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...Daily consulted with staff chiefs of the United Nations' new G.H.Q. in Washington. To implement G.H.Q. strategy, the U.S. Navy's Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary was placed in command of the combined naval forces in the Australian-New Zealand sector of the ABDA area. Name of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet was changed to "U.S. Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific," and command of it was given to Rear Admiral W. A. Glassford Jr. Both Glassford and Leary will serve under Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Commander of all United Nations naval forces in the ABDA area...
...referred to democracy as communistic, anarchic, a government of the mob. Many Army officers have since repented for this unpatriotic expression of personal opinion, and the Army in general has tried to reform its previously undemocratic stand as evidenced by the recent educational program. Though even the new High Command still has a long way to go, it is finally catching up with America...
Acting on permission received last Tuesday from the Interceptor Command the Harvard division of the Civilian Pilot Training program, sponsored by the C.A.A., is beginning its second semester course...
...hundred citizens of Cambridge are undergoing training as Auxillary Police, attending lectures in Sanders Theatre and drilling in Memorial Hall. Together with 50 members of the University's own police course, they are being instructed in infantry drill by students in the R.O.T.C. Regiment under the command of Cadet Colonel James G. Hayes...
...thanks to his book, Naval Customs, Traditions and Usage, which is unofficial reading for all young naval officers. But there is small chance that his nickname will gather prissy connotations. Besides Pearl Harbor, Lovette's record includes commendation for assisting in the capture of a German raider while commanding a submarine chaser in World War I, another commendation for command of a U.S. gunboat during the revolution in South China...