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Grim note is struck when Mr. Ciannelli is suspected of murdering the skipper of Miss Lane's animal freighter. He might have saved himself the trouble: the ship immediately founders. But first all the animals escape. The sight of the well-trained lions and leopards leaping gracefully into a boiling ocean is one long to be remembered...
...been suggested that Charles Laughton be asked to play the part of the Altmark's skipper, and that Norway's permission be sought to film background scenes at Gjossingfjord. --Boston Evening Transcript...
...force Britain to show due respect, could send naval escorts to convoy merchant ships. What if a U. S. vessel should defy British patrol boats at Gibraltar, refuse to stop and submit to a search? One steamship company, anxious to get a vessel past Gibraltar, thought of ordering its skipper to do just that-shut off all radio communication, black out and try to slip through. Such an incident might easily transcend the adventure of the City of Flint, the U. S. freighter which was captured by the Germans, detained by the Russians, freed by the Norwegians and returned...
...boiledness is widely advertised now by their radio telephones. Magnificent profanity, ribald bets and sweepstakes played against death filled the short-wave bands. The Royal Navy makes no attempt to discipline these mariners, whose women are busy at home weaving nets for artillery camouflage. The special naval rank of "Skipper" is accorded their captains, and when they talk with His Majesty's officers they don't bother to salute, remove pipes or cigarets from mouths, or hands from pockets. The Royal Navy appreciates what tough work it is they do, having a mine-sweeping fleet...
That was all for Joy Allen Duncan and her Auntie, who, Joy neglected to say, lost her 13-year-old daughter in the sinking, but it was not all for many a skipper who must continue to dodge mines, many an unsung hero who must sow them, many an even braver man who must sweep them to make way for men o' war, transports, supply ships. Technique learned in the bitter school of 1914-18 is now in full play on both sides of World...