The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 24, 1931 Page: 4 of 4
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U. S. Texas- 10-24-31- 0.
I. S. S. TEXAS
7
DEAR SIS:
We are get-
ting all set to
celebrate Navy
Day which will
be next Tues-
day the birth-
day of the late
President Roose-
velt, who did so
muchd for the
building up of
our Navy. I
suppose there is
no day when we are in port that
we do not have a great many
visitors but on Navy Day we have
open house. The guns are mann-
ed and operated so the visitors
can see them; planes are shot ofd
thq 'catapult at different times
during the afternoon; and signal-
men are waving their signal flags
in perpetual motion. We have
everything except scrub and wash
clothes and field day so that Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Public may see
just what the Navy is like. It
won't seem like the Navy without
the sidecleaners rigged over the
side of the ship on their stages.,
but the visitors will get a chance
to see Wall street on the ship
where the barber shop, pay office,
post office, canteen, soda fountain
and the House of Kupplecleaners
are situated and all doing a big
business. "Curley" Clawson in the
bread locker will probably get the
Charley Horse from carving bread
to show how the Navy makes both
ends meet with a loaf of bread.
In the evening there is to be a
searchlight drill when the sky will
be pencilled with silver strokes for
an hour or so. On Wednesday we
go to sea again for tactical exer-
cises at night. Our football team
plays Compton Junior College this
afternoon and we expect to take
a big rooting party to the game.
Love to all at home,
Buddy.
ooOOoo
"I would most earnestly recom-
mend the increase and prompt
equipment of that gallant Navy
which has lighted up every sea
with its victories and spread an
imperishable glory over the coun-
try"-
2 December I872
JOHN TYLER
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"Naval power is the natural de-
fense of the United States"-
JOHN ADAMS
16 May 1797MADAYAG, PETROWSKI AND
NORRIS STAR IN SMOKER
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Although the Texas lost four
out of the seven boxing contests
in last Monday's Smoker on here
with the Colorado, and we were
completely rubbed out in all the
scores for the wrestling, the Texas
stranglers really put up a much
better showing than the score
indicates and the evening was in-
ceresting and exciting if not quite
as enjoyable and satisfactory as it
might have been with a few more
victories. When the wrestling mat
had been cleared away it was soon'
evident that we were to be very
much in the boxing. Madayag
looked very much a champion in
his knockout victory over Philpott,
while Petrowski boxed a very
heady and skillful fight to turn Den-
nison back. Norris fought a very
impressive fight with Cavalini
showing that he was master of the
situation at all times and winning
the fight in his own way and on
his own terms. Pierson had not
quite enough time to be ready for
the light heavy thing while
Stevenson in the final showed a
fighting heart that would make a
Roman gladiator look like a dude
and Jack Dempsey a sissy.
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The money that goes into the
construction of a battleship, cruis-
er, submarine or destroyer is scat-
tered over the entire country.
Miners produce the ores from which
the steel is forged; smelters pro-
duce the metal after it has been
received from the mines; factories
turn out machines and parts; ship-
building yards assemble ships. The
ship when completed, takes fuel,
men, equipment, all of which comes
from the people of the country it-
self. The Navy plays no favor-
ites; it draws from every source
of American industrial, economic
and social life. It costs millions of
dollars to construct a Ship but
every cent of the money expended
goes back where it came from-
it is broken up and scattered until
it finds its way into the pockets
of every class of people in the land.
Natural resources are exploited for
the materials of which ships are
constructed--no mort Construc-
tion created demands, which were
filled by the people themselves
through a long cycle which provid-
ed employment and livelihood for
great numbers.DEMOLAYS INVITES TEXAS
TO THEIR FALL DANCE
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The following invitation has been
received from the )Battle Fleet
Chapter Order of DeMolay:-
"The Battle Fleet Chapter Or-
der of DeMolay most cordially
invites you to attend their Annual
Fall Dance semi-formal on Sat-
urday evening, October 24th 1931
at eight o'clock at the Masonic
Temple at Pico and Figueroa
Streets, Los Angeles, California.
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"There shoulld be no halt in the
work of building up the Navy,
providing every. year additional
fighting craft. We are a very
rich country, vast in extent of
territory and great in population;
a country moreover, which has an
army diminutive indeed when com-
pared with that of any first-class
power. We have deliberately made
our own certain foreign policies
which demand the possesion of a
first-class Navy. A good Navy
is not a provocative of war. It is
the surest guaranty of peace."
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
2 December, 1902.
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NAVY CLUB FOUNDER ALSO
SUGGESTED FIRST NAVY DAY
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The magnificent possibilities of
a day to be set aside to bring our
Navy to the attention of the Amer-
ican people were first conceived by
Mrs William H. Hamilton, founder
of the National Navy Club in New
York, where Texas men have had
many good times. There is in the
Navy Club a special dormitory
called the Texas Room funds for
which were collected and presented
by Mrs Charles McClendon, Pres-
ident of the Texas Society of the
City of New York.
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"Two great objects are there-
fore to me regarded in the estab-
lishmenit of an adequate naval
force: the first to prevent war so
far as it may be practicable; the
second" to' diminish its calamities
when it may be inevitable. No
government will be disposed Sto
violate our rights if it knows we
have the means and are prepared
and resolved to defend them."-
JAMES MONROE
30 January 1824S
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Texas (Battleship). The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 24, 1931, newspaper, October 24, 1931; United States. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1161757/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.