Record 2737/5355 |
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| The newspaper of the USS Marblehead. Dated May 11, 1940, Manila P.I. The Cover has a drawing of the USS Marblehead Page 1)This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) it also contains a note that CDR A. G. Robinson assumed command of the ship on 6 May 1940. It also contains three items of interest "Shipmates are builders of Morale," Who'd to Blame" by President Roosevelt, and "Strength of a Nation" referring to the Navy. Page 2) This page contains a suggestion by the Sect. of the Navy that certain Vice Admirals have more rank and privileges. the bottom half of the page has nine "Tid-Bits of Thought." Page 3)This page has a poem "It's in Your Face" and a comical description of a Yeoman's work titled "Navy's Strange People." Page 4) This page contains the continuation of "Navy's Strange People", an article about a new birth for "Old Ironsides," and five jokes. |
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| USS Marblehead 5-11-1940 |
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