Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...story he had nabbed wasn't pretty: the Ahoskie Kiwanis Club had raffled off a $3,200 Cadillac at a dance for the local poor, and the winning ticket went to a Negro. The dismayed Kiwanians sent a three-man committee (including the sheriff, a Kiwanian) out to the winner's one-horse farm to tell him. that he couldn't have the car. The committee was generous about it. It gave 25-year-old Harvey Jones, an ex-G.L, his dollar back. Then the Kiwanians held another drawing, and this time the winner...
...prohibits railroads from granting loans, the railroads have lined up banks in every important U.S. city to finance the plan. Beginning Sept. 1, passengers will only have to step up to the nearest ticket office to apply for a travel credit covering the fare and such incidentals as hotel bills, clothing and sports equipment. Within 24 hours, if their local credit is good, they will receive their tickets. Interest on the loans will range from 4% to 7%, depending on the bank, will be less in slack travel seasons...
Originally planned as solely a Harvard night, the program has been thrown open to other surrounding colleges, including M.I.T., Radcliffe, and Simmons. Ticket reservations may be obtained by telephoning the observatory today, tomorrow, or Monday...
Groundsmen and ticket takers may be filling in gaps in the Varsity eleven lineup next fall if the Harlow system has to fall back on the turnout to yesterday's opening session of summer grid conditioning...
...future should temper their firmness with merey. But they should not be either weak or apologetic. Germany should be reconstructed in a fashion best suited to promote peace. Maudlin sympathy, such as Mr. White drools, should not be permitted to sheme Americans into letting Germany write its own ticket...