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Time to Go Home. Shortly after 6 p.m., three olive-drab Army trucks rolled up to Montgomery Ward's main entrance. Out jumped a 44-man unit of battle-helmeted Military Police under command of Lieut. Ludwig Pincura. Bayonets glinted in the afternoon sun. Followed by four enlisted men, Lieut. Pincura began his bloodless invasion. On the eighth floor the five pairs of Army brogans clattered across the green-and-white-squared linoleum, then moved noiselessly through the deep-carpeted executive offices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Seizure! | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

Sewell Avery was not surprised to see them. He smiled. After a moment's embarrassed silence, Lieut. Pincura said: "Under authority vested in me by the President of the United States I am taking over this plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Seizure! | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

Cadillac and drove to his Lake Shore Drive apartment. Lieut. Pincura's men posted the President's seizure order on company bulletin boards, began alternating on four-hour shifts in front of the eight-story brick office building. For the 16th time in World War II the U.S. Army had seized private property, at the direction of the President, as the result of a labor dispute. But this time there was a difference. That night on the radio, in the early editions of morning newspapers, in news offices and corner drugstores, the questions were asked: Is Ward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Seizure! | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

...play Navy intercepted a Penn pass for a second touchdown, null Northwestern's Halfback Leeper showed bad judgment when he picked up an Ohio State punt instead of letting it roll across his own goal line. He was tackled hard. He fumbled. Ohio State's Quarterback Pincura fell on the ball for a touchdown. In the next period a Northwestern pass from centre bounced off the shoulder of Northwestern's fullback. In a flash Ohio's Right End Gillman had the ball, raced 43 yd. for the second touchdown. Ohio State's victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 6, 1933 | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

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