The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-30
WORLDS RECORD
FOR LAUNCHINCS
IS ESTABLISHED
Five 1900 Ton Cargo Car
riers Are Sent Overheard at
Hog Island Today.
fBy Associated Press,

PHILADELPHIA, May 30.--As a
fitting celebration Of Memorial day.
Hog Island established 9 worlds re-
cord for ship launohings at one yard
today, by sending overheard five 1900
ton cargo carriers In eighty minutes.
The yard WAS thrown open to the
public and plans had been made for
handling q quarter Of million per-
sons. Secretary Of the Navy Daniels.
number Of shipping board officials
and large delegation Of United
States senators and representatives
witnessed the launchings.
All of the ships are alike, each 400
feet long and SO feet beam, -Four of
them. the Nednac, the Pipestone
County. the Maiden Greek and the Lee
high. are named after counties which
won honors In the Liberty loan cam
paigns. The Fifth vessel Is named
Luxpalia.
Mrs. Mary Baird Fox Of Camden,
daughter Of former U. s. Senator Da.
vid Baird Of New Jersey. christened
the Nedmac. Miss Lois Geiger, chos'
en- by the Pipestone county, Minnesota,
Liberty loan committee, was sponsor
for the Pipestone County; Miss Erna
Reiser. Reading. Pa, christened the
Maiden Greek and Mrs. William R
Thomas, Allentown, Pa, broke the bot
tie Of champagne over the PROV OF
the Lehigh. The Luxpalia, was chris.
tened by Mrs. J. 8. Andrew, wife OF
the manager Of the Division OF Hull
construction at Hog Island.
Soldiers Are Honored.
Reading. Allentown and Camden
sent large delegations to the launch
ings, while Pipestone county. MINI.
was represented by a delegation Of
fifty persons.
! Aside from the launchings, Phila
| delphia's observance Of Memorial day
was more widespread than ever be
| fore. Fresh memories of heroic
deeds done by American boys II
France were linked with recollections
IT the fortitude of the men who saved
the Union nearly sixty years ago
There were hosts Of celebrations, but
the observance around which all 9th
ers conferred, was the decoration Of
the graves of Civil war and othel
veterans. In thirty-eight public
squares special Memorial day exer
cises were held. For ten minutes be
1 fore these exercises started church
bells all over the city rang, summon
1 ing the public to attend.
Never again. will the United StateI
be guilty Of the folly of trusting 1T
foreign commerce to the ships o
other nations, or of quitting the ship
building industry, declared Secretar.
Of the Navy Daniels, in an address
delivered today at the Hog Islant
shipyards on the occasion OF the sue
cessful launching of five steel freight
ers-the greatest single days launch
ing in the history of any yard in tn
world The five vessels added 80 90
tons to the American merchant ma
rine.
Rebirth OF Marine
1--WE could not, if we would, as
nation" said Secretary Daniels, long
er live between the two oceans de
pent upon foreign bottoms for on
overseas commerce. We will no
quit the shipbuildins industry or eve
again be guilty of the folly of trust
ing our foreign commerce to foreigl
bottoms. We will put the industr
on firm, sound basis.
Zone of the chief compensations c
the burden of the great struggle
the restoration of the American me-
chant marine, or rather its re-birtf
for we are building up on scale tina
was not dreamed of even in the earl
days when the American flag an
American commerce was seen in a
parts of the world. In spite of tn
mistakes due co haste and the hig
cost under war conditions, a grea
and lasting good has come from tn
revival of shipbuilding in the war.
''The genius, craftsmanship and ski
of America must be united in the d.
velopment of a merchant marine an
naval strength which will not alon
contribute to the supplying of tn
J needs of other nations but insur
wider markets for the ever increa:
ing surplus Of American toll"