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...dozens of ships that crept through the fog into Manhattan's harbor last week was a French merchantman inbound from the Mediterranean. Stowed within her salt-stained hull were 6,000 cases of Hennessy brandy, 2,500 cases of Martell brandy, and four cases of Caron perfume. This was not a large shipment by prewar standards, but it was the first consignment of French luxury goods to arrive in the U.S. since...
Secret Life. Underground couriers shuttle fantastically from Poland to Britain across the face of the shackled Continent. Inbound, they drop by parachute into Poland's night from Allied planes. A secret radio, SWIT (meaning dawn), has operatives who carry transmitters in handbags, dodge from hideout to hideout...
With more than a million Americans abroad, outbound messages have increased steadily. But this year inbound family communiqués have risen even more sharply. Stock query from mail-hungry servicemen to folks at home is wrinkle-browed old Number 73: "Are you all right? Worried about...
Charged Denman: 1) From 50,000 to 100,000 people might perish in an enemy-set fare engulfing San Francisco's wooden structures, with the prevailing west wind; 2) the heavy inbound blanket of summer fog invites a Jap attack; 3) telltale water outlines make an efficacious blackout impossible; 4) the fire department could not cope with incendiary bombs; 5) the military had discouraged a systematic tryout of the city's air raid sirens...
Pacific Clipper, inbound from Auckland, New Zealand. Captain Ford reporting, due to arrive Pan American Marine Terminal seven minutes...