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Aqmiral i j p r o l d i). S t a r k , U.2. iiay,, Chicf of Naval _. O m r a t i o n s , left '.assliPg.tc,::, .J.C,, r e c e n t l y on an i n s p e c t i o n t r i p o f t h e A t l a n t i c fr'iept.

f>dr;iral L t a r k proceeded t,o thq Cnribbenn a r e a i:i a n a v a l v e s s e l and tiwreleci by s h j p a n J pl-ane as necessary t o co;:plete his i n s p ? c t i ~ + .

Cn l,ec,r,esdzy, . a x k 12, t h e nev; Naval A i r S t a t i o n a t Corpus Ciirist5, Texas, xas c o m l s s i o n e d ibit!iy ) p r o p r L a t e cerenoilies.

The !lava1 Air S t a t i o n a t Corpus G h r i s t i v i i l l be one o f . . t h e Nsvg's l a r g e s t sir s t a t i m s , a x i 2 . t : ~ n c l u < ? ~hs mal.n s t a t i o n , t;e t h r e e a u x i l i a r y f i e l d s aE<i a nuxbber o f r z t i d . i t i o m 1 o p e r a t i n g a r e a s .

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l o n g i t u d e 87' 321 w e s t , thence by a l i n e b e a r i n g 63' t r u e t o t h e 25th p a r a l l e l of l a t i t u d e , thence by t h e 25th p a r a l l e l of l a t i t u d e t o t h e 6 5 t h meridian of l o n g i t u d e , thence by a l i n e d i r e c t t o l a t i t u d e 2 n o r t h , ' l o n g i t u d e 49' west, thence by a l i n e d i r e c t t o t h e p l a c e of beginning. Iieadquarters, San Juan, P.R. 1 1 t h Naval D i s t r i c t - To i n c l u d e ?Jew Mexico, Arizona, s o u t h e r n p a r t of C a l i f o r n i a , i n c l u d i n g c o u n t i e s of Santa Barbara, Kern and San Rernardino and a l l c o u n t i e s s o u t h t h e r e o f . 1 2 t h Navsl D i s t r i c t To i n c l u d e Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Xorthern p a r t of C a l i f o r n i a , i n c l u d i n g c o u n t i e s of San Luis Obispo, Kings, Inyo and Tulare and a l l c o u n t i e s n o r t h t h e r e o f .

NYDROGHAPHIC 0I;'FICE STEPS U PRODUCTION P

For months t h e Reproduction P l a n t of t h e IIydrograrhic Office has been worlcing on double s h i f t i n o r d e r t o meet t h e i n c r c a s ed demands f o r n a u t i c a l c h u t s and o t h e r n a u t i c a l - information. Prod u c t i o n . o f n a u t i c a l c h a r t s h a s been steppcd up more t h a n 500 p e r c e n t over nomral t i m s , This incrc-:IEed demand i s occasioned by t h e i n c r e a s e i n t h e number of vesscls i n t h e Ihvy ns well as t h e f a c t t h a t t h e maritime w o r l d a t l a r g e i s becoming i n c r e a i n g l y dependent on t h e Hydrographic O f f i c e for c h a r t s due ti, t h e i m b i l i t y t o s e c u r e c h a r t s from t h e u s u a l f o r e i g n s o w c e s .
Likewise, due t o t h e 1.arge 2 r o s p e c t i v e expansion of t h e a i r f o r c e s t h e demnnd for a v i a t i o n c h a r t s and a i r p i l o t s has i n c r e a s e d a c c o r d i n g l y , New tmes of chat% hTve been p r e p w e d t o meet t h e specic?l needs oL" a v i a t o r s and t h e p r o d u c t i o n a t p r e s e n t i s running 3,bout twenty times t h z t o f 2 n o r m 1 ::em. Surveys of the newly acquired b i s e s a r e being conducted 3t t o p speed w i t h a view t o providing t h c Amy and t h e Nzvy w i t h t h e l s t e s t c h a r t s r e g a r d i n g t5e outiyLni. clefenscs of t h c Americas.

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Ijnder p r o v i s i o n s of 3 1 c Act t h e s e 340 o f i ' i c e r s t a k e ? r e c & d m c e i n t h c r e g u l a r Navy ir, nccor.d-?r;c.: izii- h the prcxcdence t h e l d by them v:hile jn the lhjaval Fkserve.

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Ir, view of t h e National Emergency and t h e unquestionable presence of f o r e i g n ctgcnts throughout thi. Vnitxl S t i t i , s a t t h e p r c s c n t time, it i s b e l i m e d t h a t a n y b e n c f i t which might accrue from t h c USC of educat i o n a l courses for r G c r u l t i n g purposes would be f a r o u t w i g h e d by t h e l o s s e s s u s t a i n e d due t o conpromising i n i o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n d i n w i d courses. A l l t r a i n i n g c o u r s s s ar3 now t r e a t e d as r e s t r i c t e d .

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marily f o r t h e b e n c f i t of t h e Iran concerned and not as a h o l d i n g f o r military s e r v i c e , whether t h e p t i e n t i s being t r e a t e d f o r d i s e a s e inc u r r e d i n c i d e n t t o h i s olm? mlsconduct o r i n l i n e of duty, and e n l i s t e d men s o h e l d are n o t e n t i t l e d t o pay beyond t h e d a t e of e x p i r a t i o n of e n l i s t m e n t . I n a d e c i s i o n of !'larch 8 , 1?/,0, a m p l i f y i n z t h e above dec i s i o n , t h e Comptroller General. h e l d t h a t t h e p r i n c i p l e s of t h e d e c i s i o n ?re n o t l i m i t e d t o t r e z t m e n t for d i s e a s e b u t a p p l y e q u a l l y t o t r e a t m e n t f o r i n j u r y , t h e governing f a c t o r of inc;??acity t o r e n d e r m i l i t a r y o r n a v a l s e r v i c e a f t e r e x p i r a t i o n of cnlistrnent being p r e s e n t i n e i t h e r c a s e (19 Conp. Ge. 2.30; F4.S. Cmp. Gen., B-174'3, I,Zzrch 8 , 1940). The e f f e c t of t h e s e d e c i s i o n s upon e n l i s t e d men undergoing t r e a t m e n t i n a h o s p i t a l , f o r l i n e o f d u t y i n j u r y or s i c k n e s s , a t t h e time t h e i r enl i s t m e n t s e x p i r e i s t o ?r-event t h e ? r a c t i c z h e r e t o f o r e followed of yay'i n g them up t o t h e time of t h e i r a c t u a l d i s c h a r g e and counting such time f o r l o n g e v i t y purposes.
The e x t e n s i o n of a n e n l i s t e d m t s term of e n l i s t m e n t as provided i n t h e proposed l e g i s l a t i o n would, i n g e n e r a l , continue a p r a c t i c e t h a t h r s been followec? i n t h e p a s t and would c o s t no more t h a n t o d i s charge and r e p l a c e such a n i n d i v i d u a l . E v x y s i c k or i n j u r e d e n l i s t e d man cannot, howevela, be dispose2 of or; t h e c x a c t d s t e h l s e n l i s t m e n t sxp i r c s , and t h e p r 7 c t i c a l c f f e c t of t h c Comptroller G e n e r a l f s r u l i n g w i l l be t h a t some p a t i e n t s must re;:iain i n h o s p i t a l s w i t h o u t pay subsequent t o t h c d a t e t h e y were due for dischargce. Action on t h i s proposed b i l l i s Tending.

O I k r c h 4 , l 9 l + l , t h e 3boI-e cn$ionod b i l l w?.s i n t r o d u c e d i n n t h e House of R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s by ?le. Vinson, Chairman of t h e House P h v ~ L Affairs C o m i t t e c . This b i l l r.e?.ds as f o l l o w :

%e it cnzcted by t h e Scnate and H o i i s ~ o f Re?rdsent?ttves of t h e United S t s t c s of America i n Congr;.ss assembled, That t h e permanent a u t h o r i z i d e n l i s t e d s t r e n g t h of t h c n c t f v e l i s t of t h c Regular i k v y i s h e r i b y i n c r c n s c d t o two hundrcd and t h i r t y two thousand. . Thc P r c s i d c n t i s h2i-Zby z u t h o r i z e d , whenever i n h i s judgment a s u f f i c i e n t n a t i o n a l encrgency e x i s t s , t o incrc2c;c t h i s number t o t h r e e hundrcd thousand.

"SEC. 2 . The phrase l a u t h o r i z e d e n l i s t e d s t r e n g t h ! , 9s app l i e d t o t h e p c r s o n n c l of t h e 1Jayy, s h a l l I-ierezfter mean t h e t o t a l number of e n l i s t e d m a o f the Navy a u t h o r i z e d by law, e x c l u s i v e o f thc: H o s p i t z l Corps.

"SEC. 3. The t o t 3 1 a u t h o r i z c d number of commissioned o f f i c e r s of t h e a c t i v e l i s t of t h e l i n e of t h e Navy, e x c l u s i v e of conmiss i o n e d wvrrynt o f f i c c r s , s h a l l b, e q u z l t o 5$ p e r centum o f the a u t h o r i z k d e n l i s t e d s t r e n g t h of t h c a c t i v e l i s t .

"SEC. 4. H e r e a f t e r t h e a u t h o r i z e d e n l i s t e d s t r e n g t h of t h e a c t i v e l i s t of t h e I h r i n c Corps s h a l l bc 20 p e r centum of t h e

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by a n o f f i c e r 0:- a n e n l i s t e d &man, recoinmends i n w r i t i n g t:, the S e c r e t a r y of t h e fJavjt h a t t h e ;lemon ccncernsd b e r e q u i r e d t o r e g i s t e r an a l l o t m e n t fron pay f o r t h e sole purnose of dis:.hargi n g t h e renk.
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" ( 3 ) I"hen, i n the absence of a c o u r t judLgment, a comanlJing o f f i c e r m b n i t s t o t h e C e c r e t a r y of t h e ibtvg', f a c t s which su?;?ort a r e c o r n e n d a t i o n t h a t a n o f f i c e r o r e n l i s t e d nan be direct:d t o r e g i s t e r an a l l o t n e n t f o r t h i s
For f u r t h e r d e t a i l s c o n c e r n b g this m a t t e r , t h e Secretary of t h e TJavyr: l e t t e r , F i l e ;io, Ie1(1)/L16-6(40030~) o f January 6, 1941, should b~ consulted.

The f o l l o w i n g s s c t i o n s of t h e f:atioilal S e r v i c e Life Insurance Act of 194C are quoted: " S e c t i o n 601(d)

- Any person who

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ment o f t h i s Act and befor? d i s c h s r g e or r e s i g n a t i o n from such x t i v e s e r v i c c ) , and u?on paynent of n r e n i m s ?rid evidence sat-__-a c t o r y t o t h e Administrat3r showing such pcrson t o be i n good isf hc-ilth a t t h e time of such apdj.cnti-oi?_, "Section 608 - The Administrator, s u b j e c t t:) t h e g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n of t h e F r e s i d c n t , s h a l l s d m i n i s t e r , 2xecute and ent'orce t h e p r o v i s i o n s of t h i s grt, s l i a l l ! ! m e ?on-r t o m k e such r u l e s and r z g u l a t ions, n o t i n c o n s i s t e n t 7:iith the p r o v i s i o n s of t h i s p a r t , 3 s are :iecessnry 07 z F ? r o p r i i t e t o carry out i t s purposes, snd s h a l l decide 211 q u e s + i c n s a r j s i n g hcrcunder x x x x x x.'l

It i s a p p s r e n t from thc ibove q u o t z t i o n s t h 2 t d e c i s i o n s as t o t h e a c c e p t m c e or r e j e c t i o n of ?-p-licntions for i h t i o n d S e r v i c e L i f e Insurance a r c t h c s o l e p r e r o g a t i v e a t h e A d m i n i s t r a t o r of Veterans* Affairs. It must a l s o be recognized t h a t th:, s t a n d a r d of h e a l t h e s t a b l i s h e d by t h e Administrator m y n o t n s c e s s a r i l y conform t o t h e Navy Departxent ' s strzndard of p h y s i c z l q u a l i f i c s t i o n s f o r n c t i v c duty.
The NZVJ Department c a m o t undertake t o i n f l u e n c e t h e Veterans A d r n i n i s t r l t i o n i n i t s d e t e r m i n a t i o n of a mtter a s s i g n e d t ? it by

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Service L i f e I n s u r a n c e w i t h o u t i n s t i t u t a g an a u n e a l . Such a p p e a l may be d i r e c t e d t o t h e Aclininistrator of Veterans 1 Affairs :iith , u t r62ferr:ize t o t h e I k v y Department whose o n l y a c t i o n , i n an:i, c a s c , muci be the simple endorsement "forwarded.

I n q u i r i e s from r n g i s t r a n t s and from men a l r e a d y i n t,hc a m s d s e r v i c e s and t h e i r dcpendants c o n c e r n i n g t h z p r o v i s i o n s of tlic 27ldi.ers I and S a i l o r s ' C i v i l Relief Act of 1940 rnay be referred to the c h a i r r a i l of the committee on n a t i c n a l d e f e n s e of the s t a t e b a r a s s o c i a t i o r i n t h e State from which t h e i n q u i r y C O ~ I C S x'w w i l l refer it f o r local a t t e n t i m . AUBAIIA Hon. 3 o u g l a s Arant, Corner R u i l d i n z , birrningham

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i n the-adjustGeAt of p e r s o n a l Soblerns- concerning c i t i z e n s of t h e S t a t e o f I l l i n o i s i n t h e !.and or naval. f o r c e s .

which p e r s o n a l p r o b l e m of a legal, f i n a : i c i a l , or f a n i l y n a t u r e of men i n s e r v i c e a r e r e f e r r e d t o cooyerating a g e n c i e s for a t t e r h i o n . The m o b l e n s being r q f e r r e d t o t h e Council i n c l u d e matters 3f insurance, l e a s e s , mortgages, d e b t s , and f a n i l y d i f f i c u l t i e s . ?,:any of t h e problems which t h e Council w i l l handle a r e covered 3. by t h e S o l d i e r s ' and S a i l o r s ' C i v i l R e l i e f Act of l9LdI. Among o t h e r t h i n g s , t h i s Act p r o h i b i t s t h e e n t r y of any judgment, o r t h e enforcement s e r v i c e - a n d for a d e s i g n a t e d p e r i o d t h e r e a f t e r , and i n g his p e r i o d gives him t h e r i g h t upon h i s r e t u r n t o reopen any l a w s u i t i n which he was a p a r t y , p r o v i d i n g good f a i t h on h i s p a r t can be shown. This Act cannot be used as a methdd of avoiding a j u s t debt o r o b l i g a t i o n which t h e s a i l o r i s a b l e t o pay o r c a r r y out, n o r does it exempt him from

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Persons i n t h e naval f o r c e s wishing t o svai.1 themselves of t h i s Cornmanding a f f i c e r s a r e requested t o give wide p u b l i c i t y , with-

The c u r r e x t s t o c k of t h e A r m y and ITavy Hymnal i s exhausted and it i s n o t contemyiated re-arderink; frorn t h e ? u b l i s h e r s any more of t h i s type h w a l . A :orifit committee of Arny and lia-7 Chaylains has compiled a modern v e r s i o n for use by t h e m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e s . This nev e d i t i o n i s TIJaval Service t h e y e s e n t hymnal i n use. Owing t o t h e l a r g e demand of hymnals m e c e s s i t a t e d by t h e i n c r e z s e of Amy personnel, t h e Ravy a t a l a t e r d a t e w i l l s h s r e i.n t h e 'arocurenent of t h e new e d i t i o n . The Hymnal small s i z e , complete i n both c a s e s w i t h musical s c o r e s , r e s p o n s i v e readv .

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a p r e l i r r i n a r y phj s i c a l examination f o r entrance t:, t h e :Java1 Academy.

A p p l i c a t i o n s -t;it.h a l l appropriate data must r e s c h t h e E u r e m o f Iu'avigation by July 1 1941. ,

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These s c h o l a r s h i p s a r e l i m i t e d t o dauF;hters 03 g r a k w t e s of t h e U.S. Naval Academy on Eictive d u b j arid not r e s t r i c t e d 2s t o p l a c e or r e S i dence. TLe $900.00 reciuztiox;. in the arinunl c o s t of t u i t i o n and expenses a t t h e school covers zko1.it we-bff th& f & t ~ l charge. These s c h o l a r s h i p s HILI h fox %he t x o y e a r c m r s e in t h e Ogontz J u n i o r C o l l e g e , which provides f o r a c o u r s e of study c o n t a i n i n g t h e e s s e n t , i a l s of 3 c o l l e g e c o u r s e both i n academic and a r t l s t i c work. The p l a n o f s t u d y is e q c a l l y adapted t o t h e g i r l ~h:,v.is!-Les t o c o n t i n u e

Ogontz.

The c o u r s e s o f f e r e d p r e p a r e Cny s t - d e n t :FJ;1Io a t t z i n s high standi n g t o e n t e r G n i - e r s l t i e s and c e r t a i n s p e c i f i e d c a l l c g e s v 5 t h t h e rank of junior.

There i s no e n t r a n c e examination, b u t t h e a;pplicant xust be a graduate of an a c c r e d l t e d h i g h s c h o o l or c o z p a r a b l e secozdary school, and w h i l e it i s s y e c l . f ' l c a l l y prescrLbed t h a t no s e l e c t i o n b-j coinpetitton i s . d e s i r e d a r intended, o t h e r t h i n g s b e i ~ i cequ:;,i t h e s e l e c - t i o n rill be given t o a. t:irl - ~ h o has ,, good s c h o l a s t 2 c r e c o r d r.?th?er than t o one x i t h fi -

on t h e b a s i s of 1::a~er' records, n personal i n k r v i e v o f t h o s e deerced t o have 3 r e a s m a b l e chalice of s e l o c t i o n becoincs a vcrv d e s l r 2 b l e element i n Judging i s t o be done orL an e q % i t a b l eb s i s .
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