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...Such as "graveyard shift," "nixie," "bumper." "logs," "reds." "Mother Hubbard...
...Postmaster General and his appointive aids have much to learn. Career men in the Department would understand perfectly what was meant if a report came in saying: "The Oscaloosa graveyard shift pulled three nixies in a Mother Hubbard." But First Assistant Postmaster General John H. Bartlett might have to scratch his head over such a message. In any case, there is no reason why U. S. postmasters should not use everyday language. So last week First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett instructed his subordinates to omit "technical" terms from their reports...
...terms with which First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett will no longer have to cope: beats-mail needing re-addressing or "unknown" bumper-2nd to 4th class cancelling stamp burns-damaged tie sacks clock ("on the" and "off the")-On or off duty decoy-matter mailed to catch crooks graveyard shift-9 p. m. to 5 a. m. green goods-counterfeit money jug (roundhouse)-upright, semicircular case for periodicals logs (trunks)-heavy parcels Mother Hubbard-large sack for paper mail nixie-insufficient address pull-"to pull a case"-to take mail from it reds-registered matter skin the rack-to take...
...coaches arrived in Cambridge early yesterday afternoon and went through a short work-out on the Stadium gridiron. The Western University will be represented today by a comparatively light, but scrappy and fast eleven. Coach Page's Hoosiers are noted for their stubborn defensive play, and their four man shift in the line on the offense. The fact that both Harvard and Indiana have crimson as their official color has led the invaders to abandon their traditional jersies in order to avoid confusion on the field today. Just what color they intend to wear in the place of their usual...
...University line-up. Captain J. F. Carr '28 will start as center halfback instead of right halfback while W. D. Vogel '30 takes the place of H. C. Haskell '28 at outside right. N. R. Danielian '28 will resume his old place at inside right, left vacant by the shift of Vogel to outside right and Bernard Barnes '30, who has been pressing for a place on the team, will start at right halfback today. Durk Bodde '30 has been entered at inside left...