Lexington (CV 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 Y 5 A .3 p A yftf lf' PRfX'I'HlIR VSIZS CQOLORITUL LANGUAGE-MFREELY Ensign V. A. Prather, USN, in charge of the flight deck crew, is a colorful officer: colorful on three counts, voice, language, and gesture. Nothing is ever done fast enough to suit him. Wlieil his overworked vocal cords go on strike, the rest of him becomes more vehement. The crew takes all this in its stride as it takes the weather and seems to recognize the merit of his intentions. He knows his Navy, knows his sailors, believes in Navy tradition, but he will tell any out- ranking officer Where to get off as quickly as he will bawl out a seainan. Today, he brings his explosive energy to the boiling point, bearing down on one and all, gets things that seem impossible done with incredible speed. S5

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In any lull in today,s excitement, mimeographed copies of today's, Dec. 4, 1943, HRADIO PRESS NEWS get passed around and we read '4What's cookin, in the rest of the world: Washington-The world waited announcements today from the con- ference of President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Premier Stalin believed to be under way in Iran. Allied HQRS. Algiers-American Flying Fortresses lashed out at the newly constructed Nazi submarine base at Marseilles in southern France for the first time. Cleveland-Pitcher Al Smith of the Cleveland Indians has been reclassified as l-A by his draft board. London-Huge flames still raged in Berlin late today, following the fifth raid on the German capital by heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force in the past two weeksg it was believed that about 1,000 bombers participated in the raid. Forty-one British planes were lost in attack. Washington-Representative Hoffman of Michigan said on the House floor Thursday that President Roosevelt is campaigning for the Presidency of the world. n ound 14 ounce son born Mrs Helen 0'Brian California-A seve p . wife of Forrest Lee 0'Brian, Electrician First Class, aboard the U.S.S. Wahoo. Washington-U. S. submarine the Wahoo with a valiant record of undersea fighting was reported overdue and presumably lost. Cairo Conference-The United States and Britain assured President Chiang Kai-shek that the Burma Road would be reopened. Sacramento-A resolution proposing that the Japanese held at Tule Lake, Calif., be exchanged for American prisoners of war held by Japan was withdrawn by the State War Council on request of Gov. Warren. London-Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of North Africa and War Cabinet Member, suggested that Britain strengthen her osition in western Europe lest she become a weak and unequal P partner in the great trinity of powers-Britain, the United States, and Russia. New York-The stock market closed generally lower today in quiet trading. 87