Word: platoons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fired 150 Fair police and 205 college-boy information cadets. (Irked by their dismissal, one cadet platoon waded through the two mirror pools from the Four Freedoms statues to the George Washington statue, indulged in horseplay...
...order to give all students opportunity for training in leadership the duties of non-commissioned officers and officers were rotated among all those in attendance at camp. All men performed the duties of corporal and sergeant, about one-half were privileged to be platoon leaders. The Harvard battery commanders were Edwin R. Clarke '39; Allen E. Puckett '39; Charles C. Snyder '39; Donald L. Daughters '39, Kenneth Booth '39 and Frank E. Southard...
...California Railroad Commission appealed. The Federal Power Commission then intervened in the case to attempt to convert the Supreme Court to the "prudent investment" concept. This week, while the Court will be pondering the case, President Roosevelt will discuss his rate-making ideas at the White House with a platoon of potent powermen, as did Mr. Hoover...
...charge of extravagance, the Fusion administration might seem guilty on the surface, since the budget for the city has risen. But the causes for this rise were mandatory charges imposed by the new charter, the introduction of the three platoon system in the fire department and the eight hour day for nurses in city hospitals, and the restoration of depression pay cuts. Furthermore, the Tammany Board of Estimate has consistently refused to permit the weeding from office of their political parasites, restoring in the face of La Guardia's explosive wrath sixty-four hirelings of no value to the community...
...have conventions. Last week they assembled in a traditional convention spot, Atlantic City, for their annual two-day outing. Only 22 went in person, some of the rest dispatching representatives. New Jersey's Hoffman played host, greeting the guests with a band, a claque of uniformed veterans, a platoon of State troopers, a motorcade of ten cars with gubernatorial license plates ("N. J. 1") and a convivial "get-together" dinner for early arrivals in the Hotel Traymore...