Evening star., 1945-12-16
Victory Loan Show
OF Navy 10 Open
In Capital Today

The Salute to the Navy" exhibit
begins at 2:30 pm. today at the
lexington Railroad Yards, Florida
and New York avenues NE, as two
trains loaded with Navy fighting
equipment and three mobile units
bearing enemy bombs, trophies and
BOBBY traps will be opened to public
inspection.
The exhibits are here after an
extended tour Of the Nation in sup
port of the Victory Loan drive which
ended December with Series E
bonds still undersubscribed.
The Blue" and Gold" trains will
be open to public inspection today
only. Visitors will have a chance
to see such weapons as radar, naval
guns, carrier aircraft and an am
phibian tank.
Undersecretary Of the Treasury
Daniel w. Bell and Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy John L. Sullivan
will open the four-day exhibit Off
cially in special radio broadcast to
be heard at 2:30 over the Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System. In
cluded on the program will be the
Navy Band and presentation OF a
Distinguished Flying Cross to Avia-
ton Machinist,s Mate 1/c Platter
Gedney of 1916 Otis street NE. for
heroism in action.
E;raH Esrvf Chat - Vu~~
The BLUE" train is made up Of
four fiat cars done over to give the
appearance Of a submarine. On
deck is the famous gun from the
U. S. S. Ward, which fired the first
shot at Pearl Harbor. Visitors will
see a Coast Guard helicopter and
the air-sea rescue equipment used
in conjunction with this aircraft.
Other cars carry Navy carrier
based airplane, an operating demon
stration of naval radar. torpedoes,
ammunition, bombs, mines, guns, a
bombsight, underwater demolition
equipment and rockets.
The Navy display marks the first
showing here Of this branch of the
armed forces armament, plus an ac-
tual demonstration of the dangers
that lurked in captured towns and
villages from BOBBY traps left by
the enemy.
To give the display a touch OF
realism. Naval personnel will BOBBY
trap part of house erected on one
of the mobile units and invite vis-
itors to detect the trapped objects
The traps 60 of with loud but
harmless bang.
Edmonston to Judge Photos.
Meanwhile, the District War
Finance Committee announced Da-
vid B. Edmonston, internationally
known photography critic and lee
turer, will be one of the judges in
the Two Jima f1ag-raising statue
photo contest. There are two
classes in the contest: The Junior
class for cameramen under 18 years
and q senior class for all others.
First prize in each class will be q
500 Victory Bond, second prize is a
$50 bond, third prize is s25 bond
and other prizes will be announced
later
Other judges will be c. A. Briggs,
Charles ]. Mack, Felix w. DeWel-
don and Hugh Lynch. executive
manager Of the committee.
The District entered the week
with Series E bonds S., 500 900 short
of the $27, 1000, 900 quota, but over
all sales-including corporation pur-
schases-stand at $135 300 900, or
1892 per cent Of the $S5, ,000, 900
quota.
Sales reported through yesterday
showed an increase of $700, 900 in
indiyidual sales to s49,60o .000 0-I18l
per cent of the $42 600 900 quota.
Series E sales increased $4O0, 900 to
$21 500 900, or 79.6 per cent of the
goal. Sales Of other issues rose
$500 600 to $28. 100 900. 1878 per cent
of the SIS 900 900 quota.
Corporation sales rose $4,700 900
to ss5, 10000 or 1898 per cent of
the s43,000,00O quota. Total sales
increased IS, SOC, 600, to $135, 300 900,
1892 per cent of the $S5, ,O0O, 900 total
quota.