Word: arlberg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...friend and fellow Annapolisman, Robert Vogeler, the American businessman jailed as a spy by Communist Hungary (TIME, Feb. 27). Mrs. Vogeler gave him her husband's silver lighter-"to keep until you can give it back to Bob." Then Captain Karpe boarded the blue-and-gold Arlberg-Orient Express for Paris...
...Arlberg-Orient is one of the Continent's glamour trains, a storied track for international diplomats and international intrigue. Karpe had Compartment ll of the Bucharest sleeper. There were six other passengers in the car, including two friends, Secretary John Oliver Wright II, of the British legation in Bucharest, and Mrs. Wright. The Britons were accompanied by two countrymen-a king's messenger (or diplomatic courier) and his military guard...
...with friends who had come to say goodbye. He was happy to be going home, he said. A small, shifty-eyed stranger lolled in the background, staring at Karpe and listening to the talk, but no one paid much attention at the time. Shortly after 12:30 p.m. the Arlberg pulled out of Salzburg...