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...school at Rugby, later became a Communist, was beaten up by Oswald Mosley's Black Shirts at a fascist meeting. He got into Oxford with difficulty and became the first Communist president of the Union (Oxonian debating society). He later rejected Communism, joined the army as a Welsh Guardsman in 1940, was "commissioned as an intelligence officer and wound up in the Ministry of Economic Warfare...
...release, he was forcibly inducted into the Army, forcibly dressed in uniform; a tall Welsh Guardsman, who was to escort him back to Wales, ordered him to shoulder his pack. Homer refused. The deadlock continued till a crowd gathered. Finally a grey-haired little man stepped forward, quietly picked up the pack and murmured: "Come along, Arthur." It was Arthur Horner's father. Arthur's finish to the story: "Of course, as we got round the corner, I took the pack from the old man-but I was damned if I was going to cave in under...
...Seattle, 15 persons in one day called the papers to report having seen "flying saucers." Two Portland deputy sheriffs spotted "20 in a line going like hell to the west." A Spokane woman saw five fluttering "washtubs," each "about the size of a five-room house." A Seattle coast guardsman took a picture of a "saucer" at dusk. The picture showed a pinpoint of light. A policeman saw a lone saucer skimming high over San Francisco Bay. From people in Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and 29 other states and Canada, reports...
...alleged photograph of a single disc taken by Californian coast guardsman Frank Ryman, which would shake the jet stream hypothesis, might well turn out to be a flaw in the lens upon critical examination, Professor Mather ventured...
...looks rather like a Beethoven left out in the rain, was once a great painter, but has gone blind. He is unpleasantly eager to make friends with the man who is carrying on with his wife, though he coldly hints his awareness of what's up. Coast Guardsman Ryan slowly comes to realize 1) that the painter is holding Joan trapped in a sadistic relationship, 2) that Joan is no lady in distress but a bone-bred tramp, 3) that the pair of them are exploiting him for ugly, mysterious reasons of their...