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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: First from France | 4/2/1945 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Under the Jackboots I | 4/17/1944 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MORALE: Censors, Butt Out | 11/1/1943 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Judge v. General | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

Pacific Clipper, inbound from Auckland, New Zealand. Captain Ford reporting, due to arrive Pan American Marine Terminal seven minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Long Voyage Home | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

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