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SPEED VERSUS ARMOUR IN NEW WARSHIP DESIGN

SPECIFICATIONS OF TWO POWERS COMPARED, SHOWING SHARP DIFFERENCES IN MODERN NAVAL STRATEGY

London, Feb. 24:

Great Britain's two new battleships, laid down early in January on Tyneside and Merseyside, will be unlike any warships ever known before in the British navy.

They will be five knots faster than any dreadnought Britain ever has

had, and probably faster than the ARCTIC SEARCH

famous battle cruiser Hood. They

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not used previously. The

ships will have 5 inches of armour

plate on the decks as protection against ORIGIN

the largest known aerial bombs. They will carry far

more aircraft for PLANNED

launching from entapults than Boy existing ship.

In contrast to the two mighty fonting fortresses will be two. new United States battleships recently authorized. Specifications for these two ships, as made public by the Navy Department in Washington, revended that America will adhere to its traditional policy of putting big guns and heavy armour ahead of speed.

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The two U. S. ships, whose keels will be lald early In the summer. probably will have a speed of 28. or

U. S. Bureau to Sponsor Two-Year Expedition

In Greenland

New York, Feb. 26.

An Arctle expedition which may revolutionize weather forecasting in this country la being planned by CUfford J. MacGregor. New York, under auspices of the U. S. Weather Bureau.

The party is scheduled to leave

27 knols, Britain's new battleships | Newark, N. J., next June on Mac- undoubtedly will have speeds well Gregor's 120-foot schooner for Fort above 30 knots, although it is not Conger on the north-east corner of known definitely just how fast theyGreenland, will be.

MacGregor, chief meteorologist for Designs for modern battleships have the Second International Expedition been constantly under study, by the to the Arctic in 1932-33, pointed out Admiralty construction department in

that

It is an accepted scientifle fact recent years. Twelve different de-

that weather in the for north has slips have been produced, ranging in a great Influence as far south as the from 25,000 tons to fantastfe lower tiers of states. He hopes to. fortresses of 80,000 tons. Word from Washington is that the two new U. 5discover just

fluence is ships will not exceed the 35,000-ton limit set by the Washington Naval Treaty, although it 110 longer effective.

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how great that in-

The explorer will use a compara- tively new approach-the sludy of "air masses" in place of air currents, Since the last naval conference It thus obtaining a three-dimensional ปว been universally accepted fu or cubical view of the atmosphere Admiralty circles that new battleships | rather than fut plane. By this would have to be kept within 35,000 | method, air strcoms in tons. This has led to intensive re-altitudes can be traced to and from Search in

reducing weight without their sources and high and low dotracting from armour protection or pressure areas can be analyzed. An power. Britain heretofore has never use the 14-inch and 18-inch guns, although foreign navies have.

NEW GUN DEVELOPED

In the long interval since the last British battleship

was laid down, arms mokers have been experiment- ing with new type weapons. Now it

upper

"We think that the complete birth of weather can be studied, because weather must originate somewhere. and scientists now believe it is in the Arclic,' MacGregor said.

TO USE BALLOONS

"There are thirty-seven weather stations in this country for the study

is revealed that have developed of air masses.* But they have made

a weapon of smaller size then 14 comparatively little progress because Inches,

but it is said to be more their experimental airplanes can as- emcient than the standard 14-inch pain.

A

radio transmitter will dispatch ̧at- mospheric conditions to our receiver. on the ground. Thus we will not be hampered by unfavourable weather conditions. Our findings will be broadcast to the U. S. Weather Bureau twice daily by short wave radio."

cend only in good weather, We hope to use compact meteorological record- Details of this new weapon are ers with which the Massachusetts sceret, but it is known that the new Institute of Technology is experiment- gun weighs 25 dons lesy than the ing. They weigh about three pounds, old one, so that a battleship mounting and will be sent upon balloons. eight would save 200 tons in weight. This pourdage could be converted to the crift less vulnerable by ng the armour plate It is believed that the new British gun frey 31 shell weighing 1,800 hundredweight and the rate of fire is said to be three rounds in two minutes.. Work has been accomplished in this feld by Soviet Russia and Canada, U.S. TO USE THREE TURRETS

and in Norway. It is hoped that According to word from Washing within four or five years the United ton. the sun size for the two new States. in co-operation with these U. S. battleships has not been decided countries, may be able to establish definitely, but they will be either 14 permanent meteorological bureaus or 10-inch. Specifications as they now throughout the entire north to forecast stand permit an option. Regardless of weather for the entire world as for the size gun mounted, these craft will ahead as two weeks. The value of have only three turrets. If the 14-this to shipping, passenger services, inch gun is chosen, then each turret and farmers would be inestimable. will mount tour. If the larger "We will also investigate the Arelle weapon is used, three will be mounted, natives' belief that the aurora borealis It pointed out here that nine 16-emits sound," MacGregor sold. "Ap- inch guns would be more powerful proximately 85 per cent of the natives than either Great Britain or Japan swear it does, while scientists vow it ever has mounted on any fighting does not. Facetious persons say it is craft. Obviously the American ships just static electricity crackling in the have been designed as more defensive natives' beards. Natives say they can than offensive. First, navy observers hear the aurora distinctly—a sound point out, is the slower speed. Then like the rustling of silk. But static the armour plate probably will be which causes auroras is discharged heavier, Speed, admittedly was de-about 60 miles from the earth, and sirable, but not at the sacrifice of therefore any sound which might be weight, big guns and heavy armour. emitted would take at least eight ininutes to reach our cars; so you can see it could not be connected with any separate discharge.

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"Also, scientists belleve there is an extensive vacuum in these upper at- mospheric regions, through which no Peer's Son In Scene there is another conductor up there sound could possibly pass-unless

which they know nothing about. We Kingston (Jamalca), Feb. 20.) The Hon. Patrick Mitchell-Thomson, by lowering the ground wire of our are going to try to detect any sound only son of Lord Selsdon, was fined radio straight down to sen level. 30s. and costs here to-day for assault-Thus, any sound which might reach ing an English tourist, Francis Jesse the earth will be picked up by this Chessum, In a midnight fracas at an wire transmitted to our cars. hotel where Mr. Lloyd George also "Another problem which we will was staying

altempt to solve-one which has was stated at Mr. Mitchell-puzzled scientists for many years-Is Thomson asked

Chessum

to the origin of the_blonde_eskimos in withdraw a remark and knocked him these northern regions. Four or five down when he refused.

hundred years ago, a settlement of is Vikings in Greenland suddenly dis twenty-Diree, married on November appeared. Some say the Vicings 12 last Miss Phocbette Swithhbank, migrated westward and Interbred with and they were on their honeymoon. the Mongeilan type Eskimo, thus They sailed for England this after-causing these blonds to appear. Bu!

Mr.

noon.

Mr.

Mitchell-Thomson who

Mistinguett Denies American Stories About

Her Age

no one really knows. The mystery will be studied by geologists and palcontologists who will accompany us."

The expedition is financed by the U. S. Weather Bureau. Selentials in other fields. Invited will pay only their living expenses. Owen D. Wright, of the New York Explorers Club, has Paris. been invited as an authority of Returning from her adventurous topography. two month trip to Hollywood, Mislinguett came back to the toot-of

It is hoped that men in the fields lights of her favourite Parislon musle zoology,

geology, paleontology, bolany, halia. She was very

and archooloйy also wli angry about accompany the two-year expedition: Emergency rations for an extra year

American newspapermen.

"They are very nice fellows," she are being taken in case the men are said, "but they take life too seriously, delayed by Jone

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