Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24
Navy 3-Day
Celebration 10
Open Tomorrow
Equipment Modified
At installations
For Public Inspection

About mOOllZAClOIl OF navy Ia
cilities in the Washington area has
been assured for the benefit of
civilian visitors expected by the
thousands as the three-day observ-
ance Of Navy Day gets under way
tomorrow.
With the relaxation Of most war
time security restrictions, nearly Is
Navy installations In Washington,
Maryland and Virginia will unlock
their gates to the public In a uni
versal "open house"
Demonstrations and displays OF
equipment, with emphasis on latest
developments, will be featured to-
morrow and Saturday. The ohserv-
ance will end Sunday with the
10th annual Navy Day ceremony at
the John Paul Jones Monument.
Banquet Cancelled.
The annual Navy Day banquet,
originally scheduled Saturday at
the Mayflower Hotel, has been
Cancelled because Of the hotel
strike, according to a spokesman
for the Potomac River Naval Com
mand.
The Naval Gun Factory will be
opensto the public from 9 am. until
4:30 pm. tomorrow, Rear Admiral
Theodore D. Ruddock, IT,, superin-
tendent, announced today.
The destroyer vogelsang and
the submarine Trumpetf1sh, re-
Gently engaged in secret operations
to test naval efficiency in the Arctic,
will be at the docks. Two other
ships, veterans Of the Pacific war,
also will be on view.
Among other attractions of special
interest to the public will be the ex-
hibit Of the record-breaking Trucu-
lent Turtle from 10 am to 3 pm.
Saturday at the Anacostia Naval
Air Station, the firing of rockets on
the same day at the Naval Proving
Ground, Dahlgren, Va, and a
demonstration Of air-sea rescue
methods at the Naval Air Test Gen.
ter, Patuxent, Md.
Other naval installations open for
inspection tomorrow include the
Naval Observatory, the Hydro
graphic Once, Suitland, Md; Da-
vid Taylor Model Basin, Carderock,
Md; Naval Research Laboratory,
Anacostia; Naval Torpedo Station,
Alexandria, and Naval Receiving
Station, Anacoetia.
Saturday "Open House."
On Saturday the following will be
open to the public: Naval Powder
Factory, Indian Head, Md; Naval
Mine Warfare Test Station, Solo,
mons, Md: National Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, in addition to
the Naval Proving Ground, Ana
costa Naval Air Station and the
Naval. Air Test Station.
On Sunday ceremonies at the
Anacostia Naval Air Station will be
climaxed when q Navy plane flies
out to sea to scatter flowers con-
tributed by Neutrality-suspicious. In
memory of the Nays war dead.
The exercises at the John Paul
Jones Monument, Seventeenth
street, at the Tidal Basin, will begin
at 2 pm. under auspices of the
Military Order of the World Wars.
More than 90 veterans 'organiza-
tons and patriotic and civic groups
will participate in the placing Of
wreaths at the memorial.
Navy Day will mean "admirals
for a day" for one District Girl
Scout and group of Sea Scouts.
The duties of Rear Admiral Glenn
B. Davis, commandant of the Poto-
mac River Naval Command, and his
staff will be taken over by the
Scouts. Sea Scout Harvey Lekson,
6707 Forty-sixth street, Chevy
Chase, will be honorary COM
mandant. Aloise McKillipS, 5435
Connecticut avenue NV, Mariner
Scout, will be honorary director OF
the Women's Reserve. Nine other
Sea Scouts will hold other staff jobs
for the day.