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...raid wardens from Maine to Miami woke up. Inactive for many months, they now had the word of burly Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, that robomb attacks on the East Coast were not only "possible but probable" within the next month or two. Said Jonas Ingram...
Where could the robombs come from? Admiral Ingram replied: from submarine, long-range plane or surface ship...
Many a thoughtful resident of Washington and New York City, designated by Admiral Ingram as the most likely targets, was inclined to take him seriously. So was the London Daily Express, which advised that the Germans would do it for "malice and vanity," as well as to help the Japanese. But an anonymous spokesman for the Navy Department in Washington countered with this equivocal statement...
...Ingram was not impressed. Few days later he repeated his warning over the Blue Network on the MARCH OF TIME program. He sounded like a man who thought he knew what he was talking about...
...Lieutenant. The other ten: Admirals William H. Standley, Thomas C. Hart, Joseph M. Reeves, Harry E. Yarnell, Arthur J. Hepburn, Orin G. Murfin, Edward C. Kalbfus, Claude C. Bloch, James O. Richardson, Charles P. Snyder-plus one, Jonas H. Ingram, whose promotion has now been announced (TIME...