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...Pedro, night before the Japanese denunciation, Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, commanding the U. S. Fleet, announced from his flagship U. S. S. Pennsylvania grand maneuvers next spring in the Northern Pacific by 177 war boats and 447 war planes over 5,000,000 sq. mi. of strategic seaways. Exulted the 100% American Los Angeles Times: "A vast armada, the largest and most powerful by a wide margin ever assembled under a single command in the world's naval history...
...showered down on his Silver Jubilee (May 6, 1935). This week he upped only three subjects to the peerage: Sir Henry Betterton, Sir Wyndham Portal, Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh. To the plethora of titles with which his eldest son is burdened he added those of Admiral of the Fleet, General of the Army, Chief Marshal of the Air Force...
With the difficult music both were perfectly at ease. The Mozart was graceful and fleet, though Yehudi's tone was sometimes sleazy. The Schumann was richly romantic, the Beethoven flawless in shading and design. The teamwork throughout was beyond approach. Applause was all that bewildered Hephzibah who went on & off stage clinging tightly to Yehudi's hand. He could not make her bow. But if Father and Mother Menuhin have their way Hephzibah will never require a platform manner. Though they have been besieged with offers from all over the U. S., last week's Manhattan appearance...
Died. Lieut. William Cunningham Reeves, 25, younger son of Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves, Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet; when the Army plane he was piloting nudged a treetop, nosed down, burst into flames; near Burlingame, Calif...
...Consolidated Aircraft Corp. of Buffalo a contract for 50 pursuit planes to cost $1,999,700, as part of its plan to buy at least 600 new planes in the next three years. Last week Consolidated Aircraft Corp. received another order $243,000 from the Chinese Government for 50 Fleet training planes...