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Record 1125/1708
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The newspaper of the USS Marblehead. Dated April 22, 1939, Shanghai, China. The Cover has a drawing of Shanghai Page 1) This page contains information on a new officer Lt. Cdr. Lake, an article about Loyalty, a paragraph about how we got blue for a naval uniform and a Proverb. Page 2) This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) and continues about the naval uniform, Also a comical description of the "Chemistry of the Fairer Sex." Page 3) This page contains a poem about inspections, another poem about "A Sailor's Wish" and a two stories "Heard on the Beach" Page 4) This page contains bits of trivia. Test your wits, Did you know?, Definitions, Letter, sports and answers to Test your wits. Page 5) This page contains a cartoon about "Little Elmer" by Pat Kimbley
The Light -Topic: People and Organizations -This image is the property of the Marblehead Historical Commission
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USS Marblehead 4-22-1939

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Last modified on: January 05, 2009