Word: contraband
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only confirm President Roosevelt's opinion that convoying means shooting, and since according to American statements cargoes of convoyed ships must be regarded as contraband, the introduction of such a convoy system would be not only an unneutral act under international law, but a plain act of war and unprovoked aggression." In other words, if the U.S. convoys, Germany will shoot-and expect the Japanese to shoot...
...will pay. By week's end the pre-war Rumanian-British friendship had run its course to overt enmity. After the rupture of diplomatic relations (TIME, Feb. 17) the British Board of Trade announced that all goods of Rumanian origin, destination or ownership henceforth would be considered enemy contraband...
...President remained inactive for two days making plans. Impatient Colonel Pedraza demanded an audience, was refused. Fellow Plotter Lieut. Colonel Gonzalez, disgruntled over the loss of his customs concession and the sharp contraband control ordered by Batista, unlimbered the guns of La Punta fortress, trained them on the Presidential Palace. Guards set up machine guns around the Palace and piled sandbags in front of it. Cubans waited for the revolution...
...Army; the administration of lighthouses, fishing and customs went to the Navy. Many officers began to collect double and triple salaries for these additional duties. To his allotted tasks, Police Chief Pedraza added the State lottery and illegal numbers racket, and Navy Chief Gonzalez collared the extensive contraband trade that centred around Cuba...
They are official German pictures. MARCH OF TIME got them from the Canadian Film Commissioner. The British contraband control had intercepted them on their way to German officials in South America, who were expected to show them wherever they would do the Nazis the most good...