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Show MISS ESTHER ROSS SPONSOR FOR SHIP Bhoenix, Ariz Vprll 17 Miss Esther Esth-er Ross, aged 17, a daughter of a Prescott druggist, was appointed by Governor Hunt today as sponsor of the battleship Arizona, which will be launched .it the New York navy yard. June 10 Mi?s Ross, who has been at a boarding school In Louisville. Ky . was chosen from among fifteen applicants. s Arizona Is a dry state Governor Gover-nor Hunt has prescribed water, taken from the first flow over the spill-ways spill-ways over the gigantic Roosevelt dam. as the christening fluid instead of th" customary champagne A committee of fifty men and women wo-men will represent the slate at tbs launching ceremonies |