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August 13, 1927 "ONCE ARIZ , . From C. D. Wagoner. WHITE E NEWS GUNNERY DOPE General Electric Company, The inertia of two years eltlcient We are now starting a new gunnery Schenectady, N. Y. operation, combined with the interes- year which is going to be a corker. THE FOURTH LEXINGTON ted cooperation of all hamds and the After we come back from Puget IN U. 8. NAVY maintainanee of the same high etand- Sound to Pedro, the old grind starte The U. 8. 8. Lexington, aircraft ards, enabled the ARIZONA to turn and ~ITLcticeScome on top of each carrier, is the fourth vessel so called. in a score at the end of the month other. The practices are a0 f0Ib~S: she was originally dosigned for a of July of 112.37. It is a good fndica- PRACTICE WEEK DE43lNNINQ battre cruiser but work was ordered tion that there is no slackness below Short Range Battle.----3 October. suspended, February 8, 1922, upon the dacks. and that our future Prospects Battle Torpedo Practice.-7 November. signing of the treaty limiting naval are roRY. Night Battle "B" 6 DecearBer. armament. The white E score for 1926 - 27 Anti Aircraft "B"---.---12 Deoeanber hi^ vessel was authorized to be was 112.639. Although our allowances Night Battle "A" (Misa.&Arfa.)--2 Jan. converted to an aircraft carrier by have been cut at low and high speeds, Long Range Battle.(Colo. & Aria.)-12 act of congressdated ~~l~ 1, 1922, we are given a little more at cruising Force Battle-- March. In accordance with th terms of the speed. this Year. There is no reason All these we must shoot b&re go- &@f?: aboye treaty, and on ~~l~ 13, 1922, to anticipate a lower final merit for ing into the navy yard som€+time in AX iwaanption of work was anthorized 27 - 28 than we laat year. January with perhaps a spottirg prac- -. mh g&8 of the vessel se were However, there \'a no doubt that the tice or two for good measure. That wonto the plans of t~ battle race will be much closer this year. means lots of work and lots of observ- wrand the progosed pla~sfor the The New Mex., Colorado, and MisSi- ing. ccqe~~ionto an aircraft earrier. ssippi are all flghting hard to climb We did not do so hot last year but first veseel named ~~~i~~t~~back on top of the pile. No ship has it8 our time t0 hit 'em now. With purchased and ever won three white E's, so t9y are good luck and hard work we shall under au- figuring on painting stacqia next ~uly. paint "E's" all over the guns and have of ad act of the contkental The hardest part of th6,bght for all some extra cash besides. There'r s dated October a 1775. uhips will be the Full Power, Smoke gadgetp oa the bulletib board that sb named in comm61bemtion of Prevention, and Endurance Runs, to shows $ow much each practice'counts.. the &st battle in the Revolutionary be held September 2-39 on our way "Lets buck 'em for a loop." Sari to Sari War and 13 said to have been the flmt construction of four more. In this Continental veml ready for sea. When the smoke it Won't be hard to see who8 who- The country, two new cmieen an However, she was prevented by ice completion, while eontracts have been Engineers say it be the from leaving the river until March, At-em let for six. 1776. On April 6. 1776, commanded ship, and they Ought The names aseigned to our new by Captain John Barry, she captured __o__ ships are the Pensacola and Salt Lake the armed. sloop Edward, tender to OUR AND city. ~h~ contract vessels are The general trend Of in the R. B. M. S. Liverpool, and in August known as N~.26 and 31. These will of the asme yey uptured several recent Geneva Arms was to- mount nine eight inch guns, a other British vemels. Of cruiser stre- sped of 32.6 knots. It will probably But at the same time each Of three While in command of Capt. Wm. be 1930 before any of the ships are Hallock, returning from the Weat Participanb was going ahead with a put in commission. No. 29, 30 and 31 Indies the LEXINGTON was captured definite pmgram. At be fitted aB ~~gshi~~of by %I.B. M. S. PEARL; her crew was the present (Ireat Bdtian has under construction eleven ten-thous- divisionr and mwequarons. not removed and thw recaptured the The contr~.&mebeen awarded vessel, carrying her into Baltimore, and "glorified destroyers." AD- as follows:- +. Bfd., where she was refltted. Under have 4' more, the keels of whichpassed will forbe laidtwo scout cruiser*. 26 ~~thl~h~~ command of apt. Lamb& wickes Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, in 1777, she sailed for European this year- Jamis four with M~~~.scout cmiser N~. 27 to the (Contind on page three) ~11preparations completed for ae (Continwd on page three) 'EM AJkTZONA i LET 'ER GO; ENNIEI ' AT 'EM ARIZONA ' (Associatad $TesS) Lieutenant Co-er Roy C. Smith, Jr., of Newport, Rhode Island, stood on the bdge of the United States Destroyer Nga, anchored in the Yangtze river off Nanking and watched for signals flom tjocony Hill, EDITORIAL STAFF where a large group pf A-ericsn re- 8apewhry 05- .. Ghplaln B.B. Drw The proper ending for.8. checkered =tm D. W. tygees had been by &, Can- ... .. .. heim Alexander career is a striped suit. I Dirtribution .. R. F. Sdd.n* $0 tonese. With him ,on the bridge . - ---- stood Lieutenant "Bennie" Staub, U. A good many girls who paint draw PIUNTEBB S. N.. of. Pittaburah.-. executive ofecer I E. 8c I men. C. Wagner, Prtr on the Noa. J. C. Thomp.an. Bu la --- J. A. moral, 0- 20 A flash of white appeared on So- Most enthusiasm is possessed by -muIu-em- cony Hill. The Ameccan bluejackets those who wish to boss the job. DEAD MAN'S ISLAND GOING were wigwagging for shellflre. The --- Dead Man's Island, haven and ref- Noa's guns were trained around the There's a pleasure in being cranky base of the hill. Lieutenant Com- that oniy a craak can know. uge of the sharpshooting Sea Gulls, ---- coxswains' bane in foggy weather, and rpander Smith knew that to open flre might mean lots of things in the A kiss in time saves nine miles historic spot, is due to go and may be walk. only a memory when the Fleet steams world of international affairs. Some- times it means long-standing con- ---- into the harbor next week, Home is a place where you have troversies. Sometimes it means war. U. 5. Army Engineers have accep- your mail sent. But, on thin particular occasion, the ted bids for the removal of rock and --A- dirt, which will be used to flll the 62 Skipper also knew that it meant life In these days the amount of mater- acres in the outer harbor district. for the Americans imprisoned on So- ial a girl requires for a dress is im- The caet of removing the Island will cony Hill and that failure to flre materlal. be approximately one million dollars, might mean death for the entire party. ----- but rumors that the cost will be met A signalman repeated the request. Still water runs deep, but thoie who by raising the price of hot dogs on The Skipper made up his mind. To flsh for compliments always prefer his executive orllcer he said with a shallow water. the dock are unfounded. --- The new channel will be about 1000 sailorman'n characteristic humor: The trouble seeks to be that there feet wide when that ie accomplished "Well, I'll either get a court-martial isn't room in a, driver for both horse and will certainly be an aid to ship- or s medal for this. Let 'er go, Ben- sense and white mule. ping and a boost to local real estate nio!" . Whether Commander Smfth gets a --- values. When a man is' ashamed to show -Pennay Keystone. medal or not probably does not worry hid mu*. He ought to be sure by his colors, it's a pretty good sign he - this time, however, that there isn't is yellow. '39: What's a burlesque, Daddy? going to be any court-martial. -f- '16:. A take-OK, son.. Some people's prospects aie,.so fino '39: Take OK what Daddy? Florida Gator. __0__ that it is almost impossible to flne '16: *On 'hadn't better read Cop: "He9 stop kfcking that lamp them, your. geography again? post! What's the big idia?" -j- -Oregon Oranbe Ow'. Stew: (kicking po~tagain): dg~ It is-usually the girl who never had ___0__ know ahe's home, 'cause there's a a proposal who boast of having jilted Fair maid: "Oh, dr, what kind of (hit) light a number of men. an oflicer are you?" ---- Oflicer: "I'm a naval surgeon." -The Leatherneck. - __0__ Another of life's' tragedies is a girl Fair Maid: "Goodness! Horn You THOSE HARD-mESTED MARINES whose legs are as thin as the hoisery doctors do apecialite!"-The Fixit. A girl who likes the uniform she buys. ___0__ Is Sarah Jane McPleckin; ---- "A mawho can't express himaelf But she says buttons .hurt her chest It's getting harder to tell the boys so that people understand him is an When she goea leatherneckin'. and girls apart and sometimes you idiot. Do you understand me?" -Training Statlon News.
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