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Bowling along through Walpole, Mass. early one morning on his way to the Newport, R.I. naval training station, hard-driving Ensign Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. lost control of his new sedan as a front tire blew, sent it slithering, turtle-turning into a roadside embankment. His injuries: bruises and lacerations about the head and face...
...dawn one day last month the British submarine Regent slipped past mine fields into the harbor of Cattaro and ran up her largest white ensign. Much to the surprise of Lieut. Commander Peter Joseph Howell Bartlett, the harbor was full of Italian warships. The commander sent his mate to call on the Italian commanding officer. The mate explained that the Regent had come to look for Britain's Minister to Yugoslavia Ronald Ian Campbell, requested permission to search...
...nearly 30,000 regular officers in the pro fessional establishments include: Rear Admiral Felix Xerxes Gygax, Major Cyril Walter Martyr, Captain Andrew Hero 3rd, Ensign Strong Boozer, Lieut. Lee S. Pancake, Lieut. Jud F. Yoho, Lieut. Clarence Clapsaddle, Colonel Rollo Ditto, Cap tain Donald N. Wackwitz, Lieut. Theodore Clink-scales...
...second, third, and fourth months are spent ashore in the study of technical affairs and tactical theory. At the end of the fourth month, a candidate receives his commission as ensign and may apply for active duty in the United States Navy...
...Narrows of New York Harbor one drizzly morning this week stood a hulking grey battleship. Convoyed by Coast Guard craft, she cast anchor at the Government Anchorage, hard by the Staten Island ferry pier. Palm Sunday passengers noted the flag fluttering at her stern: the British ensign. Around 11 o'clock, half her crew went ashore for liberty, and Manhattanites soon knew what ship she was. On the seamen's flat-cap ribbons was the gilded legend: "H.M.S. Malaya...