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...Evidently the Rev. Dr. Malcolm James Mc-Leod, pastor of the Collegiate Reformed Church of St. Nicholas, in New York, had not seen the circular. In his Thanksgiving sermon he criticized Hoover for going south on a dreadnought. Said he: "A Quaker on a battleship looks like a cannon in a parlor...
...Cruiser A is capable of developing high speed which will enable it to avoid conflict with a superior force. It is vastly superior to the ordinary 10,000-ton cruisers and would be a dangerous adversary of a full-sized battleship. Its armament surpasses that of our old ships of the line...
Further evidence of Republican confidence and forehandedness came with the announcement of the President-elect's preinauguration tour of South America, one continent where he has never been. Before leaving Washington, Nominee Hoover had asked President Coolidge for a battleship to go on. Last week the White House announced that the U. S.S. Maryland, new and fast, had been assigned. President-elect Hoover lost no time conferring with Rear Admiral Thomas Washington, commandant of the Mare Island Navy Yard (near San Francisco). The departure: at once, from San Pedro, port of Los Angeles, Calif. Probable itinerary: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia...
...Patriot (Emil Jannings): a crazy Tsar trusts Lewis Stone. Lonesome (Glenn Tryon): Two bathhouse keys clink on the beach. The Docks of New York (George Bancroft): Night-life of a stoker. The Night Watch (Billie Dove): Murder on a French battleship told in retakes from the trial. The Singing Fool (Jolson): Eight mammy-songs. The Air Circus: Planes on the Vitaphone...
...Night Watch. Billie Dove takes the stand in defense of her husband, Paul Lukas, murder suspect and captain of a French battleship. Who killed Nicholas Soussanin, young lieutenant found dead on board the cruiser by the Admiralty committee that came to congratulate the Captain for sinking the Istria? Out of Billie Dove's testimony the story flows in retake with dignity and pictorial effectiveness - the night the War began when the officers' wives came on board for dinner and Billie Dove, delayed by the importunities of a onetime suitor, one of the officers, was caught on board...