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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
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ATOM
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in diameter three decks below;
in a matter of seconds, the
atom bomb found that one
weakness, exploited it, and
bowed the bulkheads in a semi
circle.
Associated Press Correspondent
Paul K. Lee, aboard the Prinz
Eugen for the inspection, report
ed the cruiser sustained more
damage through that one open vent
than she did in some of the tough
est naval actions of the a He
said had there been personnel
aboard it would have suffered more
than in any wartime actions.
Area OF Devastation
Best estimates are that the five
ships sunk and nine critically
damaged among the SO target ships
hurt by the bomb we're within an
300 yard radius of the explosion.
The area of greatest devastation
vas elliptical in shape. extending
northwest.
Aboard the heavily damaged 49,
year-old American heavy cruiser
Pensacola, Associated Press Cor
respondent Charles H. McMurtry
was told by inspecting officials that
she would be in drydock for repairs
from four to six months, whereas
during the wal a torpedo put her
out of action for IL months. Nc
Murtry's report added:
THE fact stands out, however,
that a torpedo a damage only
a single ship. The atom bomb
wrought similar damage to several
ships, including battleWagons."
DR.. Karl Compton, of the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology,
whose advance guess was the air
burst would not sink a single ship,
predicted that the underwater test,
to be held in three or four weeks,
will do more damage to the guinea
pig fleet.
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came from Hartford, Conn.,, where
the rent Of an apartment cwellel
was increased to $27.5 The tenan'
was notified that his rent would
Jump to $55 Aug. l, $110 Sept l,
and 1920 Oct. l.
Sample reports of retail food
prices included:
NEW YORK: Meat prices up ar
average of 20 per cent. Butter was
up ~ cents a pound and milk was
expected to go up two or three
cents aquart Thursday.
DETROIT: Pork chops at one
store sold at $1.1O a Id. with Gus
toners standing in line to gel
them. White corr meal sold al
$2.25 a bag compared to the OPA
ceiling of so cents.
ST. LOUIS: Retail meats I'D from
10 to 100 per cent with some places
charging 81 a pound for steak. One
hamburger stand raised the price
OF its deluxe special from 20 to 81
cents.
CHICAGO Housewives reported
meat still scarce, with prices about
the same. One butcher reported
ne was paying eight cents a pound
more to wholesalers for pork loin,
but was selling it at his usua.
price for the present in order tc
keep his customers.
Oleo Up To "a Cents
PENSACOLA: Oleomargarine
went up to "a cents a pound and
gr1ts rose from six cents to 4e
cents a pound.
PHILADELPHIA: Hamburger was
selling at 81 cents a pound. com,
pared with the ceiling of 80 cents.
BOSTON,: Milk prices were three
cents a quart higher. Dressed poul-
try was seven cents a pound high.
err.
WASHINGTON, DC: Milk price,
we're up three cents a quart.
San Francisco-Meat prices in.
creased from 8 to Is cents a pound.
SEATTLE: Retail butter price.
increased by IL cents a pound
Meat prices were up an average o.
20 per cent.
None of the reports in the survey
showed any increases in bread anc
bakery prices.
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RAILROADERS
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of 1876 to 129. The vote against the
amendments Wednesday was 18C
to 108.
Both bills would provide addi-
tional benefits for the nations L.
500, 900 railroad employees subject
to the act and their beneficiaries.
But the Crosser measure goes far
ther in coverage and in amount OF
benefits.
Favored by Unions
In general, the Crosser bill has
been favored by the Railroad
B~rotherhoods and the committee
version by the carriers.
The changes from the Crosser
bill, based on an annual payroll Of
$4,000, 900, 900, were estimated by
its sponsors thus:
Retirement: Present act $780,.
900, 900 a year; Crosser bill $500,
900, 900.
Contribute Equally
The railroads and the employees
contribute equally to the retire.
ment fund.
Unemployment: Present act $l20
600, 900 a year; Crosser bill $780,.
600, 900 Cloth correct.
Contributions to the unemploy.
ment fund are made entirely b5
the railroads.
Extends Benefits
Opponents of the Crosser bill
commended that the retirement cost.
would increase far more than 5000
900, 900 because the Trasser mea
sure would extend b 1s for tn,
first time to employees of freigh
forwarding companies, railroad
owned bus lines and other firm;
whose activities are closely associ
ated with the railroads. AS a result
of these additions, some estimate
of the increased costs have beel
as high as $500, 900. 900 annually.
A committee provision woult
have permitted the railroads t,
reduce their rate of contribution
to the unemployment fund from
three percent to one-half of one per
cent so long as the fund was $3.50,
DOC, 900 or nor With the funt
now containing more than $500,
100000, the railroad contribution
would have declined from the pre-
sent $1,000 600, 900 annually to $40,
600, 900.
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PETITION
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of the Wilmington-New Hanover
Airport authority; Hamilton E.
Hicks, secretary of the airport
authority; r, B. Page, chairman
of the Wilmington Chamber Of
Commerce Aviation committee;
and Jesse c Parker, Jr., manager
of Bluethenthal airport.
Drawn up by Boyd, the petition
will serve the purpose of giving
the city and the county a chance
to appear before CAB hearings in
an effort to establish more air
routes through the local airport.
The committeeman have stressed
that they will favor no particular
airline in getting routes through
here.
Want More Service
what we want is air service
and more air SERVICE" Perry said
yesterday. "Of course we want
reliable lines providing that serv-
ice, but we are not choosey as to
which get the routes as long as
they give us what we want"
Among the routes which the com.
mittee will lseek to establish here
are a Bermuda-Caribbean over
seas flight and a number of in
land flights which will connect
Wilmington, directly or indirect
ly, with every major city in the
nation.
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BOOSTS
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for their employees were A. B.
Rhodes, register of deeds; A. L.
Meyland. clerk of Superior court;
]. R. Hollis, welfare superinten-
dent; c. R. Morse, tax collector;
and James King. solicitor.
All echoed the thigh living cost
views of the sheriff.
The commissioners took the re.
quests under Amusement for furth
er consideration at another special
budget session on Friday.
Aside from the wage requests,
the budgets appeared to be in
line with those Of former years,
Addison Hewlett, board chairman.
said.
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LIVING
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Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, report
ed that its wholesale food price
index-representing the total OF
the price per pound of 81 food
stuffs in general use-had jumped
to the highest general level since
July 20, 1920.
Southeast Holding
The OPA reported that the south
east section was leading other
areas in ''holding-the-line."
In the Midwest, hog prices were
higher in several major markets
and cattle were unchanged at some
points and higher at others.
At East St. Louis, cattle prices
Jumped to an all-time high for
that stockyard when one load OF
choice steers was sold an East
ern buyer for $22 a hundred pounds.
The cattle top at the Chicago stock
yards remained at the all-time high
of S22.5 so, set Tuesday, which was
$3.50 over the OPA ceiling.
Hogs on the St. Louis market
went up 25 to 40 cents. Hog prices
on the Chicago market went up
so to IS cents a hundred pounds.
Poultry prices generally were
higher. Fryers and broilers at Chi
cago advanced more than six cents
a pound.
Corn Jumps A Nickel
On the Chicago Board of Trade,
oats developed a weak tone, but
corn jumped five cents for the
third consecutive day, bringing il
up Is cents to $1.61 IL per bushel
since the end of price controls
September and December wheat
at Minneapolis hit seasonal highs
of $2.05 IL cents a bushel.
The CLIO United Automobile
Workers union called for a one
day nationwide demonstration By
all organized labor to protest the
increases.
In Chicago the emergency com
mittee for the extension of price
and rent control scheduled a mass
meeting in the loop"
Buyers Strike Planned
The Pennsylvania Department o.
the Veterans of Foreign Wars an
nounced that its 200, 900 members
would stage a buyers strike I'm
less rent and price controls are
restored.
Some department stores and re
tail groups were campaigning to
hold down prices.
The Central -CKentucky) hide
pendent Food Growers association
at Lexington, representing about
100 retail stores, pledged 10 holo
prices at OPA levels. Boston and
Detroit department stores, ano
some in other cities, said there
would be no price increases.
The St. Louis Hotel and Res
taurant association announced that
its members were holding pretty
closely to the OPA line and 100
Houston, Tex, landlords got to-
gether and agreed to keep rents
at present levels.
Agitate For Control
Many labor, civic and veterans
groups were agitating for the re-
storation of controls, especially
those covering rents. One isolated
report of progressive rent boosts
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BlLBO
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made by Clark Foreman presi-
dent of the Southern Conference for
Human Welfare. In a telegram to
Senator Johnson (D.-Colo.). acting
chairman of the Senate Elections
committee, Foreman said:
THE prevention of many ne
groes from exercising their con-
stitutional right in the Mississippi
elections can be attributed directly
to Senator RIlbo calling for the
use of force if necessary to prevent
Negroes from voting.
THE Southern Conference Cor
Human Welfare strongly protests
this action and charges him with
violation of his oath to support
the Constitution Of the United
States. We hope you will recon-
mend that he be disqualified from
serving in the senate of the United
States"
Rankin Also Wins
Another white supremacy ad-
vocate, Representative John Ran.
kin, dean of the Mississippi delega.
ton, also won denomination, but
failed, by 80 votes, to carry his
home county.
But he scored high elsewhere ir
his district to pile up 1927 vote.
to 10,019 for former Circuit Judge
Claude E. Clayton and 1883 fol
Rev. Charles G. Hamilton ar
Episcopal rector.
1t was Clayton who beat Rankin
out in Lee county. Like Rankin
Clayton lives in Tupelo.
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OPA
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But it indicated that the COP
leader still was strongly opposed
to restoring to the administration
too much control over prices,
wages and rents.
Consider Compromise
He issued his statement just be-
fore entering a closed meeting of
the Senate Banking committee,
called to consider a compromise
plan to revive OPA for a full year.
Taft centered his fire on the re-
firing Economic Stabilizer Chester
A. Bowles, but he also jumped
"others of the Truman administra-
ton" in his charge that a concert
ed effort was being made to SIAM
pede the public into a buying
spree during this interim period
Of uncontrolled prices.
The administration leaders, he
said, ARE issuing hysterical state
ments to force a buying rush, and
thus a sudden price increase, as
propaganda for their OPA posi-
ton
Charges Politics
If they continue along this line
of virtually urging people to rush
out and compete for what goods
are on the market in fear that
prices may be higher tomorrow,
they will be guilty of a crime
against the American people," Taft
said. There is no surer road to
uncontrolled initiation. And this is
no time to play politics with the
economy"
Taft did not elaborate on which
administration statements he con-
sidered "hysterical," but it was
recalled that Bowles predicted in
a radio broadcast Tuesday night
that the cost of living might be
doubled in 20 days if Congress does
not act promptly to restore con-
trolls.
Hits Truman Veto
THE people should not be
stampeded while the Congress is
attempting to straighten out the
confusion into which the Presi-
dents veto of the OPA bill has
thrown the country" Taft said.
He urged the public to keep
your money in your pocket for the
present and buy only those things
you need"
Despite his anti-administration
blast Taft was understood to be
continuing his horse trading"
with Barley on a compromise ~
month OPA bill.
Before the Banking committee
meeting, both he and Barley saw
"a good chance of getting a bill
reported out to the senate floor
early next week.
O'Daniefs Threats
Two other stop-gap resolutions
10 revive controls for 20 days also
were sent to the committee over
-O'Daniel's objections. The OPA-
hating Texas Democrat still had
seVeral delaying maneuVerS at his
disposal, including his threat of a
filibuster, but it seemed certain
that he could not stave off action
for more than a day or so after
the bill reached the floor.
O'Daniel tried to sidetrack the
resolutions to the Senate Pensions
committee, after exhausting all
other parliamentary means, but
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04

residents. He said yesterday thai
the bond issue has been pusned
rapidly, with the money expected
to be on hand by July Is.
benson has been a city employe
for 81 wears He started his career
on Sept. 10, 1919 as cashier OF the
water department.
In October, 1927 he was made
city tax collector.
Then, in October, 1880, he was
again promoted to the post OF city
clerk and chief finance officer,
the positions he holds today.
Nobody knows the working Of
all phases OF the city government
so well as Benson Does Mayor
| Lane said. If we ever nope tc
find a more logical man for the
position of city manager I'm atra1c
it would be a long and difficult
search"
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he was overruled on Barkiey's
contention that the Banking COM
mittee had jurisdiction over price
matters.
The Republican coalition led by
Taft tacitly supported Barkley's
stand in order to get their own
proposals for a permanent price
control bill before the banking
group.
Taft said the Republicans will
ask administration supporters to
recommend changes in the OPA
extension bill vetoed by President
Truman last week with a view to
making the new legislation more
acceptable to the White House.
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TRIESTE
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time during the latter part Of July.
Formulas Produced

time during the latter part Of July.
Formulas Produced
Byrnes, Vandenberg and British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevir
produced formulas which cut the
long-standing knots on Trieste and
on Italy's African empire.
In advancing a six-point state.
ment of basic principles for Trieste
Byrnes said he had drafted this
document Tuesday night with the
aid of Vandenberg. With one
French and two Russian amend.
ments the statement was adopted
as a foundation for creating an in,
ternational gore at the head OF the
Adriatic.
Later Bevin proposed a three.
point formula for the Italian
colonies which would keep them
temporarily under British military
administration but permit four
power commissions of inquiry tt
investigate conditions in the areas
The council adopted Bevin's plar
along with q general declaration
of principles to be incorporated
into the Italian peace Treaty draft
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CURSE
FROM PAGE N

That was supposed to cause
us to die.
Tschopiks Get Sick
Almost Immediately the
Tschopiks did get sick. Harry
came down with jaundice and
Mrs. Tschopiks had a case of
the sniffles.
That convinced the Indian
population that the curse was
working, so they avoided the
Tschopiks like a plague. The egg
man would sell no eggs. The
houseboy left. The scientists were
about to starve to death.
Fire With Fire
But they fought fire with fire.
They hired two witch doctors to
un-witch them.
The ceremony was long-from 2
p. M. until midnight. And it was
weird.
"The witch DOCTORS" Tschopik
related, called up spirits in Bos-
ton and New Orleans-our homes.
They sacrificed cocoa leaves and
llama foetus which they plated
with gold and silver.
They drank and offered us
alcohol and water in which ciga-
rette butts, cocoa leaves and three
narcotics had been mixed. How.
ever, we didn't have to drink that.
They let us use u own liquor
Thus the curse was removed,
And then the witch doctors event
ually sent a bill around to the
Tschopiks. It was for $40.
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PREPAID
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payment, and the county taxpayers
So, ZIG. "a Of their Sill, 554.3O gross
payment.
In short, the combined gross pay
ment would have been ,$25l, 844. 81,
but the 2 per cent discount cut it
to a net of SAG. 8l2.62.
Prepaid Discount
With taxes officially due on Octo-
Der l, the city is allowing a l ID
per cent discount during July,
per cent during August, and IL
per cent during September and
October.
The county is allowing l IL per
cent during July and l per cent
during August and September.
With the city expecting a tota.
collection of about $500, 900 and the
county about $500, 700 the com
bined revenue will hover aroune
the 81, 100, 900 mark, according Il
Benson's AMI Orrell's estimates.
From New Areas
The anticipated city figure, abou
500, 900 more than last years col
lection, is due 10 taxes which viii
come in from the new Sunset Parl
and East Wilmington areas annex
ed on January l of this year, Ben
son said.
The anticipated county figure
Orrell said, shows little change
from the approximately $500, 0Ol
collected last year.
Both officials urged that cit,
and county residents pay theil
taxes as soon as possible in ordel
to enjoy the discounts which will
remain in effect until the October
deadline.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
MRS.CAMERON DIES
AT BROTHERS. HOME
NEAR CASTLE HAYNE

Mrs. Rachel C. Cameron, widow
Of the late Dan D. Cameron and
mother of the late Bruce B. Cam
eron, died last night at the home
of her brother, George W. Trask
Of Castle Hayne road.
The deceased was the daughter
of the late D. w. and Harriet c.
Trask.
She is survived by five grand
children, Bruce B. Cameron, Mrs.
Hilda Echols, D. B. Cameron, "a.
chel Cameron, and Robert Gamer,
on, all of Wilmington; two brothers.
George w. Trask and B. B. Trask
both Of Wilmington.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
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ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
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Well never be able to look st
a car from now on without remen-
bering that its ancestor was bu It
by a Tar Heel. and that its maker.
Mr.. Cook, would be unknown to us
but for the handiwork Of Mrs.
Bass.
How about it, all you other SENC
counties? Have you anything to
compare with MI. Cooks contrap-
ton?
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TANK
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The council also:
Set Friday for the first budget
conference.
Completed the request. for fed
eral aid in the proposed restoration
Of ITALIAN hall.
Sold a city surplus fire-truck TO
Kure Beach for 81, 1000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
RESIGNS

COUNSEL RESIGNS
RALEIGH, July 3.-P)-George
Patton, chief counsel for the State
Highway and Public Works COM
mission, has resigned to return to
his home in Macon county to prac-
tlce law, it was announced Wed
nesday by A. H.. Graham, chair
man of the commission.
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The w Weather

WASHINGTON. July 37UPHWeather
Bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending 8 pm. in
the principal cotton growing areas and
| a1sourharo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04

The 1945 production of b%roilers
reached a new high of 312 million
"a ninefold increase since 1884.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04

Mars is only one-tenth as heavy
as the earth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-20
COMMISSION TURNS.
FISH R0DE0 DOWN
Of Opposing Trio
Willing To Make
Personal Gift

The New Hanover County Board
OF Commissioners yesterday re-
fused to contribute funds in spu-
port of the September Fishing
Rodeo sponsored by the Southeast
ern North Carolina Beach associa-
ton.
Louis B. Orrell, SNCBA presi-
dent, and Walter ]. Cartier, secre-
tary, appealed in person to the
county board for the contribution,
but Commissioners Louis T. Cole
man, George Trask, and Harry
Gardner voted them down on the
grounds that the Rodeo should be
financed not by the taxpayers but
by the business interests which are
behind the event.
Gardner and Trask said they
would gladly contribute to the
Rodeo's financial support out Of
their own pockets, since their stand
was not against the Rodeo but
against supporting it with public
funds.
Later in the meeting, Addison
Hewlett, board chairman, was au-
thorized by the commissioners to
confer with the city government
on a request from Harry Fales,
director Of the city-couaty bureau
Of Identification, for additional
bureau employees to handle the
large number of applications from
service men and women fo- photo
static copies of their discharges.
Also during yesterdays meeting
Hewlett made formal announce
ment that the local board will act
as host to the joint summer con-
vention of the North Carniloaox
vention of the North Carolina Coun-
ty Commissioners and the North
Carolina County Auditors associa-
tons at Wrightsville Beach on
Sept. 4. The two principal speakers
at the convention will be A. H.
Graham, chairman Of the State
Highway commission, and DR.. Win
ston, head of the State Welfare
department, Hewlett said.
According to John Skinner, Sec
rotary of the commissioners asso-
citation for 20 years, an unusually
large attendance is expected for
the convention, the first a%ssocia-
ton gathering since the end of
the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-20

Vickers, of Baltimore, Md, the
S. S. Nathaniel Greene was oper-
ated for the VISA by the United
States Lines.
Her, citation reads as follows:
During a long voyage to North
Russia, SIS Nathaniel Greene was
under lncessant and violent attack
by enemy planes and submarines.
In most gallant fashion, and in
spite OF many crew casualties, she
consistently. out Unanswered and
out fought the enemy, finally dis
charging her vital cargo at the
designated port. After affecting
temporary repairs to her battered
hull and rigging, she took part in
the North African campaign. Bound
for her last port, with limited
cargo, she Vas torpedoed, and in
a sinking condition was successfully
beached. The stark courage of her
heroic crew in battle against over
lowering odds caused her name to
be perpetuated as a Gallant Ship"
The S. S. Virginia Dare was
launched on Feb. 8, 1912, under
sponsorship of Mrs. Elwood Inge.
The vessel, third to be built here,
was delivered to the Maritime
commission on March II, 1912.
Operated by the VISA by the South
Atlantic Steamship company, she
was commanded by the late Cap
tain Arthur L. Johnson, of Revere,
Mass.
Her citation reads as follows:
For seventeen days SIS Virginia
Dare, loaded with high explo-
sives was en- route to and in a
North Russian port where her
vital cargo was discharged.
Through this period she repealed
countless enemy bomb and tor
pedo attacks by accurate fire from
her guns and by skillful maneuver-
ing. On a subsequent voyage she
was torpedoed in the Mediterran-
a but, through smart seaman
ship, was beached and her cargo
salvaged. The stark courage of her
heroic crew under violent enemy
attacks caused her name to be
perpetuated as a Gallant Ship"
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DESERVED REWARD
Two Ships Built Here
Honored With PLAQUES

The S. S. Nathaniel Greene and
.he S. S. Virginia Dare, Liberty
.bins built at the yard of the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company,
howe received the gallant ship
s~ard of the War Shipping admin
;s-ration, according to word re-
.eived here from Washington
Sesdqaarters of the VISA.
Bronze plaques commemorating
on.:tauding war exploits of these
4,ro together with six other Amer
;oon merchant vessels which have
recpived the award, were unveil-
81 Saturday at the U. S. Mer-
chant Marine academy, Kings
Point. N. Y.
Of the other six ships, one, the
c s william Moultrie was built
bere. Some was previously cited
Nv the VISA. Others were the S.
{ Stephen Hopkins, S. S. Samuel
parker. S. S. Cedar Mills, S. S.
Adoniram Judson and S. S. Mar
Gus DAILY.
The S. S. Nathaniel Greene,
second ship built here, was launch
cd on Jan. II, 1912, under spon-
sorship of Miss Edith Bailey.
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Jo-
sab W. Bailey. The vessel was
delivered to the Maritime COM
mission on March u, 1912. Com
handed by Captain George A..