Word: capetown
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Michael A. Clark '42 and Frederick W. Hoeing, former History 1 instructor here, were among the 201 passengers and 125 crew on board the S.S Zamzam which sank yesterday, in the South Atlantic enroute to Capetown...
Those who turned up in Capetown promptly raided the town's big breweries, kissed all the kissable women, commandeered the town's dray horses and staged a Melbourne Gold Cup race down the main street. But now they wanted to fight...
Wolf Sighted. About 700 miles northeast of Montevideo, H. M. S. merchant cruiser Carnarvon Castle (20,122-ton motorship, former star of the Capetown run ) sighted a suspicious vessel, apparently a merchantman, but long, lean and low. The Britisher signaled "Stop!"' The stranger, speeding ahead, replied with a salvo of shells which neatly bracketed the Carnarvon Castle...
...disadvantageous barter terms. And if Britain loses, Germany will have 60% of the world's merchant fleet. She will control the docks of the world either directly, or by economic pressure. A shipment of American typewriters will have small chance of quick unloading and delivery in Capetown, if competing German typewriters can be got to the customer first...