The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-10-13

ia kIi-Ao, AS ~ 2loAAASSA
from rs on the aircraft carriers
to 3 on the battlesh!ps. Constant
training has developed tactics
for harmonious and efficient CO.
, operation between air, surface
and sub-surface units to a point
where aircraft in fleet opera
tons are as much an indiSpen-
sable part of the whole is cru:S-
erS, destroyers OF submarines.
AirplaneS have not supplanted
ships. but they have added tre-
mendouslv to the offensive pow
err and efficiency OF the fleet as
a whole.
Lobster Tests Navy Training
An officer witness supplies
this answer to the query Ol now
the morale and training OF mod
ern I. S. navy men would prove
under actual battle COudltlOns.
Dur4n9 extensive tleet manue-
YES III topical waters ali a.4l-
Bilious officer steward aboard
a destroyer served LOBSTER Salad
that resulted il every officer
ac1ard becoming unconscious or
Wishing ne were. The SENIOR pei
" O4IIcer aCOaru uISpalcneu a
message to the Vlce-Admiral III
forming him that every officer
vas disabled. but received orders
for the snip 70 resume her bat
tie station and proceed With TIE
maneuvers. The destroyer, in
complete command OF ner pei
ty officers, made a surprise
night attack without miShap
and with considerable credit;
and some of the petty officers
were still at their posts Wnen
they anchored in Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, several days later.
New Recruits For Navy
TWenty-six youths from the
lnter-mOuntaln area successful
ly passed all the exams at the
Main Recruiting station, Salt
Lake City, Utah, during the
past week and were enlisted in
the navy. These young men will
complete a three-month period
of training at the Naval Train
ing station, San Diego, CAL,
prior to assignment to duty on
board ships of the fleet OF to
one of the navy's SIS trade
schools. While at the training
station they will learn the fun
damentals of being a good
man-o'-WarSman.
Following are the names and
addresses of the new navymen:
J. Woods, Valler, Mont; w. r.
Reiland, Jr., Cut Bank, Mont;
c. G. Toftness, Glasgow Mont;
G. w. Sherman, White1lsn,
Mont; L. H. Suggy Missoula,
Mont; H. A. Gire, Milton, N. d.;
R. j. Blackburn, %Sundance,
Wyo.; E. C. Allen, Billings,
Mont; P. E. Parry, Hardin,
Mont; A. R. Astrope, Hardin,
Mont; D. W. Steckr Powell,
Wyo.; R. N. Gordon, Butte,
Mont; D. G.. Moore, Hall,
Mont; H. E. McKibben, Cald-
well, Ida; G.. B. Mcmahon,
Boise, Ida; J. J. Libbrecl,
Gooding, Ida; J. A. Manson,
Nampa, Ida; S. S. Irvine, Og-
den, Ut; E. L. Hansen, Poca-
tello, Ida; P. E. Bennett, Idaho
Falls, Ida; M. C. Stats, Hen
ry, Ida; r. T. Helmandollar,
Oxford, Ida; c. H. Harame,
Pocatello, Ida; E. E. Smith,
Price, IT.; v. V. Garrison, Bak-
er, New; and v. G.. Walker,
Pleasant Grove. Ut.
U.S.S. Boise To Visit Africa
The U.S.S. Boise, new cruiser
built at Newport News, Va,
and placed in the commission
last month, is scheduled to Wis
it Monrovia, Liberia, for four
days next month and will take
part in the dedication of the
site of the new legation build
ing planned there by the Uni
ted States. The Boise will de-
part from Norfolk, October IL,
arrive in Monrovia October %,
leave Monrovia October 81, and
arrive at Capetowns South Al
RIGA, November 6, leave Cape
town November IA and arrive
back at Norfolk on December
5. The Boise will be the first
U. S. Naval vessel to visit Lii
IBERIA since 1928.
Air Defenss For Pacific
The navy is planning a vast
air defense program in the Pa
cific, extending from the Aleu-
tian Islands in the north to
Samoa in the south. This de-
Tense covers 5000 miles of
ocean, dividing the Pacific in
to two distinct halves. The air
bases to be constructed will be
at Wake Island, Midway Island,
the Palmyra Islands 1000 miles
south of Honolulu, the Phoenix
Islands and Samoa. A base al
ready exists at Hawaii, and ar
my and navy engineers are de-
parting this month for the
Wake and Palmyra group of
islands, to begin preparations
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