Evening star., 1947-10-26
Simpson Display
Tomorrow 10
MarkNavyDay
Open House Planned
At Alexandria and
Anucostiu Docks

In full dress with signal flags
flying, brightwork polished and
lines coiled, the ships of the biggest
feet in history are in the ports of
the Nation-including the Anacostia
river docks of the Naval Gun Fac
tory and the Alexandria waterfront
awaiting public inspection in the
observance of Navy Day tomorrow
The Navy is ready, Secretary OF
Defense Forrestal said in a state
ment for the occasion, ''to advance
the cause of peace and preserve the
basic liberties for which $1,000 Navy
men and Marines so recently gave
their lives"
Mr. Forrestal added: From every
corner of this unsettled world, the
cries of the hungry, the homeless
and the oppressed assail our ears.
Dominated by Bear"
Freedom as we know it is still
unknown to them; fear, which we
Americans have never really known
dominates their lives.
The course to lasting peace is
difficult. We must sound the
channel cautiously and with pa
tience."
Secretary of the Navy Sullivan
in another statement, invited the
public to inspect the ships.
The destroyers Gearing (from the
f1eeD and Plunkett, an imperative
reserve vessel, and the submarine
Drum, which also is imperative, will
be open for inspection at the gun
factory tomorrow. The submarine
Sea Robin (from the feet will be
at Alexandria.
Banquet Tomorrow. q
Two events prominent on the
Washington program are a cere-
mony at the John Paul Jones Monu-
ment, Seventeenth street and the
Tidal Basin, at noon tomorrow with
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward as
as the speaker, and the annual Navy
Day banquet at the Mayflower Ho-
tel tomorrow night. 1t. Gen. j
LaWton Collins, deputy chief of staff
OF the Army, will be the banquet
speaker.
The Naval Air Test Center and
the Naval Air Station at Patuxent
Md, will hold open house today
There will be fire boat demonstra
tions, ground firing demonstrations
OF machine guns, rockets, turrets
etc. There will be display of vari-
GUS types of Navy aircraft including
the giant flying boat Mars. Cap
tured German and japanese air
craft also will be displayed.
Navy Day preliminaries were
launched yesterday at the Naval
Air Station at Anacostia and the
Receiving Station.
Program at Air Station.
At the air station a display o.
pictures and equipment used by the
expedition of Rear Admiral Richarc
E. Byrd near the South Pole ano
simulated land and air attack
yesterday afternoon were high.
lights. An air strike by planes pavec
the way for Marine demonstration
of the landing force technique usee
to take enemy islands in the Pa
cific in the war. Rifles, bazookas ane
flame throwers were brought into
play as part of the exhibition.
A display of planes and equip
ment, an exhibit of maps used tt
chart the course of the recent
hurricane that damaged the Gull
Coast and Link trainer and othel
training aids gave the public bet
ter idea of the functioning of the
Navy Free movies were shown anc
for the first time, officials said, the
saga Of the aircraft carrier Frank
lin, badly damaged by japanese
suicide planes in the Pacific, was
depicted to the public.
At the Receiving Station, the
military ceremony of drill amount
was given by the Seamen Guard
one of the Nays crack drill out
fits. The public went through the
various schools and activities anc
attended a football game between
the Receiving Station and Quart
ers K teams.
Navy Day Program.
Sunday.
Sam. to 4:30 p.m.-Naval Air Test
Center and Naval Air Station at
Patuxent, open to public. Special
displays.
2 pm-Naval Air Station, Ana
costa. Memorial services for those
lost at sea. Flowers, sent by rela-
tives, to be flown over Atlantic
Ocean and dropped.
Monday.
Sam. to AIS p,m.-David w. Tay-
1or Model Basin at Carderoch Nd.
open to public.
9 ank to 4 pm.-Naval Observa-
tory, open to public.
9 am. to AIS pm.-Naval Gun
Factory to hold open house; the De-
stroyer Gearing, one of latest, and
Submarine Sea Robin, will be open
9a.m. to II a.m.-Naval Research
Laboratory, Randle Cliff, Md, open
to public.
9 am. to $50 p.m.-Naval Intelli-
RSIlCG oCIlUOl dt IVcCClfiilS OJdGlOll,
Anacostia, open to public.
Gam. to 4:30 p.m-Receiving Sta
ton, open to public, showing typical
working day
10 am. to'3 p.m.-Naval Research
Laboratory at Bellevue. D. c., open
to public.
10 am. to educational Naval
Medical Center at Bethesda, open
to public.
Noon Navy Day observance,
sponsored by Military Order of the
World Wars. at the John Paul Jones
Monument, Seventeenth street and
the Tidal Basin
pm. to 5 p.m.-Naval Barracks
in West Potomac Park, open to
public.
pm. to pm.-Naval- Proving
Ground, Dahlgren, Va, open to
public.
l pm. to 4 pm.-Naval Research
Laboratory at Randle-C Cliff, open to
public.
1:30 to 4:30 pm-Naval Air Sta
ton, Anacostia, public to be given
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