Word: pullmans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Permit me to bring to your attention an editorial entitled "In a Pullman," in your magazine issue of May 11 in which you say, after referring to the Pullman porter as the factotum of the car and his trustworthiness: "The necessity for this trustworthiness was evident last week when a Pullman porter went berserk on a Montreal-bound New York Central train...
...Briand had accepted a large bouquet of red roses from a young woman, apparently of the working class. Her face was tearstained. Overcome by emotion she managed to gasp, "I-I love you, Monsieur le President!" For a moment the old, defeated man standing at the door of his Pullman did not reply. Then accepting the roses with a low bow, he said: "I would rather hear those words from you, Madame, than from the best qualified member of the National Assembly."* After the train steamed out, the crowd remained for some time, shouting "Vive Briand! Vive la Paix...
...most people a Pullman porter is a Negro called George who will do anything he can to make railroad journeys pleasant, comfortable, safe. He is the factotum of a confined and temporary world and his trustworthiness is part of the national credo. The necessity for this trustworthiness was evident last week when a Pullman porter went berserk on a Montreal-bound New York Central train...
...high as $500,000,000. In 1924 he and his son paid an income tax of $1,575,000. The most important Baker holdings include: 87,000 shares of United States Steel, 74,000 shares of American Telephone & Tele- graph, 204,000 shares of New York Central, 6,100 Pullman, 713,000 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. Other "Bakerstocks" include American Can and National Biscuit. He has been friendly with the Van Sweringens...
...short time in a German hotel. MIRACLE AT VERDUN-What might happen if the eight million War dead rose. ONCE IN A LIFETIME-Hilarious nose-thumbing at moviedom. THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET- Katherine Cornell. THE GREEN PASTURES-If the Lord were a colored preacher; if Gabriel were a Pullman porter. THE SILENT WITNESS-A mystery play which manages to mystify. TOMORROW AND TOMORROW-Problems of a rich young family in a small town. Musical-AMERICA'S SWEETHEART FINE & DANDY, GIRL CRAZY, THE NEW YORKERS, THREE'S A CROWD...