Word: porter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This Is It." The Juneau's executive officer, her skipper, Captain Jesse C. Sowell, and Admiral Higgins worked late that night over their maps. Commander W. B. Porter, the ship's executive, pointed out that north of the 40th parallel the Han-kyung railroad held close to the coast. This was the logical supply line...
Then, as Shephard struggled to hold down a porter's job in a bar & grill, a friendly New York Timesman named Joseph Haff helped him organize his third plea. Last week, 15 years after the first arrest, New Jersey's Governor Alfred E. Driscoll signed a full pardon, and another would probably be available soon for Betty Lester, since enfeebled by a stroke. Sixty-four-year-old Cliff Shephard, tearfully pleased with the final triumph of justice, laid aside his broom and towel, thanked the State for excusing the crimes he had never committed...
Famed Creole Pianist-Composer Ferdinand ("Jelly Roll") Morton (King Porter Stomp, Jelly Roll Blues, Alabama Bound), "the father of hot piano," talked and played almost every day for a month. Folklorist Lomax, co-author with his late father, John A. Lomax, of Folk Song U.S.A., etc., listened and recorded. What he heard (and later checked up on) adds up to more than mere reminiscent fodder for jazz fans. Mister Jelly Roll (Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $3.50), published last week, is also the full-flavored story of a raucous, diamond-studded era of U.S. history, as seen and told by a mulatto...
...innings, but it didn't score the first run until the fifth. Tom Cavanaugh led off the inning with a single into short center and was advanced to second on Godin's sacrifice bunt. He moved on to third on Foynes' infield out and then scored as Jim Porter mishandled Johnny White's smash to short...
...exact nature of the crime was not discovered until 7 a.m., when a Union porter discovered the hidden trays. They were carried downstairs and neatly re-stacked in time for the first arrivals...