Word: pratt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...From the naval operations point of view, England's blockade of Germany is more efficient than in 1914," Admiral William V. Pratt, USN Retired, said in a statement to the CRIMSON yesterday on the naval aspect of the present...
...Admiral Pratt was assistant Chief of the Bureau, and for a period occupied the position of "Cincus," or Commander in Chief of the United States Fleet. He will speak here next month on the naval aspect of the war at a meeting of Faculty members...
...Admiral Pratt declared that Germany was more affected by the British blockade in this war than in the last because it is more perfected. It was put into operation earlier than in the last war, and Germany is not as well prepared to cope with it now as then...
...Admiral Pratt expressed doubt whether England could have done much in the way of giving Finland naval aid "unless Britain entered the Baltic and controlled it. If it were not for German and Russian air power, this could have been done. But as air strength stands today, the move would have been hazardous...
Runners-up for the Class Day Committee were George A. Downing, 219; Langdon B. Gilkey, 208; Ward M. Hussey, 199; David C. Eadon, 174; G. Scott Olive, Jr., 160; Thorton F. Bradshaw, 105; Harold Glickman, 88. How They Voted Secretary Peter E. Pratt 132 Class Day Committee William C. Coleman 350 Vinton Freedley, Jr. 305 Samuel W. White, Jr. 295 Charles D. Lutz, Jr. 276 James D. Lightbody 271 Torbert H. Macdonald 253 Blair Clark 247 Permanent Class Committee Mason Fernald 256 Douglas Mercer 242 Frederick Holdsworth, Jr. 216 William H. Daughaday 209 John F. Kennedy 190 John S. Stillman...