Word: salvoing
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Moscow leveled big verbal guns at Que bec, let go a warning salvo: Aug. 12- "The Soviet Government did not receive an invitation to be present at the [Quebec] meeting." Aug. 20 - The Quebec conference is "serving the interests of the Anglo-American forces," but does not "express the opinion of the entire Anglo-Soviet-American coalition...
...crew of the Jeanne d'Arc, lightly armed training ship moored off Pointe-a-Pitre, the rebels took possession of the island's radio station. They got no further. Governor Sorin called on the Jeanne d'Arc's crew for assistance and got it. A salvo from the ship was enough to spread disillusion among the rebels. They scattered and fled. Valentino went into hiding. No one was hurt...
Thompson's salvo drew counterfire from N.Y.U.'s Professor Alonzo F. Myers. Said...
...been badly hit by a Jap heavy cruiser; she was in flames. Shorty Small did not hesitate. He sailed the Salt Lake City in front of the Boise, though it meant silhouetting the old lady against the Boise's flaming wreckage. The Salt Lake City's first salvo silenced the Jap. Four more salvos of 8-in. shells sank the enemy ship. The Boise was saved. Old Swayback proudly escorted her from the battle area...
Announced U.S. losses: two light cruisers and seven destroyers. U.S. losses might eventually prove to be more severe. Certainly damage must have been great. The San Francisco had most of her bridge blown away by the braid-killing salvo of 14-in. shells. Other ships undoubtedly took similar unannounced damage which will take time to repair. But the Japs suffered damage...