Word: van
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Nijverdal's 9,000 people are working in the town's cotton industry-the Koninklijke Stoomwevery te Nijverdal-consisting of spinneries, a weaving mill, and dyeing and bleaching plants. The warehouse flew the American flag, as did most of Nijverdal that day. Managing Director Godfried van der Meulen pointed to a pile of cotton bales -most of them from New Orleans and Galveston. There were 350 of them, each with the red, white & blue shield of the U.S. and the inscription: "For European Recovery." "This isn't much," Van der Meulen said, "but six months...
Both Mijnheer van der Meulen's increased production schedules and Burgomaster Witschey's civic improvement plans are regarded as encouraging in Nijverdal. But "Marshall help" means something more personal than that. A slippered housewife made the point succinctly. "From 1931 to 1936," she said, "there wasn't much work at the mill. Jan dug peat. Almost the whole town dug peat. If Jan loses his job again, I don't think we would get over...
Accoridng to the scheduling drawn up at the Biltmore Hotel convention, Cambridge will not see a Heptagonal track or cross-country meet until at least 1951. This spring's track meet will be in Philadelphia's Franklin Field, the 1949 cross-country run in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, and the 1950 track meet at Yale...
Also elected were the following: Thornton G. Edwards 3L, vice-president; Edwin L. Gasperini 3L, secretary; Jay W. Glassman 2L, treasurer; Engene L. Wyman 3L, senior director; and Clinton R. Stevenson 2L and Richard C. Van Dusen 3 L, junior directors...
...Nicholas Van Slyck directed the 15-piece Harvard Chamber Orchestra in a score he wrote for the Idler production. Mr. Van Slyck said his music was "built upon 18th Century patterns but lies solidly in the 20th Century harmonically and instrumentally." It seems to have made the transition with more case than Mr. Congreve's play but like it was very gay and spirited. The music is by no means an incidental part of the Idler production, and combined with the lively acting of the Idlers, should give an amusing and interesting evening's experience to anyone who drops around...