| Catalog date |
02/12/2007 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
U.S. Navy
Newspapers
|
| Collection |
USS Marblehead (several) Collection |
| Date |
May 11, 1940 |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Home Location |
FV Box 18X13 Charlie Shelf#4 |
| Object ID |
2004-027-0226 |
| Object Name |
Newspaper |
| People |
Robinson, A. G., CDR (USN)
Shelley, Tully, CDR (USN)
Stever, E. M., LT(jg) (USN)
Farmer, W. A. |
| Search Terms |
USS Marblehead
Manila P. I. |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
US Navy
Newspapers
|
| Title |
The Light |
| Year Range from |
1935 |
| Year range to |
1940 |
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