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Show NEW SUBMARINE" IS LAST WORD Undersea Fighter Embodies Features Fea-tures Developed Through War- CAN GET QUICK GUN ACTION Radio System Permits Boat to 8end and Receive Message While Submerged Sub-merged New Submarine Is Double-Hulled Double-Hulled and li Regarded by Naval Constructors as Embracing the Very Latest in Submarine Construction. The United States has taken another step forward In submarine construction construc-tion with the Inuuchlng of the S-51, the navy's latest undersea lighter, at Bridgeport, Conn. The S-51 Is tho last of tho ships of her typo to be built nnd slio is n development In the direction direc-tion of the great fleet submarine, with Its wide radius of Independent action and Its henvy armament. The new submarine embodies tunny of the features fea-tures developed through the expert cuco gained In the World war. Some of tho things that the S-51 can do nnd the way they are done are naval secrets se-crets and to some extent her construction con-struction and accomplishments have been shrouded In mystery. Can Qet Quick Action. Ono of the Improvements aboard the S-51 Is the mounting of her four-Inch gun nnd tho readiness with which It can be brought Into action as the submarine leaves the depths of the sen nnd rises to tho surface to strike un enemy. The GO-callbrc weapon Is mounted forward of the conning tower tow-er nnd Is fully equipped for nclton even when the submarine Is submerged. sub-merged. Just behind the gun In tlo well of the conning tower Is a hatchway. hatch-way. Through this the gun crew can loo,-) to their firing pflsts ns the Bhlp rises from the waves, Jumping Into position while the deck Is still awosh. Ammunition charges In the wall of the conning tower can bo thrown open to supply charges for the gun up to the time the vessel Is riding free on the surface, and the ammunition hoist begins to work. A half dozen four-Inch four-Inch shells can be thrown from the gun before the submarine has risen far enough from the sen to present a possible targot for any enemy vessel. In addition to the four-Inch gun, the S-51 carries Ave 21-lnch torpedo tubes, four forward and one In the stern. Undersea Wireless. Tho S-51 Is equipped with undersea wireless. Her radio system permits her to send and receive messages whllo submerged. Slio maintains sight contact with the world above the waves through three periscopes. One of theso has Its cye-pleco In the conning con-ning tower, where the operator, mounted on a platform, rides up and down to take observations at various heights. The eye-pieces of the two other periscopes are located in tho control con-trol room. Two electric motors drlvo the S-51 when she is submerged and on the surface she is propelled by two Busch-Sulzer-Dlssel engines, rated at 050 brake horsepower each. Tho new submarine Is double-hulled double-hulled and she Is regarded by naval constructors as embracing the last word In submarine construction. She Is designed to withstand wlrti safety submergence to depth of 200 feet LEFT $5,000 IN OLD SHOE And Cobbler Returned It to Polish Woman, Getting $10. An elderly woman, described ns being be-ing Polish, left a pair of shoes to be repaired with Frank Sldelll, cobbler, Bnyonne, N. J. Sldelll found n paper wad In one of the shoes. He tossed It carcle .sly Into n pllo of litter and went on about his work. A little later he came across the wad again, opened It end found It comprised fifty $100 bills. He shouted and his wife and children camo running In. They called '... police. Search was mnde, but the Polish woman was not found until, n full hour later, she came running in breathlessly and crying for her money. When Sldelll told 'her he had found tho $5,000 nnd saved It for her she praised him for being honest and gave him n $10 bill. "My man Is always afraid of burglars," burg-lars," she said. "He packed his savings In my shoo nnd I didn't know about It until Just now, nftcr I told him I hnd sent the shoes to be repaired. We will use' tho bank from now on." |