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Containers:

4, 1

Scope and content:

Hears that Lt. Kennedy refereed the football game, and that he was a pro ref and umpire in multiple sports before the service; talks about the German resilience and the German transportation infrastructure; hears rumors of the Allies wanting to force Germany to be an agricultural state after the war; talks about the Republican platform. Watched the movie “Casanova Brown.” Talks about a party some of the sailors there had after they found out they were being transferred. Talks about the Yom Kippur services; makes a point by refusing to cut in line at the mess after not having worked all day because of Yom Kippur. Sees the movie “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Hears from Lt. Kennedy that a lot of the men who have been in the department the longest will soon be shipped out. Is playing a lot of chess; sees the movie “The Master Race;” talks about an Estonian in the Navy. The library is no longer getting new books in. Watches an illegal craps game; talks about how some of the families of soldiers had to be moved out of Brown Hall at the College; talks about the Democratic campaigning.

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