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...then conjectured that the Chief of Naval Personnel, Rear Admiral J. W. Roper, may forward the Harvard Faculty's views to Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews. It is believed that if the faculty's opinion is brought to Matthew's attention, he will delete the informer clause...
Halfway across the Pacific, Rear Admiral Walter F. Boone eased the big aircraft carrier Boxer into Pearl Harbor, on his way to strengthen the Navy's Seventh Fleet in the Philippines. "I have no 'shoot' orders," he said briskly, "but we are fully prepared for any eventuality and have a full allowance of ammunition . . . The Navy's mobile air power in the Western Pacific is one of the principal instruments of U.S. diplomacy...
Making its debut at the show was the 1950 Cadillac. It had a new body 4 inches lower than last year's model, the same high-tailed rear fenders, and a new point for argument by amateur designers: a vertical chrome strip that broke the flowing lines of the body just ahead of the rear fenders. As an added eye-catcher, Cadillac was showing a $32,000 yellow convertible with upholstery of leopard skin and grey nylon satin and leopard skin floor rugs. Oldsmobile had a hard-top convertible with seats trimmed in green alligator hide, while Buick displayed...
Policemen, stationed in the rear of the hall against just such an emergency, finally located the light switch, then nabbed 13 suspects as they headed for the door. When the intruders had been hauled off to jail, the shaken poets resumed their readings. "This," declared one, pointing to an egg stain on his coat, "is a decoration from the international brigades in Stalin's service...
Armed with overage dialogue ("Do you believe in love at first sight?"), they dawdle on leave in rear-area bases. Agar meets and marries a vacuous blonde, played by Adele Mara as if she were struggling to learn how to talk. The script even dredges up a golden-hearted harlot (Julie Bishop) and throws her at Wayne's head. But the tough sergeant never lays a finger on her; when he learns that her tot is in the next room, he opens a box of Pablum. (Says she, impressed: "You know about babies...