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...offensive against the Reds was led by a rugged, fiery Corsican, Pierre Ferri-Pisani, now 50. He and Brown had met in-Marseille, become friends. With Brown's help, Ferri-Pisani found "men brave enough," went to Communist headquarters in Marseille and delivered an ultimatum: "If there is any trouble on the docks, we will not bother with the men you send to cause it. No, within 48 hours we will ask you to pay personally." Red bosses ran for police protection. The first Communist who tried to fire Ferri-Pisani's men was chucked into the harbor...
...chill autumn twilight, Pedro Pisani, citizen of Buenos Aires, sat on the sidewalk before his three-room suburban home, sipped unsugared mate (South American tea), and considered his lot. He was worried about the future. Argentine-born son of Italian immigrants, father of three, mild-mannered Pedro had worked for 20 years or more in the offices of Gath & Chaves, a big downtown department store. Until two years ago he earned $50 a month. Since then, Juan Perón's election-time decrees (and the store's voluntary raises) had upped his pay to $63. Still...
...bought the family clothes (including his own neat, dark suit) on a ten payment credit plan. Lately Pedro had turned a few pesos by keeping books for a nearby almacén (store), and this, with the $35 a month earned by elder son Guillermo, brought the Pisani budget into precarious balance. Pedro shuddered to think of what would happen if sickness struck his home...
Rumor said that the Gaullists had 700,000 names on their blacklist. Subprefect Edgar Pisani of the Paris Special Police promised a fair trial for every accused person. He said: "We want to be deliberate and methodical. Why hurry to round up those still at large? Some inevitably will get away but we are bound to catch up with the great majority sooner or later...
...Alps. To the west, American Negro troops of the 92nd Division clawed their way up the southeast slopes of the Monti Pisani, overlooking Pisa. On their left, A.J.A.s (Americans of Japanese ancestry) toiled up the south west slopes. The Germans pulled out in a hurry from Pisa, where they had been ensconced for weeks in the northern section while Americans held the southern...