Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-28
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON


mand of the vast South Pacific area
for the Allied Nations, just at time
when a.
Admiral Ghornley pans south
fNeUer Leaves a ward lunge
Loose End About makes trahs-
the crucial issue of the Pacific war.
For his success in keeping men and
goods moving across the Atlantic in
the World war, Vice Admiral Rob-
ert Lee Ghormley was rewarded
with the. Distinguished Service
medal.
At So, he takes on a far-fung area
of land and sea, including many
vital bases, fighting not only for
sea-way for the U.S.A. but for New
Zealand, Australia and the Free
French. His command covers all
land, sea and air forces of the four
nations. He will be responsible to
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz, command
er in chief of the United States Pa
cific fleet.
Admiral Ghormley is known to
navy officers as thoroughly depend
able," rather than picturesque or
snowy One of his shipmates of the
first World war, recently said to this
writer:
''He is good tactician, and
hard plugger, with patient
mastery of detail. He's always
wide awake and if he were a
hockey player he'd be a crack
goal keeper. He had tough,
lonesome job, guarding overseas
transport in the first World war,
and carried it through perfectly,
with big results and little glory.
He keeps his mind strictly on
his work.
Admiral Ghormley was born in
Portland, Ore, and took an aca-
demic degree at the University of
Idaho. He was graduated from An
napolis in 1906. He commanded the
Nicaraguan naval operations and his
decorations include the Nicaraguan
Campaign badge and the Victory
medal.
He was made assistant chief of
naval operations in 1885 and held
that post until relieved of this duty
on August g., 1910, when he was Gent
to London as a special naval observ
er for the American embassy. On
April %, 1912, he was ordered to
Auckland to organize joint naval op-
erations with New Zealand. He be-
came vice admiral on September
20, 1941.
INDUSTRY and government, it
would appear, have been keen
competitors for the services of Mrs.
Anna Rosenberg. Industry, for the
Desterously She in the lead,
Juggles Federal paying her
And PriDate Jobs % z ooo a
the government gets cut of only
$13,5O0 in her hectic working year.
She keeps them both at arms length
and attends to the most deserving.
She weighs in at liz pounds, desk
side. She comes through hard
working day with all the frills and
ruff1es of her exiguous person still
fresh and in place
The house appropriations commit
tee lights up Mrs. Rosenberg's man.
fold activities and jobs in exploring
doubles in federal jobs, along with
private employment. AS regional
director for the social security
board, she receives $1,000 a year
and her salary as consultant on
the staff of Nelson Rockefeller, CO.
ordinator of American affairs, nets
her $4,000 year.
In 1914, the girl from Buda-
pest, here with her parents at
the age of IA, settled a strike.
In the Wadleigh high school,
which she attended, students
struck against compulsory mill
tary training. She called stu
dent meeting and made an i'm
passiOned speech which ended
the strike and got her cOnsidera-
BILE newspaper attention. She
was Anna Lederer then. When
we entered the war, she left
high school to sell Liberty bonds
and Thrift stamps. In 1919, she
married julius Rosenberg, now
rug merchant.
Even then she was plagued by de-
mands for her services. She stud
led practical politics with Belle Mos
kowitz, political ally and mentor of
Alfred E. Smith. This association
led to Embarrassing and organizing
work for philantE-opies, widening
into broad field of Notwithstanding
in industrial and social welfare is
sues.
eyes, Phil, John was on the phone
a few minutes ago and he said you
were so-and-so. He is, too? Lis
ten, I'll get up a nice little dinner
and get you two together"
That is fair sample of her work.
a-day telephone talk. She has
worked almost entirely in the no.
mans land between the warning
forces of industry and labor, and be-
tween one or both and government.
She is wisp of a woman, five
foot three brunette to give exact
specifications, always nicely tail
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