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Graduation ceremonies will begin with an invocation by Chaplain (Lieut. Col.) Ralph C. Deibent of the Chaplain School Faculty. An address will be delivered by Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Trolane, commandant of the M. P. battalion of the First Service Command. Chaplain (Col.) Cleary will then present the diplomas and the program will be concluded with a benediction by the Right Reverend Monsignor Albert F. Hickey, of St. Paul's Church in Cambridge...
First U.S. warship ever torpedoed in her own coastal waters, the Jacob Jones was the second U.S. destroyer named for the Commodore Jacob Jones who captured the British brig Frolic in the War of 1812. Her predecessor was the only U.S. destroyer lost to enemy action in World War I: in the winter of 1917 she was torpedoed 400 miles out of Brest by U-boat Commander Hans Rose, who hit her at 3,000 yards, the longest successful torpedo shot on record. The Navy, which does not believe in ill omens, will no doubt soon launch a sleek...
Bing Crosby got a telegram from the office of the Coordinator of Information (Colonel William J. Donovan): "General MacArthur and Brig. Gen. Akin over private circuit have wired us specifically asking for you to broadcast to the men in the Philippines at Bataan Peninsula" -by short wave-"embracing, if possible, in the script that you hope the boys gallantly fighting are listening. . . . You might, if the policy O.K., the sponsor and agency permit, dedicate one of your songs to the soldiers...
While revealing no details, Brig. Genllershey said it will require service men to allot for support of their dependents a specified portion of their pay which would be matched by an equal or larger amount from the Federal Treasury...
...When the brig door blew open a seaman confined earlier for misconduct dashed to his post at an antiaircraft gun. A hospitalized officer brushed aside his nurses when the first alarm was sounded, ran across the Yard to his ship. So effectively did he fight, despite his illness, that his captain recommended promotion. One tough sailor, unable to find a mount for a heavy machine gun, fired the weapon from his arms despite terrific rapid-fire concussion...