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...Tampico Commodore Luis Hurtado de Mendoza, commander of the Naval District, sent messages to the captains of twelve German and Italian vessels lying in harbor, summoning them ashore for a conference. As soon as the skippers set foot on land they were arrested. Boarding parties of Marines then took possession of the ships. Aboard one, the Italian tanker Fede, they reported finding a TNT bomb rigged to explode when the engine was turned over. Another Italian tanker, the Atlas, was already sinking when they boarded her. Her skipper, Captain Lelio Fazzi, had not been lured ashore, had stayed to scuttle...
...woman is Ida Lupino), the ranks of Hollywood hoodlums were culled for such experienced mischief-makers as Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield and Gene Lockhart. Guided by the extravagant hand of Director Michael Curtiz, The Sea Wolf's latest treatment stresses the psychological quirks of Wolf Larsen (Robinson), skipper of the scavenger ship Ghost, a sadistic tyrant who likes to curl up with a volume of Milton's poems when no one is looking. Some notable support is furnished the frowning, fighting actors by Newcomer Alexander Knox as the author stranded aboard the Ghost and by Barry Fitzgerald...
With this wealth of returning veterans and a strong Freshman squad coming up, "The Skipper" should have a good initial year at Brown. Give him any reasonable material to work with and he'll round it into shape if only by his sheer drive...
...Lewis of Everett, Wash., Mrs. Wyman of Tacoma, and Mrs. Grimson of Seattle are all engaged hereabouts as masters of inland vessels. Mrs. Grimson is particularly noteworthy for her managership of freighting sternwheel steamers-the last of the once great Puget Sound fleet-after many years as skipper of same...
...Woman Skipper...