Fleet program day of Seattle celebration schedule
Fleet arranges a sequence of events in Seattle including aerial display, parades, baseball at Seattle ball park, rodeos, dances, dinners for Navy leaders, floating barge concerts, boxing championships, and prize lists. The schedule features Secretary of the Navy arrival, President visits, all Fleet versus Shipyards baseball, and multiple cash prizes up to three thousand dollars for rodeo and racing events.
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New Mexico
City
Seattle Ball Park
Liberty Park
13Th
East
Jefferson Sts
Secretary of Navy
Bremerton
War Camp Community Service
Bon He Park
Fourth Ave
Daniels
Rainier Club
4Th Ave
Marion St
Sunset Club
Boren
University Sts
Army and Navy Club
Third Ave
Seattle
Masonic Hall
Howard ‘Ave
Pine St
Seattle Park
Men of Fleet
Armory
Virginia
Western Aves
Fifth Ave
University St
Bell St
Pacific Coast
Bon Marche Park
Hippodrome
Ttm
Arena
Pacific Fleet
P. m
Fleet
Leschi Park
Orpheum
Fourth and
Seattle Baseball Park
Wildwood Park
Airfleet
Victor Zednick
Andrew J. Barnett
Dean Join
T. Condon
Elmer Leader
Maj
Hawkins
GO. BE. Sherwood
H. B.cunningham
H. W. Sterrett
Miller Freeman
Pete Forrest
George Russell
Quick Reply Wins Texas Prize Pet From Admiral
A bulldog named Jim, owned by an American, became a prize pet of the Texas ship after Admiral Beatty offered him to the fleet at Scapa Flow. The dog went to London with the Rainbow division and was gifted to an English family and Admiral Beatty. A painting titled A Tribute from an Englishwoman to the American Navy commemorates the episode.
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Texas
Sir David
Grand Fleet
Scapa Flow
Adrel
United States
Vexas
Jim
London
Rainbow Division
Admiral Beatty
Scapa Plow
Bari
Armerican Avy” Iy
Yankees
Sailor Boat Crews Race for Navy Cutter Trophy Cup
Pacific fleet sailors will enter a navy cutter race at 2 30 Sunday afternoon over a two mile course. Indian crews in war canoes will follow, with Swinomish and Lummi representatives also competing. The Seattle Odd Fellows will present a sterling trophy cup to the fleet champions.
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Seattle Odd Fellows
Elliott Bay
The
Odd Fellows
Honor Crew Man the Old Battleship Oregon
The U S S Oregon, an honored old battleship from the Spanish American War era, hosts an all honor crew for a Pacific fleet review in Elliott Bay on Saturday. Officers and enlisted from many vessels fill the line, with Capt. Wettengel praising the staff and crew amid a blend of old machinery and modern skill.
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Oregon
Wilson
Elliott Bay
Navy
Navy Department
U. S
Secretary of the Navy
Premerton
San Francisco
Wessel
United States Navy
Althe
Ivan C. Wettengel
Injury on ship as baker caught in mixer
Gunner's mate Westbury was badly injured in a bread mixer accident aboard the Wyoming. His left hand wrist was crushed and three ribs broken during the incident. Chaplain Park and ship's doctors treated him in the sick bay and Westbury asked for only a local anesthetic, lamenting the bread shortage.
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Wyoming
LeRoy Westbury
Westbury
Albert M. Park
Ely
Baker
Arkansas
Chaplain Park
Sailors From Diverse Faiths Praised for Obedience and Service
The fleet’s officers praise Christian Scientists and Mormons as capable sailors. They say both groups value obedience as part of their faith, support the war effort, and serve loyally and intelligently despite opposition to war.
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Christian Scientista
Mormons
Mormona
United States
Ark ship Arkansas Goes on Modern Ark Tour of Pets
Report describes the battleship Arkansas teeming with animals and quirky pets aboard while at sea. Parrots, a macaw, goats, a marmoset, canaries, a sacred ibis and other creatures joined the voyage, with tales of their antics and losses during cruises from Trinidad to Balboa and New York.
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Arkansas
Trinidad
Balboa
California
Admiral Mayo
Goolew
Marmoset
New York
Quick Wit of God Soothes Admiral
The tale recalls Admiral Rodman aboard the New York who moved his flag to the Wyoming for overhaul. An electrician tending lights in the admiral’s cabin apologizes for the noise saying he is fixing your lights. The exchange shows mutual worn nerves as both men endure sleep deprivation.
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New York
Admiral Rodman
Wyoming
Navy Yard
Wyoming Officer Declared Beach Hitter Champion
Lieutenant Linton Herndon of the Wyoming earns envy for minimal ship time and being tagged a navy beach hitter. While in port he spends most days ashore in Los Angeles and Monterey, returning to the Wyoming eight days after a railroad strike began.
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Linton Herndon
The
Wyoming
Navy
Herndon Moneure
Herndon
Low Angeles
Monterey
Army unit convoy marches through Paria and London
Capt. L. W. Rooks commander of Co. L of the composite regiment arrived in New York aboard the Leviathan Tuesday after a parade through Paria and London. A telegram to his father Deputy Marshal William Rooks confirms the arrival.
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Pershing
L. W. Rooks
Co. L
Paria
Lnondon
New York
William Rooks
Fleet Could Blast Us to Smithereens in Beattie City
Warships lie in Killett bay. Magphip New Mexico's 14 inch guns could shell Beattie's center in an hour. The four superdreadnoughts New Mexico Mississippi Idaho Tennessee displace 32,660 tons, length 424 feet, beam 84 feet 4¾ inches, speed 21 knots, armed with 12 14 inch, 14 6 inch, and 4 three inch guns.
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Killett Bay
Puget Sound
New Mexico
L. C. Smith
Camithereens
Mississippi
Idaho
Tennessee
Siong
Emaliest
Vicksburg
This Dreadnaught Is Daddy Mamma to French Orphans
The Wyoming is praised for never breaking down during seven years in commission. It has spent only 139 working days in overhaul and has adopted 23 French orphans aged between infancy and 14. Children are cared for in private homes with divisions sending letters to the ship titled Cher parrain Dear parent. Sailors receive photos of their charges.
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Wyoming
R. E B. Coontz
Gods of the Wyoming
Poll Parrot Pot Pie Mystery Aboard Tacoma
The Tacoma voyage from Boston to the Panama Canal and Central America yielded a quirky tale as crew members sought green parrots in ports like Amapala Honduras. The parrots became a sought after supply item and soon the number of poll parrots on board declined as meat runs low.
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U. S
Tacoma
Green Parrot
Boston
Panama Canal
Amapala
Honduras
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