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Show DRYDOCK DAMAGE LESS THAN SUPPOSED WASHINGTON, Fob. 20- Admiral '.owlet, commandant of the Pearl harbor har-bor naval atatioa, Hawaii, advised ths) navy department today that aramlaa tions just completed show that ta beV torn of the two sect! Oct of tha great naval drvdoek adjoining tha esttUa which collapsed laat wast 'had asm risen at waa feared. Thit Indicate that tha damage to tae dock, though eatsaaiv, it much lea than waa seppootd, The r.avT department it anxtoua to have the dock ready aa toon aa poeti ble after the opening of the Panama canal, at the Puget tound dock will ha the only one available for naval pur-poses pur-poses on the Pacific coast, a larleOl tea. sideratiou if the AUaatio Sett ta aaah Uuough the eaatl. |