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Show HIGHLIGHTS the week's news I WASHINGTON: Dependents of 1,294,852 enlisted men in the army are now receiving allotments, according ac-cording to a war department announcement. an-nouncement. The announcement revealed re-vealed that tip to January 1, a total of 1,519,055 ; applications for such payments had been 'received. Of these, 133,750 were disallowed temporarily, tem-porarily, pending receipt of additional addition-al information. CAMDEN. N. J.: Fourth of a series of aircraft carriers to be launched in 20 weeks, the Cowpen slid down the ways of the New York Shipbuilding corporation yards here on the 162nd anniversary of the battle bat-tle of Cowpens in the Revolutionary war. The Cowpen's predecessors were the carriers Independence Princeton and Belleau Wood. The battle of Cowpens was fought in 1781 and resulted in an American victory The new vessel was christened by Mrs. Preston Lea Spruance of Greenville, Del., daughter of Adm William F. Halsey. 1 LONDON: An 80-year-oH S Francisco sea captain, George E Bridgett, commanded a new Liberty ship in a convoy which recently brought relief to Malta, it was Z closed here. Captain Bridgett be ieved to be the oldest active sea'cat tarn in the world, emerged from 15 year,' retirement to make the run on a .hip that had been built in 24 hour, at the Kaiser shipyard, ALBANY, N. Y.t Attributing hi, jUeTVine tote"tionrSergt John Bartke, 23; a .urvivor Capt Eddie RickenbackXe day ordeal in the Pacific, announced he had made plan, to become . minister .iter the war. . vl T th! haTn't08! rdeaV' h I hadn t thought much about going to church. After what happened me out there, I've decidedTmg to become a minister. I feei r 8 ue believer." He addre "r workers here. The young soldiers making a tour of war plant, ! morale-boosting effort ' |
