Word: flag
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...recognition. There was the usual 21-gun salute barked from the shore batteries as the President crossed the dock-level gangplank; there was the usual trilling of the bos'n's whistle piping the President over the side as eight boys stood at attention; the four-starred flag of the Commander in Chief of the Army & Navy was broken out at the mainmast; a bugle sounded, bluejackets scurried about the decks, the big gasoline motors began to roar, and the Potomac moved down the historic river toward...
...immigrating must somehow be superior. Last week's abandonment of reverence for the U. S., and the intensification of the pressure on Britain and France, were direct results not only of Axis successes in Europe, but also of a trend in Japan. The country was hellbent, with a flag in one hand and a rifle in the other, for total government, total economics, total war, total politics, total everything...
...protect her, and all were well warned of an impending attack. For the Richelieu's commander had been signaled and had refused surrender terms similar to those offered Vice Admiral Gensoul for his squadron at Oran last fortnight. As the deadline approached in the small hours, the flag officer of the British detachment designated Broker Bristowe to lead an attack...
Lean, mild-mannered, 59-year-old August Henkel, backed by the United American Artists, CIO affiliate, threatened to sue Colonel Somervell for defamation of character. The press looked up Artist Henkel's background, found that in 1917 he had been convicted of burning the U.S. flag (in a peace demonstration, in which the flags of ten nations were burned together, symbolizing the unity of man) ; in 1934, of distributing Communist propaganda. Last month he had refused to sign an affidavit disavowing Communist or Nazi ties, lost his WPA job in consequence...
...strike and out on Mr. Taylor-the Catholic Church's tacit participation in the spoils of Fascist victory-last week became a distinct possibility. To Il Duce went a telegram from 30 Italian Bishops, urging him to crown "the unfailing victory of our Army" by planting the Italian flag over Jerusalem. In England, the Manchester Guardian reported that the Axis powers plan to turn Palestine over to the jurisdiction of the Vatican and transport Palestine's Jewish population to Ethiopia...