Word: chaser
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...book, Naval Customs, Traditions and Usage, which is unofficial reading for all young naval officers. But there is small chance that his nickname will gather prissy connotations. Besides Pearl Harbor, Lovette's record includes commendation for assisting in the capture of a German raider while commanding a submarine chaser in World War I, another commendation for command of a U.S. gunboat during the revolution in South China...
...Bulgaria's capital, Sofia. The conditions of World War II have often reminded the Minister of World War I, when he was a U. S. Navy lieutenant and got the Navy Cross for risking his life to save the crew of his burning submarine chaser. In the Sofia cafe last week the Minister felt reminiscent and asked the band to play Tipperary. It did so, and many people sang with the Minister. But there were also hisses, and a sabre-scarred German in civilian clothes protested to the Minister that the song was anti-German. The Minister replied that...
...local bank-is labeled Egbert Sousé (pronounced Soo-zay). His small town is called Lompoc-a coincidence which may cause some embarrassment to citizens of Lompoc, Calif. When Mr. Sousé drinks a pony of straight whiskey, he always demands a water chaser, which he uses as a finger bowl; with each drink he requires a fresh chaser, because "I never like to bathe in the same water twice." He is allergic to the mere presence of children. When he spies an urchin in his bank, brandishing a toy pistol, Fields pounces like a terrier...
...have sunk the $20,000,000 British aircraft carrier Glorious in a naval engagement in the far reaches of the North Sea. In addition, the Germans say they sunk a British destroyer, the 21,000-ton troop transport Orama, the naval oil tanker Pioneer and a modern submarine chaser. In London, the British said they had been informed that there was "contact" between British and German vessels in northern waters but the Admiralty offered no further statement...
...respectable Hotel Ansonia, 20-odd massive, military-looking Danes sat one evening last fortnight around a barrel of Danish beer. The warriors were at ease. They toasted King Christian X, and many another, in glass after glass of clear, burning aqvavit.* After every glass of aqvavit, they downed a chaser of beer...