Word: ported
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coffee port of New Orleans, Publisher Ralph Nicholson of the Item deleted the name of Detective Dick Tracy's current villain "Coffyhead" from every strip, making gibberish out of some of the speeches and captions. ("Coffyhead" is a no-good who earned his nickname by always brewing his evil deeds over a cup of coffee.) Publisher Nicholson explained that he considered the name "a nasty and unfair reflection on a fine beverage...
...which fed it, was diverted by digging away 2,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock for a new channel, and by constructing a system of dams and tunnels. The Canadian Government chipped in $5,200,000 for roads, a railway spur, power lines and a dock at Port Arthur to handle the ore. In 1944, a year after work was started, the first ore came out of the open pits...
Troubled Trieste rested somewhat easier yesterday as the Allied Military Government announced that a strike of 12000 workers in the port area had come to an end. While it lasted, the work stoppage was 100 percent effective and completely halted the loading and unloading of ships. A general strike call failed, however, when the leading non-Communist union refused to participate...
...Chicago, Admiral of the Fleet William F. Halsey set style-minded citizens agoggle by firing his port & starboard guns and running up all his flags at once...
...thing, there are many familiar faces on Soldiers Field from three successful Crimson teams of last year. A Varsity which won seven of nine-games has returned 20 lettermen, including the outstanding halfback threat Thomas (Chip) Gannon, who runs best to port and huris passes lefthanded. There is six-foot-three 200-pound plunging fullback Captain Vince Moraveo who averaged six yards a line buck in one contest last fall when a three-yard plunge for a touchdown brought his average down, and whose virtual loss from the Yale game with an injury was a mortal blow to the team...