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OLD BATTLESHIP TURNS TO TEACHING
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By GEORGE E. SISLER
ANNAPOLTS, Md. — (/PI — The
battleship Wyoming — Navy men |
call her the “Chesapeake Raider”
—has fired more rounds of anti
aircraft ammunition than any
other ship in World War II. but
not one shell at an enemy.
The nickname may be unkind,
but comes natural for a ship that
left a proud post in the Battle
Fleet to spend her dotage in the
Shelter of Chesapeake Bay. She
has been there for more than three
years.
The Wyoming, shorn of her 12
inch guns and equipped with the
most modern anti-aircraft wea
pons, has trained more than 35.
000 officers and men since March,
1942. Her new armament has
fired roughly 1,700,000 rounds of
ack-ack during that time.
The vessel has operated as one
of the anti-aircraft gunnery
schools under Rear Admiral C. F.
Bryant, Commander of Fleet Op
erations, Training Command, At
lantic Fleet—an officer who first
went to sea on the Wyoming fol
lowing his graduation from the
Naval Academy in June, 1914.
The "Chesapeake Raider" is
the second-oldest battlewagon in
service. The U.S.S. Arkansas beat
her into commission by eight days
:n September, 1912.
Though too infirm for active
duty in the conflict just past, the
Wyoming had her days of glory.
World War I found her at the de
feat of the German fleet at Scapa
Flow. In 1931, she rescued Sir Hu
bert Wilkins, British Arctic ex
plorer, when his submarine broke
down at sea.
Many famed admirals have trod
the ship's quarter deck since 1912.
Adm. William F. Halsey, Jr., Com
mander of the U. S. Third Fleet,
USS WYOMING—A champ spars.
was her executive officer in 1925.
Vice Adm. Randall Jacobs. Chief
of Naval Personnel, and Vice
Adm. Daniel E. Barbey. Com
mander of the Seventh Fleet's am
phibious force, were aboard her
just before war was declared.
For many years the Wyoming
served as a training ship for Naval
Academy Midshipmen, and in
1935 carried Naval Reservists
from Baltimore on a cruise to
Halifax.
She now is commanded by
Capt. T. F. Wellings.
JAMES J. CONNORS
ENTERS THIRTEENTH
YEAR OF SERVICE
James J. Connros entered his
thirteenth year as Collector of
Customs for the District of Alas
ka upon his reappointment by the
j President, with consent of the
| Senate, the latter part of October.
Mr. Connors was first appointed
by President Roosevelt on July
12, 1933, and has served continu
ously since that time as the result j
of three reappointments.
The Customs District of Alaska
was created by Act of Congress in
1868, and Mr. Connors is the
twenty-first man to hold the posi
tion of Collector of Customs and
has served longer than any other
man in that position. John F.
Pugh, who was Collector from
December 2, 1913, until his death
in 1918, held the post for the sec
ond longest term.
NAZARENE CHURCH
ORGANIZED
Dr. Hardy C. Powers, General
Superintendent of the Church of
the Nazarene, arrived in Nome
Monday evening. Dr. Powers
spoke in the Nazarene Church
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
His messages were very spiritual
land inspiraitonal, and will be re
membered by all who heard them.
Eleven people were received in
to the Church as charter members
Wednesday evening.
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SAYVILLE, N. Y.— (JP) —Mrs.
Kathryn Case is brushing up on
her cross-country.
When her husband, Harvey
Case, head of Sayville High’s
physical education department en
tered the Army, Mrs. Case, took
over the hill and dalers.
Before Mrs. Case, mother of a
four-months-old daughter, turned
housewife she was in charge of
the girl’s physical education pro
gram at the Long Island school.
Today she has 400 boys under her
athletic direction.
ALFRED BLACHFORD HOME
ON 90-DAY FURLOUGH ^
Alfred Blachford, son of Mr7
| and Mrs. Charles Blachford, of
j Golovin, Alaska, is on his way
•■•nr'iP on a ninety-day furlough.
I / ifrea has been given a long fur
lough, as he has reenlisted in the
U. S. Army, and has asked for
service in Germany. He states
that many of the Alaskan boys
are reenlisting who have not had
a chance to leave the Territory
during their service while we
v/ere at war. They all wish for
foreign service before resuming
their civilian status.
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