Word: hambledon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Great Day. A black pennant, the designated symbol of surrender, flew from the highest mast of each ship when the Italia, Vittorio Veneto, five of the cruisers and four of the destroyers passed the British destroyer Hambledon off Malta. Aboard the Hambledon were two interested observers: General Eisenhower and Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, naval victor of the Mediterranean. A.P. Correspondent Clark Lee, who was also aboard the Hambledon, got the impression that Admiral Cunningham would have admired the Italians more if they had been at battle stations, fighting it out. But, said the Admiral...
WITHOUT LAWFUL AUTHORITY - Manning Coles - Crime Club ($2). A prewar adventure in Nazi spy-chasing with Tommy Hambledon, hero of Drink to Yesterday, etc., sharing honors with a vengeful ex-Tank Corps officer and a debonair safecracker. Explosive action all the way, with a pitched battle in an English insane asylum to top it off. For spy-story enthusiasts, this...
...TOAST To TOMORROW-Manning Coles-Crime Club ($2). The deputy chief of the German Police in 1933 recovers from amnesia to remember he is actually Hambledon of British Intelligence in World War I. Thereafter "Klaus Lehmann" spies to end all spying, raises hell with German war plans. Timely, well done and not very corny...
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