Show Admiral States Navy Used Aged Shells WASHINGTON Feb 24 UP- UP UP Rear Admiral W. W N. N Blandy chief chin f of the navys navy's bureau of ordnance e es said Tuesday that the navy was wa s using some ammunition made mad e more than a decade ago but added adde d that mere age is no criterion o oits of f its effectiveness Blandy said that both he an and d Navy Secretary Knox were ver very y seriously concerned over the report report report re re- port and added I am not going to stop until I get full tion The greatest danger of the report re- re report report re re- port the rear admiral said Is that axis propagandists will seize it and circulate it in South Amer Amer- ica lea The inquiry by the house nava naval affairs committee grew out of a report by Martin Agronsky of the National Broadcasting company from Sydney Australia in which an unidentified naval lieutenant lieutenan was quoted as saying it was wa pretty hard to hit attacking Japanese planes because the gunners gunners gunners gun gun- ners were not able to work ou out uniform fire patterns with bursts of the 1930 ammunition Blandy declared that he believed be- be behe believed be be- he knew from navy department department department depart depart- ment ordnance records the name nam of the vessel to which Agronsky referred |