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Show DESTROYER WILL BE LAUNCHED TUESDAY Be International News Bi rvlce. PECTLADBIiPBIA, April 2S. .Mrs. John B. McLean of Washington, wife ol the millionaire publisher, will be the sponsor for torpedo-boat destroyer No. 40. which is being completed at Cramps shipyard. The boat, which tu! he. called the Bcale. will bo launched Tuesday. Mrs. McLean is a daughter of Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Bcale. Fnited States, navy, after whom the boat is named. Before launching: a brief reception will be given for the sponsor when Mrs Henry s- Qrove. wife "t the president presi-dent of the shipbuilding company, will bo assisted in receiving Mrs. McLean and her partv h Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, Ste-venson, Mr. Charlemagne Tower, Mrs. George Willing, Mrs. William A. Dick, Mrs. George Willing, Jr., and Mrs. Joseph Jo-seph W. Powell. The Beale is the sixth hoat of its type tu be finished by Cramps for the United states government. |