Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1925, Page 41

b THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. 1925. 41 BY W. J. ENRIGHT | PRINCESS CHRISTENS LARGEST BATTLESHIP Rodney. to Be Commissioned in 1927, Expected to Be Greatest in World C, Rip Van Winkle. II /. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, BATTLESHIPS HELD |~ - 2 T2 IN GOOD CONDITION Rear Admiral Robison Sub- mits Engineering Bureau Annual Report. THE STORY |[{ | [ = K7 T Q‘ . UP TC NOW R 7 5 , i . - i | BY. . vicnoe ar KATSKILL MOUNTAINS ON THE BANKS OF THE (Z'(' 70 By the Asso December HUDBON RIVER THERE LIVED A MAN NAMED RIP VAN WINKLE. WE WAS A JOLLY PELLOW, treaty its displacement 35,000 tons. The armament also i restricted, but the vessel probably will mount nine 16-inch guns in three triple turrets, instead of having only two turrets as former F LEFT TO HIMSELF HE WOULD It i mated HIS LIFE AWAY IN PERFECT HAPPINESS, BUT HIS WIFE KEPT CONTINUALLY SCOLDING ABOUT HIS IDLENESS AND THE RUIN HE WAS BRINGING HIS FAMILY. MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT HER TONGUE WAS INCESSANTLY GOING Battleships of the United States fleet were reported by the Navy Bu- reau of Engineering today to have reached a ‘“'satisfactory stage” of en- gineering condition. So up-to-the-mi IJ_((' was this condition, it was that but one ship of the battle “needed more than five days to prepare for extended service. The port covering the fiscal y to be submitted by Rear Ad. | EARIC AT J. K. Robison, as chief of the | TAROUGHOLT THE Binas 0t | NEIGHBORNOOD. Steady progress made mi WOULD NEVER REFUSE TO HELP A NEIGHBOR AT THE HARDEST WORK. HE WOULD RUN ERRANDS AND DO ODD JOSS FOR THEM. READY AT ALL TIMES TO ATTEND TO ANYBODY'S BUSINESS BUT HIS OWN AND KEEPING HIS FARM IN ORDER HE FOUND QUITE IMPOSSIBLE. M-BRWKS &CO . G ~STREET BETWEEN 11th & 12th Beautiiul Wil Handkerchici~ S e iy D “Where the Better Things Cost Less” - TOVS AND TO WHOM HE TOLD STORIES. AND TOLD STORINS AN § WOULD TRUDGE FOR HOURS THROUGH THE WOODS WITH A OUN ON HIS SHOULDER, OR FiSH ALL DAY WITHOUT A MURMUR EVEN THOUGH HE SHOULD NOT GET A SINOLE NISSLE. © McClure Newspaper Syndicate IN FACT HE WAS She missed the during the four-year period as well as to the 12 months ending last June 30 was men. tioned, the report declaring “the past year had seen the accomplishment of many improvements, which have pro- gressed throughout thé last four years in pursuance of a set policy.” States Bureau of Education. He was the guest of honor at a luncheon at the Army and Navy Club yesterday afternoon, at which Commissioner John J. Tigert, commissioner of edu- cation; Brig. Gen. H. A. Drum and a il and military as- ARMY CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL HEAD RESIGNS Lieut. Col. A. J. Klein to Take Important Post in Bureau Pillows Four Many cussed. Problems port id ot ;s Kerchiefs \ and sound | were present. which the re-| of Education. Jeut. Col. H. Edmund Bullis, \\'hn; Six 9 | sided, gave <ol Klein great ('redll[ C for 50c Lieut. Col. Arthur J 5‘]‘\‘“”‘l \ o) icer, s unpopu- n assortment ot erve u\(f‘h who huas been a to what is now one of the| of the War Departme T essful ties of the War | in special | Department, with more officers, re corvespondence | u i and rese hat duty to|than are in mbined student of the divi-[bodles of Ha Yale. Cornell, of the United | Princeton and.Brow sities Fine Colored borders. combinatio accept the office of « countries. sion of higher educati Univ “The problem of radio and under- water sound communication is an in- creasingly important factor in the bureau’s efforts to maintain and im- prove the fleet’s equipment. The ne- cessity for efficlent radio and sound communication in strategy. tactics, fire control, navigation and adminis- tration of the fleet is thoroughly ap- preciated by the bureau actor. of aircraft in ted that radio communicat ost important factor with this modern weapon of s have been| LN m the development of ipment, with the view of installing in the fleet apparatus cap- able of meeting the modern require ments. The bureau has consistently co-operated with the service afloat in solving the ever increasing problems of fleet communications, These prob- lems have resulted in changes of de. sign of instruments, and the new de- velopments have been en a test in service on fleet units, and new and better equipment has continually re sulted.” The Danish school system is being letely under the ance of first wom. R s g XU BB B ing of * For Reservation ‘ ‘ Phone Columbia 2000 ’i' N \ Saturday Evening Dec. 19—From 7:30 Stafford conjunction with man Park Orchestra. 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