Show Nautical Novelties J cI The United States Navy is n a youthful youth ful organization according to tho the Secretary of oC tho iho Navys Navy's annual report re r port ort of June Julie 30 1936 The elates lates there were were- enlisted men then serving in the the- Navy of these were below 20 O. O years oars of age S1 20 years of ago and tind were cre between tho the ages o of 21 n and 21 H. The wore were allOver all allover over 24 21 with one lad of oC 67 years Secretary of oC the Navy y Claude A. A Swanson Swanson recently revealed that the tho two new battleships t to bo be added to tho the United States Navy will bo ho tho the most formidable floating in ill the the world orld They Thoy will carry the most guns suns known to naval science e today and will win be bo so 50 heavily al armored mored that no attempt will be o r mH made mado e to step up th their lr speed to connate conn- conn CO com compote l.- l. pote ate y with f. f h the thc announced 30 30 knot speed d of Great l Britian's two now battleships 11 01 All ro in th the tho United States Navy are arc eligible for ent entrance to Class A Schools classes S are formed monthly at the Navy Training Stations Stations Sta Sta- lions after from tte- tte ci uit it Training The competition l lor tor entrance to these schools Is is' is very lw kou kon 11 arid acid during the last fiscal year over O four our tho thousand sand young mon were graduated froni these various energy ad from the S 8 in 16 16 inch l buns guns O of of the Stiles States Navy Nan Battleship Maryland Iary and w when en allare allare all allare are fired aired l' l d dt at t once is 15 great gIat en enough to to rive drive a locomotive and four cars Cr from m Lo Los os o's s Aniel Angels Angeles s to tp San I Francico n c co C California li a distance f about b ut silos mile ITo i iTo To avoid ho dangers of f overloads o by lh formation formation fl flin of or leo ico on On planes in in a storm the tho United Sidles sl t s Navy Na planes pianos s will be ed wi with h a a. a dc- dc s apparatus u it as was recently y ans anno announced an an- no by th the tho Naval l Air S Station atton at Anacostia D D. C. C This i is to be accomplished by compressed air Of par particular interest t is th the new sEt of ot Commemorative stamps now I being nb I Issued b by tb Post Office Department Department De De- p which bears boors the ho pictures of famous Na Naval l. l heroes and the name name of their theu- vessels s. s These stam stamps s saro are aro being i rued issued at tho the rate o of f on ona ono one onea a month and up to the present time three values hav have been been put on sale The green one cent cant stamp tamp bears tho the portraits portraits' o of John ohn T Paul Jones and John Barry with their ships the Do Boa Hommo Hemme Richard and the Lex LeiX- ington The red two cent stamp pIcture pic pIc- picture ture DEcatur United States nd MacDonough Sar Saratoga toga While the I three cent stamp honors Farragut and the tho Hartford and Porter Port r and the tho I Powhattan A collection of the entire entire entire en en- tire series of thEse stamps will undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- give the collector an an excellent ex illustrated d summary of or th famous men and nd ships hips of the United States Slates Navy The White Star liner Queen Mary has four our propeller weighing 35 tons each They are aro Sf so sit perr perfectly y b balanced balanc balanc- ed d that a touch of the finger r ris is enough to set Let th them m in motion The monthly quota of first enlistment enlist enlist- enlistments ments ment for th the the- United States Stats Navy NaY Recruiting station at ui Salt Lake City Cit Utah from the mountain Inter area will be thirty sis Ix for the tho month of aPt Ap April g 11 1937 |