George E. Wallace prevailed upon joining the volunteers in 1909. In 1910, he became regular-paid firemen. His equipment still consisted of the handcarts, but a new team of dapple-gray horses, which were a great edition to the fire department named “Prince” and “Charlie.” They were purchased by the City of Modesto, and in 1912 the first piece of modern fire equipment was bought, the Pope Hartford hose and a chemical truck. George Wallace was the fire Chief for 39 years. Since then the fire
In 1950, Chief Lloyd Layman introduced the use of water fog application as an indirect method of attack during a presentation called “Little Drops of Water” at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Memphis, TN. His presentation that day changed the fire service and created a debate that has existed ever since. Fog nozzles were nothing new to the fire service. At that time, they had been around for more than 150 years, dating back to 1863 when Dr. John Oysten obtained the first US patent on a fog nozzle. However, Chief Layman’s presentation was very impressionable on the American fire service.
He was old enough to serve in the German Army in 1918 and saw out the last days of World War One. After the war, he became a salesman for a fertiliser company. He joined the Nazi Party in 1923 and quickly developed a reputation for thoroughness and efficiency. From 1925 to 1930, he was propaganda leader for the Nazis in Bavaria, Swabia and
Speer’s first introduction to Nazism was in 1930 where he attended a meeting which Hitler spoke at. He admitted that he was swayed by Hitler’s charisma and his speech gave Speer a sense of hope thus, joining the Nazi Party. This led to his first commission of renovating Hanke’s home in Berlin in 1932, leaving the Nazi Leaders impressed. Goebbels offered him his second job to rebuild the Propaganda Ministry with a promise from Speer that it would be completed within seven months. Speer gained a reputation from this commission as not only a creative architect but also an efficient organiser.
Name______________________________ Date _________________ Block _______ Plop-Plop Fizz-Fizz Lab Problem: Does the physical size of an Alka-seltzer tablet effect how fast it dissolves? Background: The idea came from a newspaper editor in Elkhart, Indiana, in the 1920s and was brought to the public by Hub Beardsley, president of the Dr. Miles Laboratories (now Miles Laboratories). Beardsley learned that an entire newspaper staff had remained free of influenza during an epidemic when they took the editor's prescription of aspirin and baking soda. Beardsley knew he had found a moneymaking product.
COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY FreshDirect, www.freshdirect.com, online grocer BACKGROUND/HISTORY Jason Ackerman and Joseph Fedele cofounded FreshDirect in 2001, not long after other online grocers had failed. Less than three years later, its iconic refrigerated trucks could be seen all over the Manhattan streets. “Ackerman and Fedele split up the responsibilities based on their expertise. In that Bloomberg interview, Ackerman said, ‘Joe, having worked at -- and built -- Fairway was responsible for bringing in all of the supply. And I focused on how to actually take all the supply and get it within the warehouse and actually get it to the customer, which was no small feat’” (Goldberg, 2010).
John “Red” Pollard was born into a fairly prosperous family of seven in Edmonton, Alberta. The Pollards owned a brick-making factory and had a nice life running the family business. Misfortune struck yet again, and in 1915 a flash flood washed away the factory. They became bankrupt virtually overnight. After years of doing odd jobs and trying to make money for the family, Red found his calling
According Bio. True Story (1994-210), “Allan Pinkerton was born on August 25th 1819 in Glasgow Scotland and died July 1st, 1884. He was a Scottish born detective and founder of a famous American private detective agency. Pinkerton became involved in Chartism, a mass movement that sought political and social reform. His activities resulted in a warrant for his arrest, and in 1842 Pinkerton fled to the United States, settling in Chicago” He was a cooper by trade, a trade he had learned in Scotland.
Mission joins the player's party after encountering her in the Under City on Taris. In an interview with Comic Vine, Taber describes her character as "in the 'scoundrel' class so I really wanted to put some Han Solo in there. Schwindler; dear brother of Katheryn Schwindler; caring son in law of John and Brenda Clemens. Also, survived by a host of loving family members and friends.. Vancouver's Robert Tucker, who helped to organize that city's first Indie I Do wedding show this year, says it isn't just dyed in the hemp crafters looking for fresh ideas. "From what we saw, it was a mix of people who were indie and also more mainstream couples looking for things they could incorporate into their wedding,"
He studied cuisine in Europe for more than 30 years, before returning to the United States in 1994. Homeless, McClain sold Real Change newspapers and became one of the organizations top sellers. Known for his long hours in front of the Safeway door, McClain would greet potential customers with the question, “Real Change, sir?” When customers walked passed, he often told them to “Have a nice day.” Founded in 1994, Real Change was conceived as "Puget Sounds's newspaper of the poor and homeless." About four years ago, Real Change dropped the "poor and homeless" tagline. In addition, they added two journalists to the staff, rather than relying so much on volunteers.