Word: shorely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...away, Statesman Hull was troubled about the U.S. connection with Vichyfrance. The White House had silently concurred in the maintenance of relations with Vichy, but it was the State Department which had to take the lumps for truckling to minions of Hitler. Mr. Hull never dreamed that he could shore up Vichy against Hitler indefinitely. It was another Joshua policy. He may have kept the French fleet French for a year and a half. Certainly his policy set up a watchtower in the heart of Europe...
...From his shore positions he opened up with 240-mm. (about 9½ in.) guns. The big projectiles hit Corregidor with the clatter of runaway freights, shot up great geysers of dirt and stone. Corregidor pounded back, between times manned its AA, guns against almost constant attack by flat and dive-bombers...
...Atlantic Coast from Maine to the tip of Florida, starting this week, will turn a blank, darkened face to the sea. The Army announced that shore lights, which have silhouetted many a ship for a submarine's kill, must be dimmed or blacked-out totally. The new Army order will hit amusement parks, boardwalk merchants, seasiders, but the real sufferers will be the real residents of coastal cities, who must grope in darkness for the duration...
...part harmony with the bassoon wan dering off happily in search of a short beer.") Scripter Welbourn Kelley is now with the Navy, but continues to send in the scripts. Singer Mary Small is the latest in a notable list of "divas" who began with a vocalist named Dinah Shore...
Under the new ruling, Negroes will get the same physical and mental entrance exams as everyone else, can apply for ratings in the Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard. Most likely assignments will be special shore duty units, Navy yard or construction work. Later on, small boats will get all-Negro crews-and some day the U.S. may have all-Negro destroyers (but with white commissioned officers...