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Since Dec. 20 bald, lean "Rey" King had been Commander in Chief, United States Fleet. He had been brought to Washington from command of the Atlantic fleet, given more authority than any CINCUS ever had before. Submarine man, naval aviator and onetime Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics, Admiral King is air-minded. Thus, twice in two weeks, the President, in military shakeups, had emphasized air warfare...
...Navy's shake-up gave "Rey" King an operations staff to cut him free of detail. This staff will be headed by Rear Admiral Frederick Joseph Home, a naval aviator, a policy maker. And the gold aviator's wings on his blue blouse will not be the only ones around that table...
Admiral King also got a Chief of Staff (for the fleet). Rear Admiral Russell Willson, to take more work off his hands. Navymen knew that "Rey" King did not give a Bosun's curse for old Navy tradition. If any ranker in the Navy could make them pop, things would now pop. And COMINCH King (who changed the abbreviation from CINCUS) finally had the popper all to himself...
...Rhythm (Metronome All-Star Leaders; Columbia). A lustrous team: Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, "Count" Basic, John Kirby, Alvino Rey, "Cootie" Williams, Charlie Barnet, Jay C. Higginbotham, Benny Carter. Rhythm very good, but Gershwin gets lost in the stomping...
...Kukan (Rey Scott's Chinese documentary; TIME, July...