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Record 1131/1708
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The newspaper of the USS Marblehead. Dated October 28, 1939, Shanghai, China. The Cover has a drawing of The ship, an officer and a petty offices saluting and an anchor with the words "Navy Day" Page 1)This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) and contains an article about "Interesting First Events in the Navy" Page 2) This page contains a comical piece with many miss spellings and a poem to a man names "Air Locker Jones" who had an accident in he boiler room by "Nemo" Page 3) This page contains information on the Navy Day celebrations aboard Marblehead and a result of "The Softball War" Page 4) This page contains more on the "Softball War", and the ship's gossip by "Nevahush" Page 5) This page contains a cartoon about "Baseball Daze" by Owen
The Light -Topic: People and Organizations -This image is the property of the Marblehead Historical Commission
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USS Marblehead 10-28-1939

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Rev. 1.0a 1/2009 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number) at:    butlerw@marblehead.org
Last modified on: January 05, 2009