Show I 1 NAUTICAL NOVELTIES I 1 furnished by the it S navy station salt lake city I 1 I 1 v walter winchell got lib his start in the navy lie he enlisted in 1917 and was assigned to a secretarial role aboard the flagship isis lie iio remained aboard until the cessation coti atlon if f hostilities when lie he started putting his tire line in print lie ile is i now it 11 lieutenant in the naval reserve Reser vp an inch of 0 rainfall means at approximately tons of water to the square mile the wettest lot blot under tinder our flag Is near ait ii where three feet and ten inches of 0 rain fell ell in IT a four day ceriol heavy rain anil and ei electrical storms aro are encountered at sea but thunder is seldom heard 1 the bureau of 0 fisheries has determined ter mined that hat a ship at sea from six ax to eight months accumulates a growth ol of barnacles barnacled barn acles and grass on its bottom of 0 from two to three inches lies and weighs from GO CO to tons the growth accumulates faster astor in the tropics than in colder waiters ter and more rapidly when a ship is at anchor than when she la is steaming tho the growth toes does not accumulate in fresh water tit in the south seas there Is a volcano which Is used by passing ships for or navigational purposes this volcano which is known as the light house volcano is reported to show smoke by day clay and red flame at night at regular intervals ot of 3 minutes out ot of ten tell it Is located on the island of 0 totua and lies 45 miles north of 0 in the tongan group I 1 april seems to be the war month ot of the united states five out of six of 0 our major wars started in april the state of utah is well represented in the united states navy by the battleship utah and the ton cruiser salt lake city the utah is radio controlled and can be maneuvered without a single person on board the muzzle velocity of 0 the bullet of tho the american military rifle ride 13 13 2700 feet a second it if it could keep up lip that rate of speed it could travel 1840 miles in an hour A certain modern sporting rifle tires fires a bullet with a muzzle velocity ot of feet a second which would be at the rate ot of 2 miles an hour the muzzle velocity ot of the shells ot of the german long range guns that bombarded parts paris was teet feet a second a rate ot of miles an hour tho the new orleans a ten tell thousand ton cruiser has steamed close to miles in the first year that she has been in commis zon on she has visited over twenty different ports including european central america and hawal hawaiian ports the adage join the navy and see thi world has a staunch advocate in the brambl ns of the good ship new orleans president roosevelt may go to san diego california in june ta review the U S fleet which is expected to concentrate there on june as a tribute to the exposition it li 19 estimated that about war vessels will participate tit in this concentration cent ration with a total personnel ot of officers and enlisted men |