Word: pinter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...life raft bumping the waves of the Windward Passage near Haiti looked no bigger than a cork when the Catalina patrol plane first sighted it; but when Ensign Francis E. Pinter eased his ship down to 200 ft., he could make out 17 people crowded upon it. To attempt a landing in such a choppy sea was a risky business for a plane that was toting a pair of depth charges, beaching gear, and a crew of eight, but Ensign Pinter figured that the plane had burned 300 gallons of gas since it left San Juan, Puerto Rico, was therefore...
Hoping to sight a sub (and sink same) in the Windward Passage, Ensign Pinter did not want to jettison his bombs. But on the take-off he was sorely tempted to let them go. Said his report last week...
Died. Joe Penner (real name: Joseph Pinter), 36, Hungarian-born radio, stage and screen comic who gained fame a few years ago by his inane radiululations ("Wanna buy a duck?" "You nasty man!"); of heart disease; in Philadelphia, where week ago he had assumed the leading role in the musical show Yokel...