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...blue-bordered white pennant was broken out over the tower of the administration building on Terminal Island, Los Angeles, last week, and the world's largest fleet operating base formally was in operation. Its name: Roosevelt Base...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - NAVY: Calhoun of Serfor | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

...assistant is 79. He handles all flanges from 12-in. down, and I take them from 14 up to 30. Some of the castings weigh 365 Ib. We feel that owing to our age and the amount of work we are doing we are entitled to a pennant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jake and the Old Gent | 9/7/1942 | See Source »

Highlighting two sessions of summer crew, three Crimson shells raced down the half-mile course on the Charles yesterday afternoon, Orren Wood's winning neavies crossing the finish line two and a half lengths ahead of the Navy pennant waving optimistically on the bow of the N.T.S. shell...

Author: By Edward D. Bodman, | Title: Crimson Nine Defeats Allstars; Crewmen Win Over N.T.S., M.I.T. | 8/26/1942 | See Source »

Nobody gave them a Distinguished Service Cross or an E-for-excellence pennant, but U.S. farmers last week had good reason to be proud as roosters: the Department of Agriculture announced that on fewer acres than they plowed in 1918 they will raise 40% more food this year for the United Nations-the biggest, most diversified, most healthful, most vitamin-rich crop ever harvested anywhere by any people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Changing American Farm | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

Good sequence: A stubborn ball fan (Matt McHugh) faces assault & battery charges for socking an umpire. He is defended by Butterfingers, who patiently tells the court that the Brooklynite feels that he can never become a part of the U.S. until his team wins a pennant, that he therefore views the umpire not as a man, but as an enemy of the community. The understanding court levies a small fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 6, 1942 | 7/6/1942 | See Source »

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