Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the VI S navy recruiting station salt lake city 0 the old figure figurehead heads previously used I 1 sod on naval to express their individuality have disappear d the phoenicians Phoenicia ns and egyptians Egypt lons ions ornamented their ships with floura leads to aid in them j aings designed tho figure of 0 their warships to instill fear in the ranks of 0 their enemies the long warships of the greeks nud and romans frequently cuir carried ried a latho of a favorite god or goddess nt at the bow as a vigilant guardian junks frequently have a hugo huge eye on their bows to watch nr r devils in ili tile the untied united states nay tho the figure licals flourished dur i ilg 11 the days of 0 wooden sailing lips hips tho old deleware had a tg fig ire cre bead of 0 tho the deleware delaware in indian lc act ie i e to guide lafr for 1 tunes the niagara of lake erie me cat cairned ried at her prow a fine v carved eagle in 1909 by order ct t tile secretary of the navy figure wads were removed from the tight fight iii ships ot of the united states nivy navy and thir future use rise discontini oil cd during the past 21 year aiice lie night of april 14 1912 when the liner titanic struck an iceberg if ft the tall of the grand bank and bank with tho the less of 1500 lives not hot a single life has been lost thru collision with lee ice along tile the north atlantic steamship ip rout routes tes due to ho he excellent work of tho the U S coast guard cutters which keep I 1 in n touch with the ice limits as they I 1 hange from day to day and place this in ili tho the hands hand of 0 approaching shipmasters ship masters by radio about bergs invade the nor north IL AtIa Atla itle ittle south lot lof new newfoundland found lard every avery year most alost of the icebergs which appear in ili tho north atlantic origin ito on the western coast of green 1 arid aid a few como come from the eastern and fawn hudson hudon bev bergs ire re being formed all the yeii round but in greater numbers during the amer ummer season thousands abc set adrift drift each year it Is the vicinity of tho the great bank of newt new aind land that icebergs iceberg s and field ice apa ear car in the tha greatest number curing the world V orld war tho united d states laid down destroyers but by the time the armistice Armi siira had ei e i s ened only 38 of that num nu 3 er hd had been completed only I 1 of ilsc completed reached the war ZO tone 13 e before november 11 1918 tut giuy y are now building at newport news virginia an aircraft carrier the ranger which will be completed in 1934 this vessel will bo the eighth one named ranger tio the first ranger was vlas built in 1777 ar a r ed IS gons gans slie she was com i aided by john paul jones and was the first ship to fly the stars and stripes this first ranger flyne dyne the first american flag was ahe first american vessel to re receive a gun glin salute from a foreign nation the salute was tired fired by france at eo bay bellr 1 on february 14 1778 and by it franie braute recognized r rii r ii 1 1 the school district Is conducting r survey to determine how many unemployed teachers there are in ill tiie thep district with a view to liling abing a pro program ram of employment for them under tinder the csoll works administration it if the number justl justi i ties persons person who may be interested are requested to get in touch with superintendent barlow at once as a number of extra teachers may be employed for a few months |