Friday, June 8, 1945
CLOUDBUSTER
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Naval Academy Will
Return to Four Year
Course Of Study
The President has approved a
return to the four-year course
at the U. S. Naval Academy.
The change will take place at
the end of the present Spring
term in June, and will be accom
plished by dividing, according to
relative academic standing, the
present Fourth Class (Class of
1948) into two halves, the upper
half of this class to continue the
present three-year course of in
struction, graduating in June,
1947. The lower half of the class
Will become the Third Class and
Will graduate in June, 1948. Al
though the course of instruction
at the Academy has been three
years, the usual college organi
zation of four years has been
retained.
The shortened three - year
Course at the Naval Academy
Was authorized in June, 1941,
when there was an urgent need
for young officers to fill assign
ments afloat in combat areas.
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Cue and reconnaissance work.
More than 40 landing craft alone
have been designed. Numerous
ftiodifications have been made in
the designs of all other types of
ships to accommodate them to
the needs of their war service.
At its peak, the Naval ship
building program involved 325
shipyards throughout the nation.
With a labor peak of 1,000,000
Workers. The ratio between
Workers in allied industries and
shipyard labor is generally esti-
ttiated at 2 to 1, so that a total of
some 3,000,000 workers have
been engaged at one time on the
Naval shipbuilding program.
New Construction Peak In May
The peak of new construction
deliveries was reached in May,
1944, when 4,506 vessels and
praft were delivered, represent
ing 411,237 tons. For the year,
1944 a total of 3,211,511 tons of
i^ew vessels and craft were com
pleted.
According to Vice Admiral
Cochrane, the total for 1945 is
not expected to fall far below
the 1944 figures but thereafter
the Naval shipbuilding program
Will drop off sharply. In addi
tion to new construction, how
ever, fleet maintenance activities
Mil continue to increase steadily.
Since Pearl Harbor the fleet
'Maintenance workload has grown
24 times over.
Army Flies to War
China (CNS)—An entire Chi-
'^ese army, the 6th, was mov^
from Burma to China by ’
'vith all its equipment, including
horses. The 6th is said to be one
Of China’s best tramed and
Equipped forces. Where it is and
'vhat it is going to do, nobody,
Naturally, is saying.
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"Only guys who buy Independence Day War Bonds
ore eligible!"
COMING EVENTS
TONIGHT
SPORTS
Finals of the Regimental Sports Pro
gram. Fetzer Field at 1900.
TOMORROW
BASEBALL
Cloudbusters vs. Camp Peary. Emerson
Stadium at 1500.
MOVIES . j , r.- ••
Village: "The Prmcess and the Pirate
with Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo.
Complete shows at 1500, 1900, and
2058. „ .
Carolina: "It’s a Pleasure with Sonia
Heinie and Michael O’Shea.
Pick: "Utah” with Roy Rogers and
Dale Evans.
SUNDAY
DIVINE SERVISES
Protestant: Memorial Hall at lUUU.
Catholic: Gerrard Hall at 0630. Hill
Music Hall at 1000.
Jewish: Hillei House at 1000.
BASEBALL
Cloudbusters vs. Camp Peary. Emerson
Stadium at 1500.
MOVIES , . .
Village: "Bring on the Girls with
Veronica Lake and Sunny Tufts.
Carolina: "The Clock’’ with Judy Gar
land and Robert Walker.
Pick: "The Major and the Minor with
Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland.
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
Cloudbusters vs. Duke at Durham.
SOCCER _
Pre-Flight French unit vs. Camp
jeune Dutch unit at Camp Lejeune.
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OPERATIONAL REPORT
PROMOTIONS:
Ursula M. Royston, HAIc to I%M3c(t).
From Mus3c to Mus2c( t) : T. S. Baylor, C.
Fields: G. G. Grice; W. H. Miller; F. L.
Poole; J. M. Reeves; C. H. Ross, Jr.; E. H.
Williams.
DEPARTURE:
Delia DuPont, PhMlc.
ARRIVALS: ^ u ^ r- v
The following S2c reported aboard G. V.
Morris; R. E. McCarteny; C. C. Mot^ Jn,
E L. Newingham; D. L. PatteKOn, R. •
Perrey; L. D Phillips; H. T Pigon; En^l
Ponich; E. S. Pope; E J^ ^
Suggs, Budge Threlkeld, both PhM2c, W. J.
philips, E. L. Baldwin, Arron Schupark,
Maxine R. Slater, ail HAlc.
-Buy More War Bonds—
Bonds Via V-Mail
To Those Overseas
Bonds can now be sent as gifts
to personnel overseas via V-mail.
An attractive gift certificate,
carrying a replica of a War
Bond, has been designed and
printed on a regular V-mail let
ter form.
Purchasers of bonds as gifts
fill out the denomination, serial
number, date of issue, owner’s
name, and home address as they
appear on the real bond. A
space is also provided for a per
sonal message.
Anyone who wishes to make a
gift of a bond to someone over
seas during the Independence
Day Extra War Bond Campaign
can secure one of these V-mail
certificates upon request when
the bond is purchased.
A second form of V-mail bond
certificate is available for over
seas personnel who buy bonds
for the home folks.
He Ought to Know
Buffalo, N. Y. (CNS)—The
best jail in the U. S. is the Sky
scraper Tower in Florida and the
best train is the streamliner
Hiawatha out of Chicago, which
had no rods to ride, according to
a survey of American hoboes
conducted recently by Jeff Davis,
self-styled king of the Hoboes,
who is spending the Spring at
Niagara Falls.
She Wants Real Proof
Lebanon, Tenn. (CNS)—Ar
rested for beating up a woman
he mistook for his wife, a Leb
anon County resident was freed
on bail supplied by a woman
who really was his wife. “It
proves he loves me,” said she.
ManyActivitiesAre
Conducted In 1944
By Navy Chaplains
Navy chaplains conducted a
total number of 450,294 divine
services during 1944, with 37,-
062,428 in attendance. Figures
supplied by the U. S. Navy
Chaplains Corps reveal that
Navy chaplains conducted 397,-
428 services on their own ships
or stations, 35,791 on other than
their own ships or stations, and
17,075 divine services in civilian
churches.
During 1943, attendance at
divine services totaled 25,404,-
007, and in addition 118,733 men
joined church parties to attend
worship services on other ships
or stations. Chaplains conducted
154,736 services on their own
ships or stations, and provided
12,357 services at other ships or
stations.
In addition to regular services.
Navy chaplains conducted 3,982
marriage ceremonies, and 13,710
funerals. They also performed
14,793 baptisms and accepted 8,-
072 men and women into the
church, directed church parties
leaving ships, and participated
in special services.
In secular as well as religious
activities. Navy chaplains played
a large part in the welfare and
entertainment of Naval person
nel, sponsoring a total of 40,683
lectures, rehearsals, discussions
groups, or song fests, holding
32,183 study classes, and 52,285
entertainments other than mov
ies, with total of 7,274,839 in at
tendance. Chaplains visited an
other 5,470,565 in hospitals
sickbays, and brigs, addressed
civilian groups, wrote letters re
garding naval personnel, and
handled relief cases.
New England Sniffers
Saugus, Me. (CNS)—The
Board of Selectmen has ruled
that any town employee with
the odor of liquor on his breath
will be discharged immediately
The town will employ under
cover “sniffers” to ferret out
the drinkers.
-Buy More War Bonds-
Tobacco Ration
Just so you won’t get fouled
up on your tobacco rationing
and let one of your perfectly
good points go by the board,
here’s a word of advice. New
numbers become valid on
your Tobacco Rationing Card
on Sunday of each week and
expire Saturday evening of
that same week. Numbers on
your card are valid for to
bacco purchases for only one
week and are not accumula
tive. The number one tobacco
pomts on your card will ex
pire tomorrow night, June