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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
Negro Women Good
With Bond Selling

WASHINGTON 90 The Victory
Bond selling contest. sponsored by
National Negro Womcn's orcani-
cations. which started on Oct. 20
ard which Vii run through mid
night, Dec Is, is proving ire
1CndouS success
Two grand national prizes Of
$500 Victory Bonds will be
awarded: one To the individaal
selling the largest dOllar-VOlume
Of Series Victory Bonds: the
other. 10 the individual selling T.
Bonds tn the largest number Of
purchasers.
FAC II ORGANIZATION VIII
tAard 'Wo Roosevelt Bonds 20
winners among members: one 5000
Bond 20 the member selling the
largest dollar-volume Of F. Bonds:
TIC other to the member selling
+ Bonds 10 the largest number Of
purchasers.
YuaDslavla has 90 n00 orphans who
cannot rencmoe their homes o.
names o. their parents.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
District Meets
On Anniversary

The Detroit District Golf Asso-
citation will observe its 25th ami
versary in connection with the
spring meeting 10 be held at Plum
Hollow, Friday at 7,30 p. m, sec
retary Hal A. White announces.
There Will be golf in the after
noon.
The association was organized
May Z, 1919, at Detroit Golf Club,
and its first annual tournament
was held in June that year at the
same club with the late T. Worden
Hunter the winner. He defeated
Wylie w Carhartt in the final
The Michigan PGA will meet
Monday afternoon and evening at
the Book-Cadillac and is expected
10 outline its 1915 tournament
plans, according 10 secretary
Ernie Shave.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Manager O'Neill Expected
To Leaue Hospital Monday

CLEVELAND. April 2S-Steve
Steve O'Neill, Tiger manager who
has been laid up with arthritis,
expects to leave Ford Hospital
Monday and may be out at Briggs
Stadium Tuesday 10 see his prote-
ges open their long home stand
against the White Sox.
That was the cheering news
Jack Zeller, general manager,
brought the Tigers here from De-
troit today.
THE swelling has gone out
of O'Neilrs knee and he IL much
improved" Zeller reported.
They put him on a diet at
Ford's and he looks like a new
man." -.
A deal is in the making in which
the Tigers will get outfielder Roy
Cullenbine from the Indians, ac-
cording to a Cleveland grapevine.
The deal should break Monday.
Repeatedly II will be a trade in
which the Indians will get Detroit
reserve infield talent Cleveland
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
FIeseh Orchids

Flesch, one of the most popular
spillers in Chicago who has car
ried the monicker of Chopper
around for years. also offered or
chids TO the Gray Eagle" ." The
captain of the Monarchs, the team
that won the ABC championship
here in 1910. penned- the follow
ing:
"Repp sure has that fade
away body English down To per-
fection. To the spectators you
would think he was going 10
lose every spare, but not Wally.
He really covers every shot. i
think he must have made at
least 100 l0-pins throughout the
az games and every one was
right in the middle.
'I take my hat Oft to a great
competitor" he cont tinue
with Kenet's powerful strike
ball these two boys form a
steady doubles combination that
IL going TO be hard TO beat"
At 49 Repp has 29 years OF top
notch competition tucked away.
When informed Saturday OF the
Bomar and Flesch letters he said
please thank them for me.
Tell them feel 10 years
younger. Winning this title has
given me the greatest thrill
since the 1884 ABC when Stroh
became the first Detroit team
10 win and I came home with
the aIl-eyents crown"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29


home match with Ned Day of
West Allis. Wis, and Rudy Pugel
Of Milwaukee.
As defenders they finished last
IN the six-team finals in Chicago
q year ago, Bonar and Flesch
coming through with is points
over Repp and Kenet, who had
13. Paul Krumske and Joe Sinke,
also of Chicago. were third with
u. Since there is no tourney this
spring they will be the Challen-
gers, next season.
There are good and bad points
10 the point system. Where large
fields are concerned II is confus-
ing TO the spectators. In matches
of this type, however. the method
builds up interest and tension
right up TO the final frame of
each game where one ball may be
the deciding factor for the point
10 be won, or lost.
HERE AND THERE - Aside
from the city tournament there
are three events left to attract
the stars Joe Angileri's $1,000
first prize individual sweeper next
Friday. Saturday and Sunday at
Palm Beach Harold Aliens
and Irv Gies' $500 individual
and two-in-one doubles at Palace
and Olympic May 5-12 Detroit
is still seventh nationally in the
BVL donations with S5,112.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
SpINDRIFT:
New Sdi|inQ
Class Forms
80 Square Meters
in 4 Clubs Here
By GEORGE T.. VAN

Four 30-square meter sloops
will make up a new sailing class
for inter-club regattas here this
summer.
The man responsible for the
emergence of the "30s" as a di-
vision is Ray st. John, lately of
the Cleveland Yachting Club, now
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
.Kiefer Track
Coach at u. D.

The University Of Detr9it board
in control Of athletics voted 10
resume track as varsity sport, it
was announced Saturday by ath-
letic director Lloyd Brazil. Track
was dropped in 1912.
Az the same time. the appoint
ment Of r. l.. Duke" Kiefer as
track coach was revealed. Kiefer.
former Titan track star of the
1921-30 era has been a member
OF the L, OF d. athletic staff for
the past IS years. He will also act
as assistant trainer under DR.. Ray
Forsyth.
Track candidates will report to
Kiefer this week but il is doubtful
that y. Of d. will have any entries
ready for the Michigan Intercol-
legiate track and field m
May u.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

is in need OF strong replacementS
for second and third base, where
Ray Mack and Ken Keltner held
forth The latter two are in
service.
Tigers who might figure in q
deal are: Joe Hoover, Ed Boron,
Carl MacNab or Don Ross
While he denied that his pur-
pose of coming to Cleveland had
anything 10 do with a conference
with Roger Peckinpaugh of the
Indians which would bring Jeff
Heath 10 the Tigers, Zeller ad-
mitted he was still interested"
IL just thought I'd take q
look at the boys" Zeller ex-
planned his visit. when I
criticized the work OF one OF
the veteran Tigers last year,
he said that only saw the
home games. I didn't see the
fine work he was doing on the
road. So. / thought this was q
good chance TO drop over and
see the players and other Tigers
on the road"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

I'll use one OF my own gray
hackles on . number 10 short
hook"
NYMPHs AND STREAMERs
Marvin Hill. who fished the main
stream Of the Au Sable over the
weekend. used nymphs and
streamers. S. j. Adams said he
would also use nynphs. But c. A.
Barton has red squirrel tail, wet
and black nymphs.
Ray Raths, who has not missed
an opening Of the trout season in
25 years, will stick to an old favor
ite fly he calls the Betsy. It's a
cutie tied on a number II long
shank hook with a royal coachman
body.
Its never failed me yet"
RathS said. Ed Reith's first
choice was spider on a num-
ber II no ok. His second was
an Adams. He also had his old
ace in the hole. a stone f1y.
Paul Young. famous fly fishing
expert. who always fishes the main
stream of the Au Sable, used a
spider and streamers. >||H..
Experts agreed that the deep
pools, under log jams and cut
away banks would be the spots to
fish. II its fish you want, they also
advised the little feeder streams.
While most of the elite of the
trout fishermen will not admit il,
many had few worms hidden
away just In case.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
LaRance After
Ruby's Crown

Speedy" LaRance. who claims
the junior heavyweight title of
Canada, will make his bid to de-
throne Bert Ruby, three-time
MWA champion of the class, in
the feature match at Fairview
Gardens next Tuesday night. La
Rance also can match Ruby in
experience. Louis Klein will take
on Rudy Kay in the companion
bout of the double-header. Walter
Roxy VS.. Al Williams and Dale
Wayne VS.. Stanley Buresh are the
one-fall bouts.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
.Yost Day Monday;
He i Be IA Then

The Michigan Legislature has
designated Monday as Fielding II.
Yost day in honor Of University of
Michigan's grand Old Man" of
athletics. who will celebrate his
74th birthday.
Yost plans TO spend the day
quietly at home receiving letters
and congratulatory messages from
his vast host of friends and for
mer Michigan athletes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
NEW YORK
BROOKLYN

Totas 81 e27 TotslI 81 eI25 10
aBatted for Hart In ninth
bBatted for Owen in ninth.
cBstted for Chapman in seventh.
dBatted for " lombard IN ninth.
zone out when winning run scored.
New York 600 o3o ooo-s
Brooklyn ool 600 oo3-
Runs-Stanky. b, Durrett, Basinsd. d.
DINO. Rucker HsusemAnn. OFT. Error
Chapman. Runs bAtted in-Rosen 3, Off,
Tilipovicr q, stanfy. rwo-bsse hits-owsn'
FilipovieI Three-bsse hit-stanky. stolen
base-Hausmann. Sacrifice-Ott. Double play
-Ott 10 Weintrsub to Kerr. Left on bases
New York IL, Brooklyn 8. Bases on balls
of hungo 4, off Adams 2, off chsmpsn 5,
OF OF y lombard syuek out-sy Mungo l.
OF Mungo in 9 innings none out In
ninth OFF Adams o In "a inning. off Pyle
l In inning tpttched 20 one batter In
ninth off Chapman In z innings, off v.
v, lombard Losing pitcher Adams Umpires
Dunn, Henline, MaEerkurth, Stewart fine
a 40. Attendance-f3234
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
40 Spertans Lost

More than 40 former Michi-
gan State College athletes have
been killed in this war, a pre-
llminary survey shows. Among
those were Capt. Robert Steele,
Capt. Seymour Knight, Capt. Ben
Riggs, Capt. Roger Keast, Capt.
Lewis Richardson, 1t. William
MacKichan, 1t. Richard Booth
and 1t. Spencer Mather.
Among former Spartans 10
receive decorations are Capt.
Peter DalPonte, Distinguished S
Legion of Merit, Bronze Star; Car
Plngel, the football sensation of
Capt. Seymour knight and Capt
Guerre; Capt. Godfrey s. Cough
1t. Billy Farley. a halfback
been awarded the Distinguished I
Air Force base in Italy. He is a
has been awarded the Air Presid,
heart 1t. Joe Petritz, former
Dame, was a campus Visitor last
leave from the navy in the south
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

one came from either Bomar or
Flesch on the Detroiters' seven
point victory. Bomar, national
match game singles king, writes
II never saw n finer exhibi-
ton OF ninth and tenth frame
clutch bowling than displayed
by the new titleholders during
our 42-game match. Wally
Reppenhagen Is the first bowler
To walk in on my homo alleys
and find them so quickly. Aver
aging 2l8 for the last l8 games
ne sure hit the pocket, coming
through at the right time In the
final frames TO take games
away from u.s.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Red Cross Doubles
Open Tennis Season

First mems tournament of the
l945 tennis season is on schedule
this Sunday at Hamtramck Park,
Dan and Joseph Campau, where
50 teams compete in the annual
Red Cross doubles under the
direction Of Jean Hoxie.
Contestants are coming from
Ann Arbor, Monroe, Toledo, and
Wyandotte, In addition to Ham,
tramck and Detroit. Leroy Weir,
University Of Michigan coach, and
kimbark Peterson are the de-
Tending champions.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

Totals 80 II % - Totals - 10 81 10
ABAtied for Sproull IN fourth.
bBatted FOR BARLEY In eighth
Philadelphia 09l 200 1907
Boston 302 OO1 02O-s
RunS-w. Hammer Adams WsSdell Di-
MSgroi Foxx. MAncuSo, G Hammer. Cutler
2. Holmes. Neman 2. Clilenvater, Wietel-
mann, Workman ErrorS-Shemo 2 Runs bat
ted in-CilenSater 2 MAncuSo. C. Hammer.
W Hammer Adams 2 EiemAn 2, Early.
Wasdell, Mack q Dinzes Left on bases
Boston Q. Philadelphia 8 Two-bsse hits
Cutler, G. Hammer DiAsggio. Farley. Home
runs-Gillenv6ter. Adams NiemAn, Wascel.
Stolen baSet-Culler Eieman. Bases on balls
-On sproull g. OF Kennedy 4 off Barrett
l. OFF Farley 2. Struck out-By Sproull !.
by Farley !. by HutchingS !. Hits-ON Barrett
In as innings of Farley 5 In 52s innings.
OF HutchinEI IN inning. of sproull , In
innings OFF Kennedy IN "a innings off
Kari In !. inning Winning pitcher-tarley.
Losins pitcher-Kennedy. Umplres-BAllanfant.
Boggess and Pinelii. Time "a. Attendance
-2.l62 paid
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Down River Mines
Open Play tuesday

The Down River High School
League opens its 1915 baseball
season this week with two games
scheduled Tuesday.
In openers Ecorse will be at
Lincoln Park, while Melvindale
goes 10 River Rouge. Dearborn
has the Omen date.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Sparing
No Pins
Chicaeoans Praise
Detroit Conquerors
BY HAROLD KAHL

Champions will come and go,
but champions never went down
more graciously and with more
respect for their opponents than
Buddy Bomar and Bill Chopper
Flesch Of Chicago over the loss
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
SandIot Teams
Await Opening

Detroit Baseball Federation will
draw up their schedule for OPEN
ing day, Sunday, May 6, at next
Tuesday nights meeting Of the
sandIot organization at North
western Community Center.
Sixty-five clubs are already en-
rolled as the Federation starts
its thirty-first year of operation.
Only Glasses A, b and d will
get under way May s. The Fire
mems Midget Division opens a
week later, May 13, while Class
r. the DBF's youngest division,
starts playing June 3.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

rec tly of
their national
m dtch game
doubles crown
TO Wally Rep
penhagen a md
William Kenet
of I h e Stroh
team.
A m on & the
general run of
bowlers alibis
usually crop up
following a de-
feat. Not even
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
It's a Boy at the Dixons!

1t and Mrs. Anvil Dixon lie
proud parents of born Wednesday athletic
0ficer at the station Jack Knott
league teams won his second promotion recent months this time
motion to second lieutenant He in Germany army
was wounded Belgium days
mission He the first Lacquer commissioned
N
Dick Bare who turned brilliant shortstop in
when the Tigers the American League with
Island navy baseball His singles recently
tributed to the downfall of University of California
Roy Weatherly who played ofeld
and the New York Yankees
chute school team Fort Bennng Ga.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

active at the
Detroit Yacht
Club.
Saturday he
announced that
he had bought
the 30-square
meter Brilliant
I r o m B / ! /
s m m S o I
Cleveland. Last
season st. John
brought Star
ling here from
the Ohio city.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
; Runs on | Hit
Win in Ninth

NEW YORK, April % CUP)-
The Brooklyn Dodgers scored
three runs on four bases on balls
and a single by Goody Rosen in
the ninth inning today to defeat
the New York Giants, 4 to 3. The
defeat dropped the Giants from
the National League lead into
second place.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

pions have sue
c SIS fully de-
Tended thei r
title.
Nelson Bur
ton and Frank
Mstays of st.
Louis were the
first. winning
the elm in a :
tions held in
the Chicago au-
ditonum. They
lost the honors
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Fourth Champs

Repp and Kenet are the fourth
doubles champions in the last q
months. Since the National Bowl
ing Proprietors Association have
taken over the matches no cham
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

After spending 18 months in Ice
land he went to England, Ireland
and-Erance. On July % of last
year he was reported missing and
a couple of months later was
found in a prison camp. He was
rescued April 19 by advancing
American armies. His wife, Mrs.
Twila Chaps, lives at 14l2 Fair
mount drive.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Braves Down
.Phi|s in Eighth

BOSTON. April % CUP)-Joe
Mack's single with the bases
loaded in the eighth inning gave
the Boston Braves an 81 victory
over the Philadelphia Phillies to-
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

BILGEWASH-Ernie Murray,
the Internationalist, has post
war plans for the development
of 11-foot spinnaker poles which
can also be used to approach
people you can't touch with a
10-foot pole Bob Lawrence
and Bob Gibson are recent af-
filiates of the Central Boiler
Works yachting group Char
ley Eisenhower of the Dye Is the
new owner of . Triangle, 29-foot
one-design sloop popular In the
East q keel boat he'd
like to get In with the LIS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Mayo Proving Handy Lad
HE'S NOW LEADING BATTERS IN A. l..

CLEVELAND, April 28-Eddie
Mayo, peppery second base
man, indicates he will make up
some of the batting power lost by
the Tigers with the departure OF
Dick Wakefield and Pinky Hig-
gins.
With n healthy .458, Mayo is
leading the batters in the Ameri-
can League in the first official
averages of the season. In "a
times at bat Mayo piled up IL
hits, one of them a double and
another a home run. The homer
was registered at Briggs Stadium,
first of the season in that park.
He personally scored seven runs.
Paul Richards exploded a cir
cult drive in St. Louis.
TIMELY WITH HITS
Though he was not one of the
league leaders, Mayo drove in 63
runs last year. indicating the
Tiger infielder times his hits well.
AS a result Of his good showing
with Detroit last season, Mayo
this spring for the first time ap-
peared in who's who in baseball" "
AS Tiger farmland. Mayo
broke into professional baseball
at Huntington. w. Va, in 1912
He didn't stay in the Tiger or
ganization long. He was later
with Baltimore, which club sold
him TO the Giants for fancy
price. The Giants traded him 10
the Braves, who dropped him "a
the minors.
WITH ANGELES 5 YEARS
He was five years with Los
Angeles in the Pacific Coast
League, from which club he was
drafted by the Athletics. He was
then traded to Louisville but
never reported TO the Colonels.
In the meantime, the Tigers
drafted him.
With new big league life, Mayo
starred last season TO be one of
the clubs reasons for the drive
that nearly won a pennant.
Mayo, married, lives in Clifton,
~. j.. suburb of Paterson, where
he worked for a war plant last
winter. Mayo Is great student.
Besides being somewhat of an ex-
pert in plastics, Mayo is now
reading up on law,
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
By Edgar Hayes
GREATER GAME
Invading American Armies
Free Ex-Packard BoWler

Pvt Alfred Chaps back in English hospital after being
rescued from German prison camp AL bowed with the Pack
Motor League in the winter and hd whenever the chance
offered the summer army February 1s41
received his training Fort
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
BRIGGS GARAGE NEXT

Second place was occupied by
Briggs Garage with 27S3 despite
a S17 middle game. The team
opened with 992 and closed with
974. Joe Adams 597 was high.
Fred Breckle, veteran star,
paced with $50 as Claren e
Schmidt's Ternstedt All-Stars hit
2748 for third.
The 16 teams with the highest
totals in the qualifying round
Saturday were 10 advance to the
round-robin semifinals to be held
this Sunday at 2 and p. m. They
will be split into four groups with
point awarded for each game
and total pins. The four highest
will battle il out for the cham
pionship and The Detroit Times
trophy on the same basis at
8 p. m.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Tiraken Five
Out in Front
Has Early Lead
in Shop Bowling
BY HAROLD KAHL

Earl Bentpn's Timken Detroit
Axle. with total of 2876, showed
the way for Saturdays first two
squads at Riverside Recreation in
the qualifying round of the first
annual all-star bowling tourna-
ment OF the Detroit Industrial
Recreation Association under aus
pices of The Detroit Times.
AS the Timken team put to-
gether games of 942. 1016 and 918,
Everett Wenz finished with PAS
for GIT. Richard Weiss strung
three 200 counts for 6l5 and second
high.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
IN THE OPEN
100000 Trout Fishermen
Wading Michigan Streams

Michigan trout fishermen unlim-
bered their rods and lures Satur-
day for the opening of the season
during one of the coldest days in
many years.
1t was estimated that m ore
than 100000 fishermen were out
wading streams in northern
Michigan.
Many old timers passed up the
opening awaiting more favorable
weather.
Greatest concentration Of an
glers was on the Au Sable and its
branches. Recent heavy rains had
caused most rivers and creeks to
rise slightly.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
STREAMS ARE HIGH

In the Traverse City area. all
streams were fairly high. Rain
bows were about through spawn
ing and were dropping back down
stream.
In the Upper Peninsula where
snow fell last week, streams were
in the best condition for that sec
tion in many years.
Among old timers who went
north was Edwin B. Kelly. presi-
dent of the Paul Bunyon Club of
Detroit, who fished strea m S
around Traverse City.
Leo Schaffer, veteran Detroit
angler, who was fishing the Black
River, between Atlanta and Ona-
way, selected a fake Adams fly to
fool the fish.
"n that don't get them, then
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
TROPHY FOR CLASS

With Brilliant at the Dye and
Starting at Bayview there will be
thirties in four Detroit clubs. Joe
Vance now owns Chip at Crescent
while Arvid Lundell has the beau
tiful Nordic II, formerly owned by
Edsel Ford. at the Crosse Pointe
Yacht Club.
Lundell has put up a Tiffany
trophy for the class. All of the
thirties here are around 38 to Al
feet overall. They differ from the
"22s" in sail area. In fact the
amount of sail area gives the
square-meter boats their names.
The 30s carry more ballast. Some
of the 22s are bigger than the
30s. The biggest square-meter
ship here is Vic Lakits' Bluebird,
a "22" which measures Al feet
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

Last Week ne annOuhCtu thdI ne
had sold this go" to Bill Wizard
of the Bayview Yacht Club.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
Last Weeks Puzzle Solution

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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

ervice Cross; Col. Clare Passink.
It. Lawrence Lusk and Maj Johnny
1899. Distinguished Flying Cross;
. Walter j. Ball, French Croix de
a swimmer from New York.
on Notre Danes 1912 team, has
lying Cross at the Fifteenth Army
on a B-24 Liberator and
entail Unit Citation and the Purple
sports publicity director at Notre
week. He was home on a 30-day
Pacific.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29

Marjorie BrouSSesu. 1873. Patricia BslSley.
lsS JesnLee. 1873.
Roosevelt High NO. l-Msry Cameron lss:
hftyths Rrsuse' i56 Total. ssg
Betty Clark % Betty Campbell. ITO.
Marie Casper 100
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-29
With Don GiIIies

I'll use one Of my own gray
hackles on = number 10 short
hook"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
Tarawa' S Launching
Scheduled Saturday
By the Assoc .ated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, Va, May THE
~, 100-ton aircraft carrier Tarawa,
named In honor of the bloody
battle in which American forces
wreSted the Pacific atoll from the
Japanese in November, 1913, will be
launched at the Norfolk Navy Yard
Saturday.
Speaker at the christening cere-
mony will be Marine Maj. Gen.
Julian G. Smith, who commanded
the Second Marine Division in the
invasion of Tarawa, in the Gilbert
Islands. His wife will christen the
new Essex class carrier.
Gen. Smith, who was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal for his
part in the Tarawa campaign, is
now commanding general Of the
Department Of the Pacific, with
headquarters at San Francisco.
Lessons learned by the Navy in
construction and operation of q
score of Essex class carriers which
have preceded the Tarawa are re-
Elected in her improved design and
equipment.
The Tarawa, whose keel was laid
March /, 1914, has new and i'm
proved facilities for the storage
and handling Of bombs and rockets.
Her lightweight tonnage at launch
ing will be $4,000.
Her armament will include dou-
ble-mount and single-mount 5-inch