Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sudden there was a crisis in shoes. The entire U.S. shoe industry seemed threatened with imminent shutdown. Several plants actually closed. Reason: now that OPA had returned from the grave, no hides and leather were going to market...
...rested his other elbow on the mantel. He shook his drink a little, knocked an ash off from his cigarette into the fire place. He looked down at the fine crease of is grey flannel trousers, moving his foot until the cuff rested properly on the laces of his shoe. He tugged at his shirt a bit until the cuff made the correct distance from the end of is coat sleeve. He measured the distance with a crooked thumb. Then he moved his head up and down until his shirt collar fell snugly beneath his Adams-apple. He glanced...
Players not selected for the Brunswick trip will see action at Dillon. In a previous clash with Bowdoin this summer, Ashley's netmen won 8 to 1. The Varsity also defeated the Lincoln town team and lost to the United Shoe Country Club team for a season's record of two wins and one loss...
Prosperity didn't sit well with the Crimson tennis team Saturday. After winning five of eight singles matches, the Varsity netmen lost all four final doubles contests to bow before a squad representing the United Shoe Country Club, 7 to 5, at the United Shoe courts at Beverly...
...singles winners, number one man Lane McGovern, had the easiest time, taking a 6-1, 6-0 triumph over United Shoe's Duncan. The only other Crimson victor to win in straight sets was Harold Swartzman, while Bill Brady, Travis Gresham, and Bill Mayleas required three sets each before they took their matches. Bill Wightman, Andy Muldoon, and Hal Melvin were the Varsity singles losers...