruit. But Harry Bridges seemed to be about willing to talk compromise at last. At week's end, he flew to Honolulu "for the purpose of negotiating a settlement...
...town, government forces now guard the roads so well that the Reds' toll is almost nil. This has been achieved by what one French colonel called un petit cachet medieval: sentries are posted on 40-ft. towers recently built on each road at one-mile intervals. A dawn patrol from each tower digs up the land mines which the Communists plant during the night...
...expected any night. A concrete "C" in the Berkeley Hills usually gets a coat of cardinal red paint (Stanford's color), and numerous blue C's appear on the Farm. At Stanford, the defense of the college is turned over to the freshmen. Groups of these eager youths patrol the campus all night long. At any sign of danger, they ring the fire bell, the signal for the whole college to come to their aid. Both universities threaten expulsion for anyone caught defacing property, but the custom has grown of turning anyone caught over to the freshmen, instead...
...Cheyenne, Wyo., the "Ghost Patrol," which in bedraggled skull & crossbones regalia had been terrorizing the community, was unmasked as nine pint-sized hoodlums (aged nine to 14). In court they told Judge Walter Phelan that their juvenile reign of terror had been inspired by ABC's radio program the Green Hornet. The judge recommended spankings for each culprit and ordered a 5:30 curfew, with radios off while the Green Hornet...