Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...remaining four claim that when they reached Philadelphia yesterday morning, they called a friend and had him send a wire to Dribben: "Clearing Philadelphia. Only one flat tire. The Boys." They said they did not have enough money to send the wire themselves. The friend sent it collect...
...students, Chao-chu Chi '52 and Thomas L. Roberts '50 claim that Hazen's refused them jobs and later hired white students to fill the same positions. Their racial origins, they assert, were the cause of their failure to get the jobs...
...answer affirmatively to any of these questions, you have a claim to proceeds of one of the special funds which have been set up through the years to provide scholarships to students in the University...
...Chinese-born sophomore, and Roberts, a Negro, claim that Hazen's refused them part time jobs that are now held by white students. John M. Whouley, owner of the restaurant, insists that Chi and Roberts were not turned down because of their racial origins. He pointed out that a Chinese student worked at Hazen's all summer...
...Gene Autry's sixth well, begun a fortnight ago, had come in handsomely. The drillers had struck oil at 5,000 ft. The well gushed 1,200 barrels the first day, settled down to a tidy daily flow of 1,000 barrels. (Autry owns equal shares in the claim with two Texas wildcatters.) Last week drillers started a seventh well, planned to drill some 20 more on Autry's property...