Word: subs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boat pack was somewhere around. Off tootled the old (1919) four-stack destroyer Borie, found a sub. Her straining, aged sides shook as her depth charges burst...
...Istanbul sources said Hitler's sub rosa nickname is now "Der Irreführer" (The Misleader); peace parades have been staged in thoroughly bombed Hanover and Wiener-Neustadt; an opposition section is growing up inside the Nazi Party, with Himmler and Goebbels ready to sell Hitler out if they or the Army generals can put over a separate peace with Russia -a hope which vanished last week...
...hour-long ceremonies will be under the direction of the recently appointed Brigade Commander, Lt. Comdr. M. E. Paradise, USNR, Officer-in-charge of the Communications School. Handling preliminary plans for the review is Lt. Comdr. H. N. Marshall, USNR, of the Naval ROTC staff, who serves as Sub-Commander. Lt. (j.g.) H. M. Hansen, USNR, side to the Executive Officer of the Communications School, will act as Brigade Adjutant...
...brilliantly reported the correspondence between a devil in hell and one of his earthly minions, has Philologist Ransom carried off to Mars by a couple of scheming scientists. This well-worn device is intended to provide readers with an astronomically detached view of life on earth. The result is sub-Wellsian fantasy, tinted with irony and as pitted with morality as Pilgrim's Progress. The findings are not flattering to earthworms, some of whom may feel that Elwin Ransom might have got just as far without going such a distance...
...shadow of giant Henry Kaiser's three Columbia River shipyards, the small Albina Engine & Machine Works of Portland has turned out 38 sub-chasers, won three "E" pennants, chopped down absenteeism, kept its 4,500 workers happy. Its secret: slick showmanship in employe relations. Samples...