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Shut the Door. Navy exams, as described by Lieut. Herbert I. Harris of the Newport Training Station, are equally strict. Recruits come before the psychiatrist when they are worn out from physical tests, completely naked, identified only by a mercurochrome number on their chests. To a tired, jittery "boot," a session with the psychiatrist is like walking the plank. Wary examiners, said Lieut. Harris, are suspicious of boys who speak up first (normal boys are silent until the doctor questions them), those who fail to close the door, or fling down their papers on the table. But regional differences, said...
Aircraft Maker Glenn L. Martin said that battleships could be scrapped if the U.S. had enough big flying boats like his newly launched, titanic Mars. Old blue-water men kept their tempers. Rear Admiral Ormond L. Cox remarked during a reporter's visit to the Newport News yards that if the other fellow has battleships, then we've got to have them too. Jane's, the British annual handbook on fighting ships, credited Japan with five new 40,000-ton battleships built or on the ways, plus battle-cruisers of 12,000-15,000 tons. Down Battleship...
Official University tribute will soon he paid to Vic Ehler, one of the College's best-loved janitors, who died suddenly of a heart attack Thursday night in the hospital of the Naval Training Station at Newport, Rhode Island...
Double Check. In Newport News, William Greer paid some bills, found he was $4 short, asked two stores to check their receipts for a $4 error. Both stores informed him: "Our cash balance is $4 over. We are mailing you a check...
Matthews Hall will lose its most distinctive figure tomorrow when Victor Ehler trades in his janitor's duties to take over the position of Chief Gunner's Mate in the Navy. Vic will leave for the Newport, R. I. training station to rejoin the Navy after almost 17 years at Harvard...