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...vessel on any sea laden with war materials for Britain's Armies takes her chances these days, and as the Zamzam pushed out into the South Atlantic her mosque was sacrilegiously jammed with fertilizer, trucks, automobiles and "machinery of various types." Her cabins were engaged by 202 passengers...
...favor of returning Adolf Hitler to his proper handle, Adolf Schickelgruber. I think it would do a great deal, psychologically, to promote his bursting a blood vessel. Mr. Schickelgruber, reputedly a man whose inspirations are born of his emotions, might even be prodded to stick his neck out prematurely and thereby advance the conclusion of the current world inferno. "Heil Schickelgruber" certainly has a more deflating, if prolonged, sound than "Heil Hitler," and I venture it would mess up the little man's digestive processes no little...
...British Navy." The High Command claimed hits on two battleships, an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, a destroyer and three merchantmen. Next day German bombers attacked again south of Malta and claimed hits. When the convoy had had time to get out of danger, the British denied that a single vessel had been hit. Rome admitted that British warships (possibly going out from Alexandria to meet the convoy) had treated the Axis Libyan supply port at Bengasi to a thorough shelling...
...placed on special exhibit on important collection of early Peruvian pottery, textiles and figurines recently acquired by the Museum through the generosity of an anonymous donor. The pieces date mostly from the Nazca period of around 1000 A.D., but there are also objects from other periods, including a polychrome vessel from the Parcas culture of 500 A.D. and a much later wool bag coming from the Inca culture and dating from about...
...collection includes, besides the Paracas polychrome jar in the shape of a human face, two early Nazca bags in rich reds and greens, one with a rythmic pattern of liamas, and a splendidly designed polychrome vessel with a painting of lima bean shoots on it. Another vessel is ornamented with a serpent pattern. A large female figures from Chancay shows the sophistication of Peruvian coastal art about 1200 A.D. Four smaller figurines showing costume types complete the collection. Also on exhibit is another object of great rarity at present on loan in the Museum. It is the figure...