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...Teagle, 9,552 gross tons, owned by the Standard Oil Co., flying the British flag, manned by a British crew, bearing north for Iceland with a cargo of bulk...
...Bold Venture, 3,222 gross tons, owned by U.S. Maritime Commission, flying Panamanian flag, lat. 57° N, long. 24° W, bearing north for Reykjavik with general cargo bound for Britain. . . . 11:40 p.m. . . . All well...
...Hornet's. How many the British and Japanese have under construction is not known. But it is known that the Japanese are busy as beavers turning out small carriers, which the Nipponese fancy. Balancing this activity, the U.S. Navy is doing a fast job of converting Maritime Commission cargo-passenger ships into auxiliary carriers. Already in service is the first, U.S.S. Long Island. Four of her sisters, originally completed as cargo ships, will be commissioned as auxiliary carriers within six months. Two more, still abuilding, can be completed as carriers within a year. The Long Islands, which can make...
...President Taylor (American President Lines), outward bound for a general Far Eastern cargo, probably ducked into Singapore. Sister ship President Madison was near Honolulu; her senior officers already may be riding Waikiki surfboards...
...bring in a first-morning sheaf of orders (it didn't). He did it as a missionary gesture. Like most transportation bugs, Sanders expects a revolution in railroad equipment -perhaps after the war, when men and materials will be more obtainable, when vast fleets of cargo planes may force the roads to run 80-to 90-mile-an-hour freights or get off the tracks...