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Career: After four years at sea in both the Atlantic and Pacific, Lieut. Radford went to Pensacola, Fla., took up flying, did a turn later as an instructor, and in time became one of the most outspoken partisans of the Navy's air arm against the battleship admirals then in power...
...Limits (Paramount) casts durable Funnyman Bob Hope as a prizefight manager turned military policeman. Hope tangles with a frozen-faced sergeant (Eddie Mayehoff) and an apoplectic general, gets seasick watching his protege, MP Mickey Rooney, box on board a battleship, masterminds a championship fight via walkie-talkie and falls for Rooney's beautiful aunt (Marilyn Maxwell), easily the best-looking aunt of the year. Making brief personal appearances in the picture: Bing Crosby, Jack Dempsey, ex-Footballer Tom Harmon. The result, though no main movie event, is a fairly entertaining, lightweight preliminary...
...harebrained mistake in the book. While instructors groaned, Dilbert dived giddily out of the blue until his wing ripped off, ground-looped, stalled, spun and smashed his protesting plane at every opportunity. By the time the war was over, Dilbert was as much a part of the Navy as battleship grey, and his creator the proud possessor of a Legion of Merit...
Died. Captain Warner R. Edsall, 48, skipper since last September of the battleship Missouri; of a heart attack; aboard his ship in Sasebo harbor, Japan...
Four members of the Business squad have played together for months representing New Section F. Murphy, Karmater, Smith, and Bramhall. Their spotless record includes a Victory over the U.S.S. Worcester, which subsequently won the Atlantic Fleet Championship (Battleship and Cruiser Division). Former CRIMSON sports editor Peter B. Taub '31 played for the Worcester club...