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Nicholas Nagurney, a fireman, of the Hull, aboard another raft, had the strangest delusions and a unique experience. "Glenn Wilkerson told me to see how deep the water was. Then a shark bit me. I don't remember feeling it when he bit me, but he was about eight feet long...
Double Jeopardy. Sharks played around most of the rafts constantly, yet three men who had no raft, and were kept afloat only by life jackets, never saw a shark. These three, from the Spence, found themselves drifting separately and tied themselves together around a life ring. All had suffered strange hallucinations: the sight of land, a Jap girl bringing water, rescue by a Russian submarine, relieving the gun watch...
...speaking of Ghosts, have you seen Don Perkins haunting the barracks of late? Poor "Perk"--as the other pale men call him--was last seen riding a local gust of wind, so prevalent in Boston. Pool shark, as well as the distinguished buddy of his namesake roommate, Smitty Smith spent a quiet weekend resting--as he termed it. Maybe he hasn't heard about Scollay Square--or is it "triangle...
...tone of Alexander's report was not alarming. He hinted that new shark fleets may have fresh tactics and technical equipment aimed to offset the deadly Allied location devices and methods which ruined the U-boats in 1942-43. But the sub commanders are more "shy, cautious and nervous" than they used to be. The "largest ocean supply convoy of all time" -167 ships spread over 26 square miles of seaway and carrying 1,000,000 tons of cargo-recently arrived in Britain without meeting a single U-boat attack on the way. Like most Atlantic convoys these days...
...fail to score. Expenses incidental to publication-tunewriting, arranging, etc.-will, of course, cost a small amount, which must be sent in advance. The sucker sends the money, and is gratified to receive 20 printed copies of his song. He next hears from an apparently different concern (the same shark using a different address), expressing great interest in his published song and suggesting that all it needs is a recording, by an unfamiliar but impressively named orchestra. This can be done for a small...