Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1931, Page 21

U. S. FIFTH IN NAVY BUILDING SCHEDULE Department Shows Impossi- bility of Reaching Treaty Strength by 1936. While the other four great naval pow- ers have continued the building up of ! their sea strength, the United States has been lagg naval construction so that it irtually impossible for | to build up to London $ 's strength, due to lack of | time, by December 31, 1936. i The Navy Department, in an official announcement yesterday, reviewing past naval construction by the major na- tions and the prospective programs, said nited States has made provisions for 11_ships, compared with 37 for Great Britain, 33 for France and 29 for Italy. Quoting the Japanese press, the department said the Tokio government's for 38 new warships from tment made public the tables of figures. without comment, but observers deduced from them that Japan will have vessels in varying stages of | construction by December 31, 1936, | when the London Naval Treaty lapses. Her complete treatv tonnage, in addi- tion to new ships builZing, will enable Japan to use these as a bargaining power in a new naval conference, the Navy Department quoted an interpreta- tion of the Japanese press as saying. Bids to Be Opened. The United States has provided for only 11 destroys totaling 16,500 tons, under its 1931 program, and bids for | these are to bre op d here tomorro The Navy Department asked Congre: for one airpiane carrier of 13.800 ton: one fiying deck cruiser of 9,000 tons: | one cruiser of 7.000 tons; four sub- | of 4,000 tons total, and 12 de- ) , which had already been au- | thorized in 1916, before America entered the World War. Congress, however, ap- | proved only the construction of 11 de- stroyers. The United States did not build a| stngle naval vessel under its 1930-31| program. In that time, Great Britain laid down thre taling 19.500 ton: 12, cruiser of 10,000 tons, one cruiser. tonnage not given: ers, totaling 15.000 tons; 11 A one eight-inch cruiser of 10 two six-inch-type cruisers, totaling 10,- | 500 tons; four destroyers, totaling 4,960 tons, and 22 submarines, totaling 17,740 | 'tons Against this country's 11 destroyers, | representing its total warship construc- tion for the 1931-32 program, Great | Britain laid dewn three six-inch-type | cruisers, totaling 18,000 tons; nine de- | stroyers with an estimated total tonnage of 12375 and three submarines with an estimated total tonnage of 3,000. | Prance has provided for one battleship >f 23.000 tons, permitted as replacement, but this has not been voted as yet and she is likewise planning two six-inch- type cruisers, totaling 13,600 tons, and | probably destroyers and submarines, but these have not been voted. Italy’s 1931- 32 program has not been published as vet. the Navy Department’s announce- ment said. Figures Given in Japan. The Japanese press, about last De- cember, the department said, reported | this 1931-36 building program for that country: Four 8.500-ton light cruisers, first 1 12 1,400-ton destroyers, first line; 9 submarines, 1 mine-layer, 3 small mine layers, 4 torpedo boats and 5 mine-sweepers. In addition, the an- nouncement said, 12 new air squadrons are to be added. 1 The tables released by the Navy De- partment show that in order to build up to treaty strength by December 31, 1936, the United States should con- struct ! Fifty-five thousand two hundred tons | of aircraft carriers, 20,000 tons of eight- | inch-type cruisers, 73,000 tons of six- | inch-type cruisers, 150,000 tons of de- | stroyers and 25,100 tons of submarines. Already, naval observe the United States has “lost what it should build in 1930 and 1931 BUDGET PLAN NORED TAPE O DOWN PAYMENT Free With Every PHILCO Please Send Information: NAME ADDRESS ....ccconovins To Study in South MRS. LUCILE BROWN, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon O. Acuff of Seat Pleasant, Md., leaving for Nashville, Tenn., to attend the State university. Mr. Acuff is former judge of the Chancery Court of Knoxville and attorney for the alien property cus- todian here. under the program to build up to a treaty Navy by 1936. The United States should be laying down this year 25,000 tons of destroyers, but actually it will build only the 11 destroyers, totaling 16,500 tons. Murderer Electrocuted. BOSTON, Sptember 15 (#).—Paul V. Hurley, 20, was electrocuted in Charles- town State Prison shortly after mid- | Vinston Adams and Harold Bricker. night today for the murder of Patrol- man Joseph O'Brien in Brookline on August 3, 1930. i Arizona boasts of being a man-made State. THE NEW ell SORQSIS presents As delicate as its name . . . with clear-cut, graceful lines, this new step-in pump by Sorosis in brown kid, with inlays of blending lizard on the side, top and the interesting panel tongue. had in black kid with black rajah lizard trimming. S}_Loe Shop—Street Floor Radio Log Installation Service Delivery | | | | lege of London, England, dn 1927. HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TU SOCIETY (Continued From Third Page.) than a year ago, entering Wuhintkml Missionary College, where he received his B. A. degree last May. Soon after his arrival here, Miss Cr parents also came to where Prof. Crager ta nect with the educational department of the General Conference. Born in Cnpe Town, South Africa, while her parents were missionaries in that continent, Miss Crager was taken to South America in 1916, when her parents responced to another missionary call. She speaks S?llnhh fluently, and is also a musician, having won her de- gree of L. T. C. L. from the Trinity Cstfl; was a student-at Emmanuel Missionary College for the last half of 1930, com- ing to Washington, Missionary College for the year 1930-31, where she received her B. A. degree last May. The bride was attired in white geor- gette, with a tulle veil with a lace cap| held in place by orange blossoms. She carried bride roses and a shower bou quet of lilles of the valley. Her maid of honor was her sister, Miss Jean Crager, who wore coral-pink georgette and carried pink Columbia roses. e bridesmaid, Miss Gertrude Williams, was dressed in nile-green chiffon and carried yellow Pernet roses. dThe flower girls were Misses Marilyn and Anna Jean Jennings, daughters of Mr. and Mrs Harry Jenning of Takoma Park. Both were dressed in yellow organdie. 4 ~ Mr. Willlam E. Philips, & returned missionary from South America, was best man. Preceding the ceremony & solo en- titled “O Promise Me” was sung by Mr. Dale Hamilton, followed by & duet by Mr. Hamilton and Mrs. rothy Carr, entitled “I Love You Truly.” Dur- ing the ceremony “Sweet Mystery of| Life” was played on the pipe org‘n.i The ushers were Messrs. Carl Stilson, A reception followed at the home/of the bride. Residents Return From Northeast Harbor for the Winter. Mrs. Daniel C. Stapleton and her “Cameo” may also be [ET T LT T T T T T T T T daughter, Miss Stellita Stapleton, have returned to Washington from Northeast Harbor, Me., where they spent the Sum- mer. They will be at the Mayflower for a day or two while their house at 1617 Massachusetts avenue is being opened for the Winter. Miss Stapleton will return to school | at Raven Hill, near Philadelphia, and Mrs. Stapleton expects to pass part the Autumn in New York. & Mrs. Hampden Wilson has returned to hle’r homer l;n Kilbourne place after an absence of two months visit! - tives in Virginia, et Miss Idelle B. 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