Word: naval
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Curtis Dwight was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy, Ray Lyman was still playing Indian in short pants. But Ray Lyman was not so young that he did not know Curtis Dwight had won the Academy championship, and a handsome tambourine, for high-kicking. Being a quiet boy, Ray Lyman did his high-kicking, if any, secretly...
President-Elect Hoover was involved last week in the time-limit phase of the cruiser question. Chairman Fred Britten (Ill.) of the House Naval Affairs Committee, biggest of the big-navy group, issued a statement, presumably with intent to influence the Senate's action on the time-limit provision...
...House's naval problem last week was much more concrete. The Navy had asked for $417,000,000 to maintain its present men, ships, yards. The House Appropriations Committee pondered and recommended $352,000,000. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur complained that the Navy is not prepared for war, that many ships are inactive due to lack of repair funds...
...talk (TIME, Nov. 26) about Germany's new super-cruisers, has failed to agitate the Navy Department. Hobbled by the Versailles Treaty on naval construction, Germany has evolved a special type of small hard-hitting battle-cruiser, which may or may not cause revolutionary changes among naval architects. The vessel 9,000-ton displacement, is driven at 26 knots by 50,000 h. p. Diesel motors. (U. S. cruisers are to speed at 33 knots.) It mounts eleven-inch guns (U. S. cruisers eight-inch). Solid-hulled, without rivets, it costs...
...following additions were approved: University basketball game with Lowell Textile School on Monday, February 11; University lacrosse game with Yale on May 30; University polo game with Danvers on February 16; Second University polo game with Yale Seconds on February 23; Second University basketball game with U. S. Naval Training Station on Thursday, February...