Word: alert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Manila snapped to attention. General MacArthur said: "The military is on the alert, and every possible defense measure is being undertaken. My message is one of serenity and confidence." One Japanese was arrested for snipping telephone wires, one was caught with an old, much-used set of harbor charts, 13 others were found barricaded in the Nippon Bazaar, a few were caught carrying knapsacks packed with tinned goods; but for the most part the Japanese herded docilely into concentration camps...
...warden front' sixteen juniors and seniors have already signed up for work, and others interested in the field are still applying for positions. They will be civilian leaders in case of air raid. Lookouts have been posted in New Haven to be on the alert for approaching planes...
...naval leaves were canceled. Leaves were canceled at Corregidor, the strong rock fortress guarding Manila Bay. Permanent blackout was ordered at the naval base at Cavite, at Olongapo, where the Navy has been mysteriously building. All British and U.S. forces in the Far East were put on the alert. In Manila naval messages jammed the radio, forced civil officials to use commercial cables. It was Manila's biggest war scare, and as the week went on, it grew...
...pessimist is Bishop Rowe. "Why it's a picnic, that's what it is, a picnic, compared to the way I used to cover Alaska," said he cheerily last week. Nor is he a backward looker. "The church is more alive and alert today," he observes. "There is an enthusiasm today that did not exist before. . . . The church has a larger world vision...
...this country, even amid the clash of arms, laws are not silent.. It has always been . . . one of the principles of liberty for which, on recent authority, this country is now fighting, that judges . . . stand between the subject and any attempted encroachment of liberty by the executive, alert to see that any coercive action is justified...