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Enterprise's record shows clearly that she has been a tough ship, a lucky ship, a superbly handled ship, fortunate in her various commanders and in the high degree of teamwork achieved by her crew. One of her former captains is grey, smallish, soft-spoken Rear Admiral George D. Murray (now commandant at Pensacola), rated by officers who served with him as the ablest of carrier skippers...
Ramon S. Castillo is a smallish, mild-appearing man with a deceptive resemblance to Cinemactor Frank Morgan. His seeming mildness hides the fears of Argentina's great families that a democratic victory in World War II will result in the unthinkable catastrophe of majority rule. Last week, when the majority threatened briefly to make its will felt, President Castillo's mildness vanished...
Fortnight ago WQXR's power was stepped up to 10,000 watts-the second boost within a year. Behind each increase is the desire of WQXR's founder and president, smallish, paunchy, deep-voiced John Vincent Lawless Hogan, to broadcast good music with maximum accuracy...
...They spin a yarn about the time he was goin' down to Chequers to visit Winnie Churchill. He'd just been made a full admiral and he was standin' in a railway station wearin' his brand-new uniform. Bein' on the smallish side, the gold braid on his sleeve reached near up to his elbows. A soldier come up to him and says: 'Excuse me, could you tell me what time the train for So-and-so leaves?' Old Splash Guts drew himself up and looked at him. 'Excuse...
...scrap, but meanwhile Alcoa has announced that on Sept. 30 the price of virgin aluminum will be reduced from 17? to 15? a pound. Fearing that Leon Henderson will make a similar reduction (from 17?) in his ceiling on secondary aluminum (made from scrap), the scrap smelters-mostly smallish businesses-are jittery about being squeezed between the price they have to pay and their selling price...