Word: ingram
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Into Montevideo harbor last week steamed the U.S. light cruiser Memphis, the destroyer leader Somers and the destroyer escort Christopher - all commanded by gruff, hearty, barrel-chested Vice-Admiral Jonas Howard Ingram. U.S. sailors swarmed ashore, paraded with Uruguayan sailors, enjoyed the "best shore leave we've had." U.S. bombers flew down from Brazil, established a base in Uruguay, roared over the La Plata estuary almost within hearing of Buenos Aires and its Colonels Government in Argentina...
Said Vice Admiral Ingram, speaking in directly to Argentines across the estuary: "We have cleaned the enemy from the sea lanes of the South Atlantic. But in the Western Hemisphere not all our enemies are encountered on the high seas. We are down here to support and defend the friends of the Allies, wherever they may be. And battle Axis influences wherever they may be. ... The job of an armed force in wartime is to support our friends and bring discomfort to our enemies." The Vice Admiral's words amounted to a big-stick warning that...
Backed up by Jonas Ingram, his ships and his planes, the Uruguayan Govern ment announced its refusal to recognize the Villarroel regime. This action was a stinging slap for Argentina's Colonels. The Bolivian regime of Gualberto Villarroel, recognized only by Argentina, was firmly in the hemispheric doghouse; the U.S. was trying to line up its Latin friends in a united front to resist any further aggressions by Argentina. Then, when the stage was set, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull prepared to loose a long-advertised blast against the Argentine and Bolivian regimes...
...ones. Bogart, a tank commander, is separated from the rest of the army in good lost-patrol tradition. In trying to catch up with the retreating British forces, he picks up a motley assortment of stragglers: a few Englishmen, a Free Frenchman, a Sudanese rifleman (Rex Ingram) and his Italian prisoner (J. Carrol Naish), and a German pilot shot down by the tank's accurate fire...
...That white hat which "Admiral" Colby wore while the plain folk marched in garrisons was not the manifestation of rugged individualism. He had misplaced the other job, and had nothing else to wear, it says here . . . thoughts while strolling, as the immortal McIntyre used to write--wonder when Bill Ingram is going to get that gap filled? . . . Altitudinal Donald Dennis has become the father of another baby girl. That makes two now . . . Arthur Bornfriend has quieted down considerably and hasn't time for billiards anymore. You shouldn't have to be told that he's a married man now . . . John...