Washington, Feb. 19.
The rescue of the crew of the burning American gunboat Fulton by the British destroyer Wishart near Hongkong on March 14, 1934, was recalled to-day when a Bill authorizing Pres-dent Roosevelt to present awards to two British naval officers was introduced in Congress by Senator Park Trammel (Democrat, Plorida), chairman of the Senate's Naval Affairs Committee, The Bill authorizes the President to present the Distinguished Service Medal to Commander E. Todd, and the Navy Cross to Licut.-Commander 'A. Kiteat, formerly attached to the destroyer Wishart. Commander Todd is now on duty at Portsmouth, Eng-Jand, while Lieut-Commander Kiteat is serving aboard the destroyer Torrid—Reuter.
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