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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...services dates from the National Security Act of 1947 which set them up "... under civilian control ... not for merger, but for integration into an efficient team." The act was a compromise affair, reflecting the Navy's old fear of having the other services gang up against it, and the Air Force's equally strong desire to get out from under Army control. The Army wanted to make sure it would get sufficient direct air support, and the Navy plugged for carrier task-forces as our main striking weapon. After the long fight, the office of the Secretary of Defense...
...degenerated into horse-trading sessions, in which the Joint Chiefs worked out just enough of their problems to enable them to submit a budget to the President. The Navy finally got its long-desired 58,000 ton carrier, more or less as part of a deal in which the Air Force took over all strategic bombing and the Army got the Marine Corps cut down to a fraction of its former size. Procurement of materials was centralized in one agency, and a munitions board was set up to try and cut the severe overlapping in buying arms. Research agencies were...
Youth Argosy, Inc. will offer air transportation between the United States and all points in Europe for student groups and educational projects, as well as individual students accepted by the organization. Cost of transportation, by non-scheduled flights, will be $170 one way. Further information can be obtained from Youth Argosy in Northfield
...additional battery of loudspeakers is spotted around the theater; during the storm scene, they are filled with sounds of wind and surf. The trade calls this device Multi-Sound and it is when the wind is screaming the loudest, and everyone is wondering what has become of the fresh air, that Jenny appears for the last time. For some obscure reason, an extra large screen called Cycloramic Screen is teamed with Multi-Sound; given a few more idea men an the studio might have brought forth a Time Machine. A story about a timeless girl doesn't bring forth, ipso...
Council members in discussing the proposed survey with Heaman said that, although they fully respected him and his office, they thought that outside experts might introduce a fresh point of view with their suggestions, and would certainly clear the air of student objections, as expressed in the poll results...