Word: lyons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tempo from foxtrot to waltz. The boys in the band unanimously agreed that the mechanical Krupa "sounded like hell." But most of the dancers in the small Minnesota and South Dakota towns were willing to settle for a steady beat. Its strongest champion is the proprietor of the Lyon County (Minn.) dance pavilion, where the band plays Friday nights. Said he last week: "The electric drum doesn't drink or smoke, doesn't try to date my waitresses, and doesn't come in late...
...point squarely at Russia. But no one misunderstood him. His meaning was plain. It became even plainer with the disclosure by William Lyon Mackenzie King (see CANADA) of the busyness of Russian espionage...
...well protected, will watch the explosion from ten miles away. But most will be stationed twice as far off. Captain G. M. Lyon, Navy doctor, considers 20 miles perfect for safety and good observation. "People up close at Alamogordo," he said, "missed some of the show...
...Captain Lyon, responsible for safety of personnel, hopes that no one will look directly at the explosion. Everybody privileged to watch, will have goggles with glass so opaque that it turns the midday sun into a pallid ghost. But the atom bomb's light can strike through it at 20 miles away, causing temporary blindness. The Captain's advice: face the other way, shut your eyes, cover your face with your arms. Then, an instant later, you may see something...
These were not ordinary arrests. They were part of one of the most shocking spy stories in Dominion history. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King told part of the sobering truth in an unprecedented, 320-word statement: "Information of undoubted authenticity has reached the Canadian Government which establishes that there have been disclosures of secret and confidential information to ... a foreign mission in Ottawa. . . . The persons involved include some now employed or who have been employed in a number of [Government departments]." The rest of the truth was harder to pin down...