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...under the protection of the Polish flag, and d) had been assured the right of asylum when the ship reached Communist-dominated Poland. Faced with these arguments, the boarding party retreated. Three hours later it was back., This time the Scotland Yard man not only had a warrant for Eisler's arrest but also a tough cablegram from the U.S. State Department. Its gist: the U.S. might seize the vessel, and kick the Gdynia America Line out of New York if the captain didn't listen to reason...
...Some nations may not warrant such elevated morale. (The Dutch in Indonesia, for instance...
...only morale-lifter, even if the recent moves of the U. S. towards committing itself to European military intervention, if only in case of war, have sent hopes climbing in the West. Furthermore, a lot of people think that some of the governments Acheson wants to arm don't warrant this elevated morale--that aid would be channeled into uses (such as the Dutch found for their equipment in Indonesia) which would be very far from the democratic ideals the Pact is supposed to reinforce...
...roamed the mining settlements of the hill country like a hunter; he raided bootleggers (often without benefit of a search warrant), impounded slot machines and took a brutal delight in pistol-whipping lawbreakers and cursing their wives and womenfolk. One day his automobile blew up as he stepped on the starter-somebody had inserted dynamite caps in the engine. Somehow Ambrose Metcalfe walked away unhurt.* Once a moonshiner blasted at him with a shotgun; he was only grazed...
Chuck got his wings in March 1943 as a flight officer, a warrant rank below the level of the commissioned officers. He joined the 363rd Fighter Squadron and went to England in December. The timid boy from Hamlin flew 64 combat missions, shot down 13 German airplanes, won a captaincy and a hatful of decorations...