Navy Offers Tuition Aid for Off-Duty College Courses
The Navy Department will pay tuition for off duty courses at accredited colleges for Regular Navy and Naval Reserve personnel under orders to active duty. Each course may be subsidized up to 25 dollars per semester or quarter, with a limit of two courses per term, and eligibility requires at least one year of active duty remaining. Naval District Commandants may use special funds to cover these costs.
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Navy Department
Navy
Naval District
Naval Reserve
Army opens OCS to 19 to 28 year olds for 35000 officers
The Army expands its Officer Candidate School drive to recruit 35000 officers. Captain Robert V. Grady, San Diego Recruiting Officer, says men aged 19 to 28 with a high school education may apply for direct OCS assignment. Prior servicemen with dependents may also qualify.
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Robert V. Grady
San Diego
Grady
Army and Air Force
Broadway
Hildegarde's One Hour Nightly Show At Circus Room
An in depth look at Hildegarde's Coronado engagement detailing the staff and scale required for her one hour nightly act. The piece notes 25 plus personnel across musicians effects sound staff and management plus the extensive tuning of lighting and sound systems for the hotel stint.
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Hildy
Hildegarde
Circus Room
Milwaukee Chantoosy
Jai-Alai
Tijuana
Fronton Palacio
Coronado
Blanche Odle
Pacific Square
C. of C
Alameda Blvd
K Avenue
Dorothea McCall
Republican Central
Joseph Wechsberg
New Yorker
Esquire
Compass
Dept
Louis M. Mayer
Mayer
Ead
Books New at Coronado Public Library
Dinner at Antoines Frances Keyes plus her first mystery with corpses and police. The Hearth and Eagle Anya Seton praised as her most ambitious work. The Fire Balloon Ruth Moore a simple coastal tale in 1947. Non Fiction Europe Eisenhower by Eisenhower. Eisenhower Was My Boss Kay Summersby recounts 1942 45 years with the general.
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Anya Seton
Houghton Mifflin
Marblehead
Ruth Moore
Moore
Europe
Eisenhower
Kay Summersby
Prentice-Hall
Kay Sutherland
London
Strolling Along Praises Coronado In Gentle Town Sketch
A visitor from the east compliments Coronado's friendly people and pleasant weather. He notes smiling cops, bright sun, birds, ocean and gardens, saying the town is tops for living, not just existing, before signing his piece.
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Roderick
Coronado
Imperial Beach Activities Include Air Tour Dance and Projects
Emory P T A members joined an air tour sponsored by South Bay science classes traveling over San Diego County with views of Baja California and Imperial Valley. A dance at the Boy Scout building raised funds for the Boy Scout building construction. The Imperial Beach Civic Group hosted the Coordinating Council meeting with Stanley Grove of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce as guest speaker. Dy ee Construction began a two unit court at Date and Second Streets on EB L Oates property. One hundred new post office boxes donated by United Servicemen of Imperial Beach were installed with funds from a house to house campaign led by Henry C. Davis. Over 1500 dollars were raised to aid rehabilitation of vandalized property owned by James Jenks. Ruth Metzger announced the total at the Boy Scout cabin meeting with Bo Fuller as United Ex-Servicemen chairman.
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Emory P.T.A
South Bay
San Diego County
Baja California
Imperial Valley
Imperial Beach
Boy Scout Building
Boy Scout
Coordinating Council
Stanley Grove
San Diego
Date
Second Streets
United Servicemen of
Henry C. Davis
James Jenks
Ruth Metzger
Bo Fuller
United Ex-Servicemen of
Washington News Letter on Walgren and a shifting administration
The Washington News Letter discusses former Governor Mon Walgren’s persistent bid for a cabinet post, the Truman administration’s likely response, and hints at political battles over Negro rights. It notes a possible shift rightward in policy with many Democrats in the Senate leaning conservative and cross-party alignment on governance.
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Washington
Mon Walgren
Walgren
Washington State
Truman
Dewey
Book reviews highlight wartime memoir and religious philosophy
A 1942 memoir recounts daily contact with a boss amid torpedoings and bombings while praising Crusade in Europe and noting Roosevelt Hopkins and Sherwood. Another review discusses Fulton J Sheen's Religion philosophy work, praising style and scholarly insights into faith and reason.
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Europe
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Robert E. Sherwood
Harper
Sherwood
J. Sheen
Appleton
Monsignor
Sheen
California Pension Plan Warns of Big Administrative Headache
Sacramento general manager F L Alexander cites a new state pension plan as the largest administrative headache in California history. David Sturgess, known as American Nostradamus in Los Angeles, predicts war danger will arise between March 20, 1949 and March 20, 1950.
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F. L. Alexander
Sacramento
L. Mgr. County Supervisors Ass’n
California
David Sturgess
L. A
New Arrivals in Coronado Greet Navy Families
The Crown City welcomes numerous Navy families arriving from San Francisco Jacksonville Honolulu Newport R I Santa Monica and Norfolk and settling on streets including G Avenue Tenth Avenue Fourth Street Palm Avenue and Mullinix Drive. Residents include Lt Comdr C D Nace and Mrs Nace with children Stephanie and Douglas and Lt Jackson and family at their Tenth Avenue home.
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C. D. Nace
USN
Nace
Stephanie
Douglas
San Francisco
G Avenue
D. G. Jackson
Chip
Jacksonville
Fla
Lt. Jackson
Tenth Avenue
Creighton D. Lilly
Lilley
Creighton David (Jr
Honolulu
Fourth Street
Scout News Girl Scout Play Invites Parents at 930 Adella Ave
Parents of Scout troop No 1 are invited to a Sunday play at the home of Mrs T G Richards 930 Adella Avenue. The production Christmas the World Over features troop members acting and is directed by Mrs E W Parish co leader known for her musical talent. Kay Gage has earned tenderfoot and wears a scout pin amid praise from fellow scouts. Marinership Girl Scout Troop 81 led by Mrs M C Foxe mailed clothing kits to the Ameri Friends Service Committee for distribution to needy families in Europe and Asia.
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T. G Richards
Adella Avenue
E. W. Parish
Marinership
M. C. Foxe
Ameri Friends Service Committee
Europe
Asia
Guides
Girl Scouts
Count
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England
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Coronado Public Library
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Messner
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Washington News
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Hotel del Corona
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Ens
D. E. Wood
Mrs. Wood
Columbus
Ohio
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Holland, Mich
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W. E. Meadows
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Roland (Jr
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Gill
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Gran Rapids
Mich
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Raymond J. Jerg
la Jolla
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T. C. Park
Teddy, Charlot
Patricia Ann
R. EB. Waxler
Norfolk, Va
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Loma Avenue
Mrs. Martin
Kennedy
Junior
Lynn
Memphis
Tenn
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Happy Daughter
Barbara
Meda
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Anne Davis
Davis
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