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Record 1146/1708
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The newspaper of the USS Marblehead. Dated April 13, 1940, location not noted, probably Manila P.I. The Cover is on green paper and has a drawing of a woman asking a sailor to buy her a "Pinkie." Page 1)This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) and contains a page and a half on the allied expedition to Murmansk, Russia in1918. Page 2) This page contains a continuation of the Murmansk story , an item about Victor Hugo predicting a United States of Europe, the transfer of Lcdr H. T. Smith and the marriage of Lt (jg) B. C. Oelheim and Miss Valerie Pickel. Page 3) This page contains an item from Newsweek Magazine about the border changes in Europe and a poem by Erin about a word the Filipinos use- "PSSSSSST." Page 4) This page contains a "Did You Know" about launching ships and the ship's gossip.
The Light -Topic: People and Organizations -This image is the property of the Marblehead Historical Commission
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USS Marblehead 4-13-1940

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Last modified on: January 05, 2009