The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-27
BISMARCK AND REST
OF nation OBSERVE
NAVAL ANNIVERSARY
Speeches and Pilgrimage to
Roosevelt Cabin Are on
Local Program

Bismarck Joined the rest Of the ma
ton Tuesday in observing Navy and
Roosevelt Day with appropriate cere-
monies.
Several speakers gave short talks
in all the public schools while a spe-
cial program was arranged at the u.
s. Indian school here.
At 3 p. m. uniformed Boy Scouts of
Bismarck and Mandan were to stage
a pilgrimage to Theodore Roosevelt's
cabin at the state CAPITOL. where Su-
preme Court Justice A. G. Burr was
to give a short talk on Roosevelt"
Governor George F. Shafer will be
the principal speaker at a dinner
meeting of the National 6ojourners
in the Patterson hotel at Z o'clock
Tuesday night.
Assistant Attorney General Harold
D. Shaft will be the principal speak
er on the American Legion program
to be broadcast over the local radio
station beginning at Z o'clock Tuesday
night. Presentations by the local
posts drum and bugle corps also
will be broadcast on the same pro-
gram.
u. s. Flags Unfurled
American flags were raised Tues
day morning at all public schools, the
Boy Scouts staging appropriate cere-
monies, and business houses were to
fly the United States colors in the
business district.
Navy Day essay contests In Bur-
leigh and Morton counties were
launched Tuesday in connection with
the observance. Prizes are offered by
the Bismarck andan bodies OF Scot
fish Rite Masonry. Fifth and sixth
grade students will write on ''Theo-
dore Roosevelt, A True American
while seventh and eighth grade stu
dents will have THE American Navy
in War and Peace" as their essay
subject.
The glories Of the past and the
hopes of the future were entw1ned
Tuesday in the Nays observance of
its 156th birthday.
In a worldwide movement, the
limitation of It's strength through a
holiday on construction was under
consideration. A slice of $50, 900 900
from it's next budget is before the ad-
ministration.
But, on the birthday of Theodore
! Roosevelt, an ardent exponent Of its
upbuilding, the navy paused for its
annual ceremony. S~eafaring routine
slipped from the decks of many ships
in port and the service kept open
house for the nation.
At Lakehurst, modernity was SYM
bolized in the dedication of q new
queen Of the air-the giant airship
Akron.
From the rejuvenated decks Of Old
Ironsides, Secretary Adams will re-
call Tuesday night the magnificent
traditions Of Americas men Of the
sea.
Urges Adequate Defense
On the eve of the Nays celebra-
ton. President Hoover described "the
first necessity" of the country as the
maintenance Of q navy so strong and
SO efficient that no enemy could ever
attempt invasion. -.
At the same time, though, he said
"ours is a force of defense, not Of
Tense" He added the armed forces
must be reduced to the lowest point
consonant with security.
"Our problem" the chief executive
said, lis to assure the adjustment Of
our forces to the minimum based up
on the outlook in the world; TO strive
for lower armament throughout the
whole world; to promote goodwill
among nations; to conduct u mill
tary activities with rigid economy: to
prevent extremists on n side from
undermining the public will be sup
port our necessary forces, and to pre-
vent extremists on the other side
from waste of public funds"