Word: plumber
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...declined. Then the President was reported willing to appoint anyone upon whom Mr. Green's federation could agree. Some time later, Mr. Green called at the White House not with one agreed-upon candidate, but with four candidates representing four groups: Miner Matthew Wohl, Metalworker John P. Frey, Plumber John R. Alpine, Carpenter William Hucheson. Apparently Mr. Green was emboldened by the President's consultations. He protested too strongly against the appointment of any man outside these four...
...Plumber & Barber...
...Brooklyn, John Gentrio, barber, called Herman Finsel, plumber, to repair a leaking pipe. Plumber Finsel went back to get a gasket; Barber Gentrio held his thumb on the pipe five hours. Later, when Plumber Finsel came to the barber shop to have his beard shaved, Gentrio shaved half of it; departed, taking all the razors in the shop to be honed; stayed out five hours...
...building, ran screaming off into a fence surrounding the reservation, collapsed in the snow. In a few minutes the fire was out. Casualties: eleven killed; 54 hospitalized. Probable cause: naphtha gas, leaking from a pipe near the alcohol building, had been ignited by a riveter's forge, a plumber's torch, or a gasoline motor-all within 100 yards of the fiery explosion...