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New Yorker at Large Seeks Fleet Tale in Busy City
A roving reporter pursues a vivid brochure about 81 warships and 35,000 sailors visiting New York. He endures delays from a patrol sergeant, dines with a hostess whose mood sours, and fails to locate sailors that night while observing the Roosevelt arrival and public cheers.
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New York
Ship News
Coast Guard
Broadway
Bastas Street
Roosevelt Home
Mr. Roosevelt
Fifty-second Street
Charlie