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The Presidential box at the Navy-Penn State football game

In the Presidential box at the Navy-Penn State football game. Front row, left to right: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Gwyneth (Mrs. Aubrey W.) Fitch; President Harry S. Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. Second Row. General Wallace Graham; R. D. Hetzel, President of Penn State; General Harry Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; and Press Secretary Charles Ross. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo appearing before the Senate Finance Committee

Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States, left a sick bed at Walter Reed Hospital to present the views of the Philippine Government on H.R. 5856, Philippine Trade Act of 1946, to the Senate Finance Committee. General Romulo has been a patient at Walter Reed since last Saturday where he was ordered by Dr. Gonzalo Austria, his physician, for a complete rest. He is hospitalized with recurrent malaria. From: Beth Gore.