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Horrors of War. In Phillipsburg, N.J., Seaman Horace A. Smith applied to his ration board for a new "A" gasoline book to replace his old one, then dutifully followed the official regulations and bought an ad in a local paper "LOST-in Mediterranean Sea, 'A' gas ration book...
...with established custom was Henry J. Kaiser. Miracleman Kaiser's plans for the future shocked some shipowners: he spoke for the operation of U.S. merchant ships without subsidies. Said he bluntly: "Subsidies create depressions." The Kaiser method: cut costs by paying crews a minimum wage, but giving each seaman a share in the profits earned by the ships they serve on. Said Kaiser, serving notice on the shipowner audience that the Kaiser empire may start its own shipping company: ". . . Whether it be labeled 'publicity' or not ... it will be my personal endeavor to operate a company...
...Britain's highest naval post-First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff-went her greatest active seaman, Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham. In the job of directing the entire Royal Navy he succeeded ailing Admiral Sir Dudley Pound...
Singular Satisfaction. In London, the British Admiralty issued a ruling entitled "Monocular Vision," announcing that so long as one's duties were not interfered with, it would be quite all right for any naval rating (seaman) to wear a monocle...
...Including Seaman 2nd Class Elizabeth Korensky, first WAVE killed in line of duty on active service...