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Robert J. FLEMING, Jr., Governor-President

David S. Parker, Lieutenant Governor /t5^

Frank A. Baldwin

Panama Canal Information Officer

Official Panama Canal Publication Published monthly at Balboa Heights, C.Z. Printed at the Printing Plant, La Boca, C.Z.

Distributed free of charge to all Panama Canal Employees

Robert D. Kerr, Press Officer

Publications Editors Rich mid D. Peacock and Julio E. Bhiceno

Editorial Assistants Eunice Richard, Tobi Bittel, and

Tom\s A. Cupas

PIGGY-BACK TREES-One of Natures oddities can be found

right here in the Canal Zone. This tree-within-a-tree rarity has been

seen by many but probably few realized that a royal palm was

growing out of what we have tentatively identified as an Enter- lobium cyclocarpum, or corotu tree. If anyone knows for sure what

kind of tree is housing the parasite-palm, please let us know.

Vol. 15, Nos. 1-2

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1964

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ROOSEVELT, GOETHALS, GORGAS, AND STEVENS.

It is impossible to talk about the Panama Canal without

these names coming forward from history. As the Canal

reaches its 50th birthday this month, it is to these men, and

thousands of others who labored for the realization of their ideals and plans, that thoughts are turned. They launched

a project that the world had called impossible. They brought

to it a combination of leadership and talent that could lead nowhere except to success. Their energies and determination left the world with a great waterway that has made

life better for people everywhere. They represented that toughness of spirit and will to succeed that Americans have

demonstrated in meeting challenges everywhere. These men

of the past, then, offer an inspiration to the present. Their

accomplishments still shine brightly after half a century; the greatness in them has made a mark that time will not

erase.

Index

$1.2 Million Tuna Boat 3

New Hospital Annex _ 4

RR Car Display 6

Port of Hampton Roads 8

Message Week 9

Canal's 50th Anniversary 10

How to Order Anniversary Book 10

At the Fair 12

Canal History 13

Shipping Charts 14

Anniversary Luncheons 14

1 ,etter from Former Lieutenant Governor Paxson 15

Anniversaries 16

Promotions and Transfers 18

Shipping News . 19

2 August-September 1964
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THE POOR FISH doesn't have a chance

these days.

The men who go down to sea in ships

have equipment that would make their grandfathers green with envy. And after hours, such luxuries as air conditioned

cabins, television, and gourmet food. Such a fishing ship arrived in Balboa

recently on her maiden voyage from the west coast of the United States. It was

the $1.2 million tunaboat, City of Tacoma. which incorporates many innovations for hunting tuna, from masthead

maneuvering controls, to a 50-knot

aluminum speedboat for rounding up

the fish, to a 15-ton skiff which holds

the net while the boat plays out a 680-

fathom-long nylon net called a seine. The nylon seine which operates like a huge purse when it is drawn around

a school of tuna, gives the vessel its name "purse seiner." It is 4,180 feet long and is buoyed by 3,800 plastic

floats. Within 5 hours of sighting a school

of tuna, it is possible for the crew on

the CAtij of Tacoma to surround, bring

in, and load 100 tons of fish—a slight

improvement on the system which called

for men to bring in the big fish one by

one on hooks. The ship was designed and built this year by Arne Strom, former fisherman,

who now owns the Tacoma Boat Building Co. of Tacoma, Wash. He also built

the Caribbean, a sister ship of the City

of Tacoma now operating out of Puerto

Rico. The vessel has a 1,600 horsepower

Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine which

drives it at 14 knots, a fuel capacity

which could take the ship around the world and three 200 horsepower generators to produce power for the ships'

refrigeration and the power operated

fishing gear. The tanks can hold a total of 800 tons of frozen tuna, more than

twice as much as the older ships.

Proud and happy with the sleek new

fishing ship, is Capt. Louis Sitta, 38, master and part owner of the City of Tacoma. He is assisted by fishing master Gaetano Giacalone and a crew of 16, many of whom were taken on in Panama.

Most are skilled in the operation of the mechanized fishing gear. After taking on water, fuel, and

supplies in Balboa, the City of Tacoma

sailed on her maiden fishing trip in the

Pacific, and when loaded will take her

catch to The Starkist, a tuna canning

plant in Puerto Rico. Her sister ship, the Caribbean, also built by Strom, has been operating out of Puerto Rico for the past 6 months.

Agents for the vessel at the Canal

is Agencia R. C. Worsley, S.A. of Panama.

Climbing aloft to look for tuna fish is Gaetano Ciacalone, Captain Sitta's assistant.

The "City of Tacoma" lies moored to Pier 18 in Balboa during a recent stopover here on her maiden voyage from the States.

Capt. Louis Sitta, part owner, mans the controls of the $1.2 million tuna boat.
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THE HIGHEST and the newest build- ing in the Canal Zone is the new eightstorv Gorgas Hospital annex now nearing

completion in Ancon. Follow the numbered photographs for a step-by-step

rundown of the new annex's construction from the artist's drawing in 1961 to the nearly completed job in 1964.

Built on what was formerly a parking

lot near the sprawling Gorgas Hospital

complex, the handsome new building

is on a par with the most modern structural standards of similar institutions in the United States. Its completion at the end of this year will result in a complete

revamping of the entire hospital plant.

Houses Surgical Services

Virtually all surgical services at Gorgas will be consolidated in the new

annex under one roof. All clinics, with

the exception of the medical clinics, will be on one floor and the eighth floor will be devoted to an obstetrical ward, the

deliver) rooms and the newborn babv

nursery. Medical clinics will remain in the existing Section B.

In addition to the clinics, the main

floor will include the admitting office, a general information center where

patients and visitors can obtain directions, business offices, medical records, an emergency suite, and the pharmacy.

Surgical patients will receive all treat- ment and care in the new annex. A sur-
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gical suite consisting of six operating rooms and a recovery room will be

directly above the main floor in an area which will include laboratories, X-ray

department, central sterile supply, and

a new section called the intensive care

suite, where patients who are seriously

ill can be kept under constant attention.

Kitchen and Cafeteria

The hospital's main kitchen and food

supply rooms will be on the fourth floor. This floor also will have a cafeteria type

dining room for ambulatory patients

with a seating capacity for 90 persons. The location of the kitchen has been

chosen in order to simplify food service

to other parts of the hospital and is on

the same level with the bridge and

tunnel leading to the older buildings.

In the new annex, there will be no

such thing as a ward in the sense it has

been used. Rooms will be for 1, 2, or 4

beds, arranged to permit patients to be

grouped more effectively than in the

old section either by service or by type

of illness. Nearly 20 percent of the beds

in the new annex will be in single

Patient-Nurse

Communication

Patients may communicate with the

staff by means of a 2-way patient-nurse

communication system. Rooms will have

large picture windows and the entire hospital will be air conditioned.

Remodeling of the older sections of Gorgas will follow the move into the new annex. Section A will house the housekeeping functions, the brace shops,

the Red Cross room, the medical library,

and a snack bar. Section B will be

devoted to the medical clinics, the chest

clinic, and the ward for chest patients.

In Section O will be the children's ward

and all of the wards for medical patients.

Parking Problem Eased

One highlight of the new building

completion will be the relief of the acute parking problem that has plagued

patients, staff, and visitors during the 3 years of construction. The ground floor of the annex will provide parking for about 90 vehicles and will be augmented

by a 31-car parking lot now being constructed across the street from the new

annex. It is planned that the great

majority of the parking under the building will be for the use of patients and

visitors.

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The first of the Canal's construction-day railroad dump cars, the American-made Western type, is placed on display at the railroad

station in Balboa Heights. A mule has now joined the display.

Maintenance Division workmen prepare the exhibit ramp for a construction-day mule.

CONSTRUCTION

DAY RR CARS

STILL IN USE

AS WE THINK about the first 50 years

of the Panama Canal, we also think about the construction of tin's world

wonder. Seldom thought of in connection with the construction is the equipment used to carve the water- way through solid rock and other

diTiculties presented by nature. On this and the following page are

pictures of the mounting of the first of the old construction-dav railroad dump

cars, the American-made Western tvpe,

at the railroad station in Balboa Heights. At the site of the mounting is a glass- enclosed series of construction-dav

photographs showing the American- and

French-made railroad cars in use.

Construction men use a crane to lift rails onto the elevated ramp.

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The fiist railroad cars used by the French for removing excavated material from the cut were small "Decauville"

cars, each holding less than 1 cubic yard. After the French were forced to abandon

construction, the Americans took over

the project and used some of the "Decauville" cars in addition to their own railroad cars. (The cars also were

used during World War II for tunnel

excavations and other such uses.) The standard French dump cars held about 10 cubic yards when fully loaded

and were used until almost the end of the dry cut excavation. They were well- made, but their small size greatly

reduced their production capacity.

Another difficulty was that they could

be dumped on one side only.

The American-made Western railway

dump cars, the kind seen in the display

at the railroad station, were among the

earliest items of earth-moving equipment

brought in by the United States. Their 18-yard capacity, general rug- gednsss and maneuverability were

ideally suited to the cut-widening work.

Many of these cars still are being used

by the Panama Railroad.

Mule 645 is hoisted onto the ramp.

Finishing touches are added to the old mule before lifting the car into place.

The rails are connected.

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WORLD PORTS

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Co Country's $ 1

©loest harbor

HAMPTON ROADS ports (the Port of New port News and the Port of Norfolk,

the latter comprising the cities of Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth) are

ideally situated as the southernmost of the North Atlantic ports. Located a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean with

wide navigable channels 40 feet deep,

Hampton Roads' natural harbor serves many areas of the United States and

many ports throughout the world. More

than 100 regularly scheduled steamship

lines connecting more than 350 world

ports serve Hampton Roads. During

1962 more than 5,800 ships called on

the oldest harbor in the United States. The Hampton Roads area is served by more than 50 motor carriers and a huge network of railroads, the major two being the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- wax Co. and the Norfolk & Western

Railway Co. Construction of a new $25 million

coal pier was completed at Lamberts

Point last year. With two 17-story high

shiploading towers, the pier has a load

rate of 16,000 tons an hour. Electronic machinery is available for the custom

blending of coal. Backup storage yards

have a capacity of 21,400 coal cars, with two other coal piers available. The two general cargo piers at Sewells Point, Norfolk, have warehousing between the piers to save time

and material handling costs. Located

near the piers is a modern grain elevator with a capacity of 25,000 bushels an

hour.

In December 1961, the Virginia State Ports Authority purchased the five existing general cargo piers and supporting facilities at Lamberts Point and

Sewells Point, Norfolk, Va., as the first phase of a long range General Cargo

Facilities Expansion and Improvement

Piers at Newport News, owned and operated by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Among

C. & O. facilities are a modern ore pier, coal piers, merchandise piers and storehouses.

Program in Hampton Roads, and at the same time awarded a contract to construct a new 5-berth general cargo pier

at Lamberts Point. The ultra-modern

pier will have 320,000 square feet of covered storage space where general cargo will be loaded into trucks or rail cars for immediate delivery to one of the two backup warehouses.

A number of ideas are new. For one

thing, the designers have incorporated

combination hatch-skylights in the transit shed. These will open like ships'

hatches to permit containerized cargo

to be lifted by crane directly into the shed on trucks. And two 25-ton gantry

cranes for the lifting are based on a new

concept. Each will be mounted on a semi-circular track. The inner rail will

be mounted on the pier's shed roof, the

outer rail on the pier itself. This is to permit the cranes to move freely to either side of the pier and to keep their inside legs from blocking the cargo doors

of the shed. In addition, there will be a refriger- ator warehouse with four 25,000-cubicfoot storage cells equipped for chilled or frozen storage. A transfer bridge de- signed to serve a 4-track carfloat is also

in the plans. Expansive open storage area will be provided inshore for storage

of containerized cargo or other items not

requiring covered storage. The Authority

says consultants have estimated the immediate effect of the improved cargo- handling installations will be 500,000 more tons of general cargo a year.

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's modern ore pier at Newport News. Conveyor systems have

a capacity of 7,200 tons per hour. The pier is 1,191 feet long, 82 feet 4 inches wide.
Ham Operators Set for "Message Week"

Canal and Amateur

Radio Operations

Mark Jot/i Birthday

MESSAGES received by amateur

radio operators in the Canal Zone will have a special meaning the week of August 8 through 16. As part of the

celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the Canal, commemorative

cards and certificates will be issued

to amateur radio operators who make

contact with Zone stations. The special commemorative certificates will be presented, courtesy

of the Panama Canal, by Governor

Fleming to any operator who makes

five contacts with KZ5 during the

special "Message Week," and thus

receives 5 QSL cards. KZ5 is the call number of all private Canal Zone

stations. QSL cards are sent to the

radio operators to confirm contacts. There are two radio clubs operating in the Canal Zone. The Canal

Zone Amateur Radio Association,

whose president is Paul Runnestrand,

Executive Secretary to the Governor,

operates on the Pacific side. The

Crossroads Amateur Radio Club,

under president Bruce G. Sanders,

Chief Inspector of Cristobal Customs

Office, operates on the Atlantic side.

Regulating and licensing of the

approximately 200 operators in the

Canal Zone is administered by the

Coordinator of Amateur Radio Activities, Lt. Col. Henry W. Hill, USA.

Amateur radio operators in the

Zone perform an important public

service by regularly engaging in emergency communications. During

the January disturbances they handled over 5,000 personal messages

between persons in the United States and the Canal Zone. The operators

Ralph E. Harvey, one of about 200 amateur radio operators in the Zone, operates the Civil Defense Control Station, KZ5BH. The station in the Administration Building, Balboa Heights.

also cooperate with, and are part of

the communications plans of the

Canal Zone Civil Defense Program.

It is worth noting that the Golden

Anniversary of the Panama Canal is

also the 50th Anniversary of Amateur

Radio Operations in the United

States. The United States boasts

280,000 amateur radio operators, more than all other nations combined.

The Panama Canal Review
MODERN WONDER OF TH

AUGUST 15, 1914 dawned gray and warm. In the quarters

ot a certain engineer, the lights were already on, for he

had a reason for arising early. He ate a hurried breakfast

and left the house.

For the first time, after more than 6 years of labor and

problems, Col. George Goethals was going to his post as the chief of an operating enterprise. For this dav marked

the official opening of the Panama Canal.

ANCON READY TO GO

The SS Anton was in readiness to make the historic journey. The locks were ready, they had been tested. The

locomotives were operating properly. Everything seemed

right. Nothing had been left to chance.

But would the great dav pass without mishap? Colonel

Goethals had been plagued with problems by the thousands. But he had managed to solve them all and bring

the great project to completion. He was calm, but no man

who had traveled such a long road, or who stood at the

brink of a test with the world looking over his shoulder,

could be unconcerned.

But there was no cause for concern. Headlines the next dav proclaimed to the world that the Panama Canal was

open. The journey of the SS Ancon was without incident.

Had it not been such an important trip, it could have been

compared to one of the ordinary transits that followed it bv the thousands.

MORE THAN 345,000 SHIPS

That was 50 vears ago. Since then, more than 345,000

ships have transited the Canal.

During the 50 years, the transiting of ships has held the constant attention of those who are charged with the

operation of the Canal. But this month, they will pause

for a day to mark half a century of service to world commerce. The transit of ships will not be interrupted in anv wav.

GOVERNOR TO CANCEL STAMPS

Earlv in the dav Canal Zone Governor Fleming will cancel the first stamps of the special six-stamp issue that commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Panama Canal.

First Day covers of the stamp will go on sale that day at the Balboa, Cristobal, and Balboa Heights Post Offices. The stamps were featured in the May issue of the Review7 and orders for them have been pouring into the office of the Postal Director. There are six stamps, ranging from

6 to 80 cents in value. Each of the air mail stamps has a

different Canal scene as its central point of interest and

the set is being sold in an attractive folder for $2. The

folder contains information on the Canal and on the

postal service. A special medallion on the 50th Anniversary has been

ordered by the Canal organization and will be on sale

in all retail stores and service centers this month.

The Ancon transiting the Canal August 15, 1914.

HOW TO ORDER

YOUR BOOK

THE PANAMA CANAL-50th Anniversary" volume can be mailed to you by the Panama Canal organization. State your preference for English or Spanish copies. Simply enclose

a check or money order for $2.95

with the request and mail to: The Pan ama Canal Information Office, Box

M, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone. BE

SURE to include your return address. The $2.95 covers postage and mailing

to any address in the United States. Handling of requests will begin August 15 and orders will be filled as long as the supply of books lasts.

10 August-September 1964
WORLD MARKS 50 YEARS

50TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK

Another highlight of the celebration is the publication

of a book, in English and Spanish, by the Information

Office of the Canal. It contains hundreds of pictures,

along with special artwork. The text is not long, but is

sufficient to give continuity to the photos.

Two colors and black are featured on the inside of the

book. In its 128 pages can be found a condensed history

of the Canal. This begins with the coming of the French

in 1880 and carries the story through the completion of the project by America in 1914. The book has a section on life today in the Canal Zone.

It also has a special section on the Republic of Panama.

The section on Panama has a complete but condensed

history of the Republic, plus pictures.

The book begins widi a section on the leadership and

responsibility aspects of the Canal.

Many of the pictures used in the book are published

for the first time. These historical photographs were made

from some of the thousands of glass slides in the Panama

Canal archives and hold a special interest for the

historically minded.

Other photos were taken by the Graphic Branch of the

Panama Canal. The Library-Museum furnished reference

books from which was drawn material used in writing

the text.

The book has a hard cover, is embossed in gold and a

colorful cover protects it. It will be on sale in all retail

stores and service centers for $2.75 a copy. A special

instruction on how to order the book accompanies this

article. The book has been printed in a limited edition; there

will be 6,500 copies available for sale in English and 3,500

in Spanish. The advance order pace is brisk. The book

also will be available at outlets in Panama City. In addition to the medallion of the Canal organization,

there is a special memorial medal ordered by the Republic

of Panama.

ANNIVERSARY SIGNS AT LOCKS

The passengers and crews of all ships transiting the

Canal for the remainder of the year will know that the

Canal is 50 years old. Two huge signs will proclaim it. One is at Miraflores Locks, the other at Gatun Locks and

the signs, featuring a giant 50th Anniversary seal in combination with the message, are to be lighted at night.

A special ceremony has been arranged for the gift of an old locomotive to the National Museum of Transport,

St. Louis, Mo. On the morning of August 15, Governor

Fleming will formally release the locomotive for transport

to the museum. Officials will also attend this meeting.

Captains of ships transiting on August 15 will be

awarded a unique honor. Each will be presented with

a special certificate to mark the transit of his ship through

the Canal on its 50th Anniversary.

It is inevitable that the thoughts of the present generation will be turned back to that day 50 years ago when,

through the efforts of thousands of men bent on a single

task, a great victory over nature was achieved with the

opening of the Panama Canal.

The cover for the 50th Anniversary book.

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First Day cover to be sold at the World's Fair.
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Skyscrapers and automobiles and automobiles and skyscrapers—that's only part of the story of the bustling, ever-moving metropolis of New York City, where Lucho Azcarraga and his conjunto will play at the World's Fair August 15 and 16. The group will perform in connection with the Fair's tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Panama Canal. If vou're looking for landmarks (the Fair is out of the

picture at the left)—at far left center is the United Nations Building; the Empire State Building is far right center of this aerial view

looking south from Manhattan. The 128-page 50th Anniversary book and a 'older o'. special commemorative stamps will be sold at the Fair. Panama Canal is Spotlighted

Aug. 15-19 at N.Y. World's Fair

NEXT WEEKEND, August 15 and

16, Lucho Azcarraga and his conjunto, sponsored by the New York

World's Fair Corp., will play at the

fair in commemoration of the 50th

Anniversary of the Panama Canal.

Lucho will perform in the area of

the Pan American Gardens near the

Eastman Kodak exhibit.

In addition to the music of the

popular Panamanian organist, two

Canal Zone employees will travel to

tin lair to coordinate and undertake

the selling of 50th Anniversary books

and souvenir stamp folders.

STAMPS, BOOKS,

AND CONJUNTO

ARE FEATURED

Joe Kozlowski, supervisor in charge

of the Canal Zone Philatelic Society's

activities, and William E. Dolan,

Philatelic clerk, leave August 13 to

si I up their display- The stamps and

books will be sold from August 15

to August 19. Also a feature at the special kiosk

for the Canal tribute will be an automatic slide projector, which will Hash pictures of the Canal on a screen for the Fair's manv visitors. Copies of the 50th Anniversary

book will be presented to Fair officials, including Robert Moses, president of the New York World's Fair

Corp., and former Canal Zone

Gov. William E. Potter (1956-60), now executive vice president of the

Fair Corporation.

12 August-September 1964
CANAL HISTORY

50 y[ear3 cAg,o

EVERYTHING DURING the month

of August 1914 was tied in with the opening of the Canal. When the month

ended, 18 vessels had transited from

Atlantic to Pacific and 23 had gone from

Pacific to Atlantic through the newlyopened waterway.

While the SS Ancon had the honor

of making the first official trip on August 15, she had been preceded by

other ships. The SS Cristobal took

11 Vi hours to travel from Dock 9 in Cris- tobal to Balboa Harbor on August 3; the SS Advance went through the Canal

August 9 and the SS Panama on August 11. All of these ships carried men

and women who had helped to build

the Panama Canal.

There a number of "firsts" during the month. The first vessel of war to transit was the 460-ton Peruvian torpedo destroyer Teniente Rodriguez on August 18. The first foreign cargo vessel was the Daldorch on August 22, a cargo ship

owned by J. & M. Campbell of Glasgow,

loaded with wheat bound from Tacoma

to Limerick. The trip through the Canal

saved the ship about 40 days.

The outbreak of World War I in Europe had its effects in the Canal Zone. Four German ships remained in Cris- tobal Harbor rather than venture to sea. The Hamburg America Line temporarily

suspended its services through the Caribbean to New York.

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THOUSANDS OF Isthmian residents on both sides of the Isthmus joined

August 15 to celebrate the 25th anni- versary of the opening of the Panama

Canal to the traffic of the world. The

principle ceremonies were held at the Balboa Stadium with President Juan

D. Arosemena and Gov. Clarence S. Ridley heading a long list of official guests from Panama and the Canal Zone. The old SS Ancon repeated its original

trip through the Canal from Cristobal

to Balboa with 800 guests aboard. An

official holiday was declared in Panama

and the Canal Zone.

The work of clearing the ground for

a small part of the proposed new townsite at Diablo, which was to be used as the Pacific side headquarters for the work involved in the construction of the

third locks, was begun by the Municipal

Division.

The outbreak of World War II in Europe September 1, 1939, had an immediate effect on Panama Canal shipping. As in World War I, the German

flag ships were the first concerned. The

SS Cordillera of the Hapag Lloyd

skipped her regular call at Cristobal and

sailed directly for Hamburg. The

Leipzig of the same line arrived from

Germany en route to Valparaiso with

her colors and her name painted out.

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THERE WAS no official celebration in the Canal Zone to mark the 40th anni- versary of the opening of the Panama

Canal on August 15, 1954. It was esti- mated that since the Canal opened to operation nearly 300,000 vessels of all types and nationalities had transited. These included 173,300 large commercial vessels of 300 Panama Canal net

tons or more. During the fiscal year of 1954 more large commercial ships

passed through the Canal than in any

other year of its history. There was a decrease in the number of U.S. Govern- ment ships because of the cessation of

hostilities in Korea.

The vacation travel bill which would

grant authority to pay travel expenses

of certain civilian employees and their families stationed overseas in connection

with periodic leaves of absence in the United States, was passed by the U.S. Senate in August, 1954 and went to the President for signature.

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THE PANAMA Government Tourist Bureau took over the ownership of the Taboga launch service last August,

acquiring title to the launches Runner

and Swallow from the Panama Canal. The two 50-passenger craft had been in operation on the Taboga service for some yeais.

Canal capacity tests completed last year showed that vessels spent less time

in Canal waters than ever before. A long- term analysis of the tests was started. Panama Canal Hydrographer W. H.

Esslinger and Geologist Robert H.

Stewart went to Chiriqui Province in cooperation with local authorities to explain the underground disturbances

which had been taking place in that area and which had caused concern among the residents.

The contract for the construction of 20-inch water mains at Balboa and

Ancon was awarded to Cecil A. High

of Panama whose bid of $187,960 was

low. The mains were to run from Balboa

to the Chorrillo Reservoir and from the Balboa Pump Station to the Tivoli Crossing.

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THIS MONTH

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THIS YEAR

JUNE

ALL UNITS

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CASES

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CANAL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC BY NATIONALITY OF VESSELS
when she was launched, has been

passing through the Panama Canal since October 1963 on her regular run between New York and Valparaiso,

Chile. Wilfred J. McNeil, president of the Grace Line, is expected to be present.

The Santa Maria is the third new

addition to the Grace Line Santa fleet of four to be placed in service recentiy

between New York, the Canal Zone, and

the west coast of South America.

In connection with the 50th Anniversary of the Panama Canal, the In- formation Office received the folloiv- ing letter from Harry O. Paxson, who

served as the Zone's second lieutenant governor, from 1952 to 1955. Lieutenant Governor Paxson's tribute to the Canal and its employees is carried

to all Canal employees through this reprint:

The Panama Canal Review

Balboa Heights,

Canal Zone

Gentlemen:

Mrs. Paxson joins me, upon the occasion of the 50th birthday of the Panama Canal, in congratulating all of the wonderful people of the Canal

Zone upon their dedication to the important task of expeditiously pass- ing the commerce of the world from

ocean to ocean. The American people reflect with

great pride upon the ingenuity and

technical skills of the Canal employees at a time when a steadily in- creasing amount of traffic taxes the

finite capacity of the waterway. Each

improvement in operation, resulting

in "one more ship through today,"

bespeaks a loyal, devoted organization, rising above the problems and

doubts of the moment and uniting to get the task well done. Mv wife and I lovallv follow life on the Zone through the pages of The Panama Canal Review, to which we regularly subscribe. Having

partaken of the Chagres water, it is a foregone conclusion that our thoughts

often turn to the lovely Isthmus and

our many friends still on active duty

in the Zone. We regret that we'll be

unable to be with you in person on August 15; in our hearts we will be. Most sincerely,

s/Harry O. Paxson,

(Former) Lieutenant Governor,

Canal Zone.

PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES SHIPPED THROUGH THE CANAL

Pacific to Atlantic

(All cargo figures in long tons)

Commodity

Ores, various Lumber

Petroleum & products (excludes asphalt)

Wheat

Sugar

Canned food products

Nitrate of soda Fishmeal Bananas

Metal, various Food products in refrigeration (except fresh

fruits) Coffee Pulpwood

Iron and steel manufactures

Fresh and Dried Fruits

All others

Total

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 1964

1964
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

30 YEARS

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Ignatious F. Prince Stockman

MARINE BUREAU

Ceorge A. King

Line Handler (Deckhand)

George Bernard Leader Seaman

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Fidel Teran Cement Finisher

Ivanhoe Archer Laborer (Heavy)

Julio Fontalbo Warehouseman

Reginald Howard

Seaman

20 YEARS

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Ruben Olmos B. Food Service Worker

Pablo A. Lopez

Laborer (Cleaner)

Ethelin O. Jules Counterwoman

Clifford Rose

Clerk

Manuel Martinez

Milk Plant Worker

Juan A. V. Platero Meat Cutter

Eladio Cordoba

Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

B. Saavedra Garbage Collector

MARINE BUREAU

Belford A. Alleyne Line Handler (Deckhand)

Leroy C. Springer

Seaman

Fermin Rodriguez

Line Handler (Deckhand)

Frank S. Wason

Clerical Assistant

Alejandro Garces

Line Handler (Deckhand)

David A. KenLine Handler

Samuel Gomez O. Helper Lock Operator

Jorge Roy Atkins Helper Lock Operator

William Joseph

Line Handler (Deckhand)

Jorge Tunon

Painter

Juan Arbai Boatman

Juan A. Allen Clerk

W'oodrow A. Sjogreen Line Handler (Deckhand)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Juan Perea

Pipelayer

Pablo Clet Petit Boatman

Atilano Vergara

Seaman

Catalino Ruiz R. Seaman

Julio B. Pinillo Maintenanceman

George Murray

Maintenanceman

(Distribution Systems)

Agustin Carrera A. Cement Finisher

Luther Smith

Oiler TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Granville Eversley Leader (Dock Stevedoring)

Jose F. Quinonez

Clerk Checker

Pablo Santamaria

Truck Driver

Henry G. Ledgerwood

Materials Handling

Equipment Repairman

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Basilio H. Cragwell

Teacher (Junior High-Latin

American Schools) HEALTH BUREAU

Albert H. Wardrope

Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery)

Alicia May Pomare

Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery)

Eugenio Garcia Ward Service Aid

Randolph Wellington

Admitting Service Aid

Jose A. Matos

Medical Aid (Ambulance)

16 August-September 1964
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

40 YEARS

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Ethelina M. Brown

Marker and Sorter Maud R Regist

Marker and Sorter Ivanhoe C. Tovaris Leader Bell Boy

MARINE BUREAU

Arthur E. Johnson Leader Maintenanceman

(Rope and Wire Cable)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Anderson G. Dow

Procurement Clerk TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Lionel J. Duncan

Leader (Dock Stevedoring)

30 YEARS

COMPTROLLERS OFFICE

Joseph C. Turner

Disbursing Officer (Treasurer) MARINE BUREAU

Arthur A. Albright General Foreman (Lock

Operations-Electrical) Clarence A. Sisnett Motor Launch Captain

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Justiniano Herrera Seaman

William M. Kosan

Shift Engineer

(Mechanical)

Stanwood O Specht

Supervisor (Mechanical- Power Svstem)

Juan Rodriguez

Leader Quarryman

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Harry V. Cain

General Foreman

(Ship Stevedoring)

Parker P. Hanna

Lead Foreman (Fuel

Operations)

Louis W. King Motor Vehicle Dispatcher

Joseph W. Farquhar

Clerk

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Thora M. Baublits Teacher (Elementary-U.S.

Schools)

20 YEARS

OFFICE OF THE

GOVERNOR-PRESIDENT

Elsa E. Watson

Security Clerk COMPTROLLER OFFICE

William Goldfein Systems Accountant Jchnny Vaucher

Systems Accountant SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Lester A. Ferguson

Supply and Community

Service Director

Silvano Batista Assistant Baker Benigno Gondola

Leader Dairy Worker

(Field) Agnes B. Whittingham

Clerk Belen D. Guerrero Supply Clerk Grace F. Hayles

Utility Worker

Carlos A. Gonzalez

Assistant Cook

Leonardo Lopez

Utility Worker

Matthew Simpson

Leader Bell Boy

Sixto Madariaga

Stockman

Eleuterio Grajales Leader Garbage Collector Manuel Barrios Garbage Collector

MARINE BUREAU

Evans Cecil Riviere Motor Launch Captain

Prince Albert Bowen

Launch Operator

Silbert C. Ellis Line Handler (Deckhand)

Felix Aleman

Line Handler (Deckhand)

Winston Thomas

Line Handler (Deckhand)

Juan Rodriguez

Line Handler (Deckhand)

Oscar Villalta Line Handler (Deckhand)

Marcelino Quintero

Line Handler (Deckhand)

Naphtali E. Reid

Line Handler (Deckhand)

Theodore R. Yost Guard Supervisor

Camilo Polanco F. Truck Driver Juan Diaz N.

Line Handler

Raul Calderon M.

Helper Lock Operator

Francisco Etienne Helper Lock Operator

Ezekiel Beekles Helper Lock Operator

Miguel Prestan Line Handler

Harold B. Cover

Helper Lock Operator

Alfred C. Mullennax

Leader Machinist (Marine)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Rodolfo Flores Boatman

Norris A. Brown

Helper Machinist (Maintenance)

Fletcher R. Gregory'

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic

Gladston C. Rodney

Laborer (Heavy)

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

George Gibbons

Stevedore

Carl DaCosta

Timekeeper

Gabriel Correa A. Cargo Checker

Zephaniah Antonio

Railroad Trackman

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Paul R. Walker

Fire Sergeant

Demetrio F. Cabal Q.

Laborer (Cleaner) Dayle Norton T. Customs Inspector HEALTH BUREAU

Mary H. Edds

Staff Nurse (Medicine

and Surgery)

C. A. Castillero' Pharmacy Assistant Jose A. Peralta T. Admitting Service Aid

Marion D. Stephens

Nursing Assistant (Medicine

and Surgery)

Silvia A. Pinder Cook

Alberto J. Howell

Medical Aid

The Panama Canal Review 17
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

EMPLOYEES promoted or transferred between June 5, 1964 and July 5, 1964

(withingrade promotions and job reclassifications are not listed).

ADMINISTRATES SERVICES

Elvera N. Breakfield, Supervisory Clerical Assistant to Office Services Supervisor,

Printing Plant. Jerry R. Fleming, Photographer (Still), to Supervisory Photographer (Still).

CIVIL .AFFAIRS BUREAU

Schools Division David S. Salamin, Jr., Substitute Teacher,

Latin American Schools, to Secondary

Teacher, Latin American Schools. Eudora T. Toppin, Substitute Teacher,

Latin American Schools, to Elementary'

Teacher, Latin American Schools. Edna O. Wilson, Recreation Assistant

(Sports) to Recreation Specialist (Sports).

Postal Division

J. D. Barnes, Distribution Clerk to Clerk, Mailing Unit.

Police Division

Robert B. Mills, Police Private to Detective. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Electrical Division Edwin R. Malin, Mechanical Engineer

(Utilities), Maintenance Division, to Mechanical Engineer (Power Plants), Electrical Division. Frederick A. Ebdon, Lead Foreman Electrician to General Foreman Electrician. John W. Huson, Electronics Mechanic to Lead Foreman Electronics Mechanic.

John A. Everson, Electrician to Lead Fore- man Electrician. William W. Good, Radio Mechanic to Electronics Mechanic.

Dredging Division George A. McArthur, Mechanical Engineer

(General) to Supervisory Mechanical

Engineer (General). Francesco Viglietti, Master, Small Tug to Master, Towboat.

Norberto L. Herrera, Leader Laborer to Leader Labor (Heavy).

Westly H. Cummings, Seaman to Cook

(Floating Plant). Leslie A. Hurdle, Seaman to Cook (Floating

Plant). Stanley E. Grant, Seaman to Steward

(Floating Plant). Alexander T. Jacks, Leader Laborer to Leader Laborer (Heavy).

Eric I. Jordan, Preston Primus, Seaman to Cook (Floating Plant).

Maintenance Division

Joseph S. Leiby, Machinist to Leader Machinist (Maintenance).

Ignacio Soto, Launch Operator (Small) to Surveying Aid.

HEALTH BUREAU

Coco Solo Hospital

Norma C. Belland, Supervisory Clerk (Medical Records) to Medical Record Li- brarian.

Division of Sanitation Hector Henningham, Laborer (Heavy Pest- Control) to Truck Driver.

Division of Preventive Medicine

Patricia D. Hunt, Staff Nurse (General) to Head Nurse (General), Cristobal.

Gorgas Hospital

Kenneth W. Bloomberg, Daniel Gruver,

William F. Short, Hospital Resident, 2d

year, to Hospital Resident, 3d year. Eduardo A. Concan, Jaap J. Lind, Harold

L. Albert, Marshall R. Jelderks, Carlos

R. Guerra M., Hospital Resident, 1st year, to Hospital Resident, 2d year. Robert L. Wenninher, Intem to Hospital

Resident, 1st year. Dorothy L. Beauchamp, Accounting Clerk

to Voucher Examiner.

Nellie T. Morgan, Clerk-Typist to Clerk- Stenographer. Ashton L. Wilson, Utility Worker, Supply

Division to Hospital Attendant. MARINE BUREAU

Navigation Division

Rafael J. Amato, Distribution Clerk, Postal Division, to Admeasurer, Cristobal. Marcy H. Carpenter, Police Private, Police

Division, to Marine Traffic Controller

Assistant. Robert Peterson, Supervisory Administrative Services Assistant to Supervisory

Administratives Services Officer.

Industrial Division

Carl H. Starke, Boilermaker to Lead Fore- man Boilermaker, Mount Hope.

Leodrick Perch, Laborer to Helper Machinist.

Locks Division

Denton W. Broad, Control House Operator

to General Foreman (Lock Operations). Robert Kennedy, Linehandler to Timekeeper. Ernesto M. Weeks, Helper Lock Operator

to Timekeeper.

Wilfred L. McQueen, Helper Lock Operator to Oiler. Julio Macia, Alfredo Coco, Oiler to Main- tenanceman (Rope and Wire Cable). OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Elizabeth Sudron, Travel Expense Claims

Examiner, General Audit Division, to General Claims Examiner.

Carrol E. Kocher, Accounting Clerk to Accounting Technician. Zoraida H. Chitwood, Clerk-Typist, Division of Preventive Medicine, to ClerkTypist, Accounting Division.

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Community Services Division James R. Shirley, Housing Project Assistant

(Assistant Manager, Balboa Housing

Office), to Housing Project Manager

(Manager, Balboa Housing Office). Richard S. Brogie, Housing Project Assist- ant, Cristobal Housing Office, to Administrative Services Assistant, Office of the

Chief.

Supply Division

Alberto D. Long, Supply Clerk to Clerk, Storehouse Branch. John R. Hall, Assistant Baker to Cook,

Service Center Branch.

Alfonso T. Shaw, Laborer (Heavy) to High

Lift Truck Operator, Storehouse Branch. Dcmostenes Murillo, Laborer (Heavy) to Laborer (Heavy-Cold Storage). Philip Bartley, Laborer (Heavy) to Laborer (Heavy-Cold Storage), Wholesale Branch. Baldomero Castillo, Laborer to Milker, Wholesale Branch. Enrique Williams, Utility Worker, Service Center Branch, to Laborer (Heavy), Storehouse Branch.

Ernesto Cedeno, Utility Worker, Service Center Branch, to Cash Clerk. Elizabeth A. Bryant, Usher (Theaters) to Usher, Chief (Balboa Theater). TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Motor Transportation

Cleveland A. James, Laborer (Heavy),

Maintenance Division, to Helper Tire Rebuilder. Charles G. Parris, Automotive Equipment

Serviceman to Mobile Equipment Mechanic (Organizational).

Leonardo Goldburn, Service Station Attendandt to Automotive Equipment Service- man.

Noel V. Daley, Automotive Equipment

Serviceman to Truck Driver.

Railroad Division

Franklin A. Balmas, Electrician to Lead Foreman Electrician.

Terminals Division

Urville W. Wallace, Clerk-Typist to Timekeeper (Typing).

Seymour A. Greenidge, Linehandler to Guard. OTHERS

Edward B. Webster, Housing Project

Assistant, Community Services Division. Gerald H. Halsall, Housing Project Assistant, Community Services Division. William G. Bingham, Management Analyst,

Office of the Comptroller.

William J. McLaughlin, Chief Foreman

(Lock Operations) Locks Division. Fred Miller, Master, Towboat, Dredging

Division. June Stevenson, Secretary (Stenographer) Locks Division, Office of Director. Claude P. Swaby, Cargo Clerk, Terminals

Division.

is August-September 1964
o HIPPING

New Towing Locomotives

THE OLD Panama Canal "mules"

are fast disappearing from the Pan- ama Canal locks. They are being re- placed at a steady rate by the new

Japanese manufactured towing loco- motives, 32 of which will have arrived on the Isthmus by the middle of

August. This number includes the 6

test locomotives, 4 of which will be

remodeled to conform with the newer

production machines and 2 to be kept

for spare parts. One of the three loco- motive cranes included in the contract has arrived and is being used

at Gatun.

As the machines arrive from Japan,

they are unloaded at Gatun Locks to be put in operating condition and

tested. Gatun Locks received its full complement of 19 new towing loco- motives in May. Since then the machines have been sent to Pedro

Miguel as they are assembled and

tested at Gatun. Pedro Miguel started

full operation with die new mules on the east lane July 27. When the

required 19 are delivered to Pedro

Miguel, the remaining 19 will go to

Miraflores. Each set of locks is to have 16 locomotives in maximum use and 3 undergoing maintenance.

The Locks Division expects that

at the present rate of delivery, all of the 59 locomotives and 3 locomotive

cranes will be delivered to the Canal

by April in 1965 and be in operation

shortly after.

British Skipper Honored

AN HONORARY marine license

making him a pilot in all Canal Zone

waters was presented recently to Capt. Albert Hocken, Commodore of the combined fleets of the New Zealand Shipping Co. when he made his 117th and final trip through the Canal

as master of the New Zealand Line

Ruahine. The presentation was made

TRANSITS BY OCEANGOING

VESSELS IN JUNE

1964 1963 Commercial 999 919

U.S. Government 25 30

Free 9 6

Total 1,033 955

TOLLS ' Commercial $5,226,972 $4,749,806

U.S. Government. 142,517 112,843

Total $5,369,489 $4,862,649

CARGO00 Commercial 5,904,706 5,462,322

U.S. Government. 126,694 79,962 Free 53,469 35,613

Total 6,084,869 5,577,897

° Includes tolls on all vessels, oceangoing and

small.

° "Cargo figures are in long tons.

by Capt. Chester Briggs, Chief of the

Navigation Division, aboard ship as she passed through Miraflores Locks

on her northbound transit. Commodore Hocken was to have

left his ship when it arrived in England later in the month and will retire from active service. He probably will make his home in New Zealand. He

had been with the New Zealand Shipping Co. since 1919 when he signed

up as a cadet on the old Devon. He

had served as a master of a ship since

1942 when he took command of the

Samkey. With the exception of the

World War II years when he was

sent almost anywhere, all of his service was on ships which made regular

transits through the Panama Canal.

Master Mariners

POTENTIAL Panama Canal cus- tomers are three new deluxe 13,000- ton cargo liners called Master Mariners, now being built for the American President Line in California.

The three ships, of an advanced Mariner design, are being constructed at the same time for a total cost of $37

million. The first, to be named the

President Polk, is scheduled to be

launched in November of this year. The keels of the second and third

ships, to be named President Monroe

and President Harrison, will be laid

diis year. According to Panama Agencies, which represents die American

President Line at the Canal, the three

new ships probably will be put on

either an east coast of the United

States to Orient run or on the roundthe-world service. In either case they

would be making regular transits of the Panama Canal.

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