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Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES j The following "Nautical Novelties" are furnished by the U. S. Navy Recruiting Re-cruiting station at Salt Lake City: Bells are rung on board naval vessels ves-sels to denote the time. One bell is sounded at twelve-thirty o'clock, a. m., two bells at one o'clock, and so on until eight bells are rung at four o'clock a. m. ; then at four-thirty, the procedure starts over with one bell. Eight bells are struck at midnight, j Once a year, at midnight on New Year's Eve, sixteen bells are struck to proclaim the ushering in of the New Year. Keeping time by means of bells dates back to the time of the Egyp-J ti:in pharoahs. Eight oared boats; i. red to ply the Nile, carrying two or ir.ore supernumeraries who relieved the oarsmen one at a time. At one; hell number one was relieved, and so j on until at eight bells the last of the: original oarsmen was relieved to take I a rest. j When the president of the United States is regularly embarked on board J a ship of the navy, but is absent therefrom at night with the intention of returning within twenty -four; hours, his absence is indicated by j eight vertical white lights displayed at the peak. , The frigate "Constitution," which was launched in 1797, is the oldest vessel in service in the United States navy. This ship is now at Panama, where she will remain until January 15, when she leaves for San Diego, Calif. She is due to arrive at San Diego on February 5, 1933. The church pennant is the only flag that is permitted to be flown above the stars and stripes. It is displayed when divine services are being held on board United States men-o'-war. The fuel oil testing plant at the Philadelphia navy yard has saved the government and private ship owners huge sums of money by teaching marine engineers how to burn fuel oil efficiently, and by conducting numerous numer-ous iests to determine which refrac- tories and insulating materials give j the best service in marine oil-fired boilers. . During a water shortage at Ta-j Ta-j coma, Wash., the airplane carrier j Lexington furnished light and power for the city, which has over 110,000 I population. S The floating dry-dock Dewey was j towed from Chesapeake bay to Philip-j Philip-j pine Islands, a distance of 13,080 ! miles, in 150 days, i Every capital ship and tender in ; the U. S. navy has a chaplain who administers the spiritual needs of the I officers and men on the vessel. I |