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...incredible accuracy of U.S. naval guns at Casablanca, which at 26 miles smashed the hull of the French battleship Jean Bart in two salvos, was a triumph for the electron tube. Declared Rear Admiral Stanford C. Hooper last week: "Radio directed and reported the destruction." Even at the very hour that war began the electron tube was the first to serve the nation. On Dec. 7, 1941 the electron tube caught the mutter of Japanese aircraft when they were 132 miles away from Pearl Harbor...
With the battleship Jean Bart out of action at Casablanca (see cut), it looked as though the French fleet as such was, for a while...
High scorers in the Leverett win were Bart Harvey and Norm Cameron, with nine and eight points apiece, while for the Elephants Ollie Moses led the scoring with ten points, ably assisted by the excellent forward play of Andy Crichton...
...Casablanca, U.S. warships commanded by Admiral Henry K. Hewitt knocked out a bitterly resisting French cruiser-destroyer force while Navy flyers bombed the 35,000-ton battleship Jean Bart into a blazing hulk. The U.S. fleet moved inshore and soon was heaving shell after shell into the Moroccan coast...
Cleo O'Donnell is the apparent starting wingback, and Bart Harvey has been working out with the first string, alternating with him. Bill Wilson is with the B squad, and Harvey, who has seen no action this fall, may get his initiation into Big Three football...