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Word: portlanders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dumb Cop. In Portland, Ore., police put out a fire under a parked automobile, considerably annoying George Harper, its owner, who complained that he always left the pilot light burning in his Stanley Steamer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 2, 1944 | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

...called "The World and America"-and right from the start it will be broadcast over 19 stations from Portland, Maine, to Honolulu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 2, 1944 | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

...Portland, his poise unruffled by the morning's train crash, he had lashed out against "the danger of one-man government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Crucial Week | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

Fare Dealing. In Portland, Ore., a woman passenger handed a bus driver two tickets, explained: "I weigh 481 pounds, and I really take up two full seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 25, 1944 | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

Merchants in big, medium-sized and small cities have made plans for closing their stores on V-day. V-day instructions are either complete or imminent in Manhattan, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, Kansas City, Dallas, Helena, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Des Moines, Portland, Richmond, Indianapolis, Detroit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for V-Day? | 9/4/1944 | See Source »

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