Word: tramp
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that the clientele would buy more drinks. To vote, you had to write your candidate's name on a cash-register receipt. Business zoomed. But the election almost went into a tailspin when a late starter appeared. The dark horse was a locally beloved dog named Tramp. When the final votes were counted Cowboy Evans nosed out Tramp by only 26 votes...
...There was no way to take a typewriter over the mountains to the front, so to write a story we had to tramp all the way back to the beach, board a ship, then borrow a typewriter. After that we had to walk back an hour or more to G-2 headquarters for censoring...
...last week to "one of the foremost military and naval academies in the United States." Mr. Grew referred to his own alma mater-Harvard University. He was speaking at Harvard's 292nd commencement, which was typical of 1943 commencements throughout the U.S. It was signalized chiefly by the tramp of 8,000 militarized student feet. Harvard gave only 1,115 academic degrees (against its prewar 2,500), but conferred 4,000 training certificates on Army & Navy officers, officer candidates, and Radcliffe WAVES. Only one honorary academic hood* was slipped over a distinguished head, and that belatedly-Joseph Grew...
...Pringles (outraged parents of deb-age Mildred) are feuding with the Archers (proud parents of Lieut. Lenny and Junior Miss Corliss) because Mrs. Archer called Mildred a "tramp." While the pappies get to punching each other's noses, Lenny and Mildred elope, confiding only in Corliss. Lenny goes overseas, Mildred discovers she is to have a baby, and Corliss-who has been seen with Mildred at the doctor's and is sworn "in blood" to secrecy-pretends that the baby is hers. Mr. & Mrs. Archer have a bad time for an act, but the audience has a fine...
...Shortly after Land gave his testimony, Winston Churchill in London was indicating why. One reason that shipping losses have been so big, said Mr. Churchill, is the slow speed of transatlantic convoys. In part, this is because both Britain and the U.S. have pressed into service many an old tramp freighter. But, as Navy men know well, the indictment also falls against new ships coming out of U.S. yards-notably the famous Liberty...