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Word: switchman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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Among those passing through the tunnel were: a priest from Notre Dame University on his way to a dentist appointment: a horsey Kentuckian on his way to a race track; an unemployed plumber; a railway switchman; the wife of a packing company official come to town to do some shopping. And, about to take a train to Washington Park race course was Alfred ("Jake") Lingle. "leg man" (newsgatherer but not writer) for the Chicago Tribune, a newspaper man with racketeering side interests. Just after he bought a newspaper and entered the tunnel, some one in the human current moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Conclusions of a Crowd | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

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