Word: ewen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Only three of the witnesses denied that they had ever been Communists. Among the 18 who refused an answer was Frederic Ewen, who retired from his position as assistant professor of English at Brooklyn College rather than state his politics. He finally did admit, after Senator Ferguson reassured him that he was not incriminating himself, that he was an air-raid warden during World War II. Asked whether he had ever used an alias, another of the 18. German Professor Harry Slochower of Brooklyn College, rejoined: "Do you mean like when you go somewhere with someone? That is an embarrassing...
...Murdo Ewen Macdonald remembers his first West of Scotland congregation-on the Isle of Skye-as "very churched people. The acids of the modern temper haven't corroded them much...
...Hungnam evacuation was unhurried. On Christmas Eve, Rear Admiral E. C. Ewen radioed from the carrier Philippine Sea that "the last remnants of the gallant forces of Northeast Korea" had been taken off. The Navy announced that the number evacuated from Hungnam was 215,000, including the First Marine Division, the Army's Third and Seventh Divisions, many South Korean troops and 100,000 civilians...
...First Worry. It is evening now, and Ed Ewen is sitting in his high chair on the bridge with his baseball cap shoved back on his head. This afternoon, as the Navy poured planes and bombs to help the infantry, there have been messages of thanks, congratulations and well-dones from the "people ashore." The admiral knows his boys have done a good job. But there is a lot more war, a lot more work ahead. Then, too, there is always Formosa off there over the horizon to the right of the flag bridge...
...Formosa," says Ed Ewen, "is always our first worry. We watch it all the time. If anything starts down there, we will be ready...