Word: staiger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Captain Stanley A. Staiger, of Portland, Ore., and ex-Jockey Johnston, carrying explosives in sacks, worked for 24 hours along a river bank, never knowing for sure how near the Japs were. One after another they destroyed the bridges along their way. By the time they reached the last bridge they had only four inches of fuse left. They tamped in the charge, lit the fuse and galloped off with the uproar in their ears and debris raining around them...
...Captain and Mrs. McIntosh at dinner last. Thursday evening., Libby Tyson, ace cartoonist of PIPTIDE, the WAVES' newspaper, executed some amusing place-cards for the occasion. After dinner the girls had the opportunity of meeting their guests informally in the living-room. Ruth Finke, Kitty Reumann, Elsie Koeliner, Jane Staiger and your columnist performed some songs written to order by your columnist. Betty Etrachan was the accompanist. One in particular was rendered with deep feeling...