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newcomers

There need be no more frantic first trips to the commissary for new employees from the United States, thanks to a Welcome Wagon service just inaugurated. A new family will find enough food

in the Welcome Wagon assortment to provide a palatable lunch and breakfast the next day, too, together with a

pair of sheets, a pair of pillowcases,

towels, washcloths, light bulbs, soap, garbage-can bags, and a few other miscellaneous items for household use. The new Zonians will be able to spend

their first day getting unpacked and more or less settled in their new home,

rather than having to rush off to their neighborhood commissary. The idea of a Welcome Wagon has been flourishing in the United States for almost 25 years but has never been tried here before. A few units have "settlingin kits" for their newcomers-things like sheets and towels and pots and pans- - but these are on a loan basis, to be packed up and set aside for the next to arrive. Some years ago, newcomers were hurried to the commissary by their escorts

as soon as they arrived to pick up pre- packaged bedding and linen for which

they paid themselves. Today's Welcome Wagon assortment—from bacon and eggs and coffee to ice, if needed—is charged

against the division for which the new

employee will work.

In the United States the items which make up a welcome assortment are contributed by merchants in the newcomer's community.

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Frederick Willoughby, 2, didn't pay much attention to Maxwell Smith and Fitz Charles, left, when they explained the Welcome Wagon service to his parents.

vision, with the Housing Branch of the Community Services Division making

arrangements for the assortment and

providing the actual delivery service. When Maxwell Smith of the Personnel Bureau notifies the housing office that a new family is arriving, the housing office in turn calls the nearest commissary to assemble a standard welcome assortment. The commissary has everything packed and ready and a few minutes after the new family has reached their quarters, the Welcome Wagon is at their door.

Its driver and semi-official welcomer, who carries the welcome assortment into the newcomer's house and helps Mr.

Smith answer some of the many questions

the newcomers invariably ask, is Fitz Charles, a man with an infectious smile who has been driving for the housing

office for several years. While the recipients of the Welcome

Wagon's first call were officially "new

employees," the only real newcomer in the family was two-year-old Frederick Willoughby. He was much more inter- ested in the whereabouts of his box of animal crackers than in the fact that he and-t>~-is parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam C jrles Willoughby, were making

local ) story. Mr. Willoughby, a graduate intern- engineer for the Locks Division, is the

third generation of his family to work

for the Canal organization. His grandfather, W. C. Willoughby, came to the Canal Zone just before the Canal was

opened in 1914 and his father, Fred, of Gatun, is a foreman mechanic at Gatun

Locks. Mrs. Willoughby, the former Ann

Edwards, is the daughter of Mrs. Russell A. Edwards of the Payroll Branch. Both are graduates of Canal Zone high

schools, Mr. Willoughby from Cristobal High School in 1948, and his wife from

Balboa High School three years later. New Central Labor Union -Metal Trades Council Officers Represent 1600 Employees

Front row, I to r: Robert Mecaskey, Second Alternate Wage and Grievance Member; E. W. Hatchett, President; Sam Garriel, First Alternate Wage and Grievance Member,- A. J. Waldorf, Trustee; E. H. Womble, First Vice President; W. M. O. Fischer, Treasurer. Second row, I to r: James H. Pfau, Second Vice President; J. H. Elliott, Secretary; John Stuewe, Trustee; T. W. Womble, Wage and Grievance Member,- John M. Purvis, Legislative Alternate; R. F. Hesch, Legislative Representative; Joe Young, Sergeant-at-Arms,- J. J. Belcourt, Trustee. THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW March 7, 1958
Carnival Capers

A bevy of Canal Zone beauties, dressed in the native costume of the nations which use the Panama Canal, rode on the allegorical float entered by

the Canal Zone in the Panama carnival parade this year. Designed by the Architectural Branch and built by the Maintenance Division, the float was dominated by a huge world globe sur- rounded by the flags of maritime nations and the house flags of the ship- ping companies using the Canal. Carnival music was furnished by Victor Herr,

and members of his conjunto. Miss Luchita Burrillo, dressed in a handsome pollera, represented Panama

while Miss Ann Haskel represented the Canal Zone. Other young ladies riding on the Canal Zone carnival float Tuesday, were Jessie Kirkland, Bernice Betz- Mykland, Edna Hill, Joline Clare, Ber- tha Thompson, Christine Huff, Elaine Maduro, Lynn Raymond, Patsy Flatau,

Eileen Damerau, Rita Jones, Madge

Smith/Rachel Van Dyke, Betty Demming, Karen Magnuson, Kathy Cox,

Sue Mable, Mrs. Ellen Kurzman, and

Susan Katz. The Canal Zone took an active part

in the Panama Carnival celebration

this year, beginning with the official raising of the carnival flag in Balboa and the Tivoli Guest House, and the appearance of the carnival queens and

the visiting Latin American beauties

over CFN Television. William G. Arey,

Jr., Public Information Officer, served

as official representative of the Canal Zone on the permanent Carnival Junta. CONSULTANTS FOR CONGRESS DUE HERE NEXT WEEK

The panel of consultants appointed by

the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee to study Panama Canal

transit facilities and other broad phases

of the interoceanic Canal problem will pay a five-day visit to the Canal Zone

this month. The group, composed of six prominent members of the engineering profession in the United States, is scheduled to be here from next Tuesday

through Saturday. A tentative schedule of activities prepared and sub- mitted to the panel for its approval

calls for a busy period. It includes

visits to the principal Canal Zone in- stallations, and the provision of much

background material on Canal operations, and other facets of the problem

which is attracting national attention. The consulting board was named last November by Representative Herbert C. Bonner, Chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee which handles Canal legislative matters in the House of Representatives. In announcing the appointment, Chairman Bonner

said that the special committee consult- ants are expected to review and re-eval- uate various proposals which have been made in the past as the result of studies on the Isthmian canal problem.

"I feel that it is the urgent responsibility of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee to be fully informed concerning the adequacy of the existing Canal and the need for additional facilities either

in the Canal Zone or at alternate locations

in the Central American Isthmus," he

stated. The panel members, all of whom are expected to be here next week, are: Francis S. Friel, of Philadelphia, Presi- dent of the engineering firm of Albright and Friel in Philadelphia, and Vice Presi- dent of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, USA, Ret.,

of Darien, Conn., formerly head of the Manhattan Project, and now a Vice President of Remington-Rand, Inc. Dr. S. C. Hollister, of Ithaca, N.Y., Dean

of Engineering at Cornell University.

E. Sydney Randolph, of Baton Rouge,

La., industrial engineer. Hartley Rowe, of Boston, Vice Presi- dent of the United Fruit Company. John E. Slater, of New York City, consulting engineer and senior partner of the

firm of Coverdale & Colpitis in New York. Mr. Rowe and Mr. Randolph are both ARMED FORCES DAY

Residents of the Canal Zone and

the Republic of Panama are invited

to attend the Armed Forces Day pro- grams to be held this year on Saturday, March 15. Albrook Air Force Base will hold Open House from 1 1 a. m. to 6 p. m., and Fort Davis will hold its Open

House from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Ground and aerial demonstrations

are planned and static exhibits will be on display.

March 7, 1958 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

well acquainted with the Canal and its operations. Both were employed here for many years and both held responsible en- gineering positions with the organization. Mr. Rowe came to the Isthmus in 1905 and was Municipal (now Maintenance)

Engineer when he left the organization

in 1919. One of his first jobs with the Isthmian Canal Commission was the lo- cation, design, and construction of the masonry dam to provide the water supply

for Panama City and Zone towns on the

Pacific side. During his 14 years here, he had charge of installing much of the

electrical and municipal facilities for the Canal and for the Army and Navy. Among the Army and Navy projects were France Field and the Coco Solo Submarine Base, for which he had charge

of the design and construction. Mr. Randolph also entered the Canal

service during the construction period and was continuously employed for al- most 36 years before his retirement in March 1946. During this period he held many important engineering posts in the

organization, including Office Engineer, Designing Engineer, and Construction

Engineer. He was in charge of the design and later the construction of Madden Dam and Power Plant. Later, as Designing Engineer, he was in charge of the early investigation and work on the Third Locks project. Mr. Friel has had charge of all engi- neering work for his firm for the past 26

years. He specializes in numerous fields of engineering, among which are flood

control, dams, power plants, (See page 15)
A new

FAMILY

Col. and Mrs. John McElheny with Phyllis Ann, 10, and Bruce Daniel, 7.

A new "second family" for the Canal Zone is due here in July. The appoint- ment of Col. John D. McElheny as the new Lieutenant Governor for the Canal Zone will be effective July 9. Colonel McElheny is presently on

duty with Military Supply in the Office

of the Chief of Engineers where he has been assigned for the past two years. Colonel McElheny and his family are

arriving here July 9 on the SS Cristobal; three days later Colonel McElheny's pre- decessor, Col. Hugh M. Arnold, and his family, will sail on the same ship en route

to Colonel Arnold's new post as Commanding Officer of the 20th Engineer

Brigade at Fort Bragg, N. C. While plans are not yet definite, the new Lieutenant Governor may possibly spend three weeks here in June. The

tentative dates set for this visit are June 8-28. This would enable him to watch the operations of the Canal or- ganization firsthand before he takes

over his new duties. The new Lieutenant-Governor desig- nate is 43 years old. He was born in LaRue, Ohio, a small town about 70

miles due south of Toledo, which Governor Potter considers his home town.

Here's The Man

Who's

When the position of Executive Sec- retary of The Panama Canal was established 44 years ago, it covered a great many diversified activities. Under the Executive Secretary's supervision came such widespread operations

as post offices, customs, police and fire organizations, schools, and the clubhouses. The Executive Secretary was custodian

of files and records, the administrator of

estates, and was responsible for all of the timekeeping in the Canal organization. He was the Canal Zone's shipping commissioner and its corresponding secretary. He handled all of the correspondence and

communications between Panama Canal

authorities and those of the Republic of Panama. One Executive Secretary even

determined the proper consistency of lemon pie. Paul Meredith Runnestrand is only

the fourth man to hold this position, but he is not concerned with lemon pie nor with post offices, police and fire, nor most of the items included in that

original "job description," except for the relations with Panama. The Executive Secretary's position has changed from what was once an

operating job to that of an administrative or executive staff officer. When

Governor Potter has occasion to intro- duce Mr. Runnestrand, he frequently

describes him as "my Foreign Minister."

Officially, this portion of his work has been described as "principal adviser, li- aison officer and responsible staff repre- sentative of the Office of the GovernorPresident, on all policy matters other than those of a routine contractual or

Executive

Secretary

operational nature, concerning the Government of Panama; the American Embassy; other diplomatic and consular

missions; private commercial and non- commercial interests in the Republic of Panama; and private commercial and

noncommercial interests in the Canal

Zone, but not including civic councils or employees' labor organizations."

One difference in Paul Runnestrand's

job from that of his predecessors is that, besides being Executive Secretary of the Canal Zone Government, he is also Executive Assistant to the President of the Pan- ama Canal Company, with the staff duties implied by the title. Actually he is known

throughout the Isthmus as the Executive

Secretary of the Canal Zone. Mr. Runnestrand carries out his duties from a big office on the second floor of the Administration Building. The desk

he uses was once in Col. George W.

Goethal's office at Culebra, and the big

Paul Runnestrand is the fourth man to serve as Executive Secretary.

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW March 7, 1958
for a new

Temporary "White House" for the Canal Zone is this attractive new house which will eventually be occupied by the Lieutenant Governor but which, right now, is serving as the Canal Zone's "Quarters No. 1." Governor and Mrs. Potter

will be in their temporary residence until sometime in August when the current re- modeling of the Governor's big 52-yearold house is due to be completed. Shadowed by great trees, the new

official quarters stand on a site once

occupied by the house assigned, for many years, to the Chief Health Officer. Of contemporary design and partly

air conditioned, it has several striking

features. The wall between the living- room and patio is made entirely of sliding glass panels. The patio, a wide

roofed porch, overlooks the Canal. At one point it is indented to preserve a

large tree growing close to the house. The tree is completely encircled by an

ornamental balustrade. Remodeling work on the Governor's house includes air conditioning the second

floor bedrooms, replacing wood floors with tile, relocating the main stairways, enlarging the first-floor rooms, construct- ing a basement service section, and re- placing the roof.

HOUSE

Great trees shade new official house for Canal Zone's Lieutenant G<

mahogany grandfather's clock in a corner

dates back to French Canal days. He

has no independent staff of his own, but

uses the facilities of the Administrative Branch and other agency units. His deputy, Forrest Dunsmoor, also serves as Administrative Assistant to the Governor. His secretary, Mrs. John G. Higgins, works also for the Governor's Military

Assistant. According to Mr. Runnestrand

she is the indispensable "girl Friday" who keeps the office running smoothly. The Executive Secretary exercises staff supervision of policies and regulations concerning, among other things, contra- band control, who is and who is not

eligible to engage in business in the Canal

Zone, who has Canal Zone privileges, and who may reside or remain in the Canal Zone or enter it. He is, in effect, the United States Consul in the Canal Zone, responsible for issuing visas for aliens living in the Canal Zone who want to go to the United States. He signs or attests employees' retirement

certificates. He is custodian of the Seal

of the Canal Zone Government, and at- tests or authenticates official documents

generally. The part of his job he most enjoys is that concerning the Canal Zone's rela- tions with its next-door neighbor. This and other aspects of his work involve an

active social calendar, with which he is aided by his wife, Betty. He maintains almost daily contact with Panama's Government, particularly the Foreign Office, and with the United States Embassy and other embassies in Panama

City. Quite frequently he visits one of these offices or receives visitors from them. Knowledge of Spanish is important

in such work. He has been studying

the language for some time and is leaving April 7 for Mexico City to spend

three months in the State Depart- ment's Foreign Service Institute in Foreign Languages. This is a concentrated course of six days each week in speaking and reading Spanish. His training as an attorney -he has been admitted to practice not only in the Canal Zone courts and those of his native state, Minnesata, but also before the Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans—is helpful in many phases of his work.

In a single day recently, among a numerous variety of other business, he was in touch twice with the Panama Foreign Office, once with the U. S. Embassy,

and once with the Preddencia, all by tel- ephone; reviewed a memorandum to accompany proposed legislation; went

over a draft of a proposed agreement

with Panama involving the establishment and operation by Panama of customs

sites within the Canal Zone; talked with

the Army's local Chief of Staff on a classified matter; held a conference on the

eligibility of certain persons to enter the Canal Zone; received innumerable visi- tors, including contractors' representatives in connection with the demolition

of the old Pacific Service Center which

has been given to Panama, and one old friend who dropped in to find out the

variety of the trees in Gatun Lake which have withstood almost half a century of submersion; and, in his spare time, did some work in the Canal Zone United Fund, of which he is Executive Director. In his official position, he is Chairman

of the Disability Relief Board and a memMarch 7,1958 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

ber of other standing committees, includ- ing the Governor's committee which recommends appointments to the various

military academies. As Paul M. Runnestrand, private cit- izen, he is a vice president of the Canal Zone Boy Scout Council, a member of the Executive Committee of the Canal Zone Chapter of the American Red Cross, a member of the Cancer Committee, and

a member of the Board of Management

of the Balboa USO-YMCA, in addition

to his post with the United Fund. A little-known side of the Canal

Zone's Executive Secretary is his talent

for music. He played saxophone and

clarinet in dance bands from the time

he was in junior high school until he was graduated from the Law School of the University of Minnesota, but he

hasn't blown a note since he came to the Canal Zone for the first time in March 1941. He doesn't even own a musical instrument except a piano on

which, he says, his ability is "very mediocre." His daughter Sarah, who

will be 10 next Sunday, has inherited some of his fondness for music, but

his son Ricky, who is five, is a little too young to be interested. Born in Litchfield, Minn., Paul Runnestrand grew up in Watertown, S. D.

After his graduation from the University

of Minnesota, he worked for three years

as law editor for the West Publishing Company in St. Paul, Minn.

His first Canal Zone post was as an

Associate Attorney on the General Counsel's staff. He was Assistant General Counsel from 1948 to 1953. From 1953

to 1956 he was Assistant Secretary and

Attorney in the Panama Canal Company's Washington office. He succeeded

E. C. Lombard as Executive Secretary

in April 1956.
Coco Solo Beginning

To Take On Aspects

Of Other Zone Towns

The Canal Zone's fastest-growing com- munity—Coco Solo—will be about half grown by the end of this month, after which it will begin to take on some at- tributes of other Zone towns. Many of the plans for the community facilities are still in the development

stage. However, by the first of next month Coco Solo residents will be able

to restock their food larders, buy a tank of gasoline, get a restaurant- cooked meal, or buy their drug supplies within the confines of their town. Most of the town's activities will focus around Building 100, the big two-story

structure which formerly housed the Navy

Post Exchange and sales store on the first floor and a gymnasium on the second

floor. Approximately $150,000 will be

spent in renovating this building and

making the necessary alterations for its use as a community center. In addition to the restaurant and foodstore, other facilities to be located in the

building will be the retail drygoods and

shoe stores which will be transferred from

the Cristobal Commissary, a beauty parlor, barber shop, tailor shop, and shoerepair shop. According to L. A. Ferguson, Supply and Community Service Director, all re- maining units of the Cristobal Commissary are to be moved to Coco Solo by

about August 1 . Presently, it is planned

to use the upstairs area for the drygoods

sales unit and shoe store, while the house- wares section will be housed in an adja- cent building. Part of the plans of the

Sales and Service Branch is the establish- ment of an attractive gift shop similar to the unit recently opened in Balboa. Although an exact date has not been

set, it is expected that the theater at Coco Solo can be reopened by July 1. After installation of these facilities at Coco Solo, both the Cristobal Commissary and Theater are to be closed. The building which houses the theater

will be demolished. It is planned to keep the restaurant in the Cristobal

Service Center in operation, perhaps on a modified scale, because of the

large number of individuals employed

in the immediate area and the considerable number of bachelors living in the vicinity. The development of Canal Zone Government facilities at Coco Solo will be at a much slower pace since money for nec- essary alterations and improvements must come from appropriated funds. The first major Government facility to be made

ready will be the elementary school.

It is planned to establish the Atlanticside High School in the new Zone civilian community. The building to be used for the high school will require extensive al- terations. The development of recreational facil- ities for Coco Solo residents is still largely

in the planning stage. This phase of community life in the new civilian town

will be developed partly as part of the school program and partly by the initia- tive of the residents, as the former Naval

base has several buildings which can easily be adapted for group activities by

civic and fraternal organizations.

FOR YOUR INTEREST AND GUIDANCE IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION

HAP HAZARD

lOSTTHEHEAD

OFF MY HAMMER

NATION* SAFETY COUNCIL

In ancient times, many peoples en- gaged in a worship involving the sacrifice of a human being. This was considered an excellent idea by all concerned—with

possibly the exception of one individual. Why did these overwhelming majorities favor this proceeding? Apparently, there were three factors involved. The first being the pious belief that they were doing good by propitiating a god to pur- chase favors for the tribe. Secondly, they were undoubtedly gamblers and each one was willing to take long odds that he wouldn't wind up as the star performer.

Third, most of them had a big streak of savagery in their make-up which enabled them to enjoy the celebration fully. In these modern times, civilized peoples no longer use the principle of human sacrifice to better conditions for the majority -or do they? No, it is not done for- mally, or even consciously maybe, but

those of us who are interested in the

safety of our fellowmen know only too

well the value of a victim. We know,

too, how hard it can cometimes be to persuade others that it is possible to read

the future and prevent accidents. Sometimes it seems that nothing but the actuality of a human sacrifice will do. THEN we see oh, so clearly! Are we

then like our barbaric ancestors, willing to gamble on the chance that it won't

be me as an individual, but the other

fellow? Probably not, but who knows

for sure?

National Safety Council

Safety News Letter

JANUARY 1958 BUREAU

Engineering & Construction II Roll) January 1957 Health (Honor Roll) January- 1957 New York Operations (Honor Roll) January— 1957 Supply & Community Service < H. Roll) January— 1957 MarineJanuary— 1957

Transportation & Terminals

January 1957 --

Civil Affairs January 1957

C. Z. Govt. Panama Canal Company

January 1957

( ) Locks Overhaul Injuries

first AID CASES

36

44 1 40

16

19

8

1 3337

87 (20) 2d) 8 (7) 75 1 75

42 1 4 59 2 47

12 3 30

4 234 6 42 243 4 162

THIS YEAR

TO DATE

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Staff and Administration Included.

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW March 7, 1958
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CIVIL DEFENSE

NEWS

The Canal Zone again this year will participate in a nation-wide Civil Defense

training exercise. Although the date has not yet been announced, the exercise will probably take place in the spring, giving

the Schools Division an opportunity to demonstrate their preparedness program. The time, place, and type of attack

will be decided later, and this information may not be released to the public in ad- vance as has been done in the past. Last

year's exercise was centered on a simulated nuclear explosion over Miraflores Locks.

Worth Knowing

Los Angeles and C. Z. police are now look-a-likes. "Toppex" safety helmets, recently adopted as standard for the Los Angeles police

force, have been distributed to all Zone motorcycle officers as part

Work will be started this month on the reconstruction and conversion to decon- tamination equipment of two former fire engines. The work will be accomplished by the Industrial Division in Cristobal.

Arm-band identification was distrib- uted last month to the volunteers of the towns of Santa Cruz, Paraiso, and Rain- bow City. Volunteers in the U. S.-rate towns will receive their arm bands this month.

MARCH VOLUNTEER CORPS MEETINGS

Date Town Place Hour

5 & 19 Marg.-N. Cristobal Serv. Center 5:00 p. 1 (First Aid)

12 Rainbow City School

13 Santa Cruz Serv. Center

17 Paraiso School

6:30 p. 8:00 p. 7:30 p.

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tion date cents each. Sl bscrlptions, $ a year

11 an d back copies. 10 -ents each.

Postal money orders made payable to the Pan- ama Canal Company should be mailed tn Editor. The Panama Canal Review. Balboa Heights. C Z.

Approval for the purchase of Communications equipment has been received and the order for the equipment will go forward this month This equipment will be used for the field rescue service, control points, and the control centers. A

study is now being made for the acquisi- tion of the necessary personnel radiological dosimeters.

The Balboa traffic squad poses in their new helmets. L. to t.: Motorcycle

Policemen R. W. Lawyer, W. G. Hoelzle, J. F. McDowell, F. R. Hollowell

C. N. Little, J. H. Harris, G. R. Harris, Cato May, Sgl. Walter H. Alves, Jr.

of their uniforms. The helmets are a shiny white, with black rims,

visors, and chin-straps. They are made of glass fiber bonded with

polyester resin ; their shock dissipation comes from a half-inch layer

of crushable foamed polystyrene. Each helmet weighs about two

pounds. Traffic officers report them no hotter than the old-style,

less protective visored caps.

Approval has been received for the purchase of a special arc-light projector

for the civil defense training program.

This projector will make possible the showing of 16-mm. training film in the

local theaters directly from the projection booth, and affords a better opportunity

to show educational pictures to a larger audience than heretofore.

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Official Panama Canal Company Publication Published Monthlj At Balboa Heights, C. Z. Printed by the Printing Plant, Mount Hope, Canal Zune W. E. Potter, Governor-President Hugh M. Arnold, Lieutenant Governor W. G. Arey, Jr., Public Information Officer

Mcrch7, 1958

Safety Field Day is coming up soon. The annual event for nonU. S. citizen employees will be held April 12 at Santa Cruz under

the sponsorship of the Santa Cruz Civic Council which is working

closely with the Safety Branch in making plans for the annual event. Last year's Safety Field Day was held at Rainbow City.

The Cristobal local freighthouse is having its face lifted. Under a major improvement program now going on near Dock 9, the delivery platform is being widened, a canopy constructed, and the street area

in front of the freight house widened. Other streets in the area are

to be resurfaced. The changes will increase cargo handling space by

a third, and facilitate cargo delivery, especially in the rainy season.

Bids for construction of two new school buildings in Balboa are being asked. The bids will be opened here March 26. One will be

a building to house all ROTC activities. The other will be a completely air-conditioned "activities building" for general use. It will contain a 600-seat auditorium. Plans for both buildings were drawn up by Reynolds, Smith & Hill, of Jacksonville, Fla. Two full pages in a recent Congressional Record are devoted to a former Zonian. The 20-minute speech by Rep. Clark Thompson of Texas was a tribute to Brig. Gen. James Gordon Steese, who spent many years of his service in the Canal Zone, and who was fatally injured in an automobile accident in January in French Equatorial

Africa. In his eulogy, which concluded with a poetic tribute writ- ten by former Isthmian Canal Commissioner Maurice H. Thatcher, Rep. Thompson outlined General Steese's career and his first-hand knowledge of the Panama Canal and its affairs. ROTC cadets are on their toes these days. The cadets, from Balboa and Cristobal high schools, are getting ready for the annual Field Day which is to be held next Friday evening at the Mount Hope

Stadium. The program, which includes individual, squad, platoon, and company competition, begins at 7 p. m. Drill teams from both

high schools will also demonstrate their maneuvers.
AS CHILE GROWS

so grows Canal's

importance to her

ECONOMY

(This is the last of two Despite inflation, which has plagued

Chile more than most other Latin American countries in recent years, her national economy today is established on

a far broader foundation than ever before. Remarkable progress is being made in the nation's program of industrialization and diversification to rid the country of

its economic dependence on one or two

products notably copper and nitrate. Chile learned a bitter lesson during the world-wide depression of the 1930's when

the wheels of industry grated to a halt and there was virtually no demand by

importing nations for her two principal saleable commodities. As a result of these changes, the Panama Canal more than ever before has become a much-used two-way

street to world markets for Chile. Raw

materials dug out of her mineral-rich mountains still constitute the great bulk of Chile's marketable products moved through the Canal, but in the

articles on Chile in "The Review" series on hade areas served opposite direction there is now an ever- increasing stream of materials needed

in the industrial development of the

nation.

It is remarkable to note that during

the past fiscal year, four times as much

cargo was shipped south to Chile through

the Canal as in 1936. Last year 2,000,000 tons of cargo moved south to Chilean

ports via the Canal, while 1936 shipments

totaled only 500,000 tons. Commodity

movements in the opposite direction last year amounted to 3,963,000 tons, as compared with 2,921,000 in fiscal year 1936. While the opening of the Canal meant much to this pencil-thin nation along the

Pacific coast of South America by the shortening of trade routes to the great

industrial areas, the Canal's early role in Chile's economic welfare is today far overshadowed as a supply route for the products she buys and sells. Chile is presently embarked on a de- velopment program calling for an expenditure of $746,000,000 over an eight-year

period. It is designed to correct distor- tions which periodically crept into the country's economy during the past few

decades and created havoc and alternate periods of feast and famine. Approxi- mately half of this spending program will be in foreign currency to buy equipment

abroad and the remainder will be in Chilean pesos to meet domestic costs. Sharing in this expansion program will be such diverse activities as manufacturing, construction, mining, shipping, fish- ing, agriculture, forestry, power production, communications, and an incipient petroleum industry. While most of Chile's foreign commerce

is transported in foreign bottoms, there has been a big increase in the number of Chilean-flag ships using the Canal since the depression years. In 1938 there were

only nine Canal transits by ships flying the flag of Chile and cargo tonnage that year was 29,000 tons. Last year there were 78 transits by Chilean merchant marine vessels carrying 469,000 tons of cargo. Since the Canal's opening on August

Santiago, Chile's 400-year-old capital seen from Santa Lucia overlooking city.

by the Panama Canal)

15, 1914, Chile's chief source of invest- ment capital from abroad has been the United States. However, with the notable exception of W. R. Grace & Co., most

investors have concentrated on mining,

chiefly copper and iron. The extent of United States invest- ments in Chile and some effects of the

diversification of such investments, at present and planned in the future, was

summarized in an announcement early

this year by the Chilean Government

which said: "American private concerns already

established in Chile will invest about

$300,000,000 of both their own capital and funds made available by the Ex- port-Import Bank for investments in Chile. With these new funds, those investments will be brought up to about one billion dollars, or 10 percent

of the total investment of American

private enterprise in Latin America. "In addition to the investments made by American concerns already operating in Chile, the Committee on

Foreign Investments recently approved

applications for a total of §52,000,000

in new enterprises and investments, more than half in industrial activities, the remainder in agriculture, mining,

construction, transportation, communications, etc." While the amount of foreign invest- ments in Chile has increased substantially in very recent years from sources other than the United States, the value

of U. S. direct investments there since World War I closely parallels the nation's economic growth. The following table shows the U. S. direct investments in Chile in five dif- ferent years which are typical of world economic conditions in varying periods: L929 $423,000,000

L936 484,000,000

L943 .. 328,0(10,(10(1 1950 _. 540,000,000 1957 700,000,000

Chile's economic growth in this period

is shown in the world-wide index of in- dustrial production, by nations, prepared by the United Nations. This index uses the industrial production achieved in 1953

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW March 7, 1958
Pres. I'oanez learns how Canal operates

from Gov. Potter on visit here in 1956.

as the measuring rule with a score of 100

for each of the various categories. The

United Nations' index shows the following statistics for Chile's mining, manufacturing, and electric power generation

for comparable years shown above: Manu- Elec- Min- factur- tric- ing ing ity 1929 133 36 14 1936 82 43 21 1943 117 58 35

1950 105 70 76 1953 100 100 100

1956 119 107 121 The index for mining reflects world economic conditions rather than the overall economic progress of Chile during the past three decades. The mining index

fell well below the 1953 par figure of 100 during the depression of the 1930's. A better mirror of Chile's economic

progress and the effects of the diversifi- cation program of recent years is the index on manufacturing and the one on

electric power production. There has been a steady upward climb of these in- dexes since 1929, although monthly figures for 1957 showed some downward trend

in both categories because of the current

internal economic conditions. Since Chile is the second largest copper- producing nation, her nitrate beds are the only large natural deposits in the

world, and her mountains are rich with

iron ore and other metals, there seems

little doubt that the mining industry will continue to be a dominant factor in the country's economy, particularly since the Canal offers a ready access to world markets on a competitive basis. This surmise is supported by a recent

extensive survey conducted by the Eco- nomic Research Institute of the University of Chile. That survey indicated that

Chile's gross national product will in- crease 39 percent over the 1956 figures by 1965. The survey predicted that agri- culture will make the biggest advance and substantial increases will be shown by industry and commerce. The survey foresees a growth in ex- ports from $480,000,000 to $615,000,000

in the ten-year period. Mining, princi- pally copper and nitrates, will continue

to account for the greater part—from

$405,000,000 in 1956 to $497,000,000 in

Chile's growing steel industry is part

ization program. Below are views of

1965. Imports are expected to rise to $452,000,000 from the 1956 level of $346,-

000,000, which will leave Chile with a favorable trade balance of $169,000,000. Samplings of development plans an- nounced by some American firms already

established in Chile and the monetary

assistance being rendered by the Export- Import Bank substantiate the findings of the University of Chile's research group. Last year the Export-Import Bank

extended a $16 million loan to Compania

de Acero del Pacifico, S.A. (Pacific Steel

Co.), to enable the company to diversify

its integrated steel operations at Huachipato, Chile. This brought to $76.5 million the amount in loans extended to this firm, jointly owned by Chilean Govern- ment agencies and private investors, by

the ExporWmport Bank since 1945. A loan of $12 million has also been

received from the Export-Import Bank

by the Nitrate Company of Tarapaca and

Antofagasta. This is a Chilean-owned group enterprise engaged in such diversified activities as mining, lumber, mixed

fertilizers, phosphate production, and

transportation. The extent to which United States

private capital is being poured into Latin America is indicated by a recent statement of J. Peter Grace, President

of W. R. Grace & Co. He reported that

his firm doubled its capital investment

there between 1946 and 1956 and will double it again by 1962. The total in- vestment of the company by 1962 will be $100,000,000, he announced.

Its program of diversification is well exemplified in Chile. It now has 17

offices and branches in Chile, from Arica

to Punta Arenas, with its manufacturing,

mechandising, shipping, and aviation activities centered in the head office in Santiago. Among the many types of its interests are textile manufacturing, sugar,

refining, the importation and manufacture of machinery and electrical equip- ment, and the production of edible oils and linseed oil. Another American firm presently embarked on a big expansion program in Chile is the Anaconda Company. It is spending $80,000,000 to develop an ore- body near Potrerillos where Anaconda

engineers recently found a large copper

deposit of higher grade than its famous

nearby Andes ore mine. This will entail the construction of a modern town with comfortable homes, schools, hospitals, and other modern conveniences for its employees and their families. Anaconda's mining interest in Chile dates back to 1923 when it acquired the

of her industrial- big Pacific Steel Co. plant on the Chilean coast at Huachipato. L. to r., wire-rod production, Bessemer converter, general view.

March 7, 1958 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW
Chuquicamata mines in Antofagasta

Province. This is the largest known copper ore-body in the world and produces more than 500 million pounds of metal

a year. The company's second largest property in Chile is its Andes mine, concentrator, and smelter at Potrerillos. Blister copper from these mining properties has been shipped through the Canal

since 1927 to the company's Raritan Copper Works in Perth Amboy, N. J. Anaconda's operations in Chile demonstrate the importance of the Canal

as a two-way trade route. A steady

flow of men, materials, and supplies goes south through the Canal to keep

its copper production going. An important part of this traffic is the ship- ment of oil. Anaconda has under charter two oil tankers, each making about

14 round trips a year through the Canal from refineries in the Caribbean to the company's operations in Chile. The development of Chile's steel in- dustry has come since the close of World War II but its expansion has been rapid.

It is a phase of the nation's diversifica- tion program and today the integrated plant of the Pacific Steel Company of Chile at Huachipato is furnishing much

of the country's steel needs for construction, road building, and industry. The Huachipato industry is jointly owned by private stockholders and the Chilean Government, and its financing has been accomplished by private capital, Chilean Government agencies, and $76.5

million in loans by the Export-Import Bank. As a result of the developments by

such firms as Pacific Steel, Anaconda, and W. R. Grace & Co., as well as hundreds of new businesses, both large and

small, being started in Chile, there has been a noticeable change in the commodity movements through the Canal to Chile in the past few years. The need

for petroleum is growing rapidly and last year almost as much mineral oil was

shipped through the Canal for Chile as total commodity shipments of six years ago. Of the 2,000,000 tons of freight moving

south to Chile through the Canal in the

fiscal year 1957, the tonnage of nine principal products was listed as follows: Petroleum and all petroleum products.

Copper bars, important commodity in Canal traffic, are loaded for shipment.

Anaconda's El Salvador Mine near Potrerillos. Company is spending over $80

million to develop this deposit which will produce 200 million pounds annually

1,123,000 tons; coal and coke, 218,000;

iron and steel manufactures, 115,000; sugar, 72,000; wheat, 60,000; machinery,

50,000; automobiles, parts, and accessories, 37,000; agricultural implements, 11,- 000; and railroad equipment, 10,000. Mineral products constitute the bulk

of shipments from Chile through the Canal to Atlantic destinations, and last year shipments of iron ore, nitrates, and

copper made up 88 percent of the total. Total tonnage of these for the year were: Iron ore, 2,258,000; sodium nitrate, 867,- 000; copper metals, 220,000; and copper

ore, 82,000. While Chile's program of diversifica- tion and industrialization to supply the needs of her rapidly-growing population

will bring many changes in the future in the types and amounts of goods shipped through the Canal, there appears no like- lihood that the close affiliation of the Canal with its southernmost user in the New World will in any way be lessened

in the foreseeable future. Chile today is laying a sound foundation for her economic future. And, so long as the trade routes of the seas are used to transport men's needs in raw and

finished goods, the Panama Canal will continue as a vital link for this growing

world trade area. The construction and efficient operation of the Canal by the United States Government has been a great boon to world economy in this century. The

shipping industry and all trading nations have a great stake in its future. OUR COVER

One of the most magnificent sights

of the Isthmus is the night lockage

of a ship through the Canal. In the "Review's" cover picture this month

the Canal's Official Photographer

has caught the breath-taking beauty

of a ship in Miraflores Locks, painted

against the night sky by a thousand

lights. Amateur photographers now

have all night to try for such a pic- ture while Miraflores Locks are being overhauled and operations are on

24-hour schedule.

Carl J. Browne Is New Head

Of Canal Zone Credit Union

Carl J. Browne, Superintendent of the Balboa Field Office of the Maintenance

Division, was elected last month to head

the Canal Zone Credit Union for a year's

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Carl J. Browne

period. He took office immediately upon

election by the Credit Union's Board of Directors. Mr. Browne succeeds Robert Van Wagner who has headed the employee-owned

corporation for the past four years. Mr. Van Wagner will continue to serve the Credit Union as a Director. Other officers are: Clarence W, Kilbey, Vice President; James H. Selby, Treasurer; and Jerome E. Steiner, Secretary.

All three were reelected. Organized in 1936, the Credit Union was planned originally to finance vacations and emergencies which required unexpected funds, as well as a place for savings. Membership today totals over 2,800,

all of whom are employees of the Company-Government. As of January this year, the authorized capitalization was

$3,000,000. Assets now are well over

$2,000,000.

10 THE PANAMA CANAL REV'EW Mcrch 7, 1958
66 Employees Enrolled

In Training Courses

For Supervisory Work

When the training office of the Personnel Bureau announced last month that they were ready to start a couple of new

supervisory training groups, they expected

to receive a possible 30 nominations.

Instead, when all the Company-Government's divisions had been heard from,

the training office found itself with a list of 66 men and women nominees for the

training course. Consequently, instead of the two

groups of 15 or so each which were planned originally, the 66 nominees

have been divided into four groups, one

of which is made up entirely of women.

There is one husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Cross, among the

trainees; they are in different training groups. Two of the groups are meeting Mondays and Thursdays and the other two

on Tuesdays and Fridays. Since most of those enrolled in the current courses are

Pacific siders, the meetings are held at the Training Center near Corozo Crossing. All of the groups are being led by

Lloyd S. Murphy, Assistant Training

Officer. Twenty-three Company - Government

divisions or units are represented in the four groups. The Accounting Division

leads with 17 representatives. The Administrative Branch, Gorgas Hospital, and the Engineering, Maintenance, Navigation, and Terminals Division have four

each. The Electrical, Motor Transportation, and Supply Divisions have each sent

three employees to the training courses. The remaining employees in the four groups come from the Claims Branch,

Industrial Division, Internal Audit

Branch, Postal Division, Accounting Policies and Procedures Staff, Contract and

Inspection Division, Library, License

Section, Meteorological and Hydrographic Branch the Sanitation, Schools, and Wage

and Classification Divisions. Members of the four groups are: Group 1: George A. Black, Jr., Robert

L. Coffev, Mahlon D. Davis, Richard H.

Egolf, Preston G. Gau, William E. Hall, Theodore D. Melanson, H. E. Mussel- man, Robert F. Roche, and James H.

Selby, all from the Accounting Division; Robert M. Graham and Grover D. Luce,

Internal Audit Branch; Donald M. Parr, Accounting Policies and Procedures Staff; Harry D. Raymond, Claims Branch; and

Lester M. Fennel, Meteorological and

Hydrographic Branch. Group 2 (all women): Catherine M.

Sigl, Mary G. Livingston, Frances L. Journey, Helen D. McKeown, Eva M.

Grassau, Mary H. Foster, and Ruth H.

Elich, Accounting Division; E. June

Hopkins, Winnifred E. Seeley, and Rita

Gribbons, Gorgas Hospital; Rosemarie

J. Kenealy, Claims Branch; Nita B. Hartman, Contract and Inspection Division; Miriam H. Hawvichorst, Electrical Division; Mae B. Cross, Engineering and Construction Bureau; Eleanor D. Burnham, Canal Zone Library; Beatrice M. Rhyne, Division of Schools; Margaret

L. Csighy, Supply Division; and Virginia

PAGES FROM THE

9* THIS MONTH

50 Years Ago

Construction of the Panama Canal was moving ahead at full speed 50 years ago

this month—March excavation set an

alltime record of 3,480,270 cubic yards—

but otherwise the month was without much news of great importance.

Late in March a slide on the relocated Panama Railroad line, at the north end

of a fill just south of Gatun, pushed an

embankment carrying a temporary track out of line several feet. The embankment

sank between 10 and 20 feet for a distance of about 200 feet and destroyed over 220

feet of trestle. Lt. Col. H. F. Hodges, General Purchasing Agent for the Isthmian Canal

Commission, was placed in charge of design for the lock gates. A census of the Canal Zone was started early in March 1908, under the direction of the tax collector for each administrative

district. The first jury trial in the Canal Zone

resulted in the acquittal of the defendant; he had been charged with causing the death of a steamship officer during an

altercation on the Cristobal docks. 25 Years Ago

Much of the news in the Canal Zone

in March 1933, was a direct result of happenings in the United States, and some of it was not good.

Congress passed and the President signed

a bill cutting salaries of all Government

employees by 15 percent. The cut was to be effective April 1 and would continue until

the end of the fiscal year when further action would be governed by the cost of living at

that time. Although the bank holiday in the United States caused some apprenhension among Zonians who had U. S. ac- counts, the Canal Zone's single bank was

not affected. The Cristobal Branch of what is now Chase Manhattan continued

operations as usual. Zonians were waiting to see whether they would be able to buy beer legally on the Zone. Congress legalized the production and

sale of 8.2 beer in the United States but it seemed likely that a special act would have

to be passed covering sale or import in the Canal Zone. Canal shipping was taking a slight turn upward. In March 1933, 399 commercial

vessels made the Canal transit. Cargo

tonnage was over 5 percent higher than

in March of the previous year. The 785-foot-long dirigible "Akron,"

then the largest airship in the world, spent a day hovering over the Isthmus. Two

small planes, disgorged from its underside, ran a ferry service between airship and

ground while the dirigible floated overhead. Zonians 25 years ago were shocked by

the death of former Governor Harry

Burgess, in Hot Springs, Ark., He had

left the Isthmus only the previous December. 10 Years Ago

Over the protests of shippers, President Truman issued an Executive Order in- creasing tolls of the Panama Canal by

approximately 10 percent, effective October 1, 1948. The new rates were to be

$1 per ton for laden merchant vessels, 80 cents for vessels in ballast, and 55

cents per displacement ton for other float- ing craft. The increase was recommended

by the Secretary of the Army. As the month ended, the president of the American Shipowners Association an- nounced that he would recommend to the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee that tolls be frozen until the

effects of the impending increase could be considered. A contract for the reconversion of the SS Panama, at a cost of about $1,325,000, was awarded to the Bethlehem Steel Company. The ship had been temporarily refitted after its return from war

service; the work to be done would be a permanent reconversion.

Several local construction projects were announced. The Panama Canal accepted a bid of $153,107 for masonry houses at Margarita, the first concrete houses in the Canal Zone since 1914. Building Division

forces were at work on the renovation and

repair of the former Tivoli USO building, prior to its opening as a Canal clubhouse. School officials announced plans to establish a junior unit of the ROTC at Balboa High School. The unit would te

organized at the beginning of the next

school year, with at least 100 cadets. One Year Ago

March 1957, was a busy month with

lots going on. In March: Enrollments for the new Group Health Insurance plan swamped those trying to record them;

a new record of 808 ocean-going commercial vessels was set for Canal transits; schools officials announced entrance ex- aminations for non-U. S. citizen appli- cants for the Canal Zone Junior College; and John T. Ridgely was retained as a consultant for the Panama Railroad.

M.Dixon.Wageand Classification Division. Group 3: Charles K. Cross, George Q.

Vieto, Edwin C. Jones, and Fred E. Wells, Administrative Branch; Harold W. Griffin, Gorgas Hospital; Michael Zombory,

License Section; Robert M. Blakely, Jr., and Maurice L. McCullough, Motor

Transportation Division; L. D. Bowman,

Jr., Navigation Division; Dick R. Bran- don and James D. Dunaway, Postal

Service; Ramel H. Masters, Division of Sanitation; Robert H. Adams and Sumner E. Ewing, Supply Division; Worden

E. French and Robert A. Rathgeber

Terminals Division. Group 4: P. T. Green, Electrical Division; Julian Hearne, Roger Howe, Rubelio D. Quintero, and Allen Miller, Engineering Division; Walter T. Schapow

and Lt. K. T. Shelley, Industrial Division; F. S. Baumbach, R. G. Laatz, H. W. Osborn, and H. D. Smith, Mainte- nance Division; Paul R. Kuyoth, Motor

Transportation Division; Ernest C. Flowers, Eugene E. Hamlin, and Rufus O'Neal

Navigation Division; and Bernard Dorf- man and William J. Rose, Terminals Di- March 7, 1958 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW
Behind the

Scenes

at the

Canal Zone

Library

Alfred Bushell unpacks load of new Mrs. Emily Price assigns categories books just arrived from post office, to the Library's newly-arrived books. 6^JLj A jgJBKS

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Theophilus Herbert shellacks new

books in open air outside library. Mrs. Verna Winstead looks for items Reference Librarian Beverly Williams

of local interest in new magazines. searches files in the first-floor office. A New World Opens

Life is a lot brighter these days for Mrs. Florence Ball, a lively little lady from Georgia, who is probably one of the

first persons in the Canal Zone to take advantage of talking books. The talking book, of course,

is a book read aloud and re- corded on a few long-playing unbreakable records, which are easy to handle in the mail and by the persons who receive them. To Mrs. Ball the talking book came as an answer to the prob- lems which face a person who now lives in a world of perpetual twilight after spending a

lifetime of reading, sawing, cooking, and enjoying television and

movies as much as her grandchildren do.

It was so easy, she said. After arrangements were completed by the Canal Zone Li- brary, a special record player

arrived from the Library of Congress in Washington together with a "book" from the New

York City Public Library for the Blind, which handles talking books for this area.

From then on, Mrs. Ball was on her own. When she finishes a book, it is re- placed in a special folder and returned to

the Library in New York free of charge. Another book, which Mrs. Ball can select

from a comprehensive list of material, is sent to her immediately. Mrs. Ball must observe certain rules. No one else in the family may

play the talking-book records and once the records have been

heard, they are to be returned immediately. In many ways, Mrs. Ball says, listening to the

talking book is much better than actually reading a book. When one is interrupted, the record can be turned off. Later

it is possible to return exactly

to one's place or even repeat a certain part which one has en- joyed especially. A native of Moultrie, Ga., Mrs. Ball now makes her home

with her son-in-law and daughter, Fire Lt. and Mrs. James

McGloin, of Gatun. She does

not believe that her lack of vis- ion is permanent and thinks that

it will be cleared considerably by

operations. Meanwhile, she has

discovered a whole new world which she hopes that other res- idents of the Canal Zone, who suffer from

lack of sight, will discover too.

12 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW March 7, 1958
The 5,000 or so books which are added

to the Canal Zone Library's collection each year do not appear miraculously on

the library shelves. The work of getting these thousands

of volumes and many hundreds of magazines ready for circulation is the full- time job of at least half a dozen of the Main Library's staff men and women

who, for the most part, spend their working hours in the jam-packed first- floor offices of the Main Library. They

are seldom seen by the public. Getting new books ready for circula- tion is a real production-line performance. The first of the Library staff to get a look

at the new books is Alfred Bushell, the

Library's clerical assistant and general

man-of-all-jobs. When the new books and magazines

reach the library in sacks and cartons, he opens each of these and checks the new arrivals against the accompanying

shipping lists. They then move on to Evelyn Howell, a regular Girl Friday to the Library's staff. She stamps accession numbers into each book. Next stop on the production line is the desk of Mrs. Emily Price, the Library's Cataloguer. She decides into which cat- egory each of the new books fits and pre- pares an index card for it. Mrs. Ruth

Townsend, a part-time cataloguer, does

the same thing for the new juvenile books. The actual cards are then prepared by

Rita Kevlin, Library Assistant, who

types some of the file cards, cuts dupli- mats on others. Cards for all of the Li- brary branches and deposit libraries are prepared at the Main Library. Once the books are indexed, they move

back to Evelyn Howell, who pastes a

little paper pocket in the front of each

to hold the book-cards and also puts into place the "plate" which identifies the book as belonging to the Canal Zone Li- brary. Then she passes them on to Theophilus Herbert for the protective shel- lacking which all library books receive. An expert in mending and binding, which he learned at the former Occupational High School in La Boca, he

does the shellacking under the wide

eaves of the overhang just outside the

library's back door. Sad experience has taught the Library staff that air-con- ditioning ducts spread the shellac fumes through the building if the work is done inside. When the books are shellacked he

letters them in code, to tell prospective

readers at a glance whether they are picking up a "western," a "who-dun-it,"

or a biography. While the others are working on the books, Mrs. Verna Winstead is sur- rounded by great stacks of new periodicals. In her post as custodian of the

Library's magazines, she scans each new

magazine or newspaper for items which may be of local interest, marks any such

she finds, and starts the periodicals on

their official rounds. She reads both

English and Spanish. Although her scan- ning ability has always been amazingly

fast, she took a "rapid reading" course

recently, to speed it up even more. Not all of the new books received in every order are released at the same time.

If they were, it would mean that an entire lot one week might be detective

stories, or scientific books, or popular fic- tion. Instead, Mrs. Eleanor Burnham,

Librarian, and members of her staff select each week a varied assortment of the

latest books they have received, so they

will appeal to a variety of tastes. Although the Library's unseen staff spends most of its time getting new books

ready for their readers, they also work

with the Library's older books. Volumes

which are salvageable are mended in the downstairs work-room and books which

are beyond repair are discarded there. Last year the Library added 5,545 vol- umes to its collection of over 108,000 books in English and Spanish. During the same period, 6,200 books were discarded. The discards were books which were worn out, moldy, hug-eaten, out-ofdate, or were extra copies of best-sellers

of years past. Some obsolete books are kept for their historical interest but

other old books, are ordinarily dis- carded when the information they contain is out-dated.

Orders may now be placed

for bound REVIEW volume

Orders may now be placed for the binding of volumes 6 and 7 of "The Panama Canal Review," covering the two-year period of August 1955 through July 1957. The binding

will be in red or black fabricoid, and the price will be Sll per volume,

the same as for the previous binding,

if the order is received prior to March

31, 1958. The price on individual or- ders received after that date may be

slightly higher. "Review" collectors who wish the

latest bound volume should send

their orders to the Editor, "The Panama Canal Review," Balboa

Heights, C. Z. The orders should be accompanied by a United States

postal money order. The purchaser

should also indicate which color

red or black—he prefers for the

binding.

Zonians Learn About Income Tax

Time To Pay: Income Tax

Is Due Within Six Weeks

Zonians, as well as other income-tax

payers, have only a little over six weeks

between today and April 15, closing day

for filing tax returns for 1957. Estimated

tax returns are due the same date.

Pacific siders who have tax problems may either contact any of the 25 Canal employees who were coached on tax prob- lems last month, or see Wendell Lindsay,

Internal Revenue Bureau representative, at the Civil Affairs Building. For the convenience of Atlantic siders, Mr. Lind- say will be in Cristobal all next week. Excapt for Wednesday, when he will be

at Coco Solo Hospital, he will be avail- able in Room 300 of the Post Office Building between 8 a. m. and noon, and 1 to 4 p. m. Payments must be made to the Inter- national Division, Internal Revenue

Service, Washington 25, D. C.

Twenty-five Canal employees were among the Zonians who learned "how-to" of income tax from two experts in February. March 7,1958 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 13
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS ANNIVERSARIES

January 75 through February 75

Employees who were promoted or transferred between January 15 and February 15 are listed below. Within-grade promotions

are not reported. ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

Elizabeth Mitchell, from File Clerk to Clerk-Typist, Records Management Section. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Mrs. Kathryne S. Brown, from Educational Specialist. Office of General Manager,

Supplv Division, to Elementary School Teacher. Mrs. Virginia C. Townsend, Mrs. Beverly E. Noble, Mrs. Charla A. Roush, Mrs.

Anita M. McClelland, Mrs. Margaret B. Lovelace, Mrs. Eileen M. O'Brien, from

Substitute Teacher to Elementary School Teacher. George L. Cooper, from Policeman and

Detective to Police Sergeant.

Victor H. Higgins, Jr., from Substitute

Distribution Clerk to Window Clerk, Postal

Division. Robert A. Engelke, from Motorcycle

Officer and Policeman and Detective to Police Sergeant. Jack E. Van Hoose, from Guard, Terminals Division, to Policeman. Mrs. Jean A. Karch, from Junior High

School Teacher to Elementary School Teacher. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Mrs. Hazel F. Nail, from Clerk, Gorgas

Hospital, to Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk, Payroll Branch. LeRoy B. Magnuson, from Chief, Budget

Branch, to Chief, Budget and Rates Division. Robert Lessiack, from Supervisory Budget Analyst to Chief. Budget Branch. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Mrs. Edith M. Villanueva, from Clerk- Typist to Accounting Clerk, Maintenance

Division. David Rosenblatt, from Sanitary Engi- neer to Superintendent, Miraflores Filtra- tion Plant, Maintenance Division.

Electrical Division George A. Folger, from Wireman to Electrical Distribution Foreman II. Thomas J. Dee, from Electrical Distribution Foreman II, to Electrical Interior Lead Foreman II. Vernon L. Dahlhoff, from Electrical Interior Lead Foreman II, to General Electrical Foreman II. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Jorgensen, Clerk- Typist, from Gorgas Hospital to Communications Branch. HEALTH BUREAU

Mrs. Mary B. Egolf, from Secretary (Stenography), to Clerk-Typist, Office of Health Director. Mrs. Marie B. McNeff, from Director of Nurses, to Director of Nursing, Corozal

Hospital. Mrs. Marie K. Corrigan, from General Medical Hospital Nurse to Medicine and

Surgery Staff Nurse, Coco Solo Hospital. MARINE BUREAU

Joseph A. Vowell, Jr., from Checker,

Pacific Locks Overhaul, to Patrolman, Locks Security Branch. John B. Spivey, from Gas Navigation

Aids Foreman I, Dredging Division, to Motor Boat Maintenance Mechanic, Navigation Division. James C. Wood, Wallace W. Priester, Jr. from Marine Inspect ion Assistant to Admeasurer, Navigation Division. Anthony H. Hopiak, Shipwright, from

Dredging Division to Industrial Division.

OIlin P. Strickland, from Lead Joiner Foreman to Lead Shipwright Foreman II and Assistant Dockmaster. Industrial Division. Vincent D. Ridge, from Lead Shipwright Foreman II and Assistant Dockmaster, to Chief Shipwright Foreman and Dockmaster,

Industrial Division. William J. McLaughlin, Jr., from Control House Operator to Chief Foreman Locks

Operations, Atlantic Lock?. John T. Styles, from Wireman to Wire man Foreman, Atlantic Locks.

Leslie W. Croft, from Wireman Foreman

to Control House Operator, Atlantic Locks. PERSONNEL BUREAU

Mrs. Virginia M. Dixon, from Position

Classifier to Supervisory Position Classifier. Wage and Classification Division. William D. Young, from Personnel Assist- ant, Employment and Utilization Division,

to Position Classifier, Wage and Classifica- tion Division. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE BUREAU

Corneilius J. O'Sullivan, from Commissary Supervisor, to Commissary Supply Assistant, Supply Division. Mrs. Alicia M. Crasto, from Transportation Rate Auditing Clerk, to Transportation Rate and Claims Clerk, Supply Division. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS BUREAU

Floyd M. Johnson, from Road and Yard

Conductor, to Road and Yard Conductor and Train Dispatcher, Railroad Division. Roy L. Vaughan, from Policeman, Police Division, to Guard, Terminals Division. WASHINGTON OFFICE

Mrs. Wilhelmene H. Cushing, from Sec- retary (Stenography), to Administrative

Assistant (Stenography), Office of the Secretary. Mrs. Laura J. Reese, from Administrative Assistant (Stenography), to Administrative Services Assistant, Office of the

Secretary. OTHER PROMOTIONS

Promotions which did not involve a change of title were: Karl W. Shirley, Marine Inspection Assistant. Navigation Division. Edward G. Coyle, Rates Analyst, Office

of the Comptroller. James B. Crane, Herbert A. Greene, Jr., Admeasurer, Navigation Division. Thelma L. Capwell, Mrs. Gloria J. Hallet, Mrs. Marguerite M. Orr, Mrs. Marian R.

Scott, Mrs. Mary K. White, Mrs. Kathleen

I. Nelson, Mrs. Jane D. Fuller, Eleanor L. Colbert, Mrs. Eileen G. Brady, Mrs. Nadine W. Cain, all Head Nurses, Psychiatry, Corozal Hospital. Dwight A. McKabney, Attorney, Office

of the General Counsel. MARCH SAILINGS

FROM CRISTOBAL

Cristobal ...March 8

.1 in; mi March 15 Cristobal March 26 FROM NEW YORK

A neon March 7 Cristobal.^. ...March 18 Ancon March 25 Southbound ships which leave New York Friday

are in Haiti the following Tuesday. Those which

sail from New York Tuesday spend Saturday in Haiti. Northbound, the ships stop in Haiti two days after clearing Cristobal: Monday for those which sail from

Cristobal Saturday, and Friday for those which clear Cristobal Wednesday. RETIREMENTS

Retirement certificates were presented

the end of February to the following employees who are listed alphabetically, to- gether with their birthplaces, titles, length

of Canal service, and future addresses: Mrs. Louis K. Allen, Canal Zone: Clerk- Stenographer, Navigation Division; 10

years, 8 months, 11 days; Canal Zone.

Eulie M. Bennett; Storekeeper. Motoi

Transportation Division ; 8 years, 5 months,

20 days; Canal Zone lor present. Capt. Jack H. Hearn, Alabama; Pilot, Navigation Division; M vears. 1(1 months,

I') days; California. Henry T. Leisy, Nebraska: Elementary

Si hool lee her. Schools Division; 28 years,

in months, 15 days; Canal Zone for present

Bernard W. Mclntyre, Idaho; Engineer, Railroad Division; .12 years, 9 months, 21 daj s; St. Petersburg, Fla.

For another year William Jump, senior employee in the Canal organization, heads

the list of those who had service anniversaries in February. On February 1 Mr. Jump, Timekeeper

in the Industrial Division, completed 53 years of Panama Canal service, all of it with what' is now the Industrial Division. This makes him tie senior of all employees, from point of service, and the only one whose service dates back to 1905. Born in Gorgona, he learned French and

English at an Anglican school and picked up his Spanish when he lived for a time

with a Panama City family as a sort of companion and tutor in English to their

sons. He got his first Panama Canal job

in the old Mechanical Division when he was only 15 years old. In this job he earned

all of i Al cents an hour. He has worked in Gorgona, in Empire, and in Balboa. Since 1950, when the Mechanical Division was transferred to Mount

Hope, he has been an Atlantic Sider. 35 YEARS

Harry F. Cody, General Foreman of the Water System for the Maintenance Division holds second place on the list of Februaryanniversaries because of his 35 years of government service. He is one of the Canal's experts on Pan- ama City's water system. His knowledge was acquired during the years he spent as foreman of the Panama City waterworks and as General Foreman of the Panama

District in the period when The Panama

Canal operated the water system under contract with the Republic and handled the

capital's street repairs under a similar agreement. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was brought

to the Isthmus when he was only six years

old. His father. Michael J. Cody, was a Moulder in the Balboa Shops. During school vacations, he worked as a messenger for the Building Division, as a gardener at one of the Commissary's truck

farms, and as a messenger and helper at the Balboa Shops. After he finished an apprenticeship as a pipefitter, he worked at that trade here and in Venezuela. He has been

with the Maintenance Division since 1939, with the exception of two years during the war when he served as a SeaBee with the Navy in the Pacific. During the time Mr. Cod> was working

in Panama City, he won high praise for a

training program he instituted for the Pan- amanian personnel who were then prepar- ing to take over the waterworks. More re- cently he was commended for his part in devising a cheap method of converting fire hydrants and fire standpipe valves to the recently-adopted National Standard threads

Two of last month's 30-year men are. second generation Canal Zone employees. John F. Hern, Foreman Sheetmetal Worker for the Maintenance Division, was

born in Ancon, son of J. F\ Hern, a chauffeur. Mr. Hern's service with the Canal

organization is unbroken and, allowing foi administrative reorganizations, has been all with the same division. P. Byrne Hutchings, whose lather. K. W.

Hutehings was also a Canal employee, was

born in Columbus, Miss., but was so young when he was brought to the Canal Zone

that he practically counts .is a native. Mr.

Hutchings has worked for a number of Canal units and has been in Housing since

1940. He is now Realty Assistant in the Housing Branch. The other two Company-Government men who completed 30 years of government

service last month are Withrop H. Havenor,

Assistant Chief of the New York Accounting Office, anil William F. Long, a member

ol the Canal Zone Police F"orce. Except for the war-years, Mr. Havenor's

service has been continuous He joined the Company February 1, 1928, as a juniorclerk. He has served in the Accounting Department, Treasurer's Office, and Executive Office in New York. Mr. Long conies from Norwood, N. C. He

slarled his Canal career as a Locks Watch14 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW March 7, 1958
Consultants For Congress Due Here

(Continuedfimi fageS) and industrial buildings, and various types of public works. General Groves is best known for his work as head of the Manhattan Project during which he was in complete charge

of the development and planning for the

use of the atomic bomb. Among his many important assignments were as

officer-in-charge of construction for the Quartermaster General during mobilization for World War II. and as commanding general of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project for the Department of Defense after the close of the war. Since

his retirement in 1948, he has been asso- ciated with Remington-Rand. Dean Hollister has headed the College

of Engineering at Cornell for 20 years. His specialties are municipal, structural, and flood control projects. He has served on many important governmental and

private commissions for engineering projects. One of his services to the United

States Government was as a member of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government,

better known as the Hoover Commission, from 1953 to 1955. Mr. Slater specializes in transportation and marine engineering. In addition to serving as a member of the consulting engineering firm of Coverdale & Colpitts, he is President and Director of the American Export Lines. He also has served two years as Chairman of the Board of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. They are tentatively scheduled to meet Governor Potter Tuesday morning

for a brief orientation. This will be fol- lowed by a management review and a

description of bureau operations and

later in the morning by a flight along

the Canal route. The afternoon will be

largely devoted to a presentation and

general discussion of the Canal capacity problem, arranged by Lt. Gov.

Arnold. Among the installations to be visited by the panel members will be the Locks,

Gaillard Cut and the construction project

at Bend 1868, the Dredging Division, the LeTourneau towing devices at Gatun,

Miraflores Locks overhaul operations, and

the marine control operations at the Bal- boa Port Captain's Office.

Zonians Thanked By Panama

Warm thank-you's poured in last month to the people of the Canal Zone

for their help during and after the recent disastrous fire in the San Miguel

area of Panama City. Among these were two letters to Governor Potter. The first, from United States Ambassador to Panama Julian F. Harrington, expressed Panama's official appreciation.

"I have received a letter from President de la Guardia," the Ambassador

wrote, "expressing his warm appreciation of the assistance rendered by the

civilian and military authorities of the Canal Zone during and after the fire in the San Miguel district of Panama. This timely assistance and friendly cooperation, according to the President, will inevitably strengthen the existing

friendly relations between the two countries which he personally welcomes." And from David, 300 miles away, came the thanks of the city's Rotarians. They had learned of the Canal Zone's help from a fellow member, Juan M.

Arauz of the David Bomberos, who was in the capital at the time of the fire. After hearing his report, Octavio Tribaldos, Secretary of the David Rotary

Club, wrote the Governor: "It was resolved to extend through your worthy

office our gratitude to the Government and people of the United States of America residing in the Canal Zone and especially to the Firemen's Corps of said Zone for the valuable cooperation all gave and are giving during and after the above-mentioned fire. "May this serve as a reaffirmation of our high opinion of the sense of humanitarianism of the North American people, to which once again we

thank for their valuable assistance." Budget Expert

Carl W. Tiller, center, was one of two Budget Bureau officials who gave a series of talks on budget malters last month to Canal personnel. With him are Philip

L. Steers, Jr., Comptroller, and LeRoy Maguson, Budget & Rates Division Chief.

man and has been with the Police Division

since 1940. His local service is unbroken.

25 YEARS

February was Silver Anniversary month

for three men in the Canal service: Nathan W. Ashton, David F. Mead, and William

L. Willumsen. Mr. Ashton, a Stockman Foreman in the Supply Division's Diablo Cold Storage

Plant, comes from Banjoe, Me. His first job was with the old Bureau of Clubs and

Playgrounds. He joined the Commissary

force in 1940 and has been in supply work

ever since. During World War il he was

on active duty with the Army but remained

in his Canal position. Mr. Mead is the keeper of the old records. Born in Camden, N. J., he has been with

the Record Bureau, now the Administrative Branch, since 1935. His jaw-breaking offi- cial title is Supervisory Management Analyst, Records Scheduling and Disposition. Mr. Willumsen, a Customs Inspector at Cristobal, is a native of Baltimore. He

worked for the Gatun Commissary and the

Oil Handling Plants before he joined the Customs Division in 1939. Mr. Mead and Mr. Willumsen are the second generation of their families to work

iu the Canal Zone. Mr. Mead's father, Burton H. Mead, was a Pipefitter at the

Pacific Locks when he retired 10 years ago. Mr. Willumsen's stepfather, F. W. Schewe, was a Marine Dispatcher for many years.

20 YEARS Two of the seven men who completed

20 years of government service last month

have not only unbroken Canal service but

also continuous service with their divisions. They are Edward G. Moran, who was born

in the Philippines and is now a Distribution Clerk at the Air Mail Facility at Balboa, and Gilbert A. Reynolds, a native of Greenville, Ky., who is a General Electrical Fore- man with the Electrical Division. Other 20-year employees are: Walter E. Colclasure, who was born in Durant, Okla., Contract Specialist with the Engineering

Division; Harry D. Foster, a native New

Yorker, now Filtration Plant Operator for the Water and Laboratories Branch; Will- iam T. Halvosa, Jr., a native Zonian, Fi- nance Branch Superintendent, Postal Division; James L. Hatcher, whose birthplace was Kings Mountain, N. C, a Police Ser- geant assigned to the Balboa District; and

Frederick H. Smith, Jr., another secondgeneration Canal employee, who is now

March 7, 1958 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 15

Field Supervisor for electrical work in the

Electrical Division's Northern District.

15 YEARS

Sixteen employees of the Panama Canal

organization completed 15 years of govern- ment service last month. Those with con- tinuous Canal service are: Mrs. Lucille M.

Flenniken, Accounting Clerk, General Ledger and Processing Branch; Ernest C. Flowers, Admeasurer, of Balboa: Ernest S. Gibbs, Auto Repair Machinist, Motor

Transportation Division ; Mrs. Miriam H.

Hawvichorst, Supervisory Office Services

Clerk, Communications Branch; Hazel M.

High, Clerk-Typist, Accounting Division; D. Robert LaPorta, Policeman, Cristobal

District; Clara Kirchmer, Accounting Clerk, Terminals Division; Emma E. Klinger,

Staff Nurse, Coco Solo Hospital; Kenneth

L. Middleton, Lockmaster, Pacific Locks; John R. Olsen, Fire Lieutenant, Balboa

Station; and Sophie Stathacopulos, Clerk- Stenographer, Procurement Division, New

York Office. Other 15-year employees are: Mrs. Ruth

J. Bain, Clerk-Typist, Treasury Branch; George L. Cooper, Police Sergeant, Cristobal District; William H. Gonzalez, Combination Welder, Dredging Division; Mrs. Odessa F. Hearne, first grade teacher, Bal- boa school; and Victor C. Melant, Supervisory Clerical Assistant, Dredging Division.
Gala Transit

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA : s$ ,-. -a. ^,

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TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN JANUARY

1957 1958 Commercial- .. ... 701 744 Government 30 24

Total... 731 768 TOLLS*

Commercial $3,167,577 $3,380,016 Government... 129,413 87,616

Total $3,296,990 $3,467,632

"Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small. CARGO (Long tons) Commercial..... 4,255,121 3,736,603 Government.,. 80,146 85,971

Total 4,335,267 3,822,574

Decked with flags from stem to stern, the new 23,500-ton Gripsholm makes an

impressive sight when seen from Contractors Hill. The Swedish-American liner transited the Canal for the first time February 23 en route to South America. Gov. W. E. Potter and a group of Canal officials were aboard for the transit.

Tricolor Tugs A new color scheme, designed to give a new look to the Panama Canal's float- ing equipment, was tried out last month

on the Navigation Division tug Arraijan. The Arraijan, the first to come under the new paint program, blossomed forth in a spanking new color combination of darkblue hull, white superstructure, red stack. Eventually the new lighter and brighter

colors will be applied to all floating equip- ment, including ferry boats and dredges,

as well as to the eight Panama Canal

tugs. The spick-and-span paint job is re- placing the work-a-day buff and black, which has been standard for the Canal

floating equipment for years. Around The World

The Shaw Savill & Albion liner Southern Cross, which makes four round-the- world voyages each year, is due to arrive

in Cristobal March 17 from London via Trinidad and Curacao. After leaving the Canal, the Southern Cross will call at

Tahiti, weather permitting, and at Fiji and Wellington, New Zealand. From Wellington, the ship will return

to England via Sydney, Melbourne, Fre- mantle, Durban, Cape Town, and Las

Palmas. A one-class ship, the Southern

Cross is equipped to carry 1,100 passengers, and is air conditioned throughout. On this trip, all passenger accommodations are fully booked, Andrews & Company reported. Maiden Voyage

Th i SS Glafki, another new Japanesebuilt cargo freighter, passed through the Panama Canal February 18 on her maiden voyage from west coast U. S. ports

to Philadelphia. The 9,866-gross-ton ship which has a deadweight capacity of I 1,655 tons, had a cargo of west coast lumber

aboard. Agents at the Canal were Payne & Wardlaw. New Services Two new services were inaugurated in February by the Mitsui Line whose ships

are regular customers of the Panama

Canal. A new monthly westbound service from the U. S. Atlantic Coast to California and the Far East was started early

in the month by the MS Akibasan Mam.

The itinerary includes Baltimore, Hampton Roads, Philadelphia, New York,

Charleston, Cristobal, Los Angeles, San

Francisco, Manila, Keelung, Hong Kong,

Saigon, and Bankok. The east-bound sen ice, with much the same itinerary, is being started by the MS Azuchisan Maru. which took on cargo

in the Philippines and Hong Kong and

is due to make the Canal transit March

16 en route to Havana and New York. The United Fruit Company handles the

ships locally. Another Maersk

The MS Lau&t Maersk, last of a series of five new Maersk liners built especicially for round-the-globe service, passed through the Canal in February on her maiden voyage from Copenhagen via U. S. east coast ports en route to Los

Angeles, Yokohama, and other far-east

ports. Built in Denmark, the 12,520-dead- weight-ton vessel is 455 feet in length with a service speed of 18 knots, making

her one of the fastest ships for her size

in the Far East trade. The vessel is equipped with cargo tanks

for vegetable oils, latex, and molasses, which are an important part of the Maersk Company's trade. Local agents

are C. B. Fenton & Co. Outward Bound

Another group of 590 British emigrants on their way to New Zealand to make

their homes, arrived at the Canal the last week in February aboard the British Ministry of Transport liner Captain Hobson. The ship, a frequent visitor to the Canal, is operated as an emigrant ship by the British Government and handled

by the Shaw Savill & Albion Line. Payne & Wardlaw act as agents in the Canal

Zone. Empress Sold

The Canadian Pacific liner Empress Of

Scotland, a well-known cruise visitor to Canal ports, was sold in January to the Hamburg-Atlantic Line for approximately

$2,800,000, her agents W. Andrews & Co. have learned. The 26,131-ton ship is to be renovated at a German shipyard for an estimated $4,284,000 and probably

will be placed in the North Atlantic trade. The Empress Of Scotland visited the Isthmus in 1955 and 1956 on Caribbean

cruises. She was replaced on that run

this year by the new Empress Of England. Scrap Loaded

Scrap destined for the Fiat Automobile

factory in Italy was loaded in Balboa

during the weekend of February 15 aboard the German cargo freighter Greetsiel. The ship arrived in Balboa February 14 in ballast from Callao, and took on a cargo of 850 tons of scrap metal at Balboa's Pier 15. A frequent visitor to the Canal, the Greetsiel is owned by A. G. Lenox and represented locally by

Wilford & McKay.

Tourists Coming

Tourists will be swarming over the Isthmus in larger numbers than usual

this month with nine visits scheduled by

cruise ships during March. The Homeric,

the Empress Of England, and the Stella Polaris all called at Cristobal during the past week, and the Ocean Monarch is due

Saturday. Both the Mauretania and the Arosa Sun are scheduled to dock in Criss

fcobal March 15, while the luxuriou- Nieuw Amsterdam will come in the fol- lowing day. A second visit will be made

by both the Empress Of England, due March 22, and the Mauretania, due March 30. In addition to the cruise ships, large numbers of tourists will arrive during the month on the regular visits of the Pan- ama liners Ancon and Cristobal and on

the Pacific Steam Navigation liner Reina

del Mar due March 20 from England en- route to Valparaiso, Chile.

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW March 7, 1958