Word: portlanders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Revisitor. In Portland, Ore., for the second time in a year a prowler broke into The Wee Taverne, rifled a pinball machine, ate a banana, drank a bottle of pop and left, undisturbed by the watchdog...
Provided. In Portland, Ore., the Navy received from a wife her written consent to her husband's enlistment. To the approved form she had added a rider: "It is further understood and agreed that he shall be well fed at all times, be well and sufficiently clothed, shall not be overworked, shall not be issued too much grog, and, finally, shall not be allowed to associate with dissolute characters...
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Most popular, and most played, are the tunes of the hour. Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Kay Kyser, Bing Crosby rate high. When Consolidated Aircraft Corp. tried heavy classics on its programs, workers hooted. But Portland's huge Oregon Shipbuilding Yard draws no complaints when it goes as high as Brahms' Fifth and Sixth Hungarian Dances...
Free Wheeling. In Portland, Ore., an automobile wheel with a brand-new tire came rolling into the yard of George Hibbard. He was much pleased, especially when he could not find the owner-until he learned that the tire would...