Word: plungers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Steel Corp.'s finance committee, David G. Kerr, longtime vice president in charge of coal, limestone and ore, retired in favor of Edwin E. Ellis, president of Steel's research subsidiary, Universal Exploration Co. Last fortnight Eugene Jackson Buffington, president, since the resignation of the late Plunger John Warne Gates in 1899, of Illinois Steel Co. (biggest U. S. Steel subsidiary in the Chicago district), stepped aside for his vice president, George Gowen Thorp. Observers marked their retirement as milestones in Chairman Taylor's determined policy to put fresh metal in Steel's key jobs...
Died-Thomas W. ("Chicago'') O'Brien, 68, racetrack plunger; of cancer; at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. One of the few turf gamblers to win consistently, his biggest bet was $100,000 that Man o' War would outrun Sir Barton (which he did) in a match race in 1920 at odds of i to 20. Once a bricklayer, and with no other business than betting, he died a millionaire...
...Niagara Plunger...
...executive of 52 (15 years older than P. D. III) who started as a stenographer in the beef department. Nearest to a reason given was: "They wanted a man in the operating end." Chicago's deduction and comment: "They were not afraid P. D. III would be another plunger like J. Ogden. On the contrary- The last of the Armours felt there was only one thing left to do.* He resigned his vice-presidency and left in the hands of those who thought they had done the best thing for the company the business which his grandfather and namesake...
Shereschewsky, who will start at fullback, has already made a name for him self as a powerfull ball carrier and plunger and his presence in the starting lineup assures a capable carrier for power plays...