Show nautical novelties did you know that at specified times every day a radio signal from the navy radio station at arlington virginia Virgin lat flashes the exact time all over the world as recorded at the naval observatory these signals are aie sent in a series of dots and ended with a long d dash ash to denote the exact time A master clock at boulder dam is regulated by this signal and in turn this master clock actuates the mechanism of the electric clocks in the homes and offices for many miles around the territory th that the navy is perhaps the worlds largest single distributor distributor of motion pictures it maintains 2000 films in constant circulation and has a nightly attendance of approximately men the navy acquires between and new films each year or practically the total output of all tile the major studios the films are not owned outright by the navy but are leased for a period of tour four years after which t they he y are returned turned le to t P lr respective studios and speaking of movies when you see your favorite star athlete in slow motion you are indebted to your navy the necessity for studying the flight of projectiles led the navy to develop a camera which makes possible slow motion movies that in 1888 while the omaha was engaged in target practice off japan tour four japanese were killed and seven wounded by one of its shells abells A house also was damaged the officers and men inen of the omaha were mortified and sympathetic they contributed contil buted out of their pay 1200 to the relief of the victims and their dependents the japanese foreign office was gratified by the contribution of the crew and would demand no indemnity sit ango tales of the deep what becomes of the ships missing at al sea and taking all hands and the ships cook with them there are any number of explanations but when a vessel so disappears without leaving so BO much as a burnt match or a piece of grating on the surface of the sea to indicate her last position the mystery Is complete explosions are believed to be the cause of many strange disappearances of oil tank tankers drs such buch as the SS S S golden shell sheli which vanished in fit the caribbean spa sea in 1925 she was from los angeles to now new york but to this day da has not arrived sailing ships under incompetent com commands mands sometimes carried too much canvas in the winds and capsized or were dismantled and left to float helplessly and heedlessly until rescue came or the ship went ashbro on some lonely reef sometimes a few survivors live to tell the tale sometimes not such was the strange story of tile the barkentine which vanished at sea in 1908 while front from san francisco to sidney australia for a long time the owners waited tor for w word ord from froin her when at last they had given up all hope and lloyds had crossed off overdue on oil the register and was about to inscribe in its place missing with all hands a bedraggled group of men in tattered clothes and with horror and suffering written indelibly in ill their eyes ees arrived on planning flanning island in ill the south pacific in a small open boat they told how the had been shipwrecked on a small reef on oil christmas island the ship was a total loss and could not be patched up and put to soft sea again christmas island was far from the steamer lanes in those days and never a sail was sighted the crow crew lived in robinson crusoe fashion for years one day the mate becoming desperate gathered about him tile the strongest st and most fearless of the survivors checked a few tropical fruits and a keg of water in the boat and set out with empty stomachs dry tongues and hopeful hearts tor for rescue they made it |