Word: maroon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Unlike Greyhound, Trailways is not a corporation. It is an association of five big bus companies, three little ones, each with individual franchises, terminals, routes. Each will continue to act as a separate unit, run only its own busses. But all busses will be painted a common cream & maroon, bear a common name, issue through tickets on each others' lines, will therefore to the public seem identical in function with Greyhound. Only difference will be that Trailway riders will change busses frequently, no great disadvantage because bus riders constantly have to get out anyway...
...London last week was the new earnestness and gravity which have set themselves upon the features of Edward VIII since he became King. Instead of the swank Rolls-Royce which often used to carry him as Prince of Wales, His Majesty has taken to riding in the stately maroon Daimler of His late Majesty, enormous, high and with a performance anything but snappy...
John Davison Rockefeller Sr., 96, was taking his longest automobile ride of the season along Florida's Daytona Beach last fortnight when he spied one Al Garb, a beach photographer who took his picture six years ago. Ordering his big maroon limousine to stop, Oldster Rockefeller peered out, asked Al Garb how much money he had made from the photograph. Al Garb chirped a figure. Cackling with delight, Oldster Rockefeller complimented him on his industry, posed for another photograph (see cut) with which last week Cameraman Garb made more money...
Last year he began contributing a column to the Daily Maroon (student newspaper). Excerpt...
Stand fast, Chicago will win Stand fast, we'll never give in Hold high the flag of Maroon Flag of Maroon, oh, flag of Maroon And we'll fight on, Chicago will win Fight on, we'll never give in Hold high the flag of Maroon As high as the sun at noon...