Word: sailors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...liner President Garfield was all set to sail from Genoa one day last week-gangplanks had been drawn up, lines were being cast off-when an American sailor gave voice to patriotic fervor. "Long live Roosevelt!" he shouted at the Italian longshoremen on the pier. No good Duce-lover could take that with his mouth closed. "Long live Mussolini!" replied the longshoremen. In a trice groups on ship and shore were bellowing at each other. "Long live Roosevelt. Down with Mussolini!" roared the sailors. "Long live Mussolini. Down with America!" chorused nearly a thousand Italians. Patriotic martyrs were two American...
...Life and Work of Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan U.S.N.* is the first full-dress biography of a godly, pike-backed salty sailor who in his lifetime (1840-1914) did more than any other to shape the modern navies of the world. In his 40 years of active service, Alfred Mahan never rose above Captain, became a Rear Admiral only when he retired. A contemptuous superior called him a "pen-and-ink sailor," and put caged canaries near his cabin to drown out the scratching of the Mahan pen. Today his biographer, Captain William Dilworth Puleston, U.S.N., retired, and most Navy...
...save the highest of the high command were as much surprised as the lowliest sailor out with his girl. Admiral Claude C. Bloch, Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, after a conference in Washington, was on leave at Annapolis. In a Manhattan theatre, during the 2,284th performance of Tobacco Road, a voice from the stage advised all U. S. sailors in the house to get back to their ships. While 40-odd obeyed, the audience stood, cheered, wondered...
Upping battleship tonnages by 10,000 is like stepping from a twelve into a 16-cylinder car. Last week the U. S. Navy also prepared to get itself a motorcycle. It awarded to seven civilian designers prizes for motor torpedo ("mosquito") boats, 54 to 70-footers which any fireside sailor can comprehend...
Married. Jack Mercer, 24, who speaks the part of Popeye in cinemanimations of Popeye the Sailor; and Margie Hines, 21, who speaks the part of Olive Oyl; at Fort Lauderdale...