SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-05-22
Did YOU Know Thst .
Listen in to Station WTAM Cleveland
every Saturday from 80 to l:45 p. IN.
and hear "Know your Navy.

Listen in to Station WTAM Cleveland
every Saturday from 1880 to :45 p. IN.
and hear "Know your Navy.
The Flagship Of our revolutionary
Fleet was named FOR an english king.
1t was. strangely enough. named in
honor of King Alfred. and yet was
commissioned TO fight against the Bri-
fish Navy which was originally found
ed by that oId-time English monarch.
The anchors invented by the Chinese
nearly 1000 years ago were remarkably
similar to the more modern Admiralty
anchor. The Chinese. too. are believed
to have made the first armOred ships
in the world. They used ships armOred
with raw OK hides, which protected
their crews from arrows and stones,
in conQuerng the Siamese.
Young Men now go to sea to go to
School.
In the good old days, boys were sup
posed to run away to sea in order to
get away from school. But it is all
changed now. Necessity for trained
men to man the modern men-O-war that
make up the expanding Y. S. Fleet has
developed trade training beyond that
ever taught in the Navy before. Over
80 per cent of the men in the service
today are specialists-trained crafts
men. trained in one Of the fifty trade
schools maintained by the Navy.
The anchors of the Battleship West
Virginia each weigh 10 tons. There
are three Of them.
American sailors are quick to note
the absence of the striking of seven
bells aboard British ships. In l79i
"seven bells" was to be the signal fol
the Navy mntiny at the More. The
plot was discovered and the mutiny
queIled. The Admiralty decreed thai
"seven bells in the second dog watcl
should never again be struck on Bri
tish vessels.
The Navy will shortly change uniform
Designations for enlisted Men.
The familiar "U. S. S. Name Of Ship
will disappear from cap ribbons ant
will he replaced by the simple design
alton "U. s. Navy" or "U. s. Nava
Reserve.
The first decked vessel built in th'
L. $. was constructed where New Yorl
City now is, in the winter of l6l3-14
Named the "Onrust", it was 3S feet OF
the keel, 50 feet 6 inches on the deck
and IL foot beam. :.
Men who go around with chips on thei
shoulders usually have wooden heads
Do you want to learn a trade as mem
ber Of the U. 8. Navy or Naval
Reserve?
If You do, apply at any Navy Re
cruiting Station for full particulars
You must be n male citizen betweel
the ages of II and so; be of goo,
characters; be able to pass the Nav,
Intelligence Test; pass a physical exa
minati ion; must have no dependents fo
enlistment in the regular service, or i
the reserve, he able to support ther
on the pay Of the rate for which en-
listed.
If Won want to enlist in the regula
Navy and are between the ages of !
and 81 apply at once at Room 5O(
Federal Building, Cleveland, for partit
nlars. Branch offices are located in Pos
Office buildings in Akron. Ashtabul;
Cambridge, Canton, Mansfield, Mariet
ia, Sandusky, Steubenville and Young.
town. Also on Tuesday at Painsvill'
Wednesday at Lorain and Fridays a
Elyria. there will he recruiter in til
Post Office Building and Wednesda
ut Newark and Friday at ST. Claire'
vile in the American Legion Hall ther
will he recruiter to accept apple:
ti0ns from young men i'm these district
Write or apply in person.
| Earl V. Sherman,
Lieutenant Commander, U. s. Nav,
Officer Charge.
Men enlisted in this class, as aprel
tice Spamon of Glass V-2, Of the Nav:
Reserve. will be sent for further trail