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When informed of Rochester's abduction, Tasker Crosson, band leader for the Smoker, jammed, jived, and managed to hold the remnants of the audience, about 600 students, until Rochester might arrive. He finally put in his appearance, escorted by a D.K.E. entourage, just as the show was breaking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1,200 Undergraduates Pack Mem Hall to Watch Yardling Smoker | 5/1/1940 | See Source »

...tune of Tasker Crosson's orchestra the crowd will be served refreshments of ice cream, cigarettes, and cigars, while the stage is being set for Charlie Struck and Ollie Olson, grunt and groan experts from the Boston Garden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mystery Woman Guards Secret For Annual Freshman Smoker | 4/30/1940 | See Source »

Also booked for the evening is the winner of the New England jam session this winter, Tasker Crosson, who is preparing to give a hot half-hour of swing with his 12-piece Negro orchestra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAB CALLOWAY TO APPEAR AT SMOKER | 4/20/1940 | See Source »

...backlog is for corporate accounts-all the way from $20-50,000 plant additions, to a super store for Tiffany & Co. on the elegant corner of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and 57th Street. From the U. S. it has $7,800,000 in orders: for USHA's Tasker Street Housing project in Philadelphia, for U. S. Navy's air bases building on the strategic Pacific islands, Hawaii, Midway, Johnston, Palmyra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSTRUCTION: Business Builds | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...through Belgium, Luxemburg, Alsace-Lorraine penetrated Germany to the left bank of the Rhine and 30 kilometers beyond the bridgeheads at Mainz, Coblentz, Cologne. By the terms of the Armistice, Germany delivered 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 railroad cars, 5,000 trucks to the Allies, and U. S. General Tasker Bliss, astute observer, antimilitarist general, feared the sort of peace that generals and politicians would dictate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: 1,063 Weeks | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

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