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When the Navy reorganized its combat forces into three fleets last February, and Ernest King was put in command of the Atlantic Fleet, he joined a distinguished pair: Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel with the main Fleet in the Pacific, and Thomas Charles Hart in command of the Asiatic Fleet. Last week the Navy recognized Admiral Hart's success in his job, and its critical importance, by extending his tour beyond the normal retirement...
...Reorganized the U. S. Fleet into three fleets, appointing a new CINCUS, Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel...
...Pacific Fleet, Secretary Knox had a new Commander in Chief U. S. Fleet, No. 1 seagoing job of the U. S. Navy, to announce. Upped from command of cruisers of the Battle Force to the highest seagoing job in the Navy was Rear Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel, jumped over 46 admirals to fly the four-star flag of CINCUS at the main of the flagship Pennsylvania. As CINCUS, 58-year-old "Hubby" Kimmel will be in charge of operations of his own fleet, of training in all three, will command two or more of the fleets if they are concentrated...
...Hungarians, 4-to-2. In bright red trolleys still carrying advertisements of German products, they rode to see Shirley Temple in The Little Princess. They bought lottery tickets in the tobacco shops. The best people still went to lunch at 2:30 and dragged it out until 6, sipped Kimmel at the streamlined Cafe Adria, laughed heartily over Geneva, a play by brash old Bernard Shaw about three dictators named Herr Battler, Signer Bombardone and General Flanco...
...seven o'clock one night last week, Pilot Thompson took his sleek, twin-motored plane up from Burbank with Co-Pilot Joe De Cesaro (who also had flown 147 hours in a Douglas) beside him, pretty Hostess Ruth Kimmel aft taking care of the eight passengers. At 8:44, after an uneventful trip, Pilot Thompson radioed the dispatcher at Mills Field, San Francisco, that he was approaching, would land on the East-West runway. It was a clear, calm night and those at the airport soon saw the big plane droning in from the South at about...