Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
MANY FEATURES
SET FOR NAVY DAY
Deep-Sea Diving, Forging of
15-Ton Ingot, Parade and
Speaking on Program.

The Navy, in the spotlight Of public
interest the past week for its budget
estimates figAt, will go on parade Tues
day. and the Washington Navy Yard
is preparing to entertain its greatest
number of visitors. when it holds open
house. Navy day this year will be
much modified, from the oratorical
standpoint, due to orders from Rear
Admiral Frank B. Upham, chief of
the Bureau of Navigation, Navy De-
partment, who is chairman of the de-
partmentS Navy day committee, and
Walter Bruce Howe, head of the Navy
League of the United States.
The spectacular features of the Navy
proper, however, will be here, as of
yore Out of its bag of tricks, the
Washington Navy Yard will pull spe-
cial exhibition of deep-Sea diving. DEM
onstrate how a 15-ton ingot is forged
an airplane will be catapulted from
the deck of the cruiser U. S. S. Mem
phis, sailors anc Marines will parade
drills will be held aboard ship, a tor
pedo will be FREQ from the deck of a
destroyer and an air show will be held
including demonstration of an auto
giro.
Yesterday. the vanguard Of the four
ships that will be here for Navy Day
nosed up the Potomac River and the
U. S. S. Memphis tied up to the dock
The submarine U. S. S. R-3, the cruiser
u. S. S. Richmond and the destroyer
u. S. S. Herbert, which has been sub
Stituted for the Hamilton, will be
decked out in all their glory for the
celebration in the National Capital.
Frigate in Baltimore.
The U. S. S. Constitution. newly re-
modelled with the aid of the pennies
of the Nations school children, will
be at Baltimore, Md, for the Navy day
be present at the Navy day exercises
at the local yard. A band concert.
from 800 to 845 am. will be among
the first programs on Navy day, and
the Navy Band will be heard fire.
quently during the day.
Tuesdays celebration will be the
tenth annual Navy day observance. 1t
is held annually on the birthday of
Theodore Roosevelt, who served as
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy and
later as its commander in chief
One of the highlightS of the Nation
wide celebration will be the commission
ing ceremonies of the u. S. S. Akron,
the Nays new dirigible, at the Naval
Air Station at Lakehurst. ". j. This
will take place from $3.50 to pm.
Secretary Adams, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for AeronauticS David S. In
gals, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics;
Rear Admiral L. A. Bostwick, comman-
dant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard
and commandant of that naval district,
and Lieut.. Comdr. Charles E. Rosen-
dahl, who is to be the commanding
officer of the Akron, will speak. The
National Broadcasting Co. network will
broadcast a program from 10 to 1920
pm. from the decks of the u. S. S. Con-
stitution. The Columbia Broadcasting
System will have a radio program from
Baltimore from l to 80 pm.
Secretary Adams yesterday dispatched
an "Alnav"-sent to the whole naval
establishment-dire that "all naval
vessels in United States ports will full
dress ship" for Navy day.
ROoseveIts to Take Part.
Members of the family of President
Theodore Roosevelt will participate in
a celebration in Madison Square Gar
den in New York City for Navy day,
adding a personal touch to the occa-
sion. which honors the great fighting
Chief Executive.
"A battery of naval officers will ad-
dress audiences over the country They
have been definitely instructed not to
make any statements in conflict with
the Presidents economy program and