Show Foretop of Battleship Maine Heads Trophies Of Five Wars Navy po Donates nates to Scrap Drive WASHINGTON Oct 23 UPI UPI- The foretop of the battleship Maine long displayed as an historic his his- tone relic at Ann Annapolis polls is goIng going going go go- ing on the scrap heap The navy Friday announced that trophies and relics of five live wars would be collected at the thena na naval vi l academy to be sold and melted down to provide weapons for tor this war as part of the naf na na- na- na f wide tion-wide scrap salvage campaign cam cam- In addition to t the tle e Maines Maine's foretop the historic trophies beIng being being be be- ing scrapped include a British U-po U 21 gun from a ship captured captured captured cap cap- by Commodore Thomas MacDonough at the thc battle of ot Lake Champlain two torpedoes from the German gunboat Geier Geler the first German ship interned by the United States in the first j- j World war the searchlight and gun taken from Spanish cruisers in 1898 and engraved brass destroyer nameplates The navy said the academy scrap collection was expected to yield pounds of ot iron and steel and pounds of brass and bronze In addition miscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous mis mis- equipment formerly used at the academy for tor training training train train- ing was expected to yield about I tons of assorted metal scrap r J. J |