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...Balboa lay the Blue defensive squadron under Vice Admiral Arthur Lee Willard aboard the Arkansas, only battleship in the line. To him had been assigned seven light cruisers, 22 destroyers, the giant aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, a flock of submarines, the dirigible Los Angeles (used for the first time by international consent in war games). To drive the Black fleet back from a 1,000-mile jungle-fringed coast line Admiral Willard relied chiefly on a force of 225 battle planes...
...four-day battle was ending by prearrangement the Arkansas was hit by a torpedo and went to the bottom. Sinking, Admiral Willard flashed command of the Blue fleet to Admiral Reeves aboard the Saratoga...
Ushers representing the Military Department will be P. A. Ketchum '31, W. S. Taylor '31, W. L. Thompson '32, and LeB. S. Willard '32. The Naval Department has named as ushers A. W. Huguley '31, R. G. Edwards '31, F. H. White '33, and E. S. Holden...
...founder of The New Republic" (TIME. Jan. 26). Having known Herbert Croly well (he was not mentioned), and being familiar with the steps leading up to the founding of The New; Republic, I believe you are mistaken. If I am, I shall be glad to know it. The late Willard Straight and his wife Dorothy Whitney Straight (now Mrs. Leonard Elmhurst) were the co-founders and provided the necessary financial backing-Mr. Lippmann was asked by Mr. Croly to be one of the editors. . . . LYDIA A. PARRISH...
Divorced. Cyrus McCormick III, vice president of International Harvester Co. ; by Mrs. Dorothy Linn McCormick, stock company actress under the names of Doro thy Willard and Mary Butler; in Chicago. Ill. Charge: cruelty. Alimony asked...