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...training ship for officers of the merchant fleet. Aboard, he was confronted by a "ruddy, tanned and dirty old hand" who had reached the awe-inspiring age of 1 6. Squirting tobacco juice through his broken teeth and swell ing out "a chest like a rag-bag," the vet eran questioned the newcomer: "Ah, chum; what's your name?" He was told it was John Masefield. "What's your father?" "I haven't got one." "What's your mother, then?" "I haven't got one." "Oh, you're a orphan, then; the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Making of a Seaman | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

...trade. "You can exercise your schoolboy malice and ingenuity," suggests Mr. Levy. "Hang Mills bombs on doors so that they explode when the doors are opened. Put one in the refrigerator. . . ." In Tillamook, Ore., last week, residents were organizing a Guerrilla Club. Chief organizer: Stewart P. Arnold, blind vet eran of World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVILIAN DEFENSE: You, Too, May Be A Guerrilla | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

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