Word: naval
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Metallurgists J. F. Nachman and W. F. Buehler of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Md. were working on a hard, magnetic alloy called 16-Alfenol. They reported to their boss, Carroll W. Lufcy, that it was not only magnetic but heat-resistant. So the three of them set about emphasizing the alloy's unexpected heat resistance, avoiding scarce materials...
...daughter went back to London, bought a large house in Ealing, and opened a boardinghouse for genteel elderly ladies and gentlemen. Donald went on to join the navy, served as a torpedo-boat commander. But he ended up as usual, sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for misappropriation of naval vehicles-for smuggling...
With three losses and no wins, the team hopes to gain its first victory today at the expense of a favored Naval Academy team in a postal match. Each team will fire on its home range...
...graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, Bentinck-Smith has worked as a reporter for the Boston Globe and in an editorial capacity in the Office of Naval Operations in Washington. In 1945 and 1946 he was promotion manager of the University Press...
Even Chaplains & Psychiatrists. How does the policy of nonsegregation work in human terms? To find out, Nichols visited military and naval bases, most of them in the South. There are, he learned, virtually no race incidents at posts. Swimming pools, athletics, post exchanges, movies-and work-are shared (although Negroes are generally "discouraged" from attending white dances). At Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nichols saw a white Marine waiter approach a billiards-playing Negro sergeant and ask, in a respectful Southern drawl: "May I get you something, sir?" A Negro chaplain offhandedly told Nichols: "I'm just another chaplain; fellows come...