Word: traffic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Behind this starring scheme lurks the stocky figure of James Murchie Eaton, a dynamic bachelor of 48 who has been causing U. S. airlines considerable worry ever since he left Pan American in 1931. As general traffic manager for P. A. A., Jim Eaton was largely responsible for that great line's superb traffic system. He left to become president of ill-starred Ludington Air Lines, which tried to operate without a mail contract between New York and Washington, was eventually sold to Eastern. Since then Jim Eaton has been identified with an unsuccessful scheme to start flying boat...
There is nothing a cop likes better than to catch someone in a lie. Our favorite instance of this sort is the time a traffic policeman in the town of North Woodstock, New Hampshire, stopped a car for speeding. The driver was a woman. "Where you from?" the cop demanded. "Philadelphia," replied the lady. The cop put on a wise look and nodded his head. "Oh, so you're from Philadelphia, eh?" he said, sarcastically. "Well, if you're from Philadelphia, whatcha doin' with them Pennsylvania licence plates...
Besides their warnings against the dangers of traffic, the Caesar-Marks songs are calculated to inculcate in children respect for law & order (The Policeman, The Fireman and the Postman, Too), practicality (Remember Your Name and Address), fortitude (Never Be Afraid of Anything). Observes Sticks and Stones and Bones...
...maiden political speech (''Save America") in the summer of 1935, is much more tolerant of radicalism in art than of radicalism in politics. When Mrs. Herbert Hoover was caught in a torrential rainstorm after inspecting the Century of Progress art show, gallant Mr. McCormick shooed a traffic officer from his corner to find a taxicab, directed traffic himself in the downpour while the officer was gone. Wisecrackers said that if it had been Mrs. Roosevelt instead of Mrs. Hoover she would have drowned...
...public reaction probably will be terrible," said Undersheriff Ervin Coling of Racine, Wis. Undersheriff Coling is what motorists call a "tough cop."† Last week he was going ahead with plans to stop passing cars, subject their drivers to quizzes on traffic law. Undersheriff Coling was undismayed by the possibility that motor clubs would route their clients around Racine County. Said he: "I'd be tickled pink if they would." He was also sure that Wisconsin law would back him up: "If anyone doubts the legal ability of a deputy to stop a car, let him keep on going...