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Show GUNS BEING BUILT FOR 17 NEW WARSHIPS WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Produc-I tlon of ordnance material, particularly particu-larly main battery guns and fire control con-trol instruments, for the seventeen major ships now under construction I for the navy progressed Batisfoctorl-! I) throughout the last fiscal year, according ac-cording t-i the annual report of Rear Admiral Charles U .McVay, Jr. chief of the bureau of ordnance, submitted today to Secretary Daniels. Efforts have been made during the year with good success to Improve on the tvpe of mine used In the North sea mine barrage. Admiral McVay j Bays, adding that a large quantity of anti-submarine and other gear left I over from the war has been stored I for use In future emergencies. |