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When Franklin Roosevelt started to plan his customary spring vacation, first necessity was to find a seaworthy substitute for Vincent Astor's Nourmahal, the "million dollar yacht" which sounded too plutocratic in the ears of ordinary voters in an election year. That problem was solved by the Coast Guard...
We are now anchored near Mathew Town, Great Inagua Island. Potomac met us this morning and we have transferred to her from the Monaghan. Bottom fishing this afternoon. Mr. Delano made the catch of the day, getting a fine specimen of blue bone porgy.* F. D. R.
We have had particularly fine fishing at Caicos. Large kingfish, groupers, mackerel and barracuda. We are now proceeding on Potomac to Mariguana Island and will try the fishing there before sunset. Having fine weather and pleasant seas. F. D. R.
Potomac and destroyers arrived Mariguana Island yesterday afternoon and had more fine fishing. We will proceed to the westward tonight to rendezvous with mail planes tomorrow morning. F. D. R.
Husky, brown-robed Father Yvon, 45, thinks of himself as curé of "the world's largest parish," extending across the Atlantic from Brittany to Greenland, thence south to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Besides the 4,000 Breton fishermen, his parishioners include 1,500 Portuguese and some Faroe...