Word: fred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Radio Comic Fred Allen, having hugely annoyed Philadelphia's Chamber of Commerce by wisecracking about the smallness of a Philadelphia hotel room he once put up in (TIME, Dec. 18), tried to make amends by explaining that times had changed; but that old room, said he, "was so small it had a digest phone book, the calendar on the wall showed only half a day, the ceiling was so low that if you ordered a three-decker sandwich, the waiter brought one deck at a time...
WACKY THE SMALL BOY-Fred Schwed Jr.-Simon & Schuster...
Like a band of embattled brothers, up rose the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce because of an alleged slur on Philadelphia's hotels. Casus belli: A Fred Allen radio program in which he and Program Guest Jack Haley reminisced about a little troupers' hotel in Philadelphia. Mused Haley: "My room was so small, when anyone opened the door, the doorknob got in bed with me." Allen: "My room was so small the mice were hump-backed...
...three forward lines have worked well together, and have been shooting and passing effectively. George Hackett, John Paine, and Councie Morgan make up so called first line, while equally good service can be expected from the lines of Fred Bacon, Bill Apthorp, and Bill Hackett, and of George Gebelein, Bill Ray, and Chester Jenks...
After the Varsity game the Freshmen met a strong second Junior Olympic sextet, the Rangers, and were defeated 6 to 1. Fred Bacon made the lone tally for the Yardlings...