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...sighing wind, and relay the sounds to a watchman five miles away. These pastoral effects, however, are usually filtered out; what the pickups are after are such contact noises as climbing, tunneling, wire-snipping and other signs of sabotage and trespass. Result: as good a watch in fog, blackout, darkness and storm as could be maintained by guards standing elbow to elbow...
...Fish strode in with majestic dignity. But his memory was in bad shape. He could not be sure whether he had introduced Viereck to his secretary, George Hill. All such details had faded into a fog. Prosecutor William Power Maloney asked suavely whether it was a coincidence that Viereck's views as a Nazi propagandist "coincide so closely with your views as a Congressman at this time." Mr. Fish could still shout. He leaned forward, shouted: "The man who made that statement lies." Maloney asked him whether he referred to Viereck. Fish replied: "I am referring...
...rough trip at best. We understand Stirling Hayden recently resigned from the movies. This picture explains why. It isn't just that he can't act; Hollywood is filled with handsome fellows who drag down nice salaries despite that minor disability. Hayden, in addition, has a voice like a fog-horn and--what's worse--is so pretty he detracts from the allure of Madeleine Carroll, who is growing kind of fat herself. The story involves a colony of Negroes living on a subtropical island who, we couldn't figure out exactly why, can't subsist without a descendant...
...system. Company officials also were pleased by the way in which the unusual tone of the siren was noticed; for one of their big problems, besides devising a frequency that would be heard above the sounds of traffic, was to make the tone different from any other siren or fog horn...
These were only surface indications of what is probably the most numerous and brazen fifth column in modern military history. In the Philippines its ramifications are still hidden by the fog of war. In the U.S., military operations have not yet forced it to expose itself. But by last week, as its Hawaiian triumph became known, its vast extent was beginning to be visible...