Word: uniforms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...street car conductor or train caller [TIME, Jan. 25]. He can avoid such embarrassing moments by merely following the precedent set for him by those men whose stripes or stars or whatnots are the result of long and arduous service: No officer on the retired list wears a uniform, any time, any where. His uniform automatically retires with his active status. No officer on the active list wears a uniform while traveling. In fact, he never wears a uniform off the station or post unless it is unavoidable. Admiral Byrd, apparently, does not possess this "passion for anonymity...
...needed in the election to House committees. Today, like independent states, the Houses choose their representatives by whatever system happens to appeal to them. But if the House committees are to be a springboard for jumping into the main Council, home rule will have to give in, and a uniform and standardized system for handling the franchise substituted instead...
Almost every Reichstag Deputy was in Nazi uniform-exceptions being Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, "The Little Man In Blue" and once-great German press tycoon (TIME, July 10, 1933), and Lieut. Colonel Franz von Papen, who barely escaped death in the Nazi "blood purge" (TIME, July 9, 1934) but still enjoys Herr Hitler's favor and is today the German Ambassador and No. 1 Nazi plotter in Der Führer's native Austria...
Accessories. Among the welter of engines, models, meteorological balloons, flashing beacons, wind-tunnels, irstruments, parachutes and uniforms, several drew special notice. Displayed for the first time was the world's first single-blade propeller-looking like half an ordinary wood "prop." Sensenich Bros., its makers, claim that it eliminates all vibration, in-.creases speed 25%, improves take-off and climb. Its pitch is automatically controlled by centrifugal force. Another odd prop was offered by Maynard-DiCesare, with the two blades offset at the hub to give greater bite. Edo showed the world's first detachable amphibious gear...
...boost. This they did, but their fellow oilmen stayed out of the game, creating a dual price level in mid-continent territory. Then last week the rest of the industry decided to jack their prices not 17? but 12?, and Messrs. Moran & Reeser had to come down. Uniform posted prices prevailed once more, with the average now about...