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Show "Nautical Novelties" Are you informed of the fact that: Congress, in 1775, voted $100,-000 $100,-000 to establish our Navy? At that time an enlisted man received receiv-ed $80 per year for his services. Cn July 1, 1930 there were 900 members of the Medical Corps on active duty in the U. S. Navy? For the fiscal year 1930, it is esimtated that 4,863,360 words oi traffic were handled for other government gov-ernment departments? It is estimated es-timated that the savings to othei government department by the use of naval communication facilities during this period amounted to $729,504.00. The men of the U. S. Navy use over thirteen million pounds of sugar annually? Admiral Byrd's expedition to tne South Pole cost almost a million coiiars? . . , . The use of typewriters instead of pens in the U. S. Navy saves forty for-ty minutes per hour? The U. S. Navy has had out four fleet actions, and in each one has captured or destroyed every enemy ship? , It cost each American about one cent per day to maintain the u. S lnaIn? interview with Admiral W V. Pratt, Chief of Naval operations on the meaning of the recent fleet maneuvers at Panama and in the Caribbean sea, the Admiral stated "Aviation alone can never take away the need for suiface .ships? A good Navy will alwajs need heavy battleships that can fight their way along slowly and steadily. An air force is an e, sential part of the Navy, but the fact remains that you cannot use light planes to take the P ace , ana do the work of heavy battle h.ps The Admiral added, me tons of aircraft earners allowed us under the Navy Treaty aie not too much. I would like . to se more cruisers with te a few smaller aircraft carriers. t"eVstCbmarines built by Irters and ivfm. desiSnation by which namesnCeC1'SL Thos to are the V. 1 to 9Tecn order, the Rnr y are namei En)ta, Argonaut k "racuuda, Bass, Dolphin "IfeH Nautil-i tlefish. ' Cachalot and Cut-' tific expeditions tnndUCted sci" tor of the globe 6Very lands and nPw Scoverine new ng wit I sWe nllZa,tions' treat-talning treat-talning to hnhlfPCOples and at-fcns at-fcns bv shin h ,"uknown reg-. craft? h'P' d0B sle(i and air- fifing Sta |