Word: richmond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cleveland Symphony Orchestra arrived in Charlotte, N.C. for a concert - with nothing to play. The car carrying the orchestra's baggage stayed by mistake in the railroad yards in Richmond...
...inner U.S. chess circles Koltanowski is known as "Kolty the Yogi." This dates back to an exhibition in Richmond, Va., when a socialite female kibitzer insisted, over his protests, that he must be a yogi to possess such powers of concentration. "I suppose I have an auditory memory," explains Koltanowski. "It is as though I have a gramophone record in the back of my head. I record the moves on it. If I forget, I play the record over...
...Class D are still boosting the fine party they had last Saturday afternoon at the Fox and Hounds Club. Mr. A. J. Brodtmann, disbursing instructor, C. K. Richmond, W. W. Robinson, D. L. Moonie, F. J. Payton, and R. Raab made the arrangements and were responsible for its success. Singing, Rathskeller style, was led by F. Payton and later in the afternoon J. Rub and H. Platt entertained with several piano novelties. Guest of honor was Lt. Comdr. F. W. Hesser...
...Vallejo, near San Francisco, the meat supply was a paltry 10% of normal; in Richmond, Calif, (shipyards) the population is up 40%, the meat supply down 70%. One butcher's solution: "I gotta make a living and I gotta keep my customers satisfied. Every morning I make the rounds of four black-market outfits. In one I say to the guy 'I'll bet you $25 you can't get me a side of beef.' I lay the cash on the table and I always lose the bet. What the hell would...
...construction monument. It will tunnel 1,400 miles under eight states and 20 rivers and surmount the rolling Alleghenies. Now building in the South is an extension of Big Inch's smaller (maximum 11 inch) brother, the Plantation Line, which by June will stretch from Baton Rouge to Richmond. Oilmen figure that still another such line would be needed if both war and civilian needs are to be fulfilled...