Word: signal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rafts Lieut. Newel Putnam Wyman of Canandaigua, N.Y., weak with cold and exhaustion, saw what was coming. He made up his mind too. As the Catalina, with sparks winnowing from her pipes, drew near, he gave the signal all Navy pilots know: the wave of the arms that means "Don't land...
...with the Lute, Daumier's Third Class Carriage, Raphael's Virgin and Child Enthroned, a spate of Italian primitives, twelve Sargents, twelve Winslow Homers. The priceless Sèvres porcelains were never unpacked. The medieval tapestries stayed on their long rollers. All were guarded by an electric signal system wired to a specially installed power plant in the house. They were also guarded by 13 picked Metropolitan staff members, all family men doomed to temporary bachelorhood, who moved into the former servants' wing. The only servants were one cook, one maid...
...Army Signal Corps brought one of the U.S. fighting fronts straight into millions of comfortable American living rooms this week. From beleaguered Anzio, Station JJRP (Jig Jig Roger Peter in Army lingo), "the toughest little radio station in the world," was relayed by RCAC to the U.S., where the four major networks rebroadcast its program. It was the first time a broadcasting station had been erected and put into continuous operation so close to the front lines...
Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov (1729-1800) joined the Russian Army as a boy, served against the Swedes and Prussians. He rose to be a major general, a field marshal, a count of the Holy Roman Empire, a prince, a friend of Catherine II. He won signal victories against the Turks, the Poles and the French Revolutionists. Like many another great captain, Suvorov ended his days in defeat and temporary disgrace. But he is a natural hero of the Soviet Union-a rough-spoken soldier's soldier, who disdained foppery and diplomatic delicacy...
Film enthusiasts point to the U.S. Armed Forces' wartime record. Many a military trainer facing a problem has appealed to Washington: "Let's make a movie." The Signal Corps has made 1,000 films, the Navy-700 for training flyers alone. Today there are 15,000 16-millimeter projectors available in U.S. schools. New schools with projection facilities in every classroom are being planned by many communities...