Word: suede
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fare Trial. In Worcester, Mass., Gordon Browne, put off a bus before his stop, after an argument with the driver, sued the Worcester Street Railway Co. for breach of contract. His claim: 10?.
Wage Dispute. In Noblesville, Ind., Mrs. W. L. Rigdon sued for a divorce, claimed that her husband asked her to pay him $1.50 an hour for "working around the house."
By last week, labor unions had filed suits demanding the whopping sum of $1,300,000,000. The suits came so fast that newspapers ran lists of companies sued in long columns, like disaster victims-which they well might be. The unions sued Bethlehem Steel for $200,000,000, Curtis...
Bedfellow. In Des Moines, Mrs, Pearl Price sued for divorce, complained that Husband John, although in perfect health, had gone to bed seven years before, was still there.
Sign Language. In Cleveland, sign painter George Spence sued for divorce, complained that his wife had not spoken to him for two years, communicated with him by putting signs up all over the house. Samples: "Hands off, I paid for this." "You're Hitler No. 2."