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18 picks · 1927–1950

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Out on the High Water.
a reporter at large · July 8, 1950

Reporter at Large about a few days spent on the Mississippi River and two of its tributaries, during a flood. The writer was staying at Marianna, a …

Over the Road, Legal.
a reporter at large · November 19, 1949

Reporter at Large about an 800-mile trip-Terre Haute-N.Y.C. in the cab of a tractor-trailer truck, owned by Eastern Motor Express, of Terre Haute. The …

IT'S NICE OUT THERE THIS MORNING
profiles · April 24, 1948

PROFILE of Richard Olney Hart, boss of the Empire State Bldg. window cleaners. Hart does the top-most, or 102nd floor. None of the six men who work with …

Anestheseologist
profiles · November 8, 1947

Profile of Dr. Emery Andrew Rovenstine, director of the Dept. of Anesthesia at Bellevue Hospital. He is considered by many surgeons and other medicalmen …

Anesthesiologists
profiles · November 1, 1947

Profile of Dr. Emery Andrew Rovenstine, director of the Dept. of Anesthesia at Bellevue Hospital. He is considered by many surgeons and other medicalmen …

Anesthesiologist
profiles · October 25, 1947

Profile of Dr. Emery Andrew Rovenstine, director of the Dept. of Anesthesia at Bellevue Hospital. He is considered by many surgeons and other medicalmen …

Wicky Wacky Faces it.
a reporter at large · October 12, 1946

Reporter at Large about Michael Joseph Noone and the Gaelic Athletic Assiation's hurling teams. Hurling, one of the oldes Irish games, requires a high …

EIGHTY-THREE DAYS--II
a reporter at large · August 28, 1943

REPORTER AT LARGE about the experiences of Basil Cominick Izzi who, with two Dutch sailors survived eighty-three days of drifting in the Atlantic. Izzi was…

EIGHTY-THREE DAYS--I
a reporter at large · August 21, 1943

REPORTER AT LARGE about three men, members of the U.S. Navy armed guard assigned to a Dutch luxury liner that was torpedoes and sunk several hundred miles …

IT'S LIKE A WOMAN'S SLIP SHOWS AN INCH.
a reporter at large · March 27, 1943

REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to a factory which makes special electrical equipment for the Armed serviced. Tells about what goes on during a night shift…

Socked.
a reporter at large · February 6, 1943

REPORTER AT LARGE: Eyewitness account of the sinking of aeroplane carrier the Wasp. The men who sailed her called her the old Stinger. She got the name …

MY MOST SWEETEST SMILE
a reporter at large · October 24, 1942

REPORTER AT LARGE about the experiences of Miss Albertine Bry, a Dutch nurse who has served at sea since 1939. She took a job as a nurse on the Dutch liner…

A REPUTATION IN SWANS.
profiles · July 11, 1942

PROFILE of George Dudley Tilley, who operates the country's oldest ornamental-bird farm, selling bright & unusual fowl to estate owners, aviaries, and …

SORRY, FELLOWS, NO MORE.
a reporter at large · June 6, 1942

REPORTER AT LARGE about Lieutenant Archibald Cameron, serving on H. M. S. Phoebe, a British cruiser, tells about a tour of duty which included picking up …

D. S.C.
a reporter at large · April 18, 1942

REPORTER AT LARGE. Lieutenant Archibald Cameron, of H.M.S. Phoebe now undergoing repairs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, gives eye-witness account of the battle…

Furlough
a reporter at large · August 23, 1941

Reporter at Large. Recounts the ramblings of a young U.S. Marine on furlough. He was broke and had planned to sleep on a park bench that night. He had been…

Trolls on Randalla Island
a reporter at large · August 16, 1941

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Library's Story-Telling Hours conducted at Branch Libraries during the fall, winter, & spring, as well as at playgrounds & …

YOUNG ARROWSMITH
a reporter at large · January 29, 1927

REPORTER AT LARGE. Tells about discussion among internes in hospital. Their experiences and feelings about their jobs. Daily happenings there.

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