Navy Chaplains Clash Over Combat Records Bias
Navy chaplains accuse leaders of discrimination against combat-backed clergy and protest prostitution in Tokyo. Four prominent captains resign amid the dispute, including McGuire, Witherspoon, Edel, and Drinan, while broader concerns touch Pacific policy and a stalled atomic energy bill.
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Washington
Nimitz
Navy
William A. McGuire
11Th Naval District
San Diego
Pearl Harbor
Maurice Witherspoon
Washington-Jefferson College
William W. Edel
Raymond Drinan
Enterprise
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Comdr
O. B. Cook
Guam
Nuclear tests at Bikini chart ocean effects on ships and crews
Washington report from Honolulu notes Joint Task Force 1 prepared for underwater Bikini tests to measure bomb impact on a fleet. Weather delays possible. ArkansaS Saratoga New York and other ships form the target circle as scientists log wave data and radiological effects.
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Honolulu
Army
Navy
Bikini
Congress
Adm. W. H. P. Blandy
Crossroads
Bikini Lagoon
Appalachian
Pearl Harbor
Arkansas
Saratoga
New York
Salt Lake City
Pensacola
Independence
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Nagato
Prinz Eugen
Bikini Island
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Military Evaluation Board
President's Atomic Energy Commission
Pegged Tables in Two Handy Sizes
Pegged furniture can be set up quickly and stored easily for winter. The two tables include a larger card-table sized piece and a low coffee table that can also serve as a seat. Both are made with simple drive screws and require only basic cutting diagrams, illustrated directions, and a full materials list. Order patterns 293 for the tables and 292 for the chair for 15 cents each.
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Pat Isterns
Eccentric Bombs Cause Miss on Kwajalein Test
Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner reports the army air force task force states the bomb dropped as an eccentric wobbler. The miss on the Nevada target, about 2,500 feet from center, is blamed on the weapon veering during the first test.
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Kwajalein
Army Air Force
William E. Kepner
Air
Swancutt
Nevada
Kepner
Can Pe Oe ASK ME ANOTHER
A general quiz item covering topics from Operation Reverse to medicines and famous outlaw families. Includes a question about the Empire State Building’s structure and wind sway, and a note on the piranha’s bite after beheading.
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James Brothers
Daltons
Younger Brothers
Empire State Building
Unneeded War Material Returned From Pacific Bases
Residents report the return of surplus military gear from Pacific bases. The items are described as unused or obsolete.
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Pacific
Venezuela
Paraguay
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Paul Porter
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Porter
OPA
House
Military Affairs
Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Forrest Harness
Indiana
Charles Elston
Ohio
Barney Baruch
United Nations
Elston
Clare Booth Luce
Connecticut
Bernard Baruch
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Truman
Dean Acheson
Merry
John Snyder
John Steelman
Sam Rosenman
FBI
Felcon
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Georgia
Bartow County
Cartersville
Bette Winterbottom
University of Georgia
Doroth Sanderfer
Shorter College
Rome
Redgall
Gene Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Unite
Carmichael
Irving B. Ellis
Robert M. Love
Nancy Harkness Love
Harold L. George
Love
ATC
AAF
Smokey Joe
Robert Wood
Boston Red Sox
Smokey Joe”. Wood
Colgate University
Hamilton
N. Y
Young Wood
Ted Williams
Babe Ruth
Cleveland
Atom
Bikin
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Washington Correspondent
States
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
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Scotts Sues
Carboil
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
Hanford
G. C. Hanford Mfg. CO
McNeil
Vem Vesanj
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