Evening star., 1941-09-21
Mrs. Wallace 10 Head
Sponsors Of "a Ships
On Next Saturday
Ceremonies on Three
Coasts Will Mark
Liberty Fleet Day
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.

than IA hours next Saturday the
Maritime Commission will launch
on three coasts IA cargo ships. 1t
will be the greatest mass launching
of vessels by the United States since
the World War on what the COM
mission has designated as Lib
erty Fleet Day"
The first of three Liberty ships
will take to the water at the Beth
Iehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc, at
Baltimore And, appropriately, 1t
will be named the Patrick Henry,
whose stirring cry of Give me lib
erty or give me DEATH" is BETTING
ly commemorated in naming a YES
sci to be used in transporting sup
plies to maintain here the liberty
which he sponsored.
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace will chris
ten the ship as it starts down the
ways. Participating in the cere-
mony will be four generations of
direct descendants of the patriot
and statesman for whom the ship
nounced they are D. Y. Henry of
Brookneal, Va, great-grandson, who
resides on a part of the original
Patrick Henry estate at Red Hill
Plantation; John Winston Fon-
taine of Wilson, N c., great-great-
grandson, dean of music at Allan
tic Christian College in Wilson;
Mrs. ]. P. Quarles of Richmond,
Va, great-great-grea
ter. and Mrs. Harold Mays of Bal
timore, great great great great
granddaughter
Land to Make Address.
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land,
chairman of the Maritime Commits
sion, will speak at the launching
and Senator Radcliffe of Maryland
also will speak at the ceremonies.
The commission has adopted a
policy of naming the 312 liberty
ships for great Americans who made
contributions to the country'S lib
berty. There is but one exception.
One of the three liberty ships to be
launched Saturday will be named
the Star of oregon, in commemora-
ton of the first merchant vessel
ever launched in Oregon. 1t was
by special request of the people of
the State. The third ship of its
type to take the waters on that day
will be the John c. Fremont.
In approximately four months,
these ships have progressed from
keel laying to launching state, and
it is now estimated that in less
than three months more they will
be in full commission carrying
supplies and personnel in the fight
to preserve the democracies and to
crush Hitlerism.
Ships of Other Glasses.
The other ships to be launched on
that day will be vessels in other
groups of the commissions program,
which, however, has been Speeded
up to meet the current emergency
and demand for bottoms to carry
urgently needed supplies. 1t will
include one Army transport. The
launchings will take place on the
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific.
Starting at o'clock in the morn
ing, the first of the ships will take
to the water at Chester, Pa. 1t will
be the Surprise, and will be spon-
sored by Mrs. Walter F. George, wife
of the Senator from Georgia.
At 9 o'clock the Ocean Voice will
be launched at Richmond, Calf,
with Mrs. F. c. Cocks, wife of rep
resentative of Lloyds of London, as
sponsor.
At 10 o'clock the James Mckay
will be launched at Baltimore, with
Mrs. Genevieve Lykes Duncan as
sponsor.
At 1890 pm. the Patrick Henry
will take the water.
At lis the Alcoa Polaris will be
sponsored at Los Angeles by Mrs.
William Holzhauer, wife of the gen.
eral manager of the Aluminium Co.
of America.
At 1:3O pm. the Army transport
Frederick Funston will leave the
ways at Seattle, with Miss Barbara
Edna Funston, daughter of the late
Mai. Gen. Frederick Funston captor
of the Filipino leader, Aguiraldo,
as sponsor.
Two at 2:3O PM.
At 2::30 pm. the African Planet
at Pascagoula, Miss, with Miss
Catherine Farrell Stapleton Of South
Norwalk, Conn, as sponsor, and the
Louise Lykes at Kearny, N. j., with
Mrs. Nancy Lykes Wooten as Spon-
sor.
At pm. the Steel Artisan at San
Francisco, with Mrs. William A.
Ross, wife of the president OF the
Columbia Steel Co., as sponsor, and
the Adebene Lykes at Wilmington,
Del, with Mrs Albert Thomas, wife
of Representative Thomas of Hous-
ton, Tex, as sponsor.
At 345 pm. the Sinclair Enter
prise at Fore River, Quincy, Mass,
with Mrs. H. A. Hassan, wife of a
Sinclair Refining Co. official, as
sponsor.
At $50 pm. the John c. Fremont
at Los Angeles, with Mrs. Sheridan
DoWney, wife of Senator Downey OF
California, as sponsor.
At $50 pm. the Star of Oregon
at Portland, Greg, with Mrs. Charles
A. Sprague, wife of Gov. Sprague,
as sponsor.
At $50 pm. the Ocean Venture
at Richmond, Calf, with Mrs. G.
P. Bedford, wife of the general man
ager of the Todd-California Co.,
as sponsor.