San Diego, Dec. 27.
A squadron of destroyers was to-day ordered to relieve the nine ships of Destroyer Squadron Eleven which were sent from San Diego to San Pedro on December 20.
Admiral Walton R. Sexton, Commander of the Destroyer Squadrons, conferred with his aides to decide which squadron to -send for the relief duty. The Admiral's spokesman said this was probably the basis for the erroneous rumour that a division of destroyers would be sent to Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.
"No such orders have been given and none are anticipated," he said. He also denied that war heads have been replaced for the present dummy heads of torpedoes.—United Press.
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