Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the 0 S navy recruiting station salt lake lak 1 city the united states fleet less the battleships maryland and mi als sippi and the heavy cruisers sau francisco and portland departed today from their home ports in southern california for their regular summer cruise to ports in wasi wash ington and alaska the fleet expects to return to their southern drill arill grounds on august IG 1937 the battleships maryland and mississippi and the heavy cruisers portland and san francisco will r remain e in southern california for ti aliu summer lummer conducting the yearly gun nery lery schools the annual summer cruise is especially ally welcome to all the sailors providing them with opportunities to 0 view the scenic wonders of the pacific northwest and alaska and to enjoy the warm wari n hospitality of the people who always hold I 1 ope open n house when bell the fleet comes north nort I 1 i dances excursion trips banquets aud and entertainment fetes or of all kinds will be at the disposal ot of the sailors flag day june 14 brought mem rles of betsy ross the tradition 1 maker of the first stars and stripes chosa name has been identified with our national flag for many years ears no one knows what became of the first flag where it was flown jr ir just what happened immediately after george washington arid and his committee authorized betsy to make it early in 1776 it is known however lo wever that betsy made flags for or the he navy for many years and shorty ly before the continental congress approved of the stars and stripes on in june 14 1777 the treasury was ordered to pay betsy ross in british currency ur rency a sum amounting to approximately tor for flags tor for the fleet in the delaware river betsy was left a widow early in 1776 her husband john ross having died in the service of his country later she married marrie 1 joseph ashburn who was captured by a british warship and died in a british prison her third husband was john claypoole Olay poole and her only descendants ts are from the claypoole line betsy herself lived to the ripe old age of 84 little dreaming that her name would be remembered and fevered levered by forthcoming generations af americans there Is still plenty of gold left in the ocean and the search tor for this type ot of treasure intrigues adventurers even in recent times an expedition tion salvaged several millions in gold from the steamship egypt oft off the coast ot of africa and it Is now working on a sunken vessel in the english channel the british sloop of war DeBr debraal De Braak alk which went down in 1798 with in specie gold silver and copper coins has been located oft off cape henlopen Hen ilen lopen in delaware bay and has found to be accessible it if th right apparatus Is used with go gold id selling at 35 an ounce in this country the billions ot of dollars ot of unken treasure lying on oil the flo floor or ot of the worlds seas are almost doubled in value the battleship corresponding to lis the ship of the line ot of sailing days is often referred to as the back none bolle of the fleet this Is the type rf at ship around which a fleet is built all other types being considered as contributory although contributory the other types are necessary for a balanced fleet in designing a battleship a balance is struck between machinery weight which governs the speed armament weight or striking power and art arl mor weight or protection agat against ast damage from the enemy it if one Is 19 increased it ft must be at a sacrifice ot of one of the others unless the ship is increased beyond all reasonable size bols aio 10 am 01 0 1 I IIA aa P tempa A sem proux bip atil am inq III n salie qZ lo jo aguil am aal sieves 1 y bot iam pul pue aeu ITO 1 l wo wot i T ins ina sum eon JV IV P 0 IBIS aels braid al ej am legai besot qa BUT jo 10 ittig gill 0 |