Word: rungs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...road's two-car presidential office was Harry Ashby DeButts, 56, a topflight operating man who has spent all his business life with the Southern. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute (1916), DeButts went straight to work with a pick & shovel on the tracks, hit almost every rung of the ladder on the way up. In 1937 President Norris made DeButts vice president in charge of operations...
...only be sounded upon notification from that august body, but at Monday's meeting of the Corporation it was decided to turn the entire problem over to Elliott Perkins '23, master of the House. Perkins was ceded the right to pick the bell ringer and to have the bells rung whenever he wanted to hear them...
...Turney Gratz, Kansas City friend of Democratic National Committee Chairman Bill Boyle, was called to the stand to explain about his income. During the four years that he was a second-rung executive in the RFC, Gratz said, Boyle had paid him $11,000 for "outside work." Boyle, at the time, was a private attorney representing, among others, clients trying to get RFC loans. Gratz insisted that he had earned the $11,000 by keeping Boyle's personal books and handling his investments after hours, although he was neither an accountant nor an investment expert. He admitted introducing hundreds...
...week for Communists and Communist angels alike. Seventeen second-rung Communists, who were arrested last month on charges of conspiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the Government, also appeared before Judge Ryan for arraignment. They were released on bail-$171,000 of it supplied by Field's outfit, $5,000 from Field's own pocket. Another four had eluded arrest and disappeared. It was a good guess they were in touch with Comrade Gus Hall and friends, somewhere...
Closest race of the nine victories rung up by the Crimson was the 880 yard run. Herman trailed by 30 feet until the last 200 yards. His final burst brought him in an easy 30 feet in front of the nearest blue clad for his best 880 time...