That Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews be pod eq hereby are re-elected The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Claude A. Swanson has announced 26 changes among naval officers, i cluding the staff to serve immediately under Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark who is to become Chief of Naval Operations, Mr. Swanson appointed Rear Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Director of the War Plans Division under the present Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral William D. Leahy, to be Assistant to the Chief" of Naval Operations. He replaces Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield who will become Commander of Battleship Division Three of the Battle Force.
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