Word: swore
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Village President Anton Brotz of Kohler village promptly swore in 75 special deputies, had the engine return with the coal car. His deputies forced a way through the picket lines, escorted the coal into the Kohler plant. Three hundred more deputies were sworn in. Mad clean through, the strikers summoned reinforcements from Sheboygan and neighboring towns...
...operations man, a spidery, sun-browned little spitfire named Frank Curtis. This looked to Frank Curtis like the hardest job of his life. Grappling lines slipped and snapped, power winches broke. In August the salvage crew was ready to quit. Spitfire Curtis jumped up & down, barked, screamed and swore until they went back to work. In October an anchor chain whacked Frank Curtis across the legs, almost cut them off. Two hours later, with two men holding him upright, he was back on deck directing operations...
Mayor Rossi thereupon swore in 500 more police, called for 2,000 more militiamen. By Monday the entire National Guard of California was under arms, and 5,000 guardsmen were in San Francisco...
Violet Hilton swore last week that she was sincere in her desire to marry the orchestra leader. Marion, Ark. and Charles City, Iowa telegraphed the rejected trio offers of marriage license and minister...
...offer was to be by word of mouth. For any major corporation the preparation of a registration statement is a staggering task but for a New York City traction company, whose legal and financial involvements confuse even the best trained analysts, the job is well-nigh impossible. The bankers swore the deal was no evasion of the Securities Act, that they intended to consult the Federal Trade Commission. Nevertheless, many a bond dealer last week shied away from retailing an unregistered issue. What assured the success of BMT's oral banking was the fact that the issue would...