Evening star., 1947-10-26
Simpson nDispIay
Tomorrow 10
Open House PIonned
At Alexandria and
Anucostiu Docks

In full dress with signal flags
flying, brightwork polished and
lines coiled, the ships of the biggest
fleet In history are in the ports OF
the Notwithstanding the Anacostis
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, ito advance
the cause of peace and preserve the
basic liberties for which 81 1000 Navy
men and Marines so recently gave
their lives
Mr.. Forrestal added: Prom 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
dlthcult. We must sound ths
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
f1eet 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 f1eet) will be
at Alexandria.
Banquet Tomorrow.
Two events prominent on ths
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 a display of vari-
ous 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 Of
pictures and equipment used by the
expedition Of Rear Admiral Richard
E. Byrd near the South Pole and
a simulated land and air attack
yesterday afternoon were high
lights. An air strike by planes paved
the way for a Marine demonstration
of the landing force technique used
to take enemy islands in the Pa
cific in the war. Rifles, baZookas and
flame throwers were brought into
play as part of the exhibition.
A display of planes and equip
ment, an exhibit of maps used to
chart the course of the recent
hurricane that damaged the Gulf
Coast and a Link trainer and other
training aids gave the public a bet
ter idea of the functioning of the
Navy Free movies were shown and
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 Navy's crack drill OUT
fits. The public went through the
various schools and activities ana
attended a football game between
the Receiving Station and Quart
ers K teams.
navy LAY Program.
Sunday.
Sam. to 4:30 p.m.-Naval Air Test
Center and Naval Air Station at
Patuxent, open to public. Special
displays.
2 p.m.-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.
lor Model Basin at Carderock, Md,
open to public.
8 am. to 4 prn.-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.
am. to II a.m.-Naval Research
Laboratory, Randle Cliff, Md, open
to public.
\ 8 am. to $3.50 p.m.-Naval Intelli-
gence School at Receiving Station,
Anacostia, open to public.
Gam. to 4:30 p.m.-Receiving Sta
ton, open to public, showing typical
working day.
10a.m. to 3 p.n.-Naval Research
Laboratory at Bellevue, D. c., open
to public.
10 am. to 4 p.m-National 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.r,n.-Naval Barracks
in West Potomac Park, open to
public.
/ pm. to 4 pm.-Naval Proving
Ground, Dahlgren, Va, open to
public.
pm. to 4 p.m.-Naval Research
Laboratory at Randle Cliff, open to
public.
i:30 to 4:30 pm.-Naval Air Sta
ton, Anacostia, public to be given
to observe regular work.