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Vol. XXXVI No. 13

Cover: Rarin’ to go, the Navy Goat faces the Army defiantly as the teams of Annapolis and West Point prepare for their great battle this year in Philadelphia, November 29. Photos: Goat – Navy Athletic Assn.; Background – Acme

Articles inside this issue:

Traditions of the Navy by C. W. Windas

Our Naval Views and Comments by The Editor

Lakehurst Makes a Comeback – Recognition of the Importance of Lighter-than-Air Craft in the Emergency Puts This Naval Air Station Back in the Sun. By J. Gordon Vaeth

Slap ‘Em With Logic – Truth May Be Stronger Than Fiction but Captain Dave French Had Heard So Much of the Latter from Two of His Sailors He Wasn’t Prepared to Believe a True, if Fantastic, Adventure. By Rex R. Schwenneker

Sailor’s Snapshots ( Prize winning photos by Sailors ) By Bob White

Scuttlebutt Scandals by Bozo

Death Keeps a Notebook – Our Sherlock Holmes in Naval Uniform Sticks His Neck Out as the Murder Mystery Moves Toward an Exciting Climax. ( Part II ) By J. W. Hedden and Illustrated by Walt Reed

Benmoreell – Pride of All the Navy’s Housing Projects, Located in Norfolk, Va., Benmoreell Is a Tribute to the Admiral Who Has Worked So Untiringly for Enlisted Men’s Quarters. By Mary Ellen Newcomer

The Manly Art of Osculation – How to Improve Your Technique and Your Health at the Same Time. By Max Singleton

Twenty Years of Navy Boxing by Harry Dwyer

Germany’s New Torpedo Boats – This Observer Believes They Are Poorly Conceived. By Jack Blumenfield

Roundup on the War – Military and Naval Aspects of the European Situation. By Fletcher Pratt

Plane Crashes

Blake Goes Ashore – Practically Everybody in the Navy Knows This Fellow. By R. A. Harriman

Naval Cancels and Cachets by Marshall R. Hall

Salt Shakers by Walt Munson

Bulletin Board of Naval Interest

Destroyer Division Seven’s Baseball Team

Pertinent Paragraphs – Sports Notes by Pop Jones

Athletics in the Fleet by Harry Dwyer

Personnel Information

Notes of Interest

Lay Aft on the Fantail

The Skipper and the Boot by Jack Watson

USS Concord on Third Cover