Word: wortman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Through a cargo port jumped Mrs. Fortescue, Lieut. Massie and his wife. Mrs. Massie scampered around a potato bin, through a pantry-and there in a hot corridor stood Mookini with his summons. Before the Hawaiian could read it, he was shouldered put of the way by Capt. Ward Wortman, naval guardian for the defendants during the Kahahawai trial. Mrs. Massie slipped past, fled to her stateroom, slammed the door. Capt. Wortman and process server wrangled bitterly outside. On deck blew the ail-ashore bugle. Mookini got off; Mrs Massie stayed...
York a fat, hastily contrived newspaper decorated with random earmarks of the dead Worlds. This was the evening World-Telegram. Before noon the Telegram's telephone operators had learned to chirrup: "World-Telegram." In the combined paper were Will Johnstone's and Dennis Wortman's (Metropolitan Movies) cartoons. It was announced that Cartoonist Rollin Kirby and Book Critic Harry Hansen would be retained too. Editorial Writer Walter Lippmann confirmed reports that he was going to retire. Colyumist F. P. A., who might have led a heavy following to the World-Telegram, instead "went home" to the Herald...