Word: honked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Honk. In Glendale, Calif., the flames that enveloped L. L. Biggs's garage short-circuited the starter of his car and jolted it out to safety, short-circuited the horn and awakened Biggs...
Then Ed Kennedy, A.P. boss in Europe and veteran of 13 years with the A.P., got word that the Germans had announced the surrender over the Flensburg radio. He tried to reach Brigadier General Frank A. ("Honk") Allen Jr., SHAEF's bumbling press chief, finally got to the chief U.S. censor. "I give you warning now,'' said Ed Kennedy, "that I am going to release the story. I see no further reason for SHAEF to withhold...
Noisiest U.S. fish are the croakers, which cruise in racketing schools. They have special muscles to make their swim-bladders resonate. The hogfish grinds its teeth. The spot gives a raucous honk. The sea-catfish makes a noise like a tom-tom. The searobin cackles, while the toadfish toots a musical warning to leave its eggs alone...
Brigadier General Frank A. ("Honk") Allen Jr., SHAEF's public-relations director, won the Army's Legion of Merit-but not for balling up the V-E day announcement. Said General Eisenhower: the "sound judgment constantly demonstrated by this officer reflected great credit upon the U.S. Army...
There's a Peace On. General Allen wasted no time. A Regular Army soldier who fought with distinction in both World Wars I & II, Honk Allen has a knowl edge of newspapering that could be put into a K-ration container and still rattle around. He cavalierly announced that re porters had been present at the surrender "by the courtesy of SHAEF." And, using Kennedy's misdeed as a shillelagh, he an nounced that henceforth all newsmen in Europe would be let in on the Army's confidences chiefly because "I have engaged to be personally responsible...