Word: walks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stations to hire more men. Joseph Weber, knowing full well that they were attacking his most crucial demand, stood up bravely, sent many a radio representative home to sleepless nights. Because musicians are as tightly organized as any labor group in the country,* Weber's threat of a walk-out all over the U. S. was no idle boast. Radio officials asked for, and got, two additional weeks to deliberate. As the deadline drew close, promises of strike support from locals as far away as San Francisco flooded his office...
...Excerpts: "I'm sure Earl Baldwin didn't rent his clothes at Moss Brothers, because his pants looked as if they'd never been pressed. ... He looked very white and very tired, and it was interesting to see him and his wife shun the royalties and walk off among the flowers. . . . The King looked well cared for and healthy. . . . Most of the women who crowded in to shake hands with the little Princesses and grin in Queen Elizabeth's face were badly dressed women with haw-haw accents. . . . The Canadian and American girls would have loved...
...repair the Nationals' shattered front next inning came great Carl Hubbell, who pitched the Giants to a 1936 pennant. Cheered as he strode to the mound, Hubbell proceeded to yield a walk and a one-base hit. Another American flied out, another struck out. Stepping to bat with two out and two on base, "Red" Rolfe of the Yankees then walloped a three-base hit, scoring himself a minute later. Sadly Manager Terry removed the crushed Hubbell from the game. Thereafter, not even four more National pitchers could halt the Americans. Joe Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals...
...After a walk through the Yard refreshments will be served to the fatigued at the Union, noted for its superb American cuisine...
...Return to the ship, where luncheon will be served. Tenders ashore every half hour during the afternoon and evening. Young ladies are advised not to walk through Harvard unaccompanied after ten o'clock...