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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported %
he Health DEPARTMENT in the last - hours:
Thomas A. and Hazel M. MeCltnttcs boy.
Glenn and Madge Binns, boy.
Hezzie O. and Gladys E. shelton. boy.
Arthur and Teresa Cornwel, boy.
Charles III. and Anna VolkmAn, boy.
James Il. and Ella M. Meador, boy.
Bruce =. and Margaret y. Anderson, boy.
Edward II. and Louise @. Hutmire. boy.
Frederick L. and Gertrude Mostyns girl.
William +. and Emily Shea, girl
Roy I. and Lurnytie Shaffer, girl.
Nicholas II. and Catherine Pronko, girl.
Clyde w. and LaVon Hepler, girl.
Eugene L. and Marie B. Ricci, girl.
Joseph and Marion Stone, gtrl.
william O. and Elizabeth D. LOCKER, girl.
Michael J. and Mary A. O'Brien, girl.
Louis @. and Celia Grossberg, girl.
Ezra r. and Helen Stevenson, girl.
Harry w. and Mabelle Syer, girl.
Alton A. and Altala L. 1essards girl.
Raginald ". and Mary Truitt, girl.
Charles and Louise Slaughter, girl
Theodore and Rosa Bookings. girl.
Frank E. and Margaret Edmupdss girl
william and Edith Martin, girl
Edward and Ethel Fraction, girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28

Tuesday March 81 1881, &C FTeedmon'e
Hospital, WILLIAM II. Shields. beloved
husband Of Mamie Young shields. He
other relatives and friends. Remains regt-
iug ct Eugene Eprd'z funeral paFlcIg,. $500
Baptist Chnfch, 2srd Sc: Natwesn n and I
kts. n.wA ct / pm. SundA9 March 1a,
Rev. H u. GaBkins o61ctatirg. 28
sYNcLAIm ARTHUR GILBERT. on Friday.
March ~, 1881. at his residen0tt 142la
12th ST SCI ARTHUR GILBEkT. 9elokcd
HUSBAND Of Emma BeaH Sinclair nd la
NV a XrEsnie s'nslaiR GagYlos4 70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-28
Deaths Reported.

The .SlIoyns deaths 4, been F.pso5ssd e
Thomas q. "csmpbeiii, 90. deorse wash
ingtQn University Hospital
william Locke .Braddock. 90, 37i4 18th st.
Wilhelm EenneI, u, o. 9. Soldiers Home.
Charles P. PialIikstt. 81. .. !. Naval Hos
HsS ss cn' ss.Ss e H. e ssss HHs:Rs
Catherine McKeever, 81, GEORGETOWN Uni-
'' Barney I Shapiro, as. sibIsy Hospital.
Alden Taylor, 4 months, Chiidren's Hos
infant Of Elmer and Lillian Iceland, z
months Gaiiinger HOSPITAL
Charles H. Brooks, 90. 1883 18th st;
giIiiaR sssys1 diIlis$E: g iI.S, :tS st.
sli sas ss mmons. S. isss l 81 81
Mari. Tompkins. 80, dalIinger Hospital.
R06ert r. CLARK. 81. Trsedmsn's Hospital,
James 4: Burris, g. Waiter Reed Hospital:
Annie FELTON,. q. Ereedmsn.s Hospital
FOUND.
poo-several weeks ago; young male. brown
hrindled. white nose breast, feet; great pet.
Miss Johnston, West 0lz3.
LOST.
BARPTM platinum, with 3 sapphires; at
Kann's in dressing room; reward Return to
BRACELET. diamond and sapphire. Liberal
reward II returned to Mrs. Catherine Reagan,
2614 Cathedral ave. NV.
BROOCH gold. old-fashioned cameo, chain
holder attached; downtown section; reward.
North 1I6&
BUNCH OF KEYS on 0eorgia ave, near
Quincy Reward. Call Col 1873.
DIAMOND RING-L0st Saturday morning,
18th and q. Liberal reward. 1912 Webster
ST. ne. North es06.
DOGEStrayed away; tag No. 1i7e5. Return
to SIT v st. NV. Reward. z6e
EYEGLASSES; Georgetown freigi1t Terminal.
Phone Cleveland 7215. 2ee
keys, glasses, etc. bet
18th and N SITS. and a.. Matthew'S Church;
this morning; name inside, 1901 18th NV.
PURSE, brown, containing drivers permit;
In Lincoln Park. Friday. Col. 47il. Reward.
RING. old fashioned, amethyst and pearls;
in or near Blessed Sacrament Church. Chevy
mond ave wisconsin 1907
RINd-White gold. wedding; Nichols ave,
Anacostia. y. O., near car pit. Liberal re-
ward. Rosena Butler, Lincoln 0447, 2ss
TERRIER, wire-haired white with black on
head End ears, fat. gentle; answers 20 name
sport; vicinity 18th and Lawrence mel
TOY BULLDOG. screw tail, hrindle and
white, female answers TO name Of "Betty,
e essk o nas as e az. front foot Reward
WATCH. gold Walthani. hunting case; name
inside hack. Phone Gen. Whitehead Ma
ti1naI 2520. Branch iz04
WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER. male, white with
6E2En ears PACK 4cllaE; lost 70 Pm. W esss
:.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
JUDGE JAMES HAY
DIES IN VIRGINIA
Served on House Military Af-
fairs Committee During
Wilson's First Term.

Judge James Hay. prominent Vir-
GINA Democrat and former Represent
alive in Congress. who retired from the
United States Court of Claims a few
years ago. died last night at his hcme
at Madison. Va. He was rs years old.
The jurist, who served as chairman Of
the important House Military Affairs
Committee during Woodrow wilson's
first term as President, will be buried
at Madison tomorrow after funeral
services from his home
Judge Hay was the father CT James
Hav. jr., Washington writer.
He was born in Wildwood, Clarke
County, Va, and was educated in
private schools in Virginia and Mary
land and the University of Pennsyl-
vania. He received a bachelor of laws
degree from Washington and Lee Uni
veTsity in 1877, and was admitted to
the bar and began practicing at Madi-
son that year.
After serving as commemorative at
torney be became a member of the
State House Of Delegates in 1885,
serving until 1891 Later he served in
the State Senate before his election to
the House Of Representatives in 1897.
He resigned in 1916 to accept appoint
ment to the Court of Claims.
Judge Hay is survived by his widow,
two daughters. Mrs. D. G. Wade of
Beck!ey w. Va. and Mrs Randolph
G. Page of Fairfield. Ohio and two
sors william Hay of Madison and
James Hay, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
CASHIER PREVENTS
CAFETERIA ROBBERY
HurIs Envelope MoiStener in
Face of HoId-up Man
With Fake "PistoI."

An attempt to hold up the cashier
street, was frustrated and the wouldbe
bandit subsequently captured last night
wher the cashier ignored the mans
command to stick EN- up" and hurled
a porcelain envelope moistener in his
face.
Simon Lang Of 500 street. the CASH
ier. had Just finished waiting upon sew
eral customers when a colored man
walked into the cafe, brandished what
Lang believed to be a revolver covered
with a cloth and ordered him away
from the cash register.
The bandit. without further ado,
reached over the counter to open the
money drawer and Lang picked up the
envelope device and threw it into the
mans face, inf1icting deep liberation
of the left cheek.
Taking to his heels. the colored man
raced through the door as Harry l..
Riley, an inspector for the Thompson
lunch room chain. entered the place
Riley Sensed trouble and started after
the man, with Lang close behind, and
the two overlook him at Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
The revolver" turned out to be Moth
ing more than piece of metal, shaped
somewhat like a pistol.
Riley took his prisoner to the first
precinct station. where he was booked
for investigation as William Harris. %
and then removed to Emergency Hos
pital for tirst-aid treatment Harris
told police he had no home and decided
upon the hold-up because he had no
job and was hungry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
JUSTINE CROSSER
ELOPES TO VIRGINIA
Daughter of Representative and
G. W. U. Law Student Wed
in Alexandria.

courtship begun while they were
students at universities here was cuimi-
mated in Alexandria June 2 with the
elopemont and marriage of two young
Ohioans-Miss Justine Crosser, daugh-
ter of Representative Crosser of Cleve-
land, and Charles A. Sweeny of Toledo,
a law student at George Washington
University.
The couple, it was revealed yesterday,
slipped away for the ceremony, in
Christ Church, Alexandria, ON the day
following Miss Crosser's graduation
from American University. Both are
% years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sweeny, who are living
at the Miramar Apartments. will make
their home in Washington until the
bridegroom completes the two remain
ing years of his law course. On his
graduation Mr.. Sweeny plans to practice
law in Toledo.
The former Miss Crosser studied at
the Womens College of Western Re-
serve University. at Cleveland prior to
coming here. Mr.. Sweeny. son of MIR.
and Mrs. A. w. Sweeny, prepared for
his law course at the University OF
Toledo. The elder Sweeny is connected
with the New York Central Railway at
Toledo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
BAKER WILL FACE
TRIAL MONDAY IN
Staying OF WIFE
Accused of First-Deoree Muir
derfh Shooting at Home
on April 2.
GAVE UP WHEN HE TIRED
OF DODGlNG POLICEMEN
Statement Given to Police Bl8mes
Refusal to Listen to Pleas for
Reconciliation.

Albert C. Baker. SO, confessed slayer
of his entranged wife, May, will go on
trial before Justice Peyton Gordon and
jury in Criminal Division ! Monday
on charge Of first-degree murder.
Mrs. Baker was shot April 2 at her
husbands home, 907 o street, where
she had gone to look after" three Of
her four children. The three children
witnessed the shooting. The other
youngster. a 15-year-oId girl had been
living with an aunt since the Bakers
separation.
Baker fed after the shooting, but
surrendered a short time later. explain
ing he was tired Of dodglng policemen
and wanted TO see my children again"
Confession Reported.
In a written statement given police
following his surrenGsr, Baker is said
to have confessed the shooting. He ex-
planned, according to police, that 1t
followed his Wife's refusal to listen TO
his pleas for a reconciliation.
Shortly aftr Baker was committed
to the District Jail to await trial, his
cellmate, Sidney A. Skinner, attacked
him as he slept. Skinner later was
adjudged insane
The case will be pros cuted by Assist
ant OlItSI states attorney oOLQ j. 81
RIGA, while Baker Will be defended BY
Robert 1. Miller and Cedric F. John
son.
Had Been Hiding in Virginia.
The day after the shooting Miller
notified police Eakcr had promised to
appear at his Office that afternoon
Although members Ct the homicide
squad watched the building all day,
faftod
1t was not until some time later that
Baker, accompanied by his brother
walked into headquarters and an
nounced I'm Baker"
Police at first cid not realize he was
the man for whom they had been
searching, and he had to explain he
had slain his wife before he was placed
under arrest. He said he had been
hiding IN Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
$4,000 SEWERAGE
CONTRACTS AWARDED
-Four Firms Given Work on Dis
trict Disposal Projects by
Commissioners.

Sewerage contracts involving approx
mately $4,000 were awarded today by
the District Commissioners TO four
firms
The Warren F. Bren.zer Co. was
awarded four contracts as follows:
MacCmb street sOrm water sewer. in
the vicinity Of Potomac avenue. at a
cost of S23,7l9.32; Thirteenth street re-
placement sewer. between c and D
streets southwest, S745l5G: Massa-
chusettS avenue S2ni,arv sewer. he
tween Macomb street and Cathedral
avenue. S5.526.59. and the Concord ave-
nue. combined sewer system at H street,
1882.
A contract involving S13,743.o7 for
the construction Of the Barry Farms
sanitarEe sewer at Stanton and Sheri-
dan roads southeast was awarded to
j. B. McCreary Co
John B. RubinO was awarded a Sill
5l3.66 contract to build the replace
ment sewer on Eighth street. between
Florida avenue and Barry place.
Two smaller contracts We're awarded
to Roy D. Schlegel They involved
the service sewer on Foote street be-
tween Fifty-ninth and SiXtieth streets
northeast. and on Eastern avenue in tie
vicinity Of Foote and Sixtieth streets
northeast at cost of S1.697. The
other contract was for the sanitary
sewer in the vicinity Of Shepherd street
end Twenty second street northeast.
Their cost is S10l243
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
PREPARES
FOR D. c. SESSION
Meet With Southeast Bust
ness Men to Plan De-
partmentaI Events.

American Legion and Southeast Busi-
ness Mems Association represents ives
last night mapped out preliminary
plans for the annual Legion depart
mental convention which is to be held
in the southeast section of Washington
on August g. and 8.
The Marine Barracks. Eighth and @
streets southeast. was selected as con-
vention headquarters and a program
il now being worked out for a street
parade opening tNe conclave Three
bands later will furnish music for a
street dance. The parade's reviewing
stand will be erected at Eighth street
and PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast.
For the best musical organization in
line the business association plans TO
offer prizes. The Legion will award a
cup for the best decorated float and a
similar prize to the best uniformed
post and to the unit having the most
men in line. A prize also will be
awarded to the best Boy Scout parade
unit
The Legion plans to hold contest
among the merchants, offering a prize
for the best decorated windows and
buildings along the line of march.
j. Elmon Shelton has been selected
as assistant parade marshal, and appli-
cation for float entries in the parade
must be filed at his Office Seventeenth
and H streets southeast.
Arrangement committee of the Legion
is composed of w. N. Morell, chairman;
E. P. Van Hise. vice chairman: Porter
Bush, secretary. and w. r. Beall,
ISOLATION will b. represented by P. C.
McGrath, Frank Del Vechio, DR.. j.
Chester Pyles, A. J. Berlin and Charles
jenkins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
EXPLOSION PROBED
AS FIVE ARE HURT
AT FILLING STATION
Police and Company Officials
Begin Inquiry Into Origin
of Mystery Blast.
RACQUET CLUB AUDITOR
CONFINED TO HOSPITAL
His Burns Prove Painful, but Do
Not Endanger Life-Theory
Blames Basement Gas.

Eighth precinct police and officials
of the Lord Baltimore Filling Stations,
Inc, today are investigating the ex-
plosion which damaged a gasoline sta
ton at Eighteenth and streets yes
terday, resulting in the injury of five
persons.
The blast caused a shower OF broken
glass and splintered wood which en-
dangered scores of persons passing
nearby in automobiles and on foot and
was heard for some distance. Several
residents of the section, including at
taches of embassies and legations, tele-
phcned the police and asked what had
happened.
Five Men Hurt.
Those injured were: Carl w Haul. 25
years old. an auditor employed by the
Racquet Club: E. r. Currin, % years old.
of 24l0 Twentieth street. manager of the
station Paul Adams, 81 years old, of
GIL Otis street, another emploYe: Louis
Armstrong, "a years Old of Cherrydale,
Va, who WIS in charge of supply truck
unloading gasoline at the station. and
Eva Simmons, 80 years old, colored, 1857
Oregon avenue, passerby.
Hauf suffered burns about the face
and arms At Emergency Hospital,
where he still was confined today, it
was said his condition was painful
but not serious" He was having his
car seryiced at the time of the eX-
plosion and was sitting on a railing
when a plate-glaSs window behind him
was shattered sending glass flying in
all directions. The force Of the blast
threw him about 25 fest.
Suspect Is Released.
Adams also received treatment at the
hospital. but Re and the others. we're not
seriously injured. Armstrong was
praised by policemen end firemen for
rushing the gasoline truck out of the
danger zone while he still was daZed
after having been hurled to the ground.
The explosion is being investigated
by Capt. Hugh M Groves, commander
of the eighth police precinct. A colored
man was arrested in connection with
the blast, but was released when he
convinced police he knew nothing
about it.
1t was at first thought the explosion
was caused by compressed-air tanks
in the station, but examination revealed
they were intact The police now are
inclined to believe an accumulation of
gas in the basement caused the blast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
Marriage Licenses.

Herbert W. Fox. %, and Ruth L. Min
=, Louis H Rube, 90. and Mary T. Willett,
clifford E. Wadsw6rth, 49, and Henrietta
Arthur c. Noteworthy, %, Phoebus. Va
snd Irene P. Basnell, 81, this city. Rev. W.
Elmer 4, Koerner &c. and RossIind l.
Hobbs. 49, Rev. Owen Q. Dletz.
~. Wi va,,I. p Byrnsni Is. New York City
Ryland o. Carr, q. carrsyire. Va. and
Annie B. Cones, %, Norfolk Va; Rev. c. p.
Daniel c. Terry. %, boswell, Va. and
Vida r. Rimmer, II, Richmond; Rev, c. N.
Percy Monroe, 1s, ard Mary E. GLADDEN.
IS; Rev. j. r. Timpany.
Percy Mckenzie, 20, aud Pearl NJ. Lucas
16; Rev. Abraham l.. Crigler,
Daniel w. CoStaloW. 81. Sweet Hall, Va.
and Mary L. Adams q, Ballston. Va; judge
Robert E. Mattingly.
j Harris Bell, Sc, and Jo-Marie Felty, "a,
both of Harrisburg, Pa; Rev. Allan F. Poore.
Nathaniel T. Henne%, %, Baltimore, and
Mary f. Orme, 10, this city; Rev. John F.
orviile G. Hepner. 2s and Virginia L.
Bowers. %; Rev. Henry Mauken. -jr,
Grover c. Mutchler, as. Easton. Pa, and
Lillian G. Armstrong 81, this city, Rev
James D McQuade %, and Rose NJ Flip
pone. %; Rev. j. c. Murphy.
william M Riley, 80. this city. and Vic
toria NJ. Kelley. 25, Baltimore; Rev. Homer
william 4 Thompson al, and Agnes "
wouife.. q: Rev. Michael. r. Esag.,
both of Baltimore; Rev G. Silverstone.
Pobert Credit, 81. and Nellie Mccoy, 10;
Rev. F. ]. Tobin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
DIR HOWARD GETS GOLD MEDAL.
$4,000. BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHY
Award Made Veteran U. S.
EntomoIogiSt for Noted
Service.
Recipient Says Real Credit
Belongs to AideS-Led
Fight on Mosquitoes.

BY the Associated Press.
DR.. Leland o. Howard who hopes he
has helped to awaken the Nations peo-
pie to the insect menace, has received
gold medal and a $4,000 prize, but
can't imagine why.
"Darned If l know" the 74-year-old
Agriculture Department entomologi>.
replied when asked to what outstanding
achievement he attributed the Cappcr
Award for Distinguished Service 20
American Agriculture, announced in
Chicago yesterday.
He said he supposed it was because
he served 33 years of his more than So
years in the department as the Bureau
of Entomology chief and did lot of
small things" The real credit. he said.
belongs to the men he gathered around
him.
DR. Howard, who wears the decora-
tion of the French Legion OF Honor
and is the recipient of six honorary de-
greeS. suggested his research, writings
and lectures on the necessity Of con-
trolling insects. mans dangerous rivals
for the food supplies of the world, as
his greatest work.
The labor of million men in the
United States alone, he said, IS lost
each year through tn damage Of insects
TO crops. But he feels certain mans
intelligence will win out in the end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
REV. MARTIN J. BREEN,
SEMINARY HEAD, DIES
Victorian Rector Passes Away at
Age Of 53-Funeral to Be
in Chicago.

Very Rev. Martin j. Breen, c. S. ",
rector of Victorian Seminary 625 Ham
lin street northeast, died this morning
at the age of SO years. He had been a
member of the Victorian community
about 80 years and priest for the last
"a years
Rev Breen was teacher at st. Via
tors College until 1913, when he was
appointed president of Columbia Col
lege, then at Chamberlain, S. Oak. He
served in this office for three years,
and from 1916 to 1880 he was engaged
in parish and mission work in South
Dakota and Oregon. He came to Wash
iugton il September. 1880, to assume
the duties as rector of the seminary.
The body will be taken to Chicago,
where funeral services will be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
THREE NAVY PROFESSORS
TO ELECT JUNIOR OFFICER

Three of the Nays learned profess
Sors OF mathematics intimate with the
intricacics Of trigonometry. calculus
and mathematical physics. will meet
here in few days to select the sole
remaining junior officer, Comdr. Theo-
dore w. Johnson. for promotion to cap
tain. Congress has directed that there
be no additions made to the naval or
gani1at!on known as the CORPS of pro-
fessors of mathematics. so that now
there are but four members in this
group.
The special selection beard will meet
in Washington on June 90, BY order
OF Secretary Adams, with Capt. Frank
3. Littell. who is on duty at the Naval
Observatory here, as president. The
other members are: Capt. Paul j,
Dashieil and Capt. Herbert L. Rice, who
is also recorder. AS Capt. Dashien.
who is on duty at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Md. retires for
age on August l. this will leave a va
caney in the captaincy The only cffi-
Ger eligible for promotion is Comdr.
Johnson, now on duty at the Naval
Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
799 CRASHES HERE IN MAY

Five persons were killed and 352 in
jured in traffic accidents last month,
according to report submitted to Mai.
Henry G.. Pratt yesterday afternoon by
Inspector Ernest w. Brown, commander
of the Traffic Bureau. There we're IL
fatalities in May, 1880, and 10 in
May, 1929.
total of 100 accidents were reported
to police, the monthly report shows, SO
less than the number that occurred
here in the same period last year. Park
ing and other traffic violations resulted
in the arrest of 4,051 persons, according
to the report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
ID. c. Aiding Capital
Jobless More Than
U. S., Says Cotwals

With 1890 workmen employed
under his supervision. Maj. John
c. GCtwals. Engineer Commits
siCner. claims that the District
Engineer Department is doing far
more to relieve the unemD!Oy-
ment situation in Washington
than the much-heralded Federal
building program.
Included among this big force
of workmcn engaged in conStruC-
ton works ranging from sewer
and water mains to bridges and
monumental school buildings are
1900 day laborcrs Of the per diem
class employed by the Engineer
Department and 5000 workers
hired by contractors engaged on
District projects All, however,
arc paid by District funds.
These figures Will be augmented
this month when additional con-
tracts are awarded for the add
tior5 to the Janney School in
Tenleytown end the woodbridge
School, for which provision was
made in the 1882 estimates, and
contracts also for new cement
sidewalks and concrete alleys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
OPERATIONS SAVING
SEEN AID TO FLEET
Adams Thinks Economies
May Help Build 1t Up
to Treaty Limits.

Economies in naval operation may
help in building up toward the Lon
don naval treaty limit, Secretary
Adams believes.
If you save money on operations
you might be permitted to spend money
On construction the Secretary said
at yesterdays press conference.
He said the naval construction pro-
gram to Be submitted to the mex Con-
gress may include everything but bat
Uleships"
The Secretary was replying to the
question whether the program would
embrace the same c2tegorics as that
submitted to Congress last session. This
included two 6-inch gun cruisers, four
submarines and an aircraft carrier
costing a total of s77,0o0.0O0. 1t failed
to reach a vote in either house or
Senate.
Don't shut the door on destroyers,"
Adams advised we may need some
CT them-eyaryth.ng but battlesh:ps."
Up to BsttIcship Limit.
The United States has the maximum
battleship tonnage allowed it under
the London treaty.
The last session of Congress appro-
priated 100000 600 for starting con-
struction of IL destroyeTs as well as
Sl0.000.0o0 for beginning modernizaticn
of three battleshipS.
Virtually all the American destroy
ers are nearing replacement age No
destroyers have been built since the
war. The life of this type craft is Is
years.
Building Seven Gun Cruisers.
Seven 8-inch gun cruisers. which will
bring the United States almost up to
the limit in that division, an aircraft
carrier and two submarines now are
under construction. Contracts for the
II new destroyers are to be let this
Summer.
While Secretary Adams and other
Navy officials were silent on the sub
iect, it was reported they plan 70 save
$4,000 600 from the coming fiscal years
appropriation through postponement of
purchase of some of the 1873 seaplanes
scheduled to be assigned to the Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, and Coco Solo, c. T.,
naval air bases.