How Uncle Sams Navy Has Grown WORLDS RECORDThe most astonishing naval building achievement in history is illustrated on charts at left and above. Tabulation at left shows the combatant ships built for the U.S. navy in the past five years 1322 vessels, aggregating approximately 3,120,000 tons of fighting power. This compares with 383 such vessels on July 1, 1940, and means that Uncle Sam now holds more than 1500 sea fighters, with allowance for those lost in war and vessels transferred to our allies. At top, chart portrays the growth in strength of the navy from 7685 vessels of 1,800,000 tons on Dec. 7, 1941 to 100,000 ships and some 13,500,000 tons at the present time. Wotta Year Was Old 1945 Writerll Never Forget It . By Frederick C. Othman WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 I dont know what you thought about 1945, but now that its almost over, finished, washed up and in the trash can with the ration coupons, Im glad I didnt miss it. I dont believe I ever shall forget it. For instance: The U. S. senate considered the jelly bean shortage. Two army sergeants took deep breaths and denounced brass hats; one looked a delegation of generals in the collective eye and called em Pentagon boy scouts. Honest Harold Ickes said he didnt like the idea of shipping Missouri mules by air express to help the Canadians build an aluminum foundry. The Dow Chemical Co. demonstrated for some, awed congressmen the first magnesium beer barrel. Francis Biddle moved out of the capital, but the no parking sign in front of his house stayed behind. President Truman got a new yacht, equipped with two pianos and a fireplace. Collapse of one war agency after another left the magnificent new social security building, where the walls are green marble and the stairs are escalators, with acres of empty offices. The street car motormen twice turned Washington into a deserted city by going on strike. The OPA removed ceiling prices on manholes and manhole covers. The U. S. supreme court decided to review the Esquire decision (and, of course, the Esquire ladies. Sometimes, I guess, it must be fun to be a judge.) Jay Miller, the Brooklyn exterminator king, took one look at the interior department building and said he never did see so many bugs. Never. The patent office issued to a capital inventor all rights to a race track for pigs. The Pentagon restaurant began baking its bread in five sided loaves to match the worlds biggest office building. Maury Maverick, who first men (Continued On Page Two) (Continued from Page One) tioned gobbledegook as a synonym for governmental double talk, had to testify before a congressional committee. He used so much gobbledegook the lawmakers said theyd appreciate his translating it into English. The navy came up with a pointer painted black at one end and white at the other for pointing at maps at the Pearl Harbor inquiry. The white end was for dark maps, the black for light, and the senators were impressed. Me too. Clare Boothe Luce said she was weary of reading in the papers about her hair dos. An expert before the house labor committee said one reason for the diaper shortage was African sheiks. He said they used lend lease diapers for turbans. Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee took over the vice presidential limousine; there seemed no good reason to store it, simply for lack of a vice president. A ghost was reported in the subterranean chambers of the capitol. Representative C. W. Bishop of Illinois, who calls himself Runt in his official biography, was revealed as the designer of his wifes clothes. The treasury press room, once the home of Americas weirdest picture gallery, received a coat of baby blue paint. The federal money factory stepped up production of 2 bills for the horse race trade. President Trumans double tried, but failed, to talk himself into the White House; those secret service fellers were too smart for him. A lady with a gleam in her eye stood up in meeting and told Senator Tom Connally of Texas where she thought he ought to go. The cops evicted her, screaming. Thats the way with 1945, too; its on the way out reluctantly, yelling at the top of its voice