Atomic tests and target ships shown for Crossroads at Bikini
Supplement outlines seven of the 97 ships to be used in Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands. It notes plans for a May air explosion, a July surface test, and a later deep water event with 37 000 personnel, under Navy Vice Admiral Blandy, across Army Navy Civilian teams.
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Bikini Atoll
Marshall Island Group
Navy
W. H. P. Blandy
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Bikini
Marshalls
Nevada
Jaluit Atoll
Pearl Harbor
Attu
Normandy
France
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Cherbourg
Francs
Tuna
U.S
Saratoga
Guadalcanal
Prince Eugen
Admiral Hipper
Atlantic
Baltic Sea
English Channel
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Norway
Library of Congress Aided War Effort and Peace
The Library of Congress mobilized to aid the war effort collecting Nazi writings for war crimes trials and to study Germany and Japan. It supported bombings with German and Chinese data and supplied lawmakers with essential information guiding legislation.
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Congressional Library
Japan
Germany
Library of Congress
Good Housekeeping
Uncle Sam
Horses and Birds Learn Acting at Hollywood Drama School
A quirky feature notes a San Fernando Valley equine school where Smoky the stallion earned a seven year contract at $500 weekly after 18 rivals. trainer Jack Lindell molds animals to walk to camera and emote, rivaled by Jim the raven who mimics humans and handles tasks unseen.
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Hollywood
Good Housekeeping
Stern
Hollywood Drama School
Smoky
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Jack Lindell
San Fernando Valley
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Drexel Institute of Technology
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Midway
Coral Sea
Santa Cruz
Tarawa
Kwajalein
Kiska
Sansapor
Morotai
Leyte
Lexington
Yorktown
Wasp
Hornet
Nagato
Yamamoto
Leyte Gulf
Yokosuka
China
Jim
Ingrid Bergmann
Curley” Twiford