Corrosion Claim Great Ship Ko One Wants
John A. Noegeo reports on the rust coated Normandie or the ghostly legend still tied to Brooklyn's waterfront. Shipkeeper George C. Haefner of Perrysburg Ohio, the sole Navy man aboard, volunteers to guide through the vessel as maintenance crews speak of its stubborn waterline leakage and enduring silhouette despite decay.
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Kasi
Ko One
John A. Noegeo
Brooklyn
Lent
George C. Haefmer
Perrysburg
Ohio
Caplan
Navy
Desolate Odyssey Through a Sunken Vessel
Explorers describe an abandoned ship stripped to bare decks with holes where packs and elevators once stood. Dim lights and dust fill the air as they navigate a ruined dining salon and water shafts, hearing voices echo in the eerie quiet. The voyage reveals collapsed structures, dying ventilation, and a hazardous, perilous descent toward the upper exits.
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Normande
Normandie doomed as surplus and possible junking plan
The Normandie, after engine and interior damage, is deemed beyond repair with costs to replace engines and interiors estimated above 30 million dollars. Navy officials consider conversion to barracks or training ship, or use as a test target, but the ship is declared surplus and headed toward extinction as other great liners face obsolescence. Colombia’s population more than doubles between 1918 and 1938, official 1945 figure 10,015,4.
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Todd Shipyard
Cer
Bogota
Colombia
Chilombia
Napier Field cadets graduate Army Air Forces class
Napier Field Alabama hosts graduation for Class 456 with 21 cadets commissioned or appointed as officers. Ten became Second Lieutenants and eleven as Flight Officers. Cadet Carl B McCamash of Knoxvulle was named outstanding cadet. Jon W Cottle of Middleton Ohio honored as outstanding athlete. Chaplain Jones led benediction. Napier Field Band played the National Anthem.
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Napier Field
Army Air Forces
Clase
Dothan
Alabama
Stephen J Gurd
Henry WH Wilhelms
Charles B Stewart
Napier
Carl B McCamash
Knoasulé
Tenn
Southeastern Air Service
Big Clarks
Jon W Cottle
Middleton Oho
Tatsa
Sifth
Armored
Traiing
Ela
Fred FP Jones
Napier Field Band
Railway honors for San Paulo renamed Roosevelt Station
The Central Railway of Brazil, operated by the federal government, renames its Noureh station in the city to Roosevelt Station. The note mentions Spanish conqueror Francisco Orellana, who discovered the Amazon River.
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SAN Paulo Brasil
Central Railway of
Braz
Noureh
Roosevelt Station
Conmurtadcer
Francisco Orellana
Discharged Sailor Returns Home From West Coast Service
An army discharge notice from Hartford records Rupres W. Cracrey being removed from duty. The ceremony referenced a voyage from the western Pacific, with the officer in charge General Webster overseeing the process. Officials noted the return of personnel to the states and referred to the port arrival and discharge details.
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Mary
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