Bobby Lee

Way forward with Babe Ruth and Navy. The United States Navy brings you the adventures of Babe Ruth. And here to tell you about the immortal babe is the man who knew him so well. His piled up popular sports reporter Steve Martin.

When the big fellow ambled out to the mound to pitch batting practice one day, nobody suspected that he intended to catch a rat and save a brilliant young catcher from the penitentiary. But that's just what he did.

We'll bring you the exciting story in just a moment. But first, a brief but important message from Jackson Beck. Come in, Jack. Right, Steve. I just want to say a word about Navy officers. Fine, Jackson.

What's the word about Navy officers? Well, I think they're a fine group of men. Well, yes. And they're leaders. They're taught to be. They're solid citizens. Well, thanks, Jack. But what I'm trying to say, Steve, is that young fellows with college degrees ought to think very seriously of the Navy as a career.

And I don't care what kind of degree they have. There's a great and important place in the Navy for young doctors, for instance. mechanical and chemical and electronic and civil engineers. There's a Navy career awaiting psychologists and physicists and lawyers. And I don't know any life that could be more pleasant than that of a Navy officer. You've got something there, all right, Jack? A Navy officer has social

acceptance in the highest circles. He has a guaranteed income that's certainly equal to anything he could make in civilian life. He has good housing and complete and expert medical care for himself and all his family. And what's most important? He has a very real financial security. For under the Navy's Liberal Retirement Plan, he can retire in not so many years on