Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the U S navy station salt lake city do you ever have ambitions to become a governor radio or motion picture star orchestra leader columnist pugilist or when in a state of financial embarrassment do yoi yo i ever picture yours yourself eif as the secretary ot of the treasury controlling and disi disbursing bursing billions ot of dollars aoh ach year are a few of 0 the men who have scaled these he heights bights after completing an all enlistment in III the navy proving again the versatility of training offered by the united states navy james allred governor of texas lloyd stark I 1 governor of I 1 missouri phil baker radio comedian jack sharkey pugilist slid and ex heavyweight champion of the world F F gosden amos of amos and andy jack benny radio comedian henry gen thau jr secretary of the treasury conrad nagel motion picture arar george J obrien motion picture star E E peabody radio and vaudeville edward G robinson motion picture star spencer tracy motion picture star rudy kudy vallee radio stage and motion picture star paul whitman orchestra ae leader ad and walter winchell columnist and critic I 1 the giant aircraft carrier U S 3 SARATOGA has tile the distinction ot of boing the first man o war to have a concert organ it was purchased by tile the crow crew through gli tile the profits ot of ill the crows crews ships service store tile the organ is not a pipe organ but electrical and is said to be cap lulo aulo ot of as many if not more tone Ivar variations lations than a pipe organ this Is the second NAVY ship to have an all organ ot of tilts this type the naval transport HENDERSON ENDERSON II installed one last fall the liner AQUITANIA has one the organ is about tile the same size as a piano and is set up ill in the airplane stowage deck ot of tile the carrier the ceremony of launching vessels originated back in the early times it then was done and so continued tor for many years as a propitiation to the gods ot of the elements As was the case with all offerings to the various gods the mediums used in the ceremony were many and varied in tahiti it was once the custom to shed human blood at launching ceremonies other and more warlike peoples would bind slaves and other humans to the ways so that they would be crushed as the ship slid into the water the launching ceremonies up until the nineteenth century have always been in the hands of 0 high religious or naval officials in tact fact the religious element has always been so major a part that religious shrines were placed aboard all ships a few centuries ago and the custom survives to this day in china later wine was universally used in launching ceremonies a bottle being broken over the bow al laough water was used to some extent as a token of purification I 1 I 1 I 1 history tells us that two futile attempts were made to launch the old constitution with water and not until a bottle of wine was broken over the bow did she silo sill i into the sea to commence her mem crable career |