Word: shannons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last Thursday, passengers on Pan American Airways' Friday plane from New York to London were called to the phone. They were informed that the flight had been canceled. Late that night, they were called again. The flight had been rescheduled-but only as far as Shannon, Eire. Said Pan American mysteriously: "This situation arises from Government restrictions [cutting] flight schedules . . . to London. We can give no assurance of onward transportation from Ireland...
Under the new service, planes will leave Chicago every Monday morning, make the trip in 27 hours via Gander, Newfoundland, and Shannon Airport, at Rineanna, Eire. Fare: $605 one way, $1,095 round trip...
...Pasig River overlooking the besieged Intramuros. Beyond its far wall the Manila Hotel's north wing was burning. Two hundred yards across the river a concrete building was ablaze. Shells from our Long Toms whistled past. Below us machine guns sputtered. Through it all Captain Francis X. Shannon Jr. of Cincinnati sat in a chair and calmly read a paperbound book. I glanced at the title. It was Margery Wilson's Pocket Book of Etiquette...
Enemies. At Auburn, Calif., a deputy sheriff named John L. Shannon said: "I haven't any more use for a Jap than I have for a rattlesnake, and I don't care a damn if the whole world knows...
...spontaneous beer and coke party last Friday evening in Shannon Hall, members of Mil. Sci. 1b presented Capt. Hoadley with a taken of appreciation for his unusual interest in the course...