Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by y the 11 S navy recruiting station salt lake city the heavy cruiser astoria which wa in a drydock at the puget sound nay yard and launched last december was the first united states naval vessel in over thirteen oara cars to have been christened with champagne its predecessor in tho dock the he cruiser louisville was christened with water from abraham I 1 lincoln spring in kentucky tile the astoria was 35 per cent com when launched and wll wit be commissioned about april is 1934 in the south seni seng there is a volcano which Is used by passing ships for navigational purposes this volcano which is known as tho the light house volcano is reported to show smoke by day and red ilaine flame it at night at regular intervals of 3 min DIM out of 10 it 1 ii located on the island aland of corua and lies 45 mils north of in the tongan group the U S navy holds the worlds official record for altitude reached liy by a balloon lieutenant T G W settle recently ascended to a height of feet the previous record of 0 feet was established by professor auguste august Pi ecard the belgian scientist soviet dussias Rus sias strat clainie to have reached an all altitude of over feet but the figures are arc not official because the barometer was not calibrated by the aeronautic inter nationale nationals nati onale association in the old navy before the days of cold storage facilities which enabled the carrying of fresh legeta lles iles on ships the crew was subject to scurvy due to lack of proper diet this disease which more often than not appeared on vessels long at sea caused loathsome sores to break out on the body teeth loosened and fe betl n out and a bodily weakness came over the strongest men fresh vegetables for a day would usually restore the entire crew to health to secure fresh meat that would usually stave off scurvy old time sailors would often eat rats today regardless of the length of a cruise ships of cf our navy carry ample supplies or ol fresh fruits and vegetables recently question alres sent out to former navy men picked at random netted more than replies these replies showed 86 per cent were working at skilled trades which they had learned in the navy the average salary of the artisans was per month 97 per cent said they felt their time in the navy well spent and 83 per cent felt they would do likewise it if they had to do it over again 93 per cent thought naval training of great value valtie tor for civilian life and 74 per cent said that they would recommend the navy as a permanent vocation U SS texas texas steer or of march 3 1934 |