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...world's 39 "floating factories," which annually take 3,000,000-odd barrels of whale oil, only two fly the U. S. flag. Smaller of the two is the American Whaling Co.'s 6,400-ton Frango, mother ship and rendering plant for a fleet of six whale chasers. Last spring, when the Frango was about to set out for Shark Bay off Western Australia, the U. S. Coast Guard asked for a volunteer to see that no international treaty provision was violated. Lieutenant Thomas Robley Midtlyng, 29, volunteered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Whale Slaughter | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

...significance was the annual revival of the oyster business, starting last week. But of great significance was a 6,000-ton steamer, slowly going down the Atlantic seaboard. She was the Frango, first ship of the new American Whaling Co. Aboard her are 69 oldtime Norwegian whalers. In charge of the expedition is Captain Olaf Stokken of Sunnyfield, N. J.; in charge of the vessel is Captain Johannes Smith of Freeport, L. I. Off Georgia the Frango will be joined by four small "killer" boats, will then proceed to the Antarctic. Unfamiliar in this region is the U. S. flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Sea Business | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

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