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WINCHELL HAS NO NAVY DUTIES, SEC. KNOX TELLS CONGRESS
Pursuant to a request made by the House regarding Walter Winchell, columnist and Blue Net commentator, Secretary of the Navy Knox reported to Representative Carl Vinson, Chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee as follows:
"House Resolution 430, requesting information as to the status of Walter Winchell, was referred to the Navy Department by your Committee with request for reply,
"The questions propounded by the resolution are set forth below, with the answers thereto immediately following:
"Question 1. Is Walter Winchell in, or is he in any way officially connected with the Navy?
"Answer 1. Walter Winchell is in the United States Naval
Reserve,
"Question 2, If Walter Winchell is either in the Navy, or if he is in any way connected with the Navy, what is his rank and in what way is he connected with the Navy?
"Answer 2. He is a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve,
"Question 3. If Walter Winchell is in the Navy, or if he is connected with the Navy, has he been assigned to inactive duty, and if he has been assigned to inactive duty, what, if any, are his duties'’
"Answer 3, .He has been assigned to inactive duty. Since assigned to inactive duty, he has no duties connected with the Navy.
"Question 4, What compensation, if any, does Walter Winchell receive from the Navy?
"Answer 4, He receives no compensation from the Navy.
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RCA SERVICE TO INCLUDE RES SAGES TO TROOPS IN ITALY
R. C, A, Communications, Inc., has expanded its recently open¬ ed radiotelegraph service between the United States and "Somewhere in Southern Italy" to include Expeditionary Force Messages (EFM) to and from American troops and other official personnel in the Italian war area. "Senders composition" messages may also be sent to that area. All messages must bear tne APO number of the addressee, and they may be filed at any telegraph office in the United States, marked "via RCA".
RCAC officials also revealed that installation of radiopnoto equipment for the transmission to this country of war photo¬ graphs for the press is planned for the near future, being transmit¬ ted from Italy to the United States in approximately ten minutes.
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