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...State, Mr. Kellogg; but last week the Leviathan cleared from Cherbourg amid silence, a reminder that although France and Italy signed the more nebulous portions of the Treaty they did not sign its more vital, binding clauses. More than making up for French silence, President Herbert Hoover sent the battleship Texas and four destroyers to blaze a 19-gun salute as the Leviathan neared Manhattan where Police Commissioner Aloysius ("Gardenia") Whalen greeted the delegates, sped them to Washington...
...faced War veteran, whose Committee was authorized to inquire into "the conditions surrounding the type, speed and comparativity of fast pursuit and bombing planes with those of other nations and all other matters pertaining thereto." In the background of the investigation there loomed up the old Navy controversy of battleship v. plane...
...galls is sure that, in battle efficiency, bombing and scouting, these compare favorably with any other foreign airfleet. Aboard the giant carriers Lexington and Saratoga are carried 80 planes apiece, with a secret higher battle capacity. War plans call for the assignment of three planes to each battleship and large cruiser. In peace practice each such ship carries only...
...ministerial declaration Dr. Brüning was annoyingly vague, promised in a general way to continue Germany's present foreign policy "unchanged," to promote the country's "economic health.'' He did not even mention these live political issues: 1) Shall Germany build a second "pocket battleship" like the famed Ersatz Preussen? (TIME, Nov. 26, 1928) 2) Along what lines will the Government administer the new Defense-of-the-Reich Act? (TIME, March 31) 3) What is to be done about Thuringia's Minister of Interior, redoubtable Dr. Frick, who continues to defy the central German...
...Many are the stories told of the grand admiral's extraordinary technical knowledge. It was a matter of pride with him never to speak from notes. Aides recall that during his years as grand admiral he could recite from memory the name, speed, armament and displacement of every battleship in the world...