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Show "Nautical Novelties" Aro you informed of the fact that. The Navy will enlist twelve men from this district during July 1931? The average ration cost for the Navy for the last fiscal year was SO.o;16, a slight increase over the cvsi for tiie previous year? The strength of the Dental Corps of the U. S. Navy is 18B? Extra dentists are employed at the Naval Nav-al Academy, at training stations and at recruit depots in the endeavor en-deavor to render new personnel dentally fit at the outset of theii service careers. The cost per deim per man for tho adequate medical service supplied sup-plied to the Navy personnel was 50.07569 in 192U? The native population of Guam by the 1930 census was 17.592? This may be compared with the census of l'Kll, when the population was 9.075. The increase of population is due largely to the banilary and me dical work of Navy Medical Of-liceis. Of-liceis. Battleships of the U. S. Navy ure named in honor of Slates? A permanent aviation unit was established at the Naval Academy, Annapolis during this spring of 1929. to furnish indictriiml flight training to members of the Junior class during the summer and for the spring and fall training of the senior class? Weather bulletins are broadcasted broadcas-ted daily from 23 naval radio stations sta-tions and hydror:raphic bulletins from 13 stations? Time signals are broadcasted liom one to three times daily fiom 7 high powered radio stations and from 6 intermediate) inter-mediate) radio i.lations. At the request of the Interior Department, the Nuvy made an aerial survey cf 25,000 square miles f unexplored Alaskan territory? There peaceful naval exX-ditions are oft'-ntinv-s conducted to assist other branches ol the Federal government.. gov-ernment.. That the en w of an American Destroyr. the U. S. S. S. Chllds, j when in Constantinople some years ago, adopted 40 Russian children. ' supph'.-ig means for their miiin- ; ; f-i i n i j r-f nnd education? I Th" above "Nautical Novelties'- . we' e f iirni'-ti'-d by the U. S. Navy r.'f'Tiijtmg Station, Salt LuTTe City, j Utah. |